Daming talker

Chapter 704: God is watching? (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
Looking at the old Tianguan outside the window, Dong Chao's room became completely quiet again.

For a moment, it seemed that most people's minds stopped and they temporarily lost the ability to think.

They had many ideas in their minds about the outcome of today's court meeting, but no matter who they were, they would never have expected such a big change!
Wang Tianguan looked at the stunned Dongchao room and said with a smile: "I just passed by here on my way to Huiji Gate to submit a letter of thanks. You guys continue, don't worry about me."

Today's host Yu Shangshu subconsciously asked: "What is the old prime minister going to thank for?"

Through the window, Wang Tianguan replied, "I was ill a few days ago and was bedridden. I once wanted to resign, but then the emperor ordered me to stay and sent the imperial physician to see me.

The emperor's grace is as great as the rain from heaven. After being bathed in it, my illness has been greatly improved. How can a minister not personally go to the palace to express his gratitude?"

In the minds of a group of old bureaucrats in the court, there were too many flaws in Wang Tianguan’s words.

The emperor's decree to retain a minister who was seriously ill was just a superficial formality, similar in nature to the "three refusal and three decline".

After the emperor's several attempts to retain the minister were over, the minister who was being retained should have left. But how could you, Old Wang, recover from your illness? This is totally out of line with the rules!

Moreover, the serious illness that had bedridden you for many days was cured after just one visit from the imperial physician. When did the imperial physicians become so skilled?
Everyone knows that the Imperial Medical Service and the Imperial Kitchen share the same principle: they do not seek to make achievements but to avoid mistakes in their work!
Wang Tianguan appeared outside the window, said something and left, but the aftereffects of the huge shock wave he brought were still shaking the Dongchaofang.

At this time, the court officials reacted one after another. Could it be that he was faking illness? Was the old king faking illness to earn money from the prime minister?

Looking back, this routine seems inexplicably familiar, as if I have seen it in a novel called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

No way? There are actually people who copied political struggles from a novel and even won the game?

Other court officials were still in the mood to discuss the matter, but the Qingliu Party members fell into an unspeakable silence.

Allowing Sun Piyang, the Left Censor-in-Chief, to be transferred to the Minister of Personnel as an exception would definitely cause some controversy and damage his reputation.

So the essence of this matter is to seize the crucial position of Minister of Personnel at the cost of reputation.

Now that Sun Pi Yang was caught by Zhou Yingqiu and publicly ridiculed for a long time, he had already paid the price of his reputation, but he had no chance of getting the position of Minister of Personnel!
After waiting for a while, Zhou Yingqiu said to the host Yu Shangshu: "Grand Tutor! The court discussion has not yet ended. Please continue to discuss whether we should make an exception and transfer Sun Piyang to be the Minister of Personnel?"

Everyone: "."

Editor Zhou, what you said is quite hurtful. How can we continue our discussion?
Wang Tianguan is living a good life, so what reason do others have to compete for the position of Minister of Personnel?
It's like eating a family member who has died. If you start eating someone before they die, it would be really immoral.

Seeing that no one else spoke, Zhou Yingqiu went straight to Sun Piyang and said, "You all gathered here today for President Sun. Why don't you tell me how it ended?"

Most of the time just now, it was the accomplices who came forward, and Sun Pi Yang, as the "party involved", hid behind to avoid suspicion.

Under the current situation, Sun Pi Yang had no way to avoid being called upon by Zhou Yingqiu to express his position.

But Sun Pi Yang himself was hit harder than anyone else. He lowered his head and fell into autism.

After all, he is the most miserable one now. Even if he has not been disgraced, his character and reputation have fallen to the bottom.

What was originally a normal struggle in officialdom turned into an act of taking advantage of others' illness and trying to forcibly seize their official positions through unconventional means.

At this time, Sun Pi Yang seemed to have lost his perception of the outside world, and it was unknown whether he heard Zhou Yingqiu's speech.

Zhou Yingqiu glanced at Yang Junmin, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who had been very active just now, and sneered:
"Someone seems to have said that even if President Sun wants more, what does it matter? And they also said that no one can impeach President Sun any way they want!

Is this the attitude that a Zuodu Yushi should have? Mr. Sun, why don’t you say a few words? "

Yang Junmin's words, which should have been very domineering, seemed very funny when put in a different context.

This is the winner takes it all, losing is the original sin.

The censor Wang Yusheng, who had been clamoring to impeach Sun Piyang, stood behind Zhou Yingqiu and shouted:
"Mr. Sun, please resign! As long as you take the initiative to resign, I won't have to impeach you!

In this way, Mr. Sun might be able to preserve some of his reputation, maintain the dignity and honor of a second-rank ministry, and get away with it safely!

And your students and old friends will not be ashamed because of you, nor will they be affected by bad comments! "

Anyone in officialdom can understand that what these sentences mean is that as long as you, Sun Pi Yang, voluntarily resign, there will be no more political persecution.

