Chapter 593 592 "Public Security Memorial"

In the case of Nanjing Hu Ke, Cen Yongbin argued that the impeachment was ineffective. Chen Zhixian, the censor of Yunyang City, was corrupt and incompetent in his duties. He also said that censor Liu Yijie was in charge of Yingtian, and Zhang Ke was in Zhejiang. It was untrue that each of them accepted bribes privately and impeached them. Tong begged to be dismissed.

Zhixian was dismissed from his post, and he was ordered to stop his studies and live in peace and quiet. Because the Imperial Palace was ordered to return to the imperial court after the imperial censor was full, he ordered to strictly inspect the affairs to improve the conduct and discipline.

"Master, this is a letter from Mr. Zhang Ke Zhang to you."

On this day, Wei Guangde returned home and received a letter from the south from the housekeeper Zhang Ji.

"good."

Wei Guangde went back to the backyard first, and then went to the study, opened the envelope, and read it.

Soon, Wei Guangde shook his head and sighed.

Without him, Zhang Ke received the order and knew that he was dismissed. He felt that officialdom was boring, so he directly handed over his seal and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi.

Anyway, he still has the title of Jinshi on his head and his official position has been removed, but his family background has not been abolished. He can still live the life of an official when he returns home.

I wrote this letter to Wei Guangde just to tell him about this matter. It seems that he doesn't want to leave the mountain in the future.

"Nima, this glass heart."

Wei Guangde cursed secretly in his heart, but no one had returned to the capital, so no one else could hear him scolding him.

I wanted to write a letter to call Zhang Ke back, but thinking that he had just suffered a terrible disaster, my heart was still angry. It was better to wait for a while and the anger subsided before writing to him.

Wei Guangde gave up the idea of ​​replying immediately. Prince Yu's Palace had previously asked him, Li Fang, and Gao Gong, the Minister of Rites, to put pressure on Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet, to end the dispute in Jiangnan as soon as possible.

Zhang Ke was just accidentally injured. I think he ran home directly. It was most likely because he was angry, and more likely because he had a new understanding of the dangers of officialdom.

It can only be said that Wei Guangde's name is now somewhat well-known in official circles. Whenever he is mentioned, people will think of Prince Yu's Mansion.

When it comes to Prince Yu's Mansion, officials used to think of Gao Gong, but now they think of Wei Guangde.

This was also a dispute in the south of the Yangtze River. The other party wanted to warn Prince Yu's Mansion, but actually chose to directly attack Wei Guangde's fellow villagers.

This Li Sui is really nothing.

Wei Guangde also cursed secretly in his heart.

But anyway, through this incident, Wei Guangde also realized that Jiangxi officials have been divided and are no longer monolithic.

When Yan Song was in power in the past, although some Jiangxi officials were not interested in him, such as Jinda and others, most people would still speak to Yan Song when they encountered trouble.

After Yan Song's fall, Jiangxi officials actually waved a butcher's knife against their fellow villagers.

During the great court meeting in the first month of the forty-fifth year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing still did not show up. He only ordered Duke Zhu Xizhong to pay homage to the Emperor Xuanji Palace on his behalf. He did not go to the Imperial Palace. All the officials in court uniforms went to the Huangji Gate to perform five bows and three kowtows. They still went to the palace. Congratulations, no banquet, and gifts of money.

Wei Guangde thought about it carefully. It seemed that he had never attended a court meeting in all the years he had been an official.

If you can see Emperor Jiajing at the court meeting, which is the palace examination held every three years, Emperor Jiajing will briefly miss it.

Perhaps, this is also because most Jinshi only have one chance to see Long Yan in their lifetime.

From November to the first month, it is the busiest time for the Ministry of Rites. There are many rituals and sacrificial activities to be carried out. Although many Jiajing Emperors will appoint nobles and ministers to perform rituals, the execution work is done by the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple.

Gao Gong's time in the Ministry of Rites was not short, and he was able to cope with so many activities with ease. After all, they were all done according to routine, and he only needed to allocate manpower well.

Although it is repetitive, Gao Gong still enjoys it. After all, this is the merit of the Ministry of Rites. As long as these ceremonial activities are done well every year, the ratings of the officials of the Ministry of Rites will be improved. For the people below, there is only hope for promotion, but for him, it means There is a chance to cross that threshold.

It has been three months since Yan Na took office. The cabinet is under the chairmanship of Xu Jie and Li Chunfang. Although there are no major mistakes, the efficiency of work is still affected.

The most important thing is that Li Chunfang is a little hesitant and lacks the courage that a cabinet minister should have.

During this period, Gao Gong worked very seriously in the Ministry of Rites, and his purpose was self-evident.

"Mr. Gao, this is the imperial edict issued by Yan Song, the former great scholar in Jiangxi censor Cheng Shou's family collection, to order twenty scrolls, three scrolls, one scroll of imperial poems, one scroll of imperial poems, and one scroll of imperial poems. Three Roads, two volumes of imperial writings, three volumes of copies, two seals of imperial writings, fifty-six scrolls of sacred edicts, one hundred and seventeen seals of sacred edicts, and one side of each of the silver-teeth books."

