After this joint meeting of the three ministries, Wang Situ had a clear idea, and the resentment caused by Shen Shoufu's rotten position dissipated a lot.

Of course, Wang Situ has another purpose, which is to show his toughness as much as possible in terms that do not involve fundamental interests.

In this chaotic and uncertain situation, toughness is also a protective color, which can reduce some trouble.

In fact, people like Wang Zhiyuan, the secretary of the household department, as well as Yang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, and Wu Shilai, the imperial history of the left capital, have no room for improvement in the officialdom.

For them, even the worst possible outcome is forced to resign. Anyway, the official position has come to an end, and there are not so many regrets when I go home to retire, so I have a relatively detached mentality.

But like those who are not up to the top of their official positions, and there are also very aspiring Shen Shoufu henchmen, the current situation is very uncomfortable.

For example, Qi Shichen and Ke Ting, who are in charge of the matter, are both Shen Shoufu's die-hard henchmen, and they are also Shen Shoufu's "second generals" in the speech.

Now their tenure in Kedao is coming to an end, and they are in a critical period of jumping out of Kedao and moving upward.

But at this juncture, Shen Shoufu is rotten, and their depression can be imagined.

On this day, Qi and Ke came to the Ministry of Officials to visit Yang Wei, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, on the grounds of discussing the affairs of "Jingcha".

Yang Tianguan only said: "Two days later, in the Dongchao room, I gathered the officials of the ministry and the court to discuss the Jingcha process. ”

The six-year "Jingcha" is definitely a major political event, especially in recent years, every time Jingcha will become the focus of political struggle, and then there will always be a group of unlucky cannon fodder to be "eliminated".

If it is replaced by a strong official department, one person will be able to make a decision about the Jingcha process. But Yang Tianguan was soft by nature and didn't want to provoke too much tongue, so he said that he would gather courtiers to discuss.

Of course, Qi Shichen and Ke Ting came to see Yang Tianguan, not just for Jingcha, but mainly to inquire about Shen Shoufu's movements.

After all, Yang Tianguan is Shen Shoufu's number one henchman, and he should know more inside information than ordinary people.

But Yang Tianguan couldn't say anything, so he dealt with a few words casually and sent the two away.

Out of the main hall of the Ministry of Officials, Qi Shichen sighed: "The first assistant can't come out, and the heavenly officials can't support it, what can we do?" ”

Ke Ting was also a little dissatisfied and said: "How can the heavenly officials not be tired and want to go? It's just that we people are suffering, who else can we rely on? ”

The two were talking while walking, and suddenly saw Zhao Zhigao, the new right attendant of the ministry, full of spring breeze on his face, with brisk steps, and leisurely walked into the right hall of the ministry.

Shangshu is in the main hall, the left waiter is in the left hall, and the right waiter is in the right hall, and the pattern of the six departments is probably like this.

Qi Shichen asked in surprise, "How can he be so comfortable?" ”

They all understood Zhao Zhigao's situation, this person was transferred to the Ministry of Officials as the right attendant by Shen Shou's auxiliary force, and he was not particularly convinced.

So Qi Shichen couldn't understand why in the current situation, Zhao Zhigao didn't have any negative emotions such as worry and anxiety at all?

Ke Ting said thoughtfully: "Since you came to the Ministry of Officials today, you might as well stop by to visit Zhao Shilang."

I think Zhao Shilang has just stepped down as governor of Jiangnan, and he knows the situation in Suzhou very well, so he may be able to have some unique opinions. ”

Anyway, everyone has the word "Shen" engraved on their heads, and they don't need to see each other when they walk around.

Zhao Zhigao, the right attendant of the ministry, sat in the public court, drinking tea, looking at the newspaper, and his heart was happy.

He has never met the master for half of his life, and he finally passed sixty years before he mixed into the class of the six hall officials, and he is in a good mood every day.

I only tasted two sips of tea today, and I heard a report from Mending that Qi Shiyi and Ke Yushi visited together.

