Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 147 Wen Hua Calls for a Match (Part [-])
Half a quarter before Chen Shi, Zhang Juzheng had already entered the cabinet courtyard.

Chen in, Shen out, this is the official office hours of the cabinet, and it has never changed since Emperor Yongle moved the capital to Beijing.At the beginning of the cabinet's establishment, the site was very small, and three or four cabinet ministers crowded into a simple room to work.Later, as time passed and the cabinet became more and more powerful, the office was expanded several times, and finally formed the scale it is today.

There are currently three small buildings in this cabinet yard, the middle one is grand and solemn with flying corners and double eaves.The small building on the east side of the courtyard is the royal house, the west is the imperial house, and the south side was originally an open space with only a few trees planted. Later, because there was not enough office space, three large buildings were built here during Yan Song's tenure as chief assistant. In the rolling shed, all the cabinet officials should be assistants, so they all moved here.

The duty building of the elders is of course the best built in this area. Entering the door is a lobby, and in the center of the hall is a memorial tablet of Confucius, the sage of Wenzong.The lobby is surrounded by verandas on all sides, and the doors of the value rooms of the elders are also on the verandas.Some of the upstairs rooms are court rooms, and some are resting places for cabinet ministers.The high-arch value room is on the south side of the hall, the windows are facing the roll shed, and Zhang Juzheng's value room is opposite it.

Zhang Juzheng had just sat down in the duty room, not to mention he hadn't started to read the text of the memorial, and even before the internal servants had time to make tea, an official came in and told Gao Ge that he was welcome.Zhang Juzheng was a junior in front of Gao Gong, and he was also ranked behind him in the cabinet, Gao Gong would not come in person if it was not urgent, this point is common no matter ancient or modern.

Zhang Juzheng was also accustomed to this, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong, so he immediately got up and went over, secretly thinking about what Gao Gong might tell him, probably because the emperor selected the prince to accompany him to read today.

After entering Gao Gong's duty room, he saw Gao Gong sitting in front of the huge mahogany desk, looking down at Zhezi.It can be seen that he has been here for some time, and there are already more than a dozen open booklets on the table, and he has obviously read them all.This is not surprising, Gao Gong has always been a workaholic, and Zhang Juzheng has worked with him for many years, so he has enough understanding of this.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng coming in, Gao Gong made a slight gesture of standing up—of course, this was just for the sake of politeness, and he didn't really want to stand up to greet him. At the same time, he pointed to a chair on the side of the copywriter, signaling Zhang Juzheng to sit down, and he followed the trend Sit tight.Zhang Juzheng was also not extra polite, and sat down by himself.

Gao Gong is not a hypocritical person, he doesn't bother to do such actions as letting Zhang Juzheng hang out first, saying that he read the booklet in his hand first, but puts down the booklet in his hand straightforwardly, and does it directly. Let's get down to business.

But when Gao Gong opened his mouth, Zhang Juzheng was slightly taken aback.

It turned out that Gao Gong didn't mention what was happening in the Wenhua Palace, but frowned slightly, picked up a booklet and beckoned to Zhang Juzheng, saying: "The troubles in Guangdong and Guangxi are getting bigger and bigger."

Zhang Juzheng was in charge of the Ministry of War in the cabinet, when he heard Gao Gong say this, he immediately asked, "Or that fellow Wei Yinbao?"

Gao Gong nodded, pointed to the memorial in his hand and said: "Jingjiang Prince's Mansion was once captured by this beast in the 43rd year of Jiajing. Afterwards, although it was repelled by the government army, the government army was unable to conquer its lair. Now Jingjiang Prince's Mansion He was attacked again and almost fell again. Wu Zishi (Wu Feng's note: Wu Guifang, Zishi, then governor of Guangxi and admiral of military affairs) reported that the Han army in Guangxi is now weak, and it is not enough to deter the barbarians. The soldiers and horses of the chieftains of the ethnic groups such as Miao and Miao were conscripted to exterminate the Japanese pirates a few years ago, and they are already tired of the veterans, so it is really not suitable to be recruited at will... Therefore, he sent someone to recruit Wei Liao, intending to relieve it for a year or two, and wait for it. It won't be too late for me to recover my strength, but Wei Liao remains unmoved and continues to act recklessly to bring disaster to southern Xinjiang."

