Chapter 795: It's Better to Go Back (I)

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A great man once said, 'If apologies could solve the problem, the world would be blissful.' ’

In the same way, it is impossible for Gao Gong to heal the wounds caused to Xu Ge's old soul with just a few apologies. After the banquet, Xu Jie complained of illness again, submitted his resignation to the emperor, and resolutely begged for resignation, no matter how the emperor retained, he refused to come out again.

Gao Gong wanted to go back to the cabinet to see things, but as soon as he went out that day, he was surrounded by a sedan chair by more than a dozen officials who had been guarding the alley, and they all scolded him

Although through the sedan curtain, Gao Gong can still be heard clearly, and those people scold themselves for being 'clowns', 'ungrateful', 'two-faced, three-stabbed', 'hypocritical to the extreme', 'heartbroken', and 'conscience has eaten dogs'...... Almost all the ugly words in the world have been imposed on oneself.

However, he could not meet these mad dogs, and he knew that if he argued with those people, he would only fall into their trap, and lose face whether he won or lost. But he will never be scolded back by these people, yes, never

After sobering up that day, recalling the scene where he apologized to Xu Jie, Gao Gong slapped himself more than a dozen times, angrily scolding himself that the high arch that was lost in his mind was not a real high arch, the real Gao Suqing, a great man who has advanced without retreating, would rather bend than bend, stand even if he died, and draw his sword knowing that he was invincible, there will never be a second time

Lifted the sedan curtain, glanced at the panicked sedan chair driver, and said in a deep voice: "What are you doing in a daze, go to the cabinet"

"Master, they are in the way......" Butler Gao Fu whispered.

"Fight the guard of honor" Gao Gong snorted coldly: "See who dares to stop him" He has the tiger head card of 'university scholar Zhang' and 'official and civilian avoidance', once it is played, if anyone dares to stand in the way, he will be sent to Shuntianfu immediately...... However, Gao Gong has always been low-key and unwilling to put this score.

Gao Fu hurriedly asked people to go home to get it, and said that he didn't know if he had made a board or put the foot of the bed......

After the order, Gao Gong sat in the sedan chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, saying that it was all a frog outside. However, it was not a frog after all, and when the young officials saw that he did not react, they scolded more and more ugly, and all the foul language came out, and even arranged the selfishness of the old man.

Gao Gong's breathing became more and more rapid, his fists clenched tighter and tighter, and his knuckles turned white. Seeing that he was about to lose control, he jumped out regardless of it and scolded them

However, at this moment, he suddenly heard the voices outside suddenly noisy, no longer scolding himself in the same mouth, and someone was accusing those officials: "Why did the old man Gao Ge provoke you, he was here early in the morning" "You officials, why are you not as good as us ordinary people, why can't you go into the house and say, scolding the street is something that old ladies will do" "** Mom Li Laosan, we old ladies don't all scold the street like that"

There were more and more familiar or unfamiliar voices, and they became louder and louder, and soon the movements of those officials were completely covered.

Gao Gong's eyes widened, and he looked out through the blue gauze curtain of the sedan chair, and saw those neighbors who knew and didn't know each other, standing in the alley at some point, and were hugging him together

The officials looked at these 'Diao Min' in disbelief, and said in their hearts that it was really like things and people were grouped, and even the neighbors of Gao Gong were so rude, but the superiority of being a court official made them maintain an advantage in their hearts over these little people, and they ignored Gao Gong for the time being, and turned to shout at the people: "Dare to shout in the street, the court officials called the city patrol and the imperial history to arrest you all."

"You sesame mung bean officials, you still roar to be the elders of the dynasty" On the tongue, these ordinary people under the roots of the imperial city are really not afraid of these officials who have read the scriptures: "Shouldn't you let the imperial history of the city patrol be arrested together" "Fools, they are a group, do they work?" I have to let Jinyiwei be sent to the edict prison, I heard that all the officials in it are imprisoned, and we ordinary people are not qualified to enter it."

The "bastards" officials angrily rebuked: "Stop messing around, quickly retreat"

"It's you who should retreat" The people said with great emotion: "Don't scold Gao Ge Lao anymore"

"Ignorant Diao Min" An official said loudly: "The high arch you protect is a madman, shameless and despicable, and a traitor like Cai Jing."

