After Min Qi Zhishi, the secretary of the Criminal Department was succeeded by Zhao Shen, a waiter of the Criminal Department.

Zhao Shen is the former governor of Southern Jiangxi, and since the early years of Zhengde, the officialdom has set off an important change in the transformation of 'Beijing officials and local officials' under the leadership of Zhu Houzhao.

This change did not kill and bloody, nor did it change the important ancestral system.

The emperor used only one method, which was to vigorously promote local officials who had done well.

Zhao Shen was the first.

Since then, such as Yang Tinghe, Wang Qiong, and He Jian, the new secretary of the Ministry of Industry, have been in this situation.

At the same time, the emperor successively sent his cronies to local places, such as Fei Hong, the current governor of Sichuan, Peng Ze, the governor of Henan, and Feng Xi, the governor of Fujian.

Vote with your feet, which of the current people, Beijing officials or magistrates, is more fragrant, do you need to say?

The reason why Zhao Shen was promoted quickly was that he was good at practice, and he did not have a prominent position in the literary world, and he did not belong to the clear stream, so he had to rely on the emperor.

Of course, he also has an even more amazing student, Yan Song.

But Yan Song has encountered a predicament recently, which makes him a little worried.

When he went down, Yan Song still avoided him, as if he knew that he was a 'plague god'.

However, Zhao Shen was not such a snob, he himself found Yan Song's figure in the crowd and quickly chased after him.

So under the high walls of the palace and on the stone road, many people can see the picture of the master and apprentice walking together.

"Weizhong, why did you go so fast today?"

Yan Song's heart is a little warm, the Forbidden City is a place for people to go to tea and cool down, but I didn't expect him to have a little affection as a teacher, "Student...... I don't want to cause trouble to the teacher. Besides, it's unnecessary trouble, and you have to wait for this period to pass. ”

"If that is the case, what will the world think of me?"

Just said this simply, Zhao Shen didn't say anything more, he stepped up and urged, "Let's go together." ”

Yan Song had to keep up.

One in a red robe, one in a blue robe, walked slowly.

"Today, Your Majesty borrowed Zhang Gongshi to give advice, and temporarily held down this matter. But those people are menacing, you and I are not in the cabinet, and I don't know how many seals there are, but in the middle, what happened to you this time? When Zhao Shen mentioned this, he was really worried about him.

"Rest assured, the student's business is actually simple, don't worry about me, it's just that the reputation is not good."

These days, reputation has nothing to do with the matter itself, it depends on who you stand on. If he doesn't deal with Li Mengyang and Bian Gong, then these people will naturally give him the name of a traitor.

"However, the cabinet should present a list of eight people to His Majesty, and the cabinet must account for four of these eight people, and if the remaining four people are from various ministries, the teacher and the military department must account for two."

The cabinet didn't have to think about it, such a big thing as cleaning up the military tun of the eight towns, if the cabinet hid aside as the head of the hundred officials, it would not be reasonable no matter what, Qi Chengsui was an old subordinate of Yang Yiqing, and Yang Yiqing was not good at protecting his shortcomings at this time.

As for Zhao Shen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, everything he is based on the emperor.

So he can't get away with this matter.

The key is the tuntian of the remaining eight towns, which is the easiest. Loyalty and being a fool are two different things, and the other seven would love for you to pick the hardest.

"According to the students' observations, there are Su and Han kings in Gansu, Dai Wang in Datong, Liao in Liaodong, Jin and Shen in Shanxi, and all these four towns have vassal kings, and they must be inseparable from the affairs of the current court, and naturally, it is also the most difficult to do well."

Zhao Shen walked forward quietly, "Everyone can understand this kind of thing, and Your Majesty can understand it even more." ”

Yan Song also understands that if he wants to be clever at this juncture, he can't hide it from the emperor, but there is always a bias in his choice.

"Your Majesty has given Yang Ge Lao three days, Yang Ge Lao should have already handed it over, right? No one is bothered? ”

It should be so, but this kind of matter is a discussion between the head of the cabinet and the emperor, and it has not been revealed to the outside world so far.

