Capital, Xu Jie's mansion.
Xu Jie has been in a very good mood recently.
I wonder if there is anything more satisfying in the world than seeing one's mortal enemy defeated?
"Huh, Yan Song, even if you try your best, you can't get a grain of food from Jiangxi!"
"When the time comes, when I become the chief minister of the cabinet, apart from cleaning up the strict party, the first thing I will do is to abolish the change of rice to mulberry that you promoted!"
"Changing rice into rice will cause harm to the country and the people, and it will only waste national power. Only by changing rice into cotton can the Ming Dynasty be truly prosperous and strong!"
Xu Jie thought so, and immediately drank all the tea in the cup.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside.
Xu Jie put down the tea cup in his hand and followed the sound, only to see the butler entering the hall with steady steps.
The first thing the butler did after entering the hall was to respectfully hand the letter in his hand into Xu Jie's hands.
"Master, this is a letter sent to you from Jiangxi!"
After hearing this, Xu Jie took the letter from the butler's hand and immediately gave instructions.
"Well, I understand, go down!"
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing that the letter had been delivered, the butler did not stay in the hall for too long and immediately turned around and left.
After the housekeeper left, Xu Jie opened the letter and began to read the contents.
Xu Jie quickly read through all the contents of the letter, then put the letter aside and said silently to himself.
"Humph, things really didn't go beyond my expectations. Before the notice from the Ministry of Revenue officially arrived in Jiangxi, Cao Shunhe took it upon himself to order grain transfer to Zhejiang."
"If my guess is correct, it was Hu Zongxian who wrote to Cao Shunhe, asking him to go to Zhejiang to adjust grain."
"After all, Hu Zongxian personally led the army to Jiangxi to quell the rebellion, and he showed great kindness to Cao Shunhe!"
Thinking of this, Xu Jie's expression suddenly turned gloomy, and he said silently to himself: "Huh, Cao Shunhe, how dare you get involved in this matter?"
"In that case, let me do the surgery on you first, and let others see what happens if you piss me off, Xu Jie!"
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On the other side, Yan Mansion.
In the study room, Yan Song was wearing reading glasses and concentrating on browsing the books in his hands.
Just as Yan Song was looking fascinated, there was a knock on the door.
The thoughts in his mind were interrupted, and Yan Song frowned slightly, and said slowly: "Come in!"
After Yan Song finished speaking, there was a "squeak" sound, the study door was pushed open, and Yan Shifan walked in with a letter.
When Yan Song saw Yan Shifan coming in, he immediately took off his reading glasses and asked.
"What's up?"
Upon seeing this, Yan Shifan did not hesitate too much. He immediately handed the letter in his hand to Yan Song and said respectfully: "Father, this is a letter written by Hu Zongxian to you!"
When Yan Song heard this, he couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face. He took the letter from Yan Shifan's hand and said.
"Oh, is this a letter written by Hu Zongxian to me?"
After Yan Song finished speaking, he unhurriedly opened the envelope, put his reading glasses back on tremblingly, and read the contents word for word.
Throughout the whole process, Yan Shifan stood quietly, not daring to make any noise for fear of disturbing Yan Song.
After Yan Song took off his reading glasses again and put the letter in his hand aside, Yan Shifan boldly asked Yan Song: "Father, what did Hu Zongxian write in the letter?"
Facing Yan Shifan's curious eyes, Yan Song chuckled and explained unhurriedly: "Hu Zongxian wants me to protect someone this time!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Shifan became even more curious about this person's identity, and immediately asked: "Who?"
Yan Song withdrew his gaze from Yan Shifan and said slowly: "Cao Shunhe, governor of Jiangxi."
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Forbidden City, Inspectorate.
At this moment, Hai Rui was sitting in front of the desk, processing the corresponding impeachment memorial.
Not long ago, Hai Rui returned to the capital from Henan. After completing his work report, Jiajing specially gave Hai Rui a few days' leave to reunite with his wife.
Shortly after Hai Rui returned to his mansion in the capital, Jiajing sent people to send a lot of money, food and meat to Hai Rui's home. During that period, the food at Hai Rui's home was really poor compared to before. It's gone up several levels.
At this moment, Tang Shunzhi was busy sorting out the completed impeachment memorials for Hai Rui.