When he saw these two people coming in, Zhao Shilang remembered something, and almost couldn't help laughing, but fortunately he restrained himself.

He heard Lin Tai tell a joke, when Lin Tai came to Beijing to participate in the martial arts test a year ago, the debate about the location of the imperial tomb reached a fever pitch.

At that time, the main speech officer who charged into battle for Shen Shoufu was Qi Shichen and Yu Shi Ke Ting.

Qi Shichen tried his best to protect Dayu Mountain as an auspicious land, and was nicknamed Qi Baoshan, also called Baoshan to do things.

And Ke Ting said in front of the emperor: "If there is a stone under the Dayu cave, the minister dares to deserve it", and was nicknamed Shi Dangdang, also known as Dare to be the imperial history.

But the two of them worked so hard, and it didn't have much effect.

In the end, it was Lin Tailai who instigated Li Rusong to write a letter, which directly ended the controversy.

Zhao Zhigao was thinking about the past, and invited the two to sit down.

After a few words of greeting, Qi Shichen asked: "Shaozuka Zai is from Suzhou, I don't know what the climate of Suzhou is now?" ”

Zhao Zhigao smiled dumbly and said: "It is not an exaggeration to say that Suzhou Mansion is the first county in the world, such a famous place, have you heard of it?" ”

Ke Ting's temperament is more straightforward, "We and Shaotsuka Zai are all like-minded people, and now the situation is ignorant and unclear, so dare to ask Shaotsuka Zai for guidance." ”

Zhao Zhigao pondered for a moment, and after thinking about it in his heart, he also replied:

"You say the situation is ambiguous, why don't I think? Isn't it clear and clear? ”

Baoshan and Dare to be the imperial history glanced at each other, and had a common idea - this Zhao Shilang must have something!

Then I heard Zhao Zhigao say: "You should know that this turmoil originated in Suzhou City, and the final result depends on the situation in Suzhou City." ”

Qi Shichen said worriedly: "The matter of Suzhou City is irreparable, right?" ”

The prefect is the person of the family, the governor is either a pig teammate or an undercover agent, and the minister of the Qincha is the person of the family, how can he win?

If the situation is easy, Shousuke will not be so disheartened that he will be so lazy that he will be rotten.

Zhao Shilang shook his head: "You don't understand Suzhou, or rather, the people in the court don't understand Suzhou."

Our opponent dared to stir up trouble in Suzhou this time, and he has really angered a person. ”

If you are more detailed, it is inconvenient to say it to others.

Anyway, Zhao Zhigao dared to conclude from a distance of two or three thousand miles that Lin Tailai would definitely be provoked and would take cruel revenge.

Others may think that Lin Tailai was provoked by the instinct of being a "Shen Party".

But only Zhao Zhigao knows best that Lin Tailai was provoked, and most of the reason was that he felt "offended".

Lin Tailai regarded Suzhou City as his own territory and base, and a group of outsiders came to Suzhou City to make trouble, which in Lin Tailai's eyes was a violation of his sovereignty.

Moreover, Lin Tailai's revenge is not so much to support the Shen family, but to "declare sovereignty" and "make an example of one hundred".

Zhao Zhigao thought that he should also collect some little brothers, or Dai Lin Tai to collect some little brothers.

Then he said meaningfully to the two: "If you believe the old man, then the old man can tell you that as long as there is Lin Tailai, Suzhou City will not be able to turn the sky upside down!"

Those officials who went to Suzhou City to cause trouble, and it is the best ending if they can safely dismiss their officials and return to their hometowns. ”

Unlike most high-ranking courtiers, Zhao Zhigao not only saw Lin Tailai do things with his own eyes, but he was also a person who had experienced it firsthand.

He didn't believe it at all, just a few foreign officials, he could still turn the sky in Suzhou City.

Qi Shichen and Ke Ting are not unfamiliar with the name Lin Tailai, after all, Lin Tailai was too shocked to beat the invincible opponents of the Beijing Division a year ago, and they also knew that Lin Tailai married the Wang family of Hubu Shangshu.

