Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1832 The new cabinet of Pingwa (卌六) is settled

According to the emperor's request, the Department of Selected Works of the Ministry of Officials submitted a list of candidates for this cabinet addition.Due to the lack of three members of the cabinet this time, the list included six candidates. After the list was submitted to the imperial case, Zhu Yijun issued an order to discuss with the nine ministers.

The six candidates are: Chen Yubi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhao Zhigao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yu Shenxing, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Shen Yiguan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing, Zhou Yong, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhu Geng, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites.

However, before the court meeting was held, Chen Yubi, the Minister of the Ministry of officials, went to Sanshu to resign.The reason for his resignation is more interesting. He said that because he was the room teacher when he was admitted to the university, he said that his recommendation for admission to the cabinet could not be established. As a teacher, he had to avoid it. Otherwise, not only would he not accept the recommendation, but he would even resign. To show innocence.

Same as the previous procedures, Zhu Yijun rejected both the first and second submissions, with the reasons of "not avoiding relatives" and "I get along with Qingjun and ministers", but Chen Yubi still insisted on submitting. The third question was to ask for his resignation, and the emperor had no choice but to agree that he would not participate in the cabinet meeting.

As a result, the original selection department planned to add another candidate, but Zhu Yijun vetoed it and asked them not to procrastinate, but to choose among the remaining five candidates, and the court discussion was the most important thing.

In fact, Zhu Yijun really didn't want to procrastinate, and he even felt that the cabinet didn't need six ministers at all.According to his perception over the years, it is enough to have one or two ministers who are really effective in handling affairs, and three are great. If there are more, it will easily cause the cabinet to fall into contention.

But this time, considering the reason of the war, Zhu Yijun believed that maintaining stability was more important, so he did not insist on "simplifying the cabinet", but only asked for the court to discuss quickly and complete the cabinet.

Before the court meeting, Zhu Yijun specially summoned Gao Yushi to the palace under the guise of asking Gao Yushi whether the money, food and materials prepared for the Korean War were sufficient, and whether there was any need to take care of them. In fact, it was natural to ask Gao Yushi in advance. What do you think about the composition of the next cabinet?

Zhu Yijun knew very well in his heart that Wang Jiaping's character was too upright, and at the same time he had no political power, so he would most likely be like Li Chunfang when he was the chief assistant.

Of course, Wang Jiaping's personality is almost the opposite of Li Chunfang's, but that doesn't make much sense.Li Chunfang made the first assistant less effective than the second assistant because of his soft and cowardly personality; Wang Jiaping has character, but it is a pity that only character has no power, and no one listens to his words.

In general, Zhu Yijun had expected that Wang Jiaping, the chief assistant, would not be able to control the situation, and the real power would be transferred to the hands of the assistant ministers behind.

Who is the assistant in the back?Liang Menglong.First of all, Liang Menglong is a member of the school of pragmatism. Although his nominal status has always been higher than that of high pragmatism, everyone knows the truth. In essence, high pragmatism has the final say.

Secondly, and more importantly, Liang Menglong is 70 years old, and he resigned at the beginning of the year, but the emperor saw that he was in good health, and at the beginning of the year, he planned to use troops against the Japanese army in North Korea again this year. Liang Menglong is not suitable as a minister in charge of the Ministry of War He immediately resigned and was therefore retained.

Then there was the big cabinet earthquake, when three cabinet elders left at once, Liang Menglong couldn't leave, at least he had to wait until next year.But regardless of this year or next year, Liang Menglong will definitely resign. Zhu Yijun has already known the inside story through high pragmatism, and it should be irreversible.

That is to say, Liang Menglong was originally a highly pragmatic and hard-core ally, and he will resign next year at the latest. Now he can only be regarded as a transitional figure, or an old minister who is reluctant to stand on the last post. It is impossible to expect him to go. Take the lead.

In this way, Gao Pragmatic has in fact become the chief assistant in the emperor's heart, and I am afraid that only he can make a decision on any major event—including the two levels of daring to make a decision and being able to execute it after making a decision.

Gao Yushi knows that the current emperor intends to seek stability in terms of the political situation, so Gao Yushi did not make matters worse when it comes to the proportion of the Heart School in the cabinet, and still gave two places.In terms of the practical school, Gao Wushi only proposed to let Zhou Yong join the cabinet to make up for it.

