Chapter 472 of Gui Zi Scroll: Hand in Hand, Conspiracy
"Why, you don't trust Shu Xiang so much?" Sun Chengzong pursed his lips and smiled, "Although Shu Xiang is not as strong as his brother, his tact does not mean that he has no principles. It is precisely this kind of tact that allows him to stay in Nanjing and not let the court deal with him.
I don’t know anything about the details of Nanjing in the past few years. He can stay in Nanjing and not leave. This is originally the arrangement of the imperial court."
Shuxiang is the name of Sun Dingxiang, the censor of the right capital of the Kyoto Procuratorate. He is also the younger brother of Sun Juxiang. In the past two years, he has been keeping a low profile and has been almost silent. Sun Dingxiang had returned to the capital when the army captured Nanjing. Now
I don't know if he will come back.
If Feng Ziying realized something, she nodded slightly. If so, then it makes sense, "Brother Shuxiang is back?"
"It should be here." Sun Chengzong nodded, "When I left the capital, he had just arrived in the capital, and he should have been summoned back to the capital. At that time, the court should have been making arrangements, but I didn't expect that we would move so quickly, and we would sweep Jiangnan in just a few seconds.
We've been defeated, and counting the days, it's time for Shuxiang to arrive."
Feng Ziying knew that Sun Chengzong probably had a deep friendship with Sun Dingxiang, so he said this, and he also knew Sun Dingxiang's whereabouts relatively well.
"Brother Shuxiang, I haven't seen him for a few years. He has been working in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate for so long and has always been very tolerant." Feng Ziying looked at Sun Chengzong, "How much control does he have over the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate?"
Strong? In other words, he should know how many of the censors from the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate are reliable, right?"
Sun Chengzong was happy, "Ziying, it seems that you are still worried about Shuxiang. He is a veteran, and the court placed him in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate after careful consideration. You should rest assured about this."
"That's good, I'm worried about this, but for the Zhen brothers, who are still censors from the capital, I guess the Zhen brothers should be mentally prepared now, otherwise they wouldn't even resort to the honey trap."
"The beauty trap is only used when it works for you." Sun Chengzong glanced at Feng Ziying, "Don't mention it yet, I think the Zhen family's tricks, as Jia Yucun said, will have to be delayed. If Ziying, you
If you can accept it with a smile, it may be more helpful in holding the Zhen family back from jumping over the wall."
"Brother Zhisheng, do you also want to frame me for injustice?" Feng Ziying said with a sneer: "How about we not mention this matter? Let's first put the Zhen family, the Tang family, the Ding family and his private salt sales system in
Let’s settle the affairs of these powerful families in the various state capitals.”
Sun Dingxiang arrived with people from the Capital Inspectorate.
The scale of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate is far different from that of the Capital Metropolitan Procuratorate. However, although the Sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs, and there are still six or seven censors. Because it is small, and it seems that it has not been taken seriously in the past two years,
That's why Sun Dingxiang quietly turned the entire Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate into his territory.
The Capital Procuratorate was led by left deputy Censor Yang Lian, while Sun Dingxiang represented the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.
In terms of status, Sun Dingxiang is one level higher. He is the censor of the right capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate does not have the censor of the left capital, so he is actually the top leader of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate
There is no way to compare with the imperial censor. Yang Lian, the deputy censor of the left capital, has much more real power than Sun Dingxiang, the censor of the right capital.
Moreover, although Yang Lian was from Huguang, he had a particularly close relationship with the Jiangnan scholars, similar to how Li Sancai was more friendly to the Jiangnan scholars although he was from the north.
So the two of them kept arguing on the road.
Sun Dingxiang was naturally at a disadvantage on the way. He was alone. But when he returned to Nanjing and called all the censors from the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, he had the skills to compete with the censors from the capital led by Yang Lian.
Qualified.
It can be said that Sun Dingxiang, the censor, is theoretically the second-rank censor, but according to convention, Nanjing officials have to default to being two levels lower than the officials in the capital, which is only equivalent to the third-rank censor, and Yang Lian is also the left and deputy censor of the third-rank censor.
However, the deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was slightly weaker than the ministers of the Seven Ministries. In addition, the pacification of Jiangnan was mainly based on the Ministry of War. Before Gu Bingqian arrived, Sun Chengzong still relied on Sun Chengzong to handle the Jiangnan matter.
As respected as Feng Ziying, Sun Dingxiang and Yang Lian could only occupy a subordinate position.
"Is such a large-scale action appropriate?" Yang Lian also has a very fiery temperament. He has no objection to the strategy set by the court, but in terms of specific operations,
But he has his own opinion, "It involves so many Jiangnan wealthy families. If it is fully rolled out, will the effect meet our expectations?"
"Well Wen Ru, do you mean to focus on the key points first and let go of the rest?" Sun Dingxiang snorted, "If we only touch the Zhen family, then this alert might allow so many other powerful people to get the news and do something good.
Be prepared. When we are ready to take action again, our joy may be in vain. These powerful people in Jiangnan have deep connections in the local area. It will be easy to sell, hide or even transfer their assets. By then, the wishes of the court will be frustrated or greatly reduced. Now the court is facing difficulties
, everyone knows it,..."
