Although these young people are not stupid, they are inexperienced after all. The four words "in danger of death" spoken by Yan Shifan easily aroused their anxiety and made them want to continue listening.
There is nothing to be lost by listening more. Several young people generally thought this way, but they still said harsh words.
Lu Mengguan took the lead and shouted: "Why are you, Mr. Yan, talking nonsense and alarmism here again?"
"Of course I have my reasons for saying this, but you are young and ignorant and cannot see clearly the situation!" Yan Shifan started to say, but then he started to defend himself: "But I still have to say a few words first.
My previous experiences have nothing to do with me, it’s up to you to believe it or not!”
"As the son of a great scholar, I was detained by Qin Dewei in Ningbo, just like Su Wu shepherding sheep in Beihai. Seeing that your families share the same goals with me, I kindly offered my advice!
Unfortunately, your families have been stable for many years, but the people in charge have become incompetent, improperly hired, and ineffective in execution, resulting in failure! As the saying goes, dying of happiness!
As for why Qin Dewei knew about your families' plans, it must be because the personnel you sent to Shuangyu Island were useless. After being caught, they all confessed truthfully. Can you blame me?"
Several young people felt very uncomfortable when Yan Shifan accused the family of being incompetent. Lu Mengguan said impatiently: "This is all in the past. Master Yan does not need to repeat these useless words!"
What’s past is past, what’s the use of lashing out like an afterthought? Haven’t you seen that the younger generations of their four major families are getting back on their feet?
Yan Shifan didn't give the other party much time to think about it, and quickly asked: "What do you think of today's shogunate announcement?"
Several young people were discussing this issue just now. When Yan Shifan asked, they could answer without thinking, but their opinions were not very unanimous.
Yang Chengmin said: "I think it's because Qin Dewei is about to step down, so he is pretending to be an attempt to win back people's hearts!"
Zhang Shide said: "I thought this must be to lure the snake out of its hole. Qin Dewei just wanted to see who else in Ningbo was really dissatisfied with him!"
Yan Shifan was a little surprised. He thought that these young people had gathered one point of view so that he could use another point of view to express his excitement.
Unexpectedly, both views were presented, but this was not a problem for Yan Shifan, who immediately added: "Both of your views are right, and neither of them is right! Because your thinking is too shallow and you have not explored the problem in depth.
The essence of!”
Then Yan Shifan still didn't give others time to think, and then said to Yang Chengmin: "You said Qin Dewei was about to step down, but you didn't think about why he was resigning, or why Qin Dewei, who never cared about people's hearts, wanted to control people's hearts!
Qin Dewei originally made a three-year plan, but now he only works for one year! It's because the court's trend is not good for him, the first assistant is named Xia, and the court wants to take back his unchecked power!"
Then he immediately said to Zhang Shide: "You said Qin Dewei led the snake out of the hole, but you didn't think deeply about why Qin Dewei led the snake out of the hole!
That's because, given the unfavorable trend in the court, the governor who takes over will definitely not be Qin Dewei's comrade, but may even be his opponent!
Under such circumstances, Qin Dewei has the intention to eliminate potential local enemies as much as possible! After the new governor comes, it will be difficult to find strong enough anti-Qin Dewei collaborators in the local area!"
Several young people looked at each other and had to admit that Lord Yan Shifanyan's analysis was indeed more profound.
Lu Mengguan suddenly remembered something and asked Yan Shifan: "Then you said that we are in a dead end, what does this have to do with anything?"
Yan Shifan racked his brains sharply, trying his best to round out this sentence, "From my analysis, you haven't felt that Qin Dewei is already thinking of eradicating the roots?"
Several young people took a breath of air-conditioning and couldn't help but think of Qin Dewei's evil reputation. Could it be that those same people who had their families destroyed would also happen to them?
"Is there any way to protect ourselves?" Several people continued to ask subconsciously.
Yan Shifan said confidently: "For the current plan, the only way I can think of for you to protect yourself is that you can jointly submit a letter to the court to accuse and report Qin Dewei!"
Several young people couldn't understand it and couldn't believe it, "Is this enough?"
Yan Shifan was still confident and spoke eloquently: "I said that after Xia Shoufu's return, the court's situation has become unfavorable to Qin Dewei. If you go to the court directly, you are following the trend!
Secondly, if you can register yourself in the court, Qin Dewei will also have some scruples, and it will be difficult to touch you openly!
After you submit the letter, you should leave the local area quickly to avoid too much entanglement with Qin Dewei, so as to ensure your own safety!"
"Where can we go?" several young people asked again.
Yan Shifan gave specific suggestions: "You have to go north along the canal and wait for the new governor on the way. He will definitely be interested in you!
If you get the protection of the new governor, you can sit back and relax, and it is not impossible to revive the family."
After several people were silent for a while, Lu Mengguan suddenly shouted: "Did Mr. Yan come to trick me again and wait for me to be fooled? If we go to the express delivery shop to submit letters, I'm afraid Qin Dewei will know about it immediately!"
Yan Shifan said calmly: "You can go to other places to find contacts to submit letters, so Qin Dewei will definitely not know about it at the first time!
