"Elder Ge, the affairs of Sichuan can't be suppressed."

Not long after Sun Chuanting arrived in the capital, the head of the Gu Mansion rushed to the study and explained everything to Gu Bingqian, who was still practicing calligraphy.

Gu Bingqian's hand trembled, and Mobao, which was originally good, instantly had some flaws.

Just a moment of panic, Gu Bingqian calmed down and asked.

"What's wrong......

"Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang didn't explain clearly, Sun Chuanting is a hard bone, and the matter not only involves the yamen in Sichuan, but also the Imperial Horse Supervisor, Jinyiwei, East Factory, and West Factory are all involved."

Gu Bingqian's words made Gu Bingqian stop practicing calligraphy, he put the pen on the pen stand, and walked slowly to the hall of the study.

The manager followed him, and the two slowly walked to the hall.

Gu Bingqian sat on the main seat, picked up the tea and brewed it, and then seemed to remember something, and said:

"How many people are there in Sichuan?"

"On paper, it's 4.56 million." The person in charge didn't understand why Gu Bingqian asked this.

"How many acres of land?" Gu Bingqian then asked, the person in charge was helpless, and he could only answer:

"There are 4.56 million people on paper, more than 4.2 million mu of military tun land, and more than 14.7 million mu of private land, totaling less than 19 million mu."

"Mmmm......" Gu Bingqian responded, and then said with emotion:

"There are less than five million people, 19 million acres of land, and so many displaced people, this Sichuan gentry is indeed a bit excessive, Liu Yuyou Why don't they cry poverty to the court?"

"This ......" the head was stunned by the words of his own elder, he thought to himself, didn't the homeless people be made by Liu Yuyou?

It's just that when the words came to his mouth, he immediately held back, thought about the deep meaning of the words, and then remembered that Liu Yuyou had only been in office for a year, and then he understood the words, and hurriedly said:

"Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang have only been in office for a year, and it is estimated that they have not had time to understand the local situation."

"What about the last political envoy?" Gu Bingqian pretended to be a clear lake, and the person in charge also replied:

"The last political envoy was Yu Qian, he died of illness, and at that time he did ask the imperial court to exempt Sichuan from taxes."

"At that time, the imperial court was in an emergency, and there was a shortage of money and food, so it only exempted the taxes of the eight prefectures in eastern Sichuan."

"Only the money and grain of the eight provinces have been deposed, so it is inevitable that the people in western Sichuan will be poor......" Gu Bingqian picked up the teacup and took a sip:

"Seize the front of the palace's will, let Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang work for relief, and the money and grain will come out of the treasury."

"I understand, Elder Ge rest assured......" The head of the department understood what Gu Bingqian meant, but he still wanted to ask:

"The matter of this money and food and the people is very easy to solve, but the matter of Sun Chuanting ......"

Gu Bingqian slowly put down the teacup and cleared his throat:

"I can't control Sun Chuanting's affairs, it's so big involved, except for His Royal Highness and Long Live Live, no one else can take care of it, let them ask for more blessings, and solve the people's livelihood problems as soon as possible."

"Yes...... Then I'll step back first. The person in charge probably knew how to operate, he opened his mouth and retreated, and Gu Bingqian also waved his hand.

Before the will of the Heart Cultivation Hall was issued, the Tang cavalry of the Gu Mansion took the first step and rushed towards Sichuan.

However, after Zhu Youxiao's will was sent to the cabinet, Yuan Keli was about to approve it immediately, but Huang Liji and others opened their mouths to stop it:

"This matter is so big, do you have to worry about everyone in the cabinet first, and then talk about the vote?"

"You can wait, the people of Sichuan can't wait." Yuan Keli sat upright and politely rejected Huang Liji.

Huang Liji was not angry when he saw this, and still said: "No matter what you say, this vote still has to go through the process." ”

"Then call the votes!" Seeing that Huang Liji insisted on voting, Yuan Keli also knew that the other party was trying to delay time.

But with this kind of thing, he can't lose.

Soon, under the call of Huang Liji, Sun Chengzong, Zhu Xieyuan, and Bi Ziyan rushed over.

Since Shi Fenglai and Gu Bingqian are at home on leave, there are only five people in the cabinet at present.

"Who is sent by the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, is this a vote?"

Huang Liji looked at Sun Chengzong and the others who came over, raised his hand and said:

"I support Xu Keqiu and Chengde to go."

