In this new year, everyone is worried, because if it has not snowed by the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, then someone needs to take the blame. In the end, it seems that God is also deliberately teasing these well-dressed beasts, and the snowflakes finally fall in the early stages of the meeting.
However, the Qingliu have been planning for a long time, and by this time they are ready to send it. At this critical moment, what kind of counterattack will Yan Party make? Let's look forward to the battle between the masters of the Ming Empire in this life-and-death political struggle!
Yan Song and Lu Fang agreed that as long as the cost of "saying" was involved, it could be approved. Yan Song, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, expressed this position at today's meeting.
A successful conspiracy is inseparable from careful foreshadowing, just as a good sycophant requires skillful skill. Xu Jie, they thought that they could use the celestial phenomena to make trouble, but the emperor's sincerity and the hints of the heavens had dispelled this possibility.
I know my son they are too greedy, but today your plans are doomed.
Yan Song's response to the financial deficit shows that he has considered it thoroughly. He noted that all the expenditures had been planned and that the Cabinet had agreed and approved the plans.
He hoped to warn Xu Jie and others that the cabinet, as the highest decision-making body, had agreed to these expenditures, and if they opposed it now, it would be ill-intentioned. In addition, he also hoped to send a message to Emperor Jiajing that he had almost dealt with the emperor's financial problems, and if Xu Jie and others continued to oppose it, then the emperor needed to make his own decision.
Xu Jie, as Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Finance, has demonstrated outstanding adaptability. Although he was a member of the cabinet, he had not seen all the expenditures and acquiesced to them, as Yan Song said.
In fact, the cabinet has always been controlled by the Yan Party, and even if Xu Jie has objections, it is difficult to change the status quo. It is more likely that he was prepared and waited until this moment to attack.
When Yan Song accused him of ulterior motives, Xu Jie countered: The ticket was handed over to me by Yan Shifan last night, I have never seen it before, don't wronged me. As Minister of Finance, after checking the accounts, we found that the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Officials under the strict jurisdiction of the Party were serious, and we refused to sign.
We do not intend to take responsibility for their wrongdoing.
Secretary Yuliang was angry because of Xu Jie's attack, but his performance in this incident was not outstanding. He continued Yan Song's point of view and questioned why no one present had signed, especially against his department.
Secretary Yuliang apparently realized that they were targeting him.
Gao Gong, a direct minister of the Jiajing Dynasty, pointed out sharply that the departments in charge of the Yan Party were not regulations that they had to abide by, and he resolutely opposed the Yan Party's arbitrary and arbitrary style, and bluntly said that the imperial court was not run by his family, and the Yan Party had no right to order them to act according to their own wishes.
If the Yan Party is really capable, then they should be dismissed from their posts.
Yan Shifan immediately changed his mind, and he realized his gaffe. He stressed that although the Ming Dynasty does not belong to the Yan family, the power of the cabinet lies in our hands. He reminded the Ministry of Finance that if they no longer follow the instructions of the Cabinet (i.e., ***), it may have an impact on their positions, and he hopes that they will pay attention.
Gao Gong sneered, it looked quite bluffing, but in fact, Lao Tzu didn't want to do it for a long time. What can you do with me? Now it was Yan Shifan's turn to be surprised.
Behind everything, there is always a person who pays attention quietly, and this person is the big guy Yan Song. Jiajing handed over this bunch of troublesome things to him, wasn't it because he knew how to deal with things?
If there is any dissatisfaction, you can say it directly, and someone will take care of it.
The quarrel between Yan Shifan and Gao Gong unnerved Emperor Jiajing's confidant Lü Fang, who reminded them to be responsible, noting that the boss was still listening. Lu Fang's words brought Gao Gong to his senses, and he realized that he couldn't argue needlessly, and he should look at the evidence and data to find out the real cause of the problem.
They found that the state had a serious fiscal deficit, and that Yan was to blame for this. Gao Gong asked Yan Shifan to explain this.
Secretary Yuliang, we hope that you can be more innovative and better understand our needs, so that our cooperation will be smoother.
Xu Jie's clever counterattack, I want to go back and settle your bad debts, how can I clean you up if I don't settle the accounts clearly? Of course, the reasons must be high-sounding, and the budget revenue and expenditure do not match!
I signed, who is responsible? For specific numerical problems, I will leave it to my right-hand man "little prodigy" Zhang Juzheng to communicate with you!
What Zhang Juzheng meant was that the Ministry of War was not responsible for the money, so it should not be the Ministry of War to bear the consequences.
Yan Shifan laughed secretly, these people are really naïve. I have already told them clearly that the money is from the emperor, what can they do? Xu Jie, Gao Gong will certainly not openly oppose Jiajing's appropriation**.
At this moment, Lu Fang needs to make a statement. As he said before, there are problems with these reimbursement procedures, but they are all for legitimate purposes, and they can and should be signed for reimbursement!
In this round of confrontation, Xu Jie, Gao Gong were defeated! It's really a sword of words, a sword and a sword! From the initial meeting, we have come to the following conclusions:
1. Yan Shifan has always used the emperor as his shield, which is also one of the important reasons why Yan Song was able to survive and Yan Shifan was killed.
Second, Emperor Jiajing has absolute control over the country, and once he is involved, the efforts of the Qingliu people will be in vain.
3. Although it is inevitable to be strict, the current strength of the Qingliu is not enough, the strict party and the celebrant are one, and the Qingliu are isolated.
More importantly, everything Yan Dang did involved Emperor Jiajing to a greater or lesser extent, which doomed their next offensive to failure.