Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 320
Li Banghua walked slowly in front of the crowd in Nanjing. Nanjing garrison officer Xin Chengbo Zhao Zhilong, Nanjing eunuch Zhang Yixian, counselor and maintenance officer, and Nanjing military minister Lu Weiqi took the lead to greet him with a cold face. They exchanged greetings with Li Banghua. The ministers of the Shangshu, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Department, the Imperial Academy, the Imperial Academy and other ministers forced themselves to come to see the ceremony calmly.

How can the Nanjing group fail to see that it was Li Banghua's demonstration just now?But while feeling resentful in his heart, the long-lost fear of the imperial court can't help emerging.

After the ceremony, before Zhao Zhilong could speak, Lu Weiqi spoke first.

"The constitution-making is such a powerful official! Hehe! I don't know why the constitution-making came to the south this time? I was ordered to supervise the affairs of Nanzhili, hehe! Nanzhili is now as prosperous as ever, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and all officials are dedicated to their duties. In this prosperous age Under the current situation, how should the post of constitution-making be divided?"

Lu Weiqi spoke sarcastically.

He was sent to Nanjing after he hated Wei Zhongxian during the reign of Tianqi, and successively served as the right servant of the Ministry of Industry and the right servant of the Ministry of Households, until he took over the position of Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing in the sixth year of Chongzhen.

For the self-proclaimed Lu Weiqi, defeating the eunuch party after ascending the throne today is certainly a joy, but he was not recalled to the capital to take up important positions. This is the emperor's ignorance of people.

Although he was promoted by the emperor as a member of the second rank a few years ago and became one of the Big Three in Nanjing, Lu Weiqi was still very upset.He believes that according to his qualifications and talents, he should at least be one of the six chief officials of the imperial court, and he can even join the cabinet and participate in politics.However, the emperor ignored such a pillar of the country as him, and instead regarded Wen Tiren, Zhang Zhifa and others as treasures. It's time to be independent from the imperial court, and the imperial court should no longer interfere with the affairs of the Jiangnan area.

And the abolition of the inland guards that the imperial court began to implement one after another last year made Lu Weiqi even more angry. This kind of strategy of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot was a fatal blow to the Nanjing Ministry of War, which had relatively little power.

So when he saw the words "Imperial Order to Supervise Southern Zhili Affairs" written on the wooden sign, his inherent disgust became even stronger. In addition, Li Banghua's behavior was clearly a kind of dissatisfaction with Nanjing. The humiliating act, combined with various factors, led Lu Weiqi to speak sarcastically, regardless of his superiority and decency.

"Lu Butang's words are wrong! This is not the prestige of the official, but the prestige of the court! At a time when the prestige of the court is gradually losing, some officials and gentry are increasingly contemptuous of the court, and some even openly act against the court. Resist it! At this critical time, I believe that it is necessary to re-establish the prestige of our emperor and the imperial court in a subtle way, so as to deter those who are alienated from the imperial court! As for whether Nanzhili is as prosperous as the ministry said, hehe , this statement is still open to debate!"

Li Banghua retorted with a serious expression.

"Hehe! The constitution-making words seem to have something to say? Regardless of other places, Shanyan belongs to Nanzhili. As far as the officials have heard, there has never been a single official who has contemptuous words and deeds of the court! Let alone any rebellious actions! Today's Mingjun In a prosperous age, the world is stable and peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, is it necessary for the imperial court to exist?"

Lu Weiqi refuted it without showing any weakness.

No matter what kind of imperial envoy you are, what kind of first-rank official, don't you know that since Taizong, Nanjing has been another existence?The imperial envoys who dared to come to Nanjing to show their prestige, except for eating and drinking enough to go back to fool the emperor's important ministers, which one would really implement the imperial orders?

