Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 637

On the third day of August in the tenth year of Wanli, Guo Weixian, the censor of Henan Province of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, recommended Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian, Ai Mu, Shen Sixiao and Zou Yuanbiao as officials.

The names of these five people are very unfamiliar among the common people, but they are well-known among the official circles of Shilin, and they are called the Five Gentlemen.

Of course, outsiders don't know whether those who call them "Five Gentlemen" really admire or are ironic. When Zhang Juzheng's father died of illness, he should go home and Ding You guarded the system. Son, jumped out and said that Zhang Juzheng did not conform to the righteousness of a saint, and should return to his hometown to observe his filial piety.

This statement is indeed righteous, but how much of the five people who said this is because of reading and reading, whether they are standing up for other big shots, or pretending to be amazing to gain reputation for themselves, no one knows .

However, these five people were extremely unlucky, their official positions and fame were stripped away, and then they were exiled far away, completely disappearing from everyone's sight.

It is also God's will. Zhang Juzheng died of a sudden illness in his prime. The so-called people go to the cold tea, the so-called one emperor and one courtier, Zhang Juzheng who denounced these five people died, Zhang Siwei took office, and there were various Zhang Siwei in the capital. It is not surprising that there are such memorials for the rumors of Qiankun.

When everyone just found out that Guo Weixian had submitted this memorial, the palace had already dealt with it. Emperor Wanli directly criticized "forming a party for private interests" and demoted him to a second rank as Jiangshan County Chancellor.

Ke Dao officials are Qingliu Beijing officials, and they have the possibility of rising to the top. Jiangshan County Chancellor is a small local official, and the eighth rank is not even considered to be in the stream. , was sent to the local government to be a county magistrate, which can be said to be the harshest punishment.

As soon as this disposition came out, the turmoil of officials and Qingliu immediately fell silent. No one knew Guo Weixian's original intentions, but in the eyes of bystanders, this was a signal, a test, to see the direction of the court situation after Zhang Juzheng's death. How, now the palace has given the answer.

Any denial of Zhang Juzheng at present will touch the nerves of the Cisheng Empress Dowager Li and the eunuch Feng Bao, the supervisor of ceremonies, and even the Emperor Wanli is angry at such speculation after the fact, so naturally there will be no good treatment.

Despite such a severe punishment, a large part of the high-ranking officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee are still in shock. Guo Weixian's incident is a signal, proving that someone is still out to target Zhang Juzheng's disciples.

Zhang Juzheng's in-laws, Wang Zhuan, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and Zeng Xingwu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who was promoted only in the ninth year of Wanli. These two are Zhang Juzheng's cronies and leaders of Zhang Juzheng's party. Go to see the current cabinet minister, Minister of Rites, Shen Shixing.

No matter in terms of seniority, position, or even the degree of intimacy with Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei, the chief assistant of the cabinet, far exceeds Shen Shixing, the second assistant of the cabinet, but Zhang Juzheng and his party always go to Shen Shixing for advice.

There is no fool in this position, and everyone can see that something was wrong with Zhang Siwei in the month before Zhang Juzheng died.

And going back to the source, everyone still remembers that Zhang Siwei was Gao Gong's doorman back then, and it was because of the promotion of the former chief assistant Gao Gong that he got a high position and entered the center step by step.

Gao Gong suppressed Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, but was later defeated by Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng in a joint fight, and died of fear in his hometown. Zhang Siwei turned to curry favor with Zhang Juzheng.

But now, when I think about one thing carefully, and look at the public opinion of Zi Qingliu, a scholar in the capital, I can't help but make people feel wary. On the contrary, Shen Shixing, who has always been calm and reserved, has gained everyone's trust.

Although Shen Shixing kept a low profile, he had been sitting in the cabinet all the time, and his position had not been shaken. Moreover, he presided over the emperor's wedding and had a close relationship with the palace. Such a person was naturally supported.

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In July of the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Siwei, the chief assistant of the cabinet, prevented the emperor from appointing Wang Tong as the commander of the Jinyiwei, and then promoted Wang Chun and Luo Xiucao, a thousand households of the Jinyiwei, to the commanders of the Jinyiwei.

It was the consensus of the civil officials to prevent Wang Tong from ascending to the top position, and everyone naturally agreed with it. It is not a big deal to promote two thousand households to be commanders.

However, on July 27th, Zhang Siwei recommended Wang Lin as the left servant of the Ministry of War to assist in the garrison of the Beijing camp. It is the eunuchs and civil servants who hold the power, and they assist the Beijing camp to defend the government. The word "assistant" is used.

Obtaining this position can be considered to have captured most of the military power of the capital, and the civil servants will not take this action lightly. On the second day of August, there was another decree from the palace, and the king was promoted to Minister of Nanjing Ministry of Industry.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, there are also six ministries in Nanjing, but apart from the fact that the Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, who is in command of Nanjing's soldiers and horses, has real power, the rest are standard idle officials.

The assistant minister was promoted to Shangshu, which seemed to be promoted, but in fact he was kicked from the real power position of mastering the military power of the capital to a idle position.

