Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1751 Aiding Korea and Anti-Japanese (Eighteen) Cabinet Adjustment
Gao Wushi's meeting with the three students lasted less than an hour, but was interrupted due to temporary errands.This "temporary event" was actually not unexpected, but expected—the process of the court's selection of cabinet ministers today was extremely smooth. After expressing his consent, he entered the cabinet smoothly.

The two candidates who accompanied him were Shen Li, the censor of Zuodu, and Xu Xuemo, Minister of Rites.These two candidates are much older than Gao Yushi in terms of qualifications, but in fact, they all know that the reason why they are included in the Ting's push this time is just to give Gao Yushi a green leaf, so neither of them has any hope.

Xu Xuemo attended the court event anyway, but Shen Li was more interesting because he was absent.Not only did the Zuodu censor not see off his good friend Xu Guo who was the same year, he also did not attend the court event. Instead, he took sick leave to recuperate at home.

In this way, the cabinet was successfully completed, and the emperor was extremely fast—even supernaturally—immediately issued an imperial edict through the Supervisor of Rituals, readjusting the titles of the cabinet ministers.

It is said to be an adjustment, but in fact, after Xu Guo's second assistant was resigned, the rest of the cabinet ministers stepped forward one after another. Only Shen Shixing, who was ranked ahead of Xu Guo, could not be promoted, so he had to add a first-level false title. For the prince and grand teacher.

However, it is worth mentioning that, as the first assistant, his false title of prince and grand teacher has just caught up with Gao Yushi, and he will even fall behind Gao Yushi soon - because Gao Yushi's false title was also promoted again when Gao Yushi entered the cabinet. .

After being confirmed by the imperial decree, the current cabinet positions and rankings are as follows: Shen Shixing, the first assistant of the Zhongji Temple University scholar, Wu Dui, the second assistant of the Jianji Temple University scholar, Wang Jiaping, the Wenhua Palace University scholar, and Wang Xijue, the Wuyingdian University scholar , Liang Menglong, a scholar of Wenyuange University, and Gao Yushi, a scholar of Dongge University.

Gao Yushi here is relatively special, because after he joined the cabinet, due to the emperor's insistence, his original position as the Minister of the Ministry of Households was still concurrently held, and he became the only one among the current cabinet ministers who concurrently served as the official minister.This point actually encountered a little resistance when the court pushed it, because some ministers believed that "the investigation has no precedent."

In the end, the emperor said that since Mr. Gao was able to concurrently serve as Minister of the Ministry of Officials when Mr. Gao entered the cabinet as the head and assistant of the former Emperor Mumiao, why should Gao Wushi be the Minister of the Ministry of Households concurrently now?So despite all the opinions—well, it’s not really the opinions, it’s just individual doubts—Gao Yushi continued to serve as Minister of the Household Department concurrently.

Originally, the Tingtui meeting was basically over here, but who knew that when we discussed the recent situation in North Korea by the way, a small incident caused a big accident.

The thing is this: the emperor talked about North Korea with his ministers, and by the way talked about the situation in Liaodong.Originally, everyone was mainly discussing whether there were hidden dangers in the defense of Liaodong. Who knew that when discussing whether the Jurchen ministries could play an active role in the war against the DPRK, Xu Xuemo, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said, "Since Ye He is an old in-law of Gaoge, he is naturally willing to help him." Effectiveness".

These words came out of his mouth with a bit of yin and yang, and finally angered Shang Bao Siqing, one of the Xiaojiuqing, who is Gao Yushi's second brother, who has been adopted by Gao Gong.

As I said a long time ago, Shang Baosi is a Qingshui yamen, and its main duty is nothing more than to manage the emperor's various seals and seals.The most important thing about the so-called real power that Secretary Shang Bao really possesses is that he, as one of the nine ministers, participates in some court meetings and pushes, and is able to propose someone as a candidate at such meetings, or propose a certain candidate for other ministers. Candidates cast their votes.

Of course, since Shang Bao Siqing is only ranked last among the Xiaojiuqing, in fact, "proposing candidates" is rarely done, and usually only has the right to vote.

However, in any case, after today's court push is completed, the meeting actually becomes a court meeting, and since the emperor did not let any minister leave, he also acquiesced that all the ministers present have the power to discuss power, so Minister Shang Bao Viewers are of course also entitled to speak.

Xu Xuemo's yin and yang are strange, Gao Wuguan's marriage with Ye He, Gao Wuguan, as his own brother, naturally couldn't bear it, and asked on the spot: "According to Da Zongbo, there is nothing that in-laws can't help each other, so Ye He has a daughter who is Da Si Nong The concubine is clinging, and will everything be obeyed by Da Si Nong?"

He paused, then sneered: "If the relatives who take concubines are like this, Da Zongbo and Yuanfu are the relatives of the sons and daughters, but I don't know who is clinging to whom, and who is in love with each other. Who are you willing to listen to everything?"

