Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1171 The Mouse in the Bellows
Pan Sheng's resignation this time cannot be regarded as a surrender for the time being, because normally, even if a cabinet minister is impeached, the first reaction is to resign voluntarily to show his innocence.

It can even be said that "even if" should not be used here, but "everything" should be used, because the higher the status of a civil servant, the more timely he should resign when he is impeached to make clear his position.

Generally speaking, the emperor will definitely not approve at such a moment, most of them are "retaining with gentle words", and those extremely favored cabinet ministers are retained by the emperor after being impeached, and at the same time, the emperor issued an order Blaming the impeachers is like how Gao Gong was treated in this way many times back then.

However, Pan Sheng's status in Zhu Yijun's mind is obviously not that high. What he got was simply "warm words to persuade him to stay", without explaining the reason, and without blaming the impeacher.

Although Pan Sheng was known for his face-to-face and self-doubt, he still had to face the emperor's reaction. He obviously couldn't take it as a sincere persuasion, so he had no choice but to shut himself at home and thank guests behind closed doors.

This is also a routine operation, and even Gao Wushi did it last time, which means that I am now "suspended for self-reflection", and you can investigate as you like. I no longer have the ability to interfere, and I will definitely not hinder judicial justice.

So the emperor had no choice but to follow the "routine operation" and ordered him to "see things as they came out."

Generally, at this point, if the outside world does not continue to pursue him fiercely, then he can return to the cabinet to take up duty, which means that the turmoil has basically been passed safely.

However, since Gao Wushi has made a move, of course he will not let him pass the test so easily-this is not a play, and the meaning is over.

So on the day the emperor ordered Pan Sheng to "go out and see the matter", another impeachment was sent to the Secretary of the General Administration.

This time, the person impeached by Shangshu was slightly older than Xiao Liangyu and Wang Tingyu.

How could Li Hongdao, the supervisory censor of Guizhou Province, be able to impeach Pan Sheng?Because according to the Ming system, the so-called "Tao" that supervises the censor has concurrent management in addition to the chief secretary of the province.For example, the supervisory censor of Guizhou Province, according to the "Da Ming Hui Dian", his duty is "to be in charge of the Chief Secretary of Guizhou, the Procuratorate, and the Commander of the Capital, and to assist in the management of the Ministry of Officials and the inspectors of the Zhili Suzhou, Hejian, and Shunde prefectures." (Note: The other departments also have different "assistant management". This system is to prevent a certain department or a certain place from only needing to face a sword of Damocles. Because there are too many supervisors, it is not good "Dotted".)
Li Hongdao impeached Pan Sheng precisely because he assisted in managing the Suzhou government.The reason for his impeachment was that he discovered that Pan Sheng's nephew had recently obtained a batch of seagoing ships for nothing, and they were docking at a private port in Suzhou. (Note: The jurisdiction of Suzhou at this time is different from that of later generations. Simply put, it is a little bigger, with Hekou Port.)
Li Hongdao believed that there must be a problem, so he impeached Pan Sheng for using his status and power for personal gain.

The supervisory censors of the Ming Dynasty have always had many privileges, which have been mentioned many times before. For example, this is a typical "rumour" - Li Hongdao didn't come up with any conclusive evidence, just heard that the Pan family has more A batch of sea-going ships can justifiably impeach a dignified cabinet minister.

However, in fact, Li Hongdao is not unable to produce evidence. If necessary, Gao Yushi is fully capable of providing him with more detailed data, and can even help him obtain the confessions of some intermediaries involved in this matter, and even let these People turn against the water and come forward to testify.

This kind of crime is not fatal for intermediaries. Gao Yushi can spend money to "persuade" them, and they must be happy to be persuaded by Gao Yushi in this way.

It's just not necessary.

The result that Gao Pragmatism wants to cause is just to realize Pan Sheng's scandal, instead of pulling out the entire Heart School to fight a decisive battle now, so it would be better to be vague now. Anyway, for the emperor, he only needs to know that Pan Sheng is not clean That's fine, how unclean it is is not the point.

Some people say "it's rare to be confused", and this kind of thinking is very suitable here, because the emperor also knows that some things cannot be thoroughly investigated, otherwise if the involvement is too wide, everyone will lose face at that time, it is for himself looking for trouble.

As long as a regime has been established for a long time, this situation is basically unavoidable, so usually try to avoid expansion from top to bottom, and the emperor himself will pretend to be stupid, because the turmoil in the court is obviously not a good thing for the emperor.

As soon as Li Hongdao's impeachment came up, of course Pan Sheng couldn't "come out and see the matter". Not only could he not get out, but he had to continue writing his own defense and resignation at home.

