Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2101, the unwilling Yang Tinghe
Inside the mansion of Yang Tinghe, the cabinet minister in the capital.

"Cough cough!"

Yang Tinghe was coughing in pain, the torment of illness made him look very painful.

The whole person is also very thin, his hair is as dry as straw, and even his beard is gray and dry, but his eyes are piercing.

"Change, I'm going to court."

Yang Tinghe tried his best to calm down his pain and struggled to go to court.

It was hard to get to the position of cabinet minister, and it was hard to return to the center of power. However, he was already old, and happened to meet Liu Jin, a stumbling block, blocking his path as an extremely human minister.

However, he didn't admit defeat, and he couldn't let go of the power in his hands. This thing is really addictive. Once infected, few people can quit.

In history, Yang Tinghe insisted on fighting the young Emperor Jiajing precisely because of his greed for power. As a result, who knew that Emperor Jiajing was not a soft persimmon, and he fought wits and courage very well.

The so-called "Great Etiquette" dispute, on the surface, is a matter and debate about whether to prosecute Emperor Jiajing's biological father, King Xingxian, as emperor, but in fact it is a struggle for court power, a struggle between the young emperor Jiajing and his Yang Ting and this powerful minister .

Yang Tinghe wanted to tell the world through this incident that he still had the final say in the Ming Dynasty, and he still wanted to use the excuse of the emperor's youth to continue to control the government.

But he obviously underestimated Emperor Jiajing, who was also limited by the system of the Ming Dynasty. Even the powerful officials or the eunuchs of Niu Shangtian could not shake the status of the emperor.

The final result was that Yang Tinghe was defeated, and of course he was bound to lose, because under the system of the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't beat the emperor.

Of course, many people in wild history said that Wu Zong's death was inseparable from Yang Tinghe, and that Zhu Houzhao died of illness after falling into the water once when he was young. There are many strange things in this.

Of course, this is unofficial history, and there is no real evidence, but it is also clearly recorded in history books that Emperor Jiajing has been suspicious all his life since he ascended the throne.

What is the true meaning of history, sometimes it is difficult for future generations to know.

But in many ways, Yang Tinghe is a person who is more greedy for power.

Now even if he is seriously ill, he still insists on going to the early court and participating in the important affairs of the court.

"Father, you are already so sick, you should not go to court."

Seeing that his father was already seriously ill, Yang Shen insisted on going to court, so he quickly tried to persuade him.

"Ugh!"

Hearing Yang Shen's words, Yang Tinghe sighed heavily, and then lay back on his bed weakly.

This sigh expressed countless helplessness and regret.

"I just want to pull you if I can while I'm still alive."

Yang Tinghe looked at his son.

I have no hope of becoming the chief assistant of the cabinet in my life, but my son Yang Shen is still very hopeful.

Yang Shen, who is only in his thirties, the number one scholar, is already a fourth-rank prefect at a young age, and he has been working for some years, so he can definitely be mentioned above.

If you can mention it further, it is a third-rank official and a frontier official. After a few more years, you can return to the capital to be the servant of the six ministers. If you work for a few more years, there is no problem at all if you have the opportunity to enter the cabinet. of.

He, Liu Jin, joined the cabinet in his thirties and became the chief assistant of the cabinet. His son is no worse than him, so it is also possible.

It's just that compared to Liu Jin, Yang Shen only lacks the appreciation of the emperor, so he was not promoted as fast as Liu Jin. Liu Jin was promoted by rocket, but Yang Shen was actually not slow, after all, he was born as the number one scholar.

The number one scholar was given preferential treatment in the Ming Dynasty, and his promotion was much faster than ordinary people.

"Father, my child hopes that you can live a long life!"

Yang Shen burst into tears. Originally, he was still working as a magistrate in another place.

Since Emperor Hongzhi reformed the talent selection system of the Ming Dynasty, all senior officials must have experience in governing the local area. Therefore, the Hanlin of the former Hanlin Academy, after compiling and editing books in the Imperial Academy, were also sent to the localities one after another. To be an official.

Yang Shen was no exception, relying on his father Yang Tinghe's relationship, he was even assigned to a very good place - Songjiang Mansion!

Songjiang Prefecture may have been just a very ordinary state capital in the past, and there was nothing special about it, but it has been accompanied by the rapid rise and rapid development of Songhu in recent years.

Songjiang Mansion has also become one of the most important state capitals in Ming Dynasty, second only to Yingtian Mansion, Shuntian Mansion and Tianjin Mansion.

Needless to say, Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion have different settings. The prefects of the two mansions are all third-rank officials, while the general prefectures are all fourth-rank officials.

