.Chapter 795 Why not go back (Part 1)

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A great man once said: 'If apology can solve the problem, then the world will be bliss long ago.'

By the same token, Gao Gong could not heal the trauma caused to Mr. Xu’s heart with just a few apology. After the banquet, Xu Jie claimed to be ill again and submitted his resignation to the emperor, resolutely begging for leave, and refused to leave again without any hesitation by the emperor.

Gao Gong wanted to go back to the cabinet to see the matter, but as soon as he went out that day, he was surrounded by more than a dozen slogans who had been guarding the alley, and they all started to scold him.

Although he was through the curtain, Gao Gong could still hear clearly. Those people called themselves "the clown" "the jumping clown", "the ungrateful", "two-faced and three-killing", "extremely hypocritical", "crazy", "the conscience was eaten by the dog"... Almost all the words that describe ugly in the world were put on themselves.

However, he could not have the same knowledge with these mad dogs. He knew that if he debated with those people, he would only fall into their trap and lose all his face regardless of winning or losing. But he would never be scolded by these people, and he would never be scolded by them. Yes, he would never be scolded by them.

After sobering that day, recalling the scene where he apologized to Xu Jie, Gao Gong slapped himself more than a dozen times, and angrily scolded himself for being obsessed with Gao Gong, who was not the real Gao Gong, but the real Gao Suqing, who would advance but not retreat, would rather break than bend, and would stand even if he knew he would draw his sword even if he was defeated. There would never be a second time like this.

He lifted the curtain and glanced at the panicked sedan chairperson. Gao Gong said in a deep voice: "Why are you standing there? Go to the cabinet?"

"Master, they are blocking the way..." the housekeeper Gao Fu whispered.

"Let's fight for etiquette" Gao Gong snorted coldly, "Let's see who dares to stop him." He has the tiger-headed card of "Grandmaster Zhang" and "officials and civilians avoid". Once it is played, if anyone dares to block the way, he will immediately send him to Shuntian Mansion... However, Gao Gong has always been low-key and does not want to show this.

Gao Fu quickly asked him to go home to get it, thinking that he didn't know if he had made a chopping board or a foot of the bed...

After giving the order, Gao Gong sat in the sedan chair and closed his eyes to rest, thinking that he was just thinking that there was a frog outside. However, it was not a frog. When the young officials saw that he did not respond, they cursed even more and more uglier. All the dirty words came out, and even arranged Gao Ge's secrets.

Gao Gong's breathing became faster and faster, his fists became tighter and tighter, and his knuckles were clenched white. He was about to lose control, so he jumped out regardless of the situation and scolded them.

However, at this moment, he suddenly heard the noise outside suddenly noisy. It was no longer accusing him of all the words. Someone was blaming the officials: "Why did Gaoge provoke you? It was here early in the morning." "You officials are not as good as the ordinary people. If you have anything to do, you can't go into the house and say it. It's the old women who only do it." "Mom Li Lao San, we women don't scold the streets like that."

This sounds of familiar or unfamiliarity are becoming more and more loud, and soon the movements of the officials are completely blocked.

Gao Gong widened his eyes and looked out through the green gauze curtain in the sedan chair. He saw those neighbors who knew and did not know stood all over the alleys and were all standing together for him.

The officials looked at these 'unlucky people' incredible' and thought that birds of feathers flocked together. Even Gao Gong's neighbors were so arrogant. But the superiority of being a court official made them maintain their psychological advantages for these ordinary people. They ignored Gao Gong for the time being, and instead shouted loudly: "The bold unlucky people dared to roar in the street, the court ordered the officials to call the inspectors to arrest you all."

"You sesame and mung bean officials are still roaring at the current dynasty's elders." When it comes to talking, these ordinary people at the imperial city are not afraid of these well-read officials: "Do you have to let the inspectors arrest the city censors together?" "Silly Dandan is a group of people, will it work if they arrest them? You have to send the Jinyiwei to the imperial prison. I heard that they are all officials in it, and we ordinary people are not qualified to enter yet."

"Bastard" officials angrily scolded: "Don't mess around anymore, retreat quickly."

