In winter and December, the Son of Heaven is still exempt from the court.

All the officials were used to it, and for the third month in a row, the officials were divided into two factions.

One faction continued to protest, and Lu Hongchun, the head of the Criminal Department, was severely condemned by the Son of Heaven and sent a staff to the court for 60 years, and the officials of this faction were even more dissatisfied with the continuous dismissal of the Son of Heaven.

Everyone saw Lu Hongchun's fate, and the officials would no longer be stupid to force the emperor, so they put the spearhead on the cabinet.

Shen Shixing's failure to persuade the Son of Heaven is a dereliction of duty on the part of Shoufu.

There is also a faction, which is the dark side, all in all, if it comes, it will be safe, the Son of Heaven is already exempt from the dynasty anyway, so what should we do.

As a result, more and more officials are 'registered' every day.

Registering is a procedure for Beijing officials to go to court. When entering the court from the left gate of Chang'an and the right gate of Chang'an, officials should fill in the door registration at the entrance control, write 'in' when entering the palace, and write 'out' when leaving the palace.

If there is an official who cannot go to the court, he should make a note on the door book and explain the reason why he cannot go to the court. For example, if you go out, write a 'poor', and if you are sick, write a 'sick'.

However, since the implementation of the door registration system, many Beijing officials are lazy and do not go to court, often write a reason casually in the door register, and then feel happy at home.

For the official note, the Son of Heaven is to open a blind eye, sometimes let go and wait for a horse, sometimes but very serious, Tianshun year once the emperor is more serious, and now send Jinyi Wei to those officials who are sick to the home one by one to 'visit', if it is a fake disease, all under the Jinyi Guard prison, and then handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to deal with seriously.

Now it's okay, the emperor took the lead in absenteeism, and the officials also registered in order to express their 'common advance and retreat', how can they let the Son of Heaven be beautiful alone, and the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked.

As a result, in the past two or three months, the number of registered Beijing officials has reached nearly 300.

Of course, most of these Beijing officials collectively ask for leave, and most of them are not important positions, but they belong to the likes of idle officials, but the procedures for the registration of Beijing officials must be approved by the officials of their respective ministries and temples.

The official approval of the various ministries and temples is so refreshing, obviously there is also a suspicion that the matter will not be big enough.

Therefore, on this day, Lin Yanchao stood in the cold wind, watching that there were fewer and fewer officials who came to the court every day, and he also had mixed feelings.

What's going on?

The Hanlin people of the Hanlin Academy came to him to ask for leave, so that they didn't want to go to work.

After a morning of waiting, the emperor was unexpectedly exempted from the court.

On the contrary, many officials were relaxed, privately talking about where to drink tea, where to listen to music, where to read books, where to visit relatives and friends, and where to play.

Lin Yanchao was about to return to the Han Academy, but saw his protégé Shu Hongzhi come and say, "Teacher, the student has something to say. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Yes, go back to the Han Courtyard." ”

Shu Hongzhi took a step forward and said very seriously: "Teacher, this matter is very urgent, I'm afraid I won't have time to go back to the Han Academy to say, please come with me." ”

Lin Yanchao's eyes narrowed, but he saw several eunuchs in the distance looking faintly here.

Lin Yanchao said in the bottom of his heart: "Did Zhang Whale ask you to come?" ”

Shu Hongzhi's face was shocked, and then he returned to normal and immediately said: "Where did the teacher think, how could it be that Gonggong Zhang ordered the student?" ”

Lin Yanchao looked at Shu Hongzhi's expression at this moment, and walked away immediately.

Shu Hongzhi gritted his teeth and hurriedly caught up: "Teacher, Grandpa Zhang has a heart......

Lin Yanchao stopped and said: "When Zhang Whale wants to see me, I still need you to pass on the word, you go back and tell him that I will see him in Wenlou, wait for him for half an hour, and forget it if he doesn't come!" ”

Shu Hongzhi was stunned, and then immediately ran.

Lin Yanchao immediately ordered someone to inform Zhanming to wait at the right gate of Chang'an, and asked him to bring a few family members to follow him into the palace.

Wenlou, also known as Wenzhao Building, is located in the Huangji Gate.

In the Qing Dynasty, Wenlou was called Tiren Pavilion, which was the silver treasury forging warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But now it is idle, Lin Yanchao is waiting in the building, and from the building, Zhanming and people are standing under the palace wall from afar.

Soon Lin Yanchao saw Zhang Whale coming here, this time Zhang Whale did not sit in the palace with eight sedan chairs as before, hugging back and forth, but just brought a few entourages to the front of the pavilion.

Seeing this, Lin Yanchao nodded, it was not that Zhang Whale was low-key, but that everyone avoided people's eyes, and the most taboo thing for a driving official like himself was to make friends with internal officials.

