Chapter 591 590 Let Yu Dayou Have a Baby
Wei Guangde didn't know why Li Sui made such an absurd decision against Yu Dayou.
But no matter what, Li Sui was not giving face to himself or Prince Yu's Mansion, so he had to make some response, even if Li Sui was his fellow Jiangxi native.
Li Sui's courtesy name was Bangliang, and his pseudonyms were Kezhai and Luoshan. He was from Fengcheng County, Nanchang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing.
He was first appointed as a messenger, and later moved to the Ministry of Justice, where he served as a director and doctor.
When Emperor Jiajing established the crown prince, he issued a general amnesty. Li Sui once requested that all the officials involved in the "great ceremony" case be included in the amnesty order. Shangshu Nie Xian was afraid and did not dare to do so, so he and his colleagues asked the chief censor Wang Tingxiang for help. Wang Tingxiang allowed them to do so. Although the matter did not succeed, the debaters praised him.
Soon he was transferred to the Ministry of Rites, where he disobeyed Shangshu Xia Yan. Later, he was impeached and imprisoned, and demoted to the position of Tongzhi of Huzhou.
From then on, Li Sui bid farewell to the court and began to serve as an official outside.
He was transferred to Quzhou prefect for the third time, and was promoted to deputy military envoy of Su and Song. Later, he was promoted to Guangdong Censor for his merits, and then he was promoted to Right Governor of Shandong.
In the 29th year of Jiajing, Altan invaded the capital, and Li Sui was ordered to supervise the military pay of Suzhou. He did not thank the emperor, but asked for a new official title for the seal and defense verification. The emperor was angry at his rudeness and removed his official status.
In the 36th year of Jiajing, Japanese pirates invaded Jiangbei. The court discussed that because the Supervising Censor of the Grain Transport and the Governor were concurrently in charge of the Governor, there was no time to deal with the enemy, so it was requested to set up a special Governor, so Li Sui was ordered to use his original official status to inspect the four prefectures of Fengyang.
Because of his merits in fighting against the Japanese pirates, Li Sui was transferred to Nanjing Military Department Assistant Minister. At that time, the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu was Zhang Ao.
Due to the mutiny of Zhenwuying, Zhang Ao resigned and was succeeded by Jiangdong.
Soon, Jiangdong was transferred to Xuanda as the governor, and Li Sui was transferred to Nanjing as the Minister of War after three years.
As for what happened this time, Wei Guangde naturally knew it.
This Li Suisui did not look like a member of the Yan Party, but he had a good relationship with Ouyang Bijin. At the beginning, Ouyang Bijin took the credit of Yu Dayou's pacification of the mountain people, and jumped from the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to the Nanjing Censor-in-Chief. Then, under the promotion of Yan Song, he entered the six ministries and served as the Minister of War for several terms.
When Li Sui was trying to take the credit of Yu Dayou, he was the Guangdong Provincial Surveillance Commissioner. He should have verified such things and stopped them, or even impeached them.
However, he did not do so, naturally because he did not want to offend Ouyang Bijin and Yan Song, the old man behind him.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, this was indeed an unjust case caused by the relationship between fellow villagers.
Wei Guangde did not know whether Ouyang Bijin was behind this, but he also knew that Ouyang Bijin was not affected after the incident of the Yan family in Jiangxi.
After retiring as a minister, the court still had to give him some respect.
After the court was dismissed, Wei Guangde went to Prince Yu's mansion and soon saw Prince Yu. Only Li Fang was beside him, but Yin Shizhen was not seen.
However, Wei Guangde was not surprised. Now the overall situation was settled, and they no longer needed to stay in the palace and assist Prince Yu with affairs at any time.
The current Prince Yu was no longer the precarious one in the past.
In the palace lecture hall, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng had their own things to do, and as the junior secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion, Yin Shizhen also began to ask about the Zhanshi Mansion's affairs regardless of whether there was anything to do or not, which was actually a declaration of the status of Prince Yu's mansion.
In fact, if Emperor Jiajing had made Prince Yu the crown prince, the Zhanshi Mansion would naturally obey Prince Yu completely.
Unfortunately, he did not.
But now that Yin Shizhen was in charge of the Zhanshi Mansion, the difference was actually close to zero.
"What's the matter with Li Sui?"
Seeing Wei Guangde enter the room, Prince Yu asked directly.
Yu Dayou is from Prince Yu's Mansion, and everyone in the officialdom of Beijing knows this, but he was actually tricked in Nanjing.
Prince Yu doesn't believe that the officialdom in Nanjing doesn't know the relationship between Yu Dayou and Prince Yu's Mansion, not to mention that he is a minister in Nanjing.
Wei Guangde gritted his teeth and finally said, "Your Highness, this may be the work of the remnant Yan Party."
"Yan Party? There is still a Yan Party?"
Upon hearing Wei Guangde's words, Prince Yu's eyes widened immediately, looking unbelievable.
You know, at this time, even the officials in the court who originally defected to Yan Song now want to step on the Yan Mansion to clear themselves of their relationship with them.
The remaining Yan Party should hide and burn incense if they are not noticed. Do they dare to attack the people of Prince Yu's Mansion?
