Wang Shouren left, and the officials did not know what happened after that. In their eyes, he was just another righteous official who opposed Liu Jin's atrocities and was eventually reprimanded.
Many people were frightened.
After all, it was a pity to abandon it like this after ten years of hard work.
Many people were forced or took the initiative to fall into the arms of Liu Jin. Under such circumstances, his power became more powerful and reached the peak of the Ming Dynasty.
Some even call him:
"Establish an emperor"
And this established emperor indeed lives up to his nickname.
There are seven tigers remaining in the inner court, and countless party members in the outer court are working for them.
No matter from which aspect, Liu Jin has reached the pinnacle of power at this time. The only difference between him and the emperor is a name and an Armstrong cyclotron jet Armstrong cannon.
But when Liu Jin was complacent, he discovered a problem.
In this kingdom of my own, there is another distinctive point that is particularly obvious.
Chen Guogong Yan Yuan was a noble man who held the important responsibilities of serving as the Left Governor of the Rear Army Governor's Office, the Admiral of the Three Thousand Battalions, and the Crown Prince's Taibao. He was truly a top figure in the Ming Dynasty.
The nobles under his leadership were a breath of fresh air in the court under Liu Jin.
This point made Liu Jin feel very unhappy.
More importantly, if he wanted to completely control the Ming Dynasty, he could not circumvent military power, and military power could not circumvent Chen Guogong.
In the original history, he would send trusted eunuchs to guard various places to intervene in military power, but this time with the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army present, he had no choice.
Therefore, Chen Guogong must also bow to him, or... screw him down!
In the second year of Zhengde's reign, he waited for his opportunity.
The "Tongjian Zhuanyao" compiled since the Hongzhi Dynasty was compiled in this year.
Naturally, it must be presented to Liu Jin first.
As for Liu Jin, he actually had no interest in this kind of thing. The reason why he wanted to read the book was that he wanted to frame the Hanlin editors in charge of copying for not copying clearly, so as to promote his own party members by copying again.
But when he saw a name among the editors, he changed his mind.
"Editor of the Hanlin Academy...Yan Song." Liu Jin muttered to himself as he stared at such a name.
Then, as if he had made a decision, he turned around and asked:
"This Yan Song, which section of "Tongjian Zhuanyao" was copied?"
After turning to that part, Liu Jin turned to Gu Dayong without even looking at it and said:
"Look at this paragraph. It's very unclear. What does it mean?"
"This book was compiled under the order of the late emperor and edited by Mr. Li Ge. How important it is that he copied it like this!"
"This is not only a blasphemy to the hard work of Mr. Li Ge, but also disrespect to the late emperor! How can I bear this?"
"Dayong, arrest him immediately and put him in jail, and find out if there is anyone behind him!"
"Sir, that's the Yan family..." Gu Da stopped mid-sentence. He already understood what Liu Jin meant.
This is an attack on Chen Guogong, forcing him to express his position!
He rolled his eyes and suggested:
"Sir, this editor is just a small person. Capturing him won't show your prestige... Doesn't the Yan family have a right servant in the household department? I suspect that he is involved in corruption and bribery. How about I go and capture him? Check it out?"
"Chen Guogong has also been in the family for a long time, and his power cannot be underestimated. It is better to be cautious first."
Liu Jin touched his chin. Although he said he was cautious, his brows were full of contempt. It was obvious that he didn't think Yan Yuan could go against him.
After all, the ministers are now in submission, and the court is full of his followers. Due to the growth of the power of the previous two generations of civil servants, at least on the surface, not only is the noble side not as strong as the previous Yan Keng era, but even the severe era. It is no longer possible to maintain a balance.
The British Duke Zhang Mao was the most distinguished person under Chen Guogong. Isn't he awesome? But after offending Liu Jin, although he was not demoted or anything like that, he was originally extremely favored and was in charge of the fifth military camp, but now he was directly dismissed from his post. None of the civil servants who had been friends with him dared to come to visit, and the court was left indifferent.
This was Liu Jin's strength at his peak, and even nobles who had retired from the country could not provoke him.
Gu Dayong thought so too, so he immediately spoke and said flatteringly:
"With your power, Mr. Liu, how dare Chen Guogong and the Yan family dare to go against you? I think even if you hit you with a stick, they would still have to kowtow to you and praise you for your good fight. .”
This sentence made Liu Jin feel very comfortable, but he still pretended to be reserved and said:
"If the Yan family is willing to surrender and become my wings, I will also be happy to give them a taste of the soup."
"If he doesn't know what he is doing... I will let him know who is in charge of this court now! He who is the Duke and Governor, please step aside!"
Liu Jin's eyes showed pride and cruelty.
…
Yan Song, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, is just a small figure, but he has become the focus of the conflict inexplicably.
When he was taken away by Xichang, he was still complaining - how could he be negligent and copy such important court matters?
How pitiful he was, he really didn't know where he had offended Liu Jin.
He was an upright person by nature, and he really couldn't stand Liu Jin, but an order came from Chen Guogong's government that members of the family were strictly prohibited from interfering in Liu Jin's struggle with the civil servant group, so he naturally followed the orders of the person in charge of the second house of the family.