"Chengde alone is enough." Yuan Keli only supported Chengde to go, and Sun Chengzong also raised his hand when he saw this:

"Chengde alone is enough."

The number of votes is two to one, and the rest depends on the votes of Zhu Xieyuan and Bi Ziyan.

"The old man abstained from the vote." Bi Ziyan didn't want to get involved in this matter, because no matter how this matter was operated, Sichuan would have to die, and he didn't want to offend anyone.

As soon as he abstained from the vote, Huang Liji immediately looked at Zhu Xieyuan, but Zhu Xieyuan ignored his gaze, put his hand on the table, patted the table and said:

"The old man supports Chengde, he is enough for one person."

"Three to one, batch red!" Yuan Keli glanced at Huang Liji, then lifted the red pen and criticized Song Shu in front of him.

The red note was immediately taken away by the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and after backup, it was issued.

But no matter what, the news of the Gu Mansion went first, and the delivery of the news of the Gu Mansion also made everyone in the inner and outer courts pay attention to the two brothers, Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao.

Just without waiting for them to wait for news to come from the inner court soon, Zhu Youxiao urged Gu Bingqian, Shi Fenglai, Feng Quan and other officials who had been on leave to return to their official positions.

Obviously, Zhu Youxiao wants to call everyone out and let them all participate in this eucalyptus one by one.

Feng Quan's idea of the three of them wanting to be an ostrich was terminated by Zhu Youxiao, but for the three of them, it was nothing that they couldn't be ostriches, the main thing was that they couldn't get involved in this eucalyptus.

Zhu Youxiao didn't let them pretend to be sick at home, but it didn't mean that they wanted to fork their hands.

Time passed little by little, and the busiest thing during this period was the ministry.

Last year, officials with outstanding political achievements, especially those in Yanshan, were sent to Sichuan one by one.

Sun Chuanting alone, with the people from the Jinyi Wei Supervision Department, almost swept away Sichuan, and he didn't even have time to bribe.

He swept fast, but the court didn't make up for it as fast as him.

A book of orders was issued from the ministry, and Yuan Keli was busy.

It's just that no matter how busy he is, in the face of some people's summons, he still has to go.

When Gu Bingqian and Shi Fenglai returned to the cabinet, the first thing they did was to read all the notes that Yuan Keli handled as a secondary assistant.

Yuan Keli had a clear conscience about this, but Gu Bingqian and Shi Fenglai still summoned him in order to prevent Donglin from making a comeback.

The seven scholars of the cabinet gathered in the main hall, Gu Bingqian sat on the main seat, and Yuan Keli, Sun Chengzong, Bi Ziyan, as well as Shi Fenglai, Zhu Xieyuan, and Huang Liji sat on the left and right sides of the long table.

Looking at it this way, the Donglin Party has retreated, but it still has a lot of power in the cabinet.

Gu Bingqian and Huang Liji of the Gu Party, Yuan Keli and Sun Chengzong of the Donglin Party, Shi Fenglai of the Zhejiang Party, and Zhu Xieyuan, who is in name of the Zhejiang Party but talks about things, and Bi Ziyan, who is vacillating.

"Sichuan's eucalyptus, long live and His Royal Highness have already sent someone to do it, I don't think the cabinet needs to be involved."

"That Chengde, withdraw it."

Gu Bingqian lowered his eyes and looked at the music on the table, but his words were somewhat harsh to Yuan Keli's ears.

"Chengde went on behalf of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple and the center, and there was no mixing or unmixing."

Yuan Keli knew very well why Gu Bingqian didn't let Chengde get involved.

In the final analysis, Chengde is the temporary leader of the Yanshan faction, and as soon as Yan Yinshao leaves, Chengde will be the leader of the board.

This time, Sichuan's eucalyptus involved too many people, and there will be a lot of credit for the later awards.

Let Chengde go, and then Chengde may ascend to the sky in one step and become the level of the six servants, and then the Yanshan faction will have more power to speak above the temple.

The size of the Yanshan faction was already large, and it was not surprising that Gu Bingqian relied on his seniority to suppress them, and wanted to rely on the position of first assistant for a few more years.

However, Yuan Keli just can't get used to the situation of the Gu Party's dominance, Donglin is in decline, but it is a good choice to support the Yanshan faction against the Gu Party.

