Sun Chengzong's death, the blow to Yang Sichang, is also very big, he was able to serve as the first assistant of the cabinet, relying on Sun Chengzong's recommendation, although the emperor also has this meaning, but his qualifications are not enough, so many ministers in the cabinet, he is stronger than him, especially the second assistant of the cabinet Tang Shiji, of course, is the first assistant of the cabinet.

After Sun Chengzong's death, Yang Sichang rushed to Sun's mansion as soon as possible to mourn Sun Chengzong.

The adjustment of the cabinet chief assistant means that the policy of the imperial court must also be adjusted accordingly, which is a natural thing, and the responsibilities of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty determine this inevitability.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the cabinet responsibility system, in the Ming Dynasty, where the game of imperial power and vassal power became increasingly fierce, the position of the first assistant of the cabinet was very important, and many times, the emperor's suggestions would be fiercely opposed by many ministers, such as the opening of the sea ban, such as the opening of the imperial village, etc., the emperor needs to rely on the cabinet to implement his own ideas, and the ministers in the middle of the court need the cabinet to protect their own rights and interests, and the cabinet is in such a situation, and the power is increasing.

Of course, the emperor is clear about this, in the cabinet, will support different forces, when the cabinet opinions are really unified, or in the Wanli period, when Zhang Juzheng served as the first assistant of the cabinet, at that time the top and bottom were unified, since Zhang Juzheng, the cabinet has not been completely unified, which is also what the emperor does not want to see, if the following ministers, the opinions are exactly the same, is not the emperor empty.

Since Yang Sichang became the first assistant of the cabinet, he soon faced many impeachments of the Imperial History, and the main target of these impeachments was Su Tiancheng, who believed that Sun Chengzong had died and Su Tiancheng had lost support. In the past, a lot of things had to be turned over and settled.

Readers all have their own backbone, which can also be said to be the spirit of the book.

I don't know if the book business is good or bad, and how to define it. Someone once specifically summarized the spirit of the book business, and talked about the spirit for what to say. Always point to the scholar, to put it mildly, probably only scholars can be willful, politicians can not be rash, if you do this, or the world is in chaos, or it is self-destruction, businessmen can not be rash, otherwise it is possible to accompany a fine light. The peasants have no way to do things in their own way, they are struggling for food and clothing, they are honestly farming, and there is no way to work together. That is a river of blood, and even the destruction of one's own country.

So to speak. The bookish atmosphere does not seem to be a good thing, but it is not necessarily, there is the most precious thing in the bookish atmosphere, that is, the truth, not moved by interests. is not trapped by the world, will not be swayed by the world's discussions, and still maintains his nature, even if the head is bled and bleeding, even if the head is in a different place. I won't care.

In the imperial court, the imperial history is regarded as a more typical scholarly atmosphere, they have their own independent understanding, who is not satisfied, who is not satisfied with what they do, no matter what your status, whether you are in power or not, it is also to be impeached, it is precisely because of this role in the matter and the imperial history, the emperor always attaches great importance to it, and also strives to protect the imperial history, so that they dare to speak boldly.

This was originally a very good system, but unfortunately, the biggest problem with the morale of the book business is that it is not familiar with the world.

The so-called insight of the world is an article, and the practice of human feelings is an article, the world is complicated, and it will never come from the will, and the scholarly spirit, once kidnapped by the powerful, the damage caused is also huge.

In the imperial court, there is such a problem, those who give things and imperial history, no matter what they see, they have to argue, sometimes, the policy needs to be more and more clear, but it is a pity that they get into a certain bull's horn tip, blindly dispute, a leaf blind, because of a small drawback, it negates the entire policy.

This is the sad thing about the bookish atmosphere, the pursuit of perfection, but unfortunately there is no perfect thing in the world.

The impeachment of Su Tiancheng in the matter and the imperial history is mainly aimed at old things, that is, Su Tiancheng abolished the army of the guard in Shaanxi, restricted the interests of the powerful in Jiangning County and Henan Mansion, and exploited the interests of the gentry and wealthy households, of course, they will not say it explicitly, but only put forward that Su Tiancheng has encroached on the interests of the people, as for the so many achievements made by Su Tiancheng, in their opinion, it is nothing, they must adhere to the truth, they must adhere to the ancestral system, and they cannot destroy it, they are standing at the height of the guardians, and collectively crusade against Su Tiancheng.

Yang Sichang knows very well that these imperial histories and affairs are completely nonsense, and if these imperial histories are asked to go to Jiangning County, Henan Mansion or Shaanxi Province, I am afraid it will be a mess, not to mention the matter of exterminating the Liukou and resisting the invasion of the Houjin Tartars.

