The existence of a clear stream of officials is not a mistake in itself, but the mistake is to abuse their power to "hear about things", and the high-level officials have changed their original intentions and turned them into a sharp blade to attack political opponents.

Now the heartfelt words of Ni Qian, the head of the Hanlin Academy, have awakened the true integrity of the literati in the hearts of the officials of the science and Taoism, and the lifelong pursuit of the scholar should be self-cultivation and the rule of the family to level the world, rather than hiding behind the back like a long-tongued woman to tell right and wrong!

The petitions of the Sixth Branch, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Hanlin Academy agreeing to the assignment made Shen Yichen face the situation of "what a thousand people pointed to", and there was an instant reversal. He Wenyuan, Le Yun and other high-level officials of the civil official group, after hearing the news, they couldn't believe their ears, does Shen Yichen really have the ability to reach the sky, and even the most extreme and stubborn Yanguan Qingliu group in the court can be convinced?

But when they learned that it was Ni Qian, the head of the Hanlin Academy, who went to the Liuke Corridor to persuade in person, the high-level civil officials were instantly speechless.

Ni Qian has been an official for decades, and he has stepped from the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy to the position of the head of the court, and what kind of person he is basically clear in the officialdom. He is willing to come forward to help, it must not be possible to be bought by Shen Yichen with interests, then there is only one possibility left, Ni Qian believes that the test of the law and the dispatch of Beijing officials belong to good law and good governance.

"Ni Qian is really cultivating in the Hanlin Academy, how can he be deceived by the fallacies of Shen Yichen's public servants?"

The political envoy Le Yun couldn't wait, seeing that Shen Yichen would become the one who was lost, but Ni Qian came forward to "persuade Qingliu", the stalwart official in the impeachment, and without this group of trolls charging into battle, how to impeach the scarlet-robed ministers alone.

After all, if you are in a high position, you have to pay attention to decency when you say things are good, and you have to leave a way back when you say things are bad, how can you go out and attack?

Looking at Le Yun's anxious appearance, Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had a solemn face, and he echoed: "Don't forget that Shen Yichen was recommended by Ni Qian to participate in Jingyan back then, if it wasn't for offending Wang Zhen and sending Shandong to control the water, he might have already become an imperial division." ”

"The relationship between the two of them is far more than what the outside world sees, maybe a cooperation agreement has already been reached behind the scenes!"

Hearing Yu Shiyue's words, it evoked some memories of Le Yun's back then, and he immediately scolded angrily: "Hmph, I didn't expect Ni Qian to be a sanctimonious hypocrite. ”

"Be careful!"

He Wenyuan, who had been silent in the first place, heard Le Yun's angry scolding, and immediately reminded him.

Ni Qian is the leader of the Qingliu group, and decades of fame and fortune have long been a recognized fact, if Le Yun's words are spread, it will immediately trigger the impeachment of Hanlin, if Shen Yichen takes advantage of the situation to enter the game again, I am afraid that there is only one way left for Zhishi to return to his hometown.

Now that the civil official group as a whole is weak, it is absolutely impossible to give up the position of general political envoy, and there will be no way to get the news of the palace decree out at the first time.

Facing the solemn atmosphere in the room, the imperial envoy Wang Wen showed a mocking smile at the corner of his mouth, and it was not unreasonable to be pressed and beaten by Shen Yichen, and he couldn't hold his breath as soon as there was some chaos.

Thinking that when Hu Hu was at the helm, Shen Yichen's menacing impeachment could be resolved invisibly, and He Wenyuan was still stunned after all.

I don't know if the mocking smile on his face is too obvious, He Wenyuan turned his head and asked Wang Wen: "Wang Duxian, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is your territory, and the supervising imperial history has taken the initiative to petition for dispatch, is it a little lax in governance?" ”

The reason why He Wenyuan has deep qualifications, but he has never had a foundation in the court, in addition to offending Wang Zhenkuo for a period of officialdom, the low emotional intelligence brought about by his overly upright personality is also a major shortcoming in his way of dealing with the world.

He originally wanted Wang Wen to solve the problem, but when he said this, there was a sense of blame.

In the past, Wang Wen probably endured it with a smile, but this time he replied forcefully: "There are also officials from the Ministry of Etiquette in the six departments, and they still submitted an application for assignment to the household department, and the great uncle seems to be a little powerless." ”

Wang Wen's sudden strong response made the eyes of Le Yun, the political envoy present, and Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, show a look of surprise in their eyes.

Don't look at Wang Wen's rank in the Cabinet of the Ninth Secretary, and his qualifications are not inferior to He Wenyuan, but he initially took refuge in catering to Wang Zhen, the eunuch of power for a period of time, and has repeatedly stood in the wrong position in the struggle for imperial power, and the minister in the scarlet robe of the court does not take him seriously.

