Chapter 477 Xu Lusan’s two incidents
Xu Jie's son Xu Fan is not as flamboyant and domineering as Yan Shifan, but compared to greed, Xu Fan is no less greedy than Yan Shifan.
In the original historical trajectory, Xu Fan's experience and Yan Shifan's experience cannot be said to be 100% similar, but they are at least 70% to 80% similar.
Xu Fan's ability to become an official was actually due to his father's official position and the benefit of "an official born as an official", so he became an official.
Therefore, no matter in the starting point or in the process, the two people are surprisingly similar. Yan Shifan entered the official position as the governor of the right army, and Xu Fan entered the official position as the governor of the left army.
But it was different in the subsequent process. Yan Shifan followed Yan Song and was promoted to various idle official positions in the capital, and finally moved to the current minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Xu Fan, on the other hand, only worked a few idle posts in the capital before he was about to be removed from the capital and promoted to the prefect of Guangnan, Yunnan, where he became a foreign official.
Xu Jie and Xu Fan were both frightened by the decision of the Ministry of Civil Affairs at that time. In the Ming Dynasty, Yunnan was not a tourist attraction with birds singing and flowers fragrant, spring all year round, and colorful clouds in the south.
In the current Ming Dynasty, Yunnan represents a barren land where poverty and backwardness coexist with tough folk customs and war-torn bandits.
The chieftains there often quarreled with Burma and the foreign vassal states in the Annan region, and they were always thinking about whether they would be able to obtain the status of lords of foreign vassals like Annan and Myanmar if they rebelled.
Therefore, in such a dangerous place, coupled with the difficult conditions and miasma in Yunnan and other very real survival problems, Xu Jie was really afraid that once his eldest son went to Yunnan, it would become a farewell and he would be sent away with gray hair. The human tragedy of the black-haired man.
Therefore, Xu Jie was also panicked and hurriedly appealed to Emperor Jiajing, requesting that Xu Fan be reranked.
Xu Jie burst into tears in his memorial and said: "I have three sons. The oldest one is Fan. He was born to his ex-wife Shen. He lost his mother when he was one year old. His energy is weak and his nature has returned to stupidity. Now he has led the county and the people to serve as governors of the prefecture and county. As a chief official, he may not be able to handle important and complex matters such as money, grain, criminal names, taxes and services, etc. It is impossible to rely on the deputy emperor to choose carefully and obey orders."
"The second son is only fourteen years old, and the younger boy is only eight years old. This boy is twenty-nine years old this year. He is the leader of the county. He can't take care of the food for me in private. I praised him wholeheartedly, and Yunnan Traveling thousands of miles to the capital, we could not keep in touch with each other for several months, and it was especially difficult for me to say goodbye because of the death of my wife... Fu Qi Tian was kind and mindful of Jin, and ordered the Ministry of Personnel to check the precedent and reduce the official rank of the prefect who was promoted to me by three. At the fourth level, he was an idle yamen official in Beijing, and the common ministers had someone to rely on day and night, so they could not be distracted. "
Emperor Jiajing relented after seeing the memorial written by Xu Jie for his son Xu Fan, requesting him to change his rank, so he ordered his officials to change Xu Fan's rank to Shang Baocheng and continue to stay with Xu Jie to fulfill his filial piety.
Xu Fan, who stayed by Xu Jie's side, played almost the same role as Yan Shifan who stayed by Yan Song's side. They both provided advice for his father.
Historical records: "Xu Jie is in the government, and he must reveal all the secrets and answers to all the important plans for the country. He will be trained carefully in the hope that he can be used as a pillar in the future."
It can be seen that Xu Jie has great training and expectations for himself, but when this guy was with Xu Jie in the capital, he still looked like a well-behaved, filial and honest person, with no bad deeds.
But in the last years of Jiajing, Xu Fan did not continue to stay in the capital. Instead, he returned to his hometown in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture to take charge of family affairs. During this period, Xu Fan's greed was fully revealed. He wantonly gathered land and fish in his hometown. one party.
When Gao Gong was in power, he had long been dissatisfied with Xu Jie, a group of hypocrites known as Qingliu, so he took action on Xu Fan, exposed Xu Fan's various crimes, and convicted him of being sent to the army.
As a result, when Xu Jie's good disciple Zhang Juzheng came to power, Zhang Juzheng canceled Xu Fan's sentence so that he could land safely. However, it was precisely because of this that the Xu family became more unscrupulous and unscrupulous in their hometown in Jiangnan after Xu Jie. Regretful annexation. Massive land annexation.
When Hai Rui came to serve as the governor of Yingtian to implement the whipping law, he also wanted to take action on the Xu family to frighten the young people in Jiangnan, to alleviate the reality of local annexation, and to give the common people a way to live.