However, this tune always sounds familiar to everyone.

In the Three Kingdoms period, after Sima Yi feigned illness to deceive Cao Shuang, wasn’t this what he said to Cao Shuang when he was persuading Cao Shuang to surrender?
Sun Piyang, who was still autistic, seemed to have found a way out. He raised his head and said, "Forget it, forget it. Things have come to this point. There is nothing to be nostalgic about in this official position. I will leave now."

"No!" Yang Junmin yelled, unable to bear it any longer, and stopped Sun Pi Yang from continuing.

How can you voluntarily resign? The organization really needs this Zuodu Yushi!
Among the seven ministers of the Ministry, the only one left from the Qingliu forces and the Shanxi-Shaanxi alliance is the Left Censor-in-Chief! We absolutely cannot lose him again!
As long as you shamelessly stay in the position of Zuodu Yushi, the emperor will not dismiss you under the current situation!

Compared with the interests of the organization, your personal honor and disgrace, Sun Pi Yang, is nothing!
Even if you become notorious for this, even if you become a disgrace, you must stay in this position!
After being stopped by Yang Junmin, Sun Pi Yang became withdrawn again and fell into confusion.

Why is it becoming increasingly difficult to be an official in the imperial court?
Zhou Yingqiu laughed twice, looked around and said, "Next spring, it will be the once-every-six-years imperial inspection.

Is a Zuodu Yushi who is constantly scheming and trying to illegally transfer an official in the Ministry of Personnel still qualified to participate in presiding over the imperial inspection?

Even if the Ming Dynasty is disrespectful, we can't even throw away our underwear, right?"

Yang Junmin was like a volcano erupting, and he shouted at Zhou Yingqiu: "How dare you mock Mr. Sun?

Isn't it shameless that Wang Shizhen deceived the court by faking illness? How can such a scumbag be in charge of the imperial examination?"

Zhou Yingqiu refuted calmly, "Just now, Elder Prime Minister Wang said that he was cured by the imperial physician under the care of the emperor. How can he be considered to be faking an illness?
Secondly, no matter what Mr. Wang’s condition was like before, no one forced you to nominate Sun Pi Yang to replace him.

If you could restrain yourself, why would Sun Piyang be criticized by thousands of people? "

No matter whether others have set a trap or not, if you don’t have greed in your heart, how can you be fooled?
Yang Junmin couldn't argue anymore, so he yelled, "God is watching what we do!"

It seems to be an angry remark that often appears in quarrel environments, but to those who listen attentively, it always feels that it has a deeper meaning.

What do you mean by "God is watching"? Are you implying that you, the Lin Party, used the method of feigning illness to deceive even the emperor?

The emperor wanted to make an exception to demonstrate his autocratic authority, but you, the Lin Party, ruined the emperor's plan. There will be no good result!

Some sensitive people glanced at the Jinyiwei officer in the corner. In the court discussion, there were usually Jinyiwei officers listening in. Zhou Yingqiu snorted in his heart, "God is shit! Brother, I have long been disenchanted with the emperor's sacredness!"

But he responded: "The will of heaven is vague and unpredictable, and it was you who first tried to mislead it with human power!"

After saying this, Zhou Yingqiu left with disdain. At this point, there was no need to say anything more.

Imperial Censor Wang Yusheng also said to Sun Piyang: "I have often heard that you boast of your reputation and integrity, and flaunt your noble character, but today I see that you are nothing more than that.

Mr. Sun, take care of yourself. You can resign anytime before the New Year. Otherwise, I will do my best to impeach you. Lu Guangzu is a lesson for you!"

After hearing these words, other court officials suddenly felt that the biggest loss of the Qingliu Party this time might be the collapse of their moral golden body.

You know, the Qingliu forces are united by the gimmick of boasting about morality, and they inspire the morale of the camp with a strong sense of moral superiority.

I am justice and my opponents are evil. This is the belief of the Qingliu Party.

In the past, no matter what the situation was, the Qingliu Party members could always find a way to justify themselves on a moral level, but this time, in order to maintain their power, they could be openly shameless.

Unknowingly, the Lin Party had managed to force the Qingliu Party to this point.

In the last month of the 20th year of Wanli, the biggest suspense in the court might be whether the Left Censor-in-Chief Sun Pi Yang would resign.

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Even if he did not resign, he would be a walking corpse with all his prestige gone, and he probably would not be able to preside over the imperial examination.

Some people are also repeatedly wondering whether the "Tianguan feigning illness" before the Beijing Inspection Plan was a "magic trick" left by Lin Tailai, or the independent performance of other members of Lin's party?
The court meeting ended in such a hasty manner.

