"Just clearing the door."
Zhang Juzheng replied and handed Yin Zhengmao's private letter to him: "I knew for a long time that I was coming, so I took this letter with me. Can I take a look at it first?"
Fang Fengshi hurriedly opened it and looked at it. After a long time, he said: "What a Gao Xinzheng! He is really cunning!"
After saying that, Fang Fengshi said to Zhang Juzheng again: "It's just Yuan Fu. I'm asking you to go into the urn. There's no need for you to really fall into the trap, right?"
"The entire Martial Arts Department has been arrested, and the sky of the Ministry of War has undoubtedly collapsed in half!"
Among the officers of the Six Departments of the Ming Dynasty, the most important ones were the Wen Xuan Si Lang Zhong and the Wu Xuan Si Lang Zhong.
There is a saying that controlling these two divisions is equivalent to controlling the entire Ming Dynasty.
Historically, Gu Xiancheng, as a doctor of literary selection, set off a bloody storm in the entire Ming Dynasty's political arena.
And what Fang Fengshi said now is naturally true.
The Department of Military Affairs is closely related to the military affairs of the world. Once it is paralyzed, military affairs will be greatly affected.
Zhang Juzheng said: "There is no way, they are dead, my heart will be broken!"
"I don't know, sir, that they actually turned the Martial Arts Department into a money-making department. Not to mention, the key factor is premeditated. They transferred all the capable military generals in the southwest to serve as idle posts such as guards, commanders, and colleagues. He also replaced all the military ministers in the Zhejiang Guards with military ministers with a background of slaves from the Jiangnan gentry clan. He also placed many slaves from the gentry clan in the Jinyi Guards. Even You Qi became a fake Li Chengliang and became a member of the Jinyi Guards Qianhu. This servant never knew, but they did all these things behind his back!"
Having said this, Zhang Juzheng asked Fang Fengshi: "What do you think they are going to do?"
"Are we going to let the chieftains in the west be in chaos and the Japanese pirates in the east, so that we can force His Majesty to chop off the heads of his servants to quell public anger?!"
Fang Fengshi trembled: "Is it so serious?"
"Because Li Cai is a disciple of Pu, I will let him do whatever he wants in the Martial Arts Department. Besides, I know that Yan Guan is also interested in these disciples of Pu. It's even more difficult for you to mess with him."
"To put it bluntly, in name, you are my soldier, but in fact, he is my soldier and I can't use it, so I can't blame you for this!"
"It's only strange that I have betrayed His Majesty's trust and served in the government until now. As a result, the people I trained have gathered a lot of treacherous ministers!"
"And the servant himself became the chief culprit for condoning adultery!"
Zhang Juzheng sighed as he spoke: "This servant is incompetent for his job!"
"Yuansuke, don't say that!"
Seeing this, Fang Fengshi hurriedly tried to persuade him: "He knows people, knows faces, but doesn't know the heart. If the people below him don't learn well, how can you blame Yuan Fu?"
"Yuan Fu upholds justice and employs people on their merits. However, it is inevitable that there will be villains and hypocrites who sneak in, but most of them are honest!"
"So, Yuan Fu doesn't have to blame himself too much. It's necessary to clean up the family now, but going too far will not be good for the overall situation!"
"This time the entire Martial Arts Department has been captured. There is really too much movement."
"My servant said the same thing, but my uncle didn't listen!"
Wang Guoguang came over at this time and said something.
"How do you know your servant's thoughts?"
Zhang Juzheng said with a wry smile, "When you reach this stage, you can't just think about your personal safety!"
"Otherwise, His Majesty is already married, and the servants should have retired long ago."
"It's just that I think that His Majesty's cultivation ceremony and mausoleum ceremony have not yet been completed, and some things have not been settled yet, so he is still greedy for the throne."
"Now, the purge is stricter so that His Majesty will know in the future that everything that needs to be cleaned up has been cleaned up, and the emperor can rest assured."
"Yuansuke is really thoughtful."
After hearing this, Fang Fengshi saluted Zhang Juzheng, and then asked: "But the Wu Xuan Department can't be empty for a long time!"
"I have submitted to Your Majesty for permission to set up a Privy Council of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to take charge of military aircraft. The border ministers of Sangu will be appointed as court officials. They can directly draft military aircraft for Your Majesty. The secrets can be disclosed to Your Majesty to separate military and political affairs."
Zhang Juzheng said.
Fang Fengshi and Wang Guoguang both looked at each other in shock.
