Liu Jin's lungs were almost irritated.

I originally thought that sending Chenxi out of the capital would mean missing a major concern. In the future, Zhu Houzhao would gradually forget this person and rest assured.

But after Zhu Houzhao proposed to go to Xuanfu Construction Bank, Liu Jin finally realized that there was only one way to completely kill Chen Xi's political future, that is death.

Apart from this, there is no other good recipe!

After returning, Liu Jin was furious in front of Sun Cong and Zhang Wenmian.

"...Shen Zhihou must be removed on his way to Xuanfu, and no matter how much the cost is, it will be achieved... Yan Guang, didn't our family ask you to find a killer? What's the situation?"

Seeing Liu Jin's questioning, Zhang Wenmian hesitated for a moment and said in embarrassment: "Dadfather, in this haste... it's really hard to find a suitable candidate... Many people heard that they were going to assassinate Shen Zhihou and immediately expressed that they would not accept this business... In recent years, Shen Zhihou introduced and promoted sweet potatoes, corn, and countless living people. He also established great achievements in the invasion of Tatars to protect the country and the people. Most people regard him as their rebirth parents..."

"Enough, we didn't listen to you who made contributions to Shen Zhihou... It's hard to find people, so we can find people who have gaps with Shen Zhihou."

Liu Jin said with a dark face, "This kid is ungrateful and will offend people wherever he goes. There will definitely be someone who is willing to serve our family... By the way, isn't there a Jiang Guyan? This time, let him perform well and be sure to kill Shen Zhihou... Yan Guang, if you go to Xuanfu, if you can kill the boy named Chen, our family will let you become an official in the court after you come back."

Although Zhang Wenmian was a little excited and had hope for his future, his panic mentality eventually prevailed.

Liu Jin had wanted to assassinate before, but Chen Xi's security measures were taken very well. As the specific executor, Zhang Wenmian knew this very well. Chen Xi was surrounded by guards and was protected by Wang Lingzhi and other experts, so it was really difficult to find an opportunity to start.

In the past, Zhang Wenmian thought it was not difficult to get rid of a person. Poisoning, close assassination, long-range shooting and other means could be achieved. However, when he made continuous mistakes on Shen Xi's way back to Beijing, he realized how difficult it was to Chen Xi.

Liu Jin said: "Our family didn't expect that Shen Zhihou would be in a state of dissipation. Even after going to Xuanfu, His Majesty still kept him talking. If our family didn't get rid of him, it would be difficult to sleep or eat."

Sun Cong asked: "Will the father-in-law follow His Majesty's instructions to carry out construction in Xuanfu?"

Liu Jin glanced at Sun Cong and said, "If Shen Zhihou dies, it doesn't matter where the Construction Bank is. There are ways for our family to block His Majesty from contacting foreign ministers, but if Shen Zhihou is... what is the significance of this business being built? Could you let His Majesty go to Xuanfu to contact Shen Zhihou?"

Zhang Wenmian said: "My father-in-law, I have different opinions."

"Say!" Liu Jin said angrily.

Zhang Wenmian gritted his teeth, "If my father-in-law is in Xuanfu Construction Bank, no matter whether His Majesty has passed or not, the local government can pay filial piety to the silver..."

Liu Jin cursed: "Bad ideas, you mean that our family lacks this little money, right?"

Zhang Wenmian was so obsessed with profit. He knew that he was going to Xuanfu, so of course he had to find an opportunity to make money. Otherwise, leaving the capital would be equivalent to leaving the core of power. He almost went there without going back at the beginning, so he said:

"Father-in-law, the key is to appease Your Majesty... My father-in-law is indeed not a greedy person, but now your majesty may reimburse money at any time. No matter when, you must have sufficient supply... Your Majesty transferred his father-in-law back to the capital because he could manage the inner treasury."

One sentence awakens the dreamer.

Liu Jin had vented his anger on Sun Cong and Zhang Wenmian before, but after carefully thinking about Zhang Wenmian's words, he felt that it was necessary to make more money.

“That’s true.”

Liu Jin's tone was a little calmer and said, "Although our family is not short of money, it is not a money tree. His Majesty has to spend money every few days. Every time, it is hundreds or thousands of taels. Even if there are mountains of gold and silver, you can't stand such trouble. Let the local government pay donations for the construction bank, and you should quickly get the charter before leaving the capital. The faster the time, the better!"

Zhang Wenmian seemed very cautious and said, "Dadfather-in-law, if you want Shen Zhihou to be unable to get to Xuanfu, the earlier you set out, the better... Now let's formulate a donation charter. After sorting it out, you will take Jiang Guyan to Xuanfu and let Shen Zhihou die halfway."

