The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Now, Wei Guangde has to proofread more than ten manuscripts a day. He is already feeling tired, and Ouyang Yijing makes him do this again.

Ke Dao, Yan and Guan were originally one, but now the situation between North Korea and China has become complicated due to Ouyang Yijing's interference.

It might be okay for Xu Jie, but Gao Gong may not let these officials go.

Wei Guangde knew very well that even if he went to Gao Gong to make peace, the effect would not be great.

Although he complained about Ouyang Yijing in his heart, Wei Guangde could only reply with kind words to comfort him.

Within two days, when Wei Guangde returned to the mansion to rest, Zhang Ji, the outside housekeeper, hurried over to announce that Li Fang was here.

Li Fang is now a popular person around Emperor Longqing. He has been with Emperor Longqing for many years. His every move can almost represent the emperor's will in many cases.

Upon hearing Li Fang's arrival, Wei Guangde immediately stood up and went out to greet him.

Welcoming people into the study, Wei Guangde was curious about what Li Fang was doing at this time.

When she was in Prince Yu's Mansion, even if there was a serious matter, Li Fang would just send someone to deliver a note, and she would follow Prince Yu to visit him twice.

"Eunuch Li, what is your Majesty's order today?"

Wei Guangde asked Li Fang to sit down, and after serving the tea, he stood back and asked.

"We can't be like Eunuch Chen, who comes to your house to ask for a drink."

Li Fang laughed happily.

"Ha ha."

Wei Guangde laughed when he heard this and said, "I have my wish, but I dare not invite you."

After saying that, he got up and asked someone to prepare food and wine to entertain the famous eunuch.

"Okay, okay, Shandai, you and I are familiar with each other, so I won't joke about it."

Seeing Wei Guangde getting up, Li Fang hurriedly stopped him and said, "I'm here today and I want to ask you two things."

Li Fang didn't say who asked him to come, but only asked for his opinion. Even if Wei Guangde knew it clearly, he couldn't explain it clearly, so he could only nod his head, as if he was all ears.

"Do you remember Xu Gao?"

Li Fang asked immediately.

"Xu Gao? That great craftsman? Minister of the Ministry of Industry?"

Wei Guangde was stunned for a moment, then realized who Li Fang was talking about, "Did he commit a crime?"

"His self-report was withheld. When the Ministry of Personnel investigated and discussed the matter, they all accused Wang Yuanchun and others of impeaching him as a craftsman and serving as an official. His son Xu Wencan was promoted to the imperial guard and commanded hereditary. This was a misuse of reputation and a bad political system, so he should be dismissed.

But you also know how he came to be an official. When Xu Jie took over the task of rebuilding the Yongshou Palace, he was rewarded by the late emperor for his good work. If he was awarded the title based solely on Wang Yuanchun's impeachment, it would indeed be detrimental to the late emperor. The name of the emperor. "

Li Fang explained the whole story, and Wei Guangde understood.

Xu Gao knew that he was not from a major, so he was usually careful and did not offend others easily.

But there are some things that you can’t offend just because you want to.

A carpenter with a little bit of craftsmanship can become the minister of the Ministry of Industry. It is of course impossible to say that those scholars are not jealous.

However, Wei Guangde also heard from Li Fang's words that the higher-ups did indeed intend to remove Xu Gao from his official position.

"Then check it out. Since Xu Gao became Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he has wanted to handle countless projects. As long as one or two items are found to be corrupt, he can be taken down. This means that he has committed official misconduct. No wonder. Others."

Wei Guangde replied.

Investigating corruption was an invincible weapon against officials of the Ming Dynasty. Why Yan Shifan liked to control the Ministry of Industry for a long time was because construction projects were the easiest to make money.

Wei Guangde didn't believe that Xu Gao was honest and would not be tempted when faced with gold and silver.

This is to change the way of thinking to solve the problem. In fact, Li Fang doesn't know anything about it.

Civil servants are so stubborn that if they are investigated for corruption, not many of them will escape.

Eunuchs also couldn't withstand the investigation, but this time they were thinking about how to win Xu Gao's position as minister, and forgot to find another way to deal with Xu Gao.

As soon as Wei Guangde reminded him, he immediately reacted.

Yes, Xu Gao's official position was granted by Emperor Jiajing. If he were to be dismissed based on Wang Yuanchun's reasons, no matter how he worded it, it would be disrespectful to the late emperor.

But if it were replaced by dismissal from office, it would be justifiable.

"I'll check with Dongchang when I get back."

The first question was answered easily by Wei Guangde, and Li Fang suddenly became happy.

"One more thing. Your Majesty has previously issued an edict to all ministers that if there are any inconveniences to the previous dynasty's decrees, they can submit a petition to amend them.

But there is still no memorial, and His Majesty doesn't know what to do at the moment. If Shandai has any good ideas, please submit it as soon as possible. "

Li Fang continued.

"Your Majesty, are you very free now? As far as I know, there are a lot of trivial matters."

Wei Guangde said in surprise.

"It's all settled through negotiation between the Cabinet and the Ministry of Rites. Your Majesty is just confirming it."

