Feng Bao continued to call the big guys in the East Factory to play with Gao Pragmatic and find trouble, but unexpectedly something unexpected happened.
The next day, Zhang Juzheng wrote the draft, and Feng Bao approved the decision to deal with Liu Fenyong and Cao Daye as usual. After the resolution was issued, the officials in Beijing felt that something was wrong, because the resolution could not even be called a punishment. In terms of the minister's treatment, the intensity was too light: Liu Fenyong was transferred to rejuvenate the country and the magistrate of the state, and Cao Daying was transferred to the magistrate of Qianzhou.
Why say lightly? Liu Fenyong was originally Shang Baoqing, a fifth-rank official. Although Shang Baoqing was a Beijing official, and his responsibility was to take charge of seals, talismans and seals for the emperor, he was also called a close minister of the emperor, but in fact This is a position that does not have much real power, and even favors are often given to the children of some senior officials.
And Xingguo Prefecture is a prefecture under Wuchang Prefecture. Its magistrate is from the fifth rank. From Shang Baoqing, he was demoted to Xingguo Prefecture. In terms of rank, it is only from the fifth rank to the fifth rank. In terms of actual power... maybe it is still More than enough.
And what about Cao Daye? He was originally a seventh-rank Hu Ke, but according to the emperor's edict, he was not only demoted to a foreign post, but also asked to be "seriously punished." As a result, he was transferred to Qianzhou Tongpan. From the seventh rank official - this is called "serious punishment"?
You must know that although Tongpan is the "third in command" behind the magistrate and tongzhi within a state, because Tongpan is also responsible for supervising the magistrate, many times even the magistrate has to give Tongpan some points. Bo Mian, this is not an idle job.
The result of this treatment, in layman's terms, is that it does not give Gao Gong any face.
The ministers in the court were not mistaken. This treatment really angered Gao Gong, and this time he didn't even listen to Gao Pragmatic's persuasion and wrote another essay that night.
The next day, Guichou, the great scholar of Zhongji Palace, and Gao Gong, the official minister, begged again and said: "The way of a minister is to serve the country with one's own life, and the second is not to dare to humiliate the country with one's body. Now I have nothing to do with my duties." , If you don’t know how to serve your country, if you still don’t know the rules of advancement and retreat, and you are still in power with a shy look, you are sincerely humiliating your country, and your sin will be even greater. Who do you call me a minister in the future generations of the world?"
This time, Gao Gong simply did not mention what crime he was falsely accused of, nor did he explain any more. The meaning of the entire essay was quite straightforward: If I don’t retreat, some people will keep staring at me and biting me, saying that I am greedy for power and position. , OK, OK, I won’t explain it, I’ll resign from the head office.
This is troublesome, because according to the usual practice, when a cabinet minister is so neglected, the emperor can only choose a multiple-choice question: if the cabinet minister is retained, the false accuser must be severely punished; if the false accuser is not severely punished, it means that the cabinet minister can go - before This is how Zhao Zhenji returned home the next time.
After entering the Qianqing Palace, the emperor looked at it and was a little confused. He couldn't figure out what was going on at all, and was still thinking to himself: I have clearly dealt with Liu Fenyong and Cao Daye, two guys who talked nonsense, why do you still want to do this? Resign?
Long Qing held back his temper and ordered someone to find Feng Baolai, intending to find out what was going on. At the same time, he went to read other memorials. As a result, Meng Chong quietly brought over a large pile of memorials, which seemed to be at least dozens.
The emperor was extremely surprised, because since he became ill, the Chief of Ceremonies had tried to reduce the number of memorials that he had directly asked him to approve. Most of them were directly approved according to the votes of the cabinet... Why did Meng Chong take the wrong medicine today? ?
Unexpectedly, Meng Chong also looked embarrassed and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, these are the memorials written by Jiu Qing and Ke Dao officials to ask the Emperor to comfort Yuan Fu. According to the ancestral system, the memorials of Jiu Qing and Ke Dao officials will be sent to Si.
The Supervisor of Ceremonies must let His Majesty know... As for other ministries, the ministers of the Academy have advised the Emperor to retain Yuan Fu's memorial. The servants have already pressed it ahead of time and haven't brought it to you yet."
When the emperor heard this, he was even more surprised. This matter had obviously been settled, so why did he continue to make a fuss while Mr. Jiuqing and Ke Daoshangshu asked for orders to stay behind? What went wrong in this?
He had to open the memorials one by one. It turned out that these memorials were indeed written by the ministers of the Nine Qing Dynasty, headed by Yang Bo, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the Minister of Military Affairs, Luo Zun, etc., and the thirteen imperial censors of the Tang Dynasty.
