Yao Rong and Liang Cai, two of the most upright officials in the world, were thrown over by Wang Yuan. One was the Minister of Hubu in Nanjing, and the other was the Minister of Rites in Nanjing.
Yao Rong's son Yao Lai is the number one scholar, and has been promoted by Wang Yuan to a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy. He serves as the section chief of the "Shaofeng Dictionary", which is equivalent to a team leader in the compilation department.
Yao Lai is very satisfied with this. Not only does he participate in cultural events, but he also holds important positions in them. He will be able to leave his name in history in the future!
Wang Yuan's handling of the Confucian family in Qufu followed the rules from beginning to end, completely losing the hearts of Bei Confucius, and then transferred the kindhearted Nan Confucius to the north. Yao Lai also deeply agreed with this matter.
This is the advantage of doing things by the rules. As long as you don't break the basic rules, you can make your political opponents unable to criticize you and make the centrists feel good.
Yao Lai had a very good impression of Wang Yuan, and even wrote to Nanjing many times, hoping that his father would support Wangge Lao's reforms. Historically, Yao Lai, who was known for his sincerity and filial piety, now showed signs of a break with his father.
"This traitor!"
After Yao Rong finished reading his son's letter home, he was so angry that he wanted to slam the table. After all, he had some restraint and silently folded the letter and burned it.
Yao Rong was in a very embarrassing situation. There were many reasons why he jumped out in the first place.
First, desire for power.
Yang Ting and Zhi Shi returned home, leaving Yang Dang and Qingliu without a leader. Wang Yuan was a stickler for rules and did not exclude dissidents. The young emperor seemed a little afraid of Wang Yuan. So Yao Rong openly stood up and believed that Qingliu would move towards him.
, the little emperor will also support him to fight against Wang Yuan.
Second, the political philosophies are different.
Yao Rong felt that the national treasury was already abundant and he could create a prosperous age by following the steps. However, if he tried hard to reform, he might cause chaos. He admitted that there were problems in the Ming Dynasty, but it could be corrected little by little. There was no need to launch a big war. He was a conservative reformist, while Wang Yuan was a radical
Reformist.
As a result, Yao Rong got it all wrong.
The little emperor had a good relationship with Wang Yuan and did not support him at all. Qingliu also was forced by Wang Yuan's power and shrank back and refused to show his head. Only a few fools came closer.
Moreover, even if Wang Yuan's reforms are not completely successful, they probably won't cause an uproar.
If I had known this, I would have been a pioneer in reform!
Yao Rong regretted it too late, and now it is difficult to get off the tiger.
"Master, Liang Shangshu is here." The servant said outside the door.
Yao Rong ordered: "Invite him to the living room."
The situation of Liang Cai and Yao Rong was not very different. They also resisted Wang Yuan because of their political ideas.
Historically, in the early years of Jiajing, this person worked hard to eliminate bad government, which was what Yang Tinghe did. He also opposed Jiajing's large-scale construction projects, which made him jealous of the emperor and was dismissed from office.
He is just like a weakened version of Yang Tinghe, and he is far more honest than Yang Tinghe.
Both of them are good officials, but they oppose reform and are bad villains in Wang Yuan's eyes!
The servant served tea, and Liang Cai asked, "Has Yingzhi read the press regulations?"
Yao Rong said: "After reading it, there is nothing wrong. Wang Er is very organized in his work."
"Oh, there is indeed a plan." Liang Cai sighed.
Liang Cai also had some regrets, and now he is also riding a tiger with difficulty.
Wang Yuan promoted a large number of hard-working people and streamlined yamen across the country, leaving countless frustrated officials. Most of these officials were scattered, while a few secretly formed a group, with Liang Cai and Yao Rong following their lead.
The two Qingliu men were set up by many frustrated officials and could no longer retreat even if they wanted to.
Yao Rong said: "Quin Zi wrote that the new governor of Southern Zhili will be Chen Yong, the censor of Zuodu."
