prosperous age

Chapter 426 Chapter 425 Impeachment of Wu Peng
Yuan Wei is really in a good time now. Last year, he was moved from the Imperial Academy and Zhan Shifu to the Ministry of Rites. He was ordered to stay in the Ministry within a month of being in charge of the affairs of the academy. Yuan Wei, who only stayed in the Ministry of Rites for a month, was transferred to another official department.

His speed on the way to the cabinet can be said to have created history, and there is no official who can be promoted faster than him, and his official career is the standard path of the Hanlin cabinet, so it is not up to others to think about it.

Gao Gong was the most frustrated person in making this decree.

Obviously, his movements were one step slower than Yuan Wei's.

In the promotion of official positions, one step at a time is slower than one step at a time. This defeat has actually destined him to lag far behind Yuan Wei.

That night, Wei Guangde heard some complaints from Gao Gong, who was drunk, complaining that Emperor Jiajing ignored the government and knew he was obsessed with cultivating Taoism, and he also complained that he had spent less time on Qing Ci and wrote fewer excellent Qing Ci works to make the Emperor happy.

Thinking about it, Yuan Wei has been studying and researching in the Imperial Academy before, and has been promoted from an editor of the Imperial Academy to a bachelor of the Imperial Academy.

A few years ago, Emperor Jiajing had intentionally asked Yuan Wei to serve as a minister in the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, and he was in charge of the Nanjing Imperial Academy.

Over the years, Yuan Wei has devoted his energy to Qing Ci, and has repeatedly presented excellent works of Qing Ci to win the favor of the emperor, and at this moment the effect finally shows.

However, Gao Gong only sank for one night, and on the second day, Wei Guangde saw the same Gao Gong as before, and he was still full of energy to devote himself to the government affairs of the Ministry of Rites.

Wei Guangde knew that this was Gao Gong's re-targeting to succeed Wu Shan. The impeachment memorial made Wu Shan stay at home for a long time to avoid suspicion, and his resignation has entered the countdown.

At this time, if the etiquette department is taken care of properly, Gao Gong feels that he still has a chance.

As for the Zuo Shilang of the headquarters, the elderly Kang Taihe might not be in much better health than Zhou Yan, and he also submitted a request for resignation. It seems that Emperor Jiajing would not give him the Ministry of Rites.

Therefore, now Gao Gong's competitors are only Yan Na and Li Chunfang, but considering that Li Chunfang has just taken over the Imperial Academy for more than a month, it seems that the chances are not great, so Yan Na is the only opponent left.

At this time, the news that Zhou Yan, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was seriously ill had already spread in the government and the public, and Wei Guangde also keenly felt that many officials from other provinces seemed to be gloating about it.

The seven yamen with the most power in the central government of the Ming Dynasty, the six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate may lose two jobs at once, and they are all from Jiangxi.

This feeling is also thanks to the fact that Wei Guangde was not from Jiangxi in his previous life, but he can vaguely feel this change only after wearing it on a Jiangxi native in this life.

Sure enough, I don’t know if he got a hint, Kang Taihe, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, quickly submitted his resignation, and this resignation was quickly approved by Emperor Jiajing, "Promote Kang Taihe, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, as the Minister of Nanjing Ministry of Industry."

When Kang Taihe went to Nanjing, it was naturally not because he wanted to be promoted and went to Nanjing for a tour to improve his grade, but to really go to Nanjing for the elderly.

What surprised Wei Guangde was that when Kang Taihe received the decree and was about to go to Nanjing, Wu Peng, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, played and said that the left servant of the Ministry of Rites was missing, please make up.

Just like the last time Emperor Jiajing directly issued an order to Yuan Wei, Emperor Jiajing's instruction was very brief, "There is no need to push it, Yan Na was promoted to the left servant of the headquarters."

Gao Gong kept his feet on the ground, and then the two moved out of the Imperial Academy directly took off and became the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials Zuo Shilang. In the eyes of many people, Gao Gong's official career seemed to be a little bit bad.

In these short few days, Xiyuan has continuously issued decrees concerning the appointment and dismissal of the third-rank officials of the current dynasty, which is very abnormal in Wei Guangde's view.

In the past, for similar official positions, most of them were postponed by the organization of the Ministry of Officials, and the Emperor Jiajing was asked to appoint them hand-in-hand, but these few times they were all arbitrary, and it seemed that the emperor had already prepared.

I don't know what others think, Wei Guangde thinks so, and when chatting with Zhang Juzheng, Wei Guangde also noticed that Zhang Juzheng's attitude towards this seems to be different from Wei Guangde's.

"His Majesty has not consulted the cabinet for the appointment of the Ministry of Rites and the appointment of the Minister of Rites."

Zhang Juzheng said to Wei Guangde: "At least my teacher was also very surprised when he got His Majesty's order, and so was Yan Ge."

