prosperous age

Chapter 630 Chapter 629

In Wei Guangde's view, Qi Kang's performance was purely looking for trouble.

Originally, the matter of opening the sea was brought up at the court meeting tomorrow, even though most people objected, but Gao Gong said a few words in the court hall, and finally asked the emperor to take a step back and mention the pilot project in Fujian .

Kidnapping the livelihood of the people in Fujian, the Beijing officials should recognize it with their noses pinched.

If you still want to object, then spreading the word means disregarding the life and death of the people in Fujian. Whether you are in the officialdom or in Shilin, you will be stabbed in the back.

In the end, Xu Jie and Gao Gong did it before the matter was finished.

Xu Jie's side obviously made a decision before making a move, while Gao Gong's side, which was supposed to be a surefire winner, did make foolish tricks one after another.

Thinking about tomorrow's court meeting, Xu Jie went back to the mansion to write his self-defense halfway. Xu Jie was missing in the court meeting, and he used Li Chunfang's urination as a second aid.

Wei Guangde has a headache.

However, Wei Guangde was also interested in Xu Zhi, the former right servant of the Nanjing Criminal Department, and he couldn't understand why he sued his brother.

Don't look at his fellow student Li Chunfang entering the cabinet and even serving as a second assistant, but after all, he is the number one scholar handpicked by Emperor Jiajing, and he, Xu Zhi, is only the second best.

Although the ranking is not bad, it is really incomparable.

Compared with other subjects in the same department, his current official position is actually not low, no matter what, he is a third rank.

Behind this, without Xu Jie's secret care, it would have been impossible.

In fact, many of the Jinshi in Jiajing 26 are only at the fifth rank or even lower.

Officialdom is a place where seniority is ranked. Unless you are valued by the people above and promoted exceptionally, it will be a struggle, and you will slowly rise up in three to six or nine years.

Wei Guangde really didn't know about Xu Zhi's impeachment of Xu Jie, because at that time he was still focused on the school record office, so he didn't have the heart to care about this so-called "official matter" caused by family affairs.

Don't think that Xu Zhi is a selfless man who kills relatives with righteousness. There are too few officials in the Ming Dynasty who are truly honest and honest.

Even Wei Guangde, who has received the education of later generations, has to consider integrating into the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty in this era, otherwise this official will not be able to continue.

As for the powerless and powerless temporary institution, the school record library, there are actually a lot of bullshit in it. As the curator of the school record room, he has to find a way to help conceal it.

For the re-recording of the ceremony, the money from the court can be filled in later, just to complete the transcription work before Emperor Jiajing's burial. No one will care about what happened in the middle, they only look at the result.

Hai Rui's ending did not surprise him.

The next day, Wei Guangde was woken up before dawn, he was really not used to things like this.

In a daze, she was dressed by the servant girl.

The daughter-in-law, Xu Jianglan, was pregnant again, so naturally she couldn't get up to serve, but there were still quite a few maids in the Wei family.

After just eating a little something, Wei Guangde left the house and got on the carriage to drive to Miyagi.

Luckily, Emperor Longqing was also lazy, and only kept the big court meetings on the first and fifteenth day of the first and fifteenth day of the junior year, otherwise it would be really boring to be an official.

Hundreds of officials gathered outside the palace gate, Wei Guangde stood in the crowd of officials from the Ministry of Officials, next to him were officials from the Ministry of Rites and people from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

He and Yin Shizhen looked at each other, and then they both looked at the place where the cabinet ministers and the six ministers were staying.

Gao Gong has arrived and is standing in front.

However, in the circle of cabinet ministers, only Xu Jie was not present. After all, he had already begged for return yesterday. No matter how Emperor Longqing approved it, he would not be able to come here.

There are constant censors wandering around outside to monitor. Although they have not yet entered the palace, they still demand meticulous attention to Chaoyi.

At this time, one of the people in the team came out later, whispered something next to Li Chunfang, the second assistant, and then Li Chunfang and him moved to the side of the queue.

Surveillance censors around turned a blind eye when they saw it, just pretending that nothing happened.

After all, the people next to Li Chunfang were their immediate boss, Wang Ting, and the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Pulling Cifu aside must be an important matter to discuss.

Not long after, Li Chunfang beckoned to other cabinet ministers, and after a while, the six ministers were also recruited.

Wei Guangde knew in his heart that Wang Ting must have reported Qi Kang's impeachment of Xu Jie to Cifu.

This matter could not be handled well, but Li Chunfang could understand the uproar.

There were rumors outside yesterday, and Li Chunfang also heard about it at night. He also guessed that this was Xu Jie's strategy. If he wanted to win more supporters, he first pretended to be pitiful.

There is going to be a court meeting soon, and it is worth considering whether this memorial will be presented at the court meeting or after the court meeting.

Li Chunfang also understood Emperor Longqing's plan yesterday, but he was a little moved.

