Chapter 275 I, Zhang Juzheng, want to be above everyone else!

study.

After Yan Shaoting rushed back from Prince Yu's Mansion and walked into Old Yan's study.

Then I saw Old Yan and Old Boy were already waiting here.

He immediately stepped forward and bowed.

"grandfather."

"Father."

Yan Shifan just nodded, his face calm and his mood could not be seen.

Yan Song smiled and waved at his grandson: "Have you finished talking with Prince Yu? Come over here quickly and see what you think about the current situation."

Yan Shaoting nodded, walked forward, and looked at Old Yan with a puzzled look.

Subsequently.

He glanced sideways at Yan Shifan again.

"What happened in the court again?"

Yan Song smiled and shook his head.

He smiled and said, "Nowadays, everything in the court has been decided long ago, so there is no way anything can go wrong."

Yan Shifan suddenly spoke in a muffled voice: "It's not that nothing happened. It's just that they are not big events. The only big event is that the barbarians in Liaodong invaded this spring, and the Liaoyang deputy commander-in-chief Heichun died in battle at Tangzhanbao!"

Yan Shaoting's eyes flashed.

The deputy commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty actually died in battle?

His mind quickly searched for the relevant content that Yan Shifan had said.

Tangzhanbao is located in the southeast of Fengcheng, Liaodong, and further southeast is the Yalu River.

The Tuman mentioned in the news actually refers to the Tumen tribe of Borjigin.

The Ming army and the Ming court called him Tuman or Tumai Khan.

Tumen Borjigin inherited the Khanate in the 37th year of Jiajing's reign. He was stationed in Chahar Wanhu and roamed the Xilamulun River Basin.

In the entire Liaodong direction, the current Tumen Borjigin army can be considered to be strong in both men and horses, with tens of thousands of troops under its command. In recent years, it has been seeking to control the left-wing tribes with the intention of unifying the Mongolian tribes again.

At this time, the Tuman tribe could still wreak havoc in Liaodong, and would suppress and exploit the Jurchen tribe outside Liaodong from time to time.

But a few years later, they were defeated by Li Chengliang, and only a few hundred of the tens of thousands of elite troops were left.

Then the situation in Liaodong changed step by step.

The Mongolian tribe was in decline, while the Jurchen tribes that had been enslaved by them in the past took advantage of the situation and rose up.

finally.

This is the ending that everyone knows.

However, even if a deputy general of the Ming Dynasty died, Liaodong would not be able to do anything at the moment.

In this time when border defenses are in tatters, we are fortunate enough to be able to hold the front line.

Still want to fight back?
wishful thinking.

But Li Chengliang...

Yan Shaoting hummed.

Just didn't wait for him to speak.

Old Yan had already waved his hand and said, "There are always dead people on the side walls. This is not a big deal."

In a word.

The Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty has already defined the nature of this matter.

As for Hei Chun, the deputy general of Liaoyang who died in battle for his country, he probably only left a record in history that he died in battle on a certain day of a certain year.

Yan Song then turned to look at Yan Shifan, and then said: "Gao Gong is leading the rectification of the administration of officials, and has already begun to investigate the Ministry of Works."

Yan Shaoting's eyes immediately lit up: "Then the corruption and abuse of power that my father has done will soon be discovered!"

Yan Shifan, who had a sullen face and seemed very calm.

I was immediately broken down by this sentence.

He slammed his palm heavily on the table and glared, "What! Are you just waiting to see me, your father, get investigated and thrown into jail?"

Yan Shaoting looked over and said, "Father, that's not what I meant..."

"What do you mean by that? Tell me what you mean."

Yan Shifan blew his beard and glared.

He seemed very angry.

Yan Song rolled his eyes and coughed lightly: "Well, didn't your son clean up all the things you did last year?"

Yan Shifan immediately shut his mouth.

The emperor's words last year that the Yan family's previous accounts were settled have now more or less spread among the court.

Haven’t you noticed that nowadays very few people use what the Yan family did in the past to attack the Yan family?

Now everyone is concerned about whether or not to reform the law.

I don't have time to take care of the Yan family.

Yan Shaoting glanced at Yan Shifan who had shut his mouth, and smiled: "Since Gao Gong is investigating the current ministries and local government administration, the Ministry of Works will only investigate current issues. Father's chance to make further progress has come..."

Yan Shifan's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at his son.

Then he turned and looked at the old man.

"father."

"You're not really going to do that, are you?"

Yan Song had already closed his eyes: "You all should get ready. Since this is an opportunity, let's give it a try."

After saying that.

Old Yantou stopped making any movement.

Yan Shifan had no choice but to look at his son.

Yan Shaoting smiled and said: "If father can make further progress, his son will be able to speak better in the court in the future."

have to.

The old man said nothing.

This rebellious son has set himself up again.

Yan Shifan muttered to himself, and after a while he slowly raised his arm, and then dropped it heavily, hitting his thigh.

"Got it!"

"Since we are all members of the Yan family, and we are willing to sacrifice our lives for the Yan family, shouldn't I also step up to the plate?"

Yan Shifan shouted twice, then glanced sideways at the old man who had his eyes closed.

Seeing that the old man still didn't move.

