prosperous age

Chapter 571 Chapter 570
Wei Guangde had a lot of worries when he left Prince Yu's Mansion.

To ask him to impeach Dong Fen, Minister of Rites, to be honest, he doesn't want to take over the matter, which is really a bit offending.

Dong Fen had just taken office, and logically speaking, at this time, he was also the time when Emperor Jiajing trusted him the most, and the possibility of successful impeachment was very slim.

But His Royal Highness Yu Wang wanted to say this, and he, an official of the royal family and a die-hard fan of His Royal Highness Yu Wang, could not refuse.

But fortunately, there is still time to buffer, at least until Li Fang finds out the details, he can temporarily postpone this matter.

From Wei Guangde's point of view, if Dong Fen hadn't collected the property from Yan's family, then he would have only heard about it, which would be regarded as letting His Royal Highness King Yu out.

But if Dong Fen really took things from the Yan family, considering the disapproval of the Yan family by Emperor Jiajing and the court officials at this time, even if Emperor Jiajing would not dismiss him because of this, he would not have a good time in the court , It is not impossible to even be forced to take the initiative to become an official.

It should be noted that people's words are scary.

Sitting in the carriage, Wei Guangde calculated his gains and losses, feeling that for himself, apart from offending Dong Fen if the impeachment failed, it seemed that there would be no other harm.

As for the impact of the failure of impeachment on his own reputation, in order to make King Yu happy, the damage to his reputation is nothing.

Wei Guangde returned to the school record hall to continue the school record ceremony. Not long after noon, Lu Bu quietly entered the room and told, "Master Ouyang invited the master to drink."

"Ouyang? You said Si Zhi."

Si Zhi is Ouyang Yijing's surname, everyone is from Pengze, Jiangxi, and naturally walks around a lot in the capital. It must be known that Wei Guangde was able to help him escape when he was transferred back to the capital from Xiaoshan county magistrate to serve as the criminal department.

"Yes, my lord. Damn it, you can't even explain such a trivial matter."

Lu Bu hastily bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"It's okay, where are you going tonight?"

Wei Guangde asked casually.

"Goulan Hutong, West Courtyard."

Lu Bu laughed.

"West courtyard, hehe, okay, I see."

Wei Guangde smiled, this West Court is not the other West Court, of course the names have meanings.

However, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty didn't care much about these things, so the folks were allowed to mess around.

In fact, the West Courtyard is also one of Yu Wang's favorite places.

But at this moment, Wei Guangde has no intention of proofreading and recording books.

Although after calculation, I feel that the impeachment of Dong is not a big deal. Which official will not be impeached, unless you are a small official and no one pays attention to you, no one will be impeached.

It should be noted that many censors impeached not only officials, but even officials.

Ouyang Yijing.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help thinking of Ouyang Yijing.

Since getting him into the sixth department, the first two years have been very peaceful. After all, he is new here and he is not familiar with the capital.

The officialdom in the capital is complicated, and Ouyang Yijing was also afraid of doing the wrong thing, especially when Wei Guangde warned him that it was the time when King Yu, Xu Jie and Yan Dang were fighting fiercely.

Perhaps it seemed to him a random book, but there might be a big boss hidden behind it. With his relationship with Wei Guangde, Ouyang Yijing was also acquiesced as a member of Prince Yu's House, so don't add trouble to Prince Yu's House.

However, since Yan Song's downfall, Ouyang Yijing has also become active, especially last year, when he published two memorials within a month, the first one impeaching Taichang Shaoqing Jin Yinghuai, and reporting his misdeeds when he was the doctor of the military selection department , accepting bribes from Fu Yi, Wang Chonggu, and Sun Hongshi, all of them were above during the inspection.

The second memorial to the impeachment was that Fu Yi, the minister of the household department in Nanjing, Sun Hongshi, who participated in politics in Huguang, and Wang Chonggu, the governor of Ningxia, bribed Jin Yinghuai in order to get promoted.

After Emperor Jiajing approved the promotion, the Ministry of Officials conducted a thorough investigation, only to find that there seemed to be something wrong with Jin Yinghuai's restoration of Fu Yi, and that both Sun and Wang were promoted because of their outstanding achievements, and there was no hidden secret of private transfer, so they were dismissed Fu Yi's official position was taken away, while the other three were not affected.

Although the impeachment was not considered a success, it could be regarded as Ouyang Yijing's first shot in the court and gained some reputation in the six subjects.

During that time, Wei Guangde was busy with his school performance, so he didn't pay attention to this matter. Even though Ouyang Yijing had informed him of his impeachment beforehand, he didn't take it seriously.

In fact, Wei Guangde didn't like the practice of the censor's official's gossip, and always felt that catching a rape in bed, catching a thief and taking stolen goods, and suing without any evidence was ungentlemanly.