If the memorial to impeach Xu Jie was presented at the court meeting today, I am afraid that the ministers of the whole court will feel the same hatred and hatred, and the result may be that some people who originally supported Gao Gong will temporarily change their positions and support the poor chief assistant.

Look, people have been forced to beg for illness, and they still don't let it go, and they want to impeach them.

Moreover, Qi Kang also brought up the matter of Xu Zhi in the memorial, and it took a lot of effort to suppress that matter, after all, it would not be good to talk about it.

If this memorial is now exposed to all officials, it may not be so easy to conceal.

Li Chunfang already hated Qi Kang in her heart at this moment, and she was looking for trouble.

How to deal with this matter, Wei Guangde thought for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a solution. The news spread and there was an uproar.

No one dared to hide anything about this matter, so Wei Guangde did nothing.

Gao Gong, Guo Pu, Chen Yiqin and others were gathered there, as were the officials of the Six Departments.

Wei Guangde estimated that Gao Gong must be in a bad mood at this time, Qi Kang is really too reckless.

The news cannot be concealed. If you don't make it clear now, you don't know how the officialdom will spread this matter after the next dynasty.

The point is that time is very sensitive, and the person who played the role is also very sensitive. At first glance, people will think that Gao Gong ordered him to take revenge on Xu Jie.

Talked there for a long time, but there seems to be no result.

Not long after, Chen Yiqin suddenly left the crowd and came towards this side, but he didn't come for Wei Guangde, but stood by the officials of the official department.

The distance was relatively close, Wei Guangde also heard what Chen Yiqin said, and asked the Minister of Rites to come over as well.

Wei Guangde also observed Zhang Juzheng at this time, he was standing in the crowd, he seemed to be calm all the time.

Although he couldn't see his expression clearly, Wei Guangde felt that with Xu Jie's strength in the court, he might have known the news last night, and Zhang Juzheng might have known it in advance, so that's why it happened.

Thinking about it carefully, Qi Kang felt that he was an undercover agent sent by Xu Jie, who stabbed Gao Gong in the back at a critical moment.

Thinking that something that has been planned for many years will be aborted today, Wei Guangde felt unwilling.

After Yin Shizhen strode out, Wei Guangde quickly followed and whispered in Yin Shizhen's ear: "If it's about Qi Kang, don't mention it at the court meeting, and the royal court and cabinet ministers will report it to Your Majesty after the next court."

After speaking quickly, Wei Guangde retreated to the queue of officials, he believed that Yin Shizhen understood what he meant.

Although the officials sympathized with Xu Jie's experience, as long as there is no memorial from Qi Kang at this time, everyone's mood will not be so bad, and there is still a chance to pass the opening of the sea.

The absence of Xu Jie just happened to allow him to avoid this matter, and it is estimated that Xu Jie would also like to do so.

Shoufu, it is not a good thing to offend the emperor too much.

Wei Guangde didn't know exactly what to say over there, and he couldn't hear it because it was too far away, but when Yin Shizhen came back and stood beside him, he saw Yin Shizhen nodded slightly at him.

"Uncle has no objection?"

Wei Guangde still couldn't help asking in a low voice.

Yin Shizhen just shook his head and didn't answer.

At today's court meeting, as long as Zhang Juzheng doesn't come out to disrupt the situation, there may be a chance.

Although Wei Guangde thought at first that the chance of passing today was five or five, but after thinking about it just now, he realized that the absence of Xu Jie actually increased the chance of winning.

After all, the first assistant's statement had a great influence on the officials. If he was not there, Li Chunfang would come out to speak, but he had no idea.

In other words, it became an opportunity that was not an opportunity.

But today, I went out of the imperial court to line up here, and I feel that the waiting time is not too long.

Wei Guangde was puzzled in his heart, when the sound of the drums on the Meridian Gate came at the right time, the flag school of the army who had already lined up was the first to enter.

They are the royal guard of honor, so naturally they have to go in first and arrange their formation.

After a while, the clock tower bell rang, and the officials who had already lined up began to move forward, going up through the left and right gates.

When officials enter the palace, civilian officials enter through the left Yemen, and military officers enter through the right Yemen. First, they are arranged in order again according to their ranks at the south of the Jinshui Bridge.

After the whip is fired, cross the bridge in turn and arrive at Danchi, Fengtianmen. The civil servants are the left class, and the military officials are the right class.

The door of Fengtian Hall is open, and on the left and right sides of the steps are the bands of the Bell and Drum Division. Between the gates of the hall are "Generals of the Han Dynasty", dressed in full armor.

At this time, all the officials stood respectfully, and the censor in charge of picketing was watching over at this time. Anyone who coughed, spit, crowded, or behaved poorly would be recorded and dealt with as a disgrace after the meeting.

However, Wei Guangde always felt that today seemed a little later than usual, but he didn't wear a watch, so he didn't know if he felt wrong.

