Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 127 Yan Shifan becomes Shunfeng’s little brother
Entering the Wanshou Palace, Wang Daoqiu and the four cabinet ministers knelt down and bowed to Emperor Jiajing in accordance with the etiquette.Then the four cabinet bachelors stood in a row in front of Emperor Jiajing, preparing to report on the government affairs. Wang Daoqiu, the servant, went to stand next to Emperor Jiajing, subordinate to Lu Fang.

At the beginning of the court meeting, Wang Daoqiu was still an old Chinese medicine doctor with the same formula, and he didn't say a word about most things.Just insert a sentence or two on some key issues to give some hints to Emperor Jiajing and the four great bachelors in the cabinet.

Wang Daoqiu had previously been familiar with those in the library and later analyzes of various social phenomena in the Ming Dynasty.As well as the development of the world's political economy after the Ming Dynasty, every one of his insights can see the essence through the phenomenon, and every solution he gives is a bright feeling for the four cabinet ministers and Emperor Jiajing.

Facing Wang Daoqiu's genius, Emperor Jiajing, Yan Song and other three cabinet ministers were fine. They just lamented how there could be such a monster in this world.When the second assistant Xia Yan faced Wang Daoqiu's genius, he was sweating profusely.Xia Yan has always been confident that his brain is much better than that of the toady Yan Song. Now he is just unlucky and has made Emperor Jiajing unhappy.After some time, Emperor Jiajing's anger subsided, and he would still let Xia Yan serve as his chief minister.After all, in terms of governing the country, he, Xia Yan, is much better than the flatterer Yan Song.

But now, now, Emperor Jiajing has a monster like Wang Daoqiu beside him. Wang Daoqiu sees the problem with such depth and has the method to solve it.Then what did Emperor Jiajing want Xia Yan to do?
All Xia Yan's self-confidence and pride come from his belief that he is irreplaceable and that the emperor and government cannot do without his wisdom.But now that the emperor has Wang Daoqiu by his side, does Xia Yan still have any use for him?No, no, I must let the emperor see my role. I cannot be driven back to the countryside to become a country bumpkin.

Thinking about the miserable life without power and the strong sense of crisis, Xia Yan's legs began to shake as he stood there. He also secretly felt cruel in his heart, so he ignored his conscience and went to plan something big with Zeng Mian!Anyway, those ant-like unscrupulous people sacrificed their lives and fortunes for the great achievements of the big shots.

Since ancient times, in this country where flowers are grown, the fate of unscrupulous people has always been the "price" in what the big shots said when they spoke boldly and boldly: "We will do whatever it takes." .Yes, from ancient times to the present, the humble life of the flower-growing and unscrupulous people has been regarded as the "price" that can be taken "at any time" by the big shots. In layman's terms, it means that one general will achieve great success and ten thousand bones will wither.Therefore, it is the best benevolent government for the people if the court does not make any fuss or make great achievements.

Xia Yan made a vicious decision in his heart, sacrificing the well-being of the people all over the world, to strive for a "great" moment for him, Xia Yan.This time, the imperial prelude took the opportunity to discuss the issue of candidates for the Literary Selection Department and the Examination Department of the Ministry of Personnel.

Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet, talked a lot about the importance of these two positions, and then he reported to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, the responsibility of the Literary Selection Department and the Examination Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is to select officials for the country. , therefore these two positions are very important. The imperial court has always been very cautious about the candidates for these two positions. It did not dare to hide this from Your Majesty. After being on duty for this matter yesterday, Shizhong Wang even went to the old minister's house to consult on this matter. The opinion of the veteran. In the end, I and Wang Shizhong discussed and agreed that the two of us would jointly recommend to Your Majesty the two Hanlins of the Hanlin Academy, Gao Gong and Gaoyi, to be responsible for the Literary Selection Department and the Civil Service Examination Department respectively. And this matter was just discussed in the palace. While waiting for His Majesty's summons in front of the door, the old minister also discussed with the other three ministers in the cabinet. On this matter, the second assistant Xia Yan was noncommittal and did not express an opinion. The other two ministers in the cabinet expressed their agreement to recommend it to His Majesty. High arch, high instrument.”

"I am willing to recommend Gao Gong and Gao Yi."

As soon as Yan Song finished speaking, Xia Yan stood there without moving, while the other two cabinet ministers went out to join Yan Song in recommending Gao Gong and Gao Yi to Emperor Jiajing.

After the two cabinet ministers agreed, before Emperor Jiajing could speak, Yan Song knelt down again and continued: "I dare not hide it from your majesty. I apologize to your majesty. The Department of Literary Selection and the Department of Examination of the Civil Service, these two positions are very important. , so much so that he was rumored to be one of the five fat men in the imperial court behind his back, and he was eager for it. The old minister's unlucky one, now the young minister of Taichang Temple, Yan Shifan, saw this personnel adjustment in the staff department, and he thought in vain. Choose one of them. The old minister was confused for a moment, and under his various entanglements, he failed to keep his public conscience and agreed to recommend it to him. "

"Last night when Wang Shizhong came to the old minister's house to discuss this matter, the old minister recommended Yan Shifan to Wang Shizhong, but Wang Shizhong sternly rejected him on the grounds that Yan Shifan had misbehaved. At that time, Yan Shifan was eavesdropping on the conversation between the old minister and Wang Shizhong at the door. After he heard that Wang Shizhong said that he was of bad conduct and refused to recommend him, he rushed in angrily, insulted Wang Shizhong, and was kicked out by the old minister. Your Majesty, the old minister is the head of the court. The assistants and all the officials set an example, but it is unfair, and they are favoritism for my son, please issue a decree to punish. At the same time, the minister is not afraid of the minister as the chief assistant, insisting on principles and fairness in selecting officials for the country, please submit an order to reward."

