Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Xiyuan Controversy
The West Garden of the Imperial Palace.
Jiajing once again gave up the great opportunity to ascend to immortality for the time being, walked out of the cautious house, sat on a large rosewood chair, and casually flipped through the two copies.
No one could understand Jiajing's thoughts, and his face was always hovering between joy and worry. When he was happy, his face was covered with a faint flush, which was a look of great satisfaction in his heart; Immediately, as if thinking of something again, his face suddenly turned to worry, and a faint flush disappeared without a trace, replaced by a layer of cold frost, fine and cold.
The next courtiers didn't dare to take a breath, their low-eyed expressions were very innocent, they all hung their heads, thinking about their own thoughts, maybe they were collecting words for Jiajing's questioning later, or maybe they were preparing to meet Jiajing's thunderous rage.
As Emperor Daojun, he has not been in court for decades, but he can make his courtiers silent at any time, and he looks as well-behaved as a mouse seeing a cat, which shows that Jiajing's personal charm is extraordinary.
The atmosphere in the hall is not solemn, but a little depressing.
What has caused the current situation is nothing more than the two pieces of music in front of Jiajing.
One is Cao Bangfu's report on success, and the other is Zhao Wenhua's impeachment chapter, both happy and worried, both good and evil, and it is difficult to judge which is true and which is false, so that Jiajing falls into joy and sorrow.
The matter is very simple, a few days ago, the envoy received these two very different pieces, the master of ceremonies Huang Jin immediately reported to the cautious house, Jiajing was happy, but doubted Zhao Wenhua's music, so he asked the master of ceremonies to submit to the cabinet, and the cabinet 'voted' to draft the handling opinions.
Several bigwigs in the cabinet did not dare to slack off, and they did not come up with the charter after discussing it for a long time, mainly because the situation was too strange and it was difficult to draw conclusions. Shoufu Yan Song naturally believed in Zhao Wenhua, and proposed to get rid of Cao Bangfu to appease the hearts of the army and the people; Xu Jie, on the other hand, reserved his opinion and did not comment on it. In desperation, he could only report to Emperor Jiajing and make a decision at his will.
Jiajing is also very embarrassed, the 'Huizhou Incident' was successfully resolved, all the Japanese were annihilated, and the victory was a great victory, which was naturally a good thing, but who knew that there was another Zhao Wenhua impeachment chapter, which made him really angry before his merits were completed, and he really wanted to give birth to the eyes of heaven immediately, peek into the truth, and reveal the truth of this matter. It is a pity that the situation has taken a turn too quickly and is ever-changing, and it is impossible to make a decision from it.
Emperor Jiajing was mixed, glanced at Yan Song, who was beside his left hand and lowered his eyebrows, and sighed: "Elder Yan Ge, what is the opinion of the cabinet?" Speak up and listen. ”
Yan Song turned sideways, didn't stand up, bowed his head to Emperor Jiajing, coughed lightly, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, since Zhao Wenhua sacrificed to the sea on behalf of the Son of Heaven, he has always been fair, and his achievements in resisting Japanese aggression are obvious to all. ”
"Oh! ......" Jiajing was noncommittal, and there was no trace of expression on his cold face: "...... So, the opinion of the cabinet is that Cao Bangfu deceived the monarch? ”
Hearing that there was something in Jiajing's words, Yan Song was startled, and a bitterness welled up in his heart...... In other dynasties, the second-in-command level ministers are all big boss-level existences who dare to abuse the emperor, but why is his second-in-command so useless? Jiajing's words can easily make him dismount.
No longer hesitating, Yan Song gritted his teeth and said, "...... This is the personal opinion of the old minister, and it has nothing to do with the cabinet. The old minister felt that Cao Bangfu might not be guilty of bullying the king, but since Zhao Wenhua was playing, he naturally had his reasons. The old minister thought that there were still doubts about this matter......"
“…… Haha, Yan Ge is always sympathetic to state affairs, and he is serious, I know it......" Jiajing laughed, noncommittal.
