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  Chapter 719 716 [Arrogance to the Enemy]

   Li Banghua’s ostentation when he left Beijing was slightly weaker than Pang Chunlai’s, but he also arrived at the pier on the imperial chariot of the emperor.

   Moreover, Li Banghua became the Duke, and was directly promoted from the original Marquis of Jishui to the Duke of Gan at the same level as Pang Chunlai. But, only the title of grand master, not concurrent prince and grand master.

  The emperor gave Li Banghua a gift of only ten carts, unlike Pang Chunlai who had more than forty carts.

   "Uncle Hui, after I leave, you must be cautious about being an official." Li Banghua warned earnestly.

  Li Rixuan said: "Nephew, please remember."

  Li Banghua was worried: "As long as you can remember it, I'm afraid... Alas!"

  Li Rixuan was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli, and he was only in his early twenties at that time. First he was a member of Zhongshushe, and then he was a supervisory censor, becoming a **** of the Donglin Party.

   This guy often recommends officials, and they are all officials who have been pushed out of the court by the **** party. Wei Zhongxian was very upset about this, and threw it to the local government for salt administration, out of sight and out of mind. After returning to Beijing, he and his uncle Li Banghua were both officials in the Ministry of War. In order to avoid suspicion, he resigned and returned to his hometown.

   Chongzhen succeeded to the throne and reinstated his uncle and nephew as officials. In order to avoid suspicion, Li Rixuan chose to stay in his hometown in Jiangxi.

  Historically, this person served as Minister of the Ministry of War and Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the Ming Dynasty. Because of his involvement in political struggle, he was dispatched to Chongqing by Chongzhen. He died of illness shortly after the amnesty.

  In this time and space, in the third year that Li Banghua joined Zhao Han, Li Rixuan also came to join him. First he worked as a general military mansion, and then he was released as a county magistrate, and then he served as a county magistrate and magistrate in Hunan, and then served as a transfer envoy of Hunan.

  Born as a censor, he is more impulsive when things happen. To put it mildly, he is daring to act. His political achievements in Zhejiang are indeed excellent.

  Li Banghua said: "I know that you and Song Changgeng (Song Yingxing) are not on good terms, and your respective subordinates also have rifts due to promotion. But remember, forbearance is the country!"

Li Rixuan explained: "Uncle knows his nephew's character, and he will not fight with others because of personal grievances. But Song Changgeng's party member Yu Shiqin, when he was a doctor in the official department, often suppressed our officials in Ji'an, Fuzhou, and Ganzhou. Prioritize the promotion of officials in Nanchang, Linjiang, Nankang, Jiujiang, and Raozhou prefectures. I went to find Song Changgeng to argue, and Song Changgeng always perfunctory, it is really deceiving!"

   "Song Changgeng is not the kind of person who favors others," Li Banghua said, "Even if Yu Shiqin did things, he didn't break the rules. You two can fight in the future, but don't break the rules."

   The conflict between the two factions arose because of the selection of officials.

  At that time, Yu Shiqin, an official from Nanchang, served as the doctor of the official selection department, and had the right to finalize the promotion of officials below the fourth rank. The qualifications and achievements of Jiangxi officials are too many to be eligible for promotion. In the case of similar conditions, Yu Shiqin gave priority to promoting Nanchang, followed by Jiujiang, Nankang, Raozhou and other places.

  This approach made many Jiangxi officials furious. But Yu Shiqin was an upright official and did not violate the rules, so Li Rixuan couldn't find an excuse to fight back.

   It is precisely because of Yu Shiqin's willful behavior that Jiangxi officials other than the elder faction gradually divided into factions again. The Chengyi faction in Linjiang Mansion and the north, and the Chengyi faction in the Ji'an Mansion and the south, the two sides fought over the selection of officials.

  It's okay to have Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua under the pressure. Once the two elders leave, the fight will definitely be more fierce in the future.

  Li Banghua knew his nephew's character well, and when he was worried, he put down his old face and went to visit Song Yingxing, intending to give in to each other.

   "The grand master's visit made the humble house flourish!" Song Yingxing greeted him enthusiastically.

  Li Banghua said straight to the point: "Brother Changgeng, brother Yu will return to Jiangxi in two days. There are some things I can't let go of, so I'm here to discuss with my brother."

  Song Yingxing said: "Teacher please tell me."

Li Banghua said: "The juniors don't know anything. They are all officials appointed by the imperial court, and they are all from the same village in Jiangxi. What is there to argue about? In my opinion, it is better to bear with each other for the country and create a peaceful and prosperous world for Your Majesty together. Yu Shilang (Yu Shiqin) )There…"

Song Yingxing smiled wryly and said, "Brother Meng An, do you really think that Yu Shiqin is following my orders? I am from Nanchang like him, but he has his own opinions and knows what he is doing. At the beginning, when a bunch of people were recruiting scholars, It was Yu Shiqin who took the initiative to go south to serve His Majesty, and it was Yu Shiqin who took the lead when he caught General Yang Jiamo on the way."

  Li Banghua's thoughts turned, and suddenly he realized: "It turns out that Yu Shiqin is His Majesty's man."

  Song Yingxing said: "He is not only a member of His Majesty, but also a person who makes up his own mind. I was pushed out by them as a facade just because I was born in Nanchang!"

  There are too many high-ranking officials from the Ji'an Mansion. It so happens that a group of scholars from central Jiangxi captured Jiangxi General Soldier Yang Jiamo and took the initiative to go south to join Zhao Han. Therefore, Zhao Han reused this group of scholars in Jiangxi, and asked their leader Yu Shiqin to be the doctor of the official selection department.

  Yu Shiqin's brain is extremely flexible, and after being called by the emperor to chat, he understood the true meaning of the emperor.

