.Chapter 793 The only boss (Part 2)

A long talk overnight made Chen Si finally have a clear understanding of the complicated chaotic situation in the first year of Longqing, and knew what attitude to treat Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Yang Bo, and the staff of the Ministry of War... On this chessboard where he is playing games everywhere, although he is still not the one who plays chess, he can already use the game of various forces to seek his own interests.

Although he was mentally prepared for what happened next, he was still stunned by Xu Jie's fierce and resolute offensive... so many years later, he could still clearly recall every detail of this absolutely classic "censor battle". And he himself learned too much from it:

You should know that in this era of supreme power, as a minister of the ministry, whose holy relatives, mean that he has an indestructible body and is almost invincible. As we all know, the relationship between Gao Gong and Longqing is better than any pair of monarchs and ministers from ancient times to the present, so in the eyes of many people, Gao Gong is an invincible existence, so it is natural to replace Xu Jie.

However, Xu Jie and Xu Ge Lao used his powerful strength and perfect planning to break people's superstition of the Holy Family, smashed Gao Gong's invincible legend, and staged a perfect battle like a textbook for political struggle:

The commander-in-chief of this battle was naturally Xu Jie. Although he retreated behind the scenes to avoid suspicion, he did not say a word from beginning to end, and did some mediation without any pain. However, during the long-term struggle of three months, he mobilized hundreds of civic officials from the two capitals with his arm, so that they could advance and retreat in moderation, cooperate with each other to achieve a series of tactical actions - the forwards and siege the enemy deep, encircle them in full, and encircle them to annihilate them, and there are no two people in the world today. It proves that he is the well-deserved only master of the Ming Dynasty.

Hu Yingjia, Xin Zixiu and others were the suicide squads sent by Xu Jie to fight. Although there was no evidence, it could be shown that Xu Jie instructed them to fire. However, with Hu Yingjia's reputation of being "violent and slanderous", it was impossible for him to respond to the six subjects. What's more, he himself had a mistake first, not only a matter of firing the horse, but also a suspicion of catching the wind and figuring out the shadows and falsely attacking Guo - after all, Yang Bo is from Shanxi, and there is no necessary connection between these two things. If Hu Yingjia is in doubt, then you should check whether those Shanxi officials are competent or not, which is in line with normal logic.

Hu Yingjia did not ask the court to re-examine Shanxi officials. Without evidence, he concluded that Yang Bo was covering up the village party, and his argument was untenable. Of course, he was also righteous. After all, censors had the power to "report and report the news", but so many censors were crazy? Why are there so many people who did not distinguish right from wrong and sympathize with him under the premise of catching things and having bad intentions? Just using the explanation of "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold" to be too pale.

What's more, why did Gao Gong also pull in while impeaching Yang Bo? It's rare that Gao Suqing knew the situation and said nothing, but was still bounced all over his head? This was obviously not a mistake, but a deliberate act. It's not difficult to remind people of an old saying, "Xiang Zhuang dances his sword, aimed at Pei Gong."

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However, Gao Gong's abnormal tiger did not come out of the hole, which made Xu Jie very dissatisfied with the results of the battle because he couldn't slap. If Gao Gong blindly avoided the slogans and the censors' sings, they would not force him to a desperate situation, and it might even allow him to escape this disaster. This was something that Xu Jie could not accept, because he knew that the chance to knock down Gao Gong was only this time. If he missed it, he could only let him grow stronger and eventually defeat him.

Xu Jie knew very well that with Gao Gong's shallow, narrow-minded and biased nature, the fastest-for-gratitude and revenge, if he could tolerate it until now, he would definitely have a master to guide him behind his back. But he was not worried, because he believed that the country was easy to change and his nature was difficult to change. Gunpowder jars like Gao Gong, which were "urgent and unable to accommodate things", would never learn what it means to "hidden and endure". As long as he gave another dose of strong medicine, even the gods would not be able to hold him back.

