The Prosperous Era of Longwan

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

I know that the generals facing the enemy will be wary of the military, and the crisis of Xuanda can no longer be left to Yang Shun. I ordered Jiang Dong, the minister of the Ministry of War, to rush to Xuanda and temporarily take charge of the border affairs of Xuanda. I will ask Shun Kaiji. "

Emperor Jiajing only paused for a moment when he said this, glanced at Huang Jin and Gao Zhong who were standing next to him, and then continued: "I ordered Captain Jinyi to send people to Xuanda University quickly and bring them back.

As for whether Xu Lun was involved in deceiving the superior, Xuan could not take it lightly, but in any case, Xuanda did not investigate his acting as an agent for the Ministry of War, so he should let him go home and wait for his participation. "

Hearing this, Yan Song knew that something was inevitable, so he had to bow and salute and was about to accept the order, when he heard Emperor Jiajing's words again.

"Fang Rui acted as the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs. After a long period of state affairs, he could not express any policy, so he was transferred to Nanjing as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Jia Yingchun, the former Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs to replace him."

After hearing Emperor Jiajing's words, Yan Song's movements as he was about to salute suddenly froze.

Emperor Jiajing wants to appoint Jia Yingchun, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice who had just been transferred to the capital from Nanjing, to serve as a court official in the Ministry of Household Affairs. It seems to be just a horizontal transfer, but what is the meaning behind this?

Jia Yingchun had been impeached for corruption before. Fortunately, Prince Yu came forward to accommodate and was not convicted. He was from Prince Yu's palace.

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.

Fortunately for him, although he failed to succeed as Minister of the Ministry of Works, because Ouyang Bijin was transferred from the Ministry of Punishment to the Ministry of Works to vacate his position, Emperor Jiajing directly arranged him to be a court official in the Ministry of Punishments. It was not long before he was transferred to the Ministry of Husbandry.

Yan Song had a bad premonition in his heart. Things seemed to have been going wrong since he entered Yongshou Palace.

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

The fate of Yang Shun and Lu Kai is probably not good. The Tiqi of Jin Yiwei will be dispatched to Xuandan today to get people. Even if he goes back and writes a letter now and sends someone to send them there quickly, it is too late. What makes him even more worried is that The transposition of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.

Whether it's Fang Rui or Xu Lun, although they are not from Yan Song's family, they can at least cooperate with him on some official matters. They are completely different from those Qingliu who are his enemies. This is why he can 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. Instead, he sent someone to the cabinet to tell Xu Jie that he was not feeling well and should go back to the house to rest.

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

In recent years, Yan Song has been a little low on energy, and Xu Jie has done all the drafting of edicts and other matters for the cabinet. Naturally, he has also entrusted Xu Jie with everything today. He has no power to recover.

Before getting on the sedan outside the Xiyuan Gate, Yan Song turned to his chief attendant and said, "Go to Donglou quickly and ask him to go back to the house and wait for me immediately."

"Yes, sir."

The Chang Sui agreed in a low voice and immediately turned around and ran towards the position of the horses behind him.

However, when Yan Song returned to the house, Yan Shifan was still not at home, and he had obviously wandered off somewhere.

Back in the inner courtyard, Yan Song sat on his accustomed armchair. He didn't have the intention to drink the herbal tea next to him, but he was thinking about the information revealed behind Emperor Jiajing's decree today.

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

Yan Song didn't mind what Wei Guangde did. This was a normal approach. If he received such an order, he would do the same.

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

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

After a short time, Yan Shifan was found by the Changsui sent by Yan Song. He shouted loudly before he entered the door: "Father, what happened to call your son back in such a hurry?"

These days are relatively leisurely. Although there are battle reports from the border town, the troops dispatched by the Anta 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 stopped in the past two months. After all, they couldn't keep hold of so many things in their hands. Now they needed to cash in and exchange the things they robbed into gold and silver.

As for the local area, there was nothing worth paying attention to. The weather was calm and the sea and rivers were clear, so Yan Shifan did not follow his father to hang out in the cabinet these days, but went out to have fun with Luo Longwen.

I have to say that he and Luo Longwen are really the same, and they all have the same preferences, so it's a lot of fun to play with him.

Today, while Luo Longwen was enjoying himself in his house, someone from his family came to him, saying that his father was anxious to call him back.

After asking the family member carefully, he couldn't explain the reason, but he still knew that Yan Song returned home directly after coming out of Xiyuan, and asked him to find someone.

Unable to find out 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 house and entered the house, 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. I dared to shout, so I walked over and sat down at the bottom of the table, waiting for my father to open his eyes.

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

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

Without waiting for too long, Yan Song finally opened his eyes and looked at Yan Shifan sitting below.

When he arrived at the door before, Yan Song heard Yan Shifan's shouting, but was too lazy to pay attention to him and asked him to sit for a while and calm down before talking about today's affairs.

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

Although Yan Shifan was a little less proficient in handling government affairs, he was somewhat crooked and could often solve problems that he found 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 decided to talk to Yan Shifan about what happened in Xiyuan today. He needed to remind Yan Shifan of the information revealed behind the incident.