   As a result, Jiangxi officials were divided internally, and officials from the Ji'an Prefecture were suppressed in disguise.

  Moreover, Yu Shiqin's approach was more extreme than Zhao Han expected. This guy is purely walking a tightrope, and if he is not careful, he will be doomed. The rate of return is also very high. He quickly recruited a group of people and has become the leader of the Jiangxi Central and Northern Jiangxi factions.

  The strength of this faction is not strong, Song Yingxing is just a facade, and the rest are at most serving as servants. However, there are a lot of middle-level officials, and there are a lot of young and hard-working people.

  Leaving Song Yingxing's mansion, Li Banghua was thinking about it halfway.

  He figured it out thoroughly, Liu Ziren is also the emperor's man!

  Liu Ziren was the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and was elected to the cabinet this time. When he was Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he did not interfere with Yu Shiqin on the surface. It seemed that the two were not helping each other, but in fact he was biased towards Yu Shiqin. This person is also from the Ji'an Mansion, but he belongs to the Veteran School. It seems that he has already understood the emperor's intentions.

  The day before he left Beijing, Li Banghua found his nephew again: "I'll just say one thing, from now on you make the decisions yourself. Liu Ziren and Yu Shiqin are both His Majesty's people!"

Li Rixuan was dumbfounded, and immediately said: "Uncle, my nephew understands. We should continue to back down and just be patient. Yu Shiqin has become more arrogant and domineering in the past two years. Let him be, let him be even more domineering, so domineering to the point of no one's eyes At that time, you will make enemies everywhere, and even His Majesty will hate him, and this guy will not be far from death..."

   "Don't tell me these things, I don't care about court affairs from now on." Li Banghua got up and left.

  Li Banghua also left, and the cabinet really entered the era of Song Yingxing.

   A few days later, when all the officials went out to court.

  Li Rixuan's frame happened to meet Yu Shiqin. As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he actually let the coachman take the initiative to avoid him, and said loudly: "Yu Shilang is a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, let him go first."

  Yu Shiqin felt vigilant in his heart, he was just a right servant, and he was not crazy enough to order the minister to step aside, so if this news got out, people would definitely despise him. He hurriedly stopped the coachman and said loudly, "Please Li Shangshu go first."

  Li Rixuan set off to evacuate, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Minister Yu, for your courtesy."

  Yu Shiqin watched Li Rixuan's bicycle frame leave, feeling vigilant, but at the same time feeling a little proud. This is due to human nature and has nothing to do with IQ.

  Yu Shiqin also belongs to the young and hard-working faction, and he is less than forty years old this year. The batch of Jiangxi middle school scholars who went south with him to seek refuge already have several third and fourth ranks, and the worst one is also from the fifth rank. They represent the imperial court twenty years from now, and they will rule the world by then.

  The method of sun-drying salt was only popular in the southern coastal areas before, and it was Yu Shiqin who ordered it to be extended to the Jianghuai River.

   Yu Shiqin has a lot of achievements like this, and his practical ability beats most officials. Because of this, he can stand out and be appreciated by the emperor.

   But this product is getting more and more floating, or has been very floating, and his utilitarianism is very heavy.

  If it weren't for the founding of the country, this kind of person is very likely to become a generation of powerful ministers after they rise to the top.

  He doesn't love money, but only power, so he can be called as clean as water.

  Li Rixuan went to the Forbidden City in a carriage with a sneer on his face. Make you crazy, the more crazy the better, how crazy you are today, how miserable you will die tomorrow!

  This is a long-term strategy, and it is estimated that it will take several years to show weakness.

   After all, Yu Shiqin is very smart, and it is impossible to make him domineering if he backs down for a while. Only a few years of patience can relax Yu Shiqin's vigilance and make him completely rampant.

  So and so, the court was as calm as water, and there was no fierce fighting as Pang Chunlai expected.

   "Your Majesty, Fang Ge has died of old illness." Li Xiangjun received a report from a female officer, and walked quickly to Zhao Han and said.

  Zhao Han sighed: "Oh, the doctor changed countless times, but he still couldn't save him."

   This is not a fake sigh, but a real sigh.

  Fang Shengchang's governance ability is average, but he is rarely honest and obedient, and never forms a clique. Moreover, this person rebelled on his own, brought his territory to join him, and his qualifications and prestige are deep enough, so he was drawn into the cabinet to serve as a lubricant.

   Turns out this lubricant died.

Zhao Han immediately ordered the decision: "In order to order the ceremony, the burial Fang Shengchang, to formulate a nickname for him. In addition, he chased the Taifu, chased Longquan Hou, and made his eldest son inherit the Marquis.

  The posthumous title of Marquis of Longquan was because Fang Shengchang raised troops in Longquan County, and actually made important military exploits in the early days—formerly Uncle Longquan.

  Zhao Han continued: "Chen Maosheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, paid homage to the University of Dongge, and ordered him to enter the cabinet as a minister. The left servant of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Tiaoding, was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites."

   This was different from what Pang Chunlai had expected. Zhu Shunshui did not enter the cabinet, but continued to serve as Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce.

   On the contrary, the very young Chen Maosheng actually entered the cabinet early.

  Pang Chunlai always believed that Chen Maosheng would turn into a few more books before joining the cabinet as the emperor's lonely minister.

   Really lonely minister.

  Chen Maosheng has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for so many years, he has never formed a clique, and he does things completely according to the rules. He will use those who are capable, and he will throw away those who are not capable, regardless of which faction you belong to. When it comes to the promotion and transfer of officials from the Ministry of Rites, his words are more effective than the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials has to ask for his opinion in turn.

  (end of this chapter)