prosperous age

Chapter 447 Chapter 446 Balance
"I met Mr. Xu Ge. He said that His Majesty summoned him and Mr. Yan Ge to talk about this before. His Majesty has already appointed Guo Pu as Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

The news that Li Fang brought back is very big, and the result that will be pushed is Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi Guo Pu and Nanjing Rites Minister Li Jikan, but Emperor Jiajing has already appointed Guo Pu to replace Ouyang Bijin.

Everyone in the room was silent.

Wei Guangde finally understood that Emperor Jiajing was actually tightening up the power in his hands, from delegating power to Yan Song in the past to now tightening it up, and appointing those officials who wrote Qingci for him before.

They naturally know what they are relying on to have today's official positions, and they will also work closely with Emperor Jiajing. Perhaps this is because Emperor Jiajing is making some preliminary preparations for King Yu's ascension to the throne. political power exists.

Yan Song, this once prominent figure, has finally come to the end of his political career and is about to draw a conclusion.

Wei Guangde didn't know what other people thought, that's how he understood it.

In fact, it seemed that the people in the palace had already seen this, that's why Chen Ju named those people.

Thinking of Yan Song's conversation with him back then, Yan Shoufu should have expected this day.

Ouyang must advance to become an official, and Yan Song's power in the six departments and nine ministers was completely disintegrated, and this was only at the emperor's thought.

Look at Yan Song now, and Wei Zhongxian who was scolded miserably in later generations, they are actually just a chess piece of the emperor, a target set up.

Wei Guangde was still thinking about this matter, and he heard Li Fang say again: "There is one more thing, Mr. Xu Ge said that we should tell His Highness first."

"What's the matter?"

King Yu was not in a good mood at the moment, and when he heard Xu Jie had something to say, he asked casually.

"Old Xu Ge said that Tang Ruyi's entry into Prince Yu's Mansion has been settled, and he will issue an order to enter the mansion in just two days."

Li Fang replied hastily.

"Oh, I see."

King Yu nodded. The palace prophets have discussed this matter. Maybe the cabinet didn't know about it. That's why Xu Jie told Li Fang about it.

Yin Shizhen saw that King Yu was not in high spirits, so he said, "Tang Xiuzhuan is the son of Tang Shangshu, and everyone may know who he is, so you should be more careful in what you say and do in the palace from now on."

Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde naturally knew the meaning of Yin Shizhen's words. Wei Guangde didn't know whether Tang Long belonged to Yan Song, after all, Wei Guangde was still in Bengshanbao and Niba at that time.

But everyone said so, Wei Guangde should not be too far behind, at least Tang Long and Yan Song have a good relationship, even if they don't have a friend, they are still very close.

Where is Yuwang Mansion?
Why did Emperor Jiajing throw Tang Ruyi into Prince Yu's Mansion?

Did Emperor Jiajing not know about Tang Ruyi's situation?

It can't, it's spread in the imperial court, it's impossible for the palace not to know about it, otherwise Dongchang will be a dawdler.

Wei Guangde felt that Emperor Jiajing must have known about this, and there must be some purpose for sending him to Prince Yu's Mansion.

But why do you want to mix sand into Yu Wang's mansion?

Wei Guangde couldn't figure it out, isn't this making everyone in Prince Yu's mansion feel uncomfortable?

In the afternoon, Wei Guangde got into his carriage, staggered towards the house, the carriage suddenly stopped halfway, and then he felt the front of the carriage leaning towards the side of the road.

Probably to give way to the car on the other side.

Wei Guangde thought in his heart, after waiting for a while, there was a yelling sound from the car window, it was the sound of the bearer carrying the sedan chair at a unified pace.

Wei Guangde knew that he must have reached a place where the road was relatively narrow, and the people on the opposite side should have a higher status than himself, so the carriage had to give way.

After waiting for a while, the bearers on the opposite side had passed by, and the carriage moved again, before Wei Guangde asked, "Which prefecture was it from?"

Li San, the coachman, replied at this time, "The sedan chair of Ouyang Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, so I avoided it."

"Oh, I see."

Wei Guangde replied casually, Ouyang must enter the sedan chair, let him let it go, he will not stay in the capital for long.

When an official becomes an official, he must return to his hometown according to the system. This is also a way for the Ming Dynasty to control the population of the capital.

Of course, there are also those who stay in the capital, but they need to have a good reason, such as the son is an official in the capital, and he returns to his hometown with no one to take care of him. In this case, he can apply to stay in the capital.

Thinking about these things randomly in his mind, Wei Guangde suddenly felt a flash of inspiration, as if he had figured out what Emperor Jiajing was thinking.

What's on your mind is naturally the purpose of Tang Ruyi's entry into Prince Yu's Mansion.

To become an official, of course, has nothing to do with Tang Ruyi, he is only in his 40s, and he is still far away from becoming an official.

