"You have a way"
Staff Chen on the side looked at Staff Tian and said.
Staff Tian smiled and said, "This is not difficult, but it will offend two people."
"Who is it?" Lin Bingyuan asked.
Staff Tian said, "The governor of Datong and the commander-in-chief."
"Well," Liu Bingyuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "since I have exposed the Tiger Flag issue, I will naturally offend these two civil and military officials in Datong. Just tell me how to get me to use this matter to go to other places."
Staff Chen said, "My lord, as we all know, Datong Governor Liu and Fang Shoufang have close contacts. It would be bad if he really offends him. Besides, my lord, you are now seeking to be transferred to another place. If Fang Shoufang says something embarrassing, Even the officials don’t dare to let you go outside, sir.”
"It doesn't matter." Liu Bingyuan waved his hand and said, "Fang Chief Assistant has been the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet since the 42nd year of Wanli. It has been six years now, but our Ming Dynasty has repeatedly seen corruption, and there are many people in the court. There are quite a few criticisms of the chief minister, and I believe it won’t be long before someone writes a letter of impeachment, and then the chief minister will be replaced.”
Staff Tian asked, "Do you know who is most likely to take over the position of chief assistant in the future?"
"Naturally, it is selected from the cabinet." Liu Bingyuan said, "The first assistant is vacant, and the most promising person to take over is the second assistant Liu Jihui. During the reign of Emperor Guangzong, he was the Minister of Rites and concurrently the bachelor of Dongge. Now he is the only one who is most suitable to be the first assistant. .”
Ji Hui is the name of Liu Yishui. He worked with Fang Conzhe and Han Xuyong as Guangzong's ministers. After Guangzong died, Li Xuanshi and Li Jinzhong took the crown prince hostage in the Qianqing Palace in an attempt to take advantage of the crown prince. Liu Yishui and The British Duke Yang Lian and others led the ministers to snatch the crown prince and move him to Ciqing Palace, allowing Tian Qi to successfully ascend the throne.
He himself is a member of the Donglin Party. He has made such great achievements and the first assistant is vacant. From all aspects, he, the second assistant, is the most suitable successor.
Staff Tian said, "My lord, if you have time, you might as well go to Sir Liu's house and walk around more. Maybe your lord's affairs will be settled."
After hearing this, Liu Bingyuan shook his head slightly and said with a wry smile, "Why don't I want to take a walk in advance? Now, there is already a lot of traffic outside Mr. Liu's mansion. Many officials in scarlet robes were blocked outside. I attacked him. If you wear a blue robe and you can't enter Liu's mansion, you won't show off your ugliness."
He was born as a top three Jinshi. He was originally supposed to be sent to a remote place to serve as a county magistrate. However, because he was a member of the Donglin Party, he was assigned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and became a censor. It took him almost ten years of hard work to get one. Opportunity to patrol the place.
For a top-ranking Jinshi like him, who had been wasting his time in the Imperial Procuratorate for so long, finding a doctor among the six ministries was already the limit, and he might have a chance to find a frontier official in the future.
Of course, all of this requires him to move elsewhere. If he stays in the capital, he can only continue to waste time in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he will not even have a chance to serve as the Imperial Censor.
"What a pity." Staff Chen said regretfully.
Liu Bingyuan smiled bitterly.
He was not the only one who knew that Liu Yishui would be the first assistant. Almost everyone in the court knew about it. Even Fang Congzhe himself knew that his chief assistant would not last long and the person who would replace him would be Liu Yishui.
At this time, officials from the capital and local officials who had some connections would try their best to visit Liu Yishen. Even if they couldn't come, the gifts would definitely be delivered to his house.
Compared with these important officials in the capital and local officials, he, a small censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was too inconspicuous.
"My lord, don't be anxious." Staff Tian said, "My lord, all you need to do is mention the names of the governor and the commander-in-chief of Datong in the memorial about the tiger-character flag. I believe that once the tiger-character flag falls, my lord, you will have the opportunity to release it. ”
Liu Bingyuan frowned and said, "Wouldn't this offend the governor of Datong and the commander-in-chief of Datong?"
"Sir, you just said that you are not afraid of offending the two civil and military officials in Datong." Staff Tian reminded.
"I mean I'm not afraid." Liu Bingyuan said, "Just a tiger-character flag is at best an oversight, but if the governor and the general are involved, it means colluding with each other and condoning banditry. It can even be said to be self-respect for the bandits. , this crime is serious, it is equivalent to offending those two local officials to the point of death."
"This is a bad idea." Staff Chen also disagreed with Staff Tian's idea.
Liu Bingyuan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
What I thought was a good idea now seems to be useless.
If he, a seventh-level governor, really wanted to impeach the general of a town and the governor of Datong at the same time, it would be equivalent to turmoil in the nine-border town. Before the matter of the tiger-character flag is completed, he, the censor, would definitely be dismissed, and if not, he would be imprisoned.
"Master, there is a person outside who claims to be Xuanfu and is sending a greeting card."
A servant of the Liu Mansion came to the study and handed the greeting card respectfully with both hands.
"Could it be that someone from the Fan family is here?" Staff Chen said.
Liu Bingyuan picked up the greeting card, opened it and took a look at it, then put it aside and said to his two aides, "It's a man named Fan Yongcheng, and he should be related to the Tiger Flag."
Staff Tian on the side said, "The Fan family arrived very quickly. Your Excellency just came back from Mr. Wang's place, and they came to your door right away."
"Sir, let's meet and see what the Fan family has to say." Staff Chen said.
"Well, let's meet then." Liu Bingyuan nodded, then turned to the servant beside him and said, "Bring him to the study."
The servants retreated.
Liu Bingyuan walked to the back of the desk and sat down alone, taking a sip of tea that was almost dry.
It didn't take long, and a scholar wearing a scarf followed behind the servant of the Liu Mansion.
"Student Fan Yongcheng has met Mr. Liu and two gentlemen."
As soon as Fan Yongcheng entered the study, he took the lead in saluting Liu Bingyuan who was sitting at the top and the two staff on the left and right sides.
Staff Chen, who was standing on Liu Bingyuan's right, whispered, "Sir, this Fan Yongcheng is Fan Yongdou's younger brother, and he is a scholar."
Liu Bingyuan nodded and immediately said, "Get up."
"Thank you, sir." Fan Yongcheng straightened up.
Liu Bingyuan said, "I have no contact with your Fan family. You come to see me this time, probably because of the tiger-character flag."
"I don't dare to expire, sir. The student just followed the order of my brother and gave it to you as a small gift. I also hope that you can uphold justice." Fan Yongcheng said respectfully.
Staff Chen walked over, took a gift list from Fan Yongcheng, and gave it to Liu Bingyuan.
Liu Bingyuan picked up the gift list and glanced at it, then his eyes twitched.
Inside the gift list was a meeting ticket worth a thousand taels of silver.
Fan Yongcheng said with a smile, "This is my brother's idea. I hope you will accept it."
Liu Bingyuan closed the gift list and said, "I accepted the things, but if you came here for the tiger-character flag, I can tell you now. I want 30% of the benefits of the tiger-character flag. If you agree, I will submit a letter immediately." "
Fan Yongcheng frowned.
He didn't expect that he had sent another thousand taels, but the gentleman still refused to let go. This appetite was too much.
The property left after the Tiger Character Banner was suppressed has already been divided up, and it is impossible to allocate part of it to the departed Datong Inspector.
If it hadn't been for the fact that the other party had just resigned as Datong's inspector, he wouldn't have come to see this gentleman today, let alone managed more than two thousand taels of silver.