After thinking about it for a while, Qi Shichen said again: "The court is discussing whether Shen Jizi should be convicted of allowing domestic slaves to forcibly seize land and property and kill people. ”

What he means by this is that he wants to show something, but he needs to find an entry point.

In fact, people like them have no choice, even if they want to join the enemy, they may not be willing to accept it, so they can only die to the end.

Zhao Zhigao said disappreciatively: "The affairs of Suzhou City, Lin Tailai will settle all the things, and you don't need to do anything." ”

Then he said: "You might as well put your vision in Yangzhou, Lin Tailai's focus in the past two years is actually in Yangzhou, and he still needs some help."

And Lin Tailai's brother-in-law, who is the king of the household department, Situ, also lacks an official to help him speak. ”

The implication is that if you want to be in the limelight, you might as well speak out more on the Yangzhou issue.

On the premise of not betraying Shen Shoufu, by the way, you can also get married to another Shantou Hubu Shangshu, why not?

Qi Shichen and Ke Ting thanked together: "Thank you, old man, for seeing the clouds!" ”

Two days later, the Ministry of Officials convened a meeting of more than 40 ministers and officials of the Ministry and the Ministry of Science and Technology in the Dongchao Room to discuss the process of "Jingcha".

Under normal circumstances, this kind of crowded congress often has many lazy ministers absent, but this time the attendees were very neat.

One is that the situation has been quite delicate lately, and none of the ministers want to be negligent; The second is that "Jingcha" is really sensitive, and the ministers want to see which direction the wind is blowing.

In the case that the emperor is not very in the court, this kind of court discussion where ministers and ministers gather together is actually equivalent to the weather vane of the court.

Although the Ming officialdom is characterized by the circulation of official documents, and the system does not pay attention to face-to-face deliberations, it is obvious that written communication cannot completely replace face-to-face communication, which is human nature.

The ministers stood in the Dongchao room in twos and threes, and Yang Wei, the official who presided over the meeting, had not yet spoken.

Suddenly, Lu Guangzu, the secretary of the criminal department, said coldly to Wang Zhiyuan, the secretary of the household department:

Cai Shiding, the two Huai patrol salt imperial historians, said that Lin Tailai, a Suzhou Wei Qianhu, had committed many lawlessness in Yangzhou City, and asked the Criminal Department to punish the crime in accordance with the law.

He also said that the Suzhou guards were in Yangzhou Shuicicang, which was a local disaster and asked the imperial court to dismantle it.

What does Wang Situ think of the above two points? ”

Lu Guangzu is a Jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, and Zhang Juzheng's same year is very much like a figure from the previous era.

In terms of qualifications, he is one of the best, and he is qualified to be a secretary of the ministry, and he has indeed been a secretary in the original history.

However, Lu Shangshu has a lot of personality, and he has three ups and downs in officialdom, so he is only a secretary of the criminal department until now.

Wang Situ snorted coldly and made a judgment calmly.

Bring Cai Shiding's impeachment of Lin Tailai here and say that he obviously came to his own household book, probably wanting to use Lin Tailai to drag himself into the water?

It can't be helped, there is a price to do everything. Since he shielded Lin Tailai for his misdeeds in Yangzhou City, he had to bear the burden of others using Lin Tailai as a handle to attack him.

The one who stepped on the horse was obviously Shen Shoufu who was rotten, why did others treat him endlessly?

Do you regard yourself as the weak periphery of the Shen Party, and clean up first as respect?

Then Wang Situ looked at Wang Yiju, the secretary of the Ministry of War, "What did Da Sima say about the Suzhou Guards' Army stationed in Yangzhou Shuicicang?" ”

Wang Yiyu was originally the governor of Jiliao, and he had just entered the dynasty to replace Zhang Jiayin as the secretary of the military department, and he was embarrassed to say:

"If the chief priest thinks that there are many illegal things in the Suzhou Weiguan Army to harm Yangzhou, you can consider moving it."

Many years ago, when Lu Guangzu was working in the Ministry of Officials, he helped Wang Yihe discuss his merits, so Wang Yihe had to return the favor.

