Chapter 425 424 The beginning of the blood exchange in the court

When Gao Gong heard that he was going to visit Wu Peng, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng below thought he had accepted their opinions and targeted the vacancy of the Ministry of Personnel.

But next, Gao Gong's words broke their speculation.

"The royal palace still needs someone to be able to speak out for the royal palace as the Minister of the House, and I will bet on both sides."

Gao Gong turned his head to look at Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng, and said, "The main goal is to be the position of Minister of Rites, but I will also go to Wu Peng. If the position of the Ministry of Rites is hopeless, I will retreat and strive for the position of the Ministry of Personnel."

Wei Guangde felt that Gao Gong might have been fascinated by the smooth career of his career in the past two years, and thought that Emperor Jiajing really planned to support the power of Prince Yu's mansion in the short term.

But this time, he did not say anything to stop him, although he felt that Gao Gong's idea was inappropriate.

At least, I have watched many palace dramas in later generations, especially the battle for the Kowloons to fight for the throne in the Kangxi Dynasty. Wei Guangde knew that as an emperor, he would never help Prince Yu's mansion before the deadline came, and might pave some roads, but he would never let them take power when they were in good health.

However, thinking of some information that he had seen and heard before, Wei Guangde understood a little about the reason why Gao Gong had this idea.

In the 17th year of Jiajing, after the death of Emperor Jiajing's biological mother, Empress Dowager Jiang, Emperor Jiajing thought for a long time and decided to bury his biological mother and Zhu Youxu in Xianling. Because water seeped in the underground palace of Xianling, Emperor Jiajing decided to go to the underground palace in person, driven by filial piety.

Emperor Jiajing wanted to go to the south, so he naturally had to arrange affairs in the capital. At this time, Emperor Jiajing's choice was a bit unexpected.

He issued an order to appoint the four-year-old crown prince Zhu Zai-ri as the position of the prince's supervisor.

Of course, such a state of ruling is useless, and the power of the court is still in the hands of the important officials in the court and the emperor who are traveling abroad in the southern tour.

These are records that Wei Guangde saw in the Hanlin Academy. However, now, Wei Guangde has heard someone arrange this matter into another version, that is, Emperor Jiajing is devoted to cultivating immortals, so he arranged for the prince to supervise the country and devote himself to the cultivation.

Wei Guangde was too lazy to refute this, but they were the ones who thought about it.

To put it this way, either it is because of ignorance or it is because of ulterior motives.

Although Wei Guangde was not sure whether Gao Gong had some ideas, perhaps because Emperor Jiajing had not been in the court for a long time, it is said that he often was with alchemists in Xiyuan, so he took it for granted that the emperor was abandoning the government and devoted himself to cultivating immortals, or thought that Emperor Jiajing had a very indifferent view of secular power.

However, according to Wei Guangde's observation, if Emperor Jiajing really had the idea of ​​delegating power to King Yu, he would never have reviewed the memorials in person every day.

Thinking of the past and recently sent by the inner court, many of the memorials were given instructions from Emperor Jiajing. From this, Wei Guangde judged that Emperor Jiajing never had any intention of letting go of power.

After that, Gao Gong said goodbye and left without staying in Prince Yu's Mansion for long.

After sending Gao Gong away, King Yu, Yin Shidan, Wei Guangde and others to say hello, they hurried back to the inner courtyard of the royal palace.

"Your Highness is a little strange these days. In the past, he would stay here for a while without classes. He only came in class these two days, and he hurried back to the inner courtyard after class."

Wei Guangde looked at King Yu's back and whispered to Zhang Juzheng beside him.

In addition to teaching King Yu, Yin Shidan also has to manage some trivial matters in the palace. That is, Wei Guangde and Zhang Ju, who have just entered the palace, have less work. When they are fine, they will inevitably come together to chat and pass the time.

"I heard from Eunuch Li that a new group of palace maids has been added recently by the royal family. You know your highness's preferences, so that's it."

Zhang Juzheng replied strangely.

"That's the case, you have to find an opportunity to persuade me. Excessive indulgence is not a good thing."

