The Prosperous Era of Longwan

When Zou Yinglong walked out of Xu Mansion, he had a stack of manuscripts in his hand.

Subconsciously he lowered his eyes and thought that these were the memorials written by Shen Lian, Yang Jisheng and others to impeach Yan Song and his son.

He knew very well that he could not refuse the errand assigned by Xu Jie.

This was a hot potato. Who didn't know that if he tried to impeach Yan Song and his son to death, the final result would be miserable. Even with Xu Jie's guarantee, he was not sure that he could get away with it this time.

But if he didn't follow Xu Jie's words, thinking about the current Zuodu Censor Paine, his life in the yamen would not be easy, and he didn't know where he would be sent.

Although Xu Jie's words did not say that he should be impeached, Zou Yinglong knew the meaning behind his words and the manuscript in his hand, and he could not avoid it.

After returning home, Zou Yinglong locked himself in his study, reading the impeachment memorials over and over again, and carefully recalling Xu Jie's words before.

Gradually, Zou Yinglong understood what Xu Jie meant.

Looking at their previous impeachments, they all impeached Yan Song and his son together. However, in Xu Jie's nagging words to him, he highly praised Yan Song's dedication to the court. What was he talking about?

Yan Shifan relied on the power of his father Yan Song.

The impeachment of Yan Shifan only incidentally mentioned Yan Song's fault for being lax in educating his children.

Zou Yinglong had this idea, and then carefully read through the impeachment memorials, remembering the crimes about Yan Shifan in his mind one by one, and sorting them out one by one, the structure of the entire impeachment memorials gradually took shape.

He did not intend to follow what those memorials said and list a lot of crimes. He planned to list only a few of them, preferably with verifiable evidence.

Among Yan Shifan's deeds, the most widely circulated one was naturally his selling out his official position, which was almost an open secret in the capital.

For one's own selfishness, one breaks the laws of the world.

Then, Zou Yinglong also planned to accuse Yan Shifan of being unfilial.

What time is it now? Strictly speaking, Yan Shifan is actually still in Dingyou, and his mother died not long ago.

Emperor Jiajing exempted him from Ding You, and he was supposed to take his father by his side and serve him. But according to Zou Yinglong's knowledge, after his son Yan Hu Fuling went south, Yan Shifan resumed his previous life, and Chang and Luo Longwen The others drank wine and had sex with prostitutes, and danced and sang with concubines in attendance.

Thinking of Xu Jie's mention of Emperor Jiajing's fight with Yang Tinghe and others over his mother's identity, it can be seen that His Majesty should be the most disgusted with such a dissolute behavior as a son of man.

Also, in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I heard from my colleagues that Yan Hu took advantage of his orders to return south to raid places.

Zou Yinglong, who had been pondering for a long time, finally moved. He knew how to write this impeachment memorial, not only because of Xu Jie's request, but also for the sake of all people in the world, and for the sake of learning from the saints, so that unfaithful and unfilial people should not stay in the court. , bringing trouble to Chao Gang.

"Uncle, brother, come and drink this cup."

At this time, in a restaurant, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng were sitting opposite each other.

The table was filled with fine wines and delicacies, but Zhang Juzheng didn't even have the desire to taste them.

Zhang Juzheng remained unmoved by Wei Guangde's persuasion to drink, and just sat there in a daze.

Wei Guangde had no choice but to put down his glass. When he saw Zhang Juzheng this afternoon, he found that he was not in the right mood.

Wei Guangde didn't intend to ask what he said to Lan Daoxing after entering the imperial prison. That was between Lan Daoxing and Xu Jie. But looking at Zhang Juzheng's look, it was obvious that he already knew everything.

"Uncle, since it's settled here, there's no need to worry too much."

Wei Guangde just said.

Zhang Juzheng's eyes moved slightly, he glanced at Wei Guangde, lowered his head, and then looked at the wine glass in front of him.

Suddenly, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all. "Bang", the empty wine glass was placed heavily on the table.

"Why"

A sigh came from Zhang Juzheng's mouth.

"Brother, Mr. Xu Ge had no choice but to do this. Heaven and earth are outraged by what the Yan family father and son did, but the Holy Family is in full swing, so we can do nothing."

Wei Guangde had no choice but to say.

Although he didn't know the inside story of the transaction between Xu Jie and Lan Daoxing, considering Zhang Juzheng's reputation, he would definitely not be able to accept the collusion between the teacher and the alchemist.

"I can understand."

It seems that Zhang Juzheng has put down his burden.

Wei Guangde picked up the wine jug next to him and filled it up for him, smiling: "That's good, that's good."

"Thank you for Shandai's help in this matter. Come on, let me toast you with a glass of thanks."

With that said, Zhang Juzheng held up his wine glass and stretched it out to Wei Guangde.

Wei Guangde originally saw that Zhang Juzheng was not in a good mood, so he invited him out for a chat.

This Juzheng is the future's thick thigh. For what he has done in the position of chief assistant, Wei Guangde does not want to replace him.

