Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 431 The Upside Down (End)
In addition to bestowing letters to Zhang Juzheng, Longqing also sent Chen Ju, the eunuch who was the last eunuch in charge of etiquette, to Gao Dashi's mansion, and had a heart-to-heart talk with Gao Gong under the recommendation of Gao Yushi.

The next day, another decree was issued to the Gaoda Scholars' Office: "Qing Fuzheng Bingquan, with simplicity, integrity, and honesty, did not avoid suspicion and resentment, which led to false rumors. I have already seen it. Why do you want to retreat again? It is better to follow the previous decree, that is, I will serve as an assistant, and I will serve as my deputy, and I will be careful not to resign."

Gao Gong didn't insist this time, but went out of the mansion and returned to the cabinet to take care of the matter.

However, this time the matter is destined not to be settled so easily, because on the same day when Gao Gong left the government, Gao Gong's disciples couldn't sit still.

The official department gave Tu Menggui impeachment in the matter: "Shangbao Secretary Liu Fenyong, who thought he was serving the old ministers, pretended to be superior, and made false suggestions to harass and harass the state. It should be given urgently, and the government should still be punished, thinking that he is a minister. Fake public and private rings."

Cheng Wenshu said in the middle of the engineering department's Zuowei: "The auxiliary minister Gong devoted all his loyalty to the country, and Fang Wanshi will always rely on it. It cannot be lost for a day. Fenyong and Cao Daye secretly conspired to commit adultery and fell into Yuanfu. There is a crime of perverted behavior. Victory and punishment. It is better to show that you are fleeing far away, or to stop and reprimand."

The meaning of the two is roughly the same. They think it is very inappropriate for Liu Fenyong and Cao Daye to be dismissed so lightly. They should be dismissed directly and even continue to pursue accountability.

Zhang Juzheng, who drafted the memorial that day, did not give any approval, and sent it directly to the Ministry of Officials.

Gao Gong met him at the Ministry of Officials, and replied: "Fenyong tried to serve as a minister in his residence, and he worked hard. Ohno is young and sharp, and he is also a speech officer. It is not a deep blame. Please forgive Fenyong and return to Ohno's post. "

This statement is interesting: Liu Fenyong is an old minister of Yudi, and he has made meritorious service in the past; Cao Daye is young and vigorous, and he is also a speech officer, so don't go into details, and ask the emperor to exempt them from punishment.

Didn't the emperor hope that Zhang Juzheng and I would give up confrontation and work together to serve the country with all our strength?Okay, not only will I not pursue these two people, but I will also ask the emperor to reinstate them.

The emperor refused to let him in, and he issued another decree: "This Cao Peng conspired to frame him. The crime is abominable, and he should treat it according to the law. If you play with Qing, you will be lenient. Fulfilling mediocrity as the previous order, Ohno will be demoted to a higher level and transferred to a foreign post."

Therefore, Liu Fenyong was still transferred to be the magistrate of Huguang Xingguo, and Cao Daye suffered a loss, and was demoted to the eighth-ranked Qianzhou Wugong County Magistrate, almost demoted from the rank of officials.

Zhang Juzheng did not respond to this.

After four months passed, the emperor's illness neither improved nor worsened. All the officials thought that although the emperor's body was weak, there might be nothing serious about it. As long as he rested and recuperated, he would recover sooner or later.

But the emperor himself seemed unwilling to take a good rest. On this day, without the request of the officials, he ordered the Minister of Taichang Temple to take care of the Guozijian's sacrificial wine. official.He also ordered Zhang Siwei, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials and associate director of Zhan Shifu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, to be in charge of Zhan Shifu.At the same time, Ma Ziqiang was promoted to Zhan Shi and a bachelor's attendant of the Hanlin Academy, and Ma Ziqiang, who was in charge of the academy, was still a bachelor's attendant.

Zhang Siwei took a sick leave last time, and just returned to Beijing. As soon as he returned to Beijing, he found that he was inexplicably slandered and gave Gao Gong "eight hundred gold". For me, I don't need to do these stupid things at all, even if I really want to pay bribes, how rich am I, what is the status of Mr. Gao Ge, if I want to give money, can I afford it with eight hundred gold?

As soon as he returned to the Ministry of Officials, he was promoted to an official position by the emperor, but this also reminded him of the fact that he was falsely accused, so he used Cao Daye's slander, defended himself in the previous chapter, and was dismissed because of begging.

