Chapter 439 438 Snatch Love

"So what can you do if you stay?"

Yan Song asked in a low voice.

Back then, he actually thought that there would be such a thing, but he didn't expect that his son didn't know how to restrain himself outside over the years, but instead became more and more serious.

At first he really didn't know that Donglou was very smart and he would definitely be able to see him if he could see him.

In his opinion, even if he was punished, he would rely on his hard work for so many years to serve the emperor, his son would be dismissed from office and deprived of his fame. Could it be that he would be put in prison?

But, it was too late to know that my son was late when he was out of the country these years.

I privately released goodwill to some people, and I also thought that if there was someone in the capital who could help me take care of it.

However, it seems that my son has other plans.

"I haven't thought about it yet, but I must not make mistakes at this time."

Yan Shifan said and looked at his father, "Father, your current situation is sometimes really a scheming plan for Xu Jie's old fox. I'm really worried about not having a son to serve you."

What is my son’s plan? In fact, it’s only one. That road is the only way to keep the Yan family’s glory and wealth, and there is nothing else.

Although Yan Song was halfway through his body, he still hoped that his children and grandchildren could live a better life.

I still made up my mind that I should continue some arrangements that should be made. No matter what my son plans, it is for the future of the Yan family.

As for the cabinet, Yan Song certainly knew what the situation was. It was not a matter of one or two days that Xu Jie wanted to replace him, but he had not yet practiced himself, and the emperor did not trust him.

But I am old after all.

He looked at Yan Shifan deeply and didn't say anything, but he still agreed with his plan in his heart.

I have been rich for half my life, and I really can't bear to see my family fall and my children and grandchildren have no choice but to keep my food and clothing. I can ignore my affairs after I close my eyes, but their days are still long.

He nodded slightly, giving Yan Shifan an answer.

Yan Shifan was also happy when he saw his father nodding. It was not that he was unfilial to his mother and that he was no longer there. It was logical that he, as a son, should go back to his hometown to observe the system, but the current situation really does not allow it.

Alas, I blame myself for being alone, not even a brother, otherwise I wouldn’t be so passive, but I thought that these were useless, so Yan Shifan spoke and told him his plans.

"Father, since that's the case, my mother's coffin will return home."

Xu Jie, who was drinking with Gao Gong, really didn't expect that Yan Shifan would make such a decision.

Although Yan Shifan did not become an official through the imperial examination, he took shortcuts and went directly to the Imperial College and then became an official, but he was familiar with the classics, history, and literature collections and was a scholar.

What is filial piety in these days?

Xu Jie really didn't expect Yan Shifan to directly instigate his father to ask Emperor Jiajing for his son to avoid Dingyou, otherwise he wouldn't have put some eye drops on the emperor in advance.

The reason why Xu Jie was careless about this matter was not only because he felt that the Yan family was also a scholar, but also because of what he should understand, that is, the current Ming Dynasty was not in the early Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang Ding You paid more attention to the approval of Ding You. According to the "Records of the Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty", all officials who were outside of the government heard that their parents had to wait for the court to issue a document to verify their origin before returning home to attend the funeral.

However, the communication methods in ancient times were relatively backward, and it took a long time to go back and forth. When the officials arrived home, the funeral might have ended and there was no time to send their parents to their last journey.

In response to this problem, in the eighth year of Hongwu, Lu Ben, the then assistant to the Censor of the Peking Commission, proposed that after the official's parents died, the family directly reported to the court through local officials, which reduced the process of back and forth inquiries and verification.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang also limited the "except for parents and grandparents who bear the burden, the remaining annual uniforms are not allowed to attend the funeral."

It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty basically continued the Dingyou system in the Han and Tang dynasties, which was mainly because the thoughts advocated by the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty were consistent with those of the Han and Tang dynasties. They all placed "filial piety" before "loyalty", hoping to strengthen "loyalty" through "filial piety" and then consolidate their ruling position.