Li Fang said, "Now is the new dynasty. Your Majesty hopes to find a way to win the hearts of the world's scholars as soon as possible and use it for the court."

"Then let's open Enke. This way we can recruit talents for His Majesty's use."

Upon hearing this, Wei Guangde immediately replied.

"It's not feasible. Your Majesty has discussed this matter with the cabinet ministers before, including the two ministers Gao and Yang. They are all opposed to opening Enke."

Li Fang shook his head.

Wei Guangde originally thought it was a simple thing, but he didn't expect it to have this result.

Emperor Longqing thought of Kai Enke to celebrate his accession to the throne, but he was collectively opposed by his ministers.

If Enke cannot be granted, is there any way to strengthen the emperor's prestige abroad and bring the world's scholars back home?

Wei Guangde didn't bother to ask for the reason. They were all opposed to it. So what if he knew it? Could he teach Emperor Longqing to quarrel with these officials?

After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Wei Guangde suddenly raised his head and said, "Then let's hold a few sutra banquets. In my impression, Wenhua Hall has not held a banquet to teach sutras for decades."

"Opening prayer feast? Is it useful?"

Li Fang hesitated slightly after hearing Wei Guangde's suggestion.

"Your Majesty is eager to learn and is a role model for scholars all over the world. Why can't you make scholars return to your heart?"

Wei Guangde replied, "As long as your majesty is not bored, it would be good to listen to the lectures of some great scholars."

When Wei Guangde sent Li Fang out of the house, Li Fang stood in front of the carriage and suddenly turned around and said to him: "Your Majesty also asked me to bring you something, 'What Shandai said at the beginning, I don't know when it will be reported?' I don't know either." I know what your Majesty is referring to, so I will give you the exact words."

After saying that, Li Fang stepped directly onto the carriage, and then with the sound of whips, the carriage drove away.

Wei Guangde could roughly guess what Emperor Longqing was asking about. It was nothing more than the policy that he touted as being able to eradicate the Japanese problem, which was to open the sea.

But he could not submit this matter, but had to rely on others to prevent himself from being targeted by the maritime merchant families along the coast of Jiangnan.

After all, once the performance is announced and His Majesty performs it accurately, it is tantamount to letting others participate in grabbing food, which is very hated by others.

Wei Guangde didn't want to be the target of public criticism, so he was still looking for candidates and asked others to step in. He would play the drums and help him when he was retaliated against.

If you fall down by yourself, then you will have nothing.

In just two days, Wei Guangde heard the news in the school record office that Li Fanggui, the eunuch and eunuch of the internal affairs department, reported that six people including Xu Gao, the minister of the Ministry of Works, and Wang Ru, the supervisor, had embezzled hundreds of thousands of official funds while repairing the Lugou Bridge. Emperor Longqing issued an order to send Jinyiwei Zhigao and others to the Department of Justice for questioning.

Needless to say, when the case reaches the Ministry of Punishment, the stolen goods must be traced and dispatched according to law. After all, this has been doomed for a long time.

It's not that Xu Gao's craftsmanship is not good, but that his official position is too eye-catching. If it were just a fourth- or fifth-rank official position in the Ministry of Industry, no one would care about it, but it happened to be a second-rank minister.

Wei Guangde was still spending time in the school records hall these two days. Although the palace kept issuing edicts, most of them were related to the appointment of the harem and the prince by the former emperor and the new emperor. There was no news about the sutra banquet.

Wei Guangde was not surprised by this. Emperor Longqing was probably feeling weird about starting a Buddhist banquet to study. He was still going to school at such an age.

But to win over the scholars, Enke and opening a scripture feast were the simplest ways Wei Guangde could think of.

Enke was rejected, and the Kaijingyan cabinet would not dare to reject it no matter what. It would be collectively spurned by the civil service group, but it depends on whether the emperor can bear it.

"Sir, the reply from Tu Zemin, the censor of the governor of Fujian, has arrived."

When I got home that day, Zhang Ji sent a letter.

Wei Guangde took it and looked at it, then went straight to the backyard.

After meeting his mother, wife and children, and changing into regular clothes, Wei Guangde slowly walked to the study room and opened Tu Zemin's reply.

Regarding Kaihai, Wei Guangde certainly did not forget that he had previously intended to make good friends with officials in Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, nominally to build relationships with Yu Dayou.

After being dismissed once, Wei Guangde knew that Yu Dayou was still not very popular in the official circles in the south. He was not as good as Qi Jiguang and could easily close the relationship with local officials.

It can only be said that Yu Dayou's reputation in the past was really bad. He didn't know how to be filial to his superiors before, which gave those people a fixed impression.

Considering the relationship with Prince Yu's palace, they could still tolerate it for a while, but if someone was really not afraid of death to come forward to impeach him, they would just not add insult to injury and just stand by and watch.

Taking helping Yu Dayou as the starting point, Wei Guangde established correspondence with officials from the three coastal provinces.

After that, he began to test their attitude towards the current maritime ban, and Tu Zemin was an official he found who was able to face up to the problem, discover the problem, and solve the problem.

Tu Zemin is an official from Sichuan, and his relationship with coastal maritime merchants is relatively weak. He is also a floating official, so he is not very afraid of those people.

