prosperous age

Chapter 664 Chapter 663
Young Fu and Crown Prince Taifu, Minister of Officials Yang Bo, Minister of Military Affairs Huo Ji, and Minister of Punishment Mao Kai each went to invite Xu Jie, a scholar who stayed at the university. It was beyond reason and expected.

Wei Guangde knew that this matter could not be turned around after Emperor Longqing's approval, it was a foregone conclusion.

However, with the public resignation of the three ministers, the attitude of the hundreds of officials in the court has also changed. Some officials are also discussing whether to follow up, echo, and ask the emperor to withdraw his order.

In the eyes of many officials, although Xu Jie is old, he is in good health and is not at all in need of old age.

As for major events in the court, it seems that an experienced and respected veteran is really needed to handle them.

In the current Ming Dynasty, although the people's hearts are stable, judging from the situation in these years, rebellions and rebellions have occurred from time to time in various places.

Far away are Zhang Lian, Li Wenbiao, Li Yayuan from Fujian and Guangdong, as well as Cai Boguan from Sichuan.

Song Xun, the censor of Shanxi Province, said: Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan provinces have been short of harvest year after year.

Although these incidents had already been suppressed by the local authorities when they first emerged, they were still very shocking when they reported to the capital.

During the Jiajing Dynasty, most of the thieves came from coastal prefectures and counties such as Fujian and Guangdong, and the root cause was Japanese pirates.

However, most of the civil unrest in Shanshan and Shandong came from the hands of Bailian believers.

These situations are understandable in the eyes of the civil servants. He is a vicious person, and it is only a matter of time before he makes trouble.

The situation in Yunnan, Jiangxi, and Shaanxi is slightly different now. It is a civil strife because it was caused by the mishandling of local officials.

Although the government took action to suppress it very quickly, the chaos was finally created, so it seems that it is not a bad thing to leave a person like Xu Jie in the court, at least he can make a decision at a critical time.

Naturally, such discussions quickly reached Wei Guangde's ears through Lu Bu's mouth.

Although I don't know whether Chen Yiqin, Yin Shizhen and others have also heard such rumors, but Wei Guangde feels that this matter must not be allowed to continue.

It is certain that Xu Jie will leave the court, the emperor has made up his mind, even if they change their words now, Emperor Longqing will not save face and deny his previous decision.

Such an ending is contrary to the wishes of the officials, and in the long run it will be alienated from morality.

Wei Guangde sat in the duty room and thought about it for a long time. He is now the dog-headed military adviser behind Emperor Longqing, and when he finds signs of harming the emperor, he must first think about how to deal with it.

We must find an opportunity to discredit Xu Jie. Even if he has done a lot and won the hearts of many officials, he must find a suitable reason.

Wei Guangde couldn't help but think of Xu Jie's brother. The rumors about Xu Jie's family that he revealed at the beginning must not be fake, and all the officials knew it well.

But after all, it was a matter of last year, and now it is being used for speculation, which is obviously intentional.

Except for the group of people who were admitted this year, the officials are not stupid, you can tell at a glance.

Thinking about it again, it seems that only Zhang Qi's memorial is the most recent one.

Previously, Zhang Qi was punished by Emperor Longqing and released by Emperor Longqing for impeaching Xu Jie for "being unfaithful as a minister and not trusting others, and the big scorpion has long suffered". However, Wei Guangde knew that the officials below were actually quite indignant about this matter.

Quickly tap your finger on the desktop to reverse the case for Zhang Qi?

He is not familiar with Zhang Qi, so he doesn't know what kind of person this person is.

Moreover, there must be a reason to reverse the case. After all, Zhang Qi Shangzuo was actually speculating, betting that Emperor Longqing wanted to get rid of Xu Jie, but the timing was wrong and he kicked the iron wall.

The memorandum is well written, well-founded and well-founded. It can be seen that it is definitely not a temporary idea, but has been planned long ago and has been repeatedly polished.

To be honest, Wei Guangde doesn't like such people, because what Zhang Qi has shown is that he is a full-fledged politician, and he is not worth investing in at all.

Wei Guangde even suspected that Zhang Qi's memorial had already started when Xu Jie and Gao Gong fought fiercely last year.

What happened then?
The Sixth Division and the Yushi joined hands to attack Gong. If Gao Gong hadn't made too many mistakes, he couldn't have dragged on. Maybe Zhang Qi would have given the Kodao speaker a backstab at that time.

Xu Jie was untrustworthy, and Zhang Qi was the same.

Wei Guangde couldn't think of a way, so he planned to write a note to invite Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen to meet and discuss, when Lu Bu came in again.

"Master, Yin Shangshu has a note to send."

While speaking, a letter was handed to Wei Guangde.

He took it and opened it for a look, then said to Lu Bu: "I see, go back to the messenger and tell me that I will be on time for the appointment."

