Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1560 Borrowing Strength (Part [-])
How Pang Bao contacted Imperial Concubine Zheng that night, and how Imperial Concubine Zheng reacted, I don't need to go into details for now.But he said that in the early morning of the next day, a major event happened in the court.

A high-ranking supervisor who seems to have never heard of the name of a high-level censor Shu Shu discussed the impeachment of Zhang Xueyan, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, who had a personal relationship with Huang Mengyu, and even dug up a lot of old materials from more than ten years ago to clear up old accounts.

For example, an "old account" in the third year of Wanli is like this: "Jenxu... Liaodong Governor Zhang Xueyan and others reported that more than [-] thieves conspired to commit crimes in Liaodong. Go to heaven and worry about it."

This incident really shocked the court at the time, because the "thief" Zhang Xueyan mentioned at the time was Chahar, and the news that Chahar's army "more than [-] people conspired to commit crimes against Liaodong" was naturally extremely shocking, so Zhu Yijun, who was still young at that time, was frightened and summoned a group of important officials in person.

Fortunately, Gao Gong was actually in power at the time. Of course, Gao Gong was well aware of Chahar's strength, and he knew that the so-called "more than two hundred thousand" was definitely not a real number.In fact, the population of Mongolia has always been small, not to mention after the fragmentation, if Chahar really "more than [-] people conspired to commit crimes in Liaodong", unless the babe babies in the swaddle and the dying old people on the sick bed are counted, otherwise It is impossible to make up this number.

Then, in front of the little emperor, Gao Gong made arrangements, including immediately contacting Qi Jiguang at the Jiliao front line, etc., to consolidate the entire defense line, and also focused on investigating the movements of Tumed, Ordos and other ministries.It turned out that Chahar's move was just a feint, probably because Daming made Tumot king and ignored Chahar.

Sure enough, the facts proved that the truth was almost the same. In the end, Chahar sent about [-] troops to make the illusion of attacking Jinzhou. can trade).

As a result, Zhang Xueyan who "lied about the military situation" did suffer this incident. "The military department gave Cai Ruxian the fact that Liaozhen's recent report of captives was bluff and untrue, so he discussed the servant Zhang Xueyan. According to the order, Xueyan was ordered to serve. "

This time the matter was brought up because the censor thought that the handling at that time was too light: the capital was in a state of turmoil, but in the end there was no actual punishment, and the matter was simply "encouragement to serve"?He thinks it's very inappropriate.

Another example was in the eighth year of Wanli, "asking questions and guarding Shen Dong to promote guerrilla warfare. Story: It was due to the fact that the officials were all counselors, and the Second Ministry of Soldiers stopped being promoted to the building. Therefore, it was a false pretense, which was corrected by Kechen Hao Weiqiao. I learned my face and confessed to my crime. I will forgive you."

This incident was a "recommendation oversight". Zhang Xueyan was the "garrison Shen Dong" recommended by Zhang Xueyan before he was transferred to the household department, and the official position he recommended was a guerrilla general.As a result, during the "pre-appointment public announcement", the Metropolitan Procuratorate found that this person "occupied the teaching ground"-that is, he used the land that was originally used as an army training ground to cultivate the land-so he was ordered to question Zhang Xueyan. As a result, Zhang Xueyan "self-reported To be punished", indicating that the evidence of the crime is conclusive.However, the final result turned out to be nothing: "Shang Te You Zhi".

The censor thinks this is not right. He thinks that there is a court system for recommending mistakes. Zhang Xueyan served as governor of Liaodong, governor of Jiliao, and Minister of Rongzheng before he was transferred to the Ministry of household affairs. This cannot be excused by not knowing the situation.Therefore, the censor believed that Zhang Xueyan's failure was either negligence of duty, or there was something hidden behind the scenes - which of course alluded to Zhang Xueyan's acceptance of bribes.

If it is a bit too much to turn over the old account when talking about two things, and the matter itself is not too big, at least it is impossible to reach the level of defeating a bachelor, if it seems like a big deal, then the next one is more worth pondering up.

The third old account that the censor turned up was "Wang Xiao, the eunuch of the Jiazi library, said that there was a lack of materials such as silver and vermilion for the age".

Zhang Xueyan, then Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, immediately replied, saying: "There is a fixed quota for the materials in the warehouse, and if there are too many sheep, it does not follow the schedule. If you spend less, you will use it yourself;

Respectfully see the late emperor's last edict, where the money and food in the inner government are more economical, they are often cut within the amount.My majesty issued an imperial edict, and he will also stop and waive all unhurried expenses.Over the past few years, all kinds of floating fees have decreased in the past and are now returning to the old, some have been less before and then become more, and some have never been in the past but are now increasing.

