Yan Song looked at Jiang Hao with a grimace on his face.
Today’s Emperor Jiajing has not only become exceptionally young, but his personality has also changed drastically.
If it weren’t for the fact that his appearance was exactly the same as Emperor Jiajing’s, and his accent and tone were the same as those of the former Emperor Jiajing, Yan Song would have almost thought that His Majesty the Emperor had been tricked.
Regardless of Yan Song’s talents, he is indeed a smart man. He was able to defeat Xia Yan and be in charge of the cabinet for twenty years because of his grasp of Jiajing’s mind.
And the reason why he can stand tall is because he welcomes Jiajing everywhere, collects the people’s wealth for Jiajing, and protects Jiajing from wind and rain.
At least in the eyes of the people, Jiajing still had a fig leaf – all bad things were done by the traitorous minister Yan Song and had nothing to do with Jiajing.
This reason may not be tenable, but it is enough to fool ordinary people.
But now, Yan Song found that he could not grasp Jiajing’s thoughts at all, which made him panic.
Yan Song is over eighty years old, and he has lived seventy years. At his age, the reason why he firmly occupies the position of chief minister of the cabinet is not simply because of his greed for power.
But Yan Song is the banner of the Yan Party and the tree of the Yan Party. Once Yan Song falls, the Yan Party will lose its backer.
I don’t know how many people will be implicated by then. This will be a major event that shocks both the government and the public.
What’s more, Yan Song and his son have done too much dirty work over the years and offended countless people. Although they took the blame for the emperor, others didn’t dare to retaliate against the emperor, nor did they dare to retaliate against them for losing power?
Once Yan Song loses his position as chief minister of the cabinet, the fate of their Yan family will become uncertain.
This can range from confiscating your home to destroying your entire family.
It was precisely because he was worried about such consequences that Yan Song took a deep breath and refused to die.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this strong will to survive that Yan Song lived to such a long life!
Now Emperor Jiajing’s attitude suddenly changed. For the first time, he went to court for the first time and unexpectedly asked Yan Song to retire. This could not be done to Yan Song.
Naturally, Yan Song couldn’t say that his sword was still young and he could continue to serve His Majesty the Emperor. To say so would make him appear to be greedy for power.
Although he is indeed greedy for power, today is a world dominated by Confucian ideology. Confucianism emphasizes modesty and cannot be arrogant. Even if he usurps the throne and becomes emperor, he has to give in three times. If he directly shows his greed for power, his reputation will become worse.
Therefore, Yan Song remained silent. He just watched everyone in the Yan Party waving flags and shouting for him, but he became more and more worried.
Since ancient times, God’s will has always been difficult to predict. Yan Dang’s response to such a call may only make the emperor feel more resentful.
But Yan Dang didn’t say anything, so the matter was settled, and Yan Song naturally didn’t want to retire.
So he could only remain silent.
There is only silence.
“Your Majesty, my father has devoted his whole life to the Ming Dynasty over the years, and he has long thought of dying in office. Please give your Majesty a chance for my father to leave his name in history!” Yan Shifan finally couldn’t hold back and said.
Jiang Hao looked at Yan Shifan with great interest and said: “Your father is getting old after all. How could I bear to let him die of exhaustion in office? It’s time to take off the burden and take care of his old age. Li Shanchang didn’t even die of exhaustion when he took office. I, the Ming Dynasty, will not treat meritorious officials harshly.”
Yan Shifan was shocked and thought to himself that Li Shanchang did not die in office, but after retirement, he was still involved in the Hu Weiyong case and was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Jiajing actually used Li Shanchang to compare Yan Song. The meaning of this is somewhat intriguing.
All the ministers looked strange and were guessing in their minds.
As for Yan Song, his face changed drastically, his whole body was shaking, and he almost fainted in the main hall.
Jiajing actually compared him to Li Shanchang
Good guy!
Li Shanchang’s talents could never be matched by Yan Song. He was Xiao He of the Ming Dynasty and the first founding hero of the Ming Dynasty.
But Yan Song could copy Li Shanchang’s fate, which was to kill everyone in his family.
It would be strange for Yan Song not to be frightened.
“Yan Shifan, your father has returned to his hometown to take care of his old age. He cannot do without a filial son to take care of him. You should also go home together and take care of your father!” Jiang Hao said another sentence and dismissed Yan Shifan as the Minister of Industry.
Yan Shifan was naturally unwilling to “do this”, but the Ming Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety. Jiang Hao emphasized the word “filial piety” and it was the emperor’s golden words, so Yan Shifan had no way to refute.
“Looking at Mr. Yan Ge, he seems exhausted. Lu Fang, send a few eunuchs to take Mr. Yan Ge back home.” Jiang Hao said, “You should go back too, Yan Shifan!”
“Yes” Yan Shifan was so distraught that he could only accept the order.
Although Yan Shifan was arrogant and domineering outside, in front of the Ming Dynasty imperial power, he was fragile and had no ability to resist.
Lu Fang also immediately sent several eunuchs to help Yan Song and left the hall.
The ministers looked at Yan Song’s lonely back and said,
We all realize that an era is over.
Jiang Hao, on the other hand, was careless and unmoved.
The Ming Emperor’s power as the emperor was unlimited. The chief minister of the cabinet had the function of the prime minister, but to put it bluntly, he was the emperor’s personal secretary.
It was really just a matter of words for the emperor to fire his personal secretary, which was much easier than the dismissal of prime ministers in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
What’s more, even if the emperor of the late Tang Dynasty wanted to remove the prime minister, it was nothing more than a matter of thought.
What powerful civil servant group? None of them exist!
People in the strict party may be dissatisfied, but they are powerless to resist.
As for Qingliu, he is happy to see this happen, and wishes Yan Song would get out of here, so how could he object?
The reason why Jiang Hao dismissed Yan Song and his son was to destroy the Yan Party, because he was not Jiajing, and he wanted to collect resources to build a portal.
However, the Ming Dynasty is too backward and has no ability to search for resources. Then it must first reform the Ming Dynasty and make the Ming Dynasty enter the industrial era. Only then can it better help Jiang Hao achieve his goals.
“The cabinet cannot be without its chief assistant. Since Mr. Yan Ge has passed away to take care of his old age.” Jiang Hao looked around and landed on Xu Jie, “Then Mr. Xu Ge, I can only give you a plus.” It’s time to take on the responsibility, you should get started on this matter of the chief minister of the cabinet!”
Jiang Hao also doesn’t like Xu Jie, an elder of the Licorice State. He prefers people like Zhang Juzheng who are determined to reform. However, Zhang Juzheng currently does not have enough qualifications and prestige to be forcibly promoted to the position of chief minister of the cabinet, so he must first let Xu Jie Overdo it.
And Xu Jie’s family has annexed 300,000 acres of land. When Xu Jie, a tool man, is no longer valuable, Jiang Hao will naturally swallow up Xu Jie’s family’s land to accelerate the development of the Ming Dynasty.
“I thank you for your kindness!” Xu Jie was somewhat uncomfortable with becoming the chief minister of the cabinet inexplicably without any thrilling actions to defeat the emperor.
But he had coveted the position of chief minister of the cabinet for a long time. Now that he got what he wanted, he almost cheered in his heart and immediately thanked Jiang Hao for his great kindness.
Jiang Hao added: “Since the cabinet is already short of members, Zhang Juzheng, please fill it in!”
