Chapter 284: Cai Jing becomes an official, the court shakes
Li Qian didn't care about Cai Jing's procrastination. The more he hesitated, the more he fell into a desperate situation and couldn't get out...
The fact is just as Li Qian thought, Cai Jing is almost desperate now.
In this short period of half a quarter of an hour, he had tried almost every method... but there was really no hope at all.
Cai Jing even had the urge to stuff these two memorials into his mouth, chew them up and swallow them...
But after looking at the old eunuch beside him, he gave up the urge.
Cai Jing did not know whether Cai You and Cai Bian took the initiative to write these two memorials, or whether they were under the instruction of His Majesty the Emperor.
But he knew that with the first letter, he would definitely be able to write the second letter.
The silence in the room lasted for a quarter of an hour. Through the faint light coming from the door and window, Li Qian saw that Cai Jing's face was ashen.
Li Qian was mentally prepared for Cai Jing to continue to resist. He was even thinking about how to weaken Cai Jing's resistance with minimal disturbance, and finally capture him...
Only then did he speak: "Cai Qing's family, what do you think?"
Cai Jing was silent for a moment, then handed the two memorials to Li Qian with both hands.
"I am willing to follow your majesty's order, retire to the countryside, and enjoy your old age in peace."
Li Qian paused after hearing this, and then nodded. There was no joy on his face, but he let out a long sigh.
"The Cai Qing family are ministers who govern the country. When the court is in such a storm and weary state, I feel a little empty in my heart after leaving the Cai Qing family."
He shook his head helplessly: "I also ask the Cai Qing family to take a good rest after returning to their hometown and resolve misunderstandings with their families... In a few years, I will invite the Cai Qing family to come out and take charge of the court."
Cai Jing bowed again: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Qian nodded: "Since Cai Qing's family is in ill health, I will keep you here soon."
He turned to look at the old eunuch standing beside him: "Big companion, go and send it to Cai Qing's house, and bring your resignation letter back."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The old eunuch bowed in agreement, put the memorial back, and then came to Cai Jing: "Please, Mr. Cai."
Cai Jing stood up, bowed to Li Qian, and then followed the old eunuch outside until their backs disappeared at the door.
If you look at it this way, even if Cai Jing is finished, this matter can come to an end.
But Li Qian knew that it was far from that simple.
Cai Jing's power lies not only in himself, but also in his party members. He once said, "I don't worry about losing my position, I only worry about losing my friends."
It's not enough to just let him become an official, he must also take care of all those people.
In addition, Li Qian felt that Cai Jing was not someone who gave up easily.
For him, there is an extremely important trump card that has not been revealed or discovered. How could he give up like this?
Li Qian had a vague feeling in his heart that Cai Jing's agreement to his request at this moment might be more like retreating in order to advance, using this matter to relax his vigilance, and then continue to plot the Northeast border affairs.
But Cai Jing definitely didn't know that Li Qian had much more information than he thought, and he took many more actions...
Not long after the old eunuch left, he came back with Cai Jing's resignation.
"Your Majesty, Cai Jing didn't say anything along the way. When he returned to Shangshu Yamen, he wrote this memorial and gave it to the servant."
The old eunuch reported: "However, the servant felt that he would definitely not be so honest, so he was asked to keep an eye on him. This person may have gone to the Ministry of Punishment now."
Li Qian nodded expressionlessly: "After all, he is also the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, so it is normal for him to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice to pack his things."
The old eunuch had a smile on his face: "It's just that he can no longer see his two followers."
The two followers naturally refer to Deng Xunwu and Gao Xun. As for the fact that they can no longer be seen... naturally it does not mean that the old eunuch sent people to kill them quietly, but that these two people were separated.
Li Qian looked at his appearance and suddenly sighed: "Daban, I remember that your hometown is in Jizhou, right?"
The old eunuch was startled and looked a little complicated: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Li Qian caught his expression in his eyes and couldn't help but sigh.
Ever since the news came that the Northeast Border Pass had been breached by the Jin soldiers, the old eunuch's mood had been a little off, and he had also shown more than normal concern about this matter.
Naturally, Li Qian would not ignore the dynamics of the people around him. Later, when he learned about the old eunuch's place of origin, he suddenly understood.
