prosperous age

Chapter 586 Chapter 585

For three days in a row, Yan Ne's memorials were sent to Xiyuan continuously, just like playing house, and then they were rejected, handed in again, and rejected again.

The nobles and well-informed officials in the capital had roughly guessed what was going on, but most of them still didn't understand. The cabinet ministers and the emperor completed the procedure of three invitations and three resignations in a daze.

Wei Guangde paid a visit to Yan Na's house when he was publishing his second memorial, so that he did not appear to be intimate or alienated.

Knowing that Yan Na is not ill, but still want to act like he is very concerned about his condition, he asked his health for a while, and then left.

When leaving, he inadvertently looked at the package that had been packed in the mansion, and wanted to come to Emperor Jiajing's side for a batch of red, Yan Na was about to leave the capital immediately.

Why bother.

When he first entered the cabinet, he wanted to replace Xu Jie without even sitting on his ass.

A cabinet minister for more than ten years, a person who can defeat Yan Song, how can there be any good stubble.

Think about Zhang Juzheng after Xu Jie, who has been the chief assistant for more than ten years. Even under the opposition of officials all over the world, he is more courageous than Xu Jie to force reforms and continue the life of the Ming Dynasty.

Suddenly, Wei Guangde felt chills all over his body.

It wasn't because of the weather. Although the temperature in the capital had started to drop at this time, it wasn't to the point where he felt cold.

Wei Guangde had to seriously consider what attitude he should use to treat Zhang Juzheng as a minister or cabinet minister during his administration.

Reformists, those who are careless will be smashed to pieces.

Walking out of Yan Ne's mansion, Wei Guangde couldn't help but look back at the open door.

Xu Jie is not bad, he has the heart of the first assistant, and he didn't kill them all, but he doesn't know what about Zhang Juzheng.

Zhu Yijun is already two years old, so of course he hasn't arranged to be educated yet, the child is still too young after all.

Although King Yu had already agreed with him that he would be the teacher of the little prince, but Wei Guangde vaguely remembered that Zhang Juzheng was also his teacher, and the pressure on him was also very heavy.

Thinking about King Yu, Wei Guangde also found it interesting, playing in the background every day, but he never saw a maid who gave birth to a prince for him.

Zhu Yijun, with a high probability, will be the emperor after King Yu, as long as the princess Chen has nothing to do.

Yan Na's fourth memorial was finally approved by Emperor Jiajing.

Now that he has decided to return to his heart, it is useless to keep people.

Yan Na left Beijing, but Wei Guangde did not go to see him off. The loser in the political struggle is not worth Wei Guangde's time wasting on him.

As long as Zhang Juzheng does not fall, Yan Na will have no chance to return to the capital.

But thinking about Zhang Juzheng's situation at that time, and looking at Yan Na's age, he probably won't be able to wait for that day.

However, on the afternoon of Yan Na's departure from Beijing, Wei Guangde received another note from a servant in Prince Yu's mansion.

There were only two words on the note, "Shangji".

A note could be sent from Prince Yu's Mansion, indicating that Emperor Jiajing's illness seemed to be serious this time. Wei Guangde packed up the books on the desk and rushed to Prince Yu's Mansion without getting the official office.

At this time, there is no faster news from the palace than here.

In fact, since the death of King Jing, the eunuchs around Emperor Jiajing used various methods to show their favor to Prince Yu's mansion, and the pictures are clear at a glance.

Therefore, no matter what Emperor Jiajing was thinking, he could no longer control the idea of ​​his subordinates trying to exploit the camp.

However, neither Zhu Xizhong of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion nor Zhu Xixiao of Jinyiwei's mansion had any intimacy with Prince Yu's Mansion, nor did they secretly communicate with each other.

"How is Your Majesty?"

Wei Guangde's thoughts at the moment are extremely complicated. He not only hopes that King Yu will come to power as soon as possible, but also hopes that Emperor Jiajing can live a few more days. class.

He didn't expect Gao Gong to promote him, so he focused on Chen Yiqin. If there was another one, it would naturally be Emperor Jiajing.

No one worked hard to proofread the book, and the purpose was naturally for Emperor Jiajing to read.

Although he can't write brilliant and beautiful poems, Wei Guangde is diligent and conscientious in what the old emperor has to do.

"Your Majesty suddenly fainted while sitting in meditation in the afternoon, and Xu Wei has been summoned to the imperial hospital for diagnosis and treatment."

Yin Shizhen next to him answered.

"Has Your Majesty woke up?"

When Wei Guangde heard that Emperor Jiajing had fainted, he naturally wondered if he could still wake up.

Emperor Jiajing's body, according to the doctor, was erysipelas entering the body, and it was difficult to heal with ordinary medicines and stones.

Before Yin Shizhen could speak, King Yu had already shook his head slightly.

Today's Yu Wang looks very dull, since Wei Guangde entered the room, he has been expressionless.

At this moment, there were footsteps coming from far and near outside the house, Wei Guangde thought it was Zhang Juzheng coming, but he didn't want to but saw Li Fang walking quickly.