Wei Guangde frowned and said.

Although it seems natural for the prince to like women, now as an official of the royal palace, he still has to tell him some of his words to King Yu, at least fulfilling his responsibilities.

"Forget it, Lord Yin had told Your Highness before, but Your Highness agreed very well, but do you think it will work?"

Zhang Juzheng smiled and replied, "This is how our Highness is. He admits his mistakes faster than anyone else, but it will be difficult for you to make him really correct them.

What's more, Lord Yin also had the same thoughts as Je and wanted to tell Your Highness that this is our responsibility, but he did not force it. After all, Your Highness has no children yet, and when Your Highness has a son and a half daughter, it is time for us to take it seriously."

Speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng looked at Wei Guangde again and joked: "Shandai, you have been in a hurry to the palace recently, and you are not in good spirits during the day. Let me think about it, you won't."

Wei Guangde suddenly felt a little feverish on his face. He and Xu Jianglan had been married for several years and had no children yet.

Some time ago, I received a letter from Jiujiang, and my sister-in-law was pregnant again. This is her second child. I naturally wrote this letter to ask him about the news.

Therefore, Wei Guangde has also worked harder during this period. The most important thing is that Wei Guangde has different ideas from the people of this era. Everyone does it at night in this era, but he doesn't have this concept. As a result, the time to come to Prince Yu's mansion is a little bit worse than the spirit after coming.

I knew it was inappropriate to do this, but Wei Guangde could only work hard at home, otherwise it would be difficult to write a letter from home next time.

Today, Wei Guangde walked out of the palace when he was in the sanya of Prince Yu's mansion. Because he still had a banquet for colleagues, he naturally could not go home immediately.

However, when we arrived at the banquet, Wei Guangde accidentally heard a news that in front of the scattered yamen, Li Donghua, the clerk of the clerk, reported to impeach Wu Shan again.

After hearing Wu Shan handed over the notebook this morning, Wei Guangde had a guess whether Li Ke would submit a memorial in time this time, so as not to be innocently fined like last time.

"Mr. Li's actions this time are quite decisive."

Wei Guangde smiled and said to the person who said the news, and his words made everyone laugh.

The incident of Li Donghua being fined for salary had already spread in the court. Everyone knows that it was because Wu Shan was evil and the emperor was punished, which was a bit unpredictable for Li Donghua.

However, no matter how much he smiled, Wei Guangde also realized that Gao Gong's abacus was about to fail this time.

Most people in the court thought the punishment after the last impeachment should be over. No one expected Wu Shantou Tie to continue to give advice at this time, and Li Ke also responded abnormally and quickly impeached this time.

Obviously, the impeachment process has accelerated much faster than before, which also indicates that if Emperor Jiajing really plans to change people, Wu Shan’s resignation will be very close.

Is it too late to seize two positions?

The stay and departure of officials of Wushan is generally not sudden, and it is often brewing for a long time. There is no situation where the emperor will issue an order immediately after a sudden decision.

The Beijing officials discussed Wushan privately, and Wushan, who returned to the mansion, naturally learned about this through his disciples.

Wu Shan seemed to have expected such a result and did not show surprise.

After all the disciples left, Wu Shan returned to the backyard. Mrs. Wu had already learned the content of the conversation in the outer courtyard from her servants and was a little concerned about Wu Shan.

"Haha, what's there to worry about?"

Wu Shan was very calm about his wife's concerns, "It's just a chance to take this opportunity to rest at home for a few days. If Your Majesty really punished me, he would just want me to retire, and there would never be any other punishment."

Wu Shan chose to give advice here, so he naturally had a lot of brainless work, and he also considered possible punishments.

The most serious situation is that he wants to retire and return home by himself, which means he loses his post and is dismissed from his post. The second time he is sent to Nanjing, far away from the emperor, and he is not upset.

This may also be the wisdom of these straight ministers.

When the emperor makes a mistake, as the Minister of Rites, he must point it out, which is a responsibility.

If he let go, future history books will not only say that the emperor is stupid, but also say that the then Minister of Rites was a flatterer, who only cared about his future and did not have etiquette and law, and would not be safe in his later years.

