Xiyuan, here is the power center of the Ming Dynasty, and every decision will have far-reaching consequences.

Among the current cabinet members, Yan Song is still the mainstay, supplemented by Xu Jie, and Yuan Wei is more still playing soy sauce. It's just that this situation has quietly changed, and the second assistant Xu Jie, is quietly rising.

Xu Jie, who was wearing a python robe, sat at the table, seriously dealing with some assigned notes.

Although these recitals are all from remote places, and they are all small things, he carefully drafts each of them, because these recitals are not easy to come by.

Due to Yan Song's monopoly on power, the right to draft votes has always been firmly in Yan Song's hands. After he and the former Li Mu entered the cabinet, he assisted Yu Yan Song in handling some daily affairs, and even wrote green words for the saint for a long time like Yuan Wei.

It's just that with Yan Song's old age, especially Yan Song, who was seriously ill due to the loss of his wife, his energy was not as good as before, so he took the opportunity to get some votes for the performance.

Facing the performance of remote places such as Yunnan and Guizhou, although it is all a small matter, he still enjoys this feeling of vote, and every decision can affect a certain corner of Daming.

For example, a certain Tusi in Guizhou killed a Ming deputy Qianhu, and after he proposed to conduct an inspection, he proposed a crusade, and as a result, the Tusi's family was escorted to the capital to be severely punished.

If he had chosen to settle the matter and not advocate a crusade, then there would have been no subsequent incidents, and the toast who was about to be beheaded would continue to enjoy the good life of the Tu Emperor.

In the same way, he is very affected by this kind of voting feeling, and he likes to participate in this kind of specific government affairs.

"Dad, Guo Shangshu is coming to you!"

Xu Fan came in from outside, and the whole person looked energetic. With the imminent completion of the Wanshou Palace, the saint will reward the meritorious people with merit, which makes Xu Fan look very excited for a while.

"Xia Guan has seen Xu Ge Lao!"

Guo Pu came from outside and saluted respectfully towards Xu Jie.

Although Xu Jie was very tired of this son often appearing in his duty room, he just faced Guo Pu who followed up behind, but asked with a smile: "Husband, what are you looking for me?" ”

Guo Pu glanced at Xu Fan, and then said quietly: "It's not a big deal!" It's just that I haven't seen Xu Ge for a long time, so I came here to pay a visit, and I want to ask what instructions are there for the external inspection? ”

"The old man has already made it clear that everything is decided by Guo Shangshu, and there is no need to ask the old man again!" Xu Jie glanced at his son Xu Fan, and said very frankly.

Xu Fan was in a hurry, and blurted out a reminder: "Dad, Leizhou ......" was only half of the sentence, but Xu Jie glared at him with his eyes, forcing him to swallow his words back.

"Then the lower official will leave first!"

Guo Pu pretended not to know and said respectfully.

Xu Jie is the second assistant, and when he completed the nine-year examination of the first grade, he was given the title of secretary by the saint. It is said that Xu Jie can meddle in external inspections, but for some reason, Xu Jie has not expressed his position so far.

Xu Fan looked at Guo Pu and pretended not to slip away, as if he still didn't give up, for fear of missing this rare opportunity, but suddenly said: "Guo Shangshu, have you ever written down what I said that day?" ”

At present, in the Jingcha period, those local officials can be said to be hugging their thighs in every possible way. Xu Fan, as the eldest son of the second assistant of the dynasty, has now been reused by the saints, and is naturally one of the targets of local officials.

It's just that this Xu Gongzi is a good-looking person, and he has the ambition to become a person like Yan Shifan. He wanted to recruit some people to strengthen their Xu Party, but he agreed to some people's requests.

Xu Fan had just met Guo Pu at the door, and he pulled people in. Seeing that no one mentioned his father, he let Guo Pu go, but he couldn't think too much about his father's emotions.

Ay!

Guo Pu sighed secretly, this Xu Fan entered the office with cuteness after all, not only a matter of background, but also a matter of political literacy, which is really no better than Yan Shifan.

