Chapter 389 388 Who can compete with you?
"Your Majesty really decreed that King Jing be the vassal?"
Wei Guangde suddenly stood up at this time, rubbed his hands and walked back and forth in the room.
"Why are you so excited? I heard the news with my own ears in the main hall. Of course the emperor's golden words are not false."
Watching Wei Guangde walking around in front of me Go, Chen Ju, who was sitting on the chair, said with a smile.
News in the palace has never been concealed. Emperor Jiajing has confirmed that King Jing will accept the vassal status. Naturally, it will soon spread from Xiyuan, and by tonight, all the civil and military officials in Beijing will know about it.
However, Chen Ju still hurried to Wei Guangde's place. The purpose is self-evident, to grab a time difference and let Wei Guangde spread the good news to that person's ears first.
"What did your Majesty say?"
After walking back and forth for a few times, Wei Guangde calmed down a little, turned to Chen Ju and asked.
“What else can I say, let the chief historian of Prince Jing’s Palace and the Ministry of Rites plan the establishment of the palace, the Ministry of Works supervise it, the Ministry of Households pay for it, and let Wu Shan, the Minister of Rites, write a memorial to invite the kingdom of Prince Jing.”
Chen Ju's face was still cheerful, and he simply repeated Emperor Jiajing's oral instructions.
"Okay, the word has been conveyed, I have to go back to the palace."
Picking up the tea cup on the table and taking a sip, Chen Ju stood up and said goodbye to Wei Guangde.
"Brother Chen, let's take a rest and have dinner at my younger brother's place in the evening."
Wei Guangde said hurriedly.
"No, I just found an excuse to come out. Thinking about such a big thing, I have to tell my brother first, so as not to worry you outside."
Chen Ju said and walked out, Wei Guangde He had no choice but to follow Chen Ju out of the house.
Wei Guangde stood outside the door and watched Chen Juyuan go away. He did not go back immediately. Instead, he turned to Zhang Ji who was following him and said, "You arrange for two people to come to the study. I have something for them to give to Gao." Go to Lord Gonggao and Lord Yin Shizhen.”
With his words, Zhang Ji naturally knew who to look for to deliver the message.
He had also heard the previous conversation between Wei Guangde and Chen Ju in the room. Naturally, he was well aware of the fact that his master had defected to Prince Yu's Mansion.
Finally I can sleep peacefully.
Having been in the capital for several years, he has heard about the overt and covert fights between King Yu and King Jing in the capital, so what he fears most is that in the end, Emperor Jiajing will risk the disapproval of the world and choose King Jing to inherit the great treasure.
Zhang Ji also heard about the fight between the two kings in the market, but he scorned it.
Wei Guangde leaned towards Prince Yu's Mansion, so Zhang Ji, who was following Wei Guangde, naturally knew that the so-called dispute between the two kings was actually just the people around the emperor constantly talking about the rights and wrongs of the two kings in the emperor's ears.
As far as Zhang Ji knows, the most egregious thing that King Jing and his family did to King Yu was actually the Sui Gift and Lumi from Prince Kayu’s Mansion, which made King Yu spend the Wanshou Festival in those two years. At that time, I couldn't come up with a matching gift to donate.
Naturally, people in the palace spread rumors that King Yu's disrespectful words towards Emperor Jiajing were actually nothing more than an attempt to arouse the emperor's dissatisfaction with King Yu.
However, the reason for this is indeed related to the fact that King Yu and his mother and concubine were not favored. What's more, Queen Yu's mother and concubine died of illness early, leaving him even more isolated and helpless in the palace.
Think about the person behind King Jing. He is Mr. Yan Ge, who has received great favor from the emperor and has invaded the government and the public.
“Yes, sir.”
After Wei Guangde’s instruction, Zhang Ji immediately agreed happily.
Although the palace is like a sieve, and people from all sides are inserted to find out the news, the transmission of the news also takes time.
When Wei Guangde sent someone to the Imperial College and Prince Yu's Mansion with the letter he wrote, Yan Song finally got the news from Xiyuan in the cabinet duty room.
“Bang.”
A white porcelain teacup fell to the ground and shattered immediately.
At this time, Yan Song's eyes were dull, he looked more than ten years older than usual, and his outstretched hand was still trembling slightly.
His hands were shaking. It was not because he was frightened after getting the news. In fact, his hands had often been like this over the years.
The right to vote for memorials and draft edicts for cabinet ministers was therefore handed over to his son Yan Shifan or his second assistant Xu Jie.
Yan Song lowered his head and looked at his hands. He wanted to take a sip of tea to calm down his shock, but he didn't expect that his hands were no longer in control.
Hearing the noise in the room, the clerk outside the door hurried in. Some people cleaned up the broken pieces of teacups on the ground, and some people hurriedly brewed a new cup of tea and brought it to them.
