But the next day, Bai Shilang's memorial to impeach Lu Yuanguang, the ambassador of the Chongwenmen Propaganda Branch, was sent to the cabinet for voting in accordance with the procedure.
According to the law, Beijing officials below the eighth rank can be dealt with without the emperor first. However, the ninth rank ambassador of the Chongwenmen Propaganda Department is not an ordinary ninth rank. The cabinet note is intended to be "investigated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate" and then submitted to the Holy See.
Bai Shilang, who has enlightened and taught the emperor since he was a child, is kind and upright, has been trusted by the emperor, and has been operating until now. It is only a matter of time before he joins the cabinet. His impeachment of a small ninth-rank man is not a big deal in the entire government, it can be called insignificant, but
It still feels confusing and confusing.
Because Ambassador Lu is serving in this fat vacancy, his term will end after the new year, and he will leave without much time left. Is there any need to go to the trouble of impeaching him? It is a bit unnecessary.
I remembered that in the past few days, Li You had twice submitted memorials to recommend Ambassador Lu for re-election, and then Bai Shilang published such a bulletin. This was very mean to slap Li You's face. Or could it be that Bai Shilang was also targeting him?
Filled the vacancy in the Propaganda and Education Department?
To be honest, Li You himself couldn't completely figure out what Bai Shilang meant by impeaching Lu Yuanguang. He only realized intuitively that his opportunity had come, and he couldn't sleep once he let it pass!
If this matter were placed on others, they would probably have no choice but to admit it in anger, because Bai Shilang is a fox who pretends to be powerful, and it is difficult to offend the emperor behind him.
This is a sensitive time when the emperor is deliberately promoting Bai Shilang. If he counterattacks Bai Shilang, it is very likely that he will offend the emperor and think that he is deliberately hindering his employment. Once the emperor has this idea, there are ten thousand reasons.
almost.
Therefore, when it comes to the popular Shilang Bai, most people give priority to tolerance.
But in any case, Li You's face is not that easy to fight, everyone who heard about Bai Shilang's impeachment of Ambassador Lu thought so. Although Mr. Li was exempted from the court and could not enter the palace to discuss matters, he could argue in court. Besides, Li You
With your two achievements of saving the ancestor's mausoleum and negotiating the pro-government, the emperor has to give him some face even if he is dissatisfied with him in his heart.
However, to everyone's surprise, they did not see Li You's tit-for-tat confrontation with Shang Shu. Instead, they heard Li You's gossip first.
As Mr. Li wished, last night's scandal began to spread in the capital the next day. As a story that has to be told between a famous poet and powerful official and a popular beauty and courtesan, the second season is quite eye-catching.
Although with the efficiency of the media these days, it is impossible for the whole city to know about it overnight, but compared to other gossips, the speed and breadth of the spread of Li You's scandal are basically satisfactory to the parties involved. Especially those in the DPRK and China who are paying attention to Mr. Li's movements.
Most of those people have heard about it.
There are many versions of the legend, which can be divided into two main types. One rumor is that Mr. Li couldn't help but the beauty fell in love with him. He took advantage of the situation and went to Zhaoxiangyuan to snatch Jade Linglong. When the incident failed, he became angry and smashed the place.
Another rumor is that Mr. Li's love for her is as deep as the sea, and he is afraid that his deep love for the beauty will lead to misunderstanding and hurt his body, so he deliberately slanders his reputation to make the beauty stop missing him and cut off the fruitless love.
As for which rumor to believe, it all depends on each person's subjective stance, but this subjective stance is not necessarily the same as the objective facts.
From his own point of view, the newly appointed Minister Bai of the Ministry of Rites, of course, believed the first version of the rumor. As for the second version, it must have been fabricated by Li You to embellished himself.
Mr. Bai was the first person outside our alley to learn about Li You's trouble. After the incident happened, Madam Jiao specially sent someone to tell him as quickly as possible.
After receiving the news, Lord Bai was sullen at first. He was angry because Li You's conduct was so despicable! Matters in the officialdom were not settled in the officialdom, but he actually went to harass the concubine he had reserved. This was too shameful. It's really shameful.
When the laws and regulations of the country are just for show? We should definitely be punished severely!
Immediately, Mr. Bai felt a little reassured. This also meant that Li You was at the end of his rope and had no other options, so he came up with this strategy. If Li You couldn't enter the temple or attend the court meeting, he would have to resort to extravagant recruitment to cause trouble.
However, Shilang Bai, who felt good about himself as the terrain rose, had a subjective feeling that was a bit different from that of many courtiers.
When the courtiers heard about this, many of them couldn't help but sigh that it's great to be young. After all, Mr. Li is only in his early twenties, not old men like them in their thirties, forties, fifties or sixties. He quoted Mr. Li's own poem, "A rage for a crown makes a beauty."
That's not something worth making too much fuss over.
The key point is that everyone can't see the excitement of Mr. Bai. Mr. Bai has triple-jumped in just a few months, and is about to enter the cabinet to worship the Prime Minister. It is said that the prime minister can support a boat, so he shouldn't care.
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If such a fast-promoting minister of the emperor could climb up, everyone would have to praise him, but if he made a joke, no one would mind watching the joke.
The imperial court received many impeachment papers, but it was impossible to investigate them at the slightest sign, otherwise no one in the court would do anything else and they would all report on each other.
When Bai Shilang's small memorial to impeach Ambassador Lu was sent to the emperor, the emperor saw that it was an impeachment of a teacher who was regarded as one of his own, so he agreed to the cabinet vote without much thought. So unfortunately, Lu Yuanguang, the ambassador of the Propaganda Department, wanted to
Investigated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
After Ambassador Lu learned the news, he couldn't help but sigh, it was like entering the noble family and it was as deep as the sea. Originally, under the cover of Eunuch Duan, he was happily working as a tax collector, collecting a small amount of money and drinking some wine. He was both relaxed and happy.
