prosperous age

Chapter 397 Chapter 396 Forced to agree
"Tomorrow, I will go to Shandai to discuss this matter. As long as he does not object, we will settle accordingly."

From Xu Jie's judgment that Yan Song may not be in office for a long time, naturally, the Yu Palace is extremely enthusiastic about the military power in the south of the Yangtze River, and must fight for it.

How to fight, naturally let Wei Guangde make achievements in Fujian Road.

Thinking of him, Hu Zongxian, who also started as a Zhejiang Taoist censor at the beginning, and started an incident because of Zhao Wenhua's listing, is it not as good as Zhao Wenhua in Prince Yu's Mansion?

The next day, Wei Guangde got the news while he was still on his way to the Imperial Academy, and Gao Gong asked him to have a talk at noon.

Although Wei Guangde was curious, he did not expect that Gao Gong would ask him to say something, and he did not expect that Gao Gong and Xu Jie planned to let him go to Fujian to wait for the opportunity to spy on the position of Hu Zongxian to suppress the Japanese.

This is actually not surprising, there is really a huge gap between Hu Zongxian's current grade and him.

When Hu Zongxian climbed to the position of governor, in fact, he still served as governor of Zhejiang for more than half a year in the middle. Zhao Wenhua couldn't directly promote a seventh-rank censor to the second-rank high position.

"Shan Loan, what do you think?"

In a restaurant near Chang'an Avenue, in a secret private room, Gao Gong and Wei Guangde sat opposite each other, and explained to Wei Guangde in detail what he and Xu Jie had discussed last night.

Wei Guangde heard that what he was asked to talk about was to go to Fujian, he didn't give an answer right away, but bowed his head and thought.

To be honest, according to Wei Guangde's opinion, he definitely didn't want to go.

In fact, most of the Beijing officials do not want to be dispatched to other places.

Once you leave the officialdom in the capital, your chances of promotion in the future will become slim.

Local officials, one radish and one pit, under normal circumstances can only slowly boil over their qualifications.

Officials in this era have a full tenure of nine years, and they have to be evaluated every three years, and they have to pass the exam three times before they are considered complete.

Of course, this is not to say that officials have to serve for nine years before they can be promoted, because the officials who have passed the examinations for promotion are actually forgotten by the court, and basically have no future to speak of.

Of course Wei Guangde will not be like this, the previous investment in Prince Yu's Mansion is doomed, once King Yu ascends the throne, he will most likely be promoted quickly.

But the promotion in the capital is also different from the promotion in the local area.

If you are in the capital at this critical time, you will naturally be promoted in the ministry hall, and you will still work in the central government, but what if you are in the local area?

Wei Guangde doesn't want to be a governor or even a governor-general in the local area. Even if such an official "returns to the ministry" in the future, he can only be a six-department official, and the probability of joining the cabinet is extremely small.

Scholars in this era, in addition to getting titles on the gold list, becoming a cabinet minister is their pursuit.

If he was screened out during the imperial examinations and failed to enter the Imperial Academy, Wei Guangde would have given up thinking about it a long time ago, and would only want to find a more comfortable position to dawdle and enjoy life.

But now that he has entered the Hanlin Academy, he will naturally attack the cabinet position with all his strength.

But now, Xu Jie and Gao Gong's plan seems to have completely killed the goal he was trying to work on.

It sounds pretty good. Previously, Fujian served as the censor. Once Zhang Lian and his gang of rebels were wiped out, if they made some military exploits in the suppression of the Japanese, they would be able to compete for the position of governor of Fujian and spy on the post of governor.

What a great official, the governor of the military affairs of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, but Wei Guangde also knew that once he really took up this official position, he would only be the Minister of the Ministry of War after returning to Beijing until he became an official.

As for wanting to enter the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, there is a high probability that it will not be realized.

The positions in the Ministry of Rituals are not enough for people who come from the Hanlin Academy. How can they be given to people who have been promoted from other places, even though he was once a member of the Hanlin Academy.

Xu Jie and Gao Gong drew a big cake for him, that is, the official positions of local military and political leaders such as governor and governor, but they fundamentally lost his reputation as an imperial official.

Those who leave the Hanlin Academy, if they stay in Beijing, most of them will be in the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they will rarely enter the Sixth Division. If they go to the local area, most of them will hold such noble positions as academics and politics, and they will not enter the chief administrative officer. Such a yamen, unless you have given up thinking about the cabinet.

Even when Xu Jie was transferred to the local area, he served as an official in charge of criminal and prison affairs, and then served successively as the deputy envoy of the Zhejiang Inspectorate and the Jiangxi Inspectorate, governing academic affairs. It can be said that Xu Jie was well protected and did not It is too deeply involved with local forces.