In fact, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was very strict in controlling the seizure of love, and basically all officials forced Dingyou. It was only during the Yongle period that the precedent of seizure of love was set, but it was quite restrained.

This situation changed completely during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty, and the trend of seizing love reached its climax. The Xuande Dynasty seized 25 people, the Zhengoral Dynasty captured love with 77 people, the Jingtai Dynasty captured love with 39 people, and the Tianshun Dynasty captured love with 27 people.

The capture of love almost became a trend during this period. Officials of the court all wanted to capture love, so that officials of the Ministry of Rites had to write a letter to request ban foreign officials from robbing love.

After the memorials of officials from the Ministry of Rites, the phenomenon of seizing love in the Ming Dynasty began to be curbed. In the end, the court basically disagreed with seizing love in the war.

Overall, except for the particularly relaxed decades, the Ming Dynasty generally had only these types of people who could seize love:

First, military generals, strictly speaking, there is no such thing as Ding You;

Second, for talents in special positions, such as imperial doctors, imperial heaven officials, etc., it is difficult for the imperial court to find someone to replace them;

Third, people who are not military generals but are related to the war, such as rebellion in the jurisdiction of local officials, are organizing anti-insurgency work;

In addition, there is another type of person who can also seize love, that is, the parents and officials in the government, and the people spontaneously ask for their destiny to seize love, but there are very few people of this type.

This should be particularly mentioned that the governors and governors generally allowed Ding You in the early Ming Dynasty, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, they were generally seized.

In general, those who can "take love according to law" are people who are in charge of national security or the emperor is indeed inseparable from.

Yan Song had his wife dead, so he was naturally not in the category that Taizu set out to require Dingyou. Yan Song didn’t need Dingyou, but Yan Shifan was different.

What's more, Yan Shifan's Dingyou did not affect the government's affairs. Xu Jie felt that his body and spirit could work for the country for another twenty years.

But I never expected that under such circumstances, Yan Shifan could still play with her.

The next morning, Yan Song washed up and put on his court clothes to take a look at the mourning hall. He helped Yan Shifan out of the mansion and got into a sedan chair to go to the Xiyuan. Yan Shifan followed behind him.

When you receive the imperial edict, you will naturally have to thank you.

Yan Shifan followed Yan Song into the Western Garden and met Emperor Jiajing in Yongshou Palace to thank him. These were just red tape. If Yan Song had not brought Yan Shifan in, Emperor Jiajing would have someone to give a tribute outside the Yongshou Palace directly.

After Yan Shifan thanked him, Emperor Jiajing sighed: "Your mother is also a long-lived person, so she should not leave any regrets, but this funeral must be done with glory."

Yan Shifan shouted at the order, and kowtowed.

After Yan Shifan finished kowtowing, Emperor Jiajing glanced at Yan Song and then looked at Yan Shifan, and then said, "You family thinks there are a lot of things to do, so you go back first."

Yan Shifan knew that although he helped his father with official duties in the cabinet, he was not a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and even if he had permission from Emperor Jiajing.

Because of family affairs these two days, Yan Song took leave at home. The emperor asked him to go home and leave his father, and I think he had to talk about the cabinet.

There are only two people in the cabinet now, and my father cannot be on duty, so only Xu Jie is left, so naturally it is not possible.

Either my father will return to the cabinet office or add the cabinet ministers, but adding the cabinet ministers will not be decided in a short while, so the emperor is afraid of getting the cabinet to handle official affairs.

Yan Song was thinking about this after he retired from Yongshou Palace.

With Emperor Jiajing's support for Yan Song, he should be able to agree. Before he left the Xiyuan, he saw several eunuchs and eunuchs coming from afar, and the eunuchs were holding memorials in his hands.

Of course Yan Shifan was familiar with this scene. They were all official documents handed over by the cabinet to the Silijian. The one who walked in front of the crowd was naturally Gao Zhong, and there was a eunuch behind him, who also recognized him, Chen Ju.

