Chapter 576 575 Verify and report
Before the General Secretary sent the memorial, Xu Jie had already received the news in the cabinet.
Sighing, he knew that Wei Guangde must have arranged Ouyang Yijing's performance, and the matter was irreversible.
This matter may not be big or small, but what I fear most is that it will be made public.
As long as the message can be blocked, it won't be a big deal.
Isn't there a saying in later generations, "If you can't solve the problem, then solve the people. As long as no one makes trouble, the incident never happened."
Although he didn't dare to deal with the insider, he could still fight for it if he could induce him.
But now that the news has been made public, Dong Fen is naturally in danger.
If Dong Fen's official position is not guaranteed, is it necessary for him to protect him?
After all, greed is still harmful to others. This matter is too passive. Xu Jie has made up his mind to stay out of it.
Xu Jie didn't intend to test Emperor Jiajing's attitude. There was really no need.
With Yan Shifan dead, the Yan family has little chance and is no longer worthy of being his opponent.
With Dong Fen gone, all the officials in the government and the public were well prepared, which meant that Gao Gong had the opportunity to serve as the Minister of Rites. Prince Yu's wish came true, and there was no need for him to continue to be a bad person.
It's not worth offending King Yu at this time.
At this time, in Prince Yu's palace, Prince Yu had already learned the news from Li Fang.
When she was just washing up, Li Fang told her the news she had learned.
"Let me tell you, it's been two days since you sent your letter to Wei Guangde, but you haven't seen any action from him. It turns out you left the matter to his fellow countryman."
King Yu yawned and spoke calmly.
Who is Ouyang Yijing?
who knows.
If Li Fang hadn't specifically mentioned that he was from Pengze, Jiangxi Province when he reported earlier, King Yu would still be wondering why Wei Guangde didn't come forward but this man named Ouyang Yijing jumped out.
It's a pity that they are fellow villagers.
However, King Yu thought about it and said: "You said, I left this matter to Shandai, but he handed it over to his fellow villagers. Is he dissatisfied with me?"
Wei Guangde was opposed to this matter at first, but in the end, after his repeated requests, Wei Guangde reluctantly agreed.
But what about the result?
Wei Guangde did not submit the memorial, but asked a fellow villager to do it.
King Yu didn't want to create a estrangement between him and Wei Guangde, just like he didn't want to estrange the relationship with Gao Gong.
It was really Gao Gong's idea to let Wei Guangde take action.
King Yu didn't think about it at the time, but he could more or less guess it later.
He has never flattered, but there are many people vying to flatter him, and he can clearly see the relationship between these people.
It's not that Wei Guangde and Gao Gong were flattering him, it was just a metaphor.
As for Wei Guangde, he really has never said anything bad about anyone else in front of him. He always talks about things as they happen and never involves others.
This is what King Yu values most about him.
Of course, his status as the son-in-law of the Duke of Wei also gave him a lot of points.
"Probably not."
Li Fang just answered uncertainly.
In the past, Gao Gong was a very noble person in his eyes, and he thought about King Yu wholeheartedly.
However, I don't know since when, Li Fang felt that she couldn't understand Gao Gong, and felt that he was a little selfish, and even used her friendship with King Yu to make King Yu do some things that he should not have intervened in.
It seems that it started when the emperor asked King Jing to leave the capital and join the feudal clan.
Li Fang thought about it, but he could think about it but couldn't say it.
Ordinarily, it must be a happy thing for Prince Yu to obtain the emperor, but obviously as his status was established, these subordinate officials began to fight among themselves.
Wei Guangde didn't seem to have this idea, but it was a pity that Gao Gong regarded him as an opponent.
However, he now needs to come up with a reason to convince King Yu so that he doesn't think too much.
"Your Highness, I think Master Wei left the matter to Ouyang Yijing for your own good."
Li Fang said tentatively.
"How?"
King Yu asked in confusion.
"As long as Dong Fen is dismissed from office, the most likely person to take the position is Lord Gao Gonggao. With Lord Gao's relationship with the palace, if Lord Wei comes forward in this matter, it would not be conclusive that this matter was done by Prince Yu's palace, and the purpose is to win the favor. Mr. Tall."
While Li Fang was speaking, her eyes were fixed on Prince Yu. Seeing that he kept nodding in approval, she continued, "This Ouyang Yijing should be someone that Mr. Wei trusts more, so he secretly entrusts him with the errands." .
Although seriously speaking, as long as someone investigates, they will know that 80% of them are related to Mr. Wei, but after all, it is an explanation to the outside world.
Mr. Ouyang worked in the Sixth Section of the Civil Service and had not been promoted after several years in Beijing.
I think Wei Guangde also wanted to help him by asking him to take action. "
"Comrade, it's possible."
King Yu kept nodding his head when he heard what Li Fang said. In fact, he didn't want to really make trouble, so he just wanted to get some comfort from Li Fang. Even if Li Fang talked nonsense, he would nod.
