prosperous age

Chapter 613 Chapter 612 Earthquake
"Noon."

King Yu set a time, and Chen Yiqin's errands were finished, so he was about to leave.

"Yifu, don't worry."

Just when Chen Yiqin was about to leave, King Yu called out to him and said, "Do you know the progress of Father's Yongling Mausoleum?"

Speaking of the mausoleum of Emperor Jiajing, the site has actually been selected and started a long time ago. However, due to the financial difficulties of the imperial court, the allocation of funds was intermittent, so the progress of the project was extremely slow.

These, in fact, all the ministers in the court and China knew about it, and of course Chen Yiqin had heard about it too.

"The progress of the Yongling project is not optimistic, but now the Ministry of Industry should speed up, so there will be no delay."

Chen Yiqin could only answer vaguely.

"Go to the cabinet first and tell all the ministers that Emperor Daxing Yu built the Yongling Mausoleum, and it has been a long time. He ordered a member of the Ligong Erbutang's upper officials to meet with the officials and supervisors to respectfully discuss and modify it."

Of course King Yu knew about the situation, but he still asked this question, the purpose of which was to let the court know that the construction of the mausoleum must be speeded up without delay.

After all, it is impossible for Emperor Jiajing's coffin to be placed in the palace for a long time, and it must be buried as soon as possible.

Wei Guangde on the side thought for a while before saying: "If His Highness directly instructs Li and the officials of the Second Ministry of Industry to be responsible, it will also save the people below from shuffling and making things difficult for the elders."

Directly designated by Yu Wang, can save a lot of trouble, at least people will be frightened and delayed if they are selected.

"Is there anyone for Shandai?"

After hearing Wei Guangde's words, King Yu thought he was going to recommend someone to him.

In fact, there is nothing worth recommending for Wei Guangde. The officials he wants to recommend are all low-ranking, and they simply cannot afford such a big job.

However, he still thought about it before he said: "Pan Sheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Gang, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, both said that the old minister is prudent, so there must be nothing wrong."

Having said this, he thought for a while and continued: "Yang Hui, deputy supervisor of Qintian Supervisor, is also going, after all, they specialize in doing this."

Wei Guangde didn't know Yang Hui before, that is, after he went to the Qin Tianjian today, he saw that he was very stable in his speech and actions, and he was the only one who raised objections to choosing ugliness before.

When Yongling is completed, King Yu will definitely reward them for their merits.

Without mentioning Pan Sheng and Xu Gang, this Yang Hui should also be praised.

"Okay, let's leave it at that. I would like to ask Yifu to go to the cabinet and ask them to write a note."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Naturally, Chen Yiqin would not object to King Yu's order, and he said goodbye before leaving.

"Shan Loan, the two people you recommended are credible?"

After Chen Yiqin left, King Yu asked aloud.

Wei Guangde understood that King Yu had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, I am not familiar with them, but I heard that they are very calm in doing things, and they will definitely fulfill Your Highness's instructions.

But that Yang Hui is worthy of praise."

So Wei Guangde told King Yu what he thought when he saw the enthronement instrument and what he saw and heard in Qin Tianjian, and also expressed his thoughts on how to deal with this matter.

"Shandai means forget it, don't you check it?"

King Yu asked strangely, but he was not angry when he spoke, only curious.

"Your highness, you don't need to be concerned."

Wei Guangde just said.

Those who can play these shady tricks, that is, those few, when it really happens, will he keep it or not.

Guaranteed, he wouldn't be happy in his heart, but if he didn't guarantee, those same years who didn't know the inside story didn't know what to say.

Forget it, just pretend you didn't find out and let them go.

During this period of time, the affairs of the palace were complicated, but with Huang Jin in charge, everything was handled in an orderly manner without any mistakes.

The time originally set was to hold the enthronement ceremony of King Yu on the auspicious time of December 26, so on the 25th, Wei Guangde and Li Fang began to inspect various places, such as Zhongji Hall, Huangji Hall and Chengtianmen. If there is any situation, make sure nothing goes wrong before going back to report.

At night, Wei Guangde was lying on the bed with his wife Xu Jianglan beside him.

Xu Jianglan is pregnant, of course Wei Guangde will not make a mistake, now that time is sensitive, he is not in the mood to go to the next room.

I don't know how many days it was, Wei Guangde, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, suddenly felt his big bed shaking, and said casually: "Don't shake, the master has a lot of business tomorrow, so he needs to rest well."

Following Yu Wang these days, Wei Guangde didn't do many things, but he still felt very tired, and he didn't know if his waist was bad.

But thinking about it, probably not, just looking at King Yu every day, thinking that this man will soon be the emperor, the pressure is more or less a bit heavy.

"Master, madam, get up quickly, the ground is shaking."

At this time, the maid next door rushed over wearing a coat and woke Wei Guangde and Xu Jianglan in front of the bed.

Only then did Wei Guangde realize that the shaking just now turned out to be an earthquake.

