Since Zhu Houzhao has refused to live in the Qianqing Palace since he ascended the throne, the palace, which has been the emperor's residence for several dynasties, has gradually become deserted. However, on this day, a large number of people gathered outside the Qianqing Gate. All of them were high-level eunuchs wearing tooth tags. I saw seven or eight people lying on the ground. Some people were talking, some shook their heads and sighed, but most of them were silently looking at Liu Jin, who was standing proudly with his arms folded. There are also Zhang Yonggu Dayong and others who are in high spirits around him.
The huge momentum of Baiguan Fugu was unable to stop these eight people! And not only did they not lose their favor, but each one of them was promoted by more than one level!
Ye Guang was ill and did not come forward. Today, it was Li Yifeng who personally brought a group of Beizhen Fusi experts. Thinking of being detained in the Jinyiwei Yamen for four or five days without even being able to move, he naturally became very angry. He had no sympathy for these unlucky eunuchs. He glanced at the eunuchs watching the execution and shouted at the lieutenants who were executing the execution: "The time has come for the execution!"
"etc!"
Liu Jin suddenly started to shout and stopped. When he saw Li Yifeng turning his head in surprise, he immediately stepped forward to ask for instructions. Then he said with a smile: "It's such a hot day. What's going on with these people covered with so many felt blankets?" ?Since it is a punishment with a rod, you should take off your clothes to be punished, otherwise there is no use for punishment? They are not ministers. Come here and peel off all these felt blankets and cotton clothes for me!"
Since the Tang Dynasty, the imperial rod for ministers has been abolished. However, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty resumed this matter. By the Chenghua period of orthodoxy, the imperial rod was almost in use. However, the most vicious thing was the humiliation, not the pain of the imperial rod. The whole body was fully clothed during the execution. During the torture, he was even allowed to wear cotton clothes and a felt blanket to reduce the force of the punishment. Therefore, at this moment, Liu Jin took off his clothes, even Li Rong, who had to come to watch the execution, suddenly changed his expression, let alone Talk about other people.
Li Yifeng glanced around and saw that Xu Xun, who had gone to Beizhen Fusi to call him, had disappeared at some point. Naturally, he disobeyed Liu Jin, who was just proud of himself, and immediately nuzzled at several captains. The next moment , the felt blankets and cotton-padded clothes on Wang Yue and others were naturally stripped clean, leaving only the underwear. According to Liu Jin’s wish, he wanted to take off all the undress of these people, but think about this I was relieved enough that I didn't question it anymore.
Although they had bitten their tongues during the execution, and Wang Yue and others had stuffed cloth rolls into their mouths, when the torture stick fell high, the miserable groans were still heard. When the five sticks were replaced, several people There was already a faint trace of blood oozing out between his buttocks, and before he was twenty, a eunuch who had been sent to Guoyong camp with Fan Ting had passed out without knowing who he was.
Along with the shouts of beating them hard, some people were beaten until they fainted, and at the same time, some people were woken up by a bowl of cold water poured on their heads. Coupled with the scorching sun, the adults watching around were all dripping with sweat on their foreheads, and they didn't know. Was it because of the sun or was he frightened by this scene?
After finally beating him with the forty imperial rods, Liu Jin felt very happy when he saw that Wang Yue's face was pale and without a trace of blood, and he was already dying. He immediately said lazily: "The execution is over, send them out immediately. My father-in-law, I will use these people as my people from now on." Just quit, our family still has to go and submit the decree to the emperor!"
Seeing a group of Jinyi captains dragging Wang Yue and others out like a dog to death, two of them dragged Wang Yue and others out. Gu Dayong and the other eunuchs all followed Liu Jin away with smiles. The eunuchs who were forced to come here to watch the execution also went their separate ways.
Dispersed. Chen Kuan saw Li Rong holding the hand of a little flamer next to him and moving step by step. His heart was full of sorrow for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and he couldn't help but rush forward. But he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, okay.
After a while, he finally ran out of words and asked: "Eunuch Li, where is that Du Jin who has been following you?"….
"He? Someone from the vanguard palace sent an order to transfer people to Xiyuan. It will probably not end well."
