When he walked back to his room, Fang Muxian had already figured it out.
He calmed down.
"Have Liuyi, Wuli and Qilian left the house?"
"Godfather, everyone is out."
Fang Muxian nodded: "You go find Dazhong. After finishing work today, he will leave the city in disguise and go to sea from Tianjin Wei."
"Daddy, something really happened? Then you..."
"I still have a mission, you go find my second brother." Fang Muxian said calmly, "Five rites, Qilian knows what to do. You and Dazhong still have time, I can postpone it for one night."
"Godfather..."
Fang Muxian interrupted him: "Don't worry, mother-in-law, go get ready."
After saying that, he opened the cabinet in the room and began to sort out the various account books and letters in it.
Regardless of whether it's the worst case scenario or not, some of the things I've just started doing this year have already produced results.
In the next stage, we have to wait for the three fires added this year to slowly ignite.
As for his own safety...if the young emperor really wanted to do something to him, that would be a good thing.
It's not up to me to make things happen in the end, which is why Fang Muxian is so calm.
Over at Hubu, Fan Ting has returned.
As soon as he returned to the household department, he was called to him by Yang Tan: "Where are the people?"
Fan Ting was a little surprised, because Yang Tan didn't seem to be doing other official business, as if he was just waiting for him to summon people back, and he seemed very anxious.
"...The lower official arrived at the Hou Mansion and met the steward Fang Muxian. He said..."
Fan Ting reported what had happened, but Yang Tan looked a little unhappy. He asked cautiously: "If it's urgent, I can go to the Hou Mansion and wait for Hou Ninghou to come back..."
Yang Tan frowned and shook his head: "No need."
Since this is the method that has been decided upon, then it must be enough to spread the word.
He thought for a while and said: "Go on."
Fan Ting bowed and left respectfully, and Yang Tan stood up: "Prepare the sedan and go to Cui Zuojun's mansion."
Is it just to scare off the grass and scare the snake?
But would that person be so smart?
In the Jinyi Guards Office not far away, Luo An has been sitting behind the desk, checking the short reports coming from various places.
"It's not even five days yet, right? What kind of guests did Shouninghou Mansion entertain in the past three days?"
"Every five days, the Hou Mansion goes to Zhuangzi outside the city to transport fresh vegetables. Now it is indeed only three days. There are not too many guests at the Hou Mansion's banquet."
"In the past three months, how many times had that silk shop closed temporarily like this?"
"There are four times in total, August 27th..."
Next to Luo An were two former officials from Qiandi who returned to Beijing with Empress Dowager Chiang in September and were transferred to Jinyiwei.
They have a specialized job, compiling the information that has been accumulated before the "Pomegranate Blossoms" operation.
While Luo An listened, he watched the news coming from various places around Shouning Hou's Mansion: Fang Muxian was not seen leaving the Hou's Mansion.
Is there a secret passage between the silk shop and the Hou Mansion?
He frowned: the most important thing is still Fang Muxian.
Although Hou Ninghou is not in the house, can he directly break into the house of this extremely sensitive country official and take someone away?
"Explore again!"
Luo An decided to just open the net as planned.
If Wang Zuo said it, they did it very cleanly, and some of the previous clues pointed to Qian Ning and Jiang Bin.
Having done so many things without leaving any real evidence, you must be lucky, right?
Wait until he leaves the house to do business first.
Outside Beijing, Zhang Heling personally went to Tongzhou and received a batch of silver and goods shipped from the south.
In order not to cause trouble, Zhang Heling took the lead in cooperating with some of the imperial stores to withdraw from the official stores. How could he have done this last year? But now, although many family members are still resisting, Zhang Heling knows that he cannot
Same.
But some of the trading houses in the south are doing serious business, right?
Zhang Heling only came to receive this year's dividends, as well as the contributions of some people in the south - he is now more short of money than before.
As the new year is approaching, Fang Muxian also suggested that he be more generous this year and build more relationships with officials in Beijing.
