The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Not long after, the dog-legged Yan Nian walked in: "Master, the matter has been done."

Yan Song: "Does Qian Qianyi know?"

Yan Nian: "Back to the master, I was going to find someone to tell Qian Qianyi, but we don't need to do it. That old bustard is greedy for money, so he took the initiative to tell Qian Qianyi."

Feng Ji smiled on the side: "It seems that Qian Yiqian has already entered the urn, and the master will help him in the cabinet later."

Yan Song nodded and laughed.

Yan Nian looked confused.

Yan Song instructed Yan Nian: "In the past two days, sort out some of Feng Ji's crimes and evidence, and hand them over to Bao Dabao together the day after tomorrow, and watch the show in four days."

Yan Nian felt that his head was not enough, but it was obvious that the adults and Feng Ji had a plan together. (I'm so angry, I can't understand, this Fengji is so smart.)

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the next day.

Continue up.

However, there was no one to play, and he quickly retreated, while Yan Song and two other cabinet elders came to the cabinet office.

The place where the cabinet works is just next to the Wenhua Hall, a big house with complete desks, which is the main place for the cabinet to handle memorials.

The center of civil power in the Ming Dynasty was also constantly changing.

First the prime minister, then the cabinet.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang set up the Zhongshu Province as the left and right prime ministers. However, in the 13th year of Hongwu, Emperor Hongwu stopped the Zhongshu Province in order to centralize power, abolished the prime minister, and let the emperor personally decide the state affairs.

At first, the cabinet was actually an organization with the nature of the emperor's secretary, with an auxiliary role, but in the Xuande Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the cabinet began to rise (Sanyang auxiliary government).

After the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, because Jiajing was too lazy (the early stage was diligent in administration, and the later stage was monasticism), the power of the cabinet reached its peak. At this time, the cabinet headed by Yan Song had become the center of the government's operation, and the cabinet's first assistant became the actual prime minister.

Apart from the emperor's character, the fundamental reason for this kind of civil service group's struggle for power with the imperial power is the rise of capitalism and the consequences of the rise of democratic consciousness. (The Song Dynasty also had it, but this ideology was destroyed by the high-pressure enslavement of the Yuan Dynasty.)

Today, there are three cabinet ministers in the cabinet, namely Yan Song, Xu Zan, and Zhang Bi. In fact, the latter two, Xu Zan and Zhang Bi, have higher qualifications than Yan Song, but in the heart of the emperor, Yan Song is still more gracious.

Moreover, when entering the cabinet, when the court pushed (similar to an election), Yan Song was first pushed into the cabinet by the court, Xu Zan and Zhang Bi followed, and the sequence represented a kind of seniority, so Yan Song became the head of the cabinet. .

Among them, Xu Zan once served as the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, judged cases impartially, and became famous for a while.However, it has become greedy for money in the later period. Historically, it was named after 'Hua~yuankou', which is related to the 540-mu Xujia Hua~yuan built when he was the Minister of Officials.

As for Zhang Bi, he belongs to a competent official. He was appointed as the Minister of Rites in Nanjing. After taking office, he saw frequent floods in the area, so he repaired grains in Taisho, and provided relief to the poor in times of disaster. He was well received by the people. thing.

In the whole inside, Xu Zan is the kind of non-challenging, low-key greedy for money, obedient to Yan Song's words.

On the other hand, Zhang Bi is a bit tougher, and sometimes he will attack Yan Song a few times, and he is considered an old fox.

Not long after Yan Song sat down, Zhang Bi came with a memorial, with the cunning of a fox in his eyes.

"Lord Yan, look at this book, it was written by Qian Qianyi, the right-hand governor of the Inspectorate. The treasury was empty, the disaster relief was ineffective, and the literati Luo Long, the chief of the disaster relief, was impeached for being too busy... Look, do you want to press it and not hand it over?"

Yan Song was calm on the surface, but his heart moved: "Luo Wenlong? Isn't this his right-hand man? This Qian Qianyi is just shooting at me. It seems that he is not convinced about Liu Ruzhi's incident last night, but since he took the initiative Hit me on the muzzle of the gun, I'm sorry for him if I don't make a hole."

Yan Song thought about it, with a serious face: "Master Luo has a personal relationship with me. At this time, if I want to avoid suspicion, I will hand it over to His Majesty's Holy Inquisition."

Zhang Bi was stunned.

What?According to the normal routine, shouldn't you handle it privately?This time, it was handed over to the emperor?

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Chapter 12 Killing the Heart Before Killing [3]

The next day, the night palace, the candlelight flickered.

Emperor Jiajing handled the memorial impatiently, scolding in his heart, "Why are there so many memorials, it's so annoying!"

Jiajing can be regarded as a rather peculiar emperor, very lazy, but very shrewd, with high means, able to divide ministers and consolidate his own imperial power status, which is regarded as the peak of emperor power in the middle of Ming Dynasty.

However, he is only an expert in power struggle, not a country governance expert, because he is too lazy, and he is dedicated to cultivating Taoism.

"Is Elder Ge still there?" Jiajing asked.

At this time, he didn't know which patriarch it was, but the people below had already made it clear that it was Yan Song.

"It should still be there," said the eunuch Huang Jin next to him, "Feng Bao passed by there just now and saw that Mr. Yan Ge was still working."

"Then call him here." Jiajing said.

The eunuch went to call Yan Song, and Jiajing continued to read the memorial. A new memorial fell into his hands. Qian Qianyi wrote an article impeaching Luo Longwen.

The information of Qian Qianyi and Luo Longwen can't help but emerge. Isn't Qian Qianyi the one who shouts all day long about being loyal and patriotic and impeaching everywhere, and even says (cursing) from time to time that he collects valuable medicinal materials for alchemy all over the country, and wastes people and money?Hawy guy, this guy is super annoying.

As for Luo Wenlong, he often donated various precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, and Ganoderma lucidum to himself, as well as rare animals from time to time, indicating that God would affirm his governance of the world.

The comparison between the two made Jiajing feel comfortable when he wanted to kick Qian Qianyi to death.

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At this time, Feng Bao came to the cabinet to find Yan Song.

"Old Yan Ge, Your Majesty is summoned, please move."

"Your Majesty is looking for me?" Yan Song wondered, but he hurriedly packed himself and followed him out.

On the way, Yan Song looked at the little eunuch: "I don't know what my father-in-law calls him."