Chapter 302 301 Question

Chapter 302 301 Question

"Send it to the emperor when he wakes up. Put the letter in it and hand it in too."

Huang Jin's compassion overflowed and he chose to hand Wei Guangde's wooden box directly into the hands of Emperor Jiajing. As for the emperor's choice, it was not something they, the slaves, could interfere with.

These old people naturally knew the character of Emperor Jiajing.

To be honest, things that were important to the people were actually trivial matters in the eyes of the emperor.

In fact, from Emperor Jiajing's point of view, he only worried about two things.

The first is things that affect your own cultivation, which are huge things.

The second thing is the matter that affects the stability of the country. This is also a big deal. He doesn't want to become an unfilial descendant of the old Zhu family and lose the country.

Other than that, there really wasn't anything big going on. It was just the emperor's thought.

So regarding what Wei Guangde said in his letter, it's hard to say what choice Emperor Jiajing would make in the end. It just depends on what the memorial said.

Not long after, Emperor Jiajing woke up from his nap. Naturally, Huang Jin would not take out Wei Guangde's memorial at this time. According to Emperor Jiajing's habit, he would take an elixir to practice before starting work.

Emperor Jiajing's absence from court does not mean that he does not deal with national affairs. He just does not want to sit on the high dragon chair in Fengxian Hall and watch the clumsy performances of the ministers below.

After watching it for so many years, he had already seen enough.

Everything was in tacit agreement, and Huang Jin had already brought the elixir without Emperor Jiajing opening his mouth.

After completing the Zhoutian exercise and digesting the power of the elixir, Emperor Jiajing finally said: "Bring over all the memorials and see what happens."

"yes."

After Huang Jin answered in a low voice, he quickly walked to the door of the palace and waved outside. Gao Zhong walked in with three chamberlains, two of whom were holding a high stack of memorials in their hands, and Chen Ju on one side was holding a wooden box in his hand.

With the appearance of these three people, the wooden box in Chen Ju's hand naturally attracted Emperor Jiajing's attention. He pointed at Chen Ju and asked, "What is this?"

At this moment, what was Emperor Jiajing thinking about which of the following officials paid tribute to Ganoderma lucidum?

Previously, because of the need for refining medicine, Emperor Jiajing issued a notice to the world to collect Ganoderma lucidum. Since then, officials and people from all over the country have continued to pay tribute to Ganoderma lucidum, so what he thought at this time was that officials below had sent Ganoderma lucidum.

"This is something sent back by Mr. Wei Guangde, deputy patrol officer."

Chen Ju's answer made Emperor Jiajing stunned. What did he hear? Was it something sent by Wei Guangde?

Did Wei Guangde find Ganoderma lucidum in Jizhen?

"What is it? Open it and take a look."

Emperor Jiajing ordered out of curiosity.

"yes."

Chen Ju stepped forward and stood in front of the imperial case. He put down the box with both hands and then opened the wooden box.

What caught Emperor Jiajing's eyes was naturally the memorial with intact lacquer seal, and an opened letter next to it.

Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly when he saw what was inside, but he still reached out to pick up the memorial and checked the seal.

Complete and untouched, his eyes fell on the opened letter again.

"what happened?"

The envelope showed signs of being opened, so Emperor Jiajing naturally had no intention of picking it up and looking at it.

Chen Ju now took two steps back and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the day before Mr. Wei left the capital, I went to Mr. Wei's place according to the order to bring the words of the Emperor.

A servant who went out with Mr. Wei today suddenly returned to the capital and brought this box to the slave. Inside was a memorial and a letter.

The slave opened the letter and read it. It was about something that Wei Guangde heard in the Xuan Mansion. The former Jinyi Guardsman Shen Lian was beheaded, and his two sons were killed with a stick in prison. The youngest son was punished for being an infant. The eldest son, who stayed with his mother in Jibian and had been studying in Zhejiang Province, was also issued an official document by the Governor of Xuanda, Mr. Yang, and had his title revoked and was escorted to the Xuan Mansion for trial. "

"Shen Lian? Two sons were killed with a stick, and the eldest son was also stripped of his honor and taken to the Xuan Mansion."

The expression on Emperor Jiajing's face remained unchanged, and the seal of the memorial in his hand had been opened by him.

The letter was for Chen Ju and the others, but the memorial was for him. Chen Ju just kept his duty and handed in the letter Wei Guangde wrote to him.

Honest child.

It was his intention to let Wei Guangde find an opportunity to visit the Xuan Mansion. However, less than half a month after leaving the capital, Wei Guangde had already left Tang Shunzhi and gone to the Xuan Mansion, handing in all the memorials.

Going through Chen Ju's channel rather than through the General Affairs Department may indicate the content of the memorial.

When he opened the memorial, Emperor Jiajing had already made a judgment about its contents, so he was not so surprised when he saw what was said in the memorial.

More than 300,000 taels of silver were sent over, but the soldiers and food in Xuanfu Town were becoming increasingly empty. Naturally, they could not fight when they were hungry. As for how many castles and people were lost later, it was actually unimportant.

