Chapter 296 295 Secret Order

Wei Guangde learned the details from Lu Bing, but he was unable to do so.

He didn't want to be sent out to patrol the border again, and that life was hard.

Although the itinerary takes into account military for military forts, inns, etc., sometimes it will sleep in the suburbs, and I can’t stand my butt when I ride a horse all day long.

However, it is impossible not to go. Within two days, Wei Guangde was reading a book in the public room of Hanlin Academy when he suddenly heard footsteps from the yard outside. He heard the sound of people entering the yard here.

Wei Guangde has been thinking about things in his mind these two days. Although the government and the government have not spread yet, it seems that everything is being promoted by the emperor and the cabinet ministers, and perhaps there are senior officials like the six ministries who are only informed.

The sound of footsteps outside unconsciously made Wei Guangde think whether there was someone who sent the order.

When sending people to the border town to patrol the border, there is naturally no need for the emperor to summon him personally, and even give him advice in person, which is like a general going to war.

Sure enough, the footsteps were sent by the eunuchs who were sending the order and several guards, as well as some Hanlin officials who were wandering around. When they saw people from the palace coming to send the order, they followed them to see what was wrong.

You cannot know what will happen before the will is read.

Naturally, I didn't care much about receiving the order in the yamen. After being called out by Lu Bu, Wei Guangde accepted the order in the yard and indeed sent him to continue patrolling the border. Although the last errand was done well, the work was not finished after all, so this time he was still called as the deputy envoy of the border patrol to continue patrolling Ji Town.

However, what surprised Wei Guangde was that this decree also made some adjustments to his position, which was not mentioned before by Chen Ju and Lu Bing, that is, his errand in Taichang Temple was removed and replaced by the Censor of the Censorate.

The official position of the Censor of the Censorate was naturally what Wei Guangde dreamed of. Although the rank was still seventh rank, he was a mad dog in the Ming Dynasty. He was not guilty of anyone who caught and bitten him. It can be said that he was similar to the Internet trolls in later generations.

Later legislation began to manage Internet trolls, but the Ming Dynasty did not have such an idea. After all, when Zhu Yuanzhang designed this system, he hoped that the censors could supervise the senior officials in the court and protect them from retaliation.

Wei Guangde had the skin of the censor, and he became legitimate when he impeached the person.

The little eunuch left after he passed the order. Of course, Wei Guangde did not forget to give him a ingot of silver for them to go back to drink.

The colleagues seemed a little gloating about Wei Guangde's errands and congratulated him one after another.

People from the Hanlin Academy were sent out to attend the enthronement ceremony, and there were many tributes such as Wei Guangde who had been on patrol twice, but it was rare that he even had a censor's sign for him.

The next few days were made before the departure. Wei Guangde went to the Censorate to receive the censor's waist card and official seal. Naturally, Xu Jianglan prepared for him other preparations, and it was just some changing clothes.

Unlike last time, there were four more guards accompanying him this time. It turned out that there were only Zhang Ji and Li San around him. This time, the guard leader Zhao Hu stayed to guard the house. He selected four skilled guards to follow Wei Guangde on a patrol.

When I went to the border town, even though I hadn't heard of Tartars invading the border recently, I had to be more cautious.

This time, because we were not going to deal with the war, the ambassador sent to the border patrol was no longer a minister-level figure like Weng Pu, but Tang Shunzhi, the doctor of the Ministry of War, was appointed. Because the purpose of this border patrol was to check the number of military households and the construction of border walls, he naturally chose to let the people of the department go.

The Ministry of War has four departments under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War.

The original meaning of "人" is territory and territory. The task of the Yifang Department is actually to manage the territory and territory of the country. This is a huge and complex project, from the garrison, training and supplies of troops in combat readiness to command in wartime, military information and logistics, all within the jurisdiction of the Yifang Department.

As for the border ambassador Tang Shunzhi, he was also considered a senior of Wei Guangde. He was the first in the eighth year of Jiajing examination and was appointed as editor of the Hanlin Academy and later transferred to the Ministry of War.

This is a loser who competes for the position of the cabinet, because the winner will only go to the Ministry of Rites or the Zhanshi Mansion and other yamen.

Although he was a loser, Wei Guangde still met with Tang Langzhong alone before leaving to learn about the specific arrangements for this border patrol.

A few days passed quickly. Just the night before departure, Chen Ju suddenly came late at night and suddenly knocked on the door of the Wei family.

Wei Guangde was still wondering when he was receiving Chen Ju in front. This brother had just arrived the day before yesterday and said he would practice it for him in advance. After all, he was the eunuch in front of the imperial court, so he could not have time to see Wei Guangde off, so he could only take the time to leave the palace and go there.

