How Pang Bao contacted Concubine Zheng that night, and how Concubine Zheng reacted, I don’t need to go into details for the moment. However, early the next morning, something big happened in the court.
A pragmatic supervisory official whose name he had never heard of, impeached Huang Mengyu, a personal friend of Wenhua Palace scholar Zhang Xueyan, and dug up a lot of old materials from more than ten years ago to clear up old scores.
For example, an "old account" from the third year of Wanli is as follows: "Renxu... Zhang Xueyan, the governor of Liaodong, and others reported that there were more than 200,000 thieves planning to invade Liaodong, and the outposts had arrived in Daling. They were asking for troops and food, and they were eager to spark a fire.
"Shangji Shengli."
This incident indeed shocked the court at the time, because the "big thief" Zhang Xueyan mentioned at the time was Chahar, and the news that Chahar's army "more than 200,000 people conspired to invade Liaodong" was naturally extremely shocking, so
Zhu Yijun, who was still young at that time, was frightened and summoned a group of important ministers in person.
Fortunately, it was Gao Gong who was actually in power at the time. Of course Gao Gong was very aware of Chahar's strength and knew that the so-called "more than two hundred thousand" was definitely not a real number. In fact, Mongolia's population has never been large, not to mention that after it fell apart, Chahar
If you are really "more than 200,000 people plotting to invade Liaodong", it is impossible to make up this number unless you include the babies in their swaddling clothes and the dying old people on the sick bed.
Then in front of the little emperor, Gao Gong made all the arrangements, including immediately contacting Qi Jiguang and others on the Jiliao front line, consolidating the entire defense line, and also focusing on exploring the movements of Tumut, Ordos and other departments.
The result was that Chahar's actions were just a feint, probably because the Ming Dynasty made Tumote king and ignored Chahar.
Sure enough, the facts proved that the truth was almost the same. Chahar finally sent about 50,000 troops to make a false impression of attacking Jinzhou. The purpose was to force the Ming Dynasty to be crowned king (note: crowning king is not the key, the key is after granting tribute)
can trade).
As a result, this incident really embarrassed Zhang Xueyan, who had "lied about the military situation." "The military department reported that Cai Ruxian was bluffing about the situation of the captives in Liao Town, and consulted the minister Zhang Xueyan. According to the order, Xueyan was encouraged to serve.
"
When the matter was brought up this time, the censor thought that the treatment at that time was too light: it caused a stir in the capital, but in the end there was no actual punishment, and the matter was simply "encouraged and rewarded"? He thought it was very inappropriate.
Another example is that in the eighth year of Wanli, "questioning guard Shen Dong promoted him to guerrillas. Story: All the officials consulted the officials, and the Second Department of the Army stopped being promoted. He occupied the teaching ground and asked questions according to the order. Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, lost his consultation, and the Ministry of War
Therefore, I had to make a presumption and was corrected by the official Hao Weiqiao. I learned from Yan and confessed his crime. I will forgive him."
This incident was classified as a "recommendation oversight". Zhang Xueyan recommended "Guard Shen Dong" before he was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the recommended official position was a guerrilla general. As a result, during the "pre-appointment announcement" period, the Metropolitan Procuratorate discovered that this person "
"Occupying a teaching ground" - that is, using the land that was originally used as a military training ground for farming - Zhang Xueyan was ordered to question Zhang Xueyan, but Zhang Xueyan "self-reported his guilt", indicating that the evidence of guilt was conclusive. However, the final result turned out to be bullshit.
Nothing happened: "I'm sorry for you".
The censor believed that this was wrong. He believed that the recommendation of an oversight was due to the imperial system. Zhang Xueyan served successively as governor of Liaodong, governor of Jiliao, and minister of Rongzheng before he was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs. This cannot be excused by ignorance of the situation. Therefore, this decision
The censor believed that Zhang Xueyan's failure was either due to dereliction of duty or that there was something hidden behind the scenes - which of course was an allusion to Zhang Xueyan's bribery.
