Chapter 351 My son will do it now (Part 1)
With Zhu Zaijing’s guidance behind the scenes, the memorial to impeach the Shuntian Prefecture for its inaction was directly delivered to the General Affairs Office under the leadership of Hai Rui.
At the same time, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng also began to mobilize their own connections and began to discuss the issue of responsibilities for the capital's outer city project.
It seems that this is just an inconspicuous wave, and no one will think about these things in series.
But as public opinion gradually expanded, the court also began to pay attention to this issue.
The focus of the imperial court's attention on this issue was also very simple, which was the issue of the ownership of the responsibilities for the outer city project of the capital that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng discussed.
When people from the Ministry of Industry saw that this problem was beginning to develop, they also felt that it was a bit unusual.
If it were normal times, the Ministry of Industry would definitely have taken responsibility for the Capital Outer City Project under his own name.
But now everyone knows that the Capital Outer City Project may turn into a mess.
As a result, the Ministry of Industry also expressed its opinions clearly.
Zhao Wenhua, the minister of the Ministry of Works, clearly pointed out at a ministry meeting that the responsibility for the outer city project of the capital belonged to the Urban Construction Department under Shuntian Prefecture and had nothing to do with the Ministry of Works.
After Zhao Wenhua expressed his opinions, the Ministry of Works unified its approach. The matter of the Capital Outer City Project no longer belongs to the Ministry of Works, but is a matter for Shuntian Prefecture.
At this time, King Yi Youzhao of Shuntian Prefecture gradually came to his senses and realized the subtlety of the problem.
But when he was about to react, Hai Rui's impeachment memorial, which had been delivered to the General Affairs Office early, had also been sent to the cabinet.
Yan Shifan, who is known as "Serving Dad" in the cabinet but actually participates in cabinet affairs, naturally saw this belated impeachment memorial at the first time.
Yan Shifan had long wanted to find a chance to bring things back, but now that he saw this memorial about Hai Rui's impeachment of Shuntian Mansion's inaction, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.
"This is your own dog-eat-dog, so don't blame me."
Yan Shifan couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. He immediately took Hai Rui's memorial out alone and then died. Standing in the open space in the center of the cabinet with a straight face.
“Everyone, stop for now.”
Yan Shifan immediately stopped other people in the cabinet who were handling cabinet affairs.
Yan Song raised his head slightly and glanced at his son, but didn't say anything.
Xu Jie and Lu Ben couldn't help but look up at Yan Shifan who suddenly shouted. They also stopped what they were doing and quietly waited for Yan Shifan's performance.
Feeling the attention of everyone in the cabinet, Yan Shifan also felt great psychological satisfaction. He is such a person who is keen on performance and likes this feeling of being noticed.
Yan Shifan held up Hai Rui's memorial to impeach Shuntian Mansion for its inaction, and his expression suddenly became angry.
"Everyone! More than a year ago, the Holy Emperor ordered the start of the expansion project of the outer city of the capital. King Jing and Prince Yu successively served as the prime ministers of the outer city project of the capital. Prince Yu even came forward to preside over the project. The commencement ceremony was held.”
"It can be said that the imperial court attaches no less importance to the capital's outer city project than any military or state priority. But what is Shuntian Prefecture doing? Ever since Shuntian Prefecture petitioned the Holy Father under the banner of contributing to the capital's outer city project, The Urban Construction Department Office was established to be responsible for the construction of the outer city project. "
"But more than a year has passed, and both Prince Yu's Mansion and Hai Ruihai Supervisor are working hard on the outer city project of the capital. , only Shuntian Mansion doesn’t know what to say.”
“Now the Jingshi Outer City project is at risk of being shut down, but there is no response from anyone in the Shuntian Mansion, as if the Jingshi Outer City project has nothing to do with them? He ran faster than anyone else, but when he was doing his best, he hid aside and watched other people's excitement. How could this be possible in this world?" Yan Shifan scolded Shuntian Mansion impassionedly.
