Chapter 365 An unexpected turn
Just three days after the first list was reported, Li Ben presided over the investigation of the two capitals' judiciary officials for being "impatient and unfair". He proposed to remove 38 judiciary officials for being uncautious, impetuous and inferior to the three categories.
If you still hide the officials when they are removed, then these young and sarcastic officials are cleansed up naked, and they are very close to Li Mo and have impeached the Yan Party, such as Wu Congshan, Li Youzi, Sun Jun, Xia Bai, Wang Mingchen, etc., are all listed here.
In addition to proclaiming Jiajing to depose and transfer these 38 people, we also asked to "the censors who remained with forty sticks each", which was to kill the might of the Taoist officials!
At this point, during this temporary inspection, all the backbone figures of the Yan Party among the ministers were recommended to be the best and medium, such as Wu Peng, Zhao Wenhua, Yan Shifan, Yan Maoqing, etc. On the contrary, dissidents were denied on various charges, and most of the anti-Yan people among the Taoist officials were eliminated. As long as Emperor Jiajing approved it, the Yan Party's power would be even more expanded in the court, and Yan Song's status would be as solid as a rock, and no one dared to challenge his authority from then on.
And unfortunately, judging from the current situation, this storm that has swept the political arena is inevitable.
Now those officials who have not been affected can no longer sit still. Those who want to be safe will worship the mountain and ask bigwigs who can shelter the wind and rain to join their subordinates to avoid disasters. Those who still have righteousness in their hearts will run around and shout, hoping that someone can stand up and correct the situation and block this countercurrent.
"Who can do it today? Only the two kings and Cunzhai Gong!" A handsome young official said generously in front of an old man with a close eyes: "The two kings may have concerns, but teacher, you can't do the same, otherwise who will protect the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty forever?"
The young official was from the sixth-rank Hanlin editor Zhang Juzheng, and the old man was from the first-rank prince's young master and cabinet grandson Xu Jie.
Faced with Zhang Juzheng's aggressive words, Xu Jie didn't say a word, and didn't even look at him.
This made Zhang Juzheng extremely disappointed from the bottom of his heart. In his opinion, as the secondary assistant of the cabinet, he was fully qualified and capable of fighting with Yan Song, at least he said a few words for those upright officials.
But what he never expected was that the teacher he had valued was actually a turtle with his head! He only cared about his power and status and did not dare to stand up!
"Teacher, you are saying something!" Zhang Juzheng said in despair... These days, he has seen his friends and colleagues be controlled by the Ministry of Personnel. I don't know how many young men are in danger. He is already worried and in chaos.
After a while, Xu Jie opened his eyes and said, "You disappointed me."
Zhang Juzheng felt that he was about to explode. He looked at his teacher in disbelief and widened his eyes and said, "Why?"
"When you don't have the strength, you want to do things that you can't do. What's not stupid?" Xu Jie looked at him coldly and said, "You want me to kill everyone?"
"This..." Zhang Juzheng let out a breath of turbid air and said, "Okay, since the teacher thinks this way, it's useless for the students to say more." As he said, he straightened his clothes and bowed deeply to Xu Jie, "There is no way to do things for each other, the students are gone."
"What are you going to do?" Xu Jie asked in a deep voice.
"Send a letter," Zhang Juzheng said with a determined look on his face: "Diet advice!"
With a 'bang', Xu Jie slapped the table hard, and his hair and beard were wide open and his angrily said: "Zhang Taiyue, do you want to kill King Yu?"
Zhang Juzheng was stunned for a moment, and saw Xu Jie suddenly stood up, walked to him a few steps, staring at him coldly and said, "I bet, as soon as you write a letter, Yan Song will believe that it was King Yu who instructed you to do this! He will definitely turn to King Jing completely and help him drive King Yu out of the capital together." Speaking of this, he said almost word by word: "Do you believe it?"
Zhang Juzheng's throat trembled violently. After several expressions, he finally lowered his high head dejectedly, his eyes turned red, and he said with hissing: "Okay, I won't go to the book, I won't go, I'll go." He bowed to the teacher and staggered out.
