Chapter 422 421 Impeachment

Emperor Jiajing frowned when he saw Wu Shan's memorial, but the expression on his face was very unhappy.

Huang Jin on the side naturally knew what was going on, and couldn't help but secretly wiped a cold sweat.

If Wu Shangshu had submitted the memorial yesterday, it would probably have had a greater impact on Emperor Jiajing. However, after communicating with the alchemists yesterday and reading the memorial sent by Qin Tianjian, Emperor Jiajing had already believed them.

judge.

After all, Qin Tianjian, who is responsible for his duties in the imperial court, has the same view as those who have attained Taoism, so there is nothing to doubt.

Speaking of which, Emperor Jiajing felt that he had been worrying too much yesterday. When he saw the solar eclipse, he hurriedly beat drums to rescue the eclipse. Now it seems that his busy life was in vain.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing was still unhappy when he saw Wu Shan's memorial today. He did not believe that Wu Shan had not received the report from Qin Tian Jian and did not know the situation of yesterday's solar eclipse.

But since he knew the inside story, why did Wu Shan still express his feelings, as if he wanted to educate himself? Or perhaps Wu Shan was just using this solar eclipse to express his dissatisfaction with the emperor.

Thinking of this, Emperor Jiajing's expression became worse and worse.

Not only Huang Jin, who was closer to the emperor, noticed it, but also Gao Zhong, who was a little further away, also noticed the emperor's dissatisfaction. They could only mourn for Wu Shan in their hearts.

Provoking the emperor's wrath will not end well.

Huang Jin and Gao Zhong already knew what happened yesterday through Chen Ju.

Wei Guangde had arranged everything, but he just couldn't bear it at Wu Shan's place.

In fact, all this may have been doomed from the moment Emperor Jiajing was about to pass Wushan Memorial.

After reading Wu Shan's memorial, Emperor Jiajing read the cabinet draft, written by Yan Song.

Looking at the vote, Emperor Jiajing knew that Yan Song had read the memorial of Qin Tianjian and knew the "inside story", so he criticized Wu Shan's words as evil talk and recommended punishment. The reason was also very simple, that is, Qin Tianjian would also be in trouble after the solar eclipse.

Reported to the Ministry of Rites.

Wu Shanming knew that "you should eat but not eat" during yesterday's solar eclipse was a call from the emperor's virtue, but he still sent a rescue mission and reminded the emperor what to do after the solar eclipse. This was a hidden intention.

"It's obvious that it's thin, who am I to deceive? I'm deceiving the heavens!"

Emperor Jiajing casually read out a sentence from Wu Shan's memorial, which was a refutation of Qin Tianjian's explanation of the solar eclipse.

"Your Majesty, do you want to be praised?"

Emperor Jiajing put down Wu Shan's memorandum and handed it back to Gao Zhong. Gao Zhong didn't get any hint from Emperor Jiajing whether he would approve or reject it, so he asked cautiously.

Criticizing Hong naturally means that he agrees with the cabinet's opinion and punishes Wu Shan, so this matter will be over. However, if it is rejected, it means that Emperor Jiajing is dissatisfied with the punishment proposed by the cabinet and wants to increase the severity of Wu Shan's punishment.

punish.

Emperor Jiajing looked up at Gao Zhong and said, although the displeasure on his face did not fade much, "Wu Shan is observing etiquette and there is no need to incriminate him."

Gao Zhong couldn't help but his eyelids twitched when he heard this.

The emperor dismissed the cabinet's opinion and did not punish Wu Shan, but listening to his words and observing his actions, it seemed that it was not that simple.

Only Huang Jin bowed his head and remained silent. He already knew in his heart that Wu Shan's official career was over.

Originally, Wu Shan, who was the Minister of Rites, had the opportunity to join the cabinet.

Wu Shan was an upright person and often caused Emperor Jiajing's dissatisfaction with his outspokenness. However, perhaps Emperor Jiajing also knew that the court still needed such outspoken ministers, so he never blamed him.

But this time, Wu Shan seemed to be using the solar eclipse to make insinuations about the emperor, and Emperor Jiajing finally couldn't bear it anymore.

If such a person enters the cabinet, I am afraid that instead of reminding him of something all the time, he will be buzzing in his ears like a mosquito, which will make him unable to practice Taoism.

From the corner of his eye, he watched Gao Zhong take the memorandum and return to his seat. He picked up a pen and commented on the previous words of Emperor Jiajing. The memorandum was put aside. Huang Jin secretly exhaled and only hoped that Wu Shangshu would be happy for himself.

Huang Jin didn't know what the outcome would be for Wu Shan. You should know that Wu Shan's previous Minister of Rites, Wang Yongbin, had offended Emperor Jiajing with his handling of the Li Mo case and was transferred from Beijing's Ministry of Rites to Nanjing's Ministry of Rites for retirement.

However, it is good to be able to escape unscathed.

The matter seemed to have passed just like that. The sound of the chamberlain reading the memorial came from the main hall. Gao Zhong brought many memorials this time, but most of them came to congratulate him after knowing the copy of the memorial.

After reading the last memorial, the gloomy look on Emperor Jiajing's face disappeared and he said with a smile: "Why do so many people think this is God's favor? Haha, but Wu Shangshu doesn't see it that way.

Are there any memorials to the Etiquette Department? Who is the subject of the Etiquette Department now?"

With seemingly casual questions, Huang Jin already understood Emperor Jiajing's intentions. It seemed that the emperor had already made up his mind.

After thinking about it, Huang Jin took a half step forward and bowed before replying: "His Majesty, the current person in the etiquette department is Li Donghua."

"I know, go down and ask him why he didn't take the book."

Emperor Jiajing said casually, then stood up and moved his limbs, "I'm stiff after sitting for a long time."

