At this time, Emperor Jiajing recalled Qin Dewei's past deeds and felt that Qin Dewei was unique. He seemed to be able to solve some troublesome problems every time. Other ministers were really not so easy to use.
In particular, Qin Dewei can also see through some of the tracks of heaven's movement. Could it be that he is really the "Jiajing Man" who emerged at the right moment.
Everyone felt that something had changed. Originally, the topic was to investigate why Qin Dewei was not impeached.
But now Qin Dewei and Yan Shifan are all confused and rambling, and after a few rounds of heated debate, they almost go off topic.
Even Emperor Jiajing himself felt that it was not a big deal if no one impeached Qin Dewei.
Of course, despite the high-profile questioning for a long time today, we still need to do some cosmetic work on how to end it.
So Emperor Jiajing casually gave another decree to the eunuch Huang Jin: "I will tell the officials my will. From now on, I will punish all officials to be strict. Don't lose morale just because of my preference!"
Everyone is a skilled worker who understands the emperor's intentions. This basically means that in the future you, the scientific and technical officials, should not impeach someone just because he is popular!
At the same time, it almost means that this time is in the past and will not be repeated next time.
Yan Shifan fell into deep self-doubt. No wonder Qin Dewei asked the emperor to summon him. Did he want to quarrel with him on purpose?
If you argue, you will deviate from the original theme, and the original theme is very unfavorable to Qin Dewei. For Qin Dewei, deviating from the theme is tantamount to acquitting himself!
The key is that I haven't won the argument yet, and I have been belittled by Qin Dewei, which is even more irritating!
However, Yan Shifan is still very good at psychological construction, otherwise he would have been beaten to the point of mental breakdown over the years.
He immediately forced himself to think that Qin Dewei probably thought that he was the only worthy opponent who could fight for several rounds!
That's why Qin Dewei asked the emperor to summon him. Otherwise, why didn't Qin Dewei find someone else?
Among the people present, one of the very angry ones was Lu Binglu, the commander. Why did the persecution fail? Is it really so difficult to engage in political struggle?
Guo Xun had an idea before, suggesting that he form a Zonglianheng alliance and use his special identity to connect with Xia Yan, Yan Song and others to stop Qin Dewei.
As long as the two powerful cabinet ministers reach a united front to resist Qin, they will definitely succeed!
It sounds reasonable, but the court meeting reached a deadlock, and then Xia Yan, the chief assistant, was killed by Qin Dewei!
Two days ago, Yan Shifan came to him again and gave him an idea, saying that Qin Dewei seemed to be complacent recently, behaved arrogantly, and did many domineering things.
And Yan Shifan was able to press the call to impeach Qin Dewei in a short period of time and let himself "snitch" to the emperor. With a little guidance, he could arouse the emperor's suspicion of Qin Dewei!
As a result, I saw it with my own eyes today, and it was nothing!
What made Lu Bing even more annoyed was that it was Yan Shifan who had been arguing with Qin Dewei for a long time before finally getting rid of the emperor's suspicion of Qin Dewei. What kind of pig teammates are these!
Originally, Lu Bing had no ill feelings toward Qin Dewei. Although he was unhappy about being used by Qin Dewei as a tool during his time in China, he also gained credit at the same time.
However, after careful political "calculation" later, Lu Bing believed that he and Qin Dewei were not the same people.
For example, Qin Dewei is definitely on Xu Miaojing's side, and Xu Miaojing may obviously compete with Lu Bing for the power of Jin Yiwei in the future.
So when Lu Bing started to get involved in politics, he wanted to practice his skills with Qin Dewei, and he thought he had a good idea.
But even if it is a practice game, it will be very annoying if you only fail after practicing again and again!
Could it be that all my teammates are pig teammates and I can only play by myself?
Although Commander Lu is quite smart, Commander Lu, who has been going smoothly in the past twenty years, has not received much education from setbacks, and now he is gradually losing his composure.
Just when everyone thought that the day was over and Qin Zhongtang, who was already suffering from high altitude, had escaped another disaster, Commander Lu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood out from the crowd and accused Qin Dewei: "I want to say some fair words.
I can clearly see that you are really restless!"
Because of Commander Lu's identity, everyone was very tolerant of Commander Lu. Although they were all shocked, no one interrupted Commander Lu, and no one stood up to scold him for his misconduct in front of you.
Including Qin Dewei himself, he watched quietly. In front of Emperor Jiajing, he still had to give the emperor some face, not like Yan Shifan.
The most puzzling thing is Yan Shifan. He can't understand why you, Lu Bing, a figure who is very suitable for being behind the scenes, suddenly jumped to the front?
Then I heard Commander Lu continue to say: "Although Qin Dewei has some merits, many of them are not your job!
Most of the time, your official positions are Hanlin official and Zhanshifu official, but you never seem to focus on your own position! You also frequently give advice to other yamen and discuss the affairs of other yamen!
Although the princes in the court have become accustomed to it and tolerate your taboo behavior, it is abnormal just as it is abnormal!
The original intention of setting up hundreds of officials in the imperial court was for each to perform his or her own duties, and only the emperor could give the overall outline!