So the second wave of offensive began. If Hu Yingjia and Xin Zixue were just cannon fodders to test the army. Then it was time for the real main force to take action. On the second day after the cabinet announced the final result of Hu Yingjia, one of the "Four Great Wars" in the world today, the famous cursing god Ouyang Yijing submitted a memorial to impeach Gao Gong.

This old man is also considered Shen Mo's "old friendship". When he was in charge of the Southeast, Xu Jie sent him as an inspector in southern Gan, who was in charge of the army. At that time, Ouyang Yijing, who had the glorious results at that time, was also a memorial to impeach Shen Mo with the intention of challenging his authority, but he did not understand the situation... In southern Gan, Shen Mo was commanding troops and suppressing bandits. He did not play in peace, but called "one force to surrender ten clubs". So he was punished by Shen Mo. He was obedient for a year and then quietly returned to the capital in shame.

Originally, Xu Jie was promoted to the right censor's censor after he came back, but he didn't do his job well. He was embarrassed to ask the chief minister for an official, so he had to go back and be his censor... But he was so excited that he must make a comeback and prove himself

Although he didn't want to be favored by Shen Mo, his brilliant resume was not a fake, and his profound curse was at its peak. With extremely sharp and sharp language, he cursed the auxiliary minister Gao Gong, who was treacherous and evil, was powerful and powerful in the court and gentry, was just like the treacherous minister Cai Jing, and would definitely become a big worm in the country in the future.' And incited the censor: 'Gao Gong dealt with Hu Yingjia, proved his ambition to restrain his remarks. If he let him go, then all upright and dared to speak in the future will follow Hu Yingjia's footsteps. In order to show his determination to impeach Gao Gong, he also said that Hu Yingjia's impeachment was discussed with the minister in advance. If you want to punish him, it would be better to punish me.'

Moreover, the strength of Ouyang Yijing than the other three big bulls is that he is better at leading the army and fighting. Every time he impeached, he will definitely respond to others. Public opinion is one-sided support, so he is invincible and attacked, which is even more terrifying. Sure enough, his passionate impeachment was just the beginning. On that day, several censors of the Tao submitted memorials, all of whom wanted to severely punish a major traitor who cracked down on the language.

This time Gao Gong couldn't sit still. I wanted to calm down, but I was scolded by you as Cai Jing. If I don't speak again, what kind of shit can be rebates? So in the self-defense commentary as usual, I confessed and told me a lot of grievances: "When the late emperor was here, Hu Yingjia snatched the wind and impeached the empress, and everyone knew about the conflict with me. In order to avoid suspicion, I would avoid it when I encountered his affairs, so how could I take the initiative to frame him? Now that the old master Xu has given him a merciful punishment

But Ouyang Yijing competed with his friends for party support, and kept rushing to the empress, saying that I was as treacherous as Cai Jing. Has he ever raised any evidence that the empress is comparable to Cai Jing? The dignity of the minister is the decent position of the court. It is a small matter for me to be humiliated by me, but if he captures the situation, frames the ministers, and passes it outside, people who are not aware of it will really think that the imperial court is controlled by a treacherous minister like Cai Jing. In order to avoid the damage to the court's reputation, please allow the empress to resign and leave a cleansing for yourself...'

After the sutra, Emperor Longqing could not sit still at that time. The teacher was wronged so much that he no longer had the mood to have fun with the beautiful palace maids. He ordered people to change into regular clothes and took the carriage to Wenyuan Pavilion in Huijimen.

In addition to being the first time he had just ascended to the extreme, this was the first time that the emperor had visited the cabinet in more than half a year. Xu Jie hurriedly led the ministers to welcome him.

After Longqing called "flat body", he looked at his teacher and saw that Gao Gong was still in good spirits, but in just a few days, his hair had turned pale, and his person was obviously thinner, his cheekbones appeared higher, and his wrinkles became deeper, as if he was aged a few years.

