Chapter 804 893 Boxing

Yin Shidan was from Shandong and was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing. He was a Jinshi in the same class as Zhang Juzheng, Li Chunfang and Wang Chonggu. Before he entered the cabinet, he was an old colleague of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

He was straightforward and stubborn. He said what he meant and did not like to beat around the bush or say things that were unpleasant to the ear.

If he knew that it was Gao Gong who sent people to impeach him, he might be complacent and self-satisfied.

Because Gao Gong was in the cabinet, his arrogance in the court was obvious to all. Not only did he know, but Zhang Juzheng also knew it, and the six ministers in the court had also heard about it to some extent.

For example, the matter of the Jiaolai Canal this time, the cabinet did not discuss the result, but Gao Gong dared to give the Ministry of Works a note, asking them to prepare to start construction.

You know, this is actually the job of the Ministry of Works, and he has exceeded his authority.

What's more, the people sent by the Ministry of Works to re-inspect did not come back, and did not report to the court for approval, so how could they start construction?

However, Zhu Heng did not want to cause trouble, so he still sent people to perfunctorily calculate the number of civilians needed to be recruited in the surrounding prefectures and counties, and coordinate the construction equipment needed.

However, these only remain on the written documents of the Ministry of Works. If it is finally confirmed that the construction will start, these documents will be issued soon, and all localities will make emergency preparations.

Through this incident, Zhang Juzheng also deeply learned Gao Gong's methods. Gao Gong is not just a tyrannical person. He has the tendency to make those who obey me prosper and those who disobey me die.

Thinking of the experiences of Chen Yiqin and Li Chunfang, he couldn't help but feel daunted.

The outside world mostly thought that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were in a secret alliance, but only the parties involved knew the inside story.

Because of Xu Jie's matter, there is still an unsolvable knot between Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, unless Gao Gong can really let Xu Jie go.

However, because he was very afraid of Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng had to pretend to be with Gao Gong and try his best to agree with him when he was with Gao Gong, which gave the outside world misunderstanding.

On Yin Shizhan's side, after thinking that it was Zhang Siwei who contacted Han Ji and others to attack him, he felt embarrassed and naturally wanted to get back at the scene.

Zhang Siwei would ask his fellow villagers to impeach him. Doesn't Yin Shizhan have such a censor under his command?

Moreover, Yin Shizhan also knew that Gao Gong was planning to promote Zhang Siwei.

Think about Yang Bo, who was allied with Xu Jie at the beginning. Now Gao Gong can put aside his prejudice and let him return to take charge of the Ministry of War. Zhang Siwei's role is even greater than Zhang Juzheng.

And the reason why Zhang Juzheng got involved in the recall of Yang Bo was because after Huo Yi left, he felt that his own strength was insufficient and urgently needed help.

An old minister like Yang Bo is naturally the best candidate. Whether it is qualifications or prestige, he meets his needs.

Why did Yang Bo leave?

It's not because he is worried about being retaliated by Gao Gong. Another most important reason is that he is discouraged.

There is no official who does not want to join the cabinet. Even if they are not from the Hanlin Academy, they always regard joining the cabinet as the goal of their career.

After Gao Gong, Xu Jie and others left, Emperor Longqing chose to add Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhan to the cabinet, but did not choose him, which made Yang Bo despair of joining the cabinet.

Emperor Longqing was not Jiajing, and dared to break the rules.

Under such an emperor, he knew that he had no hope of fulfilling his wish.

But this time was slightly different. Yang Bo knew Zhang Juzheng's plan, which was to join forces with him to secretly plan against Gao Gong, and the conditions thrown by Zhang Juzheng were indeed tempting.

Chen Yiqin and Li Chunfang retired, Wei Guangde was in mourning, and Yin Shizhan, one of the only three people left in the cabinet, was also squeezed out by Gao Gong, and it was unknown when he would be expelled.

The cabinet was short of people, and he, an old minister with enough prestige and qualifications, had a much greater hope of joining the cabinet than the previous two years.

So, Yang Bo chose to accept the order, he wanted to come back.

When Yin Shizan was considering dealing with Zhang Siwei, he naturally thought of Yang Bo. He knew that he had to hurry up and abolish Zhang Siwei first, otherwise his situation would be worrying.

So, he summoned the Shandong censors in Beijing that night. Needless to say, what he did was to let them contact their colleagues with good relationships through their respective relationships in the Censorate and the Six Departments to attack Zhang Siwei, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

So on the next day, the censor Gao Yongchun took the lead in impeaching Zhang Siwei, and then more impeachment memorials flew to the Qianqing Palace.

Although Zhang Siwei did not directly submit his resignation, the firepower output of the censors did make him embarrassed and he could only go home to write a memorial to explain.

At this time, even if the Beijing officials were slow, they all felt the gunpowder smell in the court.

Zhu Heng also felt that something was wrong, and sent someone to secretly pass a note to Yin Shizan's house, asking him to be patient and not to act impulsively.

