.Chapter 783: Court Promotion (Part 1)
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"It's totally possible." Seeing that everyone looked disbelief, Wang Yin said, "Tingtui is secretly, and no one knows who voted for whom. Then everything is just speculation."
"What's the benefit to him?" Everyone looked at Wang Yin incomprehensible.
"But it is good for Zhang Juzheng." Wang Yin said: "In this way, he can join the emperor and get a special order to be thrown into the cabinet." In addition to court promotion, the emperor can also bypass the ministers and directly issue the central order to appoint the Grand Secretary. It can be said that a shortcut, but the emperor rarely exercises this power. This is not because the emperor has the consciousness of not interfering in the government, but in fact it is because even if the emperor is willing to give it to the ministers, he is unwilling to ask for it.
Officials of this dynasty have always been very disgusted with the emperor's direct intervention in political affairs, and have only accepted the results introduced by the court. They extremely despise those colleagues who were shameless to accept the emperor's direct appointment... This is not that they can't eat grapes and say that the grapes are sour, but a collective character of the civil servant group. In a country where imperial power is supreme and tyrants emerge one after another, this is the guarantee that they can share their rights with the emperor.
Therefore, many people would rather not be promoted than accept the emperor's imperial edict. Of course, it is difficult to ensure that some people are willing to do so, and they should take this shortcut to get promoted and make money. But don't forget that the emperor's imperial edict is not invincible. The cabinet and the six departments have the right to refute, so they can completely return the decree and not let others break this rule.
However, the current situation is that the censor of Kedao followed Xu Jie's head, and Gao Gong, the cabinet, could not directly object, so Wang Yin believed that Zhang Juzheng was sure to enter the cabinet by relying on the order to reduce public opinion pressure, and there was nothing strange about pulling Shen Mo to wade through this muddy waters together.
Everyone felt that there was such a possibility. Shen Mo felt a little bored in his chest. He stroked his lip with his hand and looked at Wang Yin and said, "Do you think Zhang Taiyue can accept it?" He asked himself, Shen Mo would not accept this kind of progressive form with many hidden dangers. He would rather give people the impression of cherishing their feathers.
"He has no choice." Wang Yin said coldly: "Those who accomplish great things do not care about the trivial matters. Since this path can be done, why don't he go?" He paused: "It's just that adults, 80% of them will suffer with him..."
The study room was quiet, and everyone didn't say anything, for fear of disrupting Shen Mo's thoughts. After a long time, he stood up and pushed open the lattice window behind him. The cold air penetrated into the hall, scraping the paper in the study room rustling. Feeling a little clearer, Shen Mo closed the window again and sat back on his seat and said, "It's raining all over the world, my mother wants to get married, but we can't control what others do." Just when everyone thought he was discouraged, he saw him raise his eyebrows and said arrogantly: "But no one can do anything to mercy on my destiny, I will only enter the pavilion with dignity."
Everyone looked trembling, knowing that the lord had made up his mind. Unexpectedly, Shen Mo glanced at Wang Yin and smiled faintly, "Ten Yue Gong, you succeeded."
"Haha..." Wang Yin smiled and didn't answer, everything went into evident...
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After a series of celebrations, the festive atmosphere had not yet dissipated, and the attention of the Beijing officials was attracted by the upcoming Tingtui. Although the Prime Minister and the Second Assistant recommended Zhang Juzheng and Shen Mo respectively, no one could guarantee that the two quotas would fall to each other before the Tingtui result came out. Many people think that the Puzhou Gong, who had lost his life last time, would make a comeback and occupy a quota without permission.
But soon, Yang Bo's mansion made a statement that Puzhou Gong would not participate in this court promotion as a candidate. Please do not be wrong. Old Yang Bo's words are of course not a joke. Speaking out of this way is equivalent to withdrawing from the competition. Many people were surprised, but when they thought about it, he had no choice.
