Chapter 27                                                             �

Gao Gong said: "Governing officials is a meticulous job, and it is impossible to be impatient. Now I am planning to increase the assessment standards. Adding local practices to the assessment, I have always felt that the prime ministers originated from prefectures and counties, and the fierce generals originated from the army. This is the right way to govern the country. Therefore, I require the six central ministries, and officials at all levels should have a prefecture and county resume. I am also planning to add a minister of the Ministry of War. There are more ministers, who will not be in charge of affairs on weekdays. If there is something wrong in the world, I will take charge of the commander to fight. But now it seems that it is not necessary."

Zhou Mengchen heard this and said, "The heroes have similar views. I am preparing to rebuild the Privy Council, so I am preparing to transfer some generals. They only teach martial arts on weekdays. If the country needs it, they will lead the army to quell the rebellion again."

Zhou Mengchen sighed slightly and said, "Now I know why you can't go with Xu Jie."

Where did the prime minister come from today in the Ming Dynasty? It is naturally the Hanlin Academy.

Although Zhou Mengchen is not as good as Xu Jie in many things, Zhou Mengchen does not feel that he is not as good as Xu Jie in handling government affairs.

Just look at the resume.

Since Zhou Mengchen was released, he has almost never encountered anything easy to deal with. He is almost a firefighter. Before he came, it was a mess. When Zhou Mengchen left, he could not talk about the quietness of Yanhe, but at least it was much more peaceful.

When Xu Jie was out, he worked as a local official and pacified the rioters, but he still had too little experience than Zhou Mengchen.

Many things, if you don’t do them once, and have experience, you don’t know that this thing can be done like this.

Xu Jie's administrative ability is better than Yan Song, and there is no problem with this. However, Zhou Mengchen's confidence can be considered to have been trained. He will definitely be able to surpass Xu Jie.

Gao Gong also saw this. As the Minister of Personnel, he was determined to change the situation back and establish a new system of selecting officials, so that the Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty could not only choose from the Hanlin Academy.

This is a major benefit for Zhou Mengchen.

Because Zhou Mengchen was not a Shujishi from the Hanlin Academy. This is another ceiling that he entered the cabinet. It is difficult to break.

But Gao Gong is different.

Gao Gong was born in the Hanlin Academy. The route from the Hanlin Academy to the cabinet was actually beneficial to Gao Gong. However, Gao Gong insisted on doing this, and even took something as a major drawback of the Ming court. He fought with Xu Jie to the death.

Speaking of which, there are also some ridiculous things.

At that time, students of Xinxue opposed the centralization of the cabinet. Those who were dismissed were dismissed and those who were deported were deported. Xu Jie was also one of them. An important part of Xinxue's opposition was that they were opposed to the unauthorized entry of the cabinet unless Hanlin was not allowed to enter the cabinet.

But now, Xu Jie's basic foundation is his disciples, all of whom were from the Hanlin Academy.

The situation is reversed.

Zhou Mengchen Gao Gong said this, should we show our political attitude to ourselves? But at this moment, Zhou Mengchen was really moved.

Compared to Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong is less cunning, more straightforward, less worldly, and more ideals.

Gao Gong laughed and said, "I, Mr. Gao, will never be worthy of being a human being in my life. Everything is done out of thinking about Daming. If that is the case, why should I be afraid of offending people?"

Gao Gong said here, and then changed his voice and said, "It's you. What are you going to do?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "This is not here to ask Gao Xian for advice."

Gao Gong was silent for a while and said, "How about you be the governor of the river? Now that Xu Jie is in great power, I have been thinking about it and I can't keep you in the capital. Especially when His Majesty is preparing for military reform."

Zhou Mengchen was stunned and said, "Don't I do this?"

Zhou Mengchen thought about this for a long time, and began to ponder it repeatedly from Datong, from the tactical actions of the soldiers, to the basic ranks, from the laws of the army, to the firearm casting and distribution system, from the special environment of the border, to the situation of the southern provinces, etc.

I don't know how much effort it took.

Zhou Mengchen was determined to do this matter well.

