The best way is to be patient and not shrink back, be aggressive but not show off, and do your own thing with peace of mind, especially for your own weaknesses and shortcomings, and try your best to make up for them.

Feng Ziying is very clear that if he really wants to achieve Cao Cao Sima Yi's step, he still has a lot of work to do. In the military, he must continue to lay a solid foundation to ensure that nothing will go wrong, and the civil servants and scholars in the DPRK and the local areas have to start now. proceed.

If you are your own ally, or you can agree with many of your views and ideas, then take a step back and say that you can use it for yourself, regardless of why he came. After sorting out the collaborators in these circles, you can find that it is not really counted. It's just that I was limited by my status as a scholar in the North, and I didn't deliberately manage to make friends in many cases.

  Looking at the other members of the cabinet, Gu Bingqian has done relatively poorly, but there are still scholars from the south of the Yangtze River, especially Nanzhili scholars, and some scholars who are inclined to the imperial party mentality gather around him.

  As for Guan Yingzhen, let alone Huguang, the entire Huguang scholar stood firmly behind him.

Huang Ruliang almost completely accepted Ye Xianggao's contacts and some of Fang Congzhe's legacy. Qiao Yingjia was a bit weaker, but he also basically integrated the support of scholars from Shanxi. group of people.

On the other hand, my strategy in this regard is somewhat vague, mainly focusing on the same year as my Yonglong five-year subject at Qingtan Academy, and at the same time recruiting a group of officials who have been intertwined in my official career over the years .

   But generally speaking, the level is still a little lower, and the degree of close connection is still a little worse, and a clearer main line or goal of struggle has not been established.

   A group without a goal or a clear political philosophy is narrow, or soulless. It is difficult to truly gather the core circle and will not have strong combat effectiveness.

If you really want to make a difference in the future, on the one hand, you need to clarify your goals, determine your ideas and strengthen the inner concepts of people who already have some awareness in this area, and at the same time consciously continue to instill and publicize to groups that are willing to move closer to you These concepts let them gradually understand and accept them, and also make them gradually integrate into this group and become a member of it.

  Of course, there must be a selection mechanism, not everyone can fall in love and enter.

On the one hand, it is to be cultivated among members who already have this awareness so that they can grow rapidly; It becomes a member of the middle.

  The current era is different from the era of the establishment of the Song Dynasty and the end of the Han Dynasty. The rough management can no longer meet the needs of society in this era.

   This requires a large number of elite civil servants to manage, and the management is becoming more and more refined. It is not possible for a group of warriors to support a huge empire.

  Because she understood this point, Feng Ziying would not so hastily fantasize about relying solely on warriors to govern the country.

My biggest task in the future is to cultivate and gather a group of like-minded or interested civil servants, to form a group of scholar-official officials of my own, and these people can also stand firm at different levels. Be able to be attached to it, and be able to support the daily governance structure of the entire empire from all levels.

  This task is not easy, even if I have consciously started to do some preparations before, but I am still far from my goal.

  Feng Ziying silently calculated that there are only a few people who can stand firmly by her side now.

For example, Lian Guoshi, Zheng Chongjian, and Fang Youdu among classmates are the closest and have a certain foundation. Available.

  Yang Sichang's rank is not low anymore. After several years of polishing in Liaodong, he has stepped into the military department doctor of the fourth rank, but he is far inferior to practicing state affairs in terms of close relationship.

Students like Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, Wu Sheng, Wang Yingxiong, and Xue Wenzhou are also on good terms, but again, the level is too low, and almost all of them are officials below the fifth rank. Without three to five years of accumulation, it would be impossible.

   People like Sun Chuanting, Xu Qixun, and Jia Huan have no problem with their closeness, but they have just entered the official career, and it may take ten years before they can be of great use.

   There are still some who are slightly related, but the intimacy and level are not as good, such as Xu Xie, Song Shixiang, Chen Qiyu, Fu Zonglong, Ma Shiying, etc., all need to spend a lot of effort to gather and guide.

  Of course Feng Ziying also knows that she should not be limited to her classmates, relatives and friends. Some of the personal connections established in the past, including the friendship and contacts formed in the past, and the fellow countrymen, can be used.

  For example, Geng Ruqi, who is now the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, is a native of his own village, has similar temperaments, and agrees with her views. This time Feng Ziying also intends to strongly recommend it.

For example, Pan Ruzhen, a subordinate who has been following him closely, has now served as the procurator of Shaanxi Province, and he is considered the highest status in his party. People like Xu Junyang, Wu Degui, Yuan Wanquan and others can all be considered.