Now, the servants of the Hou Mansion were escorting a large convoy approaching the city gate.
Outside the city gate, there are two people from the Hou Mansion waiting here.
Seeing Zhang Heling from a distance, one of the two went to the city gate first to report first.
The other person waited for a while and then came over to greet him: "Master Hou! Master Hou!"
Zhang Heling showed his face from behind the curtains of the carriage, tilted his head and looked: "Four brothers?"
"Master Hou!"
This man in his thirties walked to the carriage and said in a low voice: "My godfather asked me to wait outside the city. Lord Marquis, my godfather said that His Majesty is already looking for him."
Zhang Heling, who was sitting in the carriage, immediately changed his expression, and then looked at him warily: "What did you say? I don't understand."
"I don't understand either. Godfather's exact words said that this matter is very important. Lord Marquis, you will know it as soon as you hear it."
Of course Zhang Heling knew, but he was not sure whether Fang Muxian's godson knew.
"What happened today?"
"Before noon, the Ministry of Revenue arrived at the Marquis's Mansion. They said that Kangling was responsible for supervising the construction, and there were still three copies to be made with the Marquis's seal."
Zhang Heling remembered what Fang Muxian had said before: the matter of Kangling's supervision had been assigned to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works.
"You want me to go there in person?" He thought about the possibility and was frightened.
"My godfather said that the Marquis had better make excuses before returning to Tongzhou, and wait for my godfather to explore the truth first."
Zhang Heling glanced at the city gate in the distance and his heart beat faster.
Everything inside and outside the city gate was as usual, and there was no sign of any trouble.
Can I bet?
Zhang Heling was very scared and scolded Fang Muxian in his heart: Didn't he say that no matter how much he checked, he would only find out that it was Qian Ning and Jiang Bin who were causing trouble?
"...I...I suddenly remembered that there was something wrong with the accounts." He had no time to think about it in his hurry, "Turn the horse around and go back to Tongzhou!"
After arriving, no matter what happens, first find a boat to go south, and then find a place to dock and hide, and check the situation.
What if?
At this moment, Fang Muxian also received a reward.
He was very confident that Zhang Heling would be frightened to the point of not returning to the city, and that was enough.
"Er Xin, go meet the Marquis. Take him with you and hide as much as possible. The longer you hide, the better!"
There was an interesting smile on his lips, and no one would have thought of doing this.
"Wild Notes", a fire for the Ni Jing Sect, and two inexplicable knives and four arrows for Southeast, now it is up to him to light the last fire.
Everyone should feel that even if they are extremely smart and vigilant, they must have great ambitions and must cherish their lives, right?
That would be wrong!
"Godfather!" The middle-aged man said with tears in his eyes.
"It's enough for me to be able to accomplish these few great things in my life." Fang Muxian smiled, "I will act according to the circumstances with my fourth brother. If the situation goes wrong, I will leave him useful and go to sea to find my second brother. Don't worry,
Just seeing that the city is quiet now, it means that either I am worrying too much, or I don't want to cause chaos. As long as you leave the city, you will find a way, my godfather believes in you."
The middle-aged man knelt down, kowtowed a few times, wiped his tears and turned around to go out.
Fang Muxian began to arrange his clothes. After he combed his hair slowly, he looked at his appearance in the bronze mirror.
Afterwards, he walked out the door, like a middle-aged scholar strolling leisurely, with a smile on his face and looking at the shops here and the passers-by there from time to time.
We walked all the way to the vicinity of Chengtianmen, but still nothing happened.
But he knew that many people should be watching him.
If Shouning Hou did not enter the city but suddenly returned to Tongzhou, someone would probably be watching him.
But it doesn't matter, it's all the same.
Hou Ninghou was the biological brother of Empress Dowager Zhang, and the emperor was the biological nephew of Empress Dowager Zhang, who was elected by Empress Dowager Zhang.
Is it difficult?
