Chapter five hundred and eighty second multi-party wrestling (eight)
On the morning of the fifth day of October, Shen Rui left the house early in a carriage. He first visited several prestigious dim sum shops in the capital, selected a few signature dim sums, and got rid of the people who were following him with ulterior motives.
After a round trip, we came to Huanxi Sha, a teahouse outside the Hanlin Academy.
Zhang Hui originally made an appointment with him on September 26th, but in the afternoon of the 240,000th Birthday Festival, Zhang Hui sent another message saying that he had been busy with trivial matters these days, so the appointment was changed to October 5th.
Shen Rui also confirmed from this that it was Brother Shou who really wanted to see him - and he also heard about the incident that hindered Brother Shou from Mrs. Xu.
When the Yang family's mother and daughter came back from the palace, the Yang family sent their confidants to explain what had happened.
When Yang Tian gets into a fight with the daughter of his uncle's family, it is better to let the Shen family know the reason. Otherwise, who knows what gossip will happen outside, and the Shen family will be confused and it will be difficult to deal with it.
When Mrs. Xu mentioned it to Shen Rui, although she praised her: "After all, we are from a scholarly family, we have our own pride." But she also sighed: "She is still young and does not think carefully enough. But in that situation, it is difficult for her."
Shen Rui also understood that if Princess Chun'an had not been there that day, with Empress Dowager Zhang's temper and the Zhang family being so domineering, Yang Tian would have suffered a loss.
But then again, if the so-called "overall interests" were tolerated at that time, it would not only lose face, but also affect Yang Tinghe's reputation in the imperial party and even among the scholars.
An upright and upright imperial lady who is not afraid of the powerful is much better than a cowardly and cowardly official daughter who succumbs to her relatives!
This not only reflects the Yang family’s upbringing and heritage, but also reflects Yang Tinghe’s stance.
Although it is a bit risky now, it is still very beneficial in the end.
As for Shen Rui, he originally thought that his little fiancée was cute and sweet, and he had never thought about doting on his wife like a daughter in the future. However, due to the influence of his previous life, he also had his biological mother Sun, his adopted mother Xu, and his aunt Guo around him.
As a positive example, there is also a typical negative example of Shen Zhou's wife Qiao. Comparing the two, he actually prefers independent, strong, smart and generous women in his heart.
So now that he was looking at Yang Tian with admiration, Shen Rui was a little surprised.
Then, another sweet worry emerged - facing Yang Tian who is no longer a "little girl", probably, from now on, he can no longer give children things like Afu dolls, but what does the big girl like?
?Shen Rui couldn't help but wonder if he should use Brother Bao's rouge set...
On the Longevity Festival, the conflict in the East Nuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace began to ferment from the next day.
There were many people present at the time of the conflict, so news inevitably leaked out and speculations were made by all parties. The fact that Mrs. Jin left the palace with the Zhang family and was subsequently received by the Empress Dowager Jun, also confirmed the conflict from the side.
As the married women returned home, this incident also spread in the capital.
In the early morning of the next day, a royal official suddenly accused the eldest princess of Chun'an of allowing slaves to seize people's fields by force.
The consort Cai Zhen has always been cautious, and the eldest princess of Chun'an is also very strict in running the family, and Chun'an was in Chenghua. During the Hongzhi and Hongzhi dynasties, he was repeatedly granted land, and the family property was abundant. This invasion of people's land was a joke. Everyone in the court regarded it as a joke.
It was Zhang Heling's counterattack against the eldest princess of Chun'an.
The Prince Consort of Chun'an did not accept the move. The imperial censor could indeed "tell something based on rumors", but there was no proof in the end for talking nonsense. It would be a loss of face to mention this kind of thing. The Prince Consort of Chun'an ignored them, which was the greatest contempt for them.
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Fortunately, the emperor also knew what was going on, so he kept it to himself.
As the Zhang family who never felt that they were at fault, they were actually annoyed by the "Ms. Yang family's meddling". However, despite such domineering logic, Zhang Heling, the head of the family, still had a sense of proportion and knew that this matter was not his own.
