The stupid son of Chongba

Chapter 99: Yin and Yang Li Shanchang, his power overpowers Hu Weiyong, and conflicts break out!

Two days later.

The Forbidden City, outside the Secretariat.

Hu Weiyong rushed into the yard angrily, holding a stack of papers in his hand!
"This bastard!"

He was about to rush into the yard, shouting and cursing, but was stopped by two officials standing at the door.

"Get out of the way!"

Hu Weiyong was extremely angry at this moment and shouted loudly.

"Master Hu, wait a minute!"

The gatekeeper stopped him and said with a smile,

"Why are you so angry so early in the morning?"

"If you have any questions, please tell me first. Maybe I can help you solve it."

Hu Weiyong couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.

"You? Who do you think you are, and how can you solve my problems?"

He scolded,

"Get out of here right now, I want to see Yang Xian!"

"He was promoted to the position of Left Prime Minister. Does he think he can cover up everything? Why can he cancel the decree I drafted for no reason?"

The gatekeeper was insulted and his face looked a little ugly.

"Sir Hu, you and I are both officials in the same court. You don't have to be so harsh in your words, right?"

He said with a cold face,

"Guard this gate. This is the order of the Left Prime Minister! If any officials want to see you for anything, they must first state the reason and I will pass it on!"

"Please wait here first!"

After saying that, he suddenly flicked his sleeves, with an expression that said, "I'm blocking you, so what?"

"you!"

Hu Weiyong was so angry that he wanted to go up and slap him twice!

"Wei Yong."

"What made you so upset?"

A slightly hoarse voice was heard, which made Hu Weiyong's expression change and he turned around quickly.

"Teacher!"

"Are you back?"

When he saw the person coming, his anger disappeared and he quickly bowed down respectfully.

The two officials guarding the gate, as well as the officials passing by outside the courtyard, all put down their work, bowed and said:

"Master Li!"

Who else except Li Shanchang could hold such a high position in the Secretariat, the highest government office in the Ming Dynasty?

"Haha, no need to be so polite, just continue doing your own things."

Although Li Shanchang looked a bit old, he was in very good spirits. He greeted everyone with a kind smile on his face.

Everyone left, but Hu Weiyong was still unable to stand up. Li Shanchang also helped him up with a smile and taught him:
"After all these years, your quick temper still hasn't changed."

"Being an official is like being a human being. The most important thing is to keep calm. You must not lose your temper over trivial matters. Those who show their emotions on their faces are not real men."

When Hu Weiyong heard this, he frowned.

"Master, it's not that I lose my temper, but this Yang Xian is really... too much!"

He pointed at the inner courtyard and said angrily,
"Who does he think he is? He is just the left chancellor, not the left chancellor!"

"Even if you become the Prime Minister, you shouldn't be so arrogant!"

"I spent countless days and nights drafting these decrees with my subordinates. You had already signed and stamped them, but he insisted on keeping them by force. Now he wants to invalidate these decrees!"

"Tell me, isn't he going too far?"

Li Shanchang listened patiently, stroking his white beard.

After Hu Weiyong finished speaking, he patted him on the shoulder and said with a faint smile:

"Weiyong, please be patient."

"Speaking of which, I have been sick for the past few days and have not been able to congratulate Yang Xian on his promotion to the position of Left Prime Minister. Now that I am back today, I should go and congratulate him."

"Come on, follow me in."

Hu Weiyong's eyes bulged.

"I want to congratulate him..."

He was about to curse again, but was stopped by Li Shanchang's eyes. He could only hold back his anger for the time being and muttered as he walked:

"Master, I'm not saying anything, but he was so arrogant during the two days you were away! There were seven or eight officials who were dismissed, and he took back several decrees that were about to be issued, saying that he wanted to review them!"

"What do you mean by re-discussion? He just wants to be a dictator!"

"Humph, it's true that when there's no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king! Now that you're back, I wonder if he dares to be so arrogant again!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shanchang just smiled and said nothing.

He actually benefited from listening to Hu Weiyong's words.

He was just away from the Secretariat for a few days. Even if Yang Xian was promoted and made some noise for a while, it was unlikely that he would cause any trouble.

But as soon as he stepped onto the stairs, he was stopped by two pairs of hands.

"Master Li, wait a minute."

The gatekeeper blocked Li Shanchang's way with a smile.

Li Shanchang was slightly stunned.

"What? You want to stop even this old man?"

He was stunned and said, "I want to see Yang Xian, do I need you to go and inform him?!"

A trace of anger arises in my heart!

I, Li Shanchang, am in the Secretariat, but I still need to file a petition before I can enter?!

"This... after all, is the rule of the Left Prime Minister, and I cannot disobey it."

The gatekeeper smiled and apologized.
"Please wait a moment. I will report to you right away."

After saying this, he did not dare to delay and quickly ran into the inner courtyard.

Even though he relied on Yang Xian's power, he did not dare to treat Li Shanchang coldly.

"He, this..."

