Chapter 806 895 Ending

Wei Guangde came back from the cemetery. As soon as he stepped into the door of his house, a family member came up and whispered: "Master, Zhu Shangshu from the capital has sent someone to deliver a letter."

After hearing Zhu Heng's letter, Wei Guangde raised his eyebrows.

Before he left the capital, he made an agreement with Zhu Heng and others not to exchange letters unless there was any major emergency.

In fact, if something goes wrong with letters, it will be very troublesome.

Think about the troubles caused by the Yan family and Hu Zongxian's family because of the preserved letters.

"Where are the people?"

However, Wei Guangde still asked.

The servant pointed to the side room next to him, "Inside."

Wei Guangde turned around and smiled at his wife: "Madam, go to the back to rest first. Thinking about it now, you must be tired."

Xu Jianglan followed Wei Guangde. Naturally, she heard the servant's report just now and knew that Wei Guangde was busy with something. She immediately nodded and said with a smile: "I will go back to rest, husband, don't be tired."

After speaking, Xu Jianglan bowed slightly to Wei Guangde, and then led the maid and mother-in-law to the backyard.

After Wei Guangde watched the people leave, he turned and entered the side room next to him.

While the conversation was happening outside, the messenger from the Zhu Mansion in the room had already heard it and was standing by the door with his hands hanging down.

Wei Guangde saw him when he entered the room. He just nodded slightly and then found a chair in the room to sit down.

Wei Guangde had the impression that the messenger was Zhu Heng's long-term attendant, and he seemed to be from Jiangxi. Perhaps he was someone who had been in debt for a long time and was running errands to deliver letters.

"Mr. Wei Ge, this is a letter from my lord, Xiao Ming sent it to me."

The messenger saluted Wei Guangde before standing up, taking out a letter from his arms and holding it in front of Wei Guangde.

Wei Guangde reached out to take it, checked that the seal was intact, then tore open the envelope, took out the letter inside, and asked casually: "Is Mr. Zhu in good health? I heard that the Yellow River burst again some time ago. I think he must be very busy with official duties now. yes."

While outside the door, Wei Guangde heard that it was Zhu Heng's messenger, and naturally thought that Zhu Heng was in trouble in the capital because of flood control, so he said this.

"Fortunately, the Ministry of Industry has sent people to supervise the work and dredge the waterway as soon as possible to ensure the safety of water transportation. I think everything should be fine soon."

The messenger answered cautiously.

"That's good."

When Wei Guangde was speaking, he had already opened the letter and read it, then frowned.

The content of the letter was completely different from what he thought. It was not about the Yellow River, but the fierce confrontation between Gao Gong and Yin Shizhen in the cabinet.

It can be seen that the current situation seems to be very unfavorable to Yin Shizhen. Zhu Heng was worried that Yin Shizhen would do something unwise, so he wrote a letter asking him to contact him as soon as possible to comfort him.

"When you return to Jiangxi this time, are you going to Mr. Zhu's hometown?"

Wei Guangde's face had returned to his normal look, and he asked seemingly casually.

"When I return to Jiangxi this time, the master asked me to deliver the letter to Mr. Ge as soon as possible. I also have letters from home to be sent back."

The messenger replied respectfully.

"Well, you can stay at the house and rest for a day before leaving. I think it will be quite strenuous to go south this time."

Wei Guangde said, and then shouted to the door: "Here comes someone."

Now that water transportation is cut off, the only way to go from the north to the south is by horseback and carriage. It is estimated that you have to go to Huai'an to get on the boat and take the canal back.

The person who came in this time was Zhang Ji. He was busy with matters in the mansion earlier, so he did not welcome the master back in front of the mansion.

After finishing what I was doing, I came here and stayed outside for only half a cup of tea.

"Get him a room."

Wei Guangde saw it was Zhang Ji, so he gave instructions.

Zhang Ji called a servant from outside and took the messenger down to rest.

"I will give him ingots of silver as a reward in a while, and I will be here from Beijing in a few days. It will be difficult for him."

Wei Guangde said to Zhang Ji who stayed behind.

"Yes, sir."

Zhang Ji agreed and continued to stand beside him respectfully with his hands down.

He knew many things about Wei Guangde, and he also knew that if there was no big event in the capital, no letters would come to him.

Now that he is here, it means something big must have happened in Jingli.

But then, Zhang Ji didn't hear anything else Wei Guangde said. When he looked up, he found that Wei Guangde was bowing his head in deep thought.

Zhang Ji did not dare to disturb Wei Guangde's thinking, so he had to quietly exit the door.

At this time, Wei Guangde was also thinking about the war between heaven and man. Zhu Heng explained the situation in the capital in his letter. It was not only the battle in the cabinet, but also Gao Gong who wanted to transfer Tan Lun back to the Ministry of War to fight against Yang Bo. He didn't mention anything about his own affairs at all.

