The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 570 Li Dongyang’s Resignation 【4000 words two-in-one chapter】

If it is said that the Son of Heaven still has scruples when facing the aggressiveness of the civil official group, he is completely in the attitude of dominating the world when facing the eunuchs.

Unlike the eunuchs in the Han and Tang dynasties who intervened in politics and even decided to abolish the emperor, the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were like pets raised by the emperor. When the emperor told them to go west, they dared not go east.

Even the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, known as Nine Thousand Years Old, was killed by the emperor with just one word.

The emperor wanted to kill a eunuch like killing a chicken.

Zhang Yong tremblingly unfolded the memorabilia to read, the more he read, the more startled he became, the more frightened he became.

He has heard a little about the Huangzhuang incident, and has benefited a lot.I thought that this kind of thing would not be exposed. Who would have thought that there is no impenetrable wall in the world, but the wind leaked and was reported.

"Slaves deserve to die, slaves neglect to discipline these lowly maids, slaves deserve to die."

Zhang Yong has been with Zhu Houzhao for so many years, and he knows the temperament of this master very well.

What the emperor hates the most is someone bluffing and cheating under his banner.

The emperor was obviously ignorant of the Huangzhuang incident, but he took the blame for no reason. If he is not angry, he will be a ghost.

Overall, Zhang Yong's response was good.

Zhu Houzhao asked coldly: "Oh? So you don't know?"

Zhang Yong hurriedly said: "The servants really don't know. If the servants knew, they would definitely break the legs of those bastards immediately."

Things have come to this point, Zhang Yong chose to cut his tail to survive, throwing his car to save his handsome man.

Although he took the filial piety of those bastards, so what?Who told them not to do things cleanly, and to leave a handle for others to arrest?
If Zhang Yong didn't make up his mind, I'm afraid even leading him would be unlucky.

Zhu Houzhao remained silent.

Zhang Yong is an old man who has followed him for many years. He is very respectful and has never complained.He didn't believe that Zhang Yong would deceive him.

If it's just the people below domineering, it will be much easier for Zhu Houzhao to deal with it.

At this moment, Eunuch Zhang glanced at Xie Shen who was at the side from the corner of his eye, and shivered.

The elder Xiaoge's gaze was very cold.

After a long time, Zhu Houzhao said: "How do you think I should handle this matter?"

"Your Majesty, I dare not speak falsely."

Xie Shen said very appropriately.

"It's okay, I asked Mr. to say it."

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly.

"I would like to report to Your Majesty that the eunuchs involved in the incident will be severely punished in the opinion of my ministers, and the turmoil will be suppressed by returning the occupied land to the common people."

"Well, leave this matter to Zhang Yong."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head: "Did you hear what I said?"

"The slaves obey the order."

Zhang Yong finally let out a sigh of relief.

What Zhu Houzhao said proves that he has forgiven himself, as long as he pulls out two scapegoats, the matter will be over.

"Let's all go back."

"I retire!"

"The slaves retire!"

Xie Shen and Zhang Yong left the bedroom one after another, Xie Shen walked a little in front, Zhang Yong urged to follow up and said: "Mr. Xiaoge, please stay."

"Oh? Eunuch Zhang, what advice do you have?"

Zhang Yong's heart sank, and he thought that there was indeed something going on here.

"Mr. Xiaoge, look at what you said. Our family dares to teach you. It's nothing more than just a moment ago. Our family wants to apologize to Mr. Xiaoge."

"Apologize? Eunuch Zhang doesn't need to apologize to the official. If Eunuch Zhang really wants to apologize, he should also apologize to His Majesty and the people of the Son of Heaven."

In fact, Xie Shen wanted to move Huangzhuang very early, and the reason why he dragged on until now is because this area is basically controlled by eunuchs.

Once you want to move Huangzhuang, it means you have to tear your face with the eunuch group.

At least for now, this is not what Xie Shen wants to see.

In fact, the eunuch group is not monolithic. For example, Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong are not easy to deal with, let alone Ma Yongcheng who is in charge of the East Factory.

"Mr. Xiaoge, we are smart people who don't speak dark words. Our family really doesn't know about this matter. Our family will definitely punish those bastards severely, and we will never ask them to discredit the emperor. Please also pay attention to our family network. Open it up."

With Xie Shen's current family member, even Zhang Yong dared not directly attack him.

"I don't understand what Eunuch Zhang said. I'm just talking about the facts, and I don't mean anything against Eunuch Zhang."

In fact, Xie Shen also knew that Zhang Yong might not be clean in this matter, but sometimes it's better to be a little confused.

He still needs Zhang Yong's cooperation. If he were to be replaced by another person, he might not be as good as Zhang Yong.

"Thank you, Mr. Xiaoge."

Xie Shen's words have reached this point, which is already a sufficient hint to Zhang Yong.

As long as Zhang Yong can settle the matter and handle it beautifully, then Xie Shen has no intention of getting to the bottom of it.

