Chapter 587 586 As long as you have the will
Between Chen Ju opening and closing his mouth, he said a piece of news that Wei Guangde didn't expect.
"Hu Zongxian may be coming back."
Wei Guangde looked at Chen Ju blankly for a while, not understanding what was going on behind the scenes.
"Hu Zongxian, wasn't he dismissed by His Majesty and living idle? He is far away from the capital, how can he recover?"
Wei Guangde couldn't understand and asked hesitantly.
“At the beginning of the year, I don’t know what method Hu Zongxian used to get through the relationship between Zhang Hong and Eunuch Zhang, and sent fourteen volumes of secret techniques to His Majesty.”
Chen Ju whispered. .
These actually revealed the emperor's preferences, and Hu Zongxian's treasure presentation was considered a secret in the palace, so Chen Ju acted very cautiously.
However, he also knew that when he liquidated Yan Song's gang members, Emperor Jiajing may have considered that Hu Zongxian had been diligent in royal affairs in Zhejiang for many years, encircling and suppressing Japanese pirates. Although he was not able to wipe out all the Japanese pirates, the original Several of the largest Japanese pirate forces were still eliminated in his hands.
Therefore, during the Nanjing incident, Lu Fengyi impeached Yan Song, a member of his party, for the ten major crimes of rape, rape, corruption, and was ordered to be arrested and interrogated. When Zong Xian arrived in Beijing, Emperor Jiajing changed his mind again and said: "Zong Xian is not a member of the Song party. I have decided to use Ba Yong. In the ninth year, people are speechless. They are self-destructive and auspicious, and are diseased by evil spirits. If I am given a fifth-class title, who will serve me in the future?” , instead of punishing him, he was released directly and allowed to return to his hometown to live.
"Hu Zongxian, Hu Zongxian, he actually has the courage to become an official. Haha, it's great to be an official."
After Wei Guangde learned the secret of Hu Zongxian's comeback, he sneered.
It is true that Hu Zongxian was only in his fifties at this time, and he was a second-rank official in the dynasty. It was not surprising that he wanted to make a comeback. He could work for several years no matter what.
However, Hu Zongxian obviously did not see the current situation clearly. Perhaps he thought that Emperor Jiajing was lenient to him because he still had the favor, so he returned to his hometown for two years to avoid it, and his thoughts began to show up.
Can we make him come back?
Of course not.
Wei Guangde is already annoyed by the officials above who are waiting in line for promotion. If he lets Hu Zongxian get up again, it will be jumping the queue.
There are only so many official positions in the imperial court, and now Wei Guangde does not want to give in. As long as there are official positions available, he wants to take them. He is really forced to do so by Zhang Juzheng.
No matter what, he couldn't be thrown too far by Zhang Juzheng.
If you can't compare with Gao Gong, you can only make Zhang Juzheng the target of your pursuit.
"Wanhua is determined."
Wei Guangde said to Chen Jigong, cupping his hands.
He understood that he was sending this news today. It was very timely.
Chen Ju and others in the palace knew about Prince Yu's palace's attitude towards Yan Song's gang members, although they had not personally experienced it.
Hu Zongxian, the person with the highest official position among Yan Song's party members, was naturally the target of the court officials' purge.
If Emperor Jiajing had not changed his attitude, Hu Zongxian would not have known that he would be sent to that barbaric place to guard the border.
You must know that although most of the members of the strict party were not sentenced to death, many were dismissed from office and sent to prison.
To put it bluntly, it would be worse than killing them.
Moreover, with the label of being a strict party, they have no chance of turning over, unless Yan Shifan really turns over this time.
It's just a pity that Yan Shifan was so smart that he didn't expect anyone to guess it in advance. He didn't care about the facts and arranged for all the suspicious people to go out of Beijing for business, so that he would lose the help of hidden party members in Beijing. , unable to stand up.
After all, even if you have the power to reach heaven and earth, if you are restricted in prison and cannot display your abilities, you will have to wait for death.
"Has Your Majesty considered asking someone to join the cabinet?"
At present, if Hu Zongxian comes back to power, he will either continue to go to the local area to be the governor, or he will stay in the capital. Rank, it’s not enough if the official position is low.
Thinking about Yan Na's official career, he judged that Emperor Jiajing would continue to add people to the cabinet to disperse Xu Jie's power and avoid a situation where one person was dominant.
In the six books of ministers, it is possible that two positions will be vacant at once.
Hu Zongxian would definitely not be able to get involved in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. The Ministry of War would be suitable for him, but with Yang Bo already there, and the remaining three ministries, it was hard to figure out how Emperor Jiajing would adjust them.
"The cabinet must be filled with new people, but it's not my place to know how to arrange it."
Chen Ju said casually. Although his tone was casual, Wei Guangde also knew it was true.
Perhaps, the words and deeds in daily life would reveal some of the emperor's thoughts, but the only one who could really guess it was Huang Jin, the old eunuch who always accompanied him.
"Okay, it's getting late, and I have to go back to the palace."