At this time, Yin Shizhen was teaching Yu Wang in the study next door, and Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng were talking about the affairs of the court, and the topic naturally shifted from Gao Gong to the appointment and dismissal of officials.

"Does Your Majesty have any plans to reorganize the six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate? Maybe he already has a plan."

Wei Guangde threw out his own thoughts, and also wanted to see if Elder Xu Ge and Zhang Juzheng had such a judgment.

"Wu Shangshu must not be able to keep it anymore. The position of Zhou Yushi in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Ouyang Shangshu in the Ministry of Industry seem to be the case."

Zhang Juzheng directly said the names of the officials who were already known and were really unable to continue to be ministers.

"However, the candidate for the Minister of Industry should still recall Mr. Lei Lilei to preside over it. In fact, there is not much difference between presiding over the imperial mausoleum project in the capital and going to Changping."

Zhang Juzheng talked eloquently, but just hearing Wei Guangde's ears, he didn't know whether these were Zhang Juzheng's thoughts or his teacher Xu Jie's opinion, but these are not important, because Zhang Juzheng also made such a judgment, at least it means that he is not alone feel this way.

"The Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who do you think is the most likely to take the position?"

Wei Guangde asked questions along the pole.

Zhang Juzheng curled his lips, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "It should be the four who are most likely, Yuan Wei, Guo Pu, Yan Na and Li Chunfang, haha"

"Ha ha."

Wei Guangde laughed too, and after putting away his smile, he sighed: "I'm afraid Gao Suqing will be disappointed. Uncle and brother are quick-witted, so you might as well put more effort into Qing Ci, maybe it will be of great use at critical times."

Zhang Juzheng was very happy, he could hear Wei Guangde's teasing.

After the news of Yuan Wei's reformation to the Ministry of Officials came out, everyone in the officialdom in the capital realized that Yuan Wei's entry into the cabinet was only a matter of time, and the outside world began to give him a new title "Prime Minister of Qingci".

Correspondingly, the so-called "Four Great Talents" in the Hanlin Academy began to spread. Before that, it was just a private ridicule by those who studied the classics and history collections in the Imperial Academy. Now it is considered out of the circle. The whole officialdom in the capital knew that their four Qing Ci were well written.

The dawn of Yuan Wei's entry into the cabinet has dawned, so the other three will naturally not be too far away.

"Qingci, little Doyle."

Zhang Juzheng shook his head, "My teacher said that if they wanted to get promoted back then, they had to devote their attention to this young Ci. It's better to forget it in our generation."

Speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng inadvertently glanced at the inner courtyard of the palace and said: "This master in the mansion is not interested in these things. If you really rely on Qing Ci to get to the top, you may have nothing good to eat in this master's hands." '

Wei Guangde nodded approvingly, not to mention that these might be the future prime ministers of Qingci, Wei Guangde was very worried about whether the group of alchemists favored by Emperor Jiajing would be able to please the new emperor.

Last year, the alchemist who was once favored by Emperor Jiajing, Shenxiao Zifu interpreted Fan Baoguo, Honglie, preached, preached, taught, taught, taught, taught, true, loyal, filial, and Bingyi. Rongkanghuisu".

During those few days, Emperor Jiajing was very sad, but His Royal Highness Prince Yu was very happy, and held a banquet in the palace for several days.

Although he didn't say the reason, it was to let the officials of the palace come to drink, but Wei Guangde also knew that it was because King Yu heard that Tao Zhongwen had died.

Tao Zhongwen's "two dragons will not meet each other" motto, no matter it is true or not, anyway, Jiajing and his son have not seen each other for 20 years. It is strange that King Yu can't hate Tao Zhongwen.

But today, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng chatted about Qing Ci in court, naturally there was a purpose.

"I heard that Liang Menglong and Mr. Xu Ge are close to each other during the incident?"

Wei Guangde suddenly changed the subject and asked.

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, Zhang Juzheng immediately concentrated and nodded, "He is also the teacher's student."

"I heard that this time His Majesty reprimanded Ke Dao's officials for maintaining their lives in the criticism."

"Well, I heard that there is such a thing."

"Elder Xu Ge didn't think about it, let Liang Daren follow suit and impeach him?"

Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng asked and answered each other, whispering constantly.

Talking to Zhang Juzheng before, the emperor seemed to have the intention of adjusting the six officials, but it was actually Wei Guangde's temptation. One was to see if his own judgment was consistent with others, and the other was the purpose of today.

Today, only Yan's family is the only obstacle that blocks Yuwangfu's family and Xu Ge's old family. Among the six departments, the official department, which has the most say, has almost become Yan Shifan's monologue because of Wu Peng.

Taking advantage of the power of the Ministry of Officials, the Yan family recruited many people inside and outside the capital to follow their example.

Now that Emperor Jiajing intends to adjust the six ministries, Wei Guangde feels that the power of the Yan family in the official ministries should be wiped out.

But how to do it, he hesitated.

