Chapter 399 398 Look at King Yu

"It should be completed for the Ministry of Works within a time limit, and Ouyang Shangshu is probably not going to stay for a long time."

Xu Jie just responded to Gao Gong's question lightly, and Gao Gong just nodded slightly.

Gao Gong didn't care about Ouyang Bijin's stay or stay. He didn't have the heart to seize the position of the Minister of Works. He only cared about when the King Jing's mansion could be completed so that he could find a way to let King Jing leave the capital as soon as possible.

If Xu Jie dared to say this, he was naturally not afraid of Gao Gong repeating it again.

The six ministers were in charge of one. Even if Emperor Jiajing planned to approve the dividend according to Xu Jie's vote, the Ministry of Works could still do work or not, which was all due to the coordination and supervision of the cabinet.

Now the three cabinet members, Yan Song and Gao Gong, must not be able to count on them. Lu Ben has been silent for many years, so naturally he has no hope. Now it is Xu Jie.

"Everything is for you."

Gao Gong just clasped his fists to Xu Jie very seriously.

Xu Jie waved his hand and smiled, "It's all right. By the way, I bought some autumn dew white in the mansion a few days ago. After drinking it, it tastes sweet, pure and sweet, and has endless aftertaste, so it can be called the best in the wine, haha."

Speaking of this, Xu Jie looked at Zhang Juzheng next to him and said, "Uncle, go back and ask them to bring the wine."

"yes."

After Zhang Juzheng got up and wanted to salute the two of them, he turned around and went out of the house to find someone to move wine, leaving Xu Jie and Gao Gong in the room.

"Now, since Suqing left, only Yifu and Zhengfu were left in the palace. At this time, there were no mistakes. I want my uncle to go to the palace to serve as a lecturer. I wonder what Suqing thinks?"

In fact, when Xu Jie sent Zhang Juzheng away, Gao Gong guessed that he must have something to say to him. Now that he heard Xu Jie say his plans, he naturally could not refuse.

"You and Uncle have been in the Imperial College, and I think you have some understanding of his talent."

Just as Gao Gongpan agreed and asked for something, it was time for exchanges anyway, Xu Jie continued to talk about him working with Zhang Juzheng.

Gao Gong naturally did not doubt Zhang Juzheng's ability. Moreover, he and Zhang Juzheng not only had a tacit understanding in handling official duties, but their views on the current situation were also very similar. Although Zhang Juzheng was Xu Jie's student, even if Xu Jie retreated in the future, Zhang Juzheng seemed to be his helper.

Thinking of this, Gao Gong nodded, not thinking about whether there are any conditions to trade with Xu Jie. Anyway, he would look for Xu Jie when he needed it, and he would not refuse.

"Yes, Uncle Da can be the speaker of the royal palace, but"

However, Gao Gong soon realized that Zhang Juzheng's position in the Hanlin Academy is still relatively low.

"I will talk to Mr. Wu and Yin Zhangyuan, and ask Su Qing to talk to him too. Now Li Chunfang, Yuan Wei, Yan Ne and you have already served as ministers, Hanlin Academy attendants, and the bachelor of lecturers will soon be vacant."

Xu Jie said casually.

Gao Gong's eyes were fixed when he heard this. The four people Xu Jie said were the most promising people in the court now, and they were all promoted to ministers of the Ministry in the past year, obviously all of whom were heading for the cabinet.

If anyone of the four is most likely to enter the cabinet first and replace Lu Ben, it is naturally him and Li Chunfang.

Li Chunfang was the latest to pass the imperial examination among the four. Yuan Wei was the Tanhua in the 17th year of Jiajing, and Yan Ne was the Jinshi in the 20th year of Jiajing, but Li Chunfang was the top scorer in the 26th year of Jiajing.

Li Chunfang's articles are naturally excellent, and he wrote a good Qing Ci, which soon rose to prominence and rose to prominence. The three of them were still waiting for the opportunity to be miserable in the Hanlin Academy until they were valued by Emperor Jiajing because of Qing Ci.

