Chapter 602 601 Qianqing Palace
Of course Wei Guangde could see through Hu Yingjia's thoughts, he was just gambling.
Previously, Hu Yingjia and Hu Rugui incited party members and asked their party Wei Shiliang to impeach Zhang Yongming. They not only used their previous outings as censors and illegal activities to criticize, but also falsely accused Zhang Yongming of accepting bribes and other crimes.
Although the impeachment was not successful and Zhang Yongming was dismissed from office, the reason why he became seriously ill and proposed to retire from office still made them victorious.
Impeaching Zhang Yongming would be tantamount to offending Xu Jie, the chief minister of the dynasty.
At the beginning, Wei Guangde was still wondering in his heart whether Hu Yingjia and the others did such a thing because they had eaten the guts of a bear and a leopard, but now he understands.
In fact, they saw that Gao Gong and Xu Jie often had different opinions in the cabinet, and thus concluded that the relationship between Xu Jie and Prince Yu's Mansion was probably not as close as the outside world imagined.
Perhaps, Hu Yingjia and the others had made two-pronged preparations before.
If Wei Guangde can make good friends with Prince Yu's Mansion, he will devote all his efforts to Prince Yu's Mansion and be the vanguard in the fight between Prince Yu's Mansion and Mr. Xu Ge.
With King Yu as their backer, they can naturally continue to confront Xu Jie boldly.
On the other hand, if King Yu is unwilling to accept them, it will directly stir up the muddy waters in the court, and impeachment of Gao Gong will become an option for them.
Regardless of whether the impeachment of Gao Gong is successful or not, it will draw the attention of officials to Gao Gong.
By then, if Xu Jie can take this opportunity to get rid of Gao Gong, there may be a chance to ease the relationship between them and Mr. Xu Ge.
But for them, their life-saving talisman is actually to put a layer of "clean flow" on themselves.
Not afraid of the powerful, whether it was Xu Jie, the chief minister of the dynasty, or Gao Gong, King Yu's teacher, they dared to speak out for impeachment without fear of rape, which is a great man's loyalty.
At this time, many officials in the outer court had not yet seen the plan of Hu Yingjia and others, and only felt that they were seeking death.
It is extremely unwise to offend the chief minister of the dynasty and also provoke the prince's ministers.
Everyone was watching with cold eyes, wanting to see the final fate of Hu Yingjia and others.
Do Xu Jie and Gao Gong dare to attack Hu Yingjia and others blatantly at this time?
Wei Guangde wasn't sure, but he knew that Gao Gong was really supportive, so he directly dug up some old stories between him and Hu Yingjia, accusing Hu Yingjia of taking personal revenge.
"Sir, Prince Yu's Mansion invites you to come over later later."
At this time, Lu Bu walked in from outside the door and whispered to Wei Guangde.
"The prince is back?"
Wei Guangde frowned slightly and asked.
"The city I just returned to earlier."
Lu Bu replied in a low voice.
"knew."
Wei Guangde put down the manuscript in his hand, picked up the tea cup next to him and took a sip before speaking to Lu Bu.
Following the winter solstice court meeting, news that Emperor Jiajing was in poor health had quietly spread among the court.
Just today, Emperor Jiajing's criticism has been spread. Although Gao Gong is naturally fine, Hu Rugui and others continue to play Gao Gong one after another and continue to impeach. This should be due to the fact that Emperor Jiajing's health is not recovering. .
Wei Guangde shook his head, guessing that the news about the emperor's body should have caught Hu Yingjia and others off guard.
You know, they plotted against Wei Guangde before, but they didn't take Prince Yu's Mansion seriously at all.
But now the situation is different. If the emperor is still ill, his ministers should be more afraid when they see King Yu Qianchui. After all, they are about to see the power of the country.
If the news of Emperor Jiajing's poor health had spread earlier, Hu Yingjia and others would have definitely not dared to touch Gao Gong.
The party struggle in the Ming Dynasty
Wei Guangde sighed in his heart.
In the past, he thought that only when he entered the cabinet would he dare to engage in partisanship. However, this time Hu Yingjia taught him a lesson. In fact, lower-level officials were no less capable of engaging in partisanship.
Of course, in the afternoon, when Wei Guangde finished his work and went to Prince Yu's Mansion to meet Prince Yu, the news came that Hu Rugui and others were ordered by the emperor to apply for imperial edicts, and all the memorials to impeach Gao Gong were retained.
Today, as soon as Gao Gong received the order and returned to the cabinet to run errands, impeachments by Hu Rugui and others followed one after another. It is said that Gao Gong's expression at that time was extremely exciting.
The words came from Lu Bu, and Wei Guangde felt that the credibility should be very high. It is estimated that Xu Jie was secretly happy in his heart at that time, and perhaps he had temporarily put aside his prejudice against Gao Gong.
