prosperous age

Chapter 303
Emperor Jiajing sat on the throne and said: "I have heard some sayings that Yang Shunzhi's talent is ordinary, not much higher than Zhen Xun, Xuanda is an important place and cannot be entrusted to this person.

I know that facing the enemy general Yi Bingjia is jealous, and the crisis of Xuanda can no longer be handled by Yang Shun, so I ordered Jiang Dong, the servant of the Ministry of war, to go to Xuanda urgently to take care of Xuanda's side affairs temporarily, and Shun Kai asked all of them. "

It was just that Emperor Jiajing paused for a moment, glanced at Huang Jin and Gao Zhong who were standing beside him, and then continued: "Let Captain Jinyi send people to Xuanda and bring them back.

As for whether Xu Lun participated in bullying, Xuan couldn't take it lightly, but in any case, since he acted as an agent of the Ministry of War, Xuanda would not investigate such mistakes, so let him go home and wait for the participation. "

When Yan Song heard the words, he knew that things were inevitable, so he had to bow and bow and was about to receive the order, but he heard the words of Emperor Jiajing again.

"Fang Dun acted as an agent of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Jiu Sibang could not express a policy. He was transferred to Nanjing as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Jia Yingchun, the former Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs to act as the representative of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Hearing Emperor Jiajing's words, Yan Song froze when he was about to salute.

Emperor Jiajing wanted to use Jia Yingchun, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment who had just been transferred to the capital from Nanjing, to serve as an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs. It seemed that it was just a transfer at the same level, but what was the meaning behind it?
Jia Yingchun had been impeached for corruption before, but fortunately King Yu came forward to accommodate him so he was not convicted. This is a man from Prince Yu's mansion.

By the way, he seems to be involved with Xu Jie, otherwise Xu Jie would not have proposed this candidate to compete for the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry during the last ministry meeting.

Luckily for him, although the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry failed to be completed, because Ouyang Bijin was transferred from the Ministry of Punishment to the Ministry of Industry to vacate his position, Emperor Jiajing directly arranged him as an official in the Ministry of Punishment, and he was transferred to the Ministry of Households not long after.

Yan Song had a bad premonition in his heart. It seemed that things had not gone well since he entered Yongshou Palace.

Coming out of Yongshou Palace, Yan Song felt mentally tired. He had a premonition that his current situation had violated Emperor Jiajing's taboo.

I am afraid that the fate of Yang Shun and Lu Kai will not be better. Today, Jin Yiwei's Tiqi will be dispatched to the Xuandan people. Even if he goes back and writes a letter right now, it will be too late, and what makes him even more worried is Change of position of Shangshu Hubu.

Whether it is Fang Dun or Xu Lun, although they are not members of Yan Song's lineage, they can at least cooperate with him on some official affairs, unlike those Qingliu who are his enemies. This is why he has been able to work with them until now s reason.

But today, it can be said that these two people resigned at the same time, which seems too coincidental.

Yan Song did not go back to the cabinet, but sent someone to the cabinet to tell Xu Jie that he was not feeling well and went back to the house to rest.

Of course, in the Yongshou Palace before, Emperor Jiajing's will was conveyed to Xu Jie verbatim.

In recent years, Yan Song has been a little lacking in energy. The drafting of the imperial edict and other matters in the cabinet are all done by Xu Jie. Naturally, today's affairs are all entrusted to Xu Jie. He has no strength to recover.

Before getting into the sedan chair outside the gate of Xiyuan, Yan Song turned his head and gave instructions to his entourage, saying: "Go to Donglou quickly, and ask him to go back to the house and wait for me."

"Yes, sir."

The long follower agreed in a low voice, and immediately turned around and ran towards the horse behind him.

But when Yan Song returned to the mansion, Yan Shifan was still not at home, obviously he went somewhere to fool around.

Back in the inner courtyard, Yan Song was sitting on the armchair he was used to, and he was not in the mood to drink the herbal tea next to him, but he was thinking about the information revealed behind the will of Emperor Jiajing today.

Wei Guangde was nominally sent to follow Tang Shunzhi to inspect Jizhen, but secretly received the emperor's order to go to Xuanfu to investigate.

Yan Song didn't mind what Wei Guangde did, it was a normal practice, and if he received such an order, he would do the same.

However, Wei Guangde's behavior can be forgiven, but Lu Bing's can't.

Obviously, Jin Yiwei was the only one who could get the news about Xuanfu to Emperor Jiajing. Lu Bing would send the information collected by Jinyiwei to the palace every day.

After a while, Yan Shifan was found by the chief follower sent by Yan Song, and before entering the door, he shouted loudly: "Father, what happened to call my son back in such a hurry."

