Chapter 183 The treacherous villain must not be tolerated!
At sunset, countless officials returning home from the major yamen on both sides of the left and right gates of Chang'an have always been a sight in the capital. There are so many officials working in these yamen, with complex grades, messy clothes, and varying ages.
, the means of transportation are so different that people who have never experienced them cannot understand them. It is like having a high position like a minister, and perhaps the official uniform is simple, and the seventy-year-old and eighty-year-old only use an old ox to pull a broken cart; but a low position like a boss, the family has rich clothes
The sedan is bright and bright, and the two-person sedan is also decorated with various decorations. Along the way, giving way or fighting for the way is unavoidable every day.
As the sky became completely dark, the number of pedestrians on the road increased instead of fewer. After all, during the Hongzhi period, few ministry officials were really official, and most of them would go home after taking care of their affairs. However,
At this moment, all the people traveling in cars and sedans, whether shabby or luxurious, were all waiting on the roadside to give way to a carriage coming out of the right gate of Chang'an. The reason was very simple. The person in charge of the carriage was the prince's Taibao and the minister of household affairs, Jian Jin.
Li Dongyang, the Grand Scholar of the Shen Palace, was only polite, and there were also low-level civil servants walking on two legs in twos and threes, whispering to each other.
"It's been two or three days since I sent all the memorials. I don't know what the cabinet's attitude is towards those memorials!"
"Yes, I heard that on the day His Royal Highness fled to the Wenhua Hall to give a lecture, it was Mr. Li Ge who gave a lecture on the Book of Rites."
Li Dongyang in the car naturally didn't know what the people outside were talking about. When the cabinet scholar went home to rest, as a rule he couldn't bring in memorials. Of course he would not make an exception, not to mention the impassioned memorials carefully decorated by the censors.
Before the eunuchs and eunuchs were reviewed in order of priority and sent to the imperial court, they had not been sent to the cabinet at all. Where did he go to see it? Just because he didn't see it didn't mean he didn't hear it. He had always paid attention to the happenings in the officialdom of the court.
This made me worried about the emperor's attitude.
Emperor Hongzhi was indeed a man of good deeds, but he was not without his stubbornness in some matters. For example, the Zhang brothers acted unscrupulously. I don’t know how many imperial officials wrote for impeachment, but almost all of them were retained. The emperor even
He also asked Guanglu Temple to serve Zhang Heling with wine to apologize to Yan Guan. In the end, he couldn't bear it and actually taught him a lesson in person. As for the words of the punishment, no one knew. Although Xu Xun is not as good as the Zhang brothers now,
Since the prince likes it, it is not easy to move. What's more, there is no basis for the rumors. Which emperor would like the censors who brought the prince in?
"Sir, Master Ma's car is at the front and seems to be waiting for us."
Upon hearing the coachman's words, Li Dongyang pondered for a moment and immediately ordered the car to drive over. As soon as the car stopped, he lifted the curtain and took a look. In the carriage opposite, the white-haired Ma Wensheng was also driving the car with one hand.
The thick cotton curtain looked over. As their eyes met, Ma Wensheng said: "Mr. Li Ge, the prince's retreat from the lectures at the Wenhua Hall a few days ago was something that happened before and after the court meeting a few days ago.
There was a lot of discussion among the officials. After I inquired carefully, I couldn't help but write a letter to make suggestions."
Seeing Li Dongyang's shocked expression, Ma Wensheng hesitated for a moment and then sighed: "I still remember that on the sixth day of March in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, I gave a lecture to the prince in the Wenhua Hall. Five years later, on the fourth day of the fifteenth year of Hongzhi,
In the past month, I once again gave lectures to the prince in the Wenhua Hall. In addition, I only visited the Wenhua Hall on Zhengdan, the winter solstice and the first day of each month. In the past few months, although there are many opportunities to meet Ruiyan
But every time it was only half a day, the prince’s classroom textbooks were almost nowhere to be found, and I was really worried.
It is a fait accompli that Earl Xing'an has attacked the Duke. I don't want to say anything more, but instigating the prince to skip classes is something I will never tolerate!"
In addition to their daily business dealings, the top cabinet scholars and ministry leaders of the Ming Dynasty did not interact easily. After all, at their level, it was not a good thing for them to move around too much in the eyes of the emperor. Therefore, Li Dongyang
Although he still respects Ma Wensheng as a person, he still has a headache about relying on his old age and selling his old age. The personal relationship between the two is only superficial. When he heard Ma Wensheng say these words, he couldn't help but knitted his brows together.
"Brother Yuezhai, things may not be as rumored by the outside world, so why do you bother to get involved with those officials!"
Ma Wensheng is old and hard of hearing. At this moment, he doesn’t know whether he didn’t hear Li Dongyang’s words clearly at all, or he pretended not to hear them. He paused and continued: “I am an old man. I have submitted letters to become an official several times. I shouldn’t have been here long ago.
The post of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is occupied again, but there are really some things that I am unwilling to say. Mr. Li Ge should know better than me. How many big characters can the Crown Prince write now? I am just afraid that there are already those who have voted in the palace.
If the eunuch he likes has a treacherous villain outside to hook up with the prince, it will be out of control, and I will never tolerate it! Even if what I said is wrong, as long as the emperor remembers it in his heart, at least it will be correct.
But to guard against the slightest delay, I can be considered as sharing the worries of the imperial court before returning to my hometown."