"You should retreat," the people said in a turbulent manner: "Don't scold Gao She Lao again."

An official shouted: "Your guardian Gao Gong is a crazy, shameless and despicable person, and a traitorous minister like Cai Jing."

"No, Gao She is always a good official" and "He is not that kind of person." The crowd became angry and turbulent, and he was very disagreeable, and he wanted to beat these bastards.

The officials were a little frightened and got closer and closer to each other.

"We don't know if Mr. Gao is guilty or not." An old man signaled everyone to quiet, saying, "But we know that even if he is guilty, there will be a court and the emperor will judge him. What's the matter if you block the streets here and scold them."

Yes, what's the matter? The officials were speechless. These dozen censors were all small characters who were not good at the right. Seeing that they were one book on the left and the other book on the right, they were not capable of making any book on the mansion. They were all in vain. So they had to go astray and say that no matter how well the memorial was written, it would be better to curse in person, so they made an appointment to block Gao Gong's door in the name of revenge on Ge Lao Xu.

Although they were so angry that they were scolding her just now, they were really confused when they pointed out Gao Gong's great traitor and evil, and of course they could not answer the questions of the people... Could it be that we were crazy about being famous and came here to vent our anger on Master Xu? They could not even say anything about these self-proclaimed censors...

Seeing that the officials were mute, the people cheered and said, "I can't answer..."

"Everyone can kill the traitors." Finally, some officials couldn't help but shout: "What if you scold a dog official like Gao Gong?"

"**Your Mom" ​​the people answered him with a scolding voice.

"Your young man is a dog official, what are you?" The old man said in anger: "There are so many officials in Beijing, and seeing so many gangsters and so many tyrants and miscellaneous taxes, we can't survive the trouble of the people, but they all pretend to be invisible. Only Gao Ge, who hired the Emperor's Sword and swept away the gangsters, the imperial shops, and the taxes. Our life will be much better. If the master who ruled for the people like this is also a dog official, what are the civil and military affairs in the court?"

"That's right, what are you?" Amid the people's condemnation, the censors were ashamed of themselves and retreated in shame without even giving up their harsh words.

"Here, come, the tiger head card has been found." The man in the mansion finally found the two treasures.

"No need." Gao Fu said in tears: "I'll thank you for your neighbors for my master..."

Looking at everything that happened outside, although Gao Gong had not spoken, he was still filled with tears. The grievances and resentment that had accumulated in his heart these days seemed to have loosened a lot...

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However, the development of the situation is ultimately not something that the people can control. The little episode that happened this morning was like a small stone thrown into the river, stirring up a splendid wave, but it could not change the direction of the river.

When the censors saw that Mr. Xu was determined to beg for a break, Gao Gong insisted on returning to the yamen to see the matter. They were all indignant and impeached Gao Gong even more violently... Not only the censors in Beijing, but also the Nanjing Censors also joined in. The artillery fire of the impeachment was fierce and lasting. Whenever they were impeached, Gao Gong would submit a memorial to defend himself and seek retreat. However, the emperor would immediately issue an order to keep him, and he would not delay going to work the next day. So the two sides were in a stalemate. After more than a month, the censors were already full of resentment. In their opinion, it was precisely because of the emperor's blind favoritism to Gao Gong that he always returned in vain.

So a censor submitted a memorial, vigorously criticizing Gao Gong for his bad behavior of "seeing being impeached as a joke". He said that Gao Gong was shameless and could not even blow up. After encountering impeachment, although he complained on the surface to retreat, he was very dissatisfied in his heart. Because he relied on the emperor's favor, he would be safe and sound every time he was impeached. Once he was retained, he would come back proudly and take the matter with greater arrogance. Is there anything more shameless than him in the world?

He also said that this has become a joke between the government and the country. If such a person stands in the court, even a gentleman will avoid it. The court's atmosphere will become more and more corrupt. In the long run, even the emperor's reputation will be implicated. If he resigns next time, the emperor must not try to keep him. He will give him a decent retirement and not let him continue to lose the face of the court and the emperor.

After being impeached like this, Gao Gong finally couldn't rest assured anymore, so he had to pack up his things and go home, and resolutely submit a memorial to resign.

