Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 380 Is it the Qi Royal Party or the Gu Party?
"Look! It's coming again! If Sun Chuanting doesn't fight against our Yanshan, will he die?!"

In a small courtyard in Shuntian Official Official Square, an official in charge of the official department slammed a memorial on the table.

The contents of the memorial were scattered, and another 28-year-old official picked it up. The official took a look at the content. Although his face was ugly, he still had to chime in:

"If the county magistrates of Jieyang and Jinning were really corrupt, Sun Chuanting would have nothing to impeach if he sent him to prison. He was just doing his duty."

"Zhang Lianyuan! This group of people are your classmates!" Hearing what this official said, the chief official of the Ministry of Officials looked displeased.

"Although we are classmates, "Yanshan Dogma" also said that corrupt people are not worthy of Yanshan's life."

Zhang Jinyan, who was in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, replied impartially, not caring about the behavior of people calling him by his name, but shook off the memorial and said:

"If it is true as stated in the memorial, these two people are greedy for thousands of stones for disaster relief food and fodder, then death is not a pity, why are they worthy of being called classmates with us?"

His words were like thunder, and the rest of the people in the small courtyard did not know what to say. Yan Yinshao and Cheng De, who were sitting at the top, even echoed the words:

"Whether the charges against the two are true or not will be examined by the third division. As for Governor Sun Chuanting and Sun, the two of us believe that he is dedicated to the public."

"One mind for the public?" The other officials in the courtyard felt uncomfortable, and said first:

"One heart for the public? Since he was the governor, more than 600 local officials in Yanshan have been arrested and beheaded by him. Could it be that these [-] people are all corrupt people?"

"Although Sun Chuanting has not entered the temple, after all, he has something to do with the former Qin Party. Now he may be helping the Qin Party to clean us up."

"Okay!" Yan Yinshao couldn't help frowning and said:

"Sun Chuanting has ever received favor from the Qin Party? He has never formed a party. He is in a local area. Even if he wants to get involved with the court, he has no chance."

"It's not easy to get involved? Anyway, I don't believe that he doesn't form cliques or engage in private interests!" the head of the Ministry of Officials retorted.

Not only him, but also several other Yanshan officials in Beijing did not think that Sun Chuanting was selfless.

To put it bluntly, in the current official situation, if you don't form a party, you will be bullied. They don't believe that Sun Chuanting does not form a party, and they don't believe that Sun Chuanting's actions are purely dedicated to serving the public.

Faced with their stubbornness, Yan Yinshao frowned, and finally got up and said:
"In short, if you still recognize me, Yan Yinshao, as the senior, the matter of Sun Chuanting will end here. I, Yanshan, and they are both ministers of your highness. If the Zhejiang Party still exists, they will fight among themselves. This will make others see it as a joke. .”

"As for the people below being punished by Sun Chuanting, if you don't believe that they are corrupt, you can ask His Highness for orders and send someone to double check."

"After the Lantern Festival, I will also prepare to go to Levia. After I leave, Chengde will take over the Yanshan affairs."

Yan Yinshao's words were convincing. Although he was impartial, judging from the fact that the person he recommended was a fair person like Cheng De, he was actually on the side of Sun Chuanting.

Everyone saw it clearly, but they didn't have Yan Yinshao's family, nor Yan Yinshao's background and official position, so it was really hard for them to stand up and sing the opposite.

"Since there is nothing wrong, let's all go back and rest!"

Yan Yinshao looked at the people who didn't speak, and started to chase them away with a big wave of his hand.

Although the group of people who doubted Sun Chuanting were not reconciled, they could only leave Yan Yinshao's small courtyard after bowing.

But when everyone withdrew, Zhang Jinyan and Cheng De stayed behind.

The three of them watched the crowd withdraw together, and finally Zhang Jinyan said:

"Things are difficult, and there is nothing I can do, so I will leave first..."

Zhang Jinyan's sudden opening made Yan Yinshao and Cheng De frown.

Obviously, although Zhang Jinyan is fair, he doesn't want to get into trouble with other people because of Sun Chuanting.

Yan Yinshao felt uncomfortable, but he waved his hand to signal him to back down.

Seeing this, Zhang Jinyan quickly got up and bowed, and then withdrew from the courtyard.

