After listening to Jia Ke's words, Fan Kang couldn't help but nod in agreement. It is undeniable that those who have integrity throughout the ages came from civil servants. These people actually combined the Tao of Confucius and Mencius they learned with their own words and deeds. Therefore, each dynasty has its own characteristics.
There are so many loyal ministers and righteous people, but these people are only a minority after all. And the vast majority of scholars follow the crowd and will do anything in order to be an official.
And it is these people that Jia Ke wants to take advantage of. I am afraid that Jia Ke will not be able to win over those people with integrity.
After Fan Kang felt confident, he made several suggestions to Jia Ke.
First, we have to fight against the emperor and the supreme emperor. This fight is not about fighting for power, but about fighting for the interests of the people of the world and shaping himself into a wise man who does not care about his own safety for the people of the world. Jia Ke did a good job some time ago.
,Although Jia Ke has a bad reputation among the gentry, among ordinary people, Jia Ke is the great master who prays for the people.
Second, to win over some civil servants to a limited extent, these people will be Jia Ke in the future, the basis for controlling the court, and the main targets are some people who have no ambitions, but think they have great talents. In the future, there is no need for these people to be very big
As long as Jia Ke acts according to his talents, the most important thing is not to let the emperor and the Supreme Emperor form a unified voice in the court. As long as there are voices of opposition, Jia Ke can use these to fight back.
Third, since the emperor wants to act, then accompany him to act. Taking advantage of this moment when the emperor shows weakness, he can further control the court and make all the upward-facing wall grass move to his side. Once Jia Ke does something,
Due to their inertia, these people will not have much opposition and will be able to enable Jia Ke to spend the initial period smoothly.
Jia Ke thought carefully about Fan Kang's words. This was indeed Jia Ke's weakness during this period. Jia Ke had always focused his energy on the army and never attracted the civil servants in the court. This caused his own problems in the court.
The isolation of the court.
Now that the arrangements for the army are almost complete, it is time to win over a force of our own among the civil servants. Even though some people cannot play a big role, they can still stand up for themselves in the court.
However, Jia Ke is not very sure about winning over the civil servants in the court. It seems that he can only take one step at a time and win over as many as he can. It doesn't matter if there is no one to rely on. There are many scholars in the world who want to be officials.
Yes, you won’t have to worry about no one using it in the future.
Jia Ke thought that in the worst case, he would transfer Jia Yucun, whom he controlled, from Jinling Mansion back to the court, and give him an important position. With his own support, he would be able to rise to the top in a few years.
With Jia Yucun's ability and his unwillingness to be left alone, he will be able to win over a group of courtiers for his own use in the future.
Jia Ke and Fan Kang discussed the action strategy for this period of time and both felt relaxed.
Then Jia Ke smiled and asked Fan Kang, "Sir, if you were the emperor, what would you do now?"
"What my lord said is a bit overreaching, but if I were the emperor, I would obey my lord's words, cry to the emperor at the same time, and then bribe the people around the emperor to speak for me." Fan Kang understood the current situation very clearly, and almost took it seriously.
Everything the emperor could do was told.
"Sir, I think the emperor will do the first two, but it may not be easy to win over the people around the emperor, right?" Jia Ke didn't believe that Dai Quan would vote for the emperor.
Fan Kang laughed, "Master, if you don't believe it, just wait and see. I think Dai Quan, the manager of the Sixth Palace, is already a little dissatisfied with you."
"I have never offended him since I became the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department. How could he be dissatisfied with me?" Jia Ke seemed to have little experience with these favors.
"What was Dai Quan's status before? He could even directly interfere in the appointment of some minor officials. But now that the lord is in charge of the power, no one will listen to Dai Quan's orders. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for long. Could it be that he
Don’t you want to find a new home so that you can have a good death?” Fan Kang immediately revealed Dai Quan’s thoughts.
After listening to Fan Kang's words, Jia Ke suddenly realized that in the face of power, there are no allies. As long as the interests are suitable, allies may be abandoned at any time.
Jia Ke thought for a moment and said to Fan Kang with a smile: "If it is really like what you said, not only is it not a bad thing, in my opinion it is also a good thing."
After listening to Jia Ke's words, Fan Kang's mind turned a few times and he immediately understood what he meant.
"Sure enough, as the lord said, this can be considered a good thing. If the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor jointly suppress the lord, the lord can let go and not have so many scruples."
After Fan Kang finished speaking, a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
"You are now sending an order to the troops and horses near the capital to be tight on the outside and tight on the inside, and at the same time strictly prevent the Emperor's spies from infiltrating."
After listening to Jia Ke's instructions, Fan Kang quickly raised his hands and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will send someone to contact the generals near the capital soon. I will never miss your lord's business."
Jia Ke nodded, and at the same time he also had another idea in his mind, which was to order his spy leader Wei Kun to strengthen the collection of intelligence, especially the intelligence in the palace. It would be best to find out the general actions of the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor, and also
It is best to make your own judgment in advance so as not to fall into passivity.
