prosperous age

Chapter 596 Chapter 595
"His actions can be forgiven, and his heart can be punished."

King Yu just repeated Wei Guangde's evaluation, and then nodded slightly.

"Will the father punish him?"

After a while, King Yu asked again.

"The palace has not issued a decree until now. His Majesty should have seen his thoughts, so he will not let him succeed."

Wei Guangde replied, after speaking, Wei Guangde simply lowered his head to hide the entanglement on his face.

He knew that Hai Rui was going to be imprisoned, although it was still related to this memorial, but he didn't think it was because of this memorial that Emperor Jiajing took his anger out on him, but because of other reasons.

Wei Guangde's petty actions did not hide from King Yu's eyes, seeing Wei Guangde lowering his head and not seeing his facial expression, he knew that Wei Guangde was not telling the truth.

But there is no one else here, he shouldn't be like this.

Immediately, King Yu's eyes saw Li Fang beside him.

Apart from the two of them, the eunuch Li Fang was the only one left in the room.

If Wei Guangde has something to say in front of eunuchs, it can only be
King Yu himself is not stupid, so he can naturally think of Wei Guangde's worries.

It's just that Wei Guangde lowered his head at this moment, not knowing the situation in the room.

"Li Fang, go and see how my concubine's sacrificial supplies are prepared."

King Yu spoke to Li Fang who was standing beside him.

"Yes, Your Highness."

After being slightly stunned, Li Fang immediately bowed and answered, and then exited the room.

At this time, Wei Guangde also raised his head, looked at King Yu in surprise, and then at Li Fang who was leaving.

"Earlier you said that Father would not punish Hai Rui for his disrespect, but I think you still have something to say.

Now there are only you and me here, out of your mouth, into the lonely ear, there will be no third person to know about this matter. "

Yu Wang said lightly.

"Why do you need to ask these questions, Your Highness?"

Wei Guangde was a little hesitant, feeling that it seemed inappropriate to say those words to King Yu.

No matter how Emperor Jiajing treated King Yu, Wei Guangde could feel that King Yu still had a deep affection for Emperor Jiajing, perhaps because he had too few relatives around him.

In any case, Emperor Jiajing was his father, a father he hadn't seen for many years, just separated by that wall.

This time, King Yu didn't answer the conversation, but stared straight at him.

Wei Guangde knew that if he didn't say that he was ugly and Yinmao today, it would not only make King Yu unhappy, but might even affect his status in King Yu's heart.

Perhaps, this is what those people call "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger".

"Your Highness, this is what I just thought of."

Wei Guangde had no choice but to meet King Yu's gaze and said, "Your Highness asked if His Majesty would deal with Hai Rui, but I think not.

But His Majesty's not being angry doesn't mean he won't teach Hai Rui a lesson, it just makes him suffer. "

"How to say?"

King Yu became interested and asked.

Although he knew that saying it would make King Yu uncomfortable, Wei Guangde could only say: "What is your Highness's feeling for His Majesty?"

Before he could answer, Wei Guangde asked back, and his question was so sensitive, for a while, King Yu's face was no longer the calm look before, and became extremely tangled.

Wei Guangde didn't wait for King Yu to think about how to answer this question, so he said first: "Actually, everyone in the palace knows about His Highness's disposition. I just want to say that His Majesty's feelings for His Majesty are just like His Majesty's feelings for His Majesty."

Hearing this, King Yu frowned, but his eyes were still fixed on Wei Guangde.

"I'm sure that His Majesty just thinks the motto of 'two dragons will not meet each other', so he has been reluctant to see you. It's not because he is so hard-hearted, but because he is worried about your safety.

Having lost two princes, His Majesty cannot take another blow. "

Wei Guangde's words made the corners of Yu Wang's eyes twitch slightly, and then he blinked quickly a few times before he managed to stabilize his mind.

However, from Wei Guangde's words, he also heard a trace of unusual taste, and then his face became anxious.

"What do you mean by that? My father is in the prime of his life, do you know what you were talking about just now?"

"Your Highness, haven't you ever wondered why His Majesty has been urging the school records library to transcribe the progress of "Yongle Dadian" recently?"

Wei Guangde lowered his head and said in a sad tone.

"Don't say any more. I'm just asking you how to deal with Hai Rui. I'm not asking you to talk nonsense here."

King Yu said sharply.

"Your Majesty will deal with Hai Rui, but not now, but when he is exhausted, he should rediscover this book, put Hai Rui in prison, and pardon him when His Majesty ascends the throne, so as to gain All the sages in the world praise me and the court Qingliu supports me."

Wei Guangde still kept his head down, because he was worried that King Yu would see his expression.

Well, Wei Guangde thought that his acting skills were not good enough, so he just lowered his head and pretended to be sad.

