Chapter 544 Running Errands
The news in Xiyuanli spread in the capital with lightning speed.
Although the yamen had been dismissed at this time, there were still staff on duty after the yamen was dismissed.
Emperor Jiajing set the tone and sent the memorials of the Empress Dowager to Wuyi Palace for processing, and soon the formal text was sent to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment.
When the left-behind officials saw it, word spread quickly. Overnight, almost all the officials who were out entertaining heard about it.
The Ministry of Punishment sent people to various places overnight to seize Yang Xuan, governor of Jiliao, Xu Shen, governor of Shuntian, and Lu Yi, deputy envoy of Bingbeidao.
Many officials who had received gifts from Yang Xuan before were also a little embarrassed at this time.
In their view, even if Yang Xuan is responsible for the defeat, according to the rules, he should be impeached by the Ministry of Education. If Yang Xuan is dismissed, he will be imprisoned.
Once a person goes to prison, it is difficult to predict the subsequent development.
Moreover, everyone actually knows that the person who hates Yang Xuan the most is actually Yang Bo, Minister of War.
With this great god on the throne, who can help him speak?
Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng both attended the banquet organized by their colleagues in the Hanlin Academy tonight, with more than 20 people at three tables.
The news about them was relatively late. The main reason was that after Prince Yu's Mansion knew the news, they sent someone to notify them home. Only then did they find out that they had not returned, so they found them.
While everyone was drinking and drinking, a little waiter appeared at the door of the private room, which naturally made everyone a little stunned. It was not until Wei Guangde recognized that he was from Prince Yu's palace that the atmosphere became slightly better.
He and Zhang Juzheng first confessed to everyone, and then went out one after another.
"Eunuch Li said, thanks to Mr. Wei and Mr. Zhang for their advice, he almost made a big mistake."
First of all, the young chamberlain bowed to Wei and Zhang.
"But what big thing happened?"
Wei Guangde asked with a frown.
“The news just came out from the palace, the emperor has issued an order to arrest someone.”
"Who?"
As soon as the little waiter started to speak, he was interrupted by Wei Guangde and asked.
"Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, and Xu Shen, the governor of Shuntian"
When the little chamberlain finished reporting the names of several people, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other, and they both knew that this Jiajing event The emperor made things bigger.
Because there are a lot of officials involved.
Seeing that both Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng were silent, the little chamberlain hesitated for a moment and said: "I heard the news from the palace. The emperor wants the Ministry of Punishment to investigate whether Yang Xuan is a collaborator."
"Ah? What's going on? Say?"
Zhang Juzheng spoke first in surprise.
In fact, Wei Guangde was also very surprised at this time. How could the dignified governor of the Ming Dynasty collaborate with the enemy? What a joke.
These days, there is no such thing as foreign monks who can chant sutras. Han people are generally very proud of being Ming people, and they look down on foreigners who come from overseas as barbarians.
Emperor Jiajing actually believed those rumors?
Wei Guangde only felt a little funny. Isn't this too unconfident?
"I don't know the specifics. I just heard what people in the palace said."
The chamberlain is obviously someone Li Fang trusts, otherwise he would never have heard these secrets. , and may even know who the spies placed in the palace by Prince Yu's Mansion are.
However, this has little to do with Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng, and even the people who were arrested have nothing to do with them.
Whether it is Wei Guangde or Zhang Juzheng, they will never fancy those positions. If they are not good officials in the capital, they will go out on business trips.
"Today, the cabinet has two urgent matters to deal with. In addition to arresting people, it is also necessary to send an order for Jiang Dong to return to the court."
The little chamberlain added.
“Jiangdong?”
“Who is Xuanda?”
Xiao Nei seemed to hear what they said, so he nodded.
"Why do you want him to come back? Is it to take over as the official of the Ministry of War?"
Wei Guangde said in surprise.
Jiangdong knew that he was still a minister at the time because he reported Yang Shun, the governor of Xuanda, and then Yang Shun was taken back to the capital for questioning.
Although he was saved by Yan Song, he could not become an official, and the person who succeeded Yang Shun was Jiang Dong, the Minister of War.
"The emperor's original words were to assist Yang Shangshu in recounting his merits."
So, the young chamberlain ordered Jiang Dong to lead the Datong Army to ambush the Mongolian Huangtai Ji tribe at Pigeon Cave, the Great Wall Pass, forcing them to withdraw from the Great Wall from Longwang Valley. The news was repeated again.
“So, the people who made the meritorious service this time are all the people of Governor Xuanda.”
After hearing the words of the chamberlain, Wei Guangde couldn’t help but chuckle and said: “This Jiang Master’s life is really good. This will make a contribution."
"Jiang Dong may succeed Yang Xuan."
Zhang Juzheng said, but his mind was not on that.
He knew that his teacher also had a candidate in mind, and he also got Yang Bo's support. This was actually an exchange.