But it is a pity that there are too many people involved in this matter, and the interests involved are also too great, and Xu Jie is Zhang Juzheng's teacher. Although Zhang Juzheng is determined to reform and change the system, he cannot bear the injustice of "disloyalty and unfilial piety" name.
So when Hai Rui was looking forward to using the Xu family's cutthroat as a deterrent, to fight for the livelihood of the people in Jiangnan, and to set an example for the whipping method that the imperial court wanted to implement, he was dismissed by Zhang Juzheng and was directly thrown into the Nanjing Grain Reserve. From now on, the divine sword was covered in dust in the yamen, which was so idle that it could no longer be idle, and could no longer bloom a single bit of the unparalleled sword energy that made people feel chilling.
In the end, he could only serve as the censor of Nanjing Youdu in silence. When he died, he couldn't even hold a decent funeral.
When his biggest fan, Wang Yongji, the censor of Qiandu, went to preside over the funeral, he saw that Hai Rui's residence was covered with curtains made of Gebu, and the furniture in the house were all tattered bamboo. Some of them were even used by poor literati. He didn't want to use it, so he couldn't help crying over it, so he collected money to arrange the funeral for Hai Rui.
It can be seen how poor and helpless Hai Rui's life was. He wanted to use his sword to clear the world for the Ming Dynasty and give the people of the Ming Dynasty a bright and sunny day. However, what he did could not be tolerated by the vested interest groups at the time.
Faced with these people's crazy slander and malicious frame-up, Hai Rui was lucky enough not to be killed by them. Therefore, counting on such a world and Zhang Juzheng's ten years of strong medicine, he wanted to change the world of the Ming Dynasty and bring peace to the world. Fighting for a chance of survival for the Ming Dynasty was simply as difficult as climbing to the sky.
But the situation is different now. Zhu Zaijing's way of thinking is always different from that of people of this era, and Zhang Juzheng has always been controlled by Zhu Zaijing. Even if Zhang Juzheng in the future wants to be his teacher Xu Jie The Xu family escorted her and left a bit of incense.
But as long as Zhu Zaijing doesn't give him this opportunity, the fate of the Xu family will not be much better, unless Xu Jie's eldest son also undergoes new changes in the future historical evolution and does not continue to be like the original one in history. Zhu Zaijing did not mind giving the Xu family a final dignity if they returned to their hometown to feed the common people and annex them wantonly.
But if Xu Fan in the future is still as greedy as in history, relying on his father's reputation and status, relying on the connections and confidence of people in the court, and continues to unscrupulously engage in land annexation and do evil things that prey on the common people, Zhu Zaijing will definitely It will make the Xu family's fate follow the Yan family's footsteps!
Let his family follow the Yan family and be nailed to the pillar of shame in history!
After Xu Fan received his father's instructions and instructions, he did not hesitate at all. He immediately mobilized his personal relationships to investigate the director of the Ministry of Industry who reported that Yan Shifan used ordinary wood as golden nanmu.
At the same time, Zhu Zaijing was also leisurely waiting for Zhao Wenhua's certificate of nomination in his palace.
Zhu Zaijing was certain that Zhao Wenhua would show loyalty to him at all costs, and Zhu Zaijing did not think about killing all such corrupt officials and scoundrels who were notorious in history.
After all, as the saying goes, the water of the Yellow River can also irrigate fields in several provinces on both sides of the river. It cannot be used because the water is turbid, nor can it be used because the water is clear. The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers each have their own unique uses. As long as they are controlled to prevent them from overflowing and causing disasters, then this is the best way to employ people.
Therefore, Zhu Zaijing is not the kind of black and white person. He does not think that he can achieve great things by using people as so-called famous historical ministers. You must know that sometimes there are things that have obvious handles. Corrupt officials will actually use it with less worry and effort. And their execution ability is definitely much stronger than those so-called clean ministers who only talk all day long. Therefore, in Zhu Zaijing's heart, he did not have any clear distinction between likes and dislikes. As long as he could help him get things done without causing any subsequent impact on him, no matter whether he was a so-called strict party or a clean-blooded official, Zhu Zaijing would Everyone will be treated equally.
Otherwise, there are only those in the court who can only talk and talk, and often use the slogans of saints and ancestors as their mantras. Then Zhu Zaijing will get Emperor Chongzhen's "Zhongzheng Yingchao" fifty years in advance. "The script?"
Such a result was not what Zhu Zaijing wanted. What Zhu Zaijing wanted was a completely new Ming Dynasty, instead of wasting energy and time all day long fighting with these gangs who only wanted to force the Lai Lai Jiao emperor. On the scholar-bureaucrats who work.
"How is Zhao Wenhua's situation?"
Zhu Zaijing, who had been waiting for several days without receiving a letter, finally couldn't help his curiosity and went to Li Chunfang to ask questions.