It turns out that his hometown is in Jizhou, and it is relatively north of Jizhou. Now that the Jinlu captured Yanping Town, his hometown must have fallen under the iron heel of the Jinbing...
"His Majesty……"
The old eunuch's face was a little embarrassed, and even slightly frightened: "This slave has become a little confused these days..."
"Oh~ It's not your fault."
Li Qian sighed and stood up from his seat: "On the contrary, I feel very sorry for the elders in your hometown."
"This incident all started because of Cai Jing. Now that I want to punish him, I can only find another reason and use this dishonorable method, but I can't punish him clearly and bring justice to the soldiers of the border army and the people of Jizhou. "
In Li Qian's heart, this has always been a very regrettable point.
An official of the imperial court made such a big mistake and caused such a big disaster. Instead of convicting him justifiably, Li Qian had to cover up for him and help him hide it from the soldiers and people below...
In the past, Li Qian was most disgusted with this kind of concealment. What could not be openly announced?
But now he has become the kind of person he once hated. This has always been a knot in Li Qian's heart and made him feel uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty must not make this matter public."
Unexpectedly, the old eunuch was even more anxious than Li Qian. After finishing speaking, he knelt on the ground with a plop and said sadly: "Your Majesty is willing to make decisions for the people of Jizhou. It is really their blessing."
"But if Cai Jingming is punished for this crime, Jizhou will be finished."
Li Qian looked at his appearance and let out a long sigh: "As long as you understand, don't be resentful towards me..."
The old eunuch had stayed in the palace for almost a lifetime and knew the pros and cons better than Li Qian.
If this matter is made public, if the border troops know that they have lost so many passes, killed so many of their comrades, and that the culprit of these days of narrow escapes and embarrassment is actually the senior boss in the court, they will definitely Something big will happen.
Maybe they won't be able to turn their guns and fight back to the capital, but they will definitely lose their morale and lose the will to fight.
The reputation of the imperial court among the people may suddenly fall into the dust and become a bad smell.
This is Cai Jing's fault, but Cai Jing is also a member of the imperial court as a whole. People will definitely be shocked by his heartlessness, but after the shock, they will think that Cai Jing did such a thing, and he is an official in the same court. What about the others?
Do the adults in the court have such shameful conspiracies?
There may not be many such associations, but there must be some!
After this incident was exposed, the reputation and prestige of the imperial court collapsed...
"How dare I complain against Your Majesty?"
The old eunuch put his head on the ground: "Your Majesty can make a traitor like Cai Jing betray his family, and his heart will be broken. If he ends up like this, I will never be able to repay the grace of God."
"If those hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the frontier army and the people of Jizhou who were tortured by the Jin captives had souls in heaven, they would definitely recite His Majesty's kindness under the Nine Springs."
Li Qian looked at him for a moment, sighed softly, and stepped forward to help him up: "Okay, I have not talked about this with your master and servant for so many years."
"I have sent people to Jizhou a while ago. After finding Prime Minister Qin, I will ask him to send people to find the descendants of your clan and help them go south to avoid disaster."
The old eunuch was stunned for a moment, tears welling up in his eyes, and he knelt down again: "Slave..."
"I've already told you, no need to be polite."
Li Qian grabbed him again and took Cai Jing's resignation letter into the old eunuch's hand. Now, at the end of the lines of green ink, Li Qian had written a big word "quasi" with a red pen.
"Hurry up and wipe your face, change your clothes and go do something for me. If you cry like this in the palace, others will think that I have treated you badly and lost my face."
The old eunuch sobbed a few times and wiped his face fiercely: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will go right now."
As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times before walking out quickly...
Mr. Cai's resignation was first sent to Zhongshu Province by the old eunuch. This news could be said to be without warning to the officials in Zhongshu Province, and it almost caused an explosive effect in Wenyuan Pavilion.
Wang Ciweng and Wan Qixi confirmed the authenticity of the resignation letter to the old eunuch several times, until the old eunuch who asked was a little impatient.
But even so, the two of them still seemed to be living in a dream when they looked at Cai Jing's signature and the big red word "quasi" at the end of the resignation letter.
"Two adults, what do you think?"
The old eunuch looked at the two people with round eyes a little impatiently: "No matter what your opinion is, please give me an approval as soon as possible and stamp it with the seal of the Ministry of Education. Your Majesty will send us to the door. !”
