Although Qian Ning had already gone in a big circle, Xu Xun's careless background might not be true, but he had never missed the implication. At this moment, he stared at Qian Ning for a long time, and then
He frowned and said casually, "Master Ye is old.
I was not in good health, but Jin Yiwei and Li Yifeng were here, so it was cheap for him to take over this kind of thing. But at that time, Eunuch Gu happened to come to see me with Eunuch Liu. When the emperor saw him, he naturally gave him this hard job. This is
Who was talking so much that it actually reached your ears?"
When Qian Ning saw that Xu Xun said this, he was a little dismayed. Although Liu Jin had mentioned that he would make peace with Xu Xun for him, he was not an idiot. Now Xu Xun and Liu Jin were at odds with each other, and they were competing for seats in the court.
They had already been robbed. If Liu Jin exposed this matter, what would his immediate boss, Xu Xun, think of him? So, he hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to take action.
"Originally, it was just someone talking nonsense, but after thinking about it, I always felt that this matter is not trivial." Seeing Xu Xun's serious expression, he leaned forward and said, "Sir, think about it, in the past you and
Mr. Ye, please make good friends with Li Qianhu. The personnel of this Jinyiwei sell out your favor in everything.
Whether you are breathing or doing things, you can control everything. If something happens to Mr. Ye, wouldn't it be a big bad thing if Jin Yiwei entrusts someone to someone else from now on? Although Li Qianhu is a first-class capable person, he is not
A person in a humble position speaks ill of people behind their backs. He is just short of breath. He is not high enough and has insufficient qualifications."
Qian Ning has already said this. If Xu Xun still doesn't understand, then he is a pig. After letting out a sigh of relief, he looked at Qian Ning and said with a half-smile: "Then who do you think can do it?"
To take on this important responsibility?”
If it were anyone else, he would have carefully tested one or two candidates again at this moment, but Qian Ning was a natural gambler. Seeing Xu Xun asking this, he asked without hesitation: "Sir, do you think you may be qualified for a humble position?
"
"You?" Xu Xun didn't expect Qian Ning to introduce himself straight to the point. He pondered for a moment before asking, "Then have you thought about who should take over the vanguard of the government army?"
Seeing that although Xu Xun did not agree directly, he did not say clearly that he was not good enough. Qian Ning was overjoyed and said sincerely: "Maqiao, the vanguard of the government army, is older than the subordinate, and his connections in the army are better than that of the subordinate. If
If he takes over, he will definitely be able to organize the young troops in order. As for his right and left hands, Xu Yanche, Qi Jiliang and the other young people have all come up, and the adults have already
The Cao brothers were promoted and allowed to practice in this small area. Then they can enter the Zuoguantang and become the right-hand man of the Lord. At that time, there will be Beizhi and Li Qianhu in Jinyiwei, and Zhang Junzhuangjian, Cao Xiong and others outside.
All the general soldiers, plus the two ministers Lin and Zhang, Governor Yang, and Zhang Xilu who are in their prime, you have already become the general trend..."
He continued to speak impassionedly, and Xu Xun smiled and waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, I hope you have managed this well. I take Jin Yiwei's matter to heart. Mr. Ye is just sick now. Don't show any clues."
, otherwise he is in Jinyiwei
Your reputation is extremely high. If anyone says that you are plotting to be the commander of Jinyiwei, it will probably be self-defeating. Let me consider this matter. Even though you are the commander of the vanguard of the government army, you have no qualifications in Jinyiwei. You need to be obeyed.
It’s not that easy for you either.”
“It all depends on adults’ cultivation!”
Xu Xun kept Qian Ning talking for a while, telling him to live a good life and run the army, etc., and then asked Abao to send people out. As soon as they went out, he lay down slowly with his hands on his pillow. The last time he went out to the fortress, he could do a lot of work.
Returning victorious, Qian Ning's battle in Shacheng was a crucial one.
Importantly, such a courageous and resourceful hero's theory is of course not limited to leading the avant-garde young troops of the government. However, the title of Guards in Charge is really too important. If there are not people who are willing to follow him to the dark side, then
It’s really too risky!….
Ye Guang, Ye Guang, considering that the situation is not yet clear, I just hope that you can live a long life, if not a hundred years, at least for three to five more years!
Han Wen's counterfeit silver case and Xu Xun's assassination case, these two strange cases have not yet come to light. The Fusi of Jinyiwei North Town was ordered to send Wang Shouren, the head of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, to jail, and the results were reported within a few days. Although Wang Shouren was in jail
There were three excerpts in the middle, and Li Yifeng played them all without hesitation, but the result was like a mud cow drowning in the sea, without any news.