The school of mind and the school of practice are two to one. This is the answer given by Gao Yushi. Zhu Yijun is very satisfied with this, and praises Gao Yushi's overall view as good as ever.At the same time, in order to reward this excellent performance of not causing trouble for the leader, Zhu Yijun asked Gao Wushi if he had any other requirements, so Gao Wushi proposed that Song Yingchang return to the court to take over as Minister of the Ministry of War.

Zhu Yijun was very surprised, and asked: "Song Yingchang is now returning to the court to take over as Da Sima, what about the Korean War?"

"Please go personally." Gao Wushi said calmly: "The layout of North Korea has been completed, and now we need an important minister to go, so that it can be smoothly incorporated into the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yijun fell silent, and after a while he hesitated and said: "North Korea is after all a country that is not conquered by the Taizu. If it is included in the territory while taking advantage of people's danger, will there be any hidden dangers in the future?"

Gao Wushi replied simply: "It is precisely because of this concern that I want to go in person."

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment again, and asked, "What are your plans?"

"First of all, the name must be justified, that is to say, it must first be played by the king of the Joseon Dynasty, Li Zan, insisting that the title should be attached, and then the emperor will approve it. In this way, we can gain a firm foothold in the name of righteousness, and avoid someone in North Korea in the future. trouble.

Secondly, we must turn the tide and save North Korea from falling, and then defeat the Japanese army in one fell swoop to dominate the world.In this way, it can not only win the hearts and minds of the Korean people, but also show them prestige, so that those with ulterior motives dare not act rashly.

The third is to control public opinion, to strengthen a kind of thinking in North Korea in the next few generations, that is, North Korea's inclusion in Ming Dynasty is the brightest future of North Korea, and everyone in North Korea must recognize that "it is better to be a dog of the Celestial Dynasty than to be a foreigner" His Majesty, for this kind of thought, Westerners have a special term called 'converter's fanaticism', and Tianchen can explain it to His Majesty in detail.

The last point is assimilation, which can be used together with the 'Converter's Frenzy'.Fortunately, there was an imperial examination in North Korea, and our Confucian classics were also studied in the past dynasties, so it was relatively easy to do this.In addition, Chen's status as the champion of the six poems could come in handy at that time. "

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun was really satisfied. He relaxed a lot, but he was still a little worried. He asked, "But the cabinet has undergone such a huge change right now. If you go to North Korea at this time, what will happen to the cabinet and the court?"

Gao Yushi comforted: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Nangong (Wang Jiaping) and Mingquangong (Liang Menglong) have the same views on the current court affairs. With their concerted efforts, there should be no obstacles to the court's affairs. As for For other details, it only takes two days to contact North Korea through Feige, and I have time to ask questions."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun was finally completely relieved, and said with a smile: "Well, since you have made arrangements, I will save trouble. However, to go to North Korea as you, and to do such an important matter, This post of manager seems a bit indecisive..."

Gao Wushi was slightly taken aback, then shook his head and said, "I think these false names are irrelevant, there is no need to come up with a new name for a certain matter, and saying that would make the North Koreans alert in advance, which is not beautiful... ...It’s pretty good to call it Pingwa Jingsue.”

Zhu Yijun made sense after thinking about it, so he agreed.In fact, his original intention was to give Gao Yushi another title, so as to show that he, the emperor, attached great importance to him, but since Gao Yushi himself didn't think it mattered, then let him do what he wanted.

Zhu Yijun also knew in his heart that it was not a good thing to set up too many things like titles, even if it was only a temporary job—wasn't the governor and governor all temporary jobs before?If there is another post on top of Jinglue now, what if Jinglue becomes a permanent post in the future?This strategy can control several provinces and towns with full military and administrative power.

After the "top-level secret discussion" ended, the follow-up court meeting became simpler. Finally, after the recommendation of the big and small nine ministers and the approval of Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yijun, the new cabinet team was successfully formed as follows:
Wang Jiaping, a scholar of Zhongji Temple, Liang Menglong, a scholar of Jianji Hall, Gao Yushi, a scholar of Wenhuadian, Zhao Zhigao, a scholar of Wuyingdian, Shen Yiguan, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Zhou Yong, a scholar of Dongge University.

At the same time, the emperor decreed that Zhou Yong, a scholar of Dongge University, resigned from the post of Minister of the Ministry of War, and promoted Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, and Song Yingchang, the Pingwa Jinglue, returned to the court to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War.

