The palace.

"What? Don't you even want to accept the imperial edict?"

Shen Shixing held the imperial edict in his hand and told Wang Xijue who was kneeling in front of him.

Wang Xijue looked up at Shen Shixing, hesitated for a moment, then he took the imperial edict with both hands and thanked the emperor for his gratitude, but there was no joy on his face.

In fact, Wanli never thought of asking Wang Xijue to resign because he knew that Wang Xijue was wronged, so after the matter was finalized, he immediately issued an order to reward Wang Xijue.

This is also paving the way for hiring Guo Dan later, because Wang Xijue absolutely supports Guo Dan in the disaster relief matter, and this is also indirectly clearing down on Guo Dan's grievances.

Wanli also knew that there were too many officials who impeached Guo Dan at the beginning. If they were to help Guo Dan seriously, they would not have been dismissed.

"Yuan Yu, the matter has passed, and they have paid a heavy price, so there is no need for you to be upset anymore."

Shen Shixing saw Wang Xijue holding the imperial edict and was still depressed, so he comforted him.

"Actually, I've let it go."

Wang Xijue sighed and said with emotion: "It's just...but I think the court today is more complicated than before. I'm afraid I'll let down the holy grace!"

He has always wanted to strengthen the power of the cabinet, but now he feels more and more powerless.

He also felt physically and mentally exhausted.

Shen Shixing smiled and said, "This matter is complicated and complicated, and it is simple and simple."

Wang Xijue asked, "How do you say this?"

Shen Shixing asked without answering, "Do you know who Chen Younian, Zhang Heming and others recommend to replace Song Jingsheng?"

Wang Xijue shook his head.

"Li Sancai."

"he?"

Wang Xijue was slightly surprised.

"Um."

Shen Shixing nodded and said, "Not only that, they also recommended Wei Yunzhen as the governor of Henan Road."

Wang Xijue said: "Didn't you stop it?"

It turned out that Wei Yunzhen and Li Sancai were demoted to the capital because they offended Shen Shixing. At that time, Wei Yunzhen and others were very opposed to the repeated success of the cabinet minister's son, thinking that there must be something wrong with it.

Shen Shixing's son happened to pass the Jinshi that year.

Of course, Shen Shixing denied that he used his power to make his son a Jinshi.

But Wei Yunzhen, Li Sancai and others refused to give up, and Wanli eventually demoted them to the capital.

Therefore, Wang Xijue had this question.

Shen Shixing shook his head.

Wang Xijue asked, "Why is this?"

Shen Shixing sighed: "The smooth ending of this matter is entirely due to Shen Yiguan and Chen Younian. They also received support from many people in the court, and His Majesty seems to be happy to see all this.

Chen Younian strongly recommended Li Sancai and Wei Yunzhen, and Zhang Heming and others also supported him. The censors also knew that they had suffered heavy losses this time and were unable to fight against us for the time being, so they wanted to win over Chen Younian and the others. In this case, where do you think Shen Yiguan should go?"

Wang Xijue was stunned for a while and suddenly smiled, "It turns out that I have been working for a long time, but I just changed the soup and didn't change the medicine!"

Once Chen Younian, Li Sancai and others prefer conservatives, then Shen Yiguan will become the weakest side. It is very dangerous for the new forces to be without the support of the boss. However, Shen Yiguan advocated that Guo fade into the cabinet, which is incompatible with the conservative belief. Most of the officials who support him were from Jiangnan, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Xu Guo were also from Jiangnan, so they would naturally turn to the cabinet.

Then the two factions are still fighting each other.

Shen Shixing shook his head and said, "We are aware of Chen Younian, Li Sancai, and Wei Yunzhen. They are all capable ministers and officials, and they are honest and upright. They will never be like Huang Daxiao and Li Zhi. However, they are so calm and low-key. They never thought that this person had such ambitions.

I thought that as long as we could control Chen Yiguan and our understanding of Chen Younian and others, it would be impossible for our cabinet to continue to stabilize the court."

Wang Xijue nodded thoughtfully.

In fact, he knew that the most important reason was that Shen Shixing did not say it, it was Wanli.

Wanli definitely did not want to see the cabinet dominant. There must be ministers in the court who opposed Shen Shixing. Shen Shixing also understood this, but he must ensure that the cabinet has an advantage, otherwise the cabinet would not be able to lead the ministers.

Shen Shixing said again: "There is one thing that has always made me worried."

Wang Xijue asked, "What's the matter?"

"Li Chengliang."

Shen Shixing frowned slightly and said, "I have been sending people to investigate this matter recently. As far as I know, someone secretly handed over the evidence of Li Chengliang to Li Zhi and the others."

Wang Xijue asked, "Can you find out who did it?"

Shen Shixingdao: "It is very likely that it is Dongchang."

Wang Xijue couldn't help frowning.

Shen Shixing said: "Actually, we all know that the Dongchang is always indispensable for the struggles in the court. In order to ensure that both of our factions have sought him, Zhang Jing kept provoking disputes, but this time he obviously wanted to eradicate us in one fell swoop. Therefore, whether it is for self-protection or to prevent unnecessary disputes in the court, we have to find a way to eradicate Zhang Jing."

