At night.
"What on earth is Gao Gong waiting for?" Lu Tiaoyang murmured to himself.
This was a problem that had troubled him all day.
Gao Gongting's reaction to Yang Bo's betrayal was too bland.
Even the impeachment of Gao Gong was a blow to the cotton - Gao Gong didn't resist at all.
Was it because of the urging of two edicts that Gao Gong finally realized that neither the Queen Mother nor the Emperor could tolerate him?
Or when he saw Lu Tiaoyang's impeachment and realized that Zhang Juzheng's intentions were behind it, he became disheartened?
No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't convince himself, and the more he thought about it, the less he understood.
Lu Tiaoyang walked to the door of his house with doubts.
Because I was deep in thought, I didn't realize that the servants didn't come out to greet me today, and I didn't even notice that none of the lights in the house were on.
He pushed open the side door of the courtyard and walked into the courtyard as if in a fugue.
It wasn't until he opened the door that he suddenly realized that it was pitch black inside and outside.
He was about to react.
Inside the house, two lights suddenly came on.
Next to the main seat, there are candles on the left and right.
He immediately glanced over and saw Feng Baoduan sitting on the Grand Master's chair.
He leaned forward, raised his head suddenly, and looked at Lu Tiaoyang.
Feng Bao's expression was gloomy and his tone was aggressive: "Lv Shangshu, we know what Gao Gong is waiting for."
"But Lu Shangshu caused me to lose Dongchang, can our family still trust you?"
…
In Gao Gong's mansion, the study room was still quiet.
Gao Gong, who was at the center of the controversy, was in his study, hunched over his desk, rewriting a memorial begging for dismissal.
There was no trace of anxiety at all. It seemed that it was copied again because it was damaged.
Ge Shouli pushed the door open and happened to see this scene.
He stood aside and didn't say anything, just waiting quietly.
Gao Gong glanced up, then lowered his head and continued writing at his desk: "Yu Li, I've told you several times, come in and close the door."
Yuli is Ge Shouli's character.
The friendship between the two is extraordinary.
In the early years of Longqing, Ge Shouli was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. At that time, Xu Jie led his men to besiege Gao Gong. Even though Gao Gong had little power to fight back, Ge Shouli still supported Gao Gong unreservedly.
After Gao Gong's defeat, Ge Shouli also asked for his dismissal.
And as Xu Jie entered the official position and Gao Gong returned to power, Ge Shouli was immediately promoted to the position of the capital censor.
The two of them can be said to be best friends who have gone through ups and downs and have their backs.
Such a big event today seemed to bring Ge Shouli back to a few years ago, when Gao Gong was besieged by Xu Jie.
That's why he ignored the rumors and came to visit at night.
I was in a hurry, but the first thing I said when I walked in was this.
Ge Shouli looked at Gao Gong who looked like a normal person, sighed, turned around and closed the door.
Then he turned back and looked at Gao Gong: "Yuan Fu was trying to nourish his energy, but it actually showed that my character was not good."
Even he couldn't tell whether Gao Gong was calm in the face of danger or whether he was thinking of retreating.
Gao Gong snorted: "It needs to be polished again."
At this time, he was still in the mood to joke, and Ge Shouli was even more surprised.
He wondered: "Yuan Fu knew that Yang Bo was going to rebel?"
He couldn't figure out why Yang Bo acted like this.
Could it be that Wang Chonggu was promised to join the cabinet and felt resentful?
Or is there some other conspiracy with Feng Bao or Lu Tiaoyang?
Gao Gong shook his head: "I'm not the roundworm in his belly, and I don't control the Dongchang Jinyiwei, so I don't know what he thinks."
These words brought Ge Shouli's confusion to its peak.
He simply stopped thinking about it and asked directly: "Gao Suqing, please stop selling me."
Seeing that Ge Shouli was upset, Gao Gong finally put down the pen in his hand.
He smiled and said: "Of course I didn't know Yang Bo would come here, but..."
He suppressed his smile and continued: "It's just that I was prepared."
Ge Shouli was confused: "Have you been prepared?"
Gao Gong nodded: "Not only Yang Bo, but even you, if you suddenly want to impeach me, I won't be surprised."
Ge Shouli remained silent.
There is nothing wrong with this, but it is strange that it feels comfortable to use yourself as an example for this kind of thing.
With such a bad temper, it’s no wonder he doesn’t have many friends.
Gao Gong naturally didn't have such delicate thoughts, and he didn't care what Ge Shouli thought.
He continued: "Just watch, besides Yang Bo and Lu Tiaoyang, there are more people staring at me."
When you reach the position of Six Ministers, you represent more than just yourself.