What Sun Dingxiang said is indeed true. Only those who take the lead will be affected, but the others involved will definitely react immediately. If the time comes to catch the blind again, it will be a big loss.
"But if it is fully rolled out, if there is insufficient manpower, then it will really become unfocused and difficult to break through. In the end, it will be cooked into a mixed meal, which will be even more difficult to explain." Yang Lian did not show any weakness, "Rather than doing that, I would rather take the first
The key point is to deal with the Zhen family first!"
"What about the Tang family and the Ding family, the in-laws of the Zhen family? And what about the other three families besides the Zhen family among the other four families? Are they moving?" Sun Dingxiang was not polite, "We just watch them hide, resell, and squander? Zhen
We need to find out the affairs of the family, and we can't do it in two or three months. After two or three months, these other families may have dispersed long ago, and how much can they leave to the court? The influence of these powerful people in the local area
It is luxuriant, deeply rooted, and has a complicated relationship with the local government. How can you still count on the local government?"
"I admit that what you said, Shuxiang, is reasonable, but we can't roll it out at all. This is not in the capital city, where we can handle it with ease. Now this is what makes us ride a tiger and get stuck." Yang Lian further said: "If
If we can drag Mr. Gu Ge to come, maybe..."
"We can't wait until that time." Feng Ziying finally answered.
"Ziying, why did you say that?" Yang Lian didn't have much favorable impressions of Feng Ziying, but he also admitted that this person was quite capable and had made a great contribution this time, and he also had to respect the opponent's status as Minister of War.
When the two ministers of the Ministry of War suddenly disappeared in the capital, the last news came that the two men "privately" led an army south to conquer the "three towns in the south of the Yangtze River", which also caused an uproar within the imperial court.
Although it was said that the troops were sent "privately", everyone within the imperial court knew that without the nod of the court bosses, how could two ministers of the Ministry of War dare to order the army to go south?
This operation took at least more than a month. Didn’t the Minister of War know about it? The Ministry of Husbandry didn’t know? The Ministry of Husbandry also borrowed two million taels of silver specifically for this purpose. This is too revealing.
But everyone admired the courage of Sun Chengzong and Feng Keng.
Such a shocking move is almost to reduce the responsibilities of the cabinet ministers by half.
Naturally, we won't mention the success, but if it fails, then the cabinet will at most be responsible for oversight, and Sun Chengzong and Feng Keng will be held seriously accountable.
Dismissal from office is the most lenient, and if it fails, you will have to go to jail and be held accountable, especially if you have to face the counterattack of Emperor Wan Tong and Tang Mi.
But now everything is going smoothly beyond imagination. Sun Chengzong and Feng Keng, especially Feng Keng's boldness, carefulness and proper planning played a key role.
Jiangnan was completely controlled without causing major turmoil in Jiangnan, eliminating the threat of the "three towns in Jiangnan". At the same time, it also frightened local officials in the four provinces of Jiangnan, laying a solid foundation for the imperial court to re-establish its prestige in Jiangnan.
Good foundation.
Based on this alone, Yang Lian felt that no amount of reward or accolades would be too much.
Therefore, when he arrived in Jinling and received the report from Feng Ziying that he had secretly taken two maids of prisoner Li Shouzhong as concubines, he laughed it off.
What a joke. The number one hero who made great achievements in pacifying Jiangnan is worthy of being reported for sleeping with several women who may be sent to the Jiaofang Division at any time?
He, Feng Ziying, really wanted to win over these two women. When Li Shouzhong's family was raided and imprisoned, it would be the same again, and it would even be simpler and easier, and it would be a matter of course.
Besides, he, Yang Lianqing, is upright and even a bit rigid, but he still knows the importance of things like this.
He even had to wonder if someone was deliberately causing trouble and creating internal discord to undermine the
The bad court’s next move in Jiangnan is now.
Moreover, this Jiangnan operation itself was led by the Ministry of War. The attitude of Sun and Feng was very critical, and the status of his own group was also very embarrassing.
In the front, the Ministry of War headed by Sun Feng will take the lead. Once Gu Bingqian arrives in the back, it will be the Disposal Committee headed by Gu Bingqian who will take charge of the overall situation.
My group of people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate were actually assisting the Ministry of War in making preliminary preparations during this period, so as to collect as much wealth as possible for the imperial court and lay a solid foundation for the purge of Jiangnan.
So when Feng Ziying opened her mouth, Yang Lian also took it seriously.
"Brother Wenru, I can't wait any longer. If we don't move, I'm afraid these people will move first." Feng Zi's English was very weak, but she was very sure.
"Who are they? Does Ziying mean the Zhen, Tang, and Ding families, or the Zhen, Zhou, Hu, and Tao families?" Yang Lian asked immediately.
"They are all included." Feng Ziying briefly introduced the latest actions of the Zhen family, which immediately caused shock among everyone present.
Using two women from the Zhen family to bribe Feng Ziying for sex is not worth mentioning. What woman can handle such a big deal?
It was just because Xiao Feng Xiuzan liked beauty, but the three hundred thousand taels of silver made everyone unable to sit still.
Of all the people here, how many can withstand the power of three hundred thousand taels of silver?