prosperous age

"In the engineering department, Li Zhenyuan impeached Gao Gong, a university scholar, who was stubborn and impatient, without a minister's body, and his grandmother was begging to retreat, but she had a heart of failure. Non-smiling is not something that should be in the prosperous age, and I would like to grant you a dismissal or a special gift to show the whole song."

In the Ministry of Officials, Wei Guangde was on duty, holding a note sent by Ouyang Yijing in his hand.

In Li Zhenyuan's memorandum, apart from accusing Gao Gong of making mistakes, what is even more embarrassing is that he has been impeached so many times, and he still shamelessly stayed in the cabinet. Removal or preferential treatment, the emperor, you should give it a good time.

As soon as he entered the duty room early in the morning, Ouyang Yijing's people came without taking a sip of water.

Li Zhenyuan's impeachment of Gao Gong, Wei Guangde is not surprising, even if Xu Ge's elders will order people to continue to attack, if he can't get Gao Gong down after so much effort, he really can only consider leaving.

Li Zhenyuan's memorabilia is almost forcing the palace.

Either remove Gao Gong, or give preferential treatment, let everyone know whether he is right or wrong.

The content after that is that Li Zhenyuan was active in the six departments, encouraging other departments to actively impeach Gao Gong.

You know, before Kodao, many people have tried to impeach, but the results are not satisfactory.

Now Li Zhenyuan is impeaching again, and contacting other colleagues to act together, the purpose is naturally to set off another wave of impeachment.

Moreover, Ouyang Yijing asked about his attitude at the end of the note, and Wei Guangde knew that what the other party asked was not his opinion on the impeachment letter, but whether he wanted to hand over the memorial.

Before, Ouyang Yijing also prepared for impeachment, but Wei Guangde temporarily suppressed it because the time was not enough.

This time Ke Dao seemed to act again under the leadership of Li Zhenyuan, Ouyang Yijing couldn't bear it anymore.

After thinking about it, Wei Guangde sent a note back to Ouyang Yijing, asking him to delay for another day to look at it. At the same time, he also wrote a note to Yin Shizhen and Chen Yiqin, inviting him to have a dinner at his house in the evening.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, the senior officials of Yu Yu in the court, had already been excluded by them, so naturally they would not consider it.

In the evening, in Wei Mansion's study room, the three of them were a little bit drunk after dinner, but they were clear-headed and knew the purpose of coming here tonight.

Wei Guangde closed the door and came back to sit down, "I've made arrangements outside, no one will come near here."

"How did the cabinet draft Li Zhenyuan's memorial to force the palace?"

Yin Shizhen asked directly.

"I didn't write it."

Chen Yiqin replied in a very bachelor way: "Now the cabinet basically has no proposals for impeachment memorials, there are too many, what should I do?
The current situation is that the north and south science and roads all regard attacking Gong as a pleasure. Even this afternoon, several memorials were handed in, all of which were impeachment of Gao Gong. The current situation of the cabinet does not know what to do. "

"Then Li Zhenyuan can't be allowed to do nonsense. If he doesn't reprimand him, I'm afraid that the science will follow suit, and everyone will force His Majesty to express his opinion."

Yin Shizhen frowned and said.

"Your Majesty stays in China, so if you write it, it will be in vain."

Chen Yiqin just shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty sent me a note before, asking me to find a way to calm this turmoil. I think you have also received it."

Wei Guangde interjected.

After both of them nodded, Wei Guangde said: "It seems that this matter cannot be resolved. I plan to transfer Qi Kang away from the capital first, and see if the Metropolitan Procuratorate can calm down."

"Downgrade and release?"

Chen Yiqin frowned slightly, it was actually a very bad signal to let Qi Kang out at this time.

"What else can we do? Do you really want His Majesty to force us to go to the Memorial to attack Xu Jie?"

Wei Guangde sighed, "No matter what you say about Xu Jie at this time, it's all your fault.

According to Hai Rui's words, although Xu Gong had flaws in Qu Xiandi's early years, he has made up for his mistakes, so Xu Jie has nothing to attack.

On the contrary, he, Gao Suqing, had offended too many people, and he didn't know how to restrain himself. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he became even more rampant, and finally reached this step.

It's your fault, it's your fault. "

"You want to give up Gao Gong?"

Yin Shizhen asked.

"I was worried before, but after the last court meeting, I think Xu Jie should only target Gao Gong and won't do us any harm."

Wei Guangde said lightly.

In the last court meeting, it was actually a very unfavorable situation to support the Kaihai side, but after Yu Yu came forward to support, the gap was greatly reduced.

Xu Ge should also understand the impression that Yu Yu's old people are united, but there is no place for Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

While Chen Yiqin and Yin Shi were thinking about it, Wei Guangde asked again: "Brother Yifu, has the cabinet made a good report on the opening of the sea recently?"

"Zhang Juzheng made a good charter, and we discussed it, but contacted the Six Departments and Nine Ministers to discuss it, but it has not been finalized."

Chen Yiqin sighed and said: "Now the cabinet has no head assistant, so everything is a little restricted, Xu Jie and Li Chunfang are also unwilling to come out to do things, Qi Kang's memorandum offended Li Chunfang to death."

