Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 384
While the elders in the capital were busy going to court, Duke Cheng's mansion also started to get busy early.

Before dawn, Zhu Yi prepared all his men, dressed in plain clothes, and led the team slowly towards the city gate.

Today is exactly three days after the match with the emperor, and it is also the departure date that Yue Zhang asked him to leave.

Although Zhu Yi was puzzled, she still followed Hu Wei's instructions and led the team to set off in a low-key manner while the officials were going to court.

However, he went here to offer sacrifices to Zhu Yong, the Duke of Cheng, to support the spirit, and to transport the bones back to the capital for burial.

Although it is said to be as low-key as possible, after all, it is in accordance with the etiquette of the Duke, and the ceremonial guards that should be there are indispensable. Therefore, even if the savings are repeated, there is still a long team.

The time to open the city gate is the same as the time to go to court.

As soon as the morning bell rang, the city gate was pushed open, and Zhu Yi sat in the carriage, looking at the capital that was getting further away, with a complicated expression on her face.

The sun rose quickly, and as the distance from the capital became farther and farther away, the population gradually became scarcer.

There are occasionally sparse villages around, and the official roads are wide, but the common people consciously avoid such a magnificent team.

The team didn't move fast, and it could even be said that it was a bit slow. After walking for two or three hours, they only went out for less than 30 miles.

The journey was very peaceful, which made Zhu Yi doubt whether his father-in-law was a little paranoid.

There was a post station in front, and it happened that the time was almost up, so Zhu Yi gave the order to stop at the post station for a while and continue to set off in half an hour.

However, before entering the station, he was stopped by someone.

These people were dressed in the black clothes of ordinary postmen, and said politely.

"Greetings to the little father-in-law. My family has been waiting here for a long time. Please come up to the room and see the little father-in-law."

The housekeeper who followed Zhu Yi was a little displeased, and said coldly.

"Presumptuous, what is the status of my little father-in-law, condescending to come to this inn, your adults are not in a hurry to come to pay a visit, but let our little father-in-law meet in the past, what a big air."

The postmen ignored him, but still looked at Zhu Yi with a smile on their faces, without any trace of fear on their faces.

Zhu Yi looked at the clothes of these people up and down. Although they were wearing the official uniforms of postmen, they obviously didn't fit well, and their demeanor didn't look like ordinary postmen.

The most important thing is that the fast boots on the soles of the feet are brand new, and they are obviously expensive. I am afraid that this pair of boots will cost a month's salary of an ordinary postman.

With a thought in his heart, he waved his hand to make the steward retreat, and said with a pleasant face, "What is your lord's name, and where is he now?"

The postman's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "Your Excellency is waiting in the upper room. Logically speaking, he should go out to meet you in person, but for some reasons, it is not convenient. The young man will come with you, and you will know it as soon as you see him." .”

After finishing speaking, he bent over and led Zhu Yi to go upstairs.

The butler who followed behind wanted to follow, but as soon as he moved, he was blocked by a group of postmen next to him.

"My lord and my little father-in-law have important matters to discuss, please wait here."

The butler frowned, and looked up at his little father-in-law.

Zhu Yi was also a little dissatisfied, and turned to look at the person who led him up.

Seeing this, the man hesitated for a moment, took out a wooden sign from his sleeve, and handed it to Zhu Yi through the sleeve.

Zhu Yi lowered her head for a look, suddenly her heart was shocked, she turned around and said: "You guys wait here, I will go back when I go."

Followed the postman to the second floor, stood still in front of the door of the upper room, the postman pushed open the door and made a gesture of invitation.

Zhu Yi glanced inside, and saw that the food and drink had already been set up in the room.

Standing at the window one day with his hands behind his back, his clothes are low-key and ordinary, but just looking at his figure, he is somewhat familiar.

After entering the room, the postman outside carefully closed the door, and the person in the room turned around and cupped his hands with a smile.

"Because of my status, I can't greet you in person. I'm rude and rude. Our family is here, and I apologize to the little father-in-law."

Seeing the face of the person who came, Zhu Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, a flash of understanding flashed between her brows and eyes, and said.

