Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty: Wolves Eat Tigers
To Chen Ying, even Xie Jin showed a little fear.
It's no wonder that Yang Shiqi suddenly attacked. It turned out that this person had a backup plan, and Yang Rong and Chen Ying were supporting each other. It was indeed not easy to touch this person.
Needless to say, Yang Rong was a minister after all, and Chen Ying was definitely the Jinyiwei in the court. Under his leadership, many former officials of Jianwen were destroyed, so Chen Ying had always been infamous among all officials.
But so what? Your Majesty trusts him and trusts him as his trustworthy. Who can do anything to him?
If this person catches you everywhere and bites someone like a mad dog, who dares to provoke him?
But now, Xie Jin has no choice.
Xie Jin said lightly: "I have differences between me and Shi Qi when it comes to official affairs. This is a matter of course. Shi Qi is not a worm in my stomach. How could he think and plan as he is the same? After all, everyone is thinking about the court. They have different plans and the same way."
After Xie Jin said that, he couldn't help but knock on the desk with his fingers. When the people present saw this action, they immediately felt thoughtful.
It was this action. When Emperor Taizu was there, it was also this action. Whenever the words were finished, Emperor Taizu would unconsciously knock on the desk. After that, this action can be seen on the son of today. The emperor seemed to be imitating Taizu, his eyebrows, eyes, and even these tiny actions.
This is still the case with the prince. Although the prince is weak and has a different personality than the emperor, it is the same whenever a sentence is finished. Now, Xie Jin is the same. He almost accidentally made this tapping action. And just a slight knock gave people a sense of familiarity. Everyone looked at Xie Jin in surprise. In the end, everyone just pursed their lips, and no one pointed it out.
Xie Jin leaned slightly behind the seat and sighed slowly: "There must not be any trouble in the cabinet. Although the world is peaceful now, the more peaceful the country is, you and I should be more careful. They walk on thin ice and cannot bring endless disasters due to personal grievances. What's more, there is a traitor for the cabinet ministers? Are you not afraid of making fun of others when you say it? There are many circulating in the public now, saying that the cabinet political disputes, and saying that I have a rift with Shiqi, and now you can't get into a relationship. What's this? These people say it's nice and ignorant, and they're called evil words."
Xie Jin paused and continued, "It's not just ordinary people, but also some court officials. People can be ignorant and dull. When can I be a court official in the Ming Dynasty be free from right or wrong? Why did Jian Yi, the Minister of Personnel, write a letter? It's because of this lack of style. Some people eat the king's fortune, have a simple meal, and gossip. They are afraid that the world will not be in chaos. Dukes, is this minister? How can I have a minister? How can I have a quarrel of ministers? Shameless..." Xie Jin showed a look of pain, and his eyes immediately opened. Then he said, "This matter cannot be calculated like this. Those who should be impeached must be impeached. Those who should be reported must be reported and those who should be handled must be handled. If you don't scrupulously purify this unhealthy trend, how can I explain it?"
Jin Youzi looked at Zhi Jin deeply and said, "Mr. Jie means..."
"It's not interesting." Xie Jin put down the teacup in his hand and said with a cold face: "It's just a matter of cooperating with the Ministry of Personnel's Beijing inspection. The court... should move its muscles and bones."
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Xie Jin was talking to Jin Youzi and others there, but on the other side, Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong were eating tea slowly.
Yang Rong couldn't help but say, "Shiqi met Chen Ying last night?"
Yang Shiqi smiled and said, "Yes, a team happened to come from Shandong. When I thought, isn't this the Lord Commander a native of Shandong? So I ordered someone to invite him and let him listen to the local accent."
Yang Rong frowned and said, "This Chen Ying is notorious. Why should Shi Qi be with him? What did Chen Ying say last night?"
Yang Shiqi fiddled with a piece of uncensored jade in his hand and said with a plain face: "What else can I say? It's just that the play looks lively. Although he is not from the Liyuan, he also wants to join in the fun. It is better for those who are watching the show than those who are performing the show. If you want to sing, you have to get a lot of applause."
Yang Rong sighed: "This drama is too big. It involves so many people, I really don't know how to end it."
Yang Shiqi seemed to sigh and said, "If you say so, everyone wants to end, but you and I are in the play. Whether the ending or not is not about you and I, nor are you or Xie Gong. As long as you are in this temple, you will continue to play in your life. If you don't want to play, you are tired, tired, and you will be burned with all your thoughts. So what? The drums and drums are not stopped, tired is death, and you will never have a good end. So, don't say these despicable words, I asked Brother Meng to pay attention to Hao Fenglou a few days ago. What news has been happening recently?"