As for what the emperor thinks, Xie Shen cannot guarantee it.

It is not difficult to deal with the Huangzhuang problem, but how to limit the power of the eunuchs so that they cannot do whatever they want is an extremely difficult problem to solve.

After all, they are people who directly handle specific affairs, and lack of supervision, it is difficult to think about it.

Although there are many corrupt officials in Ming Dynasty, at least there are Fengxian supervisors. Who will the eunuchs rely on to supervise?Is it possible to create a special organization?
Therefore, most of the time, we can only find problems and solve them. It is really extremely difficult to prevent problems from happening.

Fortunately, Zhang Yong is still very upright, and he found out several eunuchs involved in the incident, and took responsibility for them.

With a hundred sticks, three eunuchs were killed immediately, and the remaining one was also half dead.

Zhang Yong used thunderous methods to draw a clear relationship with these eunuchs, showing that he had no intention of encroaching on the people's fields.

This attitude is still in place, Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied, and praised Zhang Yong, and everyone was happy with the result.

But Xie Shen fell into deep thought.

Now it seems that Huangzhuang is impossible to abolish, so how to supervise its managers is a question worth considering.

The existing model is obviously not feasible. Introduce professional talent management?Seems even less feasible.At least His Majesty the Emperor should have an opinion.After all, these belong to the emperor's private property, just like internal money, only the emperor can use it.If 'outsiders' come into contact with these, it seems to damage the imperial prestige.

Xie Shen felt that it was necessary to investigate the eunuchs in charge of Huangzhuang according to the civil servants' Beijing inspection and external inspection system, so that at least they would be stretched and not be unscrupulous.Now it seems that Dongchang seems to be the most suitable institution responsible for performance appraisal.

Eunuchs with excellent performance can be retained or promoted, while eunuchs with poor performance will be demoted.If the performance appraisal is at the bottom, then I'm sorry, I can only pack up and go to Nanjing for the elderly.

The capital is at the feet of the emperor, and does not support idlers or disabled people.

Xie Shen initially completed the idea, and recorded the idea for discussion with Li Dongyang and Gu Dingchen.

After some discussions, the three felt that this idea had a lot of room for manipulation, so Xie Shen wrote the pen, and Li and Gu signed a memorial to submit to the imperial court.

As a cabinet minister, countless pairs of eyes are staring at you, and if you do something wrong, you will be sprayed by Feng Xianyan official.And if you don't do anything, you will be sprayed on the corpse and put on a vegetarian meal, and the old man will be papered.

Therefore, the cabinet bachelor should be the most difficult official, no matter what you do, some people will be dissatisfied.

Since Xie Shen joined the cabinet to participate in the maintenance, he has deeply realized this point.

So he took every step very steadily, just because he was afraid that someone with a heart would take it and make a fuss about it.

But no matter how steady the walk is, there are times when it will be ridiculous. For example, this request to the person in charge of the East Factory to monitor and evaluate the performance of Huangzhuang has aroused Ma Yongcheng's dissatisfaction.

As the owner of Dongchang, Eunuch Ma naturally didn't want to take the blame.Cutting people's wealth is like killing their parents, so it's not meaningful to embarrass the little brother who is in charge of Huangzhuang.

Ma Yongcheng clearly expressed his attitude to the emperor, and Dongchang should not take care of this matter.

Of course, the reason must be sufficient, enough to shut everyone up.

Zhu Houzhao himself didn't want to complicate matters, after all, the more money Huangzhuang earned, the more money he would have.

Ma Yongcheng's statement also has some truth.

On one side are the three bachelors of the cabinet, and on the other side are the admirals and eunuchs of the East Factory. On both sides, you say you are right, and I say I am right. It is really difficult for Zhu Houzhao to judge.

This kind of matter should not be discussed publicly in the court, it is really sad.

Xie Shen did not expect Dongchang to be so resistant to this matter, since Dongchang is unwilling, then find Xichang.

Anyway, Gu Dayong and Xie Shen are good friends, so I should still help with this favor.

Sure enough, when Xie Shen explained the matter to Gu Da, Eunuch Gu made it clear that he took care of everything.

Gu Dayong went to the Leopard House in person to ask the emperor to let Xichang assume the responsibility of supervising Huangzhuang. Zhu Houzhao hesitated for a moment and agreed.

A game ended with the victory of the three cabinet bachelors. Both Ma Yongcheng and Zhang Yong felt sorry for Xie Shen, and they were even more in awe of Xie Shen.

Press these and don't mention them, but say that Li Dongyang will resign from office ten days later.

For a while, the government and the public were shocked.

Since Mr. Li Xiya joined the cabinet in the eighth year of Hongzhi and participated in the maintenance, he has become a legitimate cabinet pillar after two dynasties.

Such a highly symbolic figure resigning at this time is naturally arousing people's imagination.

