prosperous age

Chapter 251 Chapter 250
Wei Guangde wanted to inquire about King Hui's status in Emperor Jiajing's mind, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only ramble and look for opportunities before asking.

"Brother Chen, earlier you said that the emperor lacked some medicines for refining medicine. What are they? Maybe I have heard of it and I don't know."

Wei Guangde remembered what Chen Ju said before, Emperor Jiajing left Gao Zhong with the errand of finding the medicine, maybe he could ask, if he could really find it, it could be regarded as a closer relationship with Gao Zhong and the eunuch Gao Zhong.

"Hey, hey, that medicine, you scholars must not have it, and you haven't even heard of it."

Chen Ju chuckled dryly and said, "Anyway, it's hard to find. Forget about the little maids in the palace. If you don't talk about these things, you will lose your appetite for nothing."

In the end, Chen Ju resisted the urge to speak out, and stopped talking about what the medicines he was looking for were.

However, Wei Guangde thought of some rumors from later generations. Although most people think that those things may be fabricated by people of later generations, there are indeed rumors of medicine cited in China, and they are all very magical things, such as dragon liver and phoenix marrow.

In order to please the emperor, those alchemists may have turned some common medicinal materials into rare things in the world, and maybe the eunuch who deliberately made it difficult for the palace to find medicine for the emperor.

Only the medicines refined from the most precious and rare medicinal materials can appear precious, and it can even show the loyalty of these alchemists to the emperor.

If it wasn't for loyalty, who would dedicate such a precious elixir to the emperor.

Then Wei Guangde heard what Chen Ju said behind him, and he was overjoyed, because there was nowhere to look for, and it took no effort, and Chen Ju actually said King Hui.

This matter involves King Hui, isn't that a godsend opportunity.

"The elixir was originally offered by King Hui. It is said that His Majesty felt refreshed and miraculous after taking it, so His Majesty recruited the person who refined the medicine into the palace, that is, Liang Gaofu mentioned earlier.

It's just that the elixir is almost used up now, but Liang Gaofu hasn't got all the ingredients for refining the medicine. His Majesty is in a hurry, so he asked my godfather to help find the medicine.

The Ganoderma lucidum that I asked you to check is also what Liang Gaofu said. If you can’t make up the two medicinal materials, you can use Ganoderma lucidum instead. It’s just that the efficacy of the medicine is slightly inferior, but you can always eat it, and it still has some effect. "

"Liang Gaofu was recommended by King Hui?"

Wei Guangde asked in surprise.

Nima, now that Liang Gaofu is refining medicine for Emperor Jiajing, if he goes to speak ill of King Hui at this time, isn't that courting death?

Among other things, that Liang Gaofu would help King Hui to excuse him during the process of refining medicine, after all, he had the grace of recommendation.

For alchemists like them, they are not summoned by the emperor if they are well-known among the people, they have to be recommended by someone to the emperor to know, and the emperor will call you to serve in the palace when they see that your things are really effective.

Wei Guangde felt a bit unlucky for the Year of the Ox at the moment, as if all the bad news had rushed together.

Yan Shifan was involved in the matter of Nanjing, and Liang Gaofu, an alchemist, was involved in the matter of King Hui.

"Then King Hui should be very favored by the emperor, hehe, this Liang Gaofu is still trying to help King Hui speak."

Wei Guangde shook his head with a smile, and answered casually.

"It's strange to say that it used to be like this. Every time Liang Gaofu entered the palace, he would help King Hui and say good things, but it's a bit strange recently. Not only did he not speak for Hui King, but sometimes he said some weird things. I don't know what is the relationship between them."

Wei Guangde said unintentionally, but Chen Ju said something that surprised him.

Apparently, the relationship between King Hui and Liang Gaofu became tense because of something.

Liang Gaofu was also a grudge, so he used the opportunity of refining medicine by Emperor Jiajing's side to give King Hui eye drops.

Liang Zi seems to be not small.

"What strange things did you say? It's not likely to happen, won't it make the emperor unhappy?"

Naturally, Wei Guangde knew that he had to climb up the pole at this time, and if he continued to ask, he might find the reason from Liang Gaofu's few words. This was an opportunity worth taking advantage of.

If Liang Gaofu really intends to engage King Hui, he can join hands with him to sue King Hui.

He Liang Gaofu was able to vent his anger, and Wei Guangde gained the reputation of not being afraid of violence, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds.

Of course, the premise still cannot be framed, the evidence against King Hui must be conclusive, otherwise, if someone finds out that he has been framed, Wei Guangde's life will be lost.

"You are interested in these, and you really have lived up to His Majesty's cultivation of you."

