Chapter 14: Underwater Characters

Now Xu Youzhen is seventy years old.

There is a lot of lack of energy.

If not, Zhu Qizhen has always felt that it is a major event to change the law, and it is best not to move the leadership team frequently, which will have a bad impact.

Therefore, it has always been a matter of withdrawing one and making up for the other, with as little adjustment as possible.

So Xu Youzhen has dragged it out until now.

But with the implementation of a whip law, it gradually came to an end, and Han Yong also sat for eight years as the first assistant.

This time is not short.

Many people have felt that a major personnel adjustment is in the pipeline.

After all, since Zhu Qizhen strengthened the power of the cabinet, he has never had the idea of letting the first assistant serve for a long time. Han Yong's first assistant has been a long time.

If Xu Youzhen was in Linzhishi, for the sake of future generations, it would not be impossible to make a big profit.

But what worries him more is the crown prince.

The crown prince has long since reached adulthood.

Now I'm in my thirties.

And in the South Seas, it also has a lot of credit.

A few years ago, the Nanyang Prefecture was established no longer in Annam, but further south in Annam, in the Mekong Delta.

You must know that the development of this area was after the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

The place where the city is located today is only the place where the central part of Vietnam was located in later generations.

This is not the breadbasket of the world in the future, but a vast swamp. Almost Borderlands.

In fact, the prince's actions have turned Champa into a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, because Champa found that he was in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and the south was the Nanyang capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the development of the Mekong region is costly, some of the prince's actions were also acquiesced in by the emperor.

So the Xian family can have the title of the Son of Heaven Nanfu.

It's just that Wang Shu doesn't know that the prince has a close relationship with Jiangnan businessmen?

Wang Shu said: "This is all nonsense. Don't worry. ”

Whether it is nonsense or not, Wang Shu naturally knows.

It's like in officialdom, and many times, rumors are the truth.

But Wang Shu didn't care.

As long as it is something that he thinks is right, even the emperor may not dare to speak out, let alone the prince and scholars.

Although Xu Youzhen is a university scholar, her time is short. Wang Shu these young Zhuang factions, how much can they be afraid of. The respect that should be given will be given, but what should not be given will not be given.

After all, time is the most ruthless thing in the world, all heroes and heroes are inevitably this knife, Xu Youzhen does not think about himself, but also for his children and grandchildren.

I would never dare to offend a rising star like Wang Shu ruthlessly.

And the prince has a lot of rumors.

There are many people who say that His Majesty has not liked the prince for a long time, otherwise he would not have thrown the prince to Cochin, and then Nanyang

These wild places are all in the world.

So much so that His Majesty now had to take his grandson to meet the minister and attend some ceremonial activities, which quelled the rumors.

Wang Shu naturally understands that His Majesty's attention to the crown prince has never changed.

It is only because of the importance that the prince came out of the suffering.

Whether it is in Jiaozhi or in other provinces, the identity of the prince will inevitably give him special treatment, even if he is the head of the court, Han Yong, who once served as the prince's boss, does not dare to treat the prince as an ordinary subordinate.

It's just that Wang Shu doesn't feel that the crown prince's position is unstable, and there has never been a causal relationship with him and the prince.

Because the reason why Wang Shu was sent by Shoufu and the emperor in unison was because Wang Shu was upright and not afraid of the thoughts of the powerful.

It's not just in the entertainment industry that people are talking about personality.

In fact, in the ancient officialdom, this is all left over from human play.

Many ministers may not be unaware of the outcome. But he made this reputation at the beginning, and he earned an unknown amount of prestige and help because of it.

There's no turning back.

It's like Li Bing.

Although Li Bing retained his position, his reputation was ruined because of his defection to the emperor, and in the past few years, he has been the least powerful one in the cabinet.

Even a few ministers who have been added have more power and prestige than Li Bing.

Wang Shu naturally would not be afraid of the crown prince.

However, he didn't think that the prince would have much to do with these businessmen, after all, the prince had the Son of Heaven Nanku, and tens of millions of private goods were not enough?

He felt more that Xu Chunshen had something to do with the prince, but Xu Chunshen put gold on his face, and such things were common.

