Snapped!
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his hand on the table, the anger on his face not concealed at all.
Wang Guangyang, the Right Prime Minister, did such a poor job on behalf of the Left Prime Minister!
At this moment, Lao Zhu remembered Liu Bowen's original comment. His evaluation of Wang Guangyang was absolutely correct.
His ability is enough to serve as the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province.
Although Li Shanchang should retire from the position of Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu Province for the sake of the overall situation in the court, Lao Zhu really didn't know who to look for as his replacement.
This meeting was no longer the probing question before, but the fact that no one in Zhongshu Province had been in charge of the work, and he was exhausted.
There needs to be someone who can stand up for a while.
"Call Yang Xian over."
Zhu Yuanzhang issued the order directly.
Although it has not yet reached the one-month deadline, it is not far behind.
Yang Xian soon appeared in the Fengxian Hall. As soon as he met him, he immediately knelt down towards Zhu Yuanzhang and said respectfully: "I pay homage to your majesty."
It was much more solemn than the ceremony that other ministers performed when meeting Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Let me ask you Yang Xian, how is the investigation on Wang Guangyang that I asked you to investigate going?"
Zhu Yuanzhang got straight to the point and asked Yang Xian directly.
Yang Xian immediately replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have been doing my best to investigate since the last time Your Majesty asked me to do so. Now it has been written down. Please take a look at it."
While talking, Yang Xian had already taken out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Yes, he had already prepared this thing, just waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to summon him.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the book and immediately opened it and read it. He didn't know what to read, but he was shocked when he saw it.
"Yang Xian, can you make sure that everything you write in this brochure is true?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Yang Xian and asked with a straight face and suppressed his anger.
"I dare not deceive Your Majesty in the slightest. Everything written in the excerpt was obtained by my personal investigation. Your Majesty can verify it at will."
Yang Xian looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang and answered decisively.
What Wang Guangyang did was really bad. There was no need to discredit him. As long as he was truthful, he could be swallowed up by Lao Zhu's anger.
"This is really unreasonable!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily and threw the zhezi directly on the table.
"Your Majesty, calm down. I think Prime Minister You may have something to hide. Otherwise, it wouldn't be like this."
Yang Xian said immediately, but instead of scolding Wang Guangyang, he asked him for an explanation.
"Unspeakable secret?"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said angrily: "What can he hide? I would like to hear it. Someone, summon Wang Guangyang to see me!"
Lao Zhu, who was in the heat of the moment, wanted to see Wang Guangyang directly and didn't care about anything else.
Yang Xian knelt aside and secretly rejoiced in his heart. Could he not know whether Wang Guangyang had a reason?
The investigation for so long was not in vain.
Not long after, Wang Guangyang appeared in Fengxian Hall.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Wang Guangyang still looked calm and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although he has replaced the left prime minister as the right prime minister these days and has really not done much, he has always been sitting firmly in the military tent without panic at all.
His rule for being an official is very simple. If you do more, you will make more mistakes. If you do less, you will make fewer mistakes. If you do less, it will be better.
Before Li Shanchang recovered from his illness, his working methods had always been effective.
Therefore, Wang Guangyang has always followed it.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang's summons today was a bit strange, and his subordinate Yang Xian was also there. Wang Guangyang had a premonition that something was wrong, but he still maintained his posture.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Guangyang in front of him, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.
He has great love for Wang Guangyang. In terms of talent, there is no huge difference between him and Liu Bowen.
Liu Bowen was awarded the title of Uncle Chengyi, and Wang Guangyang was also granted the title of Uncle Zhongqin, and even achieved the position of Prime Minister You of Zhongshu Province.
Although he is not Prime Minister Zuo, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to achieve this position.
All because Wang Guangyang bought Zhu Yuanzhang's original shares instead of joining halfway like Liu Bowen.
When he was young, Wang Guangyang followed Lao Zhu in the uprising against the Yuan Dynasty. He was hired by Lao Zhu as the commander of the Marshal's Office and the governor of Jiangnan Province, and was ordered to participate in Chang Yuchun's military affairs.
After the world was settled and the Ming Dynasty was established, Wang Guangyang's position was promoted all the way, and he soon reached the position of Prime Minister Zhongshu You.
Therefore, although Wang Guangyang's ability is not the most powerful among Lao Zhu's men, he has good vision and good luck. After investing in the original stock, he naturally gained more trust.
Thinking about the past, the anger in Lao Zhu's heart also dissipated a lot.
Nostalgia is Lao Zhu's consistent tradition. At least Lao Zhu is still very nostalgic now.
