prosperous age

Chapter 258 Chapter 257
"The servant does not know."

After Emperor Jiajing finished speaking, Gao Zhong knelt down and kowtowed.

Huang Jin pretended to be bewildered, but immediately knelt down on the ground and said, "Your servant doesn't know anything."

After speaking, Huang Jin bowed his head in aggrieved manner.

"Look at it."

While speaking, Emperor Jiajing threw the pleading paper in his hand towards Huang Jin, and the pleading paper flew towards Huang Jin, and soon landed on the ground in front of Huang Jin.

Huang Jin hurriedly picked up the pleading paper and looked at it from the beginning to the end. This was the first time he had seen this pleading paper, and he had only heard about what was said on it before.

It is similar to what Gao Zhong said before, the people below have never reciprocated.

Really be damned.

Now that Huang Jin is the admiral of the inner court, he naturally knows who the people under him are. He is afraid that the eunuch in charge of monitoring Huiwang's mansion has been bribed, and that's why he made such a big mistake in the reported information.

There is a problem with Prince Hui's mansion, what about the other mansions?

The eunuchs sent by the imperial court to local places are not limited to the palace, and how many of these people are diligent in the affairs of the king.

The reason why Huang Jin acquiesced in Gao Zhong's manipulation of this matter was because he wanted to make a bigger battle, beat the eunuchs sent out, let them know how powerful they are, and don't be blinded by money.

Some money can be taken, but some money is not.

"You can also take a look at the ticket."

Emperor Jiajing didn't go to get the memorial, but said casually to Huang Jin.

You don't even need to think about how the cabinet will vote. It must be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate or send an imperial envoy to Junzhou to check whether the facts recorded in the pleadings are true, and then deal with them according to the investigation results.

Huang Jin received Wei Guangde's memorial from the eunuch from a young age, and he really stood up for the impeachment. He only talked about the incident when Geng An had nowhere to complain, and didn't mention anything else.

The cabinet proposals are quite satisfactory. For such an arrogance, even if one party is a prince, it is natural to investigate and deal with it.

"Your Majesty, the cabinet proposal is very suitable, and it will be dealt with after verification."

After reading the memorial, Huang Jin closed it, held it together with the pleading paper, and said to Emperor Jiajing.

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate, did Wei Guangde mention in the memorial whether the man named Geng An had sued the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Emperor Jiajing said after a little thought.

"Although we didn't specify which yamen are not willing to accept the case, but judging from the pleadings, Geng An should have approached Shuntian Mansion, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Huang Jin bowed his head and replied.

"Hey. They are all my good subjects, haha."

Emperor Jiajing couldn't help laughing out of anger. At this time, he had long forgotten the countless memorials to impeach King Hui's illegal deeds, and now he didn't know that they were put in the corner of the Sili Supervisor to eat ashes.

It's not because he forced out all the officials in the court that they didn't want to accept this hot potato.

No answer, now the emperor has praised them with irony.

To be honest, it is not easy for an official in the Jiajing Dynasty to be with a king like a tiger.

Huang Jin and Gao Zhong naturally understood what Emperor Jiajing said. At this time, the emperor was in a bad mood, so they didn't dare to speak.

Regarding matters in the court, if the emperor did not inquire, they would not dare to open their mouths. If they failed, they would be dragged out and beaten to death. Emperor Jiajing was cruel enough to the people in the inner court.

Looking at the memorial held by Huang Jin in both hands, Emperor Jiajing sneered, "Liu Zhong."

Without Huang Jin and Gao Zhong's expected rage, as if nothing had happened, Wei Guangde's impeachment memorial was kept in the palace and not returned to the cabinet.

Emperor Jiajing returned to the bed and continued to lean there, eyes slightly closed, and said, "Continue reading."

"Be careful."

Gao Zhong reminded the servants beside him in a low voice.

It was already dark, and the two servants in front were lighting lanterns. Huang Jin and Gao Zhong exited the main hall of Yongshou Palace, and the servants held a stack of memorials in their hands.

Some of these memorials have been approved by Emperor Jiajing, while some have been rejected, and some are retained, all of which are divided and placed together.

"Eunuch Huang, are we going to watch the house or go back to the Supervisor of Rituals?"

After Gao Zhong followed Huang Jin down the steps, he asked again in a low voice.

"Go to value the house, stamp it, and send it to the cabinet for disposal tomorrow morning."

Huang Jin casually replied that he spent most of his time in Xiyuan, and Gao Zhong was in charge of the Supervisor of Rites.

For the palm seal eunuch, only the seal is in his own hand, so he is not the supervisor of ceremonies.