Although Shen Shixing is usually amiable and approachable, he seems to have a good relationship with the ministers, he will be cruel and ruthless if he really starts.

Zhang Jing's move has crossed his bottom line this time. If you eradicate Li Chengliang, you will want me to die. Shen Shixing can't pretend that this has not happened before, and he will never sit still and wait for death. You have already murderous intent on me, so I will naturally have to resist. Moreover, the cabinet has always wanted to unite the court, but Zhang Jing never wants to unite in the outskirts.

If you unite in the outskirts, I will suffer.

This is also an irreconcilable contradiction.

This made Shen Shixing decide to eliminate Zhang Jing.

In fact, everyone has calmed down now and is making plans for the future.

But first of all, they have to see how Wanli liquidated.

And Wanli did not let them wait for a long time.

However, a group of people had been killed before, and Wanli did not continue to kill.

He only issued an order to execute Li Weien, the governor of Guide Prefecture, and at the same time dismissed Huang Daxiao, Li Zhi, and Yang Mingshen. However, Jiang Yinglin was not dismissed. In fact, Wanli wanted to dismiss Jiang Yinglin. This hard bone was also very annoying. However, many ministers in the court still strongly protected Jiang Yinglin, especially Fang Fengshi, and there was no evidence that Jiang Yinglin and Huang Daxiao were in the same group.

But they are basically dealing with the conservative side, which is already a personal grudge. It is because they have caused Wanli to lose so much money, so they must settle it with them.

After eliminating these people, Wanli finally held a grand dynasty meeting. In front of the civil and military officials of the court, he first praised Guo Dan and made it clear that he supported Chen Yiguan and his friends' suggestions, allowing Guo Dan to be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

The purpose of this statement is to let everyone know this. Guo Dan has completely entered the court as an official and is not a humble businessman.

However, in order to take care of Guo Dan's filial piety, he chose to hire Guo Dan as the financial advisor of the Ming Dynasty in the name of the emperor.

And this employment contract will be signed in the form of an imperial decree.

Using imperial edicts to hire is very obvious, and it is not better than an official.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no one has been able to make the emperor issue such an imperial edict.

Of course, Wanli also made it clear that he would continue to contract the four governments to Guo Dan.

The ministers shouted that His Majesty was wise.

Then, Wanli appointed Wang Xijue as the canal inspector, who was responsible for handling the crisis and ordered Guo Dan to assist.

......

"Consultant Guo, congratulations, congratulations!"

After Wanli left, Chen Yiguan took the lead in front of Guo Dan and bowed to congratulate him.

Guo Dan has made contributions before, but no official has ever congratulated him like this. This is the first time in history.

For Chen Yiguan, this is his claim. Of course, he has to lift Guo Dan high, and he also knows that Guo Dan is able to handle this crisis, which will prove that his claim is completely correct.

"I dare not, I dare not."

Guo Dan bowed and replied, "What kind of virtue is Guo Dan? How can he be appreciated by you?"

Chen Yiguan smiled and said, "You don't need to underestimate yourself. Your talents are obvious to all. Under your governance, the four governments really did not pick up the road and did not close their doors at night. As the Minister of Personnel, my duty is to recommend talents to Your Majesty. This is my duty."

"Sir, I've been too awarded, I've been too awarded." The official suddenly flattered, and Guo Dan was really a little uncomfortable.

He actually hopes to keep a distance from all officials, and he has only one thigh, that is Wanli.

Of course, Chen Yiguan didn't try hard to chat with Guo Tan, that was too explicit. After all, they were the first time they talked back. He just wanted to express his attitude, so he chatted with Guo Tan for a few words and then left.

As soon as he walked for a while, Wang Xijue suddenly appeared beside Guo Dan and asked, "Consultant Guo, what should we do?"

Guo Dan was about to cry and said without tears: "Sir, what you said is so ashamed of the grass people!"

Wang Xijue said, "You boy, don't pretend. Your Majesty is asking you to assist me in name, but in fact, I want me to board your sailboat. My glory and wealth are all up to you."

Wanli's goal has been achieved. In exchange, he certainly had to take full care of the officials' face. If he directly asked Guo Dan to deal with it with him, Guo Dan would do too well and the officials would not have face. Therefore, he nominally asked the cabinet to handle the crisis, and Guo Dan was just an auxiliary.

Of course, Wang Xijue knew that he was the assistant.

"Sir, you...!"

Wang Xijue waved his hand and interrupted Guo Dan, "Okay, okay, what should I do? Just tell me. So many people are still hungry and cold, so this matter should not be delayed."

Guo Dan pondered for a moment and said, "Sir, why don't you do something first."

Wang Xijue said in surprise: "I'll do something first, what do you mean?"

Guo Dan said embarrassedly: "I'm not afraid that if this crisis passes all of a sudden, this will not fully demonstrate your wisdom and magical power, so you, sir, you might as well... or do something casually first and I'll deal with the crisis."

Do something casually? Can't I even be a supporter? I'm just a so-called soybean.

Wang Xijue began to doubt his life.
Chapter completed!