Chapter 784: Scholar of the East Pavilion (II)

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The follow-up development of the matter, the silence was heard from the big shous who were present that day, Gao Gong went to appease the emotions of the officials, and the result was that those officials scolded him, Gao Gong of course refused to suffer, and the two sides quarreled at the door of Guangyingku. But Gao Gong is not Zhang Juzheng, and there are many officials who support him, even among the officials, there are also many of his students, how can they tolerate the lord being bullied like this? So some people began to help, and some people began to persuade them, but the noise was so loud that they couldn't hear anything clearly.

Just when the scene was about to get out of control again, a money bag flew out of nowhere, swished, impartially, and hit the high arched eye socket, which stunned him at that time, and sat on the ground.

Is this worth it? Someone dared to commit murder against the second assistant for a while, and the wind changed drastically for a while, and the crowd was excited to find out the murderer, and those officials didn't dare to go against the wind anymore, so they all honestly shut up. At this time, he had already rushed to the square in front of the library, and the imperial history of the patrol city, who had been afraid to mix on the side, finally found an opportunity to bring people into the field to maintain order.

When Zhang Juzheng arrived at the scene, all the officials who made trouble had dispersed, and only the people from the household department were left, with the warehouse workers of Guangyingku, cleaning up the mess all over the ground. Gao Gong is still there, and he is getting his head bandaged by the people of the Tai Hospital.

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly went over to apologize, and waved his hand highly, indicating that it was nothing.

"I wonder if Elder Ge has explained it to them?" Zhang Juzheng asked in a low voice.

"How do you explain it?" Gao Gong said in a muffled voice: "I don't know how you are going to reply." As he spoke, he stood up and said to the left and right, "Since the Lord is here, we should go back." He looked at Zhang Juzheng again and said, "Ming'er, you can explain it yourself." After saying that, he walked straight away, obviously still angry.

It can only be like this, Zhang Juzheng sighed secretly, and said in his heart What is the matter.

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The next day, sure enough, many officials wrote to impeach Zhang Juzheng, saying that he had colluded with businessmen, corrupted Sven, was very invisible, and could not bear the responsibility, and strongly demanded that he be punished.

Zhang Juzheng's reaction was also very fast, and he went to the Tao "Confession Shu", explaining that the money was not borrowed by the merchants, but from the sale of useless wood. Over there, Lei Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, also stood up to help him speak under Xu Jie's arrangement, saying that the wood was purchased by the Jiajing Dynasty, and now it is useless, and the imperial court still has a balance payment that has not been paid, and it is the Huizhou businessman who paid for the purchase and transferred the money through Rishenglong.

Rishenglong's side can't deny it, and won't even allow the imperial court to audit the accounts, because the first clause in the agreement they signed with the depositors is to keep the depositors confidential, if the imperial court is allowed to check the accounts, who would dare to hand over a huge amount of property to them for safekeeping? No matter how much interest you give, you won't do it.

It was precisely because of this point that Zhang Juzheng insisted that the money was paid by Hui merchants, and now those officials had nothing to say, so they could only transfer the case to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but thinking of the relationship between Zhu Heng and Xu Jie, it is estimated that it will be a failure.

But in any case, Zhang Ju just can't catch up with this court push, and Xu Jie can't delay it for him. Besides, this incident still had a bad impact on Zhang Juzheng's image, and many officials on his side said privately that this person is indeed good, but he still needs to be tempered if he is more aggressive and less calm, and he is not worthy of taking on a big responsibility immediately.

Zhang Juzheng was at home, and when he heard these rumors, he knew that his hope was not great, so he was naturally depressed. But Xu Jie asked people to bring him a message, so that he could not be impatient, not lose his sense of proportion, and arrange everything for his own teacher. At this point, Zhang Juzheng is impatient and useless, and the yamen can't go, but fortunately he closed the door, meditated on his mistakes, and looked forward to ushering in a nirvana.

In that room, Xu Jie was naturally not idle, and since the old first assistant sat in the big position, his main focus was on personnel adjustments. He believes that only when the personnel arrangements are made can we talk about other ...... In the public, it can avoid factional conflict between the upper and lower courts, reduce the internal friction of officialdom, and focus on governing the country and the country; For selfishness, you can avoid being like Yan Song and prolonging your descendants. So even if Tingtui loses his calculation this time, he will not give up hastily, but try to make up for it as much as possible.

