Chapter 272 The Young Elder Who Wants to Improve

Entered the academy.

Probably because of what happened today, the college also gave all the students a holiday.

In the entire academy, there are only these big shots left, any one of whom can shock a region.

but.

In the academy today.

It is true that the three old gentlemen, Nie Bao, each chose a topic to talk about Confucian classics.

after all.

No one can say in front of everyone that from now on we are a small gang engaged in selfish activities.

How did the old confused Ouyang Xiu say it?

A gentleman makes friends but does not form factions.

It was just that court officials took advantage of their day off and brought their families to Changping for an outing, and by chance they met Nie Bao, Wang Ji, and Qian Dehong, three great masters of the School of Mind and great Confucian scholars, who were teaching Confucian classics.

Then everyone sat together and met each other.

It seems that everyone knows the situation among themselves.

The real thing is never said openly.

Just like this moment.

In a small tea room outside the lecture hall.

Yan Shaoting was sitting opposite Yuan Wei and Guo Pu.

Yan Shaoting sat in the host seat, his hands busy, making tea.

He also had some doubts in his heart about these two people who should not have appeared today on the day of the birth of the New Yan Party.

When Yan Shaoting brought the tea to Yuan Wei and Guo Pu.

Yuan Wei was the first to speak with a smile: "I never thought today that the Left Censor-in-Chief would also like to discuss classics so much."

As he spoke, Yuan Wei's eyes flickered.

This is of course not to say that Ouyang Bijin, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, really likes Confucian classics.

But it was obvious that Ouyang Bijin, who had parted ways with the Yan family before and had never had any contact with Yan Shifan since then, was also a member of the New Yan Party.

This is interesting.

If I hadn't come here today.

I'm afraid we will still be kept in the dark.

Yan Shaoting smiled and said, "Changping is now a shop. We are open for business and we welcome everyone who comes."

Yuan Wei smiled faintly.

Does the New Yan Party really accept everyone who comes?
Don’t you even look at how Yan Maoqing died, and how Zheng Michang and He Maocai died further away.

If you don't pay attention to it.

They would not realize that the deaths of these people were closely related to the Yan family or the young man in front of them.

Let’s take a look at Changping Academy today.

In addition to Ouyang Bijin, there were several others who had been dependent on the Yan family in the past.

The current Yan family.

This means that most of the people in the past have been eliminated.

At present, they are either in the six ministries and five temples, or they are newcomers to the court like Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue.

The Yan family has great ambitions!

It was because Yuan Wei knew this that he asked Guo Pu to join him on this trip to Changping.

He changed the subject and said, "Speaking of which, the Changping I saw today was very different from the last time I saw it years ago. Changping is now under the jurisdiction of the Public Security Bureau, but it is full of vitality, which shows that Runwu is really capable in governing the officials under his jurisdiction."

After saying that.

Yuan Wei then picked up the teacup, took a sip, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

Yan Shaoting's heart moved.

It seems that Old Yuan and Guo Pu came here to discuss the issue of rectifying the administration of officials that is currently being promoted by Gao Gong in the court.

He naturally said, "The way to employ people is to trust them and not employ those you doubt. In addition, the court has already established a system for evaluating the performance of officials. Whoever can do a good job according to the rules will naturally be rewarded and promoted. If he messes up, he will be punished and demoted."

After saying that.

Yan Shaoting's eyes seemed to glance at Guo Pu, the Minister of Personnel who had been in office for some time, who had not spoken a word.

The Ministry of Personnel.

This is the yamen known as the Heavenly Official.

However, the person in charge of rectifying the administration of officials now is the hot-tempered Gao Gong.

Think about it.

There may be a conflict between the Ministry of Personnel and Gao Gong on the issue of rectifying the administration of officials.

really.

Just as Yan Shaoting expected.

Guo Pu shook his head and said, "If it is really as Yan Shidu said, then this job in the Ministry of Personnel will be very easy."