"Nonsense, Gao Ge is always a good official" "He is not that kind of person" The crowd was angry and commotioned, and if they disagreed, they would beat these bastards.

The officials, somewhat frightened, drew closer and closer to each other.

"We don't know if Gao Ge Lao is guilty or not" An old man motioned for everyone to be quiet, and said: "But we know that even if he is guilty, there is a court and an emperor to judge him, what is the matter with you blocking the street and scolding here?"

yes, what's going on? The officials were speechless, these dozen or so officials are all small characters who do not enter the stream, and when they see that the left and right sides of others are in the limelight, they don't have that ability, and they can't publish any number of books in the Di Newspaper, all of which are in vain. So he had to go off the rails with his sword, and said in his heart, no matter how well he wrote, it was not as good as scolding in person, so in the name of avenging Xu Gelao, he made an appointment to block the door of the high arch.

Don't look at them just scolding, but if they really ask them to point out the great evil of Gao Gong, they are really at a loss, and of course they can't answer the questions of the common people...... Could it be that we want to be famous and want to go crazy, and come here to make Xu Ge angry with him. Kill these self-proclaimed righteous officials, they can't say it......

Seeing that the officials were dumb when asked, the people coaxed: "Can't answer......"

"Chaotic ministers and thieves are punished for everything" Finally, an official couldn't help but shout: "A dog official like Gao Gong, what about scolding"

"**Your mother," the people replied to him with a scolding voice.

"Hou Shengwa, you said that Gao Ge is always a dog official, so what kind of thing are you?" The old man said angrily: "There are so many officials and masters in Beijing, seeing so many ruffians and hooligans, so many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and we ordinary people can't get by, but they all pretend not to see it. Only Gao Ge Lao, his old man invited the Son of Heaven Sword, and swept away those ruffians, those imperial shops, and those tax customs, and our days were much better if he was a big man who was in charge of the people and was also a dog official, then what kind of thing was the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty? ”

"That's it, what kind of things are you" In the crusade of the people, those officials were embarrassed, and they didn't even say a cruel word, and they withdrew in disgrace.

"It's coming, it's coming, the tiger head card has been found." The people of the house finally found the two treasures.

"I don't need it." Gao Fu said with tears in his eyes: "I thank you all the neighbors for my master......"

Looking at everything that happened outside, although Gao Gong had not made a sound, he was also in tears, and the grievances and resentment that had accumulated in his chest these days seemed to have loosened a lot......

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However, the development of the situation is not something that the people can control, and the small episode that happened this morning is like a pebble thrown into the river, stirring up a brilliant wave, but it cannot change the direction of the river.

Seeing that Xu Ge Lao was resolutely begging for resignation and Gao Gong insisted on returning to the government to look at things, the officials were all filled with righteous indignation, and impeached Gao Gong more and more violently...... Not only the officials in Beijing, but also the imperial history of Nanjing also participated, and the artillery fire of impeachment was fierce and protracted. Every time he was impeached, Gao Gong would defend and retreat, but the emperor would immediately issue an order to stay, and even the next day to work would not be delayed, so the two sides were deadlocked, so after more than a month, the officials were already angry, in their opinion, it was precisely because of the emperor's blind favoritism to Gao Gong that they always returned in vain.

So there are officials who are sparse, and they try their best to criticize Gao Gong's bad performance of 'seeing impeachment as child's play', saying that Gao Gong is a person who is so brazen that he can't blow up the Franc machine, and after encountering impeachment, although he is negligent on the surface, he is very unimpressed in his heart. Because he relied on the emperor's favor, every time he was impeached, he would be safe and sound. As soon as he was retained, he immediately came back triumphantly to see things, and he was even more arrogant, is there anything more shameless than him in the world?

And said that this has become a joke between the government and the opposition at home and abroad, there is such a person standing in the court, the righteous and the gentleman are avoided, and the atmosphere of the court will become more and more corrupt, and in the long run, even the emperor's reputation will be implicated. If he resigns next time, the emperor must not keep him anymore, and he will still give him a decent retirement, so as not to let him continue to lose the face of the court and the emperor.