It was only after he left that Yan Yinshao got up hesitantly, walked back and forth, and said worriedly to Cheng De who was sitting:

"Sun Chuanting, the governor of the drought relief, killed many people along the way, and offended many people. I'm afraid that you and I alone will not be able to suppress the dissatisfaction of everyone in Yanshan."

"Fortunately, it's just you and me. If Bo Yu (Jin Xuan) was here just now, I'm afraid the situation would have been fought." Cheng De couldn't help sighing.

He couldn't help but rejoice that Jin Xuan had been transferred to Yingzhou. If Jin Xuan hadn't been transferred, Jin Xuan might have staged a martial arts feast just now and fought directly with those who opposed Sun Chuanting.

"I will be transferred in a few days. If I leave, you may not be able to suppress this situation."

Yan Yinshao was worried about Chengde's situation, so he was transferred to Levia. At the moment, it can be said that he was going to avoid disaster and accumulate meritorious deeds, but Chengde was not good.

Once he leaves, Chengde may be mob attacked.

Originally, Yan Yinshao thought that Zhang Jinyan could stand on the same front as Cheng De, but now it seems that although Zhang Jinyan also came from Yanshan, he actually still seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages.

This kind of personality is determined, and he is unlikely to help Chengde when something happens.

"I'm going to find His Highness..."

Cheng De stood up suddenly, after all these days, he was walking around the Qi Palace.

If Zhu Youjian didn't bring Zhu Ciran and Li Dingguo with him, he would be the one teaching them. Therefore, he was the one among Yanshan officials who met Zhu Youjian more often.

"That's fine..." Yan Yinshao had no other choice but nodded his head slightly to express his agreement.

Seeing this, Chengde bowed and walked out of the yard.

But when he walked out of the courtyard, many officials from Yanshan surrounded the gate of the courtyard.

When they saw Chengde coming out, they all glanced at Chengde with hostile eyes, which made people feel a lot of pressure.

Chengde did not give in, and walked out of the crowd under pressure, and then rented a donkey at the gate of Fangshi in Guanlifang, and rode the donkey to Qi Wangfu.

After half an hour, he rode a donkey and arrived at the gate of Prince Qi's Mansion. The Daxingying soldiers at the gate helped take the donkey away, and he went to the Chengyun Hall of the Prince's Mansion after the notification.

With many turns and eight turns, he finally came to the left back door of Chengyun Hall. After a pass, he was summoned to enter the left back door.

When he walked into the left back door, Zhu Youjian was dealing with the memorial, while Zhu Ciran and Li Dingguo were finishing their homework below.

Seeing Cheng De walking in, Zhu Ciran and Li Dingguo got up and called out "Sir", and bowed honestly.

Chengde saluted in return, and then looked at Zhu Youjian.

"Okay, you two go back and rest first, and come back in half an hour to finish your homework."

Zhu Youjian dismissed Zhu Ciran and Li Dingguo without raising his head, and stopped writing after the two left.

"Tell me, what happened to Yanshan?"

Zhu Youjian sighed, put the Zhubi on the pen stand, and leaned back on the chair.

Standing in the lower position, Chengde looked up. He looked at the "General Map of Kunyu of the Great Ming Dynasty" hanging behind Zhu Youjian, and looked at the newly added "Supervisor of South Kunlun" in Levia.

"Your Highness, student..."

After a while, Cheng De explained what happened inside Yanshan one by one.

It's just that when he said this, Zhu Youjian didn't move at all, even his expression didn't change, as if he knew it a step earlier.

"What do you think... about Sun Chuanting."

Zhu Youjian picked up the teacup, made tea and took a sip, as if he didn't care about Yanshan's internal affairs in an understatement.

"Students think..." Chengde organized his words, and then continued:

"If the officials in the court are dissatisfied, they might as well let them go to the local area to investigate the case. Governor Sun is only responsible for handling it, and they are responsible for verification."

"In short, the governor's disaster relief work must continue, and it cannot be stopped because of the impeachment of some people."

Cheng De's words were not very satisfied, but he made his position clear.

He is not on the side of Sun Chuanting, nor is he on the side of Yanshan, and he is not on the side of the parties, but on the side of justice.

What is injustice?It's not about what Zhu Youjian supports.

If Zhu Youjian supports anti-corruption, then anti-corruption is justice, and if Zhu Youjian supports corruption, then corruption is justice.

After all, Chengde is closely following Zhu Youjian.

This kind of attitude is much smarter than Jin Xuan's, or rather selfish.

