Outside the Donghua Gate, the two teams of honor guards merged into one. On the left side were the flags "Eunuch Feng, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, and the Eunuch in charge of the seal", and on the right were the flags "Eunuch Huang, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, Bingbi" and "Huang, the Imperial Envoy Governor Dongchang Official School's Service Eunuch" "Two flags.
These two groups of honor guards belonged to the new Chief of Ceremonies Feng Bao and the new Dongchang Admiral Huang Mengyu. They left Donghuamen and turned north this time to go to the Dongchang Yamen of Neidongchang for handover.
Feng Bao didn't look very good at the moment, because although he was promoted to the position of Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies as he wished this time, due to the sudden incident, he was unable to make adequate arrangements in the East Factory.
Besides, he originally had some hopes, hoping that he could reach the pinnacle of Zhongguan in one fell swoop, that is, as the Chief of Ceremony and also in charge of the East Factory.
As a result, he was obviously disturbed by Li Wenjin yesterday, which made him feel that he might not even have the chance to hold the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Who would have thought that after the fire broke out in the outer palace, he would be invited by Meng Chong as soon as he returned to the palace.
Meng Chong told him that he had resigned as the Chief of Ceremony and would go to Tianshou Mountain tomorrow to supervise the construction of the Daxing Emperor's mausoleum. He had recommended Feng Bao and Feng Shuanglin to take over the post of Chief.
Feng Bao returned to his residence in the palace in a daze, and he couldn't figure out why Meng Chong took the initiative to resign. How did he know that his confusion was just due to the asymmetry of information? Concubine Li said that she would test Gao Gong's loyalty by appointing Feng Bao as the palm seal. She said these words to the emperor and Li Wenjin alone. Of course, the little emperor would not leak it. Concubine Li He wouldn't leak it himself, but he couldn't resist Li Wenjin, so he changed hands and sold the news to Gao Pragmatic!
So until the end, Feng Bao didn't know that Meng Chong didn't resign on his own initiative, but had to resign. This misunderstanding even prompted him to personally send Meng Chong, who was going to Tianshou Mountain, out of the capital today with subordinate etiquette, which was a drama of Confucian elegance.
Then I had to hold my nose and come to the East Factory with Huang Mengyu for handover.
Feng Bao had been staying in Yudi earlier, and later in the palace. He had no friendship with Huang Mengyu, a guy who had been out of town for a long time, but he didn't have much bad feeling. Even though he knew that Huang Mengyu was transferred back to the capital by Meng Chong to serve as Bingbi because of his relationship with Gao Pragmatic, he only put the "culpability" on Gao Pragmatic, and was more tolerant of Huang Mengyu himself.
After all, when the central officials are strong, it is the cabinet that flatters the inner court and when the assistants are strong, it is the inner court that flatters the cabinet.
Huang Mengyu himself did not show an attitude of insisting on confronting Feng Bao, so he temporarily put aside the idea of confronting Huang Mengyu and focused his energy on the Gao family's uncle. You are not afraid of having many friends, and you are not afraid of having few enemies. Feng Bao still understands this truth.
But the situation is different now. Huang Mengyu has become the admiral of Dongchang. In recent years, under Feng Bao's rule, Dongchang has been secretly collecting "evidence" of the uncle and nephew of the Gao family. How could Huang Mengyu know about this?
Of course, in fact, Dongchang basically found nothing when looking for evidence of Gao Gong's crimes. Some of the things he has now are all Gao Pragmatic's work.
There are various conspiracies to raise dead soldiers, secretly manufacture large amounts of ordnance, buy popular support in flood- and drought-stricken areas, collude with local governments and the military to forcefully purchase large amounts of land, and so on.
It can be said that if the charges that Feng Bao collected for Gao Jingshi were found to be true, it would be a lucky coincidence that Gao Jingshi himself would only be stripped of his skin and made up of grass. I am afraid that it is normal operation to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan!
Even if all of them are true, even if only one of them is true, his highly pragmatic head will have to move immediately.
Killed with a cane? Thinking too much!