Come to think of it, the current situation in the Ministry of Industry, whether it is Gao Gong or Zhang Juzheng, is not interested in finding fault, just like the Ministry of Household.

If we really win it, it will be a hot potato, and we are just asking for discomfort.

However, Wei Guangde thought for a moment and figured it out. Apart from writing letters to Yin Shizhen to calm down, it seemed that he couldn't get involved in other matters.

When he was in the cabinet, it could be said that it was for the convenience of arranging Tan Lun to serve as governor of Jiliao. Now Gao Gong is in power in the cabinet. He put his own people, which seems to be the unspoken rule of officialdom. There is nothing to say.

As the old saying goes, there is nothing wrong with the emperor and his courtiers.

Wei Guangde didn't know that the famous cabinet boxer in the Ming Dynasty was Yin Shizhen. He was still thinking about how to phrase his words so that Yin Shizhen could listen to his words.

Yes, Yin Shizeng has a bad temper and a straightforward personality. He knows that such people tend to be stubborn and don't listen to advice.

If he really makes up his mind to fight Gao Gong and Zhang Siwei to the end, it will be difficult to persuade him.

Wei Guangde was full of deductions in his mind, but soon he realized another problem.

If he persuades Yin Shizeng to be tolerant, what will be the result?

Will Gao Gong stop when he sees the good?

Or will he continue to provoke him recklessly?

He can persuade Yin Shizeng once, but if Gao Gong continues to provoke him, even clay people will be angry. I'm afraid he won't be able to suppress it the second or third time.

Zhu Heng's letter actually made it clear that Gao Gong seemed to want to promote Zhang Siwei, not just in the Ministry of Personnel.

Moreover, now that Li Chunfang has retired, there are only three people left in the cabinet, which is the smallest number of people in the cabinet since the Longqing Dynasty.

There are rumors that Yang Bo is willing to come back, probably to compete for a position in the cabinet.

Yang Bo's protection of Shanxi officials is actually similar to what he is doing, trying to promote his fellow countrymen's official positions.

What was it like when Yan Song was in the court?

No matter whether they are in the same group with him or not, as long as they are officials from Jiangxi, as long as they can do things, they will be promoted without hesitation, so there is a grand situation in which nearly half of the officials from Jiangxi appear in the high-level court of the Ming Dynasty.

Apart from anything else, as long as they are fellow countrymen, they will leave room for doing things more or less, and it is impossible to cheat you to death.

Huo Yi, who Yang Bo originally had his eyes on, has been abandoned. Now Gao Gong has his eyes on Zhang Siwei. The old guy may not only want to gamble on his future again, but also want to return to the capital to help Zhang Siwei.

You know, Zhang Siwei's conditions are much better than his Yang Bo. He also took the standard path of promotion for Hanlin officials. He has already become the Minister of Personnel, which is halfway through, and he can step into the cabinet at any time.

The cabinet is short of people, and the Shangshu and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel are the first choices to enter the cabinet.

Gao Gong's move to let Yang Bo be the Minister of War and take over Guo Gan's position was a good one.

Not only was he reluctant to give up the power brought by the Ministry of Personnel, but he could also suppress Yang Bo.

"No."

Wei Guangde exclaimed in his heart, he stood up suddenly and paced back and forth in the room.

Zhu Heng seemed to have a disagreement about Yin Shizeng's matter, and he could not give in to Gao Gong this time.

Suddenly, Wei Guangde realized that he was influenced by Zhu Heng's thinking, and Yin Shizeng had to fight back fiercely this time.

Don't be afraid of making a big fuss, because if it gets big, the emperor will come out to take responsibility.

Gao Gong is the emperor's teacher, and Yin Shizeng also has this title, but his status is not as high as his.

If the two teachers fight, the emperor can only come out to persuade them. In the end, no matter how big the fight is, it is nothing more than 50 lashes each, and it will end in nothing.

With an idea in mind, Wei Guangde quickly pondered it in his mind again. When he felt it was feasible, he immediately stepped out of the wing room and went straight to his study.

Zhang Ji was still waiting outside. Seeing Wei Guangde come out without saying a word, he stepped behind him.

In a few steps, he arrived at the study. Wei Guangde prepared the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Zhang Ji had already started grinding ink for him.

Zhang Ji also studied with Wei Guangde at Master Sun, so he was certainly familiar with these things.

He was not good at writing articles, but he had no problem recognizing words. His handwriting was not good, but the housekeeper did not want beautiful articles, just writing and calculating.

This time, Wei Guangde picked up the pen and quickly wrote a few letters. He not only wrote to Yin Shizan, but also to Zhu Heng and the Kedao officials from Jiangxi in the capital. The purpose was naturally to ask them for help and unite their friends and colleagues to help Yin Shizan set up a place.

The fight between civil officials was nothing more than this, using words to attack and kill.

The Kedao is just to report things based on hearsay, to use everyone's intelligence and imagination, to frame or slander, that's all.