Subjected to this kind of impeachment, Gao Gong finally couldn't settle down anymore, so he had to pack up his things and go home, and resolutely resigned.

The emperor naturally resolutely ordered to stay, not only that, in order to appease Gao Gong, show his trust and reliance on him, and named him the young master and the crown prince, the scholar of the Imperial Palace, which can be on a par with Xu Jie.

However, Emperor Longqing's inappropriate show of grace did not actually help Gao Gong, but pushed him into the desperate situation pointed out by Qianfu - in the eyes of the officials, we worked so hard to impeach, and Gao Gong even climbed steadily, which was really a contempt for Yan Lu, so not only did he hate Gao Gong to the core, but even he had resentment towards the emperor who protected him.

Ouyang, the pioneer of urgency, once again stepped out to impeach Gao Gong to control the gentry, specializing in the authority of the country, and even the will of the emperor can be manipulated

Before Longqing was only a mediator, he could barely support it, but now that he has become one of the defendants, he is a little overwhelmed, and can only retort weakly: 'Gao Qing is loyal, don't talk about him like that', but he, the emperor, has been obsessed with the harem all day long since he ascended to the pole, ignoring government affairs, and the number of times he has been in the court can be counted by hand, and he has never established his due authority, so that the officials are not afraid of him at all.

So the emperor's blind favoritism, not only did not have half a role, but aroused greater public indignation, not only the words of the road, other officials also couldn't hold back, began to attack Gao, the right capital of the imperial history of the royal court, has always been not in harmony with the high arch, naturally will not miss this opportunity to fall into the ground, he yin and yang weird Shangshu said: "People are polite, righteous and shameful, court officials must set an example." However, now there is a high person in the court, who was impeached and covered with bags, and he was shameless in the cabinet, refusing to admit his guilt and surrendering to the law, but was triumphant, this kind of person really deserves to be wrathed by the public, in addition, Qi Kang under my command actually followed everyone to act in embarrassment, it is really a shame for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and if he is not punished heavily, I, the right capital imperial history, don't do it. ’

Du Yushi's statement is tantamount to an affirmation and support for the officials, but for the people in the Gao Party, it is even worse, especially the pioneer Qi Kang, who was attacked by the officials in the hall so much, he could only resign.

Then the real fatal blow came, and there was a person who also expressed his opinion, although his official position was not as good as that of the royal court, but his influence was tied together by a hundred royal courts, and it could not be compared. This is the Hai Rui Haigang Peak who was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple at the time

It is said that since the impeachment of Jiajing and not dying, Hai Rui has been quiet for a long time, because he doesn't want to be associated with being associated with 'scolding the first emperor', and he has not been silent since he made such a noise in the spring of this year, but at this time, somehow, he suddenly appeared and published a book "Begging for the Party's Evil Words and Official Shu", defending Xu Jie, although Xu Gong's early years were flawed, but who was not the secretary of the Manchu Dynasty at that time? But for the sake of self-Paul. And he made up for his mistakes. That high arch instructed Qi Kang to attack Xu Ge Lao, and he was actually just trying to replace him.

Under the deliberate promotion of some people, the power of Hai Rui's remarks was infinitely magnified, and suddenly countless officials from various ministries and government departments echoed Hai Rui, urging the emperor to quickly invite Xu Ge Lao to go out of the mountain, and kill the traitor Gao Gong This political tide has finally spread to the locality, and the provincial officials are scrambling to be the first, or jointly submitting a letter, or having a unique version, but there is only one center, that is, to ask Xu Ge Lao to come back immediately to see the matter, and all say that Gao Gong's crime is extremely evil

For a time, it was a grand occasion when all the people were united and the whole country was high

On the other hand, the cabinet has no owner and the cabinet ministers have no psychological affairs, the DPRK and China are in chaos, all government affairs are stagnant, and many major events, such as the summer tax, the autumn season, and the border defense, are all in front of us

The ministers of the court were worried about this, and took turns to come to the door and asked Xu Jie to come back to see the matter, but Xu Jie still said that he was too sad and had no shame to come back to face the ministers of the court, so not only did he not agree to their request, but also repeatedly begged the emperor to approve his resignation.