Even so, after Xu Jie was transferred back to the capital, he also returned to the Hanlin Academy as a lecturer after the change of the two positions from the Sijing Bureau of Zhan Shifu and the Imperial Academy to offer wine. , It took a long time to get into the cabinet successfully.

Xu Jie put Wei Guangde in a place and helped him fight for the position of governor or even the governor. The emperor would not rest assured that the former governor would have the opportunity to contact the officials.

In fact, what Wei Guangde lowered his head at this moment was not only thinking about whether he should give up the cabinet, but the vigilance that arose in his heart.

Just now Gao Gong said that the idea was proposed by Xu Jie, but he did not object.

Does Gao Gong not understand the meaning?
Why did Xu Jie propose this idea?

Wei Guangde has already experienced their deep malice from this incident.

Wei Guangde still doesn't understand why he offended Gao Gong and made Gao Gong feel hostile towards him. Are he worried that he will threaten his status with King Yu?
Wei Guangde found it difficult to understand, even if Gao Gong wanted to be on guard, it should be people like Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen, after all, they had been with King Yu for a longer time and had a closer relationship.

As for Xu Jie, Gao Gong was on guard against himself, Xu Jie seemed to be planning to invest all his energy in Zhang Juzheng, and naturally he wanted to eliminate his competitors as much as possible.

It seemed that Xu Jie and Gao Gong had unknowingly regarded him as a threat and an opponent.

If there is no such bait, Wei Guangde actually does not mind going to Fujian to serve as a censor.

Supervise the censor, go down to the local supervisory officials, but they are also Beijing officials, and according to the system, they will only return to the capital after staying for one year.

Although the governors and governors are also dispatched by Beijing officials, they are local officials and officials in frontiers.

While Wei Guangde was still thinking, Gao Gong on the other side said again: "Old Xu Ge's meaning is still worthwhile, that is, Hu Zongxian has too much power now, and we have to be prepared for accidents."

The words seemed to be pertinent, but they were extremely harsh in Wei Guangde's ears.

Now the world still belongs to Emperor Jiajing, he is not worried, what are you worried about?
It is enough to think one way in the heart, but to be able to say another way out of the mouth.

Wei Guangde now understands a little bit why some people can share adversity but not wealth, and now Gao Gong is such a person.

From what Gao Gong said to himself today, Wei Guangde began to mourn Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen in his heart. He can already see that in the future, Gao Gong will find opportunities to treat those two like this.

They are people who have shared hardships in Prince Yu's Mansion for many years, but Gao Gong doesn't even let him go, so how could he let them go.

Everything seems to have started when Emperor Jiajing decided to let King Jing become a vassal.

Wei Guangde knew very well that the reason Gao Gong said this was nothing more than to remind himself to make a decision quickly, but it was really difficult for him to make a choice.

After working hard for so long, do you just give up?

Wei Guangde was somewhat unwilling, but now he was helpless.

At this stage, neither Gao Gong nor Xu Jie can be offended.

Now whether he is helping himself or helping others, he needs Xu Jie and Gao Gong to help him in the court, otherwise nothing can be done.

After all, his time as an official is too short, his foundation is too shallow, and he needs to rely on others to do everything. Wei Guangde has a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Nodding his head slightly, it seemed that Wei Guangde had already agreed, Gao Gong couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.

In Gao Gong's view, Wei Guangde went to Fujian, as long as he is willing to work hard, they will operate in the capital, and it will not be a big problem to win the post of governor of Fujian.

Even if some people questioned Wei Guangde's age flaws, Fujian was the front line of the Anti-Japanese War after all, so it made sense to appoint officials with the ability to command the army.

It's just a matter of urgency.

It is not a bad treatment for Wei Guangde to prepare him a way of governor and governor. After all, this circle will not only expand the sphere of influence of Prince Yu's Mansion, but also put his own strength in the south of the Yangtze River, and it will also be the future for Wei Guangde. College qualifications.

Based on Gao Gong's understanding of Wei Guangde, Wei Guangde's entry into the cabinet seems to be a little bit close, but it's not bad to have him in charge of the military department, at least he looks capable of fighting, not to mention he was from the guard.

What is the cabinet?
The cabinet is the emperor's confidant, in charge of the power to make patents, and to coordinate the six ministries.

Cabinet ministers have no power to restrict the six ministries.

Therefore, in order to sit securely in the position of a cabinet minister, it is necessary to obtain the support of the six ministers.

Why Yan Song was able to invade the government and the public, apart from the connivance of Emperor Jiajing, is also inseparable from the fact that three of the six ministers supported him.

I have King Yu's trust, so besides waiting for King Yu to ascend the throne, I should also make some preparations.

"Has the cabinet sent a message to Fujian?"

After Wei Guangde raised his head, he asked the first sentence.

"The official document was issued yesterday."