"Humph!" Huang Li snorted dissatisfiedly, and then said:

"Chengde has only embarked on a career of a few years? Can they all represent the face of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple and the center now? ”

"If you want to go, you should also send someone from the Hanlin Academy, Zhou Yanru from the Hanlin Academy is not bad."

"And Wen Tiren, it's also very good......" Shi Fenglai didn't let go of the opportunity to make money.

Everyone can see that in Sichuan's big eucalyptus, the Gu Party will lose a lot of people.

Huang Liji wants to support Zhou Yanru, and the Zhejiang Party is also ready to support Wen Tiren.

These two people both served as editors in Hanlin, but Wen Tiren was old, and he was currently five out of fifty, while Zhou Yanru was only in his early forties.

This time he went to Sichuan to fish for his merits, according to Wen Tiren's qualifications, it is not a problem to serve as the sixth Shangshu, and Zhou Yanru is at most a left and right waiter.

Gu Dang lost the trust of King Qi and would fall sooner or later, this is something that Shi Fenglai and Feng Quan think together.

What they want to do is to support a person who can enter the cabinet before Gu Dang falls, and Wen Tiren is this person.

Gu Bingqian and Huang Liji could see it clearly, but they didn't want to fall, especially Gu Bingqian, in his opinion, if King Qi wanted to let Gu Dang fall, it would first be to step down from his position as the first assistant.

Since he didn't go down, it means that he doesn't want to "look back".

He could see that King Qi was tired of such a thing as overthrowing the party, and what he wanted now was stability.

If the parties do not look for trouble, he will not overthrow the parties.

In Sichuan's affairs, Gu Bingqian can protect it, and if he can't protect it, he will add fuel to the fire.

Although Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang are talents, what is not lacking in the world is talent.

If you really choose between the position of the first assistant of the cabinet and the two of them, Gu Bingqian will not hesitate to choose the position of the first assistant.

At the moment, although he sent information to Liu Yuyou and the others, can he survive? It's up to them.

Before it was certain that they could survive, Gu Dang had to prepare for the election of cabinet ministers in the coming year, and Zhou Yanru was a good candidate.

In addition, the Yanshan faction is powerful, if Chengde is allowed to rise, then the momentum of the rise of the Yanshan faction can no longer be suppressed.

Gu Bingqian knew in his heart that not only did he not want Yanshan to send up, but even the two people sitting in the position didn't want Yanshan to send up.

"Chengde is not qualified enough, too young, why don't you let Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, and Li Banghua go on behalf of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Cabinet?"

Gu Bingqian chose to take a step back, he would rather let Donglin's Li Banghua get a piece of the pie than let the Yanshan faction's Chengde get a piece of the pie.

Yuan Keli's side, when he heard Li Banghua's name, he frowned slightly, and he didn't say anything about Chengde.

This is not to say that he is obsessed with party struggle and gives up his ideas when he thinks that he has gained, but in his opinion, Li Banghua is indeed a good candidate.

"Okay, since no one has an opinion, then let it be."

Gu Bingqian saw that Yuan Keli did not refute, so he immediately decided the matter, and did not even go through the process of drafting.

Several of them slapped the eucalyptus, and Chengde's position as a squire was blown away by the wind.

The matter was finalized, and everyone didn't even mention the victims in Sichuan.

Perhaps, in their opinion, the fate of the Sichuan victims is already doomed, and it is useless for them to intervene or not.

The fate of the Sichuan victims is in the hands of Zhu Youzhen, not the cabinet.

Everyone got up, but before they could walk out of the main hall, Wang Chengen walked into the main hall with two eunuchs, and said:

"His Royal Highness summoned Gu Ge Lao, Yuan Gechen ......"

"Here ......" Hearing Wang Chengen's words, the seven ministers felt a pang in their hearts, and Gu Bingqian and Yuan Keli also responded:

"The old man will go to ...... here"

"Please ......" Wang Chengen turned sideways and motioned for the two to go ahead.

The two of them couldn't shirk it, so they could only walk in front after laughing.

The three of them walked out of the main hall and walked towards the outside of the palace, and Shi Fenglai, who walked out of the main hall, also saw Feng Quan.

Feng Quan glanced at Sun Chengzong and Huang Liji, didn't say anything, and only stepped forward to stand side by side with Shi Fenglai after the others left.

They looked at the backs of Wang Chengen and the others leaving, and finally Feng Quan explained:

"Most of the victims in Sichuan were also given relief for work, barely maintaining the mouth of the lake."