Or you can leave it to me and I'll send it out by express delivery, and others will just think it's me sending the official document!"
Several young people looked at each other and politely declined Yan Shifan: "No need to bother me, Mr. Yan, we can make our own arrangements!"
I, the Ming Dynasty, pay attention to the smooth flow of speech, so writing a letter to scold the outgoing governor should not be a big deal, and a joint letter from local scholars might also attract the attention of the court.
Moreover, the four major families also have connections in surrounding counties. If they submit letters to other counties, they can avoid Qin Dewei's eyes and ears, and there is no need for Yan Shifan to handle it!
Yan Shifan said it didn't matter, as long as you are happy with how it is done, anyway, Uncle Yan has completed the task.
After Qin Zhongtang received the edict, he pondered for two more days before writing a memorial to the court.
The general meaning is that there was no governor-general of Zhejiang and Fujian before Qin Dewei. Now that the situation in the southeast is special, in order to maintain policy continuity, it is hoped that the court will continue to establish a governor-general of Zhejiang and Fujian. And after the new governor-general of Zhejiang and Fujian arrives in Zhejiang, he, Qin Dewei, will take over the post.
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Qin Zhongtang should not be concerned about whether the situation he created can be continued. The successor is indeed crucial.
At this time, the new chapter of "Ancient Chronicles" was also rushed out. Qin Zhongtang sealed his memorial and the new chapter of the novel together and sent them to the capital in a dense form.
Although it is called a secret book, everyone knows that this memorial belongs to Qin Zhongtang. After all, only those with an imperial silver medal are eligible to go to the secret book. And in the whole Zhejiang, who else has a silver medal except Qin Zhongtang?
However, Qin Zhongtang just wanted to conceal the content, not his identity.
More than ten days later, the two-in-one package was sent to the capital, where it was opened in front of the emperor as usual.
Emperor Jiajing happily accepted the new chapter of "Ancient Records" and then sent the memorial to the cabinet.
Today's Emperor Jiajing's energy is really limited, so he will not handle the more complicated memorials personally, only those that only need to be approved with a "yes" or "no".
Now there are only three people in the main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, which is much better than the crowded situation some time ago.
Although Zhang Chao, Zhang Bi, and Zhang Bangqi, three people with the surname Zhang, had resigned from the bachelor's degree and had not yet been informed by Xia Shoufu, Zhang Chao went directly to the Ministry of Rites and Zhang Bangqi went directly to Zhan Shifu.
Back to Wenyuan Pavilion.
Only Zhang Bi, who had no part-time job, had nowhere to go. Before his resignation was approved, he had no choice but to come to Wenyuan Pavilion to enter Zhizhi.
Faced with this situation, Xia Yan felt that the situation was very good, at least he had already dominated the cabinet.
It's just that there's an emperor up there, which makes me feel uncomfortable. How great would it be if the emperor continued to be in a coma?
Zhang Bi, a bachelor who is temporarily unable to leave, has to face Xia Yan and Yan Song alone every day. This is a very unpleasant experience.
Today, Zhang Bi couldn't bear it and asked Xia Yan: "Xia Guizhou! When will the news of the resignation of three cabinet ministers including me be reported to the emperor?"
Xia Yan showed the majesty of his first assistant and said: "I have the discretion to do such a big thing! Why do you need to talk so much!"
He knew very well that it was impossible not to report the fact that three bachelors resigned at the same time, but he needed to find a suitable time to eliminate the negative impact on himself as much as possible!
While Zhang Bi was entangled with Xia Yan, eunuch Huang Jin came and brought a memorial.
The signature part of this memorial was torn off because the words on each silver medal were different. Only Emperor Jiajing and the owner of the silver medal knew it. Outsiders could not know the words engraved on the silver medal.
But after the cabinet elders circulated this memorial, they all understood who wrote it! Who else but Qin Dewei would dare to be so concerned about the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian?
Xia Shoufu asked Huang Jin who came to deliver the memorial: "Does the emperor have any instructions?"
Huang Jin replied: "No."
So Xia Yan symbolically said to the other two cabinet ministers: "How to choose the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang? Just follow the old rules!"
As long as the emperor doesn't interfere, many things will be easy to handle!
But after Xia Shoufu finished speaking, Yan Song looked very strange, and then reminded Xia Yan: "It may not be easy. Shoufu should think about what is the practice of selecting governors."
Xia Shoufu knew that Mr. Yan Ge would not say such things for no reason, so he followed Yan Song's words and pondered further.
According to the official practice of the Ming Dynasty, the governor of the interior was elected by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Husbandry, while the governor of the border towns was elected by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War.
The newly established Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang faced coastal defense, and his powers were similar to those of the Governor of Border Towns, so the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War should jointly recommend candidates.
When thinking of this, Xia Shoufu suddenly felt that something was wrong?
The minister of war waiting to take office is Qin Dewei, and the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang wants to be recommended by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War. Doesn't that mean Qin Dewei directly appoints his successor?
"How could this be possible?" Xia Shoufu was immediately angry.
Zhang Bi, who has no desire to be strong, sarcastically said: "Is it possible that the chief executive wants to break the convention and decide the candidates on his own?"
