Mingshi

Chapter 1525 Xu Jie's conspiracy

Zhang Juzheng was silent, and after a while, he stood up and said, "I'll ask him."

Xu Jie shook his head slightly, then sighed again: "It doesn't matter if you ask or not, it's just that this road won't work, we have to quickly come up with a new way."

Zhang Juzheng nodded, turned and left.After returning to the duty room, he pushed open the door, and saw Luo Xin sitting there reading the copywriting.Close the door, sit opposite Luo Xin, looking at Luo Xin:
"No, you did Baochao's business, right?"

"Are you blaming me?" Luo Xin raised his head and asked lightly.

"If you do this, I will be very passive." Zhang Juzheng was a little angry.

"If you haven't thought about implementing the new banknote, you won't be passive at all. If you are going to implement it, do you think I will agree?"

"..." Zhang Juzheng remained silent.

Luo Xin said seriously: "I will not agree to any measures that are unfavorable to Daming. You can't have no scruples just because your status is threatened. You entered the cabinet not to enter the cabinet, but to rejuvenate Daming. I hope you will not forget your original intention.”

night.

Luo Xin returned to the mansion, and he was also in a bad mood.He has always valued and respected Zhang Juzheng.But today's incident made Luo Xin feel uncomfortable.Zhang Juzheng's mentality has changed, for his own position, he can do anything, which makes it difficult for Luo Xin to accept.

"No weapon!"

As soon as he entered the gate, he heard Zhang Xun's voice from behind, stopped and waited for a while, and then walked in side by side with Zhang Xun.Zhang Xun lowered his voice and said:
"No, guess who I saw just now?"

"Who?"

"Zhao Zhenji."

"He's back?" Luo Xin frowned slightly, his expression getting worse.

"En." Zhang Xun nodded and said, "Does this indicate that those old guys will come back one after another?"

"Yes. But Zhao Zhenji came too fast."

Luo Xin frowned gradually, changed the direction to the flower hall, and walked towards the study in the back garden.Entering the study room, he took off his official clothes and changed into casual clothes. At this time, a maid had already brought tea, and then retreated out.Luo Xin sat there, still frowning.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Xun looked at Luo Dao: "Could it be that Zhao Zhenji has some special purpose in returning to Beijing?"

"There must be a purpose, otherwise there is no need to rush back to Beijing alone, and we can come back together with the flow."

"That's true." Zhang Xun nodded, and slowly frowned.While thinking about it, he said, "No, this Zhao Zhenji is Xu Dang, right?"

"Ok!"

"Zhao Zhenji is also a great Confucian. If Xu Jie hadn't let him go to Beijing, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to go to Beijing. It seems like he's an official fan, but that's not enough to embarrass him."

The expression on Luo Xin's face suddenly became even uglier. Zhang Xun was still talking there, thinking while suddenly seeing Luo Xin's expression becoming uglier, he asked:

"What did you think of?"

Luo Xin nodded and said: "I am concurrently serving as Minister of Rites."

Zhang Xun's expression changed, "Is Xu Jie heading for the Ministry of Rites?"

"Well, as long as Zhao Zhenji comes back, he should take over the Ministry of Rites for both public and private purposes, as well as emotion and reason."

Zhang Xun's face also became ugly, "Xu Jie is not interested in the Minister of Rites, but in next year's Grand Competition."

"That's right!" Luo Xin took a sip of tea depressedly and said, "Dabi's work will officially start in February, and once it starts, there will be no change of person in charge. So, at that time, as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, I will , naturally the chief examiner of the examination. Xu Jie is so anxious to get Zhao Zhenji back, probably because he wants to pick my peaches and prevent me from being involved in next year's competition."

"It's so calculating!" Zhang Xun's face darkened: "This is an excellent opportunity for you to expand your influence, you can't just give up like this."

"No wonder everyone calls him Xu Laoyin, he is really yin! No way, this seat cannot be given up, at least this time the competition cannot be given up. Xu Jie has already gathered a group of forces by rehabilitating the veteran. It can be said We have the present. If Zhao Zhenji becomes the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites and presides over this competition, all the Jinshi students of this competition will be students of Zhao Zhenji, and all future officials will be under the control of Xu Jie. Under Xu Jie's arrangement, they gathered around Zhang Juzheng. It doesn't matter that you are struggling."

Zhang Xun looked at Luo Xin solemnly, and said in a word: "So, this time, no matter what, I can't let you go."

"I know!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "It's just that this matter is very difficult to handle. Now it's me and Zhang Juzheng who work part-time in the cabinet, and there are unspoken rules in the cabinet that don't allow concurrent jobs. So it's hard for me to raise objections due to circumstances or reason. .”

"That Zhang Juzheng..."

"Zhang Juzheng is really eager to resign as the left servant of the household department, so that he can get rid of the matter of money shortage. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng can't talk about things."

The two fell silent.

Sure enough, Xu Jie played Emperor Longqing the next day, asking Zhao Zhenji to return to his original post.Emperor Longqing was still thinking about Luo Xin.Even if he doesn't care about it, he still knows what the year of Dabi means to the Minister of Rites, so he said to Xu Jie:
"Now the post of Minister of the Household Department is vacant, let Zhao Zhenji go to the Household Department."

Where is Xu Jie willing?

He still reserved that position for Zhang Juzheng, otherwise why did he keep the Hubu Shangshu vacant?

Zhang Juzheng's qualifications are too low, he entered the cabinet as the left servant of the household department, and he was not promoted by the court, but by the emperor's special order to enter the cabinet.If Zhang Juzheng wants to take the position of chief minister of the cabinet in the future, he must increase Zhang Juzheng's background bit by bit and make up for his shortcomings.The promotion of Zhang Juzheng to the Minister of the Ministry of Households is a measure to increase his background and make up for his shortcomings.Even if Zhang Juzheng is only allowed to be the Minister of the Household Department for one year, and then resign as the Minister of the Household Department to concentrate on the cabinet.

That is to say, Xu Jie did not want Zhang Juzheng to occupy the position of Minister of the Household Department, but had to go through this process.What would Zhang Juzheng do if Zhao Zhenji became the Minister of the Household Department at this time?
So Xu Jie immediately said to Emperor Longqing: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has too many errands this year. As Minister of the Ministry of Rites, I have to prepare for the crown prince's inauguration ceremony, and in the year of the Grand Competition, I have to preside over the national talent ceremony. Grand ceremony for the banquet. Lord Luo has joined the cabinet now, and the affairs of the cabinet are also very heavy. It would be impossible for Lord Luo to run at both ends. Zhao Zhenji was originally a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he is familiar with all the errands of the Ministry of Rites. Let him concentrate on the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and it can also lighten Lord Luo's burden. Concentrate on the cabinet."

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