Chapter 622: The City Head Changes the King's Flag(1/2)
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He knew in his heart that none of the people who wrote the memorials belonged to him. There was no doubt that these memorials were all Gao Gong's people, and Gao Gong was using his own people to impeach him.
but……
This matter is hard to explain!
Xu Jie and Emperor Jiajing said that these memorials were all Gao Gong's people impeach Gao Gong...
Will Emperor Jiajing believe it?
Will you believe it if you put it on yourself?
"Ruch! So cruel! Wonderful! So wonderful! I despised Gao Gong before. It's really a biting dog that doesn't bark. If a dog that doesn't bark bites a person, that's three points deep into the bones!
But, what should I do?"
With his understanding of Emperor Jiajing, he could not explain or defend himself at this time, which would only make Emperor Jiajing even more angry. Yan Song's reaction when he encountered this time flashed through his mind, and then he knelt on the ground with a "thump".
"Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty! Please punish me!"
"Haha..." Emperor Jiajing laughed twice, revealing two lines of white teeth, and said in a cold tone:
"What are you guilty of?"
"Old minister...Old minister..."
Xu Jie began to regret why he talked about what he wanted to teach? If he hadn't gone to Xiangshan to give lectures, how could these comments have the opportunity to present them to Emperor Jiajing? Didn't Gao Gong take advantage of his visit to Xiangshan to give lectures and send them to Emperor Jiajing?
"What? I don't know?" Emperor Jiajing's voice became colder.
Xu Jie's body trembled, and knew that Emperor Jiajing was angry because of his thoughts, so he immediately bowed down.
"Your Majesty, the old minister knows the crime! The old minister knows the crime!"
Emperor Jiajing saw Xu Jie just kept saying "the old minister knew the crime", but never said what he was guilty, and his face became even more ugly. It was not a big deal about Xu Jie. He was really a mute and had no words to say!
"Okay!" Emperor Jiajing shouted coldly: "You retreat!"
"Old minister...Old minister..."
"Get out!"
"Yes, the old minister takes his leave!"
dusk!
Luo Xin sat in the study with a frown. During the day, he passed various channels and did not get the reason why Chen Hong suddenly appeared in Xiangshan and Xuan Xujie entered the palace. However, he was because he learned that Xu Jie left the palace and his face was very pale.
"Things must have happened! Gao Gong must have taken action, but how did Gao Gong take action?"
Luo Xin was a little impatient. He realized that this was an opportunity for him. Losing this opportunity would be a huge mistake for him.
"The news is not equal! We need to find a way to leave a hidden thread in the palace!"
"Mr. Marquis!"
Suddenly, Lu Daqing's voice came to mind outside the study door.
"Come in!"
The door was pushed open, and Lu Daqing walked in, holding a letter in his hand and said: "Mr. Marquis, your letter."
"Whose?"
"I don't know!" Lu Daqing shook his head and said, "It was a child who sent him to the doorman and ran away."
Luo Xin frowned slightly, reached out to take the letter, picked up the scissors and cut the seal, pulled out a piece of paper from it, looked at it, and his heart was jumped. There were only a few words on the piece of paper:
"Today, all officials impeached Gao Gong's corpse and proposed to remove Gao Gong from his position as a cabinet and nominate Zhang Juzheng to the cabinet. The Holy Wrath!"
Luo Xin closed his eyes, and had only three breaths, and suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Send someone to invite Zhou Yu and the others to come immediately, and send someone to go at the same time, the faster the better."
"Yes, Marquis!"
Lu Daqing hurried away, Luo Xin stood up, put the paper on the table, and looked at the words on the paper, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
In less than three quarters of an hour, Jinyang Jiujie gathered in Luo Xin's study. At this time, everyone had already circulated the letter. Luo Xin looked at everyone and said:
"What do you think?"
"If this matter is true, then those complaints that impeach Gao Gong must not be Xu Jie's actions." Zhou Yu said firmly.
"Not bad!" Zhang Xun nodded and said, "Now that Xu Jie has completely controlled the court, there is no need for him to kill all the people like that. Doing that will alert His Majesty."
"Who do you think will impeach Gao Gong?" Luo Xin asked softly.
Everyone looked at each other and laughed, Liu Xiuwen said: "Gao Gong himself!"
Luo Xin nodded happily and said, "What we need to be sure of now is whether this matter is true."
"No, are you sure?" Luo Zhi looked at Luo Xin longingly.
Luo Xin shook his head and said, "There is no channel to confirm. Now we can only rely on our judgment. Of course, it is best if you have the channel to confirm."
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. Tao Xingyan sighed and said, "Our level is still too low, the news is not equal!"
"Yes!" Everyone nodded.
