Chapter 103                                     

The next day, the palace gate opened wide.

Zhou Mengchen did not come out, but just wrote a letter to Yin Zhengmao, asking Yin Zhengmao to take charge of the overall situation. Any discussion with Yang Jisheng, if it really can't be handled, go to Meng Chong Meng's grandfather, or Teng Xiangteng's grandfather, and send a message to him.

No one seems to be paying attention.

Tao Zhongwen walked out of the palace very low-key.

It's so low-key that nothing happened.

After Tao Zhongwen left the palace, a signal was transmitted to Yan Song's mansion.

Yan Shifan hurried to Yan Song's study room and said, "Father, Tao Zhongwen has passed the message. Everything goes well. Our Majesty is already thinking about what his disaster is?"

Yan Song's face remained unchanged, and he still had the gentle and sincere smirk, the fake as if it was real. He said, "Tao Zhongwen is of some use."

Yan Shifan said: "Father, should you tell me what do you mean? Why do you need to do these things?"

I'm afraid even Yan Song himself doesn't know how deep Yan Song's cunning is.

If this matter is not clear to anyone if it is not clear to his own will not be explained clearly to anyone.

But this person is not someone else, but his own son. His only son is always different from others. Moreover, Yan Song can't trust others in many confidential things, so he can only let his own son do it. Overall, Yan Shifan did a good job.

Yan Shifan may not have great wisdom, but many small things can be handled seamlessly.

In some private matters, Yan Shifan is already Yan Song's right-hand assistant. Many things are inseparable from him. Although it is not time to find out at this moment, it is time to start the launch, so naturally he has to explain it clearly to Yan Shifan so that he will not miss the big thing.

Yan Song said: "Do you think I do these things? What is the purpose of?"

Yan Shifan said: "Down Xia. If Xia Yan is not overturned, my father and son will not be able to rest."

"No," Yan Song said, "What kind of person is Xia Yan? I don't know, he is arrogant, he doesn't know how to restrain himself, and he never knows tolerant. When I was in the southern tour, I catered to Your Majesty. When I hated him, I was suppressed by him. Then I sent him back to my hometown for three years to rest. Xia Yan would never forget such a deep hatred. Now he is taking the overall situation into consideration and cannot deal with me. Once the situation changes, your fate may not be better than Wang Gao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."

"So, Yan Xia is not in harmony, there is Yan but Xia but not Xia. Even if I bring Xia Yan a night pot to Xia Yan with a disdain, I can't change this."

When Yan Shifan heard Yan Song say this, he immediately said, "So what about my father in a year?"

Yan Song said: "Why are you timid and obedient to Xia Yan? You are almost Xia Yan's follower?"

Yan Shifan said: "At first, I thought it was my father's plan to paralyze Xia Yan. Later, it took a little longer, and there were countless opportunities, such as the matter of Wang Gao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. If his father lends a helping hand, would Xia Yan be so easy to establish his authority? For example, in the case of royal vassals in various places, his father just nods to make Xia Yan anxious."

"But my father didn't do it? I'd wipe Xia Yan's butt?"

Yan Song said: "So what if I turn against you? At most, Xia Yan is just worried. Are I going to want him to be worried?"

Yan Shifan said: "I know, my father must let Xia Yan go back to his hometown in Jiangxi."

Yan Song said in his heart: "No, I want Xia Yan to die."

Yan Song did not fail to deal with Xia Yan. As I said before, Xia Yan was driven back to his hometown by Jiajing because of his disrespect and lived in vain for three years. Yan Song made his moves. But what was the result? Three years later, Xia Yan got back and once he entered the cabinet, he had no way to retreat.

From this moment on, Yan Song realized that it would not work just to get Xia Yan home. He had to send him to the West and send him back to his hometown, otherwise he would not die in the tiger and suffer the consequences.

But this is not what I said to my son at this time.

Yan Song said: "Xia Yan is arrogant, has a big tone, and is very energetic. She is determined to win a name that has been famous in history. The re-set is a footnote to him, Xia's famous minister of the Ming Dynasty. But Xia Yan's biggest problem is that his words are too solid and his tone is greater than his ability. The re-set thing is to strangle Xia Yan's rope to death."

