After the morning and the end of the shift.

Shen Shixing, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Yang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, were recruited by the Son of Heaven to discuss the Wenhua Palace.

Soon after, the two came out of the Wenhua Palace.

The two walked almost side by side, and Yang Wei would pause half a step back from time to time, so that he could not only keep chatting with Shen Shixing, but also make himself not arrogant in terms of etiquette.

As the first assistant Shen Shi saluted hundreds of officials, except for the Son of Heaven, all officials had to salute him, and the official department Shangshu was the only person who could resist the first assistant.

At the time of Zhang Juzheng, the secretary of the ministry was a subordinate official in front of the cabinet, and when Zhang Siwei arrived, he proposed to return the matter to the ministry, and for a time the six ministries had the appearance of leaving the cabinet.

When Yan Qing served as the secretary of the ministry, the ministry did its own thing and was not interfered with by the cabinet, which was well received by the government and the opposition at that time.

When Yang Wei was appointed as the secretary of the ministry, the government and the opposition had great expectations for him. When Yang Wei was a foreign official, his performance was almost first-class every year, and when Minister Wang was in the case, he acted impartially, and then he was excluded from the center and returned to his hometown to farm.

After he served as the secretary of the ministry, the officials also thought that Yang Wei was a jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, and his age and department name were above Shen Shixing. There is no reason why Yang Wei would listen to Shen Shixing's words and act.

But in fact, the two really walked together.

Therefore, there was a lot of talk about it, saying that the Ministry of Officials had become a minion of the cabinet again, of course, Shen Shixing, Yang Wei denied it, thinking that this was nonsense.

Therefore, Yang Wei and Shen Shixing walked together, who was in front and who was behind, side by side or in unison, these are all articles in the eyes of those who have a heart.

In the eyes of outsiders, when Yang Wei and Shen Shixing were talking, both of them looked calm and light-hearted, and their subordinates followed from a distance, and they didn't dare to listen to a word in their mouths.

Outsiders can't help but speculate about what the two bigwigs are talking about.

But see Yang Weiyan: "When the servant was young and studied, the master of learning was clearly virtuous, and after the release of brown as an official, he governed one side, and the main meridian was the Six Classics, and now he has arrived at the central government, and he is a little confused, I don't know what Yuanfu has been in the government for many years, and what is the basis for learning?" ”

The government of the government refers to the political affairs hall, the government refers to the province of the second government and the Privy Council, and in the Ming Dynasty, these two words refer to the cabinet.

Shen Shixing pinched his beard and said: "Bugu and Boqian's ideas are similar, but after entering the cabinet, I have a lot of experience in studying in college. ”

What is the book of college derivation?

It is not among the Four Books and Five Classics, but it is a must-read for the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. The meaning of Shen Shixing's words is very obvious.

Of course, Yang Wei understood the meaning of Shen Shi's jargon, so he said: "Yuan Fu's words are really thought-provoking. At that time, Zhang Jiangling promoted the officials of the Ministry of Officials, mainly using the three ways together, and at that time there was a saying that the officials were reused, and the clear stream was used carefully. Later, the Ministry of Officials also promoted several officials who could be called followers from among the officials, and first served in the government department. ”

However, this move was discussed by the Qingliu in the court, there was a Huang surnamed Xu official, who had political achievements in office, but was born with contempt for Qingliu, this person was known by the two Huaiyun Divisions, boarded the boat to pay homage to the officials, but fell into the water and died of cold. Later, some people noticed that some people were jealous of his ability and hated his skills, so that he was squeezed into the water when he boarded the boat. ”

Shen Shixing's face was solemn: "What Bo Qian said is that the two Huaiyun Divisions know Huang Qing together, the imperial court has given Huang Qing the imperial servant Siqing, and his son has been imprisoned, which can barely be regarded as appeased, but Bugu has always been mindful." ”

Yang Wei said: "When people die, it is useless to say anything. Those who killed Huang Qing are still at large, and the court cannot hold them accountable. The Qing Dynasty will only speak for the clear stream, but will not speak for the turbid officials. ”

