Jingzheng thirteenth year, September.
Cabinet.
Zhao Han hurriedly came in from the outside, holding a thick document in his hand, and said loudly to Sun Chuanting who was lying on the desk, "Shoufu, take a look, the staff department has summarized the data of the provinces, good news!"
” Sun Chuanting hurriedly stood up, walked around the table, and took it to open it.
The weakening trend of natural disasters in last year was very obvious, the summer was not so hot, the heavy rain was no longer so majestic, the earthquake was almost non-existent, the snow in winter was even weaker, and there was almost no snow in the south last year.
Qin Tianjian said that the disaster situation is weakening, and this year there will be a more obvious trend.
This trend is visible to the naked eye, but as the top level of Daming, they prefer to see real data.
Sun Chuanting looked at it, and Zhao Han couldn't help but say: "This year's summer grain is 24 million stones, nearly 8 million stones more than last year!"
If it is a whole year, it may exceed ten years of Wanli!
” Sun Chuanting nodded again and again, his eyes still staring at the report of the staff division in his hand.
The report is not limited to summer grain, and the commercial tax in the first half of this year was 54 million taels, including maritime trade.
There is also the recovery of land in various places, the increase in farmers' income, and the large increase in the production of sweet potatoes, corn, soybeans, and so on.
These data all show that the disaster that has covered the Ming Dynasty for decades has passed the most severe stage and is being eased.
Sun Chuanting looked at it for a long time, raised his head, and said happily, "Okay, good!"
By the way, make a copy of it and send it to the palace. ” Zhao Han responded, and suddenly said: "Marshal Qin has been seriously ill recently, and His Majesty has gone to see him several times, and this time the imperial doctor said that he was afraid that he would not be able to survive." ” Sun Chuanting's expression froze, and he said for a moment: "I'll go there myself later." ” Zhao Han looked at Sun Chuanting's face, knowing that he was worried not only about Qin Liangyu's death, but also about Cao Wenzhao's ascension.
The Royal Legion has continued to split in the past two years, forming four armies, and at the same time, the Royal Legion has come out and the generals are full of major war zones, plus the special identity of Cao Wenzhao and the Qianqing Palace, if he becomes the Marshal of the Generalissimo Mansion and controls the Ming Army, his control and influence are afraid to far exceed Sun Chengzong back then!
This is too terrible for the cabinet and the entire civilian government to accept!
Sun Chuanting was just about to turn around, when Fang Kongzhi came in and said, "Shoufu, the king of Burma has written a letter asking us to return the land that we invaded them six years ago. ” A year ago, Shen Xun was seriously ill and resigned, and Fang Kongzhi entered the cabinet as a secretary of the ministry, ranking last.
Sun Chuanting turned around suddenly, snorted coldly, and said, "Lu Xiangsheng taught them a lesson three years ago, and now he is not honest again!"
” Zhou Yingqiu raised his head from the table and said, "According to the current situation, you can move." ” Zhou Yingqiu's 'move' is naturally not as simple as moving.
For the only two remaining countries on the Southeast Peninsula, there is a consensus in the Ming Dynasty, that is, sooner or later they will be incorporated into the Ming Dynasty!
Now that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has begun to recover, the land reform has been basically completed, and there are no internal worries, and the war can be started.
Sun Chuanting's expression was indifferent, and he said: "Tell Lu Xiangsheng first, keep an eye on me, and I'll go to the palace to see you later." ” Fang Kongzhi thought for a while and said, "It's the height of summer now, and it's really not appropriate to go to war." ” Sun Chuanting didn't care about this trivial matter, his face was gentle, and he said with a smile: "Nanzhili's land, business, and government are very good this year, especially the three mansions of Suyanghang, I plan to take a trip to take a look, what do you say?"
” In recent years, it has become almost customary for cabinet ministers to visit each other.
Fu Changzong came down from the council on the third floor and said, "I'll go to Shaanxi, Li Banghua has already played, and the farm policy can be gradually lifted, I'll take a look." ” King Jing glanced at Zhu Cihong beside him, and said with a smile: "Shizi, do you want to go and see?"