What's more, Li Fang's statement sounds relatively reliable.
"This man named Ouyang, what kind of official was he before, and what kind of official is he now?"
Li Fang had told Ouyang Yijing about Ouyang Yijing's situation before, but apparently King Yu didn't take it to heart.
"He used to be a seventh-grade county magistrate. It seems that Wei Guangde's relationship a few years ago brought him back to the capital and joined the sixth department to serve as a minister, until now."
Li Fang had no choice but to say again.
"It's all in the matter, but it's possible for the seventh-grade official to do it in the near future."
King Yu said.
In any case, this Ouyang Yijing has helped Wei Guangde and Prince Yu's palace, so it is necessary to give him some sweeteners.
Moreover, since Wei Guangde thinks this person is useful, he can give him strong support, maybe he will be useful in the future.
Today's officials are still a bit small.
"I'll go down and ask about this."
Regarding the official position in the imperial court, Li Fang didn't talk much, so she just talked about it perfunctorily.
However, I could mention this matter when I see Wei Guangde when I come down. They civil servants seem to be very interested in this, and maybe there is something they can do about it.
With King Yu's previous words, Wei Guangde would be confident in his operations, and he could also take the opportunity to repair his relationship with the palace.
Dong Fen had already entered the cabinet and met Xu Jie.
But this time, Xu Jie had a very cold attitude towards him and just told Dong Fen what he knew about the situation.
"I can't stop that memorial here. I can only see what His Majesty wants. It seems to be known to both the government and the public. You should first consider what to say when His Majesty asks."
"Lord Chief Assistant, is there really nothing we can do?"
Dong Fen asked unwillingly. His meaning was actually very clear. He hoped that the cabinet could suppress this memorial.
He had a good idea, but Xu Jie didn't want to take this problem.
After suppressing the memorials, this kind of memorials were spread throughout the dynasty. I really thought that Xu Jie was the second to Yan Song.
Even when Yan Song invaded the government and the opposition, he did not dare to put the memorial in the cabinet. At most, he would delay it for two days and find a suitable opportunity to send it.
Many people think there is a trick to this.
Yes, it does.
For example, when it comes to bad news, Yan Song will hand over the memorial to Emperor Jiajing when he is happy. Although it will spoil the emperor's mood, it will not make his majesty angry and get angry and punish him.
Regarding his memorial, he would report it to the palace while tidying up the beginning and the end and preparing his speech in front of the emperor.
It can only be said that Yan Shifan is really powerful, and he really thought about Emperor Jiajing thoroughly.
As long as it is a solution given by Yan Shifan, it will definitely be approved by His Majesty the Emperor.
Even Xu Jie had to admire this.
Otherwise, how could he marry his granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson as a concubine? In fact, at that time, he was not sure that he could bring down the Yan family, so he had to save the family.
Whether it was for the sake of extra preparation or to get closer to the Yan family and make the Yan family lower their guard against him, he did it anyway.
It can be said that Xu Jie was controlled by Yan Song in the first half of his life, and later by Yan Shifan. The Yan family father and son were really difficult to deal with.
And he, Xu Jie, has not cultivated such a passion, so naturally he does not dare to take over this matter.
Perhaps, if Yan Shifan was still here, there would be a way to solve similar problems.
Inadvertently, Xu Jie thought of this powerful opponent again.
However, he is already dead, due to the joint efforts between him and Prince Yu's Mansion.
In the afternoon, Ouyang Yijing's memorial was sent to Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan by Chen Hong.
"How is Gao Zhong doing now?"
After seeing today's memorial sent by Chen Hong, Emperor Jiajing asked.
"Eunuch Gao's health is getting worse, I'm afraid."
Chen Hong was possessed by his acting skills at this time, as if he was hesitant to speak, but his suddenly red eyes actually told Emperor Jiajing the truth.
"Oh, everyone is getting old."
Emperor Jiajing murmured a few words in a low voice, and then asked loudly: "Is there anything important that needs to be dealt with today?"
"Your Majesty, today the General Affairs Department sent a report from the Criminal Division to Ouyang Yijing, the Minister of Rites, impeaching Dong Fen for collecting Yan Shifan's money in order to exonerate him for his activities."
This was also a habit of Emperor Jiajing. He would deal with the urgent matters first and look at the rest that were unimportant. If he didn't want to look at it, he would leave it to Huang Jin and Gao Zhong.
"Dong Fen took money from the Yan family to exonerate him?"
Emperor Jiajing frowned when he heard this, and then stretched out his hand to take a closer look at the memorial.
The time, location, people involved and property collected were all very detailed and did not look fake.
However, he had always been very suspicious of the words of the Yushi Yanguan. They had heard about the incident, and most of the things they reported were unsubstantiated. So despite Ouyang Yijing's writing in such detail, to be honest, Emperor Jiajing still didn't quite believe what Shuzhong said. narrate.