He also didn't dare to confront Zhan Shifu rashly, especially now that Brother Shou's attitude was unclear, he would not take action against the Yang family.
There are many people in the court who are looking forward to the Yang family and the Zhang family facing each other again, and it is not that no one wants to persuade Yang Tinghe.
However, Yang Tinghe only expressed his position with the words "taboo for the sake of the venerable".
As the emperor's master, Yang Tinghe wanted to be a secret of the venerable emperor and not have any problems with the empress dowager's family. No one could find fault with him.
The Yang family did not take action, but there were many civil servants who looked down upon the Zhang family.
On September 27, Liu Yu, the supervisory censor, reported disasters and reported six things, dealt with the root cause, cleared the original source, favored ministers, encouraged common officials, selected internal servants, and fought against foreign barbarians.
Except for the article on resisting foreign barbarians, which talks about the promotion of great military affairs, the other articles propose that it is advisable to be close to Confucian ministers, to trust cabinet ministers, to choose concubines carefully, and to choose internal servants carefully. It is self-evident who is targeted.
Speaking of which, Liu Yu Liu Yushi is also a legendary figure with great achievements in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his biggest feature is that he specially keeps an eye on the Zhang family.
Just in June of this year, he had just impeached and dismissed Zhang Heling's in-law Hu Zhen from his position as the commander of the Tongzhou Department for corruption and lawlessness.
At the beginning, Hu Zhen also followed Zhang Heling's path and was promoted to the throne by Emperor Hongzhi's internal approval. Liu Yu tried to impeach him several times, but finally caught the evidence and brought down Hu Zhen in one fell swoop.
Pushing forward another half a year, in the 17th year of Hongzhi, he also impeached Jin Qi, the nephew of Mrs. Jin Tai, and took him from the Jinyiwei Qianhu to Xiaoqi...
This is not the most powerful thing. The most powerful thing is that in the memorial to impeach Hu Zhen, Liu Yu not only included all the old relatives of the Zhang family, but also brought along a person that most censors dare not mention -
"Once the lucky door is opened, the group will advance in vain... In recent years, the lucky door has been reopened. Sun Bojian and others have been promoted to the rank of civil servants; Jin Qi and others have been promoted to military positions..."
This Sun Bojian is the former fiancé of Empress Dowager Zhang.
Yes, Empress Dowager Zhang had an engagement before choosing her concubine, but just before she chose her concubine, her fiancé suddenly fell seriously ill. At that time, the Zhang family wanted to send their daughter to be selected, but the Sun family did not hesitate and readily used the excuse that their son was seriously ill.
break off an engagement.
The Zhang family girl with an impeccable reputation entered the palace like this, and went from being the Crown Princess to the Queen, and later to the Queen Mother.
Not long after the Zhang family girl entered the palace, her fiancé Sun Bojian miraculously recovered from his illness...
The Sun family's vigorous cooperation with the Zhang family was naturally rewarded. After Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, the Sun family obtained three officials through Hou Ning's party.
The chief minister is the Secretary Bin, and Boqiang is the chief minister and the chief minister.
At that time, the officials thought it was impossible and begged to take the order back, but Emperor Hongzhi refused.
When Shen Rui heard this piece of gossip, he was extremely shocked. His first reaction was the modern joke, thanking him for not marrying back then...
At that time, there was an uproar inside and outside the imperial court, but because the officials had not tried to defeat Emperor Hongzhi, no one could figure out the emperor's mentality, and since the queen's privacy was involved, no one dared to criticize it anymore, or even mention it again.
this matter.
Only Liu Yu was brave enough to mention it. Although Emperor Pian Hongzhi didn't agree to his request, he didn't punish him for his words.
For such a tough censor, the Zhang family naturally wanted to lay waste to his bones.
But behind this man are the shadows of Liu Jian and Xie Qian, two pavilion elders. He himself is also upright and honest, and there is no way to catch him. Moreover, the emperor also needs such a stupid figure to beat his relatives, so the Zhang family has taken action several times.
If it doesn't work, I can only hold my nose and admit it.
