prosperous age

Chapter 544 Running errands
The news from Xiyuanli spread across the capital with lightning speed.

Although the yamen had already been dispersed at this time, there were still staff on duty after the yamen was dispersed.

Emperor Jiajing set the tone, and the memorials after the approval were sent to the Wuyi Hall for processing, and soon the formal writing was sent to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment.

The left-behind officials saw it, and naturally it spread quickly. Overnight, almost all the officials who were socializing outside heard about it.

The Ministry of Punishment sent people to various places overnight to lock up Governor Yang Xuan of Jiliao, Governor Xu Shen of Shuntian, and Deputy Envoy Lu Yi of Bing Bei Dao and others.

Many officials who had received gifts from Yang Xuan before were also a little embarrassed at this time.

In their view, even if Yang Xuan was responsible for the defeat, according to the rules, it should be impeached by the Kandao spokesperson, and if Yang Xuan was dismissed, he would be imprisoned there.

Once a person is in prison, the follow-up development is hard to say.

Moreover, everyone knew that the person who hated Yang Xuan the most was actually Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War.

With this great god in place, who can speak for him.

Both Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng participated in the banquet organized by their colleagues from the Imperial Academy tonight, and slowly there were more than 20 people at three tables.

The news about them was relatively late, and it was mainly because Prince Yu's Mansion sent someone to notify them when they got home, and only then did they know that they had not returned, so they came here.

At the time when everyone was drinking and drinking, a small waiter appeared at the door of the private room, which naturally made everyone a little dazed, until Wei Guangde recognized that it was someone from Prince Yu's mansion, and the atmosphere improved a little.

He and Zhang Juzheng confessed to everyone first, and then went out one after the other.

"Eunuch Li said, thanks to Master Wei and Master Zhang for pointing out, he almost made a big mistake."

First, the little servant bowed to Wei and Zhang in salute.

"But what happened?"

Wei Guangde asked with a frown.

"The news just came out from the palace that the emperor ordered to arrest him."

"Take who?"

As soon as the little servant started to speak, he was interrupted by Wei Guangde and asked.

"Governor of Jiliao Yang Xuan, and Governor of Shuntian Xu Shen"

After the waiter finished reporting the names of several people, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other, knowing that Emperor Jiajing made a big fuss this time.

Because there are a lot of officials involved.

Seeing that both Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng were silent, the little servant hesitated for a moment and said: "Listening to the news from the palace, the emperor wants the Ministry of Punishment to investigate whether Yang Xuan is collaborating with the enemy."

"Huh? How do you say that?"

Zhang Juzheng spoke first in surprise this time.

In fact, Wei Guangde was also very strange at this time, how could the majestic governor of the Ming Dynasty collude with the enemy, what a joke.

These days, there is no saying that foreign monks can recite scriptures. Han people are generally very proud of being Ming people, and they look down on overseas visitors as barbarians.

Emperor Jiajing actually believed those rumors?

Wei Guangde only felt a little funny, wasn't he too unconfident.

"I don't know the details, I just heard the words from the people in the palace."

That servant is obviously a person Li Fang trusts, otherwise he would never have heard these secrets, and he might even know who is the eyeliner planted in the palace by Prince Yu's Mansion.

However, this has little to do with Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng, and even the arrested people have nothing to do with them.

No matter if it is Wei Guangde or Zhang Juzheng, they will definitely not look at those positions. If they are good officials in Beijing, they will go out on business.

"Today, the cabinet is urgently dealing with two matters. In addition to arresting people, it is also necessary to deliver an order for Jiangdong to return to court."

The little servant said again.

"Jiangdong?"

"That Xuanda?"

Xiao Nei seemed to hear what they said, so she nodded.

"What do you want him to come back for? Is it to replace the military officer?"

Wei Guangde said in surprise.

Jiangdong knew that he was still a servant at the beginning, because he sued Yang Shun, Governor of Xuanda, and Yang Shun was taken back to the capital for questioning.

Although he was saved by Yan Song, he couldn't become an official, and Yang Shun's successor was Jiang Dong, the servant of the Ministry of War.

"The emperor's original words are to assist Yang Shangshu in reciting merits."

Therefore, the little servant repeated the news that Jiangdong led the Datong army to ambush the Mongolian Huangtai Ji tribe in Pigeon Cave, the pass of the Great Wall, and forced them to withdraw from the Great Wall from Longwangyu.

"So, the people who made meritorious service this time are all the people of Governor Xuan."

After listening to the servant's words, Wei Guangde couldn't help but chuckled and said: "This Mr. Jiang's life is really good, so he has made meritorious service."

"Jiang Dong may succeed Yang Xuan."

Zhang Juzheng said, but his mind was not on this.

He knew that there was someone in his teacher's mind, and he also got Yang Bo's support, which was actually an exchange.

