(The third update is given!)

Zhou Yanru was sore and hungry all over. Sitting alone in a sedan chair through the palace gate of the Forbidden City, his mood was extremely bad.

Today, the Prime Minister's Office discussed the matter for the first time. The important officials from both inside and outside the court came, and the young emperor also came, but Liu Jiye repeatedly embarrassed him and made him unable to come to Taiwan. However, Wu Yan also opposed him and deliberately praised the martial artist. Even Liu Zongzhou, the stubborn donkey, sang together.

At the first meeting, the Prime Minister's Office discussed matters. Not only did he fail to establish the dignity of his chief minister, he became embarrassed. He lost all his face in front of the emperor and the important officials. In the end, the meeting did not go through anything. The entire meeting ended up becoming Liu Jiye's one-man show and became the stage for his performance.

This martial artist didn't expect that he had a smart mouth, which was really a clever tongue.

In the end, the young emperor was completely coaxed by his righteous brother and directly announced that the Ministry of Revenue and the Cabinet were responsible for formulating budget statements, and then the next meeting of the Prime Minister's Office was held to hold a financial meeting.

He was sitting in the sedan chair, and he wanted to go home and take a bath immediately, rush out of the sweat stains on his body and the greasy body. Then he had a big meal and then hired a young and beautiful new concubine in the backyard to accompany him to have a good sleep.

"After this budget for the request is made, I will see if you can jump."

After returning to the mansion, after taking a shower and changing clothes, Zhou Yanru's anger still did not dissipate.

"Master, Doctor Wu is here and is waiting in the living room."

"Tell me, I'm very tired today, let's go another day." Zhou Yanru said.

The housekeeper bowed, "Okay, I'll go see the guests off soon."

"Forget it." Zhou Yanru called the housekeeper. Wu Changshi was his planner, and the support from Fushe was all based on him. At this time, Wu Qian and Liu Jiye were fighting with him, and even Liu Zongzhou was flirting with them. He could not offend Wu Changshi anymore. Otherwise, he would really become a lonely man. "You can treat me first, and I'm changing clothes."

After changing into another set of clothes to meet guests, Zhou Yanru walked into the living room. Wu Changshi was waiting for him.

Wu Changshi was a doctor of the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Department. This is a very important position, which is approximately equivalent to a director-level director of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee in later generations. He has a high rank and heavier power, and he is in charge of the official hat. He is also a member of the Restoration Society. The so-called Restoration Society is an example and an important upper-level person in the Restoration Society.

Although Wu Changshi was born in a wealthy family in Wujiang, his family was also in a downturn. Later, he passed the imperial examination in the fourth year of Chongzhen and passed the Jinshi seventh year. At that time, his half-brother, who had served as a doctor in the Ministry of Works, was seriously ill. Because he had no son, Wu Changshi's son allowed his son to inherit his family business, because Wu Changshi had only one son. In the end, his son took two heirs on one shoulder and inherited two families. After his brother passed away, he inherited the wealth of the elder brother who left the Wu family with his mother and lived in the Huang family of his mother when he was young.

Wu Changshi joined Yingshe in his early years and was a follower of Zhang Pu. Later, he joined forces with Zhang Pu to establish Fushe with several other associations. He has since become a hardcore Fushe.

However, after Wu Changshi became a Jinshi in the seventh year of Chongzhen, he did not serve as an official. Wen Tiren, who opposed Donglin and Fushe, was in power, and Fushe did not have the opportunity to speak in the court. Wu Changshi did not become an official but built gardens and opera troupes at home. Until the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the leader of Fushe Zhang Pu sent Wu Changshi to Beijing.

After Wu Changshi entered Beijing, he soon became involved in the prime minister Xue Guoguan, who was in power completely according to Wen Tiren's route. In the end, Wu Changshi personally planned and used his nephew to be Xue Guoguan's confidant. He successfully framed Xue Guoguan and dismissed him from prefecture. Even after Xue Guoguan was dismissed, he finally sent Xue Guoguan to Caishikou.

Afterwards, Wu Changshi and Fushe worked hard to raise a huge sum of money and finally successfully sent Zhou Yanru to re-official office. First he took the position of Minister of Personnel, and then replaced Mei Zhihuan as the chief minister.

Due to this relationship, Wu Changshi and Zhou Yanru had a very good relationship, and Fushe once fully supported Zhou Yanru. Zhou also repaid Wu afterwards and promoted him to the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel.

Recently, Wu Changshi has been planning to be promoted to the Minister of Personnel, but because Wu Yan has been working against him, Zhou Yanru has not done this for a while, so he is not very willing to see Wu Changshi.

Wu Changshi has some tricks, but he is also a person who uses any means to achieve his goal. In order to defeat Xue Guoguan, he cheated his nephew and beheaded.

As the doctor of the Wenxuan Department, Wu Changshi was in charge of the selection of civil servants across the country, including notes, recommendations, adjustments, and promotions, which can be said to be a real important position of power.

However, he was not satisfied. He always hoped to be promoted even higher. Zhou Yanru was planned and sent to the position of chief minister of the cabinet by him and Zhang Pu. It was their money and public opinion on the restoration of the society that made Zhou Yanru successfully restore the prime minister.

A doctor in the literary selection department obviously could not satisfy him.

"Gei Master, Zhang Pu is dead."

As soon as they met, Wu Changshi talked to Zhou Yan and Taoism with a little excitement.

Zhou Yanru was stunned for a moment, and then he understood a lot of information from Wu Changshi's eyes. Zhang Pu, the leader of the Fushe Society, was actually considered a disciple of Zhou Yanru.

