Chapter 63 Black Prison (4)
Tianqi hesitated, really hesitated, not knowing if he should try to keep Yang Lian, so he went to ask someone about his idea, and this person was Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian never dreamed that the emperor would ask for his own opinions. He was in a state of great trouble at that time because Yang Lian was the first among all officials to report to him to steal treasures. Following him was a group of big bosses in the cabinet, and even the chief assistant Fang Congzhe joined forces to participate in the steal treasures.
The so-called treasure stealing is actually a matter of nothing. The general idea is that Yang Lian heard that Wei Zhongxian and Li Xuanshi's confidant eunuchs Liu Xun, Liu Chao, Tian Zhao and others saw that Li Xuanshi hurriedly moved the palace and scattered the money, robbed Li Xuanshi's jewelry and clothes, and took the opportunity to steal the treasures of the inner palace. Some people were too greedy and put too much in their clothes. When they passed by Ganqing Gate, they tripped and were discovered by the guards. Coincidentally, among these people, there was another one named "Li Jinzhong", and Wei Zhongxian had not been given a name by the emperor at that time. "Zhongxian" changed back to his original surname, so Yang Lian thought that Li Jinzhong was Wei Zhongxian. When he thought that when he robbed the crown prince that day, it was Li Jinzhong who almost failed to make him lose his efforts. Yang Lian naturally wanted to add a trick to the bottom of the body and beat the chicken to the point. A note was raised, and it was Wei Zhongxian's life! Fortunately, several eunuchs in the inner court were fair. It was found that Li Jinzhong was not Wei Zhongxian, but the same name as him, and reported to the emperor, explaining the whole story, and Wei Zhongxian's life was preserved.
New hatred and old hatred were almost killed by Yang Lian. Wei Zhongxian naturally hated Yang Lian in his heart. I don’t know why this guy always pointed his finger at him! So when he heard the emperor ask him whether Yang Lian should stay or go, he immediately went to discuss with Fengsheng’s wife Keshi. Keshi briefly analyzed it for him, and told him with a smile that it was very simple to drive Yang Lian away.
The next day, Keshi personally held a banquet for Tianqi and made his favorite dish when he was young. When Tianqi was having a good meal, Keshi stood by the table while serving him while chatting with the emperor. "Unintentionally", Keshi said: Lord Yang worked hard and made great contributions to help the emperor ascend the throne, which is really a great contribution. But I heard that the Donglin Party members were the most famous and did not like the court. I guess he really wanted to retreat this time and wanted to return to his hometown to live a life in Yinweng, otherwise why would he be so determined? What Your Majesty should have done is to approve his resignation, so that the ministers can rest assured and show that the emperor sympathizes with his subordinates.
Tianqi thought, Kebaba was right! Before he could finish his meal, he issued an edict to allow Yang Lian to go home and live freely.
When the imperial edict came, Yang Lian was in tears. Unexpectedly, the emperor actually let himself go. The sage order was hard to disobey. In desperation, he had to pretend to be noble and say goodbye to his fellow Donglin colleagues one by one, and return to his hometown.
On the surface, he really went back, but in private, Yang Lian kept moving and asked people to build momentum for him in the capital, saying that Yang Lian was one of the ministers who were appointed by the late emperor and the most famous loyal minister in the world. He had the merits of supporting both generations of emperors. This sudden release would inevitably make the world feel disappointed, saying that the emperor was indifferent and had little righteousness, which was much worse than the late emperor.
Yang Lian's confidant, the censor Ma Fenggao, first wrote a memorial and shouted loudly for him. He said in the memorial that day was a merit or a fault? If there was a mistake in the movement of the palace, it should not be Yang Lian alone, and there were many people involved. Now the real sinner has not been eliminated, but the person who exposed the crime cried in the corner! Your Majesty was at peace, but the guards became guests on the river! Yang Lian asked to leave at this time just to show his integrity as a minister. Your Majesty also knew what the situation and situation would be like after Yang Lian left, so why not recall him immediately?