Li Rong couldn't help but shuddered when he thought of the bloody situation on Wang Yue's lower body clothes, and then said bitterly: "Your Majesty is thinking about old friendship. Old Wang is a tough guy who takes everything on himself, but
Can we continue to stay in the Li Jian? Not to mention anything else, if we just cut our flesh with blunt knives and start with the people around us, and we are left alone in the end, what will it be like? I have already thought about it.
I will retire after a month or two. Lao Jiao said that now that the matter has come to this, he can only sincerely vote for Liu Jin and try to help me get through this. After I retreat, he can try to save me..."
Chen Ba had already thought about leaving, and couldn't help but ask: "Why not now? Will it be another month or two?"
"If you leave now, you will be driven away in misery and panic. If you retreat then, you will be beaten by others. If you survive a month or two, do two things to make the emperor happy, and maybe you can maintain peace for a few days.
…”
Listening to Li Rong chattering about those little calculations, Chen Kuan couldn't help but frown, but he made up his mind to submit his resignation when he went back. Li Rong had a good idea, but Liu Jin just insisted on asking Wang Yue to go to bed.
Stick, in the end he insists on humiliating Wang Yue once, and he knows that his willful temper will never be tolerated. Jiao Fang is a duplicitous guy. God knows what he will do when the time comes. In this case, if he still persists, he will undoubtedly bring humiliation to himself.
That’s all!
Li Yifeng led a group of Jinyi captains halfway, but met a small fireman. Then he learned that Xu Xun had already gone to the school grounds in Xiyuan, and ordered him to go there. He ordered people to send Wang Yue and others out of the palace.
, he only took one of his confidants, the captain, and hurriedly left the palace city through Xihua Gate. From a distance, he saw a large group of young sergeants training on the inner campus under the bright sun. He couldn't help but quicken his pace, but when he got closer, he found Xu Xun was training.
Standing under the sun, two people were kneeling on one knee in front of them.
"Uncle, what happened? This time you returned to the capital quietly, turned the situation around and won a complete victory without making a sound. I heard that the vanguard of the government army surrounded the Supervisor of Ceremonies at a critical moment, which was a great achievement. Why should you be punished?
them?"
Xu Xun turned around and saw Li Yifeng, nodded slightly, glanced at Qian Ning and Ma Qiao, who had their heads drooped, and then said angrily: "Okay, everyone, get up, now, outsiders think I'm being picky! Others don't
I know, but you yourselves should know where you went wrong this time! Qian Ning, although I am not with you, I am not the palm print, but you, the commander, only care about adhering to the holy will, forgetting all other things, and forcefully letting people take advantage of the loophole,
Although Xu Zhi has been detained, this is already so dangerous! And Ma Qiao, after the incident happened, you knew that you would do everything possible to get into the palace to see Qian Ning, but before that, you didn't know to remind him? Okay,
Don’t even think about making excuses. I’m too lazy to listen to your explanations. Please reflect on it later and go on!”
Seeing the two people leaving dejectedly, Xu Xun saw that Li Yifeng was also sweating profusely from walking in the sun, so he greeted him with a smile and walked under the willow shade. This was the bank of Taiye Pond, and the breeze gradually blew away.
Full of heat, Li Yifeng smiled and thanked the soldier who brought herbal tea. After taking a sip, he smiled bitterly and said: "My uncle's reprimand made me feel guilty. If I hadn't taken it lightly before,
Being taken advantage of by others..."
"Hey, I'm just training them. Jinyiwei is not under my control. Master Ye and you were just helping me out of righteousness before. It's too late for me to be grateful, so how can I blame you?" Seeing Li Yifeng apologize again after hearing this, Xu Xun
Then he waved his hands and said, "As for reprimanding them, one is because I gave my instructions before leaving, but they were still careless; the other is because they had the audacity to surround the Chief of Ceremonies with troops! Although they didn't know that I had already
Coming back, this is a way to survive in death, but it is too bold after all. If the emperor did not pursue it and directly admitted that they were acting according to orders and publicized it, how would I behave? Why don't I teach these two bold people a lesson now?
Yes, God knows what trouble they will cause me later!”….
Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao recognized this as his holy will, otherwise he would have become a disaster for the country and the people in an instant. His little reputation would be over, and how could he kidnap those Nandu big guys? But Jiao Fang had a good trick and instigated Liu Jin to let these two guys do it.
After this experience, he has mastered these two-faced tactics!
When Xu Xun said this, Li Yifeng understood in his heart and couldn't help but agree twice. After drinking the cup of herbal tea, he only felt that his mouth was full of saliva and the heat from the previous busy work was finally over. Therefore, the little boy just now
He then leaned over and asked, "Uncle, I'm invited here. What do you want to tell me?"
"It's not about giving orders, I just want to ask about Master Ye's illness." Seeing Li Yifeng's face suddenly darken, Xu Xun immediately understood that Ye Guang's condition was more serious than imagined, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"Is it really bad? How about I go to the Taiyuan Hospital and invite two imperial doctors... Forget it, the Taiyuan Hospital is not in good shape yet. You should also visit famous doctors among the people."
"Sir, your temper is like this. He often talks about life and death, wealth and honor are in the sky, but refuses to listen to any advice." Li Yifeng said with a sigh of relief, and said worriedly, "The doctor we invited before was willing to say it bluntly.
Sir, you are too worried, plus you have been running around for many years, and the yin energy of the prison has invaded, so that the disease has taken root early. Now it is midsummer, but I am afraid that the condition will worsen after winter...
well!"
"I'll go see him in a few days."
Seeing that Li Yifeng was about to speak, Xu Xun immediately waved his hand to stop him, "Master Ye, you and I have a special relationship, so it's right to visit and visit. Besides, I owe you a favor this time because Jin Yiwei sent letters back and forth. It's just that I owe you a favor.
, If Mr. Ye's condition is really so serious, you have to discuss it with Mr. Ye. The key to the duty of Jin Yiwei must be entrusted to reliable people."
After sending Li Yifeng away, Xu Xun went straight to Chengqian Palace to ask for an audience. However, Zhu Houzhao was still sleeping soundly there. He waited for a while, but instead of waiting for the little emperor to wake up from his dream, he was summoned by the Empress Dowager Zhang.
, had no choice but to abandon this end and go to Renshou Palace. Facing the Empress Dowager who was far more terrifying than the Emperor, he was extremely careful. It was not until Empress Dowager Zhang revealed the true meaning of the summons that he suddenly became stupid.
Blinded.
"Even if the things outside are turned upside down, it all depends on the emperor's will. I don't care, but I can't ignore the things in the palace. I gave you the marriage at the beginning of the year. This is how you and your wife are harmonious. Now the emperor has
But your expression changes as soon as you hear about the wedding. It’s time for you to persuade me! If this thing is done well, I will naturally not forget your contribution. If it is not done well, no matter what emperor’s loyal minister you are, I will only
You’re asking!”
After thinking over and over again, Xu Xun remembered the awkwardness between Zhu Houzhao and Zhou Qiniang, and finally felt relieved and said hesitantly: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, I am not unwilling to take responsibility, but this matter is actually a bit tricky...
·Didn’t the Queen Mother once ask me why I couldn’t forget my fiancée, Shen? In fact, it’s just one thing. No matter how weak the water is, I only drink one scoop. The emperor has deep trust in me and is willing to listen to a word or two from me in everything.
, in fact, these details are pretty much the same.”
Although Xu Xun's words were vague, Queen Mother Zhang still understood it at this time even though she was impulsive and ignored small details. She stared at Xu Xun in shock, and took a breath for a while: "What you said is...
Does the Emperor have someone in his heart? Well, it must be you and Liu Jin and those guys who have been seducing the Emperor to go out for pleasure all day long and have fallen in love with a woman who knows where!"
If that were the case, Zhu Houzhao might be interested in living a normal married life with him, but the trouble was that he was from the palace!
Xu Xun smiled bitterly in his heart, raised his eyes and glanced at Rong Shangyi beside the Queen Mother. Seeing that the person was winking at him anxiously, he seemed not to notice, lowered his eyelids and said: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, not outside
Yes, they are from the palace.”….
"ah?"