Yang Rong sat down and said, "A few days ago, he visited Mr. Yao. He didn't know what he said. But he didn't look very good, so he probably didn't get any help from Mr. Yao."
Yang Shiqi sighed and said, "Mr. Yao still has feelings for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and may not be willing to intervene this time. What's the matter if Mr. Yao takes action, this matter will be easier. What has Hao Fenglou done since then?"
"Of course I visited Governor Lu and others after that, but looking at it, it seems that it has nothing to do with this matter. The warrior cannot get involved in such a thing. Oh, it is said that he took a concubine..."
Yang Shiqi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "No need to say this. Look at him like this, he is confident and may have a solution. But this has nothing to do with us. We do our own things and they do theirs. Hao Fenglou is a warrior after all, so there is no need to have anything to do with him. Besides, this person is tricky and dealing with him less. Just now, the Minister of Personnel visited Zhigong. What I worry about is that Xie Gong is preparing to take action."
Yang Shiqi couldn't help but sigh, and seemed a little scared, but from his expression, he had no regrets.
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The situation turned out to be a sharp turn, and the entire court suddenly caused a sensation.
After all, Yang Shiqi's foundation is shallow, so how can he be as good as his disciples? Suddenly, countless impeachment memorials flew around, and the Ministry of Personnel also began to verify the impeachment. The Beijing investigation was in chaos. In just a few days, more than 70 people were reported, and the majority of these more than 70 people were Yang Shiqi's connections.
There were voices criticizing Yang Shiqi everywhere in the court and the country, but I don’t know who led the public opinion. The crowd was in a raging way. What’s more, many rumors about Yang Shiqi greedy for money and occupying people’s fields in the countryside also filled the capital.
This was a very grand move, from the imperial court to the ordinary scholars, it was surprisingly consistent.
In fact, it is no wonder that the Ministry of Personnel is full of murderous aura. Who dares to act rashly by those Yang Shiqi? One of them appears and one is dealt with. The Ministry of Personnel is never afraid of cutting leeks. Anyway, there is an order in his body, and Shangfang’s sword is in his hand.
The Yang Party lost confidence. The other people attacked them, and they were full of power, which was not comparable to the Yang Party. In addition, some people fanned the flames in the sects. First, many Yang Party were shaking and almost on the verge of collapse.
What’s even more terrifying is Yang Shiqi’s reputation. Nowadays, there are all kinds of rumors, such as Yang Shiqi’s son forcing his daughter, forming cliques for personal gain, and all shit pots are pressed up.
What’s funny is that in Taihe County, Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi, a gentry directly contacted a group of people and went to the county government to sue, saying that Yang Shiqi concealed his father’s funeral, occupied land, and condoned his clan members’ illegal crimes.
The Taihe County Magistrate was really frightened. When he suddenly came out like this, he didn't know what to do for a moment.
You should know that among these charges, the later invasion of land and indulging the clan members is actually not worth mentioning. For a cabinet minister, it is obviously not enough to have any great impact, at most it will be circulated in the village.
But it is not a joke to conceal the father's death, it is absolutely deadly. Concealing the father's death is actually no different from deceiving the king. The state has only been decades, and although the laws and regulations have been relaxed and are no longer as harsh as when Taizu was back then, there are several red lines that have been hanging on everyone's heads. This red line is four words... the king and minister, father and son.
Deceiving the king is death, and being unfilial is infamous. The court will never indulge indulge in tolerance. No matter how you show your prominence, you will definitely die.
But Yang Shiqi also has the special nature of Yang Shiqi. Yang Shiqi's biological father died early, so his mother remarried a man named Luo Xing. Since then, Yang Shiqi has become Luo Xing's son, and this stepfather has treated him well and is for him to study. Since then, he has been on the list of the list, which is also a good story.
The key to the problem is that a year ago, Luo Xing died, and another question involved: Should Yang Shiqi obey the system?
It is obvious that Yang Shiqi was very proud at that time. At the most critical moment, if he had been in charge of the system for three years, he would be afraid that the future would be over. The reason is very simple. If you were the governor, then after the system, your rank would be at least a third rank. Either you would be reborn as the right minister of the capital or released from the outside, the worst is the chief officer of the third rank. If you were a fifth rank prefect, after the recovery, you would be treated as a fifth rank official.
But Yang Shiqi was a Hanlin and was on duty at the cabinet. He was just a small fifth-rank. If he had followed the system last year, he would have been a Hanlin three years later. He was not lucky and even went to various departments to be a doctor. But do you still have a chance to enter the cabinet? It is impossible, because at that time, the emperor had long forgotten you. The cabinet was not a title after all. No matter how powerful it has, it was just a part-time job. How could it be that you used to be a part-time job and still allowed you to be a part-time job three years later?
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Chapter completed!