Looking back, the person who came was just a servant, handed Li Fang a note, and left quickly.

Li Fang didn't look at it, and sent it directly to King Yu.

King Yu opened his eyes and said, "Mr. Xu Ge and Mr. Li went to Wuyi Hall."

"Your Majesty is awake?"

Wei Guangde immediately asked.

"I don't know, it's not on the note."

Yu Wang replied, and then handed the note to Li Fang, and Li Fang showed it to Yin Shizhen and Wei Guangde.

Sure enough, a servant of the Imperial Horse Supervisor escorted Xu Jie and Li Chunfang into Xiyuan, and took away the memorials and other things left by the cabinet.

"Nothing, His Majesty has already made arrangements."

Seeing that the people from the Imperial Horse Supervisor were dispatched this time, Wei Guangde knew that Emperor Jiajing should have made arrangements, perhaps to prevent this situation, and temporarily let the court continue to operate through the cabinet when he was unable to govern, so as not to stagnate .

The role of the Yumajian is actually to control the cabinet ministers so that no one has any wrong thoughts.

Although Wei Guangde said so, the atmosphere in the room was not lively at all, and everyone was very dull.

Everyone knew that as long as Emperor Jiajing didn't wake up, or there were no eunuchs in the palace to come to Prince Yu's Mansion, everything would be full of variables.

"Shan Loan, you said that this time when Yan Ge returned to his hometown to recuperate from his illness, will the father increase the manpower in the cabinet?"

At this time, King Yu suddenly asked.

Wei Guangde noticed that after King Yu asked this question, both Yin Shizhen and Li Fang looked at him.

After Yan Na left, Wei Guangde really didn't think about whether Emperor Jiajing would add more manpower to the cabinet.

When Yan Song left, Xu Jie and Yuan Wei had presided over the cabinet for a long time.

If it weren't for the thought that Yuan Wei was ill and unable to serve as a council member, both Yan Na and Li Chunfang would have to wait, and would not be able to join the cabinet at all.

Regarding King Yu's question, Wei Guangde lowered his head and thought for a while before he said: "This time, the gap between Mr. Xu Ge and Mr. Yan Ge, with Mr. Li's character, I think His Majesty should increase the number of people in the cabinet, and should Not one."

Xu Jie is now the boss of the cabinet, not only because of his high status as the chief assistant, but also because he has worked in the cabinet for many years and has already become a climate.

At this time, the newcomer's entry into the cabinet has little influence on him, or the dispersion of Xu Jie's authority.

Thinking about Yan Na and Li Chunfang's entry into the cabinet, Emperor Jiajing's calculation at the time should be to use Yan Na to fight Xu Jie, and use Li Chunfang to mediate the contradictions among the cabinet ministers.

Now that Yan Na is defeated, Emperor Jiajing will increase his manpower with a high probability, and may arrange two people to join the cabinet again, so that the number of cabinet ministers will reach four, so that at least half of the power in Xu Jie's hands can be divided.

"Guo Pu, Gao Gong?"

Yin Shizhen said in surprise.

Guo Pu is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Gao Gong is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and all the conditions have met the requirements for entering the cabinet.

"Master Guo should be the cabinet minister that His Majesty has already decided on, but brother Su Qing may not be, he still lacks the experience in the official department."

Regarding Yin Shizhen's interjection, Wei Guangde just said leisurely, "Your Majesty should limit the power of Elder Xu Ge, Mr. Shan Guo may not be enough to fight him, so although Brother Suqing almost practiced, His Majesty will still pull him into the cabinet Go, help Lord Guo fight against Elder Xu Ge."

"Why would Master Gao help Guo Shangshu?"

Yu Wang frowned and asked.

"They are fellow villagers from Henan."

Wei Guangde replied very simply, this answer alone is enough.

After the Sanya, both Chen Yiqin and Zhang Juzheng came to Prince Yu's Mansion, but Gao Gong didn't come to avoid suspicion.

"Master Gao said before I came that he was going to Xiyuan to check on the situation."

Although Prince Yu's mansion now has manpower in the palace, these people were actually on the fence before, so King Yu is naturally worried.

And the people he was assured of hadn't reached that level at the moment, they could stay in the palace at this critical moment and keep abreast of the emperor's physical condition.

Gao Gong, although he has not formally obtained the emperor Jiajing's will to call him into Zhilu, but according to the usual practice, all ministers of the Ministry of Rites must be admitted to Zhilu.

This may also be the reason why Sheng Shenggong became Minister of the Ministry of Rites at the beginning, instead of making up for his lack of qualifications as the Ministry of Officials.

Of course, this is Wei Guangde's guess.

It's just that Emperor Jiajing forgot about it or why, since Gao Gong was promoted to Minister of Rites, he has not received the order to enter Zhizhi.

Thinking so, Wei Guangde doesn't know whether Gao Gong and other people have this idea, anyway, he won't say it.

In fact, as he thought, Emperor Jiajing did have this plan.

He knows his own body, he has to stay behind.