He raised his head to look at the ink-like sky, and then told the few servants outside the hall: "Be careful, Your Majesty is resting, don't make any noise to disturb His Majesty."

Several servants who accompanied him hurriedly bowed to answer.

Huang Jin didn't pay any attention to them, and strode out first, followed by Gao Zhong and the other servants who were holding the memorial.

"What does His Majesty mean? Don't check it or."

At this moment, several people have already left the gate of Yongshou Palace, which is far away from the main hall, but Gao Zhong's voice is still very soft, as if he is afraid of disturbing the people in the hall.

Huang Jin didn't stop, but continued to walk forward, but the speed slowed down.

They walked for a while, and the servants they called out were godsons of him and Gao Zhongshou, and Chen Ju was among them.

After walking a few more steps, Huang Jin stopped by the Taiye Pond in Xiyuan, turned around and said to Gao Zhong behind him: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I want to see how the court reacts." .”

"In the imperial court?"

Gao Zhong read a sentence silently, and soon understood what Huang Jin meant.

Although Wei Guangde sent the memorial to the General Secretary of the General Administration, the Secretary of the General Administration would make a copy and file it.

The memorial was sent in the morning, and I arrived at the Supervisor of Rituals at noon. It is already evening, and I am afraid that all the officials in the capital, as long as they are not blind or deaf, will already know about it.

And the actual situation is exactly the same. When Wei Guangde was drinking with his colleagues after he was on duty, someone asked him about the impeachment of King Hui.

Needless to say, the news came from the Secretary of General Administration.

Naturally, Wei Guangde would not hide this, and told everyone about his encounter with Geng An, and everyone was in awe.

Yes, most of the officials in the Imperial Academy these days have not been immersed in the quagmire of officialdom, and still retain the integrity of scholars, so they also don't see the various evil deeds of the clan and the powerful.

When Wei Guangde returned home, Lao Kan and Zeng Xingwu were already at his home waiting for him.

Both were still observing politics in the same year, although they were not so well-informed, but they naturally knew when they heard Shangguan talk about it.

As before, explain the matter again, and still focus on highlighting that I am selfless, upright, impassioned, and aboveboard, and picking up the good things about myself is just blowing hard.

Fame is something that cannot be boasted.

This is the case even in the same year, at least Lao Kan will pass on what Wei Guangde said tonight to the same year when he was observing politics at the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Wei Guangde has done so much work, and a lot of money has been poured into it. Although it is a long-term investment, Wei Guangde still feels a little distressed at the moment, thinking whether to ask Geng An to repay the money in the future.

In just one night, the news of Wei Guangde's impeachment of King Hui spread in the circle of Beijing officials, and became a joke for everyone.

Because this kind of thing has happened too many times before, the impeached officials were impassioned at the beginning and wanted to establish their hearts and lives for the world and the people, but as the memorials were kept, everyone gradually came to appreciate it.

King Hui's position in Emperor Jiajing's mind was not low, so he adopted a cold treatment method, just ignoring it, making troubles as you like, and there will be no results. Naturally, there will be no passion after a long time.

If you can't get results, it's not considered a political achievement, and after a long time, no one will do such a thankless task.

It's just that after more than ten years, Lengtouqing will plunge into it again.

For the officials who knew something, they naturally watched with cold eyes, just paying attention to the movement in the palace.

The few officials who had already sent people to collect evidence directly asked someone to copy the copy of Wei Guangde's impeachment memorial and pleadings, and planned to apply it directly without sending people to Junzhou to inquire about the news.

It's just that they still have to wait for the situation in the palace, whether the memorial can be published or not.

The emperor is dissatisfied with King Hui, but is it to the extent that he needs to deal with it.

Seeing the pleadings, many people were laughing, joking that Geng An dared to make up all kinds of nonsense for revenge, left the fief without authorization, and built Long Live Mountain to recruit dead soldiers.

They paid more attention to Geng An's mention of King Hui's bullying men and women in Junzhou to seize private houses. These illegal things are very shocking.

On the second day, the cabinet dealt with the memorials sent by the palace, and Wei Guangde's impeachment memorial was indeed not among them.

Many people just smiled casually when they heard the news, and didn't take it seriously.

I had expected it a long time ago, after all, it is the clan.

Emperor Jiajing was born in the clan, so naturally he couldn't show a mean and ungrateful side. He has always been more tolerant in dealing with clan problems.

On the surface, he still needs to maintain the image of a tolerant and benevolent emperor.

The peace of the court lasted only two days. With the news from the palace earlier, especially the truth that King Hui had left the fief without authorization, Emperor Jiajing was furious about it, and many officials became more active. .

The court, which is calm on the surface, has already begun to turbulent in the dark. Many people have already prepared the impeachment memorial and are waiting for the change in the officialdom.