It's too awful.

But even so, it's okay to be friendly, as long as you keep a certain distance.

He picked up the wine glass, clinked it with Zhang Juzheng, and drank the wine in the glass.

Before Wei Guangde could reach out his hand, Zhang Juzheng had already grabbed the wine bottle and poured it into him.

"Have you gone to see Mr. Ge?"

Seeing that Zhang Juzheng had already picked up the jug, Wei Guangde had no choice but to give up and asked casually.

"I went. When the teacher found out, he just told me not to worry. He would take care of it."

Zhang Juzheng replied.

"That is, Mr. Xu Ge is far-sighted and far-sighted. We still have a lot to learn."

Wei Guangde smiled.

"Just wait, listen to the teacher's words, this matter will not be easy."

Zhang Juzheng said again.

Hearing this, Wei Guangde's eyes narrowed, "Brother Uncle, what I mean is that Mr. Ge wants you."

Zhang Juzheng nodded slightly, and then sighed: "I don't know if there will be any results this time."

Wei Guangde thought for a moment and roughly understood Xu Jie's plan, and then said: "At this moment, at that moment, your majesty had a lot to rely on, Yan Chief Assistant.

Let’s not talk about the distant situation, let’s just say that in recent years, the government’s finances have been tight. If Wu Yan and Xu, the two cabinet ministers, tried their best to deal with it, I really don’t know what would happen.

If I were someone else, I would find it difficult to be the home of Ming Dynasty. "

"what about now?"

Zhang Juzheng asked curiously.

"Since Mr. Xu Ge plans to impeach again, he must be very confident. He will never take action if he is not certain. The so-called not to take action is fine. Once he makes a shocking move, he will not repeat the same mistake this time."

Wei Guangde said.

In fact, he knew very well that everything happened in Emperor Jiajing's mind.

Whether Yan Song can still sit firmly on the throne of chief minister and whether Xu Jie has the ability to take over, only Emperor Jiajing can make a decision.

As long as he thinks it's okay, it's okay if he doesn't.

Given Yan Song's age, as long as he felt that Xu Jie could succeed Yan Song, he would definitely replace him without hesitation.

It is impossible for him to let people control the government for a long time, which is not good for the royal family.

Speaking of which, Yan Song has been the chief assistant for more than ten years. Although it is not longer than Yang Shiqi's 21 years as chief assistant, it is not short.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde asked curiously: "Why didn't you talk about this before King Yu? Also, since Mr. Xu Ge is going to launch an impeachment against Mr. Yan Ge, do we need to help?

Although there are only a few people in Prince Yu's Mansion, there are also many people of the same age and hometown as us. If we had mentioned it in front of Prince Yu before, we could have easily influenced many courtiers, either individually or jointly, to petition for impeachment. "

After Wei Guangde finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Juzheng, waiting for his answer.

Although Zhang Juzheng said before that Sister Xu wanted to take revenge, he did not mention the extent of the intensity.

Xu Jie seemed to have not shown his fangs for a long time.

Since Wei Guangde became an official, the most talked about thing is that Xu Jie is attached to Yan Song. Although Wei Guangde knows that this is definitely not the case, what he sees is that as long as Yan Song supports it, Xu Jie will hardly object.

The game between the cabinet ministers is difficult to detect unless you are in the game. Wei Guangde also gradually discovered some clues after frequent visits to Prince Yu's palace.

"The teacher said that the arrangements have been made and we don't need to worry about it."

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said.

He was also worried about this, but it seemed that Xu Jie guessed that he would be like this, so he repeatedly warned him about it.

No matter how the situation develops, Prince Yu's Mansion cannot be involved.

Now that I think about it, maybe the teacher wasn't completely sure, so he left Prince Yu's Mansion as capital for a comeback in the future.

It can only be said that Xu Jie will always be Xu Jie, and he will always have a backup plan.

Separating from Zhang Juzheng and returning to their respective homes, Wei Guangde estimated that Xu Jie planned to retaliate against Yan Song, so he must find many disciples and former officials to work together, and Shangshu would impeach Yan Song and his son.

Well, after two days, there should be another impeachment storm in the court.

Regarding this, Wei Guangde made up his mind to just sit back and watch the show. Anyway, Xu Jie didn't ask Prince Yu's Mansion to help find someone, so everyone united to target the Yan family.

This is actually a good thing.

After all, in recent years, in the face of the Yan family's retaliation, there are not many people who dare to go to death to impeach the Yan family.

The final result of the impeachment storm launched by Xu Jie this time is really unpredictable. Didn't you see that Xu Jie himself had left a way out to prevent Prince Yu's palace from getting involved?

However, on the second day, in Wei Guangde's impression, it should have been calm.

Just when he was chatting with Yin Shizhen and others and dealing with some trivial matters in Prince Yu's palace, the chamberlain outside the door handed in a document.

It should be official documents copied from other yamen, Wei Guangde couldn't help but think.

Yin Shizhen took it and looked at it, his expression changed greatly.

