Chapter 743 842 Recalling Gao Gong

Wei Guangde didn't know that many officials in the DPRK were interested.

Not for promotion, but to consider whether to avoid disaster, leave the court before Gao Gong enters the court, and retreat for a while.

The people who have these thoughts are of course the same people who stood up for Xu Jie in the first year of Longqing and opposed the high arch.

Those with low official positions can be said to be fine, but those at the vanguard of various ministries are as anxious as ants on a hot pot at this moment.

If Ouyang Yijing knew about it, he could only sigh in his heart, "I am not alone in my ways." There are many people who think the same as him.

Yang Bo, an official known for his knowledge of the military, had served successively as governor of Xuanda, governor of Jiliao, minister of the Ministry of War, and minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He was also a young master and the prince's grand master. Facing Gao Gong who was about to return to the court, Yang Bo chose to stay away. Not to mention other people.

In the Palace of Qianqing, Emperor Longqing wrote an edict in front of the Imperial Bookcase and handed it directly to the eunuch Teng Xiang who stood beside him.

"Send it to the cabinet and let them draft the decree and print it out."

"According to the order."

After all, it was an imperial edict. Teng Xiang hurriedly bent at 90 degrees, raised his hands and took the edict from Emperor Longqing, then stood up and quickly walked out of the palace to the cabinet.

No matter how unwilling he felt, Tengxiang did not dare to disobey the emperor's wishes, and he had to happily accept the emperor's order to run errands.

He had already seen it clearly from the side when the emperor was writing. There was only one sentence in the edict: "The young master and the crown prince, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Gao Gong, the bachelor of Wuyingdian, are the former officials in charge of cabinet affairs and in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel. ”

Wei Guangde, the cabinet minister, was on duty. At this time, Wei Guangde looked at a memorial from the Ministry of Etiquette in his hand and felt a little sad.

It's not a big deal, but this is the first time it has fallen into his hands to commend the chaste women reported by various prefectures and counties. The Ministry of Rites has approved eleven of them, and now they are reporting to the imperial court to draft an imperial edict.

Wei Guangde briefly glanced at the list. Henan's Mengjin County resident Li Jizhong's wife was the Sun family, Changli County resident Qidao's wife was the Wang family, and Shandong Dingtao County resident Kong Yanbi's wife was the Qiao family.

He took out the note, wrote it in the memorial of the Ministry of Etiquette, then put it aside and asked someone to send it away later.

The imperial edict to chastity women was actually what later generations called the erection of chastity memorial arches, which used imperial edicts to praise chastity women and publicize and educate people in the world to abide by etiquette.

This is also a routine practice of the Ministry of Rites, which selects a group of people every year to commend them.

Just when Wei Guangde picked up the next memorial and had no time to open it and read it, a figure flashed in front of the door and a voice came in.

"Has Shan Loi come back?"

"Mr. Yin Ge, Mr. Wei Ge has come back and is working in the duty room now."

"Okay, it's none of your business. I'll go in and find something to do with him."

As he said this, someone came in.

"Brother Zhengfu."

Wei Guangde looked up and saw Yin Shizhen entering the door. He quickly stood up and cupped his hands.

"Shandai, have you finished your work with Your Majesty?"

Previously, Emperor Longqing announced that Wei Guangde was going to Qianqing Palace, and the news naturally spread in the cabinet.

Well, even if he announces his visit to others, Lu Bu will inform him immediately.

These days, everyone is actually doing the same thing, paying close attention to every little disturbance in the cabinet.

"Actually, it's nothing. The errands assigned by His Majesty before have suddenly come to mind for some reason. I've been asking about this for two days in a row."

Wei Guangde said helplessly.

"What's the matter? Are you still urging me?"

Yin Shizhen also asked curiously.

"imperial clan."

Wei Guangde just replied.

"Well, that doesn't help you."

The affairs of the clan were troublesome, and all the ministers in the court knew that Yin Shizhen immediately stopped talking when he heard that Emperor Longqing's instructions to Wei Guangde were about matters related to the clan.

"Brother Zhengfu came to my place."

After talking for a long time, Wei Guangde was still curious about what Yin Shizhen was doing here.

Could it be that he was tired from the office and came here to relax and chat for a while?

However, what he said at the door earlier was that he had something to do with him, which was a bit strange.

"Look at my brain, I've forgotten the main thing I came here for."

Yin Shizhen slapped his forehead and said with a smile, then reached out and took out a memorial from his sleeve, "Take a look."

"Where did it come from?"

Wei Guangde reached out and took it, but still asked.

"The six subjects will be reported to His Majesty, but we don't need to vote for them."

Yin Shizhen replied.

"oh."

Wei Guangde agreed casually, pointed to the empty chair next to him and motioned for Yin Shizhen to sit down, and he also sat down and opened the memorial to read.

"The Criminal Division would like to report to Shu Hua in the matter: The emperor made a secret visit to the factory guard of the Ministry of Political Affairs, and all the officials were frightened and at a loss.

