Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2008, the noisy court and opposition
"If you leave now, the government and the public may enter into troubled times. This time, someone is obviously playing tricks behind the scenes. Otherwise, the Son of Heaven will seize his love, so we can continue to stay."

In Liu Jin's study, Duke Ding Xu Guangzuo looked at Liu Jin and said.

If Liu Jin went home to observe his filial piety for three years, this time would be too long. Three years is enough for many things to happen, and it is enough to change many, many people and things.

To be honest, Xu Guangzuo hopes that Liu Jin can continue to work and not go back to keep his filial piety. With Liu Jin, the chief assistant of the cabinet, everyone can do everything smoothly.

Moreover, Liu Jin's ability is strong enough, his prestige is high enough, and he has won the trust of the emperor, which is enough to deter those ambitious people in the government and the opposition.

"No need."

"Power is very addictive, but a person's life is limited, and all his life cannot be wasted on it."

"What's more, it's time for me to think about retreating bravely when I'm at this point. I don't want to end up with a good death."

Xu Guangzuo is one of his own, the elder brother of his wife Xu Wan'er, and the two families wear the same pair of pants, so there are certain things that can be said to him.

"Your thinking is also reasonable. At your stage, what you should think about is really the matter of retreating bravely."

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Xu Guangzuo opened his eyes slightly, thought for a while, and then nodded in agreement.

Liu Jin has been the chief assistant of the cabinet for many years, and at the same time he is the Duke of Liao, and he still has a lot of prestige in the army. The generals in the army have followed Liu Jin to fight in Nanyang, Western Regions and other places before.

In addition, Liu Jin and Yingyinggong, Dingguogong, and Chengguogong are all wearing the same pair of pants. This Liu Jin is deeply entrenched among civil servants and generals in the ruling and opposition parties.

In addition, the huge family business that Liu Jin has accumulated over the years, the large and small properties under his command, any one of them will be a well-known big business house, and it is definitely not a joke to be rich.

If it were a different emperor, it is estimated that Liu Jin would have been suspicious and defensive, so Emperor Hongzhi trusted Liu Jin more. Of course, this is also related to Liu Jin's trust in Emperor Hongzhi all the time. The princes are all major shareholders, and their wealth is even greater than Liu Jin's.

Therefore, the emperor can trust Liu Jin, otherwise, if it were another person in history, it is possible that his family would have been ransacked and exterminated long ago.

Has there been such a thing since ancient times?

There are too many things that the cunning rabbit dies and the dog cooks, and the birds do their best to hide.

Emperors are ruthless. In order to stabilize the situation, Emperor Han Jing can directly kill the teacher who is still on his way to court. This kind of thing can be done. Don't expect the emperor to really have too much conscience.

As long as there is a need, exchange of benefits, etc., they will not hesitate to take someone's sword. Even if this person has devoted his heart and soul to the emperor, he still cannot escape the fate of a chess piece. Since it is a chess piece, it can be discarded when necessary. .

Emperor Hongzhi is a good emperor that is rare in the ages. He has a really good heart, is also very kind, and has a big stomach. That's why Liu Jin was able to achieve what he is now.

But Emperor Hongzhi is getting older and older now, and he is already in his fifties. Even if he is well-cultivated, his body is going downhill.

If there is trouble in the future, he will definitely consider his son Zhu Houzhao. If he feels that Liu Jin threatens Zhu Houzhao's status, he will naturally kill Liu Jin without hesitation.

It is the wisest choice to start slowly and quickly retreat now.

Three years of filial piety, three years is enough for many things to happen, and it is also enough to change many things.

"So, quit when you have to. In life, don't be too obsessed. Sometimes you let go, and the whole person can relax a lot."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

Liu Jin went back to his hometown to go to Ding You to observe his filial piety, so he directly left the affairs of the court without any nostalgia, that is, he did not promote or arrange any officials from his own faction, nor did he suggest who Emperor Hongzhi should use. Who and what.

It was completely clean and tidy, so he put aside the affairs of the ruling and opposition parties and went back to his hometown to observe his filial piety.

As soon as Liu Jin left, the government and the public began to become active, as if it was a pool of stagnant water before, but now it looks more vibrant.

Among them, the most touching thing is naturally the matter of who joins the cabinet.

As soon as Liu Jin left, Wang Shouren and Han Wen were left in the cabinet. According to the past practice, another minister must be promoted to supplement the cabinet.

The ministers who can enter the cabinet are generally at the level of the minister of the six ministers, such as Yang Yiqing, Jiang Mian, Zhong Fan, Yang Tinghe, and Mao Ji are all fully qualified to enter the cabinet.