Wu Shan also made a decision after repeated calculations, that is, to preserve his reputation and not suffer unbearable punishment.

If you want to have a late holiday, can Emperor Jiajing ignore it?

Emperor Jiajing in the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan was also very confused at this time. When he saw Wu Shan ungrateful and submitted a memorial saying that he should not write what he should have written to enshrine the Spring Prayer Ceremony in the Great Light Hall, Emperor Jiajing really wanted to punish Wu Shan.

Thank God for your blessing, what happened if I wrote a booklet?

The Great Light Hall is located in the West Garden, which is the Royal Palace Pavilion. What does it have to do with you, the Minister of the Court?

However, no matter how angry he is, he is the same as Wei Guangde, Wu Shan and others. He also knows that if he really makes Wu Shan's mistakes, he may have written a note in his "Records" in the future, which would be not good.

No matter how he was defeated, it was not good. Emperor Jiajing could only consider waiting for a while. He would not continue to promote Wu Shan. If he was promoted to the cabinet, he would not look for himself every day.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were relatively generous to civil officials except those founding the country.

Even when Emperor Jiajing killed Xia Yan, he was actually so angry that he was so confused that he did it. However, as the emperor, he was unwilling to show his regretful side.

However, since then, he has been very cautious about punishing important officials in the court.

As for the death of former Minister of Personnel Li Mo, in his knowledge, it was an accident that Li Mo died in prison due to illness.

However, in the afternoon, Li Donghua's impeachment of Wu Shan was originally sent to him, and Emperor Jiajing was a little shaken.

I was still thinking about it in the morning or not. After some time, I found Wu Shan’s mistake and then deal with it. Now someone handed over the knife, but the reason was not enough and it was not enough to punish Wu Shan.

Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing thought of the memorial of Wu Peng, Minister of Personnel, a month ago, saying that the position of Left Minister of Personnel was vacant, and then thought that if Wushan was dealt with, wouldn’t there be two important positions vacant?

Emperor Jiajing had a very good impression of Wu Peng. It was said that Wu Peng was in the Ministry of Personnel, but the Ministry of Personnel obeyed Yan Shifan's promotion and did not dare to be self-dedicated. In this regard, Wu Shan, the Minister of Rites, impeached Wu Peng many times.

Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Personnel.

Emperor Jiajing did not care about Gao Zhong and others who were still waiting for him to make a decision, but fell into deep thought.

It was faster than Wei Guangde imagined. At this time, Emperor Jiajing was already reconsidering the new imperial structure.

The Ming Dynasty's government was mainly carried out through the six ministries, so the appointment of officials of the six ministries is very important, even more important than filling the cabinet ministers.

Emperor Jiajing also knew some of Wu Peng's actions. He barely allowed him to remain in office just to ensure the majesty of Yan Song's cabinet, and in fact it was to ensure the smooth implementation of the imperial government affairs.

There is also the Minister of Works Ouyang Bijin, who has also resigned many times, and it is obvious that the cabinet needs to be replenished.

After thinking for a long time, Emperor Jiajing finally made his own decision after waiting for a long time.

"Find out Wu Peng's last memorial."

Emperor Jiajing ordered Huang Jin that at that time he was to stay at the memorial without any instructions.

The memorial was left in Yongshou Palace, so Huang Jin was naturally responsible for keeping it.

Huang Jin received the order and soon took Wu Peng's memorial and handed it to Emperor Jiajing.

He opened his eyes and saw that it was the memorial that the Ministry of Personnel said that the Left Minister of the Ministry of Personnel asked for revision. He handed it to Gao Zhong in front of him: "If you want to draw an order, you don't have to recommend it. Yuan Wei will be promoted to the Left Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

After saying that, he turned to Huang Jin beside him and ordered: "Li Donghua's impeachment memorial will be left to the end."

"yes."

Huang Jin agreed and took the memorial on the imperial desk and retreated aside, while Gao Zhong took Wu Peng's memorial and returned to his seat and quickly wrote down Emperor Jiajing's instructions.
To be continued...