Chapter 870: Xu Wei (Part 2)
Although Xu Wei did not achieve anything in this life, he helped Hu Zongxian plan to fight against the Japanese in the southeast, personally, he passed the imperial examination and was able to enter the officialdom, gathered the heroes of Suiyuan, and saw favor with Qing Ci. Emperor Jiajing often personally inquired about Xu Wei's various wars in the southeast.
From this perspective, although Qian Yuan emerged and stole Xu Wei's limelight, the role Xu Wei played in the southeast's anti-Japanese war in this life was not inferior to that of the original time and space.
He killed his wife, committed suicide, wrote the "Epitaph for Self-Being" and was imprisoned for seven years and was so depressed that he "wanted alone under the moon when he endured hunger", and destroyed his face and head. He passed away in the cold winter, and only an old dog was around him... These will never appear again.
While laughing, Qian Yuan looked at the unblocked smile on Xu Wei's face. For him, it was a very fulfilling thing to change the life trajectory of the middle-aged man in front of him.
"The farm in Jiaxing Mansion should be managed by Hangzhou Food Garden and sent to Shanyin. My mother was not in good condition and lived in the middle of the capital for a long time." Xu Wei sighed, seeing Qian Yuan was in a daze, "Hmm?"
"It's nothing." Qian Yuan put away his thoughts and sighed: "I made arrangements this time. I guess I'll have to worry about the marriage of Togo more than ten years later."
"Then thank Zhan Cai?" Xu Wei pretended to bow, and suddenly smacked his lips and felt something was wrong...
Seeing Xu Wei's suspicious expression, Qian Yuan quickly opened up the topic, "Forget it, the nobles, I didn't expect that His Majesty would also give me some rewards today."
"It was indeed unexpected," Xu Wei frowned and said, "Except for Li Zishi, the rest of the people..."
Qian Yuan understates: "This is a good thing, Your Majesty is trusting Suiyuan."
Although King Yu often came to Suiyuan in recent years and was familiar with Xu Wei, the first impression of the latter in the minds of court officials was that he was the Hanlin poet who favored Emperor Jiajing with Qing Ci.
Those ministers who took charge of the Xiyuan and wrote Qingci... Yuan Wei was seriously ill and Dong Fen was dismissed from office. Guo Pu was transferred to the Ministry of Justice by Ping, and Yan Ne was so miserable that he was kicked to Nanjing as the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.
Only Li Chunfang was transferred to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites... but it was not very good. He had served this position two years ago. If Emperor Jiajing did not die, according to the historical trajectory, he should have taken over as the Minister of Rites within two or three years and entered the cabinet.
Xu Wei has not made any noise in the past six months. He is still a Hanlin lecturer and has not served in the Zhan Shi Mansion. However, today he was awarded a suffrage and Emperor Longqing suddenly rewarded him, which means that Xu Wei is a member of the Suiyuan in His Majesty's mind.
This is a signal sent by Emperor Longqing.
"But it also made Suiyuan the target of public criticism." Xu Wei retorted: "If I was right, Pan Siming would be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Imperial College in Nanjing... It is likely that Gao Yi would take over."
"Just call him his name? That's your father-in-law in the future." Qian Yuan joked and thought to himself, "The priest of the Imperial College in Beijing is Yin Zhengfu now, and there are Uncle Zhang and Lin Zhenheng behind him."
"I always have to let the old minister of Qiandi grab a position." Xu Wei thought for a while, "Gao Xinzheng... I'm afraid I'll be furious."
Qian Yuan sneered: "Xu Huating has not given up yet in the court. Gao Xinzheng has many troubles. Now Suiyuan...at least there are no major nine ministers yet... Oh, Duke Ji Quan is about to retire."
Sun Sheng, the father of Sun Sheng, has been in the pavilion for a while and has written letters to request his retirement to return home. Qian Yuan visited Emperor Longqing a few days ago, and Sun Sheng and Lu Ben may both retire.
Qian Yuan and Xu Wei both knew it. Suiyuan was like Sun Yan, Yang Quan, Wu Dui, Chen Younian, and all the Dashou could guess that Emperor Longqing simply hoped that Gao Gong would take over the power in a few years... Suiyuan could check and balance it.