Sure enough, as Fan Kang expected, that night, the emperor was having a secret conversation with a person in the Yangxin Hall. This person was the Supreme Emperor's confidant eunuch Dai Quan.
How did Dai Quan hook up with the emperor so quickly? It turned out that everything was just as Fan Kang said. Since Jia Ke took over the power of the Military Aircraft Department, he has been very strict in managing the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials. Let Dai Quan, who used to sell his official position and get a title, be very strict.
, I am very restricted, and I feel like I can’t do anything about it.
Especially for Dai Quan, like in the past, fifth and sixth grade officials did not need to report to the Ministry of Personnel. As long as you gave him money and he sent a note to the Ministry of Personnel, the matter would be settled.
But now these things are no longer feasible. Although there is also the matter of donating money to officials in this dynasty, the official posts donated by following the formal procedures will not exceed the fifth rank at most, and all the officials of these fifth ranks are fictitious.
, they will not be allowed to take up their posts. If they want to be able to take on actual duties, the best they can do is to give them a rank seven.
And after Dai Quan used the authority of the Supreme Emperor to defeat Xia Shouzhong and once again completely control the power in the palace, he found that his control outside the palace was beginning to be somewhat inadequate. Many people who had bowed to him in the past now did not buy him.
Save face.
And the posts he sent to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for selling his official position are not easy to use now, and most of them will be rejected.
This caused a huge reduction in Dai Quan's income. As the internal minister in the palace, although Dai Quan was said to serve the Supreme Emperor, he could only do whatever he wanted outside the palace by relying on the Supreme Emperor's prestige.
Nowadays, no one buys Dai Quan's face, so he, as the internal minister, only talks about being nice, but in fact his power is greatly restricted. Many civil servants who had nodded and bowed to him in the past have now begun to stiffen their backs against him.
This caused a huge impact on his power, so his dissatisfaction with Jia Ke began to accumulate.
Dai Quan believes that now that the emperor has been suppressed by the Supreme Emperor, the only one who can be equal to him is Jia Ke. And Jia Ke is in charge of the court, so he has the advantage. Therefore, he slowly regards Jia Ke as his own
A stumbling block to power.
During this period of time, the creditors have been planning how to limit Jia Ke's power. If possible, directly remove Jia Ke so that he can take charge of internal and external power.
Although he has not slandered in front of the Supreme Emperor yet, he just thinks that his power is not as good as Jia Ke, and he does not have much advantage in front of the Supreme Emperor. So he tolerates it for the time being and is ready to find an opportunity to make a surprise attack on Jia Ke.
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Tonight, after Dai Quan had served the Supreme Emperor and rested, he had just come out of the Supreme Emperor's palace when a young eunuch came out next to him. Dai Quan saw that he knew this person. He was just a lowly eunuch who cleaned the courtyard of Ningshou Palace.
Before Dai Quan could say anything, his godson Dai Lian came out and kicked the young eunuch to the ground, and cursed: "You don't open your eyes and don't look at what a dirty thing you are, how dare you
Blocking the way of our ancestors will cost you your life."
Although the little eunuch was kicked to the ground, he did not kowtow as fearfully as before. Instead, he stood up stubbornly, glanced at Dai Lian, and then said to Dai Quan: "Old ancestor, this servant is here to represent you."
Sending you a message."
When Dai Lian saw the eunuch, he still didn't give up and immediately went over to beat him again. Dai Quan saw the strangeness of the matter and immediately called Dai Lian back.
"Oh, who wants to bring a message to our family?" Dai Quan asked nonchalantly.
The little eunuch knelt forward a few steps, came to Dai Quan's feet and said, "Long live the Lord asked me to deliver a message to Grandpa Dai."
When Dai Quan heard this, he was shocked. The relationship between him and the emperor was almost incompatible. What news did the emperor send to him at this time? However, Dai Quan had been in the palace for so many years, and he had almost spent a lot of time in the intrigues.
Ten years. I understood what the emperor meant when I thought about it. I am afraid that the emperor has been suppressed by Jia Ke. He wants to find himself as an ally to fight against Jia Ke together.
In the past, Dai Quan would have naturally sneered at this, but now this idea is very tempting to Dai Quan.
As long as he can get rid of Jia Ke, then during the period before the death of the Supreme Emperor, Dai Quan will be able to dominate the government and the opposition by relying on the Supreme Emperor's favor.
If he can still be the emperor at this time, he will not be able to continue to be in power after the death of the Supreme Emperor, but he can still save his life and spend the rest of his life in glory and wealth.
After Dai Quan thought about this, he decided that if the emperor was really sincere in forming an alliance with him, then it would not be impossible for him to agree to it. The main reason was to see if the emperor was really willing to let him go after the death of the Supreme Emperor.