Chen Ju didn't speak immediately, but looked at Wei Guangde and said with a smile.

At this time, Wei Guangde, in Chen Ju's view, wanted to vote for a civil servant whose majesty liked to climb up.

Such people, the eunuchs are also willing to cooperate.

Although eunuchs are close to the emperor, it is inconvenient to get in and out. Once you enter the palace, even if you take the position of great eunuch, you still can only circle around the capital, and you cannot leave the capital if you have nothing to do.

But these civil servants are different. Their teachers and students may be all over the country, and they can help with many things.

Yes, eunuchs sometimes want to do something, but they have to rely on the help of civil officials to plan and plan. It is impossible to think that relying on the emperor's favor can oppress magistrates to act. sent in.

"I was originally a top-three man, and I was promoted entirely by the emperor Long En. It is my duty to share the worries of the emperor."

Wei Guangde didn't think there was anything wrong with flattering the leaders, not to mention that he wanted to flatter Emperor Jiajing.

"Hehe. In fact, this King Hui sometimes does things too much and runs amok in the local area. Even the magistrate of Junzhou is treated like a monkey by him. When he sees it, he wants to hit someone's official hat with a slingshot. Not to mention, it is said that as long as those scholars are seen by him, they will be caught for a while and humiliated, haha"

Chen Ju smiled and said: "A prince like him, according to the rules, is because he stays honestly in his own fief. The previous three princes are fine, and they all know this, but now this Prince Hui is a little bit carried away. Yes, I used to go to Hangzhou and Suzhou to play, and I also stayed in Nanjing and Fengyang, the central capital.

The funniest thing is that he was arrested in Fengyang, but he was only released after being detained for two days to confirm his identity. "

"Then why didn't anyone join him?"

Hearing this, Wei Guangde asked in surprise.

"At that time King Hui was in favor, so whoever has nothing to do with him, wouldn't this offend His Majesty?"

Chen Ju shook his head and said.

"The palace knows about this? Why don't you report it to the emperor?"

Wei Guangde asked with an expression of disbelief.

"He also has eunuchs by King Hui's side. They are all sent out by the palace. Naturally, they have the responsibility of supervision. Do we know it's strange?"

Chen Ju shook his head with a smile and said, "It's just running out to have fun, and it has nothing to do with the place. I saw his position in His Majesty's heart, so I didn't report it."

Seeing Wei Guangde's expression, Chen Ju explained again: "We servants, because we are close ministers of the emperor, so we know better what to report, and we should try not to report what can be avoided, so as not to cause damage. Your Majesty is in a good mood.

Take the business of King Hui as an example. He just ran to Jiangnan and the Qinhuai River to play, and stopped at Fengyang on the way back to Junzhou. He didn’t find any other unruly behaviors. Don't dare to hide this matter.

Reported, the emperor may curse a few words when he is angry, and then he is in a bad mood, and we close officials will be unlucky. You don't know that the consequences of offending Longyan are either to be beaten or killed. Relatively speaking, you civil servants are better off. It is the penalty salary, and the heaviest is the court rod. "

Hearing the court stick, Wei Guangde's heart trembled slightly, and he asked cautiously: "I heard people say that the court stick has a lot of specialties, it can make people live or make people die."

"Hehe, you, Mr. Wei, don't have to worry about this, as long as you don't catch the emperor's advice like those old pedants, and you don't bully the emperor, even if you make a small mistake, you will be fine.

Your Majesty's forgiveness to you civil servants is much better than our internal servants. If it falls on our heads, we will definitely lose our lives, but when it comes to your civil officials, at most it will be over with a court stick. "

Chen Ju said with a smile, "Generally speaking, our inner court dare not use the court staff indiscriminately. It's not that His Majesty wants his life. Whoever has nothing to do will beat people to death."

"By the way, the other thing is to try not to offend Mr. Yange. He is your fellow townsman, and there will be no gaps if you think about it. It's good to move around when you have nothing to do."

Chen Ju reminded Wei Guangde again as if he just remembered.

After Wei Guangde became an official, he went to Yan's house twice, talked with Yan Song, and had a banquet with Yan Shifan, that's all.

You know, he's betting on King Yu's side. The Yan family and King Yu don't deal with each other, and they get closer to King Jing. This is an open secret in the capital's officialdom.

After hearing Chen Ju's words, Wei Guangde knew that the Yan family would be fine in the short term.

In previous memories, it was true that the Yan family finally fell, Yan Shifan was beheaded, and Yan Song seemed not to be convicted, but Wei Guangde was not sure when it happened.

But what is certain is that the Yan family fell when Emperor Jiajing was still in power.