It's really a coincidence that King Yu will ascend the throne tomorrow, and there will be an earthquake tonight, so I don't know what disturbances will be caused in the court.

When the whole room came out, Mother Chen had already rushed over with her clothes on, but she was in a hurry and looked disheveled.

But this is the backyard, there are no other men in the yard except Wei Guangde and Wei Dacheng.

"Help me take out the official uniform, I'm going to the palace to have a look."

Wei Guangde had already calmed down, knowing that after this incident, tomorrow's enthronement ceremony might change a bit, and he had to be by King Yu's side.

Although the imperial palace is strictly forbidden, officials are not allowed to enter or leave at night, but now the situation is special, even if they can't get in, they can just wait outside.

After Wei Guangde got dressed, the backyard had already informed the front to prepare the carriage, and the people in the front yard had already got up just after the earthquake.

Tonight, it is destined that none of the households in the capital can rest well.

Wei Guangde hurried to the palace in a carriage, where there were already many sedan chairs and carriages.

"Find a place to park, I'll get off here."

Wei Guangde only gave an order, and immediately jumped out of the carriage after the coachman stopped the carriage.

Inside the palace gate, the cabinet Xu Jie and Gao Gong had arrived first, Gao Yi, Minister of Rites, and Yang Bo, Minister of Officials, were also blocked here and unable to enter the palace.

Although there was an earthquake, Wei Guangde did not see any houses collapsed along the way, indicating that the magnitude of the earthquake was not high, or the damage was not strong, but the earthquake was felt very strongly, which may be what experts call a "shallow earthquake".

Moreover, as far as Wei Guangde saw along the road, many night watchmen had already taken to the streets to patrol the streets. There were officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp, as well as servants from various yamen. There should be no chaos.

The capital is still very stable.

Wei Guangde went to pay respects to several adults, and they were not surprised to see him coming.

In the past few days, King Yu was by Wei Guangde's side most of the time, and they were no strangers to it.

If it weren't for the rules in the palace, I'm afraid King Yu would let him stay overnight just like Prince Yu's mansion.

"I still think the enthronement should be postponed."

After Wei Guangde straightened up, he heard Yang Bo talking there.

"The auspicious day has already been selected, and it is not appropriate to change it."

As the Minister of Rites, Gao Yi naturally disagreed with Yang Bo's words.

The two argued with each other, but Xu Jie and Gao Gong didn't speak.

After a while, Li Chunfang also rushed to the palace gate, stood beside Xu Jie and Gao Gong, and kept silent about the debate there.

In this matter, after all, King Yu still has to make a decision, and their opinions can only be used as a reference.

That being the case, it is better to wait for King Yu to express his position.

The situation at the palace gate had already been reported by the servants. After all, several important ministers gathered in the court, and it was not unreasonable to be blocked outside the palace gate.

King Yu's decree came out: everyone is allowed to enter the cabinet for discussion.

As a result, the palace gate was opened, and the officials gathered here followed Xu Jie and Li Chunfang directly to Wenyuan Pavilion.

The last ones who came here were the six ministers, the third-rank officials, and the fourth-rank Wei Guangde could only be ranked behind everyone.

After entering Wenyuan Pavilion, the controversy remained. Even Chen Yiqin seemed to be shaken, thinking that the enthronement ceremony should be slowed down.

The idea of ​​interaction between heaven and man was deeply rooted in the Ming Dynasty, and an earthquake happened before King Yu was about to ascend the throne, which more or less affected King Yu.

But for most of the servants present, most of the people in the military department, the household department and other yamen were watching the show with the old gods, and they didn't make a sound, because their boss didn't speak.

On the contrary, the officials of the Ministry of Officials stood by Yang Bo's side because of Shangshu Yang Bo's proposition.

As a result, the faction of the Minister of Rites gradually became weak and isolated, and did not see that Chen Yiqin fell silent after saying a few words.

"Since most people's opinion is to postpone."

Seeing this, Xu Jie knew that the opinions supporting the postponement of the enthronement ceremony had already accounted for the majority. As for the more people who did not express their views, they were foolish and had no opinions of their own, so they did not consider it.

In fact, this also shows that Yang Bo's influence in the court is indeed great, far exceeding that of Gaoyi, the Minister of Rites.

"No."

Just when Xu Jie also chose to take the most powerful side, that is, to support Yang Bo, Gao Gong suddenly spoke first.

"The ceremony of ascension to the throne should start at an auspicious day, and it cannot be changed once it has been set."

Gao Gong's sudden speech made many officials a little surprised. You must know that many of their attitudes were determined after seeing Chen Yiqin backing down. Unexpectedly, Gao Gong, who had a greater influence on King Yu, actually opposed it.

Wei Guangde knew in his heart that Gao Gong's move was not necessarily aimed at Chen Yiqin, but more likely aimed at Xu Jie.

After Gao Gong made a statement, Guo Pu also expressed his support for Gao Gong. Only Li Chunfang sat there without saying a word.

