Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 165

The impeachment of all officials in the south of the Yangtze River is tantamount to offending the entire officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River. Yang Wencong was not only surprised, but also frightened.

But after Yang Chao's explanation, he became excited instead of hesitant.

Because what Yang Chao said really made him very tempted. Is it worth fighting against the Jiangnan officialdom in exchange for the emperor's trust?
While Yang Wencong was still hesitating, Feng Kezong had already acted.

Feng Kezong approached Yang Chao before Yang Wencong, hoping that Yang Chao would help use his connections so that some civil officials in the south of the Yangtze River could write letters to the emperor to gain credit for him.

This time the negotiation with the scholar was nominally to appease the scholar. Feng Kezong was also a participant. Although he was blown away by the scholar in the end, he was still involved in appeasement. The literati wrote letters one by one, either to impeach Tian Wan or to fight for merit. Feng Kezong didn't want people to be hacked by his credit.

The town appeasement envoy promised to repay him for him, and he has already reported it. There is no mistake in this point, but Feng Kezong still hopes to get the recommendation of the civil servants, because this time the appeasement is still dominated by the civil officials, so the recommendation of the civil officials is more convincing.

But Yang Chao stopped him, not only told him not to ask civil servants for help, but also asked him to write a letter to impeach civil servants for incompetence, connive at the scholars for smashing the town governor, and demand that the emperor punish civil officials and scholars.

Yang Chao felt that the so-called appeasement might have merit on the surface, but secretly oppressed the emperor in the end. The emperor was not happy. What should the emperor do with these civil officials? Even the responsible censor will make up for the past and let go of the past.

But for Jin Yiwei, who is close to the emperor's army, their honor and disgrace are just a word from the emperor, and they still have to take care of the emperor's feelings. At this time, Feng Kezong asked the civil servants to ask for credit for him, which is tantamount to committing suicide.

After Yang Chao explained the truth to Feng Kezong, Feng Kezong was terrified, and immediately acted according to Yang Chao's request.

As a result, the emperor soon saw a different memorial, which was the secret guard of a Jinyiwei family in Nanjing. It was reported through the Zhen Fusi newspaper. The content of the memorial was quite different from those of the civil officials, almost singing the opposite tune.

In the civil official's memorial, they were not talking about how they did their best to appease the scholar this time, or they were impeaching Tian Wan. Obviously, they were all trying to grab credit.

But this Jinyiwei Qianhu is not like this, but the analysis is clear and logical, saying that if the civil servants did not deal with it improperly this time, the scholars would not be able to make trouble at all, and implore the emperor to punish the incompetent civil officials and the lawless scholars.

Chongzhen burned this secret memorial after reading it, but he remembered the name of Feng Kezong, a thousand households of Jinyiwei.

As a result, Tian Wan was dismissed soon, and at the same time as Tian Wan was dismissed, the governor of Nanzhen Fusi was also dismissed because of his involvement, and it was Feng Kezong who succeeded the governor.

Feng Kezong's success finally made Yang Wencong make up his mind.

He also operated secretly, dragged a classmate who was working in Beijing, and handed over his memorial to the emperor.

As a result, after the emperor read it, he was really refreshed, and it was extremely conspicuous among the documents of meritorious service and impeachment in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yang Wencong first impeached all the officials inappropriately, which caused the scholars to make a fuss and couldn't deal with it. In the end, although he managed to appease the scholars, if he dealt with it properly at the beginning, the scholars would not be popular at all. Even though the disturbance has appeased the scholars, he has lost the prestige of the court. .

Yang Wencong impeached Jiangnan's Ministry of Rites, Ministry of War, Yingtianfu, Tixuedao and other related yamen, even the censor. He bluntly said that they, as officials, could not write impartially and directly, which would be detrimental to the country.