Although Wei Guangde had fired the first shot, it didn't seem to be fired, and they were still waiting.

In fact, Wei Guangde knew from Chen Ju the news that Emperor Jiajing had left his memorial on the second day, but there was still a lot of information that came along with it. His Majesty was very dissatisfied with the officials in the court, and the imperial court arrived. The extent that no one dares to accept.

Although the Dengwen drum is still standing there, it has become a decoration.

The previous dynasty had planned to dismantle it, but was stopped by hundreds of officials, calling it an ancestral system.

When others laughed at Wei Guangde for hitting the air, Wei Guangde knew that his impeachment had worked, but it was not successful. Emperor Jiajing didn't express his position immediately, and arranged for people to investigate.

But Huang Jin, the great eunuch next to the emperor, guessed that the emperor wanted to beat all the officials. Yes, this time it was too outrageous. ?
In fact, during the imperial examination, Wei Guangde had this guess when he saw the imperial examination questions chosen by Emperor Jiajing.

"It is my destiny to establish a ruler to govern the land, and there must be ministers who divide and assist. The so-called neighbors are also"

The palace examination questions were still in front of him. Wei Guangde analyzed at that time that Emperor Jiajing was extremely dissatisfied with the current corruption in the officialdom and the destruction of the official system.

The officials are out of the control of the emperor, what kind of trouble is this going to do?
Even if Xiaomin sued the clan prince, shouldn't the Yishuntian Mansion and the Metropolitan Procuratorate accept the pleading paper and submit it, even if I don't pursue it, I still need to know what happened outside.

The whole court is deceiving me.

After Wei Guangde and Chen Ju separated, he guessed that Emperor Jiajing's psychological changes at that time should be like this.

This day when Wei Guangde returned home, Lao Kan and Zhang Ke were already waiting for him at home.

"This is the two brothers."

Seeing the two waiting, Wei Guangde asked curiously.

Wei Guangde's question made Old Lao Kan blush and was a little embarrassed to speak, only Zhang Ke next to him smiled, took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Wei Guangde, saying: "After reading what you wrote, I will write it when I go back. One, you can think about it, if there is no problem, I will send it to the Secretary of General Administration early in the morning."

Wei Guangde knew that this was also a memorial to the impeachment of King Hui, and no one seemed to follow up these two days. If he continued to impeach King Hui, Emperor Jiajing would probably be even more angry.

Fortunately, Zhang Ke is a sensible person and knows how to gamble.

Looking at Lao Kan again, it is estimated that this person also wrote something. Maybe Zhang Ke and him have studied each other's writing, so they came here together.

Sure enough, after reading Zhang Ke's memorial, Wei Guangde took over the one written by Lao Kan.

"It's not a big problem. Anyway, I can't be convicted of any crime. I just ask the emperor to send ministers to investigate the authenticity."

Wei Guangde replied with a smile: "The two of you came to my place so early, I'm afraid you haven't eaten yet, let's eat together later."

In the early morning of the next day, Lao Kan and Zhang Ke went to the General Administration Department to deliver the memorial. After hearing the news in the afternoon, they began to go to the General Administration Department to submit the memorial to impeach King Hui one after another.

Although Lao Kan and Zhang Ke, two rookies, did not see the results of the memorial, but some people couldn't bear it anymore.

It's a big deal to stay in the middle school, and there will be a lot of cold hair.

Even if the emperor wanted to convict him, he would first find trouble with those three Xinke Scholars, and they were the leaders.

Then one day after Wei Guangde arrived at the Imperial Academy, he was stopped by Jin Da and Zhu Dashou, and asked about the impeachment of King Hui by Lao Kan and Zhang Ke.
Lao Kan and Zhang Ke inadvertently succeeded in stirring up the already dark and turbulent court. With the delivery of their memorial, the memorial to the impeachment of King Hui flew to the Secretary of General Administration like snowflakes, floated into the East Pavilion, and landed in the Secretary of State. On the supervisor's desk.

"Have you asked?"

"I asked, Mr. Xiao Wei said that he didn't order it, but they wrote the memorial themselves, and they just let him read it before sending it out."

"That's good. At this time, the most fearful thing is to form a party. You can go there tomorrow and bring this to him. You can communicate with each other in the same year, but you must not connect with each other."

"Yes, godfather, my son knows."

In the supervisor's room, Gao Zhong and Chen Ju whispered to each other.

"Go and call in a few more people, and take these memorials to Xiyuan."

What should be said, Gao Zhong also let go of the volume, pointed to the stack of memorials on the desk, and told Chen Ju.

If you don't come, you don't have any, and when you come, you pile up the desk directly.
(End of this chapter)