No, taking the opportunity of condolences to Gao Gong, he walked into the duty room of the second assistant for the first time.

Gao Gong had a plaster on his left eye, which made him look even more angry than usual, and as soon as he saw Xu Jie coming in, he turned his face sideways and said, "Yuan Weng came to see me laughing?" He was very depressed in his heart, he was kind enough to persuade him, but he was affected by the pond fish, and he even had to wonder if Xu Jie deliberately sent himself to divert the anger of those officials? Of course, he also knew that Xu Ge Lao was not so childish, but when he saw this kind old face, he was still angry.

"Su Qing." Xu Jie sincerely apologized: "After all, I let you go, so I also have the responsibility to say sorry to you." ”

Gao Gong was a little more angry, but he was still a little angry: "How dare you Lao Shoufu condole, but you made a special trip to come, shouldn't you just say sorry?" ”

"Hehe......" Xu Jie smiled and said, "Don't invite me to sit down." ”

Although the tone is a little rushed, but the high arch can not lose the number of courtesy, please Xu Jie's seat to watch the tea, and he will accompany him at the next head.

"Su Qing," Seeing that the atmosphere was somewhat relaxed, Xu Jie said to Gao Gong kindly: "I haven't asked your opinion for this cabinet replenishment." ”

'What did you do earlier?' Gao soffbelly scolded, and said in his mouth: "The scholar is pushed out by the court, what is the use of personal opinions?" ”

"Hey, as Zaifu, we are very important, and our opinions are still very important." Xu Jie held the teacup and blew lightly: "In Su Qing's opinion, who is suitable to recommend?" ”

The heat was misty, and he couldn't see Xu Jie's expression clearly, but he understood at a glance that Xu Jie's was going to make a deal with him. The heart says that this is like words...... When there is a change in high-level personnel, there has always been an unwritten rule - no one can always play all the positions in the hub, and must leave a part for others. Even if he is as strong as Yan Song, he has to tolerate the existence of a group of officials such as Xu Jie, Yang Bo, and Gao Gong who do not buy him, otherwise it is a violation of the rules to say that it is small, and it is a disobedience to say that it is big. As long as he doesn't really intend to be Cao Cao, no one can afford this notoriety.

Xu Jie actually wanted to let his two students enter the cabinet together, obviously breaking the rules, which caused the dissatisfaction of Gao Gong, Yang Bo and others at that time, which was the deep reason why Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng were impeached one after another. Now seeing that Xu Jie's face has hit a wall, and he is finally willing to admit the rules, Gao Gong secretly sneered in his heart. Although he has a hot temper, it does not affect his extreme intelligence, if it is a normal court push, what is there to discuss? Discussion is also useless. Obviously, Xu Jie saw that the main gate was difficult to walk and wanted to go sideways, but he was afraid that it would be too abrupt and difficult to pass through alone, so he pulled himself.

But Gao Gong will not be broken, because he also has the same needs, so Xu Jie's proposal is in the middle of it, so he should not give in: "Since Yuan Weng asked Xia Guan to say, then Xia Guan will have the courage to recommend one person - Chen Songgu has been in the Qiandi for several years, and he has been anxious for His Majesty, and he has won the trust of His Majesty, if Yuan Weng also recommends this person, His Majesty will be pleased with it, and his gratitude to Yuan Weng will also increase by one percent." "'Songgu' is the name of Chen Yiqin, the left attendant of the ministry, Chen Yiqin and Gao Gong in the same year, but also in Yudi had a comradeship, although the two do not have much personal relationship, but after all, they are from the same trench, in external affairs, they can still be consistent.

Gao Gong said this politely, but it also had thorns. He not only recommended Chen Yiqin, but also implied the implication of pressing Xu Jie, now our students are sitting in the world, you old thing is the best to get to know each other - even better, the person he recommended is very similar to Zhang Juzheng's conditions in all aspects, they are all old people in Qiandi, and they are all Sanpin Zuo Shilang, but the former is two subjects earlier than Zhang Juzheng. If you want to reject Chen Yiqin, you have to see how embarrassed you are to say the three words 'Zhang Juzheng'.

