Chapter 190 Between the position of governor of Sichuan and Ling Ai's marriage, only one can be chosen
Since Chongzhen could understand the idea of Chen Xinjia's suggestion at once, he immediately thought to himself:
"When Chen Shuren first entered his official career, his biggest benefactor was the late Yang Ge. If Yang Ge was still alive, he could of course coordinate the overall situation in the south and make Chen Shuren obey his orders. But now, there is still
Who is Shen Shuren's boss or benefactor? Can we ensure that he can be suppressed?"
Faced with Chongzhen's question, Chen Xinjia did not respond for a while and did not dare to answer the question directly.
It wasn't that he couldn't answer, but he was afraid that Chongzhen would suspect him of accepting benefits from others.
After all, this idea came from him. If he still proposes the candidates, it would be equivalent to being both a player and a referee, and the fairness is questionable.
However, Zhou Yanru next to him did not have this problem. When he saw that Chongzhen intended to implement this plan, he immediately selected the people in his mind. In addition, he was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, so he knew the personnel affairs well, so he
I quickly figured out how to offer advice.
Only Zhou Yanru took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, I believe that Chen Shuren's benefactors in his career who are still alive today are only two people, one is Shi Kefa and the other is Fang Kongzheng.
Shi Kefa once supported the Shen family when he helped with water transportation when Shen Shuren entered the officialdom in his early years. But now Shi Kefa is already the governor of water transportation, and His Majesty also intends to let him take charge of the Nanjing War Department.
If he were to be the governor of Sichuan instead, he would be demoted. Even if he were to be the governor of Sichuan, it would only be regarded as a mediocre job. The Shen family and the Shi family might not be grateful.
Fang Kongzheng was convicted four months ago because Zhang Xianzhong invaded Huguang, defeated Changsha and Hengzhou, and trapped the vassals. Later, Yin Xianmin, the commander-in-chief of Changsha, and He Yide, the commander-in-chief of Hengzhou, were convicted of surrendering to the enemy without fighting, and Fang Kongzheng was convicted.
The grievances have been cleared.
However, his original position as governor of Huguang has been taken over by Shen Shuren, while the governors of other provinces have not yet been vacant, and there is no other suitable position to place him, so Fang Kongzhen has been staying in Beijing to wait for his post.
If Your Majesty is willing to appoint Fang Kongzheng as governor and transfer him to Sichuan, then Fang Kongzheng will definitely be grateful for God's grace and will fight to the death to avenge his shame. And Shen Shu was the magistrate of Huangzhou, and during the years when Huguang soldiers were preparing for the war, Fang Kongzheng
He has always been the governor of Huguang and Shen Shuren's boss. When he goes to Sichuan, Shen Shuren will definitely help him with all his strength.
In this way, we can have the best of both worlds, and we can fully reward Shen Shuren for his merits in other ways without giving him a promotion himself, and express the court's trust in him."
After Chongzhen heard these words, Tong Kong zoomed in slightly and muttered to himself: "Fang Kongzhen... When he was in Huguang, he was quite diligent most of the time. In the end, he was attacked by Zhang Xianzhong and destroyed three houses in a row.
, and it is indeed not his fault...but what is the relationship between him and Shen Shuren?"
Zhou Yanru thought for a while and said: "In addition to Shen Shuren who served as Fang Kongzheng's subordinate for two and a half years, Shen Shuren and Fang Kongzheng's eldest son Fang Yizhi were in the same year of the imperial examination in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.
, Fang Yizhi is now the magistrate of Wuchang, and was also recommended by Chen Shuren, so they can be regarded as family friends who became friends in the same year."
When Chongzhen heard this, he felt that everything was normal. It can be seen that the friendship between the Fang family and the Shen family happened in the past three years. It was created by Shen Shuren after he became an official. There is no long history.
But after all, Chongzhen was also worried that the two families were too close. In the future, if they were monolithic, then the south would be across Jingyi and would be the sphere of influence of the Chenshu people. As the emperor, the situation was so critical now that Chongzhen could not completely ignore the separatist regime. The tail would be too big to lose.
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After thinking about it, he said with difficulty: "What Zhou Aiqing said makes sense, but I still have to think about the specific candidates. You can leave and deal with other government affairs first. I will make a decision after lunch. By the way,
I'll also ask the Superintendent of Shangri-La to give meals to the Second Minister soon."
Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia quickly resigned, leaving Chongzhen alone for some time.
