Chapter 481 480 Worms

"See for yourself."

As Wei Guangde spoke, he handed the document to Tang Ruji, then picked up the tea cup and took a sip to moisten his throat, but his face showed a very angry look.

"Your Majesty, because Song is old and has been specially kept to serve Fan, he ordered his son Hu to return to Funan on his behalf. Although Fan's reputation in the world is worrying, he is really happy to have a plan. He entertains guests, holds banquets, and attends concubines. He dances and sings many times. Every day, Jixi has been disgusted by ghosts and gods and their eyes have been cut off."

As he continued reading, Tang Ruji's expression grew colder. After reading the entire memorial, he couldn't help but curse: "It's extremely shameless."

Hearing Tang Ruji's words, Wei Guangde shook his head slightly, but he was thinking in his heart. He thought Xu Jie would need two days to contact officials and play an impeachment storm. Unexpectedly, only Zou Yinglong was impeached by Shangshu. Is it useful?

Of course he knew Zou Yinglong, he was of the same age as him, and he would visit the Censorate every month. He knew almost all the censors left in the capital by the Censorate.

The reason why I dare not say that I know everyone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is because the Beijing Metropolitan Procuratorate also has censors outside, and the personnel changes frequently.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help but look up and glanced at Zhang Juzheng. At this time, he was also frowning in deep thought, as if he really didn't know Xu Jie's plan.

Only then did Yin Shizhen smile and say: "Zou Yushi's impeachment this time seems to be very powerful, but I don't know whether it can be taken seriously by His Majesty."

"There are not many contents in Zou Yushi's impeachment, and they are all easy to verify. At least I heard that the Yan Mansion has set a price list for every grade of official position, and I also heard about Yan Shifan's prostitution."

Tang Ruji answered, "As for the fields and houses in various places, I don't know, but it is easy to check. I will directly report it to the local government for a thorough investigation. I believe there will be a reply soon."

Wei Guangde was horrified when he heard Tang Ruji's words.

Yes, Yan Song's future is in the hands of Emperor Jiajing. As long as he approves it, the impeachment memorial is actually just a pretext, and it doesn't even matter whether the impeachment is true or not.

Waiting and seeing, Wei Guangde thought to himself, to see if more impeachment memorials will be submitted in the next two days. Today's impeachment of Zou Yinglong may be just a pawn arranged by Xu Jie to cast stones.

At this time, Wei Guangde was neither optimistic about the effect of this impeachment nor pessimistic about it. Instead, he was deeply afraid of Xu Jie.

As I just thought, if more people from the Xu Party do not come forward to impeach Yan Song and his son in the next few days, it can only be said that Xu Jie's understanding of Emperor Jiajing has reached a very high level.

At the same time, Wei Guangde also got to know Zou Yinglong again, and his writing skills were amazing.

It talks about the Yan family amassing money and not observing filial piety. At the end of the article, it even mentions the floods, droughts and natural disasters in the north and south in recent years. It is said that these disasters are punishments sent by God because of the existence of such unfaithful and unfilial people in the court.

What the hell, heavenly beings are sensing it.

Look at the reactions of Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng after reading the memorial. Who among the officials in this era didn't know that this rhetoric was meant to fool Emperor Jiajing? Maybe even the emperor himself knew that this was fooling, but he couldn't help but make people unaware. Li.

There are also years of disaster and famine in prosperous times, and there are good times in the last days. This is untenable in itself.

Zou Yinglong's memorial has been sent to the cabinet. There is no doubt that it did not appear on the desks of Yan Song and Xu Jie, but was assigned to Yuan Wei.

I don’t know if it’s intentional or not.

However, Yuan Wei found it very difficult after reading the memorial.

Zou Yinglong must have gone crazy because he actually impeached the Yan family.

Even Yuan Wei still doesn't know about the fight between Yan Song and Xu Jie just two days ago.

It can only be said that the group of alchemists stayed in the Taoist temple outside Beijing for a long time, so it was convenient for the confidentiality of this matter. It is really difficult for people who are not closely related to detect such information.

From arresting people to interrogating, everything is handled by Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

However, now Yuan Wei is in trouble.

Although the entire memorial focuses on the illegal activities of Yan Shifan and his family, and does not seem to involve the first assistant Yan Song at all, he is accused of lax discipline everywhere.

Almost all the blame will eventually fall on Yan Song.

It's like saying that Yan Nian offered tens of thousands of gold to Yan Song on his birthday.

Doesn't Yan Song know that Yan Nian, a slave, shouldn't have such a heavy gift to congratulate him?

Obviously not, Yan Song is not so old and confused.

But he accepted it and didn't say anything more. It can only be said that Yan Nian's money-grabbing was actually ordered by Yan Song. Everything he did was to help Yan Song make money and then launder it in the form of birthday celebrations.

