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Yan Song handed the corpses of the officials of the Ministry of Impeachment, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry to the first assistant Xia Yan.

This Fu Xia Yan is over sixty years old, and his hair and beard are all white. He is the leader of the Qingliu in the court, and his clothes are very simple, and his court clothes are a little shabby.

Xia Yan looked at the fold and was surprised: "Yan Cifu, if I remember correctly, most of the Shangshu waiters of the three departments of officials, households, and workers are your protégés. What are you? ”

Yan Song said: "Xia Shoufu, this is the cabinet room, there are no teachers and students, only the emperor's courtiers!" Since the sages have said that they do not avoid relatives in internal actions, and do not avoid enemies in external actions. If you participate in the impeachment of mediocre officials, you naturally don't have to shy away from any students and teachers! ”

Xia Yan didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Yan Song's gourd. He could only praise Yan Song against his will: "Yan Cifu has a clear distinction between public and private, and he is really a model for my Ming officials!" ”

Xia Yan was carrying another fold in his sleeve at this time. It was the officials of the Six Science Corridors who participated in the impeachment of the officials of the three departments, households, and soldiers for misconduct and accepting bribes. Xia Yan wanted to master the three departments of officials, households, and soldiers, and Yan Song advanced by retreating, in order to control the three departments of soldiers, punishment, and etiquette. The focus of the two is naturally the military department!

Yan Song said to Xia Yan: "If Xia Shoufu has no opinion, this piece will be submitted to the emperor!" “

Xia Yan was a careful person, and he said to Yan Song: "Wait until I finish reading the recital." ”

Xia Yan found that although most of the twists and turns were for the corpses of the officials of the three departments, households, and workers, and did nothing, he did not mention the fact that they accepted bribes. And at the end of the recital, Yan Song said that although these people are useless, they are a little tired. Yan Song suggested that these people be transferred to serve in the Sixth Department of Nanjing.

Xia Yan scolded Yan Song in his heart, "old slippery head".

Yan Song said: "Xia Shoufu can finish reading?" ”

Xia Yan closed the recital and said, "Well, I've finished reading it." I will now forward this recital to the emperor. ”

Inside the Eternal Longevity Palace.

Emperor Jiajing had two pieces in front of him. One is the memora of Yan Song's impeachment of the officials, households, and workers, and the other is the memorabilia of the officials of the six science corridors and the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After Emperor Jiajing finished reading the recital, he began to close his eyes and recuperate. Lu Fang stood aside.

After a while, Emperor Jiajing finally opened his eyes: "Lu Fang, have you seen these two pieces?" ”

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established the rule that eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics. He set up an iron plaque in the Jiaotai Palace, and wrote "Internal officials are not allowed to interfere in political affairs, and those who are predetermined will be beheaded". However, in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the iron plate was smashed by the eunuch Wang Zhenjiao when he was in Yingzong! In the Jiajing Dynasty, all the twists and turns of the cabinet had to be seen by the eunuchs who were the eunuchs of the celebrant and the eunuchs who had palm prints, and then the eunuchs were transferred to the Jiajing Emperor's imperial review.

Lu Fang replied: "Your Majesty, I have seen it." ”

Emperor Jiajing asked Lu Fang, "What do you think?" ”

What a shrewd person is Lu Fang? These two twists and turns involve the dispute between the first assistant and the second assistant! He didn't want to wade into this troubled water!

Lu Fang knelt down and replied: "The appointment and dismissal of the officials of the six departments is a major event for the imperial court!" The old slave does not dare and cannot have any opinion! The Holy Tomorrow has no past the emperor. I believe that the emperor has made a decision. ”

Emperor Jiajing noncommittally recited a Taoist poem: "Impartial, flickering." If the left is heavy, the right is empty, and if the right is heavy, the left is empty. If you look up, you will be high, if you are down, if you are deep, if you advance, the longer you will be, and if you retreat, you will be more promoted. A feather can't be added, flies can't fall, people don't know me, I only know people. ”

After reading, Emperor Jiajing repeated the five words "the left is heavy and the right is empty". Then he began to close his eyes and recuperate.

