After Huang Jin entered Renshou Palace again, the people waiting outside the palace gate fell silent. Not long after, Eunuch Huang appeared again and said to everyone, "Go in, the emperor has summoned you to see you.'
Again, Emperor Jiajing is not stupid. If he can make Yan Song and Qin Dewei come over at the same time, then something big must happen, even a small thing will become a big thing.
Then Huang Jin led everyone inside, but what was different from the past was that this time they did not go to the front hall or the main hall together.
Usually when Emperor Jiajing summoned ministers in Renshou Palace, they were either in the front hall or the main hall, and never anywhere else. In this forbidden area of the palace, no one else dared to say nonsense. Only Eunuch Qin asked, "Where are you going? I'm waiting for you."
If you dare to trespass, you yellow eunuch, don't lead the way carelessly, let's create a "White Tiger Hall" for everyone.
Huang Jin responded angrily, "The emperor is meditating in his palace. There is no royal palace. I have summoned you by decree. Where else can you go?"
So others didn't dare to ask more questions. For ministers, places like the palace are definitely the most sensitive places. Generally, it is impossible for ministers to enter the emperor's palace.
In addition, Emperor Jiajing summoned the ministers in the palace to explain that he might be sick, and the condition was not serious. Otherwise, why could he not even leave the palace? There are eight palaces on both sides of the front hall and the main hall of Renshou Palace. Eunuch Huang led everyone into one of the gates.
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It's said to be a dormitory, but it's actually just a larger courtyard that I don't know where to enter. There are actually palace maids walking around in the front yard, and no one dares to look around; they just keep following Huang Jin.
Many palace maids rarely see men outside, so they secretly looked at these strangers curiously, especially Qin Dewei, who attracted the most attention. Qin Dewei complained in his heart, is it impossible to bring them to the bedside of Emperor Jiajing?
The dignified Emperor Jiajing was willing to stay in bed and see people like ordinary patients.
At this moment, he went up the steps and entered a main room, or sleeping hall. Emperor Jiajing supported his sick body, and with the support of several palace maids, he lay half on a soft couch v°
After all the ministers saluted together, they all secretly glanced at the emperor. They saw that the emperor's face was sallow and he was struggling to even sit up. So everyone was finally able to completely confirm that Emperor Jiajing was really sick and was not pretending to be sick.
At this time, Emperor Jiajing was very laborious in speaking. He only raised his finger and pointed at Yan Song. This clearly meant that he wanted Yan Gao to speak first. Yan Song quickly stepped forward and said, "I am seeking an audience at the palace gate today. My intention is to test medicine for your Majesty's illness.
He wants to, but he doesn’t want to disturb Your Majesty with external affairs.
Down,……
Qin Dewei was a little surprised. You Yan Song wrote a short composition like this. There is really no lower limit.
Then I heard Mr. Yan Ge continue to say, "Just now outside the palace gate, Qin Dewei said that there was someone in the East Palace conspiring with each other. In fact, I also knew about this. I wanted to wait until someone in the East Palace came to the back, and strictly refuted it when the cabinet vote was drafted, so as to minimize this.
Waiting for crazy things to disturb His Majesty's retreat. Unexpectedly, Qin Dewei used the East Palace incident as an excuse to make noises in Renshou Palace and disturb His Majesty's retreat for his own selfish purposes.'
When everyone heard this, it turned out that the little composition in front of Yan Ge was to contrast someone in Qin's "selfishness". Emperor Jiajing was too sick to speak, so Huang Jin asked Yan Song on behalf of the emperor, "What do you know? In detail
Come on.'
Yan Song replied, "There are many uneasy officials in the East Palace, led by Luo Hongxian, Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun, and Xu Jie. Since the beginning of the year, there have been many connections between them, and sometimes there are opinions about the same thing, and they are not willing to accept it."
I have been waiting for seniority for a long time, hoping to gain support. This time, I will accept the congratulations from hundreds of officials for the prince. In fact, it will pave the way for the prince to supervise the country. It is also advocated and managed by these four people. If the expectations are correct, today's memorial will be
Can be sent to the palace."
Huang Jin asked again: "Why do you know so much detail?"
Yan Song then replied: "They pride themselves on their loyalty and righteousness. They often work as lobbyists separately and try their best to lobby the ministers. There are many revelations in their words. Not only the ministers, but also many people such as Qin Dewei." Huang Jin continued to ask:
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Yan Song continued to answer: "I previously thought that I was only loyal to the East Palace, so I couldn't say anything to avoid being suspected of alienating father, son, monarch and ministers. However, I did not expect that I would actually sign such a arrogant joint memorial.'