Just when Wang Shouren was already feeling disheartened, three or five eunuchs and several captains in royal robes suddenly appeared at the door of his cell.
"Wang Shouren, the emperor's decree has come down!"
During the few months that Wang Shouren was in Xiyuan, he had seen a lot of the eunuchs around Zhu Houzhao. At this time, he immediately recognized that it was Ma Yongcheng. Seeing Ma Yongcheng with a sinister smile on his face, no matter how slow he was, he knew that there was something wrong with this matter.
He immediately stood up slowly. Li Yifeng had asked someone to give him the equipment he had on him
But he refused to remove it, and the clanging sound was particularly harsh at this moment. When Ma Yongcheng saw him stand up and then kneel down numbly, he put his hands behind his back and said word by word: "Wang Shouren, the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War,
My evil words have deceived the public and I am deeply disappointed. I hold my staff for thirty years and depose the chief minister of Longchang Station in Guizhou!"
Hearing such words, the expressions of the few captains behind Ma Yongcheng suddenly changed. They looked at each other. Just as some wanted to grease their feet and escape, Ma Yongcheng turned around at this time: "The emperor is particularly merciful. It turns out that
The execution was supposed to be carried out at the Meridian Gate, so that all the officials could see it as a warning. Now there is no need to ask hundreds of officials to observe the execution, and they can just carry the person to the Meridian Gate! What are you doing in a daze? Jin Yiwei is not the best in this profession.
The easiest thing to do?"
Several people looked at each other in shock when they heard this. One of the oldest and most mature ones stepped forward and bowed and said: "Reporting to the father-in-law, Li Qianhu went to visit Mr. Ye. Cui Baihu, who is responsible for the punishment, is not here either.
The staff of the staff will have to be found for a while, can you please give me some time?"
Ma Yongcheng was immediately furious: "Nonsense, the dignified Jin Yiwei actually has no one with the imperial staff? You are clearly trying to stall our family. Even Ye Guang and Li Yifeng cannot bear the responsibility for this delay!"
"Eunuch Ma, I don't dare, but the people who are in charge of the imperial staff are really not here." The old captain immediately called out to the sky and Qu said, "You must know that I have been in Jinyiwei for almost twenty years.
Well, since the late emperor ascended the throne, he has almost never used the imperial staff, and there are fewer and fewer people who have practiced this skill..."
Ma Yongcheng couldn't bear to argue with these Jinyi guards. Seeing that they were finding countless reasons to delay, he finally couldn't help but shouted angrily: "If the Jinyi guards can't find anyone else, then our family will return to the palace immediately. You are despising the holy will! It's really counterproductive."
I'm sorry for you, the whole world is not the king's soil, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, our family will not bother you to ask Ye Guang and Li Yifeng to come to our family and let them talk to our family!"
In the prison cell, Wang Shouren listened to the lieutenant's saliva flying around and Ma Yongcheng's complaints and complaints, and saw Ma Yongcheng getting angry. He remembered that he had been sent to the Fubai Prison in Beizhen, which everyone feared. During these days, everyone was taking care of Zhou Quan, and everything was satisfactory, except for
He didn't want to do it himself, and he didn't suffer any other hardships. At this moment, these little people
How could he not know that someone was trying so hard to protect him even though he was not afraid of offending a great man like Ma Yongcheng? However, when he thought of Zhu Houzhao, the Zhengde Emperor, who had taught Shi Ji Han Shu and talked about the history of the late Tang Dynasty when he castrated and established the emperor,
Now that he couldn't listen to his painstaking advice, he just felt heartbroken.
Does Xu Xun know that if he associates with these eunuchs, he will be eaten to the bone sooner or later?
Inside the east gate of the yellow tiled office, Liu Jin was walking back and forth in the small public hall, with one eye always looking out the door. He didn’t know how long it had passed before the door curtain suddenly moved and then a
The little fireman got in... Renyi
As soon as he entered the door, he immediately lay down on the ground and kowtowed, and then said without raising his head: "Reporting to the father-in-law, I didn't see Wang Shilang. Wang Shilang asked someone to tell him that since the evidence of the unfilial son's crime is conclusive, he should be dealt with how he should be dealt with.
Listen to the Holy Will….
"Okay, okay, my son is a hero and I am a hero!"
