Early the next morning, sure enough, there was a first assistant Zhang Siwei's superiors, asking for additional ministers.

Zhang Siwei wrote thousands of words this time, which roughly means that now it is no more than ten years ago, the affairs of the imperial court are already much busier, the cabinet is overwhelmed, and the young and promising new cabinet ministers are urgently needed to share the pressure so as not to delay the big event.

What are the specific things, Zhang Siwei also gave some examples.

For example, more than ten years ago, due to the gradual settlement of the rebellion of the Japanese Emperor, the imperial court only needed to prevent and control the left and right flanks of Mongolia, and even after I answered the tribute, it only needed to prevent and control the left wing of Mongolia, and the military pressure was very small.

However, with the victory of the Monan War, the imperial court's plan to Huaidong in the west has entered a new stage, and now it has begun to fully prepare for war in the direction of Jiliao, upgrading armaments, storing grain and grass, training soldiers, etc., are all being vigorously promoted.

At the same time, the battle of Yunnan and Burma broke out this year, the imperial court paid nearly one million, and sent nearly 200,000 troops (including the local defense forces in Yunnan and the troops mobilized by the Tusi).

As for the rest, that's more. For example, more than ten years ago, the post station system was not reformed, and the imperial court could ignore the size of the post station in various places, while the current post station has to face irregular annual inspections by the imperial court and the local government;

There was also the problem of ports, and the imperial court had to send personnel to check the operation of each port every year to avoid tax evasion and evasion, and the workload of the cabinet and the household department was greatly increased.

There are also the usual floods, droughts, locust plagues and other things, in the past, the imperial court basically could not control or was unable to manage, but now at least after the catastrophe appears, it will try to mobilize manpower and material resources for relief and resettlement. Although it is difficult to say how effective this kind of work will be, it is better than nothing, and this will also increase the pressure on the work of the cabinet and various ministries.

In a word, the cabinet is understaffed.

By the way, Zhang Siwei also brushed aside the fact that Yu Youding had been unable to perform his duties for a long time - this is not easy to mention, otherwise it will seem unkind, but it cannot be left out, otherwise it will be insufficient to add two cabinet ministers at a time.

The cabinet of the secretary was presented to the emperor and sent to the secretary of the general administration for archiving, but the place of the secretary has always been one of the focuses of contention among all parties.

The outside world was still discussing in private whether this sparse text had anything to do with yesterday's pragmatic move, and the emperor's edict came down in the afternoon.

"Yuanfu and Mr. Zhu have worked hard, and I really know it. In the past, Mr. Gao once said: The treasure of the country lies in the virtuous ministers, not in the pearl and jade. Now that the state affairs are becoming more and more complicated, and the gentlemen are tired, I am uneasy, so I should accept the invitation. Motosuke can be seen as a worthy person. ”

The emperor really agreed once, and he didn't "go through the procedure"!

Not to mention that everyone in the outer court was surprised when they learned the news, even Shen Shixing was stunned for a while when he learned the emperor's reply in the cabinet, and then immediately realized that something big had happened.

At present, the situation of the cabinet is that there are two people from the real school, two people from the heart school, and one person from the neutral school, which is basically in a state of balance. Although Yu Youding is so sick that he can't get out of bed, he is still there every day, and he has the right to one vote every day, and this situation can be maintained.

However, why did Zhang Siwei add ministers? Could it be that he wanted to take advantage of the credit of pacifying southern Xinjiang this time to directly defeat the Heart School in order to monopolize the full power?

This kind of possibility, of course, is unlikely to exist in the past, but the Shixue School has made contributions all the way since the beginning of the high-level pragmatic patrol of Guangxi, and now it can be regarded as completing the north-south killing! At this time, do they feel that they have the confidence to kick out the Heart School directly?

Quite possibly!

Although this kind of thing is not in line with common sense, it may cause an all-out counterattack by the Heart School, but Shen Shixing thought about it and actually thought of a possibility: once the Heart School began to counterattack, the Shi School immediately launched the Jiliao Border Army and attacked the Yuan Court in a big way!

At that time, the emperor's mind must have been attracted by this battle, in order to establish the most brilliant deeds since the two ancestors, how could he still be interested in whether their heart school is dead or alive?

Thinking like this, Shen Shixing suddenly scared himself out of a cold sweat, and he didn't care that he happened to be on duty today, so he hurriedly sent someone to take a leave of absence from the emperor, and hurriedly left the palace in three steps and two steps, and "visited" Yu Youding.

The green ni sedan chair stopped in front of the Yu University Scholar's Mansion, and Shen Cifu's performance was almost not much calmer than yesterday's Gao Pragmatic performance, so he just didn't directly push away the Yu Mansion like Gao Pragmatic. Fortunately, the Yu family knew that Shen Cifu was a friend of life and death of their master, and although they were stunned for a moment, they hurriedly invited him into the house.

