Although Zhang Cai is a servant of the ministry, he has never entered the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi was not familiar with this person, so he raised his head and asked in surprise, "Zhang Cai? ”

Mu Bin nodded and continued, and said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing, this Zhang Cai and Yang Taihe, the former magistrate of Yunzhong, are Jinshi in the same year, and the two have a very good personal relationship. ”

Emperor Hongzhi was even more surprised, paused for a moment, and then said: "This is the reason why Zhang Cai and his ministers impeached Xie Zhi?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi was in a bad mood, and Xiao Jing and Mu Bin still chose to keep their mouths shut.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Hongzhi asked again: "Is there any evidence that Zhang Cai violated the law?" ”

If you want to do something, you will do something wrong, and people who are sages can do things wrong, not to mention people like Zhang Cai who are not clean themselves.

Mu Bin was not angry, and replied lightly: "Yes, Zhang Cai has made friends with more than Yang Taihe, these people will send gold and silver or beautiful women to Zhang Cai every year, in the north of the city, there is a Zhang Cai outer house, the women sent are here, the minister has sent someone to check, now there are more than ten people here, in Zhang Caizhong Jinshi less than three years, there are people for Zhang Cai, five or six years down, send Zhang Cai here how many fifty or sixty women, gold and silver will be tens of thousands of taels..."

Emperor Hongzhi was angry and rebuked: "Why didn't you report this matter early? ”

Mu Bin didn't dare to argue, there are many such things up and down, if they are found out one by one, then there will be no one to work in the whole court.

When Emperor Taizu was the emperor, he killed corrupt officials without the slightest mercy, and when they ran into each other, they pulled out a nest.

The end result? It's still not that corrupt officials are rampant.

Therefore, after that, the emperors of all dynasties turned a blind eye to the problem of corruption, it was not a big case, and they did not bother to take it seriously.

Otherwise, with the means of Jinyiwei, will there be any room for corrupt officials to survive?

What is the reason, Emperor Hongzhi himself is clear, and did not do any further investigation, and said: "There is evidence, Jinyiwei took Zhang Cai, and everything he has done for the nine years of the official must be investigated, and I have already heard about the affairs of those courtiers in Fengtian Palace, and you can go back, and also, take the person who injured Xie Qing." ”

Zhang Cai, as the mastermind, was taken, and the courtiers outside who asked for the decree got the dictation of Emperor Hongzhi, which can be regarded as finding a reasonable excuse, and they borrowed the donkey from the slope.

Who hasn't seen a few things that don't see the light of day, and if they continue to be entangled like this, Zhang Cai's fate will be their example.

......

What happened to Jingshi, Xie Zhi doesn't know.

With Emperor Hongzhi here, Xie Zhi has nothing to worry about about the affairs of Jingshi.

Emperor Hongzhi seems to be quite lenient to everyone, especially laissez-faire to the people around him, but after all, he is an emperor, and he is still very tough when he should be tough.

Just such a thing, Emperor Hongzhi was still able to hold down the field.

As long as Zhu Houzhao is here, it means that Emperor Hongzhi believes in him, and no matter when, he will not let people splash dirty water on Xie Zhi.

In the past few days, Xie Zhi has been counting the grain and putting it into the warehouse with Wang Shouren.

Right now, it's a big deal.

"Zhixian, this year's harvest can solve the food rations of the people in the clouds for two years." Wang Shouren said with a smile on his face.

Xie Zhi smiled and agreed: "Our luck is not bad, just in the clouds, we met a bumper harvest year..."

As he was talking, Li Jia ran over and said, "Zhixian... Oh no... The Tatars broke through the left guard of Datong and penetrated deep into the hinterland..."

Xie Zhi and Wang Shouren exclaimed at the same time, although Tatar only broke through the left guard of Datong, and it was still far from the clouds, but the harvest in the clouds was good, and the other places were naturally not far behind.