This time Liu Yu folded again, without naming anyone, but sweeping the crowd with a stick, and the little emperor's reaction was also thought-provoking.
Regarding Liu Yu's leak, he also ignored it. However, on the same day, Hu Ke reported to Xue Jin that the officials in Guanglu Temple were redundant and wasted money. However, the young emperor quickly approved and issued an order to revoke the newly added wine brewing house in Guanglu Temple.
Officials Yang Jun and Guo Wen asked him to return to the supervisor to serve.
Foreign ministers may not know the reason, but internal officials all know that the two people who were dismissed are the grandsons of Liang Gong, the eunuch beside the Queen Mother.
As the news leaks out, all parties can't help but have their own thoughts.
Immediately afterwards, on September 30th, the young emperor approved the request of the Ministry of Rites and instead gave the imperial edict to Yang Ting, the young master of Zhan Shifu and a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and his parents.
Originally Yang Tinghe's father, Yang Chun, became an official from the Huguang Chasi Qianshi and received the imperial edict of the fifth rank. Generally, parents receive imperial edicts from their children with high official positions. Therefore, he now followed Yang Tinghe and changed his rank to the fourth rank.
There are a lot of procedures involved in applying for a benefaction, and the request for a benevolence should not be handed over to the Ministry of Rites every day or two. The Ministry of Rites suddenly chooses to submit it at this time, which is naturally not the ideal for peace in the world.
Sure enough, after the emperor's approval, on the first day of October, Ke Daojiao Zhang Heling, Shouning Hou, earnestly offered salt, and the original price was slightly flat, while Qingyun Hou Zhou Shou and businessmen Tan Jingqing, Ma Heng and others proposed to the buyer.
No cutting leather was seen.
The civil servants almost cheered to celebrate the victory. Immediately after, the Ministry of Revenue took advantage of the victory and immediately responded, saying that Tan Jingqing and others used the power of the emperor's family to invade the main courses for the sake of buying subsidies, which was a real loss to the national interest. Wanting to do it in one go, please ask the emperor to seize salt everywhere.
No need.
Unexpectedly, the young emperor greatly disappointed the civil servants this time. He said that the salt was given to him as per the previous decree, and he could gradually buy the salt. However, he ordered the salt inspection censor to strictly prohibit the contract and not to rely on the influence of the emperor's relatives.
Violators will be punished.
Afterwards, I heard that both the Zhou family and the Zhang family went to the palace to express their gratitude, but it took a long time for them to leave the palace.
The Zhang family's relatives and ladies did not leave the palace, but the Zhou family sent relatives and ladies into the palace, the purpose of which was to accompany the Empress Dowager to relieve her boredom...
Turning his hands to cover the clouds and covering the rain, and slapping sweet dates. Although the new emperor is young, he has already mastered this set of imperial tricks.
After receiving this series of news, Shen Rui has begun to consider changing his attitude towards Brother Shou. Born in the Tian family, there are no simple children.
Thinking about the court situation and the case of passing on the feudal vassal, Shen Rui entered the Huanxi Sand Teahouse somewhat absent-mindedly.
The hall on the first floor was quite deserted, with only a few people sitting sparsely, all dressed as poor scholars, and there were only the cheapest tea and snacks on the table. But as soon as Shen Rui walked in, a few eyes came to him, but they were very strange.
Turn away quickly.
It was at this moment of gaze that Shen Rui suddenly came back to his senses and quickly gathered his mind to prepare for the upcoming meeting.
The shopkeeper hurriedly came out from behind the counter, greeted the second master with a cup of his hands, and came closer to report back: "A few of the masters have booked two private rooms upstairs. I asked if I wanted to clear out the irrelevant people.
, the young master at the head said no. Look at the people sitting over there..."
Shen Rui nodded. There were probably not many real tea customers, most of them were Jin Yiwei or Dongchang spies. He waved his hand to the shopkeeper not to worry about it, and then ordered to get the snacks from the car, put them on fine porcelain plates and serve them.