I never thought of giving this matter to someone else.

Gao Gong said: "You are a mystery to the authorities. It is precisely because you are involved in this matter too deeply and have too much relationship that Your Majesty must not let you participate in this matter."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen was stunned, sighed and said, "I was wrong."

After thinking about it, Jiajing's suspicion was still the one who fell into trouble.

Zhou Mengchen has too much potential in the army. If Zhou Mengchen presided over the military reform, then Zhou Mengchen's influence in the army will increase. Can Jiajing still sleep? If it is someone other than Zhou Mengchen, it is okay for Zhou Mengchen and his group of generals to suffer some grievances. Anyway, Zhou Mengchen, as their backstage, will be able to find it back in the future. The party who presided over the reform cannot completely eliminate Zhou Mengchen's ideas.

In this way, although the influence of Zhou Mengchen's army has diminished, it still exists. Even if the faction that led the reform increased greatly, Zhou Mengchen would not dare to go too far.

The mind skills of the Jiajing emperor have never been absent from.

Zhou Mengchen couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "Jiajing isn't worried, can't others do it well?"

Then Zhou Mengchen figured it out.

The ideas and requirements are different between people.

What Zhou Mengchen wanted was a modern army. Even though the weapons were still in the era of flintlock fuse, the military organization, officers, logistics and other aspects must be in line with the modern army.

Laying the foundation for the Ming army for hundreds of years in the future.

But what did Jiajing think? The first thing he thought was to strengthen control over the army and consolidate his position. As long as he could do this, even if the combat power was weakened, it would be no problem.

Loyalty to the royal family is the most important thing.

The requirements are different. Zhou Mengchen's heart may be very good in Jiajing's eyes, or even a complete product. It is also a big mistake for Zhou Mengchen to never think about cherishing himself. He didn't know what he wrote about the new army, and he also circulated it to many people for comments, and then summarized it again.

After all, such a big thing, Zhou Mengchen was worried that he would not understand this era and do it badly, and the army was no better than anything else. If some things in the army were done wrong, it would be a death.

But in this way, such detailed information is probably done by a capable minister following the gourd.

Zhou Mengchen smiled bitterly in his heart and said to himself: "Is this my fault?"

Seeing Zhou Mengchen like this, Gao Gong said, "I have figured it out in private. But you can also try it. Maybe Your Majesty will keep you in the capital for consultants."

Zhou Mengchen said, "No need." There was a sense of resentment in his tone. After all, he had been preparing for so long, and it was very likely that someone else would pick peaches. How could Zhou Mengchen be willing?

But what if you are unwilling to give up?

Instead of watching others do their own things in the capital and not being able to talk nonsense, it is better to go to the place.

Gao Gong sighed and said, "Actually, I really want to keep you in the capital. I have a helper. But think about this matter yourself. The only promise I can give you is that as long as your people have not made any mistakes, I will never treat them unfairly."

"If you make a mistake -----"

Without Gao Gong's words, Zhou Mengchen said: "As long as the evidence is complete, you can do whatever you should do, or even aggravate it. I have no objection."

Zhou Mengchen felt much more relieved with Gao Gong's words.

Managing the promotion of officials in the world is the responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel. This is also the authority of the Ministry of Personnel to fight against the cabinet. Even if Xu Jie wants to deal with Zhou Mengchen's people, many things cannot be done with Gao Gong.

This solved Zhou Mengchen's worries. It also allowed Zhou Mengchen to think from another perspective whether he should take over the position of governor of the river.

Gao Gong said, "Okay, your people will be mine in the future. We will work together and we must make a career."

Zhou Mengchen also knew in his heart that Gao Gong had such a great effort, which was not without gain. His gain was Zhou Mengchen's old subordinates. After all, Gao Gong had always been in the center, his foundation was weak in the local area, his promotion was too fast, and his foundation was unstable. Now it seems that he has helped Zhou Mengchen, but Gao Gong is also subtly pulling some people in Zhou Mengchen's camp.

It was like Zhou Mengchen digging Xu Jie's corner, Gao Gong also wanted to do this.
Chapter completed!