To the east of the Gate Cave in Xi'an, Liu Jin, dressed in a python robe, was pacing back and forth. Although his steps were not fast and his expression did not appear anxious, his heart was not calm. For those who rose up with him, and then just care about
He had long been disgusted with colleagues who were trying to make money to promote family members or even seize power. Among them, Qiu Juziran, who was close to him at first, but after a drastic cleanup in Dongchang, gradually revealed his alienation.
It’s the ideal target to start with!
What's more, according to the signs Qian Ning found out, he thought that the imperial document was a trick created by the ministers, but it was actually a ploy planned by Qiu Ju to drive him out of office. If this kind of thing is tolerated, it will be very difficult in the future.
There will be one, two, three or four times, but if he can take down Qiu Ju this time, then whether Gu Da uses Zhang Yong, Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin and Luoxiang, the effectiveness of killing chickens to scare monkeys is self-evident!
"Eunuch, the emperor is here!"
Hearing this sound, Liu Jin looked up, and sure enough he saw Zhu Houzhao, dressed in casual clothes, speeding towards him, surrounded by more than a dozen guards, and passed straight through the palace gate. He hurried forward to meet him.
Regardless of the fact that he was now the first person in the inner prison, he diligently stretched out his hand to help Zhu Houzhao down. Then he looked back and saw that there was no trace of Xu Xun. He couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Your Majesty,
Uncle Pingbei never came back with you?"
"Don't mention it, he is just busy! He said that Shenying had something to discuss with him, and he was already mobilizing troops and horses, and he had already gone to the Xishan camp." Zhu Houzhao snorted angrily. Then he
He looked at Liu Jin and said, "It's you, why are you so anxious to call me back? If it weren't for you, I would have planned to go to Shouning Hou Mansion to have a look, but my mother has been nagging me many times, asking me to do it for my cousin.
I want to save face and give people promotions. But Zhang Zong said that boy was so stubborn that he didn’t want to live up to his reputation, and would rather have fewer troops but also have real power, but the king of the cabinet kept saying no. I’m having a headache!”
Liu Jin knew that the little emperor was just having a headache over this trivial matter, and that complaining at this moment was just a small temper, so he just laughed and did not defend himself. When the shoulder carriage came, he took Zhu Houzhao and got on the carriage, and he just looked around all the way.
After talking to him for a long time, he arrived at Taisu Hall on the north bank of Taiye Lake and sent the young emperor in. Then he dismissed everyone. But only one Ruisheng was left.
Xun and Qiu talked about the dispute between them. As he expected, when he finished talking about it, the little emperor's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Qiu Ju is nothing. Ye Guang has some merits, not to mention that even though he was dying of illness, he actually let people play and sing next door to make a fuss? Why didn't you tell this kind of thing earlier? You should have known it earlier.
I will reprimand him immediately!"
Seeing that Xu Xun was involved in the matter, Zhu Houzhao immediately showed his bias, and Liu Jin said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, if such disputes are to be brought to you, wouldn't slaves and maids be too incompetent? In fact, this is
Lao Gu knew about the matter, and he specifically told Lao Qiu about it. But Lao Qiu didn't listen at all, and Lao Gu fell down in anger. He originally planned to ask Ye Guang to move to a place to rest, but Ye Guang didn't do it either.
He has a stubborn temper and refuses at all. The slave in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies was ill again before. I didn’t know about it until yesterday. I had invited Uncle Pingbei to a banquet last night and wanted to have a good talk with Qiu Ju, but
He couldn't argue with him, so he left everyone behind and walked away, and everyone else present clearly saw it!"
Although Xu Xun did not follow, Liu Jin could only perform a one-man show, but the evidence was conclusive and he was 90% sure. At this moment, seeing Zhu Houzhao pinching the armrest in anger and frowning as if thinking about how to deal with it, he followed the trend again
He knelt down and said again: "Your Majesty, in fact, I have long wanted to report that when Lao Qiu was in charge of the East Factory, many things were overdone. Just like what happened to Yutang Chun that the Emperor encountered last year... In fact,
It’s just that Lao Qiu was a little dirty in that building.”….
Liu Jin shunned the stolen goods on Qiu Ju. Seeing that Zhu Houzhao became even more angry, he took the case files that Qian Ning gave him and picked out some of the crimes that were most likely to make Zhu Houzhao angry.
Standing up, he just added fuel to the fire and said: "The emperor has great trust in the slaves and others, and has always done his best to entrust him with important tasks. But now Lao Qiu has ignored the grace of God and done something that is easy for others to take advantage of."
This thing is really distressing! The courtiers had already criticized the factory guard. If he is still allowed to suffer like this, I'm afraid..."
