Of course there are a lot of white-eyed wolves, but they are not the mainstream among scholars.
There is such a relationship that no matter whether Fan Zhongjie admits it or not, others will classify him as a member of the Donglin Party.
Secondly, Fan Zhongjie is also Mao Xiang's fellow disciple, and he fought side by side with Yan Yingyuan and Mao Xiang for more than two months in the battle of Shanyang. The life-and-death friendship forged in such a battle is the most sincere.
With this relationship, Fan Zhongjie's relationship with Shi Ziying will not be bad.
Last but not least, Fan Zhongjie is said to be highly appreciated by Chongzhen.
There were even rumors that Chongzhen wanted to transfer Fan Zhongjie to serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Therefore, if Fan Zhongjie is asked to replace Meng Zhaoxiang and take over as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel, who is actually responsible for the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel, they approve it and the Holy One also approves it. It can be said to be a win-win situation and nothing could be better.
As for the benefits of this matter, the biggest benefit is to drive Meng Zhaoxiang away from the Ministry of Personnel.
By virtue of his status as the Nine Ministers of National Disaster, Meng Zhaoxiang was independent and had his own system. He gradually formed a system that was independent of the Donglin Party and the Imperial Party. There were already many low-level Beijing officials secretly attached to him. If things go on like this,
A civil service group with the Nine Qings in National Disaster as the core will be formed in the DPRK.
This is something Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and the others will never tolerate.
As elders of the Donglin Party who have experienced the struggle between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, as well as the melee between the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, and the Qi Party, Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang will never allow a new group of civil servants to rise.
Party strife must be nipped in the bud.
That's why Gao Hongtu came up with the idea of replacing Meng Zhaoxiang with Fan Zhongjie.
As for Meng Zhaoxiang, he was promoted to the left and moved to the Ministry of Rites.
Although the actual power of the Ministry of Rites is not as good as that of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs, it is the first among the six departments in terms of Qinggui.
Moreover, after Meng Zhaoxiang moved to the left to become the Minister of Rites, the next step was to be promoted to the cabinet. Such an arrangement would be justified in all aspects, and the Holy Emperor would most likely approve it.
Sure enough, as soon as Gao Hongtu said these words, Jiang Yueguang and He Xuelong immediately expressed their support.
This made Shi Kefa feel even more aggrieved. It was really boring to be the first assistant, so he simply let Xian go to Gao Hongtu. Unfortunately, he was only in his early forties, and it was still early for him to become an official.
Even if you really want to become an official, it should be Gao Hongtu.
After all, Gao Hongtu is already in his sixties.
Jie Xuelong went on to say: "Fan Zhongjie transferred the staff to serve in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but what about admonishing the court?"
Gao Hongtu was also really rude and said once again: "As for Zhi Ting Jian, although he is only a member of the Juren family, he has contributed to the country and the country and should be commended. Why not let him take over the position vacated by Fan Zhongjie?"
Position, let’s directly serve as the prefect of Huai’an Prefecture.”
This is amazing, the county magistrate was promoted to mayor!
"This!" Jiang Yueguang said, "Is this too much?"
From a seventh-rank magistrate to a fourth-rank magistrate, this is a six-level promotion in a row!
If a Beijing official is sent to another place, especially if it is a Kedao Yanguan or a Crown Prince Qiandi official, it is actually not a big deal if he is promoted to six levels in a row. However, Zhi Tingjian is not a Beijing official who is sent to other places, and he is not a Jinshi. This is a big deal.
Jie Xuelong also said: "Yes, it is inappropriate for Zhi Tingjian to take over as the prefect of Huai'an."
Shi Kefa supported Gao Hongtu's opinion, but he didn't want to say it out loud.
Finally, Gao Hongtu gave in and said, "In that case, I will grant him the title of co-prefect of Huai'an Prefecture and take charge of the magistrate's affairs."
The prefectural magistrate is only an official of the fifth rank. He has been promoted directly from the seventh-rank county magistrate to the fifth-rank tongzhi. Even being promoted to four levels is an exaggeration, but it is not as shocking as being directly promoted to the prefect.
Jiang Yueguang and Xie Xuelong agreed.
"This matter has been settled. We will let the officials go through the process later." Gao Hongtu glanced at Shi Kefa and continued, "There is one more matter that must be resolved as soon as possible."
"That is the Xiangyong trained by Huai'an Prefecture."
"It's time for local officials to take over these rural areas."
The eyes of Shi Kefa and three others fell on Gao Hongtu at the same time.
Are you in such a hurry? This is seizing military power from the Holy One.
Obviously, at this time, the civil servant group had already felt the threat of imperial power.
If Chongzhen is allowed to continue to operate on the Huanghuai defense line, and after controlling the border troops, he also controls the 200,000 Xiangyong of Huai'an Prefecture through the Shizi Camp, the Holy Emperor will really become the second Yongle Emperor.
For an emperor who holds military power, what checks and balances can the civil servants have?
Therefore, the command of the border army can be handed over to the emperor, but the Xiangyong of Huai'an Prefecture cannot.
In the future, if the various state capitals on the border of the Ming Dynasty also want to follow the example of Huai'an Prefecture in training Xiangyong, this work must also be handed over to local officials or officials appointed by the Ministry of War, and must not be left to the emperor.
Shi Kefa and others naturally agreed with Gao Hongtu's proposal.
But having said that, taking over Xiangyong is not just about words, you have to spend real money.
"The matter of silver has been settled." Gao Hongtu continued, "Right now, all the 5 million taels of bonds on the Hubu Stock Exchange have been sold out, and the second phase of 20 million taels of bonds will be sold soon, so the silver is no longer available.
