Chapter 576 575 Verification and Reporting

Before the General Secretary sent the memorial, Xu Jie had already received the news in the cabinet.

Sighing, he knew that Ouyang Yijing's memorial must have been arranged by Wei Guangde, and the matter was irreversible.

This matter may not be big or small, but what I fear most is that it will be made public.

As long as the message can be blocked, it won't be a big deal.

Isn't there a saying in later generations, "If you can't solve the problem, then solve the people. As long as no one makes trouble, the incident never happened."

Although he didn't dare to deal with the insider, he could still fight for it if he could induce him.

But now that the news has been made public, Dong Fen is naturally in danger.

If Dong Fen's official position is not guaranteed, is it necessary for him to protect him?

After all, greed is still harmful to others. This matter is too passive. Xu Jie has made up his mind to stay out of it.

Xu Jie didn't intend to test Emperor Jiajing's attitude. There was really no need.

With Yan Shifan dead, the Yan family has little chance and is no longer worthy of being his opponent.

With Dong Fen gone, all the officials in the government and the public were well prepared, which meant that Gao Gong had the opportunity to serve as the Minister of Rites. Prince Yu's wish came true, and he no longer needed to be a bad person.

It's not worth offending King Yu at this time.

At this time, in Prince Yu's palace, Prince Yu had already learned the news from Li Fang.

When she was just washing up, Li Fang told her the news she had learned.

"Let me tell you, it's been two days since you sent your letter to Wei Guangde, but you haven't seen any action from him. It turns out you left the matter to his fellow countryman."

King Yu yawned and spoke calmly.

Who is Ouyang Yijing?

Who knows.

If Li Fang hadn't specifically mentioned that he was from Pengze, Jiangxi Province when he reported earlier, King Yu would still be wondering why Wei Guangde didn't come forward but this man named Ouyang Yijing jumped out.

It's a pity that they are fellow villagers.

However, King Yu thought about it and said: "You said, I left this matter to Shandai, but he handed it over to his fellow villagers. Is he dissatisfied with me?"

Wei Guangde was opposed to this matter at first, but in the end, after his repeated requests, Wei Guangde reluctantly agreed.

But what about the result?

Wei Guangde did not submit the memorial, but asked a fellow villager to do it.

King Yu didn't want to create a estrangement between him and Wei Guangde, just like he didn't want to estrange the relationship with Gao Gong.

It was Gao Gong's idea to let Wei Guangde take action.

King Yu didn't understand the official orifice at the time, but he could more or less guess it later.

He has never flattered, but there are many people vying to flatter him, and he can clearly see the relationship between these people.

It's not that Wei Guangde and Gao Gong were flattering him, it was just a metaphor.

As for Wei Guangde, he really has never said anything bad about anyone else in front of him. Whenever anything happens, he always talks about the matter and never involves others.

This is what King Yu values ​​​​most about him.

Of course, his status as the son-in-law of the Duke of Wei also gave him a lot of points.

"Probably not."

Li Fang just answered uncertainly.

In the past, Gao Gong was a very noble person in his eyes, and he thought about King Yu wholeheartedly.

However, I don't know since when, Li Fang felt that she couldn't understand Gao Gong, and felt that he was a little selfish, and even used her friendship with King Yu to make King Yu do some things that he should not have intervened in.

It seems that it started when the emperor asked King Jing to leave the capital and become a vassal.

Li Fang thought about it, but he could think about it but couldn't say it.

Ordinarily, it must be something to be happy for King Yu to obtain the emperor, but obviously as his status was established, these subordinate officials began to fight among themselves.

Wei Guangde didn't seem to have this idea, but it was a pity that Gao Gong regarded him as an opponent.

However, he now needs to come up with a reason to convince King Yu so that he won't think too much.

"Your Highness, I think Master Wei left the matter to Ouyang Yijing for your own good."

Li Fang said tentatively.

"How?"

King Yu asked in confusion.

"As long as Dong Fen is dismissed from office, the most likely person to take the position is Lord Gao Gonggao. With Lord Gao's relationship with the palace, if Lord Wei comes forward in this matter, it would not confirm that this matter was done by Prince Yu's palace, and the purpose is to win the favor. Mr. Gao."

While Li Fang was speaking, her eyes were fixed on Prince Yu. Seeing that he kept nodding in approval, she continued, "This Ouyang Yijing should be someone that Mr. Wei trusts more, so he secretly entrusts him with the errands." .

Although seriously speaking, as long as someone investigates, they will know that 80% of them are related to Mr. Wei, but after all, it is an explanation to the outside world.

Mr. Ouyang worked in the Sixth Section and had not been promoted after several years in Beijing.

I think Wei Guangde also wanted to help him by asking him to take action. "

"Comrade, it's possible."

