Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 98

Xu Jie was ordered to go to King Yu's mansion to discuss the big case in Zhejiang. Xu Jie's sedan chair was still on the way, and the three cabinet cavalry had already reported the news to King Yu, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

Today in Zhongyuan, the Yu Dynasty offered sacrifices to their ancestors, and they were still wearing court clothes at this time, so they immediately came to the study room, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were already waiting here in their robes.

As the saying goes, Dao waited the longest for others, not to mention that at this time, he was waiting for Xu Jie, who was titled Tianxian, and what he was waiting for was the long-awaited change in the court situation!The three of them sat silently, while Xu Jie stood in the future.

"I think of Jia Dao's Wujue." Finally, King Yu couldn't help it anymore, and looked at Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, "Two masters, guess which poem it is."

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng met eyes, of course it was the kind of eyes that had already been guessed.

Gao Gong stood up excitedly: "Taiyue, we both read it at the same time to see if it is the poem that the prince remembered."

Zhang Juzheng also stood up: "Okay."

The two met the beat with their eyes, and recited at the same time: "Ten years of sharpening a sword, I have never tried the frost blade. Today, I am like a king, who is not fair!" After reading at the same time, the two looked at King Yu at the same time.

King Yu had already been overwhelmed by the sonorous tones and passionate expressions of the two, so he stood up quickly: "Come on!"

That Wang Zhanshi appeared outside the door: "My lord."

King Yu: "Look again, how old is Xu Ge?"

Wang Zhanshi: "Yes." Immediately disappeared outside the door.

King Yu stopped sitting, and walked back and forth from the book case: "The 'Four Remonstrances of Yuezhong', 'Seven Sons of Shaoxing', and so many loyal ministers can be regarded as the sharp sword of my Ming Dynasty, what a pity They were all broken in the hands of treacherous ministers. I didn't expect that the sharp weapon of the country would be the Juren of an island!"

Gao Gong immediately answered, "Tan Lun is the most credited person, and of course Taiyue's letter! To be honest today, at the time when you recommended Hai Rui, I didn't think so. He who knows others is wise, and I am not as good as you."

Zhang Juzheng: "Master Gao, Wansheng will follow up on what you said. I wonder if Mr. Gao will forgive me after hearing this."

Gao Gong: "Say!"

Zhang Juzheng: "Master Gao is not ignorant of human wisdom, but ignorant of self-knowledge."

Gao Gong's face immediately changed.King Yu also changed his face, and blamed Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng continued: "If you want to say who is the most powerful weapon in my Ming Dynasty, Hai Rui is below, and you are Mr. Gao in the court!"

Gao Gong froze there for a moment.King Yu also gradually understood Zhang Juzheng's voice, his nervous face eased, and he waited for him to finish speaking.

Zhang Juzheng: "Juzheng was born too late. In the past few years, he has been able to participate in the court meeting. I have seen with my own eyes that only Mr. Gao dared to fight against Yan's father and son and those strict parties. Every time I blame myself, why is there only one Gao Suqing in the whole court! Brother Suqing, what I say is the truth."

King Yu was moved first, and slowly looked at Gao Gong.

Gao Gong lowered his head: "Zhang Taiyue, Zhang Taiyue, are you praising me or scolding me." Having said that, he raised his head and looked up: "I can't be regarded as a weapon of the country. Every time I fight with them Fighting, I can be safe afterwards, because I have the prince behind me, and the emperor on my head. Relying on the prince to support and relying on the emperor to protect me, I have gained the reputation of being outspoken and courageous, but every time it does not help. Only Hai Rui can be the weapon of the country, so don't put it on my head again from now on. Shame on me!"

In the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether the eunuchs ruled the country or the traitors ruled the country, there was still a sense of righteousness in the government and the public. Later generations commented that it had a great relationship with the civil servants and scholars at that time.Especially in the Jiajing Dynasty, Wang Yangming's theory of "reaching conscience" was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he cultivated many top-ranking scholars.But most of the light-heartedness lies in each person's disposition, such as Gao Gong, who was said in history to "promise himself with talent and arrogance", but "open-hearted and true" is his nature.

This paragraph of self-evaluation and self-blame was spoken, so sincere, Zhang Juzheng's face turned slightly red at that time.