If talking about two things is a bit too much to reconcile old scores, and the matter itself is not very big, at least it is impossible to defeat a bachelor, if it seems to be a bit of a fuss, then the next one is more worth pondering. .
The third old account that the censor dug out was "Wang Xiao, the eunuch of Jiaziku, reported that there was a lack of silver, vermilion and other materials on the forehead."
Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of Household Affairs at that time, immediately responded and wrote: "The materials in the warehouse have a fixed quota for each year. If there are too many horned sheep, they will not be collected according to the period. If the fee is small, it will be used by oneself; if the fee is too much, it will be exhausted."
Respectfully seeing the late emperor's edict, all the government's money and food are deliberately saved, and they are often cut within the quota. My emperor issued an edict, and also stopped and waived all the expenses that were not urgent or unnecessary. Over the past few years, all kinds of extravagant expenses have been reduced, but now they have returned to the same level. There are some that were less in the past but more in the back, and there are also those that didn’t exist in the past but are now increasing.
The ministers and others urged me to study and research, and the moon was not stopped, and I was caressing and pressing the reports, and I was writing about the horned sheep. There were no days in the year. They were stored in various treasuries, but they were treated very lightly, and they were consumed very easily. They did not know the people and business. The supply is very difficult. Emperor Fuqi ordered the supervisory bureaus to stop using the utensils according to the amount of the creators. Those that should be updated should be kept in compliance with the province's regulations. When inspecting the materials, do not lead to shortages due to false pretenses. He upholds frugality and does not use extravagance. And just look at the beauty.”
The result of this incident is: "If you don't come in, leave it to the emperor to read it." This means that the emperor read it, but there was no follow-up and no response.
At first glance, this matter may seem even more insignificant than the previous two matters, but as a gunman, oh no, as a supervisory censor, you must have the ability to pick out the bones from the eggs.
For example, the imperial censor discovered a bright spot: Wang Xiao, the eunuch of Jiaziku, and others discovered that there was a shortage of materials such as silver and vermilion on the forehead. Then what did Zhang Xueyan answer? In fact, he did not seriously respond to why there was a shortage. Instead, he changed his pen and said, When it comes to the imperial court - especially the emperor's expenses should be frugal.
Under such circumstances, it is understandable that the emperor did not respond. However, the censor believed that there was a big problem with this matter: How exactly were the missing things missing? How many of them were missing? Why did Zhang Xueyan, then the Minister of Household Affairs, not answer directly? ?Is there any problem here?
Then the censor took advantage of the topic and suddenly gave the example of Gao Pragmatic, the current Minister of Household Affairs. He said that since Gao Situ took office, he has been paying close attention to the warehousing problem. In less than a year since he took office, he has arrested a large number of treasury management officials and officials, and since then There has never been a "lack of materials in the warehouse".
It can be seen that Zhang Xueyan’s behavior at that time was at least perfunctory, and he may even have deliberately failed to report the information, which in turn was related to the problem itself.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The censor finally mentioned that the king should not rule the country based on the inferior status of his ministers and servants, which would affect the fairness of handling. The mistakes and oversights of Zhang Xueyan he cited were also It's just a part of it. I hope the emperor will understand clearly and depose Zhang Xueyan.
It was not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty to impeach a cabinet minister as a seventh-rank censor, but the emperor's reaction was also very common. "The official was alienated, angry, and ordered to reprimand the official for making unreasonable comments on the ministers, and even slandering the three Yuan Fu," wrote Demoted to the third level of foreign service."
Of course, at the same time, Zhang Xueyan immediately went to court to defend himself and asked to retreat, and at the same time took the initiative to stay behind closed doors.
Two big problems arise here: First, although the emperor's response was as usual, actively defending his ministers, the emperor mentioned one thing while defending his ministers: "...and even slandered the three emperors.
