Chapter 236: The Great Jedi Reversal
Sun Yinglong went all the way north, because it was a five-masted military guard with a clipper, only a dozen days to arrive, at this time, a big scandal broke out in Kyoto, headed by Ye Mengxiong, a cadre of imperial history, jointly impeached the first assistant of the cabinet Zhang Siwei, saying that he has no king and no father, a first assistant who even has to hide the death of his own son, is he qualified to be the first assistant minister of my brilliant Ming Dynasty?
At this time, Zhang Siwei's father has been dead for more than a month, in the words of the obedient official, I am afraid that he has turned into corpse water, and the news was poked out after all.
When Zhang Juzheng died of Lao Tzu, the court seized love, and countless people who hoped that Zhang Ge would keep the system for three years were disappointed, and then, the governors of the world ran one after another, and even some governors wore filial piety clothes to cry for Zhang Juzheng's dead ghost father, saying: Dead old lady, why didn't you die kid?
The dignified governor, one of the few feudal officials in the world, is actually willing to be a filial son, although it is true that Zhang Juzheng is skillful, but it is not the first and auxiliary position of the cabinet with high power, such a hot position, naturally countless people dream of going up and sitting down.
Zhang Siwei was unwilling to go home to guard the system, it was when he witnessed the majesty of his boss Zhang Juzheng's dead father, he became more and more unwilling, how could he go out of the house, and contacted many officials to prepare a joint letter, asking Shoufu to win love according to the convention, but he is not his boss Zhang Juzheng, his prestige is a lot worse, even if he has been jumping up and down for a month, he is not sure that he will do this thing.
In particular, he had actually told the Empress Dowager Cisheng in private, hoping that the Empress Dowager would open her mouth to protect him, but I don't know why, this time the Empress Dowager Cisheng kept her mouth shut tightly and did not say a word, causing him to turn pale with anger, and even threw the tea cup when he went home.
Different from what ordinary people imagine, the queen mother of the Ming Dynasty is actually not as powerful as imagined, in the minds of civil and military officials, the queen mother is to be respected, but it is only respect, not to mention anything else, just look at the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, there is not even a curtain to listen to the political system, the power of the so-called queen mother, it can be seen, in fact, it is the same thing.
If the Empress Dowager is really in a high position, are there rumors among the people that Zhang Juzheng and Empress Dowager Li have a leg? In fact, whether it is a hundred officials or ordinary people, in their eyes, the authority of the empress dowager is not legitimate, and if it is extended further, in the hearts of Wenchen, if the emperor's holy decree is not stamped by the cabinet, it is not legal.
Of course, as the empress dowager, if the Empress Dowager Li is willing to open her mouth to protect Zhang Siwei, Zhang Ge Lao will be a little more sure of his routine love, but this time the Empress Dowager Li did not say a word, which made Zhang Siwei angry and ashamed, and the time dragged on for more and more, but it was a good opportunity.
It's a pity that his mind is still full of the number of his boss Zhang Juzheng, so he naturally killed himself, you know, Zhang Juzheng is rumored to have a leg with the Empress Dowager Li, do you have Zhang Siwei? If you don't have such a big donkey, don't imagine such a beautiful thing.
Therefore, Ye Mengxiong and others suddenly impeached Zhang Siwei, which really hit Zhang Siwei's key point at once, he was embattled at this time, and he learned from the pain, feeling that even if the queen mother was willing to protect him, but the emperor was too old, he might not be able to keep him, and he regretted it for a while, so he first took the door of Concubine De Niangniang, and wanted to hand over 100,000 taels of silver to enter, and then get the emperor's support.
Unfortunately, his decision was too late, and it was not the right time.
If it was before, 100,000 taels was really a lot of money, and the emperor's gold and silver were only 1.2 million a year, this was not for the emperor alone, but the cost including the emperor's reward for relatives and nobles, those so-called history books that said that the emperor's woman had 400,000 fat powder money a year were purely brainless, just like the 70 million cash silver that Guo Mo X had taken out of the evidence, black for the sake of black, and said nonsense with his eyes open.