Looking at his lost back, deep sadness rose on Xu Jie's face. He held the door frame and gently leaned his forehead on it, muttering in his own voice: "Boy, it's still too tender..."
The driver came out of the Xu Mansion like a walking corpse. The coachman asked him to get on the car, but Zhang Juzheng ignored him and just lowered his head and walked forward. He didn't know how far he had walked. Suddenly, he heard someone calling him behind him. When he looked back, he saw that the silence in his official uniform was standing there with a smile.
Zhang Juzheng stood up and wanted to smile at him, but his facial expression was already stiff, so he could only bow and ask, "My words, where do you want to go?"
"My teacher brother is sick. I just left the phone and went to see him," said silently, "I'm going to go back to the palace."
Lu Bing vomited blood and fainted because of Li Mo's incident. Zhang Juzheng also heard about this and asked, "Governor Lu isn't that a serious problem?"
"People who practice qigong have a good foundation." Nodded silently, "Anyway, there is no serious injury." He pointed to his heart and said, "But the injuries here can not heal in one or two days."
Zhang Juzheng nodded heavily and said, "National Sorrow..."
The silent face tightened, and then he returned to normal. He pulled his arm and said, "It's noon, let's go drink."
Without saying anything, he dragged Zhang Juzheng into the nearest tavern.
In the quiet single room, a few small stir-fried flowers and a jar of flower carvings, Zhang Juzheng, who was full of depression, expressed his melancholy to Chen Si: "Originally, it is an inherent trick of the rulers to eliminate dissidents by taking advantage of the investigation. No one in power can avoid the common people!" He said with a heavy blow: "But even a large-scale and blatant eradication of dissidents, even Liu Jin and Wang Zhen, wouldn't dare to do this, right?"
Silent smiled bitterly and said, "It's true that I haven't heard of it."
"Arrogant, too arrogant!" Zhang Juzheng slapped the table and sighed: "The treacherous ministers are in power, and there are all evil people in the court, but no one dares to say a fair word." As he said that, he poured his old wine and did not wipe his mouth, he said crazy: "There were even more noble men in ancient times who were before the emperor. The prime minister now dared not say a word, so why not? Not only that, he is not allowed to speak, so why not?"
Chen Mo then realized that this old man had hit a big nail in Xu Jie's place, so he had to comfort him: "Brother Taiyue, Mr. Cunzhai also has something to hide." No matter how Zhang Juzheng and the court officials view Xu Jie, Chen Mo always believed that the old man who was not visible and uncovered was a master among the masters.
Dogs that can bite people never bark.
"Unspeakable hidden?" Zhang Juzheng shook his head and sighed: "I am a great Ming Dynasty and the people are in trouble. They are suffering from internal and external troubles. The country is in a difficult situation. If no one has advanced at this time, the day of the country's destruction is not far away! Is there any more serious consequences than this?" He said, "The so-called "Unspeakable hidden hidden" is just an excuse for not being able to bear the black jade belt."
He became more and more unrestrained when he heard him speak. He snatched his wine glass in silence and said, "Brother Taiyue, I was inconvenient to say something, but you have been kind to me several times, so I don't care about so much."
"Tell me." Zhang Juzheng looked at the silent with misty eyes.
"Now that Li Mo is dead, the only one who can compete with Master Yan Ge in the court is you, Duke Cunzhai," said quietly: "He is naturally regarded as a thorn in his eyes and a thorn in his flesh by Yan Dang. However, Master Xu is a close minister of the emperor and is cautious in his daily life. No one can grasp his handle, so they can't do anything to him. But you, Zhao Zhenji and our Duke Cunzhai, don't have such a high status. In theory, the Duke Yan Dang will cut you off without hesitation! But until now, you have not lost any of them. Have you ever thought about why this is not?"
Zhang Juzheng thought about others, but forgot to look at himself. After the reminder of silence, he woke up a little and murmured: "Yes, it doesn't make sense."