"It really is you, Mr. Shu!"

That's right, the person who has been waiting here for a long time is none other than Shu Liang, the admiral and eunuch of the East Factory!
Nodding with a smile, Shu Liang stretched out his hand and said.

"If the young master is not in a hurry, how about sitting down and talking to our family?"

Zhu Yi's eyes flashed, she nodded, sat down at the table, and said.

"My father-in-law invited me personally, so naturally I dare not refuse."

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What happened in a small post station dozens of miles outside the city naturally did not attract the attention of the bosses in the DPRK and China.

Just what happened in Changchao today is enough for the ruling and opposition parties to discuss for a while.

Leaving aside the group of people from the Imperial Academy, no matter whether they were relegated, released, or leveled, after the Chang Dynasty, the dust would be settled.

But in the end, the resignation of the cabinet minister Gao Gu really shocked all the courtiers.

You should know that under normal circumstances, the age for an official to become an official is 70 years old, and if he is over 65 years old, if he has not entered the cabinet to hold a core position, in principle, he will no longer be considered during the selection process.

Officials who are over 60 years old, if they suffer from illness and are determined to be unable to hold the post after inspection, and take the initiative to beg for bones, the court will also allow it as appropriate.

But Gao Gu, he entered the cabinet early, and he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He has always been in good health, and he has never heard of any serious illness.

More importantly, he was born in Hongwu in 24 years, and he is only 59 this year. No matter from which point of view, there is no reason to beg for bones.

Therefore, above the Chang Dynasty, it was of course rejected by the emperor.

But this signal is very important.

There are smart people who immediately connected with yesterday's anticlimax.

If I remember correctly, in the early morning two days ago, the left deputy, the censor Luo Tong, and Gao Cifu were impeaching the heavenly official Wang Wen.

Now, within two days, Luo Tong entered the Imperial Prison. Peng Shi and Pei Lun, who had come forward to fight against Wang Wen at that time, returned to their hometown to guard the system, and the other was transferred out of Beijing.

Even Gao Gu, who is the second assistant, will not be spared?

All of a sudden, there were a lot of rumors in the capital, which were spread one after another. This was the revenge of a certain heavenly official.

Although the memorabilia was rejected, it was obvious that Gao Jifu was cruel this time, and he turned around and handed over another memorandum the next day.

This time it was even more ruthless. He directly said that when he became an official, the Ministry of Officials registered his date of birth wrongly. He was not born in Hongwu's 24th year, but Hongwu's 22nd year. He passed his birthday a month ago and is already 61.

After the memorandum was handed in, Gao Zi directly asked for a leave of absence and never went to the cabinet again.

However, the emperor still rejected it.

However, within a day, the Ministry of Officials published a memorial, which stated that the post of Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs had been vacant for a long time, and proposed that Gao Gu, the second assistant of the cabinet, be transferred to Nanjing to serve as Shangshu.

This time it passed very quickly, and the emperor's approval came down very quickly, and the whereabouts of Gao Cifu was settled.

It's just that now, the rumors in the capital are spreading even more fiercely, saying that the man behind the scenes is Wang Wen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

You know, at the court meeting that day, he was blatantly threatening to transfer both Gao Gu and Luo Tong to Nanjing.

As a result, Gao Cifu was transferred to Nanjing before the words were finished. As for Luo Tong, it was even worse, he was still in the imperial prison, and he didn't even hear from him.

All of a sudden, the imperial court felt a little more afraid of this lord Tianguan.

Of course, there were a lot more impeachment memorials, but Mr. Wang remained calm as usual.

The Jingcha is not over yet, and the old man is still busy running around, and has no time to answer these gossips.

Of course, the one who discussed the most was Luo Tong, the left deputy capital censor who was imprisoned.

You know, Jin Yiwei has been very low-key these days, and hasn't personally dispatched to arrest anyone for a long time.

This time Lord Luo has become a celebrity.

But the strange thing is that several days have passed, and the irrelevant Pei Lun, Peng Shi and others have places to go.

But regarding Luo Tong's disposal, there has never been any news...

　Supplementary plan (9/23)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)