Chapter 316

After getting Zhengde's approval, Song Nan opened the file, took out all the files of Jinyiwei's investigation of Ma Ang from it and read them out one by one, from risking the army's salary to occupy Tuntian to killing innocent people for military merits, one by one, all of them were played, but the section where Ma Ang dedicated his wife and sister to Xu Yande to make friends with him was omitted, which was deliberately done by Song Nan.

The ministers were in an uproar, and no one expected that Ma Ang, who was about to become the chief of the trilateral system, turned out to be a criminal-laden outlaw.

Even Xu Guangzuo has no way of knowing some of these things, he only knows that this Ma Ang has a good relationship with his son, and his filial piety to his house during the New Year's holidays is also very rich, and he is also well-behaved and likable.

Zhengde was also taken aback, his cognition of Ma Ang was limited to Liu Jin's recommendation and verbal words, and he trusted Liu Jin, and Zhengde did not need to do more research; But Ma Ang in Song Nan's mouth and Ma Ang strongly recommended by Liu Jin are two extreme characters at all, one is a brave general in a border town who is loyal to the country, and the other is a treacherous and deceitful and daring traitor, whose words are true?

"Liu Jin, what's going on?" Zhengde glared at Liu Jin and asked.

Liu Jin was sweating, he and Ma Ang didn't have a deep relationship, everything he knew was from Xu Guangzuo's mouth, and when he saw the emperor asking, he couldn't help but look at Xu Guangzuo; The problem is that Xu Guangzuo didn't know about these things at all, his expression was dazed, and Liu Jin scolded in his heart: You old dog, you can kill me.

But it's useless to panic, you always have to get to the bottom of it, Liu Jin calmed down and said coldly: "Lord Song, the court is not a place to talk nonsense, although Jinyiwei has the right to play rumors, but this involves the appointment of important officials and the reputation of the family, is there conclusive evidence for what Lord Song said?" ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "How dare I open my mouth without evidence, I jointly investigated the truth in the north and south towns, and found a number of eyewitnesses in the border town where Maang worked, which can be described as ironclad evidence; Witnesses and some accomplices and tainted witnesses are all in my hands, and if Father-in-law Liu has any doubts, please feel free to access his testimony and question witnesses. ”

Liu Jin was shocked, but he didn't mess up, he understood that in front of hundreds of officials, Song Nan would never spread rumors indiscriminately in order to prevent Ma Ang from serving as the trilateral commander-in-chief, and these evidences obviously did fall into Song Nan's hands.

"Your Majesty, the slave and maid should be damned, although the minister checked Ma Ang's resume from the Examination and Selection Department of the Ministry of War, but the slave and maid did not thoroughly investigate its authenticity, which is a big mistake; knew that Maang was a traitor, and the slave and maid would not recommend him under any circumstances; Please ask the emperor to punish the slaves and maids. Liu Jin fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly.

Song Nan was disdainful in his heart and admired Liu Jin's change, and in a few words, he put the main responsibility on the examination and selection department of the Ministry of War, which not only cleared up the relationship with Ma Ang, but also poured dirty water on the head of the Ministry of War, which is not vicious.

Zhengde frowned and shouted: "Liu Daxia, what did you do with the military department?" A sinner with a bad record turned out to be a loyal and brave person in the examination, and the military department could not escape the blame. ”

Liu Daxia's face was as pale as earth, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "The emperor is angry, and the minister will immediately investigate this matter, the examination and selection department has always been responsible for the examination and selection, and the minister's main energy is in military affairs. ”

Zhengde shouted: "Don't quibble for yourself, the examination and selection department is a subordinate of your military department, and there is such a big joke, what do you let the people of the world think of us?" I ordered you to investigate this matter strictly, someone must have gained the benefits of Namaang, and then wrote down the words of the ambiguous heart, the relevant people and others must not be forgiven, and you can't get rid of the involvement, first investigate the matter, and then go back to talk about your mistakes. ”

Liu Daxia kowtowed again and again to thank him, but he didn't have the slightest rebuttal; Everyone was a little confused, it seemed that Song Nan came out to disrupt Ma Ang's appointment, and now how the charge fell on the head of the military department, it was really unbelievable.

Song Nan was also a little depressed, but he didn't care too much about Liu Daxia's bad luck, the corruption of the generals in the border towns was rampant, the military households occupied the fields, and the empty amount of military salaries had almost become an open secret, and the formation of these trends was naturally related to the control and indulgence of the military department. These things that Ma Ang wanted to do were all under the nose of the Ministry of War, and now they have been picked up, and the Ministry of War deserves to be punished.

