prosperous age

Chapter 569 Chapter 568
"Didn't Mr. Xu Ge say who His Majesty prefers to join the cabinet?"

Wei Guangde took Yu Wang who was sitting on it to ask the question. At this time, Yu Wang was also staring at Zhang Juzheng, hoping to get accurate information from him.

Zhang Juzheng shook his head, "Teacher doesn't know, His Majesty didn't make it clear. On the contrary, Yuan Ge will go out of Beijing tomorrow, His Highness should go see him off."

Hearing this, Wei Guangde couldn't help thinking of one thing, he hesitated for a while, not knowing whether he should say it or not.

Wei Guangde's tangled performance caught Yin Shizhen's attention, and he immediately asked, "Shan Loan, do you have anything to say?"

After Yin Shizheng spoke, King Yu and Zhang Juzheng also looked over.

"Your Highness, I heard something two days ago, and I didn't know whether I should say it or not."

Wei Guangde struggled.

"But it doesn't matter."

King Yu was very straightforward, and he spoke right away.

"Two days ago, Yuan Ge's nephew Yuan Dalun came to my house to ask for a 200-year-old wild ginseng."

Wei Guangde spoke.

"What does that mean?"

King Yu asked with a blank face, like him, Yin Shizhen and Li Fang, only Zhang Juzheng understood everything.

"Shan Loan means that Yuan Ge may not have many days left."

After a while, Zhang Juzheng finally spoke.

"what?"

King Yu was surprised.

"Yuan Dalun begged to buy 200-year-old wild ginseng. It should be used for Mr. Yuan Ge's death. Mr. Yuan Ge begged His Majesty to allow Yuan Dalun to take a vacation and serve the decoction. I am afraid that he is worried about accidents on the road and has no relatives around him."

Zhang Juzheng continued to explain, then shook his head.

In fact, for all Beijing officials, what worries them most is such a situation.

Thousands of miles to be an official, but in the end, the fallen leaves cannot return to the roots, and the soul returns to the hometown.

Just imagine that most of the officials in this era left their hometown to take the imperial examination in their twenties, and then stayed in the capital for a long time or went to other places to become officials.

Civil officials are all floating officials, unlike military generals, they can't go back home if they have nothing to do.

This also caused many officials to be unable to return to their hometowns for almost the entire career. Yuan Wei's encounters, in fact, are endless in this era.

The higher the position and weight, the harder it is to get a vacation.

Let’s talk about Yuan Wei. In fact, Emperor Jiajing refused his resignation three times before, but this time he was so happy. Obviously, he also knew the exact condition of Yuan Wei, and there was really no way to procrastinate.

"Then go see Elder Yuan Ge off tomorrow."

King Yu nodded slowly.

Although Yuan Wei's way of ascending to power has been criticized by others, and he has been flattered a lot after taking office, but he still has principles when it comes to right and wrong.

This time Yuan Wei asked to go back to his hometown to recuperate, but according to Wei Guangde's words and the performance of the Yuan Mansion in recent days, it seems that Yuan Wei's health is really failing and he can't come back.

A scholar of the cabinet, getting along with the emperor day and night, handling various affairs, and liberating the emperor from heavy government affairs, even if there is no credit, there is always hard work.

For such a serious crime as Yan Song, Emperor Jiajing still did not choose to implicate Yan Song when he dealt with the Yan family, but only executed Yan Shifan, even his grandson was just exiled into the army.

Sometimes, a bachelor is really a gold medal for avoiding death.

Wei Guangde glanced at Zhang Juzheng inadvertently, wondering if he knew about the secrets between Xu Jie and Yuan Wei.

In fact, Zhang Juzheng, like Yuan Wei, came from Xu Jie's family, but Yuan Wei was too self-confident, and became a little complacent after his success, especially when he was introduced to Xiyuan and contributed Qingci, it was Xu Jie's recommendation .

However, Yuan Wei was quick-witted, and often wrote Qingci in one go, and even faintly surpassed the talents of Yan Song, Xu Jie and others, which attracted the attention of Emperor Jiajing.

Later, in the Imperial Academy, there was a rift because Yuan Wei and Xu Jie compiled "Chengtian Dazhi" together.

When he and Xu Jie co-authored "Chengtian Dazhi", Yuan Wei falsified all the manuscripts handed in by the scholars, and refused to let Xu Jie read them.

Coming from Xu Jie's family, he treated Xu Jie with arrogance.

Wei Guangde just watched these things calmly when he was in the Hanlin Academy.

To be honest, Wei Guangde really admired Xu Jie's self-cultivation skills and his ability to preserve his health, he was so capable of killing his colleagues.

"Shan Loan, do you still have hundreds of years old ginseng?"

When leaving Prince Yu's mansion, Zhang Juzheng suddenly asked in a low voice.

"You want that?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously, he saw that Zhang Juzheng looked good, logically speaking, he didn't need ginseng to invigorate Qi and blood.

"There is an elderly father in the family, so if Shan Loan is in hand, please part with it, the uncle will definitely feel deeply."