Yan Shifan could only hum and say, "I just hope that Hu Ruzhen's bad idea will not go wrong. Otherwise, you should be prepared to go to the imperial prison every day to bring some food to your father."

He is just complaining.

Yan Shaoting smiled and bowed, saying, "I, your son, would like to congratulate you in advance on your promotion."

If according to Hu Zongxian's plan.

Then I can only congratulate this old man in advance on his promotion.

after all.

There will be no chance in the future.

Yan Shifan waved his hands, ignored the grandfather and grandson, and left the study room humming a sad tune until there was no more noise outside.

Yan Song, who had originally closed his eyes, finally opened them.

Under the gaze of Yan Shaoting.

Yan Song slowly said, "Grandpa has been in the government for nearly sixty years, and has been the Prime Minister for nearly twenty years. Who in the country can compare to me?"

Yan Shaoting smiled and shook his head: "No one can compare to him."

Yan Song also smiled and shook his head: "Yes, no one can compare to me. It is time for an old man like me to step down and let others take over. Otherwise, I am afraid that I will be scolded by others..."

Is Old Yan thinking of retiring?

But he didn't wait for Yan Shaoting to speak.

Yan Song continued, "It's just that... you need someone to protect this child. They... Grandpa is worried..."

This is Yan Song’s biggest headache right now.

He knew very well that although the emperor had no intention of abandoning him, the time had come for him to step down.

But in the court.

It's not like you can quit just because you want to.

There are so many people and things behind me, all involved.

Even if you want to retreat, you can't retreat easily.

If not.

He would not have agreed to Hu Zongxian's proposal in Changping.

Yan Song thought about it and closed his eyes again.

After a long time, a sound was heard.

"I just hope that Zhang Juzheng won't stop me..."

……

Shuntian government office.

According to convention.

Now Zhang Juzheng's actual position is the prefect of Shuntian, so he has to work in the Shuntian government office and also live in the house behind the Shuntian government office.

After taking office as the prefect of Shuntian.

Zhang Juzheng did not implement vigorous reforms as most people expected.

These days after returning to Beijing.

Zhang Juzheng first brought up the Miyun Massacre last year. In addition, as the court was currently promoting the trend of rectifying the administration of officials, he almost emptied out the entire Shuntian Prefecture government office.

Countless officials were dismissed.

Then Zhang Juzheng personally handed the list to the Minister of Personnel Guo Pu, and asked for a group of people to go to the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, and only then was the new Shuntian Prefecture set up.

Then, just when people thought that Zhang Juzheng, having gathered a group of trusted people, would begin to implement the various reforms he had proposed in Shuntian Prefecture.

Zhang Juzheng hid in the storage room of the Shuntian prefectural government office and began to gnaw at the old archived documents.

slowly.

Some rumors began to leak out in Beijing.

It is said that Zhang Juzheng was probably depressed because he was demoted from a cabinet minister to the governor of Shuntian, so he began to neglect his life, hiding in quiet places like the Jiageku all day long.

But Zhang Juzheng ignored these rumors.

After he had read all the archived documents he found in the storage room of Shuntian Prefecture.

Zhang Juzheng finally walked out of the warehouse, covered in dust.

After washing myself inside and out and filling my stomach.

Zhang Juzheng looked outside and saw that it was already time for officials from various departments of the court to leave their offices.

He immediately said to the outside: "Prepare a carriage for me to go to Lord Xu's house."

The Zhang family servants who were guarding outside were shocked.

But my master has already severed the teacher-student relationship with Lord Xu.

I actually have to go to Xu's house at this time.

He went straight there without even saying hello or sending the visiting card.

Just as the servant was surprised.

Zhang Juzheng had already walked out and glared at the servant: "I am the prefect of Shuntian! I have something to ask the residents in my jurisdiction. Don't I have the authority to do so?"

Snapped!
The servant quickly reached out and slapped himself on the face.

"The little one is wrong."

"Don't dare to slack off anymore."

Zhang Juzheng snorted, "Go quickly, and ask the master to come with you!"

The servants were no longer surprised or lazy, and quickly ran to prepare the carriage.

In the carriage heading to the residence of Xu Ge Lao, the Second Assistant of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet.

Zhang Juzheng sat upright.

The aide was somewhat puzzled and wanted to ask several times, but remained silent.

After a long time.

I don’t know how far it is from Xu Mansion.

Zhang Juzheng said, "Do you know why I have to go to Xu's house today?"

The aide shook his head and said, "I am stupid and can't understand your thoughts."

Zhang Juzheng smiled.

He reached out and lifted a corner of the curtain.

Outside, there was a constant stream of people and the capital's thriving business.

After a while.

Zhang Juzheng looked at the people outside, who were now considered to be under his rule, and slowly said, "Because... I want to be the one above all others!"

"Only in this way can we push forward the reform and make the Ming Dynasty truly prosperous!"

The aide shuddered all over.

Don't take your master's words lightly.

But he had already sensed countless meanings from these words.

My master has great ambitions.

just.

Does this matter have anything to do with today’s visit to Xu’s residence?
He still didn't understand this matter.

But no matter what.

The number of pedestrians on the roadside is slowly decreasing.

Finally, the streets on both sides were silent.

Soon the carriage stopped.

The groom outside called out, "Master, we've arrived at the Xu residence."

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