In the twelfth lunar month, the cold wind howled in the capital. Although the heavy snow rarely stopped early this morning, the nearly one foot deep snow still made the streets quite deserted. This is already the case in the capital, not to mention outside the city.
, anyone who can avoid traveling will never be willing to go out.
However, outside Yongding Gate today, a large number of officials braved the biting cold wind and lined up by the roadside according to their official positions. Looking at the number, people who didn't know might have thought that the emperor had returned to Beijing in triumph.
Generally, all it takes is to mobilize the emperor's personal troops wearing flying fish robes and embroidered spring knives at their waists to maintain order.
But having said that, with so many officials gathered here, not to mention that the Jinyiwei must have secretly hidden a large number of people nearby just in case, even the Dongchang side must have some troubles to inspect at any time.
However, these officials are confident today and are not afraid of being reported by these hawks and dogs at all, just because they are welcoming none other than the emperor's master, Gao Gong and Gao Suqing, the former Wenyuan Pavilion scholar! p>
What's more, except for Zhao Zhenji, the four bachelors in the cabinet who "occasionally felt unwell" a few days ago and said he went to Yuquan Mountain to recuperate for a few days, the three bachelors in Beijing, starting with the chief assistant Li Chunfang, are all gone.
They are all here. Since the chief minister is taking the lead, is it any wonder that they, the ministry officials, come together? Didn’t you see that even the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which has always had a tense relationship with Gao Gong, has many people here?
Amid the hustle and bustle, a group of carriages, escorted by dozens of soldiers, appeared at the end of the official road. The flag representing the emperor's call fluttered in the cold wind. No matter how the officials thought about Gao Gong's restoration, they couldn't help but feel at this moment.
They all suffocated and secretly shouted: "Here we come!"
Li Chunfang, the chief minister at the time, was a scholar. Although he had a very gentle temperament, he was also very good at appearance. When he saw the high-arched carriage and horse approaching, he quickly adjusted his appearance. Apart from his slightly dark complexion, the Qingci prime minister actually looked very handsome.
He is also clear and has good eyesight. He is fifty-nine years old this year and is already in his sixties, three years older than Gao Gong. However, Gao Gong was a Jinshi in the 20th year of Jiajing, while Li Chunfang was the number one scholar in the 26th year of Jiajing. According to
According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, Li Chunfang was a latecomer, and his qualifications were not as good as Gao Gong's.
Upon seeing the movements of the chief assistant, all the officials also arranged their appearance. The one on the left of Li Chunfang is handsome and elegant. He is about thirty years old and has a demeanor of more than fifty. He is so handsome and has a steady demeanor. Who else is there besides Zhang Juzheng? As for the one on Li Chunfang's right
That person was Chen Yiqin, who was the same emperor's master as Gao Gong. He was already fifty-eight years old this year, but his body and bones seemed to be in good condition. He stood with his hands behind his hands in the cold wind, his face as usual.
Oddly enough, Li Chunfang, the leader of the hundred officials, seems to be more enthusiastic than Zhang Juzheng and Chen Yiqin on either side of him. It is obvious that the high-arched carriage is still less than a mile away from here.
He shouted loudly to all the officials to stand in order, and then personally led the way to greet them.
When Chen Yiqin saw this situation, his face became a little ugly, and he snorted lightly. Li Chunfang seemed deaf, completely unmoved, and still hurried away. Chen Yiqin turned his head slightly, glanced sideways at Zhang Juzheng, and said
I don’t know what the expression in the eyes means.
Zhang Juzheng smiled and said softly: "Songgu Gong [Note: Chen Yiqin's nickname is Songgu.] and Zhongxuan Gong [Note: Gao Gong's nickname is Zhongxuan.] Although they were in the same year of the Xin Chou Gold List in the 20th year of Jiajing, after all, Zhongxuan Gong
The Duke entered the cabinet first... As for the first assistant, he and I were both Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing. In front of Zhongxuan Gong, we were juniors, so it makes sense to take the initiative to welcome him. Besides, the Emperor has been waiting for a long time.
When Duke Zhongxuan returns to Beijing, it can be regarded as seeing through the autumn water."
I have to mention here that when Zhang Juzheng took the examination, although Sun Chengen and Zhang Zhi were present, because he was taking the "Book of Rites" examination, Chen Yiqin, who read the "Book of Rites" examination paper at that time, was one of his room masters [Note:
The other master is Wu Weiyue]. The first place in the first class of Jinshi in that subject is the current chief assistant Li Chunfang. This subject is very outstanding, and famous people in the same subject include Yin Shidan, Wang Shizhen, Wang Daokun, Wang Zongmao, and Wu Baipeng
, Liu Yingjie, Wang Lin, Yin Zhengmao, Ling Yunyi, Lu Guangzu, Yang Wei, Song Yiwang, Xu Shi, Yang Jisheng, etc. All in all, there are not only first-rate prime ministers, first-rate literati, but also frontier commanders who have made meritorious services and impeachment officials.
The loyal minister is indeed very talented.
In the official circles of the Ming Dynasty, age does not count as seniority, only whoever gets Jinshi first - of course whoever joins the cabinet first also counts. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng, who is forty-four years old, and Li Chunfang, who is about to be sixty, are of the same age; and as the chief minister, he is nearly 60 years old.
Sixty-year-old Li Chunfang was a laggard in front of Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin, both of whom were younger than him. As for Zhang Juzheng, who considered himself a laggard in front of Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin, it didn't matter, because he was a few years late in getting out of high school.