If everyone was like you, Qin Dewei, who overstepped your bounds and interfered wantonly with other yamen, the government would have been in chaos long ago!
This only shows that you, Qin Dewei, are not known to be a law-abiding person!"
When everyone heard this, they felt that Commander Lu's words were reasonable, and indeed they were somewhat reasonable.
Apart from anything else, apart from the compilation of "Emperor's Precepts", how many of Qin Dewei's contributions are related to his job?
Things like barbarian affairs and the like were official positions that had to be granted first after they had become a fait accompli.
As for being a Hanlin, there is no such thing as squatting at the Ordnance Bureau to manufacture artillery.
Strictly speaking, it was actually an outrageous act for Governor Xuande to personally send out troops.
Even for the compilation of the book, according to rumors, Academician Qin also recommended five, two, and six, and most of them were entrusted to the younger brothers of the Hanlin Academy.
But after thinking about it, everyone felt that what Commander Lu said was indeed an exaggeration.
To describe a powerful minister as "restless and self-reliant", the metaphor is very serious and cannot be said casually under ordinary circumstances.
In a sense, this statement can also poke holes in the emperor. As the emperor's nanny, Commander Lu is not a complete political novice.
After Lu Bing finished speaking, everyone waited to see how Qin Dewei responded.
But refuting Lu Bing is definitely different from refuting Yan Shifan. Lu Bing was a relative in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing. If Lu Bing was disparaged too much, Emperor Jiajing would also be unhappy.
Qin Dewei sighed and said: "When I was in Datong, Mr. Lu and I worked together to eradicate traitors, and the cooperation was very pleasant. But I didn't expect that Mr. Lu would be so prejudiced against me."
Lu Bing definitely couldn't recognize the term "prejudice" and quickly said: "It's not a prejudice, but a few words of fairness!"
Qin Dewei sighed again, "It seems that when I was working together in Datong, my methods of doing things were lacking, which made Master Lu dissatisfied."
Lu Bing was speechless. Are you, Qin Dewei, vulgar? Do you want to vulgarize politics? You can only continue to deny it and say: "Absolutely not, there is no such thing!"
Qin Dewei suddenly changed his mind and asked, "Is it possible that I have offended Mr. Lu recently? That Mr. Lu has resentment towards me?"
Lu Bing almost wanted to take action in the palace. You, Qin Dewei, have become vulgar and there is no end to it! What is being discussed is political axioms. What does it mean that you, Qin Dewei, always talk about personal grudges?
Could it be that you, Qin Dewei, still think that a lie repeated a thousand times is the truth, and you are trying to reinforce a point of view to the emperor by repeating it a thousand times?
Commander Lu then said angrily: "Qin Dewei, please understand, you and I have no personal grudges, and it does not involve official matters! Don't always talk about personal grudges!"
Qin Dewei replied seriously: "Don't worry, Mr. Lu! I will seriously reflect on my recent actions. If there is anything inappropriate, I will definitely give an explanation to Mr. Lu!"
Lu Bing said clearly: "You don't need to give me an explanation! What I just said came from a public conscience! Which of the things you have done recently is not unruly?
Why did you, a minister of Guange Chunfang, go to the Ministry of Work? To develop huge cannons? Why did you go to the Ministry of Punishments? To interrogate prisoners? Why did you go to bomb farm fields? To test the formula of gunpowder?
No matter how reasonable you are, is this what you, a minister, should do? If you don't pay attention to your duties and focus on other yamen, is this just fulfilling your duties?"
Qin Dewei suddenly saluted Lu Bing and said sincerely: "Master Lu said, I know I was wrong!"
Everyone: "."
It’s really a feeling that I haven’t seen for a long time. Qin Dewei actually admitted his mistake directly! And he admitted his mistake directly after being criticized!
Although he had already had a premonition that Qin Dewei might be polite to Lu Bing. As the saying goes, look at the Buddha without looking at the monk's face. The largest "Big Buddha" in the Ming Dynasty was still sitting next to him.
But no one could have imagined that Qin Dewei would be so polite that he surrendered without even putting up a fight.
Lu Bing had not expected that Qin Dewei would be like this before. He was completely unprepared and was stunned for a while.
Only Yan Shifan was secretly jealous. Qin Dewei's attitude towards Lu Bing was completely opposite to his attitude towards himself. You, Qin Dewei, are too utilitarian!
Is it possible that the elder son of Ge is so inferior to the emperor's brother?
Seeing that Lu Bing was in a daze, Qin Dewei took the initiative and asked: "Master Lu, is there anything else you want to say?"
Lu Bing thought about it and tried to argue: "Since you know your mistake, you should apologize to Your Majesty! Otherwise, it is just a mouthful that you know your mistake."
The truth is still the same. If you only admit your mistake in words without taking actual actions, it has no practical meaning!
Qin Dewei still responded sincerely: "Master Lu is right, and that's exactly what I meant!"
Everyone could only say "hehehe" in their hearts. It's not like you, Qin Dewei, have never asked His Majesty for forgiveness. When have you ever suffered a loss?
Your so-called apology is just a trick of retreating in order to advance, avoiding the truth and making false claims!