Freedom. No matter how turbulent the temple is, it is still thousands of miles away from me and out of reach.
I had just taken refuge with Mr. Li, and I still didn’t understand what was going on. He was immediately impeached and investigated. Politics was so fucking exciting! Is this the price we have to pay for progress?
Lu Yuanguang admitted that he was a little excited because he was unwilling to be alone. Crisis was also an opportunity. He had not done anything treacherous and unethical. At worst, he would be dismissed from office and go home. Anyway, after serving such a lucrative official position as Ambassador Chongwenmen, he would be transferred to
The other nine grades are really meaningless.
Ambassador Lu clearly understood that if Mr. Li couldn't even help him escape unharmed, then Mr. Li himself would not be able to sit firmly in the position of fifth-rank admiral and censor of the five cities in the first place.
But the attitude that should be expressed had to be expressed, so Ambassador Lu hurriedly went to the Wucheng General Prosecutor's Office to visit his new supporter, and asked in a worried tone: "I heard that the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office is going to investigate the lower official..."
Li You asked with a half-smile, "Are you panicking?"
Lu Yuanguang replied: "If Qian Xian doesn't panic, then your subordinates won't panic!"
"Good answer!" Li You laughed.
Lu Yuanguang asked again: "Then what should the subordinate do?"
"Don't worry too much. There is no evidence and just a piece of unconvincing impeachment. The Metropolitan Procuratorate cannot be too harsh on you according to the rules. You should also take the initiative and write a letter of self-defense after being investigated.
The love letter was given to Dong Ruoshui, the censor of Jiangxi Province."
"What should I write in the love letter?" Mr. Lu suddenly asked the key point thoughtfully.
Li You gave detailed instructions: "Just write that I did not instruct you to take bribes and pervert the law, I did not instruct you to frame your colleagues, I did not instruct you to bully the common people, I did not accept any bribes from you...etc."
Ambassador Lu was shocked, "It's something that didn't happen in the first place. By writing it like this, wouldn't it make outsiders suspect that there is no three hundred taels of silver in this place?"
"Just write it like this!"
Another day passed, and it was the day for the meeting of the great and small dynasties. The emperor went to the Wenhua Hall, and the officials from all the palaces also went to the Wenhua Hall to discuss matters. Mr. Bai, who was promoted to Minister of Rites, was also among them, but he always felt that others were looking at him.
His eyes are strange...
This must be related to the rumors that Li You smashed the place and snatched Jade Linglong!
Master Bai once again felt resentful in his heart. He did not use official methods in officialdom fights, but took revenge on women, seriously breaking the rules of the game. Li You's character is really despicable! But it's good, everyone knows Li You's true face.
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After the opening of the court meeting, several major military and state affairs were discussed. Later, Dong Ruoshui, the censor of Jiangxi Province, went out to report: "Yesterday, Lu Yuanguang, the ambassador of the Chongwenmen Propaganda Department, wrote a letter to express his feelings. Important ministers were involved. Please report to the imperial court.
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The impeachment of Ambassador Lu, a ninth-rank official, is really a small matter in the minds of the big guys like Wenhua Palace. They have almost forgotten it. If it has nothing to do with them, they are not very interested. But when they heard that "an important minister is involved"
With these four words, everyone got excited and listened carefully.
Then Dong Yushi took out Lu Yuanguang's love letter and read it. Everyone in the palace listened to it, and they felt that the word "Li You" was everywhere in the text. Every sentence said that Li Qianxian did not do this, and Li Qianxian did not do that. I really don't know.
Is it Ambassador Lu’s love letter or Li You’s love letter?
But there were many mature people in the palace, and they soon realized that there was something interesting in this. Someone must have put pressure on Lu Yuanguang to frame Li You, so Lu Yuanguang wrote such a love letter to test the court's attitude.
Mr. Li has many enemies, but lately he has either been too busy taking care of himself or has been calm. Thinking about it more carefully, there is only one person who has made a fuss about Ambassador Lu recently, and that is... So the eyes of the ministers once again focused on Bai Shilang.
Zhao Liangren, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who was second only to the Six Great Pavilion Elders, suddenly said: "Although Li You is young and frivolous, he is a rare talent. He is by no means a corrupt person who perverts the law, frames his colleagues, and accepts bribes. I don't know if he is doing something out of thin air."
What are the intentions of people! Private matters are all determined by means, so what’s the point of using public weapons for personal gain? Does this mean that the official weapons of the imperial court should be regarded as one’s own?”
As the leader of the six departments, Zhao Tianguan's speech was of no small importance. Although he did not mention anyone by name, everyone could tell who he was talking about.
The saying "Every private matter depends on the method" made the people in the palace think, what kind of private affairs can Bai Shilang and Li You have?
According to some popular rumors, there was a fierce dispute over a woman, and Li You went to Zhaoxiangyuan to fight the night before. No wonder Bai Shilang impeached Ambassador Lu for no reason and slapped Li You in the face, which made everyone puzzled.
Solution, that’s it!
Although Mr. Li did something outrageous, hitting and smashing, and clearly violating the code of conduct, he did it in private and did not cause trouble in the court. Besides, there are many bad things done by powerful people in private, and Mr. Li's behavior is not too bad.
strangeness.
How could it be that Bai Shilang, who was jealous of something that was not on the table, actually used his power to openly take revenge in the court? Did he treat the court as a brothel?
Everyone couldn't help but despise him. He didn't get back the disputes from the woman, but used official methods. Even if Bai Shilang won, his political character was too despicable! Such a heart and face could still be in the cabinet.
?(To be continued)
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