In a few years, Huang Maoguan should have been the Minister of Revenue, Pan Sheng, Qian Zheng and even Gao Yi should also be in a high position... Because Xia Yan rehabilitated the injustice, Qian Zheng has been in the limelight recently, and rumors may be transferred to the six ministries as ministers. Qian Yuan didn't know how this rumor was spread.
In a few years, Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan should have entered the cabinet. They were all disagreeable with Gao Gong, but they were old ministers from Qiandi, who were close friends in Suiyuan.
In a few years, Tan Lun should be able to recover. In history, he was already the governor of Ji and Liao at the end of the Jiajing dynasty, and later served as the Minister of War. He also served as the Minister of War, and now the governor of Fujian Wu Baipeng, who returned to the court for his merits and at least one assistant minister.
What's more, Suiyuan has the southeast as its foundation. Even if the lieutenant generals of the court gathered all the business affairs at that time, Qian Yuan could still have a deep influence on the southeast coast.
From this point of view, Suiyuan has the ability to check and balance Gao Gong, and it is not unreasonable for Emperor Longqing to choose Suiyuan.
Xu Wei was a little excited tonight. Seeing Qian Yuan fall into deep thought, he spread out rice paper on his own, selected brushes and grinded ink, sometimes wrote cursive scripts, and sometimes painted.
Qian Yuan sipped the tea, and a hint of sarcasm and helplessness appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The conflict with Gao Gong was a situation that Qian Yuan didn't want to see. After all, Gao Gong had the ability to do his job. He was willing to see the sea ban on trade, was willing to ship the sea to replace the canal, and was willing to implement a new policy.
Emperor Longqing chose Suiyuan to check and balance Gaogong... Then there will inevitably be a conflict between Gaogong and Suiyuan.
Emperor Longqing is a good guy... he has learned his skills of checks and balances, although this is indeed necessary.
Gao Gong is arrogant and arrogant, and has a narrow aura. He can't even accommodate Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan in the original time and space. If Zhang Juzheng hadn't pretended to be a grandson, he might not have the chance to kill him with one blow...
Qian Yuan speculated that Xu Jie could not control the cabinet now, and everything was discussed by the cabinet ministers. Xu Jie planned to say that if Gao Gong was not good, Li Mo would face the saint... After all, Emperor Longqing was not a king like my son who had not seen court officials for decades.
In this case, with Gao Gong's temperament and strong and urgent hope of taking power, he will definitely have conflicts with Xu Jie and even Li Mo.
If Suiyuan doesn't get involved, maybe she can get some benefits... Qian Yuan is making various plans, and Xu Wei boasted about it with satisfaction.
"Since entering Beijing in the 34th year of Jiajing, this painting should be the best!"
Qian Yuan stood up curiously and glanced. The rice paper was painted on the front yard of Suiyuan. At the square table, four people were either lying or sitting upright. The table was dotted with mahjong plaques. Seven or eight people watching were pointed or laughing happily. There were several big men roasting the whole lamb in the distance...
"This is you, this is Bomao, this is Junze..." Xu Wei laughed and said, "The whole sheep roast... Liang Sheng and Wang Yi, by the way, I will write a poem tonight and make up for it tomorrow!"
"This painting..." Qian Yuan asked: "How about Shen Shitian mentioned today?"
Xu Wei said proudly: "Using this painting alone, it should be later than Bai Shiweng."
Generally speaking, the painter's peak period is in his later years, and Xu Wei is really arrogant.
Qian Yuan had no expression on his face, but he wanted to laugh a little... Xu Wei dared to say such words. This painting might be passed down to the museum in future generations. If there is any national treasure archive in future generations...
Today, I would like to invite the Director of Zhejiang **** to introduce this round of national treasures, "Suiyuan Mahjong Picture" written by Xu Wei, a great talent of the Ming Dynasty.
The paintings are all Suiyuan scholars. This is a famous political group in the mid-Ming Dynasty. What were they doing?
When playing mahjong, we can verify from this painting that mahjong had appeared at least during the Jiajing and Longqing years, and it was not much different from modern mahjong.
Chapter completed!