prosperous age

Chapter 427 426 Continue to impeach?

On the night of the secret discussion in Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng went to visit Xu Ge's old mansion to discuss impeachment.

After Xu Jie listened to Zhang Juzheng's narration, from the surprise at the beginning to the solemnity at the end, he also realized that he could give it a try, and it was even a chance to test Emperor Jiajing's mind.

If Emperor Jiajing had no intention of moving Yan Song, then the impeachment of Wu Peng they initiated would be the same as before, and nothing would happen. But if Emperor Jiajing had plans to change the chief assistant, then cutting out Wu Peng would be a must.

For Xu Jie's sake, it is impossible to say that he does not want to replace Yan Song.

Moreover, Xu Jie also found out from some details that it seemed that Yan Song's family members had already flourished and declined, and were on the decline.

"Tomorrow, I will send someone to contact Liang Menglong to arrange this matter."

The impeachment candidate proposed by Wei Guangde is suitable, and no one can say that there is something wrong with the impeachment of the Ministry of Officials. It is more reasonable than finding Yushi from the Metropolitan Procuratorate for impeachment.

Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng bid farewell and left the Xu Mansion, and the next step is to wait for the result of impeachment.

And that night, Yin Shizhen also went to Gao Gong's mansion and told Gao Gong that Yu Wang's mansion planned to propose to Elder Xu Ge to mobilize the Ministry of Officials to impeach Wu Peng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

"Wu Peng?"

Gao Gong stroked his beard and thought for a while, and after some calculations, he felt that there was really no serious problem.

These days, the senior officials in the court are a little bit trembling. Because of Zhou Yan's illness, there is no one to represent him at the Metropolitan Procuratorate. All the censors are studying who to impeach all day long. Salary does not work.

However, although the officials in the DPRK and China were a little nervous about this, they had no fear, because they all knew that this was Ke Dao's reaction to Emperor Jiajing's reprimand.

Since the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, Gao Gong naturally would not object, nodded to Yin Shizhen and said: "Zhengfu, the proposal of good loan is very good.

At the beginning, I wanted to bring him into Prince Yu's mansion, to advise the prince, but now it seems that I really didn't miss it.

I really didn't expect to target Yan Song's officials and initiate impeachment. According to His Majesty's instructions, we can see whether his attitude towards Yan Song is still the same after King Jing left Beijing. "

"Su Qing means that His Majesty's attitude towards Yan Song may change?"

Yin Shizhen immediately grabbed Gao Gong's topic and asked.

"It's hard to say now, but it's also because it's hard to say, so I just use the impeachment of Wu Peng to see if there is any change in His Majesty."

Gao Gong said indifferently, "As you said just now, Uncle is right. I am afraid that there will be a relatively big change in the six departments of the court and the nine ministers. If we operate properly, it would be good to win one or two positions. "

"This should be Xu Ge's opinion, which is more uncle."

When Yin Shizhen said this, he saw Gao Gong wave his hand, and said: "Whether this is the opinion of Elder Xu Ge or Uncle Da, it is all for the sake of King Yu.

Over the years, Mr. Xu Ge has helped the palace a lot, everyone knows this, they are all one. "

The next day, Wei Guangde got the news in Prince Yu's Mansion. At noon, the official department gave the matter.

After Xu Jie received Liang Menglong's impeachment memorial, he immediately transferred it to the chief assistant Yan Song.

However, Yan Song did not accept the memorandum, but smiled and said to Xu Jie: "Since it is an impeachment memorandum, and the Zhongshu is distributed to Cunzhai, let Cunzhai draft it. It is not a military matter, and the cabinet is needed." The conference will report again."

Who is Liang Menglong, directly impeaching the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yan Song can't believe that Liang Menglong didn't inform Xu Jie beforehand.

At this moment, in Yan Song's heart, he just felt that Xu Jie was disgusting himself.

Although Xu Jie seemed to stand with him most of the time, how could Yan Song not know that he had accumulated a lot of power in his hands, but it was not enough to see in front of him.

At least, among officials at the Shangshu level, although some people were closer to Xu Jie, they didn't listen to Xu Jie, unlike his own side, who could control the two departments of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry.

That night, in Yongshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing saw Liang Menglong's memorial.

When the servant heard the draft of the memorial, Emperor Jiajing had a sneer on his face, "These days, there are a lot of memorials for impeachment."

It was just a casual sentence, but it was full of coercion. Huang Jin and Gao Zhong couldn't help but wonder if the emperor was a little impatient with the recent impeachment of the speaker.

Think about it, too. Is there anything new about what I saw before and this impeachment memorial?

It seems that they are all repeating the same old tune, and they are still talking about what has been said before.