Emperor Jiajing suddenly dragged his sick body, patted the edge of the soft couch and drank, "They thought I would never get up." This meant that they thought the emperor would die this time!
Such words were very serious when they came from the emperor's mouth. All the ministers in front of Emperor Jiajing could only apologize together. Then Emperor Jiajing pointed at Qin Dewei, so Huang Jin asked again, "You said Qin Dewei did it for his own selfish reasons?"
Why?”
Normal people would have this question. You, Yan Song, and Qin Dewei appeared together outside the gate of Renshou Palace early in the morning. They were probably doing the same thing. Why is it that you, Yan Song, are loyal and responsible for the emperor, while Qin Dewei is doing it for his own selfishness?
Yan Song had been rambling for a long time, but in fact he was waiting for this question, and he immediately answered, "I think Qin Dewei knocked at the palace gate for his own selfish reasons. There are three reasons."
First, Qin Dewei had always wanted to completely resign from the official position of Zhan Shifu, and was not willing to participate in the official affairs of the East Palace. Now that Qin Dewei has lost his official position in Zhanshi Mansion and has no direct relationship with the East Palace, he has actively participated in the affairs of the East Palace.
Wouldn't it be ridiculous to ask for an audience? After thinking about it, this can only show that Qin Dewei is not out of public motives, but out of selfishness!'
Regarding this accusation, Qin Dewei was also helpless. He could have stepped away from the matter and had already resigned, but Teacher He was so focused on going inside that he would*
No matter what, if Qin Zhongtang can’t even protect his master, Lord of Heaven and Earth, what prestige can there be in the court?
Yan Song was obviously well prepared for this question, and added the second point: "The officials of the East Palace are a bit naive in their behavior, and many people know their behavior.
But Qin Dewei didn't think about one issue at all, which was how to minimize the impact of the East Palace incident on His Majesty. He only thought about seizing this opportunity and inviting favors from Your Majesty. He didn't expect that His Majesty was currently quietly
build!
He acted completely from the perspective of how to obtain the greatest benefit, so he hurried outside the palace gate in an attempt to gain more benefits from His Majesty."
Now everyone understands more deeply why Mr. Yan Ge came up to throw out the essay first. This was to remove himself first, to distinguish himself from Qin Dewei, and then to pass the hat to Qin Dewei.
After all, in the eyes of most people, Qin Dewei and Yan Song behaved similarly this morning.
Finally, Yan Songcai said, "Thirdly, the new Zhan Shi He Ao is Qin Dewei's master. Qin Dewei deliberately acted so actively in order to prevent his master from being involved in the East Palace."
After Yan Song finished speaking, everyone went to see Qin Dewei again.
If it were a minister who was an ordinary minister in the eyes of the emperor and was accused like this by Yan Song, he might be pushed out and beaten directly. Even if the emperor knew that he might have been wronged, he couldn't stand it and just wanted to find someone to fix it.
But Qin Dewei is different after all. He has the same right to speak as Yan Song and has the opportunity to defend himself. He will not be easily repaired by the emperor just because of a few "slanderous words". This is one of the reasons why Qin Dewei always wins the quarrels in the court.
According to the usual practice, Qin Dewei should have jumped out to quibble at this time. But after everyone waited for a while, they saw that Qin Dewei was watching his nose and heart, motionless as a mountain, with no sign of coming out to retaliate.
So everyone was surprised and confused. What happened to Qin Dewei? Or did he develop a new method of fighting? Huang Jin asked Qin Dewei, "What can I say?"
Qin Dewei seemed to have just woken up, and sighed and said, "I just feel that my heart is sad and I have nothing to say. There is really no one left in our Ming Dynasty. Why can a person like Yan Song still be in charge of the cabinet? What is wrong with my Ming Dynasty? I
I couldn't help but fall into deep thought.'
Then Qin Dewei shouted to Yan Song, "Mr. Yan Ge! Can you do something practical? When you encounter a problem, you will never seriously think about how to solve it. In your heart, you will always only take the opportunity to engage in internal fighting and punish people.
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For example, in this incident in the East Palace, your words and deeds just now are enough to prove that your thoughts are only on how to frame me, Qin Dewei! Other than that, you think nothing at all and do nothing! Even you pretend to flatter me.
Your Majesty, this is also the premise for framing me, Qin Dewei!" When the others heard this, their only thought was probably, "Here we go again, here we go again." This kind of logical argument that was close to a child's quarrel, and they didn't know when they would hear it.
It's nothing more than A saying that B's "motive is impure", B saying that A "is the real impure motive", and then probably A saying that B "how to prove that the motive is impure".
