Chapter 430: Old Jiao Fang is deflated and Xiao Zhengde is determined
The eunuch Dai Yi, the eunuch of Bingbi, was furious at the Fu Mansion and drove all the eunuchs who were given to her by Li Rong back to the capital.
The news, fueled by Fu Rong, quickly spread throughout the city. Within a few days, Lin Han, who was invited by Xu Xun to have a few drinks that day, was afraid of Zhang Fuhua, so he got the news from Xu Xun one after another. I learned the news - none of Dai Yi's servants were close to him, they were assigned to him by Li Rong, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial office.
Therefore, I don’t know where the news came from. It is said that Hu Liang and other three officials had been visited by messengers from the capital. For a time, there were constant rumors in the capital. Some said that the ceremony was held in Nanjing before. The eunuch Li Rong had some disagreements with Xu Xun, so he borrowed a knife to kill the Hui people. He also wanted to attack Zhang Xun and ruin Xu Xun's reputation: some say that Li Rong wanted to monopolize the power of Hui Dynasty, so he joined Hui Liao. People have to be placed around to monitor and monitor: Some people say that most of the big bosses in the DPRK are from the north now, and because Xu Xun came from Jinling, they have the intention to suppress them... In short, there is a lot of discussion about everything. .As for Xu Xun, who was at the forefront of the storm, after following Xu Liang to pay homage to his mother Fang's tomb, he did not go out, as if he had no consciousness of returning home in rich clothes.
The reverberations of Nanjing Huicheng had not yet spread too far, but a storm had already set off in Jinghuicheng under the emperor's feet. First, a supervisor in Nanjing recommended Lin Han, the Minister of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, and then Ma Wen was promoted. After Lian Shu asked to retire, another memorial was sent to the imperial court, recommending Lin Han, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Nanjing, to succeed him as the Heavenly Official. Within two days after that, Zhang Fuhua, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment of Nanjing, and twenty or thirty other officials from Nanjing returned to the throne. The couplet of the couplet was also sent back to the capital, and Lin Han was also promoted to be the minister of the capital. During this uproar, Jiao Fang finally lost her temper and quietly contacted Liu Jin.
"Eunuch Liu, what do you mean by the emperor?"
"What do you mean?" Liu Jin stared at Jiao Fang for a long time, and suddenly raised his voice with a sharp voice, "You have the nerve to ask me what the emperor means. How dare you say that you don't know who has the biggest hatred between Ma Wensheng and the palace? Who is it now? Are you trying hard to drive him back to Taiwan? Okay, Lao Jiao, now that you have become a minister, you won’t take me seriously anymore. I bet you are still flirting with Li Rong, right? I’ve already heard about it. , No wonder it’s Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia’s disciples who are making trouble this time. It turns out that Li Dongyang is fighting for Liu Daxia’s position as Heavenly Official. It’s a good thing for you, as they are of the same age, you have done a good job in supporting him!”
Liu Jin has always been stubborn and harsh in his words. Jiao Fang almost choked to death from these words. It took a long time before she calmed down and explained: "Eunuch Liu, where do you start with these words? Listen to me..."
"I don't want to listen to you. I'm tired of hearing all the random rumors these days!" Liu Jin waved his hand angrily, interrupting Jiao Fang's words, "If I had known earlier that you were fighting for this position for others, I would have spent so much money. What are you doing, you let Li Rong take advantage of me, I’m so full that I can make wedding clothes for you! You go back and think about it carefully, which is more important, those of your own age, or me, the one in the palace who can give you news!"
Before Jiao Fang had time to say a few more words, she saw Liu Jin standing up, waving his sleeves and walking away. She was so angry that she couldn't show her anger in public, so she could only swallow her anger and leave Liu's house. He didn't whisper until he went out and got on his sedan chair. I called you a bastard and an idiot several times..." But after all, he remembered the lesson learned from the last time and stopped using the armrests to vent his anger. The sedan swayed out of the alley and before it could reach a stone's throw, he suddenly kicked the board under his head. , seeing the sedan stopped, his entourage immediately came over and opened the sedan curtain, he couldn't help but squinted his eyes.
