The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Ouyang Yijing re-read the memorials of his career at home. Because he was unwilling to do so, he couldn't help sighing when he read it. He didn't know whether he regretted his rashness and did such a thing for his colleagues, ruining his career. .

It seems like just yesterday that I was so high-spirited when I was named to the gold list, which is exactly ten years.

After ten years of hard study, I only got ten years of official career, which is really disappointing.

After returning home today, Ouyang Yijing didn't go anywhere. Although he didn't see the imperial decree sent by the Supervisor of Ceremonies in the Yamen, he knew that the news would be correct.

After all, Wei Guangde personally admitted the matter before, and the emperor wanted to recall Gao Gong.

At this time, in the residence of Yang Bo, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Yang Bo behaved like Ouyang Yijing after returning home from the office today, without the calmness and elegance of the past.

He declined all the visitors who came to visit today, and locked himself in the study to calmly calculate the situation in the court.

It's easy to say it's easy to resign and go back to your hometown, but the more people have enjoyed the power, the more they can't let it go when things happen.

Since Yang Bo passed the Jinshi examination in the eighth year of Jiajing and entered the court as an official, he has successively served as magistrate of Yusi and Chang'an. After being elected to the capital, he has been serving in the Ministry of War. He visited Jiubian with Zhai Luan, Minister of War, and was appreciated by him.

After Zhai Luan resigned, he was highly regarded by Zhang Zan and Mao Bowen, two ministers of the Ministry of War.

In the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing's reign, when he was appointed as the censor of Youqiandu to inspect Gansu, he cultivated fields, built canals, and built forts, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment, and the territory was awe-inspiring.

Later, he served as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War. He successively handled the military affairs of Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhou, and Baoding. He twice repelled the attacks of the Mongolian leaders Batu'er and Da Laisun. He was promoted to Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Prince Shaobao.

When he was transferred to the Ministry of Personnel, he once thought that the emperor intended to arrange for him to join the cabinet, because at this time, Yang Bo had met all the necessary conditions for joining the cabinet except that he did not have a background in the Hanlin Academy.

Although there has always been a tradition in the Ming Dynasty that "Fei Hanlin does not join the cabinet", this is only an unspoken rule after all. There were many non-Hanlin officials in the cabinet in the previous dynasty, so Hanlin's status is not necessary.

Moreover, Emperor Jiajing also found a way to save the country in a roundabout way, which was to appoint officials he favored to take charge of the Imperial Academy affairs as ministers of the Ministry of Rites. In this way, he obtained the so-called "Hanlin origin."

This time Emperor Longqing planned to recall Gao Gong, which in Yang Bo's view was his last hope of joining the cabinet.

You know, there are already five people in the cabinet, and none of them have any intention of resigning and returning home.

When Gao Gong is recalled at this time, the number of cabinet members will reach six. This can easily lead to a three-on-three situation during cabinet meetings, which is actually inconvenient for reaching opinions through negotiation.

What he had always hoped was that the emperor would allow Gao Gong to join the cabinet when he recalled him, so that there would be seven cabinet members.

It's a pity that today he received news that Emperor Longqing had issued an order to the cabinet, asking them to prepare a decree to summon Gao Gong back to his original post to serve in the court.

Without the protection of cabinet ministers, he thought it would be difficult to compete with Gao Gong.

After all, at the critical moment when both Gao Gong and Xu Jie resigned, he pulled six important ministers to support Xu Jie, calling on the emperor to retain Xu Jie, saying that you could not afford to hurt the heart of the elderly minister, and that Gao Gong and Qi Jie Kang's slander against Xu Jie went too far this time.

It can be said that Yang Bo knew that his name must be among the people Gao Gong wanted to deal with when he returned to the court. As for other people, Ouyang Yijing would definitely not be able to escape.

When the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly impeached Gao Gong, it was Ouyang Yijing who took the lead. He shot the first bird, so he must be targeted.

However, thinking about Ouyang Yijing being dealt with, it is worth paying attention to whether Wei Guangde, who is behind him, will come forward to protect him, which will trigger the complete disintegration of Yu Zhuan's old family.

If Gao Gong really fights with Wei Guangde, which side will Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen take?

The rice paper had already been laid out, but at this moment Yang Bo suddenly lost interest in writing his official memorial.

Having been an official for many years, he certainly knows how to punish someone, and he must start with the weakest.

The first person Gao Gong has to deal with when he returns to the court is undoubtedly Ouyang Yijing, a small military officer. As for Wei Guangde and Zhu Heng behind him, although they seem difficult to deal with, they are better than targeting himself.

The important ministers he can contact include Zhang Juzheng, Huo Yi, etc., and their influence in the court is far beyond Ouyang Yijing's.

He did not know that Ouyang Yijing and Wei Guangde had already discussed the method of retreating to advance, and planned to withdraw from officialdom first to avoid trouble.