Li Shanchang looked at Hu Weiyong and couldn't help but frowned.
"This rack is too big!"

"Really..."

Upon hearing this, Hu Weiyong sneered.

"Those who know him are the Left Prime Minister, and those who don't think he is the emperor!"

He spat.
"What a thing! He is just a left chancellor. My master is a minister of state. In terms of rank, he is one level higher than him!"

"How ridiculous it is to dare to put on airs in front of your mentor!"

Before he finished speaking, a voice came from the inner courtyard:

"I am not being pretentious, I am treating everyone equally."

Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong both looked up when they heard the voice.

I saw a young official in his early thirties, pinching his mustache, walking out of the inner courtyard.

He bowed slightly to Li Shanchang and said with a faint smile:

"Master Li, are you feeling better?"

Being stopped by Yang Xian, Li Shanchang no longer had the mood to congratulate. He casually bowed in return and said indifferently:

"Thank you for your care. It's almost done."

"Sir Yang, what are you talking about? In order to see you, I have to report it. Wouldn't it make the process more complicated and reduce the efficiency of the Secretariat?"

There was a hint of resentment in Li Shanchang's tone.

He was too lazy to be polite and just went straight to the point and pointed out the problem!
"Haha, Lord Li, this is wrong."

Yang Xian smiled and said,

"I am doing this precisely to improve the efficiency of the Secretariat."

"Everything should be prioritized. We should not waste time on unimportant things. I found that the former Secretariat had this problem. They would spend a long time chatting over trivial matters, leaving those with urgent matters standing outside in a panic."

"I will completely put an end to this kind of situation!"

"So, I arranged for people to be on duty and asked those who needed to do business to register first. In this way, I could sort out the order of major and minor matters, and naturally I would give priority to urgent and major matters, and put minor and insignificant matters aside."

"In this way, the efficiency of the Secretariat will surely be improved! Lord Li, what do you think?"

After hearing these words, the gatekeeper nodded repeatedly with admiration in his eyes.

Lord Zuo Cheng does have a solution!
However, after hearing these words, Li Shanchang's expression became even uglier.

"Yang Xian, what do you mean by that?"

Before Li Shanchang could say anything, Hu Weiyong jumped up and said angrily,

"You mean, when Master was in charge of the Secretariat, he was too slow and always wasted time chatting over trivial matters?!"

"What the hell are you talking about! You've only been in office for a few days, how much do you know?"

Li Shanchang could endure these sarcastic remarks, but Hu Weiyong could not!
It's so weird, who are you disgusting? !
"Hehe, I didn't say that."

Yang Xian bowed towards the Huagai Palace and said,

“I just saw the problem and tried to improve it.”

"After all, His Majesty promoted me to the position of Left Prime Minister because he wanted to see me achieve something! I must not let His Majesty down!"

"So, I don't mean to target anyone. Lord Hu may be too sensitive."

Hu Weiyong's face changed again!
"you!"

At this moment, he wanted to roll up his sleeves and punch Yang Xian twice!

"Okay, Weiyong! No need to worry about these trivial matters!"

Li Shanchang stopped Hu Weiyong and looked at Yang Xian, his eyes already showing a bit of fierceness. He just heard him say,
"Lord Yang's reforms may be beneficial. I will wait and see."

"Since Lord Yang is so concerned about efficiency, why did he cancel the decrees that Hu Weiyong had already drafted? I have read all these decrees and there is nothing wrong with them."

“It takes a lot of effort to draft a decree, and the people are always waiting for the decree to be issued so that they can have clear guidance.”

"If you do this, won't it really reduce efficiency?"

After all, as a mature and politician, Li Shanchang would not get angry like Hu Weiyong because it would be meaningless.

Only by grasping the truth can you gain the upper hand!

"Haha, Lord Li is right. The implementation of the decree is related to the farming of the people and cannot be delayed."

Yang Xian said with a wry smile,
"But I think that it is precisely because every decree of the Secretariat is closely related to the people that we cannot be careless in the slightest, and we cannot leave any loopholes that would give lawless people an opportunity to take advantage of it!"

"You also know that once a decree is issued, it will be troublesome to change it. Therefore, I cannot allow an unqualified decree to be issued from my hands. This is irresponsible to His Majesty, and even more so to the people of the world!"

Hu Weiyong: "!!!"

"Hahahaha, you think you're unqualified? Who do you think you are!"

Hu Weiyong could no longer bear it, and laughed in anger,
"These decrees were the result of countless days and nights of brainstorming by my officials. When I drafted them, I also thought deeply for several days!"

"Also, these decrees were previously approved by Lord Li, and he also agreed with them! Why do you disagree? Even if there are some problems, you can point them out, why are they all invalidated?!"

"Yang Xian, do you really think you have the final say in the Secretariat? Now that Lord Li, the Prime Minister, is here, how dare you, the Left Prime Minister, show off your power?"

"Do you think the court's laws are just for show? If you don't put away your face, Lord Li and I will go to His Majesty to report you and see if you can hold your ground!"

(End of this chapter)