prosperous age

Chapter 616 Chapter 615
Now, Wei Guangde had to proofread more than ten manuscripts a day, and he was already tired, but Ouyang Yijing made such a move.

Ke Dao's officials are originally one, but now the situation between the DPRK and China has become complicated due to Ouyang Yijing's messing up.

Xu Jie might be fine, but Gao Gong might not let these officials go.

Wei Guangde knew very well that even if he went to Gao Gong to make peace, the effect would not be great.

Although he complained to Ouyang Yijing in his heart, Wei Guangde could only reply with nice words of comfort.

Within two days, when Wei Guangde returned to the mansion to rest, Zhang Ji, the housekeeper outside, rushed over to report that Li Fang had arrived.

Li Fang is now a popular person beside Emperor Longqing. He has been with Emperor Longqing for many years. His every move can almost represent the emperor's will.

Hearing Li Fang's arrival, Wei Guangde got up immediately to greet him.

Welcoming him into the study, Wei Guangde was very curious about what Li Fang was doing at this time.

When he was in Prince Yu's Mansion, even if there was a big event, Li Fang just sent someone to send a note, and the two times he came, he followed King Yu to visit.

"Eunuch Li, what orders does His Majesty have today?"

Wei Guangde asked Li Fang to sit down, and when the tea was served, he turned away from the left and right before asking.

"Our family can't be like Eunuch Chen, come to your house to ask for a drink if you have nothing to do."

Li Fangle laughed.

"Ha ha."

Wei Guangde laughed loudly when he heard this, and said, "I'm determined to do what I want, but I dare not invite you."

As he said that, he was about to get up and ask someone to prepare wine and food to entertain this eunuch celebrity.

"Okay, okay, Shandai, you and I know each other well, so let's stop joking."

Seeing Wei Guangde get up, Li Fang hurriedly stopped him and said, "I'm here today, and I want to ask you about two things."

Li Fang didn't say who called him here, but only asked for his opinion, Wei Guangde couldn't explain it clearly even if he knew it in his heart, so he just nodded, as if he was listening attentively.

"Remember Xu Gao?"

Li Fang opened his mouth and asked.

"Xu Gao? That great craftsman? Minister of the Ministry of Industry?"

Wei Guangde was stunned for a moment, and then realized who Li Fang was talking about, "Did he commit a crime?"

"His self-discipline was detained. When the Ministry of Officials investigated and discussed, they impeached Wang Yuanchun and others as craftsmen and servants. His son Xu Wencan was promoted to Jinyiwei to command hereditary succession. He is abusive of fame and bad political system. He should be removed.

But you also know how he came to be an official. When Xu Jie took over the task of rebuilding the Yongshou Palace, he was also rewarded by the late emperor because of his good work. The name of the emperor. "

Li Fang explained the ins and outs of the matter, and Wei Guangde understood it.

Xu Gao knew that he was not from a major, so he was usually careful not to offend people easily.

But there are some things that you can't offend if you don't want to.

A carpenter, even with a bit of craftsmanship, can become a minister of the Ministry of Industry. It is of course impossible to say that those scholars are not jealous.

However, from Li Fang's words, Wei Guangde also heard that the higher-ups seemed to really plan to remove Xu Gao from his official position.

"Then check it out. Since Xu Gao was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he has wanted to handle countless projects. As long as one or two items are found to be corrupt, he can be taken down. It is no wonder that he is a misbehaving official. others."

Wei Guangde replied.

Corruption investigation is a weapon that can never be harmful to officials of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why Yan Shifan liked to control the Ministry of Industry for a long time at the beginning was not because construction projects were the easiest to make money.

Wei Guangde doesn't believe that Xu Gao is honest and won't be tempted by gold and silver.

This is to change the way of thinking to solve the problem. In fact, Li Fang doesn't know anything.

The urine of civil officials, if you investigate corruption, few can escape.

Eunuchs also couldn't stand the investigation, but this time they were thinking about how to speak to win Xu Gao's official position as minister, and forgot to deal with Xu Gao in another way.

As soon as Wei Guangde reminded him, he immediately reacted.

That's right, Xu Gao's official position was conferred by Emperor Jiajing, and he was dismissed according to Wang Yuanchun's reasons. No matter how he worded it, he was disrespectful to the late emperor.

It can be replaced by dismissal for crimes, and it is justified.

"I'll check with Dongchang when I get back."

The first question was lightly answered by Wei Guangde, and Li Fang immediately became happy.

"One more thing, Your Majesty has told the ministers before that if there is any inconvenience in the previous government's decrees, they can be amended.

But so far there has been no report, His Majesty doesn't know what to do for a while, if Shan Loan has any good ideas, please report as soon as possible. "

Li Fang continued.

"Is Your Majesty free now? As far as I know, there are many trivial things."

Wei Guangde said in surprise.

"It's all settled by the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites. Your Majesty is just confirming."

Li Fang said, "Now is the new dynasty, Your Majesty hopes that there will be a way to win the hearts of the scholars from all over the world as soon as possible, so that they can be used by the court."

