prosperous age

Chapter 433 Chapter 432 Regional Discrimination
Zhou Yan, styled Nanqiao and nicknamed Yanshan, was born in Jishui County, Jiangxi Province.

Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing, awarded county magistrate, Li Bingke gave Shizhong, exiled Suzhou Tongjuan, doctor of Nanjing Ministry of officials, promoted to Guangdong Zuobu political envoy, Annan campaign and pacified Yazhou Limin uprising, all praised painting merits, promoted to the right Vice capital censor and governor Yingtian.

Later, he entered the Ministry of War as the right servant, admiral of the military affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was changed to the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment.

He died in the government in the 40th year of Jiajing at the age of 63. He was gifted to the crown prince Taibao with the posthumous posthumous title of Jiansu.Zhou Yan is straightforward and straightforward, he is honest and honest, and he is respected by scholars.

Zhou Yan died while in office, and directly vacated the official position of Zuodu Yushi in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This is a second-rank official position, just like Shangshu, and its status is even higher than that of some ministers.

Although Zhou Yan's health has long been known to the officialdom, no one thought that he would die of illness and take office. Emperor Jiajing was also a little surprised, because he hadn't figured out who to replace Zhou Yan, otherwise he wouldn't have been delayed until now, and he would have been approved a long time ago. Memorial to the official.

The Department of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not ordinary, it is a powerful role to check and balance the officials.

Although he already had several candidates in mind, he was still in the stage of deliberation. Now that the Zhou family had sent someone to report the funeral, Emperor Jiajing naturally couldn't drag it on any longer.

Everyone is dragging away, so what are you dragging on.

"Decree to the cabinet to give Zhou Yushi a posthumous title, um, there is also a recommended successor."

Emperor Jiajing gave instructions to Huang Jin beside him.

"According to the order."

Huang Jin agreed, and when Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes and meditated, he walked to the gate of the palace, beckoned an eunuch to give some instructions, and then the eunuch trotted away to the gate of Yongshou Palace, and he returned to the palace, standing beside Emperor Jiajing .

Wenyuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City, at this time Xu Jie stepped into Yan Song's value room.

"Shoufu."

Xu Jie cupped his hands to Yan Song.

"Huating is here, sit down."

Yan Song looked at Xu Jie with his yellow eyes and said.

"Master Shoufu, I'm here to ask, when will you go to the Zhou Mansion to express your condolences, I plan to go there in a while."

Xu Jie sat under Yan Song's head and said to him.

"Today's memorial is almost done, let's go together later."

Zhou Yan worked as Zuodu Yushi for seven years, and worked with them for seven years.

In the past seven years, there have been ups and downs, and courtiers have been promoted continuously, and some people have been sadly resigned, but whenever he sees the ministers of the court and the central government leaving office due to health reasons, Yan Song can't help but think of himself, and this time he died directly in office. Thinking of his own age, Yan Song couldn't tell what it was like.

Yan Song's body is not as healthy as it looks on the surface. After all, he is [-] years old and his body functions are declining. That is to say, his family knows his own family affairs and is taking medicine to recuperate him. Outsiders seem to be doing well.

Reluctant to become an official, Yan Song certainly didn't want to let go of the power he had finally acquired, but it was because Emperor Jiajing didn't want to let go.

A few years ago, Yan Song had already planned to withdraw from the court, but was rejected by the emperor.

But now, he didn't dare to retreat even if he wanted to.

Without him, the son has made too many enemies.

All the political opponents who really fought with him have been killed by him, and most of the remaining ones are set up by Yan Shifan. If he loses his power, he dare not think about the consequences.

Even now, he has seen Emperor Jiajing's backhand, Yuan Wei.

From Yuan Wei, he vaguely saw what he looked like back then.

If the emperor wants it, he will give it, and try his best to give it.

The emperor's needs were met as much as possible, and he tried his best to meet them.

Today, the news of Zhou Yan's death inevitably made him feel sad.

Just when the two were silent, footsteps sounded outside the door, and someone from Zhongshushe walked quickly outside Yan Song's room with a memorial in his hand.

"Report to the two pavilion elders, Jiangxi urgently reports."

A voice came from outside the door, breaking the silence in the house.

"Bring it in."

Yan Song said.

When Zhongshu entered the room, he asked again, "What's going on in Jiangxi?"

"There were riots in Anyuan County and Longnan County, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and mobs gathered to attack the county towns. Jiangxi Yushi Gu impeached Ganzhou Prefecture and the county magistrates for improper handling."

The Zhongshu replied hastily.

"Rebellion again?"

Gathering a crowd to attack the county seat was no different from a rebellion. Xu Jie got up and took the memorial from Zhongshu, flipped through it, and handed it to Yan Song after a quick glance.

Yan Song took the playbook in his hand but didn't rush to read it, since he knew the general content, it didn't make much difference whether he read it or not.