Just when Huang Jin and Gao Zhong thought that the impeachment meeting of Wu Peng would be the same as before and would be dealt with directly in China, Emperor Jiajing seemed to have no intention of asking: "The memorial said that since Wu Peng took charge of the Ministry of Officials, justice has been blocked. , The promotion of virtuous ministers and mediocre officials is upside down, have you heard of it?"

Huang Jin and Gao Gaozhong heard it in their ears, not to mention the surprise in their hearts, their faces brightened instantly.

In normal times, what the emperor said was okay, they would not over-interpret it, but after the news came out of the palace wall, the ministers outside might think a lot, but at this time, when Emperor Jiajing said such words, they couldn't help them not to think too much The meaning of the emperor's words.

After speaking, he didn't answer for a long time, and Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but look at Huang Jin.

"My lord, the servants are in the Yongshou Palace all day long. I don't know how the outside world evaluates Wu Shangshu, but I just vaguely remember it. So there are indeed Wu Shangshu's memorials."

Huang Jin replied a little slickly.

How could Dongchang not know about the affairs of the Ministry of Officials, and even though Huang Jin was guarding the emperor, he was not deaf.

However, he always insisted on not expressing his position on this kind of issue concerning important ministers in the court, so he only talked about what he could know in the palace. As for what Emperor Jiajing thought, that was the emperor's business.

Emperor Jiajing nodded slightly after hearing this, and then looked at Gao Zhong with a questioning look in his eyes.

Although Gao Zhong is also a big figure in the inner court, after all, he only spends one or two hours in Yongshou Palace all day long. Compared with Huang Jin, he naturally knows a lot more about the outside world.

Gao Zhong naturally understood this, so his answer could not be like Huang Jin's way of directly playing Tai Chi and kicking the ball back to the emperor.

How can I answer?
If you say no, it seems a bit deceitful, if you say yes, you will offend Yan Song.

In Gao Zhong's eyes, Wu Peng is really nothing, and he values ​​Wu Peng's backer more.

Although the inner court had a lot of contact with the emperor and gained the emperor's trust, Yan Song was not a vegetarian.

The old man's status in Emperor Jiajing's heart may only be comparable to a handful of people such as Huang Jin and Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong, and he is still far behind.

After a quick balance, Gao Zhong still said: "I have heard people say that before."

"Oh, Wu Peng is working in the official department, is he really so stupid?"

Emperor Jiajing frowned, and then asked.

"Naturally, slaves don't understand the important affairs of the court, but they just vaguely remember hearing people commenting on Wu Shangshu in this way."

Gao Zhong said this, in his opinion, he should be able to deal with Emperor Jiajing, otherwise, how can I say that the current Minister of the Ministry of Officials is Wu Peng in name, but is actually the old Yan Shifan of Xiaoge?
Gao Zhong didn't want to offend the Yan family to death. If he couldn't say what he said today, it would reach Yan Song and Yan Shifan's ears the next day, so he shouldn't offend them.

Before Yan Song's family was lost, the eunuchs in the inner court were unwilling to offend, which was also the main reason why Yan Song and his son dared to run amok in the capital.

"It seems that Wu Peng really can't continue to serve as a heavenly official in the Ministry of Officials."

Emperor Jiajing spoke in a calm tone at this time, and then said to Gao Zhong: "Draft an order to order Wu Peng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to become an official."

"According to the order."

Gao Zhong resisted the panic in his heart, and hurriedly agreed, and then recorded the statement made by Emperor Jiajing just now behind Liang Menglong's memorandum.

However, it seems that it is not over yet.

Gao Zhong, who had just finished recording, looked up and saw Emperor Jiajing take two deep breaths, as if he was making an important decision. It seems that the action of putting down the pen will make noise and affect the emperor.

"Ugh"

Emperor Jiajing suddenly let out a long sigh, then turned to Huang Jin and said, "I dug up Li Donghua's memorial to impeach Wu Shan, and dealt with it together."

Ignoring Huang Jin's surprised expression, he turned his head and said to Gao Zhong, "Order Wu Shanguan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, to stay idle."

Wu Shan was not required to be an official like Wu Peng, and he seemed to retain the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, but those who are familiar with the official positions of the Ming Dynasty knew that Wu Shan was actually deprived of the right to be in charge of the palm, or in other words, Wu Shan only retained the position of Minister of Rites. The title of Shangshu, but no real job.

But this is not the most important thing, that is, in less than a moment, the Ming Dynasty suddenly vacated two positions of ministers.

It is conceivable that after the announcement tomorrow, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not fight for these two positions.