Although Yin Shizhen and Wei Guangde are still working as servants, they are already Shangshu in terms of rank, so most people outside call them Shangshu, even if they are not in charge.

In the afternoon, Wei Guangde didn't wait until the office was dismissed, so he found an excuse and left the Ministry of Rites first, and went directly to Yin Shizhen's house.

It was only when he entered the room that he saw that not only Yin Shizhen was in the room, but also Wang Ting, Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was there.

"Master Wang."

Wei Guangde was familiar with Yin Shizhen, so he didn't greet the owner first when entering the house, but bowed to Wang Ting.

To be honest, at this time, Wei Guangde was also very suspicious.

Both Wang Ting and Chen Yiqin are from Sichuan, it's normal for the two of them to get together, but why did they get together with Yin Shizhen today.

"Shan Loan, sit down and talk."

Yin Shizhen waved his hand and asked Wei Guangde to sit down before he said: "It is also Yifu's intention to invite the two of you here today. He said that Mr. Wang has something in his hand, which may be useful to ease the current public opinion in the court."

Wei Guangde understood that the public opinion Chen Yiqin mentioned must be what the current officials were talking about, about Xu Jie's fate.

Wei Guangde glanced at Wang Ting and knew that he must have used the relationship of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to collect black information about Xu Jie.

This back stab is wonderful.

The officials all said that the old minister Xu Jie was seeking the country. If the Metropolitan Procuratorate revealed something about Xu Jie at this time, the wind direction would be reversed immediately.

Wei Guangde wasn't sure whether public opinion was being manipulated by Xu Jie, but he had to guard against it.

Even Xu Jie dared to fight with his back, so they naturally had to face it bravely.

Wei Guangde looked at Wang Ting with a smile, and waited for the boss of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to come up with Xu Jie's black material. He would see if he could achieve his goal and make Xu Ge old forever.

At this time, Wang Ting just smiled, and then he took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it out.

Wei Guangde was not in a hurry, but watched Yin Shizhen reach out to take it, opened it, and quickly browsed it.

From Yin Shizhen's expression, Wei Guangde was surprised at first, and then suddenly realized.

There seems to be a play.

After sitting down for a while, Wei Guangde had already thought of some countermeasures, that is, if the Wang Ting's things were not enough, then please ask him to arrange for the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to review Xu Zhi's original revelations.

Although the intention was too obvious, it was not easy to collect Xu Jie's questions in a short time.

Others used this reason to impeach officials, and Emperor Longqing could punish them with old incidents.

But if they ordered someone to impeach, the emperor would naturally choose to forget the amnesty edict he issued.

After Yin Shizhen finished reading the memorial and handed it to Wei Guangde, he immediately opened it and read it quickly, and then asked in surprise, "Is there any evidence?"

Wang Ting smiled again, then nodded.

As the boss of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he naturally wouldn't do anything unsure.

As mentioned in the memorial, although there is no physical evidence, there is still human evidence, otherwise it would have become a rumor.

"The Xu family participated in the border merchants' surplus salt for profit."

Wei Guangde was a little hesitant, not sure how this incident would affect the public opinion in the DPRK and China.

"Zhang Qi's impeachment of Xu Jie was for this reason.

There were rumors outside that I was instigated by us, and this case happened to be closed. "

Yin Shizhen's attitude is very supportive.

In his opinion, this is killing two birds with one stone. It not only drains the previous dirty water, but also damages Xu Jie's integrity.

In fact, the Wang Ting Zou mentioned two things. One was to explain the reasons for the grievances between Zhang Qi and Xu Jie. Perhaps this could explain why Zhang Qi suddenly impeached Xu Jie.

It turned out that last year, Zhang Qi was ordered to reward the army during the event, that is, when Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, he sent imperial envoys to various places to award rewards to win the hearts of the soldiers, and it was Xuan Da who Zhang Qi was ordered to reward.

From time to time, Yang Sihe, a salt merchant, was acquainted with Zhang Qi's father, so he bribed thousands of taels of silver, hoping that Zhang Qi would have a voice in the court, and he would sympathize with the border merchants and revolutionize the remaining salt.

Zhang Qi's family received the money, so he naturally had to do the same.

It's just that Zhang Qi's memorial was handed over, and many people were contacted, but Xu Jie stopped him at the cabinet.

Zhang Qi's resentment towards Xu Jie stems from this. Because the matter was not done, Yang Sihe and Zhang Qi's family had a falling out, so they asked the Zhang family to pay back the money.

After all, it is said that Zhang's father patted his chest and said that it could be done well.

However, in the second half of the memorial, the Metropolitan Procuratorate found out that the Xu family in Susong Mansion actually benefited the most from the matter of remaining salt on the border after a detailed understanding of the border merchants.

The fundamental reason why Xu Jie prevented Zhang Qi from going to the court to discuss it was because his proposal would affect his own interests, so he intervened to stop it.