Although the governor is responsible for the military and civil affairs in the area under his jurisdiction, he actually puts more emphasis on the military, and intervening in the civil affairs needs to pass the governor's hurdle.

Although the governor can suppress the governor in most cases, he is not a direct supervisor after all.

In this way, the Ministry of War actually has the greatest say in the selection of the governor.

This is why Xu Jie agreed to help Yang Bo bring down Yang Xuan.

Xu Jie was a big tree with deep roots in the court, and there were too many people in his pocket, and there was a quota for official positions in the court.

Everyone wants to make progress, so they can only find ways to get more official positions.

If Yang Bo wants to bring down Yang Xuan, he needs his support, and he naturally has third-rank officials in his pocket waiting to take over.

This can also be regarded as political mutual benefit.

Exchange, everything is exchange.

If you want to get something, you have to give something, and everyone is happy.

As for future battles, each will use his own means.

The conversation in Xiyuan that day was well known to the officials in the capital at this time.

Emperor Jiajing was very angry at the captives, and saw the fire at night. When he asked Xu Jie, Xu Jie bluntly said that it was Yang Xuan who was talking, saying that the captives were in the north and Yang Xuan was going south, so he could resist the Tartars.

After that, Yang Xuan reported three times a day, even more recklessly, hoping to divert the emperor's attention.

But the news of Sun Bin's defeat and death soon came back, which can be described as a severe slap in the face.

By this time, Yang Xuan's fate was already doomed.

Emperor Jiajing couldn't tolerate being deceived, and Yang Xuan was just blatantly deceiving the emperor.

Wei Guangde didn't know what was going on here, but seeing Zhang Juzheng's uncertain face, he naturally didn't know that he was worried about his teacher.

However, if Wei Guangde knew it, he would just smile, because even if Jiang Dong took over Yang Xuan's official position, the Xuanda governor would be vacant. In fact, it was just a change of governor, and it was not a big deal.

Therefore, after seeing off the servant, Wei Guangde smiled at Zhang Juzheng: "When did we ask Yang Shangshu for a drink, I heard that he doesn't like Yang Xuan very much.

Now that Yang Xuan's downfall is a foregone conclusion, maybe he will secretly drink and celebrate at home right now. "

"Hehe. You sent me to your door to scold you. Mr. Yang is the kind of petty person."

Zhang Juzheng just smiled and responded casually.

When Wei Guangde said this in front of Zhang Juzheng, he actually wanted to get to the bottom of it first.

Originally planned to wait two days before going to find Yang Xuan, but within a few days, Jiang Dong was going back to the capital to participate in the Ministry of War's meritorious service. Wei Guangde still remembered that the matter mentioned in Ma Fang's letter had not been done.

Yes, when Wei Guangde mentioned Dong Yikui that day, he certainly didn't ask him on a whim.

Ma Fang knew that Dong Yiyuan was the first to join Wei Guangde's sect, so he took good care of his elder brother Dong Yikui.

In that letter, one thing was mentioned, that is, the position of the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Township had been vacant for half a year, and no one had been arranged to take over.

Dong Yikui had that idea and wanted to find this job.

Ma Fang had tested Xuanda Governor Jiangdong's intentions before, but Jiangdong didn't agree, but he didn't object either.

Of course he understands the truth, that is, although Shanxi Town is under the jurisdiction of Governor Xuanda, he is not in charge of the appointment of the chief military officer. It is appointed by the Ministry of War in the capital, and at most he is consulted for his opinion.

Of course, Jiang Dong would not be confused about this matter. If he wanted to be an official, he would go to the capital by himself.

Leading troops into the aid this time was considered a great achievement, and it happened to take this opportunity to let Dong Yikui go to Shanxi to sit in the township.

Jiang Dong was going back to the capital, so he just took this opportunity to see if he could get things done.

Strictly speaking, Wei Guangde should not interfere with military affairs at this time, but Ma Fang happened to have a reason for saying this.

But how to meet Yang Bo gave Wei Guangde a little headache.

After all, his official duties and the Ministry of War were completely out of reach, and it would be inappropriate to go there rashly, that's why he said what he said to Zhang Juzheng earlier.

On the second day, Wei Guangde went to see the proofreading of the Grand Ceremony, but he did not go there for a few days, and a lot of transcribed books had to be proofread.

Not long after entering the Imperial Academy and sitting down, Wei Guangde frowned when he saw Lu Bu send a few transcribed books.

"How come there are only a few copies?"

Logically, Wei Guangde thinks there should be at least ten books.

Fifteen people who are good at regular script are in charge of transcribing the affairs assigned by his subordinates. It has been less than half a month, so there should be more.

"My lord, Cheng Daonan, Fang Kun and other Confucian scholars have recently fallen ill due to overwork, and cannot continue to copy books, so..."

Lu Bu replied embarrassedly.

For transcribing the Canon, there is actually a task. Each person has to complete a copy of the Canon on a regular basis, and the selected transcribers must have good regular script skills. Naturally, the copying speed is not fast, and many people have to work around the clock.