But this time is different from the last time, the emperor did not continue to "stay with gentle words", but only ordered a few words of comfort, and at the same time asked the cabinet to write a letter to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, asking the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate the problem and clear Pan Ge's innocence .

It is of course a polite word to clean up the white clouds, and one should not just take the literal meaning in a foolish way.The actual meaning of the emperor is to let the Metropolitan Procuratorate "investigate clearly" this matter.

This time, someone is in a hurry.

It wasn't Pan Sheng who was in a hurry, because Pan Sheng had already prepared for the worst, and he was already thinking about how to return home.

The one who is in a hurry is Shen Shihang.

Using the power of Zhejiang Maritime Merchants to force Pan Sheng to give the virtuous to Wang Xijue was a wonderful move that he came up with after a long discussion with Zhang Cheng and after a long time of thinking.This move not only perfectly used the "big shift of the universe" to transfer the pressure brought by the sea merchants to Pan Sheng, but also took advantage of the situation to solve the dilemma of lacking helpers in the cabinet. It was the best of both worlds.

Shen Shixing and Pan Sheng generally hold the same or similar views on the possible reaction of the Real School, and they both believe that this time it will not completely anger the Real School, because Zhang Siwei just worried that the Real School is facing such a big change, and it must be done. First complete the internal adjustment, and then to unify the external.

Shen Shixing believes that before the internal adjustment is completed, the Practical School should be cautious about any changes in the court situation at this time, especially for changes that do not directly cause them harm, they should temporarily ignore them, so as to avoid blind moves and unexpected events. bad results.

However, since Pan Sheng made a wrong calculation, Shen Shixing also made a wrong calculation. Gao Yushi chose to fight back directly without losing face.

But Shen Shixing doesn't have time to think carefully about why Gao Yushi is like this. He only knows that he must never let Pan Sheng fall unexpectedly before he recommends Wang Xijue to succeed him!

Although he himself is the first assistant, and the first assistant can directly recommend the cabinet ministers, even if Pan Sheng falls, he can also recommend Wang Xijue himself.

But in fact, whether Wang Xijue joined the cabinet was recommended by Pan Sheng or by Shen Shixing, there is a big difference.

If Pan Sheng recommends it, there is nothing wrong with it, because Pan Sheng is a neutral faction, no matter who he recommends—unless it is his own student—it will not cause backlash from the government and the opposition.

However, if Shen Shixing recommended Wang Xijue himself, he might be accused of being "cronyist" or even "secretly planting party members".

As long as the emperor doesn't take this statement seriously, it is not fatal, but it will also affect Shen Yuanfu's prestige.

Like Gao Pragmatism, Shishihang is also extremely unwilling to see the damage to its reputation happen.

So at this point, Shen Shixing was much more anxious than Pan Sheng himself, so he quietly sent his own housekeeper to visit Pan Dashi's mansion privately that day.

The words brought to Pan Sheng by the steward of the Shen residence were Shen Shixing reminding him not to sit still, let alone hope that the Practical School would give him any face this time around.

Shen Shixing emphasized that since the opponent is still launching a fierce counterattack at such a moment, the biggest possibility is that the main combat faction within the Practical School has already gained a clear upper hand. If you still hope that the opponent will let you go, it is simply a daydream.

Shen Shixing suggested that Pan Sheng had better mobilize his own strength in the court to defend himself—if it is not easy to defend, at least muddy the water, such as causing another major event to divert the court's attention.

This time, Pan Sheng also hesitated.

Although Shen Shixing didn't name them, Pan Sheng certainly knew that the "battle faction" that Shen Shixing said must be led by Gao Pragmatism.Because Xu Guo has always been a peace school and a moderate school, and there is currently no third peak in the Pragmatic School. Since it is not Xu Guo, it is of course a high-level pragmatist.

However, up to now, Gao Yushi has no intention of having a talk with him, instead, he continues to promote the impeachment case in an orderly manner, obviously not planning to negotiate peace.

It can be expected that Gao Yushi must have a backup in his hands, because up to now, the one who came forward to impeach Pan Sheng was still a speech officer, and none of the senior officials in the practical school followed him to impeach him.

Gao Pragmatism must have the ability to get high-level people within the Pragmatic School to come forward to discuss impeachment. The reason why it hasn't happened yet is that it's just not yet ready.

Pan Sheng was almost certain that if he suppressed Li Hongdao's impeachment by any means, Gao Yushi would continue to launch further attacks, and most of the people dispatched were not ordinary supervisory censors, but most of them would be high-ranking officials of the court. up.

If things developed to that point, Pan Sheng was really involved in this party struggle, and unfortunately stood at the center of the storm, and if he wanted to get out unscathed at that time, it would be almost a dream.