Seeing the deep wrinkles on Ma Wensheng's face, Li Dongyang thought about it and wanted to persuade him a few more words. It was obvious that the old man had white eyebrows and white beard and was very stubborn, so he finally pressed the button and just nodded and said:
"That's okay, I understand."
Li Dongyang's voice was not loud, and there were many people walking on the street. Ma Wensheng, who was hard of hearing, couldn't help but stare at Li Dongyang for a long time, until he almost figured out the mouth shape, and he roughly understood what the elder meant.
He immediately nodded slightly, said goodbye, and lowered the curtains.
Li Dongyang watched the carriage that was so simple that it didn't look like a first-class official going away, and then he put down his hand and gave instructions to the driver to set off. This was not the first time that he felt deeply helpless towards the Minister of Civil Affairs, but
After feeling helpless this time, I thought for the first time, if this stubborn old man is no longer here, who should replace him?
Speaking of which, at least the most slippery Jiao Fang would never wade into this muddy water right now!
When the carriage turned into the old Lige alley, Li Dongyang put all these messy emotions behind his mind. When he got off the car, his face showed no trace of the previous depression. The steward who came forward carefully helped him get out of the car.
, then he said: "Sir, there are two groups of guests waiting for you today. One is Mr. Liu, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the other is Mr. Wang, the Minister of Rites, and Mr. Xiao Wang, the head of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War."
Liu Daxia, and Wang Hua and Wang Shouren!
Li Dongyang immediately understood the identities of these two groups of guests, and asked with a slight frown: "Are they coming at the same time or successively?"
"Master Wang and Master Xiao Wang came first, followed by Master Liu. Master Wang and Master Xiao Wang are in the small flower hall, and Master Liu is in the study room. The younger one didn't let Master Liu know that there were guests ahead."
"very good."
Li Dongyang nodded appreciatively at the housekeeper and ordered him to go in and send a message to Mrs. Zhu and Li Zhaofan. He said that they didn't need to wait for him to have dinner together, so he straightened his clothes and went to the study. He and Liu Daxia were both concubines of the Hanlin Academy at that time.
, and their native places are Hunan. Although he grew up in the capital, others can't help but regard them as fellow townsmen. In addition, now that they are both in the cabinet, the friendship has not been lost. Only Liu Daxia rarely comes to visit.
It was really strange to find him today.
Do they have the same meaning as Ma Wensheng? It’s very possible. To be honest, Liu Daxia wouldn’t let Ma Wensheng!
So, when he opened the door and entered the study, Li Dongyang's face was filled with a warm smile: "Brother Dongshan, why are you free to visit me today?"
"Whatever guest you are, I'm going to be so angry with that Wang Shouren!"
Liu Daxia stood up angrily and bowed his hands to Li Dongyang. The two of them sat down separately. The boy immediately replaced tea with a small red lacquer tea tray and served it. After everyone left, he said bluntly, "He is a martial arts student."
The head of the department, not the head of the staff department, has been borrowing all kinds of war maps and historical materials all day long. If the staff department doesn't lend him, he will grind to death. A few days ago, I lent him to Dingguo Gongfu under the pretext of attending a funeral.
I went to the Ministry of Rites, and the result was good. After Ding Changsun wrote the letter, he actually sent the person back to me in good condition! That's all, he actually told me today that Xu Xun, the prince of Xing'an Bo, was training troops in Xiyuan, and he was willing to go there.
Keep an eye on it!"
Li Dongyang, who was drinking tea, choked on his throat when he heard this. He coughed repeatedly for a while. After all, it was his suggestion to Liu Jian to free Wang Shouren from the chore of mourning Duke Ding. However,
Wang Shouren actually made such a ground-breaking suggestion, but he didn't expect it at all. At this moment, he couldn't help but think about the father and son waiting in the small flower hall.
"It's common for young people to be energetic. Since Brother Dongshan doesn't like him, he might as well send him to Xiyuan to keep an eye on him. In the past few days, several censors have been tinkering there to write letters. Even Ma Wensheng today
He also mentioned Xu Xun's matter to me. This way, it would save those people from focusing on such a trivial matter."
"Insignificant?" Liu Daxia fell into Li Dongyang's trap of changing the topic, and his eyebrows barely raised, "Xi Ya, you are so well-mannered. His Highness the Crown Prince escaped from your lecture, and you can still be so calm? Ma Wensheng
If this person says it nicely, he is being merciless; if he says it badly, he is acting out of his will! But he finally did a good thing this time! Forget it, with him coming forward, I am too lazy to do anything. After all, in the beginning
I also obeyed the decree to promote him. Alas, I regret that I did not see such a treacherous minister..."
Li Dongyang's original intention was that it was getting late now, and Liu Daxia came hungry and obviously couldn't sit down for long. Unexpectedly, this old man, who was ten years older than him, kept talking endlessly, and sometimes scolded Ma Wensheng.
No, sometimes he talked about the situation of the armies on the nine sides, and sometimes he turned to the crown prince Zhu Houzhao... When the hungry Li Dongyang finally sent people out, he suddenly heard Liu Daxia's stomach growling unsatisfactorily.
Damn, who made you so excited that you forgot the time!
On normal days, Li Dongyang might have stayed for dinner, but this time there was another wave of guests to meet, so he watched Liu Daxia get into the carriage that was as shaky as his age, knowing that this incorruptible man was not
The talkative Minister of the Ministry of War was determined not to buy something to fill his stomach. After turning around, he couldn't help but ordered: "Go, immediately give Liu Shangshu a box of snacks to eat on the way."