Yang Yiqing, Jiang Mian, Zhong Fan, and Mao Ji are already at the level of six ministers. Yang Tinghe, because when Sichuan was building the railway, Emperor Hongzhi went to Sichuan and felt that he was still very good and capable, so he was reinstated. Promoted and reused, he is now the Minister of Rites.

Yang Tinghe's ability is unquestionable, and he is also a capable minister. He used to be Zhu Houzhao's teacher. According to the historical track, he became the chief assistant of the cabinet not long after Zhu Houzhao came to power.

It's just that Liu Jin, a traveler, flapped his wings and let him be kept in the comfort of his hometown in Sichuan by Emperor Hongzhi for many years. If Emperor Hongzhi hadn't visited Sichuan when the railway was being built, he might have been left alone for the rest of his life.

Emperor Hongzhi went to Sichuan and remembered many things in the past. He felt that he could not treat Zhu Houzhao's teacher like this. When he chose Zhu Houzhao's teacher, he was also very careful.

The teacher of the prince of Ming Dynasty, he is not only a teacher, but also a member of the prince's team in the future. It is very important to choose a talented teacher.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi was right on this point. This Yang Tinghe is very capable. It is precisely because of his existence that although Zhu Houzhao in the Zhengde Dynasty was messing around, nothing major happened, even if Zhu Houzhao suddenly After his death, the government and the public have also stabilized under his efforts.

Ministers from the ruling and opposition parties are also arguing endlessly about who will join the cabinet.

According to the past practice, first of all, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials draws up a recommended list to be selected, and then it is handed over to Emperor Hongzhi to make a decision. Of course, the emperor can also directly appoint ministers to the cabinet. cabinet.

Generally speaking, because the former is recommended by the ministers, it must have higher prestige and everyone is more convinced. After becoming a cabinet veteran, the words will have more weight, and more ministers will support them.

The latter has relatively less prestige, and cannot get the support of more ministers. When doing things, they are often hindered everywhere.

Of course, it still depends on the person in the end. For example, Liu Jin's prestige is high enough and his weight is enough. Everyone is convinced that he will enter the cabinet.

After all, Liu Jin was the number one scholar. He had studied books in the Imperial Academy, led soldiers in the army, presided over tax reform, and became the Minister of the Ministry of Households.

Therefore, everyone didn't have much opinion on Liu Jin's entry into the cabinet. Although he was hand-picked by Emperor Hongzhi, he had the same prestige and the right to speak.

At that time, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang in the cabinet, one was old and the other was in poor health, and Liu Jin was doing everything, so everyone knew that Liu Jin would be the chief assistant and hold great power in the future.

Right now, the government and the opposition are still arguing about who to recommend for the cabinet.

Some people think that Zhong Fan should be allowed to enter the cabinet. This Zhong Fan is a reformist official who was single-handedly promoted by Liu Jin. Naturally, his entry into the cabinet is what the reformist officials most hope to see.

Wang Shouren and Han Wen can also be regarded as reformist officials. They are completely different from the old officials who traditionally only talk about benevolence, justice, morality, diligence and thrift. They like to use data to speak in their work.

This has won the support of many local officials, because on the governance side, as long as we work hard, build more roads, reservoirs and dams, encourage births, build more schools, pay more attention to taxation, industry, etc., political achievements are still easy to come out.

It is also easy to be promoted and reused. Many officials in the court are promoted in this way, and Zhong Fan is a representative figure.

Just because Zhong Fan is a reformer, he naturally encountered strong opposition from the old school officials. They even supported Yang Yiqing and Yang Tinghe's entry into the cabinet.

With the existence of Liu Jin, these old school officials who have been suppressed can't hold their heads up. After finally waiting for Liu Jin to leave, they naturally have to quickly elect their own old school officials, so that everyone will have more hope and have more voice. They will not be tightly suppressed by reformist officials.

The two parties were very noisy because of this matter. For several months, they had never been quiet because of this matter.

Emperor Hongzhi, who had been quiet for many years, suddenly felt as if he had returned to the past, and it was the same in the past. The ministers of the ruling and opposition parties were arguing endlessly over things that were not very important.

The early court has become a noisy vegetable market instead of a place to discuss national affairs. Instead, the truly important military and state affairs cannot be dealt with in a timely manner. All kinds of small matters are really noisy.

This is also a feature of political struggle.

Political struggles and power struggles have always been throughout the history of human development, and will not change because of anyone. Only in a few periods, this kind of struggle is relatively mild and calm. Most of the time, power struggles and The competition is extremely cruel and violent.

Everyone wants to climb up, everyone wants to grasp more power, not to mention the parties involved, and the struggle for the concept of governing the country will naturally become noisy.

(End of this chapter)