Wang Shouren took the lead in speaking: "In April of this year, the Tatar troops entered Weiyuanwei, and the guerrilla general Wang Gao commanded Deng Hong's 9,000 soldiers to die in battle. ”

Xie Zhi twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then asked with a smile: "Shouren, do you dare to lead Yun Zhongwei to attack?" ”

Wang Shouren was stunned for a moment and said, "Why don't you dare, it's just Your Majesty?" ”

Xie Zhi waved his hand and replied: "Your Majesty has always enjoyed an army that can compete with the Tatars, as long as Yun Zhongwei dares to attack, Your Majesty will not have much of a problem there." ”

Wang Shouren pulled up a smile and said: "Why don't you dare, for the generals, they should protect the country and the people, if they can wrap the body in horse leather, it is also an honor." ”

Xie Zhi slapped Wang Shouren on the shoulder and said, "Good, excellent... This time, so-and-so also went. ”

Yun Zhongwei has always been trained by Wang Shouren, and Wang Shouren was a little surprised that Xie Zhi was also going to go, and asked, "You?" ”

Wang Shouren once thought that he had something wrong with his ears.

Xie Zhi smiled faintly and said, "How can you not go to such a big event, why?" Afraid that someone is dragging his feet? ”

Xie Zhi has not given up his training in riding and archery kung fu these days, and it will not happen if he drags his feet.

Wang Shouren waved his hand and said: "How come, if you want a piece, you can't ask for it." If this is the case, then let us prepare to set off at once, and in a few moments, innocent people will be slaughtered. ”

Coming out of the granary, Xie Zhi and Wang Shouren went back to the county government to clean up, and then prepared to set off with Yun Zhongwei.

When he returned to the county office, Zhu Houzhao, who was tinkering with the balm in Yunzhongwei, heard the news out of nowhere and had to go with him.

Is this a joke? In case Zhu Houzhao has three long and two short, then Xie Zhi is really difficult to explain.

I don't dare to take this risk.

"Xie Wu, you are too uninteresting, such a big thing to throw this palace here, you go to make a contribution, no, this palace will also go, if you don't take this palace together, this palace will follow you, this palace will do what it says."

There is no need to guarantee this, Xie Zhi can know it, and Zhu Houzhao will definitely do what he says.

What is that guy, Xie Zhi knows best, the lord who is not afraid of heaven and earth, if he says to follow, he will definitely follow.

The danger of tailgating is much greater than that of setting off with Xie Zhi.

Xie Zhi spread his hands helplessly and said, "Okay, Your Highness can go together, but the premise is that Your Highness must not act without permission." ”

As long as he can go, Zhu Houzhao has no other worries, and responds: "Okay, you can rest assured of this." ”

It's not enough for Zhu Houzhao to agree, but it takes more people to watch, Xie Zhi said again: "Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong... The two of you have to be optimistic about Your Highness, if Your Highness has three long and two short, you don't need to say it in this county, what the consequences are, you should also be clear, right? ”

Xie Zhi said this is the truth, as Zhu Houzhao's personal eunuch, Zhu Houzhao has three long and two short words, and the first unlucky one is the two of them.

Zhang Yong and Gu Da nodded with a melancholy smile on their faces.

The guards of thousands of men and horses in the imperial court are all able to block the invasion of the Tatars, and the hundreds of people in Yunzhongwei have only trained for a few months, and the defense of the Tatars is not hitting the stone with an egg?

Of course, the most important thing at this time is morale, and Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong only dare to think about these things in their hearts, but they don't dare to say them.

After the county government cleaned up and temporarily entrusted the affairs of the county to Tang Yin, Xie Zhi went to Yunzhongwei with Wang Shouren and Zhu Houzhao.

After Yun Zhongwei gathered the soldiers, he had to make a speech before setting off.

Yun Zhongwei has been created for so long, and it is the first time that Xie Zhi has spoken for them.

"Soldiers, this county has received news that the Tatars have crossed the defense line of the left guard of Datong, marched south for a hundred miles, plundered my villagers, slaughtered my people, soldiers, and protected the territory and the people.

The military song should sing the big knife ring, swear to destroy Hu Nu out of the border pass, only to solve the battlefield for the country to die, why do you need to return the horse leather shroud, soldiers, I thank you to the brothers, share glory and disgrace, advance and retreat together, and charge ahead, I hope that all the soldiers can fight bravely to kill the enemy..."

Although Yun Zhongwei has been training for several months, his morale is quite high.

Xie Zhi was just a simple lecture, and under the leadership of He Sanyou, everyone shouted: "Fight bravely to kill the enemy, fight bravely to kill the enemy..."

After some reprimands, Xie Zhi only led the soldiers of Yunzhongwei out of the city and stationed outside Yunzhong City, and did not venture in.

At present, the situation regarding Tatar has not yet been clarified, and it is necessary to first find out the strength of the other side, and only when we have a strategy can we send troops to the right situation.