"Bastard, what a bastard, he thinks I sealed his brother and nephew for some reason other than to allow him to work with peace of mind!"
Zhu Houzhao cursed angrily, then took a deep breath, and then said decisively: "In this case, we can't let him take charge of the East Factory anymore! There can't be any mistakes in such an important place, and someone has to be replaced! Whatever.
It is prudent to find a place for him to stay in peace and reflect!"
"Your Majesty is so kind to you, but I have to say that the people's hearts are not enough. If I just ask him to be transferred to the Yamen, I'm afraid he may not be convinced." Liu Jin saw Zhu Houzhao's expression darken, so he suggested with a smile, "
The servant has an idea. Hasn't Fu Rong, the eunuch of Nanjing garrison, resigned? Why not transfer Lao Qiu to garrison Nanjing? This job is leisurely and lucrative, and to outsiders it seems that the emperor has good looks and is an old man. Give Lao Qiu
It’s also a way of saving face.”
Zhu Houzhao was extremely annoyed with Qiu Ju. At this moment, when Liu Jin said this, he nodded almost without thinking and said: "That's fine, just leave it like this, so as not to let him do anything to embarrass me again. Ruisheng, you
Go get a pen and paper, I will draft a handwritten edict now, otherwise the night will be long and I will have many dreams! Liu Jin, you can go and deliver the edict later, I don’t want to see him, so that he won’t complain to me again!”
Sure enough, the matter involved Xu Xun, and coupled with his own situation, the little emperor lost interest in listening to Qiu Ju's explanation!
When Liu Jin saw Ruisheng's consent, he went to polish the ink and lay the paper. He didn't say anything to add fuel to the fire, but just shook his head and sighed sadly. When Zhu Houzhao, who was waiting for him, finished writing the simple handwriting, he carefully waited for the ink to dry.
He put the sleeves in his hands, and when Rui Sheng gave them out before leaving, he looked at Rui Sheng with a smile but not a smile and said: "Speaking of which, Rui Sheng, you are already seventeen after the Chinese New Year? You are still in your prime. But the whole
I have been following the emperor all day long, but I have no time to study and read. Why not go back to the study and pick two good young people to take with you. Firstly, you will have something to help you, and secondly, you will also develop two arms."
"Thank you, Eunuch Liu, for reminding me." Ruisheng responded respectfully. After Liu Jin climbed onto the stool and left in high spirits, he stretched out his hand to summon a young fireman who was only eleven or twelve years old, and whispered, "You go.
At the West Factory in Lingji Hutong, I told Eunuch Gu that the emperor is going to drive Eunuch Qiu, who supervises the East Factory, to Nanjing to serve as a garrison eunuch. After delivering the letter, I will transfer you to serve in front of the emperor."
When the little fireman happily agreed to go, Ruisheng thought about Liu Jin's proposal and couldn't help but smile. He was older when he entered the palace. Although he recognized a few words with Shen Yue, he had no time to go inside again. The inner study hall, but the one and a half years following Xiao Jing was not in vain. Needless to say, he taught by words and deeds. Now Liu Jin seems to not pay attention to the inner study hall. But God knows if those people in the inner study hall have come over, why would he bother to do it twice? A person of unknown origin is staying by his side. If he really needs to employ people, Xiao Jing has been in the palace for so many years. Once the current team has stepped aside, and with these young flamers, he has more choices!
Dongchang is located at the junction of Huodao Banbian Street and Dongchang Hutong. Since its establishment in the 18th year of Yongle, it has gone through decades of ups and downs. The successive governors have always been outstanding figures in Daju. Qiu Ju’s real achievements Although he has been in charge of Dongchang for less than a year, his tough-minded man has already frightened his subordinates into submission after the great purge. Now the key positions in Dongchang are replaced by his godson and grandson. But they are not fat at all. Leave no room for outsiders….
Yesterday, he was so angry at Liu Jin's private house. When he returned to Dongchang that night, he took out two wrong words and took out his anger. He beat him half to death with a stick and ordered someone to invite him early that morning. Here come Ma Yongcheng and Wei Bin Luoxiang. Compared with those three people, he used to be arrogant when he was in charge of Dongchang Hutong, but now he has lowered his attitude. Although Ma Yongcheng and the three of them are not easy to get along with, he agrees with his words. However, when they heard that Liu Jin wanted to send his grandson Wang Ping to the army to watch the drum room in front of Qiu Ju, the faces of the three of them gradually darkened.