These days are relatively leisurely, although there are battle reports from the border town, but the troops dispatched by the Anda Department are limited, and a big battle cannot be fought.

After the Japanese pirates in the south went crazy for a short period of time, they also calmed down in the past two months. After all, it is impossible to hold so many things in their hands all the time. Now they need to cash in and exchange the stolen things for gold and silver.

As for the locality, there is nothing worthy of attention. The weather is calm, the sea is calm and the river is clear, so Yan Shifan has not followed his father to the cabinet for the past few days, but went out with Luo Longwen to have fun.

I have to say that he and Luo Longwen are really the same breed, everyone has the same preferences, so playing with him is also very fun.

Today, he was enjoying himself in Luo Longwen's house, when someone from the family came to look for him, and said that it was his father who was in a hurry to call him back.

Asking that family member carefully, he couldn't tell the reason, but he still knew that Yan Song went back to the mansion directly after coming out of Xiyuan, and asked him to come to find someone.

Unable to find the result, Yan Shifan had no choice but to get up and follow him home. After all, his father told him to go back, although it was a bit disappointing.

When Yan Shifan returned to the mansion and entered the room, he saw Yan Song leaning on the chair with his eyes slightly closed. He didn't know whether he was taking a nap or meditating. Dare to yell, walked over to sit in the lower seat in a respectful manner, and waited for the old man to open his eyes.

Looking at this posture, it seems that something extraordinary happened in Xiyuan today.

Yan Shifan thought in his heart, although he didn't know why, but he had this feeling that his father hadn't behaved like this for a long time.

After waiting for too long, Yan Song finally opened his eyes and looked at Yan Shifan who was sitting below.

When he arrived at the door before, Yan Song heard Yan Shifan's yelling, but he didn't bother to pay attention to him, let him sit down for a while, and talk about today's affairs after calming down.

Since a few years ago, Yan Song has developed the habit of discussing with his son when encountering major issues.

Although Yan Shifan is a little lacking in dealing with government affairs, he is a bit crooked and can often solve problems that they find very difficult in another way.

But no matter what, Yan Shifan's ability to deal with difficult problems was recognized by almost everyone in the court, even Emperor Jiajing was very satisfied.

Yan Song still decided to talk to Yan Shifan about what happened in Xiyuan today. He needs to remind Yan Shifan of the information revealed behind the incident.

"Donglou, where did you come back from? From tomorrow onwards, you will return to the cabinet as an errand, don't fool around outside."

Yan Song said.

Yan Shifan's thick neck shook, his mouth opened, and he didn't say the last word, but just lowered his head, which was a tacit consent.

Yan Song was still thinking about how to talk about today's events, Yan Shifan raised his head to look at him again, and asked: "Father, what happened in Xiyuan today? What did your Majesty explain, do you find it difficult? "

Yan Shifan started the topic first, and Yan Song naturally opened his mouth.

"I just found out today that Lu Wenfu stabbed us in the back."

Yan Song looked at Yan Shifan and began to talk about what happened in Xiyuan today, including the content of the "Chen Xuanfu Border Affairs" sent by Wei Guangde.

Yan Song is getting old, and sometimes his thinking can't keep up, but his memory is still there. With just a glance, he can memorize the full text of Wei Guangde's memorials without missing a single word.

"Wei Guangde, an idiot, dares to play tricks behind his back."

Yan Shifan became angry after hearing what his father said at this time, why didn't he see how this kid was so mean in the past, and stabbed them in the back.

Wei Guangde often came to Yan's mansion, so it is impossible not to know the relationship between Yang Shun and Yan's family, but his memorials are still written like that, this is betrayal, at least in Yan Shifan's view.

Yan Shifan saw it this way, but Yan Song didn't understand it that way, he waved his hand and said, "Forget about Wei Guangde, he just followed the order, and if it falls into your hands, he can only do so.

The emperor has sent people to investigate secretly, which means that he is already worried and suspicious about the place, if Wei Guangde reports it according to our words, there is no guarantee that the emperor will not send other people to go down again. "

"Then he should give us a breath in the dark, so that we can be prepared."

But when Yan Shifan said this, his expression suddenly changed, he looked at Yan Song suddenly, and said, "How did Wei Guangde's memorial be sent up? There is no news from the Tongzheng Envoy."

Before the cabinet was formed, the status of the Tongzheng Shi was still very high, because when encountering major events, the Tongzheng Shi personally sent the memorials to the emperor, and naturally he would be the first to provide reference for the emperor. opinion people.