Yu Wang was even more moved, looking deeply at this master, he suddenly realized that he always felt that he was close to several masters, but he always had a bit of informality with Gao Gong. It turned out that it was Master Gao. The word "true" makes me feel closer.After being moved, he looked at the high-arched tea bowl on the coffee table in front of the window, walked straight over and picked it up with both hands, and gave Zhang Juzheng a wink: "I remember what Master Gao said. Master Zhang, I hope you will remember too." live."

Zhang Juzheng hastily walked over to take the tea bowl, turned around and held it to Gao Gong: "Juzheng has already worshiped Mr. Xu as his teacher, in fact, he has already recognized Mr. Gao as his teacher in his heart, because of his seniority, let's do a half-teacher ceremony today."

"Called me again." Gao Gong smiled and took the tea bowl, and put it back on the coffee table without drinking, "Working with a king, let's serve the country faithfully."

Footsteps sounded outside the study, King Yu went to the door first, followed by Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

Sure enough, it was Wang Zhan who attracted Xu Jie.

Here King Yu and the other three looked at Xu Jie with their shining eyes.

Xu Jie smiled lightly, and bowed slightly to King Yu: "The prince has been waiting for a long time, you two have been waiting for a long time."

King Yu had already stretched out his hand to bring Xu Jie in.

"Where's the Zoushu from Zhejiang?" Gao Gong's impatience was revealed again, "Let us see it first, Mr. Ge sits down and drinks tea."

Xu Jie took out the memorial from the sleeve of his robe, and handed it to King Yu with both hands.

"Master Xu, please sit down, let's have tea first." King Yu took it with both hands and went to the book case to take out the confession inside, "Master Gao and Master Zhang, let's take a look together."

All three of them stood in front of the desk, and all three pairs of eyes looked at King Yu's memorial.

Xu Jie sat down on the chair by the window, Wang Zhanshi put down the newly brewed tea bowl in front of him and retreated.

"Isn't this the memorial that I read half a month ago?" Gao Gong shouted, "Mr. Xu Ge, where is Hai Rui's urgent confession yesterday?"

King Yu and Zhang Juzheng also looked at Xu Jie.

Just as Xu Jie lifted the tea bowl and was about to hold the bowl to drink tea, he gently put down the tea bowl again and looked at the three of them.

Zhang Juzheng was the most sensitive, and asked, "Has Hai Rui's confession been drowned?"

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty had a bad example. His ministers went to the court. If he made a suggestion that he didn't like, and he couldn't punish the minister who made the suggestion, he would often keep the memorial and not publish it.The palace is as deep as the sea, and the cabinet and ministries will no longer be seen, and the ministers call it "flooding".

Yu Wang and Gao Gong also felt it, and they stared at Xu Jie closely.

Xu Jie stood up slowly: "It's not that I'm flooded."

Gao Gong: "Where is that?"

Xu Jie slowly turned his eyes to the ground: "I was burned by the emperor!"

"Burn." After an unknown period of silence, Gao Gong looked out of the window and said these two words, his voice was very low, as if his voice was already hoarse, and then he looked at Xu Jie blankly, "What is written inside What are they all?" The voice was indeed hoarse, it was the kind of voice that came out after the mouth and throat had no body fluid.

Zhang Juzheng also looked at Xu Jie fixedly.

Standing by the desk, King Yu didn't look at Xu Jie, but stared at the desk in a daze.

Xu Jie raised his head to meet Gao Gong's gaze, but shook his head.

"What's in Hai Rui's memorabilia, we have to let us know!" Gao Gong shouted this sentence in such a hoarse voice, his face was already flushed.

At this moment Xu Jie neither replied nor even shook his head, just staring at the crazy Gao Gong.

"Don't ask any more." King Yu was still looking at the case, his tone full of desolation.

"The country and society of the ancestors and the ancestors are gone! The common people in the Ming Dynasty don't care! Mr. Xu Ge, you have to say something to us." Gao Gong was still hoarse, even though every word he yelled was like that difficult.

"I said don't ask!" King Yu actually slapped the book case, "Elder Xu Ge is forced to death, and he can't say it. What's good for you if you know what's written in it! What's good for us? What's the use..." After saying these few words, King Yu was already dripping with cold sweat.

Gao Gong's throat choked, and he stood there in a daze.

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly went to help King Yu to help him sit down, but King Yu supported the edge of the desk with both hands and refused to sit down.

Xu Jie stood up: "It's not that I don't want to say it, and it's not that I can't say it. I don't know what is in Hai Rui's express delivery, neither does Mr. Yan Ge, the Supervisor of Rituals, nor does the emperor know." .”

Three pairs of eyes suddenly looked at him again.

