Chapter 433 432 Regional Discrimination

Zhou Yan, whose courtesy name is Nanqiao and his pseudonym is Gangshan, was from Jishui County, Jiangxi Province.

In the second year of Jiajing, he was appointed as the magistrate of the county, served as the military minister, was exiled to the magistrate of Suzhou, was a doctor of the Ministry of Personnel in Nanjing, and was promoted to the left governor of Guangdong. The battle of Annan and the uprising of the people in Yazhou were all praised for their achievements in painting and promoted to the right.

Deputy Censor and Governor Ying Tian.

Later, he advanced to the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, and was appointed as the Left Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He served as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of the Second Ministry of Military Affairs. In the 34th year of Jiajing, he was summoned to be the Left Minister of the Censor of the Left Minister and was appointed as the Prince Shaobao.

He died in the 40th year of Jiajing. At the age of 63, he was awarded the title of Prince Taibao and was posthumously named Jian Su. Zhou Yan was a man named Zhizhi and Qingjie, and was respected by the officials. He was highly praised by the scholars.

Zhou Yan died while in office and directly vacated the position of the Left Censor of the Censorate. This was a second-rank official position, just like the Secretary of the Shang Dynasty, and his status was even above the Secretary of the Ministry of the Shang Dynasty.

Although Zhou Yan is ill and has long been known to the officialdom, no one expected to die of illness and take office. Emperor Jiajing was also a little surprised because he had not yet decided who to replace Zhou Yan, otherwise he would not have been delayed until now. He had already criticized him.

Retired memorial.

The Censorate Department is extraordinary, and it is an excellent role to check and balance all officials.

Although he had a few candidates in his mind, he was still in the process of deliberation. Now that the Zhou family has sent people to report the death, Emperor Jiajing naturally cannot continue to delay.

If you are all dragged, why don’t you?

"The cabinet was sent to the imperial edict and the posthumous title was given to the Censor Zhou. Yes, there are also people who recommend the replacement."

Emperor Jiajing ordered Huang Jin beside him.

"Abide by the order."

Huang Jin agreed. When Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes and pondered, he walked to the gate of the palace and waved to a eunuch to give him a few instructions. Then the eunuch ran away to the Yongshou Palace Gate. He returned to the hall and stood beside Emperor Jiajing.

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In the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Forbidden City, Xu Jie stepped into Yan Song's duty room.

"The Chief Supervisor."

Xu Jie bowed to Yan Song.

"Huating is here, let's sit down."

Yan Song looked at Xu Jie with his yellow eyes and said.

"Sir, I'm here to ask when you will go to Zhou Mansion to pay your respects. I plan to come here later."

Xu Jie sat down at Yan Song and said to him.

"Today's memorials have been processed almost all, let's go there later."

Zhou Yan worked as the Zuodu Censor for seven years and also worked with them for seven years.

During the past seven years, court officials have been promoted and some have left the country sadly. However, whenever Yan Song saw ministers in court retired due to physical reasons, he would involuntarily think of himself, and this time he died in office.

Thinking of his age, Yan Song couldn't tell what it felt.

Yan Song's body is not as healthy as it seems on the surface. After all, he is in his eighty years old and his physical function is greatly weakened. That is, his family knows his own affairs and takes medication to regulate his conditioning. It looks pretty good to outsiders.

Unwilling to retire, Yan Song certainly did not want to give up the power he had finally obtained, but because Emperor Jiajing refused to let go.

A few years ago, Yan Song had already planned to withdraw from the court, but was rejected by the emperor.

But now, he wants to retreat but dares not retreat.

Nothing else, my son makes too many enemies.

He has been killed by his political enemies who have never died, and now most of the remaining ones are established by Yan Shifan. If he loses his power, he dare not think about the consequences.

Even though, now he had seen the backup plan prepared by Emperor Jiajing, Yuan Wei.

From Yuan Wei, he vaguely saw his appearance back then.

What the emperor wants is given, and try every means to give.

The emperor's needs should be met as much as possible and try his best to meet them.

Today, Zhou Yan's death inevitably made him feel sad when the rabbit dies.

Just when both of them were silent, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a Zhongshu Shesan quickly walked outside Yan Song's room with a memorial in his hand.

"Report to the two cabinet masters, Jiangxi urgently reported."

A sound came from outside the door, breaking the tranquility in the room.

"Take it in."

Yan Song said.

When the Secretary of the Central Committee entered the room, he asked again: "What's going on in Jiangxi?"

"There were rioters in Anyuan County and Longnan County, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and gathered people to attack the county town. The Jiangxi Censor Gu impeached Ganzhou Prefecture and the magistrates of the two counties to deal with the wrong treatment."

The Secretariat replied hurriedly.

"Rebel again?"

The gathering of people to attack the county town was no different from rebellion. Xu Jie stood up and took the memorial from Zhongshu and read it. After browsing it quickly, he handed it to Yan Song with both hands.

