In the main hall of Yuxi Palace, I only heard Yan Ge Lao say slowly: "Now the military department says that it is necessary to cheer up the north, this old minister raised his hands in favor, but what about the money?" What about soldiers? As far as Lao Chen knows, maintaining this situation at present is already the limit of Xuanda Jiliao, if you want to make an inch, you need a lot of manpower and material resources, if you invest less, it will only cause a waste in vain, and there is no effect. As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at Xu Lun and said, "Xu Bingbu, do we have the financial resources?" ”

"This ...... I'm going to ask Fang Butang. Xu Lun paused, looked at Fang Dull and said, "But I guess, there should be something, right?" The city is so profitable, and the imperial court doesn't have any big projects, so it's time to save some money, right? ”

"No," Fang Yu shook his head and said, "Part of the money from the City Department is used for the southeast soldiers, and the other part is used to pay off debts...... If you don't believe it, you can go to the household department to check the account books, the debts owed by the treasury over the years are more than 30 million taels, and if you count the interest, you have to rely on 50 million. ”

Xu Lun couldn't help but say, "So many? ”

"Just like Ge Lao said, there have been too many natural disasters [***] over the years, and I spend a lot of money all day long; The local area is either suffering from disasters or chaos, not only can not collect taxes, but also one by one to be fed, and I, the head of the household, can only borrow from east and west, barely supporting to this day. Fang Yu sighed and said: "Now that you have money, of course you have to repay the debt first, otherwise the interest alone will cost more than three million taels of silver a year, and half of the silver will have to be lost, so the money in the southeast will not need to come up from the north." ”

"Do you just sit back and ignore my arrogance?" Xu Lun couldn't accept it.

Fang Yu lowered his eyelids and didn't answer his question, Xu Lun looked at Yan Song again and said, "Elder Yan Ge, you have something to say!" ”

Yan Song looked at the ministers and said, "What do you think?" ”

Yan Shifan came out and said: "Let me see, I can do my own things, since the southeast can be self-sufficient, then Xuanda Jiliao is also indispensable!" Saying that, he said: "The minister suggested sending a powerful man to Jizhou to supervise and train the soldiers, accumulate strength, and when I come again, I can give him a head-on blow and teach him a hard lesson!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Yan party members nodded their heads one after another and boasted about it, as if this prosaic suggestion could really help the country.

Yan Song pretended to scold: "How can you be so hasty in a major national event? Let me ask you, have you decided on the candidate? What are the permissions? Have you thought about whether it will be a temporary or long-term assignment? ”

"What my father taught me was," Yan Shifan bowed down and said: "This power and responsibility, it is naturally to supervise salaries, train soldiers, and serve for a long time, it is better to recall after the fact, as for the candidates, there is really a rare one." ”

"Say." Yan Song said slowly.

"Zhao Zhenji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." Yan Shifan glanced at the expressionless Zhao Zhenji and said, "Lord Zhao is loyal, reliable, diligent and honest, and is the best candidate." ”

"Zhao Libu is indeed suitable," Yan Song asked, "I have to ask if Lord Zhao is willing to go." ”

Everyone turned their attention to Zhao Zhenji.

Facing Yan Ge's 'earnest' gaze, Zhao Zhenji sneered in his heart, he had already known that the other party was going to clean himself up, and now he really came!

Don't listen to the Yan family's father and son singing and harmonizing, saying that this errand is so important, as if the non-humerus pillars can't take it, but in fact, it's just to use an empty title to empty yourself!

Seeing that he was silent, Yan Shifan raised his voice and asked, "Lord Zhao, why don't you reply?" ”

"What's the reply?" Zhao Zhenji looked at him coldly and said.

"My father asked you if you would like to go to Jizhou to supervise salaries and train soldiers?" Yan Shifan asked with a somewhat ugly face.

"Governor, Governor Jingyunhu? What about the pro-democracy movement? Zhao Zhenji sneered: "The second movement already has a position, adding officials and apprentices to disturb the ears!" "The canal is in charge of the governor of Caoyun, and the waiter of the warehouse is in charge, so there is no need to send someone to intervene at all. Besides, the governor of Caoyun is at the same level as him, so how can he be restrained? And Kuraba Shirou is resident in Tongzhou, and he is not in the same place as him, so how can he obey his orders? So almost certainly, this so-called 'supervising and training troops' is simply a bare-bones commander!

