Zhang Jing raised his hands and said yes.
Not long after, the Sixth Section received the driving stickers from Jin Yiwei for Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian and others.
"Why so!"
Gao Weisong, the left officer of the criminal department, was shocked by this. He couldn't help but said to Tang Yaoqin, who was in charge of the incident: "Although Wu, Zhao and others were convicted of robbing love, in the end they spoke for filial piety and violated the morality of the world. Shouldn't they? To save your dignity?"
"But the factory guards are still chasing after them, insisting on exposing their conspiracy that should not be exposed to the world and future generations."
Gao Weisong said: "This really violates the three taboos!"
"Even when the Grand Master was here, he didn't do this because Wu, Zhao and others slandered him in the exile!"
Immediately, Gao Weisong asked again: "If the factory guard isn't worried, will Shilin continue to pursue and attack the insulting things that factory guard Tiqi did because of this?!"
"Since everything is tense, we can't care about this."
"After all, they don't care about the friendship between scholars, and they have no intention of liquidating only the Taishi clan, but all those who changed the system. So why should we take into account their dignity?"
Tang Yaoqin started talking at this time.
Gao Weisong was startled after hearing this and looked at Tang Yaoqin: "What do you mean?"
Tang Yaoqin, who had received the hint from the cabinet Shen Shixing, hurriedly signed the driving sticker and handed it to Jin Yiwei who came to get the driving sticker. Then he said to Gao Weisong: "Isn't the meaning obvious enough?"
"Since everyone who has anything to do with the Grand Master has been exposed, why can't the so-called upright and conservative people's scandals be exposed as well?"
"Do you think everyone is a thief?"
"It's nothing more than risking our lives together!"
Gao Weisong pursed his lips and then asked: "Do you think it is really necessary, sir?"
Tang Yaoqin said: "You should ask Li Rupei (Li Zhi) and others about this!"
"However, you don't have to worry about them. Since Your Majesty can deal with the old Grand Master leniently, he can certainly deal with them leniently. But after next year, they'd better all be clean and honest, otherwise there may be more than one lieutenant general in the court. Haigang Peak, maybe a group of Haigang Peaks are staring at them!"
Gao Weisong, who has always been relatively neutral, took a breath after hearing this: "So, the moral of the scholars will be greatly deteriorated, suspicion and treason will arise, and everyone will want to be a gentleman but will not be able to do so?"
“But a true gentleman is not afraid.”
Tang Yaoqin replied.
"Similar to the arrest of Zhang Sijiao, we cannot tell anyone about the arrest of these people!"
"The Sixth Section holds secrets. If the secrets really leak out, it's not a joke at this time."
Tang Yaoqin said this and warned Gao Weisong kindly.
Gao Weisong nodded and sighed: "I just didn't expect that after the Great Ceremony Meeting, the mutual hatred among scholars in Yongjia, Fenyi, Huating, Xinzheng, Jiangling and other countries in the past would not only not improve, but would intensify."
“Who doesn’t want to push each other?!”
Tang Yaoqin asked sharply.
"But if pushing each other and attracting each other is to knock down a whole boat of people, then it is better to guess each other's thieves."
Then, Tang Yaoqin sneered again.
Gao Weisong said nothing more.
Nowadays, the vitality of Yanguan is severely damaged, and Liuke, which is the main concentration of Yanguan, is no exception.
Basically, the officials of Liuke who opposed the restructuring were imprisoned because they knelt down to remonstrate with Huijimen, waiting for punishment; while those who still stayed in the Liuke department were neutrals who listened to Shen Shixing's advice or who themselves supported the restructuring. Reformists.
Therefore, Tang Yaoqin and Gao Weisong only talked about it, but they did not obstruct the holy will because they sympathized with Wu Zhongxing, and even went so far as to violate the king's law and report the news to Wu Zhongxing and others.
The two censors, Yang Keli and Jiangdong, who were sentenced to death for offending Zhu Yijun, were also taken to the Xishi Archway the next day, and were about to be decapitated in the city.
Before being beheaded, Yang Keli burst into tears and shouted: "Why are you killing the officials and not punishing the guilty ministers! This is unfair, extremely unfair!"
Jiang Dongzhi looked at Yang Keli: "Why are you crying! Isn't it obvious enough that things have reached this point? God wants us to perish, how can we not perish?!"
Soon after, the two were arrested in the city.
When Gu Xiancheng saw this scene, he was also quite depressed, and could not help but say to Li Sancai, Li Zhi and other friends: "The Holy Wrath is too strong and the situation can no longer be reversed. At the moment, it is better to be helpless and to speak less and seek leniency. To avoid further harm to the general body.”
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"I'm afraid it's too late!"
