Chapter 123                                                             

Jiajing didn't want to have a bad fight with Xu Jie at this moment.

When using people, Jiajing is very sensible. After the situation stabilizes, Jiajing will take action. However, that is the future.

However, Jiajing also wants to lay some trouble for his future work.

The first thing is to tell Zhou Mengchen that I want you to return to Beijing. The second thing is to play the emotional card, which makes Zhou Mengchen feel that he is different. He is standing on the side of the imperial power, not on the side of Shilin.

Zhou Mengchen also understood it.

It is verified with what Fang Dun said. It is precisely because Fang Dun’s statement is correct. In the future, important central positions may have to be changed frequently. Zhou Mengchen also thought of another reason, that is, the division of the Xu Party.

Although the Xu Party is centered on Xu Jie, it does not mean that all the Xu Party members are infinitely loyal to Xu Jie. In the eyes of outsiders, Zhou Mengchen is also a general of the Xu Party, and even some people who do not know the truth will think that Zhou Mengchen is Xu Jie's favorite general.

The Xu Party was based on the foundation of anti-Yan Song, and now Yan Song has fallen. The Xu Party’s foundation is not.

The Xu Party itself needs to be reconstructed. And this seems to be a necessity, which no political force that reaches the top cannot be avoided. It can only be in the same troubles, not in the same wealth.

When struggling, everything is fine. Now that victory is in sight, how to divide the cake is a very important thing.

Zhou Mengchen was even more sure about Fang Dun's words and returned to Nanjing to win the edge of the moment. When the capital changes, and this change will happen soon.

Zhou Mengchen said, "I can't bear to leave Your Majesty. But as the Minister of War in Nanjing, I can't refuse the blame. Moreover, the Japanese disaster has been relieved, and the Governor's position as the governor in the southeast is no longer needed. I hope that after I go back, I will understand this matter and only come to see Your Majesty at that time."

Zhou Mengchen also set a deadline for returning to Beijing. That is, he handled the matters in the south. He demolished the governor's offices of the six provinces and handed over the specific affairs to each province.

This matter is difficult, not difficult, and may take some time, but Zhou Mengchen seems to be able to finish it in a few months or as long as one year.

Then, it will be time for him to return to Beijing again.

Jiajing also understood what Zhou Mengchen meant and said, "Okay. I'm waiting for you in the capital."

In this way, Zhou Mengchen's time in the capital entered the countdown.

When he returned home, he saw an unexpected person, who was not someone else, but Wang Shizhen, and many people from the Wang family.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Brother Wang, why are you here?"

When Wang Shizhen saw Zhou Mengchen, he suddenly fell and knelt down. Zhou Mengchen hurriedly supported him and said, "Why are you doing this?" Zhou Mengchen asked questions all the time. What he was most worried about was that Wang Shizhen came to the capital. What should he do if Liuyi Academy? But Wang Shizhen didn't think about this problem at all. Instead, he said, "I said that Brother Zhou can get rid of Yan Zhe. I only follow Brother Zhou's leader in my life. When I heard about Yan Zhe's 80th birthday that day, I immediately rushed from Jiangnan, and it didn't take a chance."

"When?" Zhou Mengchen asked.

"The time when Yan Shifan was executed." Wang Shizhen said gritting his teeth.

Zhou Mengchen suddenly realized.

The liquidation of Yan Party finally had a result. However, Zhou Mengchen did not care much about this. After all, for him, the most important thing was the political space where Yan Party fell. Zhou Mengchen did not care about the Yan Party’s own handling.

You don’t need to be sentenced to know that Yan Shifan is dead. The other accomplices are all minions, so why should Zhou Mengchen pay attention?

Yan Song survived.

This result was both unexpected and reasonable for Zhou Mengchen.

There are two reasons. First, Yan Song is too old. Such an old man has too many ways to kill Yan Song. Even Yan Song has died suddenly, and outsiders may not think that someone is trying to do anything. After all, it is not surprising that an 80-year-old man died without a disease.

Why bother to understand the canon punishment?

Second, Xu Jie will not repeat Yan Song's mistakes.