Liu Jin originally had some calculations, secretly wondering if he could use Wang Shouren's incident to force Wang Hua to submit. It should be noted that Wang Hua was also an old court official who was highly valued by Emperor Hongzhi in the past. Now Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, is a toothless tiger and only wants Wang Hua.
willing to invest
Relying on him, whether Wang Hua takes over Zhang Sheng's position as Minister of Rites or is directly promoted to the cabinet, he will have one more prestigious official under his command. However, his own sons have already been imprisoned and their lives are uncertain.
Wang Hua can actually hold on!
He sneered several times and just waved his hand to send the little flamer out, and then said to himself: "Since you don't eat and drink as a fine, don't blame our family for being ruthless! Send your precious son to Guizhou.
, you should also pack up and go to Nanjing to retire! Min is gone, Xie Qian is gone, and this time it is your turn, Wang Hua!"
At this moment, a low voice suddenly came from outside: "Eunuch, I heard that the emperor has left the palace."
Liu Jin was stunned when he heard this, and then shouted sharply: "Come in and talk!"
Although the man who came in was the Supervisor of Ceremonies, he still knelt down and kowtowed respectfully like the little fireman in front. After everyone had finished the ceremony, Liu Jin asked condescendingly: "When did the Emperor leave the palace?"
How many people are there and where are they going?"
However, regarding these three questions, the Supervisor of Ceremonies hesitated for a while, and then muttered for a while: "It's the news from Xiyuan. The emperor probably didn't bring many people with him, at least Eunuch Qiu and Eunuch Wei.
I don’t know, and I didn’t follow anyone. But... But Eunuch Rui, the steward of Qianqing Palace, should be going with me.”
Liu Jin frowned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he suddenly thought of something fatal. He screamed inwardly, then ignored the kneeling Chief of Ceremony and Supervisor Hall and strode out the door. What he saw was several
The little arrogant man was like a headless fly trying to pass a stool to open an umbrella. He immediately scolded impatiently: "It's not over yet. Just pack up a stool and that's it. No need to open an umbrella!"
While Liu Jin was furious at the news of Zhu Houzhao leaving the palace, Zhu Houzhao had already left Xi'an Gate under the guidance of Ruisheng. He galloped into Wu'anhou Hutong and soon turned into Wu'anhou Hutong. Seeing that the west corner gate of Xing'an Bo Mansion was full of visitors,
While he was frowning, Ruisheng had already galloped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, how about we take a detour through the back door?"
"Okay, it's up to you. I can't bear to see these guys who kowtow just because they're so verbose!"
Although the back door of Xing'an Bo Mansion was also tightly closed, Ruisheng knocked on it and revealed his identity, and the man immediately opened the door. Because Zhu Houzhao came very often, the person who opened the door saw everyone flashing around.
When he came in, he quickly recognized the little emperor. He hurriedly ordered people to report inside, and at the same time asked people to go out and take care of the horses. In this unexpected moment, Zhu Houzhao had already abandoned them and ran away without even a shadow.
However, Zhu Houzhao rarely went to the back door on weekdays. Now, as soon as he walked through the winding small door, he fainted. Not only did he faint, but he also followed him closely for fear of injuring others.
The lost Ruisheng also had no direction. The master and the servant looked at each other. In the end, Ruisheng looked around and saw an elderly servant woman passing by with sharp eyes, and he hurriedly pulled her over.
"Where is Uncle Pingbei's residence? We are from the palace. Take us there quickly."
Unexpectedly, the servant woman suddenly appeared in the backyard and was startled by such a pull. Just when she was about to speak out, she heard such an explanation. She suddenly became suspicious. Although Zhu Houzhao and Ruisheng were both well-dressed,
Thinking that her young master had just been assassinated, she became more worried.
Eyes, after repeatedly agreeing, and leading the way, he asked indirect questions about the background of the two of them. Ruisheng was nothing but Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao answered casually, which made the servant woman more and more suspicious. When he finally walked out of a small door,
Zhu Houzhao and Ruisheng were stunned for a moment...
That courtyard was Xu Xun's residence. The entire spacious courtyard was filled with shirtless men. At this moment, two people in the field were competing with each other with swords and guns. The cold-light weapons collided with each other, making bursts of sounds.
He couldn't tell whether it was a harsh or pleasant sound. Zhu Houzhao was looking at it with eyes wide open, when the servant girl yelled.
"Come here, these two traitors are pretending to be members of the palace, take them down quickly!"