It’s been here again in just two days, aren’t it still here to practice it?

After all, tomorrow, he will follow Tang Shunzhi to patrol the border.

"Hurry up, get some wine and food for the family. The family is hungry."

Chen Ju was completely unaware of Wei Guangde when he arrived at Wei Guangde and said loudly to Wei Guangde.

"Brother, I'm just coming out of the palace? Haven't had dinner yet?"

Wei Guangde's strange way.

"I just came out, and I only realized that Eunuch Huang's work was really hard to do, so I got hungry after two meals."

Chen Ju replied.

Wei Guangde blinked when he heard this, thinking that you didn't eat two meals and didn't eat anything in the palace before you came out.

But I thought so, but I still didn’t waste time and prepared a meal of wine and food in the kitchen.

Soon the wine and food were served on the table. After all, Wei Guangde is now an official, and the things prepared at home are still very complete. Even though the mansion had just used supper, there was no problem in regulating a table of wine and food.

Wei Guangde accompanied Chen Ju for a drink. Xu Jianglan just came over to see him. Two days after arriving in the capital, Chen Ju heard the news and came over to walk around. He was considered to know him.

However, after eating and drinking, Chen Ju asked the maid who was serving him to go out to help him clean up a room and rest. When he spoke, he also gave Wei Guangde a different color.

After the maid left, Chen Ju asked Zhang Ji to watch outside, and no one was allowed to approach, and the front door and rear windows were to look at it.

Zhang Ji just glanced at Wei Guangde, nodded when he saw him, and nodded immediately without hesitation and went out immediately.

After seeing Zhang Ji go out, Wei Guangde looked at Chen Ju in confusion, not understanding what he is selling.

At this time, Chen Ju took out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Wei Guangde, and whispered to him: "The emperor gave it to you, take a look."

"ah?"

Wei Guangde almost screamed in shock, but he immediately controlled it as soon as he spoke. Fortunately, the voice was not loud.

Wei Guangde took the note, with a few simple words on it, "Investigate Xuanfu".

Wei Guangde looked at the note inexplicably, and simply withdrew his gaze and looked at Chen Ju.

"What does the emperor mean? The job I took was just to inspect the walls of Ji Town, but I did not have a mission to go to Datong, and Lord Tang did not arrange a trip there."

Wei Guangde had no choice but to say to Chen Ju suspiciously.

"I have to find a way to find a way to get out while patrolling Ji Town and go to Xuanfu to take a look."

Perhaps Chen Ju also felt that there was a little information for Wei Guangde. At this moment, he approached Wei Guangde and said to him in a lower voice: "What my godfather said, two months ago, the Governor General Xuanda executed a group of White Lotus scholars, one of which was called Chen Lian. I wonder if Guangde knew it."

Chen Ju knew that Wei Guangde had already written a name, and his name was Shandai, but he was still used to calling Wei Guangde's name.

Wei Guangde shook his head when he heard this, saying that he had never heard of this person.

Chen Ju explained in a low voice: "I don't know, this person was demoted to the place before you passed the imperial examination. Let me briefly say that Chen Lian was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Jiajing. Later, he was asked to serve as a Jinyiwei by Governor Lu. He was dismissed from office and demoted to the border town for impeachment of Ge Lao Yan.

The emperor did not believe that Chen Lianhui was a White Lotus Sect. Yang Shun, the current governor of Xuanda, is the godson of Ge Lao. Xuanda has been paying merits in the past year and said that he had killed many Mongolian taks. In terms of the reward of silver, he received hundreds of thousands of taels. The emperor was a little suspicious.

The Jinyiwei had checked before. It is said that because Chen Lian scolded Governor Xuanda, the governor instructed the army generals below to kill Liang to cheat the imperial court for rewarding silver. The emperor asked you to go to Xuanfu to see what was going on."

After hearing Chen Ju say this, Wei Guangde suddenly realized that Xuan Mansion is in trouble and the emperor is suspicious, but after thinking about it carefully, he feels something is wrong.

Isn’t it the errand of the Jinyiwei to investigate the case?

"How did you find me this? Shouldn't you ask Governor Lu to send the Jinyiwei people to investigate, or ask Eunuch Huang to send the East Factory to go down?"

Regarding Wei Guangde's question, Chen Ju's face suddenly showed a hint of hesitation.

He also mentioned this matter at the beginning, of course, not asking Emperor Jiajing, but asking his godfather Gao Zhong.

After all, Gao Zhong stayed with Emperor Jiajing for a longer time and knew much more about this master, so he also gave an analysis to Chen Ju, but should he tell Wei Guangde?

Although Emperor Jiajing seemed to be indifferent to the government, after the "Great Ceremony" incident, he deeply realized the difference between monopoly and deficiencies.

