The impeachment of the hundred officials in Jiangnan is tantamount to offending the entire Jiangnan officialdom, and Yang Wencong is not only surprised, but also frightened.

But after Yang Chao's explanation, he hesitated and became excited.

Because Yang Chao's statement really made him very tempted, is it worth it to oppose Jiangnan officialdom in exchange for the emperor's trust?

When Yang Wencong was still hesitating, Feng Kezong had already acted.

Feng Kezong found Yang Chao before Yang Wencong, hoping that Yang Chao would help use his connections so that some civil officials in Jiangnan could write to the emperor to make credit for him.

This negotiation with the scholars, nominally to appease the scholars, Feng Kezong is also a participant, although he was finally blown away by the scholars, but it can be regarded as participating in the pacification, the literati are on the books one by one, either impeaching Tian Wan, or fighting for merit, he Feng Kezong doesn't want people to be hacked by his own merits.

The pacification envoy promised to repay him for his merits, and he had already reported it, which could not be wrong, but Feng Kezong still hoped to get the recommendation of the civil official, because this pacification was mainly based on the civil official yamen, so the recommendation of the civil official was more convincing.

However, Yang Chao stopped him, not only asked him not to ask the civil officials for help, but asked him to write a letter to impeach the civil officials for their incompetence, connived at the scholars to smash the Zhenfu Division, and asked the emperor to punish the civil officials and punish the scholars.

Yang Chao felt that the so-called pacification was probably meritorious on the surface, but secretly oppressed the emperor in the end, the emperor was unhappy, the emperor was unhappy, what should be done to these civil officials, and he had to commend Zhang Guowei and other officials who had meritorious service in appeasing scholars.

But for the Jinyi Guards of the Son of Heaven's pro-army, their honor and disgrace are just the emperor's words, and they still have to take into account the emperor's feelings.

After Yang Chao told Feng Kezong the truth, Feng Kezong was frightened. Immediately follow Yang Chao's request to operate.

As a result, soon the emperor saw a different note, which was the secret protection of a Jinyi Wei Qianhu in Nanjing, and reported it through the Zhenfu Division. The content of the recital is quite different from that of the civil officials, and it is almost in contradictory tune.

In the recital of the civil official. is not talking about how they contributed to appeasing the scholars this time, or impeaching Tian Wan, which is obviously grabbing credit.

But this brocade guard Qianhu is not like this, but the head of the analysis is Dao, saying that if it is not for the improper response of the civil officials and yamen this time, the scholars will not be able to make trouble at all, and implore the emperor to punish the incompetent civil officials and lawless scholars.

Chongzhen burned this secret performance after reading it, but he remembered the name of Feng Kezong, a thousand households in brocade clothes.

The results were quick. At the same time that Tian Wan was deposed, the pacification envoy of the Nanzhen Fusi was also dismissed because he was implicated, and it was Feng Kezong who succeeded him as the pacification envoy.

Feng Kezong's success finally made Yang Wencong make up his mind.

He also operated in secret, dragging a classmate who was serving in Beijing and handing over his recitals to the emperor.

As a result, after the emperor read it, he was really refreshed, and it was extremely conspicuous in the documents of merit and impeachment in Jiangnan.

Yang Wencong first impeached hundreds of officials improperly, causing the scholars to make a commotion that could not be controlled. In the end, although he was successfully appeased, if he dealt with it properly from the beginning, the scholar would not be able to make a fuss at all. Although the trouble has appeased the scholars, it has lost the prestige of the imperial court.

Yang Wencong impeached the Jiangnan Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, Ying Tianfu, Tixuedao and other related yamen, and even did not let go of the imperial history, bluntly saying that they could not be impartial and straightforward as officials, but they were misguided by the country.

At the end of the recital, Yang Wencong self-impeached, saying that when the scholars were making trouble with the county government, he did not make up his mind to take the action of a strong man breaking his wrist and arresting the troublemakers one by one. As a result, the more the scholar made more and more bold, and finally almost lost control. After Yang Wencong was self-impeached, he asked the imperial court to punish him. He was removed from office and told the emperor that if the court did not punish him, he would resign from office.

