Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 203 Wang Wen's Whereabouts

Shu Liang brought a lot of news.

Among them, the most eye-catching one is of course the news that Zhang Fu and others secretly contacted Yang Shan and were active in the court, wanting to welcome back the Supreme Emperor.

"According to the man's testimony, I have contacted many courtiers, but they made it clear that there are four people who will try their best to rescue the Supreme Emperor. Xue Xuan, Xu Bin, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple."

"Among the four, Yang Shan has a close relationship with the British government, and Xu Bin has a close relationship with the Dingxihou's. According to investigations, the two of them also received money from the two governments for the purpose of contacting other ministers."

After hearing Shu Liang's words, Zhu Qiyu frowned, feeling a little troublesome.

Yang Shan and Xu Bin were people that Jin Yiwei had tracked down a long time ago, and Lu Zhong had ordered people to keep them under strict surveillance. These days, they had indeed seen many people.

But it is certain that there are not many courtiers who have been wooed by them, and their ranks are not high.

It was Luo Tong and Xue Xuan who really gave Zhu Qiyu a headache.

Luo Tong used to be a doctor in the Ministry of War. After the army reported to Beijing for the first civil engineering campaign, he was promoted to be the right deputy capital imperial envoy, and cooperated with the guard of Juyongguan.

In the first battle of Oala, although Juyongguan was not hit first, from beginning to end, Juyongguan gathered a large number of people from four passes, thus ensuring the smooth implementation of the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wild.

When the people on the border were in panic and the generals were retreating without a fight, it was Luo Tong who made a decisive decision and imprisoned all the generals who escaped, temporarily stabilizing the morale of the troops in the Juyongguan area.

Although these cannot be regarded as military exploits, they are also achievements and cannot be obliterated.

That is to say, he is the one who deserves meritorious service in this battle of Oarat, and he is the one recommended by Yu Qian.

As for Xue Xuan, although his official position was not high, he did not make any contribution in this battle.

However, he is highly rated among scholars!

This is so for two main reasons.

Xue Xuan's official position is not high, but he himself is one of the few rare masters in the court who focuses on Confucianism. The "School of Hedong" he created is known as one of the two cultural lines of Ming Dynasty.

The other context is Wang Yangming's "mind study".

In the decades before Wang Yangming was born, Xue Xuan could be regarded as the leader in the literary world of the Ming Dynasty, and had a high prestige among the entire literati.

Although his entire system has not yet been formed, his influence among scholars is already very large.

After Xue Xuan became an official, he stayed in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a period of time as the supervisory censor, and was later transferred to Dali Temple.

What made him famous among scholars was his presiding over the case of Wang Zhen's nephew, Wang Shan, who raped the concubine of a Jinyiwei officer.

At that time, it was the time when Wang Zhen's power was at its peak, but Xue Xuan resisted Wang Zhen's pressure and overturned the case in the court.

Although he didn't succeed in the end, he was sent to prison first, and then demoted to the people. He won a lot of praise among scholars.

After being dismissed from office, Xue Xuan gave lectures everywhere, gathered many disciples, and gradually spread the name of the master of Neo Confucianism.

Afterwards, the Civil Military News reported that Xue Xuan, as one of the officials persecuted by Wang Zhen, was reinstated as a matter of course.

Therefore, pure idealists are the most troublesome.

Xue Xuan and Wang Wen are, to some extent, the same kind of people.

As far as Wang Wen is concerned, he firmly believes that all the faults in the civil engineering battle originated from the Supreme Emperor, so once the Supreme Emperor returns, it will cause great harm to the country.

But for Xue Xuan, he believes that etiquette and law are the foundation of the country, and the king is the foundation of the society.

As a great master of Neo Confucianism, etiquette, law and order are what he defends to the death, so he firmly believes that the Supreme Emperor must be welcomed back.

This kind of person is actually the most difficult to deal with.

He has firm beliefs, is honest and self-disciplined, does not fear power, and has no intention of official career, no matter whether it is coercion or temptation, it is useless to him.

There is no time for personal morality and no mistakes in official duties, but he is not on his side.

This kind of "loyal minister" is the most troublesome for Zhu Qiyu now.

Seeing the embarrassment of the emperor, Shu Liang thought about it, and asked boldly.

"My lord, since their identities have been found out, it's better to let Dongchang or Jinyiwei arrest them first, and when they arrive in the imperial prison, everything will be easy to talk about."

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak, but just gave Shu Liang a look, which made Shu Liang kneel on the ground in fright, and said.

"The emperor forgives the sin, and the slaves are also thinking about the emperor, and they are lost for a while, please forgive the sin."

"Get up."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said lightly.

"Let's not take this as an example. Dongchang Zhen has handed it over to you, but you have to know how to measure and arrest court ministers for no reason. Thanks to you, if you can figure it out, if I issue an edict to arrest people, the six ministries and seven ministers will join hands to enter the palace. If you really make trouble Get up, I can't even protect you!"