"It's good to survive, why do you expect so much?" Shi Fenglai is not interested in the life or death of the victims, he is more concerned about whether Wen Tiren can perform well in the next big eucalyptus.

"Tell Wen Tiren to pack up and prepare to go to Sichuan."

"Good ......" Feng Quan's eyes lit up, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

After a simple answer, the two turned around and returned to the Wenhua Palace, while Wang Chengen and the others arrived at the Qi Palace's Mansion after a half-hour trek.

The group walked into the side hall of the carrier hall, and when they came in, Zhu Youzhen was dealing with the notes under the "General Map of Daming Kunyu".

The three of them saluted, and Zhu Youzhen put down the pen and motioned for the three of them to enter the hall.

The three of them cautiously entered the hall, Zhu Youzhen put down the pen and picked up the tea, his expression seemed to have changed little, but a depressing atmosphere spread in the hall.

"Wow......"

The sound of the teacup being put down is not heavy, but it is especially heavy at this moment.

Leaning back on the wooden chair, Zhu Youzhen put his hands on the armrests, and said casually:

"I don't talk about political affairs today, I just talk about family life."

"I came in and went deep into the people, and I often heard people say that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and a new generation is better than the old people......"

"It's just that in this Qi Palace, Gu Du thinks that old clothes are better, and they are ...... intimate."

"But if you wear these old clothes for a long time, you will inevitably be a little cold-resistant."

"Under the sewing and patching, although I can wear it, it looks a little shabby after all."

"Let yourself see it, it's nothing, but let outsiders see it, and those who don't know think that Lonely and Long Live have become a lonely person."

"You must know that the river is continuous, the silk cloth is constant, and although it is difficult to wear new clothes, you can wear them with hard work."

"His Royal Highness taught ......" Gu Bingqian knew who Zhu Youzhen was pointing, and he stepped forward to respond.

Yuan Keli stood in place, looking at his nose and nose, and his heart without saying a word.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at him obliquely, and when he saw that he didn't speak, he asked:

"Yuan Cifu, what's the matter? Isn't it reasonable for Lone to say? ”

"Your Highness has a point." Yuan Keli slowly bowed in return, but then straightened his back:

"It's just that the lower officials think that these old clothes are intimate, but sometimes, no matter how they are repaired, they still can't cover up the flashiness in them."

"Then according to your meaning, you have to change your old clothes if they are too ruined?" Zhu Youzhen's face was not smiling, and the twilight sunlight sprinkled into the hall, illuminating half of his face yellow, but half of his face was a little cold because of the light.

"Xia Guan didn't mean this, Xia Guan just thought that the ruined clothes in the old clothes should still be taken out, and the silver that should be spent still had to be spent, and they couldn't be allowed to hide in their clothes, rotten and smelly."

Yuan Keli meant something, and Gu Bingqian hurriedly smiled when he heard it:

"Yuan Cifu is right, the loss that should be cut off still has to be cut, but after cutting, if the white floc is different from the previous white floc, it will inevitably be hot and cold, inconsiderate."

"Your Highness, you are well aware that people like Xiaguan and Yuan Cifu are elderly, and it will inevitably take time to adapt to new things when they come into contact with new things."

The words of the three of them were confusing and secretive, although they were not discussing government affairs, but everyone could hear that it was not the same thing.

What Zhu Youzhen wanted to ask was whether he wanted to continue this Sichuan eucalyptus, and he wanted the two of them to express their attitude.

If this attitude is not right, then it should be replaced, and don't occupy the pit and not.

Although Gu Bingqian responded to Zhu Youzhen's words, he actually didn't show any attitude, just a strong echo, which made people not know what he thought in his heart.

On the other hand, Yuan Keli was sarcastic about Gu Bingqian in his words, but he was actually expressing his position.

His words were not only directed at the Gu Party, but also at everyone in the DPRK, including the Donglin Party.

Defeat should be replaced, and the same is true for corrupt officials and corrupt officials who corrupt the court by various parties.

Zhu Youzhen supports Sun Chuanting's anti-corruption, and he Yuan Keli also supports Zhu Youzhen's policy on behalf of the Donglin Party, even if the knife falls on his head, as long as he can get evidence and cut anyone, Yuan Keli will not stand up and speak against it.

Yuan Keli expressed his attitude, and Gu Bingqian naturally couldn't do it at both ends.

It's just that in his words, although he also supports Sun Chuanting's anti-corruption, his follow-up words show a new attitude.