Otherwise, He Wenyuan would not have used the tone of teaching his subordinates to say this to Wang Wen.

In addition, the large-scale "rebellion" of the Imperial Procuratorate's supervision of the imperial history has a lot to do with the lack of sufficient authority of Wang Wen, the chief official. Think about it, the boss is a soft bone, and the subordinates at the bottom can still ask for iron bones?

Isn't that a joke?

Of course, the reason why Wang Wen dared to respond to He Wenyuan so forcefully was not that he chose to break the jar, but on the contrary, he was co-opted and helped by a big man in the DPRK and China, and he didn't have to look at people's faces in the civilian clique.

The court has the ability to confront He Wenyuan, except for those noble relatives, the only powerful figures are Shen Yichen and Cao Jixiang.

There is no doubt that Shen Yichen would not do such a thing, so only Cao Jixiang would be left. This time to win over Wang Wen, it is still Yang Shan, who is also the imperial envoy of the capital, to take the bridge, both sides are one of the unsatisfactory officialdom, it is better to take refuge in the eunuch to gamble on the last handful!

Just when the atmosphere in the room was gradually becoming a little solemn and weird, a Zhongshu person hurriedly ran in and said to He Wenyuan: "Uncle Zong, the prince of the country, Li Xianjiu, led all the doctors and prisoners to join forces, and they are willing to serve the country and make a life for the people, and send the state capitals to clear the fields!" ”

What?

Hearing the announcement of the Zhongshu She, several people in the room stood up in surprise, and their expressions were full of disbelief.

You must know that the Ming and Qing dynasties have two largest groups, one is the "Kedao" of the six departments of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the other is the "Qingliu" of the Hanlin Academy and the Guozijian.

The former controls the power to supervise and impeach officials, and the latter controls the power of public opinion among the literati in the government and the opposition. The Hanlin Sect came forward to persuade the officials of the Kedao to support Shen Yichen, which was already outrageous enough, but now even the Guozi Priest Wine has come out to make this troubled water, which is really too amazing.

You must know that since Shen Yichen has been an official, he has always been the biggest enemy in the eyes of the Yanguan Qingliu group, an open minister. Now that the sun is coming out in the west, and the two major literati leaders are all standing for him, how can this impeachment battle be fought?

"Uncle Zong, we were careless, and I thought that Ni Qian and Li Shimian would not participate in the affairs of the court, but I didn't expect that they would have been co-opted by Shen Yichen a long time ago."

Zhao Rong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, had a remorseful expression on his face, and he was under a lot of pressure in the past few days of collective impeachment of Shen Yichen. You must know that between the other yamen "Shen Party" and the high-level officials of the civilian official group, even if the two sides have already started a war, they will retain some dignity if they look up and see what is good or bad.

The boss Zhao Rong faced was Xu Youzhen, his extreme and arrogant personality, he didn't bother to pretend at all, and simply made it clear that only one of the two would exist in the Ministry of Engineering in the future. Either he Zhao Rong was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, or he couldn't stay and return to his hometown honestly!

I thought that Qingliu had a high temperament, and they would definitely not be in the same league with powerful ministers like Shen Yichen, but in fact, he was too high to look at the Qingliu officials, and he was simply vulnerable under Shen Yichen's fame and fortune offensive.

"Shen Yichen has a life-saving grace for Li Shimian, and he once led the students of Guozijian to beat the drums with the literati of Beijing in the dispute between him and the Empress Dowager, do you still need to win over this friendship?"

Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, replied with a wry smile, he felt disheartened at the moment, no wonder Shen Yichen was so determined, he did not order the disciples of Shen Dang's protégés to fight back, it turned out that the strength of the two sides was not on the same level for a long time.

Even if Shen Yichen doesn't come forward, there are still many followers, this is the real influence!

"And what are we going to do?"

The general government made Le Yun completely panicked, and sought a solution from He Wenyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

If Shen Yichen hadn't been brought down in this political struggle, it would have been himself who would have collapsed when the other party made a move, Wang Zhi, Shi Pu, and even Hu Hu were all lessons from the past.

Facing the eyes of everyone in the house asking for help, He Wenyuan is also the master of the six gods at the moment, he is different from Hu Hu, an old fritter who has been up and down in officialdom for decades, and is more similar to Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru during the period of Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty.

Hang the bookbag and reread the words of the sage, shouting some great and righteous slogans It's no problem, if you really want to talk about the experience of officialdom, even Shen Yichen, a junior, can throw him a few streets.

Just as Emperor Jianwen succeeded to the throne, he immediately cut the feudal domain in a hurry, He Wenyuan served as the head of the civil officials of the Ministry of Rites, and immediately chose to start a war against Shen Yichen. Anyone who has a little political means will understand the truth of Xu Xu Tuzhi, like Shen Yichen learned from experience after his defeat, accumulated strength and endured Hu Hu for several years before making a move.