A slip of a step becomes an eternal hatred!
Pan Sheng sighed deeply: How did it become like this?The old man just sold the last two years of his official career to the Xinxue faction, and this is not what the old man was originally willing to do.Gao Qiuzhen, Gao Qiuzhen, I didn't offend you before, so can't you hold your hands high and let this old man become an official with honor?
It's a pity that it's useless to sigh. He really can't change what Gao Pragmatic does.

Pan Sheng thought about it, and felt that Shen Shixing's proposition also had hidden selfish intentions: Now that he is starting to fight back, and even muddy the water, will Shen Shihang end himself?
If he leaves the field in person, he will be convinced that he has really completely betrayed the principle of neutrality this time and sided with the Heart School. Such a highly pragmatic blow will only come more violently and thoroughly.

At that time, Shen Shixing will be backed by the whole School of Mind, even if he can't beat the high pragmatism, at least it will be more than enough to protect himself, but what is he, Pan Sheng, in front of the School of Reality?It's not much different from a lonely family. Once Shen Shixing runs out of money, he can turn around and sell him as cannon fodder. When the time comes, who will he cry to?
And if Shen Shixing himself didn't end, it would be even more nonsense. Just because he, Pan Sheng, and the few able-bodied disciples under his sect, are also worthy of fighting against the "direct heir" of the Real School with high pragmatism?

Old Pan Ge thought maliciously: Maybe Shen Shixing did this just to throw a stone to ask for directions, and I, Pan, are just that stone.Most of his purpose is to see how much Gao Yushi has mastered the family background of the Real School and how large-scale impeachment case he can launch.

Why?

You, Shen Shixing, want to know yourself and the enemy, and want to weigh a high and pragmatic catty, so you use the old man as a weight?
Gao Wushi relies on the shadow of three generations of chief assistants and the emperor's family, so it's fine if he doesn't take me, Pan, seriously. Whose shadow do you have in Shen Shixing?

That's right, you have already become the first assistant, but can your first assistant be compared with Gao Gong's situation back then?Gao Gong can exclude people who disagree with his political views from the cabinet, so can you Shen Shixing?The old man was hurt like this by you, you don't consider buying a horse bone with thousands of dollars, you save the old man first and then talk about other things, instead you expect the old man to be your weight and weigh the high and pragmatic weight?
With your courage, the old man doesn't look like a master who can accomplish great things, at most you have a bit of tinkering ability!
Old Pan Ge lost his temper in the study, feeling much more relaxed, but the problem was not resolved at all.

He found that he was really a wolf in front of him and a tiger in the back, in a dilemma, like a mouse in a bellows, being angry at both ends.

He wanted to go all out and do it, so he simply listened to Shen Shixing's suggestion and went to see how powerful Gao Pragmatic could be.However, when he thought of the disciples and old officials of the Real School all over the world, and the power of the Jinghua Group was all-pervasive, he felt a little bit embarrassed.

Deliberately want to confess to Gao Yushi, hoping that Gao Yushi is a "reasonable" person after all, as long as he makes his own situation worse, maybe he has inherited half of his teacher Guo Pu's benevolence, and he will be more or less generous. Let yourself go.But when I thought that this time, the Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Alliance wanted to dig out the roots of high pragmatism, and to fight against high pragmatism in the mall...

Pan Ge is always on his own and others, and feels that high pragmatism may not be so magnanimous, so he misrepresented the millions of transactions.

Difficult!

In just two or three days, Mr. Pan Ge, who has always been known for his youthfulness and vigor, turned [-]% of his hair gray.It seems that if this matter continues to be entangled, I'm afraid it will kill him sooner or later.

But what Pan Sheng didn't expect was that after receiving Shen Shixing's warning, he hesitated for two more days, and finally made Shen Shixing lose his composure.

On September [-]th, Shen Shixing, as the chief assistant, said that since Xu Xuemo was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites, the vacant post of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment could not be suspended. Therefore, he recommended Song Zhihan, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials at that time, to be promoted.

Song Zhihan is the backbone of Gao’s party. Of course, Shen Shixing did this not to give Gao Yushi a favor, but he made another point: since Song Zhihan was promoted from the right servant of the Ministry of Officials to the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment (Note: Ming system, left Respect to the right.), then the right servant of the Ministry of officials should also make up.

Shen Shixing recommended Zhao Zhigao, the right servant of the Ministry of officials in Nanjing, to succeed him.

Zhao Zhigao, from Lanxi, Zhejiang (belonging to Jinhua Mansion), was a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing. Although he is not young, his seniority is not high, and he is also a "rising star" of the Mind School.
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(End of this chapter)