Whether it is Yan Song sitting in the first place, or Xu Jie and Lu Ben sitting on both sides, or the people in Zhongshushe who are doing paperwork in the cabinet, they are all He couldn't help but look at Yan Shifan, who looked upright at the moment.
Is the sun coming out in the west? Mr. Xiaoge also has a sense of justice?
But those who can be in the cabinet, even those from Zhongshushe who can only do odd jobs, are not stupid.
No one here is unclear as to why things in the outer city of the capital have come to this point.
If Yan Shifan hadn’t misappropriated the money that should have been allocated to the outer city project under the guise of building palaces and temples for the emperor, why would the outer city project be like this?
But now that the emperor's palace has been burned down, he can only live in a small palace. No one with a strong sense of justice can jump out and say that it is not right to build a house for the emperor at this time. matter.
Therefore, when Yan Shifan jumped out and acted like this, everyone could see that he was doing it to avenge himself and regain the face he had lost to Hai Rui and Wang Youzhao a year ago.
Now that Hai Rui has taken the initiative and launched a charge against his former "ally", Yan Shifan, who has never been too troublesome to watch the excitement, will naturally not let this opportunity pass easily. .
This time he must let Wang Youzhao know why the flowers are so red!
Last time he was lucky enough to get help from Hai Rui and his successor, King Yu, to save the day. This time Hai Rui even turned against him to see who could save him.
Yan Shifan looked at the people in the cabinet with a look of justice.
As the chief minister of the cabinet and Yan Shifan's biological father, Yan Song must be on Yan Shifan's side.
However, Yan Song would not express his position easily, so Yan Song looked at Xu Jie and Lu Ben.
Yan Song said in a slow voice: "Shaohu, Nanqu, what do you two think about this matter?"
Shaohu is Xu Jie's nickname, and Nanqu is Lu Ben's nickname.
Yan Song called the two of them questions, and they naturally responded.
Xu Jie and Lu Bu both looked at Yan Song. Xu Jie said: "The outer city project of the capital is a big matter. Now that someone is impeaching Shuntian Prefecture for inaction, our cabinet must also pay attention to it. We need to see what is going on. , and then make a ticket and submit it to His Majesty."
After Xu Jie finished speaking, Yan Song looked at Lu Ben on the other side.
Lu Ben was the lucky man who was promoted to the cabinet by Emperor Jiajing as a Hanlin scholar. Earlier this year, he officially took over the post of Minister of Rites that Xu Jie had previously held. , it is only a matter of time before he is officially recognized as a bachelor.
So, even though Lu Ben entered the cabinet earlier than Xu Jie, his ranking in the cabinet was lower than that of Xu Jie, and he could only be regarded as a third assistant, that is, an ordinary cabinet member.
But the current structure in the cabinet is different from the previous rules.
Yan Shifan, the second generation who did not have a Jinshi background and no experience in serving in the Imperial Academy, relied on his father to become a "little pavilion elder" recognized by the government and the public. Therefore, Lu Ben, the third assistant, was actually the fourth assistant, and Xu Jie, the second assistant, In fact, it is just decoration.
Almost all the power in the cabinet is controlled by Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son.
So at this time, Lu Ben would naturally not say anything else.
Lu Ben said: "Mr. Xu Ge is right. This matter is a big one. Now that someone has impeached someone and there seems to be discussion outside, of course we must also pay attention to this matter. After understanding this After the cause and effect of the matter, we will draw up a ticket and submit it to His Majesty."
After Yan Song listened to what Xu Jie and Lu Ben said, he nodded slightly, then looked at Yan Shifan and said, "Did Yan Shifan hear this? ? According to Mr. Xu Ge and Mr. Lu, let’s find out what’s going on first and then deal with it.”
Yan Shifan bowed to his father and said, "Son, I'll do it now."
(End of Chapter)