Not to mention the Ministry of War, even the Ministry of Rites, which seems to have little power, has been controlling the academy and the imperial examination for many years.
Probably, the complex of propaganda, diplomacy, and education has an unparalleled influence among scholars.
Not to mention Lu Tiaoyang and Yang Bo, and the gang behind them, the Jin Party and the New Party.
No matter who comes, it is impossible to take them lightly.
But... if you want to do great things, how can you expect everyone to unite around you?
If the emperor can't do something, why should he, Gao Suqing?
He was prepared to deal with onlookers, traitors, and enemies.
Just like what he said, even if Ge Shouli betrayed him, he would still face the situation without changing his face and act consistently.
Ge Shouli was startled and did not understand the meaning.
He frowned and said, "Not just Yang Bo? Who else?"
Gao Gong stood up and said, "Only God knows."
…
Lu Tiaoyang looked at Feng Bao quietly and said in a deep voice: "Lu Mou, the Minister of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, with the official title of second grade, a high official of the imperial court!"
"My mansion, Feng Bao, how dare you break into it!"
At this time, his anger was even greater than his curiosity about Gao Gong's plan mentioned by Feng Bao.
How dare a mere eunuch break into his mansion!
Even with this pretense of taking and taking away, is it really true that Lu Tiaoyang has a bad temper!?
Feng Bao argued: "What a great official of the imperial court!"
He suddenly smiled, gave a big salute, and said solemnly: "Then, my Dongchang is cut off, and the high officials of the imperial court will make the decision for me."
Lu Tiaoyang didn't dare to accept this gift, so he quickly turned sideways to avoid it.
Most of his anger was dissipated by Feng Bao's behavior.
He just insisted on saving face and said: "What is your Dongchang? That is the Dongchang of the Ming Dynasty, the Dongchang of the Holy Emperor."
Feng Bao chuckled lightly, stood up and approached Lu Tiaoyang: "It's not the factory of a high official like you, right?"
"So, Lu Shangshu just watched me be demoted?"
Feng Bao insisted on this matter, and Lu Tiaoyang finally couldn't resist.
He softened his tone and said: "Feng Dajue, it's not like you didn't see me at the court meeting yesterday. I was dragged away by the emperor, and I was at a loss."
"Do you want me to wallow around like a prostitute?"
Feng Bao looked gloomy.
This was something that caught him off guard.
I never expected that this matter would change for no reason, and in just one day, Dongchang was gone.
He asked: "Then what did Lu Shangshu say in front of Empress Dowager Li?"
If he were in Cining Palace, he would know even if a fly crows a few times, not to mention what they talked about.
However, Zhu Xizhong, as a minister of the foreign court, could not meet him in the palace, so he ran to Qianqing Palace.
There are people from the Jin Yiwei over there. If Zhu Xizhong's secrets can't be guarded, then being the commander of the Jin Yiwei will be in vain.
So, until now, he still doesn't know what happened yesterday.
Lu Tiaoyang glanced at Feng Bao and said calmly: "Yesterday, Empress Dowager Li asked me why Yan Guan was impeached and what the ancestral law was."
"Zhu Xizhong is on the sidelines, so I can only answer truthfully."
Answering truthfully would be detrimental to Feng Bao.
The two of them knew this well.
After hearing this, Feng Bao dismissed the two eunuchs holding lamps and asked them to guard outside the house and not let anyone get close.
Then he said to Lu Tiaoyang: "Then what happened to Li Jin?"
Lu Tiaoyang told the truth: "The father-in-law and Duke Cheng will be here when I go."
"Li Jin was also recommended by Duke Cheng. Whether he has a tacit understanding with the father of the kingdom is unknown."
From an outsider's perspective.
As soon as there were rumors of impeachment of Feng Bao in the outer court, the head of state took Zhu Xizhong to find the Queen Mother.
Then it happened that Zhu Xizhong recommended someone from Empress Dowager Li's mother's clan.
Whether there is any connection between them is really hard to say.
As for whether the emperor suddenly pulled him to meet the Queen Mother, whether it was a whim or a tacit understanding, Lu Tiaoyang did not dare to think deeply.
Seeing Feng Bao's ugly face, he could only comfort him and said: "Feng Dajue, Li Jin is a relative after all. After Gao Gong becomes an official, we can find another excuse to impeach the relative for interfering in politics."
Whether this kind of distant relative is a foreign relative or not depends entirely on the whim of the court official.
It is in line with the etiquette system. Someone Lu said it, but it does not represent the attitude of the officials anyway.
After Feng Bao heard this, he didn't feel better at all.
