Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 472
The call to the Wenhua Palace at Gengwu in July of the sixth year of Longqing must be a major event worthy of being recorded in the history books.Because it not only represents the downfall of a ceremonial supervisor and a cabinet minister, but also heralds the emergence of a new power system.

From the perspective of the outer court, it seems that there is only one less minister who ranks last, but the first and second ministers are there, especially because Gao Gong himself is an energetic workaholic, so the court affairs can still be done in an orderly manner It will not be seriously affected.

But from the perspective of the inner court, the situation is very different, and it is worth mentioning one or two.

First of all, the power system on the surface of the inner court changed again. It can be seen from the selected candidates that after Feng Bao's sudden downfall, Chen Hong, as the chief secretary of the Rites, took over the position of the Rites in order; Huang Mengyu, the admiral of the East Factory, finally became "normal" and became the chief writer; Zhang Hong, who did not appear in this call-out meeting, actually did not have any accidents. The reason why he did not appear was because he was sent to copy Feng Bao's house. He also rose up one rank in order, and took over the imperial yamen such as the Imperial Prison; Chen Ju seemed to have the same status, but just rose one rank, but it can be seen from his standing beside the emperor that he has become a new leader. "Big companion".

The above are only changes on the surface, and there are also internal changes: Huang Mengyu clearly stood beside Empress Chen, which means that he appeared as the representative of Empress Chen in the inner court, that is to say, Empress Chen abandoned the original history and was content to be a " The intention of the "transparent person" began to really follow Gao Gong's statement that "the two palaces are respected together" and came to the stage to influence the government as a "mother queen"!
Concubine Li Gui, who lost her loyal confidant Feng Bao, not only lost a lot of face in this incident, but also had no one available for a while, so she had no choice but to take Chen Hong under her command. Concubine Li Gui's influence on the government is still not too much inferior.

The biggest "benefit" that the little emperor Zhu Yijun got was to cut off the eyes of his mother and concubine beside him. Although he still had no say in government affairs, at least he could live a less depressing life.

Gao Wushi is very concerned about this point, because Gao Wushi has always believed that the reason why Emperor Wanli in history seemed to suffer from otaku autism in the later period, and he would rather die than meet his courtiers, except for the reasons that everyone knows In addition, it is very likely that his mental depression before taking office led to psychological distortion.

Of course, Wanli handled political affairs well even if he did not go to court, and won the complete victory of Wanli's three major campaigns, but the serious confrontation between monarch and ministers and mutual internal friction still greatly depleted the vitality of Ming Dynasty and accumulated grievances from various aspects.Wouldn't the situation be better if Wanli didn't have the psychological shadow of his childhood?
No one can guarantee it, and neither can Gao Yushi, but he thinks it is at least worth a try.

The above are regarded as "inner", but in fact there are more "inner", or in other words, the deepest hidden changes.

That is high pragmatic influence.

No matter what kind of mentality Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju got into Gao Pragmatic's pirate ship, at least after this incident, the two of them have been completely convinced by Gao Pragmatic's methods, and they know more that others don't. know the inside story.

For example, Empress Chen seems to be fair, but in fact she is doing everything according to high-level practical points. It may be disrespectful to call her a marionette, but the truth... I am afraid it is true.

Another example is the little emperor Zhu Yijun. In his eyes, the closest person is neither his mother, mother concubine, nor his eldest companion Feng Bao or his new eldest companion Chen Ju, but his companion Gao Yushi!
The influence of high pragmatism on Zhu Yijun is almost all-round!

But it's strange to think about it, Zhu Yijun is the same age as Gao Yushi, and they study, discuss history, and observe politics together every day. Apart from the little eunuchs around him, only Gao Yushi is the only person Zhu Yijun sees in his life. The little eunuchs are just his domestic slaves, so how could there be any common language with him?

Only Gao Pragmatic can share a common language with him!In other words, in Zhu Yijun's heart, Gao Yushi is not only his companion, but also a classmate and friend!Zhu Yijun not only studied with him, discussed history, and observed politics, but also often relied on high pragmatism to cover him in front of Li Guifei. What is the nature of this?This is a comrade-in-arms, no different from carrying a gun together!
Going through the window together, carrying a gun together, together... oh, let’s forget about the rest, it’s probably useless.