On the other side, when Wang Tianguan arrived at Huiji Gate and presented a letter of thanks to the Secretariat of the Imperial Household Department, he shocked the eunuchs of the Imperial Household Department so much that they were burnt inside and out.

They knew that the foreign court had been very aggressive in recent years, but they never imagined that it had gotten to this point?

If the political struggle methods of civil officials have developed to this extent, then they, the eunuchs, are already far behind!
The eunuch Zhang Cheng, who was in charge of the seal, hurried to Yude Palace and reported the latest situation to Emperor Wanli when he woke up at noon.

Emperor Wanli was stunned. He had just been thinking about "making a decision on his own" and appointing a Minister of Personnel with his divine power, but he was interrupted. He felt quite unhappy.

"Who dares to defy Heaven?" Emperor Wanli asked with a little anger. What a bunch of bastards!

What a bunch of people who feigned illness. Although their original intention was to target others, the emperor himself was almost deceived.

The other group is even more useless. They deliberately lead the emperor to take action personally, wanting to use the imperial power to seize the position of Minister of Personnel, but they are completely unable to handle the situation!

Zhang Cheng didn't know how to answer for a moment. The entanglement here was really complicated.

"Your Majesty, please don't worry about them." Zhang Cheng finally sighed and replied. No matter who comes, they are all bastards.

He also felt that the sanctity of imperial power had been seriously shaken after the repeated abuses by the Jiajing and Wanli generations.

Perhaps in the minds of many ministers, the emperor was just a tool to be fooled.

But no matter how much he thought about it, even though Zhang Cheng was the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, he didn't dare to say it out loud.

If you dare to tell the truth, the emperor will become angry and chop you to death first.

Since the emperor was unhappy today, he had to find a way to vent his anger. Then Emperor Wanli asked, "Besides Sun Piyang, who else was nominated?"

Zhang Cheng replied, "Wang Honghui, the Minister of Personnel of Nanjing."

Emperor Wanli vented his emotions and said: "Find a reason to dismiss him!"

Let you bastards feign illness! I'll cripple one of your own and make you feel bad!
After such a major political struggle is concluded, a summary meeting will also be held within the Renewal Society.

On the night of the court meeting, all members of the Renewal Society in Beijing, except Prime Minister Zhao Zhigao and Minister of Personnel Wang Shizhen, secretly gathered at Wang Xiangmeng's sparsely populated residence.

Grand Marshal Ye Mengxiong asked Zhou Yingqiu, "You said earlier that you reported some confidential matters to the Prime Minister that could not be communicated. Are you referring to Wang Tianguan's condition?"

Zhou Yingqiu replied: "Mr. Jiuyuan has instructed that we firmly oppose undisciplined and unorganized behavior. How can I dare to take charge of this matter without the authorization of Senior Zhao?"

Ye Da Sima smiled bitterly and said, "I really didn't expect that even we were kept in the dark."

Out of respect for Ye Da Sima's noble status, Zhou Yingqiu explained a few more words: "In order to conceal the truth from the enemy, we have to reduce the scope of people who know about it as much as possible. This is a last resort."

Ye Mengxiong added: "I'm just curious, whose idea was it that Wang Tianguan faked illness?

Was it Lin Jiuyuan's plan or yours, Zhou Yingqiu's?"

Zhou Yingqiu answered without hesitation: "Of course, Lord Jiuyuan is resourceful and has made every possible effort. He secretly left behind a brilliant plan for the situation in Beijing before he set out on the expedition.

If we were to judge the credit for this, the greatest achievement would go to Lord Jiu Yuan!
I am just the specific executor, organizing and implementing the plan according to Jiu Yuan Gong's decision.

Fortunately, we have fulfilled our mission and gained an advantage in the upcoming imperial examination. We will be able to expand our influence next year!"

Ye Da Sima looked at Zhou Yingqiu meaningfully. So Zhou Yingqiu was still causing trouble? If you didn't deliberately shout slogans, I would really believe it.

As a newcomer who joined the Renewal Society relatively late, Ye Dasima now finally understood why Zhou Yingqiu, a grassroots from Jintan County of Zhenjiang Prefecture, could stand out and surpass Lin's close relatives such as Wang Xiangmeng, Chen Yunjian and Wang Yusheng and other Suzhou fellows to become the dominant figure when Lin Tailai was not in the court.

Then Ye Mengxiong asked: "What about Wang Honghui from the Nanjing Ministry of Personnel? Why do we recommend him on the surface? Is he one of us?"

Zhou Yingqiu replied emotionlessly: "I don't know him, I just wanted to pick a minister in Nanjing.

It just so happened that Wang Honghui's resume seemed to be the most suitable, and his recommendation would be the most realistic and would be the most likely to fool others.

If anything goes wrong, I won't feel bad if he takes the blame."

Ye Mengxiong: “.”

What the hell! What a political machine without humanity is. Today I finally saw it.

(End of this chapter)