To be honest, Zhu Qiyu had considered Shu Liang's suggestion from the very beginning.

But it's a pity, not to mention that Yang Shan and the others haven't taken any action yet, even if they did, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang couldn't be dispatched.

For nothing else, at this moment, welcoming back the Supreme Emperor is the real political correctness.

Although these few people were detected by Dongchang, there must be many people in the court who hold this kind of thinking.

Among them, I am afraid that there are many Qiqing's generation.

At least, Yu Qian is like this.

In the current court, except for Wang Wen, who is firmly against the faction of the Supreme Emperor, everyone else, more or less, is thinking of welcoming the Supreme Emperor back.

After all, even the Supreme Emperor is still the king of a country.

The Supreme Emperor was in the captive camp for a day, and he reminded them all the time how serious the humiliation Daming had endured.

So in a sense, what Yang Shan and others did was to conform to the general trend of the court.

Acting rashly will only quickly combine these forces.

A minister of the Honglu Temple is nothing, but how can a master of Wenzong like Xue Xuan and a war hero like Luo Tong be able to move lightly?

Besides, the war has just ended not long ago, and the imperial court has not cared about such matters.

After such a fuss, if it really comes to the surface, then it really doesn't matter.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu ordered.

"East Factory will do the job of the East Factory. You go back and negotiate with Lu Zhong, and first stare at these people. Who they contacted and what they talked about, try to find out, but don't act rashly, understand. ?"

For the current plan, we can only focus on people first.

The so-called know yourself and the enemy, and win a hundred battles.

Find out their plans before you can determine what to do next.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven's expression improved slightly, Shu Liang felt relieved, quickly took orders, and then left the hall.

After Shu Liang left, Cheng Jing took a step forward and reached out to replace the cold tea on the table with new ones, said.

"My lord, Shu Liang is also thinking of you, you don't have to get angry, he still has a sense of proportion in doing things."

Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly and said.

"Of course, I'm relieved to hand over the East Factory to him, but Shu Liang's desire to make contributions these days is a bit too preoccupied, and he has lost a little bit of his initial calmness. He needs to be beaten and beaten, and he can't be too impatient. .”

Saying that, Zhu Qiyu raised his hand, took out a few memorials from beside him, put them in front of Cheng Jing, and said.

"Look, these are all to impeach him."

"His deeds in Dongchang are ruthless and decisive, but the courtiers are also on guard. This Dongchang master is not easy to do!"

Most memorials of the imperial court were first sent to the General Secretary, then to the cabinet, and then to the palace.

Although Cheng Jing is currently serving as the supervisor of ceremonies, not all memorials will pass through his hands.

After receiving the memorabilia handed over by the emperor, Cheng Jing flipped through it, couldn't help laughing, and said.

"My lord, this is all a matter of old sesame seeds and rotten millet, and it's fortunate that these elders can find out."

There are about seven or eight of these memorials, and two of them impeach Shu Liang for his arbitrariness in Dongchang and damage the royal dignity, which is quite justified.

But the rest of the memorandum is about impeaching Shu Liang's previous faults in the Department of Cherishing the Salary, saying that he was embezzling the palace's salary and using his power for personal gain.

I don't know what year it was, and it was used for impeachment.

Zhu Qiyu also smiled and said.

"In the final analysis, Dongchang is not in the imperial court, and the people inside are not imperial court officials. No matter how cruel Shu Liang's methods are to them, it will not cause any trouble."

"Impeachment by the imperial court is still somewhat taboo after all. The internal affairs of Dongchang and Jinyiwei are not something they can interfere with."

"So if you want to impeach, you can only look for his previous mistakes."

With that said, Zhu Qiyu got serious and said.

"This is what I want to tell you. Now that Shu Liang has been promoted suddenly, and he acts so ostentatiously in the East Factory, there are countless pairs of eyes secretly on him."

"Plus, now that he is eager to make contributions, it is inevitable that he will be caught wrong. You are kind to him, find an opportunity, and mention him as soon as possible, so as not to cause any trouble."

With previous experience, Zhu Qiyu knew that Shu Liang was originally a cautious person.

But now, he may be in a high position suddenly, a little bit out of proportion, if he can't adjust quickly.

So it is necessary, Zhu Qiyu wants him to go back to the harem to calm down for a while.

Otherwise, with his current state, Zhu Qiyu may not be able to keep him if there is trouble.

Cheng Jing was a little moved.

He finally understood why the emperor had to say so many things to him.

Although the eunuchs in the palace look at the scenery, in fact, they are just slaves of the emperor.

When the emperor needs it, the scenery is infinite, but when the emperor does not need it, it is a reward to send the guard tomb.

The admiral of the East Factory, to put it bluntly, is doing the dirty work for the emperor.

Most of the time, when the work is done and the courtiers have offended enough, it is common for them to be thrown out to quell public anger.

But the emperor explained to him so carefully, obviously he didn't want Shu Liang to become the target of courtiers' criticism.

Cheng Jing was very grateful for this kindness.

