Knowing that Zhang Yandeng was invited to Chu Yun, when Zhang Yandeng returned to the yamen of the Jianghuai Governor, the officials of the Jianghuai Governor looked at me and I looked at you. Then, in the eyes of everyone, an official stood up: "Mr. Zhang, I don't know what the military leader is coming to our Jianghuai Governor this time?"

Zhang Yandeng said slowly: "This matter has not been allowed by the military commander, so I cannot tell you without authorization, but please rest assured that most of us have nothing to do with the military commander's arrival this time."

The JAC Secretary-General present felt a little relieved when he heard his boss say this, but he became curious.

"Is this matter related to the Fourth Corps?" The officials of the Jianghuai General Secretary set their targets on the Fourth Corps stationed outside Nanjing. In addition to the civil servants of the Jianghuai General Secretary, this conventional force is also a theoretically important target for investigation.

"Don't you have too many speculations, just be busy with your own affairs." Zhang Yandeng said.

"Yes." These officials were not in trouble when they saw that their superiors didn't say much.

Zhang Yandeng returned to his seat, thinking about what Chu Yun said to him. According to Chu Yun, he was very dissatisfied with the scholar group who advocated the restoration of the eight-legged essay this time, and wanted to use this incident to suppress the active old scholars.

I just suppress the restoration society that has not yet become a climate. Do I need Chu Yun to come in person? I just need to let the officials of the Jianghuai Prefectural Office make things difficult for them, and then I send ultimatums to the families of these scholars and send yamen runners to disperse the so-called Tiger Hill Conference, which can basically collapse them soon.

Will this matter be related to the Donglin Party? Zhang Yandeng thought of the Donglin Party, which still has great influence among the old scholars. The Donglin Party has a great influence in Jiangnan, and even many people in his government office are directly or indirectly related to the Donglin Party.

However, those who can work under the newly established yamen of the Jiuzhou Army know that the assessment of the Jianghuai Administration Commission formed by the Jiuzhou Army is in the capital and a group of people who have no relationship with the Donglin Party. At this time, the Donglin Party can no longer bring any benefits to them, and their concept of cliques gradually faded.

Now, there are only two ways to promote civil servants! One is to cater to Chu Yun’s changes while in office, build more roads and set up more factories, and complete the indicators explained above! Another way is to apply to go to the Academy of Sciences for further study. If you perform well, you may be promoted from the Academy of Sciences because the above believes that you have integrated into the new bureaucratic system and truly have "a skill" instead of taking advantage of flattery. Of course, there are countless officials applying to enter the Academy of Sciences for various provincial governments, and the above has already limited the quota. When the annual political performance is assessed, those with excellent performance can be qualified to go to the Academy of Sciences.

"Friends of the Clash..."

Zhang Yandeng seemed to recall more than 20 years ago, when it was the 40th year of Wanli, he served as the chief clerk of the official department. At that time, there were many friends in the court and harmed the court. He once wrote a memorial to Emperor Wanli and tried to declare his harm.

However, no one obeyed his suggestions in the end, and because of disagreement with the Donglin Party, he was framed as a "Qi Party" by the Donglin Party. Although more than 20 years have passed, Zhang Yandeng is still vivid in his mind. Although the collapse in the late Ming Dynasty cannot be entirely attributed to the dispute between the cliques, the fact that the party's common attack on differences is a major concern for the government.

"I understand!" A ray of light burst out from Zhang Yandeng's eyes.

Now he roughly figured out Chu Yun's intention, probably because Chu Yun wanted to completely end the cliques left over from the late Ming Dynasty and to sound a wake-up call for current officials, not to fight against differences, and to do political achievements with peace of mind. Only political achievements are the standard for measuring promotion, and the party's fight against differences with the same goal will not work with Chu Yun.

If you want to end the dispute between the cliques, the best way is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. So who is the chicken? The Annunciation Party blocked the palace with Chu Yun and forced the palace to become a tourist attraction, basically disappeared. Then the clique with the greatest influence is the Donglin Party and Fushe, the stubborn people who are active in the Jiangnan region.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yandeng couldn't help but worry about these scholars who advocated restoring the eight-legged essay.

"Recently, Fushe and the opposition literati in the Donglin Party have been very close, and their activities have become more and more frequent..."

Zhang Yandeng murmured to himself, thinking of his favorite disciple Chen Zilong, who seemed to have established several clubs with some young scholars, and was also very close to the Donglin Party's opposition literati.

It seems that he needs to be mentioned a little, and Zhang Yandeng couldn't bear to let this proud disciple be abandoned because of Chu Yun's actions. Chu Yun sometimes has very sharp methods, almost saying that he would abolish the eight-part essay and announce it directly, either obeying it or there would be no official.

After Zhang Yandeng left, Aila came out from behind the screen and said to Chu Yun: "I don't understand why we decided to crack down on the cliques and arrest traitors in Jiangnan. We also told Lord Zhang in advance that if there is any leak of the news..."

"Zhang Yandeng was a veteran of the three dynasties. When the dispute between the cliques in the Tianqinian was the most serious, he also reminded Emperor Tianqi, but unfortunately it was useless. In addition, he was old and paid great attention to his reputation and would not risk revealing rumors. I did this to make the Jianghuai General Secretary a little mentally prepared when the arrest was carried out to prevent the situation from escalating." Chu Yun said.

"The people from the Intelligence Department have rushed to Suzhou to arrange the arrangements. The Fourth Corps you arranged also went to Suzhou under the pretext of setting up a coastal defense fort. Should we close the network?" Ella asked carefully.

"Don't worry, I'm all here. The Zhili Fleet and the Fourth Corps are all controlled by me. They are just a group of nerds talking. It's not easy to control them? But now we are the court, and the other party is scholars. China has advocated tragic heroes since ancient times. If we appear in the image of "suppressing scholars", wouldn't it make the people of the world sympathize with them? And I don't want to arrest them in the name of "rebellion". This will not only damage our prestige and also praise them too much. Why don't we find other excuses to catch them?" Chu Yun said.

"There are other reasons to arrest them?" Ella asked.

"We create reasons without reason. Please inform Yu Cheng, Xiao Xiuer and the others, and we go to Suzhou in a casual manner. I want to see in person how the grand occasion of the Tiger Hill Conference jointly held by the Donglin Party, Fushe, Jishe and others." Chu Yun said.

"Mr. Marshal, are you too risky to go to the conference held by these scholars in person?" Ella said with some concern.
Chapter completed!