Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 177 Yang Lian, the smartest person in the world
Five days later, Jin Yiwei was sent to prison.

Yang Lian stood in the cell, looking at the bright moon through the window.

His prediction before the death remonstrance was correct.The emperor kept his note and did not publish it.Officials of the strict party attacked him together, and impeached Yang Lian for framing Zhongliang.

On the first day, Emperor Jiajing's desk received 65 papers to impeach Yang Lian.

The next day, 83 letters.On the third day, 190 six letters.On the fourth day, 280 eight letters.On the fifth day, 340 six letters. . . .The strict party seems to want to drown Yang Lian, who is ignorant of current affairs, with the book.

All the ministers went up to participate in the impeachment of Yang Lian, and Emperor Jiajing had to say something.He asked He Liu to take Yang Lian and put him in prison.

Lao Hu is now directing Zuoqian's affairs in front of Jin Yiwei, and concurrently in charge of thousands of households.The Imperial Prison is now his domain.Yang Lian entered the imperial prison, but he didn't suffer much.

"Crack." The cell door opened.

Lao Hu carried a big food box, and He Liu walked into the cell with two bottles of wine.

"Master Yang, it's time to eat! I got two bottles of Xiliang wine, let's have a few glasses." Old Hu said.

He Liu rolled his eyes at Lao Hu: "These two bottles of wine were given to you by my wife, but you would borrow flowers to present Buddha!"

Yang Lian said with a smile on his face: "I'm not a Buddha, I'm just a dying person."

The food and wine are set up.The three drank happily.

He Liudao: "Brother Yang, I've been thinking these days, what's wrong with this world? Good has become evil, and evil has become good. Corrupt officials are in high positions, but real honest officials are in jail."

Lao Hu said from the side: "Lao Liu is right. These days, killing people and setting fire to gold belts, repairing bridges and repairing roads without corpses. Yan Song and his son have done so many bad things over the years, and in the end they are still chief assistants and cabinet members."

Yang Lian took a sip of his wine: "I hope that my death can bring the world's vigilance, so that the world can see the true colors of Yan Song and his son."

He Liudao: "Brother Yang, don't worry. You can't die. First, the emperor knows in his heart whether you are loyal or traitor. His old man will not order to kill a loyal minister. Second, the imperial prison is our own territory. You are locked in In the imperial prison, the dogs of the Yan family have no chance to send someone to assassinate you."

Yang Lian said with a smile: "Today we had a good time drinking this wine. Mr. He and Mr. Hu. You two are telling the truth. Do you think I am too stupid?"

He Liu sighed: "Brother Yang, in front of an upright person like you, I dare not tell lies. Yes, I think you are a bit stupid. No one will respond to your booklet even if it is accepted. .If you did die because of it, your death would be worthless."

Lao Hu also said: "Although Lao Liu's words are not pleasant, they are reasonable. How do you literati write? Yes, the mayfly shakes the tree! You are the mayfly, and the corrupt officials of the strict party are the big tree. "

Yang Lian stood up suddenly: "Oh, you all misunderstood me! In fact, what I want is to impeach me from the strict party! What I want is to fill the emperor's desk with a letter of envoy Yang Lian's slander of Zhongliang! I ask you , the emperors of all dynasties, what are they most afraid of?"

Old Hu said: "Of course I am most afraid of the rebellion of my courtiers."

Yang Lian nodded: "That's right! But nowadays, no one dares to rebel. Today, the Holy Majesty is not afraid of the greed of his ministers. Heh, Yan Song's greed is famous all over the world. How could he not know. What the Holy Majesty fears most is the power of his ministers." The tail is too big to lose, one day, the power of the minister is greater than the power of the monarch! Let me tell you, Yan Song, an old fox, has been in power for decades, but this time, he made a fatal mistake!"

He Liu asked: "What's wrong?"

