Chasing King

The once-in-six-year grand plan of Beijing inspection and Quarantine has officially begun. A bloodless war has already been raging under the microwave like an undercurrent.

In the capital, everyone is treading on thin ice. If you want to come to thousands of local officials, it will not be easy at this time.

In recent days, the Ministry of official affairs is so busy that the results of the local level by level assessment are constantly converging to the capital through the cobweb like post stations, while the assessment of officials in Beijing is more complicated.

Liu An, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, is not 100% of the eunuch party. Most of the time, he is a dutiful and upright official. He has the ideal of being loyal to the monarch and serving the country in his heart, and there are no mistakes in his political achievements. However, he and Wang Shengsheng are fellow countrymen and Jinshi of the same year. They have intimate relations with each other. What he can become the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs is also the strength of Wang Shengsheng when he was the second assistant of the cabinet Although Xie Zhongren was demoted, his reputation still exists. Many people think that Xie Zhongren will find a way to transfer him back to the capital in a few years. In addition, most officials are promoted by Wang Shengsheng, so the advantage is completely in favor of Xie Zhongren.

Sure enough, the Beijing inspection has just begun, Yan Sikong has found several officials of the aristocratic school, and the assessment results are worrying.

Yan Sikong is just a small principal. Even if he doubts something, he can't say it, but he can tell Yan Zilian what he knows for the first time.

In order to avoid suspicion, he and Yan Zilian easily agreed not to visit Yan's house, but about a small teahouse, which was opened by Yan Zilian's nephew, and it was very safe.

On this day, Yan Sikong took Fengye with him.

They meet and salute each other.

"My son."

"Old Yan Ge."

"My son, please take your seat."

"Yan Ge, please." Feng Ye is quite dissatisfied with Yan Zilian's imperial relatives, but he doesn't show it. He just speaks coldly.

Yan Zilian did not shirk responsibility. He sat down meandering and said with emotion, "thank you, Shizi. You are willing to help us eradicate the eunuch party and eliminate the government and the opposition."

"I've been a loyal and good man for three generations. How can I sit by and watch the eunuch party bring troubles to the court and kill the common people, let alone make the treacherous man who tries to usurp the throne of the crown prince succeed?"

"The son of heaven knows the truth." Yan Zilian praised. Naturally, he knew in his heart that the most important thing for Fengjia was to take the opportunity to eradicate Wen Yuchi, a serious psychological problem. Otherwise, reducing military expenditure in Datong this year would be extremely detrimental to Fengjia.

After the greetings, they got down to business.

Yan Sikong gave Yan Zilian a list: "this is the list I have at present. Sun Beiqing, the censor of duchayuan, Zhang Mao, the chief of Honglu temple, Yu Fei, the left servant of the Ministry of war, and Bai Xinghai, the chief of the Department of military affairs, are not qualified in this assessment. This is only in Beijing, and the local assessment has not yet come to the final result."

"Four standards" are the standards of assessment, which refer to the following: integrity, honesty, fairness and greed; administration, diligence, fairness and laziness; ability, length, fairness and shortness; age, youth, middle age and old age. According to these four criteria, they will be rated as competent, diligent and serving. They will usually go if they are not promoted.

However, in these four categories, except for the age, the other three are all from the higher level to the lower level. If you offend the higher level and say that you are not qualified, you are not qualified. The Ministry of official's examination of the official's achievements is not dominant. Of course, over the years, some people in Beijing have been dissatisfied with the results of the assessment, and they have written to impeach their superiors. At this time, they have to review, but most of them will swallow their anger.

Therefore, the grand plan of Beijing inspection is a feast of personnel power. Everyone will make use of everything they can and share the same views.

Yan Zilian snorted coldly: "the eunuchs are really quick. They are all waiting for the approval of the Ministry of officials. I will try my best to keep them."

Yan Sikong nodded: "the eunuch party has also rated several unqualified ones, but I'm afraid Liu Shangshu will be partial."

"I talked to Liu Shangshu before the beginning of jingcha." Yan Zilian stroked Xu and said, "although he is friendly with Wang Shengsheng, Wang Shengsheng is neither in Beijing nor in the pavilion. He should have the weight in his heart."

"I hope so."

"Where is Wen Yuchi?" Yan Zilian looked at Fengye, "what did Shizi find out?"

Feng Ye nodded and handed them a stack of documents: "time is pressing. I'll first fill Wen Yuchi's son's winter clothes with Chen Mian and sort out the evidence that inferior is good."

"I remember that." Yan Zilian recalled, "at that time, the concubine Wen had a miscarriage. Her Majesty loved her, but he just punished her in secret, but did not pursue her. At this time, I'm afraid it would not be effective to bring up the old story again."

