Zhou Yu had already heard the voice outside the hall, and he didn't need to look back to know that the Zhang brothers were here, "Master Benhou has been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

Yan Chengjin has never seen the Zhang family brothers, these tall and thin two are the famous relatives of the Hongzhi Dynasty, Ning Shouhou and Jian Changbo?

The Zhang brothers' faces changed greatly, as if they were enemies when they met each other, and they sat at the other end of the banquet angrily, and they didn't look at Zhou Yu at all.

In the eyes of the Zhang brothers, Zhou Yu is just a declining lord, where can he compare to them, and a sense of superiority arises spontaneously.

Zhou Yu ignored them, and sat on the other end with his hands crossed, when the old man was the uncle of the country, your father was still a poor and sour talent, and he looked down on them.

Zhang Heling looked at the imperial banquet at the banquet, there were only a few dishes, and a pot of imperial wine was pitiful, and pouted: "Your Majesty is too picky, these dishes are enough for our brothers to eat." ”

Zhou Yu snorted coldly, and understood what Zhang Heling meant, and wanted to monopolize the imperial banquet? Is there anyone like this in your Zhang family!

Yan Chengjin saw that the atmosphere was a little strange, so he asked hello: "Shouning Hou is good, Jianchang Bo is good." ”

Zhang Yanling saw a person dressed in Hanlin official clothes, standing beside him, not knowing that Yan Chengjin was invited by His Majesty, so he kindly advised: "Today is the banquet that Your Majesty gave me, civil officials don't have to sit at the table, you can go back." ”

Yan Chengjin wanted to leave, but Emperor Hongzhi hadn't come yet: "The lower officials came here on the instructions of His Majesty." ”

Zhang Heling became cordial: "Do you know, what is Your Majesty looking for us?" ”

"I don't know."

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi walked in from outside the palace, and the eunuchs in the hall were saluting, and Yan Chengjin also saluted: "The minister has seen Your Majesty!" ”

Seeing the Zhang brothers and Chang Ningbo, Emperor Hongzhi had a little anger on his face: "You still dare to come!" ”

Chang Ningbo and the Zhang brothers trembled with fright: "Your Majesty summoned you, even if you don't dare to come, you have to come." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face warmed up a little, and the eunuch moved away from the imperial chair and sat down before looking at Yan Chengjin: "That running chicken, you sold it to Changningbo?" ”

It is a big crime for relatives to collude with officials, and Taizu has set many rules in order to prevent his relatives from forming friends and controlling the power of the military state.

But there are policies at the top, and there are countermeasures at the bottom.

The imperial court did not let the relatives take power, and the goal of the relatives shifted from "power" to "wealth"!

Wanxi, a relative of the former dynasty, colluded with Liang Fang, and the whole country wantonly purchased silver box wine vessels, candied fruits, and rare seafood, and the inner money was full in the early stage of the Chenghua Dynasty, but in the middle of Chenghua, the internal money was empty.

The entire eight treasury of silver has been emptied!

Emperor Hongzhi's biological mother Ji is the daughter of a barbarian local official in Hexian County, Guangxi, when Han Yong led the troops to level the Datengxia rebellion, brought the daughter of the local official Ji back to the palace, and was in charge of some bookkeeping work in the interior.

The mother's internal money was emptied.

It's a pity that at that time, Emperor Hongzhi was still the crown prince, and his position was not guaranteed, let alone punishing Liang Fang and others.

At that time, Emperor Hongzhi secretly swore that he would take history as a mirror and not do such a thing again, otherwise how would he open a peaceful and prosperous era?

In fact, Yan Chengjin was thinking about how to deal with it, and at this moment the emperor asked, but he didn't panic: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the sale is not the truth, Chang Ningbo Bo tasted running chickens in the minister's house, and later borrowed as much as fifty from the minister, saying that it was a mortgage, and then returned, speaking of which, the mortgage of one hundred taels has not been delivered, from beginning to end, the minister has not received a penny of silver." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's old face was a little unbearable, and his mentality suddenly changed from questioning to being weak-hearted, speaking of which, Zhou Yu is also half of the royal family, representing the face of the royal family.

Emperor Hongzhi glared at Chang Ningbo, but he could see Chang Ningbo's miserable appearance, a person who was beaten so badly, he really couldn't scold, and scolded in a low voice: "Look at the good things you have done!" ”

The two brothers, Chang Ningbo Bo and the Zhang family, saw that Emperor Hongzhi's face was wrong, and their kneeling postures were much more correct.

Emperor Hongzhi shouted: "Bring the writ!" ”

The eunuch held the tray, presented three pleadings, put them in front of Chang Ningbo and the two brothers of the Zhang family, and handed over the pen.