Xia Yan said the same thing that Yan Song killed Xia Yan back then was a big failure and set a bad start for the Ming Dynasty. If Xu Jie killed Yan Song again, it would not be a bad start. It was a terrifying tradition.

In other words, the new chief minister must kill the old chief minister, just like after the Soviet leader came to power, he must overturn the concept of taking office. How terrible is this for the country's political ecology? How could Xu Jie not know?

So, for this and for the future of Xu Jie's evening scene, after all, he cannot guarantee that he will always be in the cabinet. He does not guarantee that he will have no problems during his tenure.

He wants Yan Song to live.

It was not for Yan Song, but for him Xu Jie himself. It was also for the political ecology of the Ming Dynasty.

Similarly, Zhou Mengchen also knew about it.

Death is never the best punishment.

For Yan Song, if he knew that his life after his 80th birthday was like this. Then Yan Song would rather die before he was 80 years old. His wife died of illness because he could not cure her illness, and his son and grandson had to go to the execution ground. The blood under his knees was completely broken. He was the only one, living in his hometown like a lonely ghost.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen just heard that Xu Jie ordered his own student to be the magistrate of Fenyi County.

The meaning of it is so profound that it makes people shudder.

Although Yan Song did not have any death sentence, he had to enjoy the most suffering of this world.

However, compared to the frontier people who were buried by Yan Song and the censors and ministers who were killed, they are nothing compared to Xia Yan and Zeng Xian.

Zhou Mengchen said with a little laughter and crying: "You are traveling thousands of miles like this to see Yan Shifan's death?"

Wang Shizhen said: "Yan Song is old and is exempted from being guilty of being old. I have no choice but to do so in this way. However, my father's grudges are irreconcilable. I have to see Yan Song die with my own eyes."

Zhou Mengchen was suddenly stunned, and his heart moved, thinking of the irritable old man many years ago. He thought to himself: "Maybe, I should let Mr. Xia and Mr. Zeng take a look."

Originally, for Zhou Mengchen, Yan Song fell. Yan's political death had come to an end in Zhou Mengchen's heart. Now I suddenly felt that it was not yet.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Since that's the case, let's go and have a look together."

At this moment, Yan Shifan was in the death row of the Ministry of Justice.

Looking at the table full of dishes in front of him, he was furious and said, "What is this? Is it something for people to eat? Even the silenced rice is not allowed to be eaten. People come, people come. People come."

Those who have served as high-ranking officials have preferential treatment even if they are executed.

It would be nice for prisoners to eat meat before being executed. But there was a table of dishes in front of Yan Shifan.

For ordinary people, it's already good.

But who is Yan Shifan? He never tires away from the fine food and fine meat. In terms of enjoyment, Jiajing may not be able to compare with him. After all, the imperial banquets in the Ming Dynasty were always that way. Jiajing ate a small kitchen, and the kitchen was arranged by Huang Jin.

Although his level is high, it is absolutely incomparable to the chefs in Yange's hometown.

This face was indeed difficult for Yan Shifan to swallow. Under normal circumstances, Yan Shifan would tolerate it. After all, he knew his current situation. However, his judgment had already been made. It should have been beheaded, but in view of Yan Song's old achievements, Jiajing changed it to beheaded.

This is also the last bit of affection for Jiajing to Yan Song.

Yan Shifan knew that he was dead. Naturally, he was unwilling to endure it any longer.

Before dying, you must have a meal that suits your appetite.

But a prisoner came in and waved his hand. The prisoners came up and took away all the dishes on the table. The prisoner said, "Little Master Ge. Don't you see when this is it? Master Yan has been condemned and returned to his hometown. This is a special treatment. If you don't want to eat, you can just be a starving ghost on the road to the underworld."

Then he threw down a bowl of rice, covered with a chicken leg, and nothing was left. He said, "If you like it, don't you eat it."

Yan Shifan was stunned for a long time, and suddenly pounced on the generals of the food that he never usually eats, and he desperately slashed it into his mouth. It didn't look like eating at all, but stuffed it into his mouth. In just a moment, a series of coughing sounds made.

I don’t know if the cough was too severe or for other reasons, Yan Shifan was already in tears in a moment.
Chapter completed!