"Li Sui has a good relationship with Ouyang Bijin, the former Minister of Personnel. When they were in Guangdong, they worked together to deprive Yu Dayou of the credit for pacifying the rebellious mountain people, as a qualification for Ouyang Bijin's promotion."
So, Wei Guangde explained to Prince Yu in detail what he knew and the results of his analysis.
"No wonder no one has ever told me that Li Sui is a member of the Yan Party. It turns out that he leans on Ouyang Bijin. No wonder he was able to rise again after several times when he displeased my father. If there was no Yan Song behind him, no one would believe it."
Prince Yu understood that Li Sui did not lean on Yan Song directly. Perhaps he also saw that the court and the people were dissatisfied with the Yan family, so he chose to rely on his fellow villager, Yan Song's relative Ouyang Bijin, to save the country in a roundabout way and achieve his goal.
"The memorial has been sent to the West Garden. I heard that Li Ge Lao has drafted a "verification and investigation". It is not without a chance."
Prince Yu continued.
The memorial approved by Li Chunfang meant the best outcome, which was to first investigate whether Yu Dayou was at fault in this incident and to what extent, and then impose a punishment.
As for how to proceed, Prince Yu was full of confidence.
Prince Yu's Mansion had issued a statement to protect Yu Dayou, could the censor not give this face?
"Your Highness, let this matter take its course, and stop trying to protect Yu Dayou."
To King Yu's expectation, Wei Guangde chose to give up keeping Yu Dayou.
"Why?"
King Yu was puzzled and asked directly.
"Your Highness, it is ultimately inappropriate for the palace to interfere too much with the court's decisions. I'm afraid he won't like it."
Wei Guangde said bluntly, "Besides, your Highness may not know something. Yu Dayou is nearly sixty years old, but he still has no children, all because he has been traveling abroad all year round.
He is the only one in the Yu family, but he still has children in his old age. If I don't give him some time to rest, I'm afraid that he, the old Yu family, will have no successors. "
"ah?"
King Yu was a little surprised, "Yu Dayou doesn't have any heirs yet?"
"I have been in the army all year round, going back and forth to fight in various places. I am a Ming Dynasty military regulation. It is strictly forbidden for a general to bring his family with him when he goes to war. How do you ask him to have a son?"
Wei Guangde shook his head and said with a smile, "Dayou focused on the imperial examination in his early years. After joining the army, he became obsessed with the art of war, studying marching and fighting. He seems to be interested in women before he has soldiers."
"What do you mean, let him be dismissed from office? Keep him at home to have a son?"
Punishment will definitely not work, and Prince Yu's palace still needs the face.
Taking leave of absence and staying idle seems to be the best care for Yu Dayou.
"I think it's feasible."
Wei Guangde smiled.
"He is so old, can he do it?"
King Yu was a little unconvinced.
"He is his father's son. Is that okay, His Highness?"
Wei Guangde smiled and said, "Where there is a will, there is a way. I believe Dayou can do it."
"Do you have anything to do with Aspirational?"
Wei Guangde's words made King Yu dumbfounded, but his previous thoughts of protecting Yu Dayou disappeared now.
Yu Dayou made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty's southern and northern wars. He still has no heirs at such an old age. It is true that the court failed him.
"Okay, no matter how the palace criticizes this matter, it will fall on you and Li Fang anyway."
While speaking, King Yu said to Li Fang, who was standing next to him: "If there is anyone in Shandai who needs help with this matter, please feel free to take action. Guzhu."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Li Fang hurriedly nodded and agreed.
"Then let this matter go?"
Looking back, King Yu asked Wei Guangde again.
Wei Guangde shook his head this time, "We can't end it like this."
At this time, Wei Guangde raised his hand to Prince Yu and said: "Your Highness does not know something. A few days ago, my good friend Zhang Ke was caught by someone in Nanjing and wanted to impeach him. At that time, I did not realize that there was something fishy about it.
Now that Yu Dayou's incident happened, I realized later that Zhang Ke's incident was not that simple. "
Then, Wei Guangde told the story of Zhang Ke's impeachment by Nanjing Hu Ke to Shizhong Cen Yongbin, and told King Yu in detail the cause of the impeachment.
"Although those generals from Zhejiang had shortcomings in personal ethics, they still made meritorious deeds in fighting against the Japanese.
Yue Wumu once said that civil servants are not greedy for money, military generals are not afraid of death, and they do not worry about the world being unrest.
Although those Zhejiang generals received a lot of money, as long as they dared to fight to the death during the war, it was still in general.
The imperial court cannot allow people to fight to the death with the enemy and punish them even if they make some money.
So Zhang Ke told those people that as long as he won the battle, the past would be wiped out. If he lost the battle and was punished for both crimes, he would be in trouble. "
After Wei Guangde finished speaking, he waited for King Yu to express his position.
"What Zhang Ke said is indeed inappropriate."
King Yu shook his head slightly and said, "However, I still have a general understanding. I know what the court cares about most, and I still have the ability to do things."
King Yu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then continued: "Shandai, how do you plan to resolve this matter?"