Wenhuadian University's scholar Gao Yushi concurrently served as Pingwa Jinglue, and re-divided Pingwa Jinglue's jurisdiction and responsibilities: military affairs in North Zhili, South Zhili, Shandong, Liaodong, North Korea and other places were within his authority, and the other He is also in charge of the government affairs of Liaodong and North Korea.

In addition to this, in addition to the normal flag of the king's order, a high-level and pragmatic Shangfang sword is also given.

What is Tianzi Vega Overseas?What is the difference between the size of the suzerain and the vassal?That's it.

The imperial envoy I sent made it clear that he was here to manage your country, but his power is actually not that great. The military and the government can only arrest him. Besides you, the king, he can kill whoever he wants to kill first.As for if you are dissatisfied with this... don't worry, just be patient, and when I am free in the future, you can come and talk to me.

The imperial decree was issued and the dust settled. No matter how many undercurrents had been surging before, it had come to an end.However, those who are interested have noticed that there are still some problems with the composition of the cabinet this time, especially in terms of age and personality.

Let me talk about the three people who were originally in the pavilion: Wang Jiaping, the first assistant, was 61 years old, which is not bad; University scholar Gao Wu was 35 years old at the time, so young that he was frighteningly young, and he was almost certain to become the chief assistant in the future. [Note: Above and below are all imaginary years. ]
Let's talk about the three newcomers to the cabinet: Zhao Zhigao, a scholar of the Wuyingdian University, was 75 years old at the time, older than Liang Menglong.

As a result, due to the sudden downfall of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, no one could be found within the Mind School to take over, so the old official had to be pushed out to take over.

Zhao Zhigao's character can basically be compared to Li Chunfang. In the original history, when the Qing dynasty compiled Ming history, Zhang Tingyu, the chief writer, commented on him: "Zhigao is the head and assistant, over seventy years old, old, soft and cowardly, despised by court officials, black and white From all over."In other words, when Zhao Zhigao was the chief assistant, he was already old and sick, so weak that he had no prestige as a chief assistant.

You know, in the original history, Zhao Zhigao served as the first assistant for the first time in the autumn of the 19th year of Wanli, that is, in 1591. That is 22.

However, this year is the 25th year of Wanli, that is, 1597, so Zhao Zhigao is older than Zhang Tingyu's evaluation... What can such a kind old man do when he enters the cabinet?It's probably just a refill.

Shen Yiguan, a scholar of Wenyuange University, is 67 years old this year, and he is only three years away from becoming an official.However, Shen Yiguan's main problem is not his age, but some problems with his personality, and his reputation has not been very good.

In the mind school, he likes to plant the party the most, far more than Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue.This matter is more complicated to say, and there are too many things to be traced, so I will not expand here.

To put it simply, it is that Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue are at least shameless, even quite shameless, while Shen Yiyi is different. His basic characteristic is that Lao Tzu is shameless-this is really extremely rare in the mind school, after all Psychology is the so-called practical study of morality.

So here comes the question, since Shen has always had such a reputation, why can the Heart School push him out this time?Is there really no one available to this extent?Yes and no.

Although Shen Yiguan's reputation is bad, his ability to plant the party is really not bad. In the original history, he managed to create the Zhejiang Party despite his reputation.

Right now, the School of Mind is beaten up by the School of Reality, and now Zhao Zhigao, who can only be named and basically impossible to do anything, will be promoted first. The remaining one will need some means to get it, otherwise the School of Heart will probably disband.

So there was no other way, the Heart School could only choose a general from among the dwarfs, let Shen Yiguan go up to the top first - at least he should be able to ensure that the Heart School's basic game is not lost.As for the future... the present will be lost, let's talk about the future in the future!

The last one was Zhou Yong, a scholar of Dongge University. He was 65 years old at the time.

However, his problem is similar to Zhao Zhigao's. Although he doesn't look old, but his character... Anyway, he is what he says to be pragmatic, and he is obviously a respondent.

Perhaps in Zhou Yong's opinion, all this is normal. After all, he didn't even have the qualifications to join the cabinet, and now he can join the cabinet with the support of high pragmatism. This is a huge surprise in itself. What?Of course, everything must be highly pragmatic!As a human being, you have to speak of conscience, right?
Looking at it this way, the cabinet this time is very mysterious.
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