The problem is, now that the imperial court can fully afford the expenses of training rural warriors, there is no need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do this for them."
Jiang Yueguang and Xie Xuelong immediately said: "I second my opinion."
Shi Kefa felt aggrieved and expressed his approval.
This is the chief assistant.
…
At the same time, he was on duty at the official residence.
Supervisory censor Chen Liangmo and Hu Ke both came to find Meng Zhaoxiang together with Wu Ganlai because of the incident. The three of them sat down and did not say a few words before Wu Linzheng, the minister of Taichang Temple, also came over.
Among the nine civil servants who followed Chongzhen to escape from Beijing, Wang Jiayan served as the governor of Shandong, Jin Xuan served as a member of the Ministry of War and the temporary chief military officer in Xuzhou, Zhongyun Liu Lishun from the left of Zhanshifu, De Ma Shiqi and other officials from Zhanshifu
Wang Wei was reviewed by the Hanlin Academy and has been sent out to serve as a local people-friendly official.
Now only four people, Meng Zhaoxiang, are left in Nanjing.
It is foreseeable that Chen Liangmo, Wu Ganlai and even Wu Linzheng will soon be released.
This obviously belongs to the collective will of Nanjing officials. Meng Zhaoxiang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, cannot stop it, so the only thing he can do is to find a good job, at least a Zhengyin official.
Ma Shiqi was sent to serve as the magistrate, and Liu Lishun was sent to serve as the magistrate. They were both official seal officials.
Only the Hanlin Academy found that Wang Wei's qualifications were too low, so he could only serve as a state magistrate for the time being.
"Have you heard about Zuozhongzai?" Wu Linzheng asked, "The battle in Shanyang killed nearly 10,000 people!"
"That's what we're talking about." Meng Zhaoxiang said with a smile, "Yan Yingyuan is really an amazing person, and the Holy Master's ability to recognize people is astonishing."
"That's right." Wu Linzheng exclaimed, "Before the Shanyang War, we were also puzzled by the fact that His Majesty entrusted the defense of Huai'an Prefecture to a few scholars. Only today do we know that His Majesty's thinking was far-reaching.
With his wisdom and accuracy in employing people, he is truly worthy of being a sage who has realized the truth."
Chen Liangmo said suddenly: "Of course we know that Yan Yingyuan and Maoxiang were responsible for the defense of Huai'an Prefecture, but the Gonggun princes in the court may not think so. They will only think that it is Fan Zhongjie, the prefect of Huai'an, and Shanyang.
The county magistrate and his court admonished the merits of these two people. If nothing unexpected happens, these two people will become famous."
"This is expected." Wu Linzheng said, "But then again, Fan Zhongjie and Zhi Tingjian's performance in the Battle of Shanyang was also remarkable, and it is their duty to move to the left."
Wu Ganlai snorted and said: "It is certainly appropriate for Fan Zhongjie and the Zhiting to advise him to move to the left, but he is afraid that several prime ministers in the cabinet will take the opportunity to make a fuss and move to the left to serve as prime minister."
"What do you mean?" Wu Linzheng asked with a focused look, "What news have you heard?"
"That's not true, we are just making random guesses." Chen Liangmo waved his hand and said, "But the Book of Rites says that everything will be done if you are prepared, and if you are not prepared, it will be ruined. Since there is such a possibility, we must take precautions in advance.
, so as not to catch the elders off guard when something happens."
Wu Linzheng said: "How to prevent this?"
Wu Ganlai said: "Since we followed the Holy Master to Nanjing, we have not been idle. If some cabinet ministers really go too far, they have no choice but to mobilize the government to create public opinion."
Chen Liangmo said: "Unless Zuozhongzai is allowed to join the cabinet to assist the Prime Minister, we will never stop."
"Isn't this bad?" Meng Zhaoxiang said with some embarrassment, "If we do this, isn't it just provoking party strife?"
He paused and then said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, what our Ming Dynasty needs most is to work together to fight against foreign invaders, so it is best not to provoke party strife. The Holy Spirit certainly does not want to see party strife."
Chen Liangmo and Wu Gan fell silent, which was the most distressing thing.
In fact, several of these Beijing officials knew what the Holy One meant.
That is to entrust all political affairs to Nanjing officials in exchange for command of the border troops.
Even if the Holy Emperor does not use checks and balances in political affairs, the civil service group cannot hinder the Holy Spirit in the military. Until now, the two sides have cooperated quite harmoniously.
It is also because of this that the Holy Emperor did not give them any support for the national crisis.
There is reason to believe that if there was the support of the Holy Emperor, Nanjing would never be in the current situation. The civil servants headed by the National Disaster Jiuqing were fully capable of fighting against the Nanjing officials.
Finally, Chen Liangmo said: "Zuo Zhongzai, some things are not whether we want to fight or not, but Nanjing officials force us to fight. If we don't fight, we will be stepped into the quagmire by them. If our country is in disaster, all the nine ministers will be stepped on."
There is no one in the mud or in the court to speak for the Holy One. How can we maintain the current balance? I am disgusted."
Wu Ganlai then added: "Perhaps the four elders are already planning to fight for military power."
"Well, that's possible." Wu Linzheng said, "The border troops should not dare to reach out, but it's hard to say if the Xiang Yong are there."
"Then, Mr. Wu's views are the same as mine." Wu Ganlai said to Meng Zhaoxiang again, "Zuo Zhongzai, we have no retreat in this matter and can only fight with them to the end."
"Yes, we must fight to the end." Chen Liangmo said, "If you want to move the left tomb to the left, you can move to the left, but you must join the cabinet, and Mr. Wu must also join the Ministry of Civil Affairs to serve as the right tomb, otherwise there is no need to discuss this matter."