The two brothers of Chang Ningbo and the Zhang family trembled, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, don't sign and draw a detention, let alone go to prison, Your Majesty will spare your life." ”

Emperor Hongzhi had a straight face: "The military order is like a mountain, this is modeled after the military order drawn up in the army, if the three of you dare to violate the above article again, I will demote you to the common people, and send you to the frontier, and there is no love for it!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi's thunderous methods made Yan Chengjin's eyes light up, glanced at the silk book, and saw the words "holding official profits, stealing people's interests and fighting and brawling".

The three of them are like chaff sifting, and Your Majesty has moved really this time.

Chang Ningbo knelt on the ground and said aggrievedly: "The minister was beaten, can you not sign for the sake of the minister's beating?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi sank his face, with an expression that you think, and the three of them immediately picked up the pen and obediently signed their names on the pleadings.

Emperor Hongzhi's face slowly let go, let the three of them sit down, and let Yan Chengjin also sit down, and said seriously: "I want to be Heqing Haiyan, Wufu and the people, as a relative of the country, you should do your best to assist me, after eating this banquet, this matter is decided, and you are not allowed to fan the flames and cause trouble for no reason at the Queen Mother and the Empress." ”

The Zhang brothers and Chang Ningbo Bo were sluggish, and His Majesty cut off their thoughts.

The five of them sat together to drink, drink and eat vegetables, the Zhang brothers let go to eat, and Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin: "Chang Ningbo borrowed chickens from you." ”

Yan Chengjin suddenly understood: "Never publicize!" The minister dared to toast His Majesty with a cup. ”

Emperor Hongzhi laughed out loud, pushed the cup and changed the lamp, several people drank very happily, Emperor Hongzhi drank a little too much, a little anxious, got up and said: "I go to the toilet, which of you want to accompany me?" ”

"Your Majesty is here." Several people said in unison.

"It's okay to wait, but don't drink secretly." Emperor Hongzhi stood up, didn't want to lift his legs, and almost fell, but the eunuch on the side held on, and felt a little dizzy with the crown, so he took it off and put it on the table.

Seeing Emperor Hongzhi walking towards the apse, Zhang Yanling took a glass of wine and drank it before saying: "The order signed just now, if you commit it, you will be assigned to the frontier, brother, do you think it's true?" ”

"Your Majesty's commandment, don't drink secretly! Your actions have gone too far, and let's see how Your Majesty comes back to clean you up. Zhang Heling couldn't help but take a bite of the food.

"Stealing food is also among the list of stealing drinks, brother is too much, and it depends on how His Majesty will punish him when he comes back!" Zhang Yanling sneered, said, and picked up a mouthful of food and put it in his mouth.

"I'm afraid my punishment is different from my brother's punishment." Zhang Heling said.

"Your Majesty said that Brother Qing Yu Zhen is a close relative, my brother is a close relative, and my brother is not talented, but also a close relative, so what's the difference?" Zhang Yanling was proud.

Zhou Yu disdained to grab food from them: "If you dare to wear this crown, I will be convinced." ”

Zhang Yanling lifted the crown, buckled it on his head, and said unconvinced: "Wear it, why don't you dare!" ”

Yan Chengjin's brain went blank......

Everyone present was stunned, and Zhang Yanling's heart rate was pounding.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't know when he would come back, and his ears hurt with an angry shout, "Presumptuous! ”

Zhang Yanling rolled her eyes in fright and fainted.

The operation is as fierce as a tiger, who knows that it is two hundred and five.

Yan Chengjin was dumbfounded, he didn't know what to say, it seems that Zhu Houzhao's honesty and generosity are mostly inherited from his uncle's family, and Emperor Hongzhi is not stupid at all.

Zhang Heling hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The younger brother is drunk and has no form, and he was provoked by Chang Ningbo, so he will wear the royal crown, and I implore Your Majesty to punish Chang Ningbo for this dog thing!" ”

The eunuchs were also frightened, and hurriedly took off the imperial crown, and Emperor Hongzhi slapped the table angrily, so shocked that the wine and food flew up: "You three, you will be fined for one year!" ”

Zhou Yu can't wait to kick Zhang Yanling to death, I'm just kidding, are you really putting it on your head?

The banquet couldn't be eaten, so Zhou Yu and the Zhang brothers hurriedly retired.

Yan Chengjin said humbly: "Minister...... I also went back to Hanlin Temple. ”

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said: "You sit down, if you don't finish eating these dishes, how wasteful they are, they will be rewarded to you, and you will chat with me for a while." ”

Yan Chengjin looked at these saliva chickens, saliva vegetables, and saliva meat slices in front of him, and he really didn't have much appetite: "The minister has just eaten, just sit down, and don't waste Your Majesty's silver." ”

Emperor Hongzhi didn't dwell on it, because he had something to say.

Yan Chengjin silently calculated in his heart what His Majesty wanted to tell him, and came up with the five main reasons why Emperor Hongzhi left him behind, and slowly deduced the best answer behind them.

Emperor Hongzhi was breezy and calm: "Running chicken, are there any?" ”

Guessed right!