The reason why the status of Tianjin Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture stood out was because of the rapid development of Tianjin and Songhu, the two super cities, which became the most important industrial bases of Ming Dynasty. The annual tax and silver amounted to hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

The settings of the two prefectures are also much larger than the general state capitals, with more personnel. They are definitely the most promising state capitals in Ming Dynasty, and they are also the places where countless prefects and prefects dream of working.

Being an official in places like Tianjin and Songhu, among other things, the benefits of coming and going are unknowingly rich, even if it is just a little bit, it is much, much better than other state capitals.

The second is to be an official in these two places. It is easy to make achievements. The current official assessment in Ming Dynasty cannot be divided into three major areas: taxation, population and infrastructure.

Tianjin and Songhu, the two super-big cities, had very fast tax revenue growth, and were important places for taxation in the Ming Dynasty. The population growth also increased rapidly along with urbanization and industrialization.

As for the infrastructure, the infrastructure of this rich place is done casually, not to mention that these two places are so important, the imperial court plans and allocates funds for infrastructure every year.

It is easy to achieve results, and it is expected to be promoted.

You must know that the prefects of the general prefectures, and the transfer of prefects to Songhu and Tianjin are regarded as reuse and semi-promotion.

"Silly boy!"

Yang Tinghe looked at the sad Yang Shen and smiled and said.

Then he thought about it and said, "How are you doing here in Songhu?"

"Now Liu Jin is the chief assistant of the cabinet. Although I don't agree with his philosophy of governing the country, he is still very upright. He is also able to appoint people on their merits in the promotion of officials, and promote officials based on their performance in the assessment."

"As long as you do a good job in Songhu, it will be easy to move up."

"Father, my ambition is not to be an official."

Yang Shen thought for a while and replied.

He is a real great talent, full of talents, he has made achievements in poetry and songs, classics, history and local chronicles, astronomy and geography, Jinshi calligraphy and painting, music drama, religious language, folk songs and dances, etc., and has written a lot of poems, books, etc. .

Even though he has become a magistrate and is very busy every day, he still does not forget these things and still spends a lot of time on them.

"Oh, you, you have talent, but you just can't put it on the right path."

After hearing this, Yang Tinghe sighed again.

He couldn't be more clear about what kind of person his son is. He has talents, but in terms of being an official, to be honest, he is really far behind.

He worked so hard to get him the position of magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture. He didn't even cherish such a good position.

In places like Songjiang Mansion and Tianjin Mansion, it is easy to make achievements, but at the same time, if you do nothing, it is easy to appear that you are extremely mediocre and mediocre.

Big cities like Tianjin and Songhu are emerging industrial cities and modern cities.

Huge population flow, a large number of business exchanges, a large number of goods in and out, trade, etc., all of which mean that Tianjin and Songhu will have many problems and things that have never occurred before in history.

This naturally has higher requirements for the officials of the two places. It is impossible to say that like some other state capitals, they can do it easily by drinking tea and reading newspapers.

In places like Tianjin and Songhu, the magistrates and prefects must work hard to adapt to the development requirements of the new era. At the same time, more attention is paid to these two places. It is normal and should be done. If they do not do well , the above will also be impressive.

Yang Shen came to such a good place, it is not good to do it well, and he said that his ambition is not here, you want to be appreciated and promoted by Liu Jin, that is a dream.

Liu Jin has never appreciated a person's talent. No matter how good your article is, it is of no use to Liu Jin. He only sees whether you can benefit the people and do some practical and good things as an official.

Look at the officials of the practical faction in the court, Zhong Fan, Li Kun, Tong Rui, Fang Yongliang and others, not all of them are like this. In fact, they are very average in terms of talent, but they are often able to do some practical things, so Appreciated by Liu Jin, he was constantly promoted and promoted.

In terms of talent, Tang Yin, a great talent in the south of the Yangtze River, is also very talented, but he has been the governor of Hong Kong for many years and has a good relationship with Liu Jin, but he has never been promoted. This is Liu Jin's employment criteria.

"Yes, the boy will devote himself wholeheartedly to being an official in the future."

Yang Shen looked at his father, thought for a while and said as if he had made up his mind.

"Hmm~"

"You should learn more from Liu Jin. Although I am an official of the old school, I still admire him very much."

"Always remember that serving as an official will benefit one party, seek the well-being of the people, and do practical things!"

Only then did Yang Tinghe nod his head in satisfaction, and then he also warned that the old school must have no future, and it is better to switch to the practical school.

"Yes, Father!"

Yang Shen nodded solemnly.

While the two were discussing, someone hurriedly came forward and said, "Your Majesty is seriously ill!"

"what?"

"Your Majesty is seriously ill?"

When the two heard this, they were immediately dumbfounded. This Emperor Hongzhi was always in good health, so why did he suddenly become ill when he was fine?

PS: Ask for tickets, ask for tickets, Zhu Houzhao is finally going to be the emperor~
(End of this chapter)