Mingshi

Chapter 1562
Gao Gong's expression sank and he said: "So, do you agree with those eunuchs to control the military power?"

"Of course not!" Gao Gong suddenly raised his voice and said, "I have been in charge of the army for many years, and those eunuchs know how to lead the army. If they hadn't exercised power in the army, how could the Ming army have deteriorated to this point?"

Gao Gong's face softened, and he looked at Yan Na and Zhang Juzheng.Yan Na still looked like a good old man, but imitating what Luo Xin said:

"Everything is up to the adults."

Gao Gong was a little depressed, he still had some reputation in the literary world, especially this time he successfully drove away Xu Jie, which made his reputation in the literary world have a leap-forward improvement, but he really didn't have any in the army. What fame, in Daming, in the cabinet, three famous people in the army, two of them sat in front of him, one was Luo Xin and the other was Ma Fang.

In terms of right and wrong, Gao Gong was able to let go of the suppression and exclusion of Luo Xin in his heart, but when he saw Luo Xin's indifferent demeanor, he sighed in his heart, knowing that he was the one who suppressed and excluded Luo Xin severely Yes, Luo Xin is a kind of resistance and counterattack.But he still tried his best:

"This unhealthy trend must be stopped, we cannot allow the Zhengde chaos to reappear."

Luo Xin felt Gao Gong's eyes looking over, but he still drooped his eyelids, pretending he didn't see it at all.Gao Gong sighed in his heart, knowing that there was no reason to force this matter on Luo Xin's head.Luo Xin is in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and the affairs of the Ministry of War belong to Ma Fang, and he is the chief assistant and the general manager.Luo Xin has good reasons to refuse, and he and Ma Fang will gain the reputation of being incompetent.Then he looked at Ma Fang and said:
"Master Ma, you are in charge of the military, so I will leave this to you."

Ma Fang showed bitterness on his face and said: "If it is purely a matter in the army, no matter how difficult it is, I can handle it properly. But it is related to the inner court, and you know that the Minister of the Household Department is now forced by those eunuchs to pretend to be at home. illness, and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry was also forced by the eunuchs to almost retire from his old age and return home."

Speaking of this, Ma Fang sighed and said, "It's not a matter of whether it can be handled at all, but His Majesty protects those eunuchs without any reason at all. How do you ask me to deal with it?"

Gao Gong felt helpless and angry towards Ma Fang, and said, "Could it be that you, Minister of the Ministry of War, just saw the military power fall into the hands of eunuchs?"

Ma Fang pondered for a moment with a bitter face and said: "Mr. Ge, I can't handle this alone. You should ask someone to help me."

"Who is invited?" Gao Gong's eyes lit up: "As long as it can solve the military affairs, if you bring it up, I will invite you."

Gao Gong knew very well in his heart that no matter who Ma Fang invites or what conditions that person needs, he will agree, as long as he is not allowed to rush ahead and directly conflict with His Majesty.

"Lord Luo!" Ma Fang said.

Gao Gong's face changed slightly, but before he could speak, Luo Xin spoke first:

"Master Ma, this was originally your business. Aren't you harming me? You are in charge of the Ministry of War and meddling in the affairs of the Fifth Army Battalion. Am I making trouble?

You also know how scary those eunuchs are. Even if I am His Majesty's teacher, I can't stand those eunuchs talking about me in front of Your Majesty every day. You have heard that three people become tigers, right? "

Originally, Gao Gong was still a little hesitant, but he knew that if he insisted on getting Luo Xin to participate, Luo Xin might not be able to participate, but he would definitely put forward conditions.It's just that Gao Gong can't care about these things now, he is not afraid of Luo Xin's conditions, but he is afraid that Luo Xin will ignore them.

As Ma Fang said, Luo Xin's influence in the army is higher than Ma Fang's, and Luo Xin has a close relationship with Emperor Longqing, so he said:
"Lord Luo, although you are in charge of the Ministry of Industry, you are also an important cabinet minister. This matter requires Lord Luo to stand up."

Luo Xin shook his head, and said with a sad face: "Mr. Ge, you also know that I am carrying out the reform of the Ministry of Industry..."

"I'll give you 50 taels of silver."

Luo Xin rolled his eyes and said, "Master Ge, this reform!"

"100 million taels, no more."

Luo Xin thought for a while and said, "Give me a piece of land, and I will build an academy."

"You want to build an academy?" Gao Gong was surprised.

"Well, but it's not an academy in the sense of Daming now. It's not mainly for the imperial examination, but for science and technology."

"Is it just to teach those strange skills and tricks?"

"You...so say so, let it be." Luo Xin showed helplessness on his face.As for scholars, farmers, businessmen, Daming simply looked down on workers.

Gao Gong's eyeballs rolled, Luo Xin wanted to play big, and wanted to build an academy for those strange skills, and he might be sprayed to death by Shilin.Hehe... This is my chance to drive Luo Xin out of the cabinet.Immediately made a decision:

"Okay, but there is no land in the city, only outside the city, wait for the old man to find it for you. How about I solve it for you today?"

"Thank you, Mr. Ge." Luo Xin said with a smile on his face, "I will assist Master Ma."

"This matter is still based on you, after all, you are the second assistant of the cabinet." Gao Gong said calmly.

Luo Xin waved his hand and said: "I am the master, if the name is not right and the word is not good, Master Ma is in charge of the military department. Don't worry, Mr. Ge. If you don't use weapons, you will do your best."

"Alright!" Gao Gong finally agreed.

After the meeting ended, Luo Xin went to Ma Fang's office and studied with Ma Fang all morning.In the afternoon, Luo Xin came to the Ministry of Industry. Hearing that Luo Xin was coming, Lin Yuntong, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, greeted him.The two entered Lin Yuntong's room, and Luo Xin asked Lin Yuntong to call Zhou Yu over. After the three sat down, Luo Xin said:
"Master Lin, I have always advocated the reform of the Ministry of Industry. I know you are against it, but this reform must be implemented."

Lin Yuntong looked down on craftsmen, especially those who came from imperial envoys like him.But now, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he also wants to make a career.Otherwise, he would not have defected to Xu Jie.Now that Xu Jie retired and returned to his hometown, before he left, let them keep a low profile and wait for Gao Gong to compete with Luo Xin, and they will reap the benefits and support Zhang Juzheng.

But Lin Yuntong is really different from Ge Shouli, Wang Guoguang and others.The difference is that he has always been an imperial envoy, and only served as Minister of the Ministry of Industry after his recovery, so the traces of an imperial envoy are very strong, which means that his morale is very strong.To put it bluntly, it is very idealistic, and if it is more vulgar, it is a patient with a second-grade illness in a very high grade.

Therefore, I also dislike Xu Jie in my heart.Although he was grateful to Xu Jie for recovering him, but if he wanted to be Xu Jie's lackey, it would definitely not work.In this way, he was not so resentful towards Luo Xin and Gao Gong.On the contrary, he still has some appreciation for Gao Gong and Luo Xin.

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