Yan Song held the memorial in his hand but did not rush to read it. He knew the general content, and there was no big difference between reading it or not.

"Last month, thousands of refugees including Huang Qijian and others in Guangdong robbed Haifeng, Jieshi, Guishan and other counties, captured thousands of households in Jiazimen, killed hundreds of households and governors and governors.

Chaozhou Prefecture, Ganzhou Prefecture, and Tingzhang Prefecture are all based on the rebel Zhang Lian."

Yan Song suddenly said.

The four prefectures he just mentioned belong to Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi Provincial Administration, which is the territory where Fujian thief Zhang Lian was engaged in activities.

"We can only let Governor Hu make arrangements as soon as possible and eliminate the rebels as soon as possible to safeguard the world."

Xu Jie certainly understood that after knowing that someone in Fujian was rebelling, the cabinet also reviewed the map. When he heard Yan Song's words, he knew how to vote.

"Yeah, come on."

Yan Song nodded and said to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie took the memorial handed over by Yan Song and walked to the desk, and directly made a ticket here. After he finished, he handed it to Yan Song to watch with both hands.

This time, Yan Song did not just take it into his hand like he did just now. He opened the memorial and carefully read the ticket drafted by Xu Jie Dai before closing it again, called his clerk and ordered: "Put it into that stack."

In the memorial, I will be sent directly to the palace later."

Xu Jie stood on the side with his hands behind his back. When the matter here was settled, it was still early. At this time, I didn't know how many officials in the Zhou Mansion would pay their respects, so I was going to say goodbye first and return to my own.

Let’s see how many official duties there are still not enough time to deal with.

At this time, a eunuch walked in quickly at the gate of Wenyuan Pavilion.

At the end of Shen period, the sun was about to set on the horizon, and only a touch of sunset was left to illuminate the sky.

Yan Song and Xu Jie's sedan chairs had reached not far from Zhou Yan's mansion, but at this time there were many car seats parked on the street, and the road was already a little congested.

But after all, it was the chief assistant and the second assistant. After the entourage carried out the sign of the cabinet mansion, the crowded streets finally cleared a way out.

Zhou Yan's mansion is not magnificent, and the streets in front of the door are also narrow. It is hard to imagine that this is the residence of the second-rank official of the dynasty.

Yan Song and Xu Jie got out of the sedan chair and stood in front of the gate for a moment before being invited by Zhou Yan's family.

When the two entered, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng came out after paying their respects. When they saw the two cabinet masters coming, they naturally hurriedly bowed their hands.

Just a few simple greetings, then Xu Jie asked Zhang Ju to wait outside for him, and then he had something to say to him, while Yan Song just glanced at Wei Guangde but didn't say much. Then the two of them walked into the mourning hall that was rushing to build.

Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng bid farewell to the people of Zhou’s mansion and left the Zhou’s mansion.

"If you have to wait for the teacher of the Yi family, I won't be with you."

Wei Guangde smiled and said to Zhang Juzheng that he had met two cabinet masters before, and Xu Jie asked Zhang Ju to wait for him outside, and he had something to say.

At this time, after Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng left, they walked forward along the street in front of the door, looking for their own carriage.

At this time, the road was already congested, not only car cars, sedan chairs, and entourages of the officials were standing randomly, making Wei Guangde unable to get up. Although they tried their best to avoid Wei Guangde when he saw Wei Guangde coming, it was narrow and inconvenient in the end.

Wei Guangde didn't walk far, but was caught up by a decently dressed servant behind him.

"Gemaster Yan said something to tell me?"

It was indeed the style of the Yan Mansion, but when he met Yan Song before, he said nothing, but just glanced at himself before leaving.

Although he was suspicious, Wei Guangde agreed.

"I'll go and say to my coachman and go with you."

Wei Guangde told the man, and then they walked forward, found the carriage and talked to the coachman Li San before walking back.

After waiting outside the Zhou Mansion for about two quarters of an hour, Wei Guangde saw Yan Song and Xu Jie walking out of the Zhou Mansion one after another. Yan Song's sedan chair was on the left side of the Zhou Mansion gate, and Xu Jie's was on the right. After waiting for the two of them to say goodbye, Yan Song

Walk to the sedan chair.

After Wei Guangde saluted, he thought Yan Song would let him go just by saying a few words to him, but he didn't expect Yan Song to say, "Get into the sedan chair, it's said."

Although Wei Guangde was surprised, he did not refuse. He just ordered the driver of the Yan family beside him to notify him and followed Yan Song into the sedan chair.

Yan Song's sedan chair is eighth. Perhaps in order to show the momentum of the Prime Minister, the sedan chair is also larger than usual, and Wei Guangde followed him up and didn't seem to be crowded.

After getting into the sedan chair, Wei Guangde was a little restrained and didn't know how to speak, he heard Yan Song say in his ears: "Shandai, you haven't come to my house for some days."
To be continued...