Zhengde's anger has not subsided, and his face is gloomy, he clearly expressed his support for Ma Ang's trilateral system, but he didn't expect that the one who supported him was a thief and a rebel, his face was completely unbearable, and he pointed at Liu Jin and shouted: "Liu Jin, you are also responsible for this matter, although you were misled by the selection file of the Ministry of War, but you also misled my judgment at the same time, so that I almost ordered this thief to hold an important position, and I will punish you." ”

Liu Jin stretched out his hand and gritted his teeth and pulled it towards his face, and the snapping sound was crisp and pleasant; Zhengde was stunned and said, "What are you doing?" ”

Liu Jin slapped himself and scolded himself: "Beating you for not growing up almost ruined the major affairs of the imperial court, almost damaged the reputation of the emperor's sage, and killed you brainless bastard!" ”

Zhengde frowned and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I just want to punish you, and I don't want you to slap yourself in front of the court, and punish you for three months as a punishment." ”

Liu Jin got up while thanking him, he escaped with joy in his heart, had the courage to admit his mistakes, and had the courage to take responsibility, Liu Jin thoroughly understood Zhengde's character, as long as his attitude was sincere, Zhengde would never impose heavy penalties on himself, let alone be demoted and fall out of favor.

Song Nan witnessed this farce, his heart blossomed, seeing Liu Jin's faces on both sides of the swelling high, secretly praising this guy for being really ruthless, but seeing Zhengde's understatement of Liu Jin's punishment, he also knew in his heart that Zhengde didn't blame Liu Jin at all, and at the same time, he was secretly glad that his previous judgment did not make this matter to the extent of going to the top of the platform, and how wise it was not to use this matter as the fuse to bring down Liu Jin.

"Now the emperor should know why the old minister strongly opposes Ma Ang as the chief official of the tripartite, the old minister has long felt that Ma Ang has a problem, and sure enough, Lord Song found out his bad deeds, and the words of the people are very happy, and the minister also pinched a cold sweat, and was almost blinded by this thief, and the emperor blamed the ministers for their groundless opposition, and the old minister also had a hard time. Several adults in the cabinet are all old-fashioned and serious, and their eyes are also self-vicious, but they will not easily believe the resume file of the military department, and make such a joke, which is really ridiculous and generous. ”

Li Dongyang beat him with a slap and slapped him, making Zhengde and Liu Jin speechless, annoyed but speechless to refute.

The ministers snickered, and they all thought: Li Shoufu's afterthought is really accurate, you knew that Maang was not a thing, why didn't you say it just now? I take Ma Ang's lack of qualifications as a reason, and now I come to show my merits, I am really the first assistant, the upper and lower skins of the lips, and you are a man inside and out.

"Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, the candidates for the chief officials of the three sides still have to be determined, and the ministers have drawn up several lists, and want to invite the emperor and the lords to discuss it in court, this matter cannot be delayed any longer."

Li Dongyang obviously didn't know about the agreement reached by Song Nan and Yang Tinghe, and thought that he had found a good opportunity, so he was eager to take the opportunity to throw out the list.

Song Nan stopped doing it, and arched his hand: "Lord Li, the lower official reminds you, whether these lists you mentioned have been secretly investigated by my Jinyiwei, whether they are innocent or have the same ulterior deeds as Ma Ang, can you investigate clearly?" The trilateral chief official came to the important position of the imperial court, with all due respect, no matter who it is, I have the responsibility to secretly investigate his words and deeds and past. ”

Li Dongyang was stunned, he didn't know why Song Nan said this, Yang Tinghe stepped forward and whispered in Li Dongyang's ear, Li Dongyang looked at Song Nan in shock, his face was full of disbelief.

Zhengde Wen said: "Song Nan, since the Jinyi Wei Yamen knows the details of officials from all over the country, why not cooperate with the cabinet to propose a suitable candidate, or who do you think can be appointed to this position?" ”

Song Nan said: "The minister doesn't dare to exceed the rules, the minister should not be mixed in the matter of the candidate, if the minister rashly proposes the candidate, someone must say that the minister is nosy; The duty of the minister is only to find out the details of the nominee, so as not to let the emperor be deceived and deceived, he has done his duty. ”

Zhengde said: "What's the matter? There is no need to worry about recommending talents for the imperial court, I think that not only you, but also officials from all yamen and ministries can recommend them. ”

The ministers rolled their eyes all over the sky, Song Nan's words had already made it very clear, no matter who proposed the candidate, Song Nan would send someone to lift his old bottom. Most of the suitable candidates for the trilateral commander-in-chief are produced among the commanders of the border towns, and none of these guys have any dirt on their butts. So-so look at the past, if you insist on checking, it is not innocent, who recommends these people, will be implicated in the end, then who is full of food to put forward the candidate.

The hall was full of ink, no one spoke, even Li Dongyang, who was in a hurry to put forward the list just now, had a gloomy face and was silent, Zhengde was a little puzzled, he didn't understand the threat implied in Song Nan's words, he was not very good at these tricks.