"If I remember correctly, Lin Han was first recommended by an unknown supervisor at Nanjing Imperial College, followed closely by Ma Wensheng, and then Zhang Fuhua and the others recommended their names. There were only a few days between each recommendation. Three or two days?”….
The boy was in charge of inquiring about this information. Hearing this, he quickly bowed and said softly: "Reply to me, Lao Hui, it's true."
Hearing this, Jiao Fang pinched her fingers and calculated. It had only been a little over half a month since He Tianqu took the lead in impeaching Ma Wensheng, the old man, and returned to mediocrity. If the letter was sent to Nanjing on an urgent basis over eight hundred miles away, , Xu Xun should not only get the news, but also have enough time to react. This may be a counterattack from Jinling. Thinking of this, he nodded and ordered to move on, but as soon as the sedan curtain fell, he squeezed it tightly fist.
This cunning and cunning boy tried his best to drive people to Nanjing, but he did not expect that this boy somehow used some method to win over the frustrated scholar-bureaucrats in Nanjing! Yes, maybe recommending Lin Han was an exchange. It's shameful that Ma Wensheng would agree to this proposal. If this thing were to happen, wouldn't Jiao Fang's decades of life have been in vain! At this point, Liu Daxia didn't care about how he instigated him in the first place, so he persuaded Liu Daxia first Let’s talk about it after Li Dongyang takes the seat!
Jiao Fang gritted her teeth outside, but Zhu Houzhao in the palace felt relaxed and comfortable.
After all, there is no need to go to court in the morning. Although every time I go to court, I have to be fully prepared to deal with the civil and military ministers. It is common for them to argue or walk away after a disagreement, but after all, the cabinet draftsman and the ceremonial supervisor approve the red. After many years of rules, he had already fought for those who should fight in the Wenhua Palace, and had to let go of those who couldn't fight for the time being. Therefore, the afternoon and evening were all his own. At this moment, the spring was returning to the bright sunshine, and at the same time What made him feel even more comfortable was that he could finally sneak back and meet Zhou Qiniang in Renshou Palace without hiding from others.
Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help Rong Shangyi's constant blowing signals, and finally decided to pick a few people from the palace to follow him to Xiyuan to serve. Rong Shangyi calculated carefully and assigned Zhou Qiniang to Taisu Hall, and the other two to Ning Ning Palace. He Dian and Ying Cui Dian were assigned to each other. They had nothing to do with each other and no one knew anyone else's affairs. This provided great convenience for him to return.
Therefore, at this moment, he was lying comfortably on the couch in Taisu Palace, looking at the letter Xu Xun brought in, and laughing there, not caring at all about the angry glances that frequently fell on him. After a long time, he finally got up, walked up to Zhou Qiniang with a sultry face, and handed over a stack of letters in his hand as if to please.
"Do you want to take a look? That's what Xiao Xu saw when he went to the south of the Yangtze River with Uncle Ping Bei... Tsk, if he hadn't been blessed with the same surname as Uncle Ping Bei, how would he have gotten such a good job?"
"You two are in the same boat!" Zhou Qiniang was so angry and funny that she almost couldn't help but tap Zhu Houzhao's head with her finger, "I don't even think about it, he is on official business, he actually sent such a private message, how could anyone find out? ?And you, you followed the emperor to Xiyuan to learn riding and shooting, but you sneaked here to be lazy, and you were found to be doing this job, and you still want to do it? The last time Eunuch Rui, who was next to the emperor, came over, I was almost scared out of my mind. Well, it’s a good thing that Mr. Rui is a kind man and doesn’t care about himself, otherwise you would be in trouble!”
"That's right, Eunuch Xiao Rui was personally selected by the emperor. Of course, being kind will bring wealth!"