Chen Yiqin entered Gao Gong's duty room and reported the documents he had just counted to Gao Gong.

"This should be sent to the inner treasury. Don't bother the two masters. Since you are the one who contacted Jiangxi to take inventory, it is up to you to contact the palace and ask them to come and receive it."

Gao Gong glanced at the imperial gift returned by Jiangxi and asked curiously: "How much dirty silver was returned this time?"

The wealth of the Yan family previously reported on Cheng Shoujie is still impressive to this day. It is really beyond people's imagination.

But later, when it was the turn to hand it over to the warehouse, it was indeed delayed and extremely unfavorable.

"It's only a mere 200,000 taels, and there is also Luo Longwen of Nanzhili who has no family property, but the number reported in the newspaper is 50,000 taels less."

Chen Yiqin shook his head and said.

"Why is there such a huge gap?"

Gao Gong frowned and said.

The disparity between millions of taels and hundreds of thousands taels was so shocking that he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Who knows."

Of course Chen Yiqin didn't know the inside story, so he shook his head and replied.

Although he didn't know the answer, Gao Gong still kept the matter in mind.

Inadvertently, January has passed.

On the first day of February, Wei Guangde went out to work. After arriving at the Proofreading Office, he threw himself into proofreading work, not knowing that the Tongzhengshisi was in chaos at this time.

The Tongzhengshisi councilor took the memorial from the thin old man in front of him, just flipped through it quickly, and almost dropped the memorial on the ground.

"I am talking to this lord."

"Hai Rui, the head of the Yunnan Division of the Ministry of Revenue."

The thin old man bowed to the official.

"I will pretend that I didn't see this today. Take it back quickly."

As he spoke, the councilor handed Hai Rui's memorial back.

There are too many taboo words.

If it is said that the previous one is to rectify the monarch's way, clarify the minister's duties, and seek eternal peace in the world, it is still reasonable, but what is the "two kings do not meet" mentioned later?

Although everyone has talked about this thing privately, who dares to put it on paper.

Accusing the emperor of holding a ceremony to seek immortality, seeking immortality, exhausting the people's money, building construction projects indiscriminately, and not attending court for more than 20 years

Appointing Yan Song's traitors

Jiajing said that every family was clean and had no money to use.

The counselor of the Tongzhengsi also had good intentions. He met the first person who came to submit a memorial early this morning, and there was no one around, so he wanted to return his memorial, but he didn't expect that there would be no one to receive it after he handed it over.

"Sir Hai, if you really submit this memorial, do you know the consequences?"

He also had good intentions. The other party was the head of the Ministry of Revenue, which was a lucrative position. He wanted to make friends with him, so he kept reminding him.

"When Rui submitted the memorial, he had prepared a coffin, said goodbye to his wife, dismissed the servants, and asked someone to take care of his funeral."

Unexpectedly, the old man in front of him answered like this.

"Are you sure?"

The councilor of the Tongzhengsi wanted to struggle again, so he reminded him again, "Your memorial is full of accusations against His Majesty. Do you know the consequences?

If the emperor is really angry, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to my family."

"I've thought about it. After submitting the memorial today, I will go home and wait for death."

"Why do you have to do this?"

The councilor saw that Hai Rui seemed to have really made up his mind to die, and just shook his head contemptuously. He didn't understand why this sixth-rank official was crazy and had to submit a memorial to scold the emperor. In fact, they had received memorials accusing the emperor in the past, but they had never seen a memorial with so many banned words.

Must be banned, 404.

"Come here, copy it." Seeing that Hai Rui did not intend to take it back, the councilor naturally did not continue to remind him, but stared at Hai Rui with a look of seeing a dead man.

After the two experienced people came over, the councillor handed Hai Rui's memorial to them, "Transcribe it as soon as possible and keep it in the archives."

"Yes, sir."

The two took the memorial and walked to the side to start transcribing. When they turned around, they heard the councillor's reminder, "Hold the pen steady."

The memorial had been handed over, and the councillor signed the receipt and threw it directly to Hai Rui.

Hai Rui picked up the note that fell on the ground and put it in his arms. When he turned around and left, the councillor was still sarcastically saying, "Sir Hai, if you submit this memorial, I'm afraid you really have no chance of survival. If you want to eat something, go and eat today."

Hai Rui just bowed casually and strode out of the Tongzhengsi Yamen.

He didn't go to the Ministry of Revenue but went straight home. He knew that after submitting this memorial, he would be imprisoned soon.

Knowing that he would die, the ambition of a scholar in his heart still encouraged him. He insisted on completing the memorial and wrote down everything he saw and heard in the capital in the past two years in the memorial.

It is true that he scolded the emperor. He felt that the emperor had not done a good job in recent years. He did not have the spirit of working hard to govern the country when he first ascended the throne.

"Sir, this memorial."