He made a few polite words with Gao Zhong and passed by both sides.

After taking two steps, Yan Song suddenly stood still and turned around unconsciously and looked at Gao Zhong and Chen Ju's back again.

In the past, Chen Ju and Wei Guangde had a very hidden relationship, but now they are no longer hiding, so they still don’t know what’s going on. It seems that someone in the outer court has noticed it.

Although it is difficult to judge whether it is true or false, there is indeed a news of the news. I don’t know if it was discovered or someone in the palace or the Wei family accidentally reported it. In short, it is a bit exposed.

Many people in the Wei family have met Chen Ju, and the palace emperor has also sent him to contact Wei Guangde. It is hard to say which one is wrong.

Therefore, sometimes Wei Guangde and Chen Ju no longer hide their feelings. Yan Shifan naturally knew about such news.

Moreover, what Yan Shifan knew was slightly earlier than the foreign court spread, and that was all reported by people from Yongshou Palace.

However, at that time, Yan Shifan thought that Chen Ju had received the emperor's order to meet Wei Guangde, and did not think much about it. But today, when he saw Gao Zhong and Chen Ju, he began to suspicion with his relationship.

Unlike Prince Yu's Mansion, Prince Yu's Mansion knew from the beginning that Wei Guangde's news in the palace was very reliable. Just Chen Ju, a lot of news would naturally not be known in advance, so Prince Yu's Mansion also had some speculations.

Yan Shifan suspected Gao Zhong, but it was not difficult. Who else could the eunuchs in the palace rely on besides the emperor?

If the normal situation continues, King Yu will become the master of the Forbidden City in the future. Except for Huang Jin, no one wants to lean towards King Yu early?

In Yongshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing also felt a lot of emotion when he looked at Yan Song's steamed buns and silver hair.

When he saw him, he unconsciously thought of Xia Yan, then Mr. Zhang, and even Yang Tinghe and others whose memories were already blurred.

Perhaps, this is what the elderly often think about the past.

"It's not easy. It's really not easy for you couples. For so many years, I heard that at home, you old couple have never blushed. Is Ouyang also eighty?"

Emperor Jiajing sighed.

"yes."

Yan Song looked very sad at this time and replied in a low voice.

"The couple are not eighty."

Emperor Jiajing just sighed and then the topic turned back to government affairs.

"Now, Huating is the only one left in the cabinet. He can't be busy with a lot of things, and the government still has to rely on Weizhong."

Emperor Jiajing said this, naturally because he hoped to hear Yan Song's answer and when will he return to the cabinet?

Such falsehood is a bit unreasonable to say that it is not criticized. However, it is indeed too much government affairs and cannot be busy.

Yan Song was arrogant and entered Yongshou Palace. His eyes were dull and he just stared at the ground in front of him. At this time, he changed his previous appearance and looked up at Emperor Jiajing. He said with great difficulty: "Song is not talented, because His Majesty is valued as the chief minister, and he dare not depose his public for personal gain. Your Majesty is very kind to my Yan family. Song should support the country. I will go back to the cabinet to handle the work tomorrow."

As he spoke, his tone gradually became low, "Song has been with his wife all the way along the way. Now that the wife is not here, he has to go back to his hometown to mourn mourn, Song.

There are eighty-one years of Song Dynasty. After this separation, I don’t know if I can see the last time in the world.”

Speaking of this, Yan Song's yellow eyes were red without feeling a little red, but his face, full of vicissitudes, showed a hint of perseverance, as if he was holding back his tears.

He directly asked Emperor Jiajing to seize the love. It was inappropriate to leave Yan Shifan around him, so he could only show his age.

Although Yan Song's body was not as good as before, his family knew that it would be fine if he had to endure his own affairs for another two or three years. However, after thinking about last night's discussion, he could only pretend to be pitiful in front of the emperor.
To be continued...