Thinking of this, Fang Muxian became even happier.
Shouning Hou and Jianchang Hou have been domineering for so many years. How many things did Fang Muxian participate in?
Fang Muxian looked at the Hubu in the distance with disdain, but stopped by the Jinshui Bridge outside Chengtianmen where officials were coming and going and being watched all the time.
Afterwards, he solemnly straightened his sleeves, knelt down and bowed, straightened his back and shouted loudly: "Fang Muxian, the steward of Shouninghou Mansion, a criminal, has voluntarily come forward if he commits any illegal acts!"
When he stood there and started to prepare to salute, Luo An, who was watching him secretly, and Lu Song on the top of Chengtian Gate changed their expressions.
But it took time for their people to rush over, and Fang Muxian's shouts had already resounded throughout the vicinity of Liubu, Wufu and Chengtianmen.
The sun was setting in the west, and a storm that felt biting and cold suddenly emerged from his thin figure and swept over him.
…
Fan Ting looked at Fang Muxian tremblingly as he was being escorted to the Jinyi Guards. He did not dare to boldly walk out of the door of the Household Department to see the excitement, but Fang Muxian discovered him, smiled at him, and nodded slightly.
...Your mother, Fan Ting retracted his head, dripping with cold sweat, and his face turned pale.
After that, do you want to go back and settle down the family first? Although there is nothing involved, he is just doing business, but what if something happens?
Damn it! What happened?
This question was lingering in the minds of many people, until Liubu Jiuqing and Cui Yuan appeared and told them to just do whatever they had to do and go home as usual after their duty.
But that’s Manager Fang of Shouning Hou Mansion! What kind of evil deeds does he want to commit, or should he kneel outside the Chengtian Gate to complain?
After the ministers of national policy came out to calm people's hearts, they went back to Chengtianmen. Doesn't this mean that something big has happened?
But the capital has not announced a curfew, and the city gates are still open!
Half a year has passed since the excitement of the feudal king's succession, isn't it over yet?
But in the imperial study, the emperor and his ministers were relaxed and had strange expressions.
That highly ceremonial kneeling made the emperor and his ministers feel funny.
"If I and all the ministers are determined, the officials and people of the capital will be determined." In the Zhongyuan Hall, Zhu Houcong said, "Although it is indeed surprising, it is becoming more and more obvious now: the more deliberately Fang Muxian did this, the more
It proves that there is no such tyrannical collusion. His purpose is just to create suspicion and confusion."
Doubts also shrouded the heads of the national policy ministers. Cui Yuan said: "The Marquis of Shouning rushed back to Tongzhou in a hurry, don't you need to worry about it?"
"Don't worry, he dares to start trouble? Isn't the Marquis of Jianchang still in the city?" Zhu Houcong looked strange, "Let's first see what Fang Muxian is going to do."
Jiang Mian said solemnly: "I have some guesses. In the past few months, it seems that there have been fires everywhere. Since the traitors just hope that my Ming Dynasty will be in chaos, these things started from a conspiracy, and the thieves are claiming to be scheming."
Several people nodded in agreement, and then looked at the emperor with complicated expressions.
"Mr. Jiang Ge, tell me."
Now everyone was waiting for Luo An to present the contents of Fang Muxian's surrender, but as soon as Jiang Mian opened his mouth, it seemed that the contents of his surrender were not important at all.
"It doesn't matter whether Marquis Shouning knows or doesn't know about the Rijing Sect." Jiang Mian sighed, "At that time, His Majesty did not want to inherit. His first visit to the court showed his sharpness. Yang Ge Lao cried and remonstrated, and Mao Cheng was demoted to the people.
, the monarch and his ministers are like water and fire. The fire at Sunjing Gate broke out on a thunderstorm night. Although it can be excused as a natural disaster, since Your Majesty is not interested in it, naturally he still hopes that chaos will occur in the court. Looking at his appearance outside Chengtian Gate today, this thief already has
I am not afraid of His Majesty's anger and a thorough investigation, but I am just hoping for a thorough investigation."