Feng Ye said: "in fact, during Wen Youchi's term of office, Wen Weixi did not do much for personal gain. He made a lot of profits from Datong's armament alone. But my father told me that Datong must not be involved in this matter, otherwise I'm afraid his majesty will be more suspicious, so..."

"I understand King Jingyuan's concerns." Yan Zilian turned over the volume of overturning the case, "but this one alone can't shake Wen Yuchi."

Yan Sikong said: "teachers don't have to worry, we will find ways to find more."

Yan Zilian said in a deep voice: "the biggest difficulty in this matter is that Wen Youchi himself is extremely cautious and can hardly grasp the handle. Wenweixi is responsible for all the things that he is good at collecting money. Even if we get rid of wenweixi, your majesty will not involve her father for the sake of Princess Wen.""Your Majesty's love for Princess Wen is the biggest difficulty in this matter." Fengye said, "Your Majesty's cronyism, whether it's Princess Wen or Xie Zhongren, is the same."

Yan Zilian sighed, noncommittal.

Yan Sikong also felt very difficult. Wen Yuchi, even though he was not outstanding in his political achievements, had been conscientious for many years. He had never failed in appointing generals, arranging strategies, and managing armaments. He was highly respected in the imperial court, and his son was greedy for money, which was nothing serious at all. Because of this, the second prince's threat to the throne was so great. If he was only the son of a beloved imperial concubine, he would not be able to compete with the conservative ministers who followed the patriarchal system in Manchu Dynasty.

After a discussion, the three of them didn't come up with any good solution. It was late and they decided to leave.

Yan Zilian politely said to Fengye, "if you can go ahead, I have a few words to tell Sikong."

Feng Ye took a look at Yan Sikong, arched his hand slightly and left with a whirl of his heel.

"Teacher..." Yan Sikong's intuition is that what Yan Zilian wants to say has something to do with Fengye.

Sure enough, after seeing Feng Ye's back disappear, Yan Zilian turned to Yan Sikong and said meaningfully, "have you made up as before?"

Yan Sikong said: "it's not as good as before, but last time I went to ask him for the prince's sake. He agreed, and he proposed to join hands with us to get rid of Wen Yuchi."

Yan Zilian nodded, stroked his gray beard, pondered for a moment, and said, "I heard about you and Shizi in Baisheng building a few days ago."

Yan Si made a hollow clatter. There were many onlookers on that day, so it was impossible not to spread rumors. As for what others thought, it was not clear whether Fengye really drank too much wine. He has been worried about it these days.

Yan Sikong had no choice but to say with a dry smile: "that day was a banquet hosted by Zhou mianxing. He wanted us to make up with each other, but he wanted to take the opportunity to sell a favor."

Yan Zilian looked askance at Yan Sikong: "it's rare for me to see you feel guilty and avoid the main topic."

Yan Sikong realized that he really did not deal with it properly. As expected, he was concerned and confused. He said: "the students just feel a little embarrassed. Shizi really drank too much."

"Sikong, you don't have to hide it from me." Yan Zilian said, "I always think that the emperor overreacted to the issue of giving marriage. Now when I think about it, it's reasonable." He stares at Yan Sikong with sharp eyes.

Yan Sikong took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "students are ashamed."

Yan Zilian shook his head: "you are so young. Fortunately, your marriage has been decided, and your majesty will not destroy your marriage for the sake of unnecessary rumors. However, you must be careful in the future. It is always indecent to spread such things."

Yan Sikong's cheek was a bit hot and dry Yes Later, he asked Fengye how he went home. Fengye only told him not to worry. All the servants in Baisheng building were sealed.

However, Yan Sikong, a well-known official who can seal the mouth of the civil servants and how to seal the banquet, has always been cautious, but he didn't expect such a stupid mistake, and he didn't know what it would be like. In view of Fengye's opposition to marriage at the banquet, which made him freeze outside the house for two hours, he hoped that outsiders would think that Fengye was just trying to humiliate him.

"But it's not a bad thing for you to be close to your son." Yan Zilian narrowed his eyes, eyes deep, "if you have the support of King Jingyuan, you can protect the crown prince."

"King Jingyuan didn't want to be involved in the battle for the throne, for fear of being suspected by the Lord."

"There are a few Guo Ziyi in the world who have achieved great success, but they have no doubt about it." Yan Zilian said coldly, "if you are in the court, no one can stay out of it. Only when you try your best to support the prince to ascend the throne can you keep him safe."

Yan Sikong knows that Yan Zilian wants him to bring this to Feng Ye. He can't understand Yan Zilian's real idea for a moment, so he can only deal with it.

Yan Zilian saw his hesitation, and his words changed: "we'll continue to think about the matter of Wen Yuchi. If the jingcha can't pull him down this time, I'm afraid the prince will not be able to avoid the next disaster."

"Yes."