Zhu Houzhao shrank his head and laughed, thinking that Ruisheng could still make a show at the critical moment of his honest duty, and even said a few words to him with dignity, otherwise he would have almost been seen through. This is not going to happen again. Mention, he quickly showed off: "Laziness is just laziness, but among the people around the emperor, I am the best in riding and shooting. It's not like you didn't see it yesterday. I can hit seven out of ten arrows in galloping shooting. I am the one who played with pong." Uncle Ping Bei, who won the battle, is now willing to be inferior in archery!"
"Blow, blow all you want..." Zhou Qiniang glanced at Zhu Houzhao, but she remembered that yesterday after the sun had set, he took her to the galloping road to perform horseback shooting for her. The heroic posture of a prancing horse and bow bow made her dizzy. , she couldn't help but soften her tone, pulled Zhu Houzhao to sit down and said word by word, "Since you are good at riding and shooting, you should work hard to fight for a good future for yourself. Isn't the same for Eunuch Miao, the master of the Royal Horse Supervisor? If you are good at martial arts, can you win pong? If you can make the emperor appreciate your ability, and be released as a eunuch to oversee the army in the future, leaping on horseback and killing Tatars on the battlefield, you will also be a hero! So don't waste your time now. In these small things, your success now depends on Eunuch Li's favor for you. If you can establish military exploits like Uncle Pingbei..."...
Before Zhou Qiniang could finish speaking, Zhu Houzhao suddenly interrupted her and said, "Does the seventh sister admire those generals who have made meritorious service on the battlefield?"
"Hey, what admiration!" Zhou Qiniang's face turned red, and then she showed a bit of sadness, "I had an uncle who treated me very well, but he died in Yuziling last year...Thanks to Uncle Pingbei for running away. The Tatars avenged him..."
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao was even a little jealous of Xu Xun's meritorious service on the battlefield, but he soon cheered up - he, the emperor, could not do anything that Xu Xun could do for no reason! So in a moment, he took out ten He was able to coax the beautiful woman into laughing and crying, but the next result was that he was blasted out without saying a word.
"You have the skills to act recklessly, so you might as well practice your martial arts more and become a hero like Uncle Ping Bei in the future!"
Zhu Houzhao, who was blasted out, had to focus all his depression on those archery targets. After this round of galloping practice, when the quiver was empty, the ten archery targets were actually stably stabbed with eight arrows. With an arrow, he was overjoyed and immediately threw away all his dissatisfaction in Java. He went to the bathroom to take a quick shower and put on dry clothes. When he went out and prepared to return to the palace, he bumped into Liu Jin. Upright.
"Your Majesty, is he going back? Alas, I'm late!" After Liu Jin saluted with a smile on his face, he followed Zhu Houzhao and said as he walked, "I heard that Uncle Pingbei wrote a letter to the south. ""
"Yes, yes, this kid is trying to tease back Diolian's temper, saying that Jiangnan is delicious and that is fun, and that Lianglian cannot leave Beijing and return to the city. The next time he comes back, Lianfei must teach him a lesson and let him know The connection is amazing..."
Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Liu Jin tried again and learned that Xu Xun didn't talk about political affairs at all. He felt relieved and immediately said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you don't have to envy him. I heard that there are several Lahui from the Western Regions outside." Well, when we get to the capital and return to the city, there are a lot of strong men down there who are good at sumo wrestling, which we don’t have in Jiangnan. I wonder if the emperor would be interested in taking a look?"
"Huh?" Zhu Houzhao immediately stopped, tilted his head and pondered for a while. He originally planned to ask Zhou Qiniang to go watch it with him, but when he thought of her scolding look and how she kept saying Xu Xun was a hero,
He immediately gave up the idea and decided to train himself to be a hero for her to see. He immediately nodded and said, "Okay, after we go to Qingning Palace and Renshou Palace to greet the Empress Dowager and the Empress Mother, we will