But Ouyang Yijing's first impeachment took down a servant, and it was not in vain. Whether it was his foresight or luck, it was pretty good. He didn't sue a lot like most censors, and the result was nothing. The results have no effect at all, and they have offended many people for nothing.

In officialdom, you seem to be suing only one person, but you don't know the great power of the same year and fellow countrymen after you get up.

The censor and Shizhong are, after all, only insignificant seventh-rank officials in the court, with great power but low status.

Wei Guangde suddenly had an idea at this time, that is to ask Ouyang Yijing to impeach him and test Emperor Jiajing's attitude.

But to impeach Ouyang Yijing, I don't know if it will make Yu Wang feel dissatisfied. After all, he has always said that he will end in person.

Let's talk about it later when we meet with Si Zhi. You must know that the target of impeachment this time is the Minister of the Dynasty, so he may not dare to do it.

In the eyes of Wei Guangde and others, even princes and county kings are not scary, but if the object is Shangshu, then they have to think twice.

After leaving the yamen, Wei Guangde changed into casual clothes in the yamen and went out.

It is inconvenient to wear an official uniform when going to a place like the West Courtyard.

When the carriage arrived, Wei Guangde was led directly to a secluded small courtyard.

Along the way, Wei Guangde was still a little puzzled, the consumption in the west courtyard is not low, what the hell is Ouyang Yijing doing?

Instead of opening a private room upstairs in the lobby outside, it actually reserved a courtyard directly inside.

Ouyang's family is not a wealthy family. In Pengze, that is, after he passed the imperial examination, his family became well-off. Before that, they were barely wealthy. There was a teahouse in the city, and there were a few acres of Susukida outside the city.

If it was in his hometown, he could build it casually, but in the capital city, in a gold-selling cave like Goulan Hutong, the cost of renting out such a yard is not low.

Wei Guangde thought that Ouyang Yijing must have invited a lot of people for spending so much money, but when he walked into the courtyard, he found that it was deserted and deserted, with only a few [-]-year-old girls serving him.

"Shandai, come on, sit down."

Ouyang Yijing had already come out to greet Wei Guangde when he entered the yard, and after meeting Wei Guangde at the door, he dragged him into the house.

Scanning the women in the room, all of them were pretty good looking, Wei Guangde couldn't help being a little suspicious, this Ouyang Yijing wouldn't plan to take a concubine.

These days, if you marry a wife, you must make as many battles as you can, and the bigger the scene, the better, to show your family's satisfaction with this marriage.

But taking a concubine is different. Although there will be a ceremony, it is done at home behind closed doors, and generally no one is invited.

However, for those of them who are officials in the capital, taking concubines is not allowed legally, so they usually do it behind their backs and secretly.

Dingtian is like this, invite a few close friends who know everything about it.

In the officialdom, how many people can say that they know the basics, except for the few who can barely pick out a few after working together for many years, they are fellow villagers.

During the Ming Dynasty, the township party was actually very serious, and people in the same province formed a strong group with each other.

After the two sat down, Wei Guangde asked curiously: "Which part are you singing today? Just the two of us or who?"

"I didn't call many people, just a few of us from Jiujiang in the capital."

Ouyang Yijing replied.

Wei Guangde looked at him now, Ouyang Yijing has more than 40 people, and he seems a little old-hearted.

After waiting for the maids to come and deliver the tea, Wei Guangde waved his hand to signal the girls in the room to go out first.

After they went out, Wei Guangde looked at Ouyang Yijing, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Si Zhi, you have your eyes on that girl here, right? I didn't mean you, you fell in love with me, paid the money and took the deed to take it home directly." , What kind of seats are you putting here?

If you have difficulties with the Jiaofang Division, just tell me, I will ask them to help you with the matter, and the Jiaofang Division will give me some thin noodles. "

Saying this, Wei Guangde was also thinking of Ouyang Yijing, it would be bad if it was exposed at the foot of the emperor, the land of the first benevolence.

The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" clearly stipulates that any man who has reached the age of forty and has no heirs can take concubines.

He, Ouyang Yijing, is forty years old, but he also has children, so he doesn't meet this requirement at all.

Although taking concubines is a common practice no matter in the officialdom or among the people, everyone knows what should be tabooed.

As for other things such as parents' consent and wife's consent, Ouyang Yijing had been filial at the beginning, and his wife's side was not a problem.

Although the attitude of wives is very important when it comes to taking concubines, in this era, they still think more about their own men. As long as they think about it, they generally don't refuse, because their husbands are their reliance.

This is the case in the civil society, and it is even more so in the officialdom.

Officials don't have to worry about not being able to find a woman.

Ouyang Yijing's wife and children all stayed in his hometown Pengze, they were not around at all.

However, Ouyang Yijing was stunned by Wei Guangde's words, and asked for a long time, "What girl?"

Wei Guangde looked around, and then said: "You arranged to drink here, didn't you want to take a concubine?"