"Donglou, where did you come back from? Starting tomorrow, you should go back to the cabinet as a servant. Stop fooling around outside."

Yan Song said.

Yan Shifan's thick neck shook, his mouth opened, he didn't say the last word, he just lowered his head, which was regarded as acquiescence.

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

Yan Shifan started the topic first, so 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 contents of the "Chen Xuan Mansion's Border Affairs" sent by Wei Guangde.

Yan Song was getting older, and sometimes he couldn't keep up with his thinking, but his memory was still there. He could memorize the entire text of Wei Guangde's memorials word for word just by looking at them.

"Wei Guangde, a common man, actually dares to do something behind his back."

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

Wei Guangde often came to Yan's house, so it was impossible that he didn't know the relationship between Yang Shun and the Yan family, but his memorial still said that. This was a 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 it about Wei Guangde, he was just following orders, and if he falls into your hands, he can still do this.

The emperor has sent people to conduct a secret investigation, which shows that he is already worried about the place and has become suspicious. If Wei Guangde reports according to our words, there is no guarantee that the emperor will not send others down. "

"Then he should give us some information secretly so that we can be prepared."

However, when Yan Shifan said this, his expression suddenly changed. He suddenly looked at Yan Song and said, "How did Wei Guangde's memorial come up? There was no news from the General Affairs Office."

Before the cabinet was formed, the status of the general affairs envoy was still very high, because when major events happened, the general affairs envoy would personally deliver memorials to the emperor. Naturally, he would be the first to provide reference to the emperor. opinion person.

However, after the cabinet system was perfected and power was gradually transferred to the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor, the status of the general secretary gradually declined. In the previous dynasty and now, he is even more reluctant to go to court. All memorials are first submitted to the cabinet for voting. After that, he was sent to the palace to be praised, and the status of the General Affairs Secretary plummeted.

However, as the most well-informed Yamen, Yan Song had been firmly in his hands very early, 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 memorial was in the hands of Emperor Jiajing, but the general affairs envoy did not send a copy of the memorial, which was abnormal.

Yan Song nodded when he heard the words, "The secret decree may be sent directly to the palace, naturally it will not go through the general affairs envoy."

"What did that person say?"

By this time, Yan Shifan had already guessed that the result was not optimistic, otherwise his father would not behave like this.

"Wei Guangde's memorial was clever in that it directly cited the instability of the Xuan Mansion. I think the emperor had already made up his mind, so he did not listen to my excuse and sent Tiqi to the Xuan Mansion to capture Yang Shun and Lu Kai and return to the capital. Xu Lun also stopped being embarrassed."

After Yan Song finished speaking, he saw Yan Shifan frowning. Obviously this was the worst outcome, bar none.

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

Yan Shifan said.

"Maybe we can save one person, maybe"

Yan Song shook his head and said: "Everything must be considered from the worst perspective. The emperor may have opinions about our father and son."

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

Now the Yan family is really a big tree in the court, and everyone's eyes are looking at them.

But at this point, they had no way out.

In order to come up, I offended countless people.

In this position, others dare not touch you, but what will happen once you leave your job?

Yan Shifan couldn't imagine the consequences.

Emperor Jiajing wanted to promote him to Minister of Industry but was blocked by his father. Now he regrets that he could not persuade his father to give up the obstruction.

As long as he is promoted to the position of minister, even if his father retires from office, having him as minister of the Ministry of Industry can naturally guarantee the wealth of his Yan family for the rest of his life.

Even Yan Shifan didn't bother to participate in the imperial examination.

If he really wanted to end up, Jieyuan, Huiyuan, and No. 1 Scholar would not be within his reach.

The main reason why Yan Song prevented him from being promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry was here. He was a supervisor and became an official. As a minister, he was already very marginalized by the Jinshi. If he suddenly ascended to a high position again, Yan Song could not imagine impeachment. Will Xiyuan be flooded by the memorial?

At that time, he would have no choice but to become an official. There would be absolutely no room in the court for the father and son to sit in the position of chief minister and occupy a spot in the six ministerial books.

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

Yan Shifan figured it out now and could only say the next sentence harshly.

"Forget about Guangde, he is still following the order."

"Dad, we can't let it go like this. We can't kill one person as a warning to others. Those people will not follow our example in the future."

Hearing Yan Song's objection again, Yan Shifan became a little anxious. He used to feel very uncomfortable thinking about missing out on the official position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Now he couldn't control much and wanted to argue loudly, but when he saw Yan Song looking at him seriously , it seemed that there was a follow-up, Yan Shifan shut up, but the anger in his heart did not subside a bit.

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

"What?"

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

Although Fang Blun was not in the same group as them, he was still very wise. Otherwise, he would not have been able to sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for several years. He would have been squeezed out by them in every possible way.

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

Now he is going to be transferred to Nanjing for retirement, and the newly appointed minister is actually Jia Yingchun, which makes Yan Shifan a little hard 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 Mansion are naturally enemies of the Yan family, but they don't dare to show it publicly, but Xu Jie is The old fox should always be on guard against turning into a tiger.

"Did you secretly instigate the suspension of salaries in Prince Yu's Mansion?"

Suddenly, Yan Song questioned Yan Shifan in an extremely harsh tone.