When Zhou Shunchang and other Donglin civil servants learned that Xu Guangqi's mother Qian had passed away, they were like hungry wolves smelling the smell of meat. They wanted to immediately pounce on Xu Guangqi and put Xu Guangqi, who had long been despised by them, on the grill of morality. Criticize it.
But now, they have been gearing up for so long, but they haven't been able to wait for the slightest movement to happen. Naturally, they are a little upset and restless.
Therefore, Yu Shi Lian Guo Shi also made up his mind about Xu Guangqi from his own subjective point of view: "Could it be that Xu Guangqi concealed the matter because he was in love with power, or was it that the Xu family deliberately concealed the matter from Xu Guangqi and concealed it from the outside world in order to preserve Xu Guangqi's power? thing?!"
"It is possible! Xu Guangqi has just become the Minister of War and is in charge of the Privy Council. Now he is favored by the emperor and often goes in and out of the imperial palace. It is not certain that he will join the cabinet in the future. He may even gain the same power as Zhang Juzheng, because now he can Xu Guangqi is the only person the emperor allows to have contact with generals and ministers! Therefore, Xu Guangqi must be reluctant to leave the court at this time."
Zhou Shunchang immediately stood up because of this, and he believed 70% to 80% of the inference about practicing state affairs.
The smarter Qian Qianyi still frowned and said: "Xu Guangqi should not do this. He should know that such a thing cannot be hidden! Besides, he should not really care about filial piety. Are you ignoring human ethics?"
With that said, Qian Qianyi looked at everyone and said, "Do you think this is not true? Nothing like this happened in Xu Guangqi's family?"
After Qian Qianyi asked, he looked at Zuo Guangdou: "Mr. Zuo, is the source of this news really reliable?"
After Zuo Guangdou pondered for a moment, he said seriously: "There can be no lies! The person who brought this news is a prominent minister of the former dynasty in our scholar forest! His status in Donglin is not inferior to Mr. Donglin (Gu Xiancheng) .”
Qian Qianyi knew who Zuo Guangdou was talking about, and had to believe Zuo Guangdou's words for a while, saying: "It seems that Xu Guangqi really may have concealed this news, or maybe the emperor deliberately Let Xu Guangqi hide this matter!"
"In this case, we cannot allow filial piety to fail, and we cannot allow such an unfilial hypocrite to stand in the court!"
Zhou Shunchang, who had already sat down, slapped the table and stood up again.
"This matter still requires Xu Guangqi to take the initiative to resign from Shu and request to return to his hometown Ding You. In this way, even if the emperor wants to hide the matter, he cannot hide it. Therefore, we might as well go to Xu Guangqi directly, question Xu Guangqi about this matter, and ask Xu Guangqi to go to Shu himself to request Ding You, let Xu Guangqi or the emperor behind him know that he can't hide it from us or the people of the world."
Zuo Guangdou put forward his opinion at this time.
"That's right! Then let's go to the Ministry of War to meet him, Xu Guangqi."
Therefore, Lian Guoshi stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said with great enthusiasm.
Other Donglin officials responded.
So, a group of Donglin civil servants came in groups to the Yamen of the Ministry of War.
The entire Qianbu Corridor suddenly felt like a court meeting, with a large number of civil servants pouring in.
"Are you saying that my mother has passed away?! Where is the news? How come Xu doesn't know this?!"
Xu Guangqi was also shocked when he heard what Zuo Guangdou and other civil servants said. He looked at the other civil servants behind Zuo Guangdou and guessed at least half of their intentions.
Zuo Guangdou also continued: "Da Sima, we believe that you are not such a person who disregards filial piety, but rumors are like knives. Of course we believe that you will not hide this matter, but it is not certain that it is your son Xu Ji. I don’t know if I’m afraid of making you sad and intentionally concealing something, so you’d better write back and ask.”
"Yes! Da Sima, you have to ask clearly about this matter. It is also the filial piety of a son to always ask whether his parents are well."
Zuo Guangdou also agreed at this time.
Xu Guangqi nodded and said: "Don't worry, gentlemen, if it is true that Quan Zi deliberately concealed this news, we will not spare him. If it is confirmed that there is something going on at home, we will definitely give you an explanation!"
"Sorry for bothering you!"
Zuo Guangdou and other civil servants had no choice but to leave.
But Zhou Shunchang couldn't help shouting at this time, and called him by his name: "Xu Guangqi! You don't have to prevaricate. You know whether you are hiding anything or not!"
Qian Qianyi hurriedly pulled Zhou Shunchang away from here.
Xu Guangqi's face became even more ugly because of this.
However, just after these people left, a messenger came to tell Xu Guangqi to enter the palace, saying that Emperor Tianqi wanted to see him.
As soon as Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao saw Xu Guangqi and saw that he was uneasy, he took the initiative to speak first: "I already know about this. It is for this reason that I summoned you!"
Xu Guangqi solemnly raised his hands and said, "Yes! Please give me your Majesty's instructions."
"Your Majesty is fine!"
Zhu Youxiao said something and then said: "Wei Zhongxian, show him the secret book that Dongchang sent to Beijing urgently."
"yes!"
Wei Zhongxian handed the Yidongchang secret book to Xu Guangqi.
Xu Guangqi took it and read it carefully, only to see that it contained detailed records of what his mother, Qian, had been eating and drinking every day since last month, who she met, what she said, who the doctor was, and what she prescribed. Medicines, even the prescriptions were recorded on it, and Qian's sleeping and waking conditions were even recorded every night.
This shocked Xu Guangqi and thought to himself: "It turns out that my mother has already been surrounded by people from Dongchang!"
"Do you believe what I say now?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
Xu Guangqi knelt down with a plop and choked with sobs: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
He naturally knew that the sudden incident of his mother's death must be because he was loyal to the king and was not liked by the Donglin parties. But now that he was in charge of the Ministry of War to assist the emperor in reorganizing the military affairs, he naturally did not want to worry about himself. His mother was killed and his career fell by the wayside.
Therefore, when Xu Guangqi learned that Emperor Zhu Youxiao had been sending people to secretly protect his family, he was very moved.
"Ping Sheng, this is nothing to be thankful for. You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others. I am just taking precautions in advance. I cannot let those of you who work for the imperial court have worries about the future, so as to reduce the internal harm and invisibility. Light's activities are one of Dongchang's responsibilities, so don't worry, as long as I'm here, they can't do anything bad! Using these methods is really disrespectful to my Dongchang!"
Zhu Youxiao said and then said: "If they come to ask again, you only need to tell them the fact that everything is fine, but I believe they will not believe it. However, you must not tell that you are from me." Those who know the facts are because Dongchang is secretly investigating a major case related to this! Only by identifying the people behind the scenes and punishing them severely can they be deterred!"
"yes!"
Xu Guangqi replied.
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Therefore, Xu Guangqi followed Zhu Youxiao's instructions and continued to work.
In the blink of an eye, it was July of the first year of Tianqi, and the officials in Donglin were as upset as the hot weather in the capital at that time.
"It's been so long. Has Xu Guangqi received any news from home?"
Zhou Shunchang asked impatiently.
