Chapter 584 583 The first assistant? The richest man?

Author: Visitor from Parallel Space

Chapter 584 583 The first assistant? The richest man?

After the brief shock caused by the impact of the Yan family's huge wealth, the Ming court regained its calm.

At this time, the cabinet had Xu Jie as its chief assistant, and with the assistance of Yan Na and Li Chunfang, the government affairs were managed in an orderly manner, and all the officials were convinced. The Ming Dynasty seemed to be calm all of a sudden.

A few days after Wei Guangde sent someone to send a letter to Nanjing, Duan Mengxian came to visit him again and told him that he had found a few people in the same year who had a good relationship with Cen Yongbin to write a letter for Zhang Keguan.

"When Qing Jin returns to Beijing and asks him to treat you with thanks, I won't overwhelm you and thank you for him."

Wei Guangde joked with a smile.

Now I have done everything I can. I just hope that this Cen Yongbin will not be the unkind person Duan Mengxian said, lest after the Ming Dynasty gave birth to Hai Qingtian, there would be another Cen Qingtian, which would be a great blow to the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

For us, I'm afraid it's going to be a headache, or maybe it's going to be a storm.

In the following time, Wei Guangde devoted himself wholeheartedly to the school registration ceremony.

Although it is unlikely that Emperor Jiajing will be promoted in the short term because of his hard work in the registration, it is still very important to leave a good impression on the emperor.

However, this kind of court has only been in the past for less than a month. It seemed like a brief calm before the storm, but suddenly it became different.

First, a decree was issued from the palace, changing Zhu Heng, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment in Nanjing, to Shangshu of the Ministry of Works and the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in charge of river and water transport affairs.

Two days later, several more decrees were issued, and Qian Bang, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was promoted to Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment in Nanjing, Pan Sheng, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel in Nanjing, was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Fuzheng, the minister of Guanglu Temple in Nanjing, was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing.

Nanjing's officialdom suddenly began to undergo a major change, and there was no smoke without fire. Sensitive officials in the capital had already sensed that behind the turmoil in Nanjing's officialdom, there seemed to be another big boss fighting.

But so far, no one knows who ended up and why.

However, after two days of astonishment, all the officials impeached Huang Tingpin, the censor of Zhejiang Province, at Zuodu Censor Zhang Yongming. When he returned from Zhejiang Province, he was disrespectful to the magistrate Chen An when passing by Hengshan.

, when the gold and silver goods were brought, the emperor was afraid that he would not thank him, so he returned them.

As the boss of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhang Yongming impeached Huang Tingpin for violating the law and damaging the constitution.

Who is Zhang Yongming? He succeeded Pan En. As for who he is from, the Beijing officials still know more or less.

Zhang Yongming suddenly exterminated his relatives and publicly impeached the court's foreign censor, which itself revealed a very unusual flavor.

However, some people have already seen that one of the parties involved in the battle over Nanjing's officialdom this time should be the chief minister of the dynasty, Xu Ge Lao. Who is the other party?

How many people are there in the current dynasty who are qualified to be Xu Ge's old rivals?

The first targets to be suspected by officials were naturally the other two cabinet ministers, Yan Ne and Li Chunfang.

Li Chunfang has a kind personality and has no ambition or ability to fight for power. As the number one scholar selected by Emperor Jiajing, there is no need to compete for the emperor's favor.

In addition to the rumors that had circulated in the cabinet earlier that Yan Ne had a disagreement with the chief minister Xu Jie and that the two sides had a very unpleasant dispute, officials quickly confirmed who the boss of this dispute between North Korea and China was.

Due to Li Chunfang's personality, he has almost always been a transparent existence among the three cabinet members.

Yan Na had earlier served as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and had developed the habit of dictating to officials. After entering the cabinet, he naturally could not adapt to being placed at a lower level.

It is understandable that the two of them were unhappy because of this.

The news spread very quickly through the official circles of the capital, and even Wei Guangde, who was too busy to care about court affairs, heard about it.

"It has been found out that the previous transfer of Nanjing officials was the result of Mr. Xu Ge and Mr. Yan Ge impeaching each other?"

Wei Guangde was sitting in the study at this time and asked after listening to the news from Zhang Ji.

"Yes, it is said that Zhu Heng, the former Minister of Punishment of Nanjing, found out something about Mr. Xu Ge, so Mr. Xu Ge transferred him away from Nanjing to build the canal.

Master, you also know that although building the canal is tiring, it is very profitable, but Zhu Heng seems to be from Yan Ne's side, so he is facing off against Yan Ge's side."

"Huang Tingpin is also an elder of Yan Ge?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

"It should be."

Zhang Ji replied, "Otherwise, why would Mr. Zhang impeach him and want to put him in jail?"

"Those who move here seem to be people from Yan Ne's side."