Xu Jie: "Yesterday, the [-]-mile delivery was delivered to the palace in an urgent manner. The emperor didn't even open the seal. Today he burned it in front of us."

The thunderbolt was louder!Is it because the three of them immediately and subconsciously sensed where the thunderclap must fall with the lightning, whether it is a big tree, or several big trees are about to be smashed!
King Yu loosened his hand supporting the edge of the table, and sat down softly.

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a while, then asked softly: "My lord, Mr. Ge, Mr. Gao, I would like to ask a few words, may I?"

Both Xu Jie and Gao Gong looked at King Yu, and King Yu said, "Ask."

Zhang Juzheng turned to Xu Jie: "Old Ge, whose seals are on the urgent delivery that the emperor burned?"

Xu Jie: "There is only Hai Rui's seal."

Zhang Juzheng was startled: "Zhao Zhenji is too sophisticated, why is Tan Lun like this?"

Gao Gong immediately understood, and shouted: "It's not sophistication, but shamelessness! Back then, we called people to charge into battle, but now our own people are shooting people's cold arrows in the back! They are shameless, and I, Gao Gong, want this face again. This time If the imperial court can't let Hai Gangfeng go, unless he kills me first!"

King Yu was shocked, and looked at Gao Gong: "What, what do you mean?"

"It's clear, my lord!" Gao Gong was already very excited, "I have lived through eleven emperors since the Ming Dynasty, and the officials who were ordered to handle the case burned the confessions in front of the cabinet without even opening the seals. It has never happened before! The person who confesses the inside story will definitely be killed, but can the person who makes the confession escape? If the emperor does not issue an order to kill Hai Rui, Yan Song and the others will find fault with Hai Rui and take Hai Rui's life!"

King Yu couldn't bear it any longer, and looked at Xu Jie in a daze: "What did the emperor say? Could it be like this?"

Xu Jie: "Suqing and Taiyue's worries are not unreasonable."

Yu Wang: "What did the emperor say?"

Xu Jie: "Heaven's heart is kind, the emperor said that this time, apart from Zheng Michang, He Maocai, and the eunuchs headed by the Shangyi Supervisor, the Scarf and Hat Bureau, and the Needlework Bureau, they must not be spared. None of the others will be killed. Do not catch."

King Yu took a breath, and glanced at Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng still looked at Xu Jie, knowing that he hadn't finished speaking.

Xu Jie: "But just as Su Qing said, Yan Ge was not reconciled. He asked Qi Dazhu who wanted to arrest Hai Rui and let him go, saying that this person was suspected of colluding with the Japanese, and that he would definitely cause great trouble around Hu Zongxian, Your Majesty. Ready to play."

Gao Gong: "Then it's time to arrest Hai Rui! Mr. Xu Ge, it's not what Wansheng should say. He dares to turn black and white in front of the emperor. Don't you dare to say a word?"

Xu Jie: "I don't dare. The confessions were all burned, the dikes were destroyed and the fields were flooded, and I can't even mention the Japanese secretly. What else can I say? Killed two of the frontier officials, and only arrested one who was rehabilitated by Hai Rui." Xiaomin, the emperor immediately approved the performance, what else can I say?"

"Then call Zhao Zhenji and Tan Lun to conduct a thorough investigation!" Gao Gong was very annoyed, "A minister who claims to be a famous official of the Taizhou School of Mind, a national scholar who claims to be able to fight his heart! The evidence is so strong that now only two Zheng Mi can be killed. Chang and He Maocai didn't even hurt Yan Shifan. Gao Hanwen and Wang Yongji were willing to stand up to Hai Rui twice, but they sold Hai Rui, so they are ashamed!"

Zhao Zhenji is Xu Jie's student, and Tan Lun is Zhang Juzheng's close friend and King Yu's confidant.Not only Xu Jie, but also Yu Wang and Zhang Juzheng were very uncomfortable and embarrassed when the pole was swept down.

Xu Jie closed his eyes.King Yu also closed his eyes.

Zhang Juzheng spoke at this time: "Master Gao blamed it. No matter what difficulties there are, I wrote to Zhao Mengjing and explained what Xu Ge meant. He didn't listen to a word. It's really hard to understand. Why is Tan Zili Also like this, he should give Wang Ye an explanation soon."

"Then ask them to understand and answer immediately!" Gao Gong looked at King Yu, "Xu Ge from Zhao Zhenji has to write a letter in person, and Tan Lun has Taiyue to write a letter. If you go in, you continue to be an official, and I will resign and return to my hometown immediately!"