"Copy it, copy it. It is not written by you. I just asked you to copy it. What are you afraid of?"

"This will cost you your head."

After Hai Rui left, almost everyone in the lobby of the Tongzhengsi was attracted.

Although everyone felt that Hai Rui's memorial was meaningful, the memorial was not written in this way.

If you want to point out that the emperor is wrong, you can do it in a tactful way. He was so fierce.

You should also know how to avoid taboos.

"Is this man a madman?"

"Can a madman pass the imperial examination?"

"This rumor about Erlong may directly cost him his life."

"Don't say anything. Copy it quickly. I will send it to the back directly."

The councilor who received Hai Rui's memorial stood aside at this time and urged the experience to move faster.

"It's the head of the Ministry of Revenue. I'm afraid he has become stupid because of his official duties."

Someone thought of the previous conversation between the two and the official position of the person who submitted the memorial.

In fact, for the officials in this yamen, who doesn't envy the position of the head of the Ministry of Revenue? This is really a lucrative position.

It may not be possible in other places, but the officials in Yunnan always make money by doing things carefully when they come to the capital to report. They flatter the heads of these heads, and every stroke is silver.

"It is estimated that he has made too much money, so he is looking for death."

Soon, the news that there was a stupid head of the Ministry of Revenue who submitted a "Public Security Memorial" was spread from the mouths of the clerks of the Tongzhengsi to other places.

At first, everyone just spread it by word of mouth, but the words mentioned in the memorial were remembered by people, after all, it was very prohibited.

Everyone just thought it was a madman's crazy talk at the time, and the people of the Tongzhengsi didn't take it seriously. When the news spread, many people soon flocked here to copy the contents of the memorial. At this time, they realized that this matter seemed unusual.

Among the people who ran into the Tongzhengsi to copy memorials, there was Lu Bu.

Wei Guangde was proofreading books when he heard Lu Bu talking about the wonderful things he heard today. He learned that there was a chief named Hai in the Ministry of Revenue who went crazy and wrote down almost all the mistakes of Emperor Jiajing, leaving no room for any leeway.

Wei Guangde was reminded by Lu Bu. He vaguely remembered that Hai Rui became famous because he wrote a memorial to curse Jiajing, saying something like "Jiajing Jiajing, every family is clean".

Before, he asked Duan Mengxian to find an opportunity to help introduce him, but it seemed that everyone had forgotten about it afterwards. When they heard Hai Rui's name again, this man had already written a memorial to his own death.

Originally, Wei Guangde had only heard of this thing, but he didn't know the original text at all. In fact, not many people have seen it in later generations.

However, in this life, Wei Guangde was curious and asked Lu Bu to go to the Tongzhengsi to copy a copy. He wanted to see what this so-called "Eternal Public Security Memorial" or "The First Memorial in the World" actually wrote.

Lu Bu copied Hai Rui's memorial with trepidation. He was trembling with trepidation. With his status, he knew that once the copy he made was in the hands of the emperor, he would be immediately imprisoned and severely punished, and the people involved would be investigated and punished together.

At this time, other officials in the Tongzhengsi also gathered together to discuss.

The Tongzhengshi had already sent Hai Rui's memorial to the cabinet, and Hai Rui's fate was certain, so they spoke without many scruples.

"This fool, I heard that you asked him to take the memorial back before, hehe."

"Alas, this memorial scolded two cabinet members in a row, and it is estimated that nothing good will come of it."

"In fact, I also think that after Yan Song was dismissed and Yan Shifan was executed, although everyone said that the world was clear, the political affairs after Yan Song was dismissed were just about the same as before he became prime minister, and they were not much clearer."

"Be careful with your words, be careful with your words."

An official spoke without thinking, and someone next to him immediately reminded him.

Lu Bu had a special status. After hearing the officials' discussions, he did not dare to stay in the Tongzhengsi for too long. He quickly copied the "Public Security Memorial" and ran away.

Soon, Wei Guangde saw the memorial copied by Lu Bu in the duty room. As for the "Yongle Encyclopedia" next to it, he threw it aside and looked at it later.

Soon, Wei Guangde frowned. Hai Rui was really bold and almost scolded the entire officialdom.

Intent on cultivating the mystical world, your majesty's heart was confused by delusions. In order to take care of their own lives and property and to keep their official hats, the ministers blindly catered to the emperor's needs. It was not surprising that they committed crimes by fraud, corruption, and neglect of their duties.

Hai Rui understood the emperor?

A voice suddenly jumped out in Wei Guangde's mind.

No, it should be Hai Rui who was very good at flattering.

No wonder, after scolding so many people in a "Public Security Memorial", Hai Rui was able to escape unscathed in the end.

Wei Guangde knew that Hai Rui did not die because of this, but lived well and even gained a great reputation.

Although the whole article pointed out the faults of Emperor Jiajing, it also kept making excuses for the emperor.

If I had read it in my previous life, it would not have been Hai Rui's turn to write the "Public Security Memorial", and I would have done it myself.