Queen Mother Zhang's eyes suddenly widened and her face was full of disbelief. However, although she questioned Xu Xun closely afterwards, Xu Xun insisted that he only knew that the little emperor's beloved was in the palace, and nothing else.
Knowing nothing, she could only give up, but the biggest worry in her heart finally disappeared.
After letting Rong Shangyi lead Xu Xun out, she dismissed the palace maids around her and promised to put a stick of incense in the small Buddhist niche that she would only offer after the death of Emperor Hongzhi later.
"Thank God, Houzhao finally has someone he likes... I just asked, how could your son be so confused with a man..."
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
After a night of tossing, Zhu Houzhao fell asleep without even eating lunch. At this moment, he finally woke up. When he was in a daze and allowed Ruisheng to serve him and get dressed, he sneezed several times in one go.
Tears and runny nose flowed, and he used up a lot of fine paper, and then he barely recovered. He rubbed his sore nose inexplicably, and Ruisheng happened to report that Xu Xun had been here before, but after waiting for a long time, Renshou was
Empress Dowager Gong Zhang summoned him. After being stunned for a moment, his expression changed drastically.
"It's bad, it's bad! I wonder why I suddenly sneezed all over the place. I'm afraid the Queen Mother couldn't catch me and took it out on him... Hey, change me some clothes quickly and go to Renshou Palace. If you are late, it will be too late.
Got it!"
Although Ruisheng felt that Empress Dowager Zhang's visit to Xu Xun might not really be a troublesome matter, she didn't expect that the little emperor would react so strongly. He immediately remembered the quarrel between Zhu Houzhao and Zhou Qiniang before, and quickly followed the instructions to find out something.
Zhu Houzhao, the waiter in a plain shirt, changed his clothes and was fiddling with tying the amber jade belt when a voice came from outside.
"Your Majesty, Uncle Pingbei would like to see you."
"Oh, man, he came back so quickly? It's so rare... Hurry, tell him to come in!"
Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed and ran out in a hurry without even having time to tie up his jade belt. As a result, he opened the curtain and almost bumped into someone. He quickly took a step back and saw Xu Xun covering his forehead and grinning. It was obvious that
It was still intact. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked: "Why does the Queen come to you for something?"
"Can your Majesty allow me to go in and report back slowly?"
Xu Xun answered while covering his forehead that had just been hit by Zhu Houzhao's hand. When he saw the little emperor turned back into the inner room impatiently, he followed him in, while Ruisheng crept out of the room.
He stayed outside as loyally as a door god, but in reality he pricked up his ears with concern and listened to what was going on inside.
One is the old master, and the other is the new master. Now that the old master has reached Consummation, he certainly hopes that the new master can make his wishes come true!
Naturally, Xu Xun didn't know that the honest Ruisheng had now become a nosy person. He followed Zhu Houzhao into the Nuan Pavilion. When he saw that the little emperor did not sit down, but suddenly turned around and stared at him, he simply said the truth:
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother summoned Wei Chen to persuade him to get married as soon as possible."
"I knew that most of the time it was because of this!" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but slapped his hands, and then said angrily, "The queen knew that she was urging me to get married and annoyed me, so I went outside to instigate those officials to write letters!
The children of officials among the common people have to observe mourning for three years after their father dies. I should also observe mourning for my father for three years and not touch women. This is etiquette!"
Seeing that the little emperor even gave such a reason as etiquette, Xu Xun could not help but widen his eyes, and then he coughed dryly and said: "Your Majesty, but the Queen Mother said that if she can't persuade the Emperor to change his mind, she will do it."
Q. Therefore, I cannot resist the Queen Mother’s pressing step by step, so I can only tell the truth to the Queen Mother, saying that you have someone in your heart...”….
"Ah, how dare you betray me!" Zhu Houzhao suddenly became furious. He stepped forward and pointed at Xu Xun's nose and shouted, "Don't forget, your marriage to Sister Shen is still due to me. You
This is ungrateful!”
Ruisheng outside the door heard Zhu Houzhao suddenly raised his voice and yelled this. His face was extremely weird for a moment. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare. He could only drive out the few idle people with a tiger face.
He continued to return to the door. After thinking again and again, he couldn't help but lift the door curtain and take a peek. He found that Zhu Houzhao was looking at him with wide eyes, and he quickly retracted his head.
