Chapter VI Exchange

Yang He was ordered to accompany the eunuch to Nanjing to deliver the decree, and ordered Zhai Fengchong, the right deputy of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, to go to Lianghuai to inspect the salt affairs.

After Zhai Fengchong received the order, he rushed to Lianghuai with Yang He.

Three days before receiving the order, Zhai Fengchong knew about it and prepared his bags in advance. For, one night three days ago, a guest came to his house, and he was told that a great fortune was going to fall on his head, and that if he was obedient, he would not only be promoted, but also make a fortune.

Zhai Fengchong doesn't have any real skills, and if he gets to this point with his qualifications, it is basically the end, but who doesn't want to be promoted to make a fortune, when he heard that someone was like this, he was naturally curious to ask for advice.

The people who came gave him some sweetness, three thousand taels of silver, Zhai Fengchong has always served in the Qingshui Yamen, when has he seen so much money, after seeing the silver, his eyes are shining. Someone who came took the opportunity to show his life experience, he was sent by the current uncle, and now the new emperor is young, and many things are done by the queen mother, and the queen mother's family must have a certain strength. Then, the person who came told him that the imperial court horse had a will to come here, and placed him to inspect the two Huai salt affairs, as long as he dug up the evidence of the two Huai salt envoys and the patrol envoys to fill their private pockets, he would be able to be promoted to the third level.

Zhai Fengchong only knew about the movements of the imperial court, but at the moment of the money, the other party looked good, so he promised it. Sure enough, three days later, the order was issued, let him go to inspect the two Huai salt affairs, since the news is true, then the great wealth of the people who came is not far away.

Lianghuai is actually not too far from Nanjing, he is in a hurry to make meritorious service, so he and Yang He hurried to Huai'an. When he arrived in Huai'an, he immediately set out to conduct a thorough investigation, first checking the wealth of the two adults, the salt transport envoy and the salt patrol envoy, but found no problems. Then I started to check the accounts again, and there was no problem with the accounts.

Nothing can be found, Zhai Fengchong is a little anxious, at this time, the person who went to Nanjing to find him came again, telling him that it doesn't matter if you can't find out the problem on the surface, as long as you want him to be guilty, he is not guilty.

Zhai Fengchong is not a fool, Ma understood what the other party meant, so he began to interrogate the families of the two adults, and if he wanted to torture the confession, it was really impossible, so he bent into a trick, which can be regarded as an explanation. Who would have thought that Yang He stood up at this time and forbade him to be executed without evidence, Yang He is a person from Dongchang, and everyone in the world is afraid of Dongchang like a tiger, how dare Zhai Fengchong refute it. Under Yang He's obstruction, Zhai Fengchong wanted to bend into a move, but he didn't get through.

But when people are in a hurry, sometimes they can come up with some ways that exceed their IQ, and the officials in front of them can't find out the problem, so they can check the following, no matter what, they have to find out some differences.

Under the active efforts of Zhai Fengchong, some fish and shrimp were quickly dug up, and those who managed the salt affairs of the two Huai were not greedy. The big leader is not greedy, but it is not so easy to stop the people below from pumping some water. Who is in charge of salt transportation, as soon as the fingers are loosened, the money can come.

Yun Tong, Yun Deputy, Yun Judge, Jie Ren and other officials were found out one after another, Zhai Fengchong was overjoyed, and interrogated these people in detail, wanting to come up with evidence of corruption of the two leading officials. But the two adults were too incorruptible, and the people below had no evidence, so they wanted to induce confessions and make people plant, but they were still broken by Yang He and stopped.

There is no way, since there is no evidence of corruption by the salt patrol envoys and salt transport envoys, the only way to do this is to show the existing criminals and criminal evidence to the imperial court.

On the Beijing side, Zhang Guoji, with the help of Wan Liao, has recruited several officials who have no party affiliation and like to be inflammatory. After Zhai Fengchong's excerpt was sent, although there was no sin of the salt envoy and the salt patrol envoy, they were still accused of dereliction of duty by them, and the supervision was unlucky, resulting in the loss of the imperial court's tax money. Anyway, it's true to get rid of these two guys who occupy positions first, and replace them with their own talents.

This kind of crime is actually how the people in power are treated. Fang Congzhe is out of the Zhang family's thoughts, but the old fox is an old fox after all, he did not directly put forward the opinion of dismissing the two people, nor did he let the two stay in office, but just read that the two of them are honest and honest, and ask the emperor to take light measures.

The chapter was presented to the celebrant supervisor, and Zou Yima made a special trip to the queen mother. At this moment, the Empress Dowager Zhang is meeting guests in Cining Palace, and this guest is her father Zhang Guoji.

Zhang Guoji came to find his daughter today, and it was a matter of Lianghuai Salt Transport. He implied that the salt transportation of the two Huai is the foundation of the country's tax revenue, and it must not be allowed to be acted by untrustworthy corrupt officials, and it is necessary to place safe people. Zhang Yan also thinks so, the country spends so much all year round, all relying on that little tax, if the officials below are greedy again, what can the son's country do?

Zhang Guoji seized the opportunity, and then proposed to promote Wan Liao as the two Huai salt envoys, and the other wing, Sun Fang, as the two Huai patrol salt envoys, and the benefits of the two people, and clear the name. Zhang Yan doesn't know much about the ministers of the DPRK and China, and she appoints and dismisses officials, she doesn't have that ability yet, everything needs to be decided by the cabinet.