Naturally, on the second day, Wei Guangde got the news that the two second-rank officials, Minister of Rites and Minister of Officials, were vacant.

Although the decree has just reached the cabinet and has not yet been formally drafted, the news spread at an extremely fast speed.

What was planned the day before yesterday had a result the next day. After receiving the news from Prince Yu's Mansion, Yin Shizhen planned Zhang Juzheng's lecture and discussed with them.

"The result of this impeachment is really unexpected."

Yin Shizhen handed the note with the news to King Yu, who still looked unbelievable at this time.

What moved him about Wei Guangde's idea was that there was no harm, but he didn't expect to gain any benefits from it. He didn't realize it until Yin Shizhen passed Gao Gong's words back yesterday.

"This"

King Yu shook the note in his hand, looked at Yin Shizhen, then at Wei Guangde, and said hesitantly: "If we understand it this way, does it mean that the father doesn't like Yan Song anymore, should we find someone to impeach Yan Song and his son once? .”

In the past few years, he, King Yu, was bullied by Yan Shifan terribly. Although Yan Song was very polite to him every time he met Yan Song, he would never forget what Yan Shifan did to him.

Why is Yan Shifan so unscrupulous? Isn't it because of Yan Song's father?
Yan Song pretended to be a good person in front of him, and Yan Shifan acted as a bad person behind his back. King Yu didn't believe that Yan Shifan would be ignorant of Yan Song.

Since you, Yan Song, don't know how to teach children, that's conniving.

Therefore, the more humble Yan Song behaved in front of Yu Wang, the deeper Yu Wang's hatred for his father and son. These two fathers and sons were just acting in front of him and teasing him.

At this time, thinking of the strategy Wei Guangde used just now, the first thing Yu Wang thought of was naturally to follow the gourd and find someone to impeach Yan Song.

On this matter, Yu Wang still knew that his own judgment could not be accurate.

Although he was the one who made the final decision on matters in the palace, but Gao Gong approved it, he knew his own shortcomings, these were really not his strengths.

After being unable to express his thoughts, King Yu habitually looked at others, but his eyes quickly turned from Yin Shizhen to Wei Guangde.

Many of Wei Guangde's ideas were finally approved by Gao Gong and adopted by the palace. Thinking about Gao Gong's evaluation of Wei Guangde, Yu Wang felt that it was best to listen to Wei Guangde's words on this matter before Gao Gong expressed his opinion.

Wei Guangde noticed the change in King Yu's gaze, and was a little surprised in his heart, but he managed to calm himself down.

There is still a long way to go to replace Gao Gong in King Yu's heart. I have only been here for a few months, and it is absolutely impossible to surpass Gao Gong.

However, thinking about it, Wei Guangde shook his head resolutely when King Yu cast him a questioning look.

"Shan Loan, do you think this king's strategy is not good?"

Seeing Wei Guangde shaking his head, King Yu frowned and asked.

After being named, Wei Guangde had to cup his hands and said, "His Royal Highness, do the math. This time, the two departments of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, as well as the two key departments of the Ministry of Industry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, are vacated this time. There are four substitutions, which is already a great change in the court.

If my guess is correct, after Lu Ben became an official, there should still be people who want to join the cabinet. Although I don’t know who will get it in the end, half of the important ministers will be replaced at once. If the chief assistant is also replaced, then the new cabinet can Whether the situation can be controlled is a bit difficult to say. "

"You mean you can't be impeached?"

King Yu asked hesitantly.

"No, you can play other Shangshu, but you can't play Ge Lao."

Wei Guangde replied, suddenly thinking of something, and added: "The Minister of the Ministry of War can't play it either. Now that His Majesty is concerned about Fujian affairs, the Ministry of War must not move at this time."

"What do we impeach Yang Bo, he is not a member of the strict party."

King Yu smiled casually.

Hearing this, Wei Guangde had a new understanding of the relationship between King Yu and Yan Song, but he immediately answered: "Your Highness, if you say these things as a prince, it's nothing, but when you are the Ninth Five-Year Lord, think about it." The problem cannot be so simple."

Seeing that King Yu's attention was attracted, Wei Guangde, as a general of the palace, felt that he should say something, which should have been taught by Gao Gong and Yin Shizhen, and it was not Wei Guangde's responsibility.

"The imperial court can't be a monopoly, because that means that the power is left behind, so you can't judge whether a minister is good or bad based on whether he is a certain faction or not.

You see, when your Majesty is in court, there are ministers who can monopolize the affairs of the court, although Yan Song is favored, but there is still Xu Ge who joins the cabinet to restrain him, and Wu Shan, Wu Shangshu, Yang Bo and others form a force in the court."

(End of this chapter)