Jinyi champion

Zhang Cong lived in Xishan for two days, and said he wanted to talk to Zhu Hao, but nothing came to fruition until the end.

He didn't even lower his face to ask Zhu Hao for advice. In Zhang Cong's mind, he was more willing to treat Zhu Hao as an equal, but he seemed to have forgotten that he was not qualified to be equal to Zhu Hao.

When Zhu Hao personally sent him to the train station, Zhang Cong hesitated several times to say something to Zhu Hao, but he didn't say anything until he got on the train. Zhu Hao politely watched the train go away.

"How about it?"

Tang Yin was not far away, and that day was also the day he sent his wife back to the capital.

Although he also wanted to keep his wife by his side, but Zhu Hao, the teacher's wife, had never been able to adapt to the environment in Xishan. It is understandable that pregnant women have more troubles.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "What else? Let's go through the motions. After returning, he probably has a reason to tell the person who called him that his mission has been completed. Maybe he also knows that I won't expose him for a while."

"can't read."

Tang Yin shook his head, "Zhang Bingyong is also a smart person, he should know that he has to rely on you to have a chance to be in the position, why is he so hostile towards you? It's just because you did something before that made him dissatisfied, so he just doesn't care about the future ?”

Zhu Hao said: "Because he knows that it is impossible for the monarch and his ministers to be in harmony forever. He is gambling."

"What are you gambling?"

Tang Yin became interested.

Zhu Hao said solemnly: "Even if he sincerely follows me, he can only fight at the end and cannot reach the highest position...On the contrary, if he opposes me, then when His Majesty has a grudge against me in the future, it will be his turn to take the top position." .He is betting that there will be no hundred-day success."

"Ah."

Tang Yin nodded.

Zhu Haodao: "Sir sent his wife away, why did he stay? It means that Mr. thinks Xishan is good, and he plans to live here for a long time in the future?"

Tang Yin gave Zhu Hao a blank look, and said: "No, I'm just meeting someone for winter fishing. The ice layer more than two meters deep has been broken, and I haven't caught any fish yet. It's not too late to go after two days!"

Zhu Hao was quite speechless.

If it were someone else, Zhu Haoda could think that this was a cover-up, but it actually had another purpose.

But if it were Tang Yin... this guy can really do this kind of thing.

Besides, Tang Yin stayed in Xishan, and it is true that he has no serious business to do. He just likes to wander around when he has nothing to do. Although it is only early spring and there is not much to see, for Tang Yin, this kind of scenery is something that can be seen for a day. one day.

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As soon as Zhang Cong returned to Beijing, he learned the news that at the court meeting where he was absent the day before, there was a court proposal to make Huang Zan the Minister of the Household Department.

And Zhang Cong is very concerned about the current cabinet configuration, and doesn't think it is a good thing for Huang Zan to be the Minister of the Household Department.

The vacant position must be replaced by someone else, Zhang Cong who is not him, will be furious, and if he is allowed to take the position, he is afraid that Zhu Hao will only be able to make room for himself if he enters the cabinet in the future, thus forming a point of contradiction, what Zhang Cong hopes most It is because the personnel of the cabinet should not undergo major changes.

So the night Zhang Cong returned to Beijing, he went to visit Huang Zan's mansion.

Huang Zan was not surprised by Zhang Cong's visit, and was even curious about Zhang Cong's going to Xishan, because now everyone in the emperor's faction knows that Zhu Hao is in Xishan, and Zhang Cong's visit is not to express your opinion to Zhu Hao right?
"Bingyong, you mean, you didn't say a word to Jingdao in the two days you went there?" Huang Zan didn't quite believe what Zhang Cong said about the two days' experience.

Zhang Cong was originally the "No. [-] person" of the Liyi School, second only to Zhu Hao in the court, but after Zhu Hao successively promoted Huang Zan and Tang Yin as cabinet ministers, Zhang Cong fell into the role of No. [-] person , Huang Zan's current nominal status is higher than Zhang Cong's.

But Zhang Cong looked down on Huang Zan from the bottom of his heart, because Zhang Cong thought he had contributed the most and was the only one who was qualified to challenge Zhu Hao on the matter of the ceremony.

Otherwise, if Huang Zan and Tang Yin were to be expected to fight against Zhu Hao, it would be useless in this life.

Zhang Cong said: "That Zhu Shilang's eyes are higher than the top, and there is Tang Ge beside him, so he often can't speak."

Huang Zan asked: "Then what is your original intention to go?"

"It's Eunuch Zhang, the chief inspector of ceremonies, who asked me to go forward... According to Eunuch Zhang, let me wait without any complaints and focus on helping the community. But when I arrived in Xishan, I found out that Zhu Shilang has no intention of cooperating with others. Perhaps in his mind, he alone is enough to support the entire court, how can we exist in his eyes?"

Zhang Cong dared to say that because he knew that Huang Zan and Zhu Hao could not be in the same accord.

However, Huang Zan did have an opinion on Zhu Hao, but it was not to the point of turning against Zhu Hao, so he couldn't help but frown upon hearing Zhang Cong's words.

"Bingyong, even Eunuch Zhang can see that you have thoughts in your heart, shouldn't you be touched and make a change? Eunuch Zhang stands behind His Majesty, and his words often represent His Majesty's meaning."

Huang Zan was also reminding Zhang Cong that you are not qualified to challenge Zhu Hao now.

Zhang Cong shook his head: "Old Huang Ge, I am different from you. I have only been in the court for a short time. In just a few years, I have sat in a position that others have been unable to climb for decades, and the difficulties and obstacles I have to face , and someone like you, who has been in the officialdom for decades, can't understand."