"Guangyang, there seems to be a lot of backlog regarding the affairs of the Ministry of Education of China recently."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Wang Guangyang.
As soon as this sentence came out, Yang Xian's heart immediately skipped a beat.
After he had investigated so much, why did Zhu Yuanzhang just ask Zheng Sui Qingqing after summoning Wang Guangyang?
what is this?
Pick it up high and put it down gently?
Wang Guangyang immediately replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, since I took over the post of Prime Minister Li, I have often felt that I am not up to the task, so I have acted too slowly. As for national affairs, they are decided by your Majesty with just one word, and I dare not make hasty decisions. "
It's still possible to find reasons, especially for someone like Wang Guangyang who has reached the level of Prime Minister Zhongshu You.
It would not be wrong to say that he has no ability at all, but ability and attitude are two different things.
He must have found this reason, and it is quite reasonable.
He is not Prime Minister Zuo, he is a substitute, and it is normal for him to be insufficiently capable.
As for the Ministry of Education, they were all national affairs, and it seemed normal for Zhu Yuanzhang to worry about everything.
After listening to these explanations, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression softened significantly, and he said: "Guangyang, Zhongshu Province handles national affairs well, but you still have to do what you should do, and you can't be afraid of making mistakes. I still have high expectations for you. Yes. In this way, Yang Xian is here today, I will ask Yang Xian to help you more and do your job well for me, do you understand? "
"I thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wang Guangyang immediately knelt down to thank him.
Yang Xian on the side was completely dumbfounded. How could things develop like this?
Shouldn’t Wang Guangyang be brought down?
Then I have great hope to take over the vacant position of Zhongshu Zuo Prime Minister.
But this time, Lao Zhu had no intention of dealing with Wang Guangyang seriously.
All imagination after that can only be imagination.
However, Yang Xian could not get angry yet. As a secret intelligence officer under Lao Zhu, he knew very well that not disobeying Lao Zhu was the most correct choice.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will definitely assist Your Prime Minister in handling the affairs of the Zhongshu Province."
Yang Xian immediately expressed his stance. With this look, who would have thought that he had actually been thinking about overthrowing Wang Guangyang for a long time?
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Very good, Yang Xian, I'm very pleased that you think so. Then you two go down and deal with the backlog as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The two of them immediately left, and Lao Zhu felt much more relaxed.
If there were still so many of these twists and turns, he would be too exhausted to handle them.
As soon as Wang Guangyang came back from Zhongshu Province, he immediately started to deal with the backlog of things. Zhu Yuanzhang personally warned him that even if Wang Guangyang believed in doing less and making fewer mistakes, there was no way to avoid it.
The same goes for Yang Xian, who worked hard with Wang Guangyang to handle government affairs.
He didn't dare to do anything dirty, because Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to help, and if something went wrong, he would definitely be responsible.
At this moment when the position of Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu Province was vacant, Yang Xian did not want to make any mistakes on his own.
Therefore, he had no choice but to help Wang Guangyang with things first.
For three consecutive days, Wang Guangyang and Yang Xian spent almost the whole day in the Zhongshu Provincial Office, handling a large amount of squeezed government affairs.
Of course, it would definitely be impossible to finish it in three days, but at least the classification work was done, and the number of memorials handed over to Zhu Yuanzhang was significantly reduced.
This is what they want to do, and what Zhu Yuanzhang wants them to do most.
"Master Yang, you have worked really hard these past few days."
Wang Guangyang looked at Yang Xian and thanked him.
Wang Guangyang knew very well about his own abilities. If Yang Xian hadn't tried his best to help him, it would have been difficult to handle the matter to this extent within three days.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, has already said that I am only following your Majesty's instructions."
Yang Xian replied immediately, looking very humble.
Wang Guangyang stretched out his hands and said, "It's finally come to an end. I've been too tired these past few days. I need to take a good rest."
For Wang Guangyang, who usually doesn't care about anything, these three days have been really overloaded.
"Right Prime Minister, I'm afraid there is one more matter that needs to be dealt with."
Yang Xian suddenly spoke.
"Oh, what's the matter?"
Wang Guangyang looked at Yang Xian and frowned.
Yang Xian said: "Right Prime Minister, do you know that His Majesty appointed Su Jing as Uncle Renyuan in the morning meeting?"
"Of course I remember."
Wang Guangyang nodded.
He didn't care, but he didn't know anything.
A celebrity like Su Jing in the Ming Dynasty must know this.
Yang Xian continued: "His Majesty has already conferred the title of Uncle Ren Yuan, but Uncle Ren Yuan has never appeared. Logically speaking, this edict should have been issued by Zhongshu Province. It has been some time since His Majesty was granted the title. The delay is It’s not bad.”
