Sun Chengzong was quite embarrassed to hear what Zhu Youxiao said. He knew that developing financial resources was an offending thing, but he did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would let him do this in the future.
Naturally, Sun Chengzong did not refuse. After all, he was the one who pointed out the lack of national treasury.
Therefore, Sun Chengzong had no choice but to cup his hands and say: "I obey the decree!"
"Then after I return, I will quickly prepare a proposal to develop financial resources and submit it in the form of a memorial. I will review it carefully. The strategy proposed by Aiqing must be carefully considered. It must not only increase the revenue of the national treasury, but also not Harm the common people of the world and cause the country to decline even more."
After Zhu Youxiao said this, he looked at Xu Guangqi again: "When training troops, we should first train generals. In the early stage, due to lack of money and food, lack of equipment, and lack of knowledgeable soldiers, it is not practical to train troops directly. I propose to train generals in Nanyuan first and train new officers. They only belong to my officers. Therefore, Aiqing first selects a group of people who can be good generals for me in the future, and then concentrates on training them in Nanyuan. I propose to set up the Ming Dynasty Lecture Hall to be responsible for training good generals of our Guards! Not only Cultivating martial arts requires cultivating commanding skills and thinking, so we also need a group of instructors. My dear, you should recommend a group of veterans to me who have already served as officials or who are idle in the mainland, and call them to the capital to serve as instructors."
Zhu Youxiao said and added: "I will give you a handwriting later. You can take my handwriting to the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War to check the corresponding general officer files at any time!"
Xu Guangqi was very happy after hearing this, couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly replied: "I obey your order!"
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"Ancestor, as soon as the emperor learned that Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong had gone to see Fang Congzhe, he immediately promoted these two people to become lecturers of the Sutra Banquet. Today, he met them in Qianqing Palace and didn't even let me wait on him. The Hakka family is watching from outside and not letting anyone else get close, what do you mean, Your Majesty?"
The Wei Dynasty took advantage of the opportunity when Zhu Youxiao summoned Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong to come to the Supervisor of Ceremonies and talk to Wang An.
After hearing this, Wang An calmly said: "These two people are both masters of the East Palace. Although they are only in the name of teacher and student and not in reality, our Ming Dynasty pays attention to the friendship between teachers and students. Generally, new kings will promote their teachers and use their experience to teach them." It is not surprising that the banquet talks about official appointments and the selection of future cabinet ministers, but it is a bit strange that these two people were promoted after meeting Fang Congzhe. Is it possible that His Majesty really values Fang Congzhe so much?"
After speaking, Wang An asked the Wei Dynasty: "Did Fang Congzhe enter the palace after meeting Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong?"
Wei Chao nodded: "Fang Congzhe came to intercede for Yang Lian and Wei Dazhong. The decree has been drawn up. Both of them were dismissed from their posts. Yang Lian was demoted to Guizhou as Yicheng, and Wei Dazhong was demoted to Guizhou Qingping County Magistrate. In addition, Fang Congzhe was promoted by His Majesty. Bachelor of Zhongji Palace, Taibao of the Crown Prince, and Minister of the Ministry of Officials."
Wang An pondered for a moment after hearing this, and suddenly realized: "Is this Fang Congzhe an assistant minister of the three dynasties, or is he sure of the emperor's pulse?"
"Ancestor, what do you mean?"
Wei Chao asked.
"When I step back, you will be the one in charge of the Ceremony Supervisor. Still don't understand? It's time to learn to use your own brain!"
Wang An said angrily to the Wei Dynasty, and then said: "Your Majesty knows that Yang and Wei are not guilty enough to die, but so many people plead for mercy for these two people, and His Majesty just refuses to forgive these two people. The reason is that he is unwilling to do so." Forced by the people of Donglin!
And only if Fang Congzhe, who is hated by everyone in Donglin, intercedes for these two people, will His Majesty forgive them for their death penalty, which shows that Your Majesty does not want the party strife in Ming Dynasty to intensify, and intends to use this incident to select someone who can be reused when he takes office. A good minister.