While talking, Emperor Jiajing walked towards the main gate of the hall, apparently going to the courtyard to stretch his hands and feet.

Huang Jin handed Gao Zhong a color and told him to find Li Donghua, asking him to get the book as soon as possible, while he quickly followed Emperor Jiajing.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the system of the previous dynasty was inherited and assigned to all departments without division of subjects.

In the sixth year of Hongwu, there were six divisions of officials, household, etiquette, military, punishment, and engineering. Each department was assigned to one person in Shizhong, who was in the seventh rank. The left and right Shizhong and the Shizhong were all in the seventh rank. They were in charge of attendants, regulations and admonitions. Repairing the palace, collecting relics, assisting the emperor in handling memorials, and inspecting the affairs of the six ministries.

It enjoys the rights of "scientific copying", "scientific reference" and "cancellation". Cancellation means that imperial edicts and memorials are attached to the scientific records every day and sent to the cabinet for filing every five days. The executive agency handles government affairs according to the order within the specified time limit, and is composed of six It will be canceled every five days after verification.

The Six Sections can also participate in "court discussions" and "court recommendations", participate in the formulation of the court's major policies, and supervise their implementation.

It can be said that the Six Sections were the curse that Zhu Yuanzhang put on the head of the six tribes, a tool used to restrain the power of the six tribes.

Naturally, Huang Jin and Gao Zhong would not ask Emperor Jiajing what he wanted to do in the Etiquette Department.

Seeing the disappearing figure of Emperor Jiajing, Gao Zhongcai ordered the little chamberlain beside him: "Pack it up quickly and send all the memorials back to the Chief of Ceremonies."

After the little chamberlain had packed up the memorials, Gao Zhong took them out of Yongshou Palace and walked directly to the gate of Xiyuan.

After leaving Xiyuan, Gao Zhong thought of Emperor Jiajing's instructions, turned around and said to the chamberlain following him: "You take the memorial back to the Chief of Ceremonies first, I will go back and deal with it later."

After giving the instructions, Gao Zhong entered the Xihua Gate without looking back. Not far ahead was the Six Section Corridor.

Li Donghua was a little unprepared for the sudden appearance of Gao Zhong, the eunuch and eunuch. When Gao Zhong came in, he hurriedly stood up and came over to greet him.

No matter how proud the civil servants are outside and belittle the eunuchs in the palace at will, when they actually face the eunuchs, most of them appear to be very groveling.

"Eunuch Gao, what brings you here?"

Meeting Gao Zhong, Li Donghua said humbly.

Gao Zhong glanced at Li Donghua. He naturally knew him. After all, the Sixth Section was a very important department. The imperial edicts issued by Emperor Jiajing came out of the inner court and were sent to the Sixth Section for registration. In the past ten years, no one dared to refute it.

It's an imperial edict.

It was all a fault of the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties. The emperor generally would not get angry with his ministers, but when it came to the Jiajing Emperor, he no longer tolerated them. In the past few years, many officials had been punished. Even the chief minister of the cabinet would be killed at will.

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Gao Zhong glanced at Li Donghua, and said with a smile: "I'm asked to ask what's going on in the etiquette department, and whether the corpse's position of vegetarianism is not suitable for morality."

"Um?"

Hearing Gao Zhong's rude reply, Li Donghua felt his eyelids jump.

Above, which one is above?

In the inner court, Gao Zhong had only a handful of people with higher status than him. Who could he be called a superior?

The most important thing is, did you fail to do something well in etiquette?

Being stared at by the top of his mouth.

"Eunuch Gao, please make it clear that I have made any mistakes or omissions in the etiquette department, but please correct them."

Gao Zhong had a bad tone, but Li Donghua didn't look angry at all, and still maintained a humble attitude.

"Yesterday's solar eclipse, the Qintian Prison, and the Ministry of Rites all submitted memorials. The contents of the two memorials are very different. Don't you, the Ministry of Rites, have anything to say?"

Gao Zhong said bluntly.

"That's it."

Li Donghua secretly said something bad. Although their Etiquette Department has the word "ritual" on it, it has little to do with the Ministry of Etiquette. Wu Shan, the Minister of Etiquette, really has no control over them. In fact, their job itself is to control the Ministry of Etiquette.

In the past, the work efficiency of the Ministry of Rites was monitored. For tasks that were delayed in completion and the officials of the Ministry of Rites were incompetent, they would be impeached.

This time Gao Zhong bluntly said that after Li Ke presented memorials with different contents to the Qin Tian Jian and the Ministry of Rites, what opinions should he express and what opinions can he express?

Of course, Li Ke had read the memorials of Qin Tianjian and Wu Shan, and Li Donghua felt very bad at that time.

But he was a bit afraid to get involved.

Impeachment of Qin Tian Jian is nothing, a powerless yamen, but does he dare to refute the content of Qin Tian Jian's memorial?

As for Wu Shan, it is possible to impeach him by impeachment, but after all, he is a second-rank minister, and the things written in the memorial are really not wrong, so he cannot be impeached.

Based on this, Li Donghua originally wanted to be an ostrich, but he didn't expect that Gao Zhong would come directly to his door so quickly.

Without Gao Zhong saying too much, Li Donghua knew what Xiyuan meant.

In fact, from the time the memorial was sent to the palace in the morning, how long it took for Gao Zhong to arrive at his place, we can see how serious the situation was.

Emperor Jiajing must have hated Wu Shangshu, otherwise no one would have come here so quickly. It would have been Gao Zhong, the chief of etiquette, and eunuch Bingbi who came in person.

Say something, isn't it just to impeach Wu Shan?

However, if you think about it carefully, Li Donghua really can't find a reason to impeach Wu Shan.
To be continued...