Although the governor is responsible for the military and civil affairs within his jurisdiction, he actually focuses more on the military. To intervene in the civil affairs, he needs to go through the governor's level.
Although the governor can suppress the governor in most cases, he is not his direct supervisor after all.
In this way, the Ministry of War actually has the greatest say in the choice of governor.
This is why Xu Jie agreed to help Yang Bo bring down Yang Xuan.
Xu Jie was a big tree with deep roots in the court, with too many people in his pocket, and there were quotas for official positions in the court.
Everyone wants to make progress, so they can only find ways to get more official positions.
If Yang Bo wants to overthrow Yang Xuan, he needs his support, and he naturally has third-level officials in his pocket waiting to take over.
This can be regarded as political mutual benefit.
Exchange, everything is exchange.
If you want to get something, you have to give something, and everyone is happy.
As for future battles, each will rely on his or her own methods.
The conversation in Xiyuan that day was already well known to the officials in the capital.
Emperor Jiajing was very angry at the invading bandits and saw the fire at night. When he asked Xu Jie, Xu Jie bluntly said that Yang Xuan was lying, saying that the bandits were in the north and Yang Xuan was going south. If so, Resist the Tatar invasion.
After that, Yang Xuan reported three times a day, even more aggressively, hoping to divert the emperor's attention.
But the news of Sun Bin's death soon came back, which was a severe slap in the face.
By this time, Yang Xuan's outcome was actually destined.
Emperor Jiajing could not tolerate being deceived, and Yang Xuan was blatantly deceiving the emperor.
Wei Guangde didn't know what was going on here, but seeing the uncertainty on Zhang Juzheng's face, he naturally didn't know that he was worried about his teacher.
However, if Wei Guangde knew about it, he would only smile, because even if Jiang Dong takes over Yang Xuan's official position, Governor Xuanda will be vacant. In fact, it is just a change of governor, and it is not a big deal.
So after seeing off the chamberlain, Wei Guangde smiled at Zhang Juzheng and said, "Should we ask Yang Shangshu for a drink sometime? I heard that he doesn't like Yang Xuan very much.
< br>Now Yang Xuan’s downfall is a foregone conclusion. Maybe he will be drinking secretly at home to celebrate."
"Haha. You came to the door to scold me. Mr. Yang is such a petty person."
Zhang Juzheng just smiled and said a few words casually. When Wei Guangde said this in front of Zhang Juzheng, he actually wanted to know everything first.
Originally, he planned to wait two days before looking for Yang Xuan, but within a few days, Jiang Dong would return to the capital to participate in the Ministry of War's meritorious service. Wei Guangde still remembered what Ma Fang mentioned in his previous letter. No way.
Yes, when Wei Guangde mentioned Dong Yikui that day, it was certainly not a random question.
Ma Fang knew that Dong Yiyuan was the first person to join Wei Guangde, so he took good care of his brother Dong Yikui.
In that letter, one thing was mentioned, that is, the post of Chief Military Officer of Shanxi Town has been vacant for half a year, and no one has been arranged to take over.
Dong Yikui had that intention and wanted to do this job.
Ma Fang had tested the intention of Governor Xuanda Jiang Dong before. Jiang Dong did not agree, but he did not object either.
Of course he understands the truth, that is, although Shanxi Town is under the jurisdiction of his Governor Xuanda, the appointment of the general military officer is not his final decision. It is appointed by the Ministry of War in the capital, and at most he consults his opinion. .
Of course Jiangdong will not be confused about this matter. If he wants an official position, he will go to the capital by himself.
This time he led troops to help, which was a great achievement. He just took this opportunity to let Dong Yikui go to Shanxi to take charge.
Jiang Dong was about to return to the capital, so he just took this opportunity to see if he could sort things out.
Strictly speaking, Wei Guangde should not be involved in military affairs at this time, but when Ma Fang said this, he happened to have an excuse.
But how to go to see Yang Bo, Wei Guangde had a headache.
After all, his official duties and the Ministry of War were out of reach, so it would be inappropriate to go there rashly, so that was why he said what he said to Zhang Juzheng before.
On the second day, Wei Guangde went to see the proofreading of the grand ceremony. He did not go there for a few days and left behind a lot of copied books that needed to be proofread.
Not long after he entered the Imperial Academy and sat down, Wei Guangde frowned when he saw several copied books sent by Lu Bu.
“Why are there only these few books?”
Logically, Wei Guangde thinks there should be no less than ten books.
Fifteen people who were good at regular calligraphy were responsible for copying the affairs assigned by his subordinates. This took less than half a month, so there should be more.
"Sir, Cheng Daonan, Fang Kun and other Confucian scholars have fallen ill due to overwork recently and cannot continue copying books, so."
Lu Bu replied awkwardly.
In fact, there are tasks for copying the canon. Each person has to complete the copying work of a canon regularly, and the selected transcriber must have good regular script skills. The copying speed is naturally not fast, and many people have to Working around the clock.