Fang Congzhe must have guessed the emperor's thoughts a long time ago, so he immediately admonished His Majesty after meeting Xu and Sun. He changed his original intention and interceded for Yang Lian and Wei Dazhong. Otherwise, how could he have done that if Xu and Sun were not his disciples? Maybe they were so obedient. From our perspective, Xu and Sun went to see Fang Congzhe to persuade Fang Congzhe to intercede for Yang and Wei. "
"The ancestors are really clever. The news from Jin Yiwei said that Xu and Sun went to Fang Congzhe's house for this matter."
Wei Chao replied to Wang An with great admiration.
"Your Majesty wants to eliminate party strife, but it is not that easy. Back then, the temple (Wanli) refused to go to court to meet with the ministers because it was extremely dissatisfied with the belligerence of civil servants in the DPRK. But after all, we are the Emperor's domestic slaves. It is not the turn of us slaves to regulate and admonish, but let’s see what Mr. Wang and the others do. If they are willing to stop their activities and get along well with the officials of the Qi Party and the Chu Party, and help the king together, it will be a blessing to the country."
After Wang An said that, he glanced at Wei Chao: "You should come to our house less often. The most important thing is to serve the emperor carefully."
"Yes! My son, remember the words of your ancestors."
Wei Chao nodded.
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"Because Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi met Fang Congzhe and asked for mercy from Fang Congzhe, Fang Congzhe went to the palace overnight to meet with His Majesty. As a result, Duke Yang was dismissed from his post and made a post official, and Duke Wei was sent to the county magistrate in Guizhou."
As soon as Wang Wenyan got the latest news about Yang Lian and Wei Dazhong from Wang An in the inner court, he informed Zuo Guangdou and Wei Dazhong of the news.
Wei Dazhong, who had been sitting at home anxiously waiting for the Jin Yiwei to come to the door, breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile that would last for the rest of his life on his lips.
But when he thought that his life was saved by Fang Congzhe, Wei Dazhong didn't know what to say. He just asked: "How could your majesty listen to Fang Congzhe?"
Wang Wenyan therefore smiled slightly: "Don't you understand, Mr. Wei? Your Majesty wants our Donglin Party to shake hands with the officials of the Qi Party, Chu Party, and Zhejiang Party and make peace. He doesn't want us to argue with partisans, but as a gentleman, How can friends be friends with villains? If we don’t drive out the traitors, how can we, the gentlemen of Donglin, be brought into power, and how can the country be at peace?"
But Zuo Guangdou, who had been silent all this time, sighed: "It's surprising that the Holy Will is like this, but fortunately, the Second Duke of Yang Wei finally saved his life!"
"Although we saved one life, our Donglin Party suffered heavy losses. Once the two Dukes of Yang and Wei were released, our Donglin Party would lose two major officials in the court, especially Yang Gong, who was killed for helping Emperor Daxing succeed to the throne. Minister Cheng Gu Ming was suddenly demoted, which undoubtedly caused heavy losses to us in the admonishment department in Taiwan!
Therefore, Thief Fang is not a treacherous and cunning person. If he is not expelled from the court, even if Ye Gong (Ye Xianggao) returns to the court in the future, it will be difficult for him to make any achievements. In addition, the two Dukes of Yang and Wei were demoted to Guizhou this time. That place is a poor place with harsh mountains and rivers. If we don’t expel the traitor Fang from the court, will we still have to sit back and watch the two Dukes of Yang and Wei die in a foreign land in the future? "
Wang Wenyan spoke angrily.
Because it was related to whether he would die in a foreign country and whether he could recover, so Wei Dazhong also stood up excitedly: "Mr. Wang is right, the traitor cannot stay in the court, he should be impeached and removed!"
As he said that, Wei Dazhong looked at Zuo Guangdou: "Mr. Zuo, my lips are dead and my teeth are cold. Today, my foolish brother has ended up like this, and there is no guarantee that my brother will do the same in the future. Please make up your mind to join in the impeachment of Fang Congzhe, Mr. Zuo."
Zuo Guangdou said: "But doing this is against the holy will. Mr. Wang is right. His Majesty does not want the courtiers to engage in internal fighting, but we are still going to add fuel to the fire and expand the struggle. When the time comes, the more we impeach Fang Congzhe, the more likely he will be. Fang Congzhe's position will be more stable."