Of course, he knew that although he was a minister, he had a general relationship with Yin Shizan, so the effect of persuasion should not be great, so he wrote another letter to Wei Guangde in Jiangxi, asking him to write a letter to Yin Shizan as soon as possible to calm his emotions.

Although distant water cannot quench thirst, there is no other way to think about it at the moment.

Yin Shizan's counterattack fell on Zhang Siwei, which Gao Gong did not expect. Afterwards, he realized that he arranged for his disciple Han Ji to take the lead in impeaching Yin Shizan, making him mistakenly believe that it was the Shanxi people who attacked him.

However, Gao Gong would not be secretly happy about this. Zhang Siwei was the person he had taken a fancy to, and now he was forced to go home to write a defense statement, which naturally made him unhappy.

So he passed on a message to Han Ji and others to continue attacking Yin Shizan.

The impeachment storm that was set off again had begun to get out of control. A large number of memorials impeaching Yin Shizan even included Wei Guangde, who was in mourning at home.

I don’t know if it was a guess or a real news, but the impeachment was directed at Yin Shizeng’s entry into the cabinet.

Although the cabinet ministers were appointed by Emperor Longqing, they were indeed affected by many factors, including the eunuchs around the emperor.

The outside world only thought that it was because of Chen Yiqin’s recommendation and the fact that Wei and Yin were both potential ministers that they were able to enter the cabinet smoothly. In fact, before the emperor considered adding cabinet ministers, Wei Guangde and Yin Shizeng also secretly used some tricks, that is, to give money to the eunuchs around the emperor so that they could speak well of themselves in front of the emperor.

Wei Guangde approached Teng Xiang and Meng Chong, but Feng Bao didn’t care because Feng Bao was focused on the crown prince Zhu Yijun at that time.

And the person Yin Shizeng chose was not the one who bribed Teng Xiang as the censor impeached him, but the one who gave silver to Chen Hong.

The reason why Chen Hong was chosen instead of Teng Xiang and Meng Chong was that Chen Hong saw through the methods of Teng Xiang and Meng Chong at that time, so he began to imitate them, just when he was in the emperor's favor.

These things, when the censor impeached Yin Shizhan and Chen Hong for the first time, Chen Hong secretly told Gao Gong about it and asked him to settle the matter as soon as possible.

Impeaching Yin Shizhan is fine, but he cannot be involved.

Now that Teng Xiang is dead, there is no evidence, so the impeachment storm launched again points the spearhead at Yin Shizhan and Teng Xiang, and directly denounces Yin Shizhan as a running dog of the eunuch party.

I don't know what means these censors used to dig out the connection between Wei Guangde and Teng Xiang.

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But after all, it was just hearsay, and their main target was Yin Shizhan instead of Wei Guangde, so the firepower was mainly concentrated on Yin Shizhan.

The court was in chaos, and Emperor Longqing naturally felt it in the palace. Seeing so many impeachment memorials every day, even a fool would know that it was not simple.

However, the cabinet was short of staff, and he did not want to abandon his master Yin Shizhan casually.

So, on this day, he summoned Gao Gong and Yin Shizhan to talk in succession in the Qianqing Palace.

Needless to say, he wanted to be a peacemaker and make it clear to his most respected master Gao Gong that he had no intention of replacing Yin Shizhan.

The current situation of the three-legged cabinet was actually what Emperor Longqing was most happy to see. It was a pity that Wei Guangde was missing from the assistant ministers. Otherwise, with the alliance of Wei Guangde and Yin Shizhan, they could have clamped Gao Gong in the cabinet.

The cabinet under this situation was the cabinet that he could rest assured of.

However, seeing that Yin Shizhan was alone and helpless, he could not bear it any longer. So in front of Gao Gong, Emperor Longqing directly recalled his experience in Prince Yu's Mansion, letting Gao Gong understand that he, as an emperor, was sentimental and could not touch Yin Shizhan.

In front of Yin Shizhan, he also reminded him not to act rashly.

These things happened in just half a month, and Zhu Heng's letter had not yet been delivered to Jiujiang. Emperor Longqing seemed to have settled the struggle between the two cabinet ministers.

The emperor's methods made Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Heng, Gao Yi and other important officials in the court admire him. He let his subordinates fight, and the emperor finally came out to mediate. This method was very good.

The next day was the day of Huiyi.

The so-called Huiyi, that is, meeting and bowing, refers to the first and fifteenth day of each month, when the officials of each department have to go to the cabinet to pay homage to the cabinet ministers. The purpose is to let the administrative ministers and the censors communicate with each other and deepen their understanding, so as to facilitate the work of both parties.

According to convention, the three cabinet ministers naturally sat in the main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, Gao Gong in the middle, Zhang Juzheng on the left, and Yin Shizhen on the right below.

