The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Being behind closed doors does not mean being completely isolated from the outside world. That night, someone quietly entered the residence of the cabinet minister Xu Guo through the back door.

This person is Wang Yingjiao, a fellow villager of the cabinet minister Xu from Huizhou, or a fellow villager.

He was a Jinshi in the second year of the Wanli reign. He has been an official in other provinces for the past few years and has been a third-rank official.

He recently returned to Beijing after his term of office and was inspected, so he has been active in the capital.

In the dim study, Wang Yingjiao said to the cabinet minister Xu: "Mr. Yingyang! The people from the Qingliu side asked me to bring you a message. Cooperation is beneficial to both sides!"

He did come with a mission to help the Qingliu forces persuade Xu Guo and the cabinet minister Xu to cooperate.

At the same time, it was also for himself. If Xu stepped down, wouldn't his fellow villager lose his backing in the future?

Xu Guo was silent, thinking about his own thoughts.

Since the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng, the emperor has deliberately supported the censors and clamped the power of the cabinet. The so-called Qingliu forces took the opportunity to grow stronger.

Coincidentally, I joined the cabinet just after Zhang Juzheng was liquidated.

So since the 12th year of Wanli, I was pushed forward by Shen Shixing and became the main output of the cabinet, fighting with the Qingliu forces for six years.

Under the targeting of the Qingliu forces, I couldn't even form the forces of my party this time, which led to a vicious cycle.

In this "battle royale and melee" situation, the competition is all about momentum, and my situation is very bad.

To put it bluntly, even the nominal disciple Lin Tailai doesn't help me, who can I count on?

Seeing that Xu Guo was still hesitant to speak, Wang Yingjiao advised: "Duke Yingyang! Let the past grudges go first. People should always focus on the present and the future!

Looking at the current court, only the Qingliu forces are willing to fully support you, so why bother to stick to a little prejudice in the past?

And they have recently taken the lead in releasing goodwill and attacking Wang Xijue with all their strength. This is a strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao!

Don't you want to stay in office, Duke Yingyang! You are only one step away from the prime minister. Isn't it a pity to resign at this time?

As long as there is a chance in the future Shen Wumen will resign, and you will be the Prime Minister! "

So Xu Guo finally said: "What do they want me to do?"

Seeing that Xu Ge Lao finally wavered, Wang Yingjiao was overjoyed and quickly replied:

"You don't have to do anything at the moment. Everything will be done by the Qingliu forces. You just need to accept their goodwill!"

Xu Guo thought for a while and sighed: "It's good for both sides to cooperate. It's okay."

In the past two days, I can feel that many people suddenly turned around and focused on attacking Wang Xijue, which greatly reduced my pressure.

He had been scolding the Qingliu forces for six years before, and he would never have thought that there would be a day when the Qingliu forces would support him and he would also need the support of the Qingliu forces.

After he parted ways with Shen Shixing and broke openly with Lin Tailai, such a magical thing happened.

Xu Ge Lao knew very well what the Qingliu forces wanted this time.

After being an official for so many years, his greatest value turned out to be the identity of "Lin Tailai's Grand Master". How ironic and ridiculous.

The next morning, Wang Yingjiao hurried to the Ministry of Personnel, and took the opportunity to report the good news to Chen Younian, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Division.

Walking on the street, he saw new large-character posters hung in many places on the roadside - this is a street feature in the capital in recent years. People often hang large-character posters to criticize current affairs and express political views.

But Wang Yingjiao was anxious to report the good news to the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Division, so he didn't pay much attention to these new posters.

Walking all the way to the right gate of Chang'an, he saw a large group of officials surrounding the new posters, which aroused Wang Yingjiao's interest.

The new posters that can be watched by a group of officials and stay for a long time must be in response to current affairs and have explosive content.

So Wang Yingjiao also squeezed into the crowd and looked at the wall.

The title on the poster reads: "Attacking the posters of officials who deceive the world and steal reputations!"

The main text is: "I am Liu, an internal official. My name is not worth mentioning. My duty is to guard Xizhimen.

When I was on duty, I saw many officials go out of the city from Xizhimen on official days to Gaoliang River and Haidian for spring outings.

In March and April of the past two years, I saw and can still remember thirteen officials who went on spring outings on official days, including Wang Sanyu, Zhao Nanxing, Wang Ruxun, Wan Guoqin, etc.

I couldn't help but feel angry. Such a text How can playing around in peace and leisure be good for the country?

I have also heard that these people who play around often make remarks recently, one is the foundation of the country, the other is impeaching ministers for ruining the country. Isn't it ridiculous and absurd, deceiving themselves and others?

Although I am disabled, I still know to perform my duties and dare not leave my public position without permission. Who knows that the ministers who read the books of sages and deceive the world and steal the reputation are worse than disabled?

I sat in Xizhimen and couldn't bear to look at the chaos, so I posted a message to warn the world! "

Officials with a little political sense suddenly saw this poster and immediately thought "WTF"!

Therefore, many officials gathered here because the content of the poster is very valuable to interpret, and everyone should exchange their experiences with each other in order to have a deeper understanding of this poster.

On the surface, this poster was a post in which a certain eunuch scolded the civil officials for "traveling in violation of regulations", and the scolding was very harsh, and thirteen people were named.

