Fang Mansion.
"Liu Yishen and the others are really scolding me?"
When Fang Congzhe was changing clothes in the morning, he asked the housekeeper Fang Qi who came to see what was going on.
Fang Qi bowed and replied: "Yes, Master! They said that it was all your fault that they ended up like this, and they said that you would have to die a good death!"
Fang Congzhe trembled slightly after hearing this, but then he sighed and said, "Step back and tell your family not to go out."
"yes!"
Fang Qi then retreated.
And Fang Congzhe started to slander: "This old guy Liu Yishui is really insidious, and he will try to trick me until his death! However, I have completely offended the Donglin Party members! But then again, if I compromise, they will I won’t spare my life! What’s more, according to the temper of His Majesty today, Your Majesty will not let me, the chief minister of the cabinet, stay out of the matter easily! Anyway, fortunately, Your Majesty is only sixteen years old, so he should have dozens of As long as I follow your majesty’s wishes honestly, my body and body will not change.”
After changing into court clothes, Fang Congzhe entered the palace.
In order to make Fang Congzhe's health better and to check and balance the Donglin Party for himself, Zhu Youxiao had decreed to give him the privilege of riding a sedan chair into the palace to handle affairs.
Now Fang Congzhe got down from the sedan chair and came to Qianqing Palace with Han Xu.
The cabinet is missing one minister, and they have jointly petitioned for an additional minister.
After all, the cabinet is busy with affairs, and the absence of a cabinet minister will affect the efficiency of government affairs processing.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao issued an order last night for two cabinet ministers, Fang Congzhe and Han Xu, to come to the platform of Qianqing Palace to meet him to discuss additional cabinet ministers and other matters.
Regarding the governance of the country, Zhu Youxiao advocated holding small meetings for big things and holding general meetings for small things.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had no intention of using the method of court consultation to select ministers, because that would be time-consuming and the court would often recommend ministers who were more in line with the wishes of the civil service group.
At most, Zhu Youxiao could only accept the recommendation of a few important ministers or discuss with a few important ministers.
"Your Majesty, I think it is appropriate for the cabinet ministers to recommend Ye Gong Ye Xianggao as the top minister. He was the chief minister of the previous dynasty. He has always been highly virtuous and respected, and he is fair and decisive in dealing with things. He has always been respected by the people of the world."
Han Xu recommended Ye Xianggao at this time.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and glanced at Fang Congzhe: "What do you think Yuan Fu wants?"
Fang Congzhe did not want Ye Xianggao to join the cabinet. The reason was naturally very simple. Ye Xianggao had higher qualifications than him and was supported by the Donglin Party. Once Ye Xianggao entered the cabinet, he, the chief minister, would be ignored.
But Fang Congzhe couldn't say it clearly. He only said: "Ye Gong has high moral character and high respect for me, and he also has a favor for me. I believe that Ye Gong will be able to convince the public when he joins the cabinet, and he will make all officials work with all their heart, so that the world will be well governed."
Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and immediately denied: "Although Ye Xianggao is famous and good at making decisions, he is not good at handling military matters. He only cares about the present and does not consider the long term. The defeat of Saarhu happened when he was the cabinet During the period of the first assistant, although the main responsibility for this matter was to manage Yang Hao's division of troops, it was not unrelated to the fact that Ye Xianggao was too impatient and urged the Ministry of War to resolve the Donglu incident as soon as possible without considering the actual situation!
Nowadays, the Eastern captives are still a hidden danger to our Ming Dynasty, and because of the lax military armaments of our Ming Dynasty, our powerful neighbors and internal chieftains have gradually begun to despise the imperial court. In the future, the number of military affairs will only be more, not less, so the cabinet ministers must also choose a minister. As someone who knows the military and is familiar with border affairs, I would like to invite Wang Xiangqian, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who has become an official, into the cabinet! "
Wang Xiangqian?
Han Xu was a little disappointed in his heart, thinking that the emperor still had no intention of letting Ye Xianggao join the cabinet.