Emperor Jiajing sent people related to Yan's family to Prince Yu's mansion, why?
This should also be paving the way for King Yu to govern in the future, or to place the forces of all parties in the court next to King Yu, so that he can have an early understanding of the government. Perhaps this is also a way of emperor education.

Look at the situation around King Yu before Tang Ruyi entered the mansion. The King Yu faction headed by Gao Gong gathered around King Yu soon after they entered the court and served King Yu. After being able to fly to the top.

However, these people have also been tested. When King Jing was in Beijing, these people would never leave King Yu, at least there was no shortage of loyalty.

Who else?

Xu Jie's power.

Prince Yu's Mansion was oppressed by King Jing's Mansion, and life was difficult, while Xu Jie was suppressed by Yan Song in the cabinet, and it was also difficult for him to move forward.

The two weak ones came together, they were born to be opponents of Prince Jing's Mansion and the Yan family.

As for the third force in the DPRK, it is dissociated between the two factions. Although it will be biased towards King Yu at certain times, it has never taken refuge in it.

It can be said that King Yu has never had much contact with Yan officials, which is naturally not conducive to his promotion and employment in the future to balance the court.

Now Emperor Jiajing has arranged the officials of the Yan family into the Yu Wang Mansion, perhaps because he was worried that after King Yu came to power, he would listen to the instigation of these ministers who were hidden in the mansion, and would kill the officials of the Yan family no matter what happened.

What will happen at that time, one party dominates, can have a unified voice but lacks checks and balances, which is not good for imperial power.

Let King Yu get in touch with officials of the Yan family when he is in the mansion, so that he can get to know them better, at least he won't listen to partial beliefs when the time comes, and at least keep this force to balance the court situation.

As for why Wei Guangde thought of this place, it was naturally because of Ouyang Bijin who had just passed away, and he was ordered to serve by Emperor Jiajing.

At this time, Wei Guangde already had a bold guess in his mind. It could be as short as half a year, or as long as a year. Maybe Yan Song would follow in Ouyang's footsteps.

Once Yan Song's accident happened, Yan's party members would inevitably disperse, and they would be in panic all day long, which would be detrimental to maintaining the stability of the court.

Naturally, at this time, it would make sense for Emperor Jiajing to start taking actions, and letting Tang Ruyi enter Yuwangfu to act as a lecturer in the palace is one of the actions. There are so many lecturers.

In fact, even now, there are still three people in Prince Yu's Mansion, Yin Shizhen, Zhang Juzheng and himself, and they don't have much to say on weekdays.

With Tang Ruyi by King Yu's side, other strict party officials would naturally be at ease, and they could slowly sort out who should be dealt with and who should be kept.

When the carriage arrived in front of his own gate, Wei Guangde finally figured out the intention of that person from Xiyuan.

However, he didn't plan to make this guess yet, at least he had to look at the wind direction again, and then quietly tell Yu Wang whether he would take time to chat with Chen Ju someday.

On the second day, the memorial sent to Xiyuan by the Ministry of Officials was approved and sent back to the cabinet. Naturally, Prince Yu's Mansion knew the details immediately.

Looking at the end of the memorial, Emperor Jiajing still wrote his own comments: The officials who wrote the text have not changed it for a long time.

After seeing Emperor Jiajing's comments, several important ministers in the court are still writing memorials for guilt in their respective rooms.

"What do you mean, Your Majesty? Is anyone else going to be dismissed?"

Yin Shixuan was a little puzzled, and didn't understand whether Emperor Jiajing's remarks meant that the ministers were incapable of doing things or what, but now those people are busy making apologies, which shows that they themselves know the reason.

After all, the cabinet is always the cabinet. Even though King Yu is already the crown prince, he is not justified after all. It is normal that many court news don't know about it.

It's like Yang Bo's strategy against Fujian thieves. The Ministry of War must know more about the situation than Wei Guangde knew in Prince Yu's Mansion, so he can propose targeted countermeasures, while Wei Guangde can only think about going to Jiangnan. Look at the actual situation and think of countermeasures.

As for this incident, Wei Guangde only subconsciously believed that Emperor Jiajing should have given those people the wind before, but he didn't expect that besides Guo Pu, Li Ji would be added to the final person. They confront each other with Guo Pu and talk about their views.

In what era it is now, the emperor must be above the sky. He has the constitution in his mouth and follows the law. Whoever dares to be true to him can only keep saying that Guo Pu is the most suitable candidate for the post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

A bunch of memorials were sent to Xiyuan, and were quickly sent back to the cabinet by Emperor Jiajing, very quickly.

After all, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials cannot be left vacant for too long, even Emperor Jiajing wanted to implement this matter as soon as possible.

This time, Emperor Jiajing just wrote a comment after Yan Song's melody: All the ministers who wrote the text were slack and transferred at night. Righteousness, if you don’t ask, you must go to Guqin Shen. Since the transfer, Baifan has lost the status of a minister. Guyu has caused a lack of officials, and Pu will replace him immediately.

