Unparalleled Concubine

  Chapter 899 Yan House Conspiracy

   Yan Sikong will not be celebrating his birthday today.

   As a doctor of the censorship of the censors, he is also one of the three ministers. If he passes his birthday, it will be a major event that will cause a sensation in the court and the public, and all civil and military officials will go to Yanfu to celebrate his birthday.

  Shen Kuan just said casually, the purpose was to imply that these few Zaisukes, let them go to the Yan Mansion together, these people are all human beings, and they understand at a bit, so they naturally obey.

   Several Saisukes went out of Yonganmen together, got on a sedan chair at the entrance of Yonganmen, and walked towards Liushufang near Yonglefang.

  The censor is strict and clumsy. His background is not too wealthy, but can only be regarded as a middle-aged family. Therefore, even if he achieves the position of Sikong, he still cannot live in Yonglefang, and can only settle down in Liushufang.

However, Liushufang is not too far from the imperial city. It didn’t take long for the four chiefs of Shangshutai to arrive at the gate of Yan’s Mansion. After the servants notified the four chiefs of their arrival, Yan Sikong immediately greeted them in person, facing the four Saisuke bowed his hands in salute.

   "Several prime ministers arrived, and Yan was at a loss to welcome them."

  Shen Kuan returned the salute and said with a smile: "Yan Sikong is very polite. Today is Yan Sikong's birthday. I am an official of the dynasty, so naturally I should come over to celebrate."

   Yan Shouzhuo frowned slightly.

  It is indeed his birthday this month, but his birthday is still six days away from today. If one prime minister remembers it wrongly, it is excusable. There is no reason for four prime ministers to remember it wrongly.

   He responded very quickly, reaching out and patted his forehead.

   "Aiya, I'm busy with the government these days, so I don't mention it, the old man almost forgot that today is the old man's birthday."

   "It's going to be sunset now, and I'm afraid it's too late to hold a birthday banquet."

  Shen Xiang smiled slightly: "Too many people are not beautiful. Wouldn't it be good for me to wait for Yan Sikong's birthday?"

   Yan Shouzhuo stepped aside and made a please gesture.

   "Several prime ministers are here, and the Yan government is very honored."

   Soon, the four Saisukes and Yan Shouzhuo, a total of five people, sat down in the study of Yan's house.

   After eating a glass of strong wine, Yan Shouzhuo looked at the four people left and right, and said in a deep voice: "The princes are coming together, I don't know?"

  The four prime ministers glanced at each other, but Zuo Xiang Shenkuan was the first to put down the wine glass in his hand, and gave Yan Shouzhuo a light look.

   "Sikong, haven't you noticed something wrong in the last few days?"

   Yan Shouzhuo frowned slightly and shook his head: "Never."

   Shen Kuan looked left and right, and asked the other three prime ministers, "Where are the three?"

   Cheng Yi, the newly appointed right minister, frowned and said, "There is something wrong, someone has already written me a letter."

   Shen Kuan took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

   "I am not the same as the princes. I came from the Ministry of Rites. I have been a servant in the Ministry of Rites for many years, and I have served as the chief examiner for three times. There are many of my students in the court."

The Ministry of Rites is not the same as the other five. The other five are subordinate to the Shangshutai, but the Ministry of Rites is somewhat detached from the outside world. The rules of worship.

  Shen Kuan has been a waiter in the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years, and he has also served as a chief examiner for several times.

   In other words, as long as he was a jinshi in the year when he was the chief examiner, he could be regarded as his student, and in the future he would have to join his own teacher in the imperial court, otherwise it would be a rebellion.

   Therefore, this Prime Minister Shen has a wide range of connections in the court and the opposition.

Moreover, he entered the Shangshutai as his successor to Zhang Qu, which means that in the eighth year of Taikang, he has become the prime minister of Dajin. In the past few years, his disciples have all received a lot of benefits, and naturally they are all in their hearts. towards this teacher.

   Nowadays, almost all of his students are in the yamen of various departments in the capital.

This is the grouping behavior of the civil service group. There are only five people in the office of ministers, but behind them, the network of interests woven by the relationship between master and apprentice, the relationship between fellow villagers, and the relationship between the same department is very huge. These five people can at least Involves 60-70% or even more civil servants.

   Shen Kuan took a deep breath and closed his eyes slightly.

   "All the dukes are veterans of the three dynasties, and they have worked together for many years. The old man doesn't beat around the bush, he just speaks up when he has something to say."

   He glanced at these people and said, "In recent days, someone has been investigating some old things."

   Shen Kuan lowered his eyebrows and said, "Not only is he checking me, but also the old accounts of the princes in the early years. It seems that the person also wants to find out and recalculate."

   said, he looked at Yan Shouzhuo, and said lightly: "It also includes Yan Sikong."

   Yan Sikong frowned.

   "Shen Xiang, this old man came from an official background and has been working as a censor all his life. Where is the old account?"

   "Then you have to ask Yan Sikong himself."

  Shen Kuan sighed: "Remember that Yan Sikong was not a Beijing official in his early years, but a censor who was responsible for supervising the locality. Maybe there was some confusion with the local official at that time?"

   Yan Shouzhuo's face darkened, and his frown deepened.

   In his early years, he was in charge of the censor of Jiangnan East Road. At that time, he was in his thirties, and he was walking around the place. There were too many temptations in front of him, and it was inevitable that he would make some mistakes.

   However, after he was transferred back to the capital and became Shaoqing of Dali Temple, for the sake of his future in the officialdom, his work was much more restrained, and he basically stopped taking anything on the surface.

   His job as a censor is a matter of the Chengde Dynasty...

  Thinking of this, Yan Sikong looked up at Shen Kuan and said with a wry smile: "Shen Xiang, there are no outsiders here. Since the princes have found my mansion, just say whatever you want."

   Shen Kuan has a heavy voice.

   He said slowly: "It should be... the people in the palace are investigating."

   "Their goals are very obvious, mainly Yan Sikong and me, and the brothers in the Shangshutai are also among them, but they are just checking it out."

   Shen Kuan exhaled slowly.

   "Now, that person's meaning is clear."

  Yan Sikong first widened his eyes, then looked at Shen Kuan, and said in disbelief: "Shen Xiang means, is... who is investigating?"

   "Someone has already gone to Jiangnan East Road."

   Shen Kuan glanced at Yan Shouzhuo and said slowly: "The matter is very clear, it's up to Yan Sikong to deal with it."

   "We have two options before us now."

Shen Kuan said unhurriedly: "The first option is to take the lead in admitting defeat while the one who has not yet obtained the evidence, and then directly submit a letter to ask the pro-governor, and then submit a letter to resign. This way, although the official position cannot be preserved, our lives will be lost. Probably okay."

   Having said this, he laughed at himself: "Of course, it also depends on whether that person is a benevolent monarch, and whether the Marquis of Jing'an is willing to let us go when he returns to Beijing in the future."

   After saying this, the expressions of the other four people present changed.

It's not certain whether the emperor is a benevolent monarch, but that Marquis of Jing'an is not a good person. He is also a man of revenge. If you offend him, he will bite back hard. To the extent that if you lose your official position, your life may not be guaranteed!

   Yan Sikong's face was gloomy and uncertain. After a long time, he looked up at Shen Kuan, and said astringently, "Shen Xiang, what about the second way?"

   Shen Kuan was silent for a while, then raised his glass and took a sip of tea.

   "This second way will allow me to wait for a few more years as an assistant minister. If things go well, I should be 70% to 80% sure about this matter, but I don't know if the princes have the guts."

   (end of this chapter)