Think about the records about another fellow of his that I found earlier, that is the former Chief Assistant Xia Yan.

At the beginning, he also won the trust and reliance of Emperor Jiajing, but in the end, he set a precedent for the worst chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and was convicted and beheaded to death.

At the time of the Great Rites Dispute, Xia Yan, like Mr. Zhang, clearly supported Emperor Jiajing, and was promoted as a result, and became the chief assistant of the cabinet in the 18th year of Jiajing.

Xia Yan was born in a military family, but he became a civil servant after his father Xia Ding's generation succeeded in the imperial examination.

And Xia Yan is said to have shown extraordinary reading ability since he was a child, and became the hope of the Xia family to get rid of military status.

Of course, these are folk legends, just like the rumors in Pengze County that Wei Guangde is the descendant of the Wenqu star.

The military status of the Xia family was at the Qianhu Office in Guangxin, Jiangxi Province, and it was only because Xia Ding became an official that he finally moved to the capital.

After Xia Yan played a huge role in supporting Emperor Jiajing in the Daliyi incident, he was valued by Emperor Jiajing.

But at this time, another thing actually happened, that is, the Xia family was actually small in number.

The members of the Xia family who are the main branch in Jiangxi died of illness unexpectedly. The most direct result was that among the two branches of the Xia family in Jiangxi and the capital, there was no one other than Xia Yan who was able to respond. Xia Yan became the only one who could serve in the military. people.

Under such circumstances, Xia Yan, who was in charge of the military department, could only resign and return to his hometown in Jiangxi to serve as a soldier at this time, but Emperor Jiajing directly exempted Xia's military registration with an imperial decree.

As for Xia Yan’s accident in the end, he actually failed in the political struggle with Yan Song for his rights. It’s not that Emperor Jiajing didn’t trust him. That's why you want to kill him.

Comparing what Yan Song and Yan Shifan are doing now, Wei Guangde can already predict that Xia Yan's ending is their future.

In the letter I wrote back to my uncle Xu Bangrui, I must emphasize this point. Before Yan Shifan fell, no matter what Wei Guogong, Zheng Shi, and that Xu Bangning did, they had to be as patient as possible.

Now that the Yan family is still trusted, it may be counterproductive to reveal some things at this time.

After Chen Ju spoke, Wei Guangde nodded with a smile, expressing that he knew.

"By the way, big brother, in which treasure temple did the real Liang Gaofu Liang practice. If I have time, I will go to meet and get to know each other."

Wei Guangde had never heard of Liang Gaofu's name before, so Wei Guangde estimated that except for the high-level officials in the imperial court, most of the Beijing officials didn't know about this person, and it might be difficult to find out about him.

Fortunately, there is a big Buddha sitting across from him at this moment, just in time to ask for advice.

"Realist Liang was named Tongmiao Sanren, and he did not live in the city on weekdays, but practiced in Tongmiao Temple on the west side of the capital."

For these news, Chen Ju didn't think there was anything to keep secret, so he told Wei Guangde directly.

Some things, in fact, can not be kept secret, it just depends on whether people pay attention to it.

Now all the civil and military eyes of the Manchu Dynasty are fixed on Lan Daoxing, because he is indeed the most trusted Taoist priest of Emperor Jiajing. It was Tao Zhongwen before, and now he is Lan Daoxing.

The most important thing is that Lan Daoxing still lives in the capital, and it is very convenient for those officials to move around with him.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde remembered that he had met Lan Daoxing before, so he might as well try to get his support when handling this matter.

However, this has to be carefully considered. First, it is necessary to find out what is the relationship between Liang Gaofu and King Hui, and see if there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.

After separating from Chen Ju, Wei Guangde went straight back to the Imperial Academy, thinking in his private room.

Going directly to find that Liang Gaofu by myself is probably a bit of a failure, offering courtesy for nothing, either rape or stealing, don't let Liang Gaofu think that he has some purpose to approach him.

Wei Guangde thought about it for a while, but still felt that Geng An should go and find out about the situation of Tongmiaoguan first.

Since Hui Wang Zhu Houxuan was able to find Liang Gaofu, it means that Liang Gaofu is probably also from Henan, or even from Junzhou. They are fellow villagers, and some things may be easier to talk about.

However, before figuring out the situation, Geng An still needs to be reminded, don't talk about it and involve yourself in it, after all, he is still hiding behind the scenes.

He called Lu Bu outside the door and asked him to grind ink for himself. Wei Guangde planned to write the letter to Nanjing here first, and then return to Xu Huai at night, so that he can rush back to Nanjing early tomorrow morning.

In the future, I'm afraid I'll have to rely on him to communicate with Xu Bangrui.

(End of this chapter)