Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 430 The Upside-Down Storm ([-])
Feng Bao continued to convene the bosses of the East Factory and Gao Wushi to find fault with everyone, but unexpectedly something happened.

The next day, after the resolution on Liu Fenyong and Cao Daye was issued with Zhang Juzheng drafting the bills and Feng Bao's approval as usual, all the officials in Beijing felt that something was wrong, because the resolution could not even be called punishment. In terms of handling, the intensity is too light: Liu Fenyong was transferred to Xingguo Zhizhou, and Cao Dayo was transferred to Qianzhou Judge.

Why do you say light?Liu Fenyong was originally Shang Baoqing, a fifth-rank official.Although this Shang Baoqing is a Beijing official, and his duty is to be in charge of the seals, talismans and seals for the emperor, he is also called a close minister of the emperor, but in fact this is a position with little real power, and he often even favors some senior officials. children.

And Xingguo Prefecture is a state to which Wuchang Prefecture belongs, and its knowledge of the state is from the fifth grade.Downgraded from Shang Baoqing to Xingguo Zhizhou, in terms of rank, it is only downgraded from the fifth rank to the second rank, and in terms of real power... maybe even more.

And what about Cao Daye?According to the emperor's edict, it was originally the household department of the seventh rank, not only to demote the foreign post, but also to "seriously deal with it". As a result, he was transferred to the general judge of Ganzhou. — This is called "seriousness"?
You must know that although the general judgment is within a state, it is ranked as the "third leader" under the magistrate and the same magistrate, but because the general judgment also has the responsibility of supervising the magistrate, so in many cases even the magistrate has to give the general judge some points. Thin noodles, this is not an idle job.

The result of this treatment, in layman's terms, is to not give Gao Gong face.

The courtiers were not wrong, this handling really angered Gao Gong, and this time he didn't even listen to Gao's pragmatic persuasion, so he wrote another essay that night.

The next day, Gui Chou, Gao Gong, a scholar of the Zhongji Palace and Minister of the Ministry of Officials, begged again, saying: "The way of ministers is to serve the country with one's body, and the second is not to dare to humiliate the country with one's body. There is no such thing as a minister today. If you don't know how to serve the country, if you don't understand the rules of advance and retreat, and you are in power with a shy face, you are sincerely humiliating the country with your body, and the crime of the minister will be even greater. What will the future generations call a minister?"

This time, Gao Gong simply didn't mention what crime he was accused of, and he didn't give any further explanations. The meaning of the whole essay is quite straightforward: If I don't retreat, some people will always stare at me and bite me, saying that I am greedy for power and position. , Okay, okay, I won't explain anymore, I'll resign from the head office.

This is troublesome, because according to the usual practice, when the cabinet ministers are so sparse, the emperor can only choose multiple-choice questions: if the cabinet ministers remain, the false accusers will be severely punished; if the false accusers are not severely punished, that means the cabinet ministers can go. That's how Cho Jung-gil came home last time.

After entering the Qianqing Palace, the emperor saw it, and was a little dazed.He couldn't figure out what was going on at all, and he was still thinking to himself: I have clearly dealt with Liu Fenyong and Cao Daye, two guys who talked nonsense, why did the husband resign?

Long Qing held back his temper, and while ordering someone to find Feng Baolai, intending to find out what happened, he went to read other memorials. As a result, Meng Chong brought over a large pile of memorials without making a sound, which seemed to be at least dozens of copies.

The emperor was very surprised, because since he contracted the disease, the Supervisor of Rituals has minimized the memorials for him to approve directly, and most of them are directly approved according to the cabinet's vote...Why did Meng Chong take the wrong medicine today? ?

Unexpectedly, Meng Chong also looked embarrassed, and said cautiously: "My lord, these are the memorials of Jiuqing and Ke Dao officials asking the emperor to comfort Yuanfu. According to the ancestral system, the memorials of Jiu Qing and Ke Dao officials, Si The supervisor of ceremonies must let His Majesty know... As for the memorials of other ministries and court ministers urging the emperor to comfort Yuanfu, the slaves and maidservants have already pressed them down, and they haven't brought them to you yet."

The emperor was even more surprised when he heard this. This matter has been settled, so why is there still such a commotion that Mr. Jiuqing and Ke Dao asked for comfort to stay behind?What could have gone wrong?
He had to open the memorials one by one. It turned out that these memorials were indeed the ministers of the Nine Ministers headed by Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Minister of the Ministry of War, Luo Zun, etc., and the thirteen officials of the Tang Dynasty. Lian and so on, each of them went to Shushu to comfort Gao Gong, a senior scholar.

