Chapter 59 Li Shouzhong’s Promotion

Feng Yibo naturally meant to apologize for being insincere.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows this.

Only when both sides have the same value-added stance can they have common interests.

So he got married to the Xue family, not so much to reconcile with the Jia family.

It would be better to say that he is married to the Wang family.

Of course, he was linked to his mentor Li Shouzhong.

This is civil and military.

These are the two benchmarks that Emperor Jingshun set for noble families such as the Four Kings and Eight Dukes.

If you can understand, come and vote as soon as possible.

The Jia family, on the other hand, is the emperor's loyal supporter.

So, Feng Yibo thinks.

Reconciliation is okay, but it can't be too good either.

Because Li Shouzhong is about to enter Beijing.

Not long after Feng Yibo and these new scholars were appointed officials, Li Shouzhong was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in Nanjing.

The former Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing was transferred to the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

In the past two days, Wang Binzhou, the Minister of Rites, was transferred to the Ministry of Personnel in Nanjing for some reason.

It's considered a semi-participation.

So, you can tell without asking.

Li Shouzhong will go to Beijing soon and succeed to the post of Minister of Rites.

This series of operations may seem confusing, but in fact there are traces to follow.

The root cause of everything is the Japanese pirates disturbing Jiangnan.

As early as when the Japanese pirates were robbing Jiangnan, Zhao Wensong, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, discovered the problem.

He made great efforts to prevent Japanese pirates and put forward seven suggestions.

First, send people to worship the Poseidon.

Second, he ordered you to collect the bones to avoid the plague and reduce local corvee labor.

Third, recruit more naval forces and build warships.

Fourth, increase the land tax in the south of the Yangtze River, and levy it in advance for three years in Su, Changshu and other places.

Fifth, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were ordered to donate money to save themselves, and after the Japanese invasion was quelled, they would either discuss their merits or atone for their crimes.

Sixth, send important ministers to inspect the military situation in the south of the Yangtze River.

Seventh, recruit Tongfan’s old party and salt disciples, and disintegrate the Japanese pirates from within.

As soon as Zhao Wensong's memorial was published, the Ministry of War quickly gave its opinions.

I think one, two, three, five, and seven are all applicable, but four and six are not feasible.

Emperor Jingshun was furious because of the Japanese pirates.

Seeing that the Ministry of War had no constructive opinions at all, it immediately issued an edict to reprimand him.

He also used this to remove Nie Xin, Minister of War.

Seeing this, Wang Binzhou, the Minister of Rites, immediately supported everything Zhao Wensong said.

He also laid trouble for himself.

Emperor Jingshun asked his chief assistant Zhang Songyue at that time.

If this is the case, who should be sent to worship the God of the Sea and the Governor Jiangnan?

Zhao Wensong is a member of Zhang Songyue's faction.

Upon hearing Emperor Jingshun's inquiry, he took the opportunity to suggest that whoever went to the evacuation department would do the work.

Therefore, Zhao Wensong took the sacrifice and sued the Poseidon and Superintendent Jiangnan to prevent Japanese incidents.

If he had really followed what he was told, perhaps nothing would have happened later.

But wait until he arrives in Jiangnan.

Ignoring the Japanese pirates, I went to worship the Poseidon first.

This kind of sacrifice is naturally meaningless.

Moreover, it wastes people and money and disturbs the local area.

After he took office, he used this to make money crazily.

Whether it is offering sacrifices or collecting donations.

As long as money is involved.

Regardless of whether it is public or private, all items will be sent to his private residence.

For a time, the whole Jiangnan was in trouble.

Impeachment memorials were piled up in Emperor Jingshun's case.

At the beginning, Emperor Jingshun still hoped that he could suppress the Japanese pirates.

But apart from a few false reports of military exploits, he made no progress at all.

After reading the secret of Dragon Scale Guard, Emperor Jingshun immediately issued an order to recall him.

But while Zhao Wensong was still on his way back to Beijing, the Japanese pirates attacked Nanjing again.

At this time, Emperor Jingshun was completely shocked.

Then came the great earthquake in Jiangnan officialdom.

