My Portable Ming Dynasty

Chapter 95 Final Selection (Part 4)

"Wang Yongji?"

When Emperor Longqing heard Su Ze say this name, a figure appeared in his mind.

Emperor Longqing stood up and looked at the screen behind the throne. Next to Hai Rui's name, he saw the words "Wang Yongji".

When Hai Rui submitted the "Memorial on Public Security", Wang Yongji was a good friend of Hai Rui and almost submitted a joint memorial with Hai Rui, but was finally stopped by Hai Rui.

After Hai Rui was imprisoned, Wang Yongji helped Hai Rui despite the wrath of Emperor Jiajing.

After the death of Emperor Jiajing, Hai Rui and Wang Yongji were both reused. Wang Yongji was formerly the prefect of Huai'an. This year, he was rated as average in the Ministry of Personnel's assessment and was transferred back to the capital to serve as a Langzhong in the Ministry of Works. He was still on his way back to the capital.

As a good friend of Hai Rui, Wang Yongji's character needs no further explanation, and the censors were unable to impeach him.

The official position is just right, and the reputation is just right!

For the emperor, appointing Wang Yongji can also ensure that he can get the truth about the Dai Wang case.

In the imperial study, the four cabinet ministers all looked at Su Ze with different eyes.

Li Chunfang was relieved. Wang Yongji was a candidate acceptable to both the cabinet and the Ministry of Justice. Like Hai Rui, he was a loyal minister carefully selected by the late emperor!
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Li Chunfang hated court disputes the most. It would be best if Wang Yongji could be appointed to Datong to settle the disputes.

Gao Gong was satisfied.

Wang Yongji was not his disciple or old friend, but an official who was transferred back to Beijing, so the Ministry of Personnel did not count him.

Kedao could not object to the choice of Su Ze.

Wang Guoguang has a good reputation, but he cannot compare with Wang Yongji.

Do you dare to sign the "Public Security Memorial"?

Su Ze's talent in employing people is no less than his talent in discussing national affairs!

Moreover, in the case of Prince Dai, the emperor wants the truth. Wang Yongji, like Hai Rui, is a lone minister and can definitely tell the emperor the truth. He is truly the most suitable candidate!

There was a burning look in Zhang Juzheng's eyes.

Based on his understanding of Wang Yongji and Ming Dynasty vassal kings like the King of Dai, he will definitely be able to find out the problem if Wang Yongji goes to Datong!
King Dai has always been lawless in Datong, so it is too easy to find any problems!

As long as the people investigating the case are impartial, it is only a matter of time before the King of Dai is stripped of his fiefdom.

Now that the King of Dai has fallen, how far will the King of Liao be?

By then, the Deputy Censor of Huguang, Shi Duchen, would submit a memorial to expose the case of the King of Liao raping the county lady, and then send people to Jingzhou to investigate the case. After the case was confirmed, the Liao vassal would be eliminated according to the example of the King of Dai.

This is not only for the Zhang family's personal revenge, but also for the people of Jingzhou!

There was emotion in Zhao Zhenji's eyes.

The new generation pushes the old generation forward. Are the new scholars so powerful nowadays?

Su Ze was a lucky guy. When he was submitting a memorial to the emperor to remove Dai Fan, he met Zhu Juntang who was beating the drum to appeal for justice.

All we can say is that God destroyed the king!

Zhao Zhenji looked at Su Ze and thought of his second brother Zhao Mengji.

Zhao Mengji also passed the imperial examination and became a Gongshi that year, but because he was awarded the title of Shujishi in the previous exam, his younger brother Zhao Mengji was afraid of gossip, so he voluntarily gave up the palace examination and returned home to serve his parents.

Zhao Mengji never served as an official again, and Zhao Zhenji felt very guilty because he had delayed his brother's career.

His younger brother died seven years ago. Although his descendants were all educated, they had no achievements because of Zhao Mengji's family motto: as long as Zhao Zhenji was an official in the court, his descendants were not allowed to take exams and become officials.