” Zhu Cihong, the son of King Xin, began to follow King Jing in and out of the cabinet last year, and the meaning of this is obvious.
Zhu Cihong hurriedly stood up, raised his hand and said, "It's all up to the prince's arrangement." ” King Jing waved his hand and smiled, and said, "Then come with me to Shanxi to have a look, I heard that their Governorate has performed their duties well, and I plan to set an example." ” King Jing has been in this position for many years, and now he is gray-haired and indeed tired.
He had a hereditary prince for his children and grandchildren, and he was already satisfied.
The others also spoke one after another, each with their own place to go, but only Fang Kongzhi wanted to stay in the cabinet.
Sun Chuanting smiled, sat in the class room all morning, ate lunch, and walked towards the official department.
Today's official secretary is Zhou Linyan, the former waiter of the Ministry of Works, who is the person handpicked by Zhu Xu.
When Sun Chuanting went to the cabinet, Zhou Linyan looked at a letter in his hand, looked at the main book in front of him with an indifferent face, and said, "Where did it come from?"
” The chief bookkeeper looked solemn and said, "My lord, I found it on the table of the lower official early this morning." ” "Why didn't you send it sooner?"
Zhou Linjiong looked at him, his eyes were like a sword.
The chief bookkeeper smiled bitterly and said, "Xia Guan also knew that this letter was very important, so he hesitated for a long time. ” Zhou Linjiong looked at the letter, his face changed.
Not only is this little seven-grade master book feel that the stakes are very high, even he is hot.
"My lord, Shousuke is here."
At this moment, Yuan Zhicheng, the servant of the ministry, came in.
Zhou Lin frowned, looked down at the letter, considered it again, took a breath, and said, "That's it, this is not something I can decide, leave it to Shoufu." ” The main bookkeeper's face turned yellow when he heard this, and Shoufu was afraid that he would feel hot too, right?
Sun Chuanting has always attached great importance to the Ministry of Officials, it is related to the reform of the Ministry of Officials, he has never let go, this Zhou Linjiong is a good helper, there is no trace of the imperial party, it is easier to cooperate.
"Zhou Tianguan, don't you welcome me?"
Sun Chuanting walked in and said with a smile.
Zhou Linjiong listened to Sun Chuanting's ridicule, smiled bitterly, and said, "My lord, the lower officials want to cry now, where can they take care of anything else." ” Sun Chuanting was a rare joke, looking at Zhou Linjiong's expression, he sighed lightly, and said, "What's the matter, it actually stumped our Zhou Tianguan?"
” Zhou Linjiong held the letter in his hand, hesitated, handed it over, and said, "My lord, you should take a look." ” Sun Chuanting attached great importance to Zhou Linjiong, and when he saw him solemnly handing over a letter, he also took it curiously and took it away.
I didn't look at it much, his face gradually changed, and his face was like frost.
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Sun Chuanting put it back without reading it, looked at Zhou Linjiong indifferently, and said, "Where did this letter come from?"
” Zhou Lin Jiong said: "Someone sent it to the ministry. ” Sun Chuanting stared at Zhou Linjiong, and Zhou Linjiong's expression was calm.
Sun Chuanting still stared at him and said, "What do you think of the authenticity of this letter?"
” "Zhou Ge's handwriting should not be mistaken, not to mention, there is a big seal."
Zhou Lin said.
Sun Chuanting was silent for a while, and said: "You are tight-lipped about this matter, and I will enter the palace now." ” Zhou Linjiong hurriedly raised his hand and said, "The severity of the lower official province." ” Sun Chuanting didn't say much, and left the ministry directly, turning back to the palace.
Just when Sun Chuanting entered the inner court and entered the Qianqing Palace, Zhou Yingqiu, who was in the cabinet room, suddenly received a small cardboard box.
He was curious to look at it, only to see that inside was a handful of bǐshǒu, very small, very delicate bǐshǒu!
Zhou Yingqiumeng's face was pale, slumped in the chair, his eyes were blank, and his whole body trembled.