Liang Cai was shocked and said: "How can a censor from Zuodu be the local governor? It's just nonsense!"
Yao Rong said: "It's not against the rules."
Liang Cai was stunned for a moment, then said: "Yes, it's not against the rules."
Southern Zhili is the province with the most serious land annexation and the most complicated land clearing situation in the country!
In history, Zhang Cong, during the Guihe reform, first targeted Southern Zhili, and gradually developed a whip method. This method was later picked up by Zhang Juzheng.
However, the reform in Southern Zhili was too difficult, and it was only successful in some prefectures and counties. The backlash was too strong to advance, and it completely failed due to the repetition of Jiajing.
Wang Yuan constantly urged Southern Zhili to clear the fields, but only some prefectures and counties were cleared.
This time, Wang Yuan directly hired the censor of Zuodu as the governor. After all, Chen Yong had gone crazy killing people when he was in Jiangxi, and he didn't mind killing people like rivers of blood in southern Zhili.
After all, Chen Yong was deceived by Wang Yuan and there was no way back.
When he heard that Chen Yong was coming, Liang Cai was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "I have suffered from many diseases in recent years. I want to resign and return home."
"It doesn't matter if you resign, I won't get involved in right and wrong." Yao Rong expressed his understanding.
Chen Yong, the censor of Zuodu and the leader of officials all over the world, was actually sent to be the governor of Southern Zhili. This shows how much Wang Yuan attaches great importance to it and how urgent it is.
At that time, the butcher's knife will be raised high, and anyone who dares to obstruct it will end badly.
Yao Rong and Liang Cai were pushed to the front and became opposition leaders intentionally or unintentionally. They will be at the center of this storm.
Therefore, Liang Cai planned to resign. It was important to save the dog's life first. He didn't want to worry about it anymore when he was old.
Yao Rong said: "Since Brother Dayong resigned, then I should also resign."
The two old friends looked at each other and smiled helplessly.
They opposed Wang Yuan not only because of different political ideas, but also for other reasons.
When Wang Yuan was the governor of Zhejiang, Liang Cai was an official in Hangzhou and was very uncooperative with the work of opening up the sea. There had been conflicts between the two for a long time.
Yao Rong had a personal feud with Fang Xianfu and Huo Tao. Fang and Huo were both disciples of Xinxue and Wang Yuan's fellow disciples. Even if Wang Yuan didn't care about this matter, Fang and Huo would unite with their party members to ostracize them crazily.
Yao Rong, Yao Rong can't stop it at all.
Therefore, they can only be the opposition and have no other choice.
Now, the opposition is no longer easy to deal with. It is very likely that there will be bloodshed, so the only choice is to resign and return home.
In the third year of Shaofeng's reign, Yao Rong, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, and Liang Cai, the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, both went to Shu to request to resign and provide for their retirement.
The emperor agreed and promoted Yao Rong to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Hubu and Liang Cai to the position of the Minister of Rites. He also sent pedestrians and Jinyi guards to escort them all the way back to their hometown.
Wang Yuan did a very good job, and gave the two opposition leaders a very grand and grand finale. He removed the "Nanjing" from their official positions, that is, they entered the official status as serious ministers, and he also sent pedestrians and royal guards to escort them.
Earn enough face in front of my parents and fellow villagers.
This is a very strong political signal, that is, it doesn’t matter if you don’t support the reform, as long as you are willing to give way honestly, then I will forget about it and give you enough courtesy.
It's not like Zhang Cong's reforms in history. Because he was too impatient and the political struggle was fierce, even if his political opponents resigned on their own initiative, they would still want to catch up and step on them.
When the two returned home after serving as official officials, the opposition in Nanjing was immediately leaderless.