Ye Zhiqiu said with some depression: "I really underestimated Gao Gong before. He and Xu Jie are not simple people!"
Huang Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "Can a simple person enter the cabinet?"
Hai Zheng frowned and said, "What I worry about is that even if we win in the end, Gao Gong will win the greatest victory fruit. At that time, Gao Gong was not restrained by Xu Jie. With his decisiveness and ruthlessness, who is his opponent?"
"Yes!" Zhou Yu also sighed: "Let's not drive away the wolf at the front door, and tigers at the back door!"
"Now we can't care about that long-term!" Luo Xin said in a deep voice: "What we need now is to knock down Xu Jie's arrogance first."
"We're going to do it?" Everyone's eyes lit up.
"Before we start, we need to judge whether what is said in this letter is true?"
Zhang Xun frowned slightly and said, "You said just now that this letter was sent to the gatehouse by a child and ran away. How do we determine whether it is true or false?"
"Let's analyze it bit by bit!" Liu Xiuwen said while thinking: "First of all, Xu Jie's lectures in Xiangshan this time, even we went, and I believe there are not many officials in Beijing who don't go."
"Not bad!" Everyone nodded.
Liu Xiuwen continued: "This gives Gao Gong a chance. If Xu Jie was in the cabinet, those impeachment memorials would not be so stupid. When Xu Jie was teaching in Xiangshan and was not in the cabinet, these memorials were placed in front of Emperor Jiajing. Gao Gong did not go to Xiangshan today, right?"
"Of course he won't go!" Everyone laughed.
"While Xu Jie was teaching in Xiangshan, Chen Hong suddenly appeared and Xuan Xu Jie entered the palace. From this point of view, at least something must have happened in the palace. From Xu Jie's ugly face when he left the palace, what happened must have been related to Xu Jie, and it was a very bad thing for Xu Jie. So, my inference is that what is said in this letter is the fact."
Everyone nodded, and Hai Zheng asked, "So, who gave this letter to Wuqiu?"
Everyone looked at Luo Xin, and a smile appeared on the corner of Luo Xin's mouth:
"If this matter is true, then the real person who sent me this letter is Gao Gong."
"Why is it him?"
"Because he wanted to pull me into the water, and if possible, he even wanted to use this matter to get us all to his men."
A smile appeared on Luo Xin's face.
"So should we do it immediately, or wait for further confirmation of the news?"
Luo Xin shook his head slightly and said, "The opportunity is fleeting. Everyone knows your Majesty's character. When we determine the authenticity of the matter, your Majesty may not want to pay attention to this matter at that time. We must strike while the iron is hot and take action while your Majesty is still angry, otherwise we will definitely miss the opportunity."
"Then let's do it right now?"
"Do it!"
The second day.
Dozens of complaints were sent to the cabinet, and the officials who gave the comments were not high. No one was a fifth-rank first-rank, and they were all small officials of the sixth-rank seventh-rank, but the comments of these people were jointly impeaching one person.
Zou Yinglong.
The officials who were impeached and promoted were corrupt and abused the law. With the memorials, there were evidence of the crimes of Zou Yinglong's promotion of those officials.
When these notes were placed in front of Xu Jie, Xu Jie knew that his strongest arm, Zou Yinglong, had finished.
If this were before, Xu Jie would have suppressed these notes without hesitation, and would have informed Zou Yinglong to take revenge on these small officials of the sixth and seventh rank. In the era when Xu Jie was in power, no other voices would be allowed.
but……
At this critical moment, he really dared not press down these remarks. He believed that Gao Gong must know the content of these remarks. Even if he pressed them down, Gao Gong would find an opportunity to report to Emperor Jiajing, which would make Emperor Jiajing even more furious. At that time, it would not be Zou Yinglong's problem, but whether he could still stay in the cabinet.
He knew deeply that even if the Ming Dynasty today was a one-man emperor of Jiajing, if it lost the favor of Emperor Jiajing, it would be like a rootless floating duckweed.
Therefore, Xu Jie had to bear the pain and sent the memorials honestly to Emperor Jiajing. After Emperor Jiajing saw it, a rare smile appeared on his face and said lightly:
"You did a good job, I will let Lu Bing investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Xu Jie left with cold sweat all over his body. He knew that the pain of his broken arm had caused Emperor Jiajing to reduce his anger towards him. In Emperor Jiajing's opinion, he was tactful. Maybe Emperor Jiajing thought in his heart that he had sent someone to impeach Zou Yinglong, reduce his strength, and please Emperor Jiajing.
"well!"
Xu Jie sighed, and suddenly felt very tired, even more tired than Yan Song was in the cabinet. But when he thought of the glory of his power these days, he straightened his back. He clenched his fists and said in his heart:
"Your Majesty, what is the spring and autumn? Haha..."
To be continued...