He was alone in the room, I don't know how long he had been sitting, his face was pale, his eyes were blank, he picked up the pen tremblingly, spread out the paper, and wrote three big words: Please sin book.
He stroked one stroke at a time, writing extremely seriously, and wrote a thousand words, then he put down the pen, closed his eyes, and his expression was painful, and then he picked up the small bǐshǒu and swallowed it slowly.
Zhou Yingqiu's eyes widened, his face was full of pain, and he struggled all over, but his hands still pressed it in!
Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Xu looked at the letter handed over by Sun Chuanting, his face expressionless.
The content of this letter is very simple, Zhou Yingqiu was originally a eunuch, and later Wei Zhongxian was suppressed by Zhu Xu, Zhou Yingqiu knew the cutting of current affairs, and invested in Zhu Xu's disciple at that time, and followed Zhu Xu all these years.
But Wei Zhongxian still had some of Zhou Yingqiu's fatal handles, which later fell into the hands of Luo Yangxing, who forced Zhou Yingqiu to do many things, some of which were very rebellious, such as betraying Zhu Xu's itinerary, leaking the reform plan of the imperial court, embezzling a large amount of money, and pouring it into Luo Yangxing's pocket.
Even if Luo Yangxing was imprisoned back then, he did not confess Zhou Yingqiu, allowing him to live until now.
Zhu Xu put the letter on the tea table and said lightly, "Who do you think did it?"
” Sun Chuanting raised his hand and said, "It doesn't matter who does it, the key is that there may be more than this letter." ” Zhu Xu patted his hand on the letter and said, "Only punish the first evil, not the others." ” In other words, only Zhou Yingqiu's sin is discussed, and his family, protégés, relatives and friends are not punished.
This can be regarded as a grace that Zhu Xu has given Zhou Yingqiu for so many years of hard work.
Sun Chuanting was not surprised by the decision, and said, "Yes, the minister will arrange it." ” Zhu Xu waved his hand, and when Sun Chuanting left, he shook his head again, and said to himself: "What's the trouble......
Sun Chuanting returned to the cabinet and was about to deal with Zhou Yingqiu, but was reported that Zhou Yingqiu had committed suicide.
Sun Chuanting came to Zhou Yingqiu's room, looked at his guilty plea, sighed, and said, "Let the Criminal Prison Department deal with it, and work with the Governor's Court to seal the Zhou Mansion and check any suspicious clues." ” Although it is not even punished, there are some things that still need to be clarified.
This matter was handled by Zhao Han, and Zhao Han led people to quickly surround the Zhou Mansion, raid the house, and check everything.
Zhou Yingqiu's suicide and the investigation of Zhou's mansion quickly shook the entire capital, and many people panicked and rushed to surrender first.
One of them is Huang Shaolian, who sent Zhao Han a list, which is the person Zhou Yingqiu has secretly taken care of over the years, and there are Fu Changzong's relatives in the list, including a clan brother and three clan grandchildren.
These people were arranged to enter the Political Yuan, and in the big examination of the Political Yuan, that is, the imperial examination, they were given 'discretionary' points, and they were able to enter the ranks and rise to the top!
This involves selling official positions, colluding with powerful ministers, and giving and receiving privately.
This list was not hidden, it quickly spread among the government and the opposition, and even went to the court newspaper, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, I don't know how loud it was, demanding a thorough investigation of Fu Changzong!
At first, the cabinet, the Qianqing Palace, etc. did not care, there was no reaction, but then the wave of provocation became bigger and bigger, and some feudal officials, such as Shaanxi Governor Zheng Yuyong, Shandong Governor Feng Jiangfeng, etc., wrote one after another, saying that 'to prevent the slightest slight, not to have Sichuan, the national community in the front, and the relatives in the back' Yunyun.
As they spoke, more impeachment recitals poured into the cabinet, the celebrant of ceremonies.
However, in three days, even Cao Huachun, who had been away from the palace for a long time, wrote a letter to Zhu Xu, saying that 'people's words are terrible and tarnish holy virtues'.