At this level, why fight with Shen Yichen?

But the last straw that really crushed He Wenyuan was not the rebellion of the group of officials below, but the "confession" presented to the emperor by Yang Hongze, the initiator of the impeachment incident.

After Shen Yichen finished writing "Public Servant Shu" and sent it to the newspaper for publication, he chose to come to Yang Hongze's duty room.

Facing Shen Yichen's arrival, Yang Hongze did not show too much surprise, but instead stood up very calmly and said, "Is Shen Zhongtang here for impeachment?" ”

"Yes and no."

"So what is yes and what is not?"

"I don't really value the impeachment matter, but I want to talk to you more about it."

Saying this, Shen Yichen's mood was a little complicated, Yang Hongze was in the same year as his own science field, according to the operating rules of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, the two should support each other and work together.

From beginning to end, the two were on opposite sides of different camps, and they hardly opened their hearts and communicated with each other.

In other words, he was a careerist with a lust for profit like He Pingyan in the past, and Shen Yichen had no interest in talking to him, let alone being an enemy. But after getting along with Yang Hongze for so many years, Shen Yichen knows very well that the other party's essence is not bad, and he also has a sense of responsibility to worry about the country and the people, but the way he chooses is completely different from himself.

"Heart-to-heart? I didn't expect Shenzhongtang to have such a Yaxing. ”

"But I'm more curious about why you're so relaxed about impeachment?"

The internal impeachment of the same cabinet minister alone was enough to cause an uproar in the court, not to mention that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu led the civil official group and the Kedao Yanguan to join the occupation. The high-ranking officials who suffered such large-scale impeachment in the history of the Ming Dynasty meant that there was no room for survival in the officialdom, and almost all of them were spared from presenting the Zhishi Medal to the emperor.

Yang Hongze's question made a smile appear on Shen Yichen's face and said, "If there is a gamble between you and me, will the winner be nervous?" ”

"Shen Zhongtang thinks he's the winner?"

"Of course."

"Why?"

"Before you launched the impeachment, the household department had already received more than eighty percent of the provincial officials' applications for assignment, and the people's hearts actually didn't care about you."

Hubu Shangshu Nianfu is Shen Yichen's own person, and the application data is not known to the outside world except for a few high-level executives. This not only includes Yang Hongze, but even the Kedao Yanguan himself probably didn't expect that there were so many "anti-bones" around him.

On the surface, he denounced Shen Yichen, but behind his back, he "took refuge" in Shen Yichen!

Hearing Shen Yichen say this number, Yang Hongze's face changed slightly, he knew the other party's temperament, and he would never falsely report the data of the Daoist official's application for assignment in order to play psychological warfare.

To be honest, Yang Hongze knows that under the temptation of fame and fortune, there are only a few people who can resist it. It's just that he didn't expect that the group of officials who should be the most determined has as many as eighty percent of officials who succumb to fame and fortune, is the people's hearts so fragile?

"So what, there are still many colleagues who are willing to come forward, and I am still not alone!"

"Aren't you really alone?"

The mocking smile on Shen Yichen's face became even worse, and he continued: "The Hanlin Academy Ni Zhangyuan has persuaded Qingliu that they will soon collectively agree to be sent abroad, and most of the young prisoners who have been accepted by Guozijian over the years are more high-spirited and more accepting of Shen Xue's trendy ideas, and they will definitely not stand on your side." ”

"Yang Zhongtang, you have always thought that you represent justice and the majority of the government and the opposition. In fact, my reform and reform are the trend of the times, representing the interests of the vast majority of ordinary people in the whole world! ”

Speaking of this, Shen Yichen took out a few books from his arms and put them on Yang Hongze's desk.

"This is an article I wrote, "Public Servant Shu", which will soon be published in the "Wen Pao", which will definitely set off a storm of public opinion. The other is the proportion of household taxes, you can clearly see that the people pay grain to occupy the vast majority, on the contrary, the gentry who own a large area of land are strong, and there is basically no data on grain payment. ”

"The winters have been getting colder and colder every year, and the crops on the ground have been much worse. If it weren't for the fact that I opened the sea ban, built customs, collected sea taxes, and did what you did to compete with the people for profit, I would have transported a large amount of rice and grain from Wa Kingdom, Annam, Siam, Luzon and other places to help the people. ”

"Otherwise, Yang Zhongtang, do you know how many people will die in this world according to the income of the orthodox dynasty?"

Shen Yichen's tone was very calm, behind the peace of the Ming Dynasty in the past few years, he relied on his own strategy.

Without these "seven deadly sins" denounced by the civilian clique, Daming would have ushered in Zhongxing, and would have fallen into hell on earth under the severe cold of the Xiaoice River period!