Chapter 282: Inside and Outside the Palace (Twenty) What does it mean to be daring?
No matter Chen Ju, Liu Ping or Gao Pragmatic, they did not expect at this moment that while they were still discussing whether the current Dongchang Admiral could be trusted, Li Wenjin, the chief of the Royal Horse Supervisor, was still in Guangjinfang.
Guangjinfang is the casino whose background is the property of Wang Xijue's family. However, the background of this casino is not just Wang Xijue's family, there are other forces behind it.
Li Wenjin was not gambling at the moment, but was sitting in the back room of the casino in a dignified manner, with his legs crossed and his eyes half-squinted as he looked at the person in front of him.
The person in front of me is a middle-aged man with a yellowish face, a thin body, a long beard, and a graceful and graceful look. The man is smiling and is saying: "People in the capital say they are smart at handling horses. You should know that it is not difficult to get these one hundred thousand taels."
After all, I just want to know the number of guards in Kunning Palace within one month from today and the rotation of each department. Such a small matter is not difficult for Yuma, let alone dangerous. It is really a windfall.
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"Our family has been a miserable person since we were young. We never believed that any kind of windfall would come to our family." Li Wenjin snorted softly: "No, our family lost more than three thousand taels this afternoon.
Is there anyone else in the world with hands like ours?"
The middle-aged man chuckled and said: "There are too many things to do this afternoon. It's just that in order to invite the Royal Horse to come here, I specially found a few masters to play games. Where is the back of the Royal Horse's hand? If it's the Royal Horse's hand,
If you are willing to do me this small favor, I will repay the gambling money in full this afternoon."
Li Wenjin's attitude towards money has always been "if you don't make money, you lose money." When he heard that the money he lost this afternoon could be returned, his face couldn't help but look better. However, he still refused: "How important is Kunning Palace?"
Dear, although our family is under the control of the Royal Horse Supervisor, but the Royal Horse Supervisor does not care about Kunning Palace, where can we get you the information you want? Don't say it as a joke, don't say it as a joke."
"I'm not joking. It's the Royal Horse that's joking, right?" The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said: "You are the brother of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, the uncle of the emperor, and you also hold the seal of the Royal Horse Supervisor and the guard of the palace.
Can't you still ask?
Besides, I'm not asking you to adjust the garrison now. I just want to know about the situation of the garrison every day. You can know the details casually, and then just send a little yellow door to inform me. What's the point?
Disaster?"
Li Wenjin suddenly straightened his face and said coldly: "How can you, a man in white clothes, ask about the palace confinement in Kunning Palace? What is your intention to know this matter? While our family has not yet had murderous intentions, please advise
Just tell me the truth!"
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man did not panic, but calmly said: "The horse is overly worried. I just want to confirm whether these guards are doing their jobs sincerely. What can they have in mind?"
Seeing that he was not afraid at all, Li Wenjin stopped pressing him. He just looked at him coldly for a while, then suddenly shook his head and said: "You must be someone who has seen the world, but that's useless. You can't talk about such things. If
... If you are really concerned about this news, then ask your boss to come forward and talk to us."
"Okay, the horse is really generous." The middle-aged man smiled, stood up, raised his hand and saluted, and said, "Please wait a moment, the horse." After saying that, he turned around and went into another secret door of the bookcase.
Li Wenjin didn't care. He picked up a cup of tea on the table and took a sip comfortably. He was not worried about the poison in the tea. After all, it was obvious that the other party was asking for something from him and there was no way he could harm him. Besides, he had no idea about his identity.
He is also very confident that in these four-nine cities, no one under the emperor's feet dares to do anything to him, the brother of the Queen Mother and the emperor's uncle.
Soon, the secret door was opened again, and the middle-aged man came back, and there were two people with him. Li Wenjin took a glance and found that one of them looked vaguely familiar, and couldn't help but stare at him and pondered.
The man seemed to have guessed that Li Wenjin might know him. He smiled, raised his hands and said in salute: "Your Majesty, you are well. Student Qian Menggao is being polite."
Only then did Li Wenjin think back and suddenly said: "Oh, is it you?" But he did not continue and looked at the other person.
The man didn't hesitate, smiled and held his hands in his hands: "Student Zhong Zhaodou, I have seen a horse."
Li Wenjin smiled and said: "The two section chiefs are so mysterious and unpredictable. If we were not an internal official, we would be trembling with fear just by this scene."
This "section chief" is not the "section chief" of later generations, but the common name for the six subjects in the Ming Dynasty, and the left and right subjects of the six subjects are commonly known as "deputy section chiefs". Today, Qian Menggao
He was appointed to Shizhong of the Criminal Department, and Zhong Zhaodou was appointed to Shizhong of the Engineering Department. They were both "section chiefs" indeed.