The cabinet also has cabinet rules. The cabinet ministers involved in the memorial cannot let them know the content in advance. Although everyone may know the memorial when it passes the general affairs envoy, it still needs to be as it should be. This is why. This means that Yuan Wei cannot bring this memorial to Yan Song to avoid suspicion.

Let's discuss it with Xu Jie and make a joint vote?

Or can he decide on his own and send it directly to the palace?

At this time, Yuan Wei was in a dilemma.

There is actually a standard answer to such an impeachment memorial, which is to turn it over to the relevant department for verification.

However, should we inform Xu Jie?

"Today there are frequent floods and droughts, there are many policemen in the north and south, and the people are poor and have no money. The only thing that can't be caught off guard is the greed of the father and son of the world. They are trying to overcome the difficulties of the day. They bribe their way into government and appoint officials with bribes. All officials from all over the world, big and small, have to use up the people's support. , peel off the skin and bones of the people, externally want to respond to their insatiable demands, internally want to pay the fees for buying an official position, in this way the people will not be poor, the country will have endless security, and the natural and man-made disasters will not come one after another. "

Zou Yinglong will not stop fighting Yan Shifan and Yan Hu until he defeats them. Yuan Wei has no idea what to do when he fights their sons and grandsons.

As for the words at the end of the article that "Shifan's head should be hung on a straw pole as a warning to ministers who are cruel and disloyal", Yuan Wei did not take it seriously at all. If an impeachment memorial had such a great power, the Yan family would have been defeated many years ago.

Unconsciously, Yuan Wei's eyes slid to the last two paragraphs, "His father Song received great favors from the country but did not think of repaying them. Instead, he doted on his evil son and played with power, planted a party to cover up the virtuous, corrupted the law, and should be ordered to retire as soon as possible to clean up the political foundation."

Xu Jie?

For some reason, Yuan Wei suddenly thought of Xu Jie's name.

At this point in the whole article, the real purpose was finally revealed, and Yan Song was asked to retire.

The answer to why Zou Yinglong submitted this book is obvious.

Yuan Wei was the last cabinet minister to enter the cabinet. Even if Yan Song retired, the position of the prime minister would belong to Xu Jie, and he could not grab it.

Who would benefit the most from Yan Song's retirement?

Of course, it was Xu Jie.

No wonder this memorial fell into my hands. This was arranged by Xu Jie.

I could think of it myself, and I think Emperor Jiajing should be able to guess it after reading this memorial.

"If I say anything untrue, please behead me to thank Song's eight sons and warn the censors who deceive."

What does it have to do with me whether you, Zou Yinglong, live or die?

But Yuan Wei knew that this memorial could not be jointly drafted with Xu Jie, otherwise the memorial impeaching the Prime Minister Yan Song would easily be imagined by people as being done by him and Xu Jie.

Forming a clique for personal gain?

I think Emperor Jiajing would never allow the cabinet ministers to collude with each other in private.

With this in mind, Yuan Wei picked up his pen and drafted it, "Submit it to the officials for verification", and after a little thought, he added the words "Definitely do not allow slander of old ministers".

After doing all this, Yuan Wei did not put this memorial with other draft memorials, but kept it separately, intending to ask the Secretary to send it to the Silijian separately.

After doing all this, Yuan Wei couldn't help but doubt that Xu Jie suddenly attacked Yan Song. Are these two going to fight again?

When Xu Jie first entered the cabinet, he fought fiercely with Yan Song, but he was defeated soon, and it seemed that he had never made any moves since then.

At that time, he, Yuan Wei, was still in the Hanlin Academy, so he could only watch everything coldly.

Unexpectedly, today, he was also passively involved in the fight between the two.

Unconsciously, a bitter smile appeared on Yuan Wei's face.

Bitter, that is, he was worried about being affected by the fight between the two.

Laughing, no matter who loses in the end, he will be promoted to the second assistant.

You know, if Yan Song survives, he will definitely not let Xu Jie go.

What he didn't know was that Yan Song next door remained silent after hearing the news, while Yan Shifan was surprised at first and then sneered, and hurriedly wrote a few notes and asked someone to send them out.

And Xu Jie next door was still busy with his official duties as if nothing had happened, drafting the memorials that were transferred back.

When the memorial was delivered to Gao Zhong, the chief of the Imperial Household Department, Gao Zhong just smiled faintly, everything was within his expectations.

The Yan family took action to deal with Xu Jie first, and it would be strange if Xu Jie didn't fight back, but there were exceptions in the early years.

In the past, the Yan family had taken action against Xu Jie many times, but they didn't shake Xu Jie's position, and Xu Jie seemed to be unaware of it and still talked happily with Yan Song, which made Gao Zhong sometimes have to admire Xu Jie's skill in cultivating his energy.

"Read and sort as soon as possible, so that you can send it to Yuxi Palace."

Gao Zhong put down the memorial in his hand and instructed the people below.

"Yes."

In a series of responses, the movements of several eunuchs inevitably accelerated a bit.