Shen Rui was raising his feet to go upstairs when the sound of footsteps suddenly came from the wooden stairs, as if a giant had descended. Then as expected, a tall and strong man quickly came downstairs.
"Brother Shen!" The man grabbed Shen Rui's arm and said in a loud voice, "I haven't seen you for a long time. I look like I've lost weight. How are you doing?"
Shen Rui patted the man's strong arm and laughed, "Wen Hu! You've grown taller again! I almost don't dare to recognize you when you walk on the street like this!"
The person who came was none other than Gao Wenhu. He had already reached the height of an adult when he was a boy. After two years of training in the Jinyi Guards, he had become stronger and stronger, and now he was as big as half an iron tower.
It's just that his temper hasn't changed at all, he's still as honest as ever.
Gao Wenhu laughed innocently and touched the back of his head, "My mother also complained that I grew up too fast and my clothes were too clothy. It's good that I was given big clothes in the guardhouse, otherwise my salary would not be enough to buy official uniforms." He was joking.
He pulled Shen Rui upstairs again and said: "Go upstairs quickly, everyone is thinking about you. Brother Zhang and the others are here, and..." He paused and said in a slightly unnatural and vague manner:
"And...Brother Shou is here."
Shen Rui looked at Gao Wenhu's slightly embarrassed expression, guessing that he already knew Brother Shou's identity. He didn't embarrass the honest man at the moment, and changed the topic with a smile: "It's been a long time since I last saw you, everyone is having a good time.
Okay? Are you used to being a errand now? Have you decided where to go? "
Gao Wenhu was relieved when he heard that he didn't ask Brother Shou. They were not allowed to tell Brother Shen the identity of Brother Shou. He felt that this was not good in his heart, but he had to listen to Brother Shou. If Brother Shen didn't ask, that was the worst possible outcome.
Okay. Now I started talking about the days in the Jinyi Guard Camp.
After going upstairs, Zhang Hui greeted Shen Rui at the door. He smiled warmly when he saw Shen Rui: "I shouldn't have invited you out at this time. It's been too long since I've seen you. Brothers all miss you. Let's not drink."
We only had tea and made an appointment here, so don’t blame me brother."
Shen Rui also smiled and said: "Brother Zhang is so polite. I have to thank Brother Zhang for understanding my filial piety and making an appointment here."
The two of them walked in together. Most of the people in the private room were familiar faces. They were all people from Jin Yiwei whom they had met before. Among them was Liu Zhong, an internal official, who also nodded to him with a smile.
The one in the middle, dressed as a noble man in a moon-white brocade robe, was Brother Shou. When he saw Shen Rui, he laughed like a naughty boy: "Shen Rui, you have lost weight! You are as black as coal!"
His attitude remains the same as before, and he is as close as a playmate.
Shen Rui also showed his usual attitude and said with a smile: "The sun is poisonous to you in the south, there is nothing you can do about it. Brother Shou, you have also lost weight, and you look much taller."
Brother Shou liked hearing this and clapped his hands and said, "You still have vision, I'm already more than two inches taller! I may not be as tall as a tiger's head in the future, haha!"
Everyone relaxed and laughed, and greeted each other. Zhang Quan introduced several new faces to Shen Rui: "This is Cai Liang, this is Cai Song, the eldest grandson and second grandson of Princess Chun'an. This is
Liu Qi, the youngest son of Marquis Anyuan, his eldest brother and my eldest brother are brothers-in-law. Hey, you look at him tall and strong, but in fact he is the youngest, only twelve years old. Just like Hutou when he was a child, he is naturally taller than others.
You Xuan, the son of Longqing’s consort, and my eldest brother’s brother-in-law.”
The young man named You Xuan is only twelve years old, but he is already similar in stature to several fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys present. He is indeed as tall as Gao Wenhu, but he is fair-skinned, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and is more handsome than Gao Wenhu.
Many, but they were as honest and shy as Gao Wenhu. He felt embarrassed when Zhang Quan said it, and his face turned slightly red.