Fang Congzhe immediately said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty! Wang Xiangqian is a veteran of the Nailong Qing Dynasty. When he was the governor of Jiliao, he defeated foreign invaders several times and was powerful in all directions. With him as a cabinet minister, he will naturally revive our affairs in the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Youjian laughed because of this: "Draft a decree immediately to reinstate Wang Xiang to his post and join the cabinet as a bachelor of Wuyingdian!"
"According to the order!"
Fang Congzhe and Han Xu immediately replied.
Naturally, Han Xu was in a bad mood. After all, he preferred to let Ye Xianggao join the cabinet so that he could suppress Fang Congzhe with him.
Fang Congzhe looked happy because of this.
However, Fang Congzhe's face was happy not because Wang Xiangqian joined the cabinet, but because Ye Xianggao could no longer join the cabinet. Moreover, he found that His Majesty looked much better now than before he ascended the throne, which made him feel more reassured about his future.
Han Xu noticed the joy on Fang Congzhe's face, so he couldn't help but cursed: "Old man! I only know that I only obey the emperor's orders, so I really occupy this position of chief assistant in vain!"
For a while, after Han Xu came home and saw Xie Xuelong, he still couldn't let go of his anger. He said to Qian Qianyi with a somewhat complaining tone: "Your Majesty rejected the suggestion of letting Mr. Ye join the cabinet. The main reason is that Fang Congzhe blindly misrepresented it." Thanks to Yingmei, His Majesty finally chose Wang Xiangqian to join the cabinet!"
"As expected! Anyway, Fang Congzhe will experience the serious consequences of betraying a scholar-official."
Jie Xuelong sneered as he spoke.
…
As soon as Fang Congzhe returned to his home, his housekeeper Fang Qi ran over and said hurriedly: "Master! The young master has been kidnapped! He said that he wants you to meet at Liutiao Village on the northern outskirts of the city!"
After hearing this, Fang Congzhe felt as if there was a thunder in his ears, and he was immediately stunned.
Fang Shihong was Fang Congzhe's only son. He had always doted on his son. Now that he heard that his son had been kidnapped, it was naturally a big blow to him.
But Fang Congzhe is a person who has experienced a lot of things. After being dazed for a while, he calmed down. He did not ask useless questions about why the young master still went out after he had told his family not to go out. He only asked: "Don't do this in advance." Zhang Zhang, who told you about this?!"
Fang Qi hurriedly replied: "It was Mo Yu, the young man who was following the young master. He brought back the news. He also brought a note. The note said that he asked you to go to Liutiao Village to meet him in the northern suburbs of the city!"
After Fang Qi said this, he immediately presented a note to Fang Congzhe.
Fang Conzhe took the note and looked at it carefully. He couldn't tell who was writing it. He just nodded and said, "Don't make any noise about it before going out. Prepare the car. Master, I want to change into plain clothes and leave the city!"
"yes!"
Fang Qi replied immediately.
Half an hour later, Fang Congzhe arrived at Liutiao Village in the north of the city.
As soon as Fang Congzhe got off his horse, a group of people surrounded him. One of them asked: "But Mr. Fang?"
Fang Congzhe replied: "That's right me."
"bring it here!"
The man shouted loudly.
Immediately, a person came over escorting Fang Shihong.
As soon as Fang Shihong saw Fang Congzhe, he cried: "Father, save me! Save me!"
At this time, someone started talking: "Mr. Fang, they asked me to send you a message. They said, you should know why we arrested your son. Your son was almost sentenced to death back then, just to teach you a lesson. Now you You are still ignorant and want to betray the entire scholar-officials, so today I will arrest your son to remind you again! They also asked you, do you really think that you will obey the emperor blindly, and if the emperor does not kill you, no one will kill you, kill you Son?"
Fang Congzhe began to plead: "I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty. If I am not loyal to the emperor, I will die! Please forgive me!"
"They also guessed that you would say this, so they asked me to bring you a message. You can choose to commit suicide to save the lives of your family."
The man continued.