After the cleaning was completed and the idlers exited the check-in room, Yan Song asked: "Have you found the east building?"
"Master, there is no news yet, it should be soon."
The clerk who stayed in the room at this time was actually a servant of the Yan Mansion. He was arranged to take care of Yan Song in the cabinet, and was also responsible for running errands and delivering news.
"You go out first, and let him in as soon as he comes back."
Yan Song only said one sentence, then leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes slightly and began to think.
The day has finally arrived.
At this time, Yan Song was filled with emotion.
Prince Yu came to power. This was his judgment long ago. At the beginning, he just wanted to find a way to escape unscathed, but how did the situation evolve into what it is now.
It has become difficult for him to discipline Yan Shifan due to his poor mental health and poor health over the past few years.
Thinking of Yan Shifan, Yan Song not only had a wry smile on his face.
Perhaps I should have retreated earlier?
As soon as this thought came to mind, the face of Emperor Jiajing appeared in Yan Song's mind, and he couldn't help but feel a twitch in his heart.
Xia Yan was arrested by the Jin Yiwei on his way back home after leaving office, and was eventually guillotined by himself.
Mean and unkind.
Suddenly, Yan Song's eyes opened suddenly, and he had no way out.
At this time, Yan Song felt that Yan Shifan seemed to be looking further than him.
At the beginning, he only considered that Emperor Jiajing might let him linger and end his life because of nostalgia, but he forgot about the blame he had shouldered for the emperor. Can it be settled by just deposing him?
Over the years he has been an official, he has offended many people. Will these people let him go?
After all, it was the people below who broke the rules and killed those people. It is impossible to escape unscathed.
In addition to electing the person who is least likely to come to power as the emperor, it is possible for the Yan family to continue to exist. I no longer have the energy to plan anything anymore, so I can only let Donglou do it. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope.
In the early days of Shen Dynasty, when it was time to disperse the yamen, officials in twos and threes left the yamen, went home, or called friends to restaurants and flower shops. At this time, a shocking news came out from the palace, which quickly spread among the official circles. Spread in China.
"Brother Donglou, what do you think we should do now? Am I going to go to Huguang and become a vassal?"
At this time, in an elegantly decorated small courtyard in the capital, a man in rich clothes The young master wanted to say to the big fat man opposite.
"Your Highness, don't worry."
Although the fat Yan Shifan's face was full of worry, his tone of voice was not anxious, "There will always be a way. Now we have to build a new palace, don’t worry, the Ministry of Industry will only do the work but not the effort. We will delay it for a year and a half, and we will always find a way.”
"What else can we do? The decree will come down tomorrow. With this clear signal, Gao Gong has not been stuck in the cabinet all day long, urging the vassal affairs to be handled."
The Huafu Master is naturally King Jing, and now He was already in disarray.
After the death of Prince Zhuang Jing, he had set his sights on that position. For this reason, he did not hesitate to lower his status and make friends with the Yan family.
As the younger brother of King Yu who is one month younger, King Jing should not have the intention to compete for the throne. After all, the Ming Dynasty's training clearly stipulates: There are direct descendants and no direct descendants.
At that time, King Yu and King Jing were twelve years old, and their relationship was quite good. After all, there was a second brother above them, who had determined their status as heirs early.
However, it was also because of his familiarity that he discovered one of the third brother's shortcomings at that time, which was laziness, which resulted in a lack of ambition.
The third brother has a dull temperament, but others say that he is cautious. Knowing the inside story, he naturally has thoughts that he shouldn't have. What's more, he was more favored than the third brother in the palace at that time, and the harem was still He is supported by his mother and concubine.
So, even though he knew he shouldn't, facing his father's decision to refuse to establish another crown prince, King Jing still chose to take a chance and compete for that position.
"Gao Gong, King Yu, as long as they are gone, who can compete with you?"
Just as King Jing was recalling his experiences in the past ten years, Yan suddenly came to his ears. Shi Fan’s insidious words.
In shock, King Jing suddenly raised his head and looked at Yan Shifan.
"Brother Suqing, come, please drink this cup."
In a restaurant in the capital, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng came out of the Imperial College, found a restaurant and started drinking.
"Uncle, please."
Gao Gong raised the wine glass in his hand towards Zhang Juzheng, and then both of them drank the wine in one gulp.
Before going off duty today, Gao Gong received the note sent by Wei Guangde. Of course, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Of course he knew about the memorial that the cabinet sent to the palace yesterday. For this reason, many yamen had personnel deployed by Prince Yu's Palace, and the cabinet was no exception.
Correspondingly, Prince Jing's Mansion also has it. Their channels for obtaining information are no longer limited to officials. Even the following Zhongshu and ordinary scribes will bribe some people.