After seeing it, the emperor could only order Meng Chong to give comfort in his name, saying: "Yuanfu resigned. I have already comforted and praised the beauty. I have not let him go. You don't need to worry about it."

At this time Feng Bao came.

Feng Bao didn't know what happened. He had just been found from Dongchang, and he was still in a state of confusion. After entering, he bowed to the emperor as usual, then stood up straight and waited for the emperor. question.

Who knew that Long Qing glanced at him coldly, then said with a gloomy face, "Kneel down and talk."

It stands to reason that with Feng Bao's status, it is normal to bow to the emperor when he meets the emperor. After all, he has the title of "imperial envoy, admiral, eunuch of the East Factory", and he can even call himself a "subject" in front of the emperor, but now the emperor directly Let him kneel down, how could he not know that something happened!
Feng Bao's heart tightened, and he quickly knelt down.In line with the principle of saying less and making mistakes, and saying more and making more mistakes, he crawled on his knees and knocked his head on the ground, but didn't say a word.

Long Qing asked coldly: "Yesterday, you were ordered to dispose of Liu Fenyong and Cao Daye, two idiots. How did you do it?"

When the emperor asked this question, Feng Bao knew what was going on, he didn't care about Zhang Juzheng, and immediately said: "Your Highness has learned from you, the slaves took the Imperial Edict and went to the cabinet, and told you about the Edict and the Emperor's intentions. Mr. Zhang Ge. The specific disposal is the decree drawn up by Mr. Zhang Ge. The servants looked at it and found that they were indeed downgraded to foreign posts, so they were approved as red."

Feng Dugong's acting skills are superb, his eyes are a little panicked, but more of them are puzzled, lifelike, and full of air.

Long Qing took a look, but didn't see any loopholes for a while, and asked with a frown, "What kind of a foreigner is downgraded, you made it clear!"

Feng Bao said: "Return to the emperor: Liu Fenyong left to Xingguo to preside over the prefecture, and Cao Daye was transferred to Qianzhou to pass the judge."

In the Ming Dynasty, there were two kinds of prefectures, one was Zhili prefecture and the other was San prefecture, with somewhat different levels and statuses.Long Qing didn't remember which type Xingguo Prefecture and Qianzhou were, so he turned his head and looked at Meng Chong.

Although Meng Chong's level is mediocre, the basic business can still be done. He quickly said: "My lord, these two prefectures are scattered prefectures. Xingguo Zhizhou is Congwu Rank, and Qianzhou Tongjuan is Cong Qirank."

"It's fine with Liu Fenyong, but Cao Daye is the one named by me to be dealt with severely. Why is he only downgraded from the seventh rank to the second rank?" Long Qing clapped the armrest and asked angrily, "How did you tell Mr. Zhang?"

Feng Bao secretly cursed in his heart: It is obvious that Zhang Juzheng is unwilling to treat his disciple and grandson seriously, what's the matter with a man?

Of course, unless he is tired of working, he can't say this, and he can only say aggrievedly: "My lord, this servant will act according to your will. I have said everything that should be said. Why did Mr. Zhang Ge draw up the order like this? How can I understand this kind of ability? Or... the emperor asked Mr. Zhang Ge to come over and ask?"

"Xuan..." Long Qing subconsciously wanted to say "Mr. Xuan Zhang is here to see you", but he stopped himself after saying the word "Xuan". After thinking about it, he changed his words and said, "Forget it."

Then he signaled Meng Chong to help him stand up, walked to the desk, and said, "Meng Chong, prepare the paper. Feng Bao, come and study the ink."

While spreading out a banner to the emperor, Meng Chong cautiously persuaded him: "My lord, if you have something to say to Mr. Zhang Ge, just ask your servants to pass on a verbal message. The imperial doctor said..."

The emperor interrupted him with a wave of his hand, sighed, and said, "I don't want to move, but now...forget it, just write a few words, it won't get in the way."

After Feng Bao studied the ink, he bowed and stepped aside, looking at the emperor quietly.

Long Qing stepped forward, stretched out his swollen right hand, picked up the pen with some difficulty, thought for a while, wrote four words tremblingly, threw the imperial pen casually, and panted, "Send it to Mr. Zhang .”

The emperor was probably tired, so he didn't say who to send him off, Meng Chong didn't dare to leave the emperor to do this, he hurriedly helped the emperor back to the imperial couch, and winked at Feng Bao again.

Feng Bao understood, and hurried forward to get the emperor's Chen Han, but saw the four characters written by the emperor, which were "to help each other with one heart".

(End of this chapter)