As a result, the emperor not only did not let Feng Kezong resign, but gave a good order to appease him, and his letter was not sent to the palace newspaper or seen by others, which made Yang Wencong breathe a sigh of relief.

Yang Wencong was afraid that the emperor would let his recital be recorded in the palace newspaper, so that all the officials in Jiangnan could see it, and at that time, he would offend everyone, and how could he gain a foothold in Jiangnan.

But now the emperor left the music in the middle, apparently out of protection for him, and lowered his middle finger to praise him and appease him, and it was evident that the emperor knew about him, and was very satisfied with what he had done.

Yang Wencong had to sigh that Yang Chao was a first-class master of grabbing merit, in contrast, those impeached imperial histories and those civil officials who reported merit were too far behind, not only could not grab the merit, but instead built a ladder for him Yang Wencong.

"Yang Gongzi is really Zhuge reincarnated!"

Yang Wencong invited Yang Chao to a banquet and said gratefully.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "If the old gentleman can jump out of the game and watch from the outside, he can also see through it." ”

Yang Chao's purpose in asking Yang Wencong to impeach the Jiangnan civil officials at that time was actually just to show the emperor that Yang Wencong and the Jiangnan civil officials were not the same party, and he dared to break with the Jiangnan civil officials.

With the emperor's suspicious temperament, he must have begun to suspect that Jiangnan officials have formed a party, and at this time, there was a Yang Wencong who was incompatible with the Jiangnan civil official group, and naturally he fell into the emperor's eyes.

Yang Wencong asked again: "Dare to ask Yang Gongzi, this official may be promoted?" ”

Promotion is what Yang Wencong cares about the most.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "It's probably soon, I'm afraid it's too early this year, and it will definitely rise next year." ”

Yang Wencong nodded, but there were still some cat's claws in his heart, and he asked again: "I don't know where this official will be transferred?" ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "The emperor will definitely not transfer the old gentleman away, or be an official in Nanjing." ”

"Huh?"

Yang Wencong has some gains and losses, if he is an official in Nanjing, once the recital he wrote is exposed, he will be excluded.

Yang Wencong couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Then I don't know what kind of job I can do?" ”

Yang Chao said: "It's not small, it's not big, but it must be a power position!" ”

"Authority? Yang Gongzi don't want to lie to the old man! ”

As soon as Yang Wencong heard that he was going to get a powerful position, he immediately left behind the panic of offending the officialdom and being excluded.

Yang Chao smiled: "The old gentleman still can't understand? The reason why the emperor appeased the old gentleman was because he felt that the old villagers were not in the same league as the Jiangnan officialdom, and he wanted to use the old gentleman. Since you want to use it, you can't use it underestimated. However, the villagers are only county orders at the moment, and it is not in line with the rules of officialdom to be promoted too quickly, so they will be promoted, but they cannot be promoted too quickly. But it can't be underused, so it can only be arranged for positions of real power. ”

Hearing the analysis again, Yang Wencong seemed to be a little more relieved, in fact, he also understood these truths, he just wanted to hear Yang Chao say it, it seemed that Yang Chao said it again, and he would feel at ease.

In fact, Yang Wencong can rest assured that the credit for appeasing the scholars this time was snatched away by Ying Tianfu Yin, the governor, Tixuedao, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, and Ying Tianfu Yin, the governor, and the Ministry of Rites (Gui Xuedao) directly participated in the pacification (negotiation), so this is a direct credit, and the Ministry of Rites shares the credit because it is in charge of the students, and the Ministry of War is also meritorious because there has never been an armed conflict.

These credits have nothing to do with Jiangning County.

Therefore, Yang Wencong can't grab it anyway.

But sometimes merit may not be rewarded, Yang Chao is deeply aware of this, sometimes the key is not whether you have merit, but whether you are useful, whether you do it appropriately.

Therefore, competing for credit with others is actually far less effective than directly expressing a direct stance to the emperor. (To be continued).