Although Yang Sichang was born as a scholar, after years of training, he has long lost his scholarly spirit, otherwise he would not have served as the first assistant of the cabinet.

When receiving these impeachment twists, Yang Sichang was very embarrassed.

Su Tiancheng's role in the Ming Dynasty, it is needless to say, whether it is today's Liaodong, the border pass, or Dengzhou and Laizhou that are being rebuilt, Su Tiancheng is pivotal, to put it mildly, if there is any problem with Su Tiancheng, the advantages of Liaodong and the border pass are likely to come to naught in a short period of time, and the Ming Dynasty will also fall into trouble in a short period of time. Anyway, if you Su Tiancheng do something wrong, you will be punished, and even killing your head is not too much.

Yang Sichang is very disgusted with such a scholarly spirit, if the imperial court is swayed by the scholarly anger, it is a matter of self-destruction, which is equivalent to cutting off the meridians and allowing the enemy to attack.

But Yang Sichang is very smart, and he will not easily deny these impeachments.

The reason is also very simple, why is it that after Sun Chengzong died of illness, or after he became the first assistant of the cabinet, these impeachment twists and turns have appeared, and there must be a reason for this.

After entering the cabinet, Yang Sichang noticed that in the cabinet, it is not a monolith, the concept between the first assistant and the second assistant is a little different, and the emperor's attitude is very strange, when discussing Su Tiancheng's matter, there is no clear statement, after a long time, Yang Sichang naturally knows, the merit is high, no matter how much credit has been established for the imperial court, but your power is too great, it is a problem.

Today's Su Tiancheng has encountered such a problem.

Su Tiancheng served as the commander of Jiliao, and the army in his hands exceeded 600,000 people, although some reductions were carried out, but now there are still about 400,000, this is a huge team, the team that can threaten the imperial power at any time, especially the Jiangning battalion, is extremely brave, if there is any trouble, in the imperial court, no army can compete with the Jiangning battalion.

From this aspect, it is normal for the emperor to have some worries.

On the one hand, Su Tiancheng's important role, on the other hand, the emperor's worries, in the face of such a situation, the emperor's heart is very tormented, Yang Sichang, who served as the first assistant to the cabinet, of course, has to look at the direction of the wind.

has been in contact with Su Tiancheng for so long, Yang Sichang feels that Su Tiancheng has extraordinary wisdom and has seen through a lot of things, the most important thing is that Su Tiancheng has no intention of rebelling, and he has not reflected such a meaning from beginning to end, and he is still trying to maintain the imperial power and suppress the power of the ministers.

It's a pity that there are always some ideas that will influence the emperor.

Therefore, Yang Sichang, who had just taken office, quickly understood that he was at a crossroads and had to make a choice, whether to follow what Lord Sun Chengzong had done before, or slowly change his direction and begin to limit Su Tiancheng's power, which he had to decide, and the emperor was waiting for.

After serving as the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Sichang was also ambitious, thinking that the Ming Dynasty would be more powerful, able to destroy the Houjin regime, and the people would be able to live a good life, so that he would be able to go down in history, just like Sun Chengzong, admired by future generations, so on the question of how to treat Su Tiancheng, he was biased towards Sun Chengzong's approach.

But this choice of his own, can he be appreciated by the emperor, whether he can display his ambitions, or something that is not clear.

The sudden appearance of these impeachment twists and turns illustrates the problem, it is impossible for the emperor not to know the way, Sun Chengzong's bones are not cold, there is such a voice in the court, presumably Sun Chengzong is unwilling, this is obviously the practice of self-destruction of the Great Wall, if it is done in accordance with those impeachment notes for the matter and the imperial history, remove Su Tiancheng's official position, or even put him in prison, it is conceivable that Houjin will immediately take advantage of the turmoil to attack on a large scale, Guanningjin defense line, Anning Fort and Jingbian mutual market, Dengzhou and Laizhou construction, will fall into chaos, and even have devastating consequences.

Could it be that those who give things and imperial history are so naïve that they can't understand the reason for this, and why are they proposed to impeach at this time.

After analyzing many situations, Yang Sichang felt that this was probably the emperor in a contradictory heart, and he didn't know how to deal with it next, or it could be that there was a temporary peaceful situation in the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor was a little hesitant and thought about changing direction. The next step is your choice.

After thinking about it for a few days, Yang Sichang made an important choice, no matter what, he is the first assistant of the cabinet, if he is also rash and causes the Ming Dynasty to encounter a devastating end, then he is a sinner through the ages, those who gave the matter and the imperial history, patted his ass, and began to impeach him. (To be continued......)