"How could it be unreasonable? It was Mr. Cunzhai who sheltered us from the wind and rain, so that you and I could drink yellow wine calmly and complain in the wind and rain." "Silence gently hit the table and said: "For the official, the deputy is his natural enemy. Master Yan Ge was always on guard against Mr. Cunzhai, and suppressing and excluding him is common. But Mr. Cunzhai can protect us in such a difficult environment. It is also possible to imagine how much sacrifices we have to make and how much blame we have to endure." He sighed heavily and said: "You are the disciple he admires the most. How can you sprinkle salt on his wounds at this time?"
Zhang Juzheng woke up completely from his wine, sat there blankly, chewing silent words, and after a while, he suddenly got up and said, "I'll apologize to the teacher."
Silently smiled and grabbed him, "It's better to finish your meal first, calm down before going."
"Yes." Zhang Juzheng nodded, sat down again, absent-mindedly picked up a few chopsticks and asked softly: "You said, how should we deal with the wind and rain in the morning?"
Silent laughed and said, "If you calm down, you will tell yourself the answer."
"Then tell me about your choice?" Zhang Juzheng said.
"I," Chen Si smiled and said, "I want to go back to my hometown to visit relatives. Even if the Ministry of Personnel is not favored, it is unreasonable to approve the marriage leave."
"What about getting married?" Zhang Juzheng asked.
"When the time comes, I can always think of a reason to not come back." Chen Shu said with a low expression: "In this situation, I am really powerless to do anything for a small official of the sixth and seventh grade like you and me. It would be better to just lose my eyes."
Zhang Juzheng pondered for a while, and finally said firmly: "I'll ask for leave too."
"Are you married?" asked with a silent smile.
"Go to you, my son is eight years old." Zhang Juzheng laughed and scolded: "I'll take a sick leave."
"Are you sick?" Chen Mo asked deliberately with a smile.
"You are sick." Zhang Juzheng was stoked by him and actually became energetic and smiled: "The current school is Li Chunfang. I am in the same subject as me, so I should turn a blind eye..." As he said, he said sadly: "I have become a Hanlin bachelor, so I still walk on the spot." He said in his heart: "It can be seen how miserable it is to be with my second child."
"It's not necessarily the first time to get there," said silently, "What are you going back for?"
"Go back and be filial to me and teach my son first. I haven't seen you for many years, so it's time to become a wild boy." Zhang Juzheng sighed and said, "It's better to travel thousands of miles than reading thousands of books. I want to walk around and take a look. I always work behind closed doors in the capital, and I'm afraid I won't be able to go out."
"Okay," nodded silently. To be honest, choosing to go home at this time is perfect. Now there is a turbulent and bloody trend in the court. With Zhang Taiyue's temper, it is difficult not to get involved.
The two sat for a while, but they had to go back to hand in the silent service. Zhang Juzheng was also in a hurry to apologize to Teacher Xu, so they separated.
When he returned to the duty room in silence, this day was the day when His Majesty was having fun. Master Yan Ge and Master Xu were all resting at home, while Li Benze went to the Ministry of Personnel to call for wind and rain. The big bosses were not there, so the Sizhilang below naturally had no intention of working, and sat together to set up the dragon gate formation.
"Everyone, do you know who first exposed that fatal article?" someone said mysteriously.
"Isn't it Zhao..." everyone asked.
"No, he didn't take the Shujishi exam, how could they know?" Si Zhilang, who asked, said: "It was Tang Ruji, the top scholar in the previous subject. When he participated in the marking, he found this fatal sentence."
"It's that 'the top scorer of human feelings'?" everyone asked.
"Isn't that true?" Bao Cha asked, "He has always had an unpleasant reputation and is trying to make contributions. Now that he has caught such a big fish, it is said that Ge Lao Yan is very happy and promised to give it to him the prefect of Hangzhou."
"Scared... There is heaven above and Suhang below. You can be a prefect there and you won't change it if you give it to a governor." The envy sounded loudly.
Everyone was talking loudly, and suddenly a cough occurred at the door, which made everyone look at the door. Chen Hong, the eunuch who was standing in the pen of the Sili Supervisor, stood there, glanced around, and saw Chen, saying, "Comrade Chen, please accept the order."
Silently, hurry up and give a big gift.