Qian Menggao said with a smile: "Yu Ma is joking. The two students are asking for help from Yu Ma today. Besides, Yu Ma is so noble. Who in the world dares to touch Yu Ma's head? Even if he just came back today.
The person who went to court must not have dared to do so."
Who is the one who has just returned to the court today? It can't be Dong Yiyuan and Liu Wei. Not to mention that they are no more than military ministers. They have no status at all. Even in terms of their titles, so what? They are just military generals from outside the town.
, how to talk about returning to the DPRK?
The so-called "the one who returned to the dynasty" can naturally only refer to the young master of the dynasty, the prince's grand master, the bachelor of Wenhua Palace, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs and the pacification of Japanese affairs, and the pragmatic Hou Gao of Nanning.
But Li Wenjin didn't seem to accept the flattery, and waved his hand and said: "Don't give our family a high hat. I think the Marquis of Nanning is a civil servant, a high-ranking hereditary person, and he will retire with the country, even if he doesn't count other things."
His official position is by no means comparable to ours. When you have something to talk about, we can talk about it if we can, but don't talk about things that are there or not."
Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou looked at each other and were about to speak, but Li Wenjin pointed at the middle-aged man before him and said to Qian and Zhong: "You two masters understand that our family does not need to ask who you are here for."
, but this... haha, he still hasn’t made it clear where he came from.”
It turned out that Li Wenjin had previously said that the "person behind the scenes" would come forward to talk to him, but that was actually just what he said. He vaguely guessed that the "person behind the scenes" in this matter was by no means ordinary, and was not the kind of person who would easily go to Guangjinfang.
He came from such a low-class place. However, Li Wenjin couldn't bear the middle-aged man's unwillingness to reveal his identity.
Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou turned to look at the middle-aged man. The man was not pretentious at all. He bowed his hands in a serious manner and said, "Student Dongyang student Xu Lingjiu has seen Yuma."
Xu Lingjiu, I’m sure Li Wenjin has never heard of this name, but...
"The Xu family in Dongyang?" Li Wenjin asked seriously, "I wonder what the relationship is with the former Prime Minister Shen Gong Rumo?"
Li Wenjin's question seems a bit strange. What is the relationship between the "Xu family" in Dongyang, Zhejiang, and the Shen family in Changzhou, Suzhou? How can they be connected?
There is indeed a real reason for this, and it is related to Shen Shixing's background. Many years ago, a wealthy businessman named Shen went to other places and met a very beautiful nun. After some pursuit, the two actually fell in love. Soon the nun discovered that he
She got pregnant and gave birth to a boy not long after.
This is not a big trouble, because Mr. Shen is a man with a wife, but he also made a nun pregnant. If this matter spreads, the old Shen family will lose all face, so the child will definitely
He couldn't take him home to raise him, so he had to ask others to help him. And this child was undoubtedly Shen Shixing.
Since Shen Shixing's father was a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, he certainly would not bring his child to an ordinary family for adoption. Instead, he gave his child to the then Suzhou magistrate Xu Shangzhen for adoption.
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Xu Shangzhen was originally a person who loved children. After getting the child, she did not dislike him as the son of a nun at all, and even named him Xu Shixing.
But then there was a little accident, because it didn’t take long for Magistrate Xu to resign and go home. Fortunately, he was also a retired official, not to mention having served in a first-class position like Suzhou Magistrate, unless he
It's Hai Rui, otherwise he would never be poor.
Therefore, Xu Zhifu's family background was quite good. When Xu Shixing was a child, he was quite popular and enjoyed endless wealth and splendor. Even his cheap father found many good teachers for him, allowing him to learn a lot of skills.
Of course, all this is just an external reason. The internal reason is that Xu Shixing himself is really very enlightened and smart and eager to learn. He was admitted to the Juren Examination at the age of twenty. In the eyes of ordinary people, he has a bright future, but now a small problem arises.
When Xu Shixing was twenty-eight years old, he went to the capital to take the exam. Before leaving, his adoptive father Xu Shangzhen told him: Son, in fact, you are not my biological son. Before the stunned Xu Shixing could ask questions, Magistrate Xu told him everything.
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People who are already parents may find it strange that your son is going to take the exam, so why not add some extra psychological burden to him at this time? This is not a big deal, why do you have to say it at this time?
Such a thing happened?
But everything that happened later proved Xu Zhifu's foresight. They just want to tell Xu Shixing: From now on, your way out can only depend on yourself. There will be a lot of hardships and obstacles waiting for you ahead. Even my cheap dad can't help you.
For too long, the only one you can rely on is yourself.
In fact, this was Xu Shangzhen's last encouragement to his son. Of course Xu Shixing understood his father's loyalty, because he won the top prize that year. However, he has not forgotten Xu Shangzhen's kindness in raising him, and he still hopes to belong to the Xu family.
What is puzzling is that Xu Shangzhen refused his request, closed the door when Shen Shixing came, and refused to open the door no matter how much Shen Shixing cried and begged.