But in officialdom, people who are selfish and will make things happen obviously live a long time.

This can be seen from the current situation of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting.

Even if Sun Chuanting resumed his contact with Cao Wenzhao, Guan Fumin and others, the court and central officials would not dare to bully him like this.

His character is there, even if Zhu Youjian gives him military power, he will still be bullied.

The people in the court grasped his character, knowing that he would not release some dissatisfaction when he was threatened like the Dudufu of the Five Armies and Hong Chengchou.

For this kind of thing, Zhu Youjian hoped that Sun Chuanting could contact Cao Wenzhao and Guan Fumin, especially Guan Fumin.

It's just that Zhu Youjian also knew about Sun Chuanting's character. If he was asked to contact Cao Wenzhao and Guan Fumin, he would not do so even if he died.

In history, Chongzhen and courtiers bullied Sun Chuanting like that, and Sun Chuanting did not support himself, but pretended to be deaf and angry. Where is the bullying by courtiers now?Sun Chuanting could bear it.

It's just that he could bear it, but Zhu Youjian couldn't bear it.

"There is a saying in the folks called Huduzi..."

Zhu Youjian spoke slowly, and Chengde listened attentively:
"Sun Chuanting's travels are not for himself, but for the Ming Dynasty, for Gu, and for the emperor."

"Since Sun Chuanting is working so hard for the emperor and Gu, Gu and His Majesty will naturally protect the calf."

After all, Zhu Youjian said to the screen not far away:

"Issuing an order to dismiss the official department, give Shizhong Yao Zongwen, University scholar Han Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials Cui Jingrong, Minister of Rites Lin Yaoyu, and Zhongshu Sheren Gu Taishuo."

"Yes!"

Behind the screen, Shen Lian walked out slowly, bowing, and hearing the names of the five dismissed, Cheng De's eyes also turned left and right.

Yao Zongwen, this is one of the great achievements left by the Zhejiang Party in the Wanli period. Han Yu is the current leader of Donglin. As for Cui Jingrong and Lin Yaoyu, they are both veterans of the Qi Party. Shuo is the eldest son of Gu Bingqian, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

The Zhejiang Party, Donglin Party, and Qiwang Party have all been dismissed. Zhu Youjian's actions are small, but they are also big.

"Your Highness, after the five people were dismissed, the newcomers..."

Shen Lian asked slowly, while Zhu Youjian waved his hands and said:
"I wrote Yuan Keli to go to Beijing to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and awarded Wenyuange University Scholars to enter the cabinet. Then I wrote Nan Juyi, the chief minister of Fujian Province, to go to Beijing to serve as Minister of Rites."

"Zuo Guangdou, the imperial censor of Zuoqin of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, went to Fujian to serve as the chief envoy..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian looked at Chengde: "Confer Chengde as the censor of Zuoqian Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

"I would like to thank Your Highness, Long En!" Hearing that he had ascended to the sky in one step, from the sixth rank to the fourth rank, Cheng De hurriedly kowtowed.

It's just that when he kowtowed, he also knew that Zhu Youjian was helping him gain a firm foothold in the Yanshan School.

Right now, Yan Yinshao is the highest official of the Yanshan faction in Beijing, and Yan Yinshao is only from the fifth rank.

Now that he has jumped to the fourth rank, the other Yanshan officials are several ranks behind him, so naturally they dare not provoke him.

"Take control of Yanshan's affairs, you can step back..."

Zhu Youjian picked up the ink brush again, and Chengde bowed again and again after hearing the words, and then slowly exited the left back door.

He withdrew, but the decree from Prince Qi's Mansion had only just begun to be issued.

When the cabinet received the decree, Gu Bingqian, who was the first assistant, immediately looked at Han Yu, who was the second assistant.

Han Yu's pupils trembled, but he quickly and calmly took off his black gauze hat, and put it on the table casually.

"It seems that His Highness took pity on my old age and asked me to go home early to recuperate."

"Han Gechen! Let's go together!"

Seeing that Han Yu was treated like this, many officials jumped out one after another. They took off their black hats one by one, and looked at Gu Bingqian with contemptuous eyes.

That means it's obvious, your son Gu Bingqian has been dismissed, could it be that you didn't even show any signs of it?
However, they underestimated Gu Bingqian's face. Faced with their contempt, Gu Bingqian lowered his head and blushed lightly, representing the cabinet's approval of the dismissal notice.