Later, Gao Gong was sent to Prince Yu's Mansion to serve as a job in teaching Prince Yu, while Yuan Wei and Yan Ne were still in the Hanlin Academy, but they only had some heterodynamics, mostly errands in Taichang Temple.

Of course, Xu Jie mentioned this matter at this time, not aimlessly.

"Lady Lu Ge."

Gao Gong asked tentatively.

But Xu Jie didn't say anything, just blinked at him, and he seemed to say nothing.

Emperor Jiajing was also patient enough. Over the years, Lu Ben's resignation and retirement several times was rejected, but in fact he wanted to occupy a position in the cabinet.

According to Xu Jie's words, this situation will change, and the cabinet will be newly recruited, and it will change within this year.

But immediately, Gao Gong felt something was wrong, "Where is Lord Guo, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel?"

What he asked was naturally Guo Pu. Speaking of which, he was a Jinshi in Jiajing for 14 years and had a higher qualification, but Xu Jie did not mention his name at all in the conversation just now, which was really strange.

"The husband should be the one who wants to replace Wu Peng as the Minister of Shang, and should not be included in the list."

Xu Jie answered Gao Gong's questions lightly, and even told him about Guo Pu's next official position.

Wu Peng retired and Ouyang Bijin also resigned one after another. It can be said that Yan Song's power in the court was basically eliminated and the rest was not the same.

After leaving the Xu Mansion, Gao Gong sat in the carriage and recalled the meaning revealed in Gao Gong's previous words. Lu Ben was leaving and a cabinet seat was vacant, but the most important thing was that Wu Peng and Ouyang Bijin might leave.

Is Yan Song about to fall?

But Xu Jie just shook his head and said nothing about his temptation. What does this mean?

Gao Gong couldn't understand Xu Jie's plan, so he had to ignore it. What he needed to consider most now was how to compete for favor so that he could enter the cabinet in front of Li Chunfang.

After all, he has a great advantage over a second-level Jinshi like him.

Wei Guangde still knew nothing about the violent turmoil that was about to appear in the court, but it was a fight between gods and had nothing to do with him.

At this time, Wei Guangde was also standing at his own gate and sent away a group of people of the same year.

Everyone is not of high quality now, and it is the time to hold a group to keep warm.

Most of the people who are valued by noble people have already entered their own circles at this time, and those who are still coming here either plan to vote for Wei Guangde, or they come if they really can't find a good place.

Wei Guangde looked at everyone leaving, sighed, and went straight back to the door. The door slowly closed. His social engagement today was over, and in Beijing, such activities continued.

Zhang Juzheng, who left with Gao Gong, got on the carriage. After leaving the Xu Mansion gate, he turned into an alley before walking far away. Not long afterwards, the carriage stopped outside a small door.

Zhang Juzheng got out of the carriage and came to the door. After patting it twice, the wooden door opened. A servant inside saw that it was Zhang Juzheng, and then bowed and said, "The Prime Minister is waiting in the flower hall behind."

“Leading the way forward.”

Zhang Juzheng just said casually, then followed the servant into the yard, and then the wooden door was closed again.

"What do you think is Gao Gong like? Can you live together?"

In a flower hall in Xu Mansion, Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng sat opposite each other. In front of them, the tea cups were misty and emitting a refreshing tea fragrance. Several carbon pots were placed around to emit heat into the house, dispelling the cold of early winter and making the whole room warm.

"Gao Gong is talented, looks at things at the forefront, is incisive, and has a strong personality. However, he is cautious and careful in doing things, and is very good at getting along with everything. He is really good at abilities."

Zhang Juzheng thought about it and spoke, and Xu Jie on the opposite side couldn't stop nodding.

Gao Gong left the Hanlin Academy and entered the Prince Yu's Mansion. The relationship between King Yu and King Jing was destined to be a natural hostile relationship between him and King Jing's supporters. However, in fact, the relationship between Gao Gong and the Yan family was also pretty good. Even when they met Yan Shifan, the two often called brothers and had sex together.

