Chapter 756 855 Difficult Choice

Chapter 756 855 Difficult Choice

"Good loan, good loan is in the house."

The next day, Wei Guangde was on duty handling government affairs when he heard Yin Shizhen's voice outside the door.

"Brother Zhengfu, I'm here."

Wei Guangde didn't wait for anyone outside to answer and shouted directly from the room.

When Yin Shizhen walked in, Wei Guangde also came over to greet him and asked curiously: "What's going on? You're so anxious."

"Look at this."

Yin Shizhen waved to Lu Bu who was following behind him, asking him to leave, and handed a memorial in his hand to Wei Guangde.

Wei Guangde took the memorial and asked with a smile: "What happened again?" ’

"You'll know after you see it."

Yin Shizhen just said, and after finishing speaking, he went straight to find a chair and sit down.

Wei Guangde followed him and sat next to him. Then he looked at the memorial in his hand, but his brows soon stood up.

After he finished reading the memorial, he looked up at Yin Shizhen and shook the memorial in his hand, "Has this been assigned to you?"

"Um."

Yin Shizhen nodded and said.

"It seems that Mr. Xu Ge took action, but we were careless and thought that Hai Rui would file a petition to arrest him."

Wei Guangde thought about it before saying.

When they made the plan in the first place, it was because they could control the distribution of memorials.

That is to say, the person in the Zhongshushe who was responsible for distributing memorials in the cabinet was arranged by Chen Yiqin, so he told the subordinates at that time that all the memorials sent by Nanjing Hai Rui would be distributed to the high-gong room.

Well, I didn't expect that Hai Rui was such a reckless man that he directly fought with Xu Jie, or relied on his power to force himself on him.

If you want to take action against a cabinet minister, you should first ask for an order. This is a common practice.

Hai Rui's move only made Wei Guangde and others think that Hai Rui was brainless, but they did not expect that Xu Jie would directly contact the Beijing officials to impeach him.

"The peacemaker in Nanjing probably couldn't do it, so Xu Jie directly launched the Ke Dao to impeach Hai Rui."

Yin Shizhen expressed his analysis.

This is also an obvious thing, but the situation of Yingtian Mansion has actually been spread among the officials in the capital, and it cannot be ruled out that it is Ke Dao's own opinion.

"It seems that the relationship between Shu Hua and Mr. Xu Ge is solidified, otherwise no one else would impeach Hai Rui because of this, and it would be him.

Also, the last discussion about the factory guards' sit-down investigation seemed to be because the spies found out about someone's tampering there, so they petitioned Your Majesty to withdraw the factory guards. "

Yin Shizhen said calmly.

"He was born and raised in Zhejiang, and he may have considered himself to be from there."

Wei Guangde just smiled and shook his head.

There were no bachelors from Zhejiang in the imperial court. For the sake of his own career, it was nothing to take refuge in Xu Huating in Songjiang Prefecture next door.

But after Wei Guangde entered the cabinet, almost all officials from Jiangxi turned to his side, but Shuhua did not. Apart from refusing to recognize his identity as a Jiangxi native, what else could he say?

"It's hard to say whether it was Mr. Xu Ge who instigated it. Maybe Zhang Juzheng knew that things in the south were not easy to calm down, so he contacted Ke Dao to take action. It's also unknown."

Wei Guangde continued.

"Here, how do you think I should vote?"

Yin Shizhen asked.

This memorial was written by the Criminal Division to Shu Hua in Shizhong. It talked about the news that had been widely circulated in the government and the public recently. It commented that Hai Rui was pedantic and slow and did not understand the essentials of governance. Such a person was not suitable to stay as governor of Yingtian. , but should be transferred to a leisurely position in Nanjing to accommodate him.

"It's just a petition, just to let His Majesty know about it and make His Majesty think that Hai Rui is not suitable for his current position. I won't comment."

Wei Guangde smiled and shook his head and said, "Send it directly to the emperor, but you have to talk to Brother Yifu about this matter and let him arrange the matter. From now on, all such memorials involving Hai Rui will be assigned to Gao Xinzheng and let him handle it." .”

"That's right. We said something bad about Hai Rui. After all, it was us who pushed him. He said something about Hai Rui was good. When the outside world found out, they thought it was because we were going to have trouble with Mr. Xu Ge."

Yin Shizhen nodded, took the memorial from Wei Guangde and stood up and walked out. As he walked, he said: "Then I will go to Yifu to inform him. I think someone will continue to report this matter in the future. We must avoid it first." Just open this hole."

"The bigger the fuss about this matter, the better."

Wei Guangde smiled behind Yin Shizhen.

"Dong dong dong"

There was a knocking sound in the carriage compartment, the driver immediately tightened the reins, and the carriage slowly stopped.

"Master, what are your orders?"

The attendant next to the coachman turned to the carriage and asked.