When he hesitated, there was a eunuch outside, and Father-in-law Zou asked to see him. The Queen Mother immediately summoned her, and after Zou Yi came in, she presented the fold.

Zhang Yan said: "Although the two of them are quite incorruptible, their majesty has no way, which shows that they are incompetent." Well, let's move them elsewhere. I heard that Wan Liao and Sun Fang have quite a clear name, and they can be regarded as capable ministers, how about you go to the cabinet to discuss and let the two of them fill the vacancies of the two Huai salt envoys and salt patrol envoys. ”

"Yes, Queen Mother." When Zhang Guoji sat on the side, Zou Yi's heart was like a mirror, and he didn't argue, and he made a promise and retreated.

Empress Dowager Zhang wants to remove some ministers, which is indeed more difficult, but it is very easy to replace the palm print eunuch who has lost the celebrant eunuch. He didn't dare to blame Zhang Guoji, lest he lose his position.

Zou Yi ran to the celebrant and conveyed the queen mother's opinion, snickering in his heart, just those two scraps, and became a capable minister.

The position of the two Huai salt envoys can be given to the Zhang family, but there must be an exchange. His protégé Qi Shijiao has not been promoted since Yue Su took power, and now it is time to be promoted, the position of the official department is still his person, and later he was robbed by Yue Su's people, so let Qi Shijiao go to the Ministry of Officials to be a scholar, and the original Shangshu should go to the Ministry of Rites. As for the Ministry of Rites, isn't Lord Yue's father (or mother) mourned, and there are few people in the cabinet, so you can enter the cabinet. Lord Yue became the second assistant, and he has been standing in the position of the secretary of the criminal department, but because he was too busy with official business, he placed the Shuntian Mansion to others, and now that your father (mother) is mourned, the position of the secretary of the criminal department must not be vacant, I am planning to make a person of my own.

This is an exchange and a temptation, Fang Congzhe promised the Empress Dowager's opinion, and at the same time asked Zou Yi to send this personnel transfer proposal to the Empress Dowager. Among the six Shangshu, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Industry are all promoted by Yue Su, and the Criminal Department is controlled by Yue Su, a total of six departments, and he controls four. This time, I will pick the lost two first, and the others, and then later.

Zou Yi took Fang Congzhe's proposal, and he also sneered in his heart, but he didn't break it, just bowed his head, and then took the proposal to the Queen Mother.

The transfer of the six Shangshu is generally proposed by the cabinet and approved by the emperor. For now, please let the Queen Mother take your permission, how you decide. Zhang Yan had already sent someone to inquire and visit Yue Su, and although the current official book was not Yue Su's tomorrow department, it was also recommended by Yue Su, and it was definitely not unrelated. Yue Su's power is too great, and it is not impossible to cut some of it, since the cabinet has proposed it, so let's do it.

Fang Congzhe obtained the support of the Queen Mother, Ma invited the Ministry of Rites to enter the cabinet, the Ministry of Rites to supplement the Ministry of Rites, Qi Shijiao was promoted to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment also made up for it. After this transfer, the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang originally only had one vacancy in the household department, but now there are two more at once, accounting for three Shangshu, which has crossed Yuesu. And the position of the left capital of the Imperial History vacated by Qi Shijiao also let him put his own people to do it.

Today is the first year of Chongjing, and next year is the year of Jingcha, and the reason why Fang Congzhe can't wait to change the secretary of the ministry is to plan to show his strength when he is in Jingcha next year.

Zhang Jia and Fang Congzhe have completed a win-win situation in the overview, each taking what they need, no more.

After receiving Zhang Yan's reply, Yue Su led his people to continue southward, and nothing else happened along the way, and he finally entered the Huguang realm on this day. Although his father (or mother) returned to his hometown, after all, he was the second assistant of the imperial court and the minister of Tuogu, and the main officials of Huguang naturally came to greet him. Civil officials include governors, political envoys, envoys, and local prefects; The generals include the general Pei Xuan, the deputy general Xing Ying and others.

Xing Ying can be a deputy general, but it all depends on Lord Yue's support, and he is grateful. He was happy to see each other this time, but he also listened to some of the movements of the imperial court, and secretly felt sorry for Yue Su in his heart.

After gathering with a group of officials for a day, eating and drinking, Yue Su went to his hometown Yunmeng County. He was the county magistrate in the fourth year of Wanli, and he was old at that time. In a blink of an eye, it was already the first year of Chongjing, and at this time he had reached the year of standing.

It's been two years, and after being away from home for so long, he finally came back today, and he suddenly felt that everything in his hometown was so kind.

Go home.

Yue Su did not enter the county seat, and went to his home according to the path in his memory. I don't know what my home has become after so many years. However, after the first emperor put down the rebellion himself, he gave him thousands of acres of fertile land, and the life of the family should be good.

The infantry team was walking, and soon there were more than four errand officers standing not far away, and in front of the group of errand officers, there was also an official wearing a seventh-grade official uniform. The official wore a filial piety belt around his waist, as if someone had died in his family, but he didn't know why he didn't go to the funeral, but he led someone to stand here.

Because of the Zhang family's affairs, Yue Su now let Jin Chan open the way in front, and Jin Chan saw that the messenger in front of him was blocking the way, so he immediately rode his horse and ran over. Before he got close, he was just about to open his mouth to ask, but he heard the official in filial piety clothes say first: "May I ask this master, is it the honor guard of Lord Jifu Yue in the back?" ”