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Taking advantage of the newlywed Yan'er, all the things in the imperial court have also come to an end temporarily, and Zhao Junchen has taken a good rest, not as busy as before, and the physical and mental energy that has been lost for a long time has been replenished. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In addition to resting, Zhao Junchen often took Cui Qianxue and Fang Ru's two daughters out of Beijing for autumn tours, and took advantage of the opportunity of the autumn tour to practice riding in secret.

However, Zhao Junchen is not blindly resting, and is still paying close attention to the dynamics of the government and the opposition.

On the 12th of August, Zhao Junchen received news that Qi Bin had led 2,000 recruits into Shaanxi and Gansu, and would soon be able to return to Yansui Military Town.

At the same time, Qi Bin's new army left in Yansui Military Town was not idle, and it was still practicing under the leadership of Qi Bin's deputy Niu Ji, and the number of people had also expanded to nearly 1,000.

In this way, the number of Qi Bin's new army has reached 3,000, but most of them are new troops with no combat effectiveness, and once they participate in the war, only the veterans of less than 1,000 can play a role.

But even so, Zhao Junchen still attaches great importance to Qi Bin's new army, and regards this new army as the last hole card for Shaanxi and Gansu to resist this year's fire.

During this period of time, after 50,000 elite soldiers of the forbidden army supported the Shaanxi and Gansu trisides, Guan Wuyuan, the leading general, soon became the man of the year on the Shaanxi and Gansu trisides, and under the vigorous propaganda of Niu Fude, the staff of the army, Guan Wuyuan's identity as a descendant of the martial saint, his majestic appearance and temperament, his 50,000 elite soldiers, as well as his pretense and self-praise, all shocked the morale of the border troops on the Shaanxi and Gansu sides!

After Wang Zheng took over as the governor of the three sides, he quickly noticed that the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu was erosive, and seeing that the situation in the fire screening this year was bound to be much worse than in previous years, he was worried and frightened, but he did not expect that the imperial court would immediately support a large number of grain and grass, and also sent 100,000 reinforcements, and he was immediately overjoyed and breathed a sigh of relief. And Guan Wuyuan and the 50,000 elite soldiers of the forbidden army under Guan Wuyuan were regarded by Wang Zheng as a life-saving straw, and they all agreed to Guan Wuyuan's requests.

Guan Wuyuan, in accordance with Zhao Junchen's orders, took the opportunity to transfer the 50,000 forbidden troops to be stationed near Yansui Military Town, and Qi Bin's new army stationed in Yansui Military Town also fell under Guan Wuyuan's command.

At the same time, Niu Fude, a staff member of the army, under the banner of Guan Wuyuan, liaised with the commanders and envoys of the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu to liaise and win over relations, and soon reached an agreement on offensive and defensive mutual assistance.

At this point, Zhao Junchen's layout on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu has been completed.

In mid-August, news came from Shaanxi and Gansu that scattered Mongol cavalry had begun to invade and plunder, which was obviously a precursor to this year's fire.

After receiving this news, Zhao Junchen also made up his mind and prepared to leave for Shaanxi and Gansu.

Of course, with Zhao Junchen's current status, he can't leave Beijing easily, and if he wants to go to Shaanxi and Gansu, he must have a good reason.

Fortunately, Zhao Junchen had already prepared this reason.

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But it was said that on the morning of August 15, Emperor Deqing was furious in the Imperial Palace!

"Yesterday afternoon, I received a note from Nanjing from the crown prince Wang Baoren, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Du Bai and others! Their investigation of the Nanjing Sixth Division has been settled, and the final result has made me very angry and deeply saddened! The six Shangshu of the Six Ministries of Nanjing are all guilty after a strict investigation! After the examination of the twelve squires, ten of them were also involved in various crimes! As for the middle- and lower-level officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing, they are even more eroded to the roots! Under the rectification of a few Qincha, the entire Nanjing officialdom was swept away, and the Nanjing prison was almost overcrowded, and the prisoners held in it were all ministers whom I once trusted deeply!

I have always had great expectations for the six departments in Nanjing, nearly half of the taxes paid by our dynasty, the assessment of officials in several provinces, and the cultivation of talents in Jiangnan...... All these important errands were handed over to the Nanjing Sixth Department to be responsible! But how did the Nanjing Sixth Department repay me? Shelter smuggling! Murder of the Minister! Collusion into a party! Fornication vassal king! All kinds of crimes are shocking to me! In that case, what is the use of me still needing these Nanjing officials? What is the use of the six departments in Nanjing? According to my opinion, the existence of the six departments in Nanjing has become a stubborn disease of the imperial court, and it is better to remove these yamen and take power to save trouble! ”

Emperor Deqing slapped the armrest of the dragon chair with his hand, and kept shouting angrily, his expression full of anger, as if he had not expected this result at all.

