Chapter 570 569 Impeach Dong Fen

Author: Guests in Parallel Space

Dong Fen was smart and good at dancing in the officialdom, and was good at everything. Especially, he took the initiative to flatter the Yan family father and son, who were at the peak of his life, benefited a lot and received repeated promotions. It was not surprising that he cursed King Jing.

However, as the saying goes, success or failure of Xiao He, and by this time, Dong Fen's life will naturally be difficult.

But even such a guy who is not favored by everyone can actually serve as the Minister of Rites.

Although it cannot be said that Dong Fen is morally corrupt, in this era when only scolding the Yan family's father and son represent political correctness, as the Yan family's former licking dog to be promoted to Minister of Rites, no matter what, the civil and military ministers in the court cannot convince the court.

When King Yu was angry for Dong Fen to be promoted to the Minister of Rites, the officialdom in the capital was also slightly shocked.

After receiving the order from the palace, Xu Jie locked himself in the cabinet room and buried himself in the squeezed official business.

Although Gao Gong was angry, he made the same choice as Xu Jie. At this time, as the chief officer of the school registration ceremony, he was handing over the work of copying the "Yongle Encyclopedia" with Yan Ne and Li Chunfang.

Yan Ne and Li Chunfang were dragged by Gao Gong. At this time, the two of them should have resigned when they were writing memorials.

It’s not that you don’t want to do it, but that you have to be a gesture to express that you are not a person who is greedy for power.

However, the two of them couldn't resist Gao Gong.

Although Gao Gong is just a minister and they are the ministers, they are the king of Yu, and the future is promising. They are not ignorant people, so they naturally will not refute Gao Gong's face.

Gao Gong certainly had the element of being angry when he made such an action.

As for the job of taking over as the president of "Chengtian Dazhi", Li Chunfang and Yan Ne both knew that Xu Jie would definitely do the same after going to the cabinet, and they would hand over the work as soon as they entered the cabinet.

After receiving the news from Lu Bu, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng hurriedly bid farewell to King Yu and returned to the school recording hall.

No matter what, if the head of the school changes, they will naturally be present.

In fact, the proofread manuscripts, the manuscripts that have not been proofread, and the manuscripts that have not been copied, are all responsible for sorting them out in different categories, so there is nothing to hand over.

But the program is about to come.

After Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng rushed back, they happened to catch up with Li and Yan, the people brought by the two Pavilion Masters, sorted out the manuscripts and signed the draft handover procedures.

Gao Gong had signed the letters and said goodbye first and left, and returned to the office of the Ministry of Rites.

When they went out, they met Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng who were rushing back. The three of them just said a few words at the door.

Wei Guangde said to Gao Gong after King Yu heard the news, and Gao Gong nodded.

Although he had a little temper, he knew the importance of it, and King Yu should not say those words.

"You are right. You should go more in the future. The Ministry of Rites is busy, so I don't have much time to go back."

After saying that, he bowed to the two of them and returned to his sedan chair and left the school recording hall.

He didn't want to stay here for a moment.

"Meet Mr. Li, Mr. Yan."

Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng went in and immediately saluted the two new cabinet masters.

"Uncle, you are good at lending, don't be too polite. You will have to worry more about the matters in the school recording hall in the future."

When Li Chunfang was in the Hanlin Academy, he had a lot of contact with Wei Guangde and was familiar with him. When he saw him and Zhang Juzheng coming, he hurriedly returned the greeting.

"Don't call Mr. Ge at this time. I have not even written a memorial to thank you for your resignation."

Yan Ne said on the side.

They are all people in the officialdom, so they naturally know some conventions.

It was like he and Li Chunfang, although they accepted the order to enter the cabinet, the procedure had not been completed yet.

It is not that he will go to work in the cabinet immediately after receiving the order, but that he will first give a speech, and His Majesty the Emperor rejected it, and then submit a memorial to express his gratitude before he can go to the cabinet to enter the cabinet.

Yan Ne did not make polite decisions with Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng here, and said it directly.

"There are writings and inks in the school library. Why are the two cabinet masters writing the words here and sending people to the cabinet.

As far as I see, the teacher is afraid that he is waiting for the memorials of the two cabinet masters. He is so tired these days."

Zhang Juzheng spoke.

He had to go to Xu Jie every few days to see Xu Jie, and naturally knew that since Yuan Wei fell ill, the situation in the cabinet has become more and more obvious, and he was tired of dealing with a large number of memorials.

In this era, there is no such thing as mental labor, but scholars know that reading books will cause headaches after reading for a long time.

Zhang Juzheng naturally knew what happened to Xu Jie's current situation.

Every time I see Xu Jie, someone presses his head.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Xu is eager to see the two masters, and I'm afraid he can't wait. Please ask the two masters to take the world as their responsibility and take office as soon as possible. I heard that the cabinet has accumulated a lot of official duties and has no time to deal with them."

Wei Guangde also took Zhang Juzheng's words and said in a compliment.

