The cabinet!
Ye Xianggao felt as if a lifetime had passed since he sat in the position of chief assistant again!
Opposite him was his most familiar colleague and confidant, who was cooking fragrant tea. The fragrance of the tea assailed his nostrils!
"Wuyi Mountain black tea, my private collection. Aren't you coming over to try it?”
Fang Congzhe saw the chief officer sighing and felt that he understood. At the same time, he sent out an invitation!
Tribute tea!
There were tea leaves in all thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty, but Fang Cifu especially loved the tea leaves from Wuyi Mountain, which was located at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian provinces!
"It's slightly bitter but has a good aftertaste. It's very good!”
Ye Xianggao's eyes lit up when the boiling hot tea entered his throat. He did not hold back his praise at all!
Officials loved to drink tea, especially tea!
"This tea leaf was picked from the steep cliff of Mount Wuyi. It has been presented to the court by the General Army of Shanxi Province over the years. However, whether it is His Majesty, the late Emperor, or even Emperor Wanli, no one has noticed the taste of this tea.”
Seeing that his colleagues were tempted, Fang Congzhe did not plan to divide the stock in his hands, but he pointed out a clear path for the chief assistant!
Moreover, the tea leaves in the palace were almost piled up into a mountain. It was still very good for the officials to help share the burden!
"Zhonghan, do you think His Majesty deliberately protected us before?”
Ye Xianggao frowned as he recalled the aftertaste of the black tea. This incident felt a little strange no matter how he looked at it!
The reason for the punishment was that the former commander of Shanxi had colluded with the Jin merchants for many years. The chief assistant was not vigilant, and the second assistant did not know the people well.
The reason for this was that the officials of the country were declining. In order to reorganize the civil and military officials as soon as possible, the first and second assistant were in charge!
The only problem was that the time between conviction and reinstatement was too short. Ye Xianggao had yet to decide if he wanted to retreat at home, and Fang Congzhe had just finished packing up his money and valuables after being banished. He had not even left the capital!
Hasty!
It was the most appropriate description!
"Judging from the current situation, Your Majesty can see through our plan. However, the severity of the Jin merchants 'corruption of Shanxi and the danger we pose in this plan made Your Majesty randomly find a reason to kick us out of the plan!”
Fang Congzhe sipped his black tea and shook his head."Of course, no one knows if my guess is true or not. It's hard to predict the Emperor's heart, but there's one thing.
Hundreds of officials were wiped out, and dozens of families were raided and exterminated!
There were countless people who confiscated their property!
There were also twenty people who retired and returned to their hometown!
The only pity is that His Majesty let the Qi Poetry School go. I heard that the pen polishing fee, ice respect, and carbon respect given by his disciples are not small!”
In the end, Fang Congzhe felt a little regretful. If he was in the imperial court, he would never let this Taotie go!
The pen polishing fee would be paid by the students recommended by the Qi Poetry School to join the Inspectorate!
Ice respect, the money that the student gave the seat master and the subordinate gave the superior to buy ice. Of course, whether the ice could be used up or not, God knows!
Tan Jing, the winter was cold. It was the same as the money a student gave the seat master and a subordinate gave the superior to buy firewood. In the same way, who knew if the firewood could be used up!
Although it was only early summer, the disciples of the Qi Poetry School had deliberately given him a lot of ice and carbon coins, which made the assistant minister extremely envious!
However, in the Extreme Emperor Palace, the Emperor had already raised it up high and put it down gently. Fang Congzhe, who had just returned to his original position, did not have any intention of touching his brow. He could only sit in his chair and sigh!
"Look at this!"
Ye Xianggao picked up a document from the case and handed it to the assistant minister. He smiled and said,""In this world, there are more smart people than you think, Zhonghan!”
Hmm?
"Hiss, this Qi Poetry School actually only took away a hundred thousand taels of silver and donated the rest of their property to the national treasury to repay His Majesty's magnanimous kindness?”
Fang Congzhe opened the document and read the contents. He said with a toothache,"As expected, being old and not dying is a thief!”
"Imperial Censor Qi was able to create such a huge Qi party with his own strength. His vision and decisiveness are not inferior to anyone else. Although we have not seen the bloody rain in the imperial court, just thinking about it should make us understand how lucky the Qi Poetry School is to be able to survive!”
Ye Xianggao took another document and handed it to the assistant minister. He sighed and said,""Humans only know how precious life is after facing death!
In this official document, Lu Xiangsheng, the military governor of the five armies, expressed his dissatisfaction with the four guards of Tengxiang. He stated that the discipline of the four imperial guards was not strict, that the military style was not correct, that they were submissive, and that if His Majesty saw this, he would kill them again!
Why did some people always like to court death?”
"In any case, it's those murderers from the military. The cabinet will vote and submit it to His Majesty. Whether they live or die depends on the military's fate!”
Fang Congzhe flipped open the document, pursed his lips, and frowned."Speaking of which, can such a military force really suppress the Jin merchants who have been occupying Shanxi for decades?”
To be able to do business with Nurhachi, there were definitely private guards and private soldiers in the Jin merchant caravan. Moreover, there were quite a number of them. It was very likely that the four guards of Tengxiang had a total of 22,400 people to resist the entire Shanxi underground force under the control of the Jin merchants!
It seemed that the chances of the four Tengxiang Guards winning were not high!
"If the Tengxiang Four Guards can't solve it, there's a high chance that they will use the Nanjing Mausoleum Guards. The Jin merchants won't be a problem.”
Ye Xianggao wasn't too worried. Compared to the Four Tengxiang Guards, he trusted the Mausoleum Guards who were constantly protecting the ten great imperial tombs of Ming Dynasty!
The Ming Dynasty was divided into two capitals, Beijing and Nanjing (Jinling)!
The reason for this was very simple. The first emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, started in the south. At that time, he set up his capital in Nanjing. Later, he led his troops north to pacify the Central Plains. He heard that any dynasty that set up its capital in Nanjing did not last long. After Zhu Yuanzhang checked the history, he felt that it was true. So he set up another capital in Beijing!
As a result, Beijing, as the true capital, had the emperor, the cabinet, and the six ministries!
As the capital, Nanjing only had six departments, and everything was decided by the six ministers of Nanjing!
However, Nanjing was the place where the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty were resting. Therefore, in order to protect them from being disturbed after death, the previous emperors not only built the Imperial Mausoleum like an iron wall, but also turned China's top-notch army into the Mausoleum Guards!
"Since that's the case, the cabinet should be ready to mobilize the imperial edict of the Mausoleum Guards. Once the incident in Shanxi occurs, immediately send an edict to Nanjing!”
"That's for the best!"
……
There were two sides to the story!
Shanxi Datong Town!
Xu Hongji, Sun Chuanting, and Shi Kefa had finally received the invitation from the four guards of Tengxiang, and they all went to welcome them!
Jin Shang was about to die!
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