"The complete liquidation of the Jiangling Party is not just the intention of you and me, it is the common intention of Shilin to prevent the recurrence of power traitors!"
"So, when the situation reaches this point, it is no longer under your control!"
"And since the emperor wants to go against the people of the world, he must be too strict, and he must favor one party and show his party arrogance!"
"So, from now on, I'm afraid it's inevitable that the general picture will still be lost. I don't know how many people will be in panic, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for a gentleman to find peace."
Li Sancai frowned and spoke.
Li Zhi also looked disappointed: "I originally hoped that the emperor would hate Jiang Ling for his power, but now I didn't expect that he is a more fierce person than Jiang Ling!"
"Stop talking about it, the cabinet just gave me the authority to pass the six subjects of the examination, and then dealt with the seven people in the six subjects to Shizhong!"
"The reason is that the summer tax audit of the Chief Secretary has not been completed yet, and the October administrative affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Rites, and War have not yet been reviewed. As a result, there is a backlog of administrative affairs, and the drought relief in the northwest has not yet been provided."
At this time, Hong Xuan, the scholar in the cabinet, came over and started talking to Gu Xiancheng and others.
"What?!"
Gu Xiancheng and Li Zhi were shocked after hearing this.
"It's finally here."
Li Sancai said something, then looked at Gu Xiancheng and others and said: "Zhang Puzhou does not have the courage to really exercise his right to pass the examination, and the revenge for the six subjects should be done by other cabinet ministers!"
Gu Xiancheng said: "Go find Wang Taicang (Wang Xijue)!"
"He has good relations with Shenwu County and Yuyin County and asked him to talk about it. Although some colleagues have gone too far before and did not care about the friendship between scholars and wanted to beat the Jiangling Party members to death with a stick, but this is not all People's opinions, and now, they should not take revenge for this, as a public minister, they should be magnanimous and for the sake of the national security!"
Li Sancai nodded: "Maybe you can try it!"
"The officials impeached their ministers who had flattered Zhang Juzheng too harshly, but just because we impeached them, they cannot ignore the friendship between scholars and argue with us!"
Li Zhi also complained.
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"The refugees have all arrived in the capital, but the few censors who patrolled the city did not report it, and only paid attention to the rumors."
"No questions asked about the matter!"
"Yuanfu thinks this can't be punished?"
cabinet.
Cabinet ministers Shen Shixing, Pan Cheng, and Yu Youding indeed began to exercise their authority to pass the six subjects in the cabinet examination.
This is the greatest real power brought to the cabinet after Zhang Juzheng petitioned to exercise the imperial examination in the early Wanli period.
However, after Zhang Juzheng's death, the cabinet ministers were useless. After all, the use of this power meant that he would be suspected of being a powerful minister who suppressed his speech. Not everyone is willing to be like Zhang Juzheng, who would rather be a powerful minister than a mediocre incompetent person who cannot serve the country. Minister.
Therefore, after Zhang Juzheng's death, the cabinet has not used this imperial power.
But now, Shen Shixing and others are beginning to exercise it.
After all, they already knew through the imperial meeting last night that they had no way out and could only form a party with the emperor. They could only act in accordance with the holy will without hesitation, and they could no longer just be moderate and give in, just to settle the matter.
What's more, having power requires a lot of self-control. In the past, Shen Shixing, Pan Cheng, and Yu Youding waited and restrained from using this power, which was still against their inner desires.
Now that they use it, the three of them feel no discomfort at all.
However, Zhang Siwei, the first assistant, discovered that the three-cabinet ministerial examination was so strict that he could not get used to it. He asked Shen Shixing and others why they suddenly passed the examination and were so furious that they exposed the secrets of impeachment as soon as they started. Seven people were involved in the matter, and they also asked Shen Shixing and others if they were afraid of being impeached and being suspected of ostracizing dissidents.
Yu Youding, who was the last to enter the cabinet, asked Zhang Siwei first.
After hearing this, Zhang Siwei couldn't get angry directly. After all, everyone was a cabinet minister and had the power to reveal secrets, so he just suppressed the anger in his heart and said:
"I have to ask, but since you want to start the official examination, why don't you ask the servants first?"
Shen Shixing said first: "We are following the old practice in the past. After our subordinates have completed the examination, they will report the results to Yuan Fu for final approval, so we did not tell Yuan Fu."
"I have to tell you next time!"
"I still have a lot of things on my hands. I suddenly passed the exam. How can I get it approved?!"
Zhang Siwei placed the tea cup in his hand heavily on the table and said.
"Yuansuke actually has a lot of things on his hands?"
"Aside from a large number of bullets involving the minister, what other urgent matters can there be?"
Pan Cheng asked directly without giving Zhang Siwei face.