"When I came in, I heard from the clerk that you, Sui Yu, saw Master Yuan off. How was he doing?"

Li Chunfang did not agree immediately, but asked.

Wei Guangde shook his head, "It's not very good, but Yuan Ge Laoji people have their own appearance, so it should be okay."

"I went to see him two days ago."

Yan Ne said something, then shook her head and stopped talking.

Zhang Juzheng had already called the clerk in the room to clear the desk and start grinding.

Gao Gong was not happy, but it was not targeting these two people. Dong Fen was the one who was unhappy.

Therefore, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng naturally would not neglect these two cabinet masters for their sake.

On the contrary, both of them were both on the side of King Yu, either openly or secretly, and were considered supporters of King Yu, so it is normal to be respectful.

They have reached the ultimate goal of civil servants, and are seniors.

Regardless of whether others have any opinions or not, Yan Ne and Li Chunfang entered the cabinet to work, which helped Xu Jie share the pressure, and the cabinet handled official duties much faster.

In fact, there were signs of signs that the two of them had entered the cabinet.

When Yuan Wei was sick and retired, Emperor Jiajing issued an order to let him and the two of them enter Zhilu, but the court officials did not think there was anything wrong at that time.

A minister of the Ministry of Rites and a minister of the Ministry of Personnel, aren’t it just going to enter the cabinet?

However, there were Yuan Wei in front, Yan Ne and Li Chunfang in back, Guo Pu, the Minister of Personnel, the candidate for the court, and Dong Fen, a flatterer, took over the position of Minister of Rites. I don’t know when the word “Qing Ci Prime Minister” began to spread when officials in the capital gathered in private.

Although Dong Fen's Qing Ci is not as good as Yuan Wei and Li Chunfang's imagination and ingenious skills, it is not bad, and he is also a leader in the Hanlin Academy.

The four people completed the procedures within two days and completed the handover work and began to take up their new position.

Although there were many troubles in the outside world, it did not have any substantial impact on them.

In other words, King Yu was still worried about Dong Fen's appointment as Minister of Rites and occasionally asked Wei Guangde to discuss countermeasures.

At the beginning, Wei Guangde was a little resistant, and he didn't want to be intimidated by Emperor Jiajing.

The promotion of officials this time has broken some of the common grounds and has already explained the problem.

Besides, no matter how Dong Fen is, he is the Secretary of State appointed by Emperor Jiajing. He was just appointed, so how could he be dismissed if he was dismissed?

However, he could not contradict Prince Yu in person, so he could only persuade him with kind words, and was a little excited in private.

Regarding Dong Fen, of course, King Yu was not good at discussing with Gao Gong. If he agreed, it would seem that Gao Gong was too eager for quick success and had a noble character. Even if he wanted to be the Minister of Rites, he would still pretend to be calm and careless.

As an official, of course, he takes the people of the world as his responsibility, not for promotion and wealth.

Let’s look at the others in Prince Yu’s mansion. Others who can come up with ideas include Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde.

But Zhang Juzheng was Xu Jie's disciple after all. King Yu trusted him, but he was worried that he would be closer to Xu Jie and could not say anything.

In other words, Wei Guangde can be said that he had no support in the court, so he could only rely on himself. His family was a hereditary family, the son-in-law of the Duke of Wei, and was one of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty.

Just as Emperor Jiajing felt that he could trust Wei Guangde, King Yu also believed him, so he privately discussed with him how to target Dong Fen.

Dong Fen has been serving as the Minister of Rites for more than a month. Wei Guangde said from the beginning that he would make plans for a long time, but gradually he felt that he could not continue to be perfunctory. Didn’t he see that King Yu’s face looked a little bad?

On this day, Wei Guangde received the summoning of the prince's servant and had to hurry to Prince Yu's mansion.

I have seen Queen Yu, but only King Yu is left in the house, and I still play the same tune again.

"Shandai, did you think of an idea?"

At the moment of King Yu, Wei Guangde naturally could not roll his eyes and express his disdain, but said seriously: 'Your Highness, Lord Dong has just taken office, and there is no handle on the errands of the Ministry of Rites. It's really hard to find a reason.'

"Do you have to wait? Is it a long-term plan?"

King Yu's expression became unkind, and today was three points worse than the previous two days.

"Don't you all the Censorate pay attention to the news? Just look for rumors in the market to impeach him. Even if you can't pull him off, you will be disgusted."

Speaking of this, King Yu said seriously: "I heard that officials have often talked about Dong Fen in private."

Wei Guangde widened his eyes when he heard this, and blamed Li Fang a little in his heart, so he could pour everything into King Yu's ears.

But I feel relieved when I think about it. How could he, a eunuch, care about civil servants? It would be nice if he didn't cause trouble for you.

When King Yu said this, Wei Guangde naturally understood that if you say it casually in private, you can't make a memorial to impeach him.

Although I felt it was a bit of a play, Wei Guangde had to think about it seriously.
To be continued...