"Then let's use Enke, so that we can recruit talents for His Majesty's use."

Hearing that this was the case, Wei Guangde immediately replied.

"It's not feasible. Your Majesty has discussed this matter with the cabinet ministers before, including the two ministers, Gao and Yang. They all oppose Kai Enke."

Li Fang shook her head.

Wei Guangde originally thought it was a very simple matter, but he didn't expect it to turn out like this.

Emperor Longqing thought of Kai Enke to celebrate his ascension to the throne, but he was collectively opposed by important ministers.

If you can't open Enke, is there any way to strengthen the emperor's prestige outside the world and let the scholars of the world return to their hearts?

Wei Guangde didn't even bother to ask the reason, they all objected, so what if he knew, did he teach Emperor Longqing to bicker with these officials and lords?

After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Wei Guangde suddenly raised his head and said, "Then let's hold a few sutra banquets. Impression Chinese Palace has not held a sutra feast for decades."

"The opening feast? Is it useful?"

Li Fang hesitated slightly after hearing Wei Guangde's proposal.

"Your Majesty is eager to learn, and he is a model for scholars in the world. Why can't the scholars return their hearts?"

Wei Guangde replied, "As long as Your Majesty doesn't find it boring, it's also good to listen to the lectures of some great Confucians."

When Wei Guangde sent Li Fang out of the mansion, Li Fang stood in front of the carriage and suddenly turned around and said to him: "Your Majesty still has something to tell you, 'I don't know when Shan Loe said it, but when will it be played?' I don't either. If you know what His Majesty is referring to, I will offer you the exact words."

After finishing speaking, Li Fang stepped on the horse stool and got into the carriage, and then the carriage drove away with the sound of whips.

Wei Guangde could roughly guess what Emperor Longqing was urging him to ask, and it was nothing more than the policy he boasted could cure the Japanese plague, that is, opening the sea.

But this thing cannot be performed by him, but by others, so as not to be targeted by the maritime merchant families in the south of the Yangtze River.

After all, once the performance opens the sea and His Majesty agrees to perform it again, it is tantamount to letting others participate in the competition, which is very hated by others.

Wei Guangde didn't want to be the target of public criticism, so he was still looking for candidates, and others played, he played the side drums, and could rescue him when he was retaliated against.

If it falls by itself, then there is nothing left.

But within two days, Wei Guangde heard the news in the school records hall that Li Fang, the eunuch of the internal government, impeached Xu Gao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Ru, the supervisor, for stealing tens of thousands of official silver while repairing the Lugou Bridge project. Emperor Longqing ordered Jinyiwei Zhigao and others to send the judge to ask.

Needless to say, when the case came to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the stolen goods must be chased and dispatched according to the law. After all, this was a doomed thing long ago.

It's not that Xu Gao's workmanship is not good, but that his official position is too eye-catching. If it's just a fourth- and fifth-rank official position in the Ministry of Industry, no one will care about it, but it happens to be a second-rank official.

And Wei Guangde has been spending the past two days in the School Records Office. Although there have been edicts issued in the palace, most of them are related to the establishment of the harem and princes by the former emperor and the new emperor. He has not waited for the news of the sutra banquet.

Wei Guangde was not surprised by this either. Emperor Longqing might feel weird about reading at the Jingjing feast, and still go to school when he is too old.

But to win over scholars, Enke and Kaijing Banquet are the easiest ways Wei Guangde can think of.

Enke was rejected, and the Kaijingyan cabinet would not dare to deny it anyway. It would be spurned by the civil society collectively, but it depends on whether the emperor can bear it.

"Master, the reply letter from Tu Zemin, governor of Fujian Province, has arrived."

Back home that day, Zhang Ji sent a letter.

Wei Guangde took it over and looked at it, then went straight to the backyard.

After seeing his mother, wife and children, and changing into his normal clothes, Wei Guangde walked slowly to the study and opened Tu Zemin's reply letter.

Regarding Kaihai, Wei Guangde certainly did not forget that he had intended to make good friends with officials from Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong before, in name only to build relationships with Yu Dayou.

After being dismissed once, Wei Guangde knew that Yu Dayou was still not very popular in the official circles in the south, and he was not as good at dancing as Qi Jiguang, so he could easily close the relationship with local officials.

It can only be said that Yu Dayou's reputation in the past was really bad. He didn't know how to be filial to the superiors before, so he gave those people a fixed impression.

Thinking of the relationship with Prince Yu's Mansion, he could still endure a little bit, but there are those who are not afraid of death to come forward to impeach, they just don't want to make trouble, they just stand by and watch.

Starting from helping Yu Dayou, Wei Guangde established correspondence with officials from the three coastal provinces.

After that, he began to test their attitudes towards the current maritime ban, and Tu Zemin was one of the officials he found, who was able to face up to problems, discover them, and solve them.

Tu Zemin is an official from Sichuan, and his relationship with coastal maritime merchants is relatively weak, and he is a low-level official, so he is not very afraid of those people.