Luo Xiang thought that after listening to Gu Dayong's words, he happily went to Huaiyang. He thought he could have a good time scraping the land, but Qian Ning was rushed after him and took away all the credit and benefits. Liu Jin also The villain complained first, leaving him no room to complain in front of Zhu Houzhao. Yu Dao Liu wrote a lot of troubles, but in the end it was of no use. He had to prevent his own tricks from being discovered. Wei Bin and Ma Yongcheng He was thinking that although the two of them could barely manage a prison, the power and benefits were not even close to that of Liu Jin's little finger. Now that he heard Qiu Ju say this, the resonance was certainly not trivial.
"Old Liu is becoming more and more overbearing now." Ma Yongcheng sighed thoughtfully, and then said with a smile, "This Chief of Ceremonies is already his one-stop shop, and that's not enough for him. He is really a bitch." Swallow the elephant."
"If this continues, will there be any room for me to stand up in the palace?" Qiu Ju sneered and said sincerely, "To be honest, I never thought about fighting with him. This time Xu Xun beat my godson, Xu Xun. Before Xun wanted to kill them all, he used the topic to play off the topic, which was obviously intentional! Lao Wei, Lao Ma, Lao Luo, let me put it this way, this stall in Dongchang really doesn’t have much oil and water. If you are willing to take over, I am really willing to give it all away. . But if Lao Liu even takes over this plate, sooner or later he will drive us out of Beijing one by one! Therefore, we must work together as a team."
The instigation of these words is self-evident, but none of Ma Yongcheng and the other three are fools. Complaining is just complaining. Now when a key issue is involved, their behavior is different. Ma Yongcheng pretended to be stupid and pretended not to understand, Wei Bin Dahaha looked around and talked about him, and Luo Xiang agreed symbolically, but at the same time he sighed bitterly. Just when Qiu gathered Dadui energy and wanted to take the opportunity to persuade the three of them to form an alliance against Liu Jin, outsiders The voice of one of his godsons came.
"Godfather, Godfather, Eunuch Liu is here!"
Qiu Ju rarely went to the Bureau of Ceremonies, and Liu Jin rarely came to Dongchang. This was almost a tacit understanding between the two. At this moment, after Qiu Ju's initial surprise, he couldn't help but have a bad premonition.
, hesitated for a moment and then said to Ma Yongcheng and the other three: "I'll go out to see him first. If anything goes wrong, you can go out through the side door. I won't say more. I just ask that if anything happens, please take care of me."
family!”
"Lao Qiu, you are too worried. How did you get to this point?"
Although Qiu Ju's words were somewhat solemn, they only added a little more convincing. Seeing Ma Yongcheng laughing, he stopped talking, thinking that Liu Jin was here to continue to put pressure. However, when he came out,
After opening the door and welcoming Liu Jin in, Liu Jin asked him to step back with a smile, and then took out something that made his heart skip a beat.
"Lao Qiu, I didn't want to come today, but I couldn't disobey the holy order, so I had to come." Liu Jin sighed hypocritically and handed the neatly folded emperor's manuscript to him.
Qiu Ju then opened his mouth and said, "You and I have been friends for more than ten years. It's really uncomfortable to do such a thing."
Qiu Ju took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and unfolded the piece of paper in his hand. What he saw was the imperial brush he was most familiar with. However, the big characters with flying dragons and phoenixes always brought good news in the past, but now
When he saw it, his eyes were split open. If he hadn't known the consequences of tearing this thing apart and Liu Jin was watching eagerly, he would have wanted to tear it into pieces.
"Okay, okay! Hello, Eunuch Liu!"
Seeing that Qiu Ju was dizzy with anger, Liu Jin stood up and patted Qiu Ju on the shoulder with a half-smile: "If you don't do anything bad, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Nanjing is a rich and good place, and I am worthy of you."
Okay. Wouldn't it be great to escape from the capital, a place where open and covert attacks are made? The emperor's decree is clearly written. You can prepare yourself tonight and leave tomorrow. By the way, the royal horse will escort you to Nanjing.
I have prepared the preparations for you, and they are right outside. You can take care of yourself!"
Qiu Ju watched Liu Jin walk away triumphantly with his hands behind his back. After gnashing his teeth for a long time, he walked straight out of the meeting hall and came to the place where he had a secret meeting with Ma Yongcheng and other three people. He saw the three people.
Without any of them leaving, he coldly threw the emperor's decree in his hand in front of the three of them.
"You just said that I was unfounded, look what this is!"
When Ma Yongcheng picked up the things and unfolded them, he was dumbstruck. Wei Bin and Luo Xiang immediately grabbed them and looked at them, both of them had the same lost expressions. Qiu Jugang sneered and said: "Kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Now escort me to Nanjing's royal horse."
The prison guards are already waiting outside the door. As soon as I leave, you all have to wash your necks and wait!"