The emperor naturally issued a firm order to keep him. Not only that, in order to appease Gao Gong and express his trust and reliance on him, he appointed him as the young tutor and the crown prince's tutor, and the Grand Secretary of the Huangji Palace, who was able to run alongside Xu Jie.

However, Emperor Longqing's inappropriate show of kindness did not actually help Gao Gong, but pushed him into a desperate situation that thousands of people pointed out. In the eyes of the censors, Gao Gong was still rising steadily with our efforts to impeach him. This was really a contempt for the Yan Lu, so he not only hated Gao Gong, but also had resentment towards the emperor who protected him.

The vanguard Ouyang took action again, impeaching Gao Gongwei to control the court and gentry, and being exclusive to the country's responsibilities, and even the emperor's will can be manipulated. If such a traitor is not immediately dismissed, it will inevitably be a disaster for the country.

Previously, Long Qing was only a mediator and could barely support him, but now he has become one of the defendants, so he was a little at a loss and could only retort powerlessly: 'Gao Qing is so loyal, don't say that to him." However, since he ascended the top, he has been addicted to the harem all day long, ignoring government affairs, and can count the number of times he went to court with his hands. He has never established his due authority at all, so that the officials are not afraid of him.

Therefore, the emperor's blind favoritism not only did not have any effect, but also aroused greater public indignation. Not only did the rumors, other officials could not help but start to surrender the memorial to attack Gao. Wang Tingxiang, the right censor, had always been incompatible with Gao Gong, so naturally he would not miss this opportunity to take the blame. He wrote a sarcastic memorial saying: 'Everyone is polite, righteous, honest and shameful, and court officials should set an example. However, there is a Gao in the court who was impeached and covered in shame. He was shameless in the cabinet, and he refused to admit his guilt and imprisoned. Instead, he was proud. Such a person deserves to be angry. In addition, Qi Kang, my subordinate, actually colluded with everyone. It is really a shame for the Censorate. If he does not punish him severely, I, the right censor, should not do it.'

The statement of the Censor of the Duke was no different from affirmation and support for the censors, but for the high-ranking people, it was a little worse than injury. Especially the pioneer Qi Kang, who was attacked by the Changuan, had to submit a memorial to resign.

Then a real fatal blow came, and a man also wrote a memorial to express his opinion. Although his official position was not as good as that of Wang Tingxiang, his influence was tied to one hundred Wang Tingxiang, which was not as good as that of Wang Tingxiang. This was Hai Rui Haigangfeng, who was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple at that time.

It is said that since he impeached Jiajing but failed to die, Hai Rui has been quiet for a long time because he didn't want to be always associated with "speaking about the late emperor". This spring was so noisy, and he never said anything. However, somehow, he suddenly appeared and published a book "Commentary on the Evil Speakers of the Party" to defend Xu Jie. Although Xu Gong had flaws in his early years, who was not like this in the court at that time? But in order to save himself. Besides, he made up for his mistakes. Gao Gong instructed Qi Kang to attack Xu Ge Lao, but he was actually just trying to replace him.

Under the deliberate push of some people, the power of Hai Rui's speech was infinitely amplified, and countless officials from various departments immediately submitted memorials to echo Hai Rui, urging the emperor to invite Xu Ge Lao out of the mountain and kill the traitor Gao Gong. The political tide finally affected the local government. Officials from various provinces rushed to write letters or wrote a memorial, but there was only one center, that is, to ask Xu Ge Lao to come back immediately to see the matter, and they all said that Gao Gong's crime was extremely evil.

For a moment, it was a grand event for everyone to be united and the whole country was overwhelming.

In contrast, the cabinet has no master, the cabinet ministers have no mentality, the court is in chaos, and all government affairs are stagnant. Seeing that many major events such as summer taxes, autumn examinations, border defenses, etc. are all in front of you. If you continue to be in chaos like this, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The ministers in the court were worried about this and took turns to come to ask Xu Jie to come back to take the matter. However, Xu Jie still expressed his sadness and had no face to come back to face the court ministers. Therefore, not only did he not agree to their request, he also submitted memorials to ask the emperor to approve his resignation.