In ancient times, it was normal for the emperor to bribe ministers and ministers to bribe emperors, even after 500 years, to take a look at the so-called political donations and people's elections, in fact, it was the same thing. Therefore, the matter of sending 100,000 taels of silver is not a big deal, if this is in the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Siwei sends 100,000 taels of silver to Wanli, Wanli guarantees that a face is similar to a chrysanthemum, and the royal family has no surplus food! Some of the more rigorous history books have said that Wanli [on a piece of paper, in Taicang to take 200,000 silver], caused the imperial historians to write to scold Wanli, saying Your Majesty, you are sick, the illness is not light, your disease is called greed.
The so-called pieces of paper of civil officials, in fact, are not the holy decree stamped by the cabinet, the emperor has no money, and he used the holy purpose to take 200,000 taels from the treasury, and was scolded by hundreds of officials for being sick, it is conceivable how poor Wanli is, so if Zhang Siwei sent 100,000 taels of silver last year, Wanli kept it and laughed like a flower, anyway, Zhang Siwei's family is not short of money, his family is a wealthy businessman in Shanxi, there is no more, and there are still millions of furniture.
But now, Uncle Guo got the silver mountain sent by the lord of Fusang in Fusang, this matter is overwhelming, and now the whole world knows that Wanli is still a little confused at the beginning, even if he reads Jinyiwei's secret report, he thinks it is unlikely, but Concubine De Niangniang is very sure, saying that my brother has been good since he was a child, and he will never lie.
Although the age difference between the two sisters and brothers is not very big, it is only a gap of three or four years, but the two have lost their mothers since childhood, it can be said that they depend on each other, the so-called eldest sister is like a mother, and the younger brother in the eyes of Concubine De is equivalent to those old ladies who dot on their sons, how do you look at their sons are perfect, there is nothing wrong with them, if there is anything wrong, needless to say, there must be a bad person instigated by them, my child, that is ten thousand obedient.
Wanli also felt that Jinyiwei would not report blindly, although he said that it was his brother-in-law's money, but Cheng Baihu, who was sent to Uncle Guo's side, said in the secret recital, saying that Uncle Guo said it in Fusang himself, he wanted to give his sister 500,000 yuan as a face, and give his brother-in-law 500,000 yuan as spare money.
I don't want to say what the emperor and his wife are happy about, although the money hasn't arrived yet, but Wanli can't look down on the 100,000 taels of silver sent by Zhang Siwei, he thought to himself, you Zhang Siwei should hurry up and go home! I use Mr. Shen...... If Wang Xijue knew Wanli's inner activities, he was afraid that he would have to squirt a mouthful of old blood on the ground, in fact, it is not difficult to understand, Shen Shixing used to be Wanli's teacher, and the reputation of the government and the opposition is also good, commonly known as [Shen Elder], in the words of later generations, that is, the court felt that Shen Shixing was an honest man, and they all sent him a good person card, calling him a good person Shen good person.
It's one thing to like Shen Shixing or not, but if Shen Shixing wants to come to the stage as the first assistant, there is almost no resistance, and those who can't sit in that position will think: Shen is a good person! He is the first assistant, he is the first assistant, even if I have a grudge against him, with his person, I must not be embarrassed by being the first assistant.
In terms of word-of-mouth, Wang Xijue is a big cut away from Shen Shixing, not to mention anything else, his son took the exam and sent a lot of officials who impeached his son to prison, this matter offended many people, you know, even if you have nothing to do with it, you will be sad to see it, I impeached your son Wang Gelao, and he may be demoted to prison? Lying in the mud of the Gobi, this is simply a rampant and domineering crab, can Lao Tzu still speak in the future? Whoever is the first assistant can do it, you Wang Magpie, you think.
The emperor of the Qing Dynasty personally said that [sinners who do not use words and words to slightly violate the law], in fact, the Qing Dynasty literary prison is the most terrifying, and the Qing emperor is no different from farting.
And although the Ming Dynasty was hacked into [eunuchs in power, the people are not happy], but in fact, the Ming Dynasty basically does not scold people with words, the so-called court staff, most of the time is a good opportunity for the imperial history civil officials to become famous in the world, was beaten, the name is clear, there is a clear name, others admire, they will send silver, money is also there, it is to do a bitch and set up a memorial arch, so the imperial history and the name are almost the same, the difference is only the name of the upper and lower two mouths, the imperial history only has a mouth above.