Since they are Confucian scholars, most of them are naturally older, and it is normal for them to fall ill after hard work.
"How many scribes in each room are sick now?"
Wei Guangde became a little worried. This ceremony is the emperor's most concerned about. Even if they set a task, the plan is already there. The queue lasts for several years.
Wei Guangde knew the ages of the people who copied them, and he didn't know how many times it would take to complete this important task.
You have to recruit more people, otherwise you will definitely be overtime.
At that time, the emperor will definitely be embarrassed and think that your performance is not good enough.
"Is Mr. Qu here?"
Wei Guangde asked.
"Just entered the check-in room."
Lu Bu replied.
"Okay, I'll go over and have a look."
Wei Guangde stood up after saying this and went straight to Qu Jingchun's check-in room.
After talking to the clerk in front of the door, Wei Guangde walked into the duty room after the clerk came in to report.
Qu Jingchun was an upright person. Although he had been an official for many years, he still had not learned the tact of officialdom.
Wei Guangde naturally liked him. After meeting him, he just exchanged a few casual greetings and brought the topic down to business.
"Master Qu, I am here to arrange for the transcribers of each room. I heard that over the past year, several of the more than 100 people originally scheduled have died of illness, and now there are still more than ten people who have died of illness. If you can't manage, you can't go on like this."
After Wei Guangde finished speaking, he looked directly at Qu Jingchun, waiting for his answer.
"I am also having a headache at this time. I have mentioned this to Su Qing before. The only solution is to continue to select people and add more people."
Qu Jingchun nodded and said.
"Qing Su is in the Ministry of Rites. Has this matter been reported?"
Wei Guangde heard that the two chief officers were already arguing, so naturally he didn't want to get into trouble, lest he leave them with trouble. It leaves a bad impression, especially in front of high arches.
As for selecting people, that is the job of the Ministry of Rites. Thinking about it, Wei Guangde thought, since the two of them have decided on this matter, of course it is best for Gao Gong to do it.
"Qing Su asked me to submit a memorial. In the past two days, I have written a statement and prepared to send it to the cabinet."
Qu Jingchun smiled, stood up and took out the written statement from the desk, handed it to Wei Guangde and asked him to read it too.
Wei Guangde quickly read the article and handed it back to Qu Jingchun. He said with a smile: "Since Mr. Qu has already taken care of it, it seems that the student is worried too much."
Qu Jingchun is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. But he is much higher than him, a Hanlin scholar, and he calls himself a normal student.
"Since Shanda thinks it is feasible, why don't you take the time to go to the cabinet to help me."
There is no need to take credit for such matters as handing in documents. Son, he wrote all the articles.
However, although it was said that he and Gao Gong were appointed as the chief officers regarding the transcription, Gao Gong also had an errand from the Ministry of Rites, so in fact all the responsibilities of the chief school fell on him.
I am already over 60 years old, my legs and feet are inconvenient, and my energy is a little low, so I asked Wei Guangde to do it for me.
"Okay."
Wei Guangde agreed, and it wouldn't be any trouble to send a note to the cabinet anyway.
He took the note from him and put it away. After chatting for a while, he left the check-in room and returned to his place.
Lu Bu asked Lu Bu to put away the books that needed to be proofread. He didn't want to read them today and planned to proofread a few more books together.
After tidying up, I went out, got on the carriage and went directly to the cabinet.
When I arrived at Xiyuan Gate, I negotiated with the doorkeeper and found out that because the Tatars had retreated, the cabinet had moved back to Wenyuan Pavilion to handle affairs last night, and the two adults, Xu Jie and Yuan Wei, had already Don't work in Wuyi Hall.
Back on the carriage, we changed route and went to Wenyuan Pavilion again.
When we arrived in front of the palace gate, the carriage was naturally not allowed to enter. We got off the car and registered to enter the palace. The young man still walked quickly and entered the cabinet in a short time.
After a brief chat with the secretary of the cabinet who received him, he found out that Yuan Wei was busy at the moment and that someone at Xu Jie was talking in the room, so Wei Guangde had no choice but to wait in the yard.
In fact, it is okay to hand it over directly to Zhongshu. It is nothing more than being assigned to the duty room of the two bachelors together with the memorial.
But since they all came, Wei Guangde felt that it would be good for him to walk around and talk with them more.
Speaking of which, there is no hostility between himself, Xu Jie, and Yuan Wei.
Even if Xu Jie is because of the possible competition between himself and Zhang Juzheng in the future, he will not show it.
After all, with his current situation, it is not worth mentioning to him at all.
The first thing he had to do was to find a way to help Zhang Juzheng up.
After a while, the door of Xu Jie's room opened and he saw Yang Bo, Minister of War, coming out.
"Mr. Xu Ge, Mr. Yang."
Wei Guangde stepped forward and saluted.
(End of this chapter)