After watching the ministers from other dynasties leave, Chongzhen thought for a while and ordered Wang Chengen: "Go and find Luo Yangxing."
Luo Yangxing was the commander of the Jinyi Guards under Chongzhen. It was the end of November in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, and the power of the Jinyiwei was extremely weak.
Chongzhen simply couldn't spend much money to support Jin Yiwei's work. Fortunately, Jin Yiwei was originally a powerful person. He could also raise funds through various private jobs and extortion, and his life was comfortable. However, his working ability was severely weakened and corrupted, and most of his thoughts were lost.
They were all spent on making money by running a business.
After a while, Luo Yangxing was brought by Wang Chengen. Chongzhen didn't talk nonsense to him and asked directly:
"Besides the fact that Shen Shuren and Fang Yizhi were of the same age and once recommended him to be the prefect of Wuchang, do the Chen Shuren and Fang Kongzheng families have any other friendships that are unknown to outsiders?"
Before Luo Yangxing came, he had a general understanding of the cause and effect, and also found out from Wang Chengen what Chongzhen had discussed when he summoned Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia, so he was prepared.
At this moment, he told the truth very ably: "Your Majesty, according to my investigation, in addition to being a subordinate of the Fang family, Shen Shuren was protected by Fang Kongzheng, and was the same age as Fang Yizhi. He also had one or two friendships.
Fang Kongzhen's second daughter, Fang Ziling, seemed to have written some songs with a folk woman named Bian Yujing. The intention was probably to undermine the morale of the rebel army and fabricate Li Zicheng's dirty deeds. However, the quotations in these songs were
Most of them are the views of Shen Shuren's "The Theory of Flooding Thieves" and "Theory of Flooding Thief", and the interpretation is quite profound.
I have no evidence to prove that these things were ordered by Chen Shuren, but I know that the folk girl named Bian Yujing and Li Xiangjun, one of Chen Shuren's concubines, were once sisters, and they both came from the Nanjing Fengyuechang. It seems like this
, there are countless inexplicable relationships among them.
In addition, this Fang Ziling, when his father Fang Kongzhen was wronged and his brother Fang Yizhi was unable to escape because of Huguang's military and logistics affairs, he went to Beijing to defend his father's justice on his behalf. Mr. Zhou Ge also mentioned this, and your Majesty may still remember it.
As far as I know, Shen Shuren also contributed a lot before and after redressing Fang Kongzhen's grievance. There are also various signs that Fang Kongzhen seemed to intend to marry with the Shen family. Perhaps he was afraid that your majesty would think that the local governors were secretly befriending each other.
No action has been taken for the time being. However, Fang Ziling is seventeen years old and has not yet discussed marriage, which is very suspicious. Shen Shuren is twenty-two years old and has not married yet, but only has a few beautiful concubines, which is equally suspicious."
Luo Yangxing was worthy of being the commander-in-chief of Jin Yiwei. He drew inferences from one example and asked Chongzhen a little bit, and he told a lot of semi-public information.
In fact, these things don't need to be deeply investigated. As long as you pay attention to observation, collection, and intelligence analysis, you can see them all.
"It turns out that it's not only the friendship between superiors and subordinates and the same age, but also the friendship of trying to get married... It's not surprising that Chen Shuren is so willing to contribute to the Fang family. The power of the Fang family has increased, doesn't it mean that Chen Shu has indirectly
Has the power of man increased..."
This is not what Chongzhen wants to see. What he hopes is that rewards and punishments will be clear, so that Chen Shu people will appreciate it and continue to work hard, but he cannot let the south become monolithic.
However, perhaps because there has been more news recently, Chongzhen thought hard for a while, jumped out of the confines of the Fang family and the Shen family, and after looking at the whole situation, Chongzhen suddenly had an idea and thought of a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
He happily thought to himself: "Since Chen Shuren may have the idea of marrying with the Fang family, and helping the Fang family is helping him, and rewarding the Fang family is also rewarding him, then let Fang Kongzheng be reinstated as governor and released to Sichuan first, and wait
After Shen Shuren showed his appreciation, why not give him a marriage with his cousin from Uncle Lu's family?
First, give Shen Shuren a national surname, a promotion, and the title of Kong Zhen. Let the matter of the promotion be settled and stop there. Then, he will marry the princess of Prince Lu's palace! The two waves can be dealt with separately, and even ten and a half days can be separated in between.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a month or even a little longer, one code will always be the same code!”
