Before Lu Suyao knew about these things, Zhu Cilang was a real lonely man. Because even a trusted minister like Wu Yan and Sun Chuanting could not say anything about this matter. If you really go to them to discuss it, you will not only not get useful suggestions, but will instead be looked down upon by others from the bottom of your heart.

Because it is very likely that they are the driving force behind this matter.

Imperial power, ministerial power is like a Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram composed of black and white. When the two are in a balanced state, the two Yin-Yang fish swim harmoniously, and the Tai Chi diagram is pushed and rotated to achieve the effect of peace in the world. This is why most wise rulers in history emphasize "admissibility", because "admissibility" itself is a concession for the monarchy, helping the ministerial power to boost the perfect operation of the whole world.

The emperor is as strong as Taizu, Chengzu, Shimiao, or the prime minister is as strong as Xia Yan, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng, which will lead to the irregularity of the country's yin and yang, and even the conflict between yin and yang. In severe cases, there will be many prisons, and blood flows into a river. In mild cases, there will be people who are dismissing their words and government affairs will wither.

This is the source of the prime minister’s need to regulate yin and yang.

After talking to Lu Suyao, a person who almost knows nothing, Zhu Ciyang also felt much more relaxed. Human beings always need companions, and this social attribute is engraved in everyone's genes.

"Your Highness, what should I do now?" Lu Suyao asked.

Sometimes things in the world are like opening papers, everything is put in front of you, and not everyone can do the right response.

"Of course it's left to experienced people to do it." Zhu Cilang's heart felt a little warm.

Who has the richest experience in party struggles in the world? Who intervenes in party struggles at the age of seventeen? Who is both a contestant and a referee in party struggles? Who is dizzy and enjoys it by the ministers who formed a party?

Of course it was Emperor Chongzhen.

Zhu Cilang simply talked about the wind direction in Jiangnan and the court, and mentioned that Qian Qianyi was imprisoned and was waiting to be investigated. Emperor Chongzhen said with his rich experience and keen intuition, "This is a party struggle!"

To be precise, this is the first stage of the party struggle: preparing troops and setting up camps.

It won’t take long before the second stage of the Ming party struggle will be presented: all parties take their positions, put forward the statements, draw the line and reveal their identities.

Finally, the third stage that is commonly known to the world, the decisive battle: the two sides attack each other is the culprit of harming the country and the people, accusing the other party of forming cliques for personal gain. They act as if they either die or I die, and wait for the emperor to make the final judgment.

During this process, the emperor occasionally had to use court sticks and imperial prisons to solve some local battles, kill some minions and officials of the sixth rank and seventh rank, and exiled some main backbones of the fourth rank and fifth rank. The final decisive battle was first rank, second rank head coaches and generals. The winners were either unmoved or were at the top of the emperor; the losers either asked to retire or arrest them.

After the decisive battle, some people rekindled, some people took up the ranks, and some people retired for no reason... After the battlefield was cleaned up, those who entered the court entered the cabinet, those who sat in the hall sat in the hall, those who were packed up their troops, and prepared for the next party struggle.

"The Crown Prince's war and civil affairs are remarkable, but this dynasty struggle is not something that he can master." Chongzhen finally waited for the opportunity to show off his imperial skills in front of the Crown Prince, and his excitement was no less than that of getting the best news from Beizhi.

What he hated the most in the past was the formation of ministers, and he hated party struggles. However, this time he smelled the smell of party struggles. He was quite looking forward to it.

"My son is a good student to avoid being misled by treacherous ministers in the future!" Chongzhen said so boldly, as if he had forgotten that he had said, "Every civil officials can be killed."

"My son is obeying the order." Zhu Cilang's goal has been achieved and he said goodbye. He wanted to give his father a gaze or expression full of admiration, but his facial muscles were slightly stiff, but his eyes were cold and natural, so he would rather not add anything to it.

Emperor Chongzhen was indeed a veteran. He kept silent in the first stage, as if he knew nothing. He had to wait until the second stage, when his troops were in place, before he could judge who was a gentleman and who was a treacherous minister.

Little do they know that once the decision makers preset their positions and then take the role, they will show that they have been pulled down.

Once the emperor goes into the water, the Yin-Yang fish on the Tai Chi diagram will be in chaos.

The final result is no matter who loses and who wins, it will greatly damage the country's vitality.

Moreover, Chongzhen was the emperor for 18 years and played party struggles with the ministers for 17 years, but he never thought of "information asymmetry". He thought he had a deep understanding of his ministers, but in fact it was not easy to remember the name of Sandingjia in every palace examination. The complex interpersonal relationships and human relationship dynamics between civil servants were even worse than those of Lu Suyao.

Moreover, once the war begins, the civil servants will make clear their positions, but this position is not something that everyone can see. Some people set up doubts, some pretend to be honest, some are loyal, and some are praiseful and criticized. Any of these people choose to be later generations, and they have the strength of literary masters. Many of them are praised by later generations as "Master of Confucianism", "Leaders of the Literature", "Master of Thoughts", and any memorial can be used as teaching materials for university Chinese classes.

Is Chongzhen really sensitive to reading all the elegant words? Is he really wisdom to see through the smoke and reach the essence?

...

This simple pass made the cabinet ministers who originally wanted to see the crown prince's methods unable to sit still.

First, Li Yuzhi met Zhu Cilang and went to test the news by his retirement, but was blocked by the crown prince. Then when Wu Yan talked about "Spring and Autumn Annals", he deliberately or unintentionally told some old jokes about party disputes that ruined the country, but Zhu Cilang still refused to answer the bell.