The two of them just woke up from a dream, Wan Qixi nodded and pecked at the rice: "Buy, of course we will!"
Not to mention stamping one stamp, they both wanted to stamp it with ten stamps at once!
We must finalize Cai Jing’s resignation!
Qin Hui was not in the yamen, so to use his right minister's seal, both the left minister of Zhongshu and the right minister of Zhongshu had to agree. However, this problem was not a problem at all.
Within a short time, the old eunuch came to the Menxia Province across the street with his resignation stamped with the approval and seal of the Zhongshu Province.
After Yan Song saw the resignation, he was no less shocked than Wang Ciweng and Wan Qixi, but because he had been mentally prepared before, he still maintained his composure on his face.
But the movements of his hands still revealed his excited heart.
Yan Song took the resignation letter from the old eunuch's hand, picked up his pen and wrote a line of approval on it, and then picked up the left prime minister's seal and slapped it on it.
The corner of the old eunuch's mouth twitched. Looking at Yan Song's posture, he seemed to be afraid that if his movements were slower for a second, the words on the paper would fly away.
"Prime Minister Yan, since the letter has been verified by the disciples and is correct, then this resignation is a foregone conclusion."
The old eunuch said with a smile: "The rest is a matter for me, so I won't bother you any more."
Yan Song nodded and said in a deep voice: "Eunuch Wei can just go back and report to Your Majesty. The rest will be left to the Prime Minister."
Once the edict arrives, it is usually sent to the inner court from the subordinates and sent to the six ministries for execution.
After hearing this, the old eunuch did not leave immediately. Instead, he said to Yan Song with a smile on his face: "Prime Minister Yan, Your Majesty asked us to bring you a message."
"When people are in panic again, we should put the stability of the court first and the war in Jizhou first. There is no need to worry too much about anything else."
Yan Song was stunned for a moment, savoring these words carefully, then nodded to the old eunuch, raised his hands and saluted: "Please reply to Your Majesty on behalf of me, I understand."
The old eunuch nodded, said no more, and turned around and left.
Subsequently, this resignation letter was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Outer Dynasty, and a storm broke out from the inside out without warning...
Cai Jing's resignation was tantamount to a bomb that exploded in the capital, where the situation was tense, and shocked all the court officials.
There were no warnings, no rumors, no one would have thought that Pushe, a first-grade minister who had done a good job, would resign!
Moreover, his resignation was quickly approved by His Majesty the Emperor, Secretary of the Central Committee, and his subordinates!
You must know that there are procedures for the retirement of ministers such as Shangshu Pushe, and they usually have to go through three speeches and three concessions.
That is to say, when a minister submits his first resignation letter or becomes a beggar, the emperor will generally not agree. Instead, he refuses to resign, and then sends someone to persuade him to stay.
The minister first expressed that he was persuaded, and then waited for the storm to subside before submitting his second resignation letter.
At this time, the emperor still disagreed and could not give up the feeling of monarch and minister, so he tried to persuade him to stay again.
This time the minister was persuaded again, but after a while there was a third resignation meeting. At this time, the emperor knew that the minister had made up his mind to leave and could not keep him, so he had no choice but to agree to his resignation.
This process usually lasts for one month or several months, and the specifications are not limited to three words, three words, five words, seven words, etc.
There was even an emperor in Daqian who, in order to keep his prime minister, even resigned dozens of times in a row, but he still wanted to keep him.
This procedure is to show that the ministers are virtuous and the emperor is kind, and both sides continue to make concessions.
But now Mr. Cai only submitted his resignation once and was accepted. This is probably the first time in history!
And within one day... He did not successfully resign and become an official in one morning. Mr. Cai may have set a record for the fastest resignation in history.
To say that there is nothing fishy about this... is definitely impossible.
There must have been some conflict or conflict between Mr. Cai and His Majesty the Emperor, which led to the current situation.
After only submitting my resignation once, His Majesty the Emperor, the Zhongshu Province, and the Menxia Province quickly agreed. How stiff the relationship must be to lead to the current situation with no regard for face?
Also, why was Mr. Cai so suppressed by His Majesty the Emperor? He actually submitted his resignation?
Will he accept his fate so easily? Will his followers agree?
The whole thing is full of puzzling points, and the possible changes that will happen next make the ministers in the DPRK smell a nervous smell that is about to come...