Nodding heavily, Cheng Jing said.

"Don't worry, the emperor. When the minister returns today, he will go to Shu Liang and let him know all about the love of the emperor."

Zhu Qiyu felt relieved, put the matter aside for the time being, picked up the teacup at hand, and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Then, he stretched out his hand and flipped through the memorial that Cheng Jing had just sent over, and asked.

"Is there anything important in the memorial sent by the cabinet today?"

In this life, in addition to developing good work and rest habits, Zhu Qiyu is also used to it, and is no longer so "diligent".

He would ask Cheng Jing to go through the memorandum sent up below, after the cabinet's "drafting", and rank the matters in order of urgency and importance.

Prioritize the important things and deal with them first.

Ordinarily, this matter should have been done by the cabinet.

But now there are only Chen Xun and Gao Gu in the cabinet, and they are too busy with drafting, so let Cheng Jing do it first.

Cheng Jing stepped forward, picked a few from a pile of memorials, put them in front of Zhu Qiyu first, and said.

"Besides the daily affairs, there are a few things in today's memorial that need to be reviewed by the emperor first."

Cheng Jing said, and Zhu Qiyu picked up the memorial and browsed it.

"One is about the issue of the rewards and promotions of civil servants during the War of Oala. The Ministry of Officials has drawn up a list, but here, there are two people whose grades are too high, and you need to be determined by the emperor yourself."

"These people are Wang Wen, who directed the Battle of Bauhinia, and Wang Ao, who accompanied and lobbied Tuotuobuhua."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and asked.

"What is the reward proposed by the Ministry of Officials for them?"

Cheng Jing replied.

"Boss Wang Wen was ordered to persuade Tuotuo Buhua to withdraw from the army when he was in danger. Later, he was ordered to supervise the military affairs of Zijing, not to be disturbed by Yexian's tricks, to protect Zijing, and to command and repel Yexian's army. This battle is undoubtedly the first achievement."

"Therefore, the Ministry of Officials proposed that when the rank is promoted to one level, it should be awarded the first rank as Doctor Guanglu, and Wen Xun should be conferred as the first rank Zhuguo, and his father and grandfather should be posthumously awarded the first rank as Special Jin Guanglu Doctor, and his wife should be awarded the second rank as Madam. , the son of Zhunyin is the commander of Jinyiwei, the third rank, and the son of Jia En is in the Imperial Academy."

The ancients said that sealing their wives and yin sons came from this.

In this battle, Wang Wen can be considered to have gone through a lot of hardships. At the end of the war, as the admiral who defeated Yexian head-on, plus his contribution to lobbying and negotiating, the Ministry of Officials gave almost the best reward.

Posthumously conferring on the ancestors, conferring orders on his wife, and enshrining his two sons, this is already the highest award that a civil servant can receive.

If you go further up, you have to be the title of military merit, but this kind of title has already been said, and it cannot be awarded unless it is a positive leader.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and asked, "Where's Wang Ao?"

Cheng Jing replied: "My lord Wang Ao has guarded Liaodong for many years, and I have made great contributions to lobbying Tuotuobuhua with my lord Wang Wen and persuading him to withdraw troops smoothly."

"It was discussed by the Ministry of Officials that Wen Xunzheng was awarded the second rank Zhengzhi Shangqing, his wife was granted the order of the second rank wife, and Zhunyin's son was a five rank thousand household."

Relatively speaking, Wang Ao's rewards are much less, but they are also enviable.

You must know that among this award, the most valuable ones are the Commander of Jinyiwei and Qianhu who were given by Yin.

Although these two positions are vain, they are hereditary military attache positions, which can be regarded as the reserve of official military attache. If the imperial court needs it, they may be converted to real positions at any time.

During this war, because of the heavy losses in the civil engineering battle, many false grants to thousands of households were directly transferred to actual grants.

In comparison, other awards are not worth mentioning.

Of course, these rewards are nothing more than quite satisfactory.

The Ministry of Officials has Ji Xunsi in charge of this matter, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The reason why they singled out these two people and said that the emperor had to make a decision in person was because the most important award was not determined by the officials.

That is, promotion!

For officials, sealing their wives and children is certainly what they pursue, but the most important thing is official career.

Wang Ao and Wang Wen have made great contributions, and promotion is certain.

But the two of them are already only one step away from Qiqing, and which position they want to promote is not something that the official department can decide.

Zhu Qiyu originally thought that it should be enough to let Wang Wen enter the cabinet after this battle, and it should be enough to rely on the credit of lobbying.

But now, Wang Wen's performance far exceeded his imagination.

With the two great achievements of "not being disturbed by Yexian's tricks, resolutely ordering an attack" and "arranging commands to repel Yexian's main force head-on".

Zhu Qiyu had to change his original thinking.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Qiyu said.

"Declaration to the cabinet, Wang Wen has made meritorious service in this battle, and he will be awarded as a junior teacher. Wang Ao has guarded Liaodong for many years, so he should be awarded the crown prince and grand teacher.

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