In fact, most people were surprised that Lu Guangzu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, actually helped the Qingliu forces?

You must know that a few years ago, Lu Shangshu was besieged by Yanguan and had to be dismissed for a while.

Especially at that time, Cai Shiding also impeached Lu Shangshu, but now Lu Shangshu is helping Cai Shiding speak, which is really "magnanimous".

Today is indeed not in vain, and this is a very important trend.

At the same time, Wang Situ, who was squeezed by two Shangshu, also frowned, thinking about the deep-seated problem while pondering how to deal with it.

At this time, Qi Shichen jumped out in the matter, "I have a question, the dispatch of the imperial history such as patrolling salt is really important, and the general term of office is about one year, so as to prevent the disadvantages of serving for a long time."

And Cai Shiding, the two Huai patrol salts, seems to have been in office for nearly two years and has violated the rules, why is this? ”

Wang Situ was stunned, a little flattered.

He really didn't expect that Shen Shoufu's "royal thug" would take the initiative to jump out to help him speak, so that he could enjoy the treatment of Shoufu.

After reacting, Wang Situ said to Wu Shi, the imperial history of the left capital: "The foreign imperial history is all sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, what is the explanation of Cai Shiding's tenure?" ”

Wu Shilai did not hesitate to sell the left deputy capital Yu Shi Shi Xing: "It was Shi Vice Xian who advocated that Cai Shiding postpone." ”

Shi Xing suddenly felt a pain in the egg, it was Wang Shizhen who wrote to ask Cai Shiding to continue to work.

As one of the "five sons of the retro school", he will certainly not go against the proposal of the old alliance leader in such an inconsequential matter.

At the time, I didn't think it was a problem, but I didn't expect it to become a black pot.

Qi Shichen immediately said loudly: "Cai Shiding violated the rules and overstayed, and there must be disadvantages in his long-term office, and the court cannot accept his performance!"

Another imperial history should be sent to Yangzhou immediately to replace Cai Shiding, and then let the new patrol salt imperial history find out what Cai Shiding played! ”

Wang Situ nodded appreciatively, Shoufu's "royal thug" was really easy to use, and he also echoed: "Qi is reasonable, reasonable!" ”

Grand Priest Lu Guangzu shouted: "It's ridiculous! Could it be that because Cai Shiding impeached Lin Tailai for violating the law, he must first cancel his post and then investigate?

Then why didn't they treat Lin Tailai equally, and at the same time removed Lin Tailai?

Besides, it was not only Cai Shiding's family's words, but also the salt merchants who jointly submitted a letter to Xu Gelao, accusing Lin Tailai of breaking the law, and Xu Gelao had already transferred the salt merchant's letter to the Criminal Department! ”

Xu Ge Lao is the second assistant Xu Guo, a Hui businessman, and many Yangzhou salt merchants are fellow villagers.

Wang Situ also had a temper, and said angrily on the spot: "If a joint report by a few random people can be used as evidence, then what else do you need the court officials to do?" ”

Lu Guangzu replied: "Although the joint report is suspected of disrupting the judiciary, it reflects public opinion. ”

Suddenly, an official of the General Administration Department walked in, waved the chapter book in his hand, and said: "I just arrived at a piece of music, sent from Yangzhou, and the princes should know."

Zhang Jiayin, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, Wang Shizhen, the right attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, Wang Daokun, the left attendant of the former Military Department, and Wu Guolun, the former left political officer of Henan, jointly reported Cai Shiding, the imperial history of the two Huai patrols, in Yangzhou City! ”

When the ministers heard this, no matter what their position was, they were all confused at the moment, what the hell is this?

How much fake wine did these semi-retired or retired literary bigwigs drink, and why did they report Cai Shiding together?

Wang Situ, who was the first to come back to his senses, laughed a few times and mocked Lu Guangzu:

"Dare to ask Da Sikou, between a few salt merchants and a group of literary leaders, who is the public opinion?"

(End of chapter)