Xu Xuemo was so angry that his old face was flushed red, and he couldn't refute.In fact, everyone knows about this matter. Before Xu Xuemo came to power, he became the mainstream of the faction by currying favor with Shen Shixing and other mental experts. Take it easy.

Originally, people didn't mention this matter much, after all, marriages between civil servants and celebrities are actually very common.Although Xu Xuemo's actions seemed a little too hasty and utilitarian, but in any case, it was a "popularity" after all, and everyone was a civil servant, so there was no need to leave any pot unopened.

However, Xu Xuemo was bad because Gao Wuguan was annoyed by the yin and yang aura just now.From Gao Wuguan's point of view, although Ye He's marriage of his daughter to his elder brother Gao Wushi as a concubine obviously meant clinging, but Gao Wushi's willingness to accept it was for the sake of the court's consideration of stabilizing the overall situation of Liaodong.

Under such circumstances, you still have yin and yang weirdness, do you not see the reason, or is it that your buttocks are clean?

However, Gao Wuguan's resentment brought Shen Shixing into it, which made Shen Yuanfu's face extremely ugly.Zhu Yijun saw that the development of the situation was a bit off track, and it was easy to get into trouble, so he planned to stagger the topic.

It's a pity that before the emperor could express his opinion, Shen Shixing himself couldn't hold back, and said that if all the officials thought that the relationship between him and Xu Xuemo was inappropriate, he himself should be responsible.At the same time, he also said that since the marriage has been completed, he must keep the title of his son and daughter-in-law (this marriage is the marriage of Xu Xuemo's daughter to Shen Shixing's son Shen Yongmao), so he is willing to resign and hold various positions to prove himself.

Shen Shixing's statement is actually a typical retreat. Because of his own victory in the war against the Yuan, he also made merit as the chief assistant. He was promoted to a false title just because of this. How could the emperor immediately dismiss him because of his in-laws? He leaves?
What's more, now that Shen Shihang is leaving, the cabinet will have to continue to adjust, and the serious imbalance between practical learning and spiritual learning will lead to turmoil in the outer court.Therefore, in Zhu Yijun's view, what Shen Shixing said was actually against the general.

Of course other people also understand this truth, so they are even more dissatisfied with Shen Shixing and Xu Xuemo.But as I said just now, Shen Shixing really couldn't move now, so everyone turned their anger on Xu Xuemo's head, and talked about Xu Xuemo's broken things one after another.

In fact, Xu Xuemo is not a major political fault, and as one of the big names in the contemporary literary world, he himself had a good reputation among scholars, but his reputation is bad because of his wide circle of friends.

Because of his prolific writings, this man has close relationships with many big names in the literary world. This is a good thing, but because he has too many contacts and too many friends, and sometimes the relationship between friends is very delicate, this has caused problems.For example, Wang Shizhen had a very close relationship with Xu Xuemo. In the 17th year of Wanli, when Xu Xuemo's relatives returned to Suzhou, Wang Shizhen even visited him in person.

However, Wang Shizhen said before that although he is talented and learned, he tends to fall into extreme evaluations of people, and sometimes deliberately discredits others because his own views are contrary to others. In history, he has done this to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

He treats Xu Xuemo in the same way. Historically, they had a very good relationship. However, it is strange that Wang Shizhen still visited Xu Xuemo on his own initiative in the 17th year of Wanli. An unscrupulous villain who cheated on his friends, and his description of Xu Xuemo can be regarded as a poisonous tongue.

Wang Shizhen's reputation in the literary world is even louder than Xu Xuemo's, and his evaluation is still very influential, which caused Xu Xuemo's reputation to take a turn for the worse, and some minor faults in the past were repeatedly criticized.At this time, everyone's attacks almost all cited the things Wang Shizhen mentioned in "Shoufu Biography", which made Xu Xuemo so angry that he lost his dignity in front of the king and roared at the Wenhua Palace.

Now things can't be held back. Shen Shixing himself can't say much because of the incident. Wang Xijue originally wanted to help Xu Xuemo, but he just said a few words before he was beaten back, saying that he was protecting the township party—because Wang Xijue and Xu Xuemo Xu Xuemo is from Suzhou.Oh, by the way, so is Shishihang.

Now Xu Xuemo was completely alone, and it was pointless to argue any longer.What's more, the emperor these two days is when the emperor's prestige is at its peak, you, Xu, dare to roar in front of the emperor, how can I tolerate you?

The final result was no surprise, Xu Xuemo argued for a while, and he also took the initiative to resign. Although the emperor did not want the matter to be so rigid, he planned to wait for him to "resign again and again" before approving it. As a result, Xu Xuemo became more persistent and refused to continue to be in power.As a last resort, the emperor had no choice but to agree.