(It is assumed that Yan Song was born in Jiangnan, see Chapter 1 of this book for details)
Who would have thought that when people sit at home, pots come from the sky.
But soon, he calmed down again.
Yan Yuan would not fail to save him, he knew it.
In prison, no matter what Gu Dayong said, he didn't say a word.
Just as Gu Dayong's anger gradually increased and he was about to be tortured, the Yan family outside finally took action.
"The right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Yan Ruzheng, has impeached the eunuch Liu Jin, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, for doing evil and plotting against the law!"
"Yan Shizhong, a doctor in the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, impeached Liu Yu, the censor of Zuodu, for corruption and perverting the law. The amount is huge!"
"Zhang Cai, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the right deputy censor of the capital and governor of Gansu, Cao Yuan, embezzled military pay and acted lawlessly!"
…
Dozens of bullets were sent directly to the cabinet, some attacking Liu Jin, some attacking his party members, including the impeachment of Zhang Cai, Liu Jin's former think tank.
In the original time and space, Zhang Cai was the head of the Wenxuan Department of the Ministry of Personnel before being elected to Liu Jin. However, in this time and space, his boss, Yan Shizhong, a doctor in the Wenxuan Department, was a member of the Yan family.
Before Zhang Cai was re-employed by Liu Jin, his reputation was actually quite good. Even Ma Wensheng, an important minister in the Hongzhi period, thought highly of him. Such a capable person was naturally recommended to Yan Yuan by Yan Shizhong, and then he rose through the ranks until he became the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Naturally, he did not need to go there anymore. Holding Liu Jin’s smelly feet.
These impeachment memorials should have been intercepted by Liu Jin's associates, but it was Jiao Fang, whom he relied on as his arm, who personally gave these memorials to Emperor Zhengde for review!
Liu Jin was so shocked that he quickly ordered Gu Dayong to collect information about Jiao Fang. The result was that Jiao Fang was a tribute student of the 29th year of the orthodox examination, and the examiner of the examination that year was... He was the Minister of Rites at that time, Yan Jingxiu!
In other words, Jiao Fang is actually Yan Jingxiu’s disciple!
What's even more frightening is that Li Dongyang and Jiao Fang are in the same term, which means that the chief minister of the cabinet also called Yan Jingxiu "sir" back then!
Liu Jin felt cold all over her body. She didn't expect that her right-hand man could not be trusted either!
More importantly, these impeachment memorials are all well-founded and every one of them was actually done by Liu Jin and his party members. It really cannot be truer!
When Zhu Houzhao saw this, he was furious. The actions of some ministers had exceeded his psychological bottom line. He directly ordered these people to be dismissed from their posts and imprisoned. As for Liu Jin, he was also furious!
Liu Jin was dumbfounded.
He never dreamed that such a situation would happen, and even some of his subordinates turned against him and exposed Liu Jin's various illegal activities!
After being scolded by Emperor Zhengde and resorting to the "crying method", he finally managed to calm down Zhu Houzhao's anger.
Just because of the detention of Yan Song, Liu Jin lost several important subordinates in a very short period of time, and some of his subordinates turned against him directly, leaving a bad impression on the emperor.
Is this, is this the value of Chen Guogong and the Yan family, the head of the honour, who have been passed down for hundreds of years?
Liu Jin couldn't help but think of something that happened before.
The gangsters he sent to hunt down Wang Shouren were all killed. However, after the East and West Second Factory launched their full force, they only knew that it was someone in a tea shop who did it. It was then that he realized that among the people in the capital, , but also hides an extremely terrifying power.
Could it be...
He shuddered, and the long-lost fear filled Liu Jin's heart.
He knew that this time the other party caught him off guard, and he did not expect that there would be so many disciples and former officials of the Yan family in the court, so they would be defeated so miserably. If they really wanted to fight, he would not be defeated. Being killed instantly like this, after all, there are many of his own followers in the court.
But he also realized that the forces behind Chen Guogong were not trivial. If there was a full-scale conflict, the final winner would never be him...
The previous rhetoric seemed like a joke, and the real talker in the court seemed to have never been his turn, Liu Jin.
Provoking Chen Guogong and the Yan family may be his biggest mistake...
Liu Jin picked up the tea, but her hands were shaking slightly.
On the third day, Yan Song was released from the West Factory.
Because Yan Yuan's counterattack was so fast, Liu Jin gave in before Xichang even had time to strike hard. The biggest grievance he suffered was that he lived in that dark cell for two nights and was sent away on the third day. After returning home, Gu Dayong returned his status as the admiral of Xichang, nodded and bowed his head and stuffed money into his pocket, asking him not to bear grudges against him.
Soon after, Yan Song, editor of the Hanlin Academy, was promoted to the Ministry of Rites, and was promoted to doctor of the Ministry of Rites, directly promoted from the seventh rank to the fifth rank.
When facing Chen Guogong and this huge family, Eunuch Liu, the chief minister of rites, finally chose to surrender.
(End of chapter)