"Where have you been?"

An old male voice came from the carriage, and then the curtain was opened, revealing a face of forty or fifty years old.

"Where is this?"

The captain asked the coachman beside him.

"A few dozen miles ahead is Guide Mansion. We should be on the edge of Henan now. We can enter South Zhili in a few days."

The coachman looked around before he began to answer.

"Gui De, cough cough."

The man in the car groaned and then coughed violently.

"Master, why don't we return to Germany and rest for two days? I'll go find the doctor to check on the master, nurse him back to health, and then return to Pengze."

Chang Sui suggested to the people in the car behind him.

The person in the carriage was none other than Ouyang Yijing, a former military officer who had resigned and returned to his hometown. Because of the flooding of the Yellow River, his return journey had to be changed from water to land. In order to avoid the flood, he had to move forward. The route is also to the west, just to get out of the yellow flood zone.

It was a hard ride all the way. The ancient carriages had no shock absorbers and were very bumpy. Ouyang Yijing had suffered a lot during this journey.

But what made him most uncomfortable was that he was about to finish his nine-year exam, and because of Gao Gong's resurgence, he had to resign and return to his hometown. He felt very uncomfortable.

Well, there was some fear. After all, Gao Gong was Emperor Longqing's teacher and was deeply trusted by Emperor Longqing.

Although Gao Gong seemed very different from the past when he left the capital and was very approachable, from Ouyang Yijing's point of view, this was the manifestation of Gao Gong's darkening.

As the saying goes, one learns from one's mistakes. After being targeted by the last Manchu Dynasty, Gao Gong evolved. On the surface, he no longer behaved as aggressively as before.

However, as the saying goes, a country is easy to change but nature is hard to change. Ouyang Yijing did not believe that Gao Gong would truly change. He was actually releasing smoke bombs to confuse others.

I just hope that Wei Guangde can withstand Gao Gong's pressure, and when Gao Gong wants to harm him, he can help him speak and relieve the pressure.

Now that he has resigned, Ouyang Yijing is not sure whether he can withstand the revenge from Gao Gong.

Worry was his current mood.

Because of this, he was tired from the journey. Not long after leaving Beijing, he fell ill. He felt dizzy and coughed violently from time to time.

"I'm very dizzy. Slow down a little, cough. When you get to Guide Mansion, help me find a doctor to see him."

In the carriage, Ouyang Yijing opened the curtain to take a breath, and then gave instructions, but after saying these few words, he couldn't stop coughing.

The carriage restarted and moved forward slowly, but at a much slower speed than before.

The speed of driving does not matter to the driver. Anyway, the toll is calculated based on time. If you are late, you will be late and you can make more money.

Each of these government officials is very rich, and if you don't make money, you won't make it in vain.

Ouyang Yijing shared the fate of Hu Yingjia from Shuyang County, Huai'an Prefecture, South Zhili. The disaster in the first year of Longqing was caused by him.

Hu Yingjia impeached Yang Bo because of his personal anger in the official evaluation of the first year of Longqing, and no one in Shanxi was rated as inferior. He belittled the officials and protected his fellow villagers.

Hu Weixin also went to the public affairs department to expose Yang Bo's unfair inspection of officials and his manipulation for personal gain.

Academician Gao Gong and others took private revenge for the impeachment of him last year, accusing Ying Jia and Wei Xin of "playing false pretenses as fellow officials of the party and devising decrees for the people", which caused an uproar in the public opinion. In the matter, Ouyang Yijing, Xin Zixiu and the imperial censor were involved in the incident. Chen Lianfang and others were dissatisfied and joined forces to rescue him, accusing Gao Gong of being disloyal and blocking his speech.

This incident directly pushed Gao Gong to the forefront.

It was originally an impeachment against Yang Bo for fraud, but somehow the target fell on Gao Gong. In the end, the fight between Gao Gong and Xu Jie finally led to Gao Gong's resignation.

It can be said that the political scene in the first year of Longqing has been in an extremely weird situation since Emperor Longqing ascended the throne. The cabinet academicians who were trusted by the emperor were directly forced to resign. However, they should have been celebrating the successful enthronement of the prince they supported. .

In a bedroom of the Hu family's old house in Shuyang County, Hu Yingjia had also fallen ill in bed. He had taken several medicines prescribed by famous local doctors to no avail. At this time, he was lying on the bed with more air coming out and less air coming in, and he looked like he was dying.

The servants in the room followed the doctor's instructions and stayed in front of the bed day and night, not daring to be distracted. They reported Master Hu's condition to the doctor at any time so that he could adjust the medication according to his condition at any time.

The family only thought that Hu Yingjia was caused by the cold he had suffered a few days ago, but as he lay on the hospital bed in a daze, he knew the real cause of the disease.

It’s still heart disease, because heart disease caused by fear cannot be cured by medicine or stone.

