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"Qian Xiang."

Zhang Haogu naturally knew that he was talking about Qian Qianyi.

Zhang Haogu didn't have much feeling about Qian Qianyi, either good or bad, and he didn't even feel the joy after meeting a famous person.

He is the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, one of the top people in the world. He has seen many so-called historical celebrities, and there are countless celebrities who have served under him. Just one celebrity, or none left

Zhang Haogu doesn't care about celebrities with good reputations.

"What are you talking about about money and relationships?" Zhang Haogu looked at Zhang Ruitu, who had a somewhat uneasy expression.

Zhang Ruitu seemed to have remembered something and shook his head: "This Prime Minister Qian is very unusual. Speaking of which, today is the first court and Prime Minister Qian has not come yet."

Just as he was talking, some voices came from behind the team. Lu Xiangsheng turned around and looked: "Speak of Cao Cao. Cao Cao is here. Isn't the Prime Minister coming now?"

A middle-aged man wearing a first-grade crane scarlet robe, a jade belt around his waist, a beam crown on his head, and a jade wat in his hand came over.

He nodded slightly to Zhang Haogu and others: "Yuanfu, dear elders."

Zhang Haogu looked at the man with a solemn face in front of him, and he knew that this was Qian Qianyi.

Although Qian Qianyi is now forty-nine years old, he has taken good care of himself and is familiar with poetry and books. He has his own temperament. He is not bad looking to begin with. Now that he is wearing the court clothes of a high-ranking official, he gives people an even more elegant look.

A sense of integrity and loyalty.

Of course, as someone who knew some of Qian Qianyi's deeds, Zhang Haogu still looked at Qian Qianyi with a strange look.

Speaking of which, Qian Qianyi was also one of the leaders of the Donglin Party. He had done all kinds of party fighting and corruption, but he also really fought against the Qing Dynasty after they entered the country.

But the most enjoyable thing is that the water is too cold, the head is too itchy, and his romantic affair with Liu Rushi, one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai.

It is meaningless. Qian Qianyi is a man of great talent. He is full of talents, has excellent poems, good calligraphy, and beautiful articles, but these cannot cover up the fact that he was demoted to the Qing Dynasty.

Regardless of the reason for serving in the Qing Dynasty, whether he secretly instigated rebellion and surrendered generals to the Qing Dynasty, or secretly funded Zheng Chenggong's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, he has already been identified.

Of course, things in the past life are different from this life. Maybe Qian Qianyi really has some difficulties or other ideas, maybe he is trying to make ends meet, maybe he is bearing the humiliation, or maybe he has an itchy head, but it has nothing to do with Zhang Haogu.

After all, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties were trapped in Liaodong in this generation and were already besieged to death.

Originally, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties still had a chance to conquer the grasslands and North Korea, turning Liaodong into a powerful force entrenched in the north. However, with the battle on the grasslands, the 100,000 Manchu and Mongolian allied troops were wiped out, and the 40,000 Manchu and Qing Eight Banner elites were completely destroyed.

Qing had already broken several bones.

After all, from the late Jin Dynasty to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the core Jurchens, who are now the Manchus, had only a few hundred thousand combatable soldiers, but these hundreds of thousands included all those over the age of fourteen and under the age of sixty.

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If all these people are recruited, it means that the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be exterminated.

Therefore, although all the people of the Eight Banners are soldiers, the Eight Banners actually have only a few hundred thousand combatable soldiers. The successive losses have caused the Eight Banners to lose half of their young men. Now the Eight Banners want to quit?

It would be good if Ming Dynasty doesn't fight them.

In fact, at the moment, the Ming Dynasty really has no intention of killing Liaodong. The 150,000 new troops directly under the Ming Dynasty are going to the grasslands in batches to feel the atmosphere of war and engage in small-scale friction with the Manchus.

What a good whetstone. All the 150,000 new troops from Zhili can go to the grasslands and hone their skills.

Therefore, neither Zhu Youxiao nor Zhang Haogu had any intention of beating the Manchus to death with a single stick. They should let the Manchus live half-dead for now, and then beat them to death when needed.