However, when Yang Bo had this idea, this official memorial was naturally not so urgent.

If you hand it in at this time, it will inevitably give people the impression that you are afraid of high arches, which will damage your reputation.

Tonight in the capital, the unsent imperial edict has undoubtedly become a topic of conversation among officials. Everyone is reflecting on whether their actions two years ago have offended Gao Gong too much and whether they should be careful in dealing with it.

However, for most officials, their lives of extravagance and extravagance have not changed, and only a handful of people have sleepless nights.

Early the next morning, Ouyang Yijing took his official memorial to the Yamen. Seeing that nothing happened today, he sent his memorial directly to the official department for registration and filing, and then sent it directly to the cabinet, waiting to be sent to the Chief of Ceremonies for submission to the emperor. .

The Six Sections are a typical representative of the power of officials in the Ming Dynasty. Although the rank is only seven ranks, they can not only check the mistakes of the six ministries and hundreds of officials, but also serve as participating officials in examinations at all levels, court discussions, and court recommendations, which only senior officials of various ministries can participate in. The activities can also be seen in the shadow of the six subjects.

Regardless of whether it is a memorial from an official or a government office, whether it is passed through the General Affairs Department or sent to the palace, all six subjects of the memorial that the emperor can see are archived.

This is because after the Secretary of General Affairs received the memorial and copied it, in addition to keeping it in the yamen's archives, the original and duplicate copies were sent to the palace. The original was handed over to the Secretary of Ceremonies for classification and sent to the cabinet for disposal, and the duplicate was handed over to the Sixth Section for registration and filing.

Memorials handed directly to the palace by officials from the capital will first be registered and filed in the Sixth Section before being sent to the inner court. Edicts and documents issued by the palace must also be registered and filed in the Sixth Section, so there are also memorials and refutations in the Sixth Section. The right to cancel the case file.

Therefore, for Ouyang Yijing, he did not need to go to the General Affairs Department to submit a memorial, he could just go directly to the Sixth Section.

After submitting his resignation, he did not stay in the Sixth Section anymore. He left the palace and returned home directly, waiting for the emperor's approval.

However, after he left, the news that Ouyang Yijing requested to serve as an official and return to his hometown spread quickly in Liukeli.

It's not that someone is eyeing the official position that was vacant after he left, but it feels like a rabbit is dead and a fox is sad.

Six subjects, they were the vanguard of Gao Gong back then.

Even Ouyang Yijing, who was endorsed by cabinet ministers, chose to leave, which shows how much pressure Gao Gong put on his ministers.

By the afternoon, the news had spread, and every major government office in Beijing knew about it.

If everyone just had this worry at the beginning, after someone submitted their resignation, such a sense of crisis seemed to come all of a sudden, making people breathless.

In the official department, in the Shangshu's duty room, Yang Bo has already learned the news from his subordinates. Ouyang Yijing resigned due to illness. It seems like nothing, but when something like this happens at this juncture, think back to two years ago, the fool I also know what's going on.

After the servants exited, a wry smile appeared on Yang Bo's face.

I have long known that these officials in the capital are shrewd, and today I saw that they are indeed so.

Not only did he think of retreating to get out of the crisis, others also thought of it, and they were more decisive.

I originally hoped that after Gao Gong returned to the court, he would start fighting in the cabinet, watch the show by himself, and then attack Gao Gong when Wei Guangde and others couldn't resist it. I didn't expect that he would be subdued in this way so quickly.

Others don't know, they just think that Ouyang Yijing and Wei Guangde are just fellow villagers, but who is Yang Bo? He knows that Wei Guangde and Ouyang Yijing have a close past, and they are by no means as simple as ordinary fellow villagers.

After this experience, Yang Bo became even more convinced that it was time for him to leave the DPRK.

Just when the imperial edict to recall Gao Gong caused an official turmoil in the capital, Ying Tian was governor of the Yamen back hall, and Hai Rui was also reading the reply letter sent to him by Mr. Xu Ge, but at this moment his face was full of anger.

The letter I wrote to Xu Jie was sincere. I only hoped that Mr. Xu Ge would know the powerful relationship and give up some benefits. However, I didn't expect that Mr. Xu Ge's reply would be a flat refusal.

Not only did he refuse to return part of the donated land, he even said that he hoped he could make it easier to suppress the matter.

The letter recalled the interaction between the two in the last years of Jiajing, undoubtedly reminding myself that he was kind to him back then.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was immediately released from prison and restored to his original position. After that, he was promoted step by step, all with the help of his Xu Jie.

What's this?

Isn't it just repaying a favor?

Hai Rui was really angry. He didn't expect Mr. Xu Ge to be so unreasonable and asked him to help suppress the case. What kind of behavior was this?

Isn't it just bullying?