Lu Kai, hum general killed the border people and pretended to be military merits.

There is also Xu's theory that the Minister of the Ministry of War cannot see clearly, and there are three people and one party.

The memorial is not long, but the amount of information is still relatively large.

Yang Shun's dereliction of duty, Lu Kai's bribery and concealment, and Xu Lun's negligence.

Emperor Jiajing still knew where Yang Shun and Lu Kai were from. The purpose of using them was so that the border town could get the food and salary it needed from the court. However, he didn't expect that Yang Shun had been in Xuanda for a long time, and the place was ruined. It became like this.

The fort was slaughtered for seventy years, and three thousand men and women were killed.

Incompetent, trash.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing did not consider the tragic experience of Shen Lian's family, but was extremely dissatisfied with Yang Shun's performance at Xuanda University.

In fact, Shen Lian has been executed, and it doesn't make much sense to him to hold him accountable. But whether Yang Shun has done his job well is what he, the emperor, has to consider.

Wei Guangde's consideration really came true at this time with Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing was not interested in Shen Lian's family, but was only concerned about the safety of his country.

Therefore, Wei Guangde naturally reported what Ma Fang said to Emperor Jiajing, hoping to unseat Yang Shun.

"Insatiable greed, stupidity and incompetence."

Emperor Jiajing said angrily.

For more than a year, Yang Shun reported good news to the capital, saying that he commanded the Ming army in Bianzhen to continuously defeat the attacks of the Anta tribe. How many beheads were beheaded today and how many will be killed tomorrow? All of them will be beheaded by me. I will give you a reward of silver for the heads of the people.

Involuntarily, Emperor Jiajing's face turned red. He was really a little angry. A deep feeling of being deceived filled his whole body. He had been fooled.

Previously, Emperor Jiajing still relatively recognized Yang Shun's memorial to report his victory.

It had only been a long time since the victory in the Battle of Baoanzhou. Under the circumstances at that time, the two sides were evenly matched, and Wei Guangde could win the battle even if he was just starting out. Therefore, Emperor Jiajing really did not expect that Yang Shun would fight the battle like this.

In fact, he only became suspicious when he saw Shen Lian sent by the Jinyi Guards to be beheaded in the name of the White Lotus Cult. From the heart, Emperor Jiajing naturally did not believe it.

Shen Lian, a person who dared to impeach even the chief minister of the dynasty, would he join the White Lotus Sect?

However, the memorial in the hands of Emperor Jiajing was written by Wei Guangde. Although Wei Guangde had just entered the court, he could be regarded as an upright man, so naturally he would not deceive him with lies.

Another reason why Wei Guangde was chosen was that he was from Jiangxi, so he would not be an enemy of Yan Song like other officials, and only said bad things out of context. After all, Yan Song and he were fellow villagers, and he was taken care of.

Feeling that he had lost his composure, Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes and thought. As Wei Guangde said, Yang Shun could no longer stay in Xuanda. If he continued to act recklessly there, he would be afraid that the border town would be insecure. That was an important part of the capital in the northwest. The barrier must not be lost.

Opening his eyes and looking at the memorial held by the two young chamberlains next to him, Emperor Jiajing was no longer interested in reading it.

He waved his hand and motioned for them to go down, and then said to Huang Jin: "Chuan Weizhong, come to me."

After receiving the order, a young chamberlain quickly ran out of the Yongshou Palace and went straight to the cabinet to summon Yan Song for an audience.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing, who was sitting in the Yongshou Palace, had already begun to think about how to deal with Xuanda's affairs, and the Ministry of War also had to deal with it.

However, Emperor Jiajing was not a person who just treated headaches and pains. He thought more.

Taking advantage of the personnel changes of the Ministry of War officials, Emperor Jiajing wanted to continue to make adjustments, and it was time for a yamen to be reorganized.

By the time Yan Song hurried to Yongshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing had already roughly thought about what changes he wanted to make.

After Yan Song saluted, Emperor Jiajing said to him: "Before Deputy Patrol Officer Wei Guangde left the capital, I told him something. He asked him to drop by the Xuan Mansion to see what had happened over the past year. His secret report today. Already up."

Hearing what Emperor Jiajing said, Yan Song felt nervous for no reason. The emperor sent Wei Guangde to Xuan Mansion. Why?

Or go secretly? It can only be said that someone said some bad news to the Xuanfu in front of Emperor Jiajing to have such a result. Who could it be?

In fact, at this time, Yan Song already had the answer in his mind, and only that yamen had the ability to report the Xuanfu affairs to Emperor Jiajing without his knowledge.

Xuan Mansion is Yang Shun's territory. If something goes wrong, it will be difficult for Yang Shun to escape.

Yang Shun was different from Zhao Wenhua, and he was filial to him, but he didn't know what Wei Guangde saw and what he reported.