From March to April, Xu Jie's resignation was a total of 12 resignations, which would have convinced any skeptic of his resoluteness.

Compared with the high arch who does not know how to advance or retreat, Xu Jie's low profile is undoubtedly more clever and more able to win the favor and support of the officials. Even Yang Bo, who had previously united with Gao Gong, went up with several ministers and urged the emperor to keep Xu Ge Lao

You must know the fuse of the melee, but Hu Yingjia impeached Yang Bo for personal revenge, and then burned the flames of war to Gao Gong. It is said that this pair of brothers and sisters should have the same hatred for the enemy, but now Yang Bo has publicly stated that he hopes that the imperial court will calm down the chaos as soon as possible, and that Xu Jie will return to the cabinet as soon as possible, and that Qi Kang's slander of Xu Jie is very inappropriate. Although this is the attitude that a Shuode veteran should have, it can't help but make people feel cold...... Gao Suqing has reached the point of betrayal and separation

In the end, under the emperor's several times of kindness, in the thousands of calls of the Manchu ministers, Xu Ge Lao finally reluctantly returned to the cabinet to see things. However, this did not calm the storm in the court, comrades, the reactionaries have not yet been defeated, and it is not yet the time to drink the celebratory wine

So the three legal divisions jointly petitioned to severely punish the imperial historian Qi Kang who slandered the first assistant, and Emperor Longqing was completely out of proportion at this time, so he had to agree to demote Qi Kang and release him......

Gao Gong's defeat has been decided, people's hearts are scattered, the door of the family is already closed, since Qi Kang left Beijing gloomily, even his cronies and protégés dare not come to the door......

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At this point, Xu Jie has completely grasped the overwhelming advantage, and the rest is 'it advisable to chase the poor man with the remaining bravery' and beat the water dogs

The last arrow that 'killed' Gao Gong was released from Nanjing......

At the beginning of May of the first year of Longqing, Nanjing Hukedu proposed the Jingcha collection to Cen Yongbin, Yushi Yinxiao and others in the matter - as mentioned earlier, those who were deposed in the Jingcha were not allowed to be retained even by the emperor, and this supreme authority was in the hands of the officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but in the course of the six science corridors, they could also put forward the 'Jingcha Relics', and the officials who were hit by the relics were a lifelong shame and had no possibility of turning over.

This time, Beijing's Yanguan and Gao Gong made a fuss, because they wanted to avoid suspicion, so it was inconvenient for them to put forward the relics. So this responsibility fell on the shoulders of Nanjing's affairs and Yushi. However, according to the usual practice, the cabinet has always been exempted from picketing, and there has never been a precedent for cabinet ministers to be picketed up in the past, but this time, the officials in Nanjing pointed the finger at Gao Gong, impeached him for the 'five evil things,' and forced him to step down through legal procedures.

Everyone saw that the outcome of this matter had been decided, and the officials of the 36 yamen in the two capitals were afraid that when Xu Ge Lao Qiu settled the accounts, they thought that their attitude was ambiguous and even sympathetic to Gao Gong, so they rushed to write a book, expose Gao Gong's crimes, and make their position clear.

In this suffocating tide of the Great Pavilion, one ugly drama after another is staged. Many protégés of the high-arched old officials, seeing that his building was about to collapse, turned their spearheads one after another, hoping to use this as a sign of self-preservation. Xu Yangzheng and Liu Tiqian, the left and right attendants of the household department, the former one is Gao Gong's classmate, and the latter is his fellow countryman, and both of them have a close relationship with Gao Gong. Now seeing other yamen, the officials have led the letter to impeach Gao Gong, feeling that they can't fall behind, otherwise they will have endless troubles.

But after all, they were embarrassed to pick this head, so they wanted to pry their Shangshu Ge Shouli to lead the condemnation of Gao Gong's recital. However, Ge Shouli was as his name suggested, he refused to attach himself to Yan Song back then, how could he now surrender his identity and get involved in this kind of bottomless personal attack? So resolutely refused.

Although Lord Shangshu refused to be named, Xu Yangzheng and Liu Tiqian still made a ridiculous 'white-headed sparse...... They left the signature of the book at the head blank, and finally expressed their position on behalf of the household department.

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