The same is true in reverse. Once the officials appointed by Zhu Youxiao stand against him, he will use the personnel of the Imperial Household Department to balance them.
From the perspective of officialdom, the word "balance" can never be avoided.
After arranging Fang Zhenghua's promotion to the Imperial Household Department's Official Selection Office, Zhu Youxiao could breathe a sigh of relief for the time being, and the Imperial Household Department was back on track.
However, there is still one thing to do, and that is the selection of personnel for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although it is determined through examination, it is not a fair selection, but a selection full of political tendencies.
This blame has to be borne by his father-in-law Zhang Guoji.
Reaching out and slowly tapping the table, Zhu Youxiao was thinking about how to get his father-in-law to agree to this matter. He might need to think of some way.
Although his father-in-law was cowardly, incompetent and corrupt, he was not stupid and knew what was difficult to do.
As for what method to use...why not arrange someone for my father-in-law?
This is a good idea, I’ll think about it carefully.
At the same time, in an inn in the capital, two people were talking.
Among them was a thin young man with a decadent look on his face. He sat on a chair, drinking wine, and said hesitantly, "Are you really not going to consider it anymore?"
The young man said this to the man sitting opposite him.
Sitting opposite him was still a young man, who was relatively fat, with a handsome face, a strong body, and a very energetic look.
After hearing his words, the man smiled and said, "There's no need to think about it anymore. I don't want to try again. I've taken the test several times in a row and never passed."
"Three years and three years, three years and three years, how many three years are there in a person's life?" The man said with a self-deprecating smile.
"Tuizhi, why do you have to do this? How can this not be an opportunity?" The thin man said sincerely, "If the path to the imperial examination is blocked, we can take other paths. There is no need to do this."
The man known as Tuizhi smiled wryly. He looked up at the thin man and said helplessly, "Chang Geng, why don't you understand? It's not that our knowledge is poor, but that we're on the wrong side. This world won't give us a way out."
The man called Chang Geng was stunned and asked hesitantly, "Why do you say that, Tuizhi?"
"Who do we believe in? We believe in Zhang Zai and we study Guanxue. No one in the court will give us a chance. We can pass the Juren exam, but we will never pass the Jinshi exam. Why don't you understand this?" Tuizhi was like a person who woke up from a dream, and seemed to have recognized his position.
"It's not that we are incompetent, but that we believe in the wrong knowledge and learn the wrong knowledge. It's the same with the imperial examination before, and it's the same with the Imperial Household Department now. Besides, what is the Imperial Household Department? They are just your Majesty's servants. How can they have a chance to make a name for themselves? We have read the books of sages for so many years, but do we really just want to be a servant of the royal family?" Tuizhi said, drinking wine in big gulps.
Looking up at Tuizhi, Chang Geng said firmly, "No one wants to take the Imperial Household Department exam, and we haven't believed in the wrong knowledge, nor have we learned the wrong knowledge. If there is anything wrong, it's not us, it's the world that's wrong, definitely not our knowledge!"
Just when the atmosphere was becoming tense, a man suddenly rushed in from outside. He walked hurriedly with a happy look on his face.
Seeing that the atmosphere between the two people was not right, the joy on the visitor's face faded and he swallowed what he wanted to say.
He hesitated slightly, then turned to look at Chang Geng and asked, "Second brother, what's wrong? Why are you arguing with Tuizhi again? How many times have you two argued? Why can't you stop?"
"Brother, Tuizhi is leaving." Chang Geng said with a sigh.
After hearing this, the eldest brother also fell silent. Although his expression was a little hesitant, he turned to look at Tuizhi and said soothingly: "Why is it so? The court is already changing. Can't you see it?"
"What can you tell? Before it was science, now it's psychology. What's the difference?"
"Do they have the mind to be inclusive? They don't. They will do the same thing those people did before, and we will have no chance to stand out." Tuizhi said indignantly.
Then he turned around and glanced at the two of them, then said bluntly, "You, Song Yingsheng, you, Song Yingxing, you two brothers studied together since childhood. You were exceptionally diligent and talented. You both passed the examinations to become scholars and juren early on, but what was the result?"
“Many times, even though one is good at studying, it is useless and the path ahead is blocked.”
"I, Zhang Yu, Zhang Tuizhi, haven't we all been studying since childhood? What in the Confucian classics and the collection of essays do I not understand? What in the Four Books and Five Classics do I not understand? But so what?"
"We are so eager to serve our country, yet we have no way to do so. Isn't it because we have learned Guanxue? Isn't it because we are not their people and don't believe in their theories?"
Song Yingxing looked at Zhang Yu and said in a deep voice, "On the contrary, I think this is an opportunity."
Zhang Yu sneered, then sat down to the side without saying anything. He clearly had no intention of continuing the conversation with the two of them. It was clear that I couldn't convince you, and you couldn't convince me either.
After taking a look at the two of them, Song Yingsheng said, "I won't talk to you about this. You two should solve your own problems. But perhaps I can provide you with a direction, because I did discover something. Perhaps this is really an opportunity. There was news from the court just now."
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