The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"The Jin Yiwei men broke into the household department and captured Hai Rui."

Li Fang hurriedly reported the news she had just received to King Yu, and then lowered her hands and waited for King Yu to speak.

However, he did not wait for King Yu's response. When he looked up, he found that King Yu was looking forward with confused eyes, not knowing what he was looking at.

Wei Guangde's expression was also very serious at this time, but his mouth was tightly closed and he didn't say a word.

The last time Wei Guangde said that, Li Fang was not present, so he didn't know what arresting Hai Rui meant to the emperor and King Yu.

The expressions of the two people made Li Fang confused for a moment what was going on.

After a long time, King Yu came to his senses, and he had no intention of continuing to talk to Wei Guangde.

When Wei Guangde saw the opportunity, he decisively said goodbye and left Prince Yu's Mansion.

In the next two days, Wei Guangde continued to visit his fellow villagers in Beijing after leaving the office, but to be honest, he really couldn't find anyone suitable to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Yes, although he asked Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen to recommend candidates, he was not idle either.

Everyone is from Prince Yu's Mansion, so naturally we have to share the wealth together.

It's just a pity that there is no suitable one, so he can only give up.

He didn't pay much attention to the post of Zuodu censor vacated by the Xindu Procuratorate, but there was actually nothing he could do about it.

Those who are qualified have higher qualifications and prestige than him, and they are all seniors. How can anyone put down their dignity and establish friendship with him.

"Wang Ting."

However, three days later, Li Fang of Prince Yu's Palace sent him a note. On it was a person recommended by Chen Yiqin, who was currently the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, Wang Ting.

Chen Yiqin was from Nanchong, Sichuan, and so was Wang Ting.

However, according to Chen Yiqin, Wang Ting can be regarded as one of his elders. He once taught him how to study and provided convenience when he first entered his official career.

Well, if Chen Yiqin or Wang Ting became a prominent figure in the Ming Dynasty in the future, this is actually how the so-called Xiang Party came to be.

Wang Ting's courtesy name is Zizheng, his nickname is Nanmin, and he is from Nanchong, Sichuan. In the 11th year of Jiajing's reign, he was a Jinshi. He successively served as the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the judge of Bozhou, the prefect of Suzhou, the right deputy censor of the capital, and the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing. He also stayed in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing for a long time.

This candidate was also selected by Prince Yu's Mansion after comprehensive consideration and considered to be a more suitable candidate.

In fact, after Prince Yu's Mansion notified Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen of the news, they both reported several names to Prince Yu's Mansion. However, Prince Yu's Mansion didn't just say what they said, and the Prince's Mansion also had to compare.

You can't recommend an unsuitable candidate just because of their relationship.

"Is anyone outside?"

Wei Guangde asked after reading the letter.

"Go back to me, sir, people are still waiting outside."

Lu Bu whispered.

"You go and tell him, okay."

Wei Guangde said to Lu Bu, and then picked up the manuscript on the table and returned to work.

After receiving Wei Guangde's reply, Lu Bu also quit the check-in room and went to the front to reply.

However, after sending away the servants of Prince Yu's palace, Lu Bu did not turn around and return to the school recording hall. Instead, he walked to a food stall on the corner of the street and bought some food before wandering back to the school recording hall.

In the afternoon, in Xiyuan Yongshou Palace.

Emperor Jiajing's face was a little sallow at this time, and he was leaning on the throne. There was a small table on the throne, and a note was placed on it.

"Wang Ting must have been recommended by Xu Jie."

Emperor Jiajing was silent for a long time, and finally spoke to break the silence in the palace.

"Yes, when the royal court was suffering from a great famine in Huai'an, he and the imperial censor Zhu Gang petitioned to keep commercial taxes to provide food for the army, and were severely reprimanded by His Majesty's edict.

Li Bangyi impeached Wang Ting because of this, but he didn't know how to work around it. It was Yan Na, the former Minister of Civil Affairs, who defended Wang Ting and was relieved.

Later, Xu Jie recommended him to be the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, and His Majesty agreed. "

Huang Jin on the side hurriedly told Wang Ting's past briefly, and then lowered his head and said nothing.

"The idea is good, but it misses the point."

Emperor Jiajing shook his head, sighed and said, "After detaining him for so many years, he still hasn't mastered his skills."

Huang Jin knew what the emperor meant, but he didn't dare to answer or even raise his head.

"Who gave this idea? High arch?"

At this point, Emperor Jiajing shook his head and said, "This is not his style. If he had this intention, it would definitely be the person who pushed him, not Wang Ting."

"In the past few days, King Yu summoned Wei Guangde to Prince Yu's Mansion to discuss matters. After that, Yin Shizhen only went to the Prince's Mansion every morning and left in the afternoon."

Huang Jin replied.

"It's him. He's a kid with no foundation, but he's quite clever. It's a pity that there's no one to guide him."

Emperor Jiajing commented casually: "But it's good, even if you are not a member of someone's party, you can still make suggestions for Prince Yu."

"Such a minister should be the best minister."

Huang Jin said in a strange way.

