Wang Xijue was still in trouble in the capital, but he didn't know that his previous letter had already had an effect.
After the Nanjing official circles learned that Haigangfeng was eyeing the Wusong River embankment project, many people immediately took active action and began to act according to the habits of the Ming Dynasty official circles.
A large number of bullets were quickly sent to the capital, entered the cabinet through the Secretary of General Affairs, and then alerted the Secretary of Ceremonies.
The next morning, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were sitting in the chief assistant's room, looking at a large pile of memorials impeaching Hai Rui and some censors of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Word.
This is the trouble without instant messaging. It is easy to arrange many things, but it is even more difficult to stop them in time.
Now that Gao Jingshi's side has not yet taken action, but their own side has shown such strong opposition to the Nancha issue, the two leaders of the Heart School are worried that Gao Jingshi will misunderstand their intentions.
What is the misunderstanding? The misunderstanding is that the school of thought wants to protect Jiangnan and abandon Liaodong.
In the current political environment, the Xin School has a sore foot in Jiangnan and Liaodong, and the Real School is in the grip of it. Although Hai Rui is apparently in charge of Jiangnan, everyone knows what is hidden behind Hai Rui. Obviously
It is the pragmatic school that is eyeing him with eager eyes.
Both Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue knew that the incident in Jiangnan should have been anticipated by Gao Xiangjing. Even if Hai Rui found out such a big case at once, there was probably someone from the pragmatic school behind it who was secretly fueling the trouble or even deliberately guiding it.
As for what happened in Liaodong, it was probably an accident. After all, who knew there would be a battle in Liaodong at the beginning, let alone knew that the Tumen would "leave" such important physical evidence at Bu Zhai's house.
Judging from the comparison of power between North Korea and China, it is impossible for the Xin School to protect both ends. It is good to be able to protect one end. After all, the control lies in the hands of others.
Therefore, at this time, the Practical School will definitely determine where to take action based on the reaction of the Xin School: if the Xin School protects Jiangnan, the Practical School may give up its pursuit of the Wusong River embankment project and capture Liaodong;
By protecting Liaodong, the Real School may give up its pursuit of Li Chengliang's gunpowder reselling and capture Nancha.
In short, both sides are smart people. They must know to focus on key points and focus on key points. They should not invest their own strength in the aspect that the other party is trying to protect, so as to avoid the consequences of killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred.
After all, it’s not the finals yet, and it’s not about comparing who has the last laugh. Neither the Heart School nor the Practical School is supported by a certain big boss relying on his own efforts. Both sides have a large number of fans and a sufficient official base.
, so even if a certain high-ranking official falls, he will not be in ruins.
In this case, it is possible for the east wind to overwhelm the west wind or the west wind to overwhelm the east wind, but most of them are only temporary. It is completely unrealistic to expect that the opponent will be trampled under his feet at once.
Therefore, only by accumulating small victories into big victories, and accumulating big victories into decisive victories. After gaining advantages time and time again, disintegrating the enemy's strength time and time again, consolidating and strengthening oneself, can an irreversible trend be formed. This is the right and noble path.
Avenue.
Now that the Xinxue School has reacted so strongly to the Nancha incident, and Shang Shu has issued many more memorials to impeach Hai Rui than during the Songjiang Tian estate case, there is no guarantee that Gao Pragmatic will not be misunderstood and react accordingly.
Shen Shixing's face was particularly ugly. He clearly advocated protecting Li Chengliang, and he was the most angry when things happened like this.
Is it important to focus on southern inspection? Of course it is important, but the advantages of the real school in the northern frontier have become more and more obvious. However, the most recent focus of the imperial court is on the northern frontier. The emperor also regards the completion of "West Huai East System"
” is the biggest goal.
At this moment, if you want to maintain the status and power of the Xin School in the court, you must gain a certain say in the national policy of Western Huai East. You do not want to overwhelm the practical school, especially the role of Gao Pragmatic, at least let people
Seeing the efforts and achievements of the Xin School, you will be able to occupy a place in the final discussion of merit, so that you will not be looked down upon by others.
Without Li Chengliang, all these would be just idiotic dreams.
Moreover, there is another reason that Shen Shixing will not say aloud, and that is that wooing Li Chengliang was originally a major decision for him as the leader of the Xin School. For this reason, a tug-of-war with the Practical School in Liaodong was formed. If Li Chengliang was given up at this moment
, it is tantamount to rejecting the correctness of his previous decision, and it is equivalent to taking a useless move. How can you tolerate this?
The reason why a party leader is a party leader depends first on status and secondly on performance.
During the Red and Blue War in China in later generations, the Red side could not get things done and win the war without the leadership of the teachers, so the teachers were forced to that extent and they were finally able to win.
The same is true at present. For example, in terms of the Practical School, Xu Guo clearly has the highest status, but in terms of actions, he is far inferior to Gao Pragmatic. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic can easily combine the political legacy left by the three generations of chief ministers and actually grasp the overall direction of the Practical School, allowing
Xu Guo could only "reserve his opinions" and remain silent at many times when he disagreed with him.