After seeing Emperor Deqing's anger, the officials were also frightened, and saluted Emperor Deqing in unison: "The ministers are guilty, please let Your Majesty calm your anger!" ”

However, Emperor Deqing directly pushed back and said angrily: "The six departments of Nanjing are so erosive, how can I be angry?!" Let's talk about it, what is the use of the imperial court keeping the six departments of Nanjing? Is it just to live and die? ”

Seeing that Emperor Deqing actually wanted to take power from the Six Ministries of Nanjing, some officials from the south of the Yangtze River came out one after another, moved out of the law of their ancestors, emphasized the stability of the imperial court, and explained the necessity of the Six Ministries of Nanjing, in short, they did not want the Deqing Emperor to take power from the Six Ministries of Nanjing.

"Your Majesty is angry, since the founding of Taizu, the six departments of Nanjing have existed so far, if Your Majesty you remove the six departments of Nanjing because of a moment of anger, I am afraid that it will make the country unstable, and the people will also be panicked, and I hope that Your Majesty will be clear!"

"Your Majesty, although there was a mistake in the Sixth Department of Nanjing, it still stabilized the situation in the south of the imperial court, which can be said to be more meritorious than demeritorious! Now that Nanjing's officialdom is erosive, it is only necessary to remove officials, and there is no need to take power from the six departments in Nanjing, otherwise the entire Jiangnan region will be at a loss. ”

"Your Majesty, the six departments of Nanjing were established by Taizu, after moving the capital to Shuntianfu, Chengzu still left the Nanjing officialdom system, if His Majesty deposed the six Yamen of Nanjing because of a moment of anger, I am afraid it is against the law of the ancestors, and I hope that Your Majesty will calm your anger and be clear!"

The relationship between the Nanjing Sixth Department and the Jiangnan Shi clan was extremely close, so even if the Deqing Emperor was already extremely angry, there would still be many officials who took the risk to intercede for the Nanjing Sixth Division.

In fact, Emperor Deqing's statement was just a temptation, and after seeing a large number of officials expressing opposition, he did not continue to insist, but just rested his anger slightly, and then said: "In this case, I will also believe in Nanjing Sixth Department again, but if Nanjing Sixth Department still disappoints me, it means that the existence of Nanjing Sixth Department has done more harm than good, and it must not continue to be kept!" ”

After a pause, Emperor Deqing's tone calmed down a lot, and he said: "Now, Nanjing officialdom has been cleaned, and there are many vacancies, since the six departments of Nanjing still need to exist, these vacancies also need to be filled by officials, but so many vacancies need to be filled by officials, and I can't think of a suitable candidate for a while, what suggestions do you have?" ”

Emperor Deqing's inquiry was naturally in accordance with Zhao Junchen's plan.

As Emperor Deqing's words fell, the elders and scholars at the top of the court also put forward their own candidate suggestions according to Zhao Junchen's original plan.

Zhao Junchen was the first to come out and said: "Your Majesty, the Nanjing Household Department is responsible for nearly half of the taxes of our dynasty, and has the right to introduce salt to survey and combine, the most important thing is that an experienced and stable minister is needed. ”

Nanjing's Hubu Shangshu is a fat difference, although everyone wants to fight for it, but Zhao Junchen, as the head of the capital's Hubu Shangshu, is naturally the most vocal, if Zhao Junchen's recommendation is not opposed too much, then no one can compete.

At this time, after hearing Zhao Junchen's recommendation, the officials were shocked.

Jiangxi's political envoy Wang Zheng has always been greedy and stingy, calculating, and is notoriously ruthless, and he will not do things for others even if he receives money, where will such a person be a suitable candidate for Nanjing Hubu Shangshu?

However, the officials did not know about Zhao Junchen's serial poisonous plan to harm the six departments of Nanjing, and only thought that Wang Zheng did not know when he joined Zhao Junchen's disciples, so he was recommended by Zhao Junchen.

With Zhao Junchen's recommendation, Song Qiwen, the secretary of the ministry, was out to oppose it, listing many of Wang Zheng's shortcomings and shortcomings, but after all, Zhao Junchen's right to speak was heavier, and Emperor Deqing, Shen Changmao, Zuo Lanshan and others were also biased towards Wang Zheng, so the position of Nanjing Hubu Shangshu finally fell to Wang Zheng's head.