Without the external factor of Manchu Qing Dynasty, Qian Qianyi's life should have nothing to do with the water being too cold and his head being too itchy. As for what kind of person Qian Qianyi will become in this life, Zhang Haogu doesn't care.

As long as he doesn't become an obstacle to Ming's progress, let him do whatever he wants.

Looking at Qian Qianyi in front of him, Zhang Haogu smiled: "Prime Minister Qian came at the right time. He will enter the court soon."

Soon, the bells rang one after another, and the Ming Dynasty's Synodic Dynasty began.

Hundreds of officials filed in from the Meridian Gate and arrived in front of the Fengtian Hall. As the chamberlain announced loudly: "Your Majesty has decreed that all officials enter the court."

The civil and military officials headed by Zhang Haogu entered the tall and spacious Fengtian Hall. At this time, Zhu Youxiao was already sitting on the dragon chair, looking down at the officials entering the court.

"I bow to your majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

All the officials kowtowed and then fell flat.

Zhu Youxiao raised his hand, and Wang Tiqian on the side immediately opened his mouth and read out the imperial edict: "According to the edict of Emperor Tiancheng Yun, it says: Wei Guangwei, the former great scholar of Jianji Palace, is ambitious and conspired to cause chaos."

After finishing the punishment of Wei Guangwei, Wang Tiqian then read out another imperial edict: "Qian Qianyi, the former minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, has both political integrity and talent, and is commendable for his loyalty. He is promoted to the rank of Dongge University Scholar and Crown Prince Grand Master."

Qian Qianyi came out of the queue and kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, I have received the order to thank you."

After the early dynasty, all the officials retired. As one of the leaders of the Suzhou and Donglin Party in the south, Qian Qianyi first received compliments from the southern officials and Donglin Party members. These people undoubtedly regarded Qian Qianyi as a leader.

The hope of the Donglin Party in the imperial court is that after all, this is a cabinet minister promoted by His Majesty himself.

Seeing Qian Qianyi accepting the compliments of hundreds of officials, and the officials who originally belonged to Wei Guangwei's line and had not been cleared up, as well as some Donglin Party officials attached themselves to him, Zhang Ruitu looked a little unhappy: "This Prime Minister Qian is really..."

Zhang Haogu walked slowly: "I heard that, Prime Minister Zhang, you hosted a banquet for Qian Xiangfeng to wash away the dust, but he declined?"

Zhang Ruitu nodded, as if he felt that he had lost face because of this, and added: "He also refused the reception banquet offered by Prime Minister Huang."

Although Qian Qianyi did not attend his reception banquet, Zhang Ruitu would not hate Qian Qianyi and fight with him because of this. It is unnecessary, absolutely unnecessary.

Zhang Haogu said softly: "That's fine. He doesn't belong to us, nor does he belong to the Donglin Party in the north. Isn't this a good thing?"

"The Donglin Party was originally based on wealthy gentry and official families from Jiangnan, Southeast and other places. The south is their foundation. How many core members of the Donglin Party are there in the court today?"

"Since the two traitors Ye Xianggao and Han Xu died, the power of the Donglin Party in the court has become weaker and weaker day by day. Although Wei Guangwei and Huang Liji are both Donglin Party members, they are also from Damingfu.

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"How many of those southern rural parties and cronies can trust Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei? What's more, these two people have done nothing."

"Now that Wei Guangwei has fallen, only Huang Liji is left. He has no foundation in the north, and the Donglin Party members in the south don't look down on him. Being a clay sculpture is his best choice."

"As for Qian Qianyi, being promoted at this time will certainly have some influence on us, but it won't affect anything. He is just a tool used by His Majesty to check and balance us, but it will not affect our work."

Zhang Ruitu said: "But having such a person in the cabinet is always an obstacle for us."

Zhang Haogu smiled and turned around to look at Qian Qianyi, who was still receiving compliments from the officials. He was surrounded by officials from the Southern and Donglin factions. Looking at his appearance, those who didn't know thought he was the head of the officials and the cabinet.

Where is the chief assistant?

Shaking his head, Zhang Haogu looked calm and calm: "Why are you so anxious? Let's see what he does."

