Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 138: Can’t Challenge the Consensus
After having breakfast with Emperor Jiajing, he followed Emperor Jiajing and several cabinet bachelors to discuss several important court affairs.Wang Daoqiu went to the meeting hall of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Xiyuan to participate in the "public trial meeting" of the Beijing Procuratorate held by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

As soon as we entered the meeting hall, the old rules were still followed. The people sitting on the main seats were Yu Maojian, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Xia Bangmo, the censor of Zuodu of the Duchayuan, with Yu Maojian on the left.

Speaking of the name Charbonne, novices in history may not know who he is, but those who understand Ming history and those who like to engage in feudal superstition will be familiar with this name.Especially the children in his hometown of Chongqing have great respect for the name Xia Bangmo.Because Xia Bangmo was in Chongqing, he belonged to the kind of upright official who was mythologized.

Rumor has it that Xia Bangmo lived in the ancient Buddhist temple of Heyouping in northern Fuzhou, which is now the ancient Buddhist village of Pingshan Town, Dianjiang County.There is a bridge near his home, which is the only place that the ancient road from Shenjiachang to Shaping Temple must pass.Because the bridge is made of a naturally occurring boulder across a stream, the locals call it the Zisheng Bridge. There is a stone dragon head carved on the upstream side of the bridge, and a stone dragon tail carved on the downstream side.

"Fuzhou Chronicle" records that this bridge is: a self-sustaining bridge. It is in front of the house of Xia Bangmo, the official minister of the Ming Dynasty. It spans a stream with a stone and is several feet long. It is safe and convenient for pedestrians to come and go without relying on manpower.

It is said that Chabonmo was very playful when he was a child, and he often went to the bridge to play with his friends.Once, while Xia Bangmo was playing on the dragon's head, he accidentally fell from the dragon's head into the stream under the bridge.Because the stream was deep, his little friends were frightened and yelled to find the adults.When the adults came to rescue him, Shabonmo climbed ashore by himself.

When the adults asked him how he got up, he said with a smile: "After I fell into the water from the bridge, it seemed that someone lifted me up with their hands and kept me from sinking into the water. Then that hand also held me up to the water's edge." , I climbed up to the shore by myself." After hearing Xia Bangmo's words, the adults thought that the child was talking nonsense, but the elders and monks from the local ancient Buddhist temple said that it was the gods secretly protecting Xia Bangmo.

There is also a local legend that when Xia Bangmo was studying in the ancient Buddhist temple, one day it was his turn to be on duty after school.There was a statue of Bodhisattva in the school, which influenced Shabonmo to sweep the floor, so Shabonmo held a broom in his hand and said to the statue of Bodhisattva: "You are here, and it is not convenient for me to sweep the floor. Why don't you go out first, and then come in after I finish sweeping." "

As soon as Xia Bangmo finished speaking, the Bodhisattva statue flew out on its own. It waited until Xia Bangmo finished sweeping the floor before it flew back in and returned to its original position.

There is also a pagoda in Fuzhou called Wenfeng Pagoda.According to legend, when Xia Bangmo was serving as Minister of Civil Affairs, he had a close relationship with a servant named Cai in the palace.One day, the servant surnamed Cai was grateful that Xia Bangmo did not mind his low status and interacted with him as an equal, so he confessed his true identity to Xia Bangmo.

The servant named Cai told Xia Bangmo that he was originally the Dragon God of the Yangtze River and lived in a dragon palace under the Dragon King Tuo in Fuling.Because the rain department was sent by mistake, Fuling City suffered a drought and was punished by the Jade Emperor, punishing him in the human world.

After Xia Bangmo heard these words, out of friendship, he burned incense and went to heaven to intercede for King Cai Long, so that King Cai Long could return to the Dragon Palace.King Cai Long was very grateful to Xia Bangmo afterwards, so he gave Xia Bangmo a water-proof bead so that Xia Bangmo could travel freely to the Dragon Palace in the future.

One year, Xia Bangmo returned to his hometown, and he and his wife visited King Cai Long.After drinking and getting happy, Xia Bangmo wanted to see the true form of King Cai Long.Out of friendship between the two parties, King Cai Long agreed, but on the condition that only Xia Bangmo could watch it.