Damn it, there is such a big inside story here, and old Yan Song dared to expose it, which made everyone stupid at this time.But Wang Daoqiu was grateful for Yan Song's good intentions at this time.Yan Song burned Wang Daoqiu's protégé last night, and now he is doing this in front of the emperor. He undoubtedly wants to tell the emperor and the cabinet ministers that Wang Daoqiu is not a strict party, so as to prevent future troubles.

Wang Daoqiu was grateful to Yan Song in his heart, and decided in his heart that he must protect his Bole when Yan Song fell.

Just when Wang Daoqiu was thinking about these messy things, Lu Fang tugged at the corner of Wang Daoqiu's clothes and licked his lips towards Emperor Jiajing, signaling Wang Daoqiu to come over to Emperor Jiajing to reply.After being reminded by Lu Fang, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly walked to Emperor Jiajing's side in small steps, lowered his head and put his face into Emperor Jiajing's mouth, waiting for a reply.

When Wang Daoqiu Gong's face was close to his, Emperor Jiajing whispered softly: "If you don't go to the official official department, Yu Maojian, why are you going to Yan Song?"

The internal servants interacted with the foreign ministers, which really made Emperor Jiajing suspicious in this regard.So in the face of Emperor Jiajing's suspicion, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly explained in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I went to the chief minister's house last night, not to ask the chief minister for instructions on the affairs of the staff, but to deliver gifts according to the order. .”

Give a gift by order!This wording is quite inappropriate!However, Wang Daoqiu said these four words, and now Emperor Jiajing also remembered that he had indeed said yesterday that he asked Wang Daoqiu to back up the generous gift and thank Yan Song for his help.

After understanding the reason why Wang Daoqiu went to Yan's Mansion, Emperor Jiajing lost all doubts and asked in a calm tone: "You can just give gifts when you go to Yan's Mansion. Why did you conflict with Yan Shifan again? What happened specifically? , you tell me."

Emperor Jiajing asked about the conflict between him and Yan Shifan last night. Wang Daoqiu brewed his emotions and replied calmly: "To answer your Majesty, this is what happened. Last night, I prepared a landscape painting by Li Cheng of the Northern Song Dynasty, and told him Governor Lu borrowed 3000 taels of silver notes. He planned to give Li Cheng’s painting to Yan Shoufu, and 3000 taels of silver to Yan Shifan. But when he arrived at Shoufu’s place, Master Shoufu talked about government affairs with his ministers, and even involved officials Regarding the selection of candidates for the Wenxuan Division and the Ministry of Officials' Examination of Merit, Lord Shoufu told me at the time that his son Yan Shifan was interested in those two positions, and asked if I could recommend him to the emperor. Your Majesty, what kind of virtue is Yan Shifan? You also know. If Yan Shifan gets the right to select officials, and the minister and the Chief Assistant will support him behind his back, will there be justice in my officialdom in Ming Dynasty from now on?"

"So when I heard that the Chief Assistant asked me to help him recommend his son Yan Shifan, I was frightened at that time. I hurriedly knelt down and begged the Chief Assistant. This must not be done. At that time, I also cited Yan Shifan's past. He did some evil deeds and said some mean words about Yan Shifan's character. This angered Yan Shifan, who was eavesdropping at the door at the time. He rushed in angrily and insulted his ministers. Later, the chief minister was a gentleman and a righteous man. , I didn't care about the minister insulting his son, so he severely reprimanded his son Shifan and drove him out."

oh!So, after listening to Wang Daoqiu's explanation, Emperor Jiajing understood and did not blame Wang Daoqiu and Yan Song.If Wang Daoqiu didn't say anything, there was nothing wrong at all.As for Yan Song, this man was a well-known virtuous husband and loving father. Everyone in the country knew that Emperor Jiajing would not be able to scold Yan Song harshly for his decades-old habit of doting on his son.

So about this matter, Emperor Jiajing thought for a while and said: "It's not a decent thing, so don't spread it to the outside world. Yan Shoufu and Wang Aiqing are deeply important officials of the court, and impartial governance is a matter of duty, and I will not reward it. It's just that Yan Shifan, in the past, I saw how tolerant he was in the face of Mr. Shoufu, but I didn't expect him to be so greedy. Well, I was wrong in the past, because I didn't know people well. Isn't Yan Shifan Do you not like the position of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple? Well, Yan Shifan will be transferred to the pedestrian department as a pedestrian from tomorrow! Move your legs and feet more, and save his brain from thinking wildly all day long."

"On behalf of my ministers, I thank the Lord for his kindness."

Emperor Jiajing was really a master of troublemaking, so if Yan Shifan fell into his hands, he could only admit that he was unlucky.The Taichang Temple Shaoqing who was a good fourth-rank official in charge of national rites and music suddenly became an eighth-rank official, responsible for transmitting documents between various central departments, and acting as a human telephone and human fax machine.

You can imagine how furious Yan Shifan was when he received this appointment.Thinking of Yan Shifan's misfortune, Wang Daoqiu smiled unkindly.

(End of this chapter)