Contempt for the court?Rebellion?Hehe, this has been tacit understanding for many years, do you still want to deny it?
"Only two words in Lu Butang's words are true, and he is indeed a wise king today! Where did the prosperous age start? Since the rebels started in Shanshan and Shanxi during the reign of Tianqi, they were wiped out until last year. For more than ten years, they have been in the north of the Yangtze River. In addition, man-made disasters and natural disasters co-occurred, and the northern border of the Ming Dynasty suffered severe drought for several years, resulting in thousands of miles of bare land, cicadas and thunderstorms, and countless people were displaced and fled for thousands of miles. It is not uncommon for people to change their sons and eat them, and cook their corpses to fill them up! This is what the Butang said in the mouth of the prosperous age? But the Butang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with singing and dancing every day, under the sound of bells and tripods, how can it be today? Do something for the imperial court and the people of the world?! It can be stopped! The dignified second-rank senior officials of the imperial court uttered such uncontradictory arguments, leaving behind the ambition of studying hard in the cold window, this is the shame of the scholars in the world !"

Li Banghua's voice is like a bell, and he doesn't care about Lu Weiqi's face. While describing the miserable situation of the people in Jiangbei for more than ten years, he directly denounces the ugly faces of Lu Weiqi and other Jiangnan officials. drank.

Lu Weiqi was so ashamed and angry that his face was flushed red, and he was about to refute Li Banghua's accusation sharply, but Xin Chengbo Zhao Zhilong interrupted the quarrel between the two.

"Duke Meng'an is over sixty years old, so don't engage in unnecessary disputes. This time, Mr. Meng'an was ordered to patrol the south of the Yangtze River. He must be tired from the long journey, so he should go to the city to rest. Benbo and Zhang Zhenshou have passed The Taibai Tower in the city has ordered a banquet for Mr. Meng An to cleanse the dust, and invite Mr. Meng An to rest and take a bath before going to enjoy the light! Mr. Meng An! Please!"

Zhang Yixian who was on the side also advised: "Li Zhixian, don't get angry. Now that the emperor is in power, the courtiers can just take the holy will as their own responsibility! Lu Butang may have something inappropriate in his words. , but it’s not for personal gain, I hope that the Constitution will not be taken to heart!”

Zhang Yixian has been in Nanjing for several years. Although he is far away from the power center of the capital, he is one of the best figures in the southern Zhili area, and he can be said to be an uncompromising figure in the Jiangnan area. He is much more nourished as a footman, so he is quite satisfied with his current position, and even has the idea of ​​not wanting to return to the capital.

There is something to give up, and nothing to give up, if you want to get something, you have to give up something.

Li Banghua was very clear about the purpose of going south under the order. As early as after Jin Yiwei detected and reported someone's premeditated strike, his people in the palace informed him of the emperor's intention to severely punish him, so Zhang Yixian naturally didn't go to this troubled water.Since he planned to stay in Nanjing in the future, there was no need for him to offend the people in Nanjing, and of course he would not offend Li Banghua, who represented the emperor.

Zhao Zhilong's attitude was similar to Zhang Yixian's. He had also been warned in advance by his noble friends in the capital, and he was not deeply involved in the strike, so he took an indifferent attitude towards Li Banghua's arrival. When conflicts arise, he and Zhang Yixian will mediate and reconcile to gain benefits.

Most of Xincheng Bo's mansion's interests are in the South Zhili area, and the imperial envoy will return to Beijing after finishing his errands, so he also treats this matter with the idea of ​​trying to resolve the matter as much as possible.

And those high-ranking officials of various ministries and departments in Nanjing were basically very disgusted with Li Banghua's words just now.They believe that the drought and thieves in the northern border of the Ming Dynasty are the affairs of your capital's court, and what does it have to do with our Southern Zhili?We supervise the transportation of grain and taxes to Beijing every year, and there is no shortage of taxes. It is your job to help the victims and kill the thieves.

Your capital is fighting wars to appease the people, don't you let us drink and eat meat?Is it necessary to accompany you to cut down on food and clothing?There is no such reason in the world.

After Li Banghua glanced at the officials around him, accompanied by Zhao Zhilong and Zhang Yixian, he walked to the waiting official sedan chair.After Lu Weiqi snorted, he flicked his sleeves, and walked towards him on a sedan chair that was parked on one side. Several officials who knew him hurriedly followed him. While comforting him, they accused Li Banghua of his arrogance and disrespect. They all stepped towards their official sedan chairs one after another, and followed the few big men in front into the city.

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