Wei Guangde felt something was wrong when he thought about it. It seemed that Xu Jie was taking the initiative this time, as if he was demonstrating to Yan Ne and showing his power in the court.

On Yan Ne's side, his subordinates were replaced one after another, but they did not fight back at all.

Could it be that you are holding back your ultimate move?

Wei Guangde was suspicious, "Is there any other news?"

"No more, sir."

Zhang Ji replied.

"You should pay attention to this matter in the past few days, keep an eye on what's going on in Mr. Xu Ge's and Mr. Yan Ge's houses, and report to me immediately if anything happens."

Wei Guangde ordered.

The next day, Wei Guangde did not go directly to the Imperial College Recording Hall early in the morning for duty. Instead, he went to Prince Yu's Mansion to find Li Fang.

Li Fang is responsible for collecting intelligence for the palace. If you have any questions, go to Li Fang. If you can't get the information from him, it means the matter is very hidden and difficult to find out.

"Master Wei, why do you have time to come to the palace today? The prince hasn't gotten up yet."

Li Fang was very happy to see Wei Guangde coming and made a little joke.

"I'm not here today as a prince, I'm here to see you."

Wei Guangde smiled.

"Looking for me to help you copy books? Not to mention, there are several chamberlains in my palace who were also first-class scholars in the inner study, and their handwriting is also good."

Li Fang said cheerfully.

"How about we not talk about the admission ceremony? I've been reading every day these days, and my head is spinning."

Wei Guangde smiled bitterly.

In the past two months, the number of Wei Guangde's visits to Prince Yu's Mansion has indeed decreased significantly. It was Emperor Jiajing who urged him to record books.

"I came here to ask Mr. Xu Ge about something."

Wei Guangde put away his wry smile and said seriously to Li Fang.

"Mr. Xu Ge?"

Li Fang was stunned when he heard this, and then asked differently: "Did Yan Ne ask you to come?"

"What does Yan Ne have to do with me? I'm just curious. What handle does he have on Mr. Xu Ge to scare Mr. Xu Ge like that?"

Wei Guangde replied angrily.

"How do you know that Mr. Yan Ge has something against Mr. Xu Ge?"

Li Fang was very cautious and did not answer Wei Guangde's words, but continued to ask Wei Guangde.

"Mr. Yan Ge is already setting up plans in Nanjing, and he wants to get Huang Tingpin, the imperial censor from Zhejiang. If I still can't guess what the problem is, he is not a good official."

Wei Guangde replied, "I asked you to keep an eye on the Xu family before, thinking that coming to you must have the answers I want to know."

"Why do you ask this?"

Li Fang frowned and said.

"I'm curious, but it's also for the sake of the court's situation. What we need now is a relatively stable court. We'll wait until that day."

Wei Guangde replied, "If two cabinet ministers attack each other, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the government and the public, which will be detrimental to King Yu."

Hearing this, Li Fang nodded silently, and then waved her hand to Wei Guangde to signal him not to speak. She walked to the door, drove the eunuchs and servants around the room far away, and then returned to the house.

"Shan Loi, I only told His Highness about this matter before. Your Highness meant that we should not interfere."

Li Fang first gave Wei Guangde a warning, saying that it was inconvenient for Prince Yu's Palace to intervene in the fight between the two elders.

Of course Wei Guangde understood this and nodded in agreement.

"The cause of the matter is this. Huang Tingpin, the censor of Zhejiang Province, collected evidence that Xu Yao, a descendant of the Xu family, and others took advantage of the situation and ran rampant in the countryside to seize more than 200,000 acres of land in Susong.

Xu Ge was worried, so he hurriedly changed people inside and outside Nanjing, hoping to suppress the matter before it happened.

As for who Huang Tingpin is, I don’t need to introduce him."

Li Fang whispered.

"The Xu family has more than 200,000 acres of farmland?"

Wei Guangde asked, somewhat stunned.

Li Fang nodded, "If it weren't for Shandai's words and the spying there, I wouldn't have thought that Xu Ge's family was so wealthy."

Wei Guangde thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "If this is the case, Mr. Xu Ge should also have a good talk with Mr. Yan Ge on how to suppress this matter.

And if this matter hadn’t come from you, I wouldn’t have known about it, which shows that the information is still very secret.”

"Who says it's not the case? I think it was because of the recommendation of Mr. Xu Ge that Yan Ne had the opportunity to stand out from the Hanlin Academy and was asked by the emperor to go to Xiyuan to write Qing Ci. Is there anything that I can't sit down and talk about."

Li Fang also said, "Maybe what happened last time caused a gap between Mr. Xu Ge and Mr. Yan Ge. Mr. Yan Ge coveted the position of chief minister, and Mr. Xu Ge naturally wanted to guard it to the death."
To be continued...