Fang Fengshi couldn't help but said: "Yuan Fu, this is absolutely impossible! This is undoubtedly to divide the power of the cabinet! Doesn't it mean that the border ministers who come from the state department can compete with the Qingliu Ci ministers?"
"This dynasty does not have a prime minister, and it cannot have only one chief minister."
Zhang Juzheng had no intention of stating explicitly that this was the emperor's intention, so he just replied.
What's more, he also supports the future that the emperor can be free from Qingliu's control and can continue to adhere to his new policy.
After all, Zhang Juzheng did not have a successor in the strict sense as chief minister, but the successor he really cultivated was the emperor.
Therefore, Zhang Juzheng will also help Emperor Zhu Yijun and make some preparations for him to maintain power in the future.
After Zhang Juzheng said this, the other party smiled and said: "I have already reported to Your Majesty that Duke Jian will be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Privy Council Envoy of the Fifth Army Governor's Office. He will add a small division. From now on, he will set up another military aircraft and a military officer. I don't know where he is. How about the general will?”
"My subordinates are old and sick, and they originally wanted to serve. It's just that Your Majesty and Yuan Fu repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, so he didn't dare to betray his kindness."
"Although we tried our best, the Ministry of War still made such a big mistake. It is really suspected that the corpses are not being eaten, and I want to get rid of it!"
"Where else can we take on this important responsibility?"
Fang Fang said humbly.
Zhang Juzheng knew that Fang Fengshi was obviously willing to take a further step in power, but it was a common attitude of scholar-bureaucrats to welcome and reject. Otherwise, he would not have just said that he was incompetent, instead of continuing to say that it was wrong to set up this organization, so he said:
"What happened to the Martial Arts Department this time was not the fault of the public, but the fault of the servant! How could the public kill himself like this?"
"Furthermore, this matter of the Military Selection Department is also related to the fact that the affairs of the Ministry of War are too complicated, so that even though the Duke is a soldier, it is difficult to inspect them carefully. Now that the power of the Military Council and Quanxu Military Ministers are returned to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, it is also to divide the affairs. To reduce the burden on the Ministry of War, since I am a border minister, it is suitable for me to go to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army to immediately resume military affairs and divide the military administration!"
"Gong Nai is currently a soldier and assists in the military affairs of the capital. It will be easy to divide him."
Fang Fengshi really sighed after hearing this: "That's what Yuan Fu said, for the sake of keeping the country's affairs in order, my subordinates are willing to share your worries!"
"In that case, please hurry up and prepare for this matter!"
Zhang Juzheng bowed his hands to Fang Fengshi.
"Don't dare delay!"
After Fang Fengshi returned the favor, he walked out quickly, his steps were steady and he didn't feel senile.
Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but smile when he saw Fang Fengshi being so vigorous. Then he turned around and saw Wang Guangguang looking at him, and asked, "Look, do you have anything else to say?"
"I have nothing to say. In the future, the first assistant will be Ziwei, and Ziwei should have something to say."
"Yuan Fu asked Fang Feng to go to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to take control of the military aircraft. Although he still let the civil servants take charge of the military aircraft, it was no different from returning the original military aircraft to his own soldiers. But what Yuan Fu did now was that it allowed his own soldiers to directly reveal the secrets to the emperor. It will be like giving Ming Dynasty two assistants in the future."
"How will Ziwei manage the country alone in the future?"
Wang Guoguang said and looked at Zhang Siwei.
"Motosuke!"
Zhang Siwei glanced at Wang Guoguang unkindly, and hurriedly raised his hands to Zhang Juzheng and said, "My subordinates don't think so!"
Then, Zhang Siwei added: "What's more, no matter how you look at it, Yuan Fu's move is a well-intentioned and good strategy. Not to mention that the subordinates may not necessarily become the country in the future. Even if they become the country, they will follow the rules!"
"As long as Ziwei has no objections!"
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile, and then said to Wang Guangguang: "Look, you should stop saying a few words. The cabinet should be harmonious together."
"I disagree with Yuan Fu's words. Since Ziwei entered the cabinet, the cabinet is obviously much more harmonious than before."
Wang Guoguang replied.
While several ministers in the cabinet were making excuses, Zhu Yijun was questioning Zhang Cheng, who was kneeling in front of the emperor.
Although it was midsummer, Zhang Cheng, who was kneeling in the Qingliang Hall, was trembling all over after he prostrate himself on the ground.
(End of chapter)
