Entering June, as the capital enters the hottest time of the year, the atmosphere in the court hall seems to have reached freezing point. (《》7* There is no morning court, and the ministers who have never had enough sleep in the past can barely do it.
Have a good night's sleep. However, what was initially thought to be a virtuous policy has now become a policy that everyone hates - at least most people complain about it.
Because, for almost a month, Zhu Houzhao never came to the Wenhua Hall to pay homage!
All the officials were not allowed to see Tian Yan, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies couldn't find anyone when he was about to submit a memorial to the imperial family. Li Rong, the eunuch in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, had to ask Gao Feng to go to Xiyuan to persuade Zhu Houzhao to visit the court, while he and Chen Kuan went to the cabinet again and again.
After discussing with the elders, Dai Yi, who had returned to Beijing, and Wang Yue, who had returned from Tailing, were finally summoned to go to Xiyuan. Even so, they all failed one time after another. Liu Jin pulled others together and tried every means to block them.
Where can I see people? Therefore, the number of visits to the cabinet became more and more frequent, and a big plan was inevitably hatched among the people.
In the evening of that day, the second assistant Li Dongyang returned to his residence in Yongfang, Xiaoxiao with a sullen face. This was the first time he went home in more than 20 days. Although everyone in the family was very happy, they saw the gloomy face of their master.
On his face, even though he was extremely happy, he could only hide it in his heart. Even when Mrs. Zhu was accompanying him to eat, she carefully brought the topic to his heir Li Zhaofan. However, Li Dongyang had no intention of interfering with his heir Zhaofan's knowledge. Suddenly
He interrupted Mrs. Zhu and asked.
"Have you received any letters from Nanjing these days?"
Knowing that Li Dongyang was asking about his younger brother Chengguo Gong Zhu Fu, Mrs. Zhu hesitated for a moment and nodded: "There is a letter from home. But it is hot today, so I spent more than twenty days on the road."
"It doesn't matter, bring it to me and take a look."
Since Li Dongyang gave such instructions, Mrs. Zhu naturally immediately went back to her room to get the letter in person. "" www.. Seeing Li Dongyang taking the letter, he looked at the letter paper carefully one by one, and frowned slightly from time to time. He had already read the letter.
Mrs. Zhu who wrote the letter couldn't help but be a little confused. Apart from some greetings, the letter her brother sent her was just about some unimportant gossip and did not involve any major court affairs. Besides, her husband is in the cabinet and has all the news in the world. What else does he not know?
, actually wanted to read her brother’s family letters?
Therefore, seeing that Li Dongyang actually read it once and then went back to check it a second time, Mrs. Zhu couldn't help but said: "Master, Erlang's letter only mentioned some trivial matters. If you want to know about Jinling, don't you?"
What if we send someone to ask him again?"
Li Dongyang waved his hand to stop his wife, and after a long time he put down the two thin pieces of letter paper, and said lightly: "There is no need to be so busy. The Nanjing officials also reported the matters on the ground in Jinling, but after all, it was Duke Cheng Guo
The things I mentioned in my letter home to you are more reliable. I never expected that a person like Zhang Fuhua, who could not tolerate anything in his eyes, would actually write an epitaph for Xu Xun’s late mother, and Zhang Mao also wrote a memorial in person.
It seems that Xu Xun’s reputation in Nanjing is not as good as in the capital..."
Only then did Mrs. Zhu realize that this was the reason. Just when she was about to speak, a mother's voice came from outside: "Sir, Li Mengyang, a member of the household department, wants to see you."
"Invite him to the study, and I will come." Li Dongyang stood up, casually put the two pieces of letter paper back into the envelope and handed them to Mrs. Zhu, and then said, "When you reply to Duke Cheng Guo, you don't have to ask anything specifically. You should just follow the instructions.
That’s what it is.”
Knowing Li Dongyang's temper, Mrs. Zhu naturally didn't ask any more questions. She agreed and got up and sent the person out. Li Dongyang went out and went straight to the study. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a figure looking at him with interest, his hands behind his back.
