Chapter 2415 Guizi Juan joins hands, conspires

"Why, you don't trust Shuxiang so much?" Sun Chengzong pursed his lips and smiled, "Although Shuxiang is not as strong as his brother, his tact does not mean he has no principles. I don’t know anything about the details of the past few years, it was the imperial court’s arrangement that he could stay in Nanjing.”

Shuxiang is the name of Sun Dingxiang, the censor of the capital of the Procuratorate of the capital. He is also the younger brother of Sun Juxiang. He has been keeping a low profile and forbearance for the past two years. Sun Dingxiang had returned to Beijing when the army captured Nanjing. Now I don't know if I came back or not.

  Feng Ziying nodded slightly if she realized something. If so, it makes sense, "Brother Shuxiang is back?"

"It should be here." Sun Chengzong nodded, "When I left Beijing, he had just arrived in Beijing, and he should have been called back to Beijing. It was shot down, count the days, and Shuxiang should be here."

  Feng Ziying knew that Sun Chengzong probably had a relatively deep friendship with Sun Dingxiang, so he said this, and he knew more about Sun Dingxiang's whereabouts.

"I haven't seen Brother Shuxiang for several years. He has been working in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate for so long, and he has been very tolerant." Feng Ziying looked at Sun Chengzong, "How much control does he have over the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate? Strong? In other words, how many of the censors of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate are reliable, he should know in his heart, right?"

  Sun Chengzong was happy, "Ziying, it seems that you are still worried about Shuxiang. He is a veteran, and the imperial court arranged him in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate after careful consideration. You should rest assured about this."

   "That's good, I'm worried about this, but for the Zhen brothers, we still have to be the censor from the capital. I guess the Zhen brothers should be mentally prepared by now, otherwise they won't even resort to beauty tricks."

"The beauty trick is only used when it works for you." Sun Chengzong glanced at Feng Ziying, "Don't even mention it, I think the Zhen family's move, as Jia Yucun said, has to be delayed. If Ziying If you can accept it with a smile, it may be more helpful to hold the Zhen family back from jumping over the wall."

"Brother Zhisheng, are you going to trap me in injustice too?" Feng Ziying said with a sneer: "Let's not mention this matter, let's put the Zhen family, the Tang family, the Ding family and his private salt selling system together first." Let's settle the affairs of these powerful families in the state capitals."

  Sun Dingxiang arrived with people from the Capital Procuratorate.

The scale of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate is far from that of the Capital Metropolitan Procuratorate. However, although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. At any rate, there are still six or seven censors. That's why Sun Dingxiang quietly turned the entire Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate into his own territory.

  The team from the Capital Procuratorate was led by Zuo Fu Yushi Yang Lian, while Sun Dingxiang represented the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In terms of identity, Sun Dingxiang is one level higher. He is the censor of the right capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate does not have a left capital censor, so he is actually the top leader of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate It can't be compared with the Imperial Court's Metropolitan Procuratorate. Yang Lian, the left deputy capital censor, has much greater real power than Sun Dingxiang, the right capital censor.

  Although Yang Lian is from Huguang, he has a particularly close relationship with the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, similar to Li Sancai, who is from the north but is more friendly to the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River.

  So the two had constant quarrels on the road.

On the road, Sun Dingxiang was naturally at a disadvantage. He was alone, but when he returned to Nanjing and called all the censors from the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, he was ready to fight the capital censors led by Yang Lian. qualified.

   In other words, they are all censors. Sun Dingxiang is theoretically a second-rank official. According to the convention, officials in Nanjing must acquiesce in falling two levels compared to officials in the capital, which is only equivalent to a third-rank official, and Yang Lian is also a third-rank official.

However, the Deputy Capital Envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is slightly weaker than the Minister of the Seventh Ministry. In addition, the pacification of Jiangnan itself is mainly based on the Ministry of War. As respected by Feng Ziying, both Sun Dingxiang and Yang Lian can only occupy a subordinate position.

"Is such a large-scale action appropriate?" Yang Lian's temperament is also quite fiery and staunch. He has no opinion on the strategy set by the court, but he has his own views on the specific operation. "It involves so many things. If the Jiangnan giants are fully rolled out, will the effect meet our expectations?"

"Then Wenru, do you mean to focus on the key points first, and let go of the others first?" Sun Dingxiang snorted softly, "If only the Zhen family is moved, then this scare the snake, maybe so many other tyrants will get the news, and then do a good job." Prepare, when we are ready to do it again, it may be nothing but joy. These tycoons in the south of the Yangtze River have deep connections in the local area. It is easy to sell, hide or even transfer assets. At that time, the imperial court's wish will be fulfilled, or greatly discounted. Now the imperial court's difficulties , everyone knows that..."

   What Sun Dingxiang said is indeed true, only these few companies take the lead, but other involved companies will definitely respond immediately, and it will be a big loss to catch the blind at that time.