In full view of the public, Qin Dewei reported to Emperor Jiajing and said: "What Lu Bingcai said just now is very true. I have many careless thoughts and actions that have caused consternation in the court. It is all my fault."
Emperor Jiajing was already impatient with this cliche of "pledging forgiveness" and waved his sleeves casually. Just when he was about to "fine him a year's salary", he heard Qin Dewei say again: "Please resign from Zhan Shifu.
thing!"
Emperor Jiajing: "."
He could no longer remember how many times Qin Dewei had resigned from his official position in Zhan Shifu? Why did Qin Dewei dislike the official position of Zhan Shifu so much?
"What does your Qin Dewei plead guilty have to do with resigning from Zhan's position?" Someone suddenly interrupted and asked.
Everyone looked and saw that the person who asked this question was actually Yan Shifan.
Although it was strange, since everyone from the emperor to others wanted to ask this question, no one blamed Yan Shifan.
Qin Dewei explained to Emperor Jiajing: "Master Lu has just impeached me for neglecting his official duties, not doing his job properly, and being restless.
I think the only way to apologize is to resign from Zhan Shi, and I will also resign from my official position in the Hanlin Academy and will no longer hold concurrent posts!"
Everyone was shocked, Qin Dewei, are you telling the truth? There is no joke before you!
Of course, Qin Dewei was very sensible. He wanted to be promoted to the official position of Zhan Shifu in order to upgrade. After all, among the Ci Lin officials, only Shao Zhan Shi was in the fourth rank. If he wanted to be directly promoted to the fourth rank from Ci Lin, he was the only Shao Zhan Shi.
Now that even the third-grade threshold has been crossed, what is the use of retaining the official position of Zhan Shifu? Not to mention that Zhan Shifu is noble, there was never room for development in Zhan Shifu during the Jiajing Dynasty!
The same principle applies to the official positions in the Hanlin Academy. Since Emperor Jiajing hid in Xiyuan to cultivate immortality, Hanlin officials no longer have official positions that allow them to have much contact with the emperor. The identity of a Hanlin official who is only a fifth-grade official is no longer useful. A serious cabinet scholar is just like a bachelor.
Nor can he serve as a Hanlin official at the same time.
Since Lu Bing is looking for trouble, let's resign together.
Emperor Jiajing was puzzled and shouted: "How can I arbitrarily deprive a minister of his official position without committing a serious crime?"
Qin Dewei replied: "Since some people accuse me of not doing my job properly, I might as well change my official position and let me supervise the Ordnance Bureau!"
It would be unreasonable for Zhan Shi to engage in firearms development, but it would be justifiable for the Admiral to supervise the Ordnance Bureau to engage in firearms development!
Emperor Jiajing was speechless. Zhan Shi was a third-rank noble, and the Arms Bureau was a ninth-rank yamen. Your Qin Dewei method of changing is completely unscientific!
Qin Dewei said loudly: "If I am determined to do this, please change Zhan Shi to be the left minister of the Ministry of Industry and supervise the Ordnance Bureau! Firstly, this will show that you have no intention of fighting for power, and secondly, it will resolve the recent doubts of the imperial court about me!"
In Zhan Shi's Mansion, Zhan Shi and the Minister are barely equal, but their qualifications are a bit different. Zhan Shi is the top noble, the Ministry of Industry is at the bottom of the Sixth Ministry, and there is no chance that the Minister of the Ministry of Industry will be included in the cabinet.
But Qin Dewei has achieved so many things that he has become so detached that he doesn’t care about this so-called forcefulness.
However, in the eyes of most people, if such a change is made, it can be regarded as a blow to Qin Dewei, and it can also be regarded as the court's response to Qin Dewei's recent actions.
After all, Qin Dewei was blatantly domineering. If the court was completely indifferent and didn't even make a superficial comment, where would the credibility be?
Wucao! Only Yan Shifan was shocked. If Qin Dewei also served as the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, wouldn't he become his boss? Is this a human affairs?
Moreover, Yan Shifan knew that even though the Ordnance Bureau basically had no sense of presence in the political power structure and was purely a craftsman's office, Qin Dewei still could not be allowed to supervise the Ordnance Bureau.
Because this is Qin Dewei's usual tactic to erode power! First he settles in a completely inconspicuous small place, and then gradually expands his power!
At that time, Qin Dewei first oversaw the Siyi Guan, a marginal yamen with no rank, and then gradually reorganized the Siyi Guan into the Yiwu Yamen!
Yan Shifan, as a person who was sent eight thousand miles away, knows this best! If Qin Dewei is allowed to supervise the Ordnance Bureau, who knows how it will turn out!
Thinking of this, Yan Shifan stared at Lu Bing hatefully, what a pig teammate!
Originally, things were about to end, but why did you, Lu Bing, jump out and do it! In the end, you gave Qin Dewei this excuse!
I am back! I really suggest that you all go and enjoy the ethereal nature of the mountain springs and waterfalls for two days when you have time. What? You all have to go to work? That’s okay. Also, I wish you a happy Chinese Valentine’s Day! But you don’t even have a lover, right?