Speaking of this, Chen Yiqin seemed to understand what Wei Guangde meant, "You want to punish Li Chunfang by punishing Qi Kang?"

Wei Guangde nodded, "Although such handling may give a bad impression to the outside world, if we can let Mr. Li go out of the government and return to the cabinet to do errands, it will be an explanation to His Majesty.

Although I also know that Mr. Xu Ge will not give up easily, "

Xu Jie is confident now, why?
Or it was Qi Kang's memorial, which sent the first assistant and the second assistant home at once.

The high arch of the cabinet that can carry the burden is also pushed down by everyone, and it cannot come out to govern.

The remaining ministers in the cabinet have insufficient qualifications and prestige, and they cannot get the support of the court after all, so they hesitate to do things and look forward and backward.

If according to Wei Guangde's intention, punishing Qi Kang will allow Li Chunfang to return to the cabinet, and it will indeed relieve the pressure on Gao Gong's side, at least the court is expected to resume operation.

Since he had something to do, he naturally didn't have the time to think about how to impeach Gao Gong.

"It's a bit risky."

Chen Yiqin analyzed.

"It's feasible, the size is just to let Gao Suqing become an official. Even if he can survive this time, there will be another such turmoil next year."

Yin Shizhen said bluntly.

"Get the cabinet up and running as soon as possible, and finish opening the sea as soon as possible is the top priority. Gao Suqing still has time to wait. After all, Mr. Xu Ge is in his sixties, how long can he stay in the court?"

Yin Shizhen expressed his feelings, Wei Guangde felt that there was no need to worry too much, anyway, everyone doesn't like Gao Gong, so it's okay to say it here, even he has already considered the rhetoric when dealing with Emperor Longqing.

Chen Yiqin looked at Yin Shizhen, then at Wei Guangde, and then he seemed to have made up his mind, "Tomorrow, I will go into the palace and talk to His Majesty, first release Qi Kang, and see if I can let Mr. Li go back to the cabinet for business."

"Your Majesty cannot keep Li Zhenyuan's memorandum, and must refute it vigorously."

Wei Guangde reminded.

"I see."

Chen Yiqin nodded and replied.

"In the next two days, there should be a large number of memorials sent up by Ke Dao speakers, all of which are impeachment of Gao Gong, Li Zhenyuan."

Wei Guangde told the two of them the news that Ouyang Yijing had passed to him, "Si Zhi couldn't stand it anymore, he also wrote an impeachment memorial, it's not that he really has trouble with Gao Gong, it's the general trend."

"Shan Loan, you can arrange a suitable place for Qi Kang in the Ministry of Officials tomorrow, and I will give you news after I have an audience with His Majesty."

Chen Yiqin whispered to Wei Guangde.

Through tonight's discussion, the Yuyu faction completely abandoned Gao Gong and no longer considered the issue of protecting him.

Xu Jie and Chaotang were under too much pressure, making a move would become the target of public criticism, it was really not worthwhile, and it was not good for Emperor Longqing either.

"Governor Tu arrived in Beijing again today, I'm afraid Shandai doesn't know about it yet."

Finally, Chen Yiqin suddenly said again.

"Oh? What are you talking about?"

Wei Guangde pretended to be surprised.

"This time the memorial is more detailed. Unlike before, it only talked about the benefits of opening the sea. There are many more details. It is similar to what you and Xu Ge always thought."

Wei Guangde nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Being delayed by Xu Jie's high arch fight, Wei Guangde really forgot about the letter he wrote to Tu Zemin earlier.

Chen Yiqin just stared at Chen Jianguo for a moment, seeing that nothing else could be seen on his face, and then continued: "Ma Sen, the minister of Nanjing Ministry of Industry, also went to the memorial to support Kaihai."

"Mason?"

Wei Guangde murmured the name in a low voice, as if he had heard it somewhere before, and it looked a little familiar.

"Minister of Nanjing Industry Department? Ma Sen?"

Yin Shizhen was also surprised, at this time, shouldn't everyone's attention be on Dou Gao Gong, why are there still people trying to distract the sea.

"Shan Loan forgot about this person?"

Chen Yiqin smiled.

"Somewhat familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen or heard of it."

Wei Guangde said bluntly.

"You were promoted in the 34th year of Jiajing, and Ma Shilang should have served as the Zuobu political envoy in Jiangxi at that time."

Chen Yiqin reminded.

"Oh, I remembered, I saw it at the Lu Ming Banquet."

Wei Guangde recalled that at the Luming Banquet after the provincial examination that year, all the high-ranking officials in Jiangxi's officialdom had arrived, and Ma Sen was among them.

But at that time, he was at the bottom of the rankings, so he naturally retreated after going up to pay a visit. Later, because of the Japanese pirates, several high-ranking officials in Jiangxi left early.

But Wei Guangde was a little surprised. Why did Chen Yiqin mention him suddenly? Could it be because he supported Kaihai in the performance?
Seeing the astonishment in Wei Guangde's eyes, Chen Yiqin glanced at Yin Shizhen who still didn't understand why, and then said: "You must know the memorandum handed over by the household department today.