Ma Fenggao's words made sense. Tianqi was indeed protected by Yang Lian's palace power, but now he asked someone to leave. This was a bit unreasonable. In this way, Tianqi didn't know how to answer, so he asked Wei Zhongxian's opinion again and asked him, "Ma Fenggao wants me to recall Yang Lian, do you think I will reply? Should I recall or not?"
Wei Zhongxian's answer was: It is true that Yang Lian is a loyal minister, but Your Majesty asked him to go home and obeyed his original intention. There was no intention of punishment. Now the foreign court attacked the emperor for this matter. It was really inexplicable. According to Lao Nu, the emperor should give the imperial edict to block the foreign court's mouth, so that they would not always make trouble.
This statement made Tianqi feel good, so he added an imperial edict, saying, "I know that Yang Lian is always in a hurry, and I will give you a sick sentence." The meaning is not to dismiss Yang Lian, but to allow Yang Lian to take sick leave, and emphasized that the outside court should not submit a memorial on this matter.
Sick leave? How can this work! What I want is reinstated immediately!
After receiving the news, Yang Lian was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He finally made a fortune by moving the palace. As a minister of life, his future was bright. How could he retire? He hurriedly instructed the censor Gao Hongtu to submit a memorial, asking him to mention this matter again and ask the emperor to recall him. Unexpectedly, as soon as Gao Hongtu's memorial was released, Tian Qi was angry: I have explained it clearly, why do you still say that I am indifferent and righteous!
After being furious, he issued an edict to denounce Gao Hongtu as "shaking the eyes and watching the eyes and taking public and private back", and to remove Gao Hongtu's official position. Later, after the cabinet ministers pleaded with him, he was changed to a two-year salary.
As a result, Yang Lian was desperate and no one dared to speak for him in the heart. He really retired and couldn't help but regret his decision. Fortunately, three months later, Tianqi thought that if Yang Dahushou had not led the way when he moved the palace and tried to ensure that he ascended the throne, he didn't know if he could become the emperor now. So he issued an imperial edict to ask Yang Lian to return to Beijing to re-employment. Wei Zhongxian learned that the imperial edict had been sent to the cabinet and could not stop him, so he had to watch Yang Lian return to Beijing again.
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These things were caused by the movement of the palace, and Huang Zunsu brought up this old story, obviously reminding Yang Lian not to talk about the veteran's movement of the palace. Although this matter is worth showing off, it also made him almost withdraw from the court forever. If you really want to dig deeper, this matter is not a matter of no reason, nor is it something to be proud of. To put it bluntly, it is just bullying the orphan and widowed mother.
Yang Lian was covered in red, his neck became hard, and he said stubbornly: "Even if the Black Flag incident cannot defeat the eunuch, I still have twenty-four major crimes from him. Any one of them can make him confess his guilt, let alone twenty-four ones!" After saying that, he waved his arms to the censors and shouted: "This is the opportunity to go to the palace, and everyone will follow me!" He was about to leave, ignoring Huang Zunsu at all.
Seeing that he was determined to act alone, Huang Zunsu was angry and was so angry that he climbed Longyan and quickly helped Yang Lian. He whispered: "Dahong, just listen to the very long words. You can't enter the palace now!"
Yang Lian was angry that Gao Panlong did not help him, and said dissatisfiedly: "If we don't go to the palace to meet the emperor at this time, would we be foolishly waiting for the Dongchang man to come to the door!"
Huang Zunsu said anxiously: "Mr. Yang, why don't you understand! If Wei Zhongxian really wanted to use the Black Flag Arrow Team to deal with us, how could he be so generous!"
What Huang Zunsu said was exactly what Gao Panlong thought, and hurriedly said, "Yes, this is just a fake shot in Wei Zhongxian, who wants to use the Black Flag Arrow Team to force us to get rid of our own situation. He can benefit from it!"
Chapter completed!