After saying this, he sighed deeply.

But he didn't continue.

Yuan Wei was drinking tea by himself.

Yan Shaoting could only glance at the two of them and said with a smile: "If it were easy, how could the heavy responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel be placed on the shoulders of Minister Guo?"

If you don't explain things clearly yourself, I will have to flatter you.

Guo Pu's eyes flashed.

This Yan Runwu is really stubborn and won't reveal a single word.

He could only say: "Now the court has implemented the performance evaluation method proposed by Yan Shidu in detail according to what Yan Shidu had seen at the beginning. Although it is already complete and perfect, the task of rectifying the administration of officials still has to fall on everyone.

"For example, in this case, how should Huizhou Prefecture evaluate the merits and demerits of the officials in the six counties of Huizhou Prefecture? If they give a negative evaluation, Huizhou Prefecture will certainly come up with complaints one level after another, saying that the court is torturing them.

Furthermore……"

Guo Pu paused and glanced sideways at Yuan Wei.

Seeing that Yuan Wei did not move.

Guo Pu then continued, "Moreover, Zhang Juzheng is now promoting a large-scale reform slogan, and there are many people in the court who respond to him. Once my Ministry of Personnel rectify the administration of officials and does not do what they want, it will inevitably be involved in this matter."

Yan Shaoting finally understood.

Guo Pu was worried that his efforts to improve the administration of officials in the Ministry of Personnel would be used by the reformists and conservatives.

If something goes wrong on his side at that time.

You might get dragged into the dispute over whether to reform or maintain the status quo.

Yuan Wei finally nodded in agreement and said, "Speaking of which, after I left the government office yesterday, I heard that some people in the court seemed to still have some opinions on the matter of Ding Sijuan from Huizhou Prefecture."

After saying that.

Yuan Wei looked at Yan Shaoting with gleaming eyes.

The matter of rectifying the administration of officials.

You, Yan Shaoting, have to help even if you don't want to.

Otherwise, by then, the silk tax on the population of She County, Huizhou Prefecture, which you had abolished with great difficulty, and the additional collection of silver for the defense of the six counties of Huizhou Prefecture, might have to be overturned.

Yan Shaoting's heart sank. It wasn't that Yuan Wei would embarrass him in this matter, but he was sending a signal.

If you cooperate with them.

As for the Ministry of Personnel, he could naturally use the opportunity of rectifying the administration of officials to demote those who opposed Yan Shaoting.

Yan Shaoting pondered for a long time.

Yuan Wei and Guo Pu were not in a hurry to get an answer.

They knew very well that based on Yan Shaoting's past style of doing things, he was very clear about the current situation and could also make the most correct choice.

After a while.

Yan Shaoting just opened his mouth and said, "Lord Yuan, Minister Guo, I have said something before the emperor. I wonder if you two still remember it."

Yuan Wei looked curious: "Oh?"

Guo Pu's eyes were filled with anticipation: "What did Yan Shidu say?"

Looking at the two people.

Yan Shaoting smiled and said, "As an official in the court, I have always only known how to obey the orders of the emperor and do my job. I think that Yuan Gelao and Guo Shangshu must be the same."

Guo Pu was still thinking about the meaning of this sentence.

Yuan Wei's eyes lit up.

"Yes, yes!"

He said this repeatedly with a look of delight on his face.

Guo Pu glanced over.

Yuan Wei winked at the other party.

Isn’t it!
Although they came to Changping today, they are definitely not the New Yan Party.

As Yan Shaoting said, they are all absolute royalists!

Without waiting for Guo Pu to ask.

Yuan Wei smiled and said, "Runwu is indeed a loyal minister appointed by His Majesty! This time, I have learned a lesson!"

These words.

This is equivalent to accepting the solution proposed by Yan Shaoting, and also agreeing to do Yan Shaoting a favor.

That would mean that Yan Shaoting and the personnel involved in the memorial he proposed might be involved in the court later on, so he and the Ministry of Personnel would naturally help suppress it.

