Chapter 303 302 Questioning

Emperor Jiajing sat on the throne and said: "I have heard some people say that Yang Shunzhi's talent is mediocre, not much higher than that of a town patrol. Xuanda is an important place and cannot be entrusted to this person.

I know that facing the enemy will change the military strategists' fear. The danger of Xuanda must not be handed over to Yang Shun to deal with. I ordered the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, Jiang Dong, to go to Xuanda urgently and temporarily take charge of Xuanda's border affairs. Shunkai will be brought to ask."

But Emperor Jiajing paused for a moment and glanced at Huang Jin and Gao Zhong standing beside him before continuing: "Order the lieutenant of the brocade uniform to send someone to Xuanda quickly and bring back the two.

As for whether Xu Lun participated in the deception, Xuan could not take it lightly, but no matter what, he was acting as the Minister of War, and Xuanda did not investigate such a mistake. Let him go home and wait for the report."

Yan Song knew that the matter was inevitable after hearing the words, so he had to bow and salute. Just as he was about to receive the order, he heard the words of Emperor Jiajing again.

"Fang Dun is acting as the Minister of Revenue, but he has been unable to come up with a plan for the national affairs for a long time. He is transferred to Nanjing to serve as the Minister of Revenue. Jia Yingchun, the former Minister of Punishment, is transferred to the Ministry of Revenue to replace him."

Hearing the words of Emperor Jiajing, Yan Song froze in his action of saluting.

Emperor Jiajing wanted to use Jia Yingchun, the Minister of Punishment, who had just been transferred from Nanjing to the capital, to serve as a hall official in the Ministry of Revenue. It seems to be just a horizontal transfer, but what does it mean?

Jia Yingchun was impeached for corruption before, but fortunately, Prince Yu intervened and was not punished. He is a member of 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 Works during the last meeting.

He was lucky. Although he failed to become the Minister of Works, he was directly arranged by Emperor Jiajing to serve as a hall official in the Ministry of Punishment because Ouyang Bijin was transferred from the Ministry of Punishment to the Ministry of Works. It has not been long since he was transferred to the Ministry of Revenue.

Yan Song had a bad feeling in his heart. Today's events seemed to have been going badly since he entered Yongshou Palace.

After coming out of Yongshou Palace, Yan Song felt mentally exhausted. He had a premonition that his current situation had offended Emperor Jiajing.

Yang Shun and Lu Kai's fate might not be good. Today, the Jinyiwei's Tiqi will go to Xuanda to take people. Even if he goes back now to write a letter and send someone to send it quickly, it will be too late. What worries him more is the change of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Whether it is Fang Dun or Xu Lun, although they are not from Yan Song's faction, they can at least cooperate with him on some official business, unlike those Qingliu who are always against him. This is why he can work with them until now.

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

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

Of course, before in Yongshou Palace, the Emperor Jiajing's order was conveyed to Xu Jie without missing a word.

In recent years, Yan Song has been a little exhausted, and the cabinet's drafting of edicts and other matters were all done by Xu Jie. Naturally, all the matters today were entrusted to Xu Jie, and he had no power to turn the tide.

Before getting on the sedan chair outside the West Garden Gate, Yan Song turned around and told his long-serving attendant, "Go to Donglou quickly and ask him to return to the mansion and wait for me immediately."

"Yes, sir."

The long-serving attendant whispered in agreement, turned around and ran to the position of the horse behind him.

However, when Yan Song returned to the mansion, Yan Shifan was still not at home, and it was obvious that he had gone to fool around again.

Back in the inner courtyard, Yan Song sat in his usual armchair, and he had no intention of drinking the cold tea next to him, but was thinking about the information revealed behind the Emperor Jiajing's order today.

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

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

However, Wei Guangde's behavior could be forgiven, but Lu Bing's could not.

Obviously, the only one who could leak the news of Xuanfu to Emperor Jiajing was the Jinyiwei. Lu Bing would send the intelligence collected by the Jinyiwei to the palace every day. It was impossible for anyone else to leak the news of Xuanfu.

Not long after, Yan Shifan was found by the long-servant sent by Yan Song. Before he entered the door, he shouted loudly: "Dad, what happened that you called your son back so urgently?"

These days are relatively idle. Although there are war reports from the border town, the troops dispatched by the Altan tribe are limited, and a big battle cannot be fought.

After a short period of madness, the Japanese pirates in the south have calmed down in the past two months. After all, they can't keep so many things they have robbed. They now need to cash in and exchange the robbed things for gold and silver.

As for the local area, there was nothing worth noting. It was calm and peaceful, so Yan Shifan did not follow his father to the cabinet these days, but went out with Luo Longwen to have fun.

It must be said that he and Luo Longwen were really birds of a feather. They had the same hobbies, so it was fun to play with him.

Today, while he was having fun in Luo Longwen's house, someone from his family came to find him and said that his father was anxious to call him back.

After asking the family in detail, he couldn't explain it, but he still knew that Yan Song went straight back to the mansion after leaving Xiyuan and asked him to come to find someone.

Without getting any results, Yan Shifan had to get up and follow him home. After all, his father asked 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 a 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 about 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 situation 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 waiting."

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 the 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 ostracized 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 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 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 still 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?"

When Yan Song suddenly brought 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.