After listening to Yang Xian's words, Wang Guangyang thought for a moment and said, "That's true. Mr. Yang is thoughtful. I will go see His Majesty immediately and ask him what he thinks."
Wang Guangyang's first thought was to ask Zhu Yuanzhang, which made Yang Xian unable to sit still.
"Right Prime Minister!"
Yang Xian shouted: "Wait a minute!"
Wang Guangyang stopped and asked, "Mr. Yang, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Yang Xian immediately said: "Your Majesty has just warned us that the Zhongshu Province is too slow to handle government affairs. This kind of thing that His Majesty has already promulgated is just a matter of issuing an edict and going through the process. It is not appropriate to disturb Your Majesty anymore."
If Wang Guangyang asked directly, there would be no follow-up.
Zhu Yuanzhang said a word, Wang Guangyang must have done nothing.
But what Yang Xian said does make some sense.
Lao Zhu announced the knighthood order in the morning in front of all civil and military officials. It was indeed just a process.
It is really inappropriate to ask Lao Zhu about this matter.
"Master Yang has thought carefully, but I am too impatient. But where is Uncle Ren Yuan now? I don't know!"
Wang Guangyang said helplessly.
He is not good at investigating.
Only people like Yang Xian who work hard to climb up will understand these things better.
"Well, it's a pity that I don't know very well."
Yang Xian sighed slightly, and then left with an excuse.
What happened last time still taught Yang Xian a big lesson, so now he directly said that he didn't know.
If Wang Guangyang jumped in, it was his own fault and had nothing to do with him.
"Su Jing, Uncle Renyuan."
In the office, Wang Guangyang read Su Jing's name.
He thought about what Yang Xian said before, and it seemed to make sense.
…
the other side.
Yang Xian, who left Zhongshu Province, went directly to the imperial censor Liu Bing.
The so-called Shi Yushi is the subordinate of Yu Shi Zhongcheng. If a senior official of the court violates the law, the Shi Yushi will usually report it to Yu Shi Zhongcheng and then report it to the emperor.
To put it bluntly, it is the Discipline Inspection Commission.
"Mr. Liu, excuse me for disturbing you."
Yang Xian cupped his hands towards Liu Bing and said.
"Master Yang, why are you here?"
Liu Bing was a little surprised, but he still returned the favor with his hand, but when facing Yang Xian, Liu Bing's attitude was not like that of a subordinate.
This is the special characteristic of Shi Yushi. He is a supervisory official and a reporting position. Ordinary officials don't like to see Shi Yushi very much.
Because being targeted by Shi Yushi meant that something was wrong with him.
Yang Xian said: "Master Liu, I'm here. I have something I want to talk to Master Liu."
"Master Yang, speak directly if you have anything to say."
Liu Bing is very direct. After all, what he does on weekdays is to offend people, and he must be upright.
Yang Xian's expression was slightly irritated, but it was only fleeting, and he said: "That's it, except for being in Zhongshu Province, Mr. Right Prime Minister spends most of his time indulging in wine and sex. His mother doesn't care for him at home. I I really couldn’t stand it anymore, so I came to see you, Mr. Liu.”
Yang Xian was very timid about making up lies in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, but he had no fear in front of Liu Bing.
Of course, it's not all a lie. Wang Guangyang didn't take much care of his old mother.
"Is this happening?"
Liu Bing's expression changed and he asked immediately.
This right Prime Minister Wang Guangyang is not filial to his mother, this is a big deal!
Filial piety comes first among all good deeds. Although filial piety is a moral matter, in the Ming Dynasty, filial piety was a very important quality for an official.
Similarly, if you are unfilial, the consequences will be serious!
"Master Liu, you can go and investigate. This matter is absolutely true!"
Yang Xian said with certainty.
When he came to Liu Bing, he came to bring him performance.
For a position like Shi Yushi, the higher the grade of the official you impeach, the higher his status in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
Who asked Shi Yushi to do this?
Now Li Shanchang, the left prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, is ill at home, and Wang Guangyang, the right prime minister, has the highest official position among the civil servants.
If this impeachment can be justified, it would be a great achievement for Liu Bing, the imperial censor!
"Master Yang, I understand."
Liu Bing nodded, ready to check.
Yang Xian immediately said: "I hope Mr. Liu will not spread this matter to outsiders. After all, I am still working under Mr. Right Prime Minister."
Liu Bing immediately understood and said: "Don't worry, this matter will not involve you, Mr. Yang."
(End of chapter)