"Li Sui is not young anymore. It's time to return to his hometown to take care of himself. The old one has left, so there is nothing to worry about the young one."
Wei Guangde replied.
The best way to deal with these officials is to deprive them of their official positions.
Perhaps some people feel that seizing an official position without punishing them and allowing them to return to their hometowns to continue enjoying the wealth gained through corruption is indulging them.
In fact, most people are unwilling to lose power.
Being an official for a long time ties one's life and power together. When you take away his rights, life will be worse than death.
Even if some people can think openly and continue to live a luxurious and luxurious life after returning to their hometown, this is definitely not what they want.
As an official, you can enjoy these things just as well, even more abundantly, and you will be more unscrupulous when you have the power.
As for not punishing the crime, Wei Guangde did not want to break the unspoken rules of officialdom.
If you lose power, you can just return to your hometown after becoming an official.
Although he was walking very steadily now, there was no guarantee that Zhang Juzheng would turn his gun and aim it at him in the future.
Thinking about Zhang Juzheng's terrifying power in the historical records, even the emperor could only tremble, so Wei Guangde felt that there was nothing wrong with being cautious.
When the time comes, at least he will still have a way to survive and can return to his hometown as an official.
He himself is not clean either.
It can be said that there were few clean officials in the Ming Dynasty at this time.
Maybe, with the exception of Hai Rui, it is said that this person is really honest.
After leaving Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde sat in the carriage and thought about how to get Li Sui to resign. He couldn't just tell people that he would kill you if he didn't leave.
Too direct, they are all officials, it is better to be more subtle.
After thinking about it, Wei Guangde had a plan in his mind and asked someone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to collect evidence of Li Sui's crimes in preparation for his impeachment. He also used Ouyang Yijing to let him know what was going on.
When Li Sui's friends in the capital knew about it, they would definitely tip him off, and he would ask someone to go over and give him some persuasion.
They are all fellow Jiangxi fellows, so Wei Guangde feels really embarrassed to swing his butcher knife. How should he face other fellow fellows in the future?
If you can bluff and subjugate the enemy without fighting, and let Li Sui take the initiative to resign without hurting the peace, it is naturally the best choice.
As long as Li Sui leaves officialdom, those people will naturally feel the pressure.
He had a rough idea in his mind, but Wei Guangde couldn't think of a suitable person for the person to go to Nanjing to persuade.
After returning home, as soon as Wei Guangde entered the house, the housekeeper Zhang Ji came up and said: "Master, Nanjing has replied to the letter."
"oh."
Wei Guangde was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what it was about. Wasn't it Zhang Ke's matter?
I don’t know if Xu Bangrui can handle it and let Na Cen Yongbin stop impeaching Zhang Ke.
Wei Guangde thought about it and took the letter from Zhang Ji.
As usual, he went to the backyard to visit his mother first, then looked at his wife and children, and then came to the study.
However, before opening the letter, Zhang Ji asked to see him outside the door again.
"What's the matter?"
After being called in, Wei Guangde asked.
"Eunuch Chen is here."
Zhang Ji replied in a low voice.
Chen Ju?
Wei Guangde immediately guessed the purpose of his visit and immediately said: "Please come in quickly."
Soon, Chen Ju was taken into the study.
"Brother Chen, please sit down quickly."
Wei Guangde had already arrived at the door to greet them. After the two sat down and Zhang Ji came in with tea and left, Chen Ju revealed his intention.
He and Wei Guangde guessed well that Chen Ju came here just for Yu Dayou's affairs.
"Your Majesty hasn't approved it yet?"
To Wei Guangde's surprise, Emperor Jiajing did not criticize the emperor in the memorial, but stayed in the palace temporarily. It seemed that he had not thought about how to deal with the matter.
"Eunuch Huang knows that Yu Dayou has a good relationship with you and has a deep relationship with Prince Yu's Palace, so let me ask you what you mean."
Chen Ju said bluntly.
Now Chen Ju no longer has Gao Zhong as his godfather to protect him. Fortunately, he has surrendered to Huang Jin again, and his position in the palace is still intact.
"Brother Chen, regarding this matter, I just went to the palace this afternoon and discussed it with His Highness. I plan to let Yu Dayou resign and return to his hometown to stay for a while."
Wei Guangde did not hide it, but directly told Chen Ju what he said to King Yu.
"I really didn't expect General Yu to have any heirs. This really shouldn't be the case."
Chen Ju also said.
He doesn’t have any children, it’s not that he doesn’t have time or he doesn’t work hard, it’s just that he can’t get what he asks for.
"After returning to the palace, I will pass the message to Eunuch Huang. But if you do this, will it chill General Yu's heart?"
Chen Ju spoke again.
"I will send someone to deliver a letter to him and tell him, and I will bring him some money.
He is too upright, so his career has been full of ups and downs, alas."
Wei Guangde sighed.
"In the palace, Brother Chen is fully responsible for your support."
Wei Guangde rushed to Chen Ju and cupped his hands.
"That's right. Tell me when will dinner be served at your house? I haven't had dinner since I left the palace."
Chen Ju smiled at this time and said, "Let's take a look at your child by the way. I didn't see him last time I came here."