Shen Shixing sighed when he heard this: "If Zhang Jiangling is in the pavilion, these people will never dare to do this." But now there is nothing that can be done. ”

Yang Wei continued: "Yuan Fu, since the Huang Qing Dynasty, judging from the provincial Fu and the guarantee cases handed to the Ministry of Officials, there are almost no officials from miscellaneous backgrounds, and the names in front are all from the A department. This time, the officials of the general election of the Ministry of Officials were approved as usual, judging from the consultation sheets handed by the officials below and the recommendations of the court officials, most of them were clear. ”

"Forget it about the Qingliu in the middle of the court, yesterday the palace handed His Majesty an edict, asking the Ministry to promote Li Zhi to be the servant Shaoqing, Jiangdong Zhi to Guanglu Shaoqing, and Yang Keli to Shangbao Shaoqing, my will has been decided, the second order is issued by the central decree, and the Ministry of Officials can cover the edict."

After listening to Yang Wei's words, Shen Shixing suddenly stopped.

Yang Wei also stopped beside him, as for the two subordinates, they were also standing far away, there were only a few dozen steps from Wenyuan Pavilion here, and the officials who came to Wenyuan Pavilion to do business, seeing the first assistant scholar and the official department Shangshu standing at the door of Wenyuan, all stopped and gave salutes from afar.

Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, and Yang Keli were all Zhang Siwei's thugs back then, and they made great achievements in defeating Feng Bao and liquidating Zhang Juzheng.

After Zhang Siwei went to the throne, these three people did not adhere to it, so they switched to backers. This backer is none other than today.

After Zhang Juzheng, the Son of Heaven has been supervising the cabinet with a speech official, six ministries.

These three people are also very able to figure out the mind of the Son of Heaven, with the help of Gao Qiyu's case, they forced Shen Shixing, and Yang Wei begged the Son of Heaven to resign.

Later, the Son of Heaven appeased Shen Shixing, and Yang Wei left the two, but Gao Qiyu, Liu Yixiang, the governor of Jinyi, Liu Shouyou, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Pan Jitao and others were impeached by them one after another, and Shen Shixing could not save him, so he could only watch them one by one.

Later, in Ma Yu's matter, Shen Shixing won back a city with the assistance of Lin Yanchao.

But after the incident, the Son of Heaven promoted Li Zhi and the three again this time, and personally issued an order to the ministry.

This matter is a very humiliating thing for Yang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, the officials above the third grade of the imperial court have been pushed by the court, and the officials below the third grade have always been counted by the ministry, and finally reported to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven knew that Yang Wei and Li Zhi had a grudge against the three of them, and it was impossible for the officials to promote them, but he still sent an edict to the officials to promote these three people, which made Yang Wei angry and thought that the emperor had violated the authority of his officials.

Therefore, Yang Wei, a Shandong man, immediately became popular, and he was not summoned directly.

Of course, Yang Wei will not be arrogant, so he has to discuss this matter with Shen Shixing and obtain the support of the cabinet.

Shen Shixing asked with his hand: "When the Son of Heaven issued an edict to the Ministry of Officials, did you ever think that Boqian would not obey the edict?" ”

Yang Wei thought for a while and said, "The Son of Heaven will not do anything unplanned. ”

Shen Shixing asked again: "If Boqian does not obey the edict, will the Qing Council of the DPRK and China stand on the side of you and me?" ”

Yang Wei sighed: "The Qing Dynasty and the Central Committee have long said that the government and the Quanbu Yin rely on each other to control the way of speech, if I refuse to obey the edict, they will definitely suppress the way of speech." ”

"This is a confirmed crime," Shen Shixing asked again: "The last time Li Zhi and the three of them impeached you and me, and finally His Majesty punished them, this time if Bo Qian refuses His Majesty's edict, what will Your Majesty think?" ”

Yang Wei was silent for a while, and then said: "I will think that the servant does not remember the original grace." ”

Shen Shixing nodded and said, "So if you don't obey the edict, the Sacred Heart government and the opposition are not on Boqian's side." On the contrary, if Boqian is edicted, it not only gives His Majesty face, but also shows Dazai's bearing. ”

Yang Wei nodded, what Shen Shixing said, he also knew in his heart. He sent this breath in front of Shen Shixing, which was to express his anger and hatred of the same enemy, and everyone was on one side.