"Um."

Liu Jin's attitude improved a little, nodded slightly, and there was a little more praise in his eyes when he looked at Zhang Wenmian.

Sun Cong said: "Aren't my father-in-law afraid of forcibly paying donations in the local area and inspiring civil unrest?"

Liu Jin sneered: "The civilian rebellion? Just those untouchables who hold sickles and hoes? Are you worried about mutiny? Humph, those big-headed soldiers have no status and no status, who dares to rebel casually? Besides, even if a mutiny occurs, it is naturally the local officials who will be responsible for it. What's the matter with our family? Now, if the Xuanfu is unstable, it may be punished for Shen Zhihou's crime!"

Sun Cong originally wanted to remind Liu Jin a few words, but seeing that he was so arrogant, he was difficult to say something.

"Keming, after Yan Guang left, the memorial we have to deal with will depend on you."

Liu Jin showed a polite attitude and said with a smile, "Our family believes that you can handle things well. As we go step by step, the more power we have, the busier you will be. If you want to recruit people to do things, just tell our family that no matter who is involved, how high his position is, our family will meet your request."

Sun Cong bowed: "My father-in-law is worried about it, and no matter how many things are, he will deal with them. However, now his father-in-law is mixed with good and bad people, so he should carefully sort it out to avoid causing trouble for his father-in-law."

"Um."

Liu Jin nodded, discussed some things with Sun Cong and Zhang Wenmian, and then hurriedly left the mansion and headed towards the leopard room.

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...

After Zhang Wenmian made a thick list of bribes for Liu Jin, he hurriedly set out.

This time he brought Jiang Liwei as his helper.

In order to boost his momentum, Jiang Li not only brought his trusted slaves with him, but also transferred personnel from the Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Now Liu Jin has suppressed Zhang Yuan, and the Dongchang is basically under the control of Liu Jin. It is no longer difficult for Liu Jin to recruit personnel from the factory guards.

Jiang Liwei was very concerned about the killing of Shen Xi. After receiving the notification from Zhang Wenmian, he thought that the opportunity that he had been waiting for before had finally arrived and was ready to give it his all.

Here, Liu Jin went to the Leopard Room and presented the personnel appointment and removal arrangements to Zhu Houzhao to find out.

Liang Chu was assigned to Nanjing as the Minister of Rites, and Zhang Cai clearly refused to enter the cabinet, Liu Jin discussed with Liu Yu alone, preparing to let Liu Yu enter the cabinet as a Grand Secretary. In this way, the eunuch party had double insurance for Jiao Fang and Liu Yu in the cabinet.

Although Liu Yu was reluctant, he was a short secretary in the Ministry of Personnel. His power was stolen by Zhang Cai, the left minister who was valued by Liu Jin. Now he was able to enter the cabinet, which was extremely glorious for a civil servant without real power. Liu Yu did not dare to disobey Liu Jin, so he agreed.

In this way, Zhang Cai was replaced by the Minister of Personnel, and Liu Jing, the former left minister of the Ministry of Justice, was appointed as the Minister of Justice.

After such arrangements, in Liu Jin's eyes, the court situation was as stable as a rock, and no one could threaten his position anymore. As for the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xie Qian, he ignored it at all. Since Zhu Houzhao was played with by him in the applause, it was very simple to let Xie Qian retreat, and he was less anxious.

After Liu Jin saw Zhu Houzhao, he submitted the list.

Zhu Hou took a look and was very unfamiliar with the people on the list. After all, after several rounds of purges in the officialdom, the second and third-rank officials left by Hongzhi Dynasty were almost empty. Now the people who were on the bench before or were middle and lower-level officials who were promoted beyond the level.

Who are the names corresponding to, what are their origins, and what errands have been done before? Zhu Houzhao looked confused. Seeing this, Liu Jin hurriedly introduced them one by one. After his good words, Zhu Houzhao's ears were considered "qualification school", so Emperor Zhengde did not ask much about it.

"Since Eunuch Liu has selected the person, I don't need to ask more, but... if these people make any mistakes in office, I'm asking for you!" Zhu Houzhao said seriously.

This is a bit of a scary meaning.

Of course, Liu Jin knew that Zhu Houzhao, who was almost isolated from the world, could not find any fault. If Zhu Houzhao knew that the situation in the court had been completely controlled by him, he would definitely have done some actions.

But at this moment, Zhu Houzhao only cares about two things: one is to eat, drink, and have fun, and the other is to go out to the frontier to calm the grassland in the future.

Liu Jin said: "After the old slave returned, he arranged for someone to plan the construction of the Xuanfu business in detail, but there was only two aspects of silver... there might be a shortage!"

