The cabinet!
The chief assistant and the second assistant, who had taken ten million taels of silver from the internal treasury, were drinking tea in a happy mood!
The scalding hot tea entered their throats and called back the thoughts of the two auxiliary ministers!
For so many years, this was the first time that the chief assistant and the second assistant had worked together to do something!
"Zhonghan, His Majesty has fulfilled my faction's request for Qian Qianyi to leave the capital to become an official!”
Returning from the dream to reality, Ye Xianggao was deeply worried. In the Emperor's heart, the Donglin Party's impression had never changed!
And now, he had left behind Qian Qianyi, who was nominally the future of the faction, which made him even more anxious. It was a warning sign!
"Jin Qing (Ye Xianggao), I'll call you like this!”
The money from the treasury not only gave Fang Congzhe hope, but also changed his mentality!
The mountains of gold and silver were all stolen money from the officials who had been confiscated. This scene was unacceptable to the Second Assistant Minister!
"The corruption in the country is serious, and the higher-ups of the factions are fighting each other, but it gives people with good intentions a chance to ask themselves. If I didn't see the gold and silver in the warehouse, would you believe that all of this came from the officials of our factions?”
" Of course, I can't believe it. After being an official for so many years, I tried my best to understand and tolerate the principle that there are no fish in the purest water and no disciples in the most observant person. But I didn't expect that it would become an umbrella for the people who have pocketed their own money!”
Ye Xianggao was smiling bitterly, mixed with loneliness. He was the chief assistant, but he couldn't please the emperor and was also questioned by the faction!
Almost half of the Eastwoods faction's power had been destroyed, and Ye Xianggao's authority had been greatly shaken. He even knew who was the one spreading the rumors!
Han Fei!
Profound Language Pavilion Grand Scholar!
He wanted to be the party leader!
But so what?
Faction infighting was undoubtedly a taboo in officialdom!
"Jin Qing, I have a crazy idea. I want your cooperation!”
Fang Congzhe calmed down, his eyes flashing with madness and ambition. He had lived for decades, he had to live for himself!
"Please speak!"
Ye Xianggao folded his hands and looked at his friends quietly. He knew that the future of the two of them might be overturned!
"Bury the four factions!"
"What?"
A bolt from the blue!
The chief assistant thought that he had mentally prepared himself, but he still couldn't hold it in at this moment. His fingers knocked over the teacup, and he didn't even feel the hot tea falling on the back of his hand!
"I said, bury the four factions!"
Fang Congzhe reiterated, his tone even more determined!
The chief assistant fell silent!
In the past hundred years, the imperial court had been in turmoil, and countless powerful people had stood in great numbers, but no one was so arrogant as to say that they would bury all the factions in the imperial court!
Especially since they didn't even let their own faction off!
"Tell me the plan!"
The chief assistant did not directly refuse. After many years of being an official, he understood that the greater the danger, the higher the benefits!
Surprisingly, he calmed down!
"Grand canal!"
Fang Congzhe nodded and told her everything." Back to the project that will make our names go down in history. Given the greedy nature of the three merchant gangs, the forced donation will never get the expected result!
In fact, the donation would not even exceed one million taels of silver!
The huge lack of funds would drive the cabinet scholars, He Zongyan and Liu Yi, crazy!
The two Pavilion Elders had no faction in their entire lives. In the past, they were the most hopeless existences!
However, His Majesty's determination had changed the two elders. As long as they followed the wise ruler, as long as they did something, they would not be erased. A hundred years later, their names would definitely be recorded in the history books!
Therefore, I gave the two of you even greater hope. By managing the Grand Canal and changing the country's economy, you will have a chance to leave a mark in history!
For this, the two elders went crazy!
Decades of reputation in the scholarly community, he completely disregarded it when he was sculpting His Majesty's name!
Decades of friendship in the court had been overturned in a single moment when he was building the Emperor's name!
At this moment, the two elders were like red-eyed gamblers on the gambling table, betting everything on it!
Tell me, what will the two elders do when they find out that they can't raise enough money to govern the Grand Canal?”
Hearing this, Ye Xianggao's hair stood on end!
Finally, the chief assistant understood why Fang Congzhe had made such a solemn promise in the Warm Pavilion about where the source was!
This was a trap!
He had firmly trapped the two Pavilion Elders, He Zongyan and Liu Yi!
At the same time, he also trapped Ye Xianggao himself!
The chief assistant had put in a lot of effort on the Grand Canal. It was impossible for him to give up!
The plot was revealed!
"Continue!"
In the past, he was a chess piece. Now, he was the chess player!
Ye Xianggao's mentality changed very quickly. He gradually accepted the fact that the imperial court was the chessboard!
" To Grand Secretary He and Grand Secretary Liu, the three merchant gangs watching from the sidelines is undoubtedly a betrayal. However, they are bound by reason and will not kill the merchant gangs unless they have no other choice!
Instigating a rebellion was a huge stain. The two Pavilion Elders would never do such a thing!
Then, what would the two elders do if someone suddenly took out the list of the four factions and the evidence of corruption and bribery?”
Fang Congzhe suddenly burst into laughter, his expression ferocious as he said,"That's right. The two elders will arrest all the corrupt officials and not let a single one go. Only then will the funds for the Grand Canal be gathered!
With the crippled bodies of the two cabinet elders, they naturally couldn't resist the counterattack of the four parties. At this time, it was the time for you and me, the first and second cabinet assistants, to step down and completely destroy the four parties in one fell swoop!”
Political change!
Naked political change!
"There are a thousand officials in the capital and a hundred officials in the court. Fang Congzhe, this will destroy more than half of them!”
Ye Xianggao's body was trembling, and his throat was rolling. He could not hide the dryness in his throat. He used the way of roaring to hide the fear in his heart. He said angrily,"Isn't Zhonghan afraid that his coffin will be opened and his body will be slaughtered after he dies?”
Scholars were the most vengeful!
Even if Fang Congzhe's plan succeeded, he would definitely be avenged by the descendants of the dead after his death!
Open the coffin and kill the corpse! Crushing bones and scattering ashes!
He couldn't escape!
"So what if the flood is torrential?”
Fang Congzhe sneered." There are countless candidates for the imperial examination in the capital. They will take over the positions of those officials who have died. Whether they admit it or not, they are my disciples. I will always be their master!
The Lord of the Seat said,"I am your benefactor, your teacher, and your disciple. We share honor and disgrace together!"
Even after I die, these disciples will stand in front of my coffin to ensure that my soul will not be disturbed!”
"You, beast!" Ye Xianggao said dejectedly!
"Haha, Minister Jin, the robes of civil officials are embroidered with birds, and the robes of military officials are embroidered with beasts. Which one of us isn't a beast in human clothing?”
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