After reading the letter, Wei Guangde thought for a while, but he was still not in a hurry to express his attitude, but wrote a reply letter seemingly casually, continuing to test Tu Zemin's attitude.

He hopes to find an official who supports his point of view, because this is not the end of the above statement.

Once adopted by His Majesty, the responsibility for opening the sea and building the port will inevitably fall on him, so he must have the ability and practical ability.

Wei Guangde didn't want the local government to make a mess of things, and finally be sent by the emperor to wipe his ass.

A few more days passed, and finally, Wei Guangde heard the news from Lu Bu in the school records hall, Emperor Longqing ordered the Ministry of Rites, I only give lectures is the first task of the emperor to promote virtue and governance, after the mountain mausoleum is over, I will give a speech on the feast day It is advisable to hold it immediately, and the Ministry of Rituals will make plans early, and choose a date to set up rituals and cooperate with each other. Come and hear.

So far, what Emperor Longqing has to do is still focusing on the funeral of Emperor Jiajing and the relocation of the Empress Zigong, but after this is completed, the emperor will have a sutra banquet to attend lectures and study.

Emperor Longqing finally chose the method he gave. Seeing the note in his hand, Wei Guangde smiled and continued with his work.

During this period of time, many major events took place in the court, such as the promotion of many officials of science and Taoism.

In fact, everyone understands that this is a disaster caused by Hu Yingjia's incident.

Don't look at the fact that it seems to have been promoted by half a level, but who wants to stay away from the center of the court, that is the choice that only those with no hope of official career will make, and go to the local area to make money.

The personnel from the Sixth Section came in and out, but it frightened many of the section officials, Ouyang Yijing was also frightened, he still had ambitions, and he didn't want to be sent out of the capital by Xu Jie and Gao Gong.

Went to Wei Guangde's house twice, Wei Guangde could only smile at him, "If I knew today, why bother?"

Having said that, Wei Guangde still contacted Zhang Juzheng to help Xu Jie with a word, and then sent someone to pass a note to Li Fang, and through him to pass a message to Gao Gong, anyway, first hit Ouyang Yijing on Yu The symbol of the royal party, Gao Gong will be scrupulous when he makes a move.

Even so, when he saw an official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs come to the Sixth Division, Ouyang Yijing's military department was suspended in the matter, worried that the official document of appointment would be issued to him.

At the first court meeting in early February, Wei Guangde went to court with all the officials.

Only at this time did Wei Guangde feel a little bit like being an official, and compared to having the opportunity to enter the Forbidden City every month and attend court meetings.

Well, although I didn't have to get up early before, and people could sleep more, I still couldn't find the feeling of being an official.

But to Wei Guangde's surprise, Li Fang read out an imperial decree at the beginning of today's court meeting, and Emperor Longqing gave the lecture and served the officials in the mansion with the grace of ascending the pole.

"Sheng Shaoshi and Prince Taishi, Minister of Officials, Xu Jiejia, Prince Taibao, Grand Master of Wuyingdian, Li Chunfang, Guo Puju, Shaobao, Minister of Officials, Minister of Li, and Grand Master of Wenyuange, Gao Gong He is Shaobao and Prince Taibao Wuyingdian University Bachelor.

Chen Yiqin, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and a Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Zhang Juzheng, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites and a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy, is the Zuo Minister of the Ministry of Officials and a Bachelor of Dongge University, both working in the cabinet.

Wei Guangde, the young minister of Zhan Shifu, is the right servant of the Ministry of Officials and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and Yin Shidan, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, is the right servant of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy.

Wang Ning, Shaoqing of Shengguanglu Temple, was the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and was in charge of Shangbao. Baosi Shaoqing served in the book office to handle affairs, Zhou Weifan, a member of Zhongshushe, was the Chancellor of Guanglu Temple, and Wu Zi, the master bookkeeper of Honglu Temple, became the Chancellor of Yousi of this temple."

Those who were named, starting with Xu Jie, followed by Li Chunfang, Guo Pu, Gao Gong, etc. all resigned.

Of course Wei Guangde is also included in this list, even if he knows that this is actually the practice, it is still not an exception.

Emperor Longqing on the throne of course refused to resign, and praised each of them one by one.

After the dynasty disbanded, Wei Guangde learned from Chen Ju that the minister Jia En's will would also be issued in these two days, mainly targeting the eunuchs who had been serving him and Emperor Jiajing at the beginning.

"Are you rewarding me with money or something?"

Wei Guangde was very curious about this.

For low-level eunuchs, of course it is promotion and salary increase, but for people like Huang Jin, what are they looking for?
"Huang Jin Huang Gonggong has 24 stones of Jialumi, one brother and nephew, Jinyiwei, who is in command of the affairs, Hu Ming, Qiao Lang and other brothers and nephews, one person, Jinyiwei, and hundreds of households, and eunuchs Li Fang and Liang Tian, ​​who are eunuchs from Longlong and Liang Tian, ​​add 36 stones of Jialumi. Yin's brother and nephew alone Jin Yiwei commanded Tongzhi"

Chen Ju said.

(End of this chapter)