Chapter 596 595 Du Geshizhong

"His actions can be forgiven, but his heart can be punished."

Regarding Wei Guangde's evaluation, King Yu just repeated it and then nodded slightly.

"Will Father punish him?"

After a while, King Yu asked again.

"The palace has not issued an order until now. His Majesty must have seen his thoughts, so he will not let him succeed."

Wei Guangde replied. After finishing speaking, Wei Guangde simply lowered his head to hide the confusion on his face.

He knew that Hai Rui was going to jail. Although it was still related to the memorial, he did not think that Emperor Jiajing was angry with him because of the memorial, but for other reasons.

Wei Guangde's small actions did not hide from King Yu's eyes. When Wei Guangde lowered his head and could not see his facial expression, he knew that Wei Guangde was not telling the truth.

But there is no one else here, so he shouldn't be like this.

Immediately, King Yu's eyes caught sight of Li Fang beside him.

Apart from the two of them, the only eunuch left in the room was Li Fang.

Wei Guangde had something to say that he couldn't say in front of the eunuch, so he could only

King Yu himself is not stupid, so he can naturally think of Wei Guangde's concerns.

It's just that Wei Guangde lowered his head at this time and didn't know what was going on in the room.

"Li Fang, go and see how my mother-in-law's sacrificial supplies are being prepared."

King Yu spoke to Li Fang, who was standing aside.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Li Fang was stunned for a moment and immediately bowed and replied, then exited the room.

At this time, Wei Guangde also raised his head and looked at King Yu with some surprise, and then at Li Fang who was exiting.

"Earlier you said that my father would not punish Hai Rui for the crime of disrespect, but it seems to me that you still have something to say.

Now there are only two of you and me here. If it comes out of your mouth and into my ears, no third person will know about it. "

King Yu said calmly.

"Why do you need to ask these questions, Your Highness?"

Wei Guangde hesitated a little, feeling that it seemed inappropriate to say those words to King Yu.

No matter how Emperor Jiajing treated Prince Yu, Wei Guangde could feel that Prince Yu still had deep feelings for Emperor Jiajing, perhaps because there were too few relatives around him.

No matter what, Emperor Jiajing was still his father, the father he hadn't seen for many years, just separated by that wall.

This time, King Yu did not answer, but stared at him.

Wei Guangde knew that not telling him about his ugly Yinmao today would not only make King Yu unhappy, but might even affect his status in King Yu's mind.

Perhaps, this is what those people call "accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger."

"Your Highness, this is what I just thought of."

Wei Guangde had no choice but to meet King Yu's eyes and said: "His Royal Highness asked if His Majesty would deal with Hai Rui, I don't think so.

But His Majesty's lack of anger doesn't mean that he won't teach Hai Rui a lesson, it just means that he will suffer some hardships. "

"How to say?"

Prince Yu became interested and asked.

Although he knew that telling him would make Prince Yu feel uncomfortable, Wei Guangde could only say: "How does Your Highness feel about His Majesty?"

Before he could answer, Wei Guangde asked him a question, and the question he asked was so sensitive. For a moment, King Yu's face no longer had the calm look before, but became extremely troubled.

Wei Guangde didn't wait for Prince Yu to think about how to answer this question before he said, "Actually, everyone in the palace knows how His Highness's character is. I just want to say that His Majesty's feelings for His Majesty are just like His Majesty's feelings for His Majesty."

Hearing this, King Yu frowned, but his eyes were still fixed on Wei Guangde.

"I am certain that His Majesty believes in the motto of 'two dragons never meet', so he has been unwilling to see you. It is not because he is as hard as iron, but because he is worried about your safety.

Having already lost two princes, His Majesty cannot bear another blow. "

Wei Guangde's words made King Yu's eyes twitch slightly, and then he blinked quickly several times before he managed to calm down.

However, he also heard something unusual in Wei Guangde's words, and his face immediately became anxious.

"What do you mean by this? My father is in his prime, do you know what you were talking about just now?"

"Your Highness, haven't you ever thought about why Your Majesty has been supervising the progress of the school recording library's copying of the "Yongle Dadian" recently?"

Wei Guangde lowered his head and said in a sad tone.

"Stop talking. I'm asking you what to do with Hai Rui, I'm not asking you to talk nonsense here."

King Yu said sharply.

"His Majesty will deal with Hai Rui, but not now, but when his energy is exhausted. He should read this book again, send Hai Rui to prison, and pardon him when His Highness ascends the throne. In this way, he can gain Praise from the wise in the world and support from the clear stream in the court.”

Wei Guangde still lowered his head and did not raise it because he was worried that King Yu would see his expression.

Well, Wei Guangde thought that his acting skills were not good enough, so he just lowered his head and pretended to be sad.