After reading the letter, Wei Guangde thought about it and was still not in a hurry to express his attitude. Instead, he wrote a reply seemingly casually and continued to test Tu Zemin's attitude.

He hopes to find exactly one official who supports his point of view, because this is not just a matter of proposing an opinion.

Once adopted by His Majesty, the responsibility of opening up the sea and building a port will inevitably fall on him, so he must be capable and practical.

Wei Guangde didn't want the local government to make a mess and end up being sent to wipe his ass by the emperor.

A few more days passed, and finally, Wei Guangde heard the news from Lu Bu in the school record hall. Emperor Longqing ordered the Ministry of Rites that lectures are the first task of the emperor to improve his moral governance. It should be held immediately. Your etiquette department will have made plans early to choose a date to set up the ceremony and coordinate matters. Come and hear about it.

So far, the main tasks that Emperor Longqing has to do are still organizing the funeral of Emperor Jiajing and moving the Queen's Zi Palace. However, after this is completed, the emperor will hold a sutra feast and listen to lectures.

Emperor Longqing finally chose the method he gave. Seeing the note in his hand, Wei Guangde smiled and continued his work.

During this period, many major events occurred in the court, such as many officials from the Department of Science and Technology being promoted and sent abroad.

In fact, everyone understands that this is all caused by Hu Yingjia's incident.

Although it seems that he has been promoted by half a level when he is released to the outside world, who wants to stay away from the center of the court? Only those with no hope of official career will make the choice to go to the local area to make money.

Personnel from the Sixth Section came in and out, but many of the department officials were frightened. Ouyang Yijing was also frightened. He still had ambitions, but he didn't want to be sent out of the capital by Xu Jie and Gao Gong.

When he went to Wei Guangde's house twice, Wei Guangde could only smile at him and said, "If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?"

Having said that, Wei Guangde still contacted Zhang Juzheng to help Xu Jie with a word. After that, he sent someone to pass a note to Li Fang and sent a message to Gao Gong through him. In any case, Ouyang Yijing was first labeled as Yu. The symbol of the royal party, Gao Gong will also be cautious when taking action.

Despite this, whenever he saw an official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs coming to the Sixth Section, Ouyang Yijing, the Military Section, was worried that the official appointment document would be issued to him.

On the first day of the second lunar month, Wei Guangde went to court with hundreds of officials.

By this time, Wei Guangde felt a little like being an official. He had the opportunity to enter the Forbidden City and attend court meetings every month.

Well, although I didn't have to get up early and could sleep more, I still couldn't find the feeling of being an official.

However, to Wei Guangde's surprise, at the beginning of today's court meeting, Li Fang read out an imperial edict, and Emperor Longqing read it and attended to the ministers in the vassal mansion.

"Promoted to be a young master and the crown prince. Xu Jie, the Grand Scholar of Jianji Hall, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Taibao of the Crown Prince, Li Chunfang and Guo Puju, the Grand Scholars of Wuyingdian, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Gao Gong, the former Minister of Officials and Etiquette and the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. He is the Shaobao and the Taibao of the Crown Prince, and a bachelor of Wuyingdian.

Chen Yiqin, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was in charge of Zhan Shifu. Chen Yiqin was the minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. Zhang Juzheng, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was the left minister of the Ministry of official affairs and a bachelor of Dongge. They all served in the cabinet.

Wei Guangde, the young master of Zhanshi Mansion, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Yin Shidan, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

Wang Ning, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, became the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and was in charge of Shangbao. Yin Leshun, the foreign minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple. Liu Fenyong, the foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites, was the minister of Shangbao. Wu Zidong, the chief minister of the Ministry of Rites, was the minister of Shangbao. Shaoqing Baosi served in the Imperial Book Making Room, Zhou Weifan, a member of Zhongshushe, became the Prime Minister of Guanglu Temple, and Wu Zi, the chief secretary of Honglu Temple, became the Prime Minister of the Right Temple of this temple."

The people whose names were called, starting with Xu Jie, followed by Li Chunfang, Guo Pu, Gao Gong, etc. all declined.

Of course Wei Guangde is also included in this list. Even if he knows that this is actually the rule, he still cannot make an exception.

Of course Emperor Longqing on the throne refused to say anything and praised everyone one by one.

After the disbandment of the dynasty, Wei Guangde learned from Chen Ju that the edicts of the imperial minister Jia En would also be issued in these two days, mainly targeting the eunuchs who had been serving him and Emperor Jiajing.

"Is your favor a reward of silver or something like that?"

Wei Guangde was very curious about this.

For low-level eunuchs, of course it is promotion and salary increase, but for people like Huang Jin, what do they want?

"Eunuch Huang, Jin, and Huang have twenty-four stones of gold. Yin's brother and nephew have one Jinyiwei to command the Qianshi. Hu Ming, Qiao Lang, and other brothers and nephews have one Jinyiwei and one hundred households. Conglong eunuchs Li Fang and Liang Tian are three years old. Sixteen stones, Yin's brother and nephew are the commander and commander of the Jinyi Guards."

Chen Ju said.