After sitting for a while, Chen Ju stood up and left, "It's been a long time since I've been to Shandai. I thought of it today. Just come and sit."
Wei Guangde sent people out of the house and then returned to the backyard to rest.
To deal with Hu Zongxian, Wei Guangde didn't need to use his brain. He only needed to reveal the news to Xu Jie. Out of his deep hatred for the Yan family, Xu Jie could do things beautifully.
Wei Guangde didn't take this matter to heart and strolled back to the backyard to look after his children.
Early the next morning, Wei Guangde got on the carriage after going out and told the coachman Zhang San: "Go to Prince Yu's Mansion."
Wei Guangde did not intend to be foolish according to the news spread in the palace. He must go to Zhang Juzheng or Xu Jie and let the news spread through his mouth. If something goes wrong, he may not be able to escape the charge of spying on the secrets of the palace.
Prince Yu’s Mansion is just right. The people in Prince Yu’s Mansion are actually under the management of the inner court, but they are only assigned to the Prince’s Mansion to serve the prince.
When the carriage arrived outside the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde got off the carriage, and the palace guards naturally did not stop him.
In the past years, Wei Guangde's carriage came here every day. In the past two years, Wei Guangde's carriage came here less often, but it's not like the guards didn't know each other.
The prince’s valued official has an unlimited future.
After Wei Guangde entered the palace, he quickly called a chamberlain and asked him to find Li Fang and Eunuch Li.
After all, he is the intelligence chief of the palace, so it is most appropriate to leave this kind of work to him.
Not long after, Wei Guangde saw Li Fang.
"Master Wei, you arrived at the palace so early, but what's the matter?"
Now Wei Guangde goes to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. If he wants to see Prince Yu, he will definitely wait until the afternoon. .
He arrived at the palace in the morning and asked people to look for him. Something must have happened again.
"Haha, Eunuch Li, you still understand me."
Wei Guangde answered cheerfully.
After the two sat down and a waiter brought tea and cakes, Wei Guangde asked: "Eunuch Li, do you know the relationship between Zhang Hong and Hu Zongxian?"
"Zhang Hong? Hu Zongxian? The two of them? What does it matter? "
There were only two people in the room, and Li Fang didn't need to pretend to respect the eunuchs in the palace, but she still asked with suspicion on her face.
Zhang Hong is also the number one person in the palace. He is one of the eunuchs Bingbi, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, so it is inevitable that Li Fang is not interested in him.
“I heard that at the beginning of the year, probably after Gao Zhong fell ill, the ceremonial supervisor had the task of delivering memorials to Yongshou Palace every day. Wasn’t it just a matter of several writers taking turns to do it?
At that time, Zhang Hong presented fourteen volumes of secret techniques to His Majesty, and it is said that His Majesty was very pleased. "
Wei Guangde said softly.
"Is this happening? "
Li Fang lowered his head and recalled for a moment. He seemed to remember the note with this record, but he couldn't remember it clearly.
Wei Guangde continued: "This fourteen volumes of secret techniques is not Eunuch Zhang. He was found by someone else. "Hu Zongxian?" ”
Li Fang now understood the relationship between Zhang Hong and Hu Zongxian.
Hu Zongxian knew that the emperor liked Taoist things, especially books on cultivation, so he searched everywhere and collected fourteen volumes of secret techniques.
As for which eunuch in the palace to contact, it is simple, just contact whoever is suitable.
Zhang Hong was the target chosen by Hu Zongxian.
Naturally, Zhang Hong would not refuse such a great thing as presenting a treasure to the emperor.
He also knew what Hu Zongxian was thinking, but just as Hu Zongxian thought, Zhang Hong certainly knew how he got out of prison two years ago, and he was not sure what Emperor Jiajing's attitude was towards Hu Zongxian.
If Emperor Jiajing is really serious, it would not be a loss if he can still be appreciated by the emperor for his hard work.
As for whether this will cause dissatisfaction among the ministers of the DPRK and China, no one in the inner court cares about this.
As for King Yu, Zhang Hong also considered it, but it seemed more important to gain the attention of Emperor Jiajing.
Anyway, he is serving his master. After all, his master is Emperor Jiajing now, not Prince Yu yet.
“Your Highness will definitely be angry again if he knows about it.”
Li Fang sighed softly and said, “His Highness has always opposed His Majesty’s practice of these Taoist secrets, especially those such as elixirs. , Hu Zongxian would actually approach His Majesty It’s a shame to offer this thing.”
“Your Majesty must have mentioned Hu Zongxian again in Yongshou Palace recently. It seems that he is interested in getting back at him.”
Following that, Wei Guangde spoke again. Dropping another bomb on Li Fang.
"Get up, get back up. Let's go back to the capital and see how Mr. Xu Ge and the others can defeat him."
The people of the Yan Party are not only the enemies of Prince Yu's palace, but also the enemies of Mr. Xu Ge's family. The gang came together in the first place because Yan Song was too powerful to resist.