In fact, when King Yu heard about this in the morning, Li Fang, Yin Shizhen, and even Gao Gong all sent back notes. Without exception, they all thought that the emperor would capture Hai Rui, send him to prison, and torture him to find out who was behind it.

Gao Gong's meaning is also very simple, that is, King Yu wants to play a memorial to protect Hai Rui. Yin Shizhen has a similar opinion, only Li Fang holds the opposite attitude.

Perhaps this is also related to the fact that Li Fang is a eunuch, and all his wealth is tied to the royal family.

However, as King Yu said, although he recognized the content of Hai Rui's memorial, it did not mean that he would support him, let alone protect him, and even want to give him a good beating.

This is his true nature.

No matter how bad his father was, King Yu could not tolerate such accusations from his ministers.

When he heard Wei Guangde's comment that Hai Rui's heart was "deadly", he really had the idea of ​​killing Hai Rui.

Although it was only for a moment, he suppressed it because he could see from the note passed by Gao Gong that Hai Rui could not die now.

Wei Guangde said that Emperor Jiajing saw Hai Rui's intentions, so he would not be fooled. Prince Yu was happy in his heart, so he didn't have to do something he didn't want to do.

However, he didn't expect that when he asked out of curiosity, he actually heard another question from Wei Guangde, a question that no one had asked him, that is, Emperor Jiajing's health might not be good.

What touched him even more was that Wei Guangde actually guessed that his father, the father who had always been unwilling to look at him, would actually do that in order to improve his reputation.

In fact, although Prince Yu said he didn't believe it, in his dream, he was still willing to believe that his father didn't see him because of that motto.

"Get out."

Wei Guangde, who lowered his head and thought about what to say next, suddenly heard Prince Yu's roar.

When he looked up in surprise, Prince Yu yelled at him again: "Go out, tell the people outside not to come in, no one is allowed, I want to be quiet."

Wei Guangde didn't dare to say a word. It was the first time he saw Prince Yu angry. He bowed slightly, bowed to Prince Yu, and then stepped back to the door.

He moved lightly, as if he was worried that a big move would cause Prince Yu's wrath again.

After leaving the house, Wei Guangde breathed a sigh of relief.

When Prince Yu yelled at him just now, his eyes were red and his face was very scary, which was a change from his usual gentle demeanor.

"No one is allowed to go in without the emperor's summons."

Wei Guangde opened his mouth and ordered several eunuchs who were surprised and opened their mouths, "No one is allowed to go in, including the princess and eunuch Li."

After speaking, he left Prince Yu's mansion without looking back.

Wei Guangde believed that Hai Rui, who should not be seen by anyone at this time, would be imprisoned in the future because of this memorial today, because as long as the palace did not issue an order to arrest people after these two days, they would think that the matter was over.

If Wei Guangde did not know that Hai Rui would be arrested in the end, he would also think so, and naturally would not foresee what would happen in the future.

However, although he told Prince Yu his "analysis" and caused Prince Yu to be furious, he felt that it was worth it.

Prince Yu was very affectionate and kind. In fact, although he had resentment towards Emperor Jiajing, his feelings were more important than anything else.

And these words he said

seemed a little selfish.

Wei Guangde sat in the carriage with a wry smile on his face. He felt that he was a little bad. He did not really want to help Prince Yu, but just to hold on to his thick thighs.

However, today's words, no matter where they were, brought Prince Yu and Emperor Jiajing closer to the father-son relationship, but there was no trace of discord.

Just as Wei Guangde said to Prince Yu, under the close watch of the entire Beijing officialdom, Xiyuan seemed to have nothing happened, and two days passed in a blink of an eye.

Emperor Jiajing did not send Jinyiwei to arrest Hai Rui, but Hai Rui fell down first because he had not eaten for two days.

Because he expected that Emperor Jiajing would send people to arrest him and put him in prison, and worried that his family and servants would be implicated, he dismissed his family members, and naturally no one cooked for him.

Fortunately, two days later, Hai Rui's colleagues came to the door and found out, and immediately found a doctor to treat him wholeheartedly, and sent people to search everywhere, and finally found Hai Rui's family and servants outside the city, and called them back to take care of Hai Rui.

Just like the farce of cheating the imperial cane in the previous dynasty, although Hai Rui was not imprisoned for this, his reputation in the officialdom and literary circles of the capital city did rise. In addition to the good reputation he had accumulated as a county magistrate earlier, under the promotion of clean officials, the name "Hai Qingtian" began to spread throughout the capital.

Just as Hai Rui became famous in the capital, the government continued to operate.

In the past six months, Wei Guangde felt that he seemed to be a bit unlucky. His fellow villager Zhang Ke and his disciple Yu Dayou were impeached and dismissed from office one after another.

However, after Hai Rui submitted the "Public Security Memorial", it seemed that his luck turned around all of a sudden.