"Last month, Huang Qijian, a Chaoshan bandit in Guangdong, and thousands of refugees robbed Haifeng, Jieshi, Guishan and other counties, broke through Jiazimen's thousand households, and killed hundreds of household officials and governor Fuyan officials.

Chaozhou Mansion, Ganzhou Mansion, and Tingzhang Mansion are all rooted in the rebel Zhang Lian. "

Yan Song said suddenly.

The four prefectures he just mentioned belong to Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi respectively, which are the sites where Fujian rebel Zhang Lian is active.

"We can only let Governor Hu arrange it as soon as possible, and wipe out the rebels as soon as possible to stabilize the world."

Of course Xu Jie understood that after knowing that there was a rebellion in Fujian, the cabinet also consulted the map, and when he heard Yan Song's words at this time, he knew how to vote.

"Well, come on."

Yan Song nodded and said to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie took the memorial from Yan Song and went to the book case, where he directly drafted the ticket, and when he was done, he handed it to Yan Song to watch.

This time, Yan Song didn't just receive it in his hand without reading it like before. He opened the memorial and carefully read the draft drafted by Xu Jie before closing it again. Zou Shuli, and send it directly to the palace in a while."

Xu Jie stood on one side with his hands behind his back, waiting for the matter here to be dealt with, he looked at the sky, it was still early, and at this time, he didn't know how many officials there were condolences from the Zhou Mansion, so he was going to take his leave and go back to his own Check the room to see how many official duties have not been dealt with in time.

At this time, a eunuch at the gate of Wenyuan Pavilion walked in quickly.

At the end of Shenshi, the sun is about to set on the horizon, leaving only a sliver of sunset to illuminate the sky.

The sedan chairs of Yan Song and Xu Jie had arrived not far from Zhou Yan's mansion, but at this time there were many sedan chairs parked on the street, and the road was already somewhat congested.

But after all, they are the first and second assistants, after the entourage carried out the Gelaofu sign, a way was finally cleared in the crowded street.

Zhou Yan's mansion is not considered magnificent, and the street in front of the gate is also narrow. It is hard to imagine that this is the mansion of the current second-rank official.

Yan Song and Xu Jie got off the sedan chair, stood in front of the gate for a while, and were invited in by Zhou Yan's family.

When the two entered, it happened that Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng came out after expressing their condolences. When they saw the two elders coming over, they naturally hurriedly bowed their hands in salute.

It was just a few simple greetings, and then Xu Jie asked Zhang Juzheng to wait for him outside, and then he had something to say to him, but Yan Song just glanced at Wei Guangde but didn't say anything, and then the two walked into the hastily built mourning hall, But Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng bid farewell to the people of Zhou Mansion and left Zhou Mansion on their own.

"If you have to wait for your teacher, I won't accompany you."

Wei Guangde said to Zhang Juzheng with a smile, he had something to say when Xu Jie asked Zhang Juzheng to wait for him outside when he met the two Ge elders.

At this time, after Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng said goodbye, they walked along the street in front of the gate, looking for their own carriage.

At this time the road was already congested, not only the cars and sedan chairs, but the officials' coachmen, bearers and attendants were standing around at random, making it difficult for Wei Guangde to get up quickly.

Wei Guangde didn't go very far when he was caught up by a well-dressed servant from behind.

"Mr. Yan Ge said something to tell me?"

Seeing that the man was dressed in the style of Yan Fu, but when he met Yan Song before, he didn't say anything, but just glanced at himself before leaving.

Although suspicious, Wei Guangde agreed.

"I'll go and talk to my coachman before I follow you."

Wei Guangde said to the man, then they went forward, found the carriage and talked to the driver Li San before going back.

After waiting outside the Zhou Mansion for another quarter of an hour, Wei Guangde saw Yan Song and Xu Jie walking out of the Zhou Mansion one after the other. Yan Song's sedan chair was on the left side of the Zhou Mansion gate, while Xu Jie's was on the right. After the two left, Yan Song Go to the sedan chair.

After Wei Guangde saluted, he thought that Yan Song would let him go if he just said a few words to him, but unexpectedly Yan Song said: "Get on the sedan chair, let's talk inside."

Although Wei Guangde was surprised, he didn't refuse, he just told the Yan family next to him to inform his coachman to follow Yan Song into the sedan chair.

Yan Song's big sedan chair was carried eight times, perhaps in order to show the aura of Mr. Shoufu, the sedan chair was also made larger than usual, and Wei Guangde did not seem crowded when he followed it.

After getting on the sedan chair, Wei Guangde was a little cautious, and he didn't know how to speak, when he heard Yan Song say in his ears: "Shan Loan, you haven't come to my house for some time."

"Ge Lao Rong Bing, it really is."

Wei Guangde was interrupted by Yan Song before he finished speaking: "Needless to say, everyone knows in their hearts that it may be strange for me to ask you to come here this time, isn't it?"