With an old fox like Xu Jie, he would definitely not take action against Hu Yingjia and others at this time. It is true that Hu Yingjia and others are too popular at this time.
Wei Guangde is really not sure whether Gao Gong will risk the disapproval of the world and choose an opportunity to retaliate.
After all, Gao Gong is famous for his retribution.
Hu Yingjia and the others should also be anxious.
When they arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion, after a few brief greetings with Prince Yu, Prince Yu indeed asked about Gao Gong, Hu Yingjia and others.
"Your Highness, Brother Suqing, do you have any ideas?"
Wei Guangde was noncommittal about this. He didn't even know if Gao Gong had made up his mind to retaliate. Whatever he said at this time might be wrong.
"Master Gao did not send any news to the palace."
Prince Yu replied calmly.
"In that case, the palace will not move for the time being."
Wei Guangde said: "His Majesty is not yet healed, so no matter what you do, it may affect the recovery of the Holy Body.
With all due respect, this seems to be the case. Your Highness may wish to pray for His Majesty more when you have time, and wish you good health. "
"Then let Hu Yingjia and others go like this?"
Perhaps because he felt offended, King Yu obviously did not intend to spare these people easily.
The previous impeachment of Zhang Yongming only made King Yu unhappy, but now the impeachment of Gao Gong is a continuous impeachment. After he entered the city today, he heard that there was another impeachment memorial.
Although Emperor Jiajing issued an edict, King Yu did not calm down the anger and still seemed to be resentful.
"Brother Su Qing has not sent any news back, which shows that he understands clearly."
Wei Guangde had no choice but to say: "Now everything actually depends on how your majesty's body is doing. Hu Yingjia and others should be anxious because of your majesty's health.
It is hard to say that even if they receive the imperial edict, they will still go their own way and continue to mobilize their party members to impeach Brother Su Qing. "
"Are you in a hurry? If they are in a hurry, can they just ignore me, Prince Yu's Mansion?"
King Yu said angrily.
"Your Highness, please don't mess up. This may be what they want to see. Everything is on His Majesty's body. If His Majesty recovers, they will live in peace for a while."
Wei Guangde had no choice but to remind him more clearly.
"Let's wait a few more days to see if His Majesty will adjust the defense inside and outside the capital. A few days ago, he asked a governor of Jinyiwei to oversee patrols inside and outside the capital."
Wei Guangde's words were so clear that King Yu couldn't figure out the meaning behind his words.
However, after this trip, King Yu seemed to have thought more openly and became much more open-minded.
People will eventually be born, old, sick and die.
This may also be the reason why Emperor Jiajing asked him to perform sacrifices.
Compared to his two older brothers, he is already very lucky.
After staring at Wei Guangde for a long time, King Yu finally showed a forced smile and said, "I know."
"By the way, there's one more thing. Your Majesty has already approved Chen Yiqin's recommendation of Wang Ting, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing, as the Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it will be sent to the cabinet tomorrow."
King Yu seemed to have just remembered and told the matter.
Wei Guangde nodded, cupped his hands to Li Fanggong and said, "Eunuch Li has to work hard these days. Information from all parties must be collected in a timely manner."
"I don't dare to take it as hard work."
Li Fang hurriedly returned the gift and kept talking.
In the following days, perhaps because of the encounter with Shen Chi, Hu Yingjia and others and his party members temporarily stopped their actions to continue impeaching Gao Gong. Instead, they continued to go in and out of the fireworks restaurant to drink with the officials in the capital to increase their sense of presence.
Li Fang would send notes to him every day to inform him of this news.
Before leaving that day, King Yu told Li Fang that the information collected every day must be sent to Wei Guangde three times a day by trustworthy people.
After all, Wei Guangde spends time in the school registration hall every day. He knows that Emperor Jiajing may not live long, but Wei Guangde does not dare to relax at all.
If someone is not good at this time, I am afraid that all the previous efforts will be wasted. Thinking about it this way, it is really not worth the gain.
I have to fight for another two months, either Emperor Jiajing recovers, or Emperor Yu comes to power and I find another opportunity to be transferred out of the school.
Wei Guangde was tired of staying here. If he hadn't felt that this place was where Emperor Jiajing paid constant attention, he would have found a way to leave.
The work is so boring.
Just keep it up for a while.
Wei Guangde also kept using these words to encourage himself, fearing that he would involuntarily relax at this time.
But just today, when the office was about to be dismissed, Wei Guangde received a note. The text on it was very simple. News came from Xiyuan that His Majesty ordered Chi Fengxiang, the assistant minister of the Rongzheng and Military Department of the Beijing Camp, to return to the Ministry of Management.
Chi Fengxiang no longer stationed in the capital camp, but returned to the city, but his role as assistant commander of the military affairs in the capital camp became a temporary one, which meant that someone would soon take his place.
Associating with the Beijing Camp, the person who can hold this position must have the title of Minister of War. Of course, he will not think that he will be promoted again and directly go to the Ministry of War to serve as the Minister of the Left and Right.