From March to April, Xu Jie made a total of twelve resignations, which made any skeptic believe that he was determined to leave.

Compared to Gao Gong's ignorance of advancing and retreating, Xu Jie's low attitude is undoubtedly more clever and more able to win the favor and support of officials. Even Yang Bo, who had previously united front with Gao Gong, submitted a memorial with several ministers of the Ministry and the Court, urged the emperor to keep Xu Ge Lao.

You should know the fuse of the quarrel, but Hu Yingjia impeached Yang Bo to retaliate for personal gain, and then burned the war on Gao Gong. It is said that this pair of brothers and brothers in distress should share the same hatred for the enemy, but now Yang Bo publicly expressed that he hoped that the court would quell the chaos as soon as possible, and hoped that Xu Jie would return to the cabinet to take charge as soon as possible, and believed that Qi Kang's slander of Xu Jie was very inappropriate. Although this was the attitude of a Shuode veteran, it could not help but make people feel cold... Gao Suqing had reached the point of betrayal of his relatives and relatives.

Finally, with the emperor's repeated grace and orders, and the court's ministers' calls, Mr. Xu finally reluctantly returned to the cabinet to see the matter. However, this did not calm the storm in the court. Comrades, reactionaries have not yet been defeated, and it is not the time to drink the wine of celebration.

So the three judicial departments jointly requested to severely punish the censor Qi Kang who slandered the chief minister. Emperor Longqing was completely confused at this time and had to agree to demote Qi Kang to the outside world...

Gao Gong's defeat was settled, his people were disintegrated, and his family was closed. Since Qi Kang left Beijing sadly, even his confidant disciples dared not come to the door...

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At this point, Xu Jie completely mastered the overwhelming advantage, and the rest was to "shoulder be the remaining brave men chase the enemy" and beat the dog to the water.

The last arrow that 'killed' Gao Gong was released from Nanjing...

In early May of the first year of Longqing, the Nanjing Hushidu Superintendent Chief Cen Yongbin, the Censor Yin Xiao and others proposed the Beijing Procuratorate's Literature. As mentioned earlier, even the emperor could not be retained. This supreme authority is in the hands of the Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate. However, the Six-Court Corridor Office can also propose that the official who was hit by the "Beijing Procuratorate's Literature" is a lifelong shame and there is no possibility of turning over.

This time, the censors in Beijing and Gao Gong were in a dark and dark place. Because they wanted to avoid suspicion, it was not convenient for them to propose the eaves. So this responsibility fell on the Nanjing court and the censor. However, according to convention, the cabinet has always been exempted from being eaves from being eaves, and there has never been a precedent for the eaves to be eaves. However, this time, the censors in Nanjing pointed the finger at Gao Gong and impeached him for "five evil things" to force him to step down through legal procedures.

Everyone saw that the outcome of this matter was decided. The officials of the 36 yamen in the two capitals were afraid that when Xu Ge Laoqiu settled the score, they thought that their attitude was ambiguous and even sympathized with Gao Gong, so they rushed to write a letter to expose Gao Gong's crimes and express their position.

In this suffocating tide of the pavilion, scenes of ugly dramas were staged. Many Gao Gong's disciples and former officials saw that his building was about to fall, so they turned their fingers one after another, hoping to use this as a self-protection letter. Xu Yangzheng and Liu Tiqian, the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, were the two of them, the same subject as Gao Gong, and the latter was his fellow villager. They were usually close to Gao Gong. Now when they saw other yamen, the officials led the letter to impeach Gao Gong, and felt that they could not fall behind, otherwise they would have endless troubles.

But after all, they were embarrassed to take this lead, so they wanted to instigate their Secretary Ge Shouli to lead the memorial to condemn Gao Gong. However, as his name was, Ge Shouli refused to support Yan Song back then. How could he downgraded himself and get involved in such a bottomless personal attack? So he refused to give in.

Although the Shangshu refused to be named, Xu Yangzheng and Liu Tiqian still made a sneering "white-headed spoiled"... They left the Shangshu signed at the head empty, and finally expressed their opinions on behalf of the Ministry of Revenue.

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