Ge Shangshu did not sign his name. To be honest, it was difficult for him to live in the household department for a long time. "

Yin Shizhen opened his mouth, but he didn't speak after all.

He wanted to say "not so", but think about the Ministry of Rites again, if all the officials below deploy the famous memorials, there is only one person missing, then this person's life in the yamen may be isolated.

Even though Shang Shu is the biggest official in the yamen, in order to exert real power, you still have to rely on the subordinates to do it.

When you start a fight, others will only laugh at you for not being strict with your subordinates, and you can't even suppress someone under your command.

But what situation Ge Shouli had to face was that none of his subordinates could suppress it.

"Brother Yifu wants him to succeed Ge Shouli? Can he be in charge of the household department?"

Wei Guangde asked in surprise, he had never heard of any relationship between Chen Yiqin and Ma Sen.

"Because of today's report, I checked him out. Before I was in Jiangxi, I asked Nanliang to divert and transfer, which saved tens of thousands of gold.

He also said that the harm of private salt is bad, please build a bridge and set up a customs in Xiajiang County, and restore the old quota of Huai salt.

I feel that this person has unique insights in economics, and he may give it a try. "

Can save money and make money, isn't it the Minister of the Ministry of Households that the court needs now?
"He is still the minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, and there should be no one behind him."

Wei Guangde nodded in agreement, Wei Guangde understood what Chen Yiqin meant, he probably wanted to win over this person, so he would say hello to Wei Guangde today.

Speaking of which, Wei Guangde and Ma Sen knew each other earlier.

In the early morning of the second day, before leaving the mansion, Wei Guangde handed a note to Zhang Ji, asking him to send someone to deliver it to Ouyang Yijing.

Ouyang Yijing's memorandum is a bit fierce, accusing Gao Gong of repeatedly commenting on the scriptures without thinking about blaming himself.

Later generations also said that Ouyang Yijing was the "god of scolding" in the Ming Dynasty, with superb means of impeaching people, with a surprisingly high success rate. Naturally, he was very accurate in pointing out Gao Gong's two mistakes this time, and hit the vital point at once.

This is also the reason why Wei Guangde delayed letting him play at the beginning, and he also said hello to other people beforehand, so that Chen and Yin would not think that he was behind his back.

When he arrived at the Ministry of Officials, Wei Guangde called his subordinate Koongsi Lang Zhong and asked him to find a position as an official in the government.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Tui Guan was the Zuo Er Guan of each prefecture. The Tui Guan belonging to Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion was Cong Liu Rank, and the Tui Guan of other prefectures was Zheng Qi Rank.

The Tuiguan Yamen is called "Li Xingguan", and the word "Li Xing" means the responsibility of Tui Guan.

This position is naturally reserved for Qi Kang, just choose a middle-lower mansion, level transfer, you can change from a Beijing official to a local official, that is a proper downgrade.

Today's Emperor Longqing was in a very bad mood after meeting Chen Yiqin, no matter what Meng Chong and others suggested, he was not interested.

I dug up Li Zhenyuan's memorabilia from yesterday, tried it hard, and in the afternoon, I saw a bunch of impeachment memoirs. I casually flipped through a few books, and saw Ouyang Yijing's memorabilia, which made me feel even worse.

During this time, because of Xu Jie and Gao Gong, the emperor was exhausted physically and mentally, but he was still unwilling to let Gao Gong go.

Even though Gao Gong had submitted his resignation several times before, he did not approve it.

Unexpectedly, Gao Gong's impeachment and self-defense against himself seemed to these people to be sophistry, leaving him alone was said to be Gao Gong's shameless greed for power and position.

Thinking of Chen Yiqin reminding him that there might be a change in the household department, he was even more depressed.

Just because Shangshu Ge Shouli was unwilling to sign the memorial against Gao Gong, the household department might isolate the new Shangshu, and he finally felt the great pressure from the courtiers.

Emperor, sometimes you really can't make a decision with one word, and you have to look at the faces of important officials. No wonder the father appointed obedient people as chief assistants and ministers.

At the very least, even though he was scolded as a fool, he didn't have to face the troubles he encountered today.

After Chen Yiqin handed over the news, Emperor Longqing nodded, Wei Guangde immediately contacted the royal court, and prepared to release the imperial censor Qi Kang for the crime of harassment.

This side is still preparing, and Wei Guangde has received many notes from colleagues in the past, who are actually the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Wei Guangde didn't pay attention to these notes at first, but as more people handed them notes, Wei Guangde had to pay attention to them.

Without him, Wei Guangde's preparatory plan to promote the government at the beginning might not be possible.

In the eyes of the censors, what is Hu Yingjia's fault for being transferred to the local government to be the promotion official? Why should Qi Kang let him go?
They sent a note to Wei Guangde, Qi Kang, suggesting that he be downgraded by one level, two levels, or even three levels
Wei Guangde's resignation from the imperial censor does not mean that he does not value the power of this group of people, they are a terrifying existence. (end of this chapter)