King Yu kept nodding his head when he heard what Li Fang said. In fact, he didn't want to really make trouble, so he just wanted to get some comfort from Li Fang. Even if Li Fang talked nonsense, he would nod.

What's more, Li Fang's statement sounds relatively reliable.

"This man named Ouyang, what kind of official was he before, and what kind of official is he now?"

Li Fang had told Ouyang Yijing about Ouyang Yijing's situation before, but apparently King Yu didn't take it to heart.

"He used to be a seventh-grade county magistrate. It seems that Wei Guangde's relationship a few years ago brought him back to the capital and joined the sixth department to serve as a minister, until now."

Li Fang had no choice but to say again.

"It's all in the matter, but it's possible for the seventh-grade official to do it in the near future."

King Yu said.

Anyway, this Ouyang Yijing has helped Wei Guangde and Prince Yu's Mansion, so it is necessary to give him some benefits.

Moreover, since Wei Guangde thinks this person is useful, he can give him strong support, maybe he will be useful in the future.

The current official position is still a little small.

"I'll go down and ask about this."

Li Fang is not very talkative about the official position in the court, so he just perfunctorily said it.

However, he can mention this matter when he sees Wei Guangde. They, the civil servants, seem to be very interested in this, and maybe there is a way.

With Prince Yu's previous words, Wei Guangde will have the confidence to operate, and he can also take the opportunity to repair his relationship with the palace.

Dong Fen has entered the cabinet and met Xu Jie.

However, this time, Xu Jie's attitude towards him was very cold, and he just told Dong Fen what he knew.

"I can't stop that memorial. I can only see what Your Majesty wants. I think it's known to everyone in the court. You should first consider what to say when Your Majesty asks."

"Prime Minister, is there really no way?"

Dong Fen asked unwillingly. His meaning was actually very clear. He hoped that the cabinet could suppress this memorial.

He had a good idea, but Xu Jie was unwilling to take this opportunity.

Suppressing the memorial, or the memorial that was spread all over the court, really thought that he, Xu Jie, was the second Yan Song.

Even when Yan Song's power invaded the court and the public, he did not dare to suppress the memorial in the cabinet. At most, he would delay it for two days and find a suitable opportunity to send it over.

Many people think there is a trick in this.

Yes, there is.

For example, if it was bad news, Yan Song would submit the memorial when Emperor Jiajing was happy. Although it would ruin the emperor's mood, it would not make His Majesty angry and punish him.

Regarding his memorials, he would report to the palace while tidying up the beginning and the end and preparing his words in front of the emperor.

It can only be said that Yan Shifan is really powerful and has really figured out Emperor Jiajing.

As long as the solution given by Yan Shifan is passed by His Majesty the Emperor.

Even Xu Jie has to admire this.

Otherwise, how could he marry his granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson as a concubine? In fact, he was not sure that he could overthrow the Yan family at that time, so he had to keep a hand for the family.

Whether it was for the consideration of having more hands or to get closer to the Yan family and let the Yan family reduce their vigilance against him, he did it anyway.

It can be said that Xu Jie was controlled by Yan Song in the first half of his life, and then by Yan Shifan. The father and son of the Yan family are really powerful and difficult to deal with.

And he, Xu Jie, has not cultivated such a fire, so naturally he dare not take on this matter.

Perhaps, if Yan Shifan is still there, there is a way to solve similar problems.

Inadvertently, Xu Jie thought of this powerful opponent again.

However, he is dead, killed by him and Prince Yu's Mansion.

In the afternoon, Ouyang Yijing's memorial was sent to Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan by Chen Hong.

"How is Gao Zhong now?"

Seeing Chen Hong send today's memorial, Emperor Jiajing asked.

"Eunuch Gao's health is getting worse, I'm afraid..."

Chen Hong was acting at this time, and he looked like he wanted to say something but stopped, but his suddenly red eyes actually told Emperor Jiajing the truth.

"Alas, everyone is old."

Emperor Jiajing murmured in a low voice, and then asked loudly: "Is there any important business to deal with today?"

"Your Majesty, today the Tongzhengshisi sent the memorial of Ouyang Yijing, the official in the Criminal Department, impeaching the Minister of Rites Dong Fen for collecting Yan Shifan's money and trying to get him off the hook."

This is also a habit of Emperor Jiajing in doing things. He asks about the important things first, and then looks at the unimportant things casually. If he doesn't want to read them, he will leave them to Huang Jin and Gao Zhong to deal with.

"Dong Fen accepted money from the Yan family to help him get rid of the crime?"

The Emperor Jiajing frowned when he heard this, and then stretched out his hand to take the memorial and read it carefully.

The time, place, people involved and the money collected were all very detailed, and it didn't look like it was fake.

However, he was always suspicious of the words of the censors. They reported things based on hearsay, and most of the things they reported were unsubstantiated. So even though Ouyang Yijing wrote so detailed, to be honest, Emperor Jiajing still didn't believe what was said in the memorial.