In fact, if Emperor Jiajing really entrusted him with this position, he would be very frustrated.
Being Minister of the Ministry of War was not his pursuit.
Wei Guangde was not very interested in the successor. The person who took over at this time must be someone who Emperor Jiajing thought was upright enough, or even stubborn, because only such people could be trusted by him at this time.
This kind of people may be suspected of being stubborn and pedantic, but they are the most abiding by the system.
That night, when the last note of the day was delivered to the Wei Mansion, Wei Guangde knew that at this time, the officials in the DPRK seemed to smell something different about Chi Fengxiang's return to his headquarters.
In the fireworks and wine alley tonight, what the officials talked about the most was the matter of co-managing the military affairs of the capital camp and the new candidate for co-coordinating the affairs.
"Gao Gong returned to Prince Yu's Mansion?"
Seeing the content behind, Wei Guangde frowned slightly. He did not expect that Gao Gong would go to Prince Yu's Mansion at this time. Ordinarily, he should be more cautious at this time. If there is no big deal, he should stay in Wuyi Hall instead of running around.
Wei Guangde was a little dissatisfied with Gao Gong, but he felt sad when he saw the news Gao Gong brought.
Emperor Jiajing's health was really failing.
He has been lying in bed for two days. Although he can still intervene in the government affairs, he can only make judgments by relying on the eunuchs in the palace to read the memorials, and he can no longer do it with the imperial pen.
And all this was because Huang Jin was waiting beside the bed, otherwise the cabinet ministers would also be worried about the loss of imperial power.
Huang Jin was sent to Prince Xing's Mansion to accompany the crown prince since he was a child, and he served beside Emperor Jiajing. The emperor's trust in him was unquestionable.
For so many years since Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, Huang Jin has always carefully restrained himself and his family, not daring to abuse his power wantonly. He has always had a good reputation in the court.
And just today, Huang Jin discussed a major matter with Xu Jie, Li Chunfang and other cabinet ministers in Wuyi Palace, that is, he and the cabinet bachelors would take turns asking Emperor Jiajing to move back to Qianqing Palace.
Qianqing Palace has been the residence of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty since Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, moved his capital to Beijing.
After the Renyin Palace incident, Emperor Jiajing moved away and never went back. Perhaps that night left such a deep impression on him.
The name of Qianqing Palace comes from the "Tao Te Ching", the original text is "In the past, the sky was clear, the sky was peaceful, the gods were spiritual, the grains were full, all things were alive, and the kings were able to live. And think that the world is pure."
In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was the Son of Heaven, the representative of God and Haotian, and represented the sky. The emperor's position was extremely high, and it was called the only one, which means the only one in the sky. The rising of clear air is called heaven, and the falling of turbid air is called earth. , so Qian is the sky, which means Qing.
In the Tao Te Ching, it is said that Heaven must be clear, which means that the emperor is the only and most noble one in heaven and earth, so his residence is named Qianqing Palace.
All in all, Emperor Jiajing moved away from here and has not been back for twenty-five years.
As the emperor's palace, it is natural that the emperor who is dying will die in that place.
Although it was a bit treasonous to say this to the emperor, seeing Emperor Jiajing's body, even Huang Jin, who was most loyal to him, couldn't help but bring it up.
"call"
Wei Guangde let out a sigh of relief, it was finally time.
However, unlike some novels Wei Guangde had read before, after King Jing died, King Yu had no living brothers. He was the only son of Emperor Jiajing, and there was no doubt about inheriting the treasure.
Stability is still about stability. As long as he doesn't do anything wrong to offend Long Yan, King Yu's position is iron-clad and no one can shake it.
He handed the note to the candle next to him, and the candle flame instantly ignited the note.
Wei Guangde continued to guide the flame forward and backward, letting it swallow the note completely, then threw it away and let it fall to the ground in the wind.
Xiyuan, Yongshou Palace.
"Your Majesty, it's been more than twenty years since I came out. It's time to return to Qianqing Palace."
Huang Jin knelt beside the dragon bed and whispered to Emperor Jiajing on the bed.
Of course Emperor Jiajing understood the meaning of Huang Jin's words. He knew that his end was probably really coming.
It was all in vain.
No matter how hard he tried, he could not escape his fate after decades of spiritual practice.
He closed his eyes slightly and said while opening and closing his mouth: "Change Wang Bengu, the left minister of the Ministry of punishment, to the left minister of the Ministry of war, and assist in the military affairs of the Beijing camp."
Seeing Emperor Jiajing open his mouth, Huang Jin was a little happy and hurriedly went over to listen. However, he didn't expect that this was what Emperor Jiajing ordered, to let Wang Bengu take control of the capital camp instead of Chi Fengxiang.
"According to the order."
Although he was a little disappointed, Huang Jin still whispered in the emperor's ear.