Zhu Houzhao was stunned by the shouting, but Ruisheng couldn't care less and was in a daze. Seeing that the strong men suddenly surrounded him, the pair who had just been fighting inextricably rushed to the front with weapons in hand.
He hurriedly pulled Zhu Houzhao behind him, then puffed up his chest and shouted sternly: "What traitors, all retreat, this is the Emperor's visit to bring peace to Uncle Bei!"
When Zhu Houzhao finally saw Xu Xun, he saw Xu Xun, who had heard about this scene from Abao, laughing so hard.
The little emperor was so embarrassed that he became angry. After sitting down, he said angrily: "It's all that damn woman's fault. Ruisheng and I seem to be upright, but she actually mistakenly thought she was a traitor! And Xu Xun, you raise me
Those people, even Ruisheng shouted at the top of their lungs, they dared to surround them like this, and there are still people who are doubtful..."
"Your Majesty, this must be attributed to your frequent visits, otherwise they would not be doubtful, but no one would believe it." Xu Xun smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed together, and he added before Zhu Houzhao could say anything.
One sentence, "The emperor almost blamed other people for the assassination of his minister, so it is not surprising that the servants are more vigilant. What's more, this guy Ruisheng is hard to find, and he actually asked a woman in clothes from the backyard to lead the way.
.”
"Your Majesty, they are all small..."
"Come on, I don't blame you, I'm just impatient." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand magnanimously, stood up and sat directly on the edge of the bed, stared at Xu Xun's face for a long time, and then snorted coldly, "
It's really useless for me to worry about it. You actually have time to laugh at me. I thought this injury is really not a problem. But I just had it.
Those guards of yours are all strong and well-built. No wonder you want to recruit them into the vanguard of the government army. Seeing that you are recruiting talents for me, I won't blame them, but you still let them be your personal soldiers as usual.
There is no one around me who can't do it. Who knows when the mountains and rivers will suddenly burst out and fly towards us!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration!"
The monarch and his ministers chatted for a while, and Xu Xun took out the letter sent by Yang Yiqing and told the little emperor about the current situation in the three towns of Shaanxi. Speaking of the rise, he sent Ruisheng to get the map and sent another
Ruisheng went to ask someone to bring tea. In the end, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but joked: "Ruisheng is my person now, how can you still be so comfortable ordering him around?"
"Well, your Majesty, forgive me, I got used to it for a while..." Xu Xun laughed dryly, and taking the opportunity to talk about military affairs, he said, "Previously, Datong Commander-in-Chief Zhuang Jian wrote to me and told me that the military preparedness was slack before Juyong Pass.
Now it is much more decent than before. It was last year that Wang Boan went to Juyongguan Bibian..."
"Don't mention Wang Bo'an!" Zhu Houzhao's expression suddenly changed, and he became furious, "I originally wanted to make use of him because he had trained the vanguard of the imperial army and taught me classics and history, but he actually
He has been against me again and again! He refused to give you help, and even wrote a letter saying what Jiang said.
Shan Fei is being used by others, and there are flaws in the prison of the Criminal Department. What's more, Liu Jin and others sent Jiang Shan Fei to assassinate you. Listen to what these bastards are saying! Anyone can say these things to drive a wedge between my confidants,
But why did he say that! I don’t want to see him again, and I will get angry when I see him!”
At this time, Zhu Houzhao even said things to alienate his confidants. Xu Xun knew in his heart that the little emperor obviously put himself on the same level as Liu Jin and others. For an ordinary latecomer, this is enough;
But for him, who has bigger and higher goals, this
It was far from enough. He actually thought about instigating others to test like this, but he didn't expect Wang Shouren to take the initiative himself. Even so, Zhu Houzhao did not doubt Liu Jin. At this moment, he calmed down, and when he was about to speak, there was someone outside.
A familiar voice came...
"The Emperor cannot entirely blame Wang Shouren. After all, he was purely speculating, so his conclusions were biased."
Following this voice, a person opened the curtain and entered the room. It turned out to be Gu Dayong. He smiled honestly, stood up after saluting, and then respectfully said to Zhu Houzhao: "The case of the assassination of Emperor Pingbei Bo, the servant has been
Some clues have been found. After Jiang Shanfei was captured by Li Yifeng, the head of Jinyiwei North Town Fusi, Qianhu, he was soon handed over to the prison.
At that time, the jailer hated him deeply for Yu Shemin, so he tortured him a lot. His situation didn't get better until Lao Jiaoge was appointed as the chief minister. I don't know who brought him a letter, saying that he was the former envoy.
