Chapter 592 Chapter 591 Dismissal From Office and Residence

After a banquet, Wei Guangde sent Chen Ju away, then returned to the study and took out the letter from Nanjing.

Although he felt a little dizzy, Wei Guangde still wanted to open the seal and read the contents of the letter.

To be honest, after Li Sui impeached Yu Dayou, Wei Guangde felt that the atmosphere in the officialdom of Nanjing was a bit weird, and he was afraid that the result would not be very good.

Sure enough, after he took out the letter and took a closer look, he couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Bangrui said in the letter that Cen Yongbin did not intend to stop and insisted on impeaching Zhang Ke. Also targeted were Yunyang Du Yushi Chen Zhixian and Yushi Liu Yijie, and Chen Zhixian and Liu Yijie seemed to be on Xu Jie's side.

It seems that those people did not intend to sit back and wait for death, but intended to show their muscles to Prince Yu's Mansion and Xu Ge Lao, letting them know that no one would feel good if they died.

Wei Guangde also roughly guessed their purpose, and they should use this method to find a way for them to get out of the situation.

After all, they are afraid now.

Hu Zongxian was always in trouble in his hometown. Even if he was a little uneasy, Xu Jie's counterattack was very fierce, and he was directly trying to kill him.

At this time, Wei Guangde had already suspected that Xu Jie might have made many small moves in Jiangnan behind the back of Prince Yu's Mansion, so he was forced into a corner.

With this idea, Wei Guangde did not plan to reply to Nanjing immediately, but needed time to think about it.

Zhang Ke had committed a crime, and there were only two outcomes, either he was recalled to the capital to enter the Censorate, or he was dismissed and lived in idleness, waiting to be used.

Now it is not a matter of whether Prince Yu's Mansion should get involved, but the remnants of the Yan Party dragged Prince Yu's Mansion into this dispute.

At the beginning, I thought Zhang Ke's matter was simple, but I didn't expect there were so many twists and turns behind it.

At this time, Wei Guangde didn't dare to play the trick of countering.

The whole of Jiangnan now seems to be a struggle around the Nanjing officialdom that Prince Yu's Mansion is not aware of.

Think about it, Xu Jie made continuous moves against the Jiangnan officialdom and made large-scale adjustments to Jiangnan officials. At that time, Wei Guangde thought that it was aimed at Yan Ne. Maybe there was something hidden in it.

Even those people may have sided with Yan Song before, but later chose Yan Ne.

To put it bluntly, the current chaos in Jiangnan is the struggle caused by Xu Jie's desire to grab territory and arrange his own party members.

It was not until now that Wei Guangde really realized what happened in Nanjing.

Xu Jie wanted to settle accounts with Yan Song's old people, and these people chose to join Yan Ne in order to protect themselves, and Yan Ne failed in the struggle with Xu Jie.

These people were unwilling to be slaughtered and chose to fight back indiscriminately to show their strength.

What a trouble.

Wei Guangde couldn't help but feel that the officialdom was really complicated, and he would be caught if he was not careful.

However, it seems that these people are not in the court after all, and their strength is weak. It is very likely that they did this just to demonstrate and then negotiate with Xu Jie.

Wei Guangde thought about it and decided that he should not rush to join the fight this time. Instead, he should put pressure on Xu Jie through Prince Yu's Mansion to let him end the fight as soon as possible.

Emperor Jiajing wanted the current situation to be stable, and so did Prince Yu.

When officials from the two capitals of the north and south fought, it was the foundation of the country that was shaken.

Wei Guangde really didn't expect that the impeachment of Zhang Ke, the inspector of Liangzhe, might be a signal to him that they hoped Prince Yu's Mansion could intervene in the matter and mediate.

Suddenly, the idea of ​​"mediation" suddenly appeared in Wei Guangde's mind and could never be shaken off.

Wei Guangde suddenly sat up straight, then stood up involuntarily and paced back and forth in the study.

They knew the needs of the emperor and Prince Yu, and they had to be stable.

After Xu Jie secretly wanted to take action against them and continuously attacked them, they transferred their hope of peace from Xu Jie to Prince Yu's Mansion.

"Damn it."

Wei Guangde cursed in his heart that he was too presumptuous at the beginning and didn't realize the danger.

Wei Guangde also realized that the officialdom in Jiangnan seemed to be more complicated than he had imagined.

These inside stories were probably not noticed by the nobles in Jiangnan.

Otherwise, there would definitely be hints in Xu Bangrui's letter.

To calm down this storm, Xu Jie must stop and the two sides must make peace.

Don't think that Xu Jie is the chief minister of the cabinet, and he can use his power to suppress the officials below. That is just wishful thinking, unless Emperor Jiajing unconditionally supports his decision and deprives those officials of their official positions.

However, this is impossible.

It is impossible for the emperor to let Xu Jie have too much power, which will affect the stability of the imperial power.

Therefore, in order to resolve the support storm, Prince Yu's Mansion must put pressure on Xu Jie.