In the final analysis, Queen Mother Zhang's status is transcendent.
"Unexpectedly, Your Majesty is extremely cautious." Mao Ji also spoke, "Afterwards, in front of the Empress Dowager Cishou, there were no flaws in the morning and evening routines, and the court gradually became stable. However, Your Majesty asked Fu Guo, and the Qian Ning Jiang Bin case had another twists and turns.
After the posthumous title of Zhongwu Gong, Wang Shilang discussed the meaning of the scriptures at the Sutra banquet, and the undercurrent started again. When Zhang Fujing went south, his Majesty ordered the officials in the world to talk about the sea, and the thieves thought they had found a good opportunity, and took advantage of the occasional bandit killing of officials due to enmity in the southeast.
He took action brazenly. He relied on the fact that a major case of killing an official had to be investigated, and the officials and gentry in the southeast were already in panic due to intellectual disputes, worries about new laws, and changes in the maritime ban."
Yang Tinghe shook his head helplessly: "The same is true in the court. When the Southeast Incident broke out, the officials at that time were also very worried. The thieves thought this was a conspiracy, because it has been a storm since His Majesty came to power."
Zhu Houcong listened silently.
According to Wang Zuo and Zhang Zilin's secret report, several of the nine murder cases in Southeast were intentional killings of officials. Judging from the signs, they really seemed to be random attacks with only one purpose: to make up the numbers in a short period of time, making it seem like Southeast was about to explode.
Taking advantage of the new law, maritime ban, and the worries brought to the southeast by the disputes in psychology and philosophy, they stir up trouble. With such a large-scale killing of officials, the court cannot ignore it under any circumstances. It is difficult to investigate the case, and it will take a long time. The longer the investigation, the more nervous it will be.
The tighter it gets.
"Today, when summoned, the traitor directly instigated Shouning Hou to return to Tongzhou, and then go out to Chengtianmen to show off..." Wang Qiong's face was strange, "This Fang Muxian has really been determined to die for a long time. It seems that he has been thinking about it for a long time.
...I am afraid that Shouning Hou is really involved in the matter of the Rijing Sect. Your Majesty, it is difficult to handle. I am afraid that Shouning Hou, a frightened bird, will find it extremely difficult to trust him in order to save his life. Should we mobilize troops to arrest him?"
So the troubling point came back: Empress Dowager Zhang’s status was transcendent.
"This shows how harmful it is if virtue, talent and status do not match."
Many people looked at the emperor with complicated expressions: It's already this time, and you are still making fun of this. Are you really planning to change the ancestral system when choosing concubines next year?
Aren't things troublesome enough right now?
Zhu Houcong smiled: "I don't know how many people have assassinated drivers in ancient times. Since I am the emperor, I am afraid that I will encounter him in this life. I will not lose my mind because of this. But if Shouning Hou is really that stupid, how can Empress Dowager Cishou do it?"
Don’t know the general picture? Many problems are often solved by frank communication. Although I still don’t understand what Fang Mu Xiansheng is trying to do, I finally know that he has not secretly gathered unimaginable power. What’s so scary about that?
of?"
After a pause, he became more serious: "After I ascend the throne this year, the new situation in the government may be unsettling, so it gives opportunities to thieves. However, as long as there is a new situation in the government, it will eventually make some people uneasy, and they will eventually
Harm the interests of some people. The good thing now is that I understand this, and all the ministers also know that I do understand. The reason why it seems to be so stormy is nothing more than the succession of vassals and the general background of the old and new. After the change of Yuan Dynasty, since
It will gradually settle down.”
After finishing speaking, Zhu Houcong looked slightly sad: "Without Master Yuan, I'm afraid the situation today would be quite different."
Yuan Zonggao was seriously ill, and when the emperor mentioned him, Yang Tinghe fell silent.
