Wanli 1592

Chapter 245 The Troubled Wang Xijue
In recent days, Wang Xijue has been very troubled.

Since he was ordered to return to the imperial court fifteen days ago, he has never been relieved. Returning to the imperial court to serve as the chief assistant of the cabinet is the highest honor for a Ming civil servant. However, at this moment, this honor does not make Wang Xijue feel very happy. On the contrary, Wang Xijue only felt a strong anxiety, which became more and more intense with the passage of time, and almost kept him awake all night.

It is not normal to have such strong worries even though he is the chief minister of the cabinet.

That's right, the chief minister of the cabinet at this moment, and the Ming Dynasty inside and outside at this moment are extremely abnormal.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Wang Xijue withdrew at the time of the most intense struggle for the country, using his mother's illness as a cover, and then delayed returning to the court. To put it bluntly, this old guy just couldn't bear his official position, knowing that the emperor would definitely He will not compromise easily. At that time, taking the lead in the charge will only make him dismissed from office and return to his hometown, never to be used again. The reputation is gained, but the power is gone. The real interests and animals will not ignore him.

As a political animal, Wang Xijue has long had the determination to give up part of his reputation and seize power. This determination has become more and more decisive as time goes by. When he watched Shen Shixing, Xu Guo and others After the fact that the bosses kept losing their official positions due to various problems, he understood even more that the current Emperor Wanli regards this dispute over the country as the great ceremony of Emperor Jiajing back then, and he will not let it go .

Emperor Jiajing's wrist and IQ can be regarded as the top choice among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, so he has played with the courtiers in the palm of his hand for decades, but in the later period, his wrist has been seen through, and the officials have also been upgraded. Emperor Wanli I also saw this clearly, so I didn't treat the ministers as harshly as his grandfather did, but it was obviously impossible for him to compromise.

He doesn't have the skill and guts of his grandfather, but he has enough patience and time. He is only 30 years old, what's the rush?He has time, some energy, and the ministers. What he can't afford is not Zhu Yijun, but the rest of the ministers who are in their [-]s and [-]s. Of course, the ministers are not without advantages. They have the advantage of having a large number of people. Now, the elders of the cabinet even played an exemplary role, rushing up one after the other, leading the ministers to attack repeatedly, almost forcing the palace.

However, people are different, and political animals are also very different. Among the top civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, there are politicians and politicians. Politicians know how to solve problems, but politicians only know how to create problems for profit. Wang Xijue is not a politician , but he is not considered a qualified politician. A qualified politician dares to face ups and downs. Although Wang Xijue has the heart to solve problems, he does not have the courage to face ups and downs.

Just in response to the old saying - people in the rivers and lakes, the older they become, the more courageous they become, the less courageous they become. Wang Xijue is obviously a representative figure, the more courageous they become, the less courageous they are. As for the fate of the old man, he decided not to confront the emperor head-on. The little Xiami emperor was too embarrassed to attack him, but he was a big fish like him, and the emperor would never hesitate to kill him.

However, this violates a problem of political correctness. There is a common red line between the officials and the emperor, which is the position of the national struggle. This is a life-and-death political struggle between the emperor and the officials. In the game of power and prestige between the two parties, in the life-and-death political struggle, a big man like Wang Xijue has no chance at both ends of the snake and mouse. He must stand in line, must stand in line with a clear-cut stand, otherwise he will be attacked by two sides.

Therefore, the choice is very clear. He can't be tough with the emperor, and he can't be at the opposite end of the snake. If the two conditions are combined, he can only choose to compromise with the emperor. Otherwise, what else can he do?He has to choose to stand in line. Although he is famous for choosing to stand with the officials, the end is to become a scapegoat for the officials. If he chooses to stand with the emperor, he can at least keep his position, and then try to reconcile the relationship between the emperor and the officials. contradiction.

So Wang Xijue was very troubled and depressed. After he returned to Beijing to take up his position, basically every day, a large number of civil servants came to visit him, asking him his views on state affairs and how to deal with the current situation. The emperor asked for the establishment of a crown prince, one after another, the central meaning of which was to ask him to immediately take up the banner of the national struggle and fight against the emperor.

They said that the old guy Zhao Zhigao was eating a vegetarian meal and doing nothing. If it wasn't for the time of the war, they really wanted to drive Zhao Zhigao away. Regarding everyone's struggle issues, they expect Wang Xijue to stand up and preside over the overall situation and be the leader of everyone.

One after another, without stopping, Wang Xijue's head was blown up like a series of bombs.

Wang Xijue, who is an old man in the officialdom, has also gradually realized the problem of the current court situation. The key point is the end of the Korean War. I heard that the situation of the Korean War is very good. When the Korean War is really victorious, he was suppressed for a while. The national struggle will inevitably reopen, and the momentum will be even fiercer. This time, it is estimated that there will really be a winner. Whether the emperor wins or the ministers wins, everything will be decided.

Unwilling to become a pile of cannon fodder, Wang Xijue also took steps to save himself. He came up with a brilliant trick. On the night when Xiao Ruxun's battle report arrived in the capital, Wang Xijue came up with this brilliant idea. In the second day, I found an opportunity to play the emperor secretly, surrendered to the emperor, and expressed my sincerity.

Wang Xijue knew very well that this was his only chance, so he even refused Li Chengliang's request to see him, and devoted himself to writing this memorial. In the afternoon of the next day, Wang Xijue quietly came to the imperial city alone, and asked someone to help him. He conveyed to the emperor the meaning of asking for an audience.

Zhu Yijun was still immersed in the great results of the Korean War and could not get rid of it, but when he heard Wang Xijue begging to see him, he felt disgusted instinctively. The only difference between these old ministers and the officials below them was that their words were more gentle. The officials are more intense, but the core is the same, the same hateful.

"not see!"

Zhu Yijun was in high spirits, and he didn't want to let things related to the national dispute disturb his interest. In his opinion, the only reason Wang Xijue asked to see him was the national dispute. He had just returned to the court, and the way to gain a firm foothold was to stand in line , it is obvious that Wang Xijue has already selected the queue, and now he is here to show his attitude, and Zhu Yijun has not had many happy things in so many years, so he has to be happy now, so I don't see you.

In order to express to the courtiers how much he wanted to reconcile, he made an exception to announce the meeting with the ministers. However, these ministers not only did not know how to measure, but also pushed forward, which made Zhu Yijun very annoyed. The minister disappeared even after asking for an audience. This time, Wang Xijue was brought back due to the situation. Unexpectedly, Wang Xijue would not come to visit the emperor directly, but had a good chat with his colleagues.

It seems that this is another shishihang, another Xu country!
(End of this chapter)