Ministers and other inscriptions remind me of the sparseness of research, there is no end to the month, the press is played and reported, and the essays of sheep with horns are written, and there is no empty day in the year.Tunneled into various warehouses, they take it lightly and consume it easily, but they don't know how difficult it is to supply it from private merchants.Emperor Fuqi ordered all the supervisory bureaus to stop the use of utensils according to the creator's quantity, and those who should renew should follow the rules. The inspection materials should not be lacking due to falsification. "

The result of this matter is: "Sparse entry, keep it up."-meaning that the emperor read it, but there was no further comment, and no response.

At first glance, this incident seems to be more insignificant than the previous two incidents, but as a shooter, oh no, as a censor, you must have the ability to pick bones from eggs.

For example, the censor discovered the Huadian: Wang Xiao, the eunuch of the Jiazi library, and others found that there was a shortage of materials such as silver and vermilion, and then what did Zhang Xueyan answer?In fact, he did not seriously respond to why there was a shortage, but changed his style of writing and brought up the court—especially the emperor's expenses should be frugal.

In this case, it is understandable that the emperor did not respond.However, the censor thinks there is a big problem with this matter: how is the missing thing missing?How many are missing?Why didn't Zhang Xueyan, then Minister of the Household Department, answer directly?Is there something wrong here?
Then the censor took advantage of the topic and suddenly cited the current household minister as high-pragmatic.He said that since Gao Situ took office, he has been paying close attention to the storage problem. In less than a year since he took office, he has arrested a large number of warehouse management officials and officials. Since then, there has never been a "lack of materials in the warehouse".

It can be seen from this that Zhang Xueyan's actions at the time were at least perfunctory, and may even have deliberately failed to report the knowledge, and even had something to do with the problem itself.

The censor finally mentioned that the ruler should not rule the country based on the status of his ministers to affect the fairness of handling. Zhang Xueyan's mistakes and oversights were just some of the things he cited. I hope the emperor will understand and depose Zhang Xueyan.

It is not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty to impeach cabinet ministers with a seventh-rank censor, but the emperor's reaction is also very common. "Sparse in, get angry, and rebuke the official for making false comments on the ministers, even slandering the third Yuanfu, and demoting the third-level foreign minister."

Of course, at the same time, Zhang Xueyan also immediately defended himself and asked to retreat, and at the same time took the initiative to stay behind closed doors.

There are two big problems here: First, although the emperor's reaction was as usual, he actively defended his ministers, but at the same time he mentioned one thing: "...and even slandered the third Yuan Dynasty. Supplement", where did this word come from?What does it mean?
The reason for "slandering the three prime ministers" is because the above three incidents happened when Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Siwei were the chief ministers of the cabinet.If the censor's words are reasonable, it means that Gao Gong and Guo Pu were covering up Zhang Xueyan at the time, and although Zhang Siwei did not show up in the third incident, as the chief assistant, he did not respond to this. It can be regarded as conniving Zhang Xueyan's actions.

So the root of this matter is: the censor originally did not clearly say the above-mentioned things about sheltering and connivance, but the emperor discovered this problem very sensitively, and immediately issued a severe warning.

From this point of view, it proves that the emperor is very satisfied with the "Three Ren Yuanfu" and cannot tolerate any remarks that question the three of them.

But there is a question here: Generally speaking, as long as the ministers do not expressly express such hints, the emperor will directly pretend to be stupid, because it is more convenient to turn big things into small things.What's more, these things have happened for some years. According to the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, if we want to go back and investigate now, it is almost impossible to find out anything.

From the emperor's point of view, if he wants this matter to disappear, the easiest way is not to reply directly - just treat it as a fart and let it go.

However, he replied, and it was "shangnu", and made the decision to demote the official, which is a bit strange.

The second problem is that Gao Wushi is still staying behind closed doors, and Zhang Xueyan has suffered another wave of inexplicable impeachment. The things mentioned in this impeachment are not considered major in the final analysis, but they are enough for him to defend himself. Stay behind closed doors.

Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui, the elders of the cabinet, have always been Gao Yushi's two strongest supporters in the cabinet, and just when Gao Yushi himself was staying behind closed doors, Zhang Xueyan was also forced to stay behind closed doors, which means that Among the cabinet at this time, only Wu Dui could still play a role.

But Wu Dui is definitely not alone, as you can see from the current ranking of the cabinet: Shen Shixing, a scholar of the Zhongji Temple, Xu Guo, a scholar of the Jianji Temple, Zhang Xueyan, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, and Wu Yingdian, a scholar. Dui, Wang Jiaping, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Wang Xijue, a scholar of Dongge University.

Originally speaking from a "theoretically" point of view, the cabinet composed of six ministers, among them Xu Guo, Zhang Xueyan, and Wu Dui, were all of the practical school; Wang Jiaping basically belonged to the neutral school, but relatively speaking, he was biased towards They support the School of Reality; Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, who rank first and last, belong to the School of Mind.