"It's good, but sometimes it can be troublesome to use. There aren't many people down there who can use it, and there are a lot of restrictions on what to do."

Emperor Jiajing said calmly, "It's okay to teach them a lesson. That's it. When the memorial comes up, we can just criticize them."

"Your Majesty, this is what Mr. Xu Ge is doing."

Huang Jin hesitated.

"I'm still here. If he doesn't know the rules, don't do it."

Emperor Jiajing said calmly.

Official position is nothing to the emperor.

Whether it is the chief minister of the cabinet or the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is just a matter of an imperial edict.

Among the six subjects, those who are truly ignorant and disobedient have long been sent away by him. Is the emperor really willing to make himself uncomfortable?

"That Hai Rui"

"I don't want to hear this name, and don't even think about interceding for him. If you can't find anything in the trial, he will be locked up first."

Huang Jin saw that the emperor seemed to be in a good mood at the moment, so thinking about the recent remarks in the court, he also wanted to try to intercede with Hai Rui.

But it seemed that Emperor Jiajing was very concerned about this and interrupted him directly to deny what he meant.

Huang Jin knew that he couldn't do anything, so he naturally wouldn't take the initiative to get into trouble and shut up immediately.

Anyway, they are just locking them up, not beheading them. As long as people don't die, they still have a chance.

"What official position does Xiao Chunzi hold now?"

A moment of silence was broken when Emperor Jiajing asked. The confusing questions made Huang Jin, who was always keen, a little dazed for a moment, unable to understand the meaning of the emperor's words.

"Zhang Shichun."

Emperor Jiajing saw Huang Jin looking up in a daze and reminded him again.

"He is currently the governor of Jinyiwei and signs matters."

Zhang Shichun, of course, knew that he was once the person who accompanied hundreds of Jin Yiwei households and held Luan rituals.

"I heard that there are many roosters, dogs, and thieves in the capital recently. I asked him to supervise the patrols inside and outside the capital. He must eliminate Xiaoxiao."

Emperor Jiajing continued.

"According to the order."

Huang Jin replied hurriedly.

He said this, feeling a little strange in his heart. In the past, people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate reported these matters, and Emperor Jiajing would arrange for people to clean up the gangsters in the market.

How can we start talking about people like chickens, dogs, and thieves?

However, the emperor has given the order, so it is not a problem. Even if the capital is stable, it must have been unstable before, and Admiral Zhang needs to clean it up.

"The winter solstice is coming soon."

Emperor Jiajing was silent for a while and then said.

"Yes, the Ministry of Rites should submit a report soon to ask for instructions on the arrangements for the Winter Solstice Meeting."

Huang Jin bowed and said.

"Follow the usual practice in previous years, just let the foreman Zhu Xizhong bow down."

This time, Huang Jin did not reply immediately, but kept his bow and continued to wait.

Sure enough, after a while Emperor Jiajing said again: "Send Yutian Bo Jiang Rong, Pengcheng Bo Zhang Xiong, Cheng'an Bo Guo Yingqian, Qingping Bo Wu Jiayan to sacrifice to the Eight Tombs, the governor Qian Shi Shen to sacrifice to Emperor Gongren Kang Dingjing, and the middle official to sacrifice Gong Rangzhang. The empresses all ordered Wang Ji, the co-president, to pay homage to the tombs of empress Xiaojie and the two princes Aichong and Zhuangjing."

Just when Huang Jin was about to agree, he heard the next words of Emperor Jiajing again, "Let Prince Yu also go and pay homage to his two brothers."

Huang Jin looked up at Emperor Jiajing in surprise. At this time, Emperor Jiajing had lowered his eyes and seemed to be taking a nap.

With the words still ringing in his ears, Huang Jin just bent down and then exited the hall, going outside to convey His Majesty's will.

Prince Yu's Mansion is now well-informed, and what happened in the inner court only reaches Prince Yu's ears in the evening. Although the decree has not even reached the Rites Department at this time, he already knows about it.

His father asked him to go out of the city to pay homage to the two prince brothers, and King Yu would naturally not be reluctant.

In fact, the life of the princes of the Ming Dynasty was not good. At least they could not leave the capital without an order, which was very different from the situation in the princes' palaces everywhere.

It's like little birds locked in a birdcage. They can only leave the birdcage for a moment when their owner opens the birdcage and lets them out.

But the sky is high and the sea is vast, and they cannot fly freely under the sky.

"How is your father's health?"

King Yu didn't know whether he was thinking of his two deceased brothers or something else, but the corners of his eyes were slightly red at this time.

"It is said that the past few days have been fine. Although I have not left Yongshou Palace, I can still walk around in the palace. I have not left the palace gate for the past two days. It is said that I feel a little tired."

Li Fang replied softly.

It was absolutely taboo to spy on the emperor's body, so he was very careful when answering.

Fortunately, there were only him and King Yu in the room at this time, and there was no one else to serve him, otherwise he would never dare to answer.

"In addition, His Majesty also sent a note to the cabinet later in the day, allowing cabinet ministers to take turns entering Zhixi Garden."