Lian and others each went to the hospital to ask Gao Gong, the remaining academician, to express his condolences.
After the emperor saw it, he could only order Meng Chong to issue an edict of condolence in his name, saying: Yuan Fu resigned, I have given you my condolences and compliments, but I have not yet listened to them, so the ministers need not worry.
At this time Feng Bao came.
Feng Bao didn't know what happened. He had just been found from Dongchang and was still in a confused state. After he came in, he bowed to the emperor as usual and stood up straight to wait for the emperor.
Ask questions.
Who knew that Long Qing glanced at him coldly and said with a gloomy face: "Kneel down and talk."
It stands to reason that with Feng Bao's status, it is normal for him to bow to the emperor when he meets him. After all, he has the title of "Imperial Envoy Admiral Dongchang Eunuch" and can even call himself "Chen" in front of the emperor. But now the emperor actually directly
Ask him to kneel down, but he still doesn’t know that something is wrong!
Feng Bao's heart tightened, and he knelt down quickly. In line with the principle of saying less and making fewer mistakes, and saying more and making more mistakes, he knelt down and knocked his head on the ground, but did not say a word.
Long Qing asked coldly: "Yesterday I asked you to deliver an order to deal with these two idiots Liu Fenyong and Cao Daye. How did you do it?"
When the emperor asked this, Feng Bao knew what was going on. He ignored Zhang Juzheng and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I know this. I took the imperial edict from your hands and went to the cabinet to tell you the imperial edict and the emperor's meaning."
Mr. Zhang Ge. The specific disposition was the decree proposed by Mr. Zhang Ge. After checking it, I found that it was indeed a demoted position, so I approved it."
Feng Dugong's acting skills are superb, his eyes are a little frightened, but more of them are puzzled, lifelike and lively.
Long Qing looked at it, but couldn't see any loopholes for a moment. He frowned and asked, "What kind of foreign minister is this? Please tell me clearly!"
Feng Bao then said: "Back to the emperor: Liu Fenyong moved to the left to rejuvenate the country and magistrate the state, and Cao Daye was transferred to Qianzhou to be the magistrate."
In the Ming Dynasty, there were two types of states, one was Zhili Prefecture and the other was Sanzhou, with somewhat different levels and status. Long Qing did not remember which category Xingguo Prefecture and Qian Prefecture were, so he turned to look at Meng Chong.
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Although Meng Chong's skills were average, he could still handle the basic business, and he quickly said: "Your Majesty, these two states are both scattered states, Xingguo Zhizhou is the fifth rank, and Qianzhou Tongpan is the seventh rank."
"Liu Fenyong is just paying it forward. Then Cao Daye was the one I named for strict punishment. Why was he only demoted from the seventh rank to the seventh rank?" Long Qing slapped the armrest and asked angrily: "How did you tell Mr. Zhang?"
Feng Bao cursed secretly in his heart: It is obvious that Zhang Juzheng is unwilling to deal with his disciple and grandson seriously. What's the matter with a man?
Of course, unless he is tired of living, he cannot say this. He can only say aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, I will act according to your will. I have said everything that needs to be said. Why did Mr. Zhang Ge draft the order like this?
How can you understand this kind of ability? How about... Your Majesty, please ask Mr. Zhang Ge to come over and ask?"
"Xuan..." Long Qing subconsciously wanted to say "Mr. Xuan Zhang is here to see you", but he stopped himself just after he said the word "Xuan". After thinking about it, he changed his words and said: "Forget it."
Then he motioned to Meng Chong to help him stand up, walked to the desk, and said: "Meng Chong, prepare some paper. Feng Bao, come and study the ink."
Meng Chong unfolded a banner for the emperor and cautiously advised: "Your Majesty, if you have something to say to Mr. Zhang Ge, just ask the slaves to pass it on. The imperial doctor said..."
The emperor waved his hand to interrupt him, sighed, and said: "I don't want to move either, but now... forget it, I'll just write a few words, it won't hinder anything."
Feng Bao studied the ink, bowed and stepped aside, quietly sizing up the emperor.
Long Qing stepped forward, stretched out his swollen right hand, raised the pen with some difficulty, thought for a while, and wrote four words tremblingly, threw the imperial pen away casually, and gasped: "Send it to Mr. Zhang
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The emperor might be tired and didn't tell anyone to send him off. Meng Chong didn't dare to leave the emperor to do this. He quickly helped the emperor back to the imperial couch and winked at Feng Bao again.
Feng Bao understood and hurriedly went to get the emperor's Chen Han, but saw the four words written by the emperor, which were "we work together with one heart".