"For this matter, Xia Yan has to move forward but not retreat, so he can only hold on."

"I licked Xia Yan with a thick face. You didn't believe it from the beginning. Do you think, but Xia Yan believes it?"

Yan Shifan pondered for a moment and said, "You should believe it. After all, I'm a year younger?"

Yan Song shook his head and said, "I don't believe a word Xia Yan, but now he can't believe it anymore because he has no energy to deal with me. Before, Xia Yan's power was in the center, but now it is not. Zeng Xian was in the north and Zhu Wan was in the south, and dozens of censors were in the north, Shandong to provide disaster relief and control the Yellow River. Where can I not be a person? There is something wrong with this matter, which is unbearable to Xia Yan now. Therefore, the ones he selected were all the juniors who were the most trusted by Xia Yan. Only in this way can he feel at ease."

"In addition to the Wang Gao case, the domineering situation has made many people feel cold."

"In the capital alone, Xia Yan's power is no longer as powerful as mine."

Yan Shifan said: "Then can we start?"

Yan Song smiled faintly and said, "It's still early to start? How do you say it in his words? With him, Xia, the ghosts and monsters in the capital will not be able to make a comeback. Although he was a little louder, it was not wrong."

Yan Shifan said: "Father, why bother to increase others' morale and destroy your own prestige? I think Xia Yan is just like this."

Yan Song smiled faintly and said, "You are looking at whether someone is carrying a burden or not. I have been a rival to Xia Yan for many years. If Xia Yan is so easy to deal with? Isn't your father a waste? Even if I fight Xia Yan, I must know why Xia Yan can be in the officialdom for so many years?"

Yan Shifan said: "I would like to ask my father for advice."

Yan Song said: "Xia Yan has a bad temper. When she finds an opportunity, she scolds a second-rank official. It is like scolding a dog. Many people have complaints, and even Your Majesty is not unhappy with Xia Yan's aura. But to put it in detail, I am not as good as Xia Yan when he wins the hearts of a scholar. I am not as good as Xia Yan when he is able to defend the enemy. I am not as good as Xia Yan when he manages the money. There are these three things that are worse. This is why Your Majesty has received Xia Yan's aura and has to stay with Xia Yan."

"The court cannot live without Xia Yan."

Yan Song is still very self-aware.

Yan Song is stigmatized, and no one in the scholars knows.

In fact, the Ming society in this era did not advocate much integrity. For example, Xia Yan himself was not too clean. However, some corruption was just a convention. Yan Song's corruption was an exception. Too special, Jiajing himself knew that Yan Song was a corruption criminal.

What good reputation can Yan Song have in the Shilin?

As for the ability of the generals and the way of managing finances, let alone the way of managing finances.

It must be admitted that Xia Yan is not the first-class official in history. Otherwise, he would not be embarrassed by a reconciliation battle. But even so, Xia Yan's ability was still far away from Yan Song. Otherwise, when Xia Yan died, the Ming Dynasty would be able to pass through the north and south, inside and outside. As a result, in just one or two years, the north and south were captured and the south were fighting, and the military and civilians were exhausted.

This is the ability gap between Yan Song and Xia Yan, it is not in the same rank.

Of course, Yan Song didn't think they were so different. He just felt that it was a little worse.

Yan Shifan said: "In this way, wouldn't Xia Yan never be over?"

Yan Song laughed and said, "The court cannot live without Xia Yan? But what do you think your father has been fighting with Xia Yan for so many years?" He then asked and answered himself, "It's nothing else, but Your Majesty cannot live without me. Your Majesty wants to sit in the West Garden to control the world, but can he control people like Xia Yan? There are many ministers in the court? Your Majesty is not worried. Once he lets go, will he have one more Yang Tinghe?"

"Only I am respectful in everything and never dare to make arbitrary claims. From what Your Majesty wants, good what Your Majesty is good, evil what Your Majesty hates, and use the material resources of the world to win the favor of Your Majesty, the court cannot do without Xia Yan? How much does the court have in your Majesty's eyes? No one knows?"
Chapter completed!