And Concubine De has no opinion on Wanli to use Shen Shixing, when she was made a concubine by Wanli, many officials wrote to the emperor, thinking that the emperor favored a person in the harem too much, which is not good, at that time Wanli once scolded, these imperial historians, all day idle [***] nothing, which woman do I like, what do you have to do with it, Shen Haoren did not squeak at that time.
Later, Zheng Concubine was promoted to Concubine De, the government and the opposition were shaken, and many officials were on the book, thinking that the emperor was young, and he was too unstable in doing things, and he suddenly favored and believed in it, and he had no atmosphere of a clear monarch, and Shen Haoren did not squeak, and waited until the Empress Dowager Rensheng said that she raised the Zheng family, and the officials turned off the fire, Zhang Siwei also rushed to write a notice form, ordinary concubines and folk concubines are almost the same, but concubines like Concubine De are one of the four ladies since ancient times, and they want to take them to the ancestral temple, burn the table and tell the ancestors, this is the official woman of my old Zhu family, And Shen Shixing didn't squeak at that time.
Concubine De is the master who helps Wanli deal with the government, so she naturally feels that this good person is indeed not a bad elder, and she has a lot of good feelings about this person, but she definitely has no bad feelings, as for Wang Magpie, is the grievance with the Zheng family still shallow? Needless to say.
Of course, Wang Xijue is also the master of the scheming, the daughter was robbed by Uncle Zheng Guo, the news reached his ears, he bowed his head to drink tea at the time, and he was completely embarrassed and angry that his daughter was robbed by someone who was demolished, and later secretly asked people to give some gifts to Concubine De, although the gifts are inconspicuous, but some pearls and jewelry can only be purchased in tens of thousands of taels, and the meaning is self-evident.
What kind of woman is Concubine De, she naturally knows what Wang Ge Lao means, but she was not dazzled by tens of thousands of taels of gifts, as the so-called heavier the person who is given, the thicker the person who seeks it, you have invested tens of thousands of taels, and you are naturally going to the goal of hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars, is Concubine De Niangniang so easy to fool!
Therefore, Wang Magpie thinks that if Concubine De is silent, he is qualified to compete with Shen Shixing, and he can only say that he looks down on himself too much.
In short, the Jingshi was in a mess, and everyone from the hundreds of officials to Li Min was talking about Lord Ye Mengxiong's impeachment of Zhang Siwei, and the torrent was surging, in fact, the chess game was over, and the ending was that Shen Haoren won.
However, the first assistant of the dignified cabinet concealed the death of his father for more than a month, and this matter really cannot be explained to the people of the world, you know, this is an era when a hundred officials move to say [the Son of Heaven rules the world with filial piety], although it is not as heard of the Han Dynasty that a certain filial son was summoned to the court as an official, but if you are not filial, you will definitely not be able to be an official.
Therefore, the fire that Ye Mengxiong and others burned became more and more vigorous, and later, almost one-third of the officials impeached Zhang Siwei with Ye Mengxiong's intentions, Zhang Gelao's face became darker and darker, and his heart became more and more sinking.
I have to say that it is not simple to sit in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Siwei was attacked by a group for a few days, and the governor of Xuanda was folded.
Zhang Siwei's maternal uncle, the crown prince Taibao, the title of secretary of the military department, and Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda, personally wrote a book, saying that because he saw that his nephew was in the position of the first assistant, he was afraid that his nephew would mess up the world because of family affairs, so he privately concealed the news of his nephew's father's death.
The world is dumb.
This is the Governor of Xuanda, in terms of power, it may not be much lighter than the cabinet elders, and now Wang Chonggu has written a book, and he has asked to resign, so the meaning is clear, you imperial historians, what do you want to do? This is the crown prince and the prince, the secretary of the military department and the governor of Xuanda!
This move is really a trick to put the dead and survive, Zhang Siwei suddenly died to survive, if he stepped down because of impeachment, and went home to his old father to guard the system, this is completely different things.
was impeached and stepped down, he Zhang Siwei is not a fart, and if he goes home to keep filial piety for his old father, he can return to Beijing with a laugh in three years, and say [I, Zhang Siwei, am back again!] ], still the first assistant of the cabinet.
The direction of the Beijing division suddenly changed, and those who originally impeached Zhang Siwei changed their words one after another, and some even wrote to the governor of Xuanda, Lord Wang Chonggu, to intercede, believing that Wang Taibao had worked hard for the court for decades and had contributed to the world, which was the so-called flaw.