"Shan Loan, what do you think?"

At this time, Gao Gong suddenly asked Wei Guangde, who was sitting at the back, for his opinion.

"Auspicious days and auspicious times cannot be changed, and the enthronement ceremony should be carried out according to the rites."

Although Wei Guangde didn't like Gao Gong from the bottom of his heart, he had to stand up and support Gao Gong at this time, "The visit of all officials can be temporarily exempted, and it will be postponed to a later day."

Wei Guangde added that the meaning of what he said was naturally that the emperor's throne should be held according to the specifications of the Great Court Conference, but since the earthquake just happened, it should be simplified, and only officials of the fifth rank and above in Beijing will be allowed to participate, and the rest will be ignored. It's fine for each of them to do errands in the Yamen.

As for the due court meeting, it will be postponed for one day.

After Wei Guangde finished speaking, his heart was beating drums.

He was a bit redundant, but he said it anyway, which was something no one mentioned before.

Saying it now is not to show off what I am, but to see if there is anyone close to me among the court officials.

Since he became an official, there has been no one above him, and he has to do everything by himself.

The fundamental reason for being able to mix until now is because the thighs are held firmly.

Although King Yu didn't give him a promotion or salary increase during this period, his trust in him is obvious to all. Wei Guangde wanted to know if any of these court officials were willing to get close to him, and he also reached the point where the organization's own strength it's time.

When Xu Jie heard Wei Guangde's proposal, his eyes were obviously stunned, and he quickly guessed what he was thinking.

After all, there were not many people who guessed Wei Guangde's intentions, and most of them still insisted on their previous attitude.

Only Gao Gong and Guo Pu unexpectedly expressed their support, but their support was not what Wei Guangde wanted, and Wei Guangde could only sigh in his heart, it seems that the low official position will not be able to win people's eyes after all.

Chen Yiqin and Zhu Heng were the only minister-level officials who expressed their support. After a little hesitation, Yang Bo still insisted on his previous proposition.

Most people have expressed their attitudes, and it is time for Xu Jie to come out and make a decision.

He had been robbed by Gao Gong before, but this time Gao Gong had already stated his position, so naturally he would not interrupt again.

"Then submit both proposals and see how His Highness chooses."

For Xu Jie, Gaoyi’s previous insistence was naturally abandoned. Instead, he chose to postpone the time and choose another auspicious day, and the ceremony of Wei Guangde’s enthronement remained unchanged. Postponing the two plans for the day of the Grand Court Meeting, it is also considered the full favor of the people of Prince Yu’s mansion. face.

At the very least, Wei Guangde's proposal was supported by the people present at Prince Yu's Mansion. It would seem that it would be disrespectful to the new emperor to reject it directly.

Next, Li Chunfang, the second assistant, quickly wrote a statement of the previous discussion and sent it to King Yu.

Time is urgent, but there is no time to delay.

There are two opinions, one is the opinion of most of the ministers in the court, and the other is the opinion of the people of Prince Yu's mansion, which one will King Yu choose in the end?

To Xu Jie, this seems unimportant, but in fact it is of great reference value to him, because from it he can know King Yu's governance style, whether he cares about the overall situation, conforms to the court's consensus, or relies on nepotism and trusts hidden and old officials.

Not long after, Chen Hong, the chief eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, came to Wenyuan Pavilion in person, and he also brought Yu Wang's order.

"The enthronement ceremony on the 26th should be auspicious, and all officials will be temporarily exempted from the court, and it will be moved one day later."

From Chen Hong's mouth, Xu Jie knew Yu Wang's choice, although it was not what he wanted to see.

After all, King Yu chose the opinions of the people of King Yu's mansion, and the enthronement ceremony was held as usual half a day later.

"Your Highness has already made a choice, and you adults should perform your duties."

After Chen Hong left, Xu Jie regained control of the overall situation and spoke immediately.

After what happened tonight, many people are tired and want to leave the palace and go back to their respective yamen to rest for a while, and come to attend the enthronement ceremony later.

Everyone bid farewell to the elders one after another, and left here separately.

When Wei Guangde went out, he unconsciously glanced at Xu Jie out of the corner of his eye, and found that he was staring at him with complicated eyes, and would glance at Gao Gong next to him from time to time.

Xu Jie was actually a little frustrated at this moment, what he wanted when he let Zhang Juzheng enter Prince Yu's Mansion was Wei Guangde's status.

It's a pity, it seems that Zhang Juzheng was still a little bit behind in front of King Yu after all, he was a little later than Wei Guangde in hugging his thigh.

King Yu's current temperament is really difficult to deal with.

It is necessary to divide the people in the palace, otherwise his chief assistant will be reduced to a display.

Earlier Chen Yiqin and Gao Gong disagreed and he was secretly happy, but it seems that Wei Guangde is the second Gao Gong among the people in Prince Yu's mansion.

Of course Wei Guangde couldn't guess what Xu Jie was thinking, he was worrying about where should he go?
(End of this chapter)