"Assistant", where did this word come from? What does it mean?
The reason for "slandering the three ministers of the Yuan Dynasty" is that the above three things happened during the period when Gao Gong, Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei were the chief ministers of the cabinet. If the censor's words are reasonable, then it means that Gao Gong, Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei were the chief ministers of the cabinet.
Pu was protecting Zhang Xueyan at that time, and although Zhang Siwei did not show up in the third incident, as the chief assistant, he had no reaction to it, and it seemed that he condoned Zhang Xueyan's actions.
So the root of this matter is: the censor did not explicitly say the above about shielding, conniving, etc., but the emperor discovered this problem very sensitively and immediately issued a stern warning.
From this perspective, it proves that the emperor is very satisfied with the "three Yuanfu" and does not tolerate any remarks that question the three of them.
But there is a question here: Generally speaking, as long as the ministers do not explicitly state such a hint, the emperor will usually just pretend to be stupid, because it is easier to pretend to be stupid and turn the big thing into a trivial matter. What's more, these things have happened for many years. According to
If we go back and investigate the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty now, it would be almost impossible to find out anything.
From the emperor's point of view, if he wants this matter to disappear, the easiest way is to just not reply - just treat it as a fart and let it go.
However, he replied, and he was "angry" and made the decision to be demoted to another position, which is a bit strange.
The second problem is that Gao Pragmatic is still hiding behind closed doors, and Zhang Xueyan has been subjected to another wave of inexplicable impeachments. The things mentioned in this impeachment are not big things in the final analysis, but they are enough for him to defend himself.
Stay behind closed doors.
Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui, the two cabinet ministers, have always been Gao Jingshi's two strongest assistants in the cabinet. Just when Gao Jingshi himself was staying at home, Zhang Xueyan was also forced to stay at home. This means that
Among the cabinet at this time, only Wu Dui could still play a role.
But Wu Dui is definitely unable to support himself. This can be seen by looking at the current cabinet rankings: Shen Shixing, a bachelor of Zhongji Palace, Xu Guo, a bachelor of Jianji Palace, Zhang Xueyan, a bachelor of Wenhua Palace, and Wu, a bachelor of Wuying Palace.
Dui, Wang Jiaping, a bachelor of Wenyuange, and Wang Xijue, a bachelor of Dongge.
Originally speaking from a "theoretical" perspective, the cabinet composed of six ministers, among which Xu Guo, Zhang Xueyan, and Wu Dui were all from the practical school; Wang Jiaping basically belonged to the neutral school, but relatively speaking he was biased towards the
Support the practical school; Shen Shixing ranks first and last, while Wang Xijue belongs to the heart school.
In this pattern, the real school seems to have an obvious advantage, but in fact it is not the case: First of all, Shen Shixing is the chief assistant. Although the authority of the chief assistant is related to the chief assistant's personal prestige and his status in the emperor's mind, no matter what,
Unless there is a situation where the position of the second assistant is seriously reversed after Gao Gong returns to Beijing and the "Li Chunfang-Gao Gong" line appears in the cabinet, the authority of the first assistant is unshakable.
Secondly, although Xu Guo, as the second assistant, came from the Shi School, he and Gao Wuzhen have now gone their separate ways. If they are not opposed to Gao Wuzhen, it may be because Gao Gong is his benefactor and he is not very
It is convenient to directly confront Gao Pragmatism. In fact, he did not actively support many of the things Gao Pragmatism proposed, and mostly did not express his position. His attitude can only be said to be that he has not yet strongly opposed it.
Therefore, the actual situation in the cabinet is actually that Xu Guozhong, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue's group, Zhang Xueyan, and Wu Dui need to influence Wang Jiaping's attitude to a large extent and win Wang Jiaping's support before they can reluctantly compete with Shen and Wang.
contend.