Instead, he was full of emotions: "Waiting for Gao Gong to become an official!? I'm afraid I'll die in his hands first!"
Lu Tiaoyang's expression changed, and he understood the meaning of his words.
He quickly asked: "What does this mean? And what did Feng Dajue say just now that Gao Gong was waiting for?"
Feng Bao snorted coldly.
His posturing was just to take the lead in the conversation, and was not really an attempt to hold him accountable.
Cooperation would benefit both sides, and he naturally knows what anger should be endured.
Feng Bao took out a memorial from his arms and handed it to Lu Tiaoyang: "I copied this from the cabinet lobby. Lu Shangshu might as well read it slowly."
Lu Tiaoyang's expression changed: "How dare you go to the cabinet to steal books!"
Even if the target was Gao Gong, Lu Tiaoyang would never be able to bear it.
Today he could go to the cabinet and secretly copy memorials, but tomorrow he wouldn't even dare to think of anything he could do.
Feng Bao said nothing.
Lu Tiaoyang took a deep look at Feng Bao and could only say that he was indeed Feng Bao. Even if the Dongchang was gone, his importance should not be underestimated.
He also understood that this was not the time to care.
I felt disgusted in my heart, but I still accepted the memorial.
The words on the cover are crooked, obviously due to being too hasty.
Lu Tiaoyang didn't take it seriously at first. He flipped through two pages and his expression changed wildly.
He was shocked and lost his voice: "How dare Gao Gongan!?"
…
Gao Gong took a seat on the guest seats on both sides and fiddled with his robes casually.
It's rather willful and natural.
Although he has a bad temper, he is calm when facing big events.
He motioned Ge Shouli to sit down as well: "Don't worry about who comes out to oppose me, let's just do our thing step by step."
Ge Shouli took the opportunity to sit down, but he didn't understand what he meant: "But the palace has repeatedly pressed you, and coupled with Yang Bo's impeachment, they are forcing you to submit a letter to become an official. How can you do anything?"
Gao Gong handed over the official memorial he had just written: "You are here just in time."
"This is my petition for dismissal. I will send it to the General Affairs Department early tomorrow morning."
Ge Shouli suddenly stood up.
"Yuansuke..."
Gao Gong stretched out his hand to hold him down: "Don't be impatient for a moment."
Ge Shouli said in a very anxious tone: "Yuan Fu really wants to become an official?"
Gao Gong looked into Ge Shouli's eyes and suddenly became very serious: "Yu Li, I said, you remember."
Ge Shouli immediately sat upright.
Gao Gong slowly said: "After I submit my report, the Secretary of General Affairs will not send him to the palace immediately. He will drag me for most of the day."
"Tomorrow's court meeting, you will submit another memorial on my behalf."
He took out a memorial from his sleeve and signaled to Ge Shouli.
Ge Shouli was confused: "Won't Yuan Fu go to the court for discussion?"
Listening to this meaning, both memorials were submitted on his behalf, but what about himself?
Gao Gong shook his head: "I have other important matters."
Seeing that he didn't know what to say, Ge Shouli could only nod helplessly and took the memorial from Gao Gong.
There are only a few big characters written on the face, with dragons and phoenixes dancing, which are "Five Urgent Matters of the New Deal".
Ge Shouli didn't know the details, so he opened two pages.
He murmured: "When the royal family listens to the government, all government affairs must be handled according to the old rules of the ancestors and answered by Yuyin personally, so as to see that the government orders come from the master, and the ministers dare not intervene..."
His complexion changed drastically, and his heart felt like thunder and lightning!
What is Yuyin’s personal answer!
That is, when the cabinet has something to report, the emperor personally answers whether it is acceptable or not.
Originally, the cabinet submitted it to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and then the two palaces and the emperor intervened.
Now that Yuyin has to answer it in person, how can he have anything to do with the Supervisor of Ceremonies!?
This is to essentially abolish the ceremonial supervisor!
And this memorial is Gao Gong's memorial to seize the power of Supervisor of Ceremonies!
He looked down a few more times and felt his heart pounding.
"If there is something that has not been drafted yet and is approved internally, it can only be implemented after the ministers and other officials understand it."
Internal batching is the goal.
If the central decree still needs to be understood by the cabinet, what else is it called the central decree?
This clearly means that the central decree cannot be implemented without the approval of the cabinet vote!
Ge Shouli almost no longer dared to look down.
"The original words of officials and people should be carried out and stopped. There is no reason to leave them unpublished... I hope that all the original words of officials and people will be issued as soon as possible."
This poem is a memorial. What does it mean to keep something in mind but not express it?
That is to say, the emperor cannot leave any memorials unpublished.