Zhang Juzheng: "If this is the case, I will return home with Mr. Gao."

"Of course I am the one who should resign and return to my hometown." Xu Jie stood up slowly, "But there are a few things I still need to report to the prince. One is that the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau's 50 pieces of silk this year cannot be woven. , Mr. Yan Ge has asked Yan Maoqing to tour the Huaihe River and Huaihe River in the south. While collecting money for the country, I don’t know how much will flow into their private pockets. This old man has the hope of the ruling and the opposition and cannot help the evil, but I believe that sentence' much If you do unrighteousness, you will die yourself'! This is one thing. As for Suqing asking me to write to Zhao Mengjing and Taiyue to write to Tan Lun, I thought it was unnecessary. If Zhao Zhenji and Tan Lun didn't even have Hai Rui They don't even want to protect anyone. Now there is another person we have to protect."

All three looked at him.

Xu Jie: "The emperor has decreed to release Gao Hanwen from prison today and return to his post in the Imperial Academy. This man knows a lot about Zhejiang, and the Yan family and his son hate him. Taiyue, you are also a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, you can associate with him more , there must be something that can be used in the future. Now the emperor is waiting for us to discuss a bill and submit a draft bill. Su Qing, if you have anything to blame me, wait until I return to the emperor to take the blame."

"No one can blame Master Xu." King Yu also stood up supporting the armrest of the chair, "There is no need to discuss, Master Gao and Master Zhang will do everything according to Xu Ge's wishes. As for the rules, the holy will is very clear. Master Xu drafted the ticket in accordance with the holy will. The emperor asked about it, and said that the case in Zhejiang was done like this. It was because I, as a son and minister, owed God's grace and left the worries of the king and father. I was guilty of disloyalty and filial piety. , don’t involve the ministers who are doing things with sincerity.”

The three are relatively miserable.

Xu Jie felt a surge of sadness in his heart: "The old minister knows what to do and what to say. My lord, if you worship your ancestors at noon, the old minister will not be able to respect you. Suqing, Taiyue, as masters of the royal family Participate in the worship. During the kneeling time, I will apologize to my ancestors."

With tears in Zhang Juzheng's eyes, he quietly picked up Zhao Zhenji's and Tan Lun's memorabilia on the desk, packed them up, walked over and handed them to Xu Jie with both hands.

Xu Jie took the memorial and bowed to King Yu again, and when he turned around and took that step, he staggered.

Gao Gong was beside him and hurriedly supported him: "Old Ge, Gao Gong is not talented, if he offends his old friend, he can just treat me as nonsense."

Xu Jie looked at him and smiled wryly: "Since I sit in this position, I deserve this blame. Taiyue, please come and give me a hand." Xu Jie was indeed extremely exhausted physically and mentally at this time, and he suddenly showed signs of exhaustion. senile.

Zhang Juzheng hurried over to hold his other arm, and sent him out of the study.

Standing in the door, Gao Gong didn't feel good, and turned his head to look at King Yu slowly, even more surprised.At this time Yu Wang stood there and wept.

Outside the gate of the courtyard where Gao Hanwen and Yun Niang were imprisoned in Beizhen Fusi Prison, the copper lock was opened again with a bang.Those who walked into the gate were actually the two Jin Yiwei who escorted Gao Hanwen and Yun Niang to the capital. After entering, they stood on both sides of the gate, followed by Huang Jin.

It was after noon, the sun was shining, and the yard was quiet, except for a few dried clothes on the bamboo pole.

Huang Jin looked towards the three rooms to the north.

The recording room in the middle was locked, the door of the room on the west was closed, and the door of the room on the east was also closed.

Huang Jin: "Where are everyone? Call them out and talk to the recording room."

"Yes." The two Jin Yiwei replied.

A Jinyi guard walked quickly to the front of the recording room and unlocked it, stood sideways to let Huang Jin in, and then followed inside.

Another Jin Yiwei looked left and right at the two closed doors: "Clean it! Clean it! Come to the middle recording room!"

The door on the east side that was turned into a kitchen opened, and Yun Niang appeared at the door, her hair, which was always neatly combed, was a little disheveled at this moment, and she recognized the Jin Yiwei at a glance, and looked straight at him.

That Jin Yiwei had been entrusted by Yang Jinshui to walk with her on the road for a month, when he saw her he smiled and said, "It's over, pack up your things and come to the recording room first."

(End of this chapter)