Sun Chengzong suddenly stood up and said helplessly: "Brother Zixian, why are you so angry? If the matter between Yang Gong and Wei Gong is not decided, people will be uneasy, which will only make the situation in the court more complicated and the party struggles intensify. You have also said that Your Majesty hopes that Fang Congzhe will stand up and plead for Yang Gong and Wei Gong, eat the king's salary and be loyal to the king. How can we, the ministers, abandon official affairs because of personal grudges!"

When Xu Guangqi heard Sun Chengzong say this, he had to stand up and say, "Okay, let's go and pay homage to Fang Congzhe together!"

...

Fang Mansion.

Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao, an official from Qi Party, talked about Zhu Youxiao summoning him: "As you expected, Your Majesty summoned me to do it for Wei Dazhong, and Your Majesty has agreed to the servant Wei Dazhong to be imprisoned and discuss death!"

Qi Shijiao smiled happily: "It can be seen that Your Majesty relies heavily on Yuanfu. In this way, we don't have to rely on flattering Li Xuanshi to win the favor! Yuanfu's position is also worry-free. He has been waiting for so many years in the Donglin Party, and he will be the world of my Party in the future!"

Fang Congzhe said: "But Yang Lian and Wei Dazhong are censors after all. Your Majesty has just ascended to the great treasure. It's too much for us to let Your Majesty kill the censor. Are you really sure that Your Majesty will not be dissatisfied with your servant?"

"Yuan Fu, Yang Lian and Wei Dazhong are the generals of the Donglin Party. Yang Lian is still a minister of the order. If you don't take this opportunity to get rid of these two people, then it will not be the problem of Your Majesty's dissatisfaction with you, but the problem of your chief assistant being insured! Moreover, Ye Xianggao will soon be ordered to go to Beijing. If Yang Lian and Wei Dazhong are not eliminated, you will not be a good assistant when Ye Xianggao enters Beijing!"

Qi Shi taught him.

Fang Congzhe nodded after hearing this.

"The key at the moment is to prevent Ye Xianggao from entering Beijing. In addition, Wang An is very close to Wang Wenyan of the Donglin Party. This person controls the literati and supervises us. His Majesty's former eunuch Wei Chao is also his person. This person cannot be kept and must be eliminated. Otherwise, once Ye Xianggao enters Beijing, he will be the second Zhang Juzheng, and Wang An is his Feng Bao!"

Qi Shijiao said, "And Yuan Fu, you ended up like Gao Gong, leaving Beijing in a miserable way."

After hearing Qi Shicai's words, Fang Congzhe felt a little sad: "But let Ye Xianggao enter the capital is the edict of Emperor Daxing. You can't let Your Majesty issue an edict to disobey Emperor Daxing."

"This matter should be discussed for a long time, but Ye Xianggao cannot be allowed to enter the cabinet. Even if he enters, he cannot collude with Wang An. If Ye Xianggao cannot stop him, he will first pull Wang An off from the position of the Silijian!"

Qi Shijiao said, "The officials of Yuanfu will find a way to do this, and Yuanfu will be assured."

Fang Congzhe nodded.

"The official is leaving!"

Qi Shicai left Fang Mansion.

At this time, the housekeeper of the Fang Mansion came to ask: "Master, it's late at night. Do you think you will go back to the inner courtyard to rest?"

Fang Congzhe waved his hand: "Wait a minute, see if anyone else is visiting."

After a while, the concierge of Fang's mansion came to report: "Master! Mr. Xu, the youngest secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion, and Mr. Zuo Zhongyunsun, come to pay homage!"

"Xu Guangqi? Sun Chengzong?"

Fang Congzhe was a little surprised. He didn't expect it was these two people, not his disciples, and hurriedly said, "Please invite them in!"

So, when Sun Chengzong came, he first informed and forwarded what Xu Guangqi said to him to Fang Congzhe.

Then, Sun Chengzong said, "Yuanfu, the official asked you to make the decision, and submit a memorial to Your Majesty to plead for Wei and Yang Gong. Although Yang Gong did not know the etiquette, he was a sincere person and had a loyalty. How could he end up with a different body and head? This would only ruin Yuanfu's reputation. It is clear that Yuanfu is a humble minister, but he was misunderstood as waiting for an opportunity to retaliate and sit back and see the king fall into a name of unkindness."