Xu Jie knew that he would recommend this person, so he was not surprised, so he said briskly: "Chen Yiqin is good, diligent and loyal, I am very optimistic about him." ”

"Actually, Zhang Taiyue is not bad...... Gao Gong naturally reciprocated: "It is difficult to distinguish from Chen Songgu, it is really difficult to choose." ”

"Then recommend it together," Xu Jie said with a smile: "There are sages in the court, the prime minister's fault, and the number of cabinet members is not so rigid." ”

"Then please ask the pavilion elder to propose to the emperor," Gao Gong smiled and said, "The lower officials will second." ”

"It's better for you to come to this one." Xu Jie said slowly: "Taiyue is my student, and I, as a teacher, want to avoid suspicion." ”

"Okay, I'll take the lead," Gao Gong knew that Xu Jie's original plan was to use his influence on the emperor, so he said very happily: "When the emperor asks, the elder will say a few more kind words for them." ”

"No problem." Xu Jie nodded, reached an agreement with Gao Gong, and left the secondary auxiliary duty room.

As soon as he returned to his duty room, Xu Jie's face became gloomy, he felt that his chest was hot, his throat was dry, he picked up the teacup and wanted to take a sip, but he was iced by the herbal tea, so angry that he put the teacup down heavily, and a large piece of tea splashed out.

This is really stealing chickens and rice, I knew it was so, so why bother?

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Three days later, all the scholars, the six ministries and nine qing, and the officials above the squire gathered in Wenyuan Pavilion and held the first court push of the Longqing Dynasty. The results came out quickly, although there were many nominees, but in the end, only Shen Mo had more than half of the votes, in other words, he was the only one who passed the court push.

The cabinet presented the results to the emperor for decision. Soon the next day, the holy decree appointing the cabinet ministers was issued, and unexpectedly, a candidate was reported, but there were three people's names on the holy decree - Shen Mo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Yiqin, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhang Juzheng, the left attendant of the Ministry of Households. The latter two were not pushed by the court, so they wanted to enter the cabinet with Shen Mo.

When the news spread, the government and the opposition were in an uproar. As mentioned earlier, if you want to enter the cabinet, you must go through three checkpoints, first of all, this person should have entered the Hanlin Academy and served as a Shujishi, which is a prerequisite and is equivalent to academic capital. secondly, it must be pushed by the ministers of the DPRK and China, that is, the so-called court push, that is, it must have a mass base; In the end, the cabinet drew up a list, which was determined by the emperor, which was appreciated by the boss. If you want to enter the cabinet in an upright manner, these three are indispensable...... In other words, there is an undignified way, that is, as long as the boss appreciates it, it doesn't hurt if you don't have academic qualifications and don't have a mass foundation, which is 'entering the cabinet'.

Although the 'Zhongzhi Cabinet' is not unprecedented, it is a shameless person like Zhang Xuan and Xu Youzhen, and there is really no way to accept charity. People like Zhang Juzheng and Chen Yiqin, who are well-known and well-educated, have enough academic qualifications and a good mass foundation, as long as they have more qualifications, they can enter the cabinet smoothly, so why rush at this time?

After all, the matter of recovering the old minister next year is still a secret at the highest level, and only a few people know about it, so most people can't understand the gist of it, and they can't agree with this way. They believe that such rule-breaking behavior should be resolutely resisted. Therefore, everyone waited for the cabinet and the six science corridors to exercise the right of refutation and push it back. However, these two institutions seemed to suffer from aphasia at the same time, and no one spoke silently, and as a result, the decree was successfully promulgated and became an unchangeable decree.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that there were powerful people at work here, and it was impossible to resist from above, but they still refused to give up, and went to the homes of the two frequently, hoping that they would refuse to accept this holy decree.

Zhang Juzheng said that he was sick and closed his door, so everyone instigated his fellow villagers Li Youzi and Geng Xiangxiang to go to his house as lobbyists in the name of visiting the sick...... The reason why the hundred officials are so keen on this matter is not because they have a grudge against Zhang Juzheng, but because they are naturally resistant to this kind of rule-breaking play - the reason is very simple, only if the emperor abides by the rules, Wenchen can use the rules to fight against the emperor, and once the emperor breaks the rules, they will lose the ability to balance the emperor.