The dedicated land was supposed to be a trick of taking advantage of others, but in Xu Jie's letter, he openly called it his own property. It was really shameless to the extreme.

At this point, Hai Rui completely gave up his plan to cooperate with Xu Jie to settle the matter, and instead decided to keep things official and end the matter in accordance with legal procedures.

Yes, there were so many pleadings. It was impossible for the government to ignore them. They called the master who was good at official documents and ordered: "You will send an official document to the subordinate governments, instructing them to immediately collect the evidence of the Xu family case in Huating. All the evidence related to the land investment will be collected." All the petitions submitted will be handed over to the governor's Yamen."

"Master, what are you doing?"

When he heard that Hai Rui wanted to sue the Xu family, the master instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Although Xu Jie resigned and returned to his hometown to retire, he had many old disciples, whether in the capital or Jiangnan, and Zhang Juzheng, Xu Ge's favorite disciple, was still in the cabinet. With such a relationship, if Dong Weng and the Xu family really got into trouble, things would be very different. Erke became very prosperous.

However, as soon as he started, he was interrupted by Hai Rui with a wave of his hand, "I have already decided on this matter. Don't talk too much. Just do as I say."

"But."

"No but, just do it."

Still being interrupted rudely, Hai Rui was not going to listen to his master.

He did not recruit guests to make decisions for him, but just to let them help him handle government affairs.

Decisions still have to be made by themselves, they are only responsible for contributing.

The news about the governor's yamen was immediately sent to Huating County in a secret letter. Xu Jie was not a brainless person. He had heard about Hai Rui in the past, so he was worried that his letter could not solve this incident, so People have been ordered to pay close attention to the movements of the governor's Yamen.

So far, Hai Rui still plans to handle the matter under his own rule and turn this extremely wide-ranging and huge land donation case into a land dispute. He feels that this is worthy of Xu Jie's confrontation in the court. His love for rescue was over.

As for whether to bring this matter to the capital, he naturally never thought about it.

You know, the county magistrate is not as good as the current governor. As the governor of Yingtian, he already has a power that Xu Jie cannot compete with. He does not think that his power will not be able to deal with a Ge Lao who has gone to power.

Except for the orders of Beijing City, even the Six Ministries of Nanjing have no ability to suppress him.

What he didn't know was that at this time, many pairs of eyes had gathered in the governor's Yamen, all of which were paying close attention to the development of this matter.

Although Hai Rui had handled the matter well before, the governor's office was full of gossips, and news about the Xu family's petitions from local prefectures and counties still spread like wildfire.

After a little inquiry, the outside world knew about the situation at this time and that the donated fields in Xu Ge's hometown had caused big trouble.

Such donations are common in Jiangnan, and almost all major families are involved. Naturally, we need to pay attention to the further development of this matter.

At the same time, the personnel sent by Yin Shizhen also knew about the matter, and even copied part of the complaint and sent it to the capital.

Worried about exposing their thoughts, Wei Guangde did not intervene in the subsequent incident, nor did he contact the Nanjing Wei Guogong Mansion to arrange for them to inquire about the information.

Yin Shizhen finally waited for the news from Jiangnan at home. He knew that Hai Rui had a dispute with the Xu family because of the dissatisfaction of the people in Jiangnan and wanted to claim back the land. After reading some of the lawsuits, he felt confident.

Now, it's time to test Hai Rui to see if he really enforces the law impartially and is not afraid of the powerful as the rumors say.

The next day, after the cabinet processed some official documents, he went to the nearest duty room, Wei Guangde, and rushed to the door.

"Shan Loan, look at this."

Wei Guangde was still reading the memorials, but when Yin Shizhen came over, he naturally could not continue his work, so he could only receive him attentively.

After the two sat down, Yin Shizhen handed him Jiang Nan's letter to read.

"so much?"

Seeing the letter handed over by Yin Shizhen, Wei Guangde was surprised at first, and then lowered his head to read it carefully.

"Haha. Your calculation of time is really accurate.

From the current situation, it seems that when Gao Gong returns to the court, the matter in Yingtian Mansion should become a big issue. It will be up to Gao Suqing and Zhang Shuda how to deal with the matter. "

Yin Shizhen lowered his voice and said cheerfully.

Wei Guangde read the letter very quickly and quickly opened the second piece of letter paper, then the third and fourth piece of paper.

"I didn't expect that there would be people who donated their land, borrowed money from the Xu family to do business, and even changed their names, tsk tsk."

Most of the following are transcribed statements. It is the first time that Wei Guangde understands how to make a contribution, and there are so many choices.

For this type of case, it is actually easy to judge whether to donate the land, that is, whether the owner has a "permanent tenancy document" in his hand.

After all, ordinary people are not stupid. If the land is transferred to a large family, what will you do if they don't let you plant it in the future?

Therefore, the "Eternal Tenancy Document" came into being.