When the six departments of the imperial court saluted the three cabinet ministers, when it was Han Ji's turn, Yin Shizhen suddenly said to him: "I heard that you have some opinions about me. If it comes from your heart, it doesn't matter, but be careful not to let the villain use you as a gun and get yourself involved in the end."

If Yin Shizhen thought at the beginning that Han Ji was bewitched by Zhang Siwei and became his enemy, and thought that he arranged for the censor to impeach Zhang Siwei's father Zhang Yunling for taking bribes by using his son's official position, but now that things have developed to this point, he naturally knows who really attacked him.

However, some things naturally cannot be put on the table.

After the mediation of Emperor Longqing, the matter seemed to be over, but the parties involved were already resentful.

Therefore, today, when Yin Shizhen saw Han Ji and others instructed by Gao Gong, his resentment broke out uncontrollably and he mocked Gao Gong in front of him.

In fact, the last sentence was also Yin Shizhan's true words, that is, he remembered Han Ji, Zhao Yinglong and others.

He couldn't move Gao Gong, so couldn't he find a chance to embarrass Han Ji and others?

As soon as Yin Shizhan finished speaking, the hall where people were whispering suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes turned to Yin Shizhan.

Everyone could see the tricks in this, it was just a fight between gods, and in the end, the little ghosts suffered.

As the person involved, Han Ji heard Yin Shizhan's words, and he didn't know whether he understood the mystery in Yin Shizhan's words or something, and his face was flushed, but he didn't know how to respond.

In this occasion, it felt inappropriate to say anything.

What did he say to attack Yin Shizhan?

That was written in the memorial, so it didn't matter, but if it was said here.

Yes, these censors attacked Yin Shizhan for taking the eunuch's way to successfully enter the cabinet and become a cabinet minister.

Those who became cabinet ministers through eunuch connections are actually not worthy of sitting in this position.

If he reiterates his views here, it may seem like he is being upright, but don't forget how Gao Gong, who is behind him, made a comeback.

In other words, the viewpoints on dealing with Yin Shizan cannot be applied here, at least they cannot be said when Gao Gong is present.

Some things, people just don't say, but it doesn't mean they don't understand.

When the atmosphere was cold, Gao Gong looked at Yin Shizan fiercely, and had to say: "Zhengfu, look at what you are saying.

The rules set by Taizu for reporting the news of the imperial court are for the purpose of rectifying the discipline of the court.

If there are no articles in which they impeach you, you will be open and honest, and you don't need to pay attention to them.

You are saying these things at this time and in this place, in front of your colleagues, which is really indecent."

In fact, Yin Shizan was resentful in his heart. He did use the relationship of the eunuchs to let them speak well of him in front of Emperor Longqing, but you, Gao Gong, also made a comeback in this way.

You don't even care about your own face, and dare to impeach him with such a reason, and now you say that you are indecent, and you are immediately furious.

Yin Shizan was a Shandong man with a straightforward personality. He was already resentful when he saw Han Ji, and Gao Gong, the instigator, was there to ridicule him, so he could not suppress his anger.

"Boom".

Suddenly, Yin Shizan stood up from his seat, so fast that the heavy chair shook and moved back.

At this time, Yin Shizan pointed his left hand at Gao Gong and said angrily: "Gao Gong, you first drove away Mr. Chen, then Mr. Li, and now you drive me away for the sake of the four directions. How long can you sit here?"

Calling someone by their name was considered quite impolite by the ancients.

To be honest, Yin Shizan was a little unruly at this time.

Just as the censors in the hall were dumbfounded, watching the two cabinet ministers in the court start to quarrel, the tall and strong Yin Shizan had already walked past Han Ji and walked towards Gao Gong.

Zhang Juzheng, who had not spoken at first, realized something was wrong and hurriedly stood up and walked over to stop Yin Shizan, but he was one step behind. Yin Shizan had already rushed to Gao Gong.

Yin Shizan was much younger than Gao Gong, less than fifty years old, and in his prime. He stretched out his left hand and turned to Gao Gong.

Gao Gong saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly dodged to the side. Although he was not caught by Yin Shizan, his hat brim was not avoided and was grabbed by Yin Shizan and fell to the ground.

This was not over yet. After dodging the hand that grabbed him, Yin Shizan's right hand had already raised his fist and hit Gao Gong in the face.

In the eyes of the six departments, Yin Shizan began to attack Gao Gong, which shocked everyone immediately.

Gao Gong saw Yin Shizan swinging his fist and subconsciously raised his hand to block it. A fist hit his arm solidly and he was almost knocked down on the spot.

Zhang Juzheng, who was behind him, saw that the situation was not good and quickly reached out to hug Yin Shizeng around the waist, shouting, "Come quickly and help stop them."

Although Zhang Juzheng was a military household, he was not as strong as Yin Shizeng, and was worried that he could not stop them, so he asked for help.

The crowd then surrounded Gao Gong and Yin Shizeng, and naturally the meeting could not be carried out.