When Shen Shixing walked into Yu Youding's bedroom, he only felt that the smell of Chinese medicine in the room was smoky, although it had been less than ten days since the last visit, Yu Youding looked even more haggard than the previous time.

Yu Ge's old sallow face had already appeared with black age spots the size of mung beans, and the person was also skinny to the extreme, and the dense wrinkles were like a knife carving a sword.

"Brother Bingzhong, my ......" Shen Shixing seemed to have some premonition, and when he came forward to hold Yu Youding's right hand, even his voice was a little choked.

Yu Youding smiled comfortingly with difficulty, and said in a groan: "Don't worry, I can still stand it...... What's going on? ”

Shen Shixing had thought of a bunch of words, but he didn't dare to say anything at the moment, for fear of stimulating Yu Youding, so he hesitated for a while.

Yu Youding shook his head slightly: "I'm already like this, if you have something, just say it, otherwise...... I'm afraid that in the future, I won't have a chance to help you again. ”

Shen Shixing couldn't hold back any longer, two lines of hot tears overflowed his eyes, flowed down his face, and dripped onto the immortal crane complement on his chest, choking and unable to speak.

Yu Youding trembled and turned his hand back, grabbed Shen Shixing's hand and shook it, still saying in the same tone as when he supported Shen Shixing in the past: "Ru Mo just say, what else can't I accept?" ”

Shen Shixing realized from the weak strength of Yu Youding's hand that his energy was really about to run out, and he didn't dare to make mistakes because of grief anymore, took a deep breath, calmed down his mood and breath, and expressed the situation of the past two days and his considerations just now as simply as possible, and then looked at his long-time friend, hoping that he could point out a clear path for himself—or rather, to share this huge political pressure for himself for the last time.

But Yu Youding didn't answer immediately, but took his eyes off Shen Shixing's face and stared at the roof in a daze.

Shen Shixing had the intention to call him, but after thinking about it, he didn't dare, so he had to wait in peace.

After a long time, Yu Youding suddenly opened his mouth: "You should be worried." ”

Shen Shixing immediately asked, "Does my brother have any advice?" ”

Yu Youding may really not have the energy to say any polite words, so he said directly: "You can't let Gao Pragmatic stay in Liaodong anymore." ”

Shen Shixing was stunned when he heard this, and hesitated: "This matter is Zhang Fengpan's ......"

"Then why did Gao Shishi go to see him yesterday?"

Shen Shixing was stunned and said, "Brother Bingzhong is saying...... Liaodong completed the war preparations, so Gao Qiuzhen used this to persuade Zhang Fengpan to launch a political dispute? ”

"Maybe, maybe not." Yu Youding shook his head slightly: "But whether it's or not, as long as Gao Pragmatic is in Liaodong for a day, they may do this one day." ”

"My brother is saying that Gao Pragmatic will be transferred away and replaced with one of our people as Liaofu?"

Yu Youding nodded slightly.

Shen Shixing shook his head: "I'm afraid this is too difficult - my brother should know that all the towns in the north are the food of the high party, and I want to take the food from the tiger's mouth, how can they give in?" ”

Yu Youding said calmly: "Let's add cabinet ministers to him; If you don't let it, you will mobilize all the ministers inside and outside my mind to oppose it. Ru Mo, there is already a cliff behind us, as long as we take a step back, we will definitely die without a place to be buried. ”

Shen Shixing couldn't believe it, and frowned: "Just because of a high truth-seeking? ”

Yu Youding sighed lightly: "The battle of Annan was fought by Gao Shipra; The battle of Monan was fought by high truth; The battle of southern Liaoning, Gao Qiuzhen fought; Battle of Yunnan-Burma...... Do you dare to say that it is not Gao Qiuzhen? ”

Shen Shixing was speechless for a while.

Yu Youding sneered: "Liu Shizeng is a mediocre person, and the fashion of peace can be maintained, and he will inevitably move blindly when the war is in turmoil. ”

Shen Shixing was stunned and said, "Is it so serious? Gao Qiuzhen will ...... this time"

Yu Youding shook his head and interrupted: "You also made a treasure money for the Yunnan War and sent 20,000 soldiers across the sea?" You're wrong, Rumer, he's done so much. ”

The dying person has no scruples about speaking, Yu Youding ignored Shen Shixing's astonishment, closed his eyes lightly, and said quietly: "Think about it first, in this battle of Yunnan and Burma, who will lead the army of my imperial court?" Liu Ling, Deng Zilong. Let me ask you: Who recommended Liu Wei and Deng Zilong to go to Yunnan, what year did they go, and who tried to change their clothes early? ”

Shen Shixing was shocked: "This was all a few years ago!" Brother Bingzhong, you ...... Are you saying that Gao Qiuzhen arrived at this battle a few years ago, so he was already prepared? ”

Yu Youding didn't even raise his eyelids, and asked calmly, "What do you think?" ”

Shen Shixing gasped: "This...... It's also too ...... It's incredible! ”

"Unbelievable? There are even more unbelievable things. Yu Youding continued: "Huang Zhiting went here, saying that he brought 20,000 wolf soldiers from his own house, but I don't think it'...... I have seen the investigation sent by Liu Shouyou before, although the Huang family may not be able to send 20,000 troops, but it is impossible for her to leave her foundation in Annan and come all the way to come out of the nest.