This means that even the emperor’s privilege of staying in China must be restricted!
He was so horrified that he finally didn't dare to look anymore and closed the door suddenly: "Yuan Fu..."
Gao Gong was in agreement with him regarding the matter of the power of reality.
But he didn’t expect the high arch to reach this level!
No wonder!
No wonder Gao Gong said that even if he, Ge Shouli, betrayed him, he would not be surprised.
At first glance, he seemed to be trembling, almost ready to leave first.
Gao Gong shook his head: "Do your best and obey fate."
…
Feng Bao said bitterly: "He is not only trying to kill our family."
"He is going against the entire inner court, even the emperor and the two empress dowagers!"
According to what this memorial says, not to mention the Chief of Ceremonies, even the empress dowagers of the two palaces can no longer interfere in politics, and the emperor has to go through the cabinet for everything. How can he bear it?
After Lu Tiaoyang read the memorial, his heart still couldn't calm down for a long time.
High arch...
Is this a high arch? It is indeed a high arch!
A jade voice answered in person, which made Lu Tiaoyang lose his mind.
If the emperor and his ministers get along well with each other, the emperor can handle so many government affairs. This is not an overstatement.
The question is, where did the cabinet come from?
It was because the emperor could not handle so many government affairs that he had a cabinet and a chief ceremonial officer.
There can be several ministers in the cabinet, but there is only one emperor.
How can it be possible to understand the major events in the world? Not everyone has the talent of Emperor Taizu Gao.
By then, won’t the cabinet still have the final say on most things?
What’s even more outrageous is that the current emperor is only ten years old!
You want Emperor Yuyin to answer it personally? How to answer it?
How can a ten-year-old emperor rule the world? Isn't that what you said? Now let Yuyin answer it for himself?
Not to mention restricting the emperor's decrees and not allowing the emperor to leave them without issuing them.
What kind of cabinet is this? This is actually the prime minister’s office!
How dare he? No one in the inner court, the two palaces, or the emperor will support him.
If you are so confident, what kind of backup plan do you have?
Lu Tiaoyang raised his head and looked at Feng Bao: "Gao Gong dares to write such a memorial, he must have something to rely on!"
"Feng Dajue, things have changed. Go and call Mr. Zhang Ge back!"
Feng Bao glanced sideways at Lu Tiaoyang and said angrily: "Do you still need to tell me?"
"Mr. Zhang Ge accidentally suffered from heatstroke and will return to practice in two days."
Lu Tiaoyang didn't care about Feng Bao's attitude.
I just held the memorial and was lost in thought.
How did the current situation reach this point?
Ding Mao University scholar Gao Gong, there are five urgent things in the New Deal: 1. The royal family should listen to the government. Whenever there is an issue in each yamen, the old rules of the ancestors should be followed, and Yuyin will answer in person, so as to see that the government orders come from the master, and the ministers dare not intervene. 1. Watch.
After returning to the palace, he followed the old instructions of his ancestors for the second time. After the imperial review, all the drafts drafted by the cabinet were presented to the cabinet. If they were found to be appropriate, then they were issued. Then the subordinates would be approved and the evil deeds could be eliminated. The emperor also
To know the affairs of the world, everything must be reported face to face, so that it can be fully understood. After the court, I will visit the Wenhua Palace and let the ministers and others come in. If there is anyone who should report, I will report it. If there is urgent and close matter, and
Rong Chen and others will see you from time to time, or report it after the lecture. In this way, things will be detailed and the feelings will not be obscured. Not only will the wisdom and wisdom be revealed, but the power will not be transferred down. First, if things are not discussed, there will be differences.
Wrong. The country has a cabinet official who will review the detailed drafts and draft the votes. This is the basis for all discussions. I hope that the emperor will respond to the chapter and send the cabinet to review the detailed drafts and move forward. If he is not satisfied, he will still send the cabinet to draft the votes in detail. If or
If there are those that are approved internally without being drafted, they can only be implemented after the officials and other officials understand clearly. If the common affairs are carried out properly, the disadvantages of false pretense can be avoided. 1. The official words of the officials and the people should be done and stopped.
It is reasonable to leave it in the middle without publishing it. Since the original text has been left in the middle, there is no way to check it. I don’t know whether the fruit scripture has been read by the emperor or not, or the matter is urgent and close. Isn’t it wrong to state it again? I hope that all the original words will be published in the future.
, if there are those who have not yet been granted, please bring the original copy. If there are those who have not been granted the title of the general affairs department, the officials will report to them for clarification. In this way, the common affairs are not separated, and the suspicion of the internal ministers can be distanced, and the confusion of the outer court can be relieved.
Chapter completed!