Zhang Juzheng replied.

What happened today reminded Zhang Juzheng that Wei Guangde seemed to have a lot of vintage ginseng in his hands, and it seemed that it was no secret in the capital.

Of course, he didn't need ginseng to hang his life like Yuan Wei did, but he was thinking of his father who was getting old in his hometown. The capital city and Jingzhou in Huguang are thousands of miles away. If ginseng really has the effect of hanging life.
Wei Guangde nodded slightly, "I'll take a look when I go back, it should be there."

For such a request, Wei Guangde would never refuse.

Sophisticated, why push it out.

But in the end, Wei Guangde still explained to Zhang Juzheng that taking ginseng is good, and it can indeed prolong life, but it does not have the effect of bringing the dead back to life in folklore.

"Hehe. I know these things. If this is the case, why not ask His Majesty for some Ganoderma lucidum."

Zhang Juzheng laughed.

"Ha ha."

Wei Guangde laughed out loud.

Sometimes he also finds it very interesting that Emperor Jiajing monopolized Ganoderma lucidum in the Ming Dynasty, while Wei Guangde controlled ginseng.

The matter of the successor of the cabinet was temporarily put aside by them. After all, the emperor's mind was hard to guess.

The next day, Wei Guangde followed Yu Wang out of the city to see Yuan Wei off, and he saw Yuan Wei in the sedan chair with a sallow complexion and a terminally ill appearance.

Xiyuan, Yongshou Palace.

Emperor Jiajing had a comfortable life recently. Although it wasn't that he had improved in cultivation, it was because the Supervisor of Rituals had sent him the past two months, and there were far fewer memorials that he needed to deal with.

However, he knew very well that it wasn't that there were fewer affairs in this country, but that Xu Jie was the only member of the cabinet. No matter how hard he worked, he still couldn't handle all kinds of official documents sent from all over the country.

Regardless of major or minor matters, Xu Jie had to read the entire official document before drafting it. Even if most of it was full of flowers and flowers, if he couldn't memorize it, there would be hidden secrets, so that he would know how to draft it.

Although Xu Jie monopolized the power of the cabinet, he obviously felt that he was not qualified for such a role. Today, he sent a petition to the palace asking for additional cabinet ministers. Emperor Jiajing knew in his heart that if he didn't deal with it, he would have to do it tomorrow. The request to become an official is reported.

These days, it has become a routine for such memorials to appear in turn.

"Is Maozhong leaving Beijing today?"

Emperor Jiajing asked.

"Yes, my lord, yesterday I sent Zhang Hong to look at it, and I sent all the rewards."

Huang Jin replied.

"Have you seen Maozhong?"

Emperor Jiajing continued to ask, "How is the situation? I heard that his nephew went to Wei Guangde to ask for a 200-year-old wild ginseng."

"I see, the condition is very bad. Yuan Dalun went to Wei Guangde to get a wild ginseng, but I'm afraid it is also for life."

Huang Jin replied, and then paused for a moment before continuing: "King Yu took the officials of the palace out of the city today to see Mr. Yuan Ge off, and the palace sent people to report to the inner court yesterday."

With a light sigh, Emperor Jiajing put down Xu Jie's memorial, and continued to ask, "Is Xu Jie in the cabinet these days?"

"Yes, my lord, during this period, Elder Xu Ge stayed in the cabinet all day to handle official business, but even so, there were still a lot of people who were not dealt with in time."

Huang Jin answered half a step forward.

"Aside from handling government affairs, did you do anything else?"

Emperor Jiajing asked again.

"This"

Huang Jin seemed to be hesitating, as if he was thinking about it, but he didn't give an answer right away.

Emperor Jiajing smiled, and said casually: "Look, you are old too, you have to think about such things."

"Oh, right."

Hearing the emperor's teasing, Huang Jin just smiled foolishly and coped with it, but the wrinkles on his face also showed that he was really old.

"Yesterday, people from the Imperial Academy were called to the cabinet, and they brought the manuscript of "Chengtian Dazhi" with them."

Huang Jin said.

"Oh, what did you do?"

Emperor Jiajing asked seemingly casually.

"It is said that many of them were modified."

Huang Jin said in a low voice.

"Hehe, it's the ones that Maozhong changed."

Although Emperor Jiajing lived in Xiyuan all year round, he knew the courtiers and the affairs of the various yamen quite clearly.

A few years ago, after Yuan Wei joined the cabinet, he took over the work of compiling "Chengtian Dazhi" together with Xu Jie. At that time, Yuan Wei revised many parts of it, and the changes were not small. These were all Xu Jie had already nodded.

In this regard, Xu Jie did nothing like dealing with Yan Song, but Emperor Jiajing was concerned about it.

The veterans around them knew the emperor very well, but correspondingly, the emperor also knew them very well.