However, Zhang Xueyan was suddenly forced to stay behind closed doors. The only one left with voting rights in the cabinet of the Practical School - or the pragmatic school - was Wu Dui. In this case, even if Wu Dui could influence Wang Jiaping
, allowing Wang Jiaping to support him is already at a disadvantage - if the votes are the same, Shen Shixing, as the first assistant, can make the decision with one word.
However, even in this situation, Gao Pragmatic remained calm and unhurried. Even if Wu Dui secretly sent someone to see him, he advised Wu Dui not to worry.
It's not that Gao Pragmatic didn't know what Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue meant. He knew that Shen and Wang were indeed here for Zhang Xueyuan - now Jin Yiwei's "counterattack" caused Zhang Cheng to eat him before he even opened his mouth.
After delegating power, he might change his mind at any time because of the emperor's persuasion.
In this case, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue must be worried that the night will be long and the dream will be long. If they don't take the opportunity to win back the game in an important position, then they will completely miss this unexpected opportunity.
Shen Shixing might be able to tolerate it, but Gao Jingshi knew that with Wang Xijue's temper, he would definitely try to win back the victory after he thought he had been tricked by Gao Jingshi. Although Gao Jingshi did not expect that they would attack Zhang Xueyan, but
From their point of view, if they can win Zhang Xueyan, it will indeed be the biggest gain they can get at the moment.
Maybe Wang Xijue's temper was worse than he had expected, or maybe his mentality changed after being irritated. In short, he became more and more aggressive, so he was so direct.
But Gao Pragmatic is not very worried. Once Shen Shixing comes, Wang Xijue's action will definitely make Concubine Zheng, who was deceived by his strategy yesterday, even more nervous and "counterattack" more proactively.
Secondly, Zhang Xueyan has repeatedly explained to Gao Yingshi that his health is not very good and he is getting older, and he solemnly asks Gao Yingshi to consider his successor.
In other words, Zhang Xueyan is actually ready to take office - of course, Gao Pragmatic will not let him take office in such a disgraceful way. Even if he takes office, he can only resign without being impeached. But no matter what,
, Gao pragmatism is prepared for this.
As expected by Gao Pingshi, someone in the harem had already taken action: Pang Bao and Liu Cheng quickly found out the identity of the censor who had gone to court in the morning. This person's name was Hu Kejian, whose given name was Gongzhi, and he was from Guangshan.
, became a Jinshi in the 14th year of Wanli, and was changed from a Shujishi to a censor.
This person is more interesting. He is from Guangshan County, that is, from Henan. At this time, maybe nine out of ten officials in Henan were from the practical school. This person's usual behavior seems to be more practical. But he happens to be a
An "angry young man" has no sand in his eyes at all, and the wind is like rain.
So, he "listened to the rumors". It is said that a few days ago, when he was on duty at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he chatted with his colleagues about the past of the cabinet ministers, and heard some "rumors" from his colleagues - about Zhang Xueyan
.As a result, this man acted vigorously and immediately investigated it. He thought he had gained a lot, and immediately went to the forum to criticize.
Now it's fun, it seems like there is internal strife within the Real School. Obviously, this guy, like all the valuable angry youths in the past dynasties, has been used as a gunman.
However, Concubine Zheng didn't care what he was treated as. She had already determined that Wang Xijue's reason for doing this was to suppress the pragmatic school who insisted on "waiting for the queen's legitimate son", and then to take advantage of the high pragmatism, Zhang Xueyan stayed behind closed doors.
The opportunity arises again for the "Early Zhengguoben" incident.
Therefore, Concubine Zheng suddenly "fell" in Yikun Palace at noon. The news immediately spread to Qianqing Palace. Zhu Yijun, who was so anxious that he didn't know the specific situation, didn't even finish his lunch, so he hurriedly drove to the harem to visit.
, on the way he also scolded Liu Cheng who came to report the news, scolding him for not taking good care of the imperial concubine.
Now that things have come to this, the change of the entire situation depends on the performance of the Imperial Concubine.
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