With this idea, Wei Guangde couldn't help but start to consider how to maximize the benefits for Prince Yu's Mansion.

Of course, he also had to take into account the interests of Wei Guangde.

Li Sui, the Minister of War in Nanjing, must resign, otherwise this provocative person will stay in the officialdom, and he will feel uncomfortable every time he sees this name in the future.

As for the others, the only ones he knew were Chen Lianfang, the censor of Guangdong, Chen Wanyan, the censor of Fujian, and Cen Yongbin, the censor of Nanjing Household Department.

Cen Yongbin impeached Zhang Ke, while Chen Lianfang and Chen Wanyan impeached Yu Dayou.

The next day, Wei Guangde left home in the morning and went straight to Prince Yu's Mansion again. He needed to discuss with Li Fang first, at least some of his guesses needed to be confirmed by Li Fang.

What if he was wrong this time and made others laugh.

In a wing room, Wei Guangde described his guess in detail to Li Fang, and Li Fang frowned after listening.

Although he controls the intelligence network and relationship network of Prince Yu's Mansion, he actually knows very little about the situation in Jiangnan.

Prince Yu's Mansion actually focuses more on the capital.

However, Wei Guangde's analysis can explain many previous doubts.

"I will arrange for someone to check it out, and then report it to His Highness."

Li Fang did not say much. It seemed that it would be bad to say anything at this time. It is better to investigate it first before talking about other things.

"Then I will leave first. The School Record Office is still very busy."

Wei Guangde bowed to Li Fang.

"Good loan, please go slowly. Please forgive me for not seeing you off."

Li Fang was also thinking about how to get the news. It would definitely not work to ask Xu Jie directly. He had to check from Xu Jie's close people and those who wanted to join Prince Yu's Mansion.

When Wei Guangde arrived at the School Record Office, he was busy again. Unknowingly, a day had passed.

However, when the court was dismissed, Wei Guangde did not receive any news from Prince Yu's Mansion.

"Shandai, Shandai, wait."

Just as he was about to climb into his carriage, Wei Guangde heard someone calling him in the hall.

He stopped and looked back. It was Zhang Juzheng.

"Uncle brother."

When Zhang Juzheng approached, Wei Guangde bowed to him.

"Shandai knows about what happened yesterday, right?"

Zhang Juzheng also returned the greeting and asked.

"Yesterday? What happened?"

Wei Guangde asked in confusion.

"Guangdong Circuit Censor Chen Lianfang and Fujian Circuit Censor Chen Wanyan impeached Yu Dayou, and the Nanjing Ministry of War also reviewed and supported that matter."

Zhang Juzheng said.

Who among the Beijing officials didn't know the relationship between Yu Dayou and Prince Yu's Mansion, so Li Chunfang's proposal was to let the Ministry of War verify and decide.

"I know, Dayou was defeated in Huihu this time and failed to completely wipe out the bandits. He should indeed be punished by the court."

Wei Guangde replied, with a sad look on his face, and he seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Victory and defeat are common in the military, how can we judge a hero by the victory or defeat of a battle."

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said, "Today my teacher told me that although General Yu failed to fight well this time, the court still trusts his ability.

When the emperor approves it, the teacher will help to smooth things over, and it will not make people look bad."

"Then thank you for your concern."

Wei Guangde hurriedly bowed and said, "Uncle, please take me to say hello to Lord Xu when you have a chance, and tell him that Shandai is very grateful for his righteous words."

"Okay, okay, we are all family , why should we distinguish between each other. "

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile, "When the traitors were in power, my teacher admired His Royal Highness Prince Yu for his calm and fair conduct, so he had always been at odds with Yan Song and others.

Now that the traitors have been punished and the crisis of the country has been resolved, everyone should work together to share the worries of Your Majesty and create a prosperous Ming Dynasty. "

"My uncle is right. "

Wei Guangde said with a smile, "I'll ask Lord Xu to take care of Dayou."

After leaving the School Records Office, Wei Guangde sat in the carriage and thought of his previous conversation with Zhang Juzheng, which further strengthened his judgment last night.

Xu Jie should have made a big move in Jiangnan privately, causing dissatisfaction there, which directly led to the sharpening of the contradiction.

In Xu Jie's eyes, those who were stubborn and unyielding were directly transferred by Xu Jie, and then his own people were placed in power.

So there was a backlash from Yan's people, and they also wrote letters to impeach.

However, Xu Jie still had some sense of propriety when forcibly taking over important positions. He did not dismiss people directly, but rather transferred them horizontally or even promoted them half a level, leaving people speechless.

But with such a transfer, everyone knew that they still suffered a loss.

Therefore, the middle and lower-level officials who impeached Xu Jie's followers were used as a warning, and Zhang Ke was just an innocent victim.

"I won't go to Prince Yu's Mansion tomorrow. Just write a note and have someone send it to Li Fang."

Wei Guangde thought to himself that he had to explain the previous conversation outside the School Records Hall to Prince Yu's Mansion.