"It is said that the first thing a new official does when he takes office is to see how he uses his ideas and methods."

"But after all, we are colleagues now, so we still have to prepare a banquet for the moneyed minister."

Zhang Ruitu looked at Zhang Haogu: "Yuanfu, what do you mean?"

With a slight chin of his head, Zhang Haogu said slowly: "Of course I have to communicate with this Qian and tell him not to mess around. The situation in the court is very good now."

"Conquering southern Liaoning, leveling the grasslands, and conquering Annan, the imperial court secured a huge territory and gained countless cattle, sheep, minerals, and population. These are all wealth."

"Although the imperial court has suffered many disasters in recent years, they are all within control. As long as these resources are digested, the Ming Dynasty will surely usher in a qualitative leap and improvement."

"What the court needs now is peace, to digest these resources and transform them into strength. I don't care what they think or what their thoughts are. I am also aware of some of our own internal thoughts and disputes."

"Party fighting will never dissipate, and factions cannot be stopped. As long as people still have desires and ideas, they will have disputes because of interests, positions and many other reasons. I know all of this."

"But these must be controlled within a certain range and cannot cause chaos in the court or affect the current overall situation of the court."

With that said, Zhang Haogu looked at Zhang Ruitu. Those eyes seemed to see through all Zhang Ruitu's thoughts, which made Zhang Ruitu a little nervous. Under such a gaze, he felt that he had nothing to hide.

"This is my intention, and it is also your Majesty's intention."

Zhang Haogu's words rang in Zhang Ruitu's ears, which brought Zhang Ruitu back to his senses. Unknowingly, he was breaking out in a cold sweat.

Patting Zhang Ruitu's shoulder, Zhang Haogu said: "Let's go, we should prepare a reception banquet for Qian Xiang, and inform Huang Xiang and Qiao Xiang to come together. After all, we will be our colleagues in the future, so we need to understand first

It’s always good to understand.”

Zhang Ruitu nodded and silently followed Zhang Haogu's footsteps.

Thinking about his actions now, Zhang Ruitu shuddered. Yes, party disputes, party disputes, how could the emperor ignore party disputes?

Today's His Majesty is a heroic and ambitious hero of a generation with great talents and great ambitions. Will he ignore party strife and the undercurrents within the imperial court?

It's just that everything is still within control and does not affect the normal operation of the court.

As Zhang Haogu said, the battles within the imperial court will never stop, and the various overt and covert struggles between parties, regions, and their own interests, positions and even family grievances over the years will never stop.

As long as human beings still exist and have thoughts, they will have their own desires, which will involve many choices. This can never be avoided. After all, humans are such creatures.

But as long as these fights are within the scope of acquiescence, it is not a problem. As long as these things do not affect the operation of the court, then they can be ignored.

Whether Zhang Haogu or Zhu Youxiao, they know this very well. After all, it is a good thing for people to have their own desires. Only when they have desires, thoughts, and selfishness can they work hard and ensure the health of the imperial court.

The court operates normally.

The power of the New Party is too huge, and the Donglin Party is not the opponent of the New Party at the moment. Therefore, after Wei Guangwei's fall, Zhu Youxiao did not hesitate to promote Qian Qianyi. As one of the leaders of the Donglin Party in the south, as a scholar

As a person with a high reputation in the forest and having been immersed in official circles for decades, Qian Qianyi will become Zhu Youxiao's new card to maintain the fragile balance between the old party and the new party.

This fragile balance is very simple. It allows the new party to suppress the old party or the old party to suppress the new party, but it absolutely does not allow the new party to destroy the old party or the old party to destroy the new party. Whoever is strong will be suppressed and whoever is weak will be supported. Only in this way can the court maintain normalcy.

Healthy operation.

During the 260th year of the Ming Dynasty, the dynasty had reached its twilight years. It was difficult to revive and upgrade the dynasty. Zhu Youxiao had many ambitions.

The Han Dynasty could extend it for four hundred years, so why can't Zhu Youxiao, the Ming Dynasty, extend it for another two hundred years?
To be continued...