The reason why he was introduced as the son of Longqing's consort is because Princess Longqing died early and left only one daughter, who was betrothed to Liu Wen, the prince of the Marquis of Anyuan, who was Liu Qi's eldest brother who was present. Longqing's consort never renewed his marriage and only married her.
At the beginning, the maid whom the former Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager rewarded carried the concubine and took care of the household supplies in the palace.
Longqing's consort had the trust of two generations of emperors. He was in charge of the palace guards and was responsible for the safety of the inner palace. It could be said that he held a high position of power. His second daughter from a noble concubine was married to the British prince and became the grandson's wife. For this reason,
It looks good, so the palace promised that the second girl You Xuan would be recorded in the name of Princess Longqing. In fact, the second girl was born ten years after the death of the princess. And although You Xuan was also the daughter of the noble concubine, it was not recorded in the name of the aunt's mother.
Down.
However, although You Xuan was born as a concubine, at a young age, he became a royal official in a hundred households, and his sister from the same mother became the grandson's wife of a British duke. No one should underestimate the future British duchess.
He, Zhang Quan, even took him with him to protect him everywhere.
Shen Rui greeted them one by one, with an open heart. The little emperor took the Cai brothers out to appease his close relative, the eldest princess Chun'an. And he was also quite grateful to the eldest princess Chun'an for protecting the Yang family's mother and daughter.
He is very affectionate towards the Cai brothers.
The Cai family brothers are all smart people with sharp ears and eyes. They originally knew that Shen Rui was the son-in-law of Yang Ting and Chenglong Kuai. Today, they saw the emperor's attitude towards Shen Rui. There was no reason why they should not make good friends. For a while, the two sides talked happily.
Looking at Liu Qi and You Xuan again, Shen Rui inadvertently thought of the concubine of the Chongqing princess who married Zhang Heling's nephew. She was also a concubine of the princess's palace. The concubine of Princess Longqing could marry into a high-ranking family like a British princess.
The concubine of a princess from Chongqing married the son of a squire; the concubine of a prince-in-law from Zhou had the blessing of a hundred households, but the concubine of Zhou's prince-in-law was treated as the scapegoat for Shen Luo's death and was killed...
Thinking of the Zhou family, Shen Rui took a special look in the crowd, but did not see Zhou Shi, who had been inseparable from Shou Ge and Zhang Quan. This Zhou Shi was the grandson of Changning Bo Zhou Yu, brother of the late Empress Dowager, and also Shou Ge's.
Personal guard Shen Rui couldn't help but think about it. Brother Shou had just approved the marriage of the Zhou family and allowed the Zhou family's relatives and ladies to enter the palace. Why didn't he bring Zhou Shi with him this time?
His mind was spinning a few times, but he was chatting cordially with everyone.
Although everyone briefly asked about the situation of going south, they cleverly avoided discussing the Shen Jiatong Japanese case in depth. They were all top figures in the circle of honorable disciples and more or less knew that the case was not over yet and was still being tried by the three divisions.
Naturally, Shen Rui didn't mention it too much, but he talked about the local customs. Fortunately, there were many people, and we chatted lively for two quarters of an hour.
Zhang Quan glanced at Brother Shou's eyes, stood up for a moment, and said to Shen Rui with a smile: "We still have a dinner party, which requires drinking, so I won't invite you, Brother Shen, to go with you. Brother Shou is the same as you, and you can't drink.
Yes, I will ask you to accompany him to drink tea here."
It was just an excuse to clear the place. Shen Rui agreed with a smile and sent the group of them downstairs.
Gao Wenhu looked back at Shen Rui for a few times, as if he was about to speak, but Shen Rui patted him comfortingly. Gao Wenhu hurriedly said: "I'll visit Brother Shen another day." Shen Rui also smiled and agreed.
When they returned to the private room, Brother Shou was the only one left sitting in the main seat. Liu Zhong looked at Shen Rui, then silently withdrew and stood guard outside the door.
Brother Shou looked at Shen Rui with a smile and said nothing.
Shen Rui stopped all expressions, put on a solemn face, lifted up his clothes and knelt down, "Kowtow to the Emperor."