Shen Shixing pushed Wang Xijue to return to the capital and become the cabinet minister, not to give up his leadership, but just to let Wang Xijue share the firepower for him. How could he tolerate himself losing his leadership at this moment?
As soon as Wang Xijue returned to Beijing, he made people all over the world look at him with his actions on Zheng Guoben. If he applied for Shixing, he would be accused of wasting resources and playing useless chess. Who knows whether he will become the second Xu
So Shen Shixing is very angry now.
In contrast, although Wang Xijue was also a little angry, he was angry because this matter was a little out of control, and it happened at a moment when he was at both ends and couldn't make up his mind.
Looking at the overall situation, Shen Shixing actually agreed with the idea of trying to protect Li Chengliang, but the problem was that he was part of the trouble in the Wusong River embankment project. Before he could remove himself, he was also worried about Hai Rui, an old man.
The immortal thornhead also injured him.
The Wusong River embankment project has a lot of implications. The amount of money involved is relatively large, but that is not the main problem. The main problem lies in its nature.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The budget of less than 30,000 taels of silver ended up costing more than 80,000 taels and it was not completed. In terms of the amount involved, it was neither big nor small, tens of thousands.
The matter of two taels of silver was divided among such a large group of people, but each person actually only got a small advantage. Although Wang Xijue had a special status and his family was strong, he still couldn't get away with a "small project" worth 10,000 taels of silver.
”, of which more than one thousand taels were spent to strengthen two weak points of the river embankment, and only more than eight thousand taels were earned.
More than eight thousand taels is not a small amount, but it is not worth mentioning to the Wang family in Taicang. If possible, Wang Xijue is completely willing to spend more than eight thousand taels of silver now to buy a safe one.
Unfortunately, things are not that simple. You Wang just wrote a letter to Jiangnan officials, asking them to unite with you to fight against Hai Rui. Then you spent your own money to settle the account and put your relationship with the Wusong River embankment project into perspective.
Clear up...what do you mean?
Your future is more important than anyone else's, and your reputation is more valuable than anyone else's. So it would be better for me to betray the world than for the world to betray me? You treat all Jiangnan officials as your stepping stones and sacrifice yourself.
To save you alone?
I'm afraid you don't want to hang out anymore!
No one can betray his own class and live happily. The backlash from his own people is often more severe than the enemy's blow. Wang Xijue knows this very well.
Therefore, Wang Xijue hid a little bit of relief in his anger, but his entanglement was not resolved.
He knew that the Xin School could not give up on Li Chengliang at this moment, but he was worried that he would be implicated in the Wusong River embankment project case. He could not decide what to do.
In the end, Shen Shixing couldn't help but speak first, and he changed his usual style and set the tone: "The river embankment case is only a small immediate concern, but the Liaodong competition is a long-term concern."
Wang Xijue's eyebrows moved slightly, but he did not refute, and certainly did not directly express his agreement.
Shen Shixing glanced at him, sighed again, and said: "Brother Yuan Yu, you have always been a sensible person, so you naturally understand the truth. The reason why you never said a word is because I guess there must be some unscrupulous people in the family getting involved.
Regarding the Wusong River embankment project. This person is probably a direct relative, which makes it inconvenient for you to wield the sword of wisdom easily, right?"
Wang Xijue is such a smart man. He knew immediately that Shen Shixing was making excuses for him and even pointing out a way out for him.
It's just talk about being an unworthy member of the family. The Wusong River embankment project happened when Wang Xijue himself was still in Suzhou. It is impossible for anyone to take over a major project worth tens of thousands of taels without the approval of the head of the family.
, Shen Shixing’s statement clearly meant: Find someone to support you quickly!
But it’s not easy to pick up the slack, especially for a major event involving tens of thousands of taels of silver. It’s hard to find someone to pick up the slack. So Shen Shixing simply made it clearer, pointing out that this person is “most likely a direct relative”—an immediate relative.
Only then could he have such great power and courage to do these things without Wang Xijue's "knowledge".
Wang Xijue couldn't help but appreciate such good intentions. He was silent for a moment, and finally nodded with a wry smile, sighing: "From the time he returned to his hometown to take care of his old father to when Ding You stayed at home for several years, Xijue devoted himself to his filial piety and almost left things at home. Who would have thought that
This will cause the juniors to cause huge troubles, disrupt our country's laws, and ruin our family tradition. It really makes me shocked, angry, and deeply regretful!"
Shen Shixing did not ask who Wang Xijue's "junior" was, and just said: "Although it is heartbreaking to destroy relatives for justice, the national law cannot be messed with, and the family tradition cannot be broken. Brother Yuan Yu should know how to make a choice."
The muscles on Wang Xijue's face twitched, he closed his eyes and nodded, "Yuan Fu, don't worry, although Xijue is stupid, he still understands the truth behind this."