Then, Sun Chuanting asked to go to the Northern Zhi to supervise the army, but was held down by Zhu Cilang.

It was not until Jiang Dejing rushed back from the Huaihe Construction Site to reconcile his post that Zhu Cixuan held a plenary meeting of the cabinet as if nothing had happened.

"There is a bit strange in the morning recently." Zhu Cixuan said casually and comfortably as the meeting was about to end.

This sentence is like a signal. For the four assistants, the real cabinet meeting has begun.

"Your Highness, the people of Nandu are unstable. One is that Zuo Liangyu has not been defeated, and the other is that the inner response is boiling, and everyone is in danger." Wu Xuan said.

"Isn't there anything you should do to be self-indulgent?" Zhu Cixuan said indifferently.

"Your Highness, this is the legacy of party disputes." Wu Qing said: "Once there is a big debate in the court, there are all kinds of slander and slander. Sometimes people really sit at home, and disaster comes from heaven."

Zhu Cilang touched his chin, seemed to ponder, and said, "I think this is purely because some people have been idle for a long time and are not worth paying attention to."

"Your Highness, it may be extremely harmful to sit and watch like this." Jiang Dejing was in a bad mood after being impeached and looked dull as he spoke.

Zhu Cixuan said: "As long as they don't fight with guns, there will be no harm."

"How can Your Highness say this!" Jiang Dejing's temper is so fierce that he is famous in the court. Those who dare to quarrel with Chongzhen several times have a singular temperament.

"These officials are trapped in party struggles and cannot handle official duties, and the people are not allowed to take care of them. The country's vitality is dissipated in this way!" Jiang Dejing said with a heartache.

Zhu Cilang nodded in agreement and said, "Originally, the appointed officials in Jiangnan were not materials that could do things. Let them make trouble first and wait until the court freed up in the north before cleaning up."

"Your Highness..." Jiang Dejing was choked. He knew that the crown prince was a fallacy, but he could not imagine that he would convince him.

"The key is what Mr. Jiang said. If officials do not handle official duties, the people will not be taken care of, and the country's vitality will be dissipated." Zhu Cixuan said: "So when this checkpoint is at first, you cannot stop the government affairs. Today, Li Zongxian is not here, and he will talk to the Censorate on the other day to strengthen discipline inspection and strictly review the progress of various work in various prefectures and counties. I still have to reiterate: Party struggles are for boring people. If there are those who are in charge, participate in it. It can be seen that his examination is too supple, and the Censorate has to put some effort into it."

"Mr. Jiang, governing the Huai River is a major event that benefits the present and the future. The cabinet has approved the Ministry of Works' strategy of "driving and storing water, tying dikes to attack sand, planting wood and solidifying soil". I also attach the name to it, and there is also a slander of the emperor. I hope that the gentleman will be firm in his original intention. Don't be shaken by the chirping of birds."

Jiang Dejing lowered his head and said, "I understand."

"As for you to propose to Zhang Biqian as Minister of Works, I will give it to me after the meeting of the votes." Zhu Cixuan threw out the chips in his hand at the right time.

Jiang Dejing was indeed excited and bowed to say that Zhang Biqian was indeed a clerk and would not disappoint His Highness.

Zhu Cixuan said again: "Mr. Li, is Wu Weiye's examination really too low?"

"Wu Weiye won the first place in the September assessment. The next assessment will be in December, and you will know it." Li Yu knew.

Zhu Cilang's eyes lit up and praised: "This is really a matter of planning the country. Regardless of whether the party is fighting or not, the rules should be followed. You can have personal grudges with Wu Weiye, but you can't defeat him, but it won't be possible if you don't follow the rules!"

Zhu Cilang is famous for recognizing rules but not favors. The four old masters were not surprised at all. However, they were much more determined by the party struggles that were about to cause big waves. As long as there are rules and regulations, the current situation will not be subverted. Moreover, although this matter has little to do with them, it is also a good opportunity to clarify the context.

In every party struggle, there will always be a loser, a seemingly winner, and some real winners who are watching coldly.

Zhu Cilang obviously wanted to be this real winner. He didn't know much about the situation in Jiangnan now and needed an entry point to understand the faction, position and relationship network of the ministers in the south. If it weren't for Zuo Liangyu, Zhu Cilang would have to find some excuses, but now Qian Qianyi was involved in the Zuo case, which happened to be a touchstone.

After understanding the friendship between Jiangnan, I pacified the north and happened to clear the Jiangnan.

However, the matter of the Maritime Bureau may be affected a little. There must be many people who have to wait until the situation is clear before they are willing to take out money to express their position.

After all, Zhu Cixuan himself is also a target of this party struggle: did the crown prince hold the emperor hostage?

The cabinet meeting was finally coming to an end. Zhu Cixuan asked about the situation of the provincial examination this year, and asked the Ministry of Personnel to assess those candidates who were interested in directly taking office, and assigned the second-ranking officials from each county to select the best. At the same time, he also asked about the preparations for the examination for the next spring to see how to arrange the candidates in difficult places to take the exam.

There are about 100 juren in the provincial examinations. The imperial examinations were selected, and the imperial examinations were between 300 and 400. There were not many people in this regard for grassroots officials. Zhu Cilang just cared about it with a mentality of being inferior to nothing. What he paid more attention to was the permanent cultural level test, which was the "female Ding Ke" ridiculed by Jiangnan Shilin. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!