In fact, when King Yu heard about this in the morning, whether it was Li Fang, Yin Shizhen, or even Gao Gong, they all sent back notes, all of them believed that the emperor would take Hai Rui down, order him to be imprisoned, and torture him to pursue the behind-the-scenes instigation.

And Gao Gong's meaning is also very simple, that is, King Yu wants to protect Hai Rui, and Yin Shizhen has a similar opinion, only Li Fang holds the opposite attitude.

Perhaps, this also has something to do with Li Fang being an eunuch, and all his wealth is tied to the royal family.

But just as Yu Wang said, although he approves of Hai Rui's memorial, it doesn't mean he will support him, let alone protect him, and even wants to give him a good beating.

This is his heart.

No matter how bad the father was, King Yu could not tolerate such accusations from his subjects.

When he heard Wei Guangde comment on Hai Rui's "his heart can be punished", he really had the idea of ​​killing Hai Rui.

Although it was only for a moment, he was suppressed by him, because the note he passed from Gao Gong also showed that Hai Rui could not die now.

Wei Guangde said that Emperor Jiajing saw Hai Rui's heart, so he would not be fooled, and King Yu was happy in his heart, so he didn't have to do things he didn't want to do.

But, unexpectedly, when I was curious to ask, I actually heard another question from Wei Guangde, a question that no one had asked him before, that is, Emperor Jiajing's body might not be able to die.

What touched him even more was that Wei Guangde actually guessed that his father, who had been unwilling to look at him all this time, would actually do that in order to make him famous.

In fact, although King Yu said he didn't believe it, in his dream, he was still willing to believe that the reason why his father didn't see him was because of that proverb.

"go out."

Wei Guangde, who lowered his head and thought about what to say, suddenly heard King Yu's roar in his ears.

When he looked up in surprise, King Yu yelled at him again: "Go out and tell people outside not to come in. No one is allowed, just be quiet."

Wei Guangde didn't dare to say anything, it was the first time he saw King Yu angry, he bowed slightly, bowed his hands to King Yu, and retreated step by step towards the door.

He moved lightly, as if he was worried that if he made a big move, King Yu would be furious again.

After leaving the room, Wei Guangde let out a sigh of relief.

When King Yu yelled at him just now, his eyes were reddened, and his face was also very scary, changing from his usual gentle demeanor.

"None of you are allowed to enter without His Majesty's summons."

Wei Guangde opened his mouth and told the surprised servants who opened their mouths wide, "No one is allowed to enter, including the princess and Eunuch Li."

After speaking, he left Prince Yu's Mansion without looking back.

Wei Guangde believes that Hai Rui, whom no one will meet at this time, will be ordered to jail in the future because of today's memorial, because as long as these two days pass, if the palace does not issue an order to arrest people, they will think that the matter is over up.

If Wei Guangde hadn't known that Hai Rui would be arrested in the end, and would have thought the same way, he would not have foreseen what would happen in the future.

However, although telling King Yu about his "analysis" caused King Yu to be furious, he felt it was worth it.

King Yu is affectionate and sexual. In fact, although he has resentment towards Emperor Jiajing, his affection is greater than everything else.

And these words I said
It seems a little selfish.

Wei Guangde sat on the carriage with a wry smile on his face. He felt that he was a bit bad, and he didn't really want to help King Yu in any way, but just to hug his thick thighs tightly.

But today's words, no matter where they are placed, will bring the father-son relationship between King Yu and Emperor Jiajing closer, without causing any discord.

Just like what Wei Guangde said to King Yu, under the close watch of the entire Beijing officialdom, Xiyuan seemed like nothing had happened, and two days passed in a blink of an eye.

Emperor Jiajing didn't send Jin Yiwei to arrest Hai Rui, but Hai Rui collapsed first because he hadn't eaten for two days.

Because it was expected that Emperor Jiajing would send someone to arrest him and put him in prison, he was worried that his family and servants would be involved, so he dismissed his family members, and naturally no one cooked and boiled water for him.

Fortunately, two days later, Hai Rui's colleagues came to the door only to find out that they immediately found a doctor to take care of him, and sent people to search around, and finally found Hai Rui's family members and servants outside the city, and called them back to take care of Hai Rui. Rui.

Just like the farce of defrauding the imperial staff in the previous dynasty, although Hai Rui did not go to jail because of this, his reputation in the official circles and literary circles of the capital did rise. In addition to the good reputation accumulated earlier as the county magistrate, under the promotion of Qingliu officials, " The name "Hai Qingtian" began to spread throughout the capital.

Just when Hai Rui became famous in the capital, the government was still running.

In the past six months, Wei Guangde felt that he seemed to be a bit out of luck. His fellow Zhang Ke and his disciple Yu Dayou were impeached and dismissed for no reason.

However, after Hai Rui's appearance on "Public Security", it seemed that his luck suddenly turned around.