This news should have shocked King Yu, but at this time, there was no change in King Yu's face at all, as if everything was as he expected.

However, Li Fang felt a little uneasy in her heart, as if something big was about to happen.

King Yu, today’s reaction is so unusual.

It seems that it should not be said today, but this time.

Within two days, the decree reached Prince Yu's Mansion. After receiving the decree, Prince Yu immediately arranged for people to prepare the itinerary, and then ordered his colleague Wang Ji to go out to worship.

When they left, King Yu just handed Wei Guangde a note and followed the carriage out of the city.

A few days later, King Yu finally completed the worship ceremony and embarked on his way back to the capital.

Being able to go out of the city and walk outside the capital during this period of time made King Yu feel much more relaxed, without the depressing feeling he had in the capital.

After the important task arranged by his father was completed, Prince Yu no longer sat in the carriage, but mounted a horse and galloped through the countryside with a group of royal guards.

Is this the feeling of galloping horses and whips that Wei Guangde mentioned?

very nice.

There are actually racecourses in the palace and Prince Yu's palace where horses can be raced, but the feeling of riding horses outside is really not something that can be felt in the palace.

At least, King Yu liked this feeling.

The motorcade gradually approached the capital. A fast horse galloped in the distance, and sitting on it was a man in primary school uniform.

Soon, the visitor was stopped by the palace guards from a distance. Prince Yu was riding here, so naturally he would not let anyone else get close to him.

But soon, the man was brought over by the palace guards.

"Your Highness, this is news from the palace."

The guard took a letter from the man and handed it over. It passed through the hands of the chamberlain before it was passed to King Yu.

When he opened it, King Yu was surprised.

It had only been a few days since I left the capital, but something really happened in the capital again.

"Hu Yingjia, haha."

King Yu was still chanting the name in his mouth.

He only knew there was such a person a few days ago, but he didn't expect him to run into him again so soon.

After reading the letter, King Yu put it directly into his arms.

The motorcade in the distance had already caught up with them, and King Yu waved his hand and said, "Go back."

Immediately, the cavalry turned and ran towards the convoy.

In the 11th month of the 45th year of the Jiajing reign, Hu Yingjia and others discussed the matter of impeaching the great scholar Gao Gong for his disloyalty.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Zhilu was regarded as a narrow place, and his family was moved outside the gate of Xi'an, and he returned home late at night, but he had no intention of staying in public all night long.

Secondly, the emperor has recently violated the peace, and all ministers and ministers have asked God to pray for blessings and hope for peace. However, the offerings are smuggled out of Zhilu for external use. It seems that the ministers do not know what their intentions are.

Half a month ago, Hu Yingjia, Wei Shiliang and others impeached Zhang Yongming, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Although the impeachment failed, Zhang Yongming was so angry that he fell seriously ill. After that, he wrote four memorials begging to retire from office and recuperate before Emperor Jiajing finally agreed. .

Although the impeachment failed, it still achieved victory, which seemed to strengthen the selfish motives of Hu Yingjia and others.

This time, they pointed the finger at the strong-willed Gao Gong, accusing him of being unfaithful since entering the country, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties for a while.

Although he was angry, Gao Gong had no choice but to go home immediately after being impeached, but he would not fall ill immediately after returning home, which was what Erhu wanted.

That day at home, he wrote a eloquent defense and sent it to the palace.

"I was honored by the emperor to enter the pavilion and was given ten couplets in front and back of the palace. Some of the ministers who entered the palace before his death did not have this, but I only got it. I thought I was lucky enough to have an unexpected encounter. I was told that I disliked it. Narrowness, how unkind, because the minister's family was poor, had no children, and had few healthy servants, so he moved to the nearest house to get food and clothing and stayed with him for a long time.

The emperor's plan is not to use this to falsely accuse the minister of secretly leaving. The emperor will try to ask the imperial ministers in the imperial palace whether they have official schools. This will make it clear. Whenever the ministers in Zhi see a ceremony at the Purple Emperor's Palace, they will take their utensils and go away, and then move them back. , Xiangsui thinks the story.

And the ministers used this to falsely accuse the minister of moving out of the country, which was particularly unreasonable. Today, I have some daily necessities in my room. Your Majesty will give them to you to test whether they are there or not, and you can see them.

Before Ying Jia had no grudges against his ministers, he always praised him as a great talent. Recently, Li Dengyun, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, was impeached by Ying Jia. Ying Jia was suspicious of his ministers and hated him, so he took advantage of the opportunity to criticize his talents and virtues. If he is too shallow to hold a heavy responsibility, it would be appropriate to dismiss him as being too shallow.

If you think that the attack is not effective, you will go away, but it will not work, so you will slander and not use any remaining strength. I was originally afraid of the minister being straight, but thought that if he came out of straightness, he would be called a great talent in the past. "

In this regard, Emperor Jiajing did not give the two sides time to continue their criticism, and directly commented in Gao Gong's defense that "Gong's position remains the same."

The impeachment of Hu Yingjia and others finally made Wei Guangde deeply fearful of him.

He has a dark heart and will seize opportunities.