Why is the chief minister of the cabinet eager to seize the right to guard the capital? Reminiscent of Guo Weixian’s dismissal some time ago, everyone became nervous. Naturally, Zhang Siwei’s appointment would not come true, but this incident also proved one thing. From the current point of view, Zhang Siwei, the chief assistant, is still in name only.

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After Wanli ascended the throne, Feng Bao was the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial supervisor and the admiral of the East Factory, and also the eunuch of the imperial supervisor. He and the Empress Dowager Li, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng, became the Iron Triangle and controlled the government. Emperor Wanli saw Feng Baodu In order to respect and call "Da Companion" instead of calling him by his first name, the power is all over the world.

Zhang Juzheng died of a sudden illness, and the Iron Triangle naturally ceased to exist. Feng Bao did not have the help of powerful officials in the outer court, and his position in the inner court was not so stable.

But at this time, Zhang Siwei appeared. Not only could he become the chief assistant, but he was also willing to rebuild the structure of the year. The queen mother, Feng Bao and the cabinet chief assistant relied on each other. This iron triangle is not the same as Zhang Siwei's qualifications How can the prestige be compared with that of Zhang Juzheng back then.

With the structure of this iron triangle, it is conceivable that the power and influence of the Empress Dowager and Feng Bao will be far greater than when Zhang Juzheng was the chief assistant of the cabinet.

People who stay in high positions for a long time often lose the heart of self-examination. Feng Bao has been the chief inspector of ceremonies, and has been No. 1 I have to keep doing it, and my mentality has gradually changed.

Today's Feng Bao has reached the pinnacle of what an eunuch in Daming can achieve, with great power, he has everything he should have, and he even has what he shouldn't have.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch who is the supervisor of ceremonies and seals cannot concurrently serve as the eunuch who is the admiral of the East Factory, because both are extremely powerful, and it is easy to lose balance if they are controlled by one person. The eunuch is directly in charge, because the office of clerks is in charge of uploading and handing down, and the room of ceremonies is in charge of rewards and punishments. If they are directly managed by one person, there is also the danger of losing balance and no one can control them. However, Feng Bao holds these positions in his hands, with great authority. In a sense, he has surpassed the notorious eunuch Liu Jin of the Zhengde Dynasty, but because Zhang Juzheng of the Outer Dynasty was more powerful, people all over the world focused their attention on that side, which did not cause any criticism.

People will not be satisfied. After doing this, they always want to go further. The inner court has reached this point, and there is no place in it. Feng Bao wants to be knighted.

The addition of a title is naturally a supreme honor, but in the eyes of civil servants and scholars, eunuchs' titles are treacherous and evil, and they are traitors who harm the country and the country. The eunuchs are powerful and traitorous, and they are condemned by literati.

Ordinarily, people like Feng Bao would not make the same mistakes again, but Feng Bao couldn't care less, he was very confident in himself, Feng Bao felt that he had made great contributions to the great Ming Dynasty, and it was only natural that he got such a title. There will be any objections.

As usual, the matter of ennobling should be proposed by the cabinet and decided by the emperor. Naturally, the Cisheng Empress Dowager Li would not stop Feng Bao from doing so, as long as the cabinet was willing to raise the matter.

Feng Bao contacted Zhang Siwei and asked Zhang Siwei to do this, but the struggle in the foreign court had already begun to emerge, and it was impossible for Zhang Siwei to give others such a handle.

Zhang Siwei has also been in the center for many years, so he naturally understands that if he mentions Earl Feng Baofeng's memorial, he will be caught by his political opponents immediately, and the impeachment memorials of the officials and Qingliu will immediately fly to the center like snowflakes, and the world's scholars will also be comprehensive. If you target yourself, you will become a traitor and eunuch.

Now that he thought of this, even though Feng Bao was his support in the palace, Zhang Siwei didn't dare to agree, but politely refused, and offered a generous gift to make amends.

Zhang Siwei's family is a wealthy businessman in Shanxi, rich as a country, every time Zhang Siwei's promotion is related to his gift and gift, but this time the refusal offended Feng Bao.

There are no secrets in the palace. In mid-August, rumors spread throughout the capital that one of the gifts Zhang Siwei sent to Feng Bao was a glazed lamp purchased from Tianjin Wei, which was worth 3000 taels. The person wrapped in the brocade box was presented separately, but Feng Bao took it out and threw it on the ground, cursing angrily:
"If it weren't for our family, how could Zhang Siwei be where he is today, but he didn't expect to be so ungrateful!!"

The change in attitude of Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies, was immediately grasped by Zhang Siwei's opposite.

On August 21, the tenth year of Wanli, Yang Yinqiu, the censor of Yunnan Province of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, impeached Liang Menglong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, for corruption, transgression, and licentiousness.

Although Liang Menglong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is also a member of Zhang Juzheng's party, Zhang Siwei fully cooperated with the promotion of officials several times after he took office, and he has long been considered a traitor in Zhang Juzheng's party...
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