First, a vacancy was created in the Nanjing War Department.

The Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing was also implicated and was transferred to the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

As a result, there was a vacancy in Nanjing's official department.

It happened that Li Shouzhong was promoted to the top position.

Originally, we had to wait, but there is a high chance that Wang Binzhou, the Minister of Rites, will join the cabinet next year.

Only then did Li Shouzhong have the opportunity to be transferred to Jingzhong.

But Wang Binzhou was impeached because he supported Zhao Wensong.

As soon as Zhao Wensong came back, he was dismissed from office and exiled to Jiubian.

As a result, Wang Binzhou was laid off early and sent to the Nanjing Ministry of Civil Affairs for retirement.

In this way, Li Shouzhong has a chance to take over this year.

If he had acted quickly, he should have set off from Jinling by now.

In the next month.

Feng Yibo went step by step in the Hanlin Academy.

Even cautious.

Before Li Shouzhong entered Beijing, he determined to be a quail.

In order to avoid being found out about mistakes, Li Shouzhong was given a showdown on him.

On this day, I finally received the news.

Feng Yibo had his carriage and horses ready and went to the dock to pick up Li Shouzhong and his party.

Li Shouzhong traveled lightly, bringing only his wife and four servants.

It was still an official ship.

After getting off the boat, Feng Yibo came forward to greet him.

After a brief chat, I took my mentor and teacher’s wife home.

When Li Shouzhong comes this time, he will definitely not be able to stay at Jia's house.

And he has no other properties in the capital.

We can only listen to Feng Yibo's arrangements first.

After you settle down, you can slowly look for a suitable place to live.

The main house of the Feng family has already been given away, and Feng Yibo will live in the wing next to it.

After everything was tidied up, the three of them had a chance to sit down and chat.

Li Shouzhong took a sip of the fragrant tea and praised:

"Okay! You are very good. Yibo, you did not disappoint me!"

Feng Yibo naturally knew that he was talking about the imperial examination.

He immediately smiled and praised: "It's all taught well by my teacher."

Li Shouzhong’s wife Li Mengshi also smiled and said:

"It's really a good story that you, the master and the apprentice, went to explore the beauty."

This is what Li Shouzhong talks about most these days and is most proud of.

I mentioned it in front of my wife more than once.

He chuckled when he heard this, then thought of something and asked:

"By the way, I heard that Yibo, you contradicted Mrs. Shi and alerted the Supreme Emperor?"

Feng Yibo was stunned: "Has this matter spread to Jiangnan?"

He thought it was only spread quietly in Beijing, but he didn't expect that even Jiangnan knew about it.

For him, he doesn't know whether such fame is good or bad.

"The news came from the capital, saying that the Supreme Emperor asked the Holy One to depose you for some reason, but the Holy One only demoted you by two places because of his talent, and still took it."

Li Shouzhong's face became serious and he said:

"The entire Jiangnan Shilin was furious, and some even wanted to write a letter to denounce the Emperor's move."

Speaking of this, Li Shouzhong sighed and said:

"It's just that Japanese pirates have been attacking frequently recently, and Jiangnan is exhausted."

"The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were tortured very much by Zhao Wensong. Therefore, although they were angry, few actually wrote to him."

He sighed one after another and continued:

"Everyone was afraid that something would happen again, so it didn't cause too much trouble."

"This disciple was confused when it came to this matter. At that time, I just wanted to pave the way for the teacher to enter the capital, but I didn't expect that a little person like me could cause the displeasure of the Supreme Emperor."

Feng Yibo responded, and then briefly explained the matter again.

After listening to what Feng Yibo said, Li Shouzhong did tap his palm.

"By the way, look at my memory!"

After Li Shouzhong finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the back.

As he walked, he said: "If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten it. There is still something important that I haven't told you."

Feng Yibo was stunned and thought in confusion,

What did you mention?

I saw Li Shouzhong take out a package and start rummaging through it.

After a long while, I took out a piece of red paper from the innermost mezzanine.

This style looks familiar to Feng Yibo.

"That's it!"
Chapter completed!