"Well, you can be a little more retreating, just grab a rough grasp." Yan Shifan couldn't imagine that Zhao Zhenji's counterattack was so sharp, so he had to say: "Just focus on training." ”

"Officers and soldiers should be trained by generals, and the military department should send personnel to supervise, what is the use of me going to the Ministry of Rites?" Zhao Zhenji still sneered: "Do you want to teach them military salutes?" If you know etiquette and can win the battle, then the official doesn't say a word, and is happy to go! ”

"You!" Yan Shifan's face was ashamed, his fat face was flushed, and he said angrily to Zhou Yan, the imperial history of Zuodu, after a while: "Lord Zhou, what do you say he is!" ”

Zhou Yan used to be a good official who was outspoken and daring to admonish, or he couldn't be the leader of the science and road, but over the years, he has seen batches of anti-Yan fighters being cut off from his horse, and he has long lost the courage to confront the Yan Party. ”

"Did you let me say yes?" Yan Shifan glared at Zhou Yan and said, "Well, let me tell you, he is prevaricating and doesn't dare to do anything!" Put the safety of the country at risk like child's play, and ignore the orders of the peak! ”

"Peak? Are you on the peak? Liu Tao, the new Yushi of the right capital, is good friends with Zhao Zhenji, and he is a rare brave general in the Xu Party, so he couldn't help but choke at this moment: "I haven't heard that the Ministry of Industry can lead the Ministry of Rites!" "He came up from the governor of Fujian, known for his military exploits, and was deeply loved by the emperor, so he was not afraid of Yan Shifan at all.

"You!" Yan Shifan exploded his lungs and said angrily: "I'm talking about my father, isn't Shoufu the peak of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

But Yan Ge Lao did not express his position. Liu Tao sneered: "What kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending to be?" ”

"That's what my dad meant." Yan Shifan gritted his teeth and said.

"Can you represent Shousuke?" Liu Tao looked at him forcefully.

"I'm his son, of course I can!" Yan Shifan exploded his lungs.

"Haha." Liu Tao laughed twice and said: "This is the court, there are only monarchs and ministers, no father and son!" ”

"You!" Yan Shifan was angry, he felt that today's contest had to be solved by you to the death, so he arched his hand behind the veil and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you see, how rampant these people are, reversing black and white in front of you, and comparing them to annihilation!" You can't just leave it alone!! Your Majesty! ”

Liu Tao was not to be outdone, and said in a louder voice: "Your Majesty, this Yan Shifan refers to the deer as a horse, roaring at the court, and is extremely rebellious!" ”

"You're friends!" Yan Shifan said angrily.

"Dare to say that others are friends?" Liu Tao laughed and said, "Then what are you?" ”

"You're squirting blood!" Yan Shifan scolded angrily.

"You wicked person sue first!" Liu Tao said without showing weakness.

Seeing the two fighting cocks-for-tat, everyone secretly guessed whether they would really fight, if they did, the harsh winter building that was hollowed out by wine must not be the opponent of the burly Liu Tao, right?

Just when the quarrel between the two sides was heating up and everyone was getting more and more excited, there was a sudden heavy and rapid sound of 'bell ......' from behind the curtain, and Li Fang hurriedly stopped the two and said, "Kneel!" ”

"Humph!" The two looked at each other angrily, and then knelt side by side.

There was a deathly silence in the hall. The eyes of the officials subconsciously looked at the veil. I saw that it was windless and automatic, slowly slashing to both sides, and a thin old man wearing a cotton dark flower nine-dragon robe walked out from behind the curtain.

When the curtain moved, Yan Song led the hundred officials to kneel on the ground, and at this moment he led the mountain and shouted: "Congratulations to the emperor—"

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! All the people kowtowed and chanted in unison.