If you can't suppress it.

Then, in the name of rectifying the administration of officials, we can solve the problem directly and fundamentally.

It was not easy.

After sending Yuan Wei and Guo Pu away.

Yan Shaoting hasn't even breathed a sigh of relief yet.

The old boy Yan Shifan had already put his hands in his sleeves, walked out of the academy quietly, and came to Yan Shaoting's side.

"Have you discussed the matter with Yuan Fanzhong?"

Yan Shaoting tilted his head and looked over sideways.

He nodded.

"It's settled."

Yan Shifan hummed, without asking what they were talking about, and just nodded his head towards the academy.

"The old man and Hu Ruzhen are waiting for you."

Yan Shaoting looked surprised: "Where are the others?"

Yan Shifan frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled, and then said, "Since they are going out of town for a holiday, they will naturally go out to find a place to play."

Listen to this.

Yan Shaoting didn't ask any more questions and followed the old boy into the academy.

inside the house.

Just as Yan Shifan said, there were only Old Yan and Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian, a student, now finally has the opportunity to serve Yan Song.

When Yan Shaoting came in, Hu Zongxian was pouring tea for Old Yan.

When he saw Yan Shaoting and his son come in, he just looked at them and smiled.

Old Yan waved to his eldest grandson.

"I was just talking about you with Ruzhen. Your previous support for Qi Jiguang's army has now paid off."

Yan Shaoting stepped forward and said, "This is all the work of the Grand Marshal. I am just following the Grand Marshal's vision and making some small contributions."

Hu Zongxian waved his hand and said, "Your words are reasonable. If Runwu had not intervened in the court last year to confiscate the property of Zheng Michang, He Maocai and other criminals and transfer it to the front-line army to suppress the Japanese invasion, I'm afraid it would take some time for Zhejiang Province to suppress the Japanese invasion. I'm afraid I can't serve you now."

The three of them went back and forth, praising each other.

Yan Shifan stood aside and rolled his eyes.

He couldn't help but cough lightly.

After attracting everyone's attention.

Yan Shifan then said, "Dad, Zhang Juzheng is calling for reforms in the court. Xu Jie and others seem to have parted ways with Zhang Juzheng in an attempt to suppress his reforms. Shouldn't my family do something as well?"

After all, the main members of the New Yan Party have met today.

If there is no action later, it would be a waste of time to deal with this small gang.

Yan Shaoting looked at the old guy with curiosity.

Yan Song narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Yan Shifan's face turned serious, as if he was full of righteousness.

"My son was thinking that since Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng have severed their teacher-student relationship."

"Should we take advantage of the situation and get a few people from Xu Jie's side?"

"For example, the Minister of Justice Paine."

Yan Song frowned slightly: "Why?"

Yan Shifan immediately raised his head and said firmly, "Dad, regardless of anything else, as soon as I see this Pan En, I can tell that he is not a good person! There must be countless illegal hands behind the scenes. As long as we find them, we can bring him down."

Old Yan was stunned.

Yan Shaoting frowned slightly and looked at Yan Shifan.

how?

Are you born in the Year of the Dog?
Can your nose smell the odor of corrupt officials?
Or is it that people of the same kind understand each other best?
Yan Shifan said in high spirits: "Pan En is in charge of the Ministry of Justice and is in charge of criminal cases. If we bring him down at this time, it would be like taking away an arm of Xu Jie."

reason.

This seems to be the reason.

But Yan Shifan immediately looked shy.

He is actually shy!
If Yan Shaoting hadn't seen clearly, he would have doubted whether he had eaten.

Yan Shifan said, "As for the vacant position of Minister of Justice, my son is not talented enough, but he has been reading the Ming Dynasty Law and other books recently..."

Yan Shaoting couldn't help but be shocked.

Okay.

It turns out that the young minister himself wants to make progress!
That's why this happened!
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