The emperor replied that the matter has been resolved, you don't have to worry about it, and hurry up and follow the order.

Zhang Siwei's problem was a minor one, and he just handled it according to the usual practice. Since the emperor said so, he should stop being reserved, so he went back to the official department to be on duty and didn't mention it.

On the same day, the emperor also promoted the official department to Zuoyi Shizhong, Song Zhihan to the criminal department, to Shizhong; the engineering department to Shizhong Chengwen, and the engineering department to Shizhong; In the engineering department, Zhongzong Hongxian is in the left department in the criminal department; in the criminal department, Chen Sanmo is in the right department in the official department; in the official department, Tu Menggui is in the right department in the household department; in the official department, Zhou Liangchen is in charge For the Bingke right to the matter.

Since most of them are Gao Gong's disciples, the outside world believes that this is the emperor's gesture to further appease Gao Gong.

Regarding this matter, neither Gao Gong nor Zhang Juzheng directly stated it, but only two days later, Gao Gong went to the cabinet as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and asked to adjust Su Song's military preparations and Huguang's deputy envoy Cai Guoxi in Shanxi to be the admiral to study politics.Then it was proposed to agree with the identity of the chief assistant of the cabinet, and submitted to the emperor.

Seeing that the emperor was careless, he breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that he had basically succeeded in reconciling the conflict between Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

The reason why Long Qing felt this way was because he always believed that the starting point of the conflict between Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng should have started with dealing with the case of Xu Jie and Songjiang's withdrawal of land.And this deputy envoy Cai Guoxi was sent to Su Song to handle Xu Jie's "project" after Hai Rui was transferred from Yingtian Governor.

This deputy envoy Cai had been insulted by the Xu family when he was the magistrate of Suzhou in his early years [Wu Feng's note: mentioned above], so although he was not as reckless as Hai Rui after he took office, he was very concerned about thoroughly investigating the Xu family, even if Later Gao Gong wrote to advise him not to go too far, but he was not willing to listen.

However, Cai Guoxi has excellent personal integrity, and he is not as aggressive as Hai Rui. He slowly collects evidence of the Xu family's crimes. For no good reason.In this way, Cai Guoxi has been working in Su Song's military preparation until now, and the Xu family has been hit hard because of this, including Xu Jie's sons Xu Fan and Xu Kun, who were all taken out and even sent to the army.

Long Qing is a kind person. Although he knew Gao Gong's intention to suppress Xu Dang in his heart, and even he himself intended to suppress Xu Dang who "talks but doesn't practice", but it was not Long Qing's original intention to bring Xu Jie to this level.It's just that it's hard for him to take the initiative to exonerate Xu Jie when things have come to this point.

Long Qing felt that Xu Jie was Zhang Juzheng's mentor, and if Gao Gong and Xu Jie made such a mistake, Zhang Juzheng must not be a good man in the middle, and the conflict between him and Gao Gong probably originated from this.

Therefore, Gao Gong's transfer from Cai Guoxi this time made Long Qing very happy, thinking that no matter what Mr. Gao said, he still cared about what he confessed. This move must be to ease the conflict with Zhang Juzheng.

It seems that all these actions of mine have not been in vain, and now it is up to Mr. Zhang.

Is there any move by Mr. Zhang?No, he kept silent all the time, no matter what the emperor and Gao Gong did, he just accepted it silently, neither obeying nor catering, nor taking the initiative to confront.

Long Qing felt that this might also be the default attitude, after all, Mr. Zhang usually doesn't talk too much.

The situation in the imperial court finally gradually eased under the strong mediation of the emperor, and the smell of gunpowder seemed to have gradually dissipated.

But this is not the rain after the rain, but just the unusual calm before the storm.

Because of Yiyou in May, Long Qing suddenly became seriously ill, this time it was different from usual, the emperor's whole body was swollen, and he couldn't even get out of bed.

On this day, the Qianqing Palace was full of imperial physicians kneeling, and the imperial physician was the leader kneeling on the ground, asking the emperor to summon his assistant ministers and the prince with a trembling voice.

Long Qing lay with his head tilted, seemed to hear it, but also didn't seem to hear it.

He knew that his day was near.

"It is said that...the three ministers of the cabinet and...the noble concubine and the prince are here."

(End of this chapter)