As a result, the Qi Royal Party also lost two of the six seats in one go.

Although Han Yu of the Donglin Party was dismissed, Yuan Keli joined the cabinet, and also got the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

The only one who was implicated was probably the Zhejiang Party who had been sitting and watching the show.

Yao Zongwen, who lived from the first year of Taichang to the ninth year of Tianqi, still failed to escape Zhu Youjian's pen after all.

As soon as he left, only Shi Fenglai and Feng Quan were left in the Zhejiang Party to preside over the overall situation.

However, the loss of a seat in the official department is harmless to the Zhejiang Party, and they have been marginalized anyway.

In this way, it was the Qi royal party who actually suffered the blow.

The new minister of rites and cabinet minister is Yuan Keli, and the new minister of rites is Nan Juyi from the Qin Party. No matter how you look at it, they seem to be helping Sun Chuanting.

In any case, this small change finally triggered the common resignation of more than [-] officials in Beijing, and Zhu Youxiao directly criticized this, and he directly agreed without even sending anyone to Qi Wangfu to ask. up.

Apparently, Zhu Youxiao couldn't see the bullying of Sun Chuanting by the Qi royal party.

The emperor's acquiescence made many dissatisfied people continue to remain silent.

For example, Gu Bingqian, the leader of the Qi royal party, declined the invitations of many people after the dynasty dispersed, and returned to the mansion alone in a carriage. His eldest son, Gu Taishuo, was waiting at the door early.

Seeing Gu Bingqian coming home, he hastily greeted him.

"father……"

"Hmm..." Gu Bingqian was old, and his eyes and ears were a little unclear, but he was still very discerning in the face of his son's call.

Gu Taishuo helped Gu Bingqian into the mansion, Gu Bingqian walked in an old fashioned manner, and after walking for a long time, he opened his mouth and said:

"The dismissal from the official position is only temporary. During this time, you should study history books in the mansion."

"Dad, don't worry, my child understands." Gu Taishuo was very obedient, but he was worried:
"It's just Dad, if we do this now, will His Highness and Long Live..."

"What did we do?" Gu Bingqian asked Gu Taishuo back, then shook his head and said:
"Sun Chuanting killed so many officials who were implicated in various parties. We are just helping the people below to respond."

"The matter of Sun Chuanting is the matter of His Highness and the people below, and has nothing to do with you and my father and son."

"If I participated in it, it would not be you who was dismissed today, but me."

As he said that, Gu Bingqian walked towards the study step by step with his cane, and Gu Taishuo also nodded with a vague understanding.

The two walked into the study, Gu Taishuo managed to help Gu Bingqian to sit down, but Gu Bingqian said:

"I still have [-] days to rest for this year, right?"

"Yes..." Gu Taishuo tapped his chin lightly, and Gu Bingqian also said: "Use them all."

"Use them all?" Gu Taishuo was stunned for a moment, and said cautiously:
"At present, things are still going on. If you use it at this time, will His Highness think that you are a little too delicate?"

"No..." Gu Bingqian shook his head:

"Although His Highness has suppressed everything, the conflict has intensified."

"If I come out at a time like this, the people below will have to push me to the front to be roasted."

"This fire can burn me to death. Let's not touch it for the time being. Let's see if Sun Chuanting knows how to advance or retreat. Let's lower the fire for now."

Gu Bingqian could see clearly that under the coercion of Zhu Youjian, although the officials in Beijing did not show any means of resistance, they were all watching.

They are looking at what Sun Chuanting will do after learning about this incident, whether to temporarily let the Sichuan officials go, or continue to attack the Sichuan officials.

"Father, what do you think Sun Chuanting will do?"

Gu Taishuo was very curious, but Gu Bingqian asked back: "If you were him, what would you do?"

"My child will go to the northwest." Gu Taishuo replied without thinking, but Gu Bingqian shook his head and said:

"If he could go to the northwest, he wouldn't be Sun Chuanting..."

"Then he..." Gu Taishuo hesitated to speak, but Gu Bingqian took a sip from the teacup on the table, moistened his throat and shook his head:

"He'll set fire to it, we'll see..."

Gu Bingqian put down his teacup, and the news of the capital also spread to the north and south as Tang Qi ran.

When Sun Chuanting heard the news, it was already the twelfth of August. He had just entered Sichuan and was still resting in Wushan County, Kuizhou Prefecture.