   There are also loyal characters like Fu Shi, who are bound to be promoted this time.

  Even people like Jia Yucun, who are both right and left, feel that Feng Ziying thinks that it is possible to use it first, and build up momentum. If they cannot get together in the future, they can be squeezed out slowly.

   After counting it like this, it seems that there are quite a few people who can be used by oneself, or people who can be involved in relationships, but there are very few who can really play a key role.

  Feng Ziying did some calculations, and there may be only three people who can be included in the center immediately to play a role. One is Pan Ruzhen. After all, he is already a third-rank official.

There is also Lian's state affairs. After all, Lian's family is a famous scholar family in Henan, and they have the title of No. 1 scholar in the fifth year of Yonglong and the status of the Imperial Academy. It will be affected by the use of Pan Ruzhen who returns to Beijing to be downgraded.

  Geng Ruqi is not bad either. He left a deep impression on the imperial court when he served as the co-prefect of Chongqing Prefecture when he quelled the Bozhou Rebellion. He also served as the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture to take on important tasks. The imperial court should also consider his contribution.

  These three are one of the few people Feng Ziying can consider recruiting to Beijing as his helpers. Others such as Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, and Fang Youdu are still unreliable. Maybe in three to five years, we will see if there is a chance to play a role.

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  Feng Ziying remembers that this is the third time she has come to the official Yingzhen's mansion, and it is also the first time to come to the official Yingzhen's mansion after joining the cabinet.

  Guan Yingzhen is the second assistant in charge of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites.

In the new cabinet, Guan Yingzhen is considered to be the biggest beneficiary. As the second assistant and the leader of Huguang scholars, he reached a compromise with Huang Ruliang. department.

  Of course the biggest "victim" should be Gu Bingqian.

The No. 2 and No. 3 figures in the cabinet divide up personnel and financial power. For the chief assistant, if it is a chief assistant like Ye Xianggao or Qi Yongtai, what you are in charge of is irrelevant to them. As the chief assistant, he Naturally, it is the number one person, and it is difficult for your secondary assistant or group assistant to pose a challenge to him.

  However, as a chief assistant with no deep foundation and lack of confidence and an average relationship with other cabinet ministers, the second assistant and group assistant are relatively strong, which is a bit embarrassing.

  So even if the communication with Gu Bingqian is completed, there will be no problem with Cui Jingrong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but if Pan Ruzhen, Lian Guoshi and Geng Ruqi are to enter Beijing, they still need the support of Guan Yingzhen.

   "It's rare, Ziying." Guan Yingzhen teased his disciple, "It stands to reason that you shouldn't have come to my place."

"Official teacher, why should you care about the gossip of outsiders?" Feng Ziying held up the tea cup indifferently, lifted the tea foam with the lid of the tea cup, and said with a smile: "Could it be that teachers and students are not allowed to communicate with each other, and colleagues have private affairs?" Friendship can no longer be exchanged? What is clear is pure, and what is turbid is turbid."

   It is a customary rule that cabinet ministers generally do not visit each other, with the exception of the first assistant of course.

  Since it is a convention, there is no explicit prohibition. It is only said that it is not appropriate to communicate frequently under normal circumstances to avoid forming parties for personal gain.

   But this is actually an excuse to hide one's ears and steal the bell. If you really want to make friends in private, how can you visit them so openly.

   "Hehe, Ziying, you are more confident now." Guan Yingzhen laughed.

   "It's true in the first place. My disciples are juniors among the cabinet ministers. It's only natural to visit you guys and communicate with each other. Why should you stick to such small details? On the contrary, you've fallen into a rut." Feng Ziying was confident.

  Guan Yingzhen also felt that Feng Ziying didn't seem to be affected by the setback of the last big court meeting, and was just as busy doing what he thought he should do, which made Guan Yingzhen heave a sigh of relief.

  He knew very well that he could no longer look at this disciple with the old eyes.

  Even if I am myself, in many cases, I still need this disciple to communicate with Gu Bingqian, Qiao Yingjia and others.

  In contrast, Feng Ziying's status as a junior has now become an advantage in the cabinet. With a resource, he can freely communicate and communicate among several cabinet ministers without much scruples.

  I and Huang Ruliang have become a relatively stable balance, even if they are not allies, they are relatively stable, but with Gu Bingqian and Qiao Yingjia, the relationship is not so harmonious, which requires people to coordinate and ease. (end of this chapter)