Yang Lian laughed and said: "He shouldn't have ordered so many officials to impeach me! Before I went to prison, I received a message from my close friend Wang Shizhen. He said that Yan Shifan had already released officials from the capital, provinces, provinces, prefectures, and counties. That's it. If you don't impeach Yang Lian, you are making an enemy of Yan Shoufu! If you impeach Yang Lian, you are Yan Shoufu's own person! Just watch, in a few days, the main hall of Yongshou Palace will be filled with ginseng. The memorial to impeach me! The Holy Majesty will find that, as I said, there is no one in the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty, except King Yu, who is not afraid of Yan Song!"

Yang Lian's words woke He Liu up.

Could it be that Yang Lian wanted to use his own death to show the Holy Majesty that the Strict Party was powerful enough to threaten the monarchy?
He Liu put down his wine glass, and said in surprise, "Brother Yang Shi, I understand! That letter to impeach you is actually a reminder for Yan Song and his son!"

Yan Song's mansion is holding a banquet.All present here are the cadres of the strict party.

Yan Song was getting old, and his son Yan Shifan always presided over the banquets in the mansion.

Yan Shifan raised his wine glass and said happily: "From the capital to the local area, nearly a thousand memorials to impeach Yang Lian have been delivered to the emperor these days! Even if we drown Yang Lian with the papers, we will drown Yang Lian!"

Yan Maoqing, a member of the strict party, said: "Oh, Yang Lian really doesn't know how to live or die! How dare he join the old man and the young man! Isn't he a dead remonstrance? Let's fulfill his wish and let him die!"

Luo Longwen, Yan Shifan's aide, said: "Yang Lian must die! Only by killing him can the people of the world understand that there is no good end to going against Mr. Ge and Mr. Ge!"

Yan Shifan laughed and said: "Thousands of papers are asking the emperor to kill Yang Lian. I don't believe that the emperor will not listen to the words of the ministers!"

After the banquet was over, Yan Shifan went into his father's study.

Yan Song is writing a word.

"Father, that fellow Yang Lian will definitely not survive. Zhu Zaihou, Xu Jie, Gao Gong and the others still expect Yang Lian's tricks to hurt father. Oh, wishful thinking!" Yan Shifan said.

Yan Song didn't answer, just immersed himself in writing.

After finishing writing, Yan Song sighed: "Shifan, you also deserve the name of Prince Yu? Don't forget, he is the emperor's only son, the heir apparent of Ming Dynasty!"

Yan Shifan lowered his voice, and said: "Father, if King Yu succeeds to the throne smoothly, will our Yan family still have a way out? Fortunately, our Daming doesn't have to be a prince to succeed to the throne! Wasn't the present Majesty the prince of Xingxian before?"

Yan Song looked at his son with a look of fear: "Speak carefully!"

Yan Shifan said: "Father, more than half of the officials in the world are ours! The thousands of memorials to impeach Yang Lian this time are enough to prove how powerful we are. To overthrow King Yu, the emperor Long Yu It is by no means a fantasy to support a monarch who will reuse our Yan family after his death..."

The old fox Yan Song slapped his head when he heard this: "It's broken! Shifan, we were careless this time and made a huge mistake!"

Yan Shifan asked: "What's wrong?"

Yan Song didn't answer his son's words.

Originally, what Yan Song thought was to let the officials of his own party use hundreds of memorials to force the emperor to kill Yang Lian.This is called killing chickens to scare monkeys.He wanted to use Yang Lian's death to tell the world not to stroke my Yan Song's beard.

He overlooked a point. "Forcing" the emperor to kill?The wisdom of the Holy One is the best in the world.Thousands of memorials are telling the emperor: Our strict party is now all over the world.Some things, you have to listen to me, the chief minister of the cabinet!

Will the emperor allow a cabinet minister who is powerful enough to "force" him to kill people to exist in the court?

Yan Song took a deep breath: "Shifan, immediately send someone to tell the governors, Taoist prefectures, and our people in the prefectures and counties to stop doing Zhezi Shenyang Lian."

Yan Shifan asked, "Why?"

Yan Song sighed: "Hey, if you don't want your father to be decapitated, tell them to stop impeaching Yang Lian! Perhaps, we have already been fooled by Yang Lian! Yang Lian is by no means a fool. It is possible, He is the smartest person in the world, our most terrifying opponent!"

(End of this chapter)