Chapter 616 Changes
Midnight.
The corner gate of the Sun Mansion suddenly opened to the left and right, and four lanterns gathered in front and back, and Sun Shaozong and Yu Qian walked out.
As Sun Shaozong walked, he sighed, "I was given the title of a teacher, but I was just a hands-off manager for two years. Fortunately, I had Tingyi to supervise him. Otherwise, at such a young age, even if he was a little smart, how could he have passed the imperial and provincial examinations in one go?"
The person he was talking about was Li Xian, a disciple that Sun Shaozong had accepted.
To say that this famous minister who restored the Ming Dynasty was indeed not an exaggeration, while serving his paralyzed father, he also had to take care of the family business, and he managed to pass the imperial examinations and become a scholar and a juren.
Now he is a well-known young talent in the capital.
"well."
Yu Qian sighed and shook his head, saying, "With Li Xian's talent, if he is willing to study hard for a few more years , he may be able to compete for the top spot in the first class - it's a pity that his father may not be able to endure for so long."
Li Xian's father, Li Sheng, was tortured into confessing and was unjustly imprisoned. Although he was later rehabilitated by Sun Shaozong, he was left with a number of illnesses.
I heard that he is now as thin as a reed stick, and no one knows when he will pass away.
Li Sheng's biggest hope at the moment is to see his son pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi, so even though Li Xian knew that he was lacking in knowledge, he still decided to take part in the next spring examination.
It's okay if I fail in this subject, but I'm afraid of getting a joint Jinshi degree in an awkward way, and then my bright future will be in jeopardy.
It's just that no one can stop someone from fulfilling their filial piety...
As they were talking, the two of them had already walked out of the door. Yu Qian hurried a few steps to the bottom of the stairs, turned back and bowed, saying, "Uncle Thirteen, please stay. I will try to find out the matter you asked me to do as soon as possible."
Sun Shaozong waved his hand and said, "There is no rush. You should go back and rest early. You still have to be on duty in the palace tomorrow."
Yu Qian replied "yes", took two or three steps back, and then turned around and got on the carriage.
After watching the carriage go away, Sun Shaozong returned to his mansion on his own, but his mind was still thinking about the information he had just heard from Yu Qian.
He called his nephew's husband home late at night, not only to thank Yu Qian but also to take on the responsibility of a teacher for himself.
In fact, Sun Shaozong asked Yu Qian to come mainly to ask about the situation in the capital, and also to entrust him to find out the composition and factional tendencies of officials in the Dali Temple.
It can be said that Yu Qian was a man of good fortune, as he had gone against the will of the world and denounced the various crimes of the retired emperor during the imperial examination.
Including Sun Shaozong, they all thought that Yu Qian would have to remain silent for at least a few years, and only after the death of the retired emperor could he have a chance to come to the fore.
Who would have thought that just half a year later, the "Longgen Case" suddenly broke out. Although Emperor Guangde and the retired emperor did not openly break up, they were scheming against each other secretly.
Yu Qian turned a disaster into a blessing and was promoted successively. In the winter of the year before last, he was promoted from reviewer in the Hanlin Academy to editor, and in the spring of this year, he was transferred to the Ministry of Revenue as a secretary.
Although this Minister of Revenue was only a seventh-rank official, he was extremely powerful. Not only was he in charge of all matters related to the Ministry of Revenue, he also had the responsibility of assisting the emperor in handling memorials. It was no exaggeration to say that he was a close minister to the emperor.
In addition, Yu Qian's teacher was the Minister of Personnel Wang Zhe, who now knew the situation in the court very well, if not completely.
But to be honest, Sun Shaozong had not originally planned to look for Yu Qian. After all, his eldest brother had been doing business in the capital for a long time, and they were also blood relatives, so it would be much easier for him to talk to him.
Unfortunately, my eldest brother was sent on an assignment a few days ago to lead a team north to Liaodong to test new firearms with the Tartars. Judging from the time, it will take at least six or seven days for him to return to Beijing.
Unfortunately, the imperial court's reward came down so quickly this time - usually, appointments above the fourth rank would take more than a month - Sun Shaozong had no choice but to seek out Yu Qian to find out what happened.
However, there has been a lot of activity in the court recently.
The most anticipated news is, of course, the news that Wang Zhe, the official of the Ministry of Personnel, will soon be promoted to the cabinet.
The news itself was not unexpected. After all, two or three years ago, there were rumors that Wang Zhe would join the cabinet. After the cabinet chief Sui Bianqi resigned due to illness a few years ago, the news became even more widely circulated.