After they finished shouting, Emperor Jiajing also walked to the dragon chair, held the armrest in the shape of a dragon head with one hand, and sat down slowly, looking indifferently at the person kneeling on the ground with his eyes, and said lightly for a long time: "Get up." ”

"Long live thanks." All the ministers got up and returned to their positions, only Yan Shifan and Liu Tao were still kneeling.

Emperor Jiajing glanced at the two of them, and said slowly: "Let's go on, and then finish the quarrel, I and all Aiqing are listening here, if they listen wonderfully, they will also applaud and give them a reward." ”

"The minister is guilty, please punish Your Majesty." Liu Tao kowtowed vigorously and couldn't bend over.

Yan Shifan over there was a little aggrieved, and bowed his head in amazement and said, "The minister is wrong, please also ask Your Majesty to punish him." ”

"It should be punished," Jiajing said lightly: "If you can't say something well, you will go online at every turn, scold this annihilator, scold that friend...... You are all appointed officials by me, isn't this scolding me for being blind? ”

"Don't dare!" The two of them kowtowed and said one after another.

"Remember, everyone's errands are different and their ideas are different, and it's normal for disputes to arise, and it has nothing to do with loyalty." Jiajing's gaze slowly swept over everyone: "Next time, whoever dares to talk about this again, Hugh blames me and is welcome." ”

"Your Majesty's admonitions." The ministers shouted together.

"Get up, both of you." Jiajing waved his hand, and after the two thanked him, they returned to their respective places.

"The matter that was just arguing," after some stone paving, Jiajing introduced the topic and said: "I will give a judgment......" Everyone held their breath and stared, and then listened to the emperor: "Yan Shifan said, send a big official to Jizhou to supervise grain training, and take charge of the overall situation, in my opinion, it is still quite necessary, even if the effect is not good, you have to try to know." As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Zhenji and said: "Instead of not doing it yet, I will say it to death first, lest I get into the drudgery and be sent out of Beijing, so that I will delay my entry into the cabinet." ”

Zhao Zhenji lowered his head, but his body stood up straight, and he didn't say a word of discernment...... He knew that he was finished, but he did not regret what he had just said, because he believed that personal honor and disgrace should never be above the interests of the country, so he insisted that he was right.

Right is right, wrong is wrong, even if you kill me, you shouldn't have this governor of Rausch.

Seeing Emperor Jiajing bombarding Zhao Zhenji, everyone knew that Old Master Zhao was finished, and hundreds of impeachment documents would inevitably come tomorrow, and then he would be dismissed and return to his hometown...... 2 to 0, it looks like the Yan Party is going to win again, and its hegemony is still unshakable!

However, the best is yet to come.

I heard Jiajing smile at Yan Ge and said, "However, if people don't want to do it, we can't force it, right?" ”

Yan Song nodded and said, "If you are unwilling, you can't do it well." ”

"But someone has to do it, right?" Jiajing said lightly: "I recommend a personal choice." ”

"This ......" Yan Song was overjoyed in his heart, and said secretly: "Give me another chance to be a whole person." After thinking about it, he said: "Li Tao, the right capital of the imperial history, knows the soldiers and understands politics, and can be entrusted with such important tasks." ”

Xu Jie's face was already white, but at this moment, he was even more colorless, and he secretly shouted in his heart: 'Could it be that Your Majesty wants to kill me completely?' Looking back at his subordinates, they all looked abrupt, he knew that he couldn't bear it anymore, otherwise he would have to fall and scatter, so he came out and said: "Your Majesty, Li Tao is not suitable, his surname is strong, suitable for leading troops, but he will not coordinate the relationship between all aspects, I am afraid that he will mess up His Majesty's errand." ”

"Oh, then Xu Ge Lao recommends one." Jiajing stroked the armrest of the dragon chair and said with a faint smile.

Xu Jie suddenly felt a different hint from Jiajing's smile, and said loudly in his heart: "The minister recommends Wu Peng!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar, and even Yan Ge Lao, who had been there all the time, opened his eyes suddenly, and he suddenly realized that the situation was not good!

Wu Peng was even more dumbfounded, looking at Yan Song with a frightened face, and said in his heart, my ancestor, why did you lift a stone and hit yourself in the foot?