Li Fang has actually thought of this a long time ago.
In fact, King Yu not only met Wei Guangde many times in private, but also met Gao Gong many times, but without exception, Li Fang was present both inside and outside the house.
Gao Gong has complained many times in front of King Yu that Mr. Xu Ge has shown signs of corruption, bending the law, and forming cliques for personal gain. He is completely the second Yan Song.
Having said that, Gao Gong still did not forget to remind King Yu not to antagonize Xu Jie. Both sides intend to maintain goodwill towards each other, so let's continue like this.
Perhaps, in the eyes of outsiders, Xu Dang is from Prince Yu's Palace, but only a few people in the Palace know that this is not the case at all.
However, what he saw was Wei Guangde shaking his head.
“Why, Shandai feels so inappropriate?”
Li Fang asked hesitantly.
"Eunuch Li, what official position did Hu Zongxian hold when he was dismissed? If he is really allowed to return to the court, what official position will your Majesty arrange for him?"
Wei Guangde whispered.
"Governor, Minister of the Ministry of War, hiss."
If a second-rank official of the imperial court really returns to this position, Xu Jie may not be able to move it.
It can only be said that Li Fang thought Hu Zongxian was simple at first and forgot that he was once the most glorious feudal official in the Ming Dynasty.
"To prevent him from becoming an official."
The next moment, Li Fang said categorically, "Whatever you want me to do, Shandai just says."
Li Fang didn't ask Wei Guangde for his source. Well, anyway, Hu Zongxian's name is also in King Yu's notebook, or in other words, King Yu has a list of officials from the Yan Party who have slipped through the crackdown.
These people, in the Jiajing Dynasty, may not be held accountable for their past merits, but King Yu will not.
If it weren’t for the fact that they were working as a nuisance, how could the Yan family be so unscrupulous and even dare to bully the prince?
"Eunuch Li should be in contact with Mr. Xu Ge. All we need to do is reveal the news to him and let him find a way to prevent Hu Zongxian from returning to the court."
Wei Guangde said.
"This is a decision made by the palace. How can the outer court stop it? Besides, His Majesty has not mentioned the matter yet. We can't say that Mr. Xu Ge said that Hu Zongxian is not a good person."
Li Fang Hesitantly.
“But if your Majesty is really determined, it will be too late to stop it.”
Wei Guangde said leisurely.
"How are you going to deal with this matter?"
Li Fang was already a little anxious and at a loss. In his opinion, everything happened at the emperor's whim, and it was really hard for others to talk about it.
Covering it, finding no reason to stop it, uncovering it, is not to speculate on the emperor's heart.
“Haha, Eunuch Li, what are you so anxious about?”
Wei Guangde smiled and said casually.
"Shandai, have you already thought of a way? Tell me quickly and let me hear it."
At this moment, Li Fang seemed to have caught Wei Guangde, who was still calm and composed. Like a life-saving straw.
Prince Yu will definitely be notified of this news later, but there are two different things between having a way and having no way.
If you can find a problem but cannot solve it, King Yu will look down on you, but if you can find a problem and solve it, His Highness will undoubtedly look down on you.
"Jiangnan is searching the Yan family and several party members. Most of the people in charge are Mr. Xu Ge's disciples. When passing the news to Mr. Xu Ge, I mentioned in passing that they should focus on searching for the correspondence between these people and Hu Zongxian. As long as they are willing, You can always find something."
Wei Guangde knew that this time Xu Jie and others raided the Yan family and others, such as Luo Longwen, Yan Maoqing and others, and they were of course trying to eliminate the roots and not leave any remaining evil to the Yan party. Chance.
Knowing that Hu Zongxian, an important member of the Yan Party, might resurrect, Xu Jie is probably more anxious than anyone else and will definitely do everything possible to stop it.
A word of caution for Li Fang, I am afraid that if Xu Jie does not think of this matter, this will be the best excuse to investigate and deal with Hu Zongxian.
As long as he looked for omissions in the original correspondence between him and Yan Dang, magnified the errors, and reported them directly to Emperor Jiajing, he would be dealt with without anyone noticing.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to find an excuse to deal with a dishonest official.
“Ah, yes, yes, yes.”
Li Fang said three good words in a row.
It is not surprising that the evidence of Hu Zongxian's crime was found in the house of the raided official and then sent to the capital.
From the beginning, Li Fang was worried that she could not find a reason to deal with Hu Zongxian.
Everyone has returned to their hometown, and they are no longer in officialdom, so how can they commit any crime?
Having already been dealt with, we can’t use Yan Shifan’s rebellion case to drag him in again. The original evidence did not involve Hu Zongxian. If he were to forcefully drag him in at this time, it would be a bit cover-up, which would be difficult. Not true to the facts.
It seems much easier to drag Hu Zongxian in by searching the prisoner's family letters.
Li Fang would not consider whether Hu Zongxian made any mistakes or omissions and left them in the letter. Didn't Wei Guangde say, "As long as you have the intention."
He understands what this means.
(End of this chapter)