Anti-corruption is to be opposed, but there are too many anti-corruption in one breath, and most of the people in the court or local people have been replaced.

To put it bluntly, Gu Bingqian's meaning is that anti-corruption must be opposed, but it must be controlled, and it cannot be like Sun Chuanting who kills one piece and cuts everything.

In this way, he Gu Bingqian did not dare to stand up, because to stand up was to go against his own camp.

The words of the two were a little confusing, but they all showed the same attitude.

Sun Chuanting's things are doing very well, and they personally support them, but if they are too radical, the two of them will be divided into two factions.

Yuan Keli thinks that if there is evidence, it is okay, because there are more than 20 people in the Donglin Party at the moment, and no matter how the knife falls, it will be difficult to harvest too many Donglin officials in one go.

Gu Bingqian doesn't think so, he thinks that anti-corruption should also be moderate, and he can't take medicine for serious illness, but treat the disease like a thread.

Taimeng under the medicine in one breath, not only he can't stand it, but even the court can't stand it.

This is the statement of the two, they don't know their attitude, whether Zhu Youzhen is satisfied or not, but he finally expressed his attitude, and if not, he can discuss it again.

After the three of them finished guessing the riddle, Wang Chengen glanced at Zhu Youzhen vaguely.

He tried to tell from his Highness's face whether he was satisfied with their attitude, but he didn't see anything.

Then Zhu Youzhen is not satisfied with their attitude? Answer: Naturally, he was not satisfied.

Whether it was what Yuan Keli said or what Gu Bingqian said, it was not what he wanted to hear.

He couldn't directly tell the two of them what he wanted to hear, because he didn't know if the two could accept it, and whether the forces behind the two could accept it, so he could only knock on the side.

However, the answers that came from such a knock on the side were not what he wanted to hear.

The answer he wanted was very simple, that is, the two of them abandoned the camp, and the three of them stood on the same front openly and honestly.

It's just that now it seems that in their subconscious, the personal camp is their first protection, not Zhu Youzhen.

This kind of person who cares about the personal camp, Zhu Youzhen can use it, but it can only be used to maintain stability.

"Hehe......" laughter sounded, Zhu Youzhen leaned back in the chair, and the whole person hid in the shadow of the sun:

"You guys have a general understanding, Sun Chuanting will go to Duogan after dealing with the eucalyptus, and the imperial court will recover Wusizang after the year, and the center will be very busy at that time."

"After the New Year's Day, the imperial court will first approve each of you ten days off to rest for the time being."

Zhu Youzhen was chasing away customers, which made Yuan Keli and Gu Bingqian confused.

They thought that Zhu Youzhen would make a statement after the temptation, but now it seems that their answer is too far from the answer that Zhu Youzhen wants.

"The lower official retired ......"

There is only one chance, and the two know that they didn't grasp it well, and it is impossible to lick their faces and express their stance again, in case they make a mistake, then they will regret it.

In officialdom, there is merit without fault, and the two of them are very satisfied with the answers they get, so they can only retire.

They slowly withdrew from the palace, and Zhu Youzhen's expression slowly stiffened and converged.

He leaned forward, picked up the tea, and made the foam, and after a moment he said:

"The matter of Yingzhou is almost over, let Lu Jianxing come back."

"Yes......" Wang Chengen saluted, knowing that this was a manifestation of Zhu Youzhen's dissatisfaction with Lu Wenzhao's inability to control the overall situation.

But no matter what, Lu Wenzhao is still the commander, but Lu Jianxing's return will divide his power.

For Wang Chengen, decentralization is not terrible to him, compared to decentralization, it is making mistakes that makes him feel terrible.

"It's okay, you can step down, send the broken tables and chairs in the palace to the inner court, and send Ran'er home by the way."

Zhu Youzhen looked at the tea, didn't look at Wang Chengen, Wang Chengen confiscated any bribes, and consciously opened up, so he asked:

"Your Highness, Sun Chuanting, don't you give me a message?"

He asked tentatively, and Zhu Youzhen paused in the action of making tea in his hand, and after a moment he replied without raising his head:

"Let him take care of it himself, the military and political affairs of Sichuan are in his hands, and he has already made a decision in his heart about what to do."

"Yes" Wang Chengen got the answer, and after returning the salute, he withdrew from the palace.

After he left, the huge carrying hall was empty again.

Zhu Youzhen sat alone in the hall, and there was no one around......