"is it?"

Huang Zan disagreed.

Listen to what you mean, you think you are very honorable and look down on us people?
Zhang Cong said: "And I am only loyal to His Majesty. As for other people... Even if it is Zhu Shilang, even if he has the kindness to me, it does not mean that I will obey him in everything in the future. Otherwise, I will not be able to define who I am. The courtiers of Daming, or his courtiers of Zhu Jingdao?"

He spoke loudly and even publicly told Huang Zan that he wanted to part ways with Zhu Hao.

Naturally, Huang Zan would not tell Zhang Zuo what Zhang Cong said, and it was impossible to tell Zhu Hao, or, even if Huang Zan didn't tell him, wouldn't Zhu Hao not be able to see what Zhang Cong looked like?

"It's up to you."

Huang Zan didn't bother to argue with Zhang Cong, "I'm old and frail, and won't stay in the court for too long. Today, the court recommended me to be Minister of the Household Department. It is estimated that I will enter the Household Department as a minister in a few days. As for Do you... want the old man to tell His Majesty to recommend you to the cabinet?"

Zhang Cong shook his head: "Your Majesty is very clear that at present, from prestige to qualifications to ability, it is not enough to be qualified for the position of the cabinet, so don't make delusions. This is also responsible to the court and His Majesty."

Huang Zan could barely stand listening.

Everything is done in the name of loyalty to the emperor. Could it be that you know that your relationship with Zhu Hao is very tense, so you have to try your best to show that you are a loyal minister?In fact, just because you're submissive doesn't mean you have to listen to Zhu Hao all the time... Even if you listen to him now, it's okay not to listen to him in the future.

But if you insist on getting into trouble with Zhu Hao as soon as you come up, you must be at odds with each other in your relationship, right?

After the foreign enemies are wiped out, they start to engage in internal fighting?

"it is good."

Huang Zan said, "The old man respects your opinion."

Zhang Cong said coldly: "Since Mr. Huang Ge knows that his time in court is short, why does he have to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs? Isn't it good to stay in the cabinet?"

Huang Zan naturally knew Zhang Cong's careful thinking, so he couldn't help thinking about it, you Zhang Bingyong took yourself too seriously, you thought Zhu Jingdao didn't deal with you because you were capable and trusted by the emperor?
snort!
It's clear that people disdain to deal with you!
Do you still want to interfere with other people's choices?

You have no strength, if you insist on pretending to be a big-headed ghost, you can only become a big-headed ghost in the end!

"The old man has made up his mind, you don't need to persuade him anymore." Huang Zan said coldly.

Zhang Cong said: "If Huang Ge is an old man, can he concurrently serve as the elder of the pavilion and be the Minister of the Household Department at the same time?"

"Um!?"

Huang Zan frowned.

Zhang Cong saw that there was something going on, and continued: "Your Majesty asked Zhu Jingdao to serve as the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, as well as the post of a Bachelor's Attendant and a Young Master of the Zhan Shifu. Why can Mr. Huang Ge only serve as the Minister of the Household Department?" What about Shangshu? What I mean by holding two positions is not just a false title, but the full-time Minister of the Household Department."

Huang Zan was very interested at first, but soon thought that Zhang Cong was using him to occupy the cabinet hole, and felt very upset.

Old man Huang also wants face, and he values ​​official face more than anything else.

"Since I am the Secretary of the Household Department, I must devote myself wholeheartedly. This conflicts with the work of the cabinet itself, and I cannot accept it." Huang Zan directly refused.

Zhang Cong was naturally disappointed.

He also wants to follow Zhu Hao's example and come up with some unconventional ideas, but now it seems that his reputation is really not enough for everyone to listen to him.

Zhang Cong said: "Then please Huang Ge Lao recommend someone to secure your job in the cabinet for you. Or it would be better to join the cabinet with the chief minister of the Ministry of Rites."

Huang Zan shook his head: "Since the old man is going to perform his duties in the Ministry of Household Affairs, there is no reason to intervene in the affairs of the cabinet. You don't need to persuade Bingyong. If you have a suitable candidate, you can personally recommend it to His Majesty. The old man can recommend you at most. As for Others... this old man is not familiar with them, so I can't recommend them."

You you on the line.

You can't, you don't want to be in the position yourself, and you want the old man to recommend someone you recommend to be in the position... No way.

Zhang Cong was very annoyed.

Originally, the relationship between the two was fairly stable. On the matter of recalling Yang Yiqing back to the court, the two originally had a certain tacit understanding, but as Zhang Cong and Zhu Hao gradually made their conflicts public, Huang Zan got Zhu Hao's help Returning to the household department as a minister...

This made Huang Zan very wary of Zhang Cong.

Zhang Cong felt that he seemed to have lost an important ally.It cannot be said that Zhang Cong at this time has reached the point of betrayal, at least Gui E, Fang Xianfu, Huo Tao and others are still very close to him in principle, they need Zhang Cong to be promoted, and these people are precisely the future court backbone.

"Bingyong, there is one more thing I want to remind you. Your Majesty has long made up his mind about Yang Yingning's return to the court. He made him a minister instead of a elder. You have to understand that these veterans may not put you in the court after returning to the court. In your eyes, don't trust too much what they say when they are idle in the countryside."

Huang Zan kindly reminded him.

This is to tell Zhang Cong clearly that sooner or later your character will offend many people. You think Yang Yiqing will help you, but don't let it be that the first thing Yang Yiqing does after returning to the court is to drive you away.

If Yang Yiqing chooses to cooperate with Zhu Hao, you probably have no chance of winning.