At the same time, there was also a decree, "The academician of the Imperial Academy will be in charge of Zhan Shifu, Guo Pu will be in charge of the Ministry, and he will be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Prince Shaobao."

Emperor Jiajing's comment included the words "Tell Pu not to say goodbye", so Guo Pu would naturally not follow the example of others and make a "three words and three concessions", but he still expressed his gratitude overnight.

Guo Pu's replacement of Ouyang Bijin in charge of the Ministry of Officials was considered a complete confidence, and he was rejoiced to be awarded the lofty title of Prince Shaobao.

For Guo Pu's Memorial of Thanksgiving, Emperor Jiajing actually gave it a serious approval, and the words naturally praised it greatly.

"Your nature is pure and prudent, and you are diligent and sincere in your writing. Obeying orders means taking office with joy. It is advisable to carefully comment on public positions before obeying orders, and use simplicity to achieve meaning."

Emperor Jiajing's comments on Guo Pu immediately made him an upstart in the imperial court. There was already a long queue in front of the Guo Mansion, and there was an endless stream of dignitaries visiting and making friends.

It's not bad for the important ministers in the court, and it's just a matter of greeting each other, and the middle and lower officials are trying to curry favor with each other.

I don't know when it started, but officials at the bottom gradually regarded Yuan Wei, Guo Pu, Yan Na, and Li Chunfang as the new "green Ci prime ministers" after Yan Song.

Comparing them with Yan Song, naturally they have no good intentions, but no one dares to say these words in person, that is, say a few words behind their backs.

It is impossible not to think of the four of them. In fact, after the first year, the positions of these people were rapidly promoted by the emperor, and they all entered the ranks of important ministers. What about them before?

In the eyes of the officials below, it is nothing more than relying on green words to invite favor.

In fact, whether it is jealousy or what, only they themselves know, at least Wei Guangde is very envious.

Time flies by, and November is about to enter in a blink of an eye, and it seems that it is the time of the winter solstice again.

It's just that Wei Guangde didn't expect Emperor Jiajing to hold a grand court meeting on this day. It seems that since Wei Guangde entered the court, the grand court meeting had never been held normally, and all of them were exempt from courtesy. I think this year will be no exception.

However, at such a peaceful time, news suddenly spread to the engineering department that Zeng Tingzhi had impeached the governor of the Xuanfu, Chi Fengxiang, for corruption and cruelty.

This official, who had only been honored by the imperial court two months ago, was accused by the censor of corruption and cruelty under his control, and the memorial was sent to Xiyuan. Soon there was news that the emperor wanted to thoroughly investigate the matter, and issued an order to arrest Chi Fengxiang and return to Beijing for interrogation. From the beginning, Zhao Kongzhao, the censor of the capital of Jiang Youqian, took his place.

The Governor of the Xuan Mansion is going to be arrested and interrogated in Beijing, Wei Guangde can't understand the twists and turns, but he always feels that there must be something that they don't know.

Chi Fengxiang was quickly escorted back to the capital and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Wei Guangde asked Lao Kan to help him find out about this matter. After all, the governor of Xuanfu was arrested, and he was worried that Ma Fang would be involved.

If someone is really interested in Ma Fang, he has to act in advance and find a way to deal with it, but Lao Kan hasn't heard the news yet.

Within two days, when Wei Guangde entered Prince Yu's Mansion in the morning, he was pulled aside by Zhang Juzheng who arrived first to talk.

"You can hold your breath."

Wei Guangde was startled when Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth, not knowing what he meant.

"what's up?"

Wei Guangde asked in surprise.

"Aren't you worried about Chi Fengxiang?"

Zhang Juzheng did not shy away from it, he just opened his mouth and said.

Wei Guangde narrowed his eyes, "What, someone wants to touch Ma Fang?"

The relationship between Wei Guangde and Ma Fang is not a secret in Prince Yu's Mansion, this is the news from the palace at the beginning.

"That's not true, but it does involve the first-level military general of the Xuan Mansion's general."

Zhang Juzheng replied.

Seeing his expression, Wei Guangde knew that Ma Fang was fine, and Zhang Juzheng was just scaring himself, so he said with a smile: "What's the matter, brother uncle, please tell me directly, my curiosity has been aroused."

"Ha ha."

Zhang Juzheng just stroked his beard and looked at him with a smile, but didn't speak.

Wei Guangde pretended to be anxious on the face, but he was very stable in his heart.

Ma Fang mentioned in his letter that there was a rift between Chi Fengxiang, the governor of the Xuan Mansion, and Li Xian, the commander-in-chief, but he was known to be from Prince Yu's Mansion, so he was not involved.

Thinking of Chi Fengxiang in prison, Wei Guangde had a guess.

(End of this chapter)