"Your Majesty, the conscience of heaven and earth, this is a desperate move. Besides, I only told the Queen Mother that you have a sweetheart, someone in the palace, but I said I didn't know who it was, just to see the Queen Mother's reaction. Look at the Queen Mother at that time
Although she looks shocked, she is more interested in her than angry, so the Emperor might as well find an opportunity to have a heart-to-heart talk with the Queen Mother."
"Are you serious?" Zhu Houzhao felt that his mood was going up and down, and he couldn't believe it for a moment. When Xu Xun promised again, he couldn't help but jump three feet high, and raised his head happily again.
He waved his fist and then looked at Xu Xun with a much satisfied look in his eyes, "That being the case, I will look back at my mother's reaction. If it is true, I will spare you this time... Hey, you really are me.
Your lucky star will eliminate misfortunes as soon as you come back. It seems that I had a good eye back then and fell in love with you at first sight!"
Speaking of what happened that year, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but tilted his head and looked at Xu Xun. Thinking of the day when he suddenly saw the person, he couldn't help but complain about him in the carriage and even doubted whether he was the biological son of Empress Dowager Zhang.
After pouring it out, and now that a big change is about to happen, Xu Xun hurried back as if he was connected with his soul. He couldn't help but feel that his vision was unquestionable. After sitting down, he raised his hand to signal Xu Xun to come up.
forward.
"I never had time to ask you before, so I have to interrogate you today! How did you come back?"
It was said to be a trial, but Zhu Houzhao's cheerful smile was not serious at all. Naturally, Xu Xun would not be frightened, and immediately laughed and said: "Your Majesty, let's talk about it, we have to go back to the old things when I came to Beijing. Then.
Once, when I was passing through Chaoguan in Linqing, I was detained by a tough-faced father-in-law..."
Xu Xun retold the story of how Du Jin blocked his ship and the Duke of Wei's boat in order to take advantage of the opportunity to establish his authority. Seeing Zhu Houzhao nodding his head, he talked about the gift that Du Jin had entrusted to him.
Li Rong came to Li Rong, and soon Li Rong transferred Du Jin back to Beijing to serve as the Supervisor of Ceremonies. He finally shrugged and said: "Du Jin is a popular person in front of Eunuch Li. If Wang Yue has anything to do, it doesn't matter."
I didn't hide it from him. However, I spent my time openly and secretly to find out almost everything about the banknotes, so I simply returned to the capital quietly. I originally planned to give the emperor a surprise, but unexpectedly, I was hit in the head when I returned to the capital. If it hadn't been for Du
Jintong reported the news, but I couldn't get Jingyang Bo Shenying to come.
Although Li Rong hid behind the scenes and Wang Yue was a bachelor enough to take all the blame for this incident, Zhu Houzhao was a little angry at the college student who had taken care of him for a long time when he was a child. At this time, he heard that Li
Du Jinshang, who was next to Rong, knew how to tip off the news to the outside world. He couldn't help frowning, and then said in a deep voice: "This person deserves a reward!"
"Yes, of course you should be rewarded." Xu Xun has always adhered to the purpose of giving full benefits to his own people. At this moment, he agreed with the little emperor's words and said in his tone, "Although Du Jin has been transferred back to Beijing, his
Talent lies in financial planning. Nowadays, the situation in Chaoguan is full of problems. In the opinion of a humble minister, it is better to assign him the duty of patrolling Chaoguan and let him select capable people to fill these gaps. He is responsible for paying the amount of money every year and let him do the rest.
Take care of it.”
"Well, your idea is a good one." Zhu Houzhao nodded heavily, and suddenly sighed and said, "It was Li Banban who told me before that corruption and bribery were rampant in the bank, but it happened that this was changed just after I ascended the throne.
The people on the list were all recommended by Liu Jin..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ruisheng's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Liu, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, wants to see you! Eunuch Liu said that the cabinet ministers, Liu and Li, would like to thank the three cabinet ministers and submit a letter asking them to serve!"
ps: I’ve already thought of the title of the next chapter, it’s called “Stealing Liu Jin’s seat, poaching Liu Jin’s corner”, haha.