And Song Qiwen, the secretary of the ministry, seemed to want revenge, and immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, Nanjing officialdom has just experienced a turmoil, and the Nanjing Ministry of Officials is the core yamen of Nanjing officialdom, which is not only related to the stability of Nanjing officialdom, but also related to the officialdom atmosphere of Nanjing's six departments. ”

After hearing Song Qiwen's recommendation, the officials were shocked again!

Wu Chengren's personality is perverse and unsociable, he doesn't know how to gather people's hearts but likes to exclude dissidents, how can he be a suitable candidate for the secretary of Nanjing? However, considering that Wu Chengren has always had a close relationship with the "Zhou Party", and that he has a mortal enemy relationship with the newly appointed Nanjing Hubu Shangshu Wang Zheng, and then thinking of Song Qiwen's strong opposition to Wang Zheng's appointment as Nanjing Hubu Shangshu just now, everyone thinks that Song Qiwen's recommendation of Wu Chengren is a game between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party", and both sides want to take the opportunity to meddle in Nanjing officialdom, so they sent their respective henchmen, and also wanted to suppress each other.

For the open and secret struggle between the "Zhao Party" and the "Zhou Party", the officials naturally did not dare to participate in it easily, and Zhou Shangjing, Li He, Shen Changmao and others supported Song Qiwen's proposal, so the position of the Nanjing official department Shangshu also fell to Wu Chengren.

Then, under the advice of Shen Changmao, the first assistant of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Shen Xinwen, the prefect of Shunde Prefecture who was uneducated and jealous, became the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and this appointment seems to be the result of a compromise between various parties.

As for the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, it fell to the head of Cao Wenbin, the former servant of the household department in Nanjing, and the Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing was directly appointed by Emperor Deqing as an official of the "Imperial Party", a position involving military power, but no one dared to compete with Emperor Deqing.

After the appointment of the six Shangshu in Nanjing was all settled, the uninformed officials realized that something was wrong!

The perverse Wu Chengren became the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, the greedy and stingy Wang Zheng became the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, the old and weak Li Ziyong became the secretary of the Nanjing Criminal Department, and Shen Xinwen, who did not learn and did not know how to do it, became the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites......

The temperament and ability of these people are completely inconsistent with their appointments, and considering that the Nanjing Household Department and the Nanjing Officials Department are the two most core yamen in the Nanjing officialdom, it is the fact that Wang Zheng, the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, and Wu Chengren, the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, are notoriously dead opponents......

In this way, won't the Nanjing Sixth Division, which has just finished a purge, soon be in chaos again?

Thinking of this, those ministers who were close to the Nanjing Sixth Department were all worried about Zhongzhong, and faintly felt that the Nanjing Sixth Department seemed to have fallen into a conspiracy, and the purge and rectification of the Nanjing Sixth Department by the imperial court center was only the beginning of this conspiracy.

However, these appointments were already a foregone conclusion, and they had no reason to oppose them, but when the imperial court began to discuss the candidates for more than ten squires in the Sixth Department of Nanjing, they came out one after another to say that these appointments could not be decided hastily, and the candidates should be carefully evaluated.

Don't you know, such a situation also fell into the calculations of the high-level of the imperial court, but it was agreed to push the boat along the water, and the vacancy of these waiters became the introduction and foreshadowing of the next plan of the imperial court center!

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Seeing that the imperial court's plan for the six departments of Nanjing was going well, Emperor Deqing was in a very happy mood, but on the surface he still looked extremely serious and angry, and asked: "The affairs of Nanjing officialdom, let's do this for the time being!" Do you still have something to do? ”

Seeing Emperor Deqing's appearance, it seemed that he didn't plan to continue to participate in the court discussions, and the great eunuch Zhang De shouted in a loud voice: "If you have something to do, you will play early, and you will have nothing to retreat from the court!" ”

Originally, the officials thought that today's court meeting was over.

Unexpectedly, because of Zhao Junchen's promotion, the climax of today's court meeting is just beginning!

As Zhang De's words fell, he saw more than ten officials walking out of the queue of hundreds of officials in one go.

Most of these officials were born in Qingliu, but there were also "Zhou Party", "Shen Party", and neutral officials, and their expressions were a little angry when they came out of the list.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play!"

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach Zhao Junchen, the secretary of the household department, for the crime of perverting the law for bribes!"

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the victims of Shanxi and Shaanxi and Gansu have not received relief from the imperial court so far, and a large amount of money and food used by the imperial court to help the victims are missing, please let Your Majesty know!"

As these officials vied with each other to express their positions, they pointed the finger at Zhao Junchen one after another!

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Well, the weekend is over, and tomorrow will erupt.

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