Zhang Pu, the leader of the world-renowned Fushe, participated in the examination. Zhou Yanru knew that there were many famous scholars in Jiangnan, including Zhang Pu, so he temporarily replaced the examiner and took action himself, so he became Zhang Pu's teacher.

When Zhang Pu saw that Wen Tiren and Xue Guoguan in the court excluded Donglin and Fushe, he planned to make Donglin leader Qian Qianyi reinstated his post to Beijing. In the end, he finally saw that Zhou Yanru's conditions were more suitable, so he pushed him to come back.

Zhou Yanru took the position of chief minister for the second time. It can be said that Zhang Pu and Wu Changshi made great contributions. One of them planned in the rear and the other took action in the front, and successfully killed the former chief minister Xue Guoguan, sent Wu Changshi to the central government of Beijing as the Minister of Personnel, and then succeeded as chief minister a year later.

When Zhou Yanru entered Beijing, Zhang Pu asked Wu Changshi to give him two booklets.

A booklet contains a list of opponents from Donglin and Fushe, allowing Zhou Yanru to drive these people out of the court.

In one book, people from Donglin and Fushe were mostly demoted or removed from their posts in the village, so he asked Zhou Yanru to use it.

Zhou Yanru is still very good. After he took office, he did join forces with Fushe and Donglin. However, after Xue Guoguan's fall, Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng served as the chief assistant and second assistant. These two people were originally Donglin elders. After their reign, they had recalled many Donglin people back to the court.

Zhang Pu had the intention to give up cooperating with Zhou Yanru. If Mei and Li had not died early, Zhou Yanru would have never had the chance to be the chief assistant again.

He became the chief minister for the second time, and soon had a conflict with Donglin Wu Qi, and soon became one faction. The two factions in Jiangbei and Jiangnan fought. At this time, Zhang Pu's attitude changed again and he was ready to support Wu Qi. It was Wu Changshi who came forward and finally persuaded Zhang Pu.

Afterwards, he argued with Liu Jun again, and this time Zhang Pu turned to Liu Jun again. Wu Changshi went to persuade him again, but this time Zhang Pu couldn't persuade him. Seeing that Fushe was about to support Liu Jun at the call of Zhang Pu, Wu Changshi, who had a grudge against Liu Jun, was unwilling to accept it.

Then, not long ago, when Wu Changshi met with Zhang Pu, Zhang Pu had diarrhea and then he died of

Once Zhang Pu died, Fushe is now facing a situation where he is divided into three factions. One faction naturally takes him as the leader and continues to support Zhou Yanru. The other faction is headed by the fourth son of Fushe and Li Chunjiang. They support Liu Jiye, and the other faction is mostly members of Fushe in Jiangbei. After the death of the leader Zhang Pu, they turned to support Wu Yan.

This result was not what Wu Changshi wanted, but after all, it was better than the entire Fushe to support Liu Jiye.

Zhou Yanru was not very happy when he heard the news. If the news had come earlier, he would have been very happy. But now, Zhang Pu is really nothing, and Liu Jiye has troubled him too much.

Wu Changshi heard Zhou Yanru say what happened these days and pondered for a while.

"So, the four ministers of the regent are divided into four factions: the Jiangbei Party of the Pavilion Master, the Jiangnan Party of Wu Xuan, the Chu Party of Liu Jiye, and the neutral faction of Liu Zongzhou. Moreover, if Liu Jiye doesn't make a sound, he makes a big splash and dares to openly sing a counter-topic with the Pavilion Master at the Prime Minister's Meeting. Wu Xuan and Liu Zongzhou also support him. It seems that even if they did not secretly unite, the situation will be unfavorable to the Pavilion Master."

Zhou Yanru sighed, "Yes, this Liu Jiye held the knife handle in one hand and the money bag in the other hand. There was also the last emperor's will to entrust the orphan, and he couldn't even get rid of him."

"Since Liu Jiye is going to fight against us, then kick him away first." Wu Changshi said with a gloomy smile.

Zhou Yanru felt bitter in his mouth, so he picked up the teacup and took a big mouthful, "How to kick it?"

Wu Changshi picked up the teapot and poured a cup for Zhou Yanru leisurely, and then said, "In fact, it's not difficult. Didn't the cabinet say that Liu Jiye was very high-profile in front of His Majesty, and asked the cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue to make a budget for withdrawal."

"What are the tricks?"

"Please listen to me. Now the court is short of money everywhere. By the end of the year, it will take at least 20 million silver dollars to fill these holes. But Liu Jiye has given His Majesty and all officials the impression that he can solve these problems. I think his solution will not be very clever. He just needs to raise some money first, block the most important holes, and then tear down the east wall and repair the west wall. This hasn't been like this in the court all these years."

"You mean Liu Jiye is really sure to block the hole?"

"If he lets him block it, it's really possible. But we don't let him block it with peace of mind. Master, the nine towns in Jingji have owed wages for three months. Last year, the grain prices have risen sharply this year, and the grain prices in Jingji have also risen sharply. The soldiers of Jingji are also waiting for money and grain to support their families. You said, if the soldiers of Jingji knew that Liu Jiye had a sum of money in his hands and were likely to be dumped for other places, would you say they would still wait?"

"Will this be bad? If the soldiers start to cause trouble, they will be difficult to deal with." Zhou Yanru said with some concern.

"Don't worry, Master, Liu Jun must be afraid of chaos. When the soldiers make trouble, he will have to pay for money. If the money is paid as military pay, there will be no other place. At that time, let's see how Liu Jiye explains it!"
Chapter completed!