Looking at the mountains of impeachment memorials in front of him, Tang Shunzhi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
To him, everything before him was like a dream.
What Tang Shunzhi didn't expect was that he would be able to return to serve in the court!
In the 18th year of Jiajing's reign, Tang Shunzhi was worried about the government affairs. After he, court official Luo Hongxian and Hanlin editor Zhao Shichun wrote a book "East Palace Chao He Shu" for Jiajing, he was deported. From then on, Tang Shunzhi made up his mind to leave officialdom. , devote yourself to reading.
Not long ago, Tang Shunzhi was not only re-recruited by the imperial court, but was also assigned by name to serve under Hai Rui, the new left deputy governor of the Inspectorate.
After Tang Shunzhi came to the capital, he naturally learned of the great changes in the emperor. The emperor not only became diligent in political affairs, but also often attended cabinet meetings and court meetings.
What's more important is that the financial deficit that has been plaguing the Ming Dynasty, as well as the southern Japanese and northern Tatar issues, have all been resolved!
At present, all the Japanese pirates entrenched along the southeast coast have been wiped out. Not long ago, in a battle with the Tatar cavalry, the Ming army won a great victory and even captured the Tatar Khan alive!
It can be said that at present, the national power of the Ming Dynasty is booming under the leadership of Jiajing.
"It is our great fortune that your Majesty can regain his original intention!"
At this moment, Hai Rui's voice brought Tang Shunzhi back to reality: "It's really weird!"
Upon seeing this, Tang Shunzhi immediately stepped forward, looked at the impeachment memorial that Hai Rui had put aside, and asked, "Sir, is there anything wrong with this impeachment memorial?"
When Hai Rui heard this, he shook his head in a subtle way, and immediately explained: "No, there is nothing wrong with this impeachment memorial, but it involves a high-ranking official in the border area!"
After Hai Rui finished speaking, Tang Shunzhi's eyes immediately fell on the impeachment memorial that had not been completely closed.
Because the distance was too far, Tang Shunzhi could only get a rough look. He vaguely saw the words Jiangxi Governor Cao Shunhe on the impeachment memorial.
"Forget it, this is probably just a coincidence!"
Hai Rui shook his head and immediately began to deal with the impeachment memorial.
But when Hai Rui opened the next impeachment memorial, he suddenly discovered that the person involved in this impeachment memorial was still Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi.
Then, Hai Rui still refused to give up. After reading several impeachment memorials, he realized that all the impeachment memorials in front of him impeached the same person, Jiangxi Governor Cao Shunhe!
Hai Rui was keenly aware that something was wrong. Logically speaking, Cao Shunhe, as the governor of a province, was a veritable official of the frontier, and he was also a person deeply trusted by the emperor!
But now, so many impeachment memorials suddenly appeared in the Inspectorate, and Hai Rui's sixth sense told him that this matter must not be simple.
Then, Hai Rui took out an impeachment memorial, handed it into Tang Shunzhi's hands, and gave instructions.
"Tell Mr. Zhao about this immediately, and bring this impeachment memorial with you!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Shunzhi took the impeachment memorial from Hai Rui's hands with a solemn expression and said in a deep voice.
"Yes, sir!"
…
In the room, after Zhao Zhenji finished handling his daily official duties, he picked up the idle newspaper out of boredom.
In recent days, there has been a craze for reading newspapers in the capital. From the nobles to the peddlers, they all have a very strong interest in the newspapers issued by the imperial court.
Zhao Zhenji was already familiar with the contents of the newspaper. After buying the newspaper earlier, he couldn't wait to read the contents of the newspaper from beginning to end.
Due to reading it so many times, Zhao Zhenji has reached the point where he can recite the contents of the newspaper word for word.
"Alas, I don't know when the court will be able to issue a new issue of the newspaper!"
"I heard from those people that the person responsible for publishing newspapers is a newly established bureau called the Information Agency."
"This yamen seems to be personally in charge of Lu Fanglai, and the people under him who are responsible for writing articles are all carefully selected from Hanlin bachelors."
"How about asking them another day when the new issue of the newspaper will be out?"
Zhao Zhenji thought so, a look of expectation appeared on his face, and he quickly put the newspaper in his hand back to its original place.