Because the Minister of Personnel is the head of the six ministries, once Yang Bo enters the cabinet, he will immediately go hand in hand with Xu Jie, and the second assistant Gao Gong can only stay behind him. This is definitely something that Xu and Gao cannot accept. So either give up the Ministry of Personnel or choose to enter the cabinet. Fish and bear's paws cannot be both. But after the last setback, Yang Bo's enthusiasm for entering the cabinet has faded - it is a ghost place that determines its position by entering the door sooner or later. Could it be that his qualifications and status are still behind Gao Gong, Guo Pu, Li Chunfang? It is better to be the head of a chicken than a queen of a cow, than to be the Minister of Personnel. Besides, the next year is the Beijing Prefecture once every six years. What does it mean? Yang Bo, who has been in the political arena for decades, is it clearer. He knew that as long as he takes advantage of this opportunity, he can compete with the cabinet. Why do you have to go to Baba to be so angry?
But the reason why he announced his withdrawal was that he had already agreed with his in-law Xu Ge Lao. As long as he withdrew and voted according to his request, the position of Minister of War would be replaced by Wang Chonggu. Yang Bo thought that it was more cost-effective than business than business. But he could not make Zhang Juzheng so happy, so he had to make a big fuss about rewarding the money - he knew that Zhang Juzheng would force himself to accept it due to the situation, but in this way, the salary and salary of the old Wang Gongxun, civil and military officials, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp would be gone, and it would be up to him to deal with it.
This is not that Yang Bo is petty and will revenge his grudges, but that many years of experience in leading troops tell him that if he does not retaliate against the offender, more people will offend him. Of course, the means must be hidden, and he must not damage his image, otherwise the gain will not be worth the loss. So Yang Bo is currently having a headache for a person - that is the little censor Zhan Yangbi who scolds him in person.
That day, in the Golden Palace, Old Yang Bo was severely swept away by Zhan Yangbi, but it turned out that he didn't say a joke on the spot. Later, when he attended the celebration as the Minister of War, he always felt that others looked at him with a strange look, and from time to time, he could hear cold words, seriously damaging his prestige and confidence... This is also one of the reasons why Yang Bo announced early that he would withdraw from the court.
But he had no choice but to use this Zhan to protect himself, because the other party was a Jinshi in Jiajing for 44 years and only entered the officialdom last year. He was just the lowest-level censor, but he was better because his wealth was innocent and his official position was too low. This kind of naughty young man was actually the most difficult to deal with because you can't find a handle for such a person, and you must use your power to suppress others without reason. Otherwise, it will leave people with the impression of being "dominated" and "bully bullying the small" and will arouse the rebellious mentality of many people and protect the "persecuted small character".
Yang Boru was stuck in his throat and couldn't have an attack. Naturally, his subordinates were caught. Several people were scolded by him for a little mistake. I wonder what happened to the master of the Ministry, and they all hid far away. Fortunately, a big man came to visit, which made everyone feel relieved...
"Who is it that he is so arrogant?" A loud voice, coupled with a strange appearance, was the prince's Taibao, the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, and the second assistant to the cabinet Gao Gong Gao Suqing.
"Haha..." Yang Bo was so angry that he could not look at Gao Gongfa. He could only smile bitterly: "Let Xinzheng laugh, some clowns are not worth mentioning."
"Oh? Could it be that I am the same as me?" Gao Gong seemed to have always been driving pigs in alleys, and he would never go around in a circle.
"Haha..." Yang Bo just laughed, but in fact he agreed. He finally realized the pain of being entangled by the censor, and Gao Gong had long been trapped in the sea of ​​suffering, and the immortal yu died.
Gao Gong had a bad relationship with the censors, and the fuse was Hu Yingjia's impeachment. Although the vicious accusations could no longer threaten him because of the alternation of imperial power, the censors did not let him go easily under someone's attention. Not only that, they also dig deep into the details and spared no effort to continue to smear Gao Gong... Hu Yingjia's original memorial only said that Gao Gong left Da Nei without a special thing in his evening and did not specifically say what he did when he went back. However, because Gao Gong's sorrow had moved his family to the vicinity of Xiyuan, there was a saying, "My family was poor and had no children" that meant that he lacked the manpower to transport items, so he moved his house nearby. However, the word "childless" was caught by someone and arranged that he was absent from work, in order to go home and have fun with his concubines, in order to give birth to a child.
