The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Yan Song looked at the first memorial, which reads "Chen Liu Weishan, Secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, impeaches the country's great traitor, Yan Song, Yangzhou Heng ~ Doing Lawless"

"Shangshu of the Household Department? Liu Weishan?" Yan Song curled his lips, flashing his resume in his mind.

This is a general of the Zhejiang Party, the number three figure, and a veteran with two rankings~.

Even though Yan Song is the first assistant, he has a deep foundation in Beijing and he is well-received, but when he came to Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, his name was not very good, in other words, his strength was weak.

Nanjing is the sphere of influence of the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party, and it has formed a confrontation with Beijing Yansong's strict party.

There are actually two reasons for this situation.

One is that Yan Song made troubles in the capital to rule out dissidents, and often kicked away some backbones of the Zhejiang and Chu parties.But those old guys have profound qualifications and extensive connections, and are often transferred to the "land of exile" Nanjing by their respective parties using their connections. They will first recharge their batteries for a few years before going back to fight Yan Song.

The second is that Nanjing is the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the town of the entire south.In fact, most of the people in power in Ming Dynasty were from the south.The south is rich and values ​​education, and has basically monopolized the imperial examinations. In the north, only Shanxi people can compete a little.Therefore, Nanjing is basically monopolized by the spokespersons of the big southeastern clans such as the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party.

(Zhejiang Party and Chu Party severely scolded Yan Song: We were all treated so badly by you, and we even came to Nanjing to chase and beat us. How dare you say that?)

The second excerpt is still played by Yan Song.It is Gong Songtao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs of Nanjing, "Please Abolish the New Salt Tax in Yangzhou and Impeach the First Assistant Yan Songzhe".Gong Songtao is a member of the Chu Party. Although he was born in a poor family, he was admitted to the imperial examination and became a second-rank official after receiving generous financial support from the big merchants of the Chu Party.Has also been thrown into the arms of the big clan.

Then, there are Lu Dayong, Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of Punishment, and Feng Cheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

These four ministers, two from the Zhejiang Party and two from the Chu Party, were either born in the southeastern aristocratic families or had inextricable connections with them, representing the interests of these privileged classes.

Hearing that Emperor Jiajing had severely cracked down on salt merchants in Yangzhou and raised the salt tax, these second-rank bigwigs in Nanjing couldn't help themselves, and rushed to persuade the emperor to impeach Yan Song.

Originally, Nanjing was the next stop of the Jiajing Southern Tour. These bigwigs should wait obediently in Nanjing, but unfortunately they couldn't wait any longer.

Emperor Jiajing was worthy of being a master of politics, and he quickly realized the identities of Liu Weishan and the other four: "These guys are all from the southeast clan. Let these people who are not afraid of death come in."

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Liu Weishan, Gong Songtao, Lu Dayong, and Feng Cheng boarded the ship hand in hand.

There are more than a dozen servants behind them.

These second-rank ministers and third-rank servants, in fact, are still a little timid when facing Emperor Jiajing, and they shrank a little at first, but the so-called large number of people, when I think of my group, they can almost represent the Six Departments of Nanjing , and more officials from the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, and the Maritime Alliance are preparing to impeach Yan Song and set off a wave of offensives. Even the emperor Jiajing can no longer shield Yan Song. Courage is back.

In the final analysis, the essence of these people's attacks on Yan Song is still a dispute over the interests of Yangzhou's salt tax.

From an extended point of view, it is still a struggle for the rights of the monarchy and the civil official group.

The Ming Dynasty was said to be ruled by the emperor alone, but in fact, since Zhu Di, the successive emperors gradually became civilized and martial, and could not rule the huge Ming Empire at all. The power of the civil management system was constantly expanding.At the peak~peak period of civilian rule, represented by the cabinet's right to draft votes and the six ministers' right to refute, they have developed a powerful power that can compete with military power!

The so-called drafting power of the cabinet refers to Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, who has the right to draft the emperor's reply to the courtier's memorial.As long as the emperor nods, he can promulgate.

The so-called authority of the six ministries to refute is even more excessive. The six ministries or the officials think that the emperor has lost his head and issued a faint order. They can directly refute the emperor's imperial decree and return it to the emperor. What the hell are you talking about? , I will go back and refuse to execute it!

Liu Weishan, Gong Songtao, Lu Dayong, Feng Cheng and others thought that almost all the officials in the southeast behind them were inextricably linked with the big salt merchants, big sea merchants, and big clans, and they felt full of energy!

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They are not fighting alone!

Even Emperor Jiajing can't act recklessly!

At this moment, they even felt a faint sense of the sacredness of "the country has supported the soldiers for 50 and [-] years, and the day of righteous death is just today", and at the same time they gave the culprit Yan Song a fierce look.

Usually, the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party were in Beijing, but they couldn't play with Yan Song. Every time they were knocked to the ground by Yan Song, they could only feel wronged and wait for the opportunity.

But this is the south, and Yan Song's hand has reached out to their territory in the south!

They are intolerable or intolerable.

(Yan Song: You guys are all under the umbrella of the evil forces. Is there a fart sacred?)

Emperor Jiajing is like a cat playing with a mouse, sitting behind the dragon case, looking at Liu Weishan, Gong Songtao, Lu Dayong, and Feng Cheng with a half-smile, and said, "The four ministers, you are not waiting in Nanjing to greet you, why did you come to greet them overnight?" I bow? Your loyalty is commendable."

The four of Liu Weishan looked at each other, and suddenly knelt down to Jiajing in unison.

More than a dozen servants also knelt down one after another.

At this time, a large number of officials came from Nanjing and joined the officials on the dragon boat. There were actually hundreds of them all on the shore and knelt down for Jiajing.

Then, something unexpected happened to Yan Song and Jiajing.

They cried.

Crying loudly.

This scene is really joyful.

Four second-rank ministers, more than a dozen third-rank ministers, and hundreds of fourth-rank and above officials knelt down together and cried loudly in front of Jiajing's dragon boat.

If you didn't know, you would think that Emperor Jiajing died unfortunately during his southern tour.

Emperor Jiajing also felt very unlucky, but there was no such thing in the Ming Law, which stipulated that the ministers were not allowed to cry in front of the emperor, so he could only frown and watch with patience and cold eyes.

Who knew that Liu Weishan, Gong Songtao, Lu Dayong, and Feng Cheng had discussed the countermeasures overnight, and they couldn't help crying, and they even cried tricks.

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Chapter 217 Remonstrance with death, onlookers [5]

With Yang Tinghe, Yang Shen and other seniors holding the pillars of the Qianqing Palace in front of them, Liu Weishan, Gong Songtao, Lu Dayong, Feng Cheng and others are not bad at crying Jiajing. They crawled over like zombies one by one, hugging Jiajing, with a livid complexion, was crying.This is the first trick.

Emperor Jiajing kicked Liu Weishan away, and said with a frown, "If you have something to say, don't hug my thigh."

This attitude is completely different from the gentleness towards Xiaofengxian and other skinny horses last night.