It was not Min who threatened Xu Jingxing to assassinate Zhang Cai, but Uncle Pingbei, so he actually recorded all his old and new grudges on Uncle Pingbei."
Seeing that Xu Xun and Zhu Houzhao both looked shocked, Gu Dayong paused for a moment, and then said word by word: "This slave has tortured him extensively since he was taken into prison. He confessed in order to die quickly.
Come out. The slave who told the jailer that he was talking about has been arrested, but he has disappeared without a trace. And the slave who was on duty the night he escaped got one of the four
The two of them couldn't help confessing after being tortured. The other two drugged their meals that night, so when they woke up, Jiang Shanfei had already run away. They were afraid of being implicated, so they kept the matter under wraps and wanted to be in the limelight.
It should be able to pass. As for Tu Xun, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, the servant also went to question Tu Xun and said that he never paid attention to the punishment and prison before the Ministry of Punishment, but when such a big thing happened, he asked himself to be demoted to the official position.
"So, such a little person has been used over and over again?"
Xu Xun couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he thought that he had also used Jiang Shanfei to lead out the assassination this time. Seeing Zhu Houzhao's uncertain expression, he said: "Your Majesty, I don't want to say more about the swearing, I just want to say one thing.
By the way, before Xu Jing confessed to me, I never knew that there was such a person as Jiang Shanfei, let alone an envoy."
"Of course I believe you. You're not a civil servant, so how do you know what kind of monsters and monsters there are in each department? What's more, the Criminal Department has always been a unpopular yamen."
Zhu Houzhao said this without thinking, but his frown still did not relax. At this moment, Abao's anxious voice came from outside the door: "Master, Master, Jinyiwei sent someone to send an urgent letter, saying
It was Eunuch Ma who brought people to Fusi, Beizhen, to deliver the decree to the prison. He wanted Wang Shouren to be held in front of the Meridian Gate for thirty years, and sent to Longchang Station in Guizhou to serve as the postmaster!"
Hearing this, not to mention Xu Xun was stunned, even Zhu Houzhao and Gu Dayong were stunned. Xu Xun immediately lifted the gauze quilt on his body and got out of bed, then knelt down and said: "Your Majesty.
, let alone demoting Wang Shouren to Guizhou, even demoting Wang Shouren to Qiongzhou Prefecture would be fine, but this imperial staff will never be used!"
Zhu Houzhao's face turned green and white for a while, and then he said with a tigerish face: "Why can't I do it? My grandparents have used it all, so why can't I do it?"
"Your Majesty, for civil servants, the imperial staff is a humiliation, but it also helps to make a scholar famous. But for the Emperor, others will accuse you of not accepting advice humbly and not having the demeanor of a wise king." Xu Xun didn't wait for Zhu Houzhao to retort,
He said again and again, "Of course, if you really have nothing to do and just want to write a letter to show off, Your Majesty,
Fight as much as you want, I will never go to Shulun for help, but the emperor just said that after all, Wang Boan and I have trained the avant-garde of the imperial army with me, and also taught the emperor history! Even if he suspected the wrong person, his mind
It's still good. Those few officials who wrote to save Nandu are just out of scholarly spirit, so just give them a light punishment."
When Xu Xun said this, Zhu Houzhao's expression changed several times, and finally he yelled at Gu Dayong: "Gu Dayong, go to the Meridian Gate and tell Wang Shouren to leave the capital and take office in Guizhou immediately! Look!
Since he and I still have some old feelings for each other, the royal rod is waived!"
"Your Majesty, if Eunuch Ma doesn't believe it..."
Zhu Houzhao glared angrily and said: "Why don't you believe it? He didn't come with the decree in white and black letters, that is, the oral message! If he doesn't believe it and comes to talk to me, if he keeps saying it, you can say that he conveyed it wrongly.
Acknowledged!"
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao felt extremely hot, and for a moment he pulled open his collar. Gu Dayong was right, Jiang Shanfei should have been killed long ago, so why is he still here? Could it be that Wang Shouren was really right?
······Impossible, Liu Jin and Xu Xun have always been brothers and are the closest, so there can be no disagreement between these two right-hand men!
ps: By the way, I went to check the Ming Dynasty records. I don’t know if the unlucky Wang Shouren was the first person to be punished in the Zhengde Dynasty. Liu Jin was indeed very interested in his father - the first person to be punished was Qin Tian.
The prisoner was beaten to death by Liu Jin (whether it was a correction or not cannot be determined).