The rumors became more and more evil. Later, they became 'Gao Gong's daughter came out of the sun during the day, and then they returned to Zhishu's house when they arrived at dusk." In other words, Gao Gong went home during work hours and did not return to Zhishu overnight until the night. It was completely inverted with the truth. However, the rumors had noses and eyes, but Gao Gong could not defend himself. Otherwise, the more he debated, the darker he became, and he would only laugh.
He did not tell the truth, but did not prevent the onlookers from thinking about the erotic plot, which confirmed his reputation as lustful. Especially the people who did not know the truth asked directly: "How can such a lustful stick get into the ranks of the Grand Secretary and become a national leader?" He smashed Gao Gong's face.
Gao Gong has always cherished his reputation, but his reputation was ruined like this. He couldn't mention his anger. Thinking that his experience was much worse than himself, Yang Bo's mood was much easier. It turned out that he wanted to make his heart hurt better. The best way was to be even worse than himself.
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"These censors are too inappropriate," Gao Gong slapped the table and angrily scolded: "The imperial court established censors to correct the right and wrong, and to clean up the evil and now they do not distinguish between loyalty and treacherous, but only know how to speculate and seek direct names."
Perhaps it was because of the establishment of empathy. Yang Bo felt that he was right and nodded, "Yes, it was just a group of vicious dogs that were biting randomly."
"Well said, even the emperor has become their target. It's impossible for these people to be rectified." As he said that, he took out the memorial from his sleeve and said, "Look, this is what the emperor transferred to the cabinet..."
Yang Bo didn't want to answer, but when he saw the name, it turned out to be the "Zhan Yangpi". When he saw this name, he was immediately angry and immediately took it. When he opened it, he couldn't help but lose his chin - Zhan Yangpi was really bold and dared to say anything.
It turned out that Censor Zhan didn't know where the queen had been sick recently, and the reason for her illness seemed to be the disagreement between husband and wife, because it is said that the queen does not live in Kunning Palace and has moved elsewhere. According to the fact that the matters in the forbidden garden of the deep palace have always been very secretive, and the news from the path is not trustworthy, at least it cannot be used as materials for the memorials. But he believed it and even wrote a memorial to the emperor - asking the emperor to let the queen stay in Kunning Palace, and advised them to be harmonious and not to make the queen angry. What if the queen gets angry, what should you do?
Of course, he also knew that he had committed the taboo of spying on the 'palace affairs', so Yan Ming said that he was "rising his life to write a letter, but he was afraid that the emperor would be so angry that he would really make himself crack. So he emphasized that he was 'even though he died, he would be even more great. For your reputation, it would be better not to kill me.
This rude memorial is just the truth. After Longqing received it, he was very angry but inconvenient to attack. If it were Jiajing, he would have no choice but to be so scattered. He would have to push the memorial out of the Meridian Gate and serve the court. But Longqing was not Jiajing. Not only did he not beat someone, he had to criticize himself for the sake of the royal family: "I have been serving me for many years, and I have been sick recently, so I moved to another official, but I am sick. I don't know the affairs in the palace and I will not investigate it." Not only did I not pursue it, I also patiently explained the reason for my separation with the queen. It was really a rare good temper.
But if Long Qing really didn't mind, he wouldn't have transferred this memorial to Gao Gong. The meaning was obviously that I was bullied so much, you have to take care of it.
It is hard to deal with criticizing dragon scales. Yang Bo pondered: "The cabinet means..."
"We will soon be inspected in Beijing. This is an opportunity to distinguish between wise and unworthy..." Gao Gong said slowly: "Although Kedao has the responsibility of inspecting the capital, he should also be included in the review and should not be left out."
Yang Bo remained silent. Of course he was willing to take the opportunity to rectify the censors, but according to the example, the censors were not within the scope of the Beijing inspection. If they were asked rashly, they would definitely be flooded by the spits that scolded the gods. He did not want to be used as a gun, so he asked, "Is this what the emperor mean?"
"No, it's my personal." Even Gao Gong couldn't admit it.