When Fang Kongzheng takes office, and prevents the marriage between the Fang family and Shen Shuren, won't it be possible to better check and balance the local government?
Chongzhen was moved by his clever plan.
He was in a good mood, rested for a while, and passed on lunch. After eating, he immediately summoned Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia as scheduled and announced his decision.
"My dearest lords, are you still used to the food provided by Shang Shanjian?"
Of course Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia thanked him quickly: "Your Majesty has given me a banquet, and I feel very honored."
Chongzhen: "I have already thought about it. The matter of the governor of Sichuan is Fang Kongzheng. The surname and title of Shen Shuren are also the same as the previous agreement. How can I break my promise? However, the request of Prince Lu's Mansion is different from the previous agreement.
This matter is irrelevant and can be postponed, so be it."
Zhou Yanru is also a human being. Although Chongzhen did not tell the whole story, he immediately deduced it and quickly accepted the order.
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In the evening of that day, after the six departments dispersed, Zhou Yanru was supposed to return home, but he ordered the bearers to carry him to the Shen family's house in the capital. He wanted to see Fang Kongzhen in person.
Fang Kongzhen and Fang Ziling have lived in the courtyard left by the Shen family in the capital for the past three months. Anyway, the Shen family is rich. They have real estate in all the top cities, and they are quite luxurious. If they leave it there, it will be empty.
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Zhou Yanru obviously sensed that the situation in the capital was getting more and more difficult, and wanted to build more good relationships with him and win over more powerful local governors. So much so that he, a chief assistant, personally came to the governor Fang Kongzhen to announce the good news.
Naturally, the first assistant travels with great momentum. Before Zhou Yanru's sedan arrived at the door, the Fang family's father and daughter had already been notified by the servants and hurried to the gate to greet them.
Zhou Yanru Shi Shiran got off the sedan, and without putting on airs with Fang Kongzhen, he took Fang Kongzhen's arm very kindly and walked in side by side: "Brother Fang Xian, Brother Yu has brought you good news."
Fang Kongzhen looked respectful: "Thank you, Mr. Zhou Ge, for mediating. I don't know..."
Zhou Yanru smiled and said nothing, and then walked into the hanging flower gate together. After passing the first two steps into the courtyard, there were no outsiders around, so he calmly said:
"Zhang Xianzhong is in trouble again in Sichuan. His Majesty will soon issue an order to remove Shao Jiechun from his post, restore him to the rank of Xiandi, and transfer him to the governor of Sichuan. Xiandi was unjustly idle for several months, but he finally got through it."
Fang Kongzheng was stunned and quickly thanked: "Thank you for your majesty's grace and the elder Mingjian's good offices. After I take office, I will work hard and live up to the elder's recommendation."
Fang Ziling was on the side and also gave Zhou Yanru a big gift and thanked Uncle Zhou for his kindness.
But Zhou Yanru gently brushed his sleeves, pretending that it was none of his business and that he was helpless, and said nicely:
"However, in this autumn of national crisis, His Majesty is also worried about the stability of remote places - Brother Fang Xian, tell Brother Yu the truth, have you ever entertained the idea of marrying into the Shen family?"
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo Reading recently to catch up on books, change sources, and read aloud with many sounds, and it can be used on both Android and Apple.]
Fang Kongzheng was not very nervous after hearing this question. But Fang Ziling felt his heart twitch and had an ominous premonition.
Fang Kongzheng glanced at his daughter before admitting in a low voice: "It is true that we have had discussions with the Shen family... but we have not taken the clear road."
Zhou Yanru: "Then let's accept this idea first. It is taboo to make friends with local governors during this time of war. Brother Yu, I would like to advise you, don't mention this matter recently, and don't mention it for the time being after taking office. Wait and see what happens, so as not to
It is difficult to recover when the water is overflowing, but it will hurt the face of both parties."
Fang Kongzheng was surprised: "What's the explanation?"
Zhou Yanru: "When Shen Shuren won a great victory in Chen County, he happened to lead troops to relieve Shangqiu and rescue Prince Lu's Mansion and other kings. After a while, Your Majesty may take advantage of the situation and give Chen Shuren and the small counties of Prince Lu's Mansion
The Lord gives marriage.
You want to use Shen Shuren's power to redefine Sichuan, but after that, you still can't get too close - to be honest, you can only choose one for the governor's position and your daughter's marriage. This is also for the mutual trust between the emperor and his ministers.
When the world is stable, my dear brother, you can put the overall situation first."