First, the Xuanfu Army reported that more than a thousand enemy cavalry suddenly invaded Longmen and other places in Xuanfu. General Ma Fang's division lieutenant general Yuan Shixie and others pursued them and beheaded 36 people. The news of the victory made Emperor Jiajing very happy and rewarded Governor Zhao Bingran and Fang and others with different silver and death.

There was news that the position of the Du Jishizhong of the Household Department was promoted and vacated.

Although the Du Jishizhong was only half a level higher than the Jishizhong, he was a powerful figure in the six departments and the boss of the Household Department.

For Ouyang Yijing, who had been in the position of Jishizhong of the Household Department for more than two years, it was naturally a rare opportunity for promotion.

Why is the position of the Six Departments so popular? Because it is the place closest to the emperor among all the government offices in the court.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the six departments of Li, Li, Hu, Gong, Bing, and Xing were set up, with the right to supervise the six ministries.

The office space of these six departments was very special. In the Ming Dynasty, only two departments had their offices in the palace, one was the Wenhua Hall, the duty room of the cabinet, and the other was the duty room of the six departments. Because the duty room of the six departments was a long corridor-shaped house, commonly known as the "Six Department Corridor", this fully illustrates the specialness of the six departments.

Another special point is that in the Ming Dynasty, officials below the third rank were generally examined by the Ministry of Personnel, and those above the third rank were examined by the emperor. However, the highest official, the Six Ministries Censor, who was only the seventh rank, was examined directly by the emperor.

"The six departments are responsible for the affairs of the six ministries and hundreds of departments, such as attendants, admonitions, supplements, missing items, and inspections. All edicts are issued, major matters are reported, and minor matters are issued; if there are mistakes, they are sealed and reported. All memorials submitted by the inside and outside are classified and copied, and submitted to the ministry for review and correction of their violations."

The six departments have such great power that although they do not have the position of prime minister, they have certain power of prime minister. Therefore, because the officials here are closest to the emperor, once they are promoted, they are also very fast. Some people even jump directly from the seventh rank to the third rank.

If you have less ability and bad luck, you can change to another position and get a job as a thirteen-way supervisory censor. You have the opportunity to be promoted to the governor of various places, which is also a good way to be promoted.

When Wei Guangde was almost sent out of the capital by Gao Gong, the bait he prepared was to send him to Fujian as a patrol censor first, and then choose the opportunity to fight for the position of governor for him.

The censors are really a place where you can rise to prominence if you seize the opportunity.

Ouyang Yijing was a great help to Wei Guangde, so this time Wei Guangde gave him the position of the Household Department General Secretary as a reward.

To ensure that everything went well, Wei Guangde not only asked Prince Yu, but also used the relationship of Prince Yu's mansion to persuade the Minister of Personnel Guo Pu, and also won the support of Zhang Yongming, the Left Chief Censor of the Censorate.

"Promote Hong Chaoxuan, the Right Assistant Chief Censor of Nanjing Caojiang, to the Right Deputy Chief Censor, and the Governor of Nanjing Grain Storage; Ren Shiping, the Minister of Guanglu Temple, to the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, Wu Ti, the Censor of Shanxi Province, to the Junior Secretary of Taichang Temple, and to the Superintendent of the Four Barbarians Hall; Xing Shouting, the Household Department General Secretary, to the Minister of Shangbao, and Wu Zun, the Junior Secretary of Nanjing Taifu Temple, to the Junior Secretary of Nanjing Taichang Temple."

Wei Guangde recited the decree that had just been issued today. Xing Shouting, the Household Department General Secretary, was promoted from the seventh rank to the fifth rank Shangbao, and the position was finally vacated.

However, the decree for Ouyang Yijing's promotion has not been issued yet, and everything is still uncertain.

However, because of the support of the Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate, Wei Guangde also felt that the probability of error should be very low.

"Master, Lord Ouyang sent someone to send a note, asking you to go to Gouran Hutong in the evening."

Wei Guangde took the note sent by Ouyang Yijing from Lu Bu, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

Now that he saw his immediate boss being promoted, he was also itching.

"I know, you ask the outside to prepare, I will go out in a while."

Wei Guangde didn't want to miss anything at this moment, so he simply didn't read the book, and went to the Ministry of Personnel to visit Minister Guo Pu.

Thinking of the note handed over by Chen Ju two days ago, it was just right to pass the news over and make Minister Guo happy.

At the latest, the position of the Heavenly Official will be replaced in half a month.

After Guo Pu went there, Gao Gong also had to go there. After all, he also had to move to another place, and it might be necessary to make some preparations in advance.

This time, when seeking a job for Ouyang Yijing, Wei Guangde did not ask Xu Ge Lao to intervene in the matter of Guo Pu or Zhang Yongming, but he visited them directly in the name of Prince Yu's Mansion.

After knowing that the two Henan guys were going to join the cabinet together, Wei Guangde felt that he had seen through Emperor Jiajing's plan.