Anyway, in a word, even if Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju were eunuchs, they would not dare to compare with Gao Yushi in the little emperor's mind.

Therefore, Gao Wuzhen's current influence in the inner court can almost be said to have reached its peak. If Concubine Li Gui hadn't captured Chen Hong, Gao Wuzhen could even be said to be equivalent to the "inner minister" now!

Of course, only those who are in it will know about these situations, and those who have not entered the circle of the inner court will have no way of knowing, just like when the civil servants of the outer court learned that Zhang Juzheng was exempted from the Feng Bao case, they all told him Focus on the matter of "Gu Ming's assistant minister was dismissed", not on the deep-seated changes in the inner court.

Although the friends were stunned, some people still stood up to speak for Zhang Juzheng.

Ge Shouli, Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and a hard-core high-ranking party member, is on the list. Since he is a hard-core high-ranking party member, of course he is not for the sake of saving Zhang Juzheng, but for the "national system".

He stepped out solemnly, bowed his hands, and said in a loud voice: "The censor, Shige Shouli, has played."

Although Zhu Yijun has participated in a series of grand ceremonies, they were all made of marionettes, acting and speaking according to the arrangements of the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites. In fact, he has never formally played an answer to the ministers!

So after Ge Shouli, a thin old man with a righteous face, stood up and said these words, Zhu Yijun panicked a little. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he subconsciously glanced at the two palaces.

But how could the two palaces talk back?In fact, the appearance of the two palaces here today is a bit out of the ordinary!
One must know that their current identity is the widow of the Daxing emperor who has not even removed their filial piety, which means that they are not the queen mother or concubine!
Theoretically speaking, they are now unable to meet with the courtiers.Zhu Yijun didn't know, but they knew!When they came here today, they just planned to "sit in town" here for a while, lest the emperor be too young and make too much noise, and be frightened by the courtiers.

But that's it. It's not okay to help the emperor answer the courtiers. Before they have the title of empress dowager, they can't actually speak on behalf of the emperor.

"Your Majesty, just let him speak."

At the critical moment, Gao Yushi, who was still standing beside the emperor, quietly reminded him.

Zhu Yijun seemed to have grasped at a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said, "Say it."

Ge Shouli was not polite, and said loudly: "Thank you, the emperor. I would like to ask first, is the evidence found by Dongchang and Jinyiwei enough to prove that the assistant minister Zhang Juzheng is involved in the case?"

Zhu Yijun glanced to the side, Gao Wushi nodded slightly, and Zhu Yijun immediately said loudly: "That's natural!"

Ge Shouli seemed to have guessed the answer, and said again: "Zhang Juzheng is a former minister of the late emperor's hidden residence, and now he is a minister of Gu Ming, who has been favored by three generations of emperors, and should serve him loyally. He is involved in this case. As a colleague, I feel deeply saddened. However, since Zhang Juzheng is an assistant minister of Gu Ming, and his case involved bribery, he should have been investigated and interrogated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and now he has been dealt with suddenly without the legal system, which I think is inappropriate."

Zhu Yijun glanced at the two palaces first, and saw that the brows of the two palaces were deeply furrowed, especially his mother and concubine, who had a hidden look of anger. He was so frightened that he quickly averted his eyes, and quickly looked at Gao Yushi beside him.

Gao Wushi's face was expressionless, and his lips moved slightly: "If you insult the Tian family, I will make my own decision, and there is no need for the judge to intervene."

Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief, and said loudly: "The chief constitution doesn't know something, that Zhang Juzheng has insulted the Tian family, I can decide this matter myself, and there is no need for the judiciary to intervene!"

Ge Shouli was dumbfounded when he heard this, subconsciously raised his head to look at the emperor, and thought to himself: Your majesty is so early and wise?

But no matter how young the emperor was, he was still an emperor, and he said that "you have broken the law", and Ge Shouli couldn't do anything about it, not to mention that Zhang Juzheng was charged with "disgrace to the Tian family". Ge Shouli didn't want to interfere with this crime, so he bowed his hands: The minister has no objection."

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