This Wang Hua, there must be a problem, it is impossible for him not to know Yang Cong's background, he knows that Yang Cong's background is still doing this, then it is a bit abnormal.

He's purely looking for death, and he didn't do that as an official.

Why did Wang Hua seek death?

Everyone couldn't help frowning and pondering, and after a while, Zou Shouyi, the young Zhan of Zhan Shifu, said cautiously: "Qingfeng, I feel that this is a trick set up by Yan Song, Yan Song has many henchmen in Nanzhili, and it is very simple for him to find someone to deceive Wang Hua." ”

Yan Song's set?

Yang Cong really didn't expect this, he only knew that Yan Song was a big corrupt official, how he was greedy, and what means he was good at, he didn't know very well, and Zou Shouyi had worked with Yan Song in Jinling for so long, so he definitely knew Yan Song better than him.

He thought for a while, and then asked, "Shibo, why do you think Yan Song did this?" ”

Zou Shouyi guessed: "He may want to reap the benefits of the fisherman, Lianghuai Salt Zheng is a big piece of fat, and the filial piety of the salt merchant alone is a million taels of income a year, so it's no wonder that he is not red-eyed." And this Wang Hua is already a rootless duckweed, and it is not difficult to get it. ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head again and again, Yan Song's greed can be ranked in the entire history, and it is normal for him to be jealous of the interests of the two Huai Yanzheng.

There's one more catch, though.

Yang Cong thought about it, and then asked: "Why didn't he do it himself, it wouldn't be difficult for him to clean up Wang Hua, right?" ”

This is indeed strange, if Yan Song wants to pocket the two Huai Yanzheng, the best way is to secretly collect Wang Hua's crimes, and then suddenly exert his strength to rectify Wang Hua, so that all parties are caught off guard, so that it is not very difficult for him to push his cronies up, if all forces are prepared, it will be difficult for him to push his cronies up.

Everyone couldn't help frowning again and pondering, what does this Yan Song mean?

After a while, Zhang Bangqi guessed: "Yan Song may be trying to provoke us to fight with Zhang Zhang, although Zhang Xuan has passed away, most of the people he promoted are still there, these people are also a big force, if we fight with them, these people are likely to fall to Xia Yan's party and seek refuge." ”

This is very possible, but even if it is a set set set by Yan Song, it has to be drilled in, Yang Cong can't watch his father being bullied and not make a move, and it is also related to hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels of salt income a year, no matter how much it drops, Wang Hua has to be cleaned up.

Thinking of this, Yang Cong said cautiously: "Yan Song is very likely to want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but no matter how we are, we can't let go of Wang Hua, as for the other officials of Zhang Zhang's family, I think, if we don't take the initiative to provoke, they shouldn't dare to provoke us, as for them to join Xia Yan's party or something, they can only go with them." ”

When Zhang Bangqi heard this, he nodded slowly and said: "Well, this Wang Hua really can't be let go, and we must also prepare the successor, as long as we control the Lianghuai Salt Administration, the filial piety of the exchange of salt can be slowly exempted, so that the price of salt can be reduced by about 20%, which is a great thing for the people." ”

It is indeed a great thing that all the fees for exchanging salt are exempted, the people will benefit from this, and Yang Cong can also benefit, next year his father will have a share of more than 60,000 citations, according to the current rules, just the filial piety to the two Huai salt government will be more than 600,000 taels of silver, this silver is not a small amount for the Yang family, and it is naturally best to be exempted.

So, who will take over Wang Hua's class?

This question seems to be more troublesome, because almost all the officials in the Yangming line have been transferred at this time, you have just been transferred to a new position, and your ass is not hot and you are running to take charge of the two Huaiyan politics, not to mention how Xia Yan's party will obstruct it, even Jiajing's pass is not easy.

Moreover, the bigwigs of Yangming's lineage are basically officials above the third grade, and it is impossible to demote them to manage the two Huaiyan politics, and most of the officials of the Hanlin Academy who Yang Cong has won over are officials below the fifth grade, and if they want to be promoted from the third grade, they must be promoted to at least four levels, and there is no such promotion method in the officialdom.

Everyone discussed for a while, and it seemed that Zou Shouyi was more suitable, because he was the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion of the fourth grade, and it was quite appropriate to be promoted to a small level, and it was quite appropriate to take charge of the two Huaiyan administrations.

However, Zou Shouyi was transferred by Jiajing to manage the Zhan Mansion, and it is very likely that after the crown prince accepts the canonization, he will be promoted to the Zhan Mansion Zhan Shi of the third grade, and become a real member of the imperial court.

Moreover, his position was set by Jiajing, and a rash transfer is likely to anger Jiajing, which will outweigh the losses.

At this time, everyone frowned, this Yan Song's calculation is really poisonous, he may have calculated that there is no suitable person to take over the Lianghuai Salt Government in the Yangming lineage before he provokes Wang Hua and Yang Cong to fight.

Is it really to let Yan Song sit and reap the benefits of this fisherman?

Yang Cong frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally remembered a person, this person was Wang Dong, who was sent to Fujian by Xu Jie to replace Song Yingkui as the left senator.

Wang Dong is also a second-generation disciple of the Yangming lineage, and he is also relatively honest as an official, and he happens to be from the left senator of the fourth grade at this time, and he is promoted to two small levels to serve as the two Huai salt envoys from the third grade, which seems to be just right.

Wang Dong is indeed a good candidate, as soon as Yang Cong proposed it, everyone nodded in agreement, Wang Hua's successor was decided, and the next thing was how to pull Wang Hua off the horse.

At this time, Yang Cong's father-in-law Zhang Yue will go out, because the Salt Patrol Envoy is under the supervision and jurisdiction of the Salt Patrol Imperial History or the Salt Patrol Road, and the Salt Patrol Imperial History is sent out by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Salt Patrol is sent out by the Inspectorate from all over the country, and it is also subject to the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, that is to say, it is enough to send a Salt Patrol Imperial History or a Salt Patrol to check Wang Hua.

Wang Hua's corruption is beyond doubt, Yang Lin alone has given him more than 100,000 taels of silver before and after, and other salt merchants are naturally indispensable to filial piety, to investigate, he has at least embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels.

Of course, in order to protect Yang Lin, this evidence does not need to be provided by Yang Lin at all, just catch a few salt merchants and let them confess honestly.

Sometimes the struggle in officialdom is so cruel, once a person falls, a large number of people behind him will basically be unlucky, whether it is the officials who profit with him or the merchants who profit with him, they will all have to be unlucky.

Strictly speaking, Yang Cong and his people are also ruthless, and for their own interests, to rectify those salt merchants who are not attached to them is actually very immoral.

People didn't recruit you to provoke you, why should you clean them up?

However, officialdom struggles are like this, there is no right or wrong, and there is no morality to talk about, if you don't be ruthless, people will be ruthless to you, not your own people, just do it.

()