When he had just arrived in the capital and had not yet established a firm foothold, his will could only be useful in the palace. As long as the will was sent outside, it was rejected by those civil servants, what would it feel to the teenage emperor?

Now Emperor Jiajing seems to be very at ease with Yan Song and delegated power to him. He often handed over major matters to Yan Song to handle. But in fact, it can be seen from the officials of the Six Ministry that Yan Song can control a considerable number of positions, but the key yamen is still occupied by people who are not Yan Song, which is the so-called Qingliu. They can argue with Yan Song on major matters in the court, and in the end, he, the emperor, has to decide.

Not only that, he also supported his breast brother Lu Bing in every way, giving him full power to supervise all officials, which was actually a constraint on Yan Song's court from the side.

However, in the past two years, Lu Bing and Yan Song have suspected of fighting openly and secretly. Anyway, the relationship between the two is a bit disharmonious. Emperor Jiajing naturally realized that this is a good thing, but he was also worried that Lu Bing had a false accusation of Zhongliang because of his personal grudges, and his attitude towards Yan Song was actually similar.

But at this stage, Yan Song's ability to do things seems to be unsubstituted, and Lu Bing's situation is similar. He needs someone to feel at ease to help him watch the court.

This time, Wei Guangde was sent to investigate Chen Lian's affairs. Recalling the previous incident of Zhao Wenhua, according to Gao Zhong's opinion, it was actually Emperor Jiajing who was warning Yan Song.

Now Yan Song may have been noticed by Emperor Jiajing, which has caused his dissatisfaction. Therefore, as long as Wei Guangde discovered evidence of Yang Shun's illegality during this investigation in Xuanfu, he is likely to take down Emperor Jiajing and punish him heavily.

Of course, this is just a guess from Gao Zhong, and he also told Chen Ju that Chen Ju was the godson he brought with him, and he has a good character. Perhaps he will rely on him for his retirement and sent him to the future, so he did not hide his own personal information.

"Perhaps, the emperor still wants to use the impeachment of Yang Shun to create some gaps between Wei Guangde and the Yan family."

Chen Ju couldn't help but remember the possibility that his godfather told him before. If the emperor really had this idea, the impact would be great. This means that Yan Song, who had been in power for nearly ten years, would probably be not far from stepping down.

Yan Song and Wei Guangde are both fellow villagers in Jiangxi, and Jiangxi people are closely connected with each other, which has long been a consensus in the Ming Dynasty. Officials from other places have a lot of dissatisfaction with this and believe that they are the villagers.

Even Chen Ju knew that when Wei Guangde was in the capital, he had to go to Yan's mansion at least once a month, let alone other people, and he would only run harder than him.

Although Wei Guangde has little influence now, among the Jinshi of Bingchen, his influence is no less than that of the top scholars and the top scholars. Tanhua and others. Even because he had lent a lot of money to the same year without any compensation, many people felt that he owed him a favor.

Perhaps it was the battle of Bao'anzhou and the impeachment of King Hui that Emperor Jiajing re-recognized Wei Guangde. He was able to pick him up and reward him for fighting for the country. Now he still looks at him differently, so it is no longer because of these things, but he thinks that this person can be used, but it just needs to be tempered.

Chen Ju's hesitation was naturally seen by Wei Guangde. Although he was inexplicably in his heart, he really wanted to know how much Chen Ju knew in his stomach.

In Wei Guangde's opinion, Chen Ju has been serving Emperor Jiajing and must have known more about the inside story.

As for Chen Ju, looking at Wei Guangde's expectant gaze, he was still soft-hearted. Although his godfather said it would be better not to tell Wei Guangde and let him understand it by himself, Chen Ju's character is like this, and he values ​​affection and friendship. He felt that Wei Guangde and him were sincere, not like those who have been keeping close to him in the past year, because he saw that his status in front of the emperor had improved.

When Wei Guangde had sex with him, he was just an eunuch of no grade.

After hesitating for a while, Chen Ju whispered to Wei Guangde, including the deeper speculation from his godfather later. The emperor was already a little dissatisfied with Yan Song, and perhaps he didn't want him to have too close past with the Yan family to tell Wei Guangde.

There is a banquet that will last forever in the world.

Wei Guangde naturally knew this truth. When Emperor Jiajing appointed Yan Song as the chief minister of the cabinet, the two might have trusted each other, but now, Yan Song's in power is probably not as good as before.

However, for financial management, there seems to be no one in the court who can replace him, so Yan Song's position is still stable for a period of time.

Wei Guangde didn't know the final outcome of Yan Song, but he also knew it would not be very good. But he didn't expect that now, perhaps Emperor Jiajing had already had an idea in his mind.

(End of this chapter)
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