Wei Guangde didn't know how to answer the words, indeed he didn't know what to say now, after all they belonged to different camps.

"Zhou Yan is gone, and Wu Shan's resignation is a foregone conclusion. It depends on when His Majesty will let him return to his hometown to retire. When I return to my hometown, I'm afraid that my husband, the official minister, will come to an end, and only Lei Li will be left in the court. I don't know how many years I can stay in the Ministry of Industry?"

Yan Song suddenly started rambling on, counting the current Qiqing people.

A few years ago, when Yan Song was at the height of his power, nearly half of the six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were from Jiangxi, and most of the rest were promoted by him, Yan Song, which is really a bit like the early Ming Dynasty.

And now?

Yan Song has been an official for many years, but he still doesn't notice that his power is dissipating little by little.

It may be the law of heaven that prosperity will decline, and whether it will be prosperous or not.

"Calling you here is nothing more than talking to you, nagging you, you are Jiujiang"

"Pengze people."

Wei Guangde hastily added.

"Well, so you will always have the imprint of Jiangxi on your body. They all say that we Jiangxi people love to hug each other. Why don't they, but they have no skills, can't get on the stage and can only be sour at the bottom."

The big sedan chair swayed slightly, Wei Guangde also swayed slightly, and Yan Song's voice kept coming from his ears.

"Before Xia Gongjin and the old man came up, under the deliberate suppression of Jiao Fang and Liu Jin, it was very difficult for me Jiangxi scholars to ascend to the high position in the imperial court, and it was not until Xia Gongjin ascended the throne of the chief assistant.

I also know that many people in Jiangxi say that I killed Duke Xia, but how do they know the secret, how can I have the ability to kill him, and he has already retired from his post and returned to his hometown. In fact, it was Lu Bing and Lu Wenfu who killed him. "

Xia Yan's death, in the eyes of many people in Jiangxi, was Yan Song's hand, but now, according to what Yan Song said, he just sent people to the field and then stopped, and then Lu Bing told Emperor Jiajing What words caused Xia Yan to be beheaded.

However, to Wei Guangde, these are really not a big deal. After all, people have been dead for more than ten years, so what's the point of pursuing it.

"I'll tell you this. I don't know if you feel it. Many people in the court deliberately target us Jiangxi people. After we old people leave their jobs, how good fortune can the rest of you have will depend on own."

Wei Guangde nodded slightly when he heard the words, and understood what Yan Song meant.

Regardless of the truth or falsehood, Yan Song's words did reveal a fact, that is, Jiangxi officials are somewhat excluded in the current court.

Regional discrimination, it seems that later generations also have it, such as Henan.

Think about it, too. In the early Ming Dynasty, many high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China were really from Jiangxi. As for the reason, apart from their own abilities, perhaps the mutual recommendation between officials was also an important reason.

After all, in the first few generations of emperors, the imperial power was relatively stable, and there was no such thing as power falling apart.

"It's a good thing that you have entered the submerged body of King Yu. At least you can shelter other Jiangxi people from the wind and rain, and you have a chance to be recommended. I don't know how long I can sit here. If you are familiar with me, you might as well choose and choose for me."

Wei Guangde didn't know how to get off Yan Song's sedan chair, he just felt the buzzing in his head, and his mind was still a mess when he was sitting in his own carriage.

After Wei Guangde got home, he went directly into his study and began to sort out the information he got from Yan Song today.

Yan Song's resignation seems to have begun the countdown, and he himself has already expected it.

Want to get closer to King Yu through yourself?

It was late, Wei Guangde knew it, and Yan Song knew it too.

Then he said those words to himself for the future of Jiangxi scholars?
Wei Guangde felt that maybe half of the reason was because he hoped that when his Yan family was liquidated, someone would help him.

In any case, Wei Guangde's status in Prince Yu's Mansion is not low, and he is still very important to King Yu.

Yan Song handed him an olive branch in the sedan chair, that is to ask him to draw up a list of trusted people, and he can help promote these people during his last time as chief assistant.

Before he knew it, rice paper had been laid out on the table in front of Wei Guangde. He looked at the pen on the eye pen mountain, and after thinking about it, he picked up the pen and began to write. The first name was Lao Kan, who is now the head of the criminal department.
At noon the next day, Xiyuan sent the imperial decree of Emperor Jiajing to the cabinet, Zhou Yan gifted the crown prince Taibao with the posthumous posthumous title of Jiansu.

Along with this posthumous decree, the appointment of Zuodu Yushi was issued, and Pan En, a native of Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, Nanzhili, was appointed as Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Gossip also came out, this time the Zuodu Censor recommended, the first assistant Yan Song and the second assistant Xu Jie both recommended people, and finally Emperor Jiajing chose Xu Jie's recommendation.

(End of this chapter)