In the letter to Yin Shizhan, Wei Guangde also deliberately mentioned to him that he should find a way to stimulate Xu Gelao of Huating so that Zhang Juzheng could not continue to agree with Gao Gong.

At that time, for Xu Gelao, let Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong fight.

It was difficult for Yin Shizhan to deal with Gao Gong alone, so he made an ally for himself, and formed an alliance with Zhang Juzheng to deal with Gao Gong together.

It can be said that Wei Guangde was like Zhang Yi and Su Qin at this moment, and he played the strategy of vertical and horizontal alliances to the fullest.

Wei Guangde even thought about how to provoke Gao Gong's nerves. He threw the things he collected at the beginning to Gao Gong's disciples, and they would naturally notify Gao Gong to investigate, and there was no fear that they would not find out the bad things of the Xu family.

After writing the letter, Wei Guangde checked it again. There were no mistakes. He nodded with satisfaction and put down the pen.

He prepared several envelopes and waited until the ink dried before putting them into several envelopes, sealing them and sealing the two ends with wax.

"Zhang Ji, arrange someone to set off to the capital immediately and deliver the letter according to the name on the envelope."

Wei Guangde instructed Zhang Ji who had been waiting on the side.

"Yes, sir."

Zhang Ji took the stack of letters from Wei Guangde and immediately agreed respectfully.

"Go quickly, remember, it's urgent, prepare more money for people, and send it to the capital as quickly as possible."

Wei Guangde instructed.

Generally speaking, where to send a letter, how much time it takes, and how much money you need to bring are actually all counted.

However, this time the situation is special, Wei Guangde doesn't mind spending more money, as long as he can deliver the letter one day in advance, he will feel at ease.

But what he didn't know was that it was too late to reach the capital city even by plane, let alone taking a boat or a horse.

Emperor Longqing was immediately displeased when he saw Yin Shizan's resignation memorial that evening. He did not approve it and sent it back, but chose to keep it in the palace.

Although it was sent directly to the palace by the Yin family, the memorial passed through the Office of the Imperial Library and the Imperial Household Department, so the news could not be hidden.

The news of Yin Shizan's retirement spread throughout the officialdom of the capital that night.

The incident happened too quickly, and many people had not yet figured out how to stand on the side. It seemed that one of the parties wanted to leave.

Although he was kept in the palace, Yin Shizan had figured it out at this time and did not miss any power at all.

After waiting at home for two days without receiving any news, Yin Shizan submitted another memorial to resign. This time he also wrote a note to Chen Hong, asking Chen Hong to help him say a few words to the emperor.

He was not afraid that Chen Hong would help Gao Gong suppress him, because everyone had something that the other party was worried about.

As for the gate of the mansion, Yin Shizhen has been closed since he returned home that day, and he has not seen anyone. Even when his fellow villagers came, he just gave them a note and sent them away.

He really didn't plan to see anyone now. He was worried that if he met them at this time, he would be implicated after leaving and suppressed by Gao Gong.

The only person who entered the gate of Yin's mansion was the eunuch from the palace, who came to appease the emperor on the order of the emperor.

Similarly, a eunuch came to Gao Gong's house, and his mission was similar.

So Gao Gong appeared in the cabinet again the day after the incident, but Yin Shizhen did not appear.

In the next few days, Yin Shizhen submitted a series of resignation memorials.

The first memorial was kept in the palace, the second memorial was rejected, and when the third memorial was sent to Emperor Longqing, Emperor Longqing realized that Yin Shizhen was serious and didn't want to do it anymore.

It is impossible to say that Emperor Longqing didn't have a little resentment towards Gao Gong in his heart. After all, in his heart, the stability of imperial power is more important than Gao Gong.

Gao Gong's domineering behavior in the cabinet more or less threatened the imperial power.

But now the situation is very clear. If one person has been offended, the other cannot be offended.

In any case, the government still needs them to take care of it.

Although there are many people in the court who want to join the cabinet, there are not many who can trust him with important matters.

Yu Ju's old people are the ones he trusts the most.

A forced melon is not sweet. Emperor Longqing understands this truth. Now he needs to consider who will fill the vacancy after Yin Shizeng leaves.

It is impossible to punish him. Yin Shizeng beat Gao Gong. Both of them are close ministers. He will never punish them.

So, Emperor Longqing approved Yin Shizeng's third memorial, and gave him a post horse. The specifications that a cabinet minister should have when returning home should not be reduced.

However, what Gao Gong, Chen Hong and others did not know was that Meng Chong's capable godson went to Sichuan with Emperor Longqing's secret letter before this memorial was sent.

Yin Shizhen was gone, and Wei Guangde was in mourning and would definitely not be able to be reinstated, so he looked at Chen Yiqin.

Emperor Longqing felt somewhat guilty about how Chen Yiqin left, so he wrote a letter to greet him and see his attitude and whether he wanted to come back. (End of this chapter)