"It can be spread out in an all-round way. If there are insufficient manpower, it will really become irrelevant and difficult to break through. In the end, it will be even more difficult to explain when it is cooked with raw rice." Yang Lian did not show any weakness, "Instead of that, I would rather take it first. The point is to deal with the Zhen family first!"

"What about the in-laws of the Zhen family, the Tang family and the Ding family? What about the other three big families besides the Zhen family? Are they moving?" Sun Dingxiang was not polite, "We just watch them hide, resell, and squander? The matter of the Zhen family needs to be investigated clearly. It can be done in two or three months? After two or three months, these other families may have been dispersed for a long time, how much can they leave for the court? The power is flourishing and deeply rooted, and the relationship with the local government is entangled, so can you expect the local government to succeed?"

"I admit that what you said, Uncle Xiang, is also reasonable, but we can't spread it out at all. This is not in the capital city, where we can handle it with ease. Now this is what makes us ride a tiger." Yang Lian further said: "If If it can be delayed until Gu Ge grows old, maybe..."

   "It won't be that long." Feng Ziying finally answered.

   "Ziying, why did you say that?" Yang Lian didn't have a good impression of Feng Ziying, but he also admitted that Feng Ziying was quite capable, and he made a great contribution this time, and he also had to respect the status of the other party's military minister.

  At the beginning, the two servants of the Ministry of War suddenly disappeared in Beijing. Finally, the news came that the two "privately" led the army to conquer the "three towns in the south of the Yangtze River", which also caused an uproar in the court.

  Although it was said that the troops were dispatched "privately", people inside the court knew that without the nods of the court chiefs, how could it be possible that the two ministers of the Ministry of War would dare to send troops to the south?

   The operation took at least one month, and the Minister of War doesn't know? Don't you know? The Ministry of Households also borrowed two million taels of silver specifically for this purpose, which is too blatant.

  But everyone admired the courage of Sun Chengzong and Feng Keng.

   Such a thunderous move is almost to reduce the responsibility of the cabinet ministers by more than half.

  Success is naturally not mentioned, but if it fails, the cabinet will at most be responsible for negligence, and Sun Chengzong and Feng Keng will be seriously held accountable.

  Dismissal is the lightest thing. If you fail, you will have to be imprisoned for accountability, especially in the face of the counterattack of Emperor Wantong and Tang Yao.

   But now everything is going smoothly beyond imagination. Sun Chengzong and Feng Keng, especially Feng Keng's boldness and careful planning played a key role.

Completely controlled Jiangnan without causing major turmoil in Jiangnan, lifted the threat of the "three towns in Jiangnan", and at the same time deterred local officials in the four provinces in Jiangnan, laying a great foundation for the imperial court to re-establish its prestige in Jiangnan. good foundation.

  Based on this point alone, Yang Lian felt that no matter how much he rewarded him, it was not an exaggeration.

  So when he arrived in Jinling, when he was reported by Feng Ziying for privately taking two maids of prisoner Li Shouzhong as concubines, he laughed it off.

   What a joke, the number one hero who made great contributions to the pacification of the south of the Yangtze River deserves to be reported for sleeping with a few women who may be thrown into the Jiaofang Division at any time?

  He, Feng Ziying, really wanted to take these two women in. When Li Shouzhong's family was confiscated and sent to prison for finalization, it would be the same if he did it again.

  Besides, Yang Lianqing is upright, even a bit rigid, but he still distinguishes the importance of such matters clearly.

  He even had to wonder if someone was doing something bad on purpose to create internal discord and sabotage the court's next move in the south of the Yangtze River.

   Moreover, this Jiangnan operation itself is led by the Ministry of War. The attitude of Sun and Feng is very important, and the status of my group is also very embarrassing.

   In the front, the Ministry of War headed by Sun Feng should take the lead. In the back, once Gu Bingqian arrives, it will be transferred to the Disposal Committee headed by Gu Bingqian to take charge.

  My group of people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate are actually assisting the Ministry of War to make preliminary preparations during this period, so as to maximize the collection of wealth for the imperial court and lay a solid foundation for cleaning up Jiangnan.

  So when Feng Ziying spoke, Yang Lian also attached great importance to it.

   "Brother Wen Ru, I can't wait. If we don't move, I'm afraid these people will move first." Feng Ziying was very calm, but very sure.

   "Who are they? Does Ziying mean the three families of Zhen, Tang, and Ding, or the families of Zhen, Zhou, Hu, and Tao?" Yang Lian asked immediately.

   "It's all included." Feng Ziying briefly introduced the latest move of the Zhen family, which immediately caused a shock among all the people present.

  Using two women from the Zhen family to sexually bribe Feng Ziying is not worth mentioning. What woman can afford such a big deal?

   It was just for Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan's love of beauty, but the three hundred thousand taels of silver made everyone unable to sit still.

  The power of 300,000 taels of silver, among all the people here, how many can withstand it?

  (end of this chapter)