"Pass down the decree, Yan Na and Li Chunfang will enter the cabinet, Dong Fen will be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Guo Pu will be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

After Emperor Jiajing finished speaking, he didn't immediately let Huang Jin go down to deliver the decree. Instead, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying, "Yan Na and Li Chunfang are responsible for recording the great canon, compiling and inheriting the great ambitions of the sky, the chief executive, let's go down and deliver the decree."

Having said that, Emperor Jiajing asked Huang Jin to deliver the decree.

In response to Emperor Jiajing's previous questioning, Huang Jin didn't know that the emperor was beating Xu Jie.

Among other things, regarding Yan Shifan's matter, Xu Jie's actions were not small, and he thought he was hiding it, but in this three-acre land in the capital, there was nothing that could escape the surveillance of Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

Huang Jin stepped out of the hall, arranging for someone to convey the order, but he always felt that he seemed to have missed something, the emperor seemed to not only want to beat Xu Jie.

Accompanying King Yu back to the palace, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other, and planned to leave and return to the school record hall to continue the school record ceremony.

At this moment, a servant came quickly with a note, came to Li Fang's side, and handed the note to Li Fang.

Li Fang took it and looked at it, then frowned, obviously it was not a good thing, otherwise she wouldn't have frowned.

"What's the matter?"

King Yu was in a bad mood at the moment, so he asked Li Fang when he saw Li Fang's appearance.

"Your Majesty has just decreed that Yan Na and Li Chunfang will join the cabinet, and Guo Pu and Dong Fen will be ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials."

Li Fang knew that this news would definitely displease King Yu, but there was no other way, she could only bite the bullet and answer.

"Guo Pu and Dong Fen will be ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials?"

King Yu looked at Li Fang with wide eyes, and then stretched out his hand.

Li Fang was eager to hand over the hot potato in his hand, and hurriedly handed the note to King Yu.

When they were talking, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng, who heard the content clearly, also looked at each other, with a trace of bitterness in their eyes.

This is the price of entering Yu Wang's subterfuge. Before the current emperor wants to delegate power, it will be difficult for them to get a chance anyway.

However, Wei Guangde still envied Zhang Juzheng very much. Although he was the first to be promoted from the fifth rank to horse washing, Zhang Juzheng had the support of his teacher. Last year, he had already won the post of Jijiu in the Imperial College, surpassing Wei Guangde again by a whole rank.

It is conceivable that since then, the supervising students who came out of the Guozijian would respectfully address Zhang Juzheng as "teacher" when they saw Zhang Juzheng.

But next, King Yu's words made Wei Guangde's heart tremble again.

"Yan Na and Li Chunfang re-recorded the grand ceremony, compiling Chengtian Dazhi as the CEO? Isn't this the current job of Xu Jie and Gao Gong? What does this mean?"

Hearing what King Yu said, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other again, but at this time, there was no bitterness in their eyes, but shock and worry.

This time, taking down Yan Shifan to vent anger for King Yu is also venting anger for Xu Jie. Who would have thought that the man in the palace would move so fast.

Although this purpose did not actually pose a threat to them, the meaning of beating was very strong.

Wei Guangde could imagine that Emperor Jiajing used this to let them know that he knew what you were doing behind your back.

Dividing away a little power is a warning. If this continues, the next decree may not be so simple.

Originally, according to the previous promotion of Emperor Jiajing to the Imperial Academy, Dong Fen's position should be Gao Gong, but this time Dong Fen was allowed to surpass Gao Gong and become the sixth minister first. I don't know what Gao Gong will do after knowing this.

"Your Highness, Qu Jingchun, the chief officer of the re-recording ceremony, is recuperating from his illness, and Mr. Gao is too busy to take care of the re-recording of the ceremony. As for Cheng Tian's ambition, this book was previously edited by Xu Ge and Yuan Ge Now Yuan Ge is old and sick, and Xu Ge is too late to handle the official affairs of the cabinet.

His Majesty should have made this arrangement for this reason. "

Yin Shizhen spoke at this time, but it was obvious that he lacked the confidence to speak, and he was just making an excuse, for the sake of King Anyu's heart.

Since the news of King Jing's death reached the capital, King Yu's position as the crown prince has become more stable, and it is inevitable that he sometimes speaks out of line.

This time, King Yu seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, and he opened his mouth and said, "Dong Yongwei is used to meeting with wind and fawning, how can he be a nobleman?"

"His Royal Highness be careful."

When Yu Wang just said this, Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde interrupted loudly.

Yu Wang was intimidated by the harsh words of the two, and did not continue talking.

"Your Highness, no matter what this matter is, His Majesty has already decreed, so don't talk about it anymore."

Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth to persuade.

King Yu had a bad impression of Dong Fen, and they knew the reason, but Wei Guangde could understand Dong Fen's actions.

Dong Fen became a Jinshi and entered the official career at the age of 31, which is actually a relatively late start.

Without a family background, under normal circumstances, it is difficult to develop in an official career.

However, Dong Fen is smart, good at dancing in the officialdom, and he is good at both sides, especially taking the initiative to cater to the Yan family father and son who are in full swing. He has benefited a lot and has been promoted many times.

(End of this chapter)