The Yang family in Bozhou has always been quite chaotic, or in other words, the chieftain's family is also chaotic.
Historically, the "Battle of Bozhou", one of the three major campaigns of Wanli, was directly triggered by doting on concubines and destroying wives.
Yang Yinglong suspected that his wife was having an affair with someone, so he went to his concubine's house to drink. The more he drank, the angrier he became. He slashed at his wife's natal home with a knife and killed his wife and mother-in-law. His wife's uncle immediately reported to the court and killed Yang Yinglong.
Everything came out.
The current rebel Yang Xiang is Yang Yinglong's grandfather.
This guy likes the concubine and wants to abolish the concubine and establish a concubine. His wife, Mrs. Zhang, is very unhappy.
Zhang ran to Wang Tingxiang, the governor of Sichuan, and asked the court to make a decision for his wife's legitimate son. Wang Tingxiang and Zheng Zibi happened to be investigating the illicit salt case, and had already found the Yang family in Bozhou.
The two daring guys had long been dissatisfied with the Yang family in Bozhou because Yang Xiang was too arrogant and domineering and often robbed surrounding villages and counties. They simply joined forces to force Yang Xiang to rebel, and secretly sent a recruitment order to his wife Zhang, saying
As long as Yang Xiang dies, everything will be over.
The first wife, Ms. Zhang, is also very fierce. Her relationship with her husband has broken down a long time ago, and now her husband wants to get rid of her son. Which one is intolerable?
Mrs. Zhang immediately took her son Yang Lie and planned to poison her husband to death. Historically, this lady was even more aggressive and directly chose to send troops to drive away her husband Yang Xiang by force!
"Is this going to end the chaos?" Mao Ji felt a little dizzy.
Wang Yuan smiled: "It's settled, now let's talk about how to deal with the aftermath. The Yang family in Bozhou sold private salt, robbed people, and killed innocent people indiscriminately. Can the death of Prime Minister Yang be enough to expose it?"
Yang Tinghe was unable to speak because he wanted to avoid suspicion.
Yang Yiqing frowned and said: "In several provinces in the southwest, the soldiers are exhausted and have little food, so we should not go to war again. Since Prime Minister Yang is dead, we should not pursue it anymore, and we must not force Bozhou to rebel again."
Wang Yuan said: "Zhang and his son committed parricide. Bozhou must be internally unstable and urgently needs to be officially canonized by the imperial court. If the imperial edict does not come, Zhang's mother and son will be restless and they will not dare to raise another army. In this way
How can we let go of this good opportunity? The chieftains of Guizhou have been almost divided. Only the chieftains of Bozhou, Sichuan, occupy a huge territory and are actually the number one hidden danger in the southwest!"
Wang Qiong has a very good military vision and is Wang Yuan's licking dog. He immediately agreed: "I agree to take the opportunity to divide Bozhou."
Wang Yuan asked Yang Tinghe: "Mr. Yang Ge, don't you want to help the court solve this hidden danger?"
Yang Tinghe was accused of being a private person, so he could only say with an upright face: "We should get rid of this problem!"
"Then we will act according to Wang Futai's memorial." Wang Yuan said.
At this time, not only Zunyi belonged to Sichuan, but Huangping, Weng'an, and Yuqing counties also belonged to Sichuan.
The cabinet quickly made a decision to place the Huangping, Wengshui, and Yuqing Xuanfu departments under the jurisdiction of the Yang family in Bozhou under the jurisdiction of the Pingyue Military and Civilian Department of Guizhou, and upgraded the Pingyue Department to the Pingyue Military and Civilian Administration.
This is equivalent to cutting off the tail of the Yang family in Bozhou. Once a rebellion breaks out in Bozhou, the Guizhou army will be able to invade Zunyi from both sides!
Just like what Wang Yuan said, the mother and son who had just killed their husband and father must be officially canonized by the court to stabilize the internal rule of Bozhou. Only when they are mad will they raise troops again. Moreover, as long as the three Xuanfu divisions are removed, the chieftain of Bozhou will
The court would no longer investigate the illicit salt trade, plunder the people, and indiscriminate killing of innocent people, and would just blame it on the dead Prime Minister Yang.
Wang Tingxiang, the governor of Sichuan, had made great contributions in quelling the chaos, had made great contributions in investigating the illegal salt case, and was promoted to the censor of Youdu. Wang Yuan once again gained an official.
The censor Zheng Zibi performed meritorious service in inspecting the salt affairs and was promoted to the censor of Zuoqiandu.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is not just a troll. Most of the local governors and governors are served by the censors of the capital. As long as Wang Yuan has enough censors and carries out reforms in the future, he can drop the governor like a dumpling.
Wang Yuan photographed the criminal evidence of the King of Shu: "Let's talk about the King of Shu, who invaded people's fields, robbed people's daughters, set up banknotes, sold illicit salt, and hired musicians illicitly. How should we deal with it?"
Yang Tinghe did not dare to interfere in the affairs of the King of Shu, and said: "This matter should be handled by the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Shangshu can make his own decision."
The clan should have been managed by the clan government, but the rights of the clan clan have long been taken away by the civil service group, and the relevant power has been transferred to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "The King of Shu is violating the law and should send the three law departments to jointly investigate and deal with it!"