Shen Shixing breathed a sigh of relief, but was not reassured enough. He added: "Okay, but this matter is already very urgent. Without further ado, Brother Yuan Yu will send a letter to Suzhou today."
Wang Xijue gritted his teeth and said, "What Yuan Fu said is true. Xijue understands." After a pause, he added, "But the trend in Nanjing has started, what should we do now?"
Shen Shixing knew that this was also a difficult problem. It was not difficult to start a trend, but it was difficult to end it. If the outcome was decided after a battle between the two sides, it would be easy to say, but now the Nanjing officials of the Xin School have just started to make trouble. If
In the capital, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue directly ignored their performances, which was tantamount to abandoning them. To a certain extent, this was no different from "breaking away from the masses" and would lose the "source of strength".
If a team is not united, how can it have any fighting strength? In "The Book of Changes", "a group of dragons without a leader" is a sign of good luck. That is because a group of dragons without a leader means that you may take advantage of the situation and become the leader of the group of dragons. In reality, there is no leader for a group of dragons.
It is not so "good", especially for a political school like the Xinxue School.
You are a group of dragons without a leader. Although there are people waiting to take advantage of the situation and become the new "dragon head", the problem is that your group of dragons has opponents, and the opponent's strength is not weaker than yours. When you lose the dragon head, will the opponent
If your brain is filled with water, won't you take advantage of your illness to kill you?
After the conversation just now, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue have actually reached a consensus. If the two of them ignore the Nanjing trend, it will be equivalent to giving up their status as "Dragon Head" at the same time.
Nowadays, only the two of them can be called the leading figures of the Xin School. If they break away from the Nanjing Xin School officials together, let alone the two of them, they will abandon their foundation. Even Jiangnan, the headquarters of the Xin School, will probably be swallowed alive by human beings.
It's a big deal. When that happens, it will be a big deal.
Therefore, since the trend in Nanjing has started, it is too late to regret now, and there is no way to completely remove the two of them. All we can do is find ways to make this trend controllable.
Controllable, you can control it yourself, or you can control it through the hands of others.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Those who control the wind must bear the power of the wind, and if they do not do well, there will be backlash. Therefore, even though Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue did not say it out loud, they knew this truth in their hearts.
I don't plan to do this myself.
This matter can only be done by Gao pragmatism. It is only right to use Gao pragmatism's power to control this trend, then take the opportunity to reconcile, admit defeat in Jiangnan, and instead try to keep the situation in Liaodong unchanged.
This time, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue reached an agreement in just a few words.
At this moment, Gao Pragmatic also faced a decision.
The impeachment trend in Nanjing was somewhat beyond his expectation, because after the incident in Liaodong, he had guessed that Shen Shixing would give up fighting with him in the Nanjing investigation and instead try to protect Li Chengliang from serious trouble.
Since Liaodong is to be defended, Nanjing should behave more honestly, at least it shouldn't be like this, like cats whose tails have been stepped on, and all their fur has exploded.
Not long after he stayed at the Ministry of Household Affairs, many important figures from the Practical School had already sent people to understand the situation. To put it bluntly, they came to ask: something seems to have happened unexpectedly, what should we do now?
Although most of these people's impeachments were aimed at Hai Rui, in fact Hai Rui was used as a knife by Gao Pragmatic in this matter. If the knife was cut off, the matter would naturally be difficult to handle.
Gao pragmatic thought for a while, but couldn't figure out what was going on with Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue. Is it because they couldn't control the situation in the south, or they made a wrong calculation, thinking that they could use "public opinion" to make the emperor compromise and not pursue this matter.
He even let it go and cut off Hai Rui's knife?
However, Gao Pragmatic did not intend to give up, and soon personally replied to the people who came to ask for advice. All the replies were exactly the same:
"Those who hold salary for others should not be frozen to death in the wind and snow; those who open mountains for others should not be trapped in thorns and die."
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Thanks to the book friend "Dingyong" for the reward of 100,000 starting coins. It would be better to become an alliance with one reward than to be strong!
Thanks to the book friend "Cao Mianzi" for his long-term reward. He accepted hundreds of rivers and turned them into rivers and seas, and piled up rubble to become Guangxia. He never spoke, silently supported, and even became the leader of the alliance. But I only know it today. I have realized my fault, and thousands of beggars have done it.
Haihan!
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PS: The alliance leader has updated three chapters. This was agreed before. The first alliance leader’s solo rider Zhao Bixin’s update has been completed earlier. The two alliance leaders Cao Mianzi and Dingyong’s update has been completed because I only found out today that the incident happened.
I am suddenly unprepared, so starting from tomorrow, each leader will update three chapters (but a maximum of one chapter can be added in a day), which will not affect the normal update.
However, it happens to be the end of 2020, and there are many things going on. The above additions may not be very coherent. I can only ensure that the total amount will not be small, so please bear with me.