At this time, Zhang Siwei personally wrote a book, saying that the minister is the first assistant, and he should be flaunted for the world, and the minister's maternal uncle should be punished for doing such things, otherwise how can he show the majesty of the court. Therefore, he made a table, Wang Chonggu dismissed the governor of Xuanda, and recommended the punishment according to the envoy and the reorganization of the army to be the governor of Xuanda at the right time.
As soon as this recommendation came out, the smart person suddenly saw a thoroughfare, the military preparation party has always been Wang Chonggu's deputy at the time, and he has a deep friendship with Zhang Siwei, yes, Wang Chonggu has resigned, but how old is Wang Chonggu? At the age of sixty-eight, how many years can you still be a governor? Fang Fengshi was on the throne as the governor, and Wang Chonggu was in the position, what is the difference!
This can no longer be described by losing the car to protect the handsome, it is simply a Jedi reversal, perhaps the only regret is that Zhang Siwei failed to win the love, but Zhang Siwei went home to keep filial piety, and could only be represented by the second assistant, although he did the first assistant, but nominally the head is still the second assistant, the key is that three years later, as soon as Zhang Siwei comes back, you still have to give up the position, you have done a good job in the past three years, and the credit is half of the first assistant, if you don't do it well, the sin is all your secondary.
In short, this big drama made the people of Beijing enjoy watching it, and they talked about it, this old man's brain is different from ours! In an instant, the world is spinning, today is like this, tomorrow is suddenly like that, those civil and military officials are even more like a big opera, today Zhang Siwei Zhangfu is not an inch, and the door of Ming'er Zhangfu is full of traffic, that change is really more powerful than the seventy-two changes of Sun Monkey.
When the dust settled, Sun Yinglong entered the palace to see Wanli, it was already the tenth day of the Jingshi, and in the past ten days, the daily changes in the imperial court made him feel dumbfounded, but in the end, he felt that he still did not escape the estimation of the grandmother who heard the people, although there was a slight deviation, but the general trend has not changed.
He walked in the imperial city, pinched two letters in his sleeve, and couldn't help but sweat in his heart.
The eunuch who led the way was led to the outside of the Qianqing Palace, he smiled at the eunuch, secretly reached out and handed over a piece of red gold, the eunuch pinched it in his hand, and already knew what it was from the feel and weight, and immediately smiled, smiled at him: "Lord Sun, you wait here first, the emperor and Niangniang are now reviewing the chapter, Niangniang knows that you are entering Beijing on behalf of Uncle Guo, and I will definitely see you immediately......" As he spoke, his face was full of satisfaction, and he turned around and crossed the threshold half a knee high and entered the palace gate.
In a flash, Sun Yinglong was led to the palace, stepping on the soft carpet, he felt a little dizzy, and his back was full of sweat, seeing a pair of bright yellow brocade boots, he immediately crawled down and knelt down, "Slave Nanjing Jinyi Wei Qianhu Sun Yinglong, knock to see Your Majesty, knock to see Niangniang." ”
Wanli casually took the ginseng tea handed over by Zhang Cheng next to him, took a shallow sip, and asked, "When did you enter the Jinyi Guard!" ”
Sun Yinglong didn't dare to slack off, "The ancestor of the slave was transferred to Nanjing in the year of Emperor Xiaozong's Hongzhi, and the slave is the ...... of the world."
Wanli listened to him and nodded slowly, "Hmm! That's also a generation of loyalty. "Jinyiwei is a heavenly eagle dog, and it is not a system with ordinary officials, and it is not uncommon to call himself a minion, if it is a civil and military official, he will definitely not do this.
asked some words, Wanli has received the emperor's education since he was a child, and these kung fu will still do the work of beating the courtiers below, naturally Sun Yinglong's forehead is full of cold sweat, but Wanli asked some words, but he was a little happy, he heard that some officials outside are now very bastard, although this Sun Yinglong looks a little slippery, but there is still a sense of awe, in general, it is not bad, follow his brother-in-law to do things, it is appropriate to think about it...... At this time, Concubine De reviewed the various pieces that had just been sent, and couldn't help but exclaim, "It's good." As he spoke, he put down the pen and stretched his waist greatly, this gesture fell in the eyes of the emperor, and the concubine was so beautiful even stretching her waist, she got up and went over at the moment, and said with a smile: "Ruotong, I've worked hard for you again, in fact, some pieces can be put down, and I won't eat it again." ”
"Then how to do it, Ming said Fu Ming." Concubine De stood up, and a eunuch behind her hurriedly moved the chair away, "Ming said that I don't know what kind of concert a few pavilion elders are going to make again!"