"Silence! Quiet! Seeing Jiajing frowning slightly, Li Fang hurriedly said in a loud voice, and the court regained its calm.

Jiajing then asked leisurely, "What is the reason?" ”

Xu Jie suppressed his ecstasy and said loudly: "Wu Shangshu and Weichen are in the same department in the second year of Jiajing, so Weichen knows him very well. Knowing that Wu Shangshu first appointed the head of the Ministry of Works, and then the prime minister Hecao, and also supervised the troops to suppress the rebellious people, and also trained troops in Heshuo, I would like to ask the entire court, who is more suitable than him? ”

"Oh, is that so?" Jiajing looked at Wu Pengdao.

"This, there is indeed such a thing...... Wu Peng lowered his head and whispered: "But that was all when he was young, and now that Weichen is old and sick, how can it be compared with back then?" ”

"Emperor Wu of Wei said: 'Lao Ji is determined to be thousands of miles away, and the martyr is full of strength in his twilight years.'" Jiajing said lightly: "There are benefits to being old, being old and strong, and being highly respected, I don't have to worry about leaving this matter to others, only you can do it." ”

"This, this ......" Wu Pengdeng was sweating profusely, and said in his heart that I am a good and decent official book, why was it assigned in a blink of an eye? Am I dreaming? He secretly twisted his thigh, and with a painful groan, he was convinced that he was really unlucky.

"Wu Aiqing, do you also want to learn from Zhao Zhenji?" Jiajing's narrow eyes, flashing with a faint light, made Wu Peng shudder, he didn't have the courage of Old Master Zhao, shrunk his neck and said: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister obeys the order......"

"Good." Jiajing bowed his head and said: "Yes, Wu Peng is loyal and diligent, and he is a model for hundreds of officials." Special entry into the rank of young master, out of the town of Jizhou, supervising the training of soldiers. After a pause, his eyes narrowly swept over the ministers and said, "I will no longer serve as the secretary of the ministry." ”

"Minister...... Thanksgiving......" Wu Peng knelt on the ground and sobbed, dripping blood in his heart and said: 'Top your lungs......

Wu Shangshu, who was newly promoted to the first grade, was probably too happy that he couldn't get up when he lay on the ground, and Jiajing asked him to help him down to rest.

Before Wu Peng left the Golden Palace, he heard Emperor Jiajing say: "Ladies and gentlemen, elect a successor." He spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

But no one cared about his life or death anymore, and all their attention was focused on the selection of the future secretary of the ministry, and this important position could not fall into the hands of the other party.

Yan Song's side recommended Ouyang Bijin, the left attendant of the ministry, and Xu Jie's side promoted Feng Tianyu, the right attendant of the ministry, and the two sides had a dispute, and in the end they could only use red beans and mung beans to divide the victory.

The result was eighteen to seventeen, and Ouyang Bijin narrowly won by one vote.

Li Fang held two plates containing two kinds of beans on a tray and showed them to the emperor, and Jiajing squinted his eyes and counted them, as if he was thinking about something.

Yan Dang and his cadres beat the drum in their hearts, and secretly said that there will be no more moths, right?

It wasn't until Jiajing threw the beans on the plate, clapped his hands and said, "That's it......" that everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Ouyang will enter the Ministry of Officials, Feng Tianyu will move to the left waiter, as for the right waiter?" Jiajing said lightly: "Let's be empty first...... High arch ......"

"The minister is here." The high arch in the last row of the assailant ranks the arch of the road.

"If you haven't eaten the board after the autumn," Jiajing said lightly: "Just go to the Ministry of Officials to be this waiter." ”

"Obey." Gao Gong was overjoyed.

When he retreated, Jiajing seemed to be a little tired, and waved his hand tiredly: "If there is anything else, let's disperse if you have nothing to do." ”

Yan Song and Xu Jie have nothing to say, they were each beaten fifty boards today, and they seem to have gained something, they have mixed tastes in their hearts, they are all reminiscing, and they don't have time to fight anymore for a while.

Just when everyone thought that the court meeting was about to disperse, Yuan Wei, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book." ”

(To be continued)