There were stacks of books on the bookshelf, and he couldn't help but coughed in anger and fun. Then, he saw the man suddenly turning around...
"Teacher!"
Li Mengyang stepped forward quickly, bowed deeply, and then asked directly: "I heard that Master Xiang rarely takes a day off to take a bath today. I didn't dare to disturb you at first, but I didn't expect that Master Xiang actually summoned me. What's the matter?"
Li Dongyang waved his hand to express his displeasure. He sat down on the main seat first, and then told Li Mengyang to sit down. ""www.. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "The emperor has not seen foreign officials for more than a month, and even the minister of ceremony
It is difficult for the princes in prison to see the emperor. This matter and the first assistant Muzhai are very worried about it. Although Yanguan has repeatedly submitted letters, the memorial cannot reach the imperial court at all. There is really no way. If this continues, I am afraid that the court will
Sooner or later things will change."
The teacher said this to himself sincerely, and Li Mengyang immediately sat up straight. He had always been impulsive and hated evil, so he gritted his teeth and said: "It's all those gelded dogs who lead the emperor to fight cocks and walk the dogs to indulge in martial arts. They should have been punished long ago."
People understand the canonical punishments, and the government guides the government! For the current plan, it is useless for one person to write a letter, so many people should be twisted into a rope, so that the emperor has to face the public opinion in the court. Even if he retreats to the next best thing, these treacherous sycophants must be eliminated
Drive him out of the capital!"
"You are right!" Li Dongyang nodded heavily, and then said word by word, "It's just that many people in the court are currently eyeing the gap in the main hall of the Ministry of War, Criminal Affairs Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Please recommend your personal
, I recommended my relatives and friends, and we got into a heated argument, and actually forgot about this most important matter. This kind of thing should have been handled by the three cabinet bachelors, but everything should be done step by step, and no public comment can be made between the government and the government.
Waiting for the three of them to rush forward and give advice to the superior will hardly achieve miraculous results."
"Master Xiang means..."
Seeing that Li Mengyang seemed to have understood something, Li Dongyang emphasized his tone and said: "At this time, what is needed is for the court's famously strong-willed ministers to gather a large number of people to submit a letter to Fuque, so that the people in Xiyuan can be shocked.
The emperor is just having fun and ignoring government affairs!"
Although Li Mengyang was impulsive, he was not stupid. Although he could be regarded as a staunch official, his reputation and official position were not enough to take the lead in this matter, so he thought about it again and again, and finally decided
He asked tentatively: "What the teacher is talking about is Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance?"
Han Wen, the Minister of Household Affairs, was the successor to the famous prime minister Han Qi in the Song Dynasty. He was a strong and decisive man. As a public official, he once impeached Ning Jin Bo Liu Ju, Wang Yue, Ma Wensheng and other distinguished ministers during the civil war, even because his words were too harsh.
He was banned from the imperial court because of his intense involvement in the two palaces, and then he served as a foreign official for more than ten years. In the 17th year of Hongzhi, he was summoned back to the household department. Li Mengyang was deeply trusted by Han Wen, and he also followed Han Wen's example.
That's why he operated on Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling last time. Seeing Li Dongyang nodding his approval, he immediately stood up.
"Don't worry, Master, I will definitely convince Master Han!"
After a detailed explanation, Li Dongyang personally sent Li Mengyang to the door of the study. When he saw the person walking away with his head held high, he couldn't help but sigh, thinking that he had listened to Jiao Fang's lobbying to transfer Xu Xun out.
Is it really wrong to go to the capital? In the past, when Xu Xun was in the capital, the little emperor did things according to his own temper, but after all, there were some rules. Now that Xu Xun is not here, Liu Jin's eunuchs are actually controlling the emperor and not letting others
It's close, and if we don't take a strong dose of medicine, it might be too late.