Zhang Juzheng saw that he was talking about business, so he no longer distracted him, but replied thoughtfully: "Judging from the situation of the Ministry of War, although Guangxi's military strength is not sufficient, it is not weak; the chieftain soldiers Although Ma has been mobilized a lot before, but you also know, Lord Zhongxuan, that the imperial court has not treated those chieftains badly, as long as the chieftains have benefited themselves, they will not control the natives and the old soldiers are tired."

Gao Gong said in a deep voice: "You mean to say that Wu Zishi is cowardly and cowardly, and he missed the military plan?"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head: "It's not that serious, but although Wu Zishi has quelled several rebellions, he is still a bit more bookish, and he is more or less blameless... In my opinion, if he is not fully sure, he will not Willing to take the initiative to send troops to suppress."

Gao Gong said dissatisfied: "Over the past few years in Guangdong and Guangxi, all kinds of troubles have continued one after another, and they haven't stopped for a while! I think that if Yu Wei Liao doesn't give a thunderous blow, other people with ulterior motives will probably be ready to stir up trouble too."

Zhang Juzheng thought for a while, then nodded, and said: "Mr. Zhongxuan's words are very true, but Wu Zi believes that although Guangxi has no meritorious service, it is not a big mistake..."

Gao Gong resolutely said: "It's okay, transfer him to be the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. Anyway, now that the Ministry of War in Beijing has changed to a system of four ministers, Nanjing can also handle it as usual." People, in order to reserve well-informed soldiers and important ministers, in case of emergency, it seems that at this time they intend to extend this system to Nanjing.

Zhang Juzheng had no objection to this, he just asked, "May I ask Yuanfu?"

"Li Shilu?" Gao Gong curled his lips: "If you don't mind the trouble, you can ask yourself, just say that I suggested it. I guess he must first talk about Wu Zishi's hard work and great achievements, and then tell you' Taiyue, you can discuss this matter with Duke Zhongxuan yourself, and the bill is to be submitted to the clerk and wait for the Holy Judgment."

Gao Gong's face was full of disdain.

But Zhang Juzheng smiled and said: "That's okay, after all, he is Yuanfu, and also the No. [-] Scholar of my same discipline. I will ask, so as not to lose my manners."

Li Chunfang was the No. 26 scholar in the [-]th year of Jiajing, and Zhang Juzheng was in his same year, ranking second and ninth in the gold list. In theory, it would be more polite to ask.

But Gao Gong doesn't care about this, he is a senior in the 20th year of Jiajing, and he is above Li Chunfang in terms of qualifications and holy family, and he can't get used to Li Chunfang's "slipping shoulders", so he doesn't bother to say more.

He changed the subject and said, "After Wu Zishi is transferred to Nanjing, who will be the governor of Guangxi? Do you have any recommendations?"

Zhang Juzheng knew what Gao Gong meant, so he naturally wanted to send someone "capable of fighting", but he pondered for a moment, with some hesitation on his face.

Gao Gong frowned and said, "What? What concerns does Taiyue have?"

Zhang Juzheng sighed: "Actually, Yin Shiting is more than capable of quelling the war in Guangxi. It's just that this person has always been greedy and despicable, so I'm worried..."

Gao Gong just thought for a while, then waved his hands and said: "The situation in Guangxi is like this now, and the first priority is to quickly put down the chaos. The war has lasted for so many years, and the military pay has already cost millions, and only by quickly eliminating the disaster of war can we truly save money for the country."

Zhang Juzheng said: "Since Duke Zhongxuan insisted, I will do it." He said so in his mouth, but he secretly said in his heart: "Old Xuan, you took this by yourself, so you can't blame me if you are accused by the officials."As for Yin Zhengmao, how could he forget me?He was in the same year as my 26th Jiajing Gold List... I have to write him a letter to mention this matter when I go back later.

Seeing that Gao Gong didn't say anything more for a while, Zhang Juzheng thought for a while, and asked, "Mr. Zhongxuan, I heard that there are not too many children going to Wenhua Palace today?"

(End of this chapter)