Now, more than half a year has passed and the dust has finally settled, so there is nothing new to say.
However, the position of Minister of Personnel vacated after Wang Zhe entered the cabinet attracted the attention of countless people. It was said that several forces in the court were fighting fiercely for it.
However, according to internal information revealed by Yu Qian, Wang Zhe had actually nominated a successor, and had also been recognized by the emperor.
The successor was also an acquaintance of Sun Shaozong, and it was Xu Furen who was forced to retire because of the sun swallowing by the heavenly dog.
At the time, Xu Furen was only one step away from the position of Second Assistant. He also had his own faction in the court and would not lean towards any one force. Therefore, it was most appropriate for him to be the Minister of Personnel.
Another equally important piece of news in Sun Shaozong's view is that Baoling Hou Shi Nai will soon be transferred to be the governor of Yunnan.
Although the Shi family was a family with two marquises, they were well-known "salary thieves" in the court, who only took salaries but did not do any real work.
Now that Shi Nai has been suddenly promoted to be governor, I am afraid no one would believe it if someone said that his ability to govern the local area was valued.
It is obvious that the court hopes to rely on the historian's prestige in the military and arrange for him to do a good job in logistical support and stabilize the morale of the army.
This is also a significant sign that the conflict in southern Xinjiang is further deteriorating!
In contrast, the situation in the southeast coast is gradually easing.
At first, Sun Shaozong thought that Wang Ziteng supervised the construction of warships in order to quickly build up troops and achieve success in one battle.
But now it seems that Wang Ziteng's real purpose is to defeat the enemy without fighting - in recent years, he has taken advantage of the increasing tonnage of the Great Zhou navy to secretly divide and win over pirates from all sides. The imperial court has only moved a few times, and the number of pirates causing trouble in the southeast has been reduced by nearly half.
According to common sense, although this plan cost some money, it did land real warships without losing any soldiers. It is not an exaggeration to say that "planning from afar can lead to victory".
but……
At the moment, the imperial court is in urgent need of winning a decisive battle to intimidate the surrounding forces that are ready to make moves. The fact that Sun Shaozong was honored by the crown prince to be personally welcomed and offer sacrifices to the Taimiao when he returned to Beijing this time is also closely related to this urgency.
Therefore, Wang Ziteng's approach of spending a lot of money but doing things silently seems a bit inappropriate.
Therefore, the imperial court transferred Shi Nai to Yunnan, most likely because it had made up its mind to attack the six kingdoms in southern Xinjiang establish its authority!
In addition to these major events concerning the country, there are also a lot of miscellaneous news.
For example, because the emperor failed to give birth to a son, Prince Zhongshun, who gave advice, has fallen into a low point in recent years and has been suppressed by the prince's power in all aspects.
Sun Shaozong had never heard the prince mention these things in the letter, otherwise he should have advised him to restrain himself long ago. After all, the dust has not settled completely yet, and it would be unwise to offend King Zhongshun to death.
Then there is the power of the Niu family, which has basically withdrawn from the court, and now only an empty title is left to survive - Sun Shaozong's position as the Left Shaoqing of the Dali Temple was taken over by Liu Fang, an accomplice of the Niu family.
Another thing is that Sun Shaozong was quite concerned about Shuntian Prefecture .
Since Jia Yucun took office as prefect, he has taken drastic measures to eliminate the long-standing malpractices, which has brought about a new look from top to bottom and consolidated his dominance.
As a result, the newly-arrived chancellor and governor were oppressed by him and became miserable.
Especially the newcomer Ge Zhizhong, who took over Sun Shaozong's job and tried his best, but still ended up with the reputation of "far inferior to Qingtian Sun Shenduan".
Especially this summer, there was a black post incident, which made him look disgraced and his reputation was ruined.
Now, Qiu Yunfei is the leader of the Criminal Law Department.
As for Sun Shaozong's old subordinates, such as Lin Delu, Feng Xin, Zhou Da, Zhao Wuwei and the like, there have been some changes to varying degrees, so I will not go into details here.
Anyway, for the Sun family, the overall trend in the court is positive, and it is very good!
The only hidden worry is that the prince seems to be getting a little too proud of himself, and there are still a few days before he takes office. It seems like it's time to go to his house and give him some tactful advice.
Um……
We also have to visit Rongguo Mansion, at least to find out who is impersonating Ping'er.
