Chapter 446 The emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry!
Fang Yingwu put away the letter, raised his head and smiled bitterly at Liu Feng, "Old Taishan thinks highly of me! I am only a sixth-grade county magistrate, what should I do?"
When Prince Liu heard what Fang Yingwu said, his face showed confusion, with a very "I don't understand what you are talking about" demeanor.
Fang Yingwu shook his head and didn't mention it. This uncle was probably just helping to deliver messages, and he probably didn't know the inside story. Liu Mianhua wouldn't tell him the secrets to an outsider, so asking him would be useless.
In the evening, the rear of the San Yamen made a special trip to visit the Minister of War, Zhang Shilang, and entered the Zhang Mansion. After the guests and hosts were seated, Zhang Shilang said frankly: "I have written to inquire about Liu Gong's wishes and informed him of the recent situation in the capital. He replied that he would actually wait for three days.
You can do it every year, but now that you have this opportunity, it doesn’t hurt to practice your skills.”
Although Fang Yingwu is not very interested in engaging in rabbits fighting lions, such things are fine occasionally, but if they are done too much, people will die!
But I still have to give it a try this time. The reason is very simple. Since you are in this network of people and enjoy the benefits brought by the network, you will not be able to shirk when you have to fulfill your obligations. Otherwise, there will be a "lonely and unapproachable"
It’s not good to have a reputation of “favor” that makes everyone stay away from you.
If he doesn't succeed, forget it. Anyway, Liu Mianhua's intention seems to be to let him practice his skills. But what makes Fang Yingwu even more curious at this time is that the attitude of the minister in this picture is too strange, isn't it?
After all, he is also a dignified senior official of the third-ranking ministry and the second-in-command of the Ministry of War, Zuo Shilang. He is fully qualified to succeed the Minister of the Ministry of War. How come he has no subjective initiative at all? Do you really expect a small magistrate like yourself to help him come to power?
Therefore, Fang Yingwu couldn't help but ask: "What do you think of Young Sima? Is there any good strategy?"
Zhang Shilang replied calmly and nonchalantly: "Liu Gong has no plans left, I have no other ideas. I just follow Liu Gong's instructions. As for the rest, I don't think much about it."
After thinking for a while, he said: "Now I leave it to Master Fang to plan everything!"
Fang Yingwu was speechless. He wanted to impulsively go up and grab Zhang Shilang's neck and ask: This is all because of you. But you act as if you are fine. Are you really calm or pretending to be calm?
Zhang Shilang naturally has Zhang Shilang's thoughts. He knows that if you want to be an official of the third rank, you can rely on your network strength, chance, luck, political achievements, and personal talents. It's just that the eight immortals cross the sea and each show their talents.
However, there are only two ways to advance from the third level to the second level, which is almost considered the most popular one - either to be famous all over the world, to have a grand reputation, and to be popular with everyone;
Support you and support you.
Zhang Shilang has long thought about his current situation. First of all, he is definitely not the kind of person who is famous all over the world. There is only one person among senior officials who can be worthy of the word "famous all over the world", and that is Wang Shu, who is the governor of Jiangnan.
Zhang Peng, who is known as the most honorable person in this dynasty, is still far from it.
Secondly, his benefactor Liu Mian Dingyou has returned to his hometown and is no longer in the government. Then the strongman who is temporarily unqualified in the government will fully support him.
All in all, it can be said that I have no reputation and no backing, so how can I take this step of leaping over the dragon's gate? The difference between a demigod and a true god is to become a minister from the seventh rank. The difficulty of this step is even greater than that of becoming a minister from the seventh rank.
Therefore, Zhang Shilang, who had a thorough understanding of the world of officialdom, took the initiative to suppress his hopes from the beginning. Since he had no hope, he naturally calmed down and didn't care.
As for the meaning of the benefactor Liu Xianggong, Zhang Shilang also understood that the benefactor was taking this opportunity to train this promising son-in-law and train his future successor, leaving him to do whatever he wanted.
Fang Yingwu has always been competitive and believes in working hard ten times and reaping a hundred times the reward. He naturally expressed that he did not understand how Zhang Shilang could be so calm... He could only sigh, he was really worried about his life, and the emperor was really not in a hurry about this matter this time.
urgent!
After calming down, Fang Yingwu took Zhang Shilang to continue the discussion, "You are the young Sima of the Ministry of War. You should know the art of war. If you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. First, let's see who your opponents are?
At present, the two giants in the DPRK and China are naturally Wan Shoufu and Liu Cifu. In the competition for Minister of War, Liu Cifu should be more urgent. Because he just lost the competition for cabinet positions and must regain his position.
I have heard from Wan Shoufu that he has always wanted to transfer his party leader Yin Zhi from the post of Nanjing Minister back to the capital, but there are not many positions at this level. The vacant Minister of War is also suitable for placement. But Liu Cifu will introduce it
Who should I choose? I have to ask about it."
Zhang Shilang didn't say much, but he suddenly said: "I've heard about this, maybe it's Mr. Yang, the governor of Yansui Town."
Fang Yingwu suddenly slapped his forehead, this is really possible!
Yang Futai's term of office just ended this year, and he had outstanding political achievements in Yansui Town (he still relied on others to lay the foundation). At the same time, Yansui Town was also a military town, so it was quite reasonable for such a military governor to return to Beijing to succeed the Minister of War.
More importantly, Yang Futai is from Shandong, the same hometown as his second assistant Liu Sui. If Liu Sui doesn't support him, who will he support? Some time ago, didn't you see Young Master Yang and Young Master Liu appearing together in the alley of Jiaofang Branch?
?
But Fang Yingwu was getting more and more headaches. Yang Futai was an old acquaintance, or an old acquaintance with a very good relationship. The most terrible thing was that Yang Futai was his former boss, who rescued him from the misery of Yulin and entrusted him with important tasks.
, which is considered a favor to myself. How can I face Yang Futai?
Politics can sometimes be so unhuman, so Fang Yingwu sighed and took it step by step. He stood up and said to Mr. Zhang, "Let's talk about this for today. I'll take my leave now."
Zhang Shilang suddenly remembered something and reminded: "Someone will impeach you in the near future. You should be more vigilant!"
This was the third time in two days that I heard someone remind me. It was probably because of the killing of several small camp officials on the construction site. Fang Yingwu still didn't care and said politely: "Thank you, Mr. Sima.
tell!"
Fang Yingwu walked to the door and suddenly thought about something else. He turned back and asked, "Do you think this Ministry of War can manage military law?"
Zhang Shilang nodded, "In recent years, the power of the Ministry of War has become more and more powerful, while the power of the Governor's Office has gradually become lighter. Military law matters are handled by the governor on an expeditious basis externally. Internally, the Ministry of War mostly advises, so it is natural for them to be in charge of military law."
"Kou Jie, Kou Jie, Kou Jie, Kou Jie..." Fang Yingwu suddenly laughed proudly, pounded the table and said, "We can expect great things!"
Zhang Shilang didn't understand for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "What did Mr. Fang think of?"
Fang Yingwu stopped laughing and replied: "Originally, I just wanted to use this matter to see if there were any potential ill-intentioned people in the court, and how many people would be attracted to take the bait in the end! But unexpectedly, it seemed that it could help Young Sima.
Do things in the world really have cause and effect?"