In fact, he really didn't feel wrong, today's time was indeed later than the stipulated time, because Emperor Longqing was lying in bed.

If people can't find the emperor lazy, then the engraving can only be adjusted a little later.

Naturally, Li Fang, Chen Ju and others disdain to do these dirty jobs, but there are always other people around the emperor.

After waiting for a while, the Bell and Drum Division finally started to play music, which also meant that the emperor's imperial driver had arrived at the imperial gate.

Sure enough, Wei Guangde saw guards in brocade clothes holding five umbrellas and four fans, climbing on the Danchi from the east and west sides, standing on the left and right behind the throne.There are two envoys inside, one holds the umbrella cover and stands on the seat, and the other holds the "army equipment" and stands in the middle behind the seat.

Surrounded by a group of servants, the imperial drive that Emperor Longqing was riding on also appeared, passed the platform in front of the Fengtian Hall on the imperial road, and the Emperor Longqing stepped down and entered the Fengtian Hall.

After the emperor sat on the throne, he blew his whip again, Honglu Temple "singed" into the class, and the left and right civil and military classes marched into the royal road together. gift.

In fact, in normal times, the emperor would not enter the Fengtian Hall. The throne is set in the middle of the corridor of the Fengtian Hall, and the courtiers all bow down under the stage, which is different from what you see on TV in later generations.

Only in windy and rainy weather will they be transferred to the hall. At this time, low-level officials will not participate. Only officials of the fifth rank and above can enter Fengtian Hall, but it is now called Huangji Hall.

Many halls and pavilions in the palace were renamed at the end of Jiajing 41, so for most courtiers, the old hall names are actually more familiar to them.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the courts were mainly divided into the following three types, one was the Great Dynasty, the other was the Shuowang Dynasty, and the third was the Chang Dynasty.

The so-called Great Dynasty refers to the court meeting held every year on major festivals such as Zhengdan, Winter Solstice and Longevity. In such a court meeting, all civil and military officials will express their congratulations, and the surrounding vassal states will also send envoys to express their feelings. It is a courtesy Sexual meeting.

The Shuowang Dynasty is on the first or fifteenth day of each month, and the officials will perform public service salutes, which are also of a ceremonial nature, and the "challenge ceremony" will only be performed, just like the Dachaohui, and generally there will be no introductions.

The ceremony will only be held in the Fengtian Hall during the Dachaohui and the Shuowang Dynasty.

It is the Chang Dynasty that actually handles government affairs. Literally speaking, it is the most common court meeting. It is usually divided into early courts and late courts. However, under normal circumstances, the late courts are abandoned, so the Chang Dynasty is only the early court.

However, the location of the Chang Dynasty is not in the Fengtian Hall, but a royal seat is set in the middle of the corridor of the Fengtian Hall, which is also called "sitting in the court".

If it is held in the hall, it is called "sitting in the hall".

In addition, there is also the "Yumen Listening to the Government", that is, it is held on the Fengtianmen tower, and all the officials are under the tower. Of course, it can also be held on other gates, but choose Fengtianmen more. style.

In addition, in the early Ming Dynasty, the Chang Dynasty was often held in the inner side hall of Zuoshun Gate.

However, Emperor Jiajing did not go to court for more than 20 years, and Emperor Longqing almost abolished the Chang Dynasty, so the Shuowang Dynasty became the only opportunity for Beijing officials to play in front of the imperial court besides etiquette.

After discussing this matter, the cabinet also nodded and agreed, but what the officials said had to be reported to the cabinet one day in advance.

Wei Guangde was mixed in the ranks of civil servants. His official position as the right servant of the Ministry of Officials is not low, but there are several cabinet ministers, six ministers and five temple ministers in front of him. He is just among the people who are qualified to enter the palace. front position.

Those who can enter the Huangji Hall are all officials of the fourth rank or above, and those below the fifth rank can only stand outside the hall. As the position is settled, Wei Guangde shouts "Holy Blessing, All Blessings" amidst the praises of the officials of Honglu Temple , perform five prayers and three kowtows.

After the ceremony, Wei Guangde raised his head and looked at Emperor Longqing. On his head was crowned with a leather bean, the bean was sharp, covered with black gauze, with twelve slits on the front and back, and twelve colorful jade decorations between each slit. Leather belt, large belt, white socks and black sleeves.

In the past, at this time, the court meeting was considered to be over, because the Shuo Wang Dynasty did not discuss matters, and the cabinet generally would not approve officials to act at this time, but let them write memorials and hand them over.

However, Emperor Longqing said in the cabinet yesterday that the governor of Fujian Tu Zemin's proposal to open the sea was discussed today, so naturally he could not withdraw from the court like this.

After the servant shouted "I have something to play", Li Chunfang, the second assistant, turned her head and glanced at Zhao Bingran, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and then Zhao Bingran coughed softly, and then quickly stepped out and said: "I have a book to play."

(End of this chapter)