First, the Xuanfu Army reported that more than a thousand cavalry were captured and suddenly invaded Xuanfu Longmen and other places. The commander-in-chief Ma Fangshi and Yuan Shiji pursued him and beheaded him at level 36. Emperor Jiajing was very happy and rewarded Governor Zhao Bingran and Fang. There are differences in silver bullets.

Only news came out that all household divisions were promoted during the incident, and the position was vacated.

Even though Dugeshizhong is only half a level higher than Gishizhong, he is a powerful figure in the six departments and the boss of the household department.

For Ouyang Yijing, who has been in the household department for more than two years, it is naturally a rare opportunity for promotion.

Why is the position of the Sixth Division very sought-after, because this is the closest place to the emperor among all the yamen of the imperial court.

In the early Ming Dynasty, six departments of officials, rites, households, workers, soldiers, and criminals were set up, with the right to supervise the six departments.

The office space of the Sixth Division is very special. In the Ming Dynasty, there were only two government offices in the imperial palace. One was the Wenhua Palace, the cabinet’s office, and the other was the Sixth Office’s office, because the Sixth Office’s office was a long road. Corridor-shaped houses are commonly known as "Six Branch Corridors", which fully demonstrates the special nature of Six Branches.

Another special place is that in the Jingcha of the Ming Dynasty, the officials below the third rank were inspected by the Ministry of Officials, and the officials above the third rank were inspected by the emperor. However, as the highest officials, only the sixth rank of the six subjects was inspected by the emperor directly. .

"Six subjects, in charge of attendants, remonstrance, repairing, picking up relics, and inspecting six departments and one hundred divisions. All the edicts are announced and implemented, and major events are repeated, and the Minor Affairs Department issues them; if there is a loss, the seal is also performed. All internal and external chapters Sparse it down, copy it out by classification, and refer to the Ministry of Finance to refute and correct its violations."

The power of the Sixth Division is so great that although they do not have the position of prime minister, they have a certain power of prime minister. Therefore, because the officials here are closest to the emperor, once they are promoted, they will be promoted very quickly. It is an example of Pin Yi jumping into the ranks of third-rank officials.

And if the ability is poor and the luck is not good, you can change your position. If you are a censor of the thirteen departments, you will have the opportunity to be promoted to the governor of various places, which is also a good way to get promoted.

At the beginning Wei Guangde was almost sent out of the capital by Gao Gong, but the bait he had prepared was to send him to Fujian as a patrol censor first, so as to win him the post of governor.

Ke Dao is a place where people are really humble and powerful, and they can make a fortune by seizing the opportunity.

Ouyang Yijing was of great help to Wei Guangde, so this time Wei Guangde gave Hu Kedu this position as a reward for him.

In order to ensure everything was safe, Wei Guangde not only appealed to King Yu, but also mobilized the relationship of King Yu's mansion to persuade Guo Pu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and also won the support of Zhang Yongming, the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Promoted to Nanjing Caojiang Youqian Capital Censor Hong Chao was selected as the right deputy capital censor and governor of Nanjing Grain Storage; Guanglu Temple Qing Ren Shiping was appointed as the governor of Shuntian Fu, and Shanxi Dao Censor Wu Ti was appointed as the Shaoqing Admiral Siyi of Taichang Temple In the hall, Hu Kedu gave Zhongxing Shouting the title of Minister of Shangbao, and changed Wu Zun, the Shaoqing of Nanjing Taipu Temple, to the Shaoqing of Nanjing Taichang Temple."

Wei Guangde was thinking about the decree just issued today, and Hu Kedu promoted Xing Shouting from the seventh rank to be Shangbao Secretary of the fifth rank, and the position was finally vacant.

However, Ouyang Yijing's decree for promotion has not yet been issued, and everything is still uncertain.

However, because of the support of the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Wei Guangde also felt that the probability of mistakes should be very low.

"Master, Master Ouyang sent someone to deliver a post, please go to Goulan Hutong at night."

Wei Guangde took the post from Ouyang Yijing from Lu Bu, with a wry smile on his face.

Now seeing the promotion of his immediate boss, this guy is also very itchy.

"I see, you tell the outside to prepare, I will go out in a while."

Wei Guangde didn't want to make omissions right now, so he simply didn't read the book, and went to the Ministry of Officials first to visit Guo Pu and Guo Shangshu.

Thinking of the note sent by Chen Ju two days ago, it happened to pass the news, which made Guo Shangshu happy.

In half a month at the latest, the position of Tianguan will also be changed.

Guo Pu went there, and Gao Gong also went there. After all, he also had to move, so he might have to make some preparations in advance.

This time when seeking a job for Ouyang Yijing, whether it was Guo Pu or Zhang Yongming, Wei Guangde didn't ask Mr. Xu Ge to come forward, but he directly visited in the name of Prince Yu's Mansion.

After knowing that the two men from Henan were going to join the cabinet together, Wei Guangde felt that he had understood Emperor Jiajing's plan.

(End of this chapter)