Immediately, countless thoughts passed through Yan Song's mind, but he said: "Master Wei went to Xuan Mansion two years ago to supervise the war, and he is very familiar with it. It is reasonable for him to stop by and take a look."

"Yes, he has been to Xuanfu. He only needs a simple comparison to know whether the situation there is good or bad."

Emperor Jiajing said lightly, and then handed Wei Guangde's "Chen Xuanfu Border Affairs" on the imperial desk to Huang Jin who was standing beside him, and then he handed it to Yan Song.

Yan Song took it and took a look and felt his heart beat faster. What was said in the memorial?

He knew some of these things. It was true that Border Town had suffered a lot of defeats in the past year or so and had lost a lot of people. It was hard to explain this by killing good people and taking credit for it. Lu Kai and Xu Lun

What is written in the memorial is actually not important. What is important is what the emperor thought in his heart. Whether he believed in Yang Shun or Wei Guangde, this is the key.

But when he thought about being called here, Yan Song understood that Yang Shun was probably in trouble.

"The contents of Wei Guangde's and Yang Shun's reports are very different. What do you think?"

Emperor Jiajing stared at Yan Song's old face and asked politely.

Let yourself decide whether this is right or wrong. At this moment, Yan Song actually understood the inner attitude of Emperor Jiajing, but he had to save his godson.

But how to say it so that Yang Shun can successfully pass this hurdle?

In the Yongshou Palace, Yan Song knew that he did not have much time to think, let alone discuss with his son Yan Shifan, and could only make his own judgment.

His mind was calculating rapidly, looking for reasons that could clear Yang Shun's suspicion.

Even though he had guessed the emperor's intention, Yan Song still planned to give it a try. If he didn't get any credit, he would just call it hard work.

"Your Majesty, Yang Shun worked hard at Xuanda University and worked diligently.

Recently, Xuan Da reported that Huang Taiji, the son of Anda Khan, led thousands of troops to attack the right guard of Datong, and Shun personally went to the front line to supervise the battle and repel them. "

Having said this, Yan Song secretly glanced at Emperor Jiajing's expression, but what disappointed him was that the emperor's expression was as calm as ever, seemingly unmoved, and he couldn't help but lament in his heart.

"If Yang Shun is guilty, it is because of the previous report. When Huang Taiji, our subordinate, was provoking the border, he made the decision without authorization. He could send supplies to Taiji, and Taijifu sent Qiu Fu in exchange. As for the border fortress being destroyed, the soldiers and civilians were The general Xuanda, the deputy general, etc. are all responsible for the massacre. It seems that Shun should not be blamed only."

Speaking of this, Yan Song thought of Lu Kai mentioned in Wei Guangde's memorial. Of course he was familiar with this person. Those who voted for his disciples became his disciples.

"It is natural that Yang Shun was not aware of the situation and was wrong, and his handling of the matter was inappropriate. However, it is unknown whether Lu Kai was involved in bribery due to official rumors, so Shun Kai should be dismissed from his post.

But now that there are captors outside Datong in Xuanfu, it is not appropriate for Yang Shun to punish him at this time. He should be punished and defended with a salary to ensure peace in Xuan.

Lu Kai was dismissed from office, and the impeachment matters were sent to officials to investigate and confirm. After the facts were confirmed, they would report and make a decision. "

As for Lu Kai, as long as Yang Shun is fine, Lu Kai's problem will not be a big deal.

For accepting bribes, several officials in the Ming Dynasty did not receive filial piety. Whether they were investigated or not was just a question of whether they should be touched or not.

Using the border unrest as a reason to fine Yang Shun and let him perform meritorious service, this can reduce the major issue to a minor one.

Wei Guangde's memorial said that Yang Shun not only failed to handle local affairs after arriving at Xuanda University, but also embezzled military resources, which caused the combat effectiveness of the border army to decline and led to the destruction of the border fort. Yan Song explained that Yang Shun was also capable and dared to personally command and dispatch on the front line. The large army fought in Andabu, so there is no saying that the combat effectiveness of the frontier army has declined.

If, as Wei Guangde reported, the frontier troops lacked food and their fighting strength declined, would Yang Shun still dare to go and supervise the battle?

If such rhetoric were used in the past, it might have had some impact on Emperor Jiajing. However, Emperor Jiajing had already made his own judgment at this time and would naturally not be affected by Yan Song's words.

Shaking his head slightly, Emperor Jiajing said to Yan Song: "After the town patrol has gone, it seems unfair for the governor to be left alone."

The meaning of these words is naturally that the patrol censor Lu Kai was dismissed from his post and investigated, and it seemed unfair to keep Yang Shun.

The town patrol naturally refers to Xuanda town patrol according to the censor Lu Kai.

Before Yan Song could answer, Emperor Jiajing continued: "I have heard some sayings that Yang Shunzhi's talent is ordinary and not much higher than that of a town patrol. Xuanda is an important place and cannot be entrusted to this person.

I know that the generals who are facing the enemy will change what the soldiers are afraid of. I will ask them all in regular script. "