In the end, Empress Dowager Zhang said to Zhu Xu, "If you don't let your uncle go, you can't keep it if you want to." ” In the thirteenth year of Jingzheng, on September 16, Fu Changzong resigned from the government and was investigated.
Zhu Xu refused, but Fu Changzong resigned resolutely, resigned from all positions in the cabinet and other positions, and returned to his home to accept the investigation of the cabinet.
In less than half a month, the two major leaders of the imperial party, one committed suicide and the other resigned, which shook the entire Ming Dynasty and the opposition, and countless people were speechless in shock.
Three days later, Qin Liangyu, the right assistant of the cabinet, the marshal of the Generalissimo's Office, died of illness, and the Qianqing Palace issued an order to strike the dynasty for ten days and mourn the whole country for three days to show their sorrow for the death of the old general.
At the same time, Cao Wenzhao, deputy marshal of the Generalissimo's Office, was promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Generalissimo's Mansion and was not admitted to the cabinet.
Two days later, on September 21, the cabinet minister, the third cabinet minister, the head of the Governor's Yuan, King Jing resigned on the grounds of old age and infirmity, and the Qianqing Palace could not stay, so he could only let him go, and Zhu Cihong, the son of the king of letters, succeeded him as the head of the Governor's Yuan, and no longer served as a cabinet minister.
On 25 September, Zhao Han, a member of the Eastern Pavilion University of the Cabinet, was found to be involved in the case of Fu Changzong and Zhou Yingqiu's betrayal of official positions and favoritism, and was forced to resign.
On the 27th, under the decree, five Shangshu, Li Banghua, Zhang Guowei, Lu Daqi, Zhou Linjiong and others entered the cabinet, and Fang Kongzhi was promoted to the second assistant of the left, and concurrently served as the speaker of the parliament.
In less than a month, the cabinet and the marshal's mansion have changed greatly, and the shocked Ming Dynasty and the opposition are speechless.
Not to mention that since today, even the entire Ming Dynasty has not had such drastic personnel changes, which makes everyone worry and stare at every move of the imperial court.
On the 30th, a group of people from Daizhou suddenly appeared at the door of Daming Gate, holding a blood book, kneeling and chanting.
Daizhou, Sun Chuanting's hometown, this blood letter, every word is a crusade against Sun Chuanting, accusing him of bullying his clan relatives, forcibly buying and selling land in the sect, disrespecting his parents and ignoring the ancestral temple, being disloyal, unfilial, and unkind......
Sun Chuanting entered the palace on the same day, handed over the beggar book, and asked to resign and return to the palace.
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Zhu Xu repeatedly kept it, but Sun Chuanting had already made up his mind to go, and he couldn't keep it.
On October 11, the Qianqing Palace issued an order to give Sun Chuanting the title of Prince Taifu, the first-class Yongguo Gong, the hereditary third, and 1,200 acres of Yongye Field, and was personally escorted back to his hometown by the prince.
Zhu Xu's series of wills, almost every half an hour, more than 20 ways, which shows the importance and protection of Sun Chuanting in the Qianqing Palace.
The tide of impeachment of Sun Chuanting, which has not yet been set off, was suppressed by Zhu Xu.
In the thirteenth year of Jingzheng, October 20, Sun Chuanting, the second first assistant of Jingzheng Dynasty, who had served for seven years, resigned and returned to his hometown.
There were extremely strange scenes along the road, and there were very few officials who greeted and saw them off, but the people welcomed them in the middle of the road, stretching for dozens of miles, chanting 'saints', and they continued for days.
And Fang Kongzhi, who was at the end of the cabinet a month ago, became the first assistant of the cabinet.
His first reform was to split the cabinet, such as the Governor's Yuan, Dali Temple, and the Shuaifu, all of which were independent from the cabinet, and like the cabinet, they were subordinate to the parliament and became a kind of 'level' institution.
In the thirteenth year of Jingzheng, in the last three months, the top level of the Ming Dynasty was turned upside down, and the five cabinets were almost completely replaced!
The world was shocked!