Can a crime of this level still allow him to enjoy the treatment of death after being remonstrated by a minister? It must be a clear and canonical punishment, with a knife and beheading!
But it is a pity that even Feng Bao himself found it difficult to really pin Gao Jingshi on these charges, because they were too far-fetched, or Gao Jingshi's method of avoiding crimes was too clever.
Conspiracy to breed dead soldiers? Gao Pangshi's servants are now all from good families. Even the first batch of Bailixia thieves have long been cleared up. It was Liu Yingjie, the then governor of Shuntian and the current governor of Jiliao, who was in charge of the recruitment. Later, these people were instigated. Han Naji's great contribution to surrender finally led to the tribute of An Da. Once this credit is put aside, what else can't be washed away?
You must know that the tribute paid by me is the most important achievement of Emperor Daxing. How dare you Feng Bao deny this? Is it because you are betting that the two palaces and the young emperor Zhu Yijun do not dare to order killings?
Now Gao Pragmatic's servants all have formal status, all have decent jobs, and in theory they are all good citizens. How dare you slander them as dead soldiers?
Oh, you said there are too many highly pragmatic servants? Is it that Emperor Daxing doesn’t know how much money Gao Pragmatic earns, or does the two palaces not know? But this is all serious business. From the Daxing emperor to the two palaces, to the little emperor Zhu Yijun, who knows the royal family? He has more servants, which is just because the family has a big business, and they are not tricked and deceived. How dare you taint someone's innocence for no reason?
That he secretly made a large amount of ordnance? So what if his Beijing caravan traveled to Mongolia and was equipped with some swords, guns, swords, halberds and even crossbows approved by the imperial court? Is he equipped with muskets and artillery? Have you equipped the flag armor? If you don't have these equipment, then what are you talking about?
Oh, you said he secretly hid some gunpowder in Sanshen Garden and even made some private firearms?
That thing was a research task assigned to him by the Bureau of Military Affairs and the Bureau of Ordnance. It had joint customs clearance from the Ministry of War and the Beijing Camp. It was also reported to Emperor Daxing. Even the Eastern Palace, the current emperor, knew about it! If you take this as an argument, do you mean that even Emperor Daxing and the current Holy Emperor are helping him privately manufacture weapons? absurd!
As for trying to win over people in flood- and drought-stricken areas, is there something wrong with your mind, Feng Zhangyin? People all over the world, whether they are officials or in the opposition, as long as their family circumstances permit, who should spend a little or two to do something to relieve the disaster and save the people when their hometown is hit by a disaster?
You don't care whether it's for fame or something else, everyone in the world does it anyway, why do you just focus on a high pragmatic person?
Doesn’t he just spend more money? He has a big business and is willing to do his part for the disaster-stricken people in his hometown. Is this morally noble? How come you have become an invitation to buy people's hearts? If you want to use this as a crime, aren't you afraid that everyone in the world can drown you with just one breath?
So Feng Bao thought about it and decided that he could barely get involved by buying land by force. However, the "forced purchase" actually had nothing to do with Gao Pragmatic, but there were some "forced evictions". Unfortunately, it was done by Kaipingwei and had nothing to do with Gao Pragmatic. There is no direct relationship between pragmatism and pragmatism.
And if we really want to pursue the charges, Qi Jiguang will probably be guilty of incompetence in his subordinates first, which will only make Zhang Juzheng angry. Then, the investigation will start from Kaipingwei commander Xuecheng all the way to Yangwuhou Xue Qian. This will be very troublesome. One improper operation may implicate the entire Jingnan family, and Feng will be ruined.
The nobles may not dare to confront the civil service group, but they are certainly not afraid of confronting an emperor's slave.
Therefore, Feng Bao was very troubled. He spent a lot of energy and indeed collected a large amount of "evidence" about Gao Pragmatism. Unfortunately, he could not use any of it, let alone use it. But now the factory director of Dongchang has been replaced by Huang Mengyu, who has risen through the ranks of the Gao Family. What should we do with these discovered gadgets?