At the end of the memorial, Yang Wencong impeached himself, saying that when the scholars were making trouble in the county government, he did not make up his mind to take the action of a strong man cutting off his wrists and arresting the troublemakers one by one. As a result, the scholars became more and more courageous and almost lost control. , asked the court to punish him, remove him from his official position, and told the emperor that if the court did not punish him, he would resign from office.

As a result, the emperor not only did not let Feng Kezong resign, but instead issued an order to appease him, and his memorial was not published in the residence newspaper, and no one else saw it, which made Yang Wencong heave a sigh of relief.

Yang Wencong was afraid that the emperor would let his memorial be recorded in the Dibao, so that all officials in the south of the Yangtze River could see it. At that time, he would offend everyone, so how could he gain a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River.

But now the emperor kept the memorial, obviously to protect him, and then lowered his middle finger to praise him and appease him. Obviously, the emperor already knew him and was very satisfied with what he did.

Yang Wencong had to lament that Yang Chao was a first-class expert in grabbing merit. In comparison, those impeachment censors and civil officials who reported merit were far behind. Not only could they not win merit, but they built a ladder for him .

"Young Master Yang is really the reincarnation of Zhuge!"

Yang Wencong invited Yang Chao to a banquet, and said gratefully.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "If the old man can jump out of the game and watch from the outside, he can see through it."

The purpose of Yang Chao's asking Yang Wencong to impeach the Jiangnan civil officials was to show the emperor that Yang Wencong and the Jiangnan civil officials were not in the same party, and he dared to break with the Jiangnan civil officials.

With the emperor's suspicious nature, he must have begun to suspect that Jiangnan officials were forming a party. At this time, Yang Wencong, who was incompatible with the Jiangnan civil official group, naturally fell into the emperor's eyes.

Yang Wencong asked again: "Dare to ask Mr. Yang, may I be promoted?"

Promotion is what Yang Wencong cares most about.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Probably soon, I'm afraid it's too early this year, and I will definitely be promoted next year."

Yang Wencong nodded, but he still felt like a cat's paw in his heart, and asked again: "I don't know where I will be transferred?"

Yang Chao said with a smile: "The emperor will definitely not transfer the old man away, he will still be an official in Nanjing."

"what?"

Yang Wencong was a little worried about gains and losses. If he was an official in Nanjing, once the memorials he wrote were exposed, he would be excluded.

Yang Wencong couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Then I don't know if I can get any job?"

Yang Chao said: "It's not a small thing, it's not a big deal, but it must be a position of authority!"

"Power? Mr. Yang, don't lie to me!"

As soon as Yang Wencong heard that he would get a position of power, he immediately forgot about the panic of offending the officialdom and being squeezed out.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Don't you understand the old man? The reason why the emperor appeases the old man is intentional. It is because he thinks that the old man is not in the same boat as the Jiangnan officialdom. He wants to use the old man. Since he wants to use it, Then it can’t be used lightly. But the fellow student is only a county magistrate, and it’s not in line with the official rules to be promoted too fast, so he will be promoted, but he can’t be promoted too fast. But he can’t be used lightly, so he can only be assigned to a position with real power.”

Hearing the analysis again, Yang Wencong seemed to feel more at ease. In fact, he also understood these reasons. He just wanted to hear Yang Chao say it. It seemed that once Yang Chao said it, he would feel at ease.

In fact, Yang Wencong can rest assured that the credit for comforting the scholar this time was taken away by Yin Tianfu, the governor, Ti Xuedao, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War. , so this is a direct credit. The Ministry of Rites shares the credit because it is in charge of the students, and the Ministry of War is also credited because no armed conflict broke out.

These credits have nothing to do with Jiangning County.

Therefore, Yang Wencong couldn't grab it no matter what.

But sometimes meritorious deeds may not be rewarded. Yang Chao has a deep understanding of this. Sometimes the key is not whether you have merit or not, but whether you are useful or not, and whether what you do is appropriate.

Therefore, competing with other people for credit is far less effective than expressing your opinion directly to the emperor.

(End of this chapter)