This pattern seems to be clearly dominated by the Real School, but it is not the case: First of all, Shen Shixing is the chief assistant. Although the authority of the first assistant is related to the personal prestige of the first assistant and the status in the eyes of the emperor, but anyway, Unless there was a serious reversal of the status of "Li Chunfang-Gao Gong" in the cabinet after Gao Gongqi returned to Beijing, the authority of the chief assistant would be unshakable.

Secondly, although Xu Guo, the second assistant, came from the Practical School, he and Gao Wushi have already gone their separate ways. If they can not oppose Gao Wushi, it may be because Gao Gong is his benefactor, and he is not very serious. It is convenient to work directly against high pragmatism.In fact, he has no positive support for many of the issues proposed by Gao Yushi.

Therefore, the truth in the cabinet is that Xu Guozhong is neutral, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Zhang Xueyan, and Wu Dui need to influence Wang Jiaping's attitude to a large extent, and win Wang Jiaping's support for them, so that they can barely get along with Shen and Wang. contend.

However, now that Zhang Xueyan was suddenly forced to stay behind closed doors, Wu Dui was the only one left with the right to vote in the cabinet of the Practical School—or in other words, the Practical School.In this case, even if Wu Dui could influence Wang Jiaping and get Wang Jiaping to support him, he was already at a disadvantage—if the votes were the same, Shen Shixing, as the chief assistant, could make a decision with one word.

However, even in this situation, Gao Yushi still took his time.Even if Wu Dui secretly sent someone to see him, he advised Wu Dui not to worry.

It's not that Gao Wushi didn't know the meaning of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue's move, he knew that Shen and Wang were indeed here for Zhang Xueyan - now Jin Yiwei's "counterattack" made Zhang Cheng eat before opening his mouth He was deflated, and after he was delegated power, he might be at risk at any time because of the emperor's persuasion.

Under such circumstances, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue must be worried that Ye Changmeng has many dreams. If they don't take the opportunity to win a game in an important position, then they will completely miss the chance of this unexpected appearance.

Shen Shixing may be able to bear it, but Gao Yushi knows that with Wang Xijue's temper, after he thinks he has been beaten by Gao Yushi, he will definitely try to win back.Although Gao Yushi did not expect that they would take Zhang Xueyan to the knife, but from their point of view, if they can win Zhang Xueyan, it would indeed be the biggest gain they can get right now.

Perhaps Wang Xijue's temper was even worse than he expected before, or his mentality changed after being irritated, in short, he became more and more aggressive, that's why he directly studded like this.

But Gao Yushi was not very worried. Firstly, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue's actions would definitely make Zheng Huang Guifei, who was fooled by his own strategy yesterday, more nervous and "counterattack" more proactively.

Second, Zhang Xueyan has explained to Gao Yushi many times that his health is not good and he is getting old, so he seriously wants Gao Yushi to consider his successor.

In other words, Zhang Xueyan is actually ready to resign—of course, Gao Yushi will not let him resign in such a disgraceful manner, even if he does, he can only resign voluntarily without being impeached.But in any case, Gao Pragmatism is prepared for this.

As expected, people in the harem had already taken action: Pang Bao and Liu Cheng quickly found out the identity of the censor who was sent to the court in the morning.This person's name is Hu Kejian, whose characters are Gongzhi, from Guangshan. He was a Jinshi in the 14th year of Wanli.

This person is more interesting. He is from Guangshan County, that is, from Henan.At this time, nine out of ten Henan officials may be of the practical school, and this person's usual performance seems to be more inclined to practical school.But it just so happened that he was an "angry youth", he couldn't rub the sand in his eyes at all, and he heard that the wind was rain.

So, he "listened to the wind".It is said that a few days ago, when he was on duty in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he chatted with his colleagues about the past of the cabinet ministers, and heard some "rumours" from his colleagues-it was about Zhang Xueyan.As a result, this old man acted resolutely, and immediately checked it out. He thought that he had gained a lot, and immediately went to the school to criticize him.

Now it's fun, and it looks like it's an internal strife among real schools.Obviously, this old man, like all the cynics with value in the past dynasties, was used as a gunman.

However, Imperial Concubine Zheng didn't care what kind of envoy he was. She already believed that the reason for Wang Xijue's doing this was to suppress the school of pragmatism that insisted on "waiting for the queen's son". Opportunity once again caused the "early rectification of the country" incident.

Therefore, Imperial Concubine Zheng suddenly "falled" in Yikun Palace at noon, and the news immediately spread to Qianqing Palace. Zhu Yijun, who was so anxious that he didn't know the specific situation, didn't even finish his lunch, so he hurriedly got up and drove to the harem to visit On the way, he even scolded Liu Cheng who came to report the letter, scolding him for not taking good care of the imperial concubine.

The matter has come to this point, the change of the whole situation depends on the performance of the imperial concubine and empress.
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