The emperor's eyes were red at that time, and he held Gao Gong's hand and choked: "I know the teacher's character best. Don't worry about what they say, I will always trust you..."

Gao Gong, which has always been as hard as iron, actually felt hot in his chest and a sore nose. He hurriedly turned around and didn't want people to cry when he saw him.

Xu Jie asked Long Qing to enter the main hall to set up a seat and led everyone to visit again. Long Qing was not in a mood and said to Xu Jie: "Old Guo, there is no peace in the court these days."

When the emperor asked, Xu Jie could not be careless, and nodded and said, "It's a little bit of discussion."

"It's not just a discussion?" Long Qing frowned and said, "I think it's a rebellious thing? Some people are so outrageous that they dare to make trouble and attack important officials of the court. For such behavior, they should be killed."

"Yes..." Xu Jie responded respectfully.

"Well..." Seeing that Mr. Xu agreed simply, Long Qing had prepared for a long time and held all the words in his stomach, he had to say, "It's so good..." But seeing Gao Gong giving him a fierce look, Long Qing said, "I should teach them a lesson. I remember that when the late emperor, after the censors impeached the Grand Secretary, they usually had to receive a court stick..."

"Your Majesty..." Xu Jie calmly said: "No, censors are the conscience of the court, and most of them are tough ministers. You have just ascended the throne now. If you punish them too hard, how can you avoid people from discussing this matter in the future?" He paused and said with a deep face: "Don't forget the lesson of the late emperor..."

Longqing was silent. He knew that his father Jiajing was extremely strict with his words. No one hundred or eighty censors had been punished directly. He had been demoted, sceptered, guarded the border, and imprisoned. He had used all kinds of methods... but he could not stop the world's long mouths. In the end, he even provoked Hai Gangfeng and directly opposed the gun to the emperor, creating a story that has been eternal.

When he was studying with the crown prince, Longqing learned some limited imperial minds, one of which was that the censors were the huge bureaucratic body of the court, the most important tool for self-clearance, and the vanguard of defending the imperial power. What he saw with his own eyes was Shen Shu, Xu Xueshi, Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian, Renxu's three sons, Zou Yinglong... and other hard-boned censors went on one after another, fearlessly challenging the Yan Party, paying a bloody price, but it also shocked the ambitions of the Yan family father and son, so that although they enjoyed their own power, they did not dare to act rashly and threaten the imperial power.

Emperor Taizu gave the censors such great power, after all, wasn't it for the perpetual consolidation of the Zhu family that the emperors of the future generations would not be taken away by others? I dare not imagine what the court would look like if the censors were silenced... Therefore, although Long Qing felt that the censors were troublesome, disgusted, humble, and had no body, and were thieves. They were not a group of good birds. But he knew that the ancestral laws and regulations had a profound idea, and he was unfamiliar with his knowledge, unable to comprehend, and could not change it at will. No matter whether he was comfortable or not, he still followed the rules and allowed a set that had been implemented for almost two hundred years to be the same, so that he could sleep peacefully and have a peaceful life.

The emperor thought this way, so he could no longer insist on the court. He could only order Xu Jie to draw an order to blame the censors and not allow them to slander the ministers again, so as to end the case as soon as possible.

Seeing that the emperor did not want to make a grudge with the censor, Gao Gong's heart suddenly became cold. He finally realized that everything he had been doing this year was not because of the unfavorable years, but because someone plotted himself step by step into the quagmire of war with the censor. Look at Xu Jie who was sending Longqing. He hated him so much that his teeth were about to be broken. The old guy said to me silently, "I'm still skeptical, it turns out that you're really a traitor."

'You have a censor under your command,' Gao Gong thought resentfully: 'I have three or five in my hand'

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With the emperor's instructions, no matter whether he was willing or not, Xu Jie could only express his opinion on behalf of the cabinet. He asked Li Chunfang to draft a memorial. Li Chunfang's writing style was gentle and good at both sides. Even so, Xu Jie personally revised it and finally made the draft. In the memorial, Gao Gongfu praised it in the name of the cabinet, which expressed the intention of retaining it, but did not scold the censors at all, and did not even say a word to stop them from talking randomly.