Li Chunfang said: "Reporting to the prince, Zhao Wenhua said that he had arranged the action and sent all the things to the General Affairs Department, but there was still no movement. He suspected that the things might have been suppressed by the General Affairs Department."
Zhu Zaijing laughed when he heard this, "It's amazing. If I remember correctly, the current chief of the General Affairs Department should be Mr. Xu Ge, right? This matter can be suppressed, so it must be Xu Ge again. An old masterpiece of caution.”
Li Chunfang replied: "Your Majesty is wise, and I think so too."
Zhu Zaijing waved his hands and said: "Forget it, let the bullets fly for a while. Anyway, it's been a long time since Tingtui. Recently, Commander Lu's house is also having a funeral. Your Majesty is also very sad. Listen to Eunuch Huang. It is said that His Majesty is crying over the portrait of the landing commander. It is not appropriate to cause too much trouble now.”
Li Chunfang hummed and understood what Zhu Zaijing meant.
Although everyone knew about Lu Bing's death, if he were to die like this, it would still have a huge impact on the court.
After all, he was a confidant who had been with Emperor Jiajing since he was a child. His mother was Emperor Jiajing's nurse when he was a child, and he had risked his life several times to save him. Such a close minister suddenly disappeared. If he could remain indifferent, That's impossible too.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing's sadness was naturally an expression of his true feelings, and was not a pretense to win over his subordinates.
"His Majesty asked you to come up with a posthumous title for Commander Lu. What did you come up with?"
Zhu Zaijing asked another casual question.
Li Chunfang replied: "After several discussions and careful consideration, the cabinet finally formulated the posthumous title of 'Wu Hui' for Commander Lu."
Hearing the posthumous title of Wu Hui, Zhu Zaijing also hummed. If it were before, Zhu Zaijing might not really know what "Wu Hui" means, but as he grew up in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zaijing naturally also understood many cultural symbols belonging to this era.
"Commander Lu Zhe Chong defended himself against insults, worked diligently and selflessly, and deserved the word 'benefit'. Your Majesty is really sad that he is gone. He is really heartbroken."
Li Chunfang said: "Yes, His Majesty also personally wrote an edict for Commander Lu, praising him for his service to the country, exposing the traitors, being loyal to his duties, and writing Qing Ci. He wanted to posthumously confer him the title of Uncle Loyalty."
Zhu Zaijing hummed, "Commander Lu has been loyal to His Majesty all his life, and it is fitting that his loyal uncle should be chased after him."
Li Chunfang added: "Your Majesty will also give him sixteen altars of sacrifice."
Zhu Zaijing was not surprised when he heard about the sixteen altar sacrifices.
"Although the sixteen altar sacrifices are of royal standard, it is not an exaggeration to use them on Commander Lu. Commander Lu has been with His Majesty since he was a child, and his mother is also His Majesty's wet nurse , so the friendship between him and His Majesty has long surpassed that of ordinary monarchs and ministers, and it is appropriate to give him sixteen altars of sacrifice."
Zhu Zaijing was also very tolerant towards the dead. After all, Lu Bing had never caused any trouble to Zhu Zaijing in these years, and he was indeed loyal to Emperor Jiajing. After his death, he was given sixteen altar sacrifices with royal standards. There is nothing much to say about the quality.
Li Chunfang said: "Yes, the friendship between Commander Lu and His Majesty is extraordinary and really leaves people speechless. Moreover, His Majesty also gave Commander Lu 50 pieces of linen grain and cloth; he also ordered the Ministry of Industry to prepare a coffin for him. , built a tomb. He also asked the Ministry of War to appoint his son Lu Yi as the commander of the bodyguard, and also asked Duke Cheng to take care of his family. It can be said that there are few people in the history of the country who can match it. "
Zhu Zaijing said: "This is also appropriate. Lu Bing saved your Majesty several times. It is not an exaggeration to have such grace. It is just a pity that Commander Lu died while he was still in his prime."
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Zhu Zaijing's words also shocked Li Chunfang. At the age of fifty-one, isn't he still an "old man"? Why are you still in your prime?
But then she thought about the old people in the court, none of them were seventy or eighty years old, and Li Chunfang felt relieved.
Compared with these old bangers, Lu Bing did die in his prime.
"Okay, let's end the conversation today. You should go back and do your work first. I will also go to the Lu Mansion to pay homage to His Majesty later, so I won't leave you too much."
After Zhu Zaijing finished chatting, he let Li Chunfang leave.
Li Chunfang immediately replied: "I retire."
After Li Chunfang really left, Zhu Zaijing called Meng Chong over again, "Go find Yuhuatian and ask him to quietly send people to check on the Xu family, especially Xu Jie's son Xu Fan. Look at what he’s been doing recently. We’ll give him a push at the critical moment. Otherwise, when will we be able to get things done?”
Meng Chong immediately replied: "I obey my orders."
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