"Huang Jin, is there any explanation for this matter?"

Yan Shifan was dead, and Emperor Jiajing naturally didn't want to get entangled in this matter.

It was just that he didn't expect that he didn't want to pursue it, but the people below were still pursuing it. It seemed that during the interrogation of Yan Shifan, many things happened in the capital that he didn't know about.

"Your Majesty, according to the report from the factory guards, Yan Song asked Yang Yusun, the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple, and Fan Weipi, the head of the Ministry of War, to help him speak for him, but it is said that most officials kept their distance, and Dong Fen's matter needs to be investigated again."

Huang Jin immediately stepped forward and answered.

"Tell them to investigate in detail."

After saying that, Emperor Jiajing did not return the memorial to Chen Hong, but put it aside, and then asked about other memorials.

After dealing with those memorials, Chen Hong led his men to leave Yongshou Palace. Emperor Jiajing saw the impeachment memorial on the side and asked, "Who instructed Ouyang Yijing to impeach Dong Fen?"

Dong Fen was promoted to Minister of Rites by him two months ago. Normally, ordinary people would not dare to touch this bad luck, but in reality, someone did it.

Emperor Jiajing was well versed in the struggle in officialdom, and naturally knew that Ouyang Yijing would not submit this memorial for no reason.

Faced with Emperor Jiajing's question, Huang Jin was a little unsure about how to answer.

In fact, he also heard the news in the palace, and asked about the matter, and guessed that it might be related to Wei Guangde.

In fact, Wei Guangde took the blame for this matter, and Ouyang Yijing himself had planned to impeach him, but he had been wavering.

Minister of Rites, it is better not to offend someone.

But he didn't expect that Wei Guangde would push him from behind and hand the knife into his hand.

In fact, what the imperial censors are not afraid of the most is the impeachment of high-ranking officials. The higher the official position in the court, the less afraid they are, because they cherish their feathers and tend not to take revenge on them, the censors.

After struggling for a moment, Huang Jin decided to tell the truth. In fact, it was just his own guess.

"The factory guard has not reported this matter, but according to my speculation, it may be related to His Royal Highness Prince Yu."

"How do you say this?"

Emperor Jiajing was shocked when he heard this and asked strangely.

"Ouyang Yijing and Wei Guangde are from the same hometown, and they have a good relationship. Even if this matter was not instigated by Prince Yu's Palace, Wei Guangde and Prince Yu's Palace should also know about it.

Of course, the above is just Chen's speculation and there is no real evidence. It is necessary to arrange for detailed investigation by factory guards. "

Huang Jin replied.

"How did Dong Fen offend King Yu?"

Emperor Jiajing asked out his doubts.

This question stumped Huang Jin.

How to say?

Said that King Yu wanted Gao Gong to come to power, so he had to win Dong Fen?

Dong Fenming has really never offended King Yu, so how can he talk about this?

Looking at Wei Guangde, it seems that the two of them have little contact with each other.

After thinking quickly, Huang Jin still didn't want to make the matter too big, so he kept it simple. Then he thought of a reason. It was all speculation anyway, and the factory guard didn't notice it at all.

What he knew was that only Prince Yu wanted to take Dong Fen, and it was the situation reported by spies in Prince Yu's palace.

"Your Majesty, Yan Shifan was a bit harsh in offending His Royal Highness Prince Yu. It may be because he paid close attention to the trial of the case, so he found clues from it."

If we get rid of Prince Yu's Mansion and just say that Wei Guangde did it, there is no way to round up the lie. We can only reveal the evil things that happened in Prince Yu's Mansion and Yan Shifan back then.

Even though that incident happened a long time ago, as long as it is mentioned, everyone in the capital knows about it.

It was so sensational that Zhu Xixiao had to write a secret report about it and send it to the palace.

However, he vaguely remembered that Emperor Jiajing's attitude was very strange at that time, and he didn't actually get angry, as if he had known about it for a long time.

No matter how big the gap was between Huang Jin's guess and the facts, Emperor Jiajing finally had some enlightenment and could understand the matter.

Don't tell me, King Yu can really bear it.

When I was so wronged, I didn't even run into the palace to make trouble.

As for King Yu's concerns back then, Emperor Jiajing had never understood them, so he would have thought that in the heart of young King Yu, he was just a motherless child, and his father did not care for him.

With King Yu involved, this matter makes sense.

King Yu wanted to take revenge on Yan Shifan, so he sent people to keep an eye on the matter.

It was discovered that Dong Fen had received money from the Yan family, so he passed the news to Yanguan Ouyang Yijing through Wei Guangde.

"Verify and report as soon as possible." Emperor Jiajing just said lightly.

Huang Jin glanced at the emperor and lowered his head in agreement.