prosperous age

Chapter 628 Chapter 627
"The event of the eclipse half a month ago was used as a reference, and the teacher begged to return home by worrying about state affairs."

Zhang Juzheng said sternly: "As far as I know, Mr. Zhao of the Ministry of War was busy with official duties in his early years and suffered from stomach problems due to irregular meals. Recently, he often suffered from stomach problems.

Once the attack occurs, you will be bedridden, the pain is unbearable, and you can't do anything. The teacher will resign first, and he will recuperate in closed doors for two days. I expect Zhao Shangshu will follow him to resign.

His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and if teachers and Zhao Shangshu ask for resignation successively, they will definitely not accept them, and will definitely try to persuade them to stay.

I will release the news again that the teacher's illness is the result of what Gao Gong said that day, and he is disheartened and makes his body feel unwell.

In the past, the matter of opening the sea was unpopular, and later, the chief assistant of the court was forced to resign, and the public opinion in the court would inevitably be raging. Even His Majesty would never dare to let the teacher go at this time, and the only solution is to Let Gao Gong go. "

What Xu Jie is good at is using power, and the idea proposed by Zhang Juzheng is exactly what he is best at.

In fact, with the help of court public opinion, the essence is to accurately judge people's hearts.

Everyone does not support Kaihai, but Gao Gong supports it, and he is already on the opposite side of everyone.

Xu Jie first insisted on opposing Kaihai in front of His Majesty, and if he was consistent with most officials, he would gain the support of public opinion.

Afterwards, I resigned for some reason to gain sympathy from the public. Even the old officials who had planned to stay out of it before would feel cold, and they couldn't tolerate Gao Gong staying in the court.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, there is also a tradition of seniority ranking, just like the ranking of the cabinet.

Although everyone is a cabinet minister, there are still the first assistant, the second assistant, and the assistant minister, as well as the difference between the advanced and the backward.

Gao Gong will advance later, relying on the emperor's favor can force the chief assistant to this point, it is absolutely impossible for them to be different from the enemy.

At this time, if there were officials from the Kandao court who impeached him one after another, even if Emperor Longqing wanted to protect his position, he would be helpless in the face of the full dynasty. To maintain the stability of the government, he could only reluctantly abandon his position.

"Who do you plan to let take action?"

Xu Jie just thought for a moment before asking.

"The criminal department gave the case to Zhang Jin."

Zhang Juzheng replied.

"In addition to Li Fupin's impeachment memorial, it will be sent to the cabinet tomorrow."

Xu Jie made a decision right away, no matter what the emperor thought, Gao Gong must be removed from power first, and as for the relationship with the emperor, he had to find a way to slowly repair it.

At this time, the news of Tan Lun's memorandum had also spread, and all the officials working in the government office in the capital had heard about it.

All of a sudden, countless book offices and small officials were dispatched from their respective yamen, hurried to the General Administration Department to copy Tan Lun's memorial, and then brought them back to show to their masters.

In the cabinet Gao Gong's duty room, Guo Pu was already sitting opposite Gao Gong, talking about this matter.

Both of them had relaxed smiles on their faces at the moment. In their eyes, this meant that the officials outside were in agreement with their original statement, hoping to lift the sea ban and try the effect.

They were inside, while Tan Lun, Tu Zemin and others were outside. With internal and external echoes, the policy of banning the sea could be passed.

Thinking of the anger he received a few days ago, Gao Gong still felt a little unwilling.

Although at first he chose to disagree with Xu Jie because of the conflict of loyalty, but afterwards he also felt that Tu Zemin's opinion had merit, so it would be no harm to give it a try.

Therefore, even though a large number of opposition memorials appeared, accusing him of tampering with the ancestral system, he still insisted on his original point of view.

Gao Gong is such a person, as long as he thinks it is right, no matter what others say, he will firmly support it, and he will not be influenced by others at all.

"Tan Lun's memorandum is very good, let this group of officials who spend all day in the capital see who is the frog at the bottom of the well.

I have never been to the local area, so I don't know how difficult it is to manage the local area. Only people like Tu Zemin and Tan Lun who have been in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time know how to calm the local area. "

Gao Gong took a sip of tea and said lightly.

"It is indeed a good thing to be able to get the support of the foreign court. This also shows that Governor Tu did not go up on a whim. It may be that he had contact with officials from Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places and discussed it before going up."

Guo Pu also nodded in agreement.

These ministers in the DPRK must not have a better understanding of the coast than these local officials, so it is inevitable that they will make mistakes in making policies.

Perhaps because of his familiarity, he and Gao Gong had almost nothing to say on major issues. Of course, they knew that the proposal to open the sea had nothing to do with Gao Gong. With today's situation, it is natural to take it for granted that Tu Zemin communicated with the surrounding officials and thought it over. As a result, it was completely unexpected that there was a behind-the-scenes driving force behind this matter.