This matter will become more implicated, especially for Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue. If they lose their position as Minister of Rites when the Real School's reputation is strong, the Heart School will really be suppressed by the Real School.Therefore, when they recommended the Minister of Rites next, they didn't care about avoiding suspicion. Even if they went to the battle in person, they would never allow people from the Real School to take this position.

For the replacement of the Ministry of Rites, the court debated very fiercely. In the end, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue did not fully achieve their goals, but avoided the worst outcome: the new candidate for the Ministry of Rites was determined to be Yu Shenxing.

Yu Shenxing was born on the gold list in the second year of Longqing, and his teacher was Zhang Juzheng.Although the disciples left by Zhang Juzheng were not suppressed by Gao Gong, and even disciples like Liang Menglong joined the School of Practical Learning—in essence, Zhang Juzheng also believed in practical learning, so it is more accurate to say that Liang Menglong joined Gao Gong. party.

However, Yu Shenxing is a bit special. His characteristic is "non-party".Yu Shenxing has always been known for his honesty, forgiveness, and frankness.Whether it is to the emperor, the chief assistant, or his colleagues, they are all open-minded and sincere.

For example, once in the early years, after Yu Shenxing and others finished their lectures, Zhu Yijun asked them to take out many calligraphy and paintings of previous dynasties and asked them to write poems and inscriptions.Although Yu Shenxing was good at learning, he couldn't write well, so he had to compose poems by himself, ask someone to write the title, and publicly admitted that he couldn't write well.On the contrary, Zhu Yijun admired his honesty very much, and immediately wrote four big characters "blame Chen Shan" and bestowed it on him, and Lin Chuan made it a grand event.

In fact, in the original history, Yu Shenxing's performance was even more outstanding.It was the early years of Wanli, when Zhang Juzheng was in power and made many contributions to stabilizing the government.However, Zhang Juzheng's personal style was arbitrary, he restrained his subordinates, and suppressed hundreds of officials, which caused widespread dissatisfaction among Korean, Chinese, and military officials, and even caused a major incident of students impeaching Enxiang.

Liu Tai, the censor, impeached Zhang Juzheng for his lawlessness, and was imprisoned and banished.His colleagues were all afraid of Zhang Juzheng's situation and dared not see Liu Tai again.Regardless of these, Yu Shenxing visited Liu Tai in person, which aroused Zhang Juzheng's dissatisfaction at that time.

In the sixth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng's father died of illness. He didn't want to respect the system and mourn, so he instructed his disciples to propose "taking love".Zhu Yijun approved it, but there was an uproar in the court.Yu Shenxing, together with other ministers, advised Zhu Yijun to take back his order with the principles of righteousness and father-son ethics, which made Zhang Juzheng even more unhappy.

So once, when he saw Yu Shenxing, he said: "Keyuan, you are one of the students I admire the most. I usually treat you well, but I didn't expect you to treat me like this!"

But Yu Shenxing replied respectfully and solemnly: "It is precisely because the teacher treats me well that I have to do this!" In the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng died, and all kinds of problems in the past were exposed.After the collapse of the teacher's personal setting, Zhu Yijun was furious and ordered to search Zhang Juzheng's home.

However, Yu Shenxing did not avoid resentment in this situation, and wrote to Qiu Xiao, who presided over the matter, asking him to take care of Zhang Juzheng's 80-year-old mother and underage son. In the end, Qiu Xiao reserved a house for Zhang's family. and enough land.Because of this incident, Yu Shenxing's high moral integrity and warm heart were praised by the court.

Yu Shenxing in this life lacks the blessings of the above things, but he also has other manifestations.For example, he once presided over the Henan Provincial Examination, and happened to select Gao Yushi's paper and give it to Jie Yuan, and even bestowed the word "seeking truth" to Gao Yushi.

With this relationship, after the rise of Gao Yushi, he could obviously take advantage of the situation to join the high party of the practical school and receive special preferential treatment. However, Yu Shenxing never did this, but still maintained a neutral position. neutral faction.However, because of this, at the moment when practical learning and mental learning are fiercely competing for the title of the Ministry of Rites, Yu Shenxing has finally become the best candidate that everyone can accept.

After much deliberation, the emperor also felt that Yu Shenxing was a good candidate, so he finally decided on him.As a result, the court's recommendation was originally carried out to recommend candidates who were absent from the cabinet after Xu Guo's resignation, and finally a minister of the Ministry of Rites was recommended by many courts.When the news reached Nanning Marquis Mansion, Gao Wushi had to be a little surprised.
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PS: This chapter should have been updated last night, but when I was coding last night, I suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the arrangement of the cabinet adjustment and the subsequent six departments in the outline, so I re-deduced it and checked it again It took a lot of time for the information of some relevant characters and the interpersonal relationship between them.After coding the words, I looked back, oh well, it’s almost dawn...

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