The theme is obvious - these 13 officials who traveled during working hours are worse than a disabled father-in-law like me. They are the ones who are harming the country. What qualifications do they have to pretend to impeach others for harming the country?

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But after a closer look, you can find many subtle points in the post.

In this era, there was indeed a custom of youth outings in March, and the place for spring outings in local customs in the capital was outside Xizhimen, both in officialdom and among the people.

It can be said that thousands and hundreds of officials, big and small, have gone out to Xizhimen for an outing, and they are all traveling illegally during official business hours!

But why could Eunuch Liu, who posted the revelation, only remember these thirteen people? Is this accidental or inevitable?

Therefore, the first point of view is: there must be some internal relationship between these thirteen people.

The second point of interest is, why did Eunuch Liu of Xizhimen, who had always been unknown and unknown, suddenly become so brave?

A third-rate eunuch dared to openly intervene in the civil war of public opinion. What unusual changes have occurred in Xizhimen recently?

Fang Congzhe, editor of the Hanlin Academy, saw the announcement on his way to work and quickly turned around to the residence of Mr. Wang Xijuege.

"The teacher really had a clever plan, Lin Jiuyuan took action!" Fang Congzhe informed Wang Xijue of the good news.

After Wang Xijue suddenly suffered a wave of powerful impeachment, he did not go to Shen Shixing again, but asked his close disciple Fang Congzhe to go to Shen Yongmao.

Fang Congzhe and Shen Yongmao were both Jinshi in the 11th year of Wanli, so they had a certain friendship with each other.

When Wang Xijue was smart and online, he could see clearly.

At present, the only one you can find is Shen Shoufu, and the only one you can find is Lin Tailai.

As for Shen Yongmao, he may take care of both Lin Tailai and Shen Shoufu. If Lin Tailai can't handle it, the kind-hearted Shen Yongmao will definitely ask Shen Shoufu to take action.

Fang Congzhe couldn't resist, "Lin Jiuyuan really has a clear mind and can always find an entry point."

Who would have thought before that even youth travel, which everyone has, would be brought up to make a fuss?

Wang Xijue said calmly: "This is just Lin Tailai's move to put pressure on the Qingliu gang, and it is far from determining the final outcome."

Fang Congzhe replied: "Based on my observation of Lin Jiuyuan in the Hanlin Academy, once he takes action, he will definitely have a backup plan.

So the post is probably just the beginning, something will definitely happen later, but I can't guess what will happen. "

On the other hand, Wang Yingjiao finished reading the post, and the joy in his heart was unknowingly cast a shadow.

Others haven't noticed the clues in a short period of time, but he who knows the inside story has already discovered the connotation.

The thirteen names named on Eunuch Liu’s post are all the main players who have recently criticized Wang Xijue. This is definitely not an accident!

Lin Tailai had only been assigned to Xizhimen for a few days, so it was definitely not an accident that the eunuchs and eunuchs at Xizhimen became so brave!

According to the original plan, Wang Yingjiao came to the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, but saw Chen Younian, the doctor of the Literary Selection Department, sitting in the public room with a pale face.

Wang Yingjiao knew that Chen Younian was the commander-in-chief of the Qingliu forces in this "cabinet chaos" project.

Looking at Dr. Chen's behavior today, he was obviously very angry because of the content of the post.

"Lin Tailai, you bastard! This is so unreasonable!" Seeing that one of his own came in, Chen Younian couldn't help but curse and vent his anger.

At the beginning, he advocated sending Lin Tailai to Xizhimen in the northwest corner of the capital. It was already the farthest gate from politics imaginable!

Xizhimen is far away from politics, both physically and mentally!

Moreover, another advantage of guarding the city gate is that you cannot leave at will, which is equivalent to being imprisoned at the city gate.

But I never expected that bastard Lin Tailai could find such a bad excuse as "illegal tourism" to harass the political situation from a distance of more than ten miles!

The most irritating thing is that a eunuch was hired as a substitute to curse people. What a humiliation!

There is no excuse for it, because this kind of behavior is indeed against the rules in the system.

Lao Zhu's family is too harsh on ministers, not to mention low wages and extremely scarce holidays.

Throughout the year except during the Spring Festival, officials theoretically have no holidays unless authorized by the emperor.

Therefore, the custom of going to youth gatherings can only occupy "official time". This is the default behavior of the officialdom, and it has been this way for more than a hundred years.

The key is that Lin Tailai did not expose himself to such a pot-breaking behavior that aroused public outrage among officials. Instead, he asked an eunuch who did not know the so-called to come forward and ridicule.

The current situation is that the thirteen main players of this big battle are just stuck there.

Although "illegal tourism" is not a serious injury, it does not look good. How can you have the nerve to impeach others?

If he fights back forcefully, will he scold Eunuch Liu? That would be even more disgraceful!

Seeing Wang Yingjiao coming, Chen Younian thought for a moment and said, "The only way to plan now is to ask Mr. Xu Ge to come forward to break the situation."

Now that Mr. Xu Ge has realized that "cooperation will benefit both sides", let's start cooperation.

Wang Yingjiao didn't react for a while and said doubtfully: "What can Mr. Xu Ge do?"

Chen Younian gritted his teeth and said, "Please ask Mr. Xu Ge to go out to Xizhimen for a spring outing! I want to see how Lin Tailai, who is guarding Xizhimen as a disciple, will deal with it!"