This is a kid who just won the top prize and returns home in glory!
However, in Xu Shangzhen's eyes, it seemed that she really only had to pay without expecting anything in return. So, Xu Shixing was moved beyond words and said goodbye to Xu Shangzhen and returned to Shen's house.
If it were twenty years ago that the old Shen family was asked to accept this child, the Shen family would probably not be very happy. But twenty years later, he has become the number one scholar. This is a great thing for the ancestors, and no one will not accept it.
So they welcomed Xu Shixing into the house with gongs and drums.
However, Xu Shixing's biological father had passed away at this time, and he changed his name to Shen Shixing when he returned home.
Of course he knew that his biological father only gave him a skin, while his adoptive father trained him to become an adult. Therefore, throughout his life, he has always tried his best to help and make use of people in his adoptive father's Xu family. Because of this
, Li Wenjin immediately thought of Shen Shixing when he heard "Dongyang Xujia".
"The horseman is really a sharp eye. He was appreciated by Duke Shen when he was young, and he was once the scholar of Duke Yuanzhu." The middle-aged man replied modestly.
Yuanzhu is the nickname of Shen Shixing's eldest son Shen Yongmao.
Li Wenjin was surprised now and frowned: "So, this matter is also related to Shen Zhenglang?"
Zhenglang is the common name for a doctor in a certain division of the Six Ministries. Because the doctor is the chief officer of the department, he is called Zhenglang. At that time, Shen Yongmao was appointed as a doctor in the Ministry of War. He was the fifth rank and was in charge of the map of the world.
According to Li Wenjin's thinking, if Shen Yongmao also intervened in this matter, the nature of it would seem to be a bit complicated.
Shen Yongmao represents not only himself, but also Shen Shixing. Although Shen Shixing has returned to his hometown as an official, he has been a cabinet minister and even chief minister for so many years and has so many disciples and old officials in the court.
No joke, so the Shen family is still a major force.
Who knew that the situation seemed to be more complicated than Li Wenjin imagined, because Xu Lingjiu seemed to be polite, but in fact he meant something: "Shen and Wang's family are one, and Yuma must also know this... Otherwise, how will the students do today?
Will it appear in Guangjinfang?"
Good guy, as expected, there is still a relationship with Wang Xijue. Li Wenjin looked at Xu Lingjiu, then at Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou. He had always been bold in his work, and he couldn't help but feel a little gurgling at this moment.
Xu Lingjiu represents the "Shen Wang Family", that is, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue; what about Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou?
Fortunately for Qian Menggao, he is Shen Yiguan's disciple and confidant, and he obviously represents Shen Yiguan. However, Zhong Zhaodou is not particularly sure. He did not become a master at the beginning, but joined the disciple Zhao Zhigao. Could it be that he really represents Shen Yiguan now?
Is Zhao Zhigao here?
It's no wonder that Li Wenjin is a little suspicious. After all, Zhao Zhigao, a sickly old man, doesn't seem to be very involved in party disputes. He rarely expresses his position clearly on major affairs in the DPRK. He often echoes other cabinet elders, which is quite "actual".
The style of "Shou Ge Lao".
Could it be that even Zhao Zhigao was directly involved in today's matter? Li Wenjin frowned.
If it is true that even Zhao Zhigao has intervened, then look at today's scene, isn't it just that all the representatives of the elders of the Xin School are here? Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Zhao Zhigao, Shen Yiguan... the former prime minister of the Xin School, this prime minister represents the big gathering.
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Although Li Wenjin has always been bold and bold, relying on his special status and special experience, he even extorted Gao Jingshi's money many times - extortion seems a bit excessive, but he did hint a few times, and Gao Jingshi did give it.
And each time the number is quite large.
But no matter what, the Gao pragmatism of today is no longer the Gao pragmatism of the past. Now the pragmatism school is at its peak in the court, and the emperor has actually been in charge of the power of the world for many years, and his trust in Gao pragmatism is well known to the whole court...
If today's matter has any intention of being different from Gao Pragmatism, even someone as bold as Li Wenjin would have to weigh it carefully.
However, Li Wenjin is Li Wenjin after all, and his "trade-off" is really unusual.
"It seems that today's matter is really a big deal. Hum, let's think about it carefully, one hundred thousand taels is too little..." Li Wenjin sneered: "Two hundred thousand taels, even one tael less will not work."
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PS: This chapter was written yesterday. It was posted late because some of the information here is too difficult to check, especially the relationship between the characters... It can be seen that it is easy to write an outline, but it is difficult to detail it. In the outline, you only need to arrange the outline, but when it comes to detailing,
Each character has to be arranged, and before writing about these characters, you have to check a lot of their relationships, where they come from, what they studied under, what they have done in history, etc. The information is all from ancient books without punctuation. I read it last night