"I only hope that Han Guandao can succeed in one fell swoop... As long as we can shake the emperor's heart with momentum, we can go to the secret expose... plus the ceremonial supervisors, we will definitely be able to reverse the situation... Those eunuchs have been working all day long
Soaking up in Xiyuan and messing around with the emperor, Xichang and Jinyiwei can no longer send news to the palace, plus the soldiers and horses of the 12th regiment of the Beijing camp... As long as the emperor can be forced to make a painful decision, he will not care about the infamy from now on.
, we can always be worthy of the late emperor..."….
Li Dongyang, who was mumbling to himself, did not realize that his tone was very uncertain. Although he clearly understood that the emperor today was not the kind and generous Emperor Hongzhi whom he had served for many years, and he could not think about it with common sense.
However, compared to those eunuchs who only had a small number of party members in and outside the palace, their chances of winning were really not small! But for some reason, he always felt a little upset. Thinking of Liu Daxia's anger and resignation, and then thinking of his sad departure.
When Ma Wensheng left, his expression darkened.
He made an appointment with Li Mengyang and asked him to encourage Han Wen to come forward, but this was not his intention alone, but also the intention of Liu Jian and Xie Qian... Of course, Jiao Fang had to be added. If he hadn't directly passed on Liu Jin's movements before the same year
When they arrived at the cabinet, Liu Jian and Xie Qian, who had always had a bad impression of them, would not turn a blind eye to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The reason why Liu Jin and others dared to play with Zhu Houzhao wholeheartedly was simply because they were sure that they had
Jiao Fang controlled the official department and got carried away with his pride.
After coming out of Lige Old Alley, Li Mengyang did not rush to see Han Wen. Instead, he went to visit a few people who were familiar with him overnight and were the most outspoken officials. Early the next morning, he went to work as scheduled.
Wen Hua Hall waited, but the result was empty. The officials went back to various yamen with complaints. However, among the memorials collected by the General Affairs Department, there were seven or eight more fierce memorials asking for the punishment of traitors and eunuchs. Send them.
Before arriving in front of the emperor, the Chief of Ceremony naturally transferred all these things to the cabinet. Because the Zhongshu clerks who were walking in the cabinet were holding back a ball of anger these days, when they went to the Sixth Corridor and the Sixth Department to work, they inevitably spread the news.
go out.
In just a few months, Ma Wensheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Liu Daxia, the Minister of the Ministry of War, successively became officials. In addition, Shi Daishan, the imperial censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who died, and Min Gui, who became an official two years ago. After the death of Emperor Hongzhi, among the seven ministers,
Seven out of seven of them have been eliminated. Han Wen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, has a feeling of sadness as well as an unspeakable resentment. Therefore, the Secretary of the Cabinet angrily said that there are two or three backlogs in the cabinet.
Ten copies, but none could be sent to the imperial court. He finally couldn't help but exploded in front of his staff.
"Dog fighting and horse racing, flying eagles and rabbits, singing and dancing, sumo wrestling... Since the emperor came to the throne, those treacherous people have been using these things to seduce him. It is hard not to play with them to lose one's ambition! If this continues, the emperor will inevitably forget that the late emperor is dying.
Yin Yin in front of me entrusted you! Dozens of letters have been submitted to the officials, but the emperor has not read any of them. Is there really nothing we can do?"
Han Wen slapped the table with his hand, but the solid table top was no more ordinary than those found in restaurants. It actually made his hands hurt. But he had no time to pay attention to this level of pain and clenched tightly.
He punched his fist, and the veins on his forehead were exposed. He was obviously extremely angry. All the subordinates below knew the strong temper of the Minister of Revenue. For a moment, no one dared to speak when you looked at me, but there was one person here.
Shi chuckled lightly.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, and Han Wen above him was glaring at him fiercely, Li Mengyang stood up unhurriedly, cupped his hands and said sternly: "Your Excellency is an important minister of the late emperor, a high official in the imperial court.
We share a common bond with our country. At this time, what's the use of just being angry? At present, the officials are impeaching these traitors, and the cabinet ministers are also bent on getting rid of the traitors. At this moment, your Excellency, you should raise your arms and give a shout-out.
, lead the whole army to fight hard, and in this way, it will be easy to get rid of the Eight Tigers!"