"Hey, no, Shan Loan, you misunderstood."

Ouyang Yijing called Qu Dao.

"Misunderstanding?"

Wei Guangde also wondered, if a concubine is a concubine, it is supposed to come out when the guests come, and it is not the new daughter-in-law that the Ming media is marrying, so what should be avoided.

"I invite you here because... I want you to help me with the details."

Ouyang Yijing said in a low voice.

"For details? Are you going to run for an official?"

Wei Guangde heaved a sigh of relief and smiled.

Hearing what Ouyang Yijing said, Wei Guangde felt relieved.

Don't look at the fact that officials in the Ming Dynasty took concubines as a common practice, but some rules will not be broken. It's not what people in later generations think, just buy them home if they like them.

At the very least, taking a concubine must ask the concubine to serve tea to the eldest wife. Ouyang Yijing's wife is not around, and the news spreads. According to this, give him a book, and he will be dismissed from office and go home.

At the time of Yan Shifan's glory, all the concubines he married followed this procedure, and they didn't dare to break this rule.

Compared with moral deficiencies, if you just want to make progress, then it is another matter.

Wei Guangde didn't realize that there was nothing wrong with being an official these days who wanted to climb the ranks. As long as the conditions for promotion were met, gifts should be given and guests should be treated.

"It's not a running officer."

Contrary to what Wei Guangde thought, Ouyang Yijing said bluntly.

Wei Guangde blinked when he heard the words, quickly analyzed in his mind, and came to a conclusion.

"You don't want to impeach anyone, do you? Mr. Xu Ge, Mr. Li, or Mr. Yan Ge?"

Wei Guangde asked tentatively, but there was a bit of a joke in his tone.

In his opinion, Ouyang Yijing was so mysterious that he must impeach a big shot.

Thinking about the people who can be targeted by them in the matter, there are not many people who are treated so cautiously.

It's just that it was purely a joke to target the first assistant and second assistant of the court from the beginning, let alone him, I dare not provoke these people.

"Hey, bullshit."

Ouyang Yijing scolded with a smile.

At this time, a maid outside the door reported: "Master, Master Duan and Master Zhang have arrived."

"Invite them to come in."

While talking, Ouyang Yijing got up to greet him, and Wei Guangde who was sitting on the side also got up, but he kept saying, "Master Duan, Master Zhang, oh, they."

According to the surname, Wei Guangde already knew who the visitor was, they were all from Jiujiang Mansion, and he was really familiar with them.

Soon, Ouyang Yijing and Wei Guangde welcomed Duan Mengxian and Zhang Dao in.

"Xingquan is still reluctant to take off his new official uniform even here."

Wei Guangde joked.

"Hehe, Xin Ke Jinshi, I definitely want it."

Ouyang Yijing answered happily.

"I told him about him on the way here, but he was watching politics, and he didn't put casual clothes in the yamen."

Duan Mengxian helped explain.

"Are you comfortable being the head of the criminal department?"

Wei Guangde asked about Duan Mengxian's recent situation. In the 41st year of Jiajing, Wei Guangde didn't help at that time, because he was busy dealing with Yan Song at that time, so Duan Mengxian was assigned to the Ministry of Punishment to observe politics after the palace examination.

In the second half of the year, after the major events had been decided, Wei Guangde left the Ministry of Officials and did not let him be sent out to be a county magistrate, but stayed in the Ministry of Punishment and became a housekeeper.

As for Zhang Dao, this time Wei Guangde made some arrangements in advance and directly arranged him into the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He should be the censor in the second half of the year.

As for which one to get, this Wei Guangde doesn't care, it depends on his own luck.

In fact, it's not bad, although Lao Kan and Zhang Ke took the initiative to go to the local area, and gradually became famous, Wei Guangde is not alone in the capital, so this is a mahjong table.

Ouyang Yijing asked the maid to bring tea and snacks, and asked them to go down and wait, and we'll talk about it later, whether eating or drinking has to be a matter of evening.

There were only four of them in the room, and Ouyang Yijing saw that everyone was present, so he continued what he said earlier.

"Speaking of which, this time I'm asking you to help me with the details. I heard that Yang Yusun, the young minister of Taipusi, and Fan Weipi, the head of the Ministry of War, took advantage of Yan's family and helped lobby officials in Beijing to rescue Yan Shifan. So I sent someone to investigate and found out that Dong Fen, Minister of the Ministry of Rites."

As Ouyang Yijing spoke, Wei Guangde looked at Ouyang Yijing with a complex expression.

If he hadn't talked about this with King Yu today, Wei Guangde would have wondered if he had planted a nail in King Yu's side at some point.

It's a bit of a coincidence.

"According to what you mean, are you going to impeach Dong Fen, Yang Yusun and Fan Weipi?"

Wei Guangde asked directly.

(End of this chapter)