Only after the cabinet system was perfected, the power was gradually transferred to the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies, and the status of the general secretary gradually declined. In the previous dynasty and today, he is even more unwilling to go to the court. All memorials are first submitted to the cabinet for drafting. After that, he was sent to the palace for approval, and the status of the Tongzheng Envoy plummeted.

However, as the most well-informed yamen, he was firmly grasped by Yan Song early on, which allowed him to know the direction of the court at the first time.

When Yan Shifan asked about this incident, it was natural that Wei Guangde's memorandum was in the hands of Emperor Jiajing, but the Minister of General Affairs did not hand over a copy of the memorandum, which is abnormal.

Yan Song nodded when he heard the words, "The secret decree may also be sent directly to the palace, and naturally it will not go through the General Secretary."

"What did that person say?"

By this time, Yan Shifan had guessed that the result might not be optimistic, otherwise the father would not behave like this.

"Wei Guangde's memorandum is a coincidence, directly referring to the instability of the Xuan Mansion. I think the emperor should have made up his mind a long time ago, so he didn't listen to my excuse. He has already sent Tiqi to the Xuan Mansion to capture Yang Shun and Lu Kai back to the capital. Xu Lun also stopped waiting."

After Yan Song finished speaking, he saw Yan Shifan frowned, obviously this was the worst outcome, none of them.

"Xu Lun's life and death has nothing to do with us, but Yang Shun and Lu Kai have to save them."

Yan Shifan said.

"Maybe I can save the next person, maybe"

Yan Song shook his head and said: "Everything has to be considered from the worst point of view. The emperor may have opinions on our father and son."

Yan Shifan naturally felt the same about Yan Song's words.

The current Yan family is really a bit arrogant in the court hall, and everyone's eyes are on them.

But at this time, they have no way out.

At the beginning, in order to come up, I offended many people.

In this position, others dare not touch you, but what will happen once you resign from the post?
Yan Shifan did not dare to imagine the consequences.

At the beginning, Emperor Jiajing wanted to promote him to Minister of Industry, but his father blocked him. Now he regrets, why didn't he persuade his father to give up blocking him.

As long as he is promoted to the position of Shangshu, even if his father resigns from his post, with him as Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, he can naturally protect the wealth of his Yan family for the rest of his life.

It was the broken imperial examination that Yan Shifan didn't even bother to participate in.

If he really wants to end, it's not easy to get Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, and No. [-] Yuan.

The main reason why Yan Song prevented him from being promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry is this. He was a supervisor and became an official. He was already excluded by Jinshi when he became a servant. If he suddenly ascended to a high position, Yan Song dared not imagine impeachment Will Xiyuan be drowned by the memorials?

At that time, he would have no choice but to be an official. The court would absolutely not allow their father and son to sit in the chief assistant position and occupy a place in the six ministers.

"When that Wei Guangde comes back, let's see how I deal with him. Lu Bing won't be able to move for a while, and he won't be able to move him."

Yan Shifan now figured it out, so he could only say a word viciously.

"Forget about Guangde, he is also following orders."

"Father, we can't let it go like this, we can't make an example, those people won't follow suit in the future"

Hearing Yan Song's intention to veto him again, Yan Shifan became a little anxious. Before thinking of missing the official position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he felt uncomfortable. Now he can't control much and wants to argue aloud, but seeing Yan Song looking at him seriously , It seems that there is still a follow-up, Yan Shifan shut up, but the anger in his heart has not subsided.

"This matter has been dealt with. What I didn't expect was that the emperor made another arrangement. He transferred Fangdu to Nanjing, and Jia Yingchun took over the household department."

"what?"

Hearing that Yan Song suddenly brought the topic to the household department, Yan Shifan's small eyes widened instantly, and he looked at him in disbelief.

Although Fang Dun is not with them, he is also very upright, otherwise he would not have been able to sit in the position of Minister of the Household Department for several years, and they would have tried their best to squeeze him out.

One of the most important reasons why Fang Dun could accept Fang Dun's control of the household department was the allocation of money. Fang Dun would most likely not object to the notes he handed over. Fang Dun would try his best to satisfy Yan Shifan's request.

Now that he is going to be transferred to Nanjing for the elderly, the new minister is actually Jia Yingchun, which makes it difficult for Yan Shifan to accept.

Who doesn't know which family Jia Yingchun is from, he has been hooking up with Prince Yu's Mansion and Xu Jie, these two Prince Yu's mansions are naturally enemies of the Yan family, but they dare not put it on the stage publicly, but Xu Jie is The old fox must always be on guard against becoming a tiger.

"Did you secretly instigate the suspension of the salary in Prince Yu's Mansion back then?"

Suddenly, Yan Song questioned Yan Shifan in a very harsh tone.

(End of this chapter)