Sure enough, Yan Song's retort was immediately heard: "You, Qin Dewei, don't want to spit on others. All you can do is wait with me outside Renshou Palace early in the morning. How can you have the face to accuse me?"
The most annoying tone for Yan Song is that Qin Dewei brags about "doing good deeds" and then accuses Yan Song of not doing real things. The reason why Mr. Yan Ge hates this tone is because to a large extent what he says is the truth.
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But this time it’s different. A group of gangsters in the East Palace have to commit suicide together. It’s a purely ideological issue. The most practical thing they can do is to plant cronies afterwards.
Qin Dewei scolded, "Of course I'm different from you! After hearing about what happened in the East Palace, what was on your mind, Mr. Yan Ge? You were just trying to take advantage of the opportunity and frame me! Otherwise, you wouldn't have known what happened just now."
There are so many crimes listed one by one! And what I want to think about is, what is the root cause of the East Palace problem this time, where is the root? How to solve this problem! In your heart, Mr. Yan Ge, have you ever thought
Do you dare to talk about these issues?"
In a short period of time, Yan Song couldn't think of what to say, so he could only think about it while giving a casual answer: "The root of the problem in the East Palace lies in the disengagement and wanton indulgence of Zhan's management in the past dynasties."
As for how to eliminate the root cause, it is very simple. Just replace the officials of Zhan Shifu.’
When others heard this, they couldn't think of a better excuse. If they were in Yan Song's perspective, they really couldn't find a more suitable way of saying it. Yan Song's answer can't be said to be impeccable, but it can be regarded as the safest answer.
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Qin Dewei laughed a few times, "I thought you, the real chief minister, would have some great opinions, but I didn't expect it to be like this. The root of the problem in the East Palace this time is not in the East Palace, but outside the East Palace."
Others were shocked when they heard this. They had a very ominous premonition. Could the "outside the East Palace" mentioned by Qin Dewei be referring to the emperor?
Even the spiritless Emperor Jiajing felt as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood when he heard this, his face flushed with irritation. If Qin Dewei was not careful at all, he would be pushed out to hit the imperial staff, and even be given a few punishments.
Thousands of miles!
Qin Dewei didn't care about other people's eyes at all, and said calmly, "The alchemist Duan Chaoyong encouraged Your Majesty to stay in seclusion, and the news spread to everyone in the court.
Under such circumstances, it will naturally trigger ridiculous thoughts in some people's minds. As an official of the East Palace, the Crown Prince cannot bear such stimulation. Even honest people will become restless at this time and have more thoughts than they should have! So!
Duan Chaoyong is the source of the turmoil!"
For some reason, most people breathed a sigh of relief silently. It turned out that Qin Dewei was talking about Duan Chaoyong, not who on the throne. But when Qin Dewei mentioned Duan Chaoyong, it was also very exciting. One was a favorite of the emperor, and the other was
They are treated as quasi-state masters, and they are all people trusted by Emperor Jiajing.
While others were still thinking, Yan Song immediately grasped the most sensitive point. He asked Qin Dewei: "If you say that Duan Chaoyong is the source of the problem in the East Palace, what are you going to do?"
Qin Dewei replied without hesitation, "Qingfu is still in trouble, so of course we need to eliminate Duan Chaoyong, so that we can eliminate the source of the problem." At this time, Lu Bing suddenly stood up and accused Qin Dewei, "It's nonsense. Duan Chaoyong assisted Xuan."
If you practice hard and have great achievements, how can it become a curse?
Could it be that you, Qin Dewei, deliberately diverted trouble to the east in order to cover up the master's problems and mistakes? Or is it that you, Qin Dewei, are related to Tao Zhenren, so you deliberately tried to slander Duan Chaoyong?"
Qin Dewei was stunned for a moment. What you, Lu Bing, said was too much, and could even be said to have crossed the line. Who doesn't have a close relationship, and you, Lu Bing, exposed it without hesitation?
In fact, conductor Lu Binglu's speech was so sudden that everyone present did not expect it. They could only understand that Lu Bing deliberately went against Qin Dewei and even revealed a small relationship with Qin Dewei.
Eunuch Qin took a deep look at Lu Bing. He always felt that Lu Bing was cooperating with Yan Song. Yan Song was responsible for the front, and Lu Bing was responsible for being a surprise soldier, and they attacked Qin Dewei together.
Otherwise, why would Lu Bing come to Renshou Palace so early in the morning? He didn't need to flatter the emperor too much to gain loyalty. I didn't expect that Lu Bing could have such in-depth cooperation with Yan Song, the chief minister.
If Lu Bing chose this time, eunuch Qin could guess that it was probably because of Guo Xun, and it was Guo Xun who recommended Duan Chaoyong to the emperor.