Only the memorial has been sent, but it is not known how the palace will finally approve it. The most important thing is of course who the Emperor Jiajing will choose to vote for to leave the capital and become a vassal.
It’s fine now, King King’s Kingdom, haha.
In addition to being happy, I packed up the check-in room and prepared for check-in. When I left the check-in room, I met the manager Zhang Juzheng.
He is now serving as a liberator of the Imperial College, so naturally he has a lot of contact with Zhang Juzheng, the Imperial College Secretary.
It should be said that Zhang Juzheng left a good impression on him. He was upright and diligent at work. When the two of them chatted in private, he also found that Zhang Juzheng had a unique vision and was very thoughtful. He was not like most scholars. That kind of cynicism.
Both of them were very dissatisfied with the current official administration, and especially hated Yan Shifan's use of Yan Song's influence to sell off his officials and titles in the capital.
After you buy an official with money, you must find a way to get the money back and make another fortune after you sit on it.
Undoubtedly, this will increase the burden on the people at the bottom.
Zhang Juzheng has complained in front of Gao Gong more than once. While he was recuperating in Huguang, he also walked around the countryside a lot and knew the living environment of the lower class people.
The taxes and servitude set by the imperial court are actually not harsh, but the actual burden that the people have to bear is much higher than the standard set by the imperial court, that is, additional allocations are used for local administrative needs. This money except for one A small part is used locally and abroad, and most of them are accepted by the officials in office.
And because the taxes and duties set by the imperial court are very complicated, for the people at the bottom, they have no idea whether the taxes and duties they bear are paid to the country or to the officials.
Official administration is corrupt, and naturally people are filled with resentment.
Gao Gong's view is similar. Corrupt officials are rampant, the people at the bottom are suffering, and if the mediocre people steal the center, it will be strange that the world can be good.
However, Gao Gong did not have a deep understanding of the subject of taxes and servitude. He just felt that the inspection of officials should be strengthened. If the officials govern the country clearly, the people will be able to live and work in peace and contentment. If the people are rich, the world will be peaceful.
After the officials are selected, they will naturally not be greedy and privately send additional taxes and services to satisfy their own selfish desires.
Under such an environment, it seems that the scene of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, where the house was not closed at night and people did not pick up lost things on the road, could not be reproduced in the Ming Dynasty.
Relatively speaking, Gao Gong is more inclined to govern by inaction and focus on official governance, while Zhang Juzheng takes a more comprehensive view. He has realized the shortcomings of some policies in the early Ming Dynasty and wants to find a solution. .
However, at the moment, the two people have the same thing in common about the current situation, which is to rectify the officialdom, especially to clean up the group of people who came to Yan Shifan to buy officials, and then the officials of Yan Song's line.
However, this is actually not difficult to understand. Gao Gong represents the Palace of Prince Yu, and Zhang Juzheng is Xu Jie's student, so he naturally represents Xu Jie's interests. What they have in common is that they are Yan Song's enemies.
So, they can be regarded as natural allies.
Today we met in front of the check-in door. Zhang Juzheng came forward to chat very affectionately, and then invited us to drink together.
Gao Gong was very happy today after reading the news sent by Wei Guangde.
According to the past, he should have gone to Prince Yu's Mansion to celebrate at this time, but now that he is no longer an official of Prince Yu's Mansion, it seems inappropriate to go to the Prince's Mansion often. He simply agreed after thinking briefly.
But soon, Gao Gong realized that Zhang Juzheng should also have received news from Xu Jie, and he was probably aware of Xiyuan's reply to the memorial sent in by the cabinet yesterday.
Do you think Zhang Juzheng is snobbish?
Of course not. In fact, although yesterday's memorial was the result of discussions between Wu Shan and Gao Yao, Xu Jie also gave strong support at the cabinet meeting and was successfully sent to the palace.
Although Yan Song did not strongly object, in the memorial, Yan Song also clearly expressed his opinion, that is, he felt it was inappropriate.
What does it mean that the proposal that the chief minister felt was "inappropriate" was successfully passed by Emperor Jiajing?
This was one of the reasons why Gao Gong felt excited. If the chief assistant could not be consistent with the emperor, it would not be far away from him falling out of favor. Considering Yan Song's age, it was only a matter of time before he resigned.
So, in Gao Gong's view, Zhang Juzheng should be excited, because his teacher may gradually replace Yan Song and become the chief assistant of the empire. As a student, he will naturally rise with the tide, and his future is limitless.
Thinking of Xu Jie's age and looking at the people at the wine table opposite, Gao Gong had already predicted that he might enter the cabinet with Zhang Juzheng in the future and work hard for the Ming Dynasty.
If you think so, maintaining a good relationship with him will be of great benefit to the implementation of government affairs.
(End of this chapter)