There are some things that don't need to be said at all, especially here in the Cabinet.

Why Xu Jie has not expressed his position, it is because Xu Jie knows that this external inspection is aimed at the Yan Party, and there are many vacant positions. No matter how this piece of cake is distributed, Xu Jie's piece is indispensable.

Guo Pu paused for a moment, coughed lightly, and then left Xu Jie's duty room, and walked towards the innermost duty room instead.

Xu Fan looked disappointed and turned his head to look at his father.

Xu Jie's face turned blue with anger, and he ordered with a cold face: "Go back to the construction site!" ”

"Yes!" Although Xu Fan didn't know what he had done wrong, he still went back obediently.

Cabinet, first auxiliary duty room.

Yan Song, as always, bowed his head in front of the case, and was seriously planning to play the case.

Halfway through the ticket, his pen stopped there, and he actually dozed off there. Because he had a sense of crisis, last night was a night battle, and he rushed to produce a green word.

After all, the years are unforgiving, and after losing the assistance of Yan Shifan and Li Ben, he is already short of energy.

"Motosuke-sama!" Guo Pu came in from outside and saluted respectfully.

Whether the external inspection can be carried out smoothly, Yan Song is the key. If this old chief assistant really strongly opposes it, coupled with the strong counterattack of the Yan Party's gang, I am afraid that the saint will still compromise.

It's just that Yan Song is obviously better to get along with than Yan Shifan, and Yan Song is indeed loyal to the saint, as long as Yan Song can help suppress the Yan party behind him, things will definitely go very smoothly.

Yan Song raised his head and glanced at the person who came in under the reminder of his henchman, his eyes seemed to be a little dizzy, and he reacted after a moment and said, "Husband, you are here, sit down!" ”

"Lord Xie Yuanfu!" Guo Pu gave another salute, and took out the list from his arms and said: "This is the list of Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Nanzhili, please take a look!" ”

The territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast, with more than 1,100 counties. Although they are all at the county level, there are great differences between counties, and even a rich county pays 500 times more taxes than a poor county.

As the saying goes: I would rather be a county in the south of the Yangtze River than a prefect in the northwest.

When the Yan Party was in power, especially the several foreign inspections under the auspices of the Yan Party, they had already taken these rich places into the hands of their own people, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with Hu Zongxian's help to firmly control them.

is also the case, Guo Pu wants to take these three provinces at the moment, and he is undoubtedly a person who wants to wash the party with blood. Because it was related to the core interests of the Yan Party, he decided to go on this trip in person, and if there was anything to do, there would be room for relaxation.

Yan Song took the list and read it carefully, mainly to check the names of inferior officials. After reading it, he took a long breath, and the whole person looked a lot older.

"Gensuke-sama, have you ever had a problem?" Guo Pu cautiously probed.

Yan Song shook his head lightly, and spit out two words dryly: "No!" ”

When Guo Pu heard this, the hanging person finally fell completely, and there was no resistance to this external inspection, and it would be carried out very smoothly. As for Yan Shifan, Guangdong has already given it to him, so I'm afraid there will be no objections.

Yan Song gently put the list down on the case, but suddenly pointed to a note that was listed on the case, raised his eyes and looked at Guo Pu, who was excited, and said, "Take a look! This is Shuncheonfu's impeachment of you! ”

That little bullet impeached me?

When Guo Pu heard this, he felt a little surprised, but his heart was full of disdain.

After all, he is in the position of the secretary of the ministry, and he is in the period of external inspection, so he is naturally not slandered. It's just that this kid is really ghostly, it can be described as one move after another, but in fact he is no different from a clown who jumps off the beam.

Yan Song looked at him and didn't want to open it, so he persuaded seriously: "You better take a look!" ”

"Yes!"

Although Guo Pu was disappreciative in his heart, he didn't think that Lin Haoran could stir up any waves, but when he heard Yan Song say so, he still turned the song over. It's just that his eyes quickly widened, and the whole person fell into a rage.