I heard Chen Hong announce the imperial edict of Emperor Jiajing:
"The editor of the Hanlin Academy and the cabinet minister Zhilang was silent. Since he entered the cabinet, he has handled many affairs. From morning to night, he has no time to work diligently, humble and willing to study, and should reward him to encourage his future generations. He was moved to the left to the right Zhongyun of the Zhanshi Mansion, and he was still the cabinet minister Zhilang, and he was awarded the imperial gift."
Hearing such an imperial edict was so surprising to Ren Sizhiro's silence for only half a year, he was a little dazed for a moment.
Or Chen Hong laughed and said, "Mr. Shen, aren't you thanking me?"
After Chen Shuo quickly thanked him respectfully, Chen Hong helped him up and bowed and smiled: "Congratulations to Lord Shen, congratulations to Lord Shen, the big opening after the small opening floor is really enviable."
Chen Si said a few words of humility, and handed him a silver note without a trace, sending the satisfied Eunuch Chen out. After he came back, his colleagues were all over and shouting to him to treat him. Zhang Siwei looked even more envious and sighed: "Okay, my words are worthy of being a person who won six yuan in a row. I have been able to get along with my brother for four years in more than half a year." His official position is exactly the same as Chen Si who is now, and he is both the sixth-rank Youzhong Yun, the Shi Zhiro!
Although there is only one level of promotion, it is of great significance!
This official position belonged to the Zhan Shifu Mansion, which was originally designed to teach and assist the prince. However, after Chenghua, the prince's lectures on the cabinet were all served by other officials. The name of the Zhan Shifu Mansion is no longer consistent... It has no administrative role, but its significance is still significant because it has become the relocation rank of Hanlin officials!
In this dynasty, after Shujishi chose Hanlin officials, he would be promoted from the lowest level of Hanlin review, editing, and promoted to Zhongyun, Zanshan and other officials of Zhanshifu, which was the ladder for the promotion to intermediate officials... Because the leap was unreasonable after all, and it was easy to attract criticism, most Hanlin officials would be assigned to positions that were much higher than their original ranks, and would be assigned to such official positions. The rank was raised and when they were actually appointed, they would be promoted one more level, which would not look so eye-catching.
In contrast, after serving as a middle-level official for a period of term, officials from Hanlin will be awarded the official position of the Zhan Shifu again, and the left and right vassal sons will set up a ladder for promotion to senior capital positions. Because Zhongyun, Pianshan, Yude, and the donor sons are all official positions of the left and right vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vass
In other words, congratulations, wait for promotion at any time!
Although I knew that when Li Mo left, there would inevitably be some turning point, Chen Si still didn't expect it to come so quickly.
Everyone was laughing around him and asking him to treat him tonight, but they heard a burst of rapid footsteps, and another eunuch appeared at the door.
"What's the good thing?" Si Zhilang and others asked with a smile: "Can anyone be promoted?"
The eunuch was so angry that he held his waist and said, "Where are the elders?"
"None are here." Zhang Siwei replied.
"Hurry, go find it." The eunuch said dryly and spitting: "What a big deal is happening."
"What's the big deal?" everyone asked in unison.
"Zhao, Zhao's house was confiscated." The eunuch calmed down and said, "Your Majesty is asking the elders to see you."
"Is Zhao Butang also arrested?" Everyone was shocked and said: "It seems that Master Xu can never escape."
"Ge Lao Xu?" the eunuch shook his head and said, "It's not Zhao Zhenji, the Minister of Rites, but Zhao Wenhua, the Minister of Works!"
The air in the room suddenly stopped, and the next second everyone's reaction was: "You are kidding." Someone scared the eunuch and said: "This is a military aircraft, and nonsense will be held accountable."
"I have no grudges and no grudges, why do you want to spread rumors about Zhao Wenhua?" The eunuch jumped and said, "If you don't go, I'll go by myself!" After that, he turned around and ran away.
Everyone looked at each other, wanting to laugh but couldn't. They hurried out to inquire whether it was true or not.
As a result, it had spread in the palace, it was true...
Chapter completed!