Turning his head, he looked at Xu Jie, and said with a joking smile: "Elder Xu Ge, do you think so too?" ”
Xu Jie frowned, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, forgive the old minister's clumsiness, the minister has been thinking hard for a long time, and he has never been able to understand the key point, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”
Jiajing snorted coldly, not asking, knowing that this thing would say this, Xu Jie's ability to and the mud is getting better and better, shirking responsibility is faster than anyone else, it is not easy to let the old fox have a resolute attitude.
The cautiousness of the cabinet annoyed Sun Jun on the side, this is an honest and selfless old man, since he was appointed to the middle of the matter, 'in charge of the attendants, admonishment, supplement, gleaning, reviewing, sealing and refuting the edict, refutating the edict of the hundred divisions, supervising the six departments, impeaching the hundred officials, and complementing each other with the imperial history. 'The cause is so good that it is a prosperous one, and countless corrupt officials and evil officials have died under their iron teeth and bronze teeth, and there is no place to bury them. Emperor Jiajing also gave him face, and often listened to some reasonable opinions and suggestions, which made him more fearless.
Hula, walking out of the ranks, Sun Jun knelt on the ground, and when he raised his head, his eyes were already teary, and his voice was sad and uncontrollable: "Your Majesty, the so-called Wenchen is dead, Cao Bangfu is brave and loyal, down-to-earth, as a scholar, and dare to immediately encircle and suppress the Japanese with a sword, it is really a model for my Ming Wenchen." Moreover, in the previous battle of Yangjiaqiao, countless widows were suppressed, and the achievements were remarkable. Weichen thought that this time Zhao Wenhua said that he 'left without authorization and disregarded the overall situation', which was indeed scarhy, maybe Cao Bangfu had other reasons, but he would never be able to bully the king, please Your Majesty to investigate. ”
Sun Jun calmed down for a while, stood up, and did not forget to throw a trace of anger at Yan Song, gritting his teeth very touchingly. Yan Song closed his eyes slightly, he had already entered the old monk's meditation, and he could guess which expression mode Sun Jun should turn on at this time without opening his eyes? Too lazy to take care of him, the stubborn old man's temper comes up, and even the emperor dares to scare him, not to mention that he is just a cabinet chief? Provoking him is tantamount to setting himself up, not to mention provoking a commotion for no reason, and his reputation can still stink on the street...... Looks like it stinks, hey! Don't talk about it, leave it to the boss! The boss's expression is very important, so act on the opportunity!
"Sun Aiqing invited, I didn't say that I wanted to punish him, why be excited? Hehe! ”
Sure enough, Jiajing smiled with relief, very satisfied with Sun Jun's selfless perversion, this is a master who would rather bend than bend, only admit fairness, as long as he recognizes the reason for death, even if ten cows don't want to drag him back, he has no hesitation to hit the south wall, he has to hit his head and break the blood. Of course, as long as he wants to get close to the south wall, it means that this death theory is largely correct. This time, he started to be stubborn again, and it seems that this matter is indeed strange.
Yan Song felt bitter in his heart, the boss's expression was in place, and it was estimated that he had made a decision in this matter, but fortunately, he figured it out in time to effectively avoid embarrassment. Although he thought so, there were huge waves in his heart, Zhao Wenhua was not successful enough, and he was more than defeated, and he dragged his work in the mud and water, which was really hateful.
Yan Song guessed correctly, Jiajing had his own sense of proportion, knowing that Cao Bangfu might have been wronged, but after all, Zhao Wenhua was sacrificing to the sea on behalf of the Son of Heaven, if Zhao Wenhua really misbehaved and abused his power and falsely accused loyal ministers, then the situation would be serious. The Son of Heaven has lost face, how can he be embarrassed?
Turning his head and looking at Lu Bing again, Jiajing was angry, Jinyiwei didn't have such important information, he was really a group of people who ate dry rice, Lu Bing was really old?
Lu Bing was shocked, hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt, cold sweat fell down, his body trembled, his subordinates were useless and caused the boss of Jinyiwei to suffer, what did Jinyiwei in Zhejiang eat? You have to cut them when you go back...... Looking at today's situation, Cao Bangfu and the others should be acquitted...... I heard that Zhang Mingyuan, the deputy of Longshan, is good and is a malleable talent, is he recruited under his command?
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