"I've already thought about it. Regardless of whether His Majesty agrees or not, I will ask His Majesty to give it a try. At that time, we propose to choose a good port to open the sea. We will wait a few years and see the effect of opening the sea before deciding what to do next.

If it is beneficial to the imperial court, it will be expanded; if it is unfavorable, the port will be maintained or even closed. "

Gao Gong told Guo Pu what he thought of these two days.

"Great kindness, just like that."

Guo Pu naturally had no objection to this.

What is the ancestral system? It was just used by the ministers to restrain the emperor, not to deal with the ministers. He would not put the shackles on himself.

Since they are officials, they naturally want to govern the world well, and they also have the opportunity to leave a name in history, and this is what officials like them are after.

To settle the affairs of the king and the world, to win the fame before and after him, and to live up to what he has learned all his life.

"Two days later, at the Great Court Meeting, please ask Mr. Guo to help me."

Before, Gao Gong had this plan, and seeing Tan Lun's memorial today, Gao Gong naturally felt that victory was in sight.

Opening the sea, at least trying to open the sea, in the eyes of Gao Gong and Guo Pu, this is what everyone expects.

As for resistance to the DPRK, it is just a group of frogs croaking at the bottom of a well.

What do they know?
Gao Gong looked down on the Beijing officials, thinking that they were just leeches lying on the empire and sucking blood constantly. They only knew to consider their own interests, corrupted and made money, and made no contribution to the country at all.

If you have a little sense of shame, you should not oppose policies that benefit the country and the people, such as the opening of the sea.

Gao Gong was still thinking about waiting for the two-day court meeting to make a move, so he let out a bad breath, how did he know that someone not far away was already planning to make a move against him.

For Wei Guangde, the comments made by Beijing officials will not be affected in the slightest. Although he also had someone copy Tan Lun's memorabilia, he just took it back and read it.

Although he didn't care about other people's comments, it had to be said that Wei Guangde really understood at this moment that Kaihai was really a big deal, and he still underestimated the influence of this matter.

Even Wei Guangde reckoned that Emperor Longqing, who was in the palace, would break out in a cold sweat when he saw the secret report from Dongchang.

In the early morning of the next day, Gao Gong walked into the cabinet office happily, and in less than an hour, he walked out of the cabinet with a face full of frost.

All the way outside the palace, the family bearers have been called to wait here.

Gao Gong didn't say a word, he got into the sedan chair angrily and walked away.

Today, he once again felt Xu Jie's deep malice in the cabinet.

Not long after he was dealing with official duties, he was called into the duty room by Xu Jie, and he was greeted by Zhang Jin's impeachment report from the criminal department.

And not long after, Li Chunfang also came over with a memorial, which was from Li Fupin, the censor of Guangdong Province of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate. the words.

Gao Gong just read the memorials of Zhang Jin and Li Fupin silently, keeping these two people in his heart, and he even hated Xu Jie in his heart.

Although Xu Jie acted like a good old man in front of him, Gao Gong would not believe it if he said that these two people had nothing to do with Xu Jie.

At this time, Guo Pu, Zhang Juzheng, Chen Yiqin and others summoned by Li Chunfang also arrived. After all, they were impeaching cabinet ministers and needed to go home to avoid suspicion, so it was natural to inform everyone of such a major event.

Not only to let them know the truth of the incident, but also to let them learn from it, which is also the tradition of the cabinet.

After reading the two memorials, Guo Pu and Chen Yiqin's expressions were not very good.

Everyone is not a fool, even Li Chunfang is the same, just glance at Xu Jie from time to time, and don't talk too much.

The news that Gao Gong had left the cabinet in a disgruntled manner spread throughout the official circles in the capital immediately, and also reached Wei Guangde's ears.

What can Wei Guangde say about this?
In fact, since Tu Zemin's memorial was sent to the capital, Wei Guangde could do very little.

Originally, in his original consideration, he should unite supporters, divide opponents, and look for opportunities to pass the policy.

But after this strategy turned into a cabinet strife, Wei Guangde's influence became smaller, after all, it was not at the same level.

So far, the cabinet has not convened the six ministries, nine ministers and other important ministers to discuss this matter. Instead, it intentionally or unintentionally indulges the Beijing officials to discuss in private, but they are not allowed to make oversteps.

This is the advantage of Xu Jie as the chief assistant of the cabinet. The notes issued by the cabinet cannot avoid him, and everything is under his control.

Not long after, news came from Lubu that Emperor Longqing had moved to the cabinet.

After Tan Lun's memorial arrived yesterday, Wei Guangde knew what had happened. The emperor probably felt that the situation was about to develop. Although there were many opponents, the two foreign ministers' memorials were all supportive, and it was time to test the opinions of the cabinet ministers.