Li Dongyang is not like Xie Qian, Xie Yuyao has expressed the idea of ​​retiring and becoming an official several times before he officially resigned, but Li Dongyang has never had it.

This time, it was the only time that Li Dongyang publicly petitioned for his resignation.

The most shocking one is naturally Zhu Houzhao, son of the Great Tomorrow.

If Xie Shen is the courtier he likes the most, then Li Dongyang is the one he respects the most.

Once Li Dongyang resigned from office, the supporting team left by his father will be completely disbanded.

Xu Pu, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, is it finally Li Dongyang's turn now?
Zhu Houzhao is an emotional person, and he is still a little sad about it.

According to the usual practice, the emperor will make a symbolic retention.

Zhu Houzhao did not, he directly agreed to Li Dongyang's request.

Firstly, Li Dongyang is really old, and many things are already beyond his control.In fact, Xie Shen and Gu Dingchen took care of many affairs of the cabinet. Even if Li Dongyang stayed, it would be a symbol at most and would not be of great help to government affairs.It's better to let him go back to his hometown to support his life, which can be regarded as a reward for his many years of assisting the government.

Secondly, Li Dongyang is peaceful on many issues, and he is a peacemaker.

This is naturally nothing in the Hongzhi Dynasty, after all, the political atmosphere of the entire Hongzhi Dynasty is like this.

But in the Zhengde dynasty, Zhu Houzhao wanted to change the sluggish atmosphere and seek new ideas.

In this way, Li Dongyang's existence is a bit out of place.

Especially after Xie Shen's New Deal was put forward, this is even more obvious.

Although Li Dongyang basically supported the New Deal, he did not put forward too many constructive opinions.

This is not the role that Huagaidian University Bachelor and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet should play.

If it continues to drag on, it will be of no benefit to both parties, it is better to get together and leave, and ask Xie Shen to take over.

Once Xie Shen takes over as Chief Assistant, many things can be handled in a legitimate manner without worrying about officials.This is of great benefit to maintaining policy coherence.

Li Dongyang was obviously also a little surprised that the emperor let him go back to his hometown so easily for retirement.I can't help being a little lonely while being happy.

After dozens of years of ups and downs in the officialdom, it is finally time to say goodbye. It would be a lie to say that there is no sentimentality.

As Li Dongyang's student and recognized as the successor of the chief assistant, Xie Shen's statement in this matter has attracted the attention of countless people.

Xie Shen persuaded Li Dongyang to stay in office for a few more years in his own name, but Li Dongyang declined his offer.

It seems that Li Dongyang has made up his mind and will not be influenced by anyone.

Unless this person is the Son of Heaven, an imperial decree is issued to order him to stay in office.

Obviously, the emperor does not intend to force him to stay, so Li Dongyang's appointment as an official is a certainty.

The handover of the first assistant is a highly anticipated event. Many interested people have already hugged Xie Shen's thick legs in advance, and some who can clearly see the situation are not in a hurry to express their opinions at this time.

In any case, there is still a farewell banquet for Li Dongyang before he leaves.

Xie Shen held a banquet in the mansion in the name of the students to bid farewell to the teacher.

Those who were invited to participate were all senior officials of the ministry.

The atmosphere of the banquet was still very harmonious, the servants of the ministers wrote poems on the wine, talked and laughed but did not mention official affairs.

Didn't saying this at the farewell banquet of the old Shoufu intentionally add to the embarrassment?

"Grand Xiya's departure this time, it's a way to indulge his grandchildren and enjoy the family relationship. I'm really envious of this old man."

Yang Yiqing, who had just been transferred back to the capital to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War, said while stroking his beard.

Although he spent most of his time working in Shaanxi and did not have much contact with Li Dongyang, there is a sense of sympathy between the two.

Unexpectedly, just after he was transferred back to Beijing, Li Dongyang retired, which is really embarrassing.

"Ying Ning shouldn't have said these things. The court is employing people right now, so Ying Ning should be able to fill the gap."

Li Dongyang thought that Yang Yiqing also wanted to beg for bones like him, so he quickly dissuaded him.

It was his idea to transfer Yang Yiqing back to Beijing.The court cannot live without an old minister. Although Xie Shen is outstanding, he still needs someone to help him at critical moments.

Not surprisingly, after he retires this time, Yang Yiqing will join the cabinet in his place.

Of course, Yang Yiqing would not pose any threat to Xie Shen in terms of the order of his entry into the cabinet and his seniority, and he would even rank as the third great scholar after Gu Dingchen.However, its role cannot be ignored.

"Grand Xi Ya was joking. There is Mr. Xie Ge in the cabinet, so there is no need for an old man to fight around."

Xie Shen smiled wryly and said: "Mr. Sui'an said this, but Xie is a shame. In terms of seniority, how can Xie be compared with Mr. Sui'an. When Mr. Sui'an was the governor of Shaanxi, Mr. Xie was just a mere scholar in the Imperial Academy write it."

(End of this chapter)