Qin Dewei asked the Feng family servants to help clean up the guest room, and then led Xu Miaoxuan into his room.
Extravagantly, I lit a few extra candles, as the saying goes, holding candles and talking at night.
More than half an hour later, Xu Miaoxuan came out with a frown on her face, rubbing her wrists, and each of them had a rest.
In the days that followed, no matter how turbulent the situation was outside, Qin Dewei really stayed in his residence and did not go out.
It's not so boring to study and catch up on classes at my residence, and hold Xu Miaoxuan's hand for a chat when I have nothing to do.
Although many things were greatly influenced by Qin Dewei, he did not care about the results.
Because he can still barely predict the general historical trend, and he only looks at the results in at least a few years, and the current results are relatively unimportant.
For example, the selection of ministry officials to enter the Imperial Academy was a major event that attracted much attention from the imperial court. After many rounds of games, the final candidates were finally announced.
Among the eight Jiajing talents who were highly praised, only Chen Shu and Xiong Guo were selected.
People who are concerned about the current situation have carefully analyzed and discovered that these two people have one characteristic in common. A certain mastermind from Nanjing has never directly attacked these two!
Logically speaking, young people are regarded as prime ministers when they enter the Imperial Academy, which is a matter of great honor and attention in the officialdom.
Everyone generally believes that this supplement to Hanlin laid the foundation for the cabinet structure ten or twenty years later.
However, Qin Dewei sneered at this view, because he knew that this wave of Hanlin was really bad, and it was a collective attack.
In fact, we cannot blame this generation of young people for their incompetence. The reason is that the political situation in the next fifteen years will be too torn and unstable.
In the original history, from the twelfth year of Jiajing to the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, when Xia Yan was beheaded, six chief ministers were produced in fifteen years, and they were changed nine times in total.
The six people were Zhang Fujing, Fei Hong, Li Shi, Xia Yan, Zhai Luan, and Yan Song. Among them, Master Xia did it three times and Yan Song did it twice.
It was not until Xia Yan was killed in the 27th year of Jiajing, and Yan Song finally secured his position as chief minister, that the political situation was completely "stable".
Such an environment is extremely unfriendly to young officials who need to develop.
Changing the chief assistant nine times, especially between Yan Song and Xia Yan, I don't know how many people were killed.
Even those who have predicted the direction of history have to work hard to gain a foothold, let alone the indigenous people, who really can only rely on luck.
If the ten people entering the Imperial Academy were an open fight, the Zhang Yanling case was another major incident. In other words, it was only a secret fight at the beginning, between Eunuch Qin and Eunuch Bi.
But most of the court officials didn't know the specific details of the process, and then they were thrown away by the emperor in confusion.
Emperor Jiajing suddenly brought up the old story of Zhang Yanling's poisoning of Cao Zu twenty years ago. He issued an edict to denounce Zhang Yanling's "shady plot" and ordered the three judicial departments to interrogate Zhang Yanling.
For a while, the officials were in an uproar, feeling that this fact was too outrageous. From the cabinet to the ministers, they all opposed using this crime to kill the Zhang family.
However, Emperor Jiajing once again issued an edict to scold all the officials, but still insisted on going his own way, believing that Zhang Yanling deserved to be killed.
At this time, Xia Yan went out incognito and quietly came to Wugong Alley to consult Qin Dewei.
Qin Dewei had to see him, and after listening to Master Xia's words, he understood Xia Yan's intention.
He asked in reply: "My lord, you are here, but you want to inquire about what the palace is thinking?"
Xia Yan also said frankly: "The Holy Heart is unpredictable, and you shouldn't speculate on it. But if you don't understand the Holy Will, you may be in danger of good fortune or misfortune."
Qin Dewei added: "Even those from the Yili Sect have come to oppose the killing of Zhang Yanling. Sir, why do you have any hesitation?"
Xia Yan sighed: "If you object, you must oppose it. It is impossible to go against the trend. But how to word it is the biggest problem."
Qin Dewei thought about Zhang Yanling's fate after being imprisoned for more than ten years before being killed, and responded to Xia Yan: "The emperor wanted to kill Zhang Yanling, but he didn't want to."
Worried that Master Xia might not understand, he added: "What the Emperor wants is probably just a means to restrain Empress Zhaosheng."
Empress Dowager Zhang originally chose Emperor Jiajing to succeed him as the Empress Dowager. If she joins forces with other ministers, there is some legal feasibility of abolishing the emperor.
This was what Emperor Jiajing was taboo about, but he lacked the means to restrain his elder Queen Mother Zhang, so he could only attack the Zhang family.
Therefore, the real intention of Emperor Jiajing was to sentence Zhang Yanling to death, but never executed it or granted amnesty, so as to form the most mandatory contract with Empress Dowager Zhang.
Xia Yan slapped the table and said, "You and I see the same thing!"
Qin Dewei was speechless, you can think of all this, why do you ask?
Xia Yan explained: "I have to be cautious about this guess, and I am not completely sure about it. I have been in a state of uncertainty.
So let me hear what you think. Since you think so, I feel at ease."
After seeing off Xia Yan, Qin Dewei said to Xu Miaoxuan: "Uncle Xia Dazong will come over to ask about this matter, but Wang Dasikou will not come. This can tell the difference between the two."
The last time Zhang Yanling committed a murder, it was a real crime. Wang Tingxiang had a clear conscience when he was sentenced. The most he could do was use some tricks to reduce his own responsibility.
But this time it was different. The emperor was just fooling around and wanted to convict the whole Zhang family by using "dirty plots" based on suspicion.
A person like Wang Tingxiang, who is upright and has a bottom line, and has a strong belief in himself, will definitely not be able to follow the emperor's intentions and act recklessly.
Qin Dewei sighed: "If the great commander doesn't come to ask me, he must have made up his mind to fight to the end, so there is no need to ask me."
Xu Miaoxuan was not ignorant of politics. Suddenly something occurred to her and she realized that Xiao Langjun might have been in an accident. She reminded him: "Speaking of which, wouldn't it be possible for you to trick Da Sikou once?"
The old case of Zhang Yanling poisoning Cao Zu was brought about by Qin Dewei.
If there is a new trial, even though it will be a joint trial among the three departments, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty collectively oppose the killing, it is no longer just a problem of the Ministry of Punishment, but the Ministry of Punishment will definitely still have some pressure.
Wucao! Qin Dewei was secretly surprised. He had made so many calculations, but he had missed this point! He had made a mistake!
Mainly subconsciously, I always ignore the fact that history has been changed by myself, and Wang Tingxiang became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment!
So at the beginning, I only wanted to help Xu Xiaodi accumulate merit, and did not consider the pressure from the Ministry of Punishment.
No, no, admitting that you made a mistake will damage your bright and glorious image! You can find ways to make up for it afterwards, but you must not admit your mistakes in person!
Qin Dewei's thoughts flashed in his mind, and he sighed deeply to Xu Miaoxuan: "This is all for our brother! It would be a pity not to use this kind of credit to our brother, and he can't care about anything else! How should you thank me?
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Xu Miaoxuan asked, "How do you want me to thank you?"
Qin Dewei pulled up Xu Miaoxuan and said, "Let's go into the house and talk about how to thank you."
At this moment, Ma Er stood here again at the moon gate of the side courtyard and shouted: "Mr. Qin! The Chief Secretary of the Criminal Department is here!"
Qin Dewei: ""
I praised you Wang Da Si Kou for being outstanding, but you came just when you said you would. Could it be that you came here to investigate?
But no matter what, we could only invite him in for a meeting, and Qin Dewei went to the gate to greet him personally.