The two parties agreed that during the third watch of the night, Xia Bangmo could watch from the river.That night, at the third watch of the night, I saw the golden light on the river, the rushing water, and a huge dragon head emerging from the water.I saw the dragon's head with twinkling eyes and majestic scales and horns. Xia Bangmo couldn't help but cheer loudly.

Xia Bangmo's loud applause alerted his wife. His wife was worried about her husband, so she ran away to see him, and accidentally saw the true form of King Cai Long.At this moment, the entire river suddenly became dark, and nothing could be seen.Therefore, King Cai Long could no longer change back to his human form and could no longer travel to the human world.

So King Cai Long hated Xia Bangmo for not keeping his promise. Whenever he was angry in the Dragon Palace because of this, a huge whirlpool would appear on the river at the Dragon King's mouth, sucking passing ships into the bottom of the river and drowning them in the belly of the fish.Later, in order to suppress the vortex of the Dragon King's Mouth, the locals built the Wenfeng Pagoda on the ridge southeast of Fuling City.

All these, one after another, very ridiculous myths about Chabonmo are still circulated in Chongqing.For an official to be given such a myth by the common people, it is self-evident that the common people love him.

Xia Bangmo, an upright official who was regarded as a "god" by later generations, and Yu Maojian, the first upright official in the Ming Dynasty, were in charge of the Ming Dynasty's capital inspection this time.It can be imagined that the current Ming Dynasty officials are under great pressure, which indirectly forces these officials to willingly pay for their money and be tricked by Wang Daoqiu.

Looking at the two great gods sitting on the main seat of the conference hall, Wang Daoqiu apologized to everyone in the conference hall while walking towards his seat, first from the lower left.

As the first deputy minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Daoqiu ranked third behind his eldest brother Yu Maojian and his second brother Xia Bangmo in the decision-making level of the Beijing-based police.Therefore, his seat is next to Yu Maojian, first on the lower left.

As soon as he got closer, Yu Maojian smiled and asked, "Why, the cabinet handed over another sign to Wanshou Palace today?"

"Yes, Lord Bu Tang. As soon as we came back from the Forbidden City this morning, the four great bachelors in the cabinet handed over signs asking to see the emperor. Therefore, the subordinates were left there to listen to politics. It's funny to say that the most difficult thing to do when discussing politics in front of the emperor today is The matter is the matter of Jingcha."

"Oh, it's about the Jingchao! Why, Yan Chief Fu is making remarks again and is against our Jingchao?"

As soon as Wang Daoqiu said that the cabinet was discussing the capital inspection in front of the emperor today, the sensitive Yu Maojian suddenly thought of the matter again. That bad guy Yan Song wanted to cause sabotage.So he asked Wang Daoqiu.

When Wang Daoqiu saw that Yu Maojian had misunderstood, he hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, the minister has misunderstood. What the cabinet reported in front of the emperor today was not for me to wait for the Jingchao here, but for them over there. Beijing inspection of officials of fourth rank and above. To put it bluntly, there are differences among the four cabinet ministers about whether several officials are competent or not. For example, General Secretary Zhao Wenhua, Xia Cifu and Li Xueshi believed that this person had bad conduct and was not responsible for running errands. Too much selfishness hinders the smooth flow of speech and prevents many loyal and upright ministers from reaching the emperor. This person should be eliminated."

"But Yan Shoufu and Yan Xueshi believed that Zhao Wenhua was a competent general affairs secretary because of his quick wit and ability to do things profitably. So the four cabinet bachelors gave two completely opposite evaluations, and they all also No one was convinced by anyone, so they started arguing in front of the emperor, which made it difficult for the subordinates to escape, so that they can only come here now." In order to better integrate into the organization and relieve the embarrassment of being late, Wang Daoqiu revealed to his comrades A bit of royal gossip.After listening to Wang Daoqiu's imperial gossip, the comrades looked obviously very interested.

However, given Wang Daoqiu's status as the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the people who were qualified to question Wang Daoqiu at the scene were Yu Maojian and Xia Bangmo.Therefore, although each of the comrades was very interested in the outcome of today's imperial discussion, they all endured it and waited for Yu Maojian and Xia Bangmo to ask Wang Daoqiu.

Yu Maojian did not disappoint his comrades. After Wang Daoqiu finished speaking, he took a sip of tea and asked Wang Daoqiu, "Then what is the final result of Zhao Wenhua?"