"Oh..." Yang Bo paused for a long time, and carefully said: "What Xinzheng said naturally makes sense, and I am very willing to do it. However, if the censors are included in the Beijing inspection, it is incompatible with the system. The censors will definitely say, 'If the government always observes the teachings of the Ministry of Justice, how can the government supervise the government's power?" Will it cause trouble for the cabinet at that time?"
"Are the censors not officials?" Gao Gong said coldly, "Why can't they be included in the Beijing Prefecture? The censors are the officials of the court, the court's eyes and eyes, and should be fair, correct illegality, and advise power; however, some people who are not stubborn are willing to be private hawks and dogs, with no monarch, and have ulterior motives, and make mistakes in nothing, and are afraid that the world will not be in chaos. If they do not impose heavy hands and punish severely, the country will not have the right way."
"What does Master Xu mean?" Yang Bo was moved, but he was still far from his action.
"I mentioned it in the cabinet, and he didn't comment." Gao Gong said in a muffled voice. This is enough, because his remarks were probably what Xu Jie wanted... Xu Jie wanted to add fuel to the fire of Gao Gong and the censor's battle. But Gao Gong didn't care. What he wanted to convince Yang Bo: "What is the Ministry of Personnel doing, why should I listen to the cabinet?"
"That's right..." Yang Bo smiled and said, "But I have always respected Yuan Fu, and he must have a clear attitude."
"How come you are so blind?" Gao Gong said annoyedly: "Who are you not good to respect? You have to respect him. You are really grateful after being sold."
"Please Xinzheng Shenyan" Yang Bo's face darkened and said, "Gei Master Xu is sincere and loves me, so don't say too much is useless."
"It's really..." Gao Gong looked at him, looking 'you're so pitiful': "If he really loves you sincerely, the second-level assistant in the cabinet will not fall into me."
"What does it mean?" Yang Bo said with a bad expression: "You have made it clear." After all, he was a great general who was decisive in killing and decisive. It can really scare people when it happens.
"What are you talking nonsense?" But Gao Gong was not scared. He sneered: "You don't think about why you didn't get into the pavilion."
Yang Bo's thoughts suddenly went back to the biggest setback in his life and the biggest question. At that time, the emperor made an exception to grant him the position of Hanlin Bachelor in order to make him qualified to join the cabinet? But when he passed the court, he was crossed out of the list by the emperor. Why did the emperor go back on his word and not explain it? This mystery has always been in his heart and cannot be solved.
Of course he guessed that Xu Jie should have caused trouble, but both sides were in an offensive and defensive alliance. Master Xu also vowed to help him enter the cabinet. He was extremely apologized afterwards, saying that the emperor's illness was mostly caused by elixirs, so he became moody and unpredictable. He insisted on changing you to Li Chunfang, and it would be useless to persuade him no matter how much we persuade him.
Because during Jiajing's serious illness, he saw no foreign ministers except Xu Jie, so although Yang Bo did not believe it, there was no evidence to expose him, so he could only doubt him. Later, seeing that Xu Jie really married the only woman to Zhang Siwei, he no longer doubted him. In addition, after the victory, he exonerated himself, so Yang Bo was even more relieved and agreed to Xu Jie's request this time.
But now Gao Gong is re-introducing the old story, Yang Bo’s heart is uncovered again, and his heart is twitching with pain: “What evidence do you have?”
"There was no foreign minister present at that time." Gao Gong said lightly: "But it does not mean that no third person heard it."
"You mean..." Yang Bo was shocked: "Huang Jin beside the late emperor?"
"Haha..." Gao Gong replied unfairly: "Anyway, I don't believe it. That was done by the late emperor in chaos."
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The officialdom at Jialong's friendship was such a chaotic situation. It always had to go through a fight so that the strongest could stand out and display their talents. In fact, at this time, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Yang Bo, Zhang Juzheng and others were mostly positive figures in history. However, in order to seize or retain power, the most hidden and despicable sentiments of people will often mobilize people's most famous and despicable sentiments. These great figures who are famous in history and have been recorded in history will also use power and conspiracy to kill enemies invisibly.
Chapter completed!