But thinking of the news just received, Gao Gong's departure, Wei Guangde knew that it must be Xu Jie's change of strategy after seeing Tan Lun's memorial yesterday.

He deliberately arranged for people to drive Gao Gong away, so that Emperor Longqing would try his best to oppose the opening of the sea when he was consulting the cabinet.

Just as Wei Guangde thought, when he was about to visit the cabinet, the emperor was a little dumbfounded when he learned that Gao Gong was impeached again and went home to avoid suspicion.

Without Master Gao's support, Emperor Longqing didn't think anyone could persuade Xu Jie.

After all, in Tu Zemin's memorandum, the attitude of the cabinet ministers was very clear.

"Your Majesty, although you can feel his sympathy for the people's plight from the words in Governor Tu's memorandum, and asking Kaihai to solve the livelihood of the people in Fujian is also for the sake of the court and the people, but the ancestral system is the ancestral system, and the ancestral system cannot be violated. Please, Your Majesty." Reject Governor Tu's memorial."

After Emperor Longqing bit the bullet and entered the cabinet to explain his intentions, the Chief Assistant Xu Jie took the lead in speaking out against it.

"Your Majesty, it can be seen from the official memorials received by the cabinet in the past few days that most of the ministers are opposed to changing the ancestral system and Governor Tu's suggestion."

Zhang Juzheng also stood up at this time, and said respectfully to the emperor.

At this moment, in the cabinet duty room, Emperor Longqing sat at the head, and the five cabinet ministers stood at the bottom.

"I came here today just to listen to suggestions, and you can tell me what you think."

Although Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng spoke against it at the beginning, Emperor Longqing also knew that the cabinet and Guo Pu and Chen Yiqin were supportive. Although Master Gao was not in the cabinet, it was not without supporters.

Sure enough, upon hearing what the emperor said, Guo Pu stood up immediately.

"Your Majesty, I'm from Anyang, and I don't know much about Fujian. It's only because I read Governor Tu's memorabilia that I know about it. After reading Governor Tan's memorandum yesterday, I found the memorabilia that Governor Tan reported on the situation in Fujian in the early years. The reason why there are so many bandits in Fujian and Guangdong.

Although opening the sea is against the ancestral system, but after careful consideration, it can provide a livelihood for the local people. I beg Your Majesty to grant you permission to try opening the sea in Fujian to relieve the hardships of the people. "

When Tan Lun was the governor of Fujian, Guo Pu happened to go home to observe his filial piety, so I really haven’t read Tan Lun’s memorabilia on Fujian affairs, and I only read it yesterday. Opening the sea will take risks in order to survive. To calm the place, opening the sea is the only choice.

So even though Gao Gong was not around today, Guo Pu decided to support Kai Hai.

After all, he was able to enter the cabinet, and he was talked about a lot in the ruling and opposition circles.

Until now, when it comes to cabinet ministers, people still make fun of him and Li Chunfang from time to time, calling them "Qingci Prime Ministers".

For this reason, Li Chunfang had to keep a low profile, try to avoid getting involved in major affairs in the court, and reduce his sense of existence, and because he got acquainted with Gao Gong in the village, he couldn't help getting closer.

"Your Majesty, I support Mr. Guo Ge's opinion, and for the sake of the people of Fujian, please allow me to open the sea."

After Guo Pu finished speaking, Chen Yiqin immediately stood up and expressed his opinion.

Xu Jie opposed Kaihai based on the ancestral system, so they asked for Kaihai based on the well-being of the people in Fujian.

As long as this tone is set, opposing Kaihai's obedience to the ancestral system but disregarding the life and death of the people in Fujian may not get a good reputation if it is spread.

Will the people of Fujian starve to death because they don't open the sea?
Of course not, it's just that life is more difficult, but these words cannot be said at this time, but must be passed on to the ears of all officials as facts.

These are naturally the strategies that Wei Guangde thought of. In the face of the ancestral system, no matter what, there is no reason to open the sea, so we can only use the general principle of the well-being of the people to talk about it.

As for opening the sea to make money and alleviate the financial embarrassment of the imperial court, these words must never be said in the Ming court.

People say "a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way" can refute you to death. The Ming Dynasty has always upheld the small-scale peasant economy, which is based on agriculture.

Seeing this scene, Li Chunfang felt a little overwhelmed.

Four of the five members of the cabinet present have already expressed their attitudes. If counted as heads, they are evenly matched, and the difference is clear, but he will be restrained.

Who do you support?
For whom?

According to the original situation, with Gao Gong's support, he had to oppose it on the grounds of the ancestral system, so support and opposition would be equally divided.

But today, Gao Gong clearly showed Xu Jie's way, how should he express his position?
Standing on the Xu steps, the last crime of disregarding the life and death of the people in Fujian may fall on him.

Standing on Guo Pu's side, I seem to be suspected of being double-dealing
For a while, Li Chunfang hesitated.

(End of this chapter)