Another half hour passed. Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes and said to Lu Fang: "Draft!" The officials of the three departments of officials, households, and workers are shallow in their studies, and they are dismissed from their positions as officials, and they are demoted by two levels to serve in the six departments of Nanjing! The vacant position is recommended by Xia Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, to fill it! The officials of the three departments of soldiers, criminals, and rituals can still fulfill their duties, although there are some slight flaws, but the flaws are not hidden. The officials of the three departments of soldiers, criminals, and rituals, their positions remain the same! The second assistant Yan Song, the impeachment officials do not avoid the friendship between teachers and students, and they are really a model for hundreds of officials, and they are specially commended! The officials of the six departments and the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate spoke bluntly about political malpractices, which is worthy of my ears and eyes, and they are also praised! ”

Emperor Jiajing's holy decree made Chen Di get his wish. The Ministry of War is still under the control of Yan Song, so that Chen Di's large-scale production of Tiger Mighty Guns and Leech Crossbows can be relied on by the Ministry of War's Office to continue to do it.

Chen Di's strategy of "retreating to advance" to Yan Song won a complete victory in this battle between the first and second assistants for control of the six departments.

The rights of the six departments have been redivided between the first and second assistants. The battle between the first and second assistants is far from over. The governors, political envoys, and envoys of various provinces represented the court ministers, and Yan Song and Xia Yan were fighting again.

Soon, there was another round of blood change among the feudal officials.

Chen Di doesn't care about other provinces, only Zhejiang Province. To Chen Di's disappointment, half a month later, Zhao Wenhua, the governor of Zhejiang, was transferred to the Ministry of Rites as the right attendant. Before January, all the important positions in Zhejiang officialdom were held by Chen Di's own people, but after January, Zhejiang officialdom could no longer find a single Chen Di's own person!

Zhao Wenhua stepped down as governor of Zhejiang, and after arriving in Beijing, he first met Yan Song, and then went to the Earl's Palace to meet Chen Di, the quasi-concubine.

After Chen Di saw Zhao Wenhua, he asked straight to the point: "Lord Zhao, how was the situation in Zhejiang before you stepped down?" ”

Zhao Wenhua said: "Alas, Zhenhaibo, no, the horse master! The entire Zhejiang officialdom is already a matter of fact! From the governor to the political envoy, to the envoy to the prefect of each prefecture, all of them have changed! ”

Chen Di asked again: "What is the situation of the Flying Tiger Army?" ”

Zhao Wenhua said: "The governor has the responsibility of pacifying the army and the people. For example, I, the former governor of Zhejiang, have to patrol the entire Ming Dynasty official army in Zhejiang once a year. Before I left office, I went to Taizhou once. Zhu Houjun, the new commander of the Flying Tiger Army, has already arrived, just in time for me, the governor, to make a parade. When patrolling, the Flying Tigers are still majestic! Drill and drill soldiers, spears like a forest, that formation is really shocking! The Flying Tiger Army is worthy of being an elite division established by the Horse Master! ”

Chen Di asked, "What did Lord Zhao say just now?" Spears like a forest? “

Zhao Wenhua said: "Yes, the soldiers of the Nine Thousand Flying Tiger Army each have a spear in their hands, and they have waist knives hanging from their waists, and they are practicing spearmanship, and their skills are extraordinary!" “

Chen Di asked anxiously: "What do you mean, that Commander Zhu made all the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army replace them with spears!" “

Zhao Wenhua nodded and said, "Yes!" It seems that the Flying Tiger Army had a formation called the 'Iron Bucket King Eight Formations' before. Commander Zhu suspected that the soldiers in this formation had all kinds of ordnance in their hands, which insulted the military appearance of the Flying Tiger Army, so he asked the soldiers to replace them with spears! “