Fang Congzhe was quite happy. He didn't expect that officials like Sun Chengzong who belonged to the Donglin Party would come to ask him one day.

At this time, Xu Guangqi also stood up and bowed: "Yuanfu, although the lower official has different political views with you, the lower official also hopes that you will start from the overall situation and understand that your Majesty trusts you so much, because he actually believes that you are an auxiliary minister who is deeply wise and righteous. He can eliminate party disputes within the court, coordinate all parties, and make the ministers work together to revive our Ming Dynasty, rather than taking the opportunity to eliminate dissidents and intensify conflicts!"

When Fang Congzhe saw Xu Guangqi say this, he laughed: "Xu Guangqi, you are speculating on the holy intention! However, you can rest assured that I am not a censor and will not impeach you, but I have to remind you that if you do not change your temper, your official career will not be as long as Sun Chengzong!"

As he said that, Fang Congzhe stood up: "You two are polite, so I will go to the palace to see Your Majesty! Please come back, please."

...

"The Emperor, according to the Jinyi Guardian, last night, the Hanlin Academy Admiral Qi Shijiao, the Taichang Temple Shaoqing, the Shaozhan and the Henan Censor Xu Guangqi, and Zuo Zhongyun Sun Chengzong went to Yuanfu's residence. This is what they said."

Wei Chao gave the secret report of the Jinyiwei to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao took a look after it was opened, and then smiled with relief: "I sent an order to the cabinet to add Xu Guangqi to the lecturer of the imperial court, and promoted Zuo Zhongyun Sun Chengzong to the young secretary of the Imperial College as well as the sacrificial minister of the Imperial College! And the two of them met me on the Qianqing Palace platform the next day!"

Wei Chao was surprised after hearing this. He did not expect that the emperor would reuse Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong. The key was that there was no disciple of Fang Congzhe, Qi Shishui, among the people who reuse it.

"It's rare. Finally, an official who knows the overall situation took the initiative to ask Fang Congzhe. It's one thing to think about this level, and it's another thing to be able to take the initiative. No wonder Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong can leave a reputation in later generations!"

Zhu Youxiao thought so in his heart.

Not long after, an internal official came to report: "Emperor, Yuan Fu is asking for a meeting."

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly said, "Let's see you."

So, Fang Congzhe met Zhu Youxiao again, and also told him about Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong's experience of him, and then said, "I realized after hearing the words of these two people. Although Yang Lian was rude, he was out of his will to protect Your Majesty's kindness, so he lost his composure. This person is always expected. Your Majesty should win the hearts of the world when he first ascended to the great treasure. Therefore, the old minister believed that he should forgive his crimes and impose a little punishment. Although Wei Dazhong's words were crazy, he was also out of public intention. He was really stupid in his death, and was blinded by his personal grievances for a while. Now I ask Your Majesty to punish him seriously!"

As he said that, Fang Congzhe handed out his memorial.

Zhu Youxiao laughed: "After all, Yuan Fu, Lao Cheng, planned the country and drafted the imperial edict. Fang Congzhe was transferred to the Minister of Personnel, the Grand Secretary of Jinzhong Jidian, and the Prince's Taibao!"

Fang Congzhe thanked him for his kindness.

Next, Zhu Youxiao said: "Yang Lian was disrespectful to me and should have been severely punished. However, what Yuan Fu said was reasonable. I would like to consider his sincere heart and demoted him to a remote place in Yunnan and Guizhou to be the postmaster, and Wei Dazhong released Yungui to be the magistrate of the county."

then.

Because Yang Lian's rude incident ended like this.

Zhu Youxiao also achieved his goal, not only gave Yang Lian a lesson to the civil servants, but also hit the Donglin Party, which was built by controlling the language route. At the same time, he also discovered talents that he deserved to be reused in the future. In addition, it also increased the authority of the cabinet's auxiliary ministers and avoided the intensification of party struggles.

...

The next day.

Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Youxiao met Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong.
Chapter completed!