For the vassal king, the most terrifying thing is to investigate and deal with the law. As long as the members of the joint investigation team are selected properly, they will definitely lead to death. Civil servants like to suppress the clan and nobles. The final results of the treatment are reported to the emperor. Once the emperor approves, the vassal will
Kings will shed their skin even if they don't die.
Will Zhu Huzhao approve it?
Of course he approved it, but he probably didn't bother to ask. The life and death of King Shu was none of his business.
As the Minister of Rites, Wang Yuan had the right to set the tone for the punishment of the King of Shu after the joint investigation by the Three Law Departments.
It is definitely not possible to directly reduce the vassal status. It would be ugly. However, it is very reasonable and reasonable to reduce the king of Shu from the prince to the level of county king. Who allowed the king of Shu to do so many illegal and criminal things?
When a prince becomes a county prince, the court can save the following expenses every year: 44,000 shi of annual rice, 22,200 guan of treasure notes, 29 pieces of brocade, 75 pieces of Luo, 250 pieces of silk, 400 pieces of silk, 1,800 pieces of cloth, 1,500 taels of cotton, and 1,500 pieces of salt.
Yin (a denomination of 585,000 kilograms of salt), as well as tea, fodder and other messy things.
Wang Yuan didn't give up yet: "Let's talk about the Sichuan officials involved in the salt smuggling case, including the Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Salt Transportation. The new salt law was only promulgated for more than a year, but they dared to collectively commit crimes. This is because they did not take the court seriously.
Here!"
Yang Tinghe gritted his teeth and said: "The three law departments should be sent to jointly investigate and deal with it, and there must be no favoritism!"
Those officials who committed crimes in Sichuan were more or less related to the Yang family. Wang Yuan had reached out to Yang Tinghe's home.
However, Yang Tinghe could not resist yet. Wang Tingxiang and Zheng Zibi deliberately delayed the issuance of the impeachment memorial and had already collected enough evidence. If Yang Tinghe cooperated, the Yang family would be fine. If they dared to resist law enforcement, they would be punished together. If Yang Tinghe did not
You can’t even resign!
Wang Yuan's students Shi Dao and Zhao Jin were transferred to Sichuan as the inspector general and the other to the salt transport envoy to Sichuan.
As for the Sichuan military attachés involved in selling smuggled salt, of course they replaced them with Wu Jinshi and Wu Juren. Anyway, some of them are replaced every year. In another twenty years, all local high-level hereditary military attachés will probably become floating officials who cannot be hereditary.
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After leaving Wenyuan Pavilion, Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian, and Mao Ji looked as ugly as their dead parents.
While they resented Wang Yuan for being merciless, they secretly cursed the offending officials for not knowing how to restrain themselves. Not all of those Sichuan offenders were members of the Yang Party, but the main ones were definitely closely related to the Yang family, and they might even have defected to Yang Tinghe behind Yang Tinghe's back.
family, just like Guizhou officials are fawning over the Wang family.
You are so audacious. It has only been one year since the new salt law was implemented, but you dare to create a scandal that affects the entire Sichuan. Do you really think that the salt patrol censors are deaf and blind?
Without Wang Yuan, this major case would definitely have gone unsolved, and at most a few scapegoats would have been left to take the blame.
But Wang Erlang didn't rub sand in his eyes, and Yang Tinghe didn't dare to say anything even if his vitals were grasped!
After returning home, Yang Tinghe slammed out his crutch and shouted angrily: "Shuzi, you bullied me too much!"
Yang Shen silently picked up the crutch and whispered: "This is all my uncle's fault. The Yang family tradition must be rectified."
There have been four members of the Yang family in the past ten years, and now Yang Tingyi is in charge of family affairs.
What kind of person is Yang Tingyi?
This guy once clung to Liu Jin and was regarded as an eunuch by Qingliu. After Liu Jin's death, he relied on Yang Tinghe's relationship to be promoted to Zuo Shilang. Because of embezzlement of public funds, he was criticized by the big troll Fang Feng and forced him to resign.
He dares to engage in massive corruption in the central government and is willing to take refuge with the eunuchs. Will he be honest and upright when he returns home?
The bad things that happened to the Yang family really have nothing to do with Yang Tinghe, Yang Shen and his son. They haven't been back to Sichuan for many years. But Yang Tinghe must bear the responsibility for the crimes committed by his clan members, and Wang Yuan must take advantage of them to fight him.
Stand still and be punished.
Wang Yuan is already very magnanimous. If Zhang Cong takes over, Yang Tinghe will not only be dismissed from his post, but he will probably also be deprived of his imperial edict.
After standing in the study for a long time, Yang Tinghe finally calmed down: "You are right, this matter is all your uncle's fault, and the Yang family tradition must be rectified. Although Wang Ruoxu was open-minded and did not force too much, the Yang family was involved in secret affairs.
The case has now been spread throughout the court and outside, and the reputation of my Yang family has been ruined. Even if I die, how can I have the face to meet my ancestors?"
Yang Shen suddenly said: "Father, otherwise, please resign and return home. Only my father can suppress my uncle. No one can persuade me, and it will be useless. Maybe he will do something in the future."
Yang Tinghe shook his head: "Don't worry, I have to wait for another two years to be a father. Now that I have become an official, I really feel disgraced."
The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty is still waiting for the perfect curtain call, but it is a pity that the emperor just refuses to die.