"Hey, the four cabinet bachelors were talking about their own reasons in front of the emperor, and no one could convince the other. In the end, they annoyed His Majesty, so they were asked to go back to the cabinet to argue. After the quarrel was over, the result would be put to a vote."

"Hmph! That Zhao Wenhua is a shameless villain. When he took office in the Imperial College, he worshiped Yan Song, who was then the Imperial College's minister, as his adoptive father in order to be able to climb up the ranks. Later, Yan Song entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister and became the throne After becoming the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhao Wenhua even fawned over Yan Song in every possible way. All the memorials to impeach Yan Song were withheld by him at the General Affairs Department and could not be heard in heaven. That Zhao Wenhua is now Yan Song's domestic slave, so how can he have any point? What is the integrity of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty? What a shame that such a villain is actually the General Secretary of the Ming Dynasty. How pitiful!"

When Wang Daoqiu said that Zhao Wenhua could not be dismissed from get out of class today, Xia Bangmo was furious and immediately began to denounce Zhao Wenhua.

When Xia Bangmo finished speaking, Yu Maojian, who was also not ashamed of Zhao Wenhua, continued: "It is really inappropriate for Zhao Wenhua, a villain, to be in charge of the General Affairs Department. I will go to him later and ask your Majesty to replace him with a loyal and upright person. Minister, come and be the General Secretary."

"Yes, yes, yes, Sir Yu is right. Later, Sir Yu will write the book and ask Bang Mo to sign it. Bang Mo is willing to follow Sir and join us in impeaching that treacherous villain Zhao Wenhua."

"Yes, yes, yes, sir, I am also willing to sign."

"There are also lower officials"

"I am also willing to sign."

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With Yu Maojian taking the lead and Xia Bangmo following closely, all the officials present except Wang Daoqiu, the talkative one, came out excitedly and expressed their willingness to sign Yu Maojian's impeachment letter and join Zhao Wenhua.

Then Yu Maojian, an old man in his 70s, was surrounded by a group of young people, flirted with the old man like a chicken blood, and wrote on the spot the impeachment of General Secretary Zhao Wenhua. Book.

After witnessing their idol coming to deliver justice, all the officials and middle-level and senior-level officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at the scene clapped their hands and cheered loudly, while consciously lining up and waiting for signatures.

Wang Daoqiu is now the number three person here. After Yu Maojian wrote the impeachment letter and Xia Bangmo signed his name, it was his turn next.You can imagine how angry Emperor Jiajing would be if this impeachment was sent to him.

After all, the officials here don't know, but Wang Daoqiu does know that Zhao Wenhua withheld those so-called "loyal words" from the General Affairs Department.It's not that he likes to be scolded behind his back because he is a bitch, nor is he so loyal to Yan Song that he is willing to go to Yan Song's expense.

To put it bluntly, Emperor Jiajing's tacit approval was why Zhao Wenhua dared to withhold those negative memorials.He was adhering to his superior intention and found a big box for the memorials that Emperor Jiajing did not want to see and threw them in a "liuzhong" at the General Affairs Department.

In other words, the reason why Zhao Wenhua did what he did was not because of Yan Song's face, but because of Emperor Jiajing's face.Otherwise, if Zhao Wenhua always ignores the ministers' memorials to the emperor and does not mention this matter, will Lu Bing's Jinyiwei and Lu Fang's Dongchang not investigate and deal with him?

Knowing that Zhao Wenhua withheld those negative memorials, he was helping Emperor Jiajing take the blame. Impeaching Zhao Wenhua would make Emperor Jiajing Longyan furious. Wang Daoqiu really didn't want to sign the impeachment letter.

But there are some things that you don’t have to do if you don’t want to. Since ancient times, how many people in officialdom have been able to compromise without saying anything sincerely?
For example, right now, in full public view, if Wang Daoqiu dares not to sign his name and does not cater to the consensus of his colleagues, he will be isolated by the organization in minutes.And from now on, his reputation will be bad in the streets, and he will be officially labeled as a treacherous villain by the officialdom.Friends such as Yin Zhengmao, Zhang Juzheng, Gao Yi, and Yuan Hongyu would also stay away from Wang Daoqiu for the sake of their own reputations.

There is no way, the situation is stronger than the person!So now Wang Daoqiu could only feel helpless in his heart, but pretended to be filled with indignation on his face. While cursing Zhao Wenhua, he wrote his name on the impeachment letter.

(End of this chapter)