It's just that he never realized that his body would not last long, and although he was prepared, he was still hesitating.

This is especially true when he has not yet determined that his time is approaching.

Having been an emperor for decades, he couldn't bear the result of losing power.

Handing over the power, that will have to wait until the day when he completely dies.

Dinner, of course, is at Prince Yu's Mansion.

In the middle of Haishi, news finally spread from the palace that Emperor Jiajing finally woke up half an hour ago.

His Majesty was fine, Wei Guangde and others naturally bid farewell to King Yu.

This point is equivalent to about ten o'clock in the evening in later generations, which is already very late.

It would be fine if Emperor Jiajing didn't wake up, but if it was really pursued, at this point in time, with so many people gathered in Prince Yu's mansion, it would be troublesome to explain.

On the second day, Xu Jie and Li Chunfang moved back to the cabinet to run errands, which also showed that Emperor Jiajing was in good health.

"The emperor should be angry."

In the study room of Wei Guangde's home, Chen Ju, who hadn't been here for a long time, suddenly came to the door again, and said when Wei Guangde asked about yesterday's events.

"Angry? Who?"

Wei Guangde wondered.

"Cum Sheng."

When Chen Ju mentioned a person's name, Wei Guangde naturally didn't know it.

"He is in charge of the supply warehouse. Two days ago, he reported a fire in the supply warehouse. More than 18 kilograms of spices were burned. Mr. Huang sent He Jin, the junior supervisor of the Rites Supervisor, to check, and it turned out that it was stolen by the guard."

Chen Ju continued, "I set a small fire and reported burning so many spices, I really want money like crazy."

Chen Ju was a decent person, so he naturally looked down on these nonsense, so his tone was very disdainful.

"How did the palace handle it?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously.

"Issuing an edict and sending Sheng and his party Lu Tianbao, Chaoyong, etc. to prison, some of them were given to Zhang Yue and Yushi Dong Yaofeng to check the facts."

Chen Ju replied, "Actually, it was because of less storage or stealing of spices in the past. I guess this time the number is too big to deal with, so I made a report and wanted to settle the account."

"How is Your Majesty's health?"

This matter has not been spread outside the court, it should be that the palace blocked the news, after all, it is not good to hear it.

As for the recovery of stolen goods, Wei Guangde is not worried.

How can an eunuch resell more than [-] catties of spices? The merchants who cooperated with him this time should be out of luck. Those who participated must have been eaten, and even those who did not participate will probably be scraped off A layer of skin.

There is no other reason, just because you are close to Jisheng, and you are an old merchant.

In fact, these businessmen who cooperate with Neiku will have some privacy to some extent, and they can only consider themselves unlucky if they capsize.

When Chen Ju heard Wei Guangde's question, he didn't answer right away, but got up and went to the door, opened the door and looked around before returning to the house, and said to Wei Guangde in a low voice: "It shouldn't be a big problem in a year or two, mainly pay attention to recuperation, If you don't get angry, it won't be like yesterday."

"After His Majesty fainted, is Eunuch Huang in charge of the palace?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

"Yes, Eunuch Huang directly summoned the horse inspectors to pick up Mr. Xu Ge and the others, and then ordered Jin Yiwei to lie in ambush at each gate of Xiyuan."

When Chen Ju said this, he suddenly leaned closer to Wei Guangde and whispered, "Actually, I was detained in the Yongshou Palace at that time, and I stayed in the house all the time, and I was not allowed to go anywhere."

"Why? Eunuch Huang suspects you?"

Wei Guangde asked in surprise.

"It's hard to say, maybe it's because I'm going to send a message to Prince Yu's Mansion. After all, His Majesty's business has nothing to do with me."

Speaking of this, Chen Ju chuckled again and said, "I came here today because I thought about not coming to my brother for a long time.

Now King Yu is the backbone of everyone, if I guessed right, Eunuch Huang would probably send me to Prince Yu's mansion to welcome King Yu into the palace under the situation yesterday. '

Speaking of this, Chen Ju rolled his eyes again, and continued: "I may also be asked to transfer the Beijing camp to the city. After all, those who were left in the house by Eunuch Huang at that time were all staying in Yongshou Palace for a long time like me. old man."

The last time something happened, Chen Ju was assigned to the Beijing camp, so this time he was not sure what he would be sent by Huang Gonggong.

To welcome King Yu into the palace was naturally something that all the eunuchs were scrambling to do.

But anyway, nothing happened, it was just a false alarm.

"Ha ha."

Wei Guangde just smiled when he heard the words, he knew that the relationship between him and Chen Ju seemed to have changed a bit now, he used to respect Chen Ju, even though Gao Zhong was gone, there were still Gao Zhong and his old buddies.

But now, the two are relatively equal, and each has his or her own needs.

"In addition, I bring news here that Shanlen must be interested."

At this moment, Chen Ju said suddenly.

"Ok?"

Wei Guangde was suspicious and looked at Chen Ju in confusion.

"Hu Zongxian may have to come back."

(End of this chapter)