"but."

Zhang Juzheng said that this place was stuck all of a sudden, not knowing whether he was looking right or wrong.

Xu Jie looked up at him, raised his eyebrows and said, "Continue, don't be scruples here."

"Yes, teacher."

Zhang Juzheng agreed, then lowered his head and continued, "What I said before is what I thought of him before.

Now, based on my understanding of Gao Gong, this person seems to be a bit strict and harsh by nature, and is arbitrary in doing things, and even some even exclude dissidents.

For such people, they can cooperate in a short period of time, but it is difficult to maintain long-term relationships.

As for why I couldn't see it before, I also thought that perhaps this has something to do with the status of Prince Yu's mansion in the past.

At that time, Prince Yu's mansion was very unstable in the capital. Although he was as the eldest son of His Majesty, he did not receive the rituals of the prince that he should have. Therefore, he restrained himself in all aspects. His original nature was completely covered up and it was impossible to see it.

Now that King Yu's status has been confirmed, Gao Gong has a little bit of a villain's success."

Zhang Juzheng said here, looked up at Xu Jie, and saw Xu Jie's expression of satisfaction, and then continued: "Although King Yu's status has been confirmed, it is not a crown prince after all, and there are still variables. At this time, it should be the time to continue to unite with the officials of the Prince Yu's Mansion, Gao Gong began to exclude Wei Guangde."

Speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng hesitated for a moment, "Teacher, Wei Guangde should not have a high status in Prince Yu's Mansion. I still can't understand why Gao Gong chose to act Wei Guangde first."

"Haha. It's normal for you to not know. When Wei Guangde surrendered to Prince Yu, it was the most difficult time in Prince Yu's mansion. The so-called timely help was nothing more than that.

Therefore, Wei Guangde's status in King Yu was raised very high, of course he was still far from Gao Gong. After that, Wei Guangde was involved in some things, but many of them were not worthy of being told to outsiders.

Wei Guangde, don’t worry about him for now, continue talking about Gao Gong.” Xu Jie chuckled.

After hearing Xu Jie's words, Zhang Juzheng realized it later and understood why Gao Gong quickly decided to send Wei Guangde out of the capital after Xu Jie raised a head.

It seems that Gao Gong is worried that Wei Guangde's position in King Yu's heart will continue to improve. Although it will not threaten himself, it is better to lose an opponent.

"Actually, Gao Gong is evident from his attitude towards the people around him, and he is not afraid at all. However, as the teacher said before, King Yu relies too much on him, so.

So in the future, if King Yu ascends the throne, he is probably the position of Yan Song.

Zhang Juzheng did not mention his teacher Xu Jie, and Xu Jie also understood what Zhang Juzheng meant. He was afraid that he could not fight Gao Gong, and it was not a matter of means.

The most important thing about the chief minister of the cabinet is the emperor's trust. Without the emperor's support, even the ministers will not be able to sit steadily unless they are arranged by the emperor to enter the cabinet and restrain someone.

After King Yu ascended the throne, he remembered the incense he had over the years, so Xu Jie would not be killed by the donkey, but fighting with Gao Gong would definitely suffer a loss.

"After all, how many years can I do it?"

Xu Jie said something seemingly indifferently, and then said: "For so many years, I have followed Yan Song and dared not be disobedient. I didn't expect that when I get old, would I still have to look at Gao Gong's expression?"

"What the teacher means. It depends on King Yu."

Zhang Juzheng was not sure what Xu Jie meant, but he could roughly guess.

Since you don’t like Gao Gong’s character, you can only change people.

In addition to Gao Gong, there were also Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan and others around King Yu. These people have been following King Yu for quite some time, but I don’t know if they can challenge Gao Gong’s position in King Yu’s heart.

"If one doesn't work, tie two, tie up two. If two doesn't work, win over three. You should walk around with Li Fang recently.

When King Yu takes office, his position will rise. Perhaps he will be the next Huang Jin. If you can make friends with someone like this, try to make friends as much as possible, but you must never become an enemy."
To be continued...