Soon Chen Yong came, and the Nanjing officials were dumbfounded. They wanted to join forces to cause trouble, but they had no one to take the lead. They could only tentatively write news to criticize the chaos in Qingtian. Moreover, they did not dare to write it themselves, so they just asked their disciples to write. The "White Censor" is in Nanjing
It became a popular practice and was highly praised by many scholars in southern Zhili.
The Nanjing officials were waiting to find fault with Chen Yong, but when Chen Yong took action for the first time, all the civil servants shut up.
A group of Jinyi guards led the Nanjing garrison and surrounded the "Taifu Garden".
Taifu Garden is a garden built by the sixth generation of Wei Guogong.
Because Xu Pengju, the seventh generation of Wei Guogong, was young, the garden was directly occupied by his uncle Xu Tianci. When Xu Pengju grew up, the garden would not come back at all, and he would have to build another "Wei Gongxi Garden".
"How dare you dare to come to the Xu family and run wild!" Xu Tianci was furious after hearing the news, and led his servants to confront Jin Yiwei.
Chen Yong said calmly: "I have received a report. The garden of Wei Guogong has been occupied by someone for no reason. We must seek justice. By the way, there are also reports saying that the owner of this garden likes to occupy people's land. I want to take back the garden."
, I also want to clear the land, please follow Jin Yiwei for a trip."
Xu Tianci sneered: "Let's see who dares to step into the Taifu Garden!"
Chen Yong said to the Jinyi guards and Nanjing garrison soldiers beside him: "If there is resistance, regardless of identity, he will be killed without mercy."
Seeing the Jin Yiwei really rushing over, Xu Tianci immediately changed his expression and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, misunderstandings are all misunderstandings. Let's take a step to talk."
"Arrest people." Chen Yong remained calm, with no trace of anger on his face.
The youngest son of the previous Wei Guogong was captured by the Jin Yiwei and was never released again. Because of the big problem of clearing Qingtian and being involved in several murder cases, this guy was directly exiled to Yinzhou.
The descendants of Xu Da who stayed in Nanjing, the entire Wei Guogong family, let’s see how many gardens they have: Taifu Garden, Wei Gong West Garden, Wei Gong South Garden, West Garden, Fengtai Garden, Sijinyi East Garden, Sanjinyi North Garden, Wanzhu Garden
, Jinpan Li Garden, Jiu Gongzi Home, Mochou Lake Garden...
Xu Tianci alone has Taifu Garden, West Garden and Fengtai Garden under his name, all of which are expensive Jiangnan gardens!
With their annual salary, can they build so many gardens?
"Brother, hurry up and file a complaint. This Chen Yong is so rude!"
"That is, we are the descendants of the Duke of Wei, and our ancestors conquered the Ming Dynasty. Who is Chen Yong? Who is Wang Er? Without our ancestors, Wang Er would probably still be feeding the Mongols!"
"We can't let the civil officials bully us. Now they're bullying us. Let's find someone to kill Chen Yong!"
"..."
The Duke of Wei, Xu Pengju, was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "Do you know how many princes Wang Er has defeated? King of Shu, you are banned from self-examination. The prince of Shu was reduced to a county prince and was fined to confiscate two million acres of land. King Lu, sent to Feng
In Yang, Prince Lu was demoted to the rank of county prince and was fined to confiscate 2 million acres of land. King De was banned from self-examination and fined to confiscate 3 million acres of land. King Jin directly cut off the vassal. King Qingcheng cut off the vassal directly. King Zheng,
I ask you to reduce your vassal status. Princes and princes are like this, so what can I, the Duke of the country, do?"
The people of the Xu family are speechless, as if they were mourning their heirs.
Xu Pengju said with a bitter look on his face: "Haosheng cooperate with Mr. Chen to control Qingtian. Don't force him to investigate the case again. Who knows if you have a life case in your hands."
Wei Guogong, the most powerful family in southern Zhili, cooperated with Qingtian obediently, and the situation in Shuntian Mansion instantly opened up.
If they don't show their sincerity, these guys won't be honest.