Now that the power is returned to the factory guard, if someone is not upright and something is wronged, the door of Luo Zhi will be opened, right and wrong will be reversed, and loyalty will be harmed.

The factory guards appointed by the emperor must be entrusted by the factory guards. This generation is greedy and cruel, and people's hearts are in danger.

I hope the emperor will take back the order to appease the people. "

After reading the memorial to Shu Hua from the Criminal Division, Wei Guangde suddenly remembered what Zhang Juzheng said two days ago.

"Zhang Shuda instructed Shu Hua to write it?"

Wei Guangde said immediately.

"I didn't know this, but we were both there that day. My uncle told me about this. I didn't expect to receive this today, so I brought it to you to see and think about what he meant."

Yin Shizhen replied.

Wei Guangde just thought about it, but couldn't figure out what was wrong, so he shook his head and said, "Maybe one of our disciples had his braid taken away by the factory guard?

As for the others, I really can’t think of them. "

After hearing Wei Guangde's words, Yin Shizhen frowned and asked, "Are you not familiar with him?"

"It's not that we're familiar with each other. Although Shu Hua is also from my hometown, he was born and raised in Zhejiang. His father received the Dongyang Edict in Zhejiang for his reputation as a scholar, so he's not very familiar with people here in Jiangxi.

Although our fellow villagers would invite him to banquets, but in terms of the scene, we did not have a close friendship. "

Wei Guangde finally understood the reason why Yin Shizhen was looking for him. When he saw Shu Hua's memorial and thought that he was from Jiangxi, he thought that this matter was his order, so he came to ask. After all, Zhang Juzheng had just been in front of them two days ago. Mentioned this matter.

"This kind of memorial is as good as not being published. How could I let someone do such a thing?"

Wei Guangde shook his head and smiled.

"It seems that what my uncle said two days ago may have been an unintentional move."

Yin Shizhen thought about it before saying, "Perhaps someone down below really talked about this matter, and he just said it casually after hearing the news."

"Perhaps, don't worry about it. His Majesty will not be stupid enough to withdraw the factory guards. What's the difference between that and a blind tiger with a broken claw?"

Wei Guangde said casually, but as soon as he said this, his expression was horrified, and then he looked like he suddenly realized something.

"What, did Shan Loi remember something?"

Yin Shizhen saw the change in Wei Guangde's expression and immediately wondered.

"Brother Zhengfu, do you still remember the day of the Winter Solstice last year?"

Wei Guangde suddenly mentioned what happened last year. Yin Shizhen didn't understand it for a moment and then shook his head.

Wei Guangde saw that Yin Shizhen did not think of it, so he laughed and said: "On the outskirts of the winter solstice last year, I heard the emperor's cough. He deduced that the yin and yang were gradually recovering, and asked the heaven to nourish the yang. His words were very clear.

However, the next day, His Majesty issued an edict stating that the disaster was coming, and that the ministries and departments were not in charge of political affairs, and that the factory guards were ordered to conduct a close inspection.

After that, the factory guards kept going for a while and often went to the ministry to inquire about government orders. At that time, we went to tell His Majesty, and His Majesty also asked the factory guards not to interfere with the ministry's work.

I remember that Shu Hua said at that time that the factory guards patrolled the chariots and only punished traitors and banned thieves.

It is the emperor's right to control hundreds of officials, but if the inspection is illegal, the responsibility is to admonish in Taiwan, which is not what the factory guards can do.

Today's assassination visit will definitely open the door of Luo Zhi and use the trap of traps to bring disaster to good people and make everyone tired and exhausted. How can we cure it?

Moreover, if the factory guards are not capable of self-inspection, they must belong to the special school.

Your Majesty doesn't believe in ministers, but does he believe in you?

At that time, some people agreed and planned to jointly submit a memorial, but I persuaded them to stop. Later, we raised the matter when we met with His Majesty.

This memorial is probably due to another conflict between the officials of the ministry and the school, so it was pretended to be a spy. "

"I remembered this when you mentioned it."

Yin Shizhen smiled and nodded.

"He is from the Criminal Department. It is estimated that the conflict was caused by either the Criminal Department or Dali Temple."

Wei Guangde said with some certainty at this moment, "Go back and find someone to check and see what happened."

At this moment, there was a commotion in the courtyard, as if someone had come in, and the ministers outside were greeting him.

Not many people can have such a big reputation in the cabinet. Apart from the six ministers, there are only a few high eunuchs in the palace.

Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhen looked at each other, stood up, walked to the door and took a look outside.

Sure enough, an eunuch wearing a flying fish suit or a python suit had already walked into Li Chunfang's room. Because it was just a back view, neither Wei Guangde nor Yin Shizhen recognized him.

But at this time, Lu Bu, who was looking out, turned around and saw Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhen standing at the door, and hurriedly came over.

"Who came just now?"

Wei Guangde asked directly.