In the Western Garden, Emperor Jiajing had finished his practice today and was waiting for the Imperial Household Department to send the memorial to him for processing.

Although he already knew that daily practice did not seem to be good for his body, he still wanted to do it. This was his last insistence as an emperor.

"Did Chen Ju find out clearly yesterday?"

Before Chen Hong arrived, Emperor Jiajing leaned on the throne and asked Huang Jin, who was standing beside him.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Juzi has already asked. Prince Yu's Mansion knows that Yu Dayou was impeached because of his defeat, so they have no intention of protecting him.

It's not that they have any dissatisfaction with Yu Dayou, but they think that if a general goes to war and wins, the court should reward him. If he loses, he should be punished. There is no order without rules.

So, no matter how the court deals with Yu Dayou, it is good for him and gives him a warning."

Huang Jin bowed and told Emperor Jiajing what Chen Ju had passed back in the morning.

"Hmph."

Emperor Jiajing just hummed twice casually. In fact, he could guess the reason why Prince Yu's Mansion made this decision. The country was his. It would be just a matter of a word to promote Yu Dayou at that time.

But it was really good to be able to do this. At least it showed that Prince Yu knew the general situation and knew that the way to control people was to reward and punish clearly, rather than to appoint people based on personal connections.

"There is another reason, some."

Although Emperor Jiajing snorted, Huang Jin could see that the emperor was in a good mood, so he continued to speak, but he lost his temper halfway through and didn't know how to continue.

"Speak, don't hesitate."

Seeing Huang Jin's expression, Emperor Jiajing spoke.

So, Huang Jin told Yu Dayou's family situation and found out that he didn't get married until he was in his forties. He had been in the military camp for a long time and led the army to conquer the north and south and made great contributions, but because of this, he still has no children.

"Is this serious?"

After listening to Huang Jin's words, Emperor Jiajing felt a little unconvinced, but if he thought about it carefully, he would find that it seemed reasonable.

Emperor Jiajing had observed Yu Dayou before, so he naturally knew that he was a rising official.

Every time there were rebellions and troubles in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, most local officials would recommend Yu Dayou to go out to quell the rebellion. However, soon after the incident, Yu Dayou would be denounced for various reasons. This also caused his career to be full of ups and downs, which made him quite famous. Legendary.

Just imagine, with his official career, how could a good match like him?

If you marry him, you have to worry about being implicated from time to time.

If things go on like this, it is normal for marriage to be delayed for a long time.

"Your Majesty, after hearing what Xiao Juzi said this morning, I had someone check it out. It's true."

Huang Jin replied in a low voice.

When it comes to the people in the imperial court who are truly committed to the country, apart from the emperor, it seems that General Yu Dayou and Yu are just a little bit behind.

If you don't finally get married and start a family, then you are truly dedicating yourself to the country.

"Bring me that memorial."

Emperor Jiajing said expressionlessly.

Soon, Huang Jin took out the memorial from the brocade box and placed it on the royal writing desk.

"The officers and soldiers surrounded the pirate Wu Ping in Nan'ao. Jiguang general raised his troops and Dayou attacked the sailors. They defeated him. Ping only escaped with his body. He rushed to Fenghuang Mountain in Raoping County. When the troops gathered a little to regain their strength, Jiguang stayed to attack. The remaining thieves in Nan'ao, including Dayou's generals Tang Ke and Li Chao, were both in charge of Bai Hanji. It was reported that Ying Jia and others led troops to quell the enemy, but the subsequent battles were unsuccessful. They then went to Zhanglin and looted people's boats and went to sea. "

Chen Wanyan, the censor of the Fujian patrol, made a peace report, but the generals sent by Yu Dayou and others were improper and ineffective in pursuing the battle. The law should be severely punished.

Chen Lianfang, the censor of Guangdong, impeached Yu Dayou. He had been in Guangdong for several months. The militiamen were inciting chaos one after another. They were helpless and it was necessary to urgently choose a good general to replace him.

Li Sui, the Minister of War in Nanjing, verified the facts and seconded the proposal, requesting that Yu Dayou be dealt with.

Reaching out his hand and proposing the imperial pen from the imperial writing desk, Emperor Jiajing began writing quickly after the memorial.

With the approval of the imperial pen, Yu Dayou, the commander-in-chief of Guangdong, was dismissed from his post. He stayed idle and ordered Qi Jiguang, the commander-in-chief of Fujian, to take charge of the second Huihu Prefecture and the general military affairs of Shanwei Camp.

After writing, he put down the pen and said, "You can take it off later and send it directly to the military department with a seal, and send it out as soon as possible."

"According to the order."

Huang Jin bowed.

At this moment, a servant outside the door announced that Chen Hong, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of etiquette, came into the palace with a memorial to request an audience.

"Clean up and let him in."

Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and said.

So Huang Jin hurriedly put away the memorials on the table and asked the waiter outside to tell Chen Hong to come in.