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "Why, is the court out of money?"

Liu Jin said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty should know that in the past, CCB had to prepare for several years or even more than ten years in advance... This time was rushed, and Your Majesty asked for progress within one month. The old slave could only ask the Ministry of Revenue to raise funds, but the funds were still... short of money."

Zhu Houzhao almost wanted to use the money sent by the Ministry of Revenue to build the store.

But when he said that, he couldn't bear to let it go. After all, the money had already been put into pockets, so how could he give up? When Zhu Houzhao was the prince of the Eastern Palace, he knew the value of silver. After traveling to Jiangnan for a while, he knew the truth that it was hard to move without money. He really couldn't stand the pain of having no money.

Liu Jin saw what Zhu Houzhao thought and continued: "What I mean is to raise money in the local area and build a business for Your Majesty."

"Is this OK?"

Although Zhu Houzhao's words were questionable, the essence of what he said was to tell Liu Jin, since you want to get money from the local area, why do you come to ask me for instructions?

Liu Jin seemed very confident: "Your Majesty, please relax. The old slave has sent someone to Xuanfu to raise the money. It is probably not possible to rely on Xuanfu alone. Xuandahe has a wide area, many military households, and rich princes and nobles. It is natural to ask them to pay some money to build his majesty."

Zhu Houzhao's face finally calmed down, but she still pretended to be hypocritical and frowned: "But... I don't want to be a fool who plunders the people's wealth..."

Liu Jin smiled and said, "How can I let Your Majesty lose your reputation? This time, it is based on voluntariness. Whoever wants to pay out the silver will give you, and you won't force it... The old lady's idea is that whoever pays more silver can be promoted at the discretion of the official title. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, she felt something was wrong, but since someone was willing to pay for his own cultivation palace, how could he refuse such a great thing?

As for whom he would improve his official title, he didn't care even more. Anyway, in the eyes of the emperor, all official titles were not worth it.

"Um."

Zhu Houzhao nodded in praise, "Your plan is very good, I think it's very appropriate, so I will do it as you said, but... who donated a lot of money, but it must be clearly listed. If I have the money, I will still have to return it!"

Liu Jin smiled and said, "Your Majesty is relieved, I will definitely do the work properly!"

Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief. In his eyes, Liu Jin became more and more pleasing to him. As a result, he felt that Chen Xi's previous attack on Liu Jin was biased.

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself: "Mr. Chen may have been provoked by others... Well, it is all caused by the censors. When you look back, you must take these talkative guys together to see who dares to speak in front of me!"

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Chen Xi went to Xuanfu.

This road is not unfamiliar to him. The journey from Beijing to Xuanfu was not long, and it would not take long to speed up the journey.

This road will pass through the former Tumu Fort site, which is rare in the history of war created by Chenxi a few years ago, which is a miracle of the few. The war ended. Tumu Fort also stationed troops in the first year or two, but due to water shortage, it has returned to a deserted state since last year.

Through Juyongguan from the capital, it was very peaceful along the way.

Chen Xi did not stay at Juyong Pass. He stayed for one night and left the customs and went to Xuanfu. After a continuous highway marching, he arrived at Tumu Fort in less than three days.

Since I arrived at Tumu Fort, Chenxi had to go and see it. This is the place where he created glory.

Few people who followed Chen Xi this time participated in that cruel war. Even Wang Lingzhi did not stay in Tumu Fort for too long.

The convoy stopped at Tumu Fort just after the afternoon of that day. Many people didn't understand why they had to stay in this place where there was no village in front of the village and no shop behind them.

Logically speaking, this abandoned city is not suitable for people to station, the main problem is that there is no water source around.

"...Senior brother, I've seen it, there is no one nearby, and I can even see dry bones in some places... This place is really unlucky."

Wang Lingzhi was responsible for the daily security work of the team. After he led people to search the surrounding area of ​​Tumu Fort carefully, he came back to report to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi nodded: "Everyone is a man who has experienced the war. Are you still afraid of a few dead bones? I ordered the camp to be tied up quickly and set off early tomorrow morning."

Tumu Fort has been through war, and the city walls have almost collapsed. It has been stationed in this place with almost no protection. Even Chenxi himself feels it is not suitable. Fortunately, the borders of the Ming Dynasty are relatively stable now, and the Tatars are no longer able to cause trouble, mainly due to the continuous victory of the border foreign wars in recent years.

In the past, it would be nice if the Ming Dynasty could win one or two games in the ten border battles, but in recent years, the Ming Dynasty has never lost on the battlefield.
To be continued...