Just as Zhao Zhenji was about to take out a book from the bookshelf nearby to kill the boring time, there was a knock on the door. Seeing someone disturbing his leisure time, Zhao Zhenji frowned slightly and said helplessly.
"come in!"
As soon as Zhao Zhenji finished speaking, the door to the room was pushed open, and a guard came in and respectfully reported: "Sir, Hai Rui's subordinate Tang Shunzhi is waiting outside the door. He said that he has something very important. He wants to I’ll explain it to you face to face!”
After Zhao Zhenji listened to the guard's report, he pondered for a moment and then gave the order.
"Well, let him in!"
"Yes, sir!"
After that, the guard quickly took the order and left, and Zhao Zhenji looked at the back of the guard leaving and fell into deep thought.
In fact, Zhao Zhenji still had a certain impression of Tang Shunzhi. After all, this was a ruthless man who made the emperor very angry and was ordered to cancel his status and return to his hometown.
"If that's the case, why would Tang Shunzhi be recruited by the imperial court again to serve in the imperial court?"
"Not only that, the superiors also named Tang Shunzhi to serve under Hai Rui. Why exactly is this? Could it be that His Majesty has some arrangements for him?"
While Zhao Zhenji was still thinking hard about the reason, a voice came from his ear, interrupting his thoughts.
"Your Majesty, Tang Shunzhi, has met you!"
After Zhao Zhenji heard this, he immediately came back to his senses, turned his gaze to Tang Shunzhi, and asked.
"Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"
"Sir Zhao, today in the Inspectorate, many impeachment memorials suddenly appeared in Jiangxi Governor Cao Shunhe. My lord, please let me inform you about this matter. In addition, here is one of the many impeachment memorials!"
After Tang Shunzhi finished speaking, he immediately handed the impeachment memorial that Hai Rui had asked him to bring with him respectfully into Zhao Zhenji's hands.
After carefully listening to Tang Shunzhi's narration, Zhao Zhenji couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face, and subconsciously said: "Why are these guys going to impeach Cao Shunhe when they have nothing to do?"
Zhao Zhenji knew that Cao Shunhe had never been attached to any faction in the court. Moreover, Cao Shunhe had been diligent and diligent since he took office as governor of Jiangxi, and the people under his rule lived a pretty good life.
In the past, Cao Shunhe and the two most powerful forces in the DPRK, Yandang and Qingliu, adhered to the principle of not touching the river. The relationship between the two parties was quite reasonable. How come so many people suddenly appeared in the blink of an eye? A memorial to impeach him?
With these doubts in mind, Zhao Zhenji opened the impeachment memorial in his hand and read the contents.
The moment he opened the impeachment memorial, Zhao Zhenji immediately understood who was attacking Cao Shunhe. It was the Qingliu faction led by Xu Jie!
"These damn guys will feel uncomfortable all day long if they don't find something for me to do!"
After Zhao Zhenji finished cursing, he immediately turned around and ordered Tang Shunzhi: "Go back and tell Hai Rui that I already know about this matter!"
When Tang Shunzhi heard this, he immediately looked stern and responded respectfully.
"Yes, sir!"
After Tang Shunzhi left, Zhao Zhenji turned his attention back to the impeachment memorial in his hand and said helplessly: "Oh, it seems that I have to go to the cabinet again!"
As soon as the words fell, Zhao Zhenji took the impeachment memorial in his hand and rushed to the cabinet without stopping.
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In the cabinet, several people are dealing with the various departments below. Anyone with a discerning eye can see from the memorials submitted that Xu Jie is in a good mood today.
Xu Jie put the finished memorial aside and took the initiative to talk to Yan Song: "Mr. Yan Ge, look, the weather is really good today!"
When Yan Song heard this, he immediately turned his eyes to Xu Jie and responded with a smile: "Yes, the weather has been quite good recently. When I have another day to rest, I, an old man, have to go out and bask in the sun!"
When Xu Jie heard this, he immediately spoke to comfort him: "Where, Mr. Yan Ge, your body and bones are still strong!"
Yan Song did not comment on Xu Jie's words, he just smiled and started working on the memorial in his hand again.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps from outside the door, and a subordinate staff member was seen stepping into the cabinet, lowering his head and reporting respectfully.
"Mr. Zhao, the Supervisory Censor, Mr. Zhao Zhenji, is seeking an audience outside the cabinet!"
(End of chapter)
