Chapter 944 Facing the two palaces
Although the previous incident occurred in Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Li summoned Zhang Juzheng in the Ganqing Palace.
As for Zhu Yijun, he has been ordered by Empress Dowager Li to be held in Cining Palace in the Cining Palace.
At this moment, she and Zhang Juzheng were sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at Empress Dowager Chen, who looked at the waxy and haggard face on the bed. Although she was very angry, Empress Dowager Chen actually followed Zhu Yijun to Cining Palace, intending to suppress her from dealing with Feng Bao, but she thought that Zhu Yijun had lost his heart and crazy before, and was so disrespectful to her biological mother and Empress Dowager Chen, her legitimate mother, she only felt sad.
What kind of evil did she commit? She worked hard to take care of her son in the Qing Palace for five years, but did she end up like this?
Empress Dowager Li wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and then said in a deep voice: "I am now in a mess, so I invited you Mr. Zhang. I didn't expect that Zhang Siwei would petition at this time, saying something to expel the traitor, but at the same time saying something to alluded to me! Mr. Zhang, you must know the best. Whether I or Rensheng Sister Chen, you have never participated in the government affairs. He is obviously ulterior motives!"
Empress Dowager Chen was actually awake at this moment, but she felt regretful and sad. When she heard Empress Dowager Li point the finger at Zhang Siwei, she suddenly moved her heart and said weakly: "Dalang used to be a good child, but now he has become like this after taking power. It must be someone around her who instigated him!"
Zhang Juzheng initially pretended to be sick this time, but he spent a lot of effort on how to hide it from the Imperial Hospital. This is thanks to Zhu Zongji, who had always treated him, who was also pretending to be sick at home. He took the great handle of the Imperial Hospital who came to treat him to the imperial doctors, and then he got confused. However, after pretending to be sick for a long time, his heart disease naturally overwhelmed the physical discomfort. Therefore, when he entered the palace, he was carried into the palace by someone on a stool. At this moment, he was sitting on a soft couch specially ordered by Empress Dowager Li to prepare for him.
When he heard Empress Dowager Chen's resentful words, he knew in his heart that he shouldn't have to worry about Zhang Siwei.
Therefore, after taking a deep breath, he said in a low mood: "The emperor has lost his morality, and all the ministers of the regent have made mistakes. Please ask the two empress dowagers to forgive Zhang Fengpan."
"Mr. Zhang is Mr. Zhang, and Zhang Siwei is Zhang Siwei. Among the four cabinet masters in the cabinet, why is there only one Zhang Siwei taking the lead in Fu Que? It is clearly the person he instigated to say something messy in the emperor's ear!"
As soon as Empress Dowager Li finished speaking, she heard a voice outside: "Two old ladies, the East Factory reported that Zhang Ming had already asked, and he admitted it."
Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen shouted in no particular order: "What do you admit?"
Zhang Juzheng almost had time to open his mouth, but in the end he did not fight with the two empress dowagers. As expected, he only heard the voice outside the room saying: "Zhang Ming said that this matter was Zhang Siwei's advice to the emperor, and it was said that the emperor had already ruled. If Mr. Zhang, Yuanfu, control the government affairs and Eunuch Feng criticized the royal family, who was holding the imperial power? Zhang Ming confessed that he was not in line with Xiao Xiangsijian's seal, so he would accomplice with him. In addition, the accomplices were Zhang Wei of the Silijian, Liu Shouyou of the Jinyiwei, and Wang Fulin, the chief censor of the Guangdong Dao of the Censorate."
Just when he heard the last name, Zhang Juzheng sneered and said, "This Zhang Ming is really good at catching and biting people! Wang Fulin impeached Feng Bao, and I scolded him, but he is Geng Daonai. In the past, even his master Lu Heqing had impeached Zhang Siwei, so why did he be with him? Zhang Mingke admitted that was the emperor who had seen him personally, or did Wang Fulin who had seen him personally?"
Empress Dowager Li originally wanted to summon him because Zhang Juzheng defended Wang Fulin who impeached Feng Bao. At this time, although Zhang Juzheng insisted that Wang Fulin was not a member of her, she still couldn't help but frown. At this moment, she could only hear someone outside say, "Eunuch Li is back."
As soon as Li Yong entered the room, he gave the ceremony first, and immediately spoke without waiting for Empress Dowager Li to ask: "I went to Huijimen to see what the memorial is. I happened to meet Wang Fulin impeached the person again, so"
This time, before he finished speaking, Empress Dowager Li interrupted directly: "Who has he impeached again?"
Li Yong realized that the atmosphere in the room seemed to be a little wrong, so he honestly said: "It is said that he was impeaching Zhang Siwei."
As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Juzheng let out a sigh of relief, while Empress Dowager Li raised her eyebrows and said, "Where is the report?"
