Hour Yongfang, Yan Mansion.

Since Yan Shifan went home to guard the system, he has resolutely become a fat house, and he stays at home all day long. It's just that he lives in the prime minister's mansion that occupies an area of a few streets, and he has a beautiful concubine with good looks, so he can't find much fault with it.

However, although he left the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Works, he still cares about the government and politics, and still silently manipulates the Yan Party behind the scenes. In addition to accepting filial piety silver, he also continued to fight against the same party.

It's just that his ambition has been subjected to a basin of cold water, and the most important personnel power is no longer in the hands of the Yan Party.

Compared with the Beijing officials in the court, foreign officials are the most important channel for him to make money. If this knife is cut down, it will not only cut off the network of relationships that he has spent many years to operate, but also cut off his financial route.

Cutting off people's financial means is like killing your parents.

Yan Shifan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pit, and he was completely uninterested in the new tricks that Su Niang came up with. All of a sudden, these beauties and wines became tasteless, and he longed for the supreme power even more.

In the evening, Yan Shifan finally saw his father in the study, and greeted him happily: "Dad, you are back!" ”

After Yan Shifan learned that such a big incident had happened, he also sent a messenger to deliver a note to his father, hoping that his father would come back today. Because he was at home, he still didn't dare to set foot in the cabinet.

"You know everything?"

Yan Song, with the help of the old slave Yan San, sat down on a delicate bamboo chair in the study, and said in a very old voice.

The study was filled with a stream of sandalwood, and silver charcoal was lit here, making the room as warm as a spring day, and a maid brought Yan Song's favorite high-quality dragon well.

Yan Shifan didn't need news from Yan Song's side, he had eyeliner in the Tongzheng Department and Xiyuan, and at this time he gritted his teeth and said: "Guo Zhifu has eaten the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, and he dares to go against us like this, is he tired of it?" ”

Although he knew that Guo Pu was not dealing with their family, after all, he was Xia Yan's protégé, and when Guo Pu was in the Hanlin Academy, he and Wu Shan were taken care of by Xia Yan, but he didn't expect that he would dare to take them seriously.

Yan Song took the teacup and leaned on a soft pillow, his body seemed a lot more comfortable, and then he slowly spoke: "This is not completely against us, the people Guo Pu wants to deal with are old, greedy or cool, they are all based on something, and they are acting impartially!" ”

"Dad, are you really confused, half of this list is our people, this is clearly aimed at us!" Yan Shifan glared at the one-eyed excitedly, and said alarmistly: "The next Jingcha, if he Guo Qianfu is still in charge, then we will really be uprooted!" ”

Why is the Yan Party so powerful?

It was six years ago that he took the opportunity of the Foreign Inspection and the Beijing Inspection to purge the entire Ming Dynasty's officialdom. In particular, 38 provincial officials of the two capitals were dismissed, thus establishing their transcendent position as a strict party.

It's just that if he is allowed to purge through the external inspection and the Beijing inspection, the Yan Party's many years of operation will be ruined, and his Yan Shifan's wealth and power will be cut off with a knife.

It is precisely like this, when Guo Pu shows his fangs, he Yan Shifan will definitely not stand idly by. I only hope that just like punishing Li Mo back then, I will kill this Guo Qianfu, who doesn't know the height of the sky.

Yan Song sighed secretly in his heart, but still said earnestly: "Your father is not old and confused, not to mention that most of the people here should indeed be dismissed, don't think that I don't know who you appointed!" Haven't you seen that this is actually the emperor's intention? ”

Last year, Wu Peng, the former secretary of the ministry, was suddenly ordered by the emperor to give office, and Yan Song recommended his brother-in-law Ouyang Bijin to replace the important post of secretary of the ministry, intending to maintain the absolute power of the Yan party and keep the most important personnel power.

It's just that when Ouyang Bijin didn't have any fault, the saint suddenly ordered Ouyang Bijin to be the official and chose Yu Pu, who was not right with Yan Song, as the new secretary of the ministry.

The first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is not the prime minister after all, and he has no direct appointment and dismissal power over the officials of the six ministries, and there is not even a clear relationship between superiors and subordinates. Once he loses the emperor's support, and the six Shangshu do not obey him, then his first assistant is simply an ornament.

The saint suddenly ordered Ouyang Bijin to be the secretary of the ministry and chose Guo Pu as the secretary of the ministry, which was undoubtedly the same as choosing Li Mo as the secretary of the ministry back then, and the essence was to carry out a blow to his strict party.

If at this time, he still thinks about counterattacking. Even if Guo Pu is taken down, Xu Pu and Zhang Pu will go up, which will cause greater dissatisfaction among the emperor at that time.

It is precisely because of this that they cannot do anything now, but must honestly cooperate with this external inspection presided over by Xiao Pu, and let He Pu eliminate some of the backbone of the strict party.

If you have a holy favor, you will have everything. And once he loses his holy family, not to mention the power of the Yan Party, I am afraid that his position as the head of the Ming Dynasty will also be handed over.

"Dad, you have served him hard for decades, and I have done everything possible to help him do a good job in various projects, is he so ruthless and unrighteous? Do you really want to drive us out? Yan Shifan understood it at one point, but he still said loudly angrily.

Yan Song's hair and beard were all open, and he angrily accused: "Yan Shifan, what kind of bastard are you talking about!" ”

Yan San was about to bring water in, but after hearing these words, he glanced towards the courtyard and hurriedly closed the door, for fear that this rebellious word would spread out.

"Dad, you know that you are loyal and loyal, you have become his Zhu Houxi's house slave!" Yan Shifan's temper also came up, pointing in the direction of Xiyuan and asking loudly: "Look at the current six departments and nine qing, how many of them are our people?" If it continues to be weakened, our strict party will not be able to gain a foothold in the court, and your position will not be guaranteed! ”

Yan Song was so angry that he sat up from the bamboo chair, pointed at Yan Shifan and trembled and accused: "As a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, do you have to go against the monarch's father?" ”

"Father Fart, just a selfish ghost who is unsympathetic, and he is already thinking about unloading the mill and killing the donkey!" Yan Shifan was Huo out today, and when he turned around, he pushed the door angrily and made his debut.

Although Yan Song's face twitched with anger, he was even more worried about the dozens of lives up and down the Yan Mansion, and shouted with all his might: "Yan Shifan, don't do stupid things!" ”

Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, this son is natural and intelligent, but he can't control his temperament. Once he became impulsive, he was completely reckless, and he didn't even care about the emperor.