The news was brought by the staff. When it was brought, he and Wu Youxing were sitting and eating together.

The dinner table, which was originally a little friendly, became a little stiff with the arrival of this letter.

Sun Chuanting's rough hands were trying to figure out on the letter paper, and because of the perennial frown, there was a shallow "Chuan" character between his brows even if he didn't frown.

Seeing this, Wu Youxing next to him subconsciously asked, "Has there been a change in Beijing?"

"Hmm..." Sun Chuanting handed over the letter paper, and the delicious two dishes and one soup on the table became boring.

After reading the contents of the letter, Wu Youxing was a little puzzled and said:

"His Royal Highness dismissed the three officials of the Gu party, and transferred Nan Juyi and Yuan Keli. No matter how you look at it, you are trying to help you get sidelined."

Wu Youxing proposed "Gu Dang" for the first time. Apparently, in their view, Qi Wang Dang has existed in name only, and when this party started to disobey Zhu Youjian, he had already become a crony.

It's just that he still sees things too shallowly, and the staff sitting next to him received the letter paper, feeling a little melancholy:
"On the surface, His Highness seems to be helping the governor to sideline, but this is also suppressing anger."

"Gu Dang's anger has only been suppressed, but it hasn't extinguished yet."

"If the matter ends here, that's all. But we haven't finished our inspection of the drought and disaster relief in Sichuan right now, so the governor has to light the fire."

"If the fire is ignited this time, whether it can be suppressed or not will become a problem."

Having said that, the staff looked at Sun Chuanting, and carefully suggested:

"Governor, do you want to temporarily change the road and go to Shaanxi for a while?"

Northwest is Sun Chuanting's base camp. When he arrived there, Man Gui, Li Rubai, Li Ruzhen, Cao Wenzhao and others took care of him. Even if the emperor wanted to move Sun Chuanting, it was not so easy.

It's just that if Sun Chuanting really went to Shaanxi, the matter would be even more involved.

"If I go to Shaanxi and involve the Governor's Mansion of the Northern Army, the matter will be even more troublesome than it is now."

Sun Chuanting saw it clearly. If he went to Shaanxi, Mangui and the others would definitely help him, and then the purely political struggle would become a civil and military struggle.

In case one of the two sides misfires...

"Then we temporarily stop in Wushan County?"

Wu You and Sun Chuanting had been together for so long, so he naturally wanted to help, but he was always an imperial doctor, and his political vision and connections were too shallow to offer any constructive suggestions.

"Stopping in Wushan County, will the officials in Sichuan think I'm afraid of them? Will those who oppress the people continue to oppress?"

Sun Chuanting spoke silently, keeping the staff and Wu Youxing silent.

"His Royal Highness is also very difficult to deal with. Gu Dang cannot be dealt with across the board. Gu Dang is powerful. Once he uses force, it may restart the chaos of the late Tang Dynasty, and the military will dominate."

Wu Youxing sighed, but how could Sun Chuanting not know.

As his staff member, seeing that Sun Chuanting was unwilling to go to Shaanxi, he racked his brains and could only offer a final suggestion:

"If the governor doesn't want to go to the northwest, he can only ask his friends to sign a letter to inspect Sichuan as soon as possible, and then return to Shaanxi."

"Yang, Wu, and Hong, who came out of the mountain with you, are all civil servants and hold military power. Asking them to go to school will not violate the taboo of military people interfering in politics, but also threaten Gu Dang with reason. This is the only way right now."

What the staff said made Wu Youxing's eyes shine, and he couldn't help but praise:
"That's a good idea, governor..."

"No need..." Sun Chuanting rejected this last solution.

He picked up the teacup on the table, drank all the rough tea in the cup, then got up and said:

"I, Sun Chuanting, have been an official for eleven years and have never formed a party. Now I have a clear conscience but want to form a party for personal gain. I will not do such a thing."

"Everything I do is for the court and for the common people. If they all think that I have done something wrong, then they will take it as my mistake."

"Since I have done nothing wrong, there is no need for me to defend myself."

"What I do, the world and the imperial court see, so you don't need to persuade me anymore."

After finishing speaking, Sun Chuanting glanced at the two dishes and one soup on the table, but he no longer had any appetite, turned around and left the hall, leaving only his staff and Wu Youxing sighing in the hall.

　The evening update is estimated to be around 10:30
　　
　
(End of this chapter)