When Li Yong heard this, he secretly thanked that he had thought of this, and he didn't care about the rules and irregularities. He immediately got up and planned to send the memorial behind the curtain. Who knew that Empress Dowager Li immediately scolded her.
"I'm confused, Mr. Yuan Fu and Mr. Zhang are here, what are you doing first?"
When Zhang Juzheng saw Li Yong, he immediately stopped and sent the memorial to him. He was a man who knew the temperament of Empress Dowager Li, so he did not refuse. He immediately took it and read it quickly, but then signaled Li Yong to send the things in to Empress Dowager Li. When Empress Dowager Li seemed to be reading Wang Fulin's memorial, he asked again: "Was Wang Fulin already here?"
Although Empress Dowager Li once issued an order with Empress Dowager Chen, he also created a kind of unprecedented look that was unprecedented, that is, the imperial edict of the empress, the imperial concubine, and the emperor's imperial edict, but at that time, Zhu Yijun gave the two mothers the emperor's name, but now the emperor is already old and is even more indifferent to him. Zhu Yijun would never do it if he wanted to deal with a cabinet assistant like Zhang Siwei, so he needed to have a suitable name. Looking at Wang Fulin's outstanding literary and well-organized memorial in her hand, her face became much calmer.
Even though she didn't have much control over the government, she knew that if she wanted to eliminate the cabinet masters seriously, then there was only one way, that is, this person was not driven down by them, but was impeached by other court officials! Wang Fulin wrote a letter as soon as possible after Zhang Siwei and others fell into the cusp, which undoubtedly brought a good excuse to her, who was already a headache, the little emperor was fucked.
Empress Dowager Chen has tried his best to support him and sit up. This was moved out of Kunning Palace because she claimed to be sick. However, she is still alive now. Her husband, Emperor Muzong Longqing, has already lie in the tomb. Anyone who is smart can understand this subtle meaning. Obviously, even if the mother, Empress Dowager, is not much worse than Empress Dowager Li, she will not be much worse. At least she will not die if she can't catch it in one breath.
At this moment, Empress Dowager Chen took the memorial handed to him by Empress Dowager Li, and saw clearly that in addition to listing Zhang Siwei's crimes, the top of her head was shocked to criticize Zhang Siwei for not being for Feng Bao, but for sharpening her knife. She was not considering loyalty and filial piety and alienating the family affection of the mother and son of the Tian family. She still wanted to protect the emperor Zhu Yijun, so she took a deep breath and said, "If Zhang Siwei has such a heart, the cabinet can't keep him!"
"Then call Wang Fulin in first, and we ask him in person, yesterday I impeached Feng Bao and today I impeached Zhang Siwei. What exactly does he want to do?"
Empress Dowager Li gave a direct command, Li Yong did not dare to neglect, so he went out immediately. In a short while, Wang Fulin entered the East Warehouse. He had visited Zhang Juzheng's mother, Mrs. Zhao, and once. Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun asked him carefully about the question of Mrs. Zhao's reception on the way to Beijing. Unexpectedly, when he stepped into the place again, the little emperor was gone, and replaced by the two empress dowagers and Zhang Juzheng!
In terms of innate conditions, although Wang Fulin had no worries, he did a lot of things, at least in the ears of the two palaces, he was not an unknown person. Moreover, although Empress Dowager Li was angry that he impeached Feng Bao and caused this series of things, he also regained a little impression because Zhang Juzheng spoke for him and Wang Fulin impeached Zhang Siwei.
So, as soon as she saw Wang Fulin, she asked bluntly: "Wang Fulin, you impeached Feng Bao yesterday and Zhang Siwei again today. What is the reason?"
Without seeing the little emperor here, Wang Fulin further confirmed the accuracy of Jiang Huai's news. From this point of view, the other party was really done with kindness.
Of course, he would not be so stupid that he told himself and Feng Bao that he had been angry, but said in a very calm tone: "It has been six years since the Sili Supervisor Eunuch Feng was appointed as the chief of the seal. Has anyone impeached him in the past six years? As far as I know, no. Does Eunuch Feng really have a clean and honest attitude that makes people unable to make mistakes? Of course not. Feng Bangning, the nephew of Eunuch Feng, has had many bad records."
Wang Fulin did not face the two empress dowagers' hesitation at all, and his words were calm and orderly, especially because of the previous incident, Empress Dowager Chen, who had no good feelings for Feng Bao, now he became more and more acknowledged. Before Empress Dowager Li could speak, he said annoyedly: "Feng Bao has a lot of bad deeds, and is indeed far inferior to Zhang Hong!"
When Empress Dowager Li thought of Feng Bao blocking her but being punched by Zhu Yijun, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows in disagreement, but Wang Fulin's next words made her stunned.