Yang Wei said: "Then everything will be up to Yuanfu, but how can the three of them who promoted Li Zhi like this swallow this breath?" Originally, the servant planned to send three people to the local government after the Hajj. ”

Shen Shixing heard Yang Wei say this, and he knew it from the bottom of his heart.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, if an official like Yushi expires or is transferred, he is generally transferred to a local government or is in Beijing as the secretary of state.

Participating in politics is from the third grade, and the imperial history is only seven grades in the matter, which is seven levels in a row.

However, if the officials of the province heard that the local government was involved in politics, they must all look like they had nothing to love.

Otherwise, how could there be a sentence in officialdom that 'the official is promoted to seven levels, and the potential is reduced by ten thousand points'. Although he is a local magistrate who participates in politics, he cannot be compared with the imperial historian in terms of power.

Therefore, when the imperial history goes to serve as the chief counselor, he usually either loses power or offends a big man in the court.

Yushi values Jingqing, as long as he can stay in Beijing with a dead face, it doesn't hurt to have a lower official position.

Shen Shixing said: "During the Yongle Chenghua period, the imperial history was not appointed to the state capital, and now the three products have come out, and they are not in charge. Even in recent years, officials such as Kedao, the Ministry of Officials, and Hanlin have been demoted to other places, and most of them do not go to their posts, but after arriving at the place, they will return to the township after handing over the official documents, and then seek to relocate. ”

"Some officials, even without going to the border, directly asked the governor of the territory to submit official documents on their behalf. There was also an official who was demoted to the local area for editing, and when he told the governor, he thought that he was still in the middle of the court, and sat with the governor facing south, and the governor did not think about it, and it was passed on as an officialdom joke. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Shixing couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder today's officialdom is declining, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty are all avoiding the outside camp, and how many Beijing posts are there in the court, who will be the foreign official, and who will be the state capital?" Boqian, the elder brother is in charge, and he needs to deal with the bad habits of officialdom. ”

Having said this, Shen Shixing said goodbye to Yang Wei, and then walked into the gate of Wenyuan Pavilion.

However, Yang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, was full of paste, he discussed with Shen Shixing how to deal with Li Zhi, and how Shen Shixing talked about the unhealthy atmosphere in the officialdom.

But he understood that Shen Shixing would not be untargeted, and there must be something in his words.

Yang Wei left from Wenyuan Pavilion and returned to the Ministry in a sedan chair, thinking about the meaning of these words on the way.

Until the entrance of the official department, the sedan chair fell for a moment.

Yang Wei suddenly suddenly, isn't what Shen Shixing is referring to Lin Yanchao?

Today's officials are proud to be appointed as Beijing officials, and ashamed to be foreign officials. But Lin Yanchao is the champion of the house, Sanyuan and the first, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, the Zuo Zhongyun of the Zhan Mansion, and the Japanese speaker.

That's the Jingguan of the Jingguan and the Hanlin of the Hanlin.

But what?

After Lin Yanchao was demoted to the Son of Heaven, he went to the Defu without saying a word.

From the Son of Heaven to a mere five-grade acquaintance, this gap is not ordinary. changed to other officials, and they had already run away, either submitting a letter to return to their hometown, or putting Hanlin's score, finishing the governor, and scolding the political envoy.

But what? Lin Yanchao does not complain, he is not discouraged, he just buries himself in his work, earnestly does things for the people, and works hard to benefit the locality.

And since the Son of Heaven can show favoritism, he will promote Li Zhi to their officials.

Wouldn't it be better for us to govern others in the way of others and to elect our officials to the top?