However, when he saw someone using Li Ke's impeachment memorial against the Minister of Rites, Wei Guangde naturally thought of Li Ke, and thus knew the relationship between Liang Menglong and Mr. Xu Ge in the case of Li Ke.

"Wu Shangshu, in which year there were not many impeachment memorials, but his official position is still unchanged."

Zhang Juzheng heard the meaning of Wei Guangde's words, and he wanted to fish in troubled waters. He still copied the strategy to bring down Wu Shan, and wanted the official department to impeach the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

However, Wu Peng is different from Wu Shan. Wu Shan may not be impeached all year round.

But Wu Peng is not. He is impeached every year, and he is as stable as Mount Tai every year. He looks like a tumbler in the officialdom.

"This time is different from the past."

Wei Guangde said with a smile: "After the lecture next door is over, you might as well ask Yu Wang and Lord Yin to talk about it. If it is feasible, we will visit Xu Ge's old mansion together later."

Zhang Juzheng nodded, he also recalled now, and understood Wei Guangde's previous temptation.

He just talked about this matter with his teacher Xu Jie last night. Xu Jie also had his own judgment on the upcoming personnel changes in the court, but he didn't consider the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

In fact, if Wu Peng hadn't been impeached a few times in a year, he probably wouldn't have gotten used to it.

Xu Jie was also used to his stable appearance like an old dog, so he really didn't think about him.

But now, when Wei Guangde suddenly mentioned Wu Peng, Zhang Juzheng had to think about it seriously.

First, he knew that what Wei Guangde said earlier about Emperor Jiajing’s reprimand of Ke Dao was true. In recent days, many censors and ministers have written letters of impeachment. I am taking care of myself.

Under this trend, it makes sense for Li Ke to impeach Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and it doesn't need to collect any evidence to impeach Wu Peng. Zhi" to impeach the officials under Wu Peng's leadership.

The evaluation of "justice has been obstructed for a long time, but whether the virtuous are uprooted" is also the unified view of most officials today on the Ministry of Officials, so every impeachment memorial focuses on this.

Another important reason is that Zhang Juzheng is still thinking about whether Wei Guangde's words at this time are meant to be passed on from the palace.

Wei Guangde was connected with the eunuchs around Emperor Jiajing, and Zhang Juzheng was very clear about it, and when they conveyed some meanings that the emperor was not good at making public instructions, they often carried out through people like Wei Guangde.

Zhang Juzheng was not sure whether this idea was conceived by Wei Guangde or intentional by the palace.

However, after some calculations, Zhang Juzheng suddenly felt that impeachment of Wu Peng was not a bad idea.

At this time of impeachment, no one can tell if one is wrong.

Everyone is impeaching people. If the Kodao officials don't impeach at this time, they will keep their wealth and keep themselves healthy, and they will eat a vegetarian meal in the corpse.

As for the result after impeachment, if he succeeds, he will become famous, but if he fails, he will bow to Wu Peng and end up. At this time, does Wu Peng dare to think about revenge?

Everyone's impeachment is just going through the motions, and it's just for Emperor Jiajing to see, so why take it seriously.

What's more, even if it is true, Ke Dao is an existence outside the Three Realms in the imperial court, not in the Five Elements. If the Ministry of officials really wants to retaliate, they are not afraid of the joint impeachment of the entire Ke Dao, then it will really be an endless situation.

It is a bounden duty for officials to impeach others. If they are retaliated because they are impeached, then everyone will be unlucky in the future, and what they do is to offend others.

The folk rhetoric of "sweeping the snow in front of your own door and not caring about the frost on others' roofs" will not work, it is just a foolish argument.

It seems to be protecting himself, but it is precisely because of this that he will be exploited and squeezed.

If you don't care about other people's affairs, why should others care about yours? The end result is that everyone is oppressed by the rich and powerful.

If there is a speech officer who is retaliated against today, then the people he impeached before will also retaliate, and all speech officers will be in bad luck.

Everyone is a scholar and understands the truth, so they are more united on this issue.

As long as there is one concession, then there will be countless concessions in the future, until there is no way to retreat.

Wei Guangde is also considered one of the officials, at least he was before handing over his position as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

It's just that now that he is in charge of Prince Yu's Mansion, he doesn't need to consider Emperor Jiajing's accusations against Ke Dao, but he has a deep understanding of the feelings of those colleagues.

About half an hour later, Yin Shizhen finished his lecture, and King Yu was reluctant to be invited into the room by Wei Guangde, so it was natural to discuss this matter.

At first, King Yu didn't feel much about the impeachment of Wu Peng. Now that King Jing has left, the pressure on him is not so strong.

However, Yin Shizhen was very interested, and after repeated calculations, he felt that he could really give it a try, at least there would be no harm.

King Yu was thinking about his inner courtyard, sat listlessly for a while, and said: "Since there is no problem, let's do it, Shan Loan and Shu Da will go to Xu Ge's old mansion for a walk."

(End of this chapter)