Since he is a Confucian scholar, he is naturally older, and it becomes normal to fall ill after a lot of hard work.

"How many copyists in each room are sick?"

Wei Guangde became a little worried, this ceremony was the emperor's most concerned, even if they set a task, but the plan has been scheduled for several years.

Wei Guangde knew the ages of those who copied it, and he didn't know how many times it would take to complete this important event.

You have to make up for it, otherwise you will definitely have to time out.

At that time, the emperor will definitely suffer, thinking that you are not good at handling affairs.

"Is Lord Qu there?"

Wei Guangde asked.

"Just entered the value room."

Lu Bu replied.

"Okay, I'll go and have a look."

Wei Guangde got up after speaking, and went straight to Qu Jingchun's room.

After speaking with the clerk in front of the door, Wei Guangde walked into the duty room after the clerk entered the notice.

Qu Jingchun is upright and upright. Although he has been an official for many years, he still hasn't learned the tact in officialdom.

Wei Guangde naturally liked what he liked, and after the meeting, he just exchanged a few casual greetings and brought the topic into serious business.

"Master Qu, I came here to transcribe the members of each house. I heard that in the past year, more than a hundred people who were originally scheduled have died of illness, and now there are still more than ten who cannot be directors due to illness. Can not be done."

After Wei Guangde finished speaking, he stared straight at Qu Jingchun, waiting for his reply.

"I'm also having a headache at this time. I mentioned this matter to Su Qing before. The only solution is to continue to select people and add them in."

Qu Jingchun nodded and said.

"Su Qing is in the Ministry of Rites, has this matter been reported?"

Wei Guangde heard that the two chief school officials had already made a fuss, so he naturally didn't want to be troublesome, so as not to leave a bad impression on them, especially in front of Gao Gong.

As for the selection of candidates, it was an errand of the Ministry of Etiquette. If Wei Guangde thought about it, since the two of them had already made up their minds on this matter, of course it was most appropriate for Gao Gong to do it.

"Suqing asked me to play, but in the past two days, I wrote a statement and prepared to send it to the cabinet."

Qu Jingchun smiled, got up and took out the written note from the desk, and handed it to Wei Guangde for him to read it too.

After reading it quickly, Wei Guangde handed the report back to Qu Jingchun, and said with a smile, "Since Mr. Qu is already fussy, the students are more worried."

Qu Jingchun is a Hanlin bachelor, he is much higher than him, a Hanlin attendant, and it is normal to call himself a student.

"Since Shandai thinks it's feasible, why don't you take the time to go to the cabinet to take a walk for the old man."

There is no such thing as stealing credit for such things as submitting the report, and the report is written by him.

However, regarding the transcription, even though he and Gao Gong were appointed as the chief school officials, Gao Gong still had an errand in the Ministry of Rites, and in fact the responsibility of the chief school was entirely on him.

He is also in his 60s, his legs and feet are inconvenient, and his energy is also a little weak, so Wei Guangde will do it for him.

"it is good."

Wei Guangde agreed, anyway, it is not troublesome to send a statement to the cabinet.

He took the receipt from him and put it away, chatted a few more words, and then left the value room and returned to his own side.

Ask Lu Bu to put away the books that need to be proofread. He doesn't want to read them today, and plans to proofread a few more books together.

After tidying up by himself, he went out, got in the carriage and went directly to the cabinet.

When we arrived at the gate of Xiyuan, we found out after negotiating with the gatekeepers, because the Tartars had retreated, and the cabinet moved back to Wenyuan Pavilion last night to handle errands, and the two adults, Xu Jie and Yuan Wei, were no longer working in Wuyi Palace. .

Back on the carriage, I changed my way and went to Wenyuan Pavilion again.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, horse-drawn carriages were naturally not allowed to enter, so they got off and registered to enter the palace. The young man still walked quickly and entered the cabinet in a short time.

After chatting briefly with the secretary of the cabinet at the reception, knowing that Yuan Wei is busy at the moment, and someone from Xu Jie's side is also talking in the room, Wei Guangde had to wait in the yard.

In fact, it is also possible to directly explain to Zhongshu, it is nothing more than being assigned to the value room of the two bachelors together with the memorial.

But now that they are all here, Wei Guangde thinks it's better for him to walk around and talk with them if he has nothing to do.

Speaking of which, there was no hostility between myself, Xu Jie, and Yuan Wei.

Even if Xu Jie would not show it because of the possible future competition between himself and Zhang Juzheng.

After all, with his current situation, it was not worth mentioning to him at all.

The first thing he had to do was to find a way to help Zhang Juzheng up.

Not long after, the door of Xu Jie's room was opened, and he saw Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, come out from inside.

"Old Xu Ge, Lord Yang."

Wei Guangde stepped forward to salute.

(End of this chapter)