According to Liu Shouyou's estimates, these two armies must add up to at least 70,000 or 80,000 people, so I think that this expedition to Burma by Huang Zhiting, the main force under his command is probably Gao Zhiting's private army! ”

Liu Shouyou had those things that he investigated at the beginning, and Shen Shixing had also seen them, but the emperor himself knew about the matter of Annan with Jinghua as his behalf, so it was meaningless to talk about it.

And as for the issue of private armies...... First, how to characterize the two garrison armies is very complicated in itself, and Gao Pragmatic can be inferred to be the Annan army mastered through Jinghua; Second, those two armies are far away in Annan, and they have indeed been suppressing all kinds of civil unrest in Annan.

It's just that if the main force of this expeditionary force is these two garrison armies, then the combat effectiveness of these two "private armies" is inevitably too strong - the combined armies of the two routes are less than 40,000 people, and they actually pacify three countries? Even if these small southern barbarian countries are not worth mentioning, but 40,000 are three countries, this is still too amazing.

What's even more amazing is that if Gao Shi's ability to train troops is so strong, then he has more than 100,000 troops in Liaodong who can be mobilized, and there are famous marshals like Qi Jiguang in Jizhen who can cooperate with him.

This is actually the limitation of Shen Shixing's literati vision, Gao Shixing's army in Annan is controlled by his own family, how can the troops in Liaodong be so "pure"? Not to mention that the command is not so satisfactory, and the matter of changing clothes is also much more troublesome - he can change the garrison at will, but obviously he can't change the clothes of the regular army of the Ming Dynasty at will.

Even if he himself is full of patriotism and is willing to do this out of his own pocket, then he has to consider what the court will think and what the emperor will think!

Do you want to turn my Liaodong town into your own? Li Chengliang didn't die like this!

Yu Youding didn't know whether he didn't see it or deliberately didn't say it, he opened his eyes, looked at Shen Shixing with a shocked face, and continued: "Ru Mo now knows how powerful Gao Shishi's little kid is? ”

Without waiting for Shen Shixing to answer, he let out a long sigh: "It's me who is careless!" At the beginning, Gao Xinzheng attached so much importance to his nephew, I thought he was just thinking about the long-term wealth of the Gao family, but now I know ...... I'm afraid that he was already convinced at that time that whether the actual study could be higher than my mental study was not Guo Pu, not Zhang Siwei - it all depends on this! ”

Shen Shixing closed his eyes, calmed down his mood well, and said, "If the above are all facts, then this high seeking truth is...... is so wise and close to the demon, it is true that he can't continue to stay in Liaodong. At least in the case that I can't control the overall situation of the imperial court, I can't let him stay in Liaodong anymore. ”

Yu Youding saw that Shen Shixing finally accepted his opinion, breathed a sigh of relief, and added: "Ru Mo, if you believe me, no matter who Zhang Siwei recommends to join the cabinet this time, you can not care." As far as I know, Zhang Siwei's parents are not strong, and he himself is a sick man, and he invited himself to work to recuperate a few years ago.

You are nine years younger than him, and your health is good, as long as you learn from Xu Hua Tinggong, even if you boil hard, you can survive him. When the time comes, it's time for you to fulfill your ambitions. The top priority at the moment is to transfer Gao Shishi from Liaodong and replace him with our people to ensure that Jiliao will never be able to go on a northern expedition in the short term. Ru Mo, as long as this period of time is over, when you take power, and then finish the battle, the biggest disadvantage of my heart and study against the real school will be equalized. ”

Shen Shixing sighed and nodded, and then asked, "Even if you exchange the two pavilion elders for a high-level pragmatic transfer, where do you want to transfer him?" Brother Bingzhong may not know that after yesterday's dynasty, he is already the crown prince Shaobao, the right attendant of the military department, and the right deputy capital Yushi. ”

Yu Youding shook his head indifferently and said, "No matter what, as long as you don't let him take up a foreign position, you can directly transfer him back to Jingshi." You can do whatever job you want, and it doesn't matter if you can press it, or if you can't hold it down...... In short, you must let him stay in Jingshi, under your nose! ”

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