Speaking of this, Wanli couldn't help frowning, Zhang Siwei's Jedi reversal was also beyond his expectations, he didn't let his teacher Mr. Shen become the first assistant, and he even had some regret in his heart.
Wanli is the emperor cultivated by civil officials, and he is still very particular about the set of teachers and students, to be honest, it is like Zhang Juzheng, if it weren't for the fact that life was too erosive and the emperor was too ruthless, he might not be able to do anything to that Zhang Taiyue and Teacher Zhang.
You must know that when Zhang Juzheng was in power, he had a disease, and the world prayed for him, up to the six departments, down to the local small county orders, all of them prayed for him, these news entered the emperor's ears through Jinyiwei, and the emperor was not small, what would he think?
For example, the later nine-thousand-year-old Wei Gonggong, although hundreds of officials set up a shrine for him, but the nine-thousand-year-old also called himself a slave in front of the emperor, and Zhang Juzheng, as the emperor's teacher, had to serve the decoction when he was sick, and treated him like a father, plus Zhang Juzheng's family was too rich, and the palace was not as good as it, all of the above made Wanli finally hate Teacher Zhang Taiyue.
Whoever gets to Wanli's position will be dissatisfied with Teacher Zhang.
Lying groove mud Male Gobi ...... Thou hast taught me to be upright, not to be good for money, and my bed was of rosewood, and my tent was of brass, and thy bed was of rosewood, and thy tent was of gold.
You taught me to be upright, not to be a good woman, I fell in love with a woman, you scolded me for being a faint king, forced me to marry her as a wife, you went to dozens of women, mud horses and Francois women, others sang praises to you.
To tell the truth, Zhang Juzheng died on the belly of a woman, Wanli was very happy in his heart, and Zhang Siwei was Zhang Juzheng's right-hand man, commonly known as asking big Zhang for big things and Xiao Zhang for small things, so he didn't like Zhang Siwei Wanli very much.
And Mr. Shen Shi Xing Shen has never behaved with Mr. I, sometimes I give something to Mr., and Mr. will definitely kneel down and thank him respectfully...... In short, Shen Haoren is very safe and unassuming, and he is still very liked by Wanli, but the affairs of the imperial court are not something that Wanli said [I like Mr. Shen Shixing Shen, he must be the first assistant] can be solved in one sentence, and the Wanli Emperor at this time is basically quite a rubber stamp, which is used for stamping.
So for the current changes in the imperial court, Wanli is also quite helpless, Zhang Siwei played a shocking reversal, he can only make an order to express his condolences for the death of the first assistant's old father, from which it is very implicit to express [You hurry home to keep filial piety, I don't want to see you] Such a meaning, but if he says that he will revoke Zhang Siwei's position as the first assistant, he does not have so much power, even if he is the emperor.
At this time, Concubine De walked up to Sun Yinglong and took a few steps, "You are Sun Yinglong?" What about the letter of the good officer? Hurry up and show me. Sun Yinglong didn't even dare to raise his head, so he quickly took out the letter from his sleeve, put his hands on the top of his head, and the eunuch next to him took it from his hand and handed it to Concubine De.
Casually opened the letter, Concubine De opened her mouth lightly, and read in her slightly hoarse magnetic voice: "Sister, brother-in-law respects the ......" and immediately laughed, and said to herself: "Dead good officer, you also know to put your sister in front, if you dare to put the word brother-in-law in front of me, see if I don't pick your skin......"
Wanli next to him suddenly smiled bitterly, but didn't he just like the unrestrained feeling of his concubine! So he leaned over with a salivating face, "Aifei, I have the honor to look at it with you!" When Sun Yinglong heard the emperor's tone, he couldn't believe it in his heart, and quietly looked up.
Concubine De beckoned to Emperor Wanli with a big grin under Sun Yinglong's stunnedness, "Come here!" And the surrounding eunuchs didn't seem to see it, even the old eunuchs like Zhang Cheng lowered their heads.
(To be continued)