"It's useless to think about it. There is His Majesty's holy decree to clean up the military cantonment, as well as the elite officers and soldiers, no matter how unwilling the towns are, they can't disobey the holy decree, it's just that it's more difficult to do, and your matter, if you don't handle it well, it's small to lose the black gauze hat. ”

Yan Song smiled confidently, "The teacher should believe in me more, and he should also believe in the emperor." ”

The emperor is methodically advancing the affairs of the vassal king and the military tun.

The dispute between Li Mengyang and Yan Song has already started and is fermenting, and even Zhang Fuhua, who has left office, has to stand on Li Mengyang's side, which means that there are important ministers in the court who are dissatisfied with the vassal king.

After this gust of wind started, it was just right to push the border town to clear Tun.

Zhu Houzhao felt that the royal family members of the Eight Towns would soon receive the news of the change in the direction of the court, so their reactions should also be revealed. Either explain to yourself to get away with the crime, or simply cooperate honestly, there should always be an attitude.

So he's going to have to wait a little longer.

Of course, this is what should happen in the inference, and the reality is not necessarily exactly what you imagined.

Therefore, the imperial court still has to take the initiative to elect eight people to be responsible for each of the eight towns, which is to take the initiative.

Before that, the garrison eunuchs of the eight towns also sent letters, after all, Liu Jin's accident was a little earlier.

You Di may be a new appointer, and he doesn't dare to 'make a mistake', and the replies from the eight garrison eunuchs are honestly handed over to the emperor, and he looks like he will never hide it.

Zhu Houzhao read them one by one, and then said: "Liu Jin has worked hard to raise a group of people, and in the end, they are all vying to get rid of your goods. Even I don't think it's worth it for him. ”

"Yes, Liu Jin taught a lesson, and the slave and maid will not dare to forget. In fact, a person like a slave and maid only serves His Majesty wholeheartedly, and this is enough. ”

"These people, what do you think you're going to do?"

You Ji lowered his head, "You can't dispose of it all, and you can't dispose of it all." ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled a little, and actually thought of a place with him.

"What about the truth?"

"I can't do it all, because if I want to return to the field, I will take people's money, and this matter needs to be done by killing chickens and monkeys, and only one Liu Jin is not enough. It can't be dealt with all, because the overall situation of cleaning up the military cantonment is important, and if the local garrison eunuchs are willing to cooperate, it is better not to change, after all, only they are the most familiar with the local area, and the court officials sent by His Majesty also need their cooperation. ”

"Then do it. Do not exceed two. ”

"Yes."

After You Jiren left, Zhu Houzhao took out the list of eight people on Yang Yiqing. The so-called eight people are actually four members of the cabinet, plus four of the nine secretaries. Among them, the status of the general political envoy is not obvious, and such a major event is not suitable. So it's four out of eight.

The list drawn up by Yang Yiqing is the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Crime.

Needless to say, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs have nothing to say.

The official is a heavenly official, and his power is not small, so he can mobilize the people below.

Wang Hua, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Shouren are father and son, so he is also suitable for Yansui Town, which is close to the Hetao.

However, Zhu Houzhao wanted to replace Zhao Shen with the new Zuodu Yushi, that is, Zhang Mao.

Zhang Mao is an honest and honest official, and he needs a little bit of the uprightness of a Confucian old man to do this, and he is named the new Zuodu Yushi, so he naturally wants to take advantage of the momentum of his new official to take office.

Yan Song is now advancing under artillery fire, so the holy decree of cleaning up the military cantonment of the Eight Towns cannot be delayed.

After making a slight change, the emperor summoned Jin Gui and "wrote a note for people to hand it out of the palace." Tomorrow morning, the dynasty will be temporarily exempted, and the cabinet and the six ministries and nine secretaries will enter the palace, by the way, don't forget the Shaofu order Gu Zuo. ”

"We're in command."

After that, Zhu Houzhao didn't want to read it, so he flipped through a few books at random and threw them aside, "Put them away first." ”

Either he is very Yan Song, or he scolds Yan Song, all of these, and it is a waste of time to look at it again, and now everyone wants him to express his position as the emperor, but he will not express his position.

Stretching his waist, Zhu Houzhao put on a dress and left the Qianqing Palace, the cold wind outside blew away all the feeling of dizziness in his head, although it was cold, but he was a little sober.

Today happened to have plenty of time, so he walked back from the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, where are you going today?"

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his hands, he wanted to be quiet today, "Let's go to Concubine Xian." ”