If Yuan Zonggao hadn't vouched for himself in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishments, allowing Wang Qiong and others to take the blame and still serve as Jiuqing, the matter would have gotten out of hand.
And if this national policy conference could not be successfully established, and without the increasingly different speaking and deliberation styles at the national policy conference, would the relationship between the central monarchs and ministers be in the current state?
This is probably the only thing that Fang Muxian missed. After all, at the national policy meeting, many things, especially the process, basically never leave the imperial study room.
If the center is not in chaos, the Ming Dynasty will not really be in chaos.
Yuan Zonggao made great contributions!
At the same time, the young emperor also promoted the formation of this situation because of his extraordinary courage.
Although it's only temporary.
After all, the new law is only waiting to see its effect in Guangdong, and there are no signs of Xinxue being widely promoted.
After all, this matter is related to the fire of the Sun Jing Sect. It is the safety of the emperor and the bottom line.
Yang Tinghe stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, the traitor's confession is not important. Since Shouning Marquis has not entered the city, I have gone to Jianchang Marquis Mansion."
Zhu Houcong nodded: "Mr. Hardworking Pavilion."
There have been so many inexplicable things in the past month, and now there is only one question left: What is Fang Muxian trying to disrupt the Ming Dynasty by taking advantage of the various changes brought about by the emperor's accession to the throne?
This is certainly not what he wants to debut.
He would only pour dirty water on Brother Zhang Heling and even the Empress Dowager Zhang.
So now, the possibility of subsequent turmoil is getting smaller and smaller.
Because Fang Muxian had no idea what the status was at the national policy meeting.
The national policy ministers who came over to confirm the situation and the emperor's attitude also nodded: "Your Majesty, in this case, it is better not to stay in the palace, lest the officials and people in the capital be uneasy."
"In your opinion, is the Ganzhou Mutiny a coincidence?"
Wang Shouren hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I think it is a coincidence. As the Heavenly Official said before, mutinies often occur in border towns..."
If you can intervene in the border army, why do you stupidly surrender?
Zhu Houcong was relieved.
So maybe it was a coincidence, because when Fang Muxian thought he had provoked a crisis in all directions and was complacent, one action made him willing to jump out and use himself to light the last fire?
I thought it was another character like Yao Guangxiao, who was so scary before.
Seeing Yang Ting and them leaving peacefully one by one, Zhu Houcong looked at Huang Jin: "My six months have not been wasted after all, right?"
"Your Majesty is so arrogant that all the ministers are convinced. The rebels are like clowns who don't realize it. It's ridiculous."
Zhu Houcong thought about the dangers of the past six months, shook his head and said: "He is still very powerful."
Under normal circumstances, if he were just a real young emperor who came to Beijing with no foundation and ascended the throne as emperor, those actions would still be very powerful.
So the question is, what did the original Jiajing do?
No... It should be the method he started before and after he ascended the throne, which gave him a chance to make him feel that he had already won.
He is no longer the original Jiajing, so Ming Dynasty also has new waves.
It's like there's fog again wherever you drive across the field of vision, and some things become more and more conspiratorial the more you look at them.
In fact, this is the norm: no matter how many ears and eyes the emperor has, he still makes decisions based on the information in front of him.
No wonder emperors throughout the ages have been so suspicious.
What now? Zhu Houcong feels a little outrageous. In the past few months, he has mobilized a lot of energy.
Even if only half of the whole map is opened, it is really not easy to deal with all kinds of information and emergencies faced by the emperor calmly every time.
Anyone who dares to let the bullet fly for a while has great concentration.
Zhu Houcong secretly warned himself and returned his attention to the farce in front of him.
So in the original Jiajing Dynasty, what troubles were caused by this group of people?
Since the mutiny most likely has nothing to do with him, then where they have some strength is in the southeast.
Japanese pirates, right? Zhu Houcong thought to himself as he opened half of the map.
Thinking of this, he became extremely disgusted with Fang Muxian.