"Huang Jin, do you have any explanation for this matter?"
Yan Shifan was dead, so Emperor Jiajing naturally did not want to get involved in the matter.
He just didn't expect that he didn't want to pursue the case, but the people below were still pursuing him fiercely. It seemed that during the interrogation of Yan Shifan, many things happened in the capital that he didn't know about.
"Your Majesty, according to the factory guard's report, Yan Song asked Yang Yusun, the young minister of Taichang Temple, and Fan Weipi, the director of the Ministry of War, to help him negotiate for him. However, it is said that most of the officials stayed away. Dong Fen's matter needs to be investigated again."
Huang Jin immediately stepped forward and answered.
"Tell me to go down and investigate in detail."
After speaking, Emperor Jiajing did not return the memorial to Chen Hong, but put it aside, and then asked about other memorials.
After roughly finishing those memorials, Chen Hong led his people out of Yongshou Palace. Emperor Jiajing saw the impeachment memorials put aside and asked: "Who instigated this Ouyang Yijing to impeach Dong Fen?"
Dong Fen was promoted to Minister of Rites just two months ago. Logically speaking, most people would not dare to touch this bad luck, but in reality, someone has reported it.
Emperor Jiajing was well versed in official struggles, so he naturally knew that Ouyang Yijing would not read this memorial for no reason.
Facing Emperor Jiajing's questions, Huang Jin didn't know how to answer.
In fact, he also heard the news in the palace, asked about the matter, and guessed that it might be related to Wei Guangde.
In fact, Wei Guangde took the blame for this matter, and Ouyang Yijing himself had planned to impeach him, but he had been wavering.
Minister of Rites, it is better not to offend someone.
But he didn't expect that Wei Guangde would push him from behind and hand the knife into his hand.
In fact, the thing that the Yushi Yanguan is not afraid of the most is the impeachment of high-ranking officials. The higher the official position in the court, the less afraid they are, because they cherish their feathers and tend not to take revenge on them, the Yushi Yanguan.
After struggling for a moment, Huang Jin decided to tell the truth. In fact, it was just his own guess.
"The factory guard has not reported this matter, but according to my speculation, it may be related to His Royal Highness Prince Yu."
"how do I say this?"
Emperor Jiajing was shocked when he heard this and asked strangely.
"Ouyang Yijing and Wei Guangde are from the same hometown, and they have a good relationship. Even if this matter was not instigated by Prince Yu's Palace, Wei Guangde and Prince Yu's Palace should also know about it.
Of course, the above is just Chen's speculation and there is no real evidence. It is necessary to arrange for detailed investigation by factory guards. "
Huang Jin replied.
"How did Dong Fen offend King Yu?"
Emperor Jiajing asked out his doubts.
This question stumped Huang Jin.
How to say?
Said that King Yu wanted Gao Gong to come to power, so he had to win Dong Fen?
Dong Fenming has really never offended King Yu, so how can he talk about this?
Looking at Wei Guangde, it seems that the two of them have little interaction.
After thinking quickly, Huang Jin still didn't want to make the matter too big, so he kept it simple. Then he thought of a reason. It was all speculation anyway, and the factory guard didn't notice it at all.
What he knew was that only King Yu wanted to take Dong Fen, and it was the situation reported by the spies in King Yu's palace.
"Your Majesty, Yan Shifan was a bit harsh in offending His Royal Highness Prince Yu. It may be because he paid close attention to the trial of the case, so he found clues from it."
If we get rid of Prince Yu's Mansion and just say that Wei Guangde did it, there is no way to round up the lie. We can only reveal the evil things that happened in Prince Yu's Mansion and Yan Shifan back then.
Even though that incident happened a long time ago, as long as it is mentioned, everyone in the capital knows about it.
It was so sensational that Zhu Xixiao had to write a secret report and send it to the palace.
However, he vaguely remembered that Emperor Jiajing's attitude was very strange at that time, and he didn't actually get angry, as if he had known about it for a long time.
No matter how big the gap between Huang Jin's guess and the facts was, Emperor Jiajing finally had some enlightenment and could understand the matter.
Don't tell me, King Yu can still bear it.
When I was so wronged, I didn't even run into the palace to make trouble.
As for King Yu's concerns back then, Emperor Jiajing had never experienced them, so he would have thought that in the heart of young King Yu, he was just a motherless child, and his father did not care for him.
With King Yu involved, this matter makes sense.
King Yu wanted to take revenge on Yan Shifan, so he sent people to keep an eye on the matter.
It was discovered that Dong Fen had received money from the Yan family, so he passed the news to Yanguan Ouyang Yijing through Wei Guangde.
"Verify and report as soon as possible." Emperor Jiajing just said lightly.
Huang Jin glanced at the emperor, lowered his head and agreed.