When he looked up, his eyes had already fallen on Zhang Juzheng.

"Uncle, take a look first."

While speaking, the document in his hand was handed into Zhang Juzheng's hands.

In fact, at this time, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng were both very surprised, but they instinctively felt that the copied document should be related to Zhang Juzheng, otherwise Yin Shizhen's expression would not be like this.

Zhang Juzheng had already lowered his head to read the document, but his expression was strangely tense.

Not long after, Zhang Juzheng, who had read the document, got up and walked to the door of the house. When he passed by Wei Guangde, he handed the Chinese document to Wei Guangde.

"Is this the only document sent from outside?"

Opening the door curtain, Zhang Juzheng asked the waiter outside.

Obviously, he wanted to confirm something.

"Yes, sir, this is the only one."

There was a reply from outside the house.

"Okay, new documents have arrived and must be delivered promptly. There cannot be a moment's delay."

Zhang Juzheng said a few words casually, put down the door curtain, turned around and returned to the house.

"I impeach Yan Shifan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry of Yan Songzi, a great scholar, who relied on his father's power to ignore the national law. He was a treacherous person who was good at rewards and bribes. Every time he was elected, his value was underestimated depending on the rank of the official. Promotion is based on the merits and demerits of the shortage and the price is raised or lowered, so that the selection method is overly ambitious, and the market is fair and the ugly people compete for the price."

Wei Guangde and Tang Ruji were close to each other. At this moment, Tang Ruji was curious and stretched his head over to look. Wei Guangde simply read the contents of the document softly.

This is an impeachment memorial, and the target of impeachment is Yan Shifan, Yan Song's son.

"For example, the head of the Ministry of Punishment was responsible for governing the Yuan Dynasty, and transferred to the Ministry of Personnel with thirty thousand gold. Pan Hongye, the governor, learned about the state with two thousand two hundred gold. The husband bribed the small officials in the last county and county with tens of millions, and the minister How could Yin Fangyue be so far away? As for transportation and bribery, there are no less than a hundred people involved."

After reading this, Wei Guangde paused unconsciously.

He already understands the power of this impeachment memorial. It is not the previous indifferent impeachments. This one has real content.

Even though the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Personnel are both in charge, their rights and influence are naturally different. Pan Hongye, the later candidate, also bribed Yan Shifan with a large sum of money to obtain the official position of magistrate. This also broke the privileges of Jinshi.

When can a candidate hold a fifth-rank official position? Even if he is from the fifth rank, this is a slap in the face of a Jinshi.

You must know that many Jinshi were promoted from the seventh rank to the sixth rank in just a few years or even ten years, and a person who was promoted to the fifth rank was promoted to an official position from the fifth rank. This was a rhythm that would arouse the public indignation of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng had already seen it before, and their faces looked better now, but Tang Ruji's face was very ugly.

He is a dignified scholar with two rankings, but he is still a sixth-rank official. Even if he is promoted slowly in the Imperial Academy, if he can't even compare with the imperial examination, where can he put his face?

It is conceivable that when the words of this memorial spread to the Sixth Department and other yamen, those low-ranking officials may not be able to sit still.

Seeing that Wei Guangde was silent and just looking down, Tang Ruji couldn't sit still and couldn't help but ask: "What about the back? What does it say behind it?"

Wei Guangde raised his head and glanced at Tang Ruji, with a wry smile on his face, then lowered his head and began to read again: "Yizi Jinyi Yanhu, Zhongshu Yanhong, family slave Yannian, Zhongshu Luo Longwen are among the few. Yan Nian was especially cunning, and the people of Shifan were entrusted with it. The annual rate of those who were appointed officials and sold their titles to Shifan was one in ten."

After reading this, Wei Guangde couldn't help but comment, "Is this probably his guess?"

How could the Yan family divide the stolen goods? How could outsiders except the parties involved know about it?

As for what was said later about the scum among the scholars who called Yannian Mr. Heshan but did not dare to call him by his first name, Wei Guangde no longer even had the interest to continue reading it out.

But then his eyes narrowed and he said, "On Song's birthday, I will donate ten thousand gold to him for his longevity. He is a servant, and he is rich and extravagant."

"So damn rich."

Involuntarily, Wei Guangde made another comment of his own.

He was so jealous that Yan Nian, a slave, donated ten thousand gold to Yan Song to celebrate his birthday.

"Song and his son originally came from Yuanzhou, Jiangxi Province, and built good land and houses in Nanjing, Yangzhou, Yizhen and other places. They did not care about dozens of houses, but they used the evil servant Yan Dong to take charge of them. They restrained and invaded the places where their parents were powerful and wreaked havoc. The people were deeply resentful. If he is seeking profit in all directions, what about his place of origin?"

Seeing that Wei Guangde wanted to stop again, Tang Ruji urged: "Continue."

"Just see for yourself."

Wei Guangde had already hastily read the rest of the content, which was about accusing Yan Song of various unfilial behaviors during his mother's death.

Wei Guangde said that he disdained to read such content.

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