Wang Yue said: "I also think so below, however, Xu Chunshen has a wide range of friends, this is his strength, but it is also his weakness, my lord, do you think, is it the current Wei State Guild to stand for him, or Jiangsu Governor Chen Yue will stand for him?" ”

Wang Shu understood that Wei Guogong would never stand up for him, and the reason was very simple.

The battle to exterminate Ye Liuzong was the last glory of the Wei Mansion.

In this battle, Wei Guogong at that time also tried his best, but the result was not good, and it was Jingying who really pacified the rebellion between Ye Liuzong and Deng Maoqi.

Although the Duke of Wei is still the town of Nanjing, the military power of Nanjing is no longer in the palace of the Duke of Wei, and now the military power of Nanjing is in the hands of General Mao Rui, who guarded Nanjing.

Although the Duke of Wei has the shadow of his father and ancestors, it is just an ornament, and in terms of power, it is not even as good as a real earl.

However, it is also false to say that the Duke of Wei does not have any connections.

The contemporary Wei Guogong graduated from martial arts, and many children of the Xu family joined the army, plus Wei Guogong's various relationships with Xungui before.

Wei Guogong's position as the No. 1 wealthy family in Nanjing is still no problem.

But that's all, as long as Wei Guogong doesn't

was kicked in the head by a donkey, and he was not in the country's politics, but came out to work against the court.

However, this Jiangsu governor Chen Yue, Wang Shu is not very clear.

After all, Wang Shu did not explain to Chen Yue.

Wang Shu asked, "What kind of person is this Lord Chen?" ”

Wang Yue's tone was a little sneering, and he said, "This Lord Chen is a smart person. ”

"Master Chen is an orthodox twenty-one year jinshi. It's not too late to name the department, but in the early years, because of corruption, it was brushed down once in Jingcha. ”

"It's easy to be reinstated, but I control my hands and feet."

However, in the thirty years of orthodoxy, he was still a prefectural commander. It is to see that the imperial court has changed the law, and it has become the vanguard of the change, whether it is the law of officials or a whip law, in the process of implementation, it is fast and good, and it has been served for several consecutive terms, from the prefect to the prefect, from the prefect to the political envoy, from the political envoy to the governor of Jiangsu. Almost all of them moved, but he is now the celebrity of Shoufu Han Yong. ”

Wang Shu listened to it and recalled his impression of Chen Yue.

secretly said in his heart: "I underestimated Chen Yue." ”

You must know that when Sanyang was there, Zhu Qizhen approved Sanyang's opinion and proposed that the official should be appointed for a long time.

That is to say, in the shortest term, a term of office will also be three years.

That is to say, Chen Yue's promotion in the past ten years has been stuck step by step, and he has not wasted time at all.

It is a skill to be able to do things well, but not necessarily things that can be done well can be promoted.

This kind of treatment, except for a few officials that Zhu Qizhen is particularly concerned about. For example, except for Li Dongyang and others, Wang Shu rarely sees them.

And Wang Shu is also sure that he is not the person in this circle that the emperor particularly cares about.

After all, Wang Shu has a good relationship with Qiu Jun and others, and they also have correspondence with each other, if Chen Yue is in this circle, it is impossible for Wang Shu not to know.

"If that's all there is, I wouldn't say anything about him. It's just that this Lord Chen is a little too rough to do things. Wang Yue said: "I don't know what to say about a lot of things in office, if it weren't for the need to change the law, people like him would have gone in a long time ago." ”

"I don't even think that Chen Yue is an obstacle for adults, I even think that if adults are willing, Chen Yue will be the best assistant for adults."

"As long as the adults are willing to carry him."

Wang Shu frowned and said, "Regarding the members of the imperial court, Lord Wang can't talk nonsense. ”

Wang Shu was a little unconvinced.

Because the Ming officialdom is generally relatively clear. Some corrupt officials may be at the bottom, but few can rise to the top.

Wang Yue said: "Just let me talk nonsense, but this Chen Yue can have the status he has today, the first nobleman is Lord Cao who stayed in Nanjing, he is a native of Beizhili, didn't Lord Cao tell you about him?" ”

Wang Shu listened to this, and believed Wang Yue's words a little in his heart.