"It's Eunuch Teng Xiangteng of the inner court. He went directly to the chief assistant's room."

Lu Bu replied.

"knew."

Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhen just looked at each other, and both could see the clear look in the other's eyes, but there was still a hint of unwillingness.

When the great eunuch came to the cabinet, he basically had nothing to do except bring the emperor's edict. If he summoned someone, he usually just sent out a random eunuch, so there was no need for the great eunuchs to intervene.

Sure enough, not long after, Tengxiang walked out of the room where Li Chunfang was on duty. Li Chunfang also accompanied him out of the room. After bowing to each other, Tengxiang strode away.

Li Chunfang just watched the person walk away, then turned around and gave two instructions to the person next to her, and the person went to the room next to Chen Yiqin's duty room.

"Here he is, he's finally here."

Yin Shizhen said.

"Yes, but His Majesty is really patient this time."

Wei Guangde answered.

Sure enough, not long after, someone came to report that the chief minister was invited.

In fact, drafting a decree is a trivial matter. Both Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin are good at this.

However, Li Chunfang still chose to summon all the ministers in the cabinet. In fact, it was to give everyone a break and let people know the news of His Majesty's decree.

When Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhen arrived, Chen Yiqin was already inside, and Zhang Juzheng also arrived first.

After all, Zhang Juzheng entered the cabinet earlier than they did, so the value of his room was closer to that of the first assistant.

"Let's see. His Majesty asked the cabinet to draft an order to recall Gao Gong from his original post."

When Li Chunfang saw that Wei Guangde had also arrived, he handed the edict he had just received from Teng Xiang to Chen Yiqin next to him.

Chen Yiqin also stretched out his hands to take it and glanced at it, then began to pass it among several cabinet ministers, and finally returned it from Yin Shizhen's hands to Li Chunfang's.

It must be said that Gao Gong had a great heart. He returned to the cabinet as a Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, and his status was the same as Chen Yiqin.

However, Chen Yiqin was still the second assistant, but it was counted from the time of entering the cabinet now, not the time of entering the cabinet for the first time.

Even so, Gao Gong's status exceeded Zhang Juzheng, and Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhan also stepped down one position.

Although Wei Guangde felt uncomfortable about Gao Gong's queue-jumping behavior, he had no choice, after all, it was the emperor's intention.

"Let Yi Fu draft this edict, and then hand it over to the Silijian after it is drafted."

Li Chunfang said, "This edict has been delayed for more than a month, and it has finally been issued."

No one gloated, and all their faces were full of bitter smiles.

After they left, the news that the emperor issued an edict to recall Gao Gong spread quickly from the cabinet, and it shocked the court and the public in an instant.

Even if it was expected, the impact on the officialdom was still obvious.

Some people felt proud and cheered loudly. These people were of course Gao Gong's friends and disciples.

Others were dejected, like they had lost their parents.

Of course, more people still felt that it didn't matter. They participated in the overthrow of Gao Gong, but because they were not the vanguard, they just followed others to charge.

These people also saw clearly that even if Gao Gong came back to retaliate, he would only choose those who took the lead in the various government offices, not them.

The law does not punish the masses, whether it is against the upper or the lower, it is applicable.

The six departments were the ones who fought the most fiercely with Gao Gong at the beginning, so many of them hated Gao Gong.

It is conceivable that Gao Gong's first target of attack after returning to the court is likely to be the people in the six departments.

At this time, no matter which room in the six departments, the atmosphere in the room was very depressing.

Although the edict drafted by the cabinet has not been sent to the six departments, the general situation has been reported.

Their news channel is of course not the cabinet, but the inner court, the news directly from the Qianqing Palace.

Many people saw the emperor's handwritten edict, so the news of Gao Gong's recall was first spread in the palace. The six departments and the cabinet in the palace naturally got the news easily.

"Alas, it's a pity that we didn't find a way to punish Gao Suqing at the beginning, giving him a chance to make a comeback."

Many people couldn't help but think of it.

But this can only be thought of. Not to mention the relationship between Gao Gong and Emperor Longqing, even Xu Jie would not be willing to kill him like this, which would only push his relationship with the emperor to an even more extreme point.

Xu Jie is not a fool, and he knows the principle of stopping when he is ahead.

There may be a reason for retreating after success.

If Gao Gong was really killed at the beginning, Emperor Longqing would not let him go easily.

The people in the six departments were silent, only Ouyang Yijing, the military department, felt bitter.

Although he spoke tough at Wei Guangde's house at the beginning, he still felt very unwilling when he really had to submit his retirement letter.

But thinking about Gao Gong's character, when the old and new emperors took over, some people who had offended Gao Gong were treated badly by him. He almost pursued them relentlessly, and deprived them of their official titles. If they could temporarily withdraw from the officialdom like this, it would be a good choice.

After the court was dismissed and he returned home, Ouyang Yijing took out the memorial he had written in the study and checked it again, preparing to submit it tomorrow.