"The censor impeached the censors originally had a purpose. Those who are treacherous, villains form party, and act powerful and unreasonable. Those who are officials are obscene and greedy and detrimental to official disciplines will impeach. Those who are not academically corrected and have written a letter to make a statement and become a constitution, and those who are eager to make use of it will impeach. But in addition to correcting the mistakes, there is another function, which is to punish past mistakes and prevent future ones, cure diseases and save people."
Wang Fulin finally brought out a very popular saying in later generations. Seeing Zhang Juzheng raised his eyebrows, he continued: "Eunuch Feng has not been impeached for many years, and he never knew how to correct those mistakes, so he indulged his brother and nephew and became more and more arbitrary, so I want to impeach him. Even if he still stands tall, I still lose my post because of it, and I still don't regret it. However, this is different from impeaching the second assistant of the cabinet, Mr. Zhang."
“What’s the difference?”
This time, the person who asked was Zhang Juzheng. When Wang Fulin came, he only explained to him urgently that he had communicated with Feng Bao before impeachment, and vaguely stated that he had resigned and returned to his hometown after committing Zhang Siwei. On the one hand, he was surprised that Wang Fulin could really let go of his bright future, but on the other hand, he was confused that Wang Fulin was in a quagmire and it was indeed difficult to pull him out, so he could only do his best to regain the impression of Empress Dowager Li of him. So, at this moment, he seemed to have no problem asking, and asked this question.
"Because I impeached Eunuch Feng, I just did the duties that others did not fulfill. But I impeached Mr. Zhang, who was impeached for his personal use, was hypocritical, and pretended to be public and private. The most important thing is that he and I still have personal grudges. If I don't impeach him, I will continue to impeach him even if I dismissed from office and returned to my hometown, and I will never die!"
"You are too honest! Zhang Juzheng really wants to hold his forehead with his hands, thinking that it would be fine if you are honest with me, but he would be too brave to speak out in places like the Ganqing Palace!
However, Zhang Juzheng forgot who were the two people behind the curtain in front of him. He was said to be the Empress Dowager, but Empress Dowager Chen was just a very ordinary family of jade. When choosing a concubine, he urgently fostered etiquette. Empress Dowager Li was just the daughter of a mason. Even if he entered the Prince Yu Mansion to be a concubine and a capital, he was not responsible for women. It was impossible to improve her qualifications. Even the improvement of her abilities was relatively limited. Therefore, in their minds, there were no gentlemen without desires or righteous ministers, but they were all selfish or had other intentions. Anyway, they were all living little people.
Even Yuan Fu and Zhang Juzheng, in their minds, as long as they have absolutely outstanding abilities, it doesn’t matter if there are any flaws in their personal details.
Therefore, if Wang Fulin impeached Feng Bao and Zhang Siwei, it was all for the sake of the family, country and the world. They absolutely scoffed at it. If they were to seek fame, it would be unacceptable. But Wang Fulin treated Feng Bao differentiated and treated Zhang Siwei because of his duties, so he had to impeach him. Of course, he also impeached him with a hidden meaning of seeking fame. As for Zhang Siwei, it was because of his undying personal grudge, they could understand it. Not only could it be understood, but now that he hated Zhang Siwei very much, they believed that Wang Fulin's approach was worthy of praise.
What's more, maybe it could be like Wang Fulin wrote a letter yesterday, and a bunch of people impeached Feng Bao today, and a large number of people would impeach Zhang Siwei tomorrow?
Of course, even though I think so, Empress Dowager Li still scolded: "You said Zhang Siwei uses public tools for private purposes, why are you not using public tools for private purposes? You are the censor, how can the impeacher be selfish? How can you be worthy of Mr. Zhang's trust? You must know that it was his recommendation that you could become the inspector's censor in an extraordinary manner."
Wang Fulin lowered his head to listen to Empress Dowager Li's long speech, and seemed to be obedient, but he was very satisfied that he had made such superficial statements in front of two women who had been upgraded to become Empress Dowagers, commonly known as the level of an old lady among the people, but in fact, he was still very young.
After hearing the lesson, he said sincerely: "Besides, before, Zhang Sijiaoqiang, the younger brother of the second assistant Zhang Ge Lao, brought Zhang Taizheng, the eldest son of Zhang Ge Lao, to apologize for me. I was really shocked when I saw it. They were all real thorns. However, when my son wrote a letter to my uncle in the name of his father, it was not so easy. Who can guarantee that it was not Zhang Ge Lao to shirk responsibility? A father who is so unkind to his son is simply outrageous. Although I have some conflicts with Zhang Taizheng, Zhang Sijiao also proposed very generous reconciliation conditions to me, but I really cannot accept it!" To be continued., Your support is my greatest motivation. 161001091710
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