After all, I was born late, so there is really no need to be embarrassed.
Zhang Juzheng held out these two items. Even though Chen Yiqin was still unhappy, he could only accept his dissatisfaction and followed him angrily. He had to laugh at himself: "Hey! I want Brother Taiyue to take care of me."
Old man, Gao Suqing was a Jinshi at that time. I, Chen, was just a Jinshi. He was a shujishi and went to work as an editor. I, a shujishi, only did self-examination. Since I came here, I have been inferior to him. I can't compare with him.
No match for him!"
In fact, although Chen Yiqin's temper is not very good, he is not stupid after all. He knows that what Zhang Juzheng just said is actually nonsense. These brothers have been dealing with each other for more than a year or two, and no one knows who is who.
What qualifications do you have? Only the meaning of the last sentence is really important - the emperor is watching the situation here today. What kind of look you give to Mr. Gao at this time is equivalent to what kind of look you give to the emperor.
What kind of expression should I give the emperor?
Cabinet ministers are not public officials, or even ordinary civil servants. Is it a joke to look down on the emperor? I don’t even think about what life the ministers lived two years ago when the late emperor was still there! They really stared at the emperor all day long.
His face was so worried that he might have misjudged him! Even though Jinshang is kind and generous, he, Lao Chen, is indeed one of the Imperial Masters, but there are also differences between the Imperial Masters and the Imperial Masters. In terms of the number one Imperial Master in Jinshang’s eyes,
Who is the most loyal minister and the most good prime minister in the world? There is absolutely only one candidate: Gao Gong! The rest are waiting... Please move over, yes, that's right, go and line up over there.
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As soon as these three people moved forward, the officials from the Sixth Ministry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Hanlin Academy who had some reputation in Beijing saw that the three cabinet ministers had already stepped forward to greet them. No matter what they felt in their hearts, they all had no choice but to follow suit. In fact, it was nothing.
It’s easy to think about, since you’ve already come, what else do you need to do to figure out your posture? Anyway, the three key figures who had a deep grudge against Gao Gong are now located, and they have nothing to do with me:
First of all, Xu Jie, who could be regarded as having retired with great success, as the "mastermind" of the "Inverted Gong", he resigned and returned to his fields not long after driving Gao Gong away. Now he has returned to his hometown in Songjiang to roam in the woods.
He is enjoying his old age. Moreover, Mr. Xu is well-respected from all over the world. Even if he retires to the countryside, his every move will attract worldwide attention. It is no joke to deal with him. Even if Gao Gong returns to Beijing forcefully, everyone thinks that he should not
What will happen to Xu Huating?
Then there are the two key generals who were crucial in the defeat of Gao Gong last time: Hu Yingjia and Ouyang Yijing.
Hu Yingjia initially impeached Yang Bo because of his personal anger, disparaging officials and shielding his fellow villagers, which led to a series of changes. In the end, Gao Gong was forced to retreat by Xu Jie's power of speech, and Hu Yingjia himself was transferred to Jianning to promote his official position. After Gao Gong left, Zheng Qi
Pin Jianning was promoted to the rank of Fourth Rank Huguang Chief Envoy Sizuo Councilor in one fell swoop, and he was definitely proud of his success. However, it is said that after he learned the news of Gao Gong's return, he had already submitted a petition overnight to resign from all official positions. However, due to time constraints, he
No reply yet.
If it is understandable that Hu Yingjia was so frightened by Gao Gongqi's return that he resigned immediately, then Ouyang Yijing, who is known as the "god curser", can only be laughed at.
This dear friend originally had an outstanding record: he had previously impeached more than 20 civil and military officials of third rank or above, as well as one marquis and two earls. The result of these people was: "all dismissed", so he was privately called "cursing God"
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Ouyang Yijing's biggest achievement occurred during the Beijing-Chaobao turmoil in the first month of the first year of Longqing. At that time, Yang Bo was impeached by Hu Yingjia for "covering Shanxi officials", which officially triggered the fight between Xu Dang and Gao Dang. It was obvious that Ouyang Yijing cursed the god
Not only did he participate, but he also compared Gao Gong to Cai Jing, the treacherous Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. When there were rumors that Hu Yingjia was about to be dismissed, he even threatened that "it would be better to depose Yingjia than to depose a minister." As a result, he successfully forced Gao Gong to resign.
Gong, and later impeached Gao Gong's disciple Qi Kang from office, which gave Xu Jie's party a seemingly brilliant victory.
Who would have known that Gao Gong, who had been defeated by the "turbulent public opinion", could actually make a comeback? This completely shocked Ouyang Shushen, who had previously turned on the invincible mode. Ouyang Yijing was like an egg whose shell had been cracked, and the yolk flowed all over the floor.
——Like Hu Yingjia, he resigned and returned to his hometown on the day he learned the news, and he was a hundred times more decisive than Hu: he didn't wait for a reply, and left directly. Unexpectedly, before he got halfway, this great man actually
Died of fear - this way of death is a bit embarrassing. After all, Gao Gong didn't say anything or did anything. You just scared yourself to death. It's a bit ugly to be brave.<
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Of course, if you look at this matter from the other side, it can be seen that the reputation of high school Xuan is so great that it can scare opponents to death. The only thing to worry about is whether this reputation is good or bad, which is a bit difficult to say. p>