Even when Zhao Zhenji asked the court to confer a title on one of his brother's sons, his brother refused to agree until his death.

His younger brother's eldest son had a daughter who was the right age for Su Ze. Zhao Zhenji looked at Gao Gong. Gao Gong also owed him a favor regarding the Datong matter, so he asked Gao Gong to try to be a matchmaker.

My Neijiang Zhao family is a wealthy family with a long history of scholars and a legacy of poetry and literature. My younger brother was able to pass the imperial examination and become a tribute scholar, and his granddaughter also has a strict family education.

Su Ze's eyes quickly swept over the four ministers, and then secretly looked at Emperor Longqing.

This was the first time he was ordered to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

Although I had seen the emperor before, it was always from afar during grand court meetings. This was the first time I saw him so close.

Longqing's complexion was indeed not very good.

"Then it will be Wang Yongji. Appoint Wang Yongji as the Assistant Chief Censor and inspect Datong."

With just one word from the emperor, Wang Yongji was promoted from the fifth rank to the fourth rank, but the cabinet ministers present all thought it was natural.

If they had not won three levels in a row, these cabinet ministers would have been promoted slowly according to their seniority and would never have reached the fifth rank until they died.

Becoming an official also depends on fate. When you get the opportunity, you will be promoted automatically without any effort.

If Wang Yongji does a good job on this mission, he will have more opportunities for promotion in the future.

Maybe I'll be able to catch up with Hai Rui's position soon.

After deciding on the most difficult candidate for the patrol case, Emperor Longqing felt much more relaxed. He looked at Su Ze and said:
"This whole thing was caused by you, this rascal. Now tell me how to deal with it."

Although the emperor said "scumbag", he had a smile on his face. The four cabinet ministers and the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department standing behind the emperor also smiled along, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Obviously this was an informal political inquiry.

Su Ze was not as relaxed as the emperor and the cabinet ministers. He had already had his own plan on how to deal with the issue of vassal kings.

The Dai Wang vassal state in Datong is the best experimental site.

The reason is very simple. First of all, the bloodline of King Dai is very far away from the royal family, and the emperor himself has no feelings for the lineage of King Dai.

Secondly, Datong is an important city in the Nine Borders, and the problem of the vassal kings is more urgent. This time the border chaos in Datong also made the emperor wary of the vassal kings in these border areas.

The last point is that King Dai really committed a crime.

Anyone who has worked in the system knows that if you don't violate discipline, even if your superiors dislike you, at most they will make you unemployed, and it will be difficult for them to completely bring you down.

But if you really make a mistake, even if you rely on your backers to keep your position for a while, you will still be held accountable in the future.

Once the crimes of attacking and killing clan members, exploiting the people, and occupying military settlements were proven, there would be no resistance to the king's abolition of the feudal system.

Su Ze looked at the emperor on the throne and said, "Since you, the emperor, have asked me about politics, I will tell you what I think."

If the emperor disagrees, the worst that can happen is that I can submit another memorial. Anyway, there are still two simulations of [Portable Ming Dynasty Court] in October.

If the emperor accepted, he would save one simulation.

Su Ze said:

"My suggestions for post-war settlement are threefold: 'Abolish the feudal vassal state, lift the imperial ban, and resume border settlements.'"

The emperor and all the ministers present nodded. Apart from the ban on the founding of the clan, the rest of the opinions were the cabinet's.

But when Su Ze finished speaking, the emperor and the cabinet ministers all frowned.

Why are these three points different from what the emperor’s cabinet expected?

Li Chunfang frowned again, but Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up!
Li Chunfang sighed secretly, Su Ze was indeed a lawless monkey. He had just left the Five Finger Mountain and was about to start making trouble again!

If this goes on, my old bones won’t be able to take it anymore. Should I just resign?
(End of this chapter)