He seemed to be in a coma, but Hu Yingjia clearly remembered the events of that year, from the beginning of the banquet to the subsequent conspiracy, from the impeachment of Yang Bo to the memorial being handed over to Gao Gong.

Why is it so strange? It was all arranged by someone.

The big shots in the court could not see Gao Gong staying in the court, or most officials could not tolerate his presence. He had too much influence on the emperor and was too upright in his actions.

Especially after he entered the cabinet, he was bent on rectifying the government, which made most people fear him.

If he followed his ideas, I was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would undergo a major change, and many people would be implicated, which is why what happened next.

Someone wanted to move the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Gao Gong showed favor to Yang Bo for the purpose of winning over his friendship, hoping to get the other party to support him in rectifying the administration of officials. However, he did not know that everything had been taken into account. He just used this opportunity to shift the target of the attack and directly focus on it. Fire attacks him.

As for what happens next, there will be bigger officials in the DPRK and China to take over, and all he needs to do is cause a war.

After that, Gao Gong was beaten down as he wished and was forced to leave the capital. Since he had the protection of that big shot, nothing would happen to him.

Soon after he was transferred from the capital and transferred to Jianning, he was transferred to the post of Zuo Counselor, Chief Secretary of Huguang. It can be said that his official career was prosperous, and it was not a delusion to work for a few more years to become Chief Envoy.

However, after receiving the news of Gao Gong's comeback, Hu Yingjia resigned and returned to his hometown to recuperate, citing physical illness as an excuse.

After so many days of cultivation, instead of getting better, his condition continued to worsen, all because of the news of Gao Gong's return to the court.

Didn’t you see that Yang Bo and others took the initiative to resign?

It can be seen how much pressure Gao Gong's return put on those people back then.

Today is different from the past. Back then, with Mr. Xu Ge standing in front of them, they could still give it a try. But now that Mr. Xu Ge has retired, who else in the cabinet can withstand the full firepower of Gao Gong?

"Uh-huh."

After a sigh, he woke up the young man standing beside him. He hurriedly came to the bedside, bowed and asked with concern: "Master, what did you say?"

"Uh water."

Hu Yingjia struggled to say a few words.

"Master, wait a moment, I will bring you some water right away."

After the boy finished speaking, he quickly walked to the table, poured a glass of warm water and brought it over.

"Is it confirmed that the person is in Zizhiyuan?"

Suzhou Yingtianfu Yamen, Hai Rui frowned and said nothing after hearing the report from his subordinates.

Of course he had heard of Zizhi Garden. The famous local garden was built by the local wealthy Xu family. However, he did not expect that the Xu family of Huating and the Xu family of Suzhou were actually related. Even when the government issued an arrest document, he still Dare to lend them a house to live in.

Hai Rui is not a mediocre person, of course he knows the meaning behind this.

Although he is now the governor of Yingtian, he cannot make enemies everywhere, especially when the opponents he has to face are very strong.

If he ordered someone to forcibly break into Zizhi Garden, it would actually be a public break with the wealthy families in Yingtian Mansion except the Huating Xu family.

What was originally aimed at the people of the Xu Jie family will soon turn into enemies of the local clan.

At that time, no matter what the reason for this matter is, I will not be able to live with it. The court will not keep me as a troublemaker, and the best result is to be transferred away from here.

After all, the imperial court needed the help of local gentry and gentry to maintain local security. If the imperial power did not go to the countryside, the lowest level would be controlled by these gentry and gentry.

Hai Rui now faces a difficult choice. Should he offend all the local clans? Is it worth it?

This is Southern Zhili, and many of the wealthy gentry families in the ten mansions of Yingtian have relatives and children serving as officials in the court. One careless step can offend countless colleagues.

This is not as simple as dismissing a few officials who came to lobby, it was just offending a few people, and the situation may be different now.

Hai Rui was a little conflicted now. Although he didn't like these gentry and wealthy people, he still had to plan for the peace of his people.

"Did you see Xu Fan and Xu Kun in Zizhi Garden with your own eyes?"

Hai Rui turned his attention to the catcher again and asked seriously.

"Sir, I didn't see it with my own eyes, but the villain's men saw two noble gentlemen in the garden. From a distance, they looked like Xu Fan and Xu Kun who were wanted."

The catcher replied seriously.

"You have seen these two people. Now I want you to find a way to sneak into the garden and confirm their identities at close range to see if they are Xu Fan and Xu Kun. Do you understand what I mean?"

Hai Rui still ordered in a serious tone.

"I understand what the adults mean, and I will definitely find a way to confirm their identities."

Although he trusts his men, the head catcher also knows that the stakes are high and he must ensure that nothing goes wrong.

"Strengthen the surveillance of Zizhiyuan and find out their identities as soon as possible."

Hai Rui ordered.