Song Nan was proud in his heart, the majesty of being the boss of the Jinyi Guard can be regarded as a reflection, although everyone in the hall did not know how many were secretly scolding themselves, but none of them were willing to provoke the scoundrels of the Jinyi Guard Yamen. Song Nan didn't care about the abuse and contempt in their hearts, all he needed was that things went in the direction he controlled.

"Since the emperor said so, Weichen responded to the emperor's call and proposed a person to be selected, and if it is suitable or not, I will ask you to comment on it." Song Nan said.

Zhengde nodded and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Song Nan said: "I heard that there is a person named Yang Yiqing who is now idle in the capital, I don't know if this person can be used?" ”

Zhengde said: "Yang Yiqing? ”

Song Nan said: "Yes." ”

Zhengde said: "Do you know him?" ”

Song Nan said: "I don't know the minister, but the information about this person in the file of the minister's Beizhen Fusi about the military and political officials in the northwest is found to be a good official who is not greedy or corrupt, and I don't know if he is competent." ”

Before Zhengde could speak, he saw the British Duke Zhang Mao, who was standing there silently from beginning to end, suddenly spoke, and said in a loud voice: "The old minister seconded the proposal, Lord Song didn't say that the old minister had almost forgotten this person, and this person was definitely qualified for the post of the chief official of the three sides." ”

Zhengde said: "Does the old grandfather know this person? ”

Zhang Mao said: "This person used to be the Northwest Ma Zheng, and then the governor of Shaanxi, served in the Northwest for eight years, and then was slandered and dismissed, and after clarification, he resigned in a fit of anger and lived in seclusion, which is a capable person." ”

Zhengde nodded, looked at the others and said, "What do you think?" ”

Liu Jin and everyone in the cabinet were silent, this Yang Yiqing was a stone of a thatched pit, and he exposed a lot of military and political dirt in the northwest despite dissuasion, and involved many people in the inner and outer courts. Later, although he was rehabilitated, he was all alienated and excluded, forcing Yang Yiqing to resign and go home to retire. Now that Song Nan is actually recommending him, no one wants to echo him.

Song Nan smiled, walked up to Yang Tinghe and said, "Scholar Yang, do you think Yang Yiqing is useful?" ”

Yang Tinghe smacked his lips and said, "Lord Song's recommendation must be a suitable candidate." ”

Song Nan smiled: "Scholar Yang means seconded the proposal?" ”

Yang Tinghe glanced at him and said, "Sort of." ”

The civil officials rolled their eyes, what the hell was Yang Tinghe doing, and he actually agreed to Yang Yiqing's comeback, which was really inexplicable; In the midst of a buzz, Song Nan came to Xu Guangzuo again and arched his hand: "Old man Xu, do you think Yang Yiqing is available?" ”

Xu Guangzuo said expressionlessly: "The old man is not familiar with him, so he will not comment." ”

Song Nan ignored everyone's eyes and suddenly came to Xu Guangzuo's ear to make an intimate gesture, Xu Guangzuo was just about to scold, then he heard Song Nan's voice say in a low voice: "Little grandfather Ling Lang Yande seems to be a little involved with Ma Ang, and I am afraid that I will trouble the investigation later, and I also ask the old man to go back and inform Ling Gongzi." ”

Xu Guangzuo was stunned, and an ominous premonition surged in his heart, his son and Ma Ang had a very close relationship, he knew the Tao, Ma Ang had done so many rebellious things, if it involved his son, it would be a troublesome matter, he saw that Song Nan did not mention the relationship between Ma Ang and the Dingguo Mansion, Xu Guangzuo thought that Song Nan had not found out this information, but he didn't expect that this was just his wishful thinking.

Song Nan said softly: "I hope it's nothing, I sincerely hope that there is nothing to do with each other, even if there is any small relationship, I will not take it seriously." ”

Xu Guangzuo looked at Song Nan's smiling face, and suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks that Yang Yiqing is suitable for the position of the trilateral general system. ”

The ministers Mu Ran, Yang Tinghe and Old Master Xu actually expressed their support, this is really confusing, if Yang Ting and support, it is a little understandable, after all, Song Nan's exposure of Ma Ang's move just now can be regarded as a small favor to the outer court, but Xu Guangzuo's high-profile support, this makes no sense anyway.

Liu Jin looked at Xu Guangzuo angrily, but Xu Guangzuo could only sigh helplessly, Liu Jin knew in his heart that it must have been Song Nan who grabbed Xu Guangzuo's pigtails, Liu Jin, who had a hot fight with Song Nan, suddenly found that he was too stupid, this person's ability he had seen enough, and he would ignore his energy, and unconsciously, this person had become his biggest stepping stone.