Li Youzi and Geng Xiangxiang are two, unlike others, who are afraid that Zhang Juzheng will break the rules and the like. They are just from the point of view of a friend, and do not want to see him take this shortcut, because in their opinion, it will not be worth the loss......

In fact, in the previous dynasty, there was no shortage of characters who entered the cabinet in the middle of the court, like Yang Shiqi in Sanyang, and Li Xian, who avenged Yu Shaobao, all came over like this, except for a person who scolded someone at that time, there was no problem. Even their reputation is much better than that of most serious courtiers. But in the Jiajing period, this really became a very shameful thing.

The reason why there is such a big change is due to Mr. Zhang Xuan. His reputation was so bad that the appointment of him as a university student at that time was like throwing a big stone into a pit - which immediately aroused the anger of the people, and the officials were fierce, and the matter was very big. Although Emperor Jiajing forcibly did this, it also completely annoyed the officials, and from then on, everyone worked together to remove Zhang Xuan from power. Although he had the protection of the powerful emperor, Zhang Xuan still went up and down several times in the phase, and often his butt was not hot, and he was ousted from power. In the end, when Jiajing got tired of this seesaw game, Zhang Shoufu's political life also came to an end, leaving only countless scoldings to talk about for posterity.

Although Zhang Xuan's notoriety was mainly obtained from elsewhere, because his reputation was too stinky, he became a negative example, and from then on, high-ranking officials in the imperial court did not dare to accept the emperor's decree, lest they be compared with him. went all the way down like this, and finally pitted Zhang Juzheng......

Zhang Juzheng was already uncomfortable in his heart, if he could have a way, why did he have to accept this damn will? But if you don't pick it up this time, you don't know what year and month it will be next time, and you won't even have a chance - there will be no court push again this year, and when the old guy comes back next year, it won't be his turn. So is there any other choice than acceptance?

But the two fellow villagers didn't know it, and still gave bitter advice, and Zhang Juzheng couldn't tell them the truth, so he could only listen silently, but fortunately, in order to pretend to be sick, he painted powder on his face, and he couldn't see how his expression came.

The two of them spoke dryly, but seeing that Zhang Juzheng didn't say a word, Li Youzi sighed and said: "Taiyue, if we have an opportunity in the future, let's not wade into this troubled water." He and Zhang Juzheng are not only fellow villagers, but also in the same year, the two have a very good relationship, and he is nine years older than Zhang Juzheng, so he can speak in this tone.

Zhang Juzheng couldn't pretend to be dead now, he looked at Li Youzi helplessly, sighed and said: "This is the emperor's holy decree, and if I don't accept it, I will resist the decree." This is true, the holy decree is indeed issued by the emperor, and it is not wrong to say that it is a golden rule.

"As long as you find a reason not to accept the holy decree," Ming officials did not regard the emperor as a god, let alone take what they said too seriously. So Li Youzi said a little disappreciatively: "For example, if you are incompetent or something, the emperor will not blame, even if you want to blame, all your colleagues will speak for you." ”

"But...... I felt I could do it. Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up frighteningly, and he said word by word: "You treat me as a friend, don't persuade me anymore......" The second half of the sentence was not said, but the meaning was obvious.

The scene suddenly fell silent, and when it came to this, the two lobbyists knew that he had made up his mind, and it was useless to say more, and it would only hurt each other's feelings. Geng Xiang sighed and said, "Since that's the case, I won't say anything anymore, Brother Taiyue can do it himself." ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded.

"The two of us are also for your good, we are outstanding people in Jingzhou, you count the first one, we just want you to walk more steadily." Li Youzi didn't say anything more: "But also, you are still young, and after entering the cabinet, you have done a few beautiful errands, who remembers how you became a university scholar?" ”

"That's what I thought, too." Zhang Juzheng finally nodded and said: "No one has stipulated that Zhongzhi should be a head shorter than Tingtui when he enters the cabinet, and after entering, he will still be able to compete, as long as I am strong enough, I will definitely be able to catch up." After a pause, he said: "As for the so-called reputation, it is actually the most illusory. As long as I succeed, everyone will sing my praises."

Looking at his resolute or somewhat paranoid expression, Li Youzi and Geng glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes-

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