In the eyes of the government and the people, this was undoubtedly a manifestation of the cabinet's decision to maintain neutrality in the fight between Gao Gong and the censors. The officials regarded it as an encouragement, and then attacked Gao Gong more unscrupulously. At most, thirty chapters were handed over on the top of the day, and the attack had developed to an all-round level without any questions. They wanted to slander Gao Gong's character and lifestyle, dig deep into his historical problems. Even Gao Gong's rejection of Princess Shang when he was young, such personal privacy matters became their attack ammunition and had completely lost the bottom line.

Faced with the overwhelming dirty words, Gao Gong was already angry. He refused Chen Mo and others' advice to "refrain from urgent need to endure" and decided to fight back with his own strength.

Soon, Wei Xuezeng, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, and Wang Xilie, a Hanlin scholar, sent more than ten members of the staff, including Han Ji, and wrote a letter to Gao Gong to defend him. But it was too late at this time, and public opinion was completely opposite to Gao Gong. A little defense only caused more stamps, flew over like snowflakes, and covered him up in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that the simple defense was no longer effective, Gao Gong, who was impeached day and night, finally couldn't help but want to capture the thief and the king after a secret discussion with his best friend.

At the end of February of the first year of Longqing, after Gao Gong was impeached for more than a month, the Censor Qi Kang also filed an impeachment, and the target this time was Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Qi Kang's engraving seals were more than a thousand words, and it exposed three major crimes of Xu Jie. One was that the late emperor wanted to establish a crown prince. Xu Jie firmly opposed it. When the emperor ascended the throne, he regarded himself as a hero. He was shameless and could not be added. Second, he formed a party and was a dictator. Among the five cabinet members, three of him were the ministers in the court and the censors of the Kedao, who occupied half of the country. His dictatorship was the dictatorship. The power and blessings were incomparable to Yan Song back then; the third is 'hypocrisy and greedy'. It is said that Xu, on the surface, advocated himself as a pure stream, but in fact he was full of thieves and prostitutes. His eldest son Xu Fan often traded privately with others and bought industries in the capital. The other three sons were even more illegal in Songjiang, doing evil and harming the party. It is said that more than half of the land in Songjiang Prefecture is under the name of the Xu family. Compared with him, the Yan family's father and son are considered honest officials.

Unlike the false charges that impeached Gao Gong, all three crimes are based on evidence, and obviously they were not made in a hurry.

But this time it was filled with the public anger of the censors. On the day the memorial was announced, more than a dozen censors found Qi Kang and blocked him in the house and scolded him. Qi Kang was not easy to mess with. There was a fierce conflict between the two sides at that time. If Lin Run and Zou Yinglong had not arrived, the Censorate would have become a arena.

But the crowd was already in a state of excitement. Lin Run's persuasion could only prevent them from experiencing in person. When they turned around, they used bullets to vent their anger. First, Ouyang Yijing impeached Qi Kang as a "lacky party dog, and the two conspired to frame Mr. Xu to replace him."

Qi Kang did not show any weakness and impeached Ouyang Yijing: 'You said I was a high party, I said you were Xu party, you said I was a lackey, I said you were a minion. Anyway, there are papers in Beijing, so let go and bounce them.

So the two sides fought back and forth, and it turned out to be a big melee, but Qi Kang's side was too few, and there was no such thing as Ouyang Yijing's scolding god, so he was soon defeated.

Seeing that Qi Kang and others were about to collapse, an unexpected thing happened as soon as they saw that a person actually wrote a letter to impeach Xu Jie. It was this unexpected person who forced Xu Jie into a mess, and to the point where he had to submit a memorial to resign...

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