The Xu family bought a lot of land in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition to donating, buying it with money is also one of the ways.

How did the money come from?
It is not enough to rely on the output of the field, so Xu Jie also secretly does business.

In fact, there have been rumors in the capital that Wei Guangde's extravagant life in the capital is due to the fact that the government has invested in some chambers of commerce.

In fact, this is what most of the capital officials in the capital are doing, but they haven't made it clear.

When it comes to the stage, naturally everyone has to dismiss it in order to express their high integrity that regards money as dung.

However, the businesses that Wei Guangde participated in were all exchanges of equal value, and there was no bullying, so the businessmen who cooperated with him were very satisfied, and no one made any unfavorable remarks.

If the people don't raise officials and don't investigate, everyone can only discuss a few sentences behind their backs, but they can't impeach them based on this.

After all, it's really a big mess, and my house is not clean.

It's okay if there is a troublemaker, but there is no one in Wei Guangde's place, and everyone is making money with harmony.

But Xu Jie is different. After all, he is the chief assistant. It is reasonable to say that all kinds of filial piety are enough for him to have enough food and clothing. He also has a small business and uses his power to participate in the salt industry. Naturally, it will damage Xu Jie's reputation.

Who in the world does not know that the most profitable business in the Ming Dynasty is actually salt.

"In this memorandum, I only accuse Zhang Qi and his son of breaking the law, and ask for investigation and punishment. It has nothing to do with others."

Wang Ting said at this time.

Wei Guangde nodded, and after looking at Yin Shizhen, he said, "This is feasible."

Yin Shizhen also nodded at this time, echoing.

"Then I'll play it tomorrow."

After taking back the memorial, Wang Ting said.

"Master Wang's memorandum has solved my urgent need."

Wei Guangde laughed.

"After Zhang Qi played, Yifu asked me to find out the grievances between Zhang Qi and Xu Jie. I didn't expect it to have such an effect at this time."

Wang Ting said modestly.

Both Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhen laughed together, but Wei Guangde was still surprised.

It has only been a long time since Zhang Qi raised his voice for impeachment. In less than ten days, Wang Ting has figured out the ins and outs and collected evidence, which is amazing.

Wei Guangde had to sigh secretly, it's no wonder the Procuratorate has so much energy, and the means are really high.

Wei Guangde had been a censor for many years at the beginning, but he never really integrated into the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Even though he met those censors as "colleagues", he knew little about the case handling of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Thinking about it now, Wei Guangde has a trace of regret.

If I had known that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was so good at investigating cases, I should have had more contact with them and trained more people, so that it would be easier to investigate who is wrong in the future.

For political struggle, is there anything easier than controlling the Metropolitan Procuratorate?

In the past, although Wei Guangde attached great importance to science and education, and even promoted Ouyang Yi to be a soldier in Shizhong, Yu Shili also made many friends, but he really never thought of controlling the Metropolitan Procuratorate for his own use.

The last time Chen Yiqin was suggested to fight for the position of Zuodu Yushi, it was just a plan to add a helper to Jiuqing.

Perhaps because of the habits of later generations, Wei Guangde actually doesn't like the group of mad dogs like Ke Dao Yan Guan.

But it is different now, he is already in the game, how to give himself more power to speak, it is not only to compete for allies in Jiuqing, but also to control some real power yamen is becoming more and more important.

You can't do things according to your own likes and dislikes, you must think about it holistically.

This is what Wei Guangde thought of in the carriage when he left Yin Shizhen's house and went home.

On the second day, the imperial envoy Wang Ting's memorandum was like throwing a bomb into the already boiling court, which instantly made the court violent.

At the beginning, the officials only thought that the royal court was investigating Zhang Qi's problems in the matter, and found that he had framed the "former" chief assistant of the "former" court with his personal anger.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Qi, such a dog, would point the finger at Mr. Xu Ge because he failed to collude with businessmen and accept bribes.

But soon, someone discovered that the Xu family of Susong Mansion actually ranked first in the allocation of surplus salt to Xuanda border merchants after Wang Ting's memorial.

The Xu family in Su Song Mansion?
In that place, which is the Xu family?

This is also Wang Ting's deliberate attempt to imitate it so that people can guess.

In fact, if you don't want to involve Mr. Xu Ge in this part of the content, you don't need to add it.

For a moment, the courtiers couldn't help looking at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and there was news from the Metropolitan Procuratorate in due course that there was another Xu family in Su Song's mansion, and it was the one they thought of.

Inadvertently, someone also mentioned that last year someone said that Xu Ge's hometown had an old account of ten thousand hectares of fertile land.

At this moment, the officials knew that Mr. Xu Ge, who seemed to be honest and fair, really had so many fields in his hometown, and this is the way to get rich.
(End of this chapter)