Gao Gong replied, Xu Jie has already talked about this matter, let the Fujian side make a statement.

"In order to expand the influence of Prince Yu's Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, Guangde is obliged to do so."

Although he was unwilling, this is not the time to turn his face, so Wei Guangde pretended to be very satisfied, and said righteously: "But at my age and official position, it is still a little too early to seek the post of governor. , be careful, so as not to be suspected by others."

Wei Guangde expressed his intention that Fujian Yushi was willing to go, which was actually enough, and Gao Gong was very satisfied.

As for Wei Guangde's words of "caution, avoid being suspected by others", Gao Gong automatically ignored it.

Emperor Jiajing had made it clear that King Yu was the crown prince, but because of some things, the emperor refused to make the crown prince, but it didn't matter. After King Jing became a vassal, only His Royal Highness Prince Yu remained in the capital, and he was naturally the crown prince.

At this time, as long as Yu Wang pays attention to his words and deeds, even if the people below have some excessive actions, Emperor Jiajing will only turn a blind eye if he thinks about it, because after all, the starting point is for Yu Wang.

Leaving the restaurant, Wei Guangde went back to the Hanlin Academy, feeling a little depressed all the way, even sitting in the duty room, he didn't even bother to read.

Even though he agreed to Gao Gong, it didn't mean that Wei Guangde was willing to be manipulated, he was still thinking hard about a way to break the situation.

In a word, he is unwilling to give up the hope of joining the cabinet, and wants to make another gamble.

"Good loan."

While Wei Guangde was thinking of a solution, a voice calling him came from the yard.

Wei Guangde knew who was coming as soon as he heard it, Yin Shizhen.

As the door was pushed open, Yin Shi stood outside the door with a smile.

Seeing him, Wei Guangde instinctively resisted, he didn't know whether Yin Shizhen and Chen Yiqin knew what Gao Gong did today.

Wei Guangde had already got up to meet him, he greeted Yin Shizhen with his hands clasped together, and invited Yin Shizhen in.

Lu Bu brought tea, and the two of them were left in the room.

"I'm going back to the Imperial Academy today to do some business, so I'll stop by and have a sit down."

Yin Shizhen laughed.

"I haven't congratulated Brother Zhengfu yet. I heard that Brother Zhengfu is going to be promoted to the Bureau of Economics and Economics the day before yesterday. I don't know if the decree has come down?"

Wei Guangde asked with a smile.

A few days ago, Wei Guangde also heard that Chen Yiqin and Yin Shixuan were going to be promoted. They had been in Yuwang Mansion for many years, and they were finally going to make it to the top.

"Not yet, I heard it's settled, but I haven't received the order, and everything can't be done right."

Yin Shizhen laughed.

"Then it is estimated that you and brother Yifu will be appointed together, as well as the appointment of brother Suqing who will be transferred to the Minister of Rites."

Wei Guangde looked at Yin Shizhen with a smile.

"It should be that if Qin is the key to lead the Imperial College, Su Qing will naturally have to move into the Ministry of Rites first, so that the position can be vacated."

Having said this, Yin Shizhen looked at Wei Guangde and said: "It seems that next year or so I should go to supervise the Imperial Academy, and in two years, the position should be yours."

Yin Shizhen's meaning is very simple, it seems that the road to promotion of people in Prince Yu's mansion is basically like this.

First, he was promoted in the Zhan Shi Mansion, and when the rank was reached, he entered the position of the Taichang Temple Minister to lead the Guozijian to offer wine, and finally moved to the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Officials, and the standard entry into the cabinet was smooth.

The current Gao Gong is just walking ahead of them, and they are basically promoted along this path.

"Brother Zhengfu's job as the head of the Imperial College should be fine, but it's difficult for me."

Wei Guangde's heart moved, and he planned to test it out, to see if Prince Yu's mansion knew about Gao Gong and Xu Jie's arrangement.

"what happened?"

Hearing what Wei Guangde said, Yin Shixuan asked in surprise.

"Before I presented my poems to His Majesty, the one I wrote might offend the Tian Family, so I'm thinking about what to do."

"I know about this, don't you think of a way?"

Yin Shizhen nodded, and then asked a little strangely: "Is there a way?"

"Today, brother Su Qing asked me to talk, he and Xu Ge always think."

Wei Guangde recounted the plan that Gao Gong had told him in the restaurant before, paying attention to the change of expression on Yin Shizhen's face while talking.

Sure enough, Yin Shizhen's face became a little ugly while listening.

He is straightforward by nature, but he is not a fool. If he is really stupid, he will not be admitted to the Jinshi exam, he will not be selected into the Imperial Academy, and he will not be sent by Emperor Jiajing to assist King Yu.

"What is Gao Gong doing?"

After Wei Guangde finished speaking, Yin Shizhen said dissatisfiedly.

(End of this chapter)