The sun was setting, and it was almost time for the court to end.

Now that his wife Xu Jianglan was pregnant, Wei Guangde had given up his habit of eating and drinking after get off work and planned to go home early.

These two days, he was a little late and left early. Everyone in Prince Yu's Mansion knew what was going on, and they just smiled at him. Even Yin Shizhan didn't say much.

However, Wei Guangde hadn't walked a few steps out of the yard when he heard hurried footsteps behind him. It sounded like they were coming towards him.

Wei Guangde slowed down his pace, stopped when the footsteps approached, and turned to look.

It was the little eunuch beside Prince Yu, but he didn't have a high rank, just a chores.

"Sir Wei, His Royal Highness Prince Yu has something to ask you."

The little eunuch whispered in Wei Guangde's ear.

Wei Guangde frowned, but it was hard to refuse. After all, he was an official of Prince Yu's Mansion, and he had to go when Prince Yu summoned him.

He nodded slightly to the little eunuch, indicating that he should lead the way, but he was also worried.

It's not that he blamed Prince Yu for looking for him, but it was strange that he didn't come earlier or later, but sent someone to intercept him when he was leaving the mansion, and it seemed that he was only looking for him, and he didn't see anyone entering the yard to call other people, especially Yin Shizhen.

If it was Zhang Juzheng who was a little wary of Prince Yu because of Xu Jie behind him, then Yin Shizhen was a legitimate member of Prince Yu's mansion, just like himself.

Although he felt strange, his feet did not stop, and he quickly followed the little eunuch into the backyard.

After a few steps into the door, he turned into a wing room, and Prince Yu and Li Fang were already waiting for him in the room.

"Your Highness."

After entering the room, Wei Guangde saluted Prince Yu first.

"Shan Dai, sit down and talk."

Prince Yu stood up and asked Wei Guangde to sit down.

Wei Guangde didn't say anything, just waiting for Prince Yu to speak first and tell him the purpose of calling him here.

He didn't let him wait too long, Prince Yu had already spoken the reason for calling him this time.

"Shandai, what Mr. Xu Ge said before was not to let us take action. Master Gao also said the same thing before."

When King Yu spoke eloquently, Wei Guangde became a listener and listened carefully, thinking in his heart what King Yu meant by asking him to come.

"When Master Gao got the news, he thought that since Xu Jie already had a plan, let's not make any moves, so as not to ruin other people's plans, but I'm just curious, how effective do you think Zou Yinglong's impeachment alone can be.

This kind of impeachment was not used by young and old in the past, but it was of no use. Most of the ministers who were impeached were still in jail, either convicted or dismissed. "

Seeing that Wei Guangde had no intention of speaking, but seemed to be fully immersed in the audience, King Yu was a little frustrated, but he continued: "I just want you to help me think about whether this is an opportunity to impeach Yan Song and his son.

You said before that Yan Song is afraid that his time in the court is running out, but how long will it take?

Gu was so humiliated by Yan Shifan back then, I can't swallow this breath, I must take revenge.

If you think this is an opportunity, I will immediately mobilize everyone to file a memorial to impeach the Yan family and his son. "

King Yu's words reached Wei Guangde's ears, and Wei Guangde's heart trembled.

It’s not that the Yan family is too evil against King Yu. Even if Emperor Jiajing doesn’t pursue them, I’m afraid that when King Yu becomes emperor, he will still settle old and new accounts together.

The fall of the Yan family was only a matter of time. In my memory, Yan Shifan was beheaded. This was how it was played on TV. Moreover, it was Emperor Jiajing who did not wait for King Yu to take action.

You can't believe everything on TV, but you can roughly deduce that the probability of King Yu taking action is probably low.

In fact, what touched Wei Guangde the most about what King Yu said just now was that King Yu didn't want to listen to Master Gao Gonggao this time, but asked him to analyze it.

In King Yu's heart, is his status already comparable to that of Gao Gong?

So does Xu Jie.

It is understandable that King Yu avoids Zhang Juzheng when doing things, but he still avoids Yin Shizhen.

Perhaps it was because King Yu didn't want to listen to Gao Gong's words this time.

King Yu was worried that Yin Shizhen would stop this?

In fact, Wei Guangde's guess made some sense.

What he didn't know was that Gao Gong had carefully analyzed the factions of the courtiers during his education to King Yu.

Among them, for people like himself, Chen Yiqin, Yin Shizhen, and even Wei Guangde, they were completely incompetent in the court and were completely Yu Wang's faction.

But Xu Jie, who has a close relationship with them, is not the case. He was self-contained during the Jiajing Dynasty, and even when King Yu ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, his strength was still self-contained and would never be integrated with them. .

The relationship with Xu Jie requires both cooperation and caution.

Who are Xu Jie and the people behind him?

It can be said that Gao Gong looked down on the people of the strict party, and he also looked down on the Xu party line, because they were actually the worms of the Ming Dynasty.