Zhang Jing entered the pavilion and immediately closed the door and looked at Lin Yanchao.

The two did not speak, but looked at each other for a moment.

Zhang Whale's eyes were a little gloomy, dressed in a crimson python robe, covered his shoulders with mink fur, and his hands were behind his back when he came.

"Why is Mr. Lin suspicious of our family? Is there a misunderstanding or two? Zhang Whale said in a loud voice.

Lin Yanchao sneered: "Doesn't my father-in-law know? The Son of Heaven suddenly summoned and reprimanded Lin for violating the ancestral teachings of Taizu when he was teaching Shu Jishi in the Hanlin Academy. Who delivered this to the Son of Heaven? Isn't it you, father-in-law? ”

Zhang Whale knew about this, he really wanted to plot against Lin Yanchao, so he kept this matter a secret, but how did he know that the Son of Heaven suddenly summoned Lin Yanchao.

When Zhang Whale heard that he knew the bad thing, and when he wanted to make up for it later, it was already over.

Zhang Whale said in a low voice: "Mr. Lin is angry, this matter is our family's negligence, you listen ......"

"Negligence?" Lin Yanchao interrupted Zhang Whale's words and asked.

Zhang Whale was taken aback by Lin Yanchao's fierce words, when had he ever been reprimanded like this.

But Lin Yanchao didn't take Zhang Whale's reaction seriously, weren't you Zhang Whale a dick before? What now? If you have the ability, give me a word or two out loud?

Lin Yanchao said sharply: "Father-in-law Zhang, can you send it away with a word of negligence?" Then in the future, please forgive my father-in-law for Lin's negligence! ”

Zhang Whale was choked by Lin Yanchao's words, and he couldn't get out of his stomach, when Lin Yanchao grabbed the handle in his own hands before, the other party's attitude towards him was respectful, calling each other brothers, and he lowered his eyebrows when he spoke.

Now he dared to question himself.

Except for today, how many people in the world dare to talk to him like this?

But now Zhang Whale also has a handle in Lin Yanchao's hand, and the human and material evidence is there, as long as Lin Yanchao breaks through this matter, it will cause the anger of hundreds of officials, and when the time comes, the impeachment of himself is enough to pave a layer on the ground of the Qianqing Palace.

In that situation, the Son of Heaven will definitely not be able to protect himself.

What happened to Liu Jin? Zhang Whale went back last night and flipped through the book.

Fortunately, Lin Yanchao also had a handle in his hands, and he would never dare to leak this matter.

And Lin Yanchao is not Hai Rui, Yan Qing and other officials will not even want their own lives, and they will die with him. But this person must have to negotiate terms with himself.

But Zhang Whale is not afraid of others negotiating terms with him, he is afraid of those who do not negotiate terms with him.

Growing up in the palace since childhood, if you talk about the word 'forbearance', Zhang Whale is definitely at the level of forbearance.

Zhang Whale endured his anger and said: "Mr. Lin, there is indeed a misunderstanding in this matter, everything is done by Liu Shouyou's idiot, he secretly investigates the ****, and hands over this secret report every day." In fact, it's not Mr. Lin's article, there are all kinds of official remarks, it's just that the Son of Heaven was angry for no reason when he saw it, and he was going to arrest Mr. Lin, but after I persuaded him, the Son of Heaven called Mr. Lin to interrogate. ”

Seeing that Zhang Whale had cleared his responsibilities and looked meritorious without fault, Lin Yanchao sneered in his heart and said to Zhang Whale unabashedly and sarcastically: "So you misunderstand Grandpa Zhang?" ”

Zhang Whale explained sincerely: "I don't dare to say that I misunderstood, but our family was negligent in this matter in advance, and we have been instructing Dongchang to carefully present Mr. Lin's matter to the Son of Heaven. We can also assure Mr. Lin that this will never happen again in the future. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "That's okay, of course Lin hopes that Gong Zhang will be honest and trustworthy, but who can easily know about the affairs of the palace, if it weren't for the summons of His Majesty this time...... Father-in-law Zhang, I will say the ugly words in front, in the future, Lin will be stable for a day, everyone will be stable for a day, if someone does not let Lin eat this stable meal, then I will smash this pot, no one will eat it! ”

Zhang Whale clenched his fists when he heard this, and he was furious in his heart, Okay, Lin Sanyuan, even your teacher Shen Shixing would not dare to talk to me like this.

At the moment, the only way to endure is to endure to the end, Zhang Whale forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Of course, this matter will not happen in the future, and I hope that Mr. Lin will forget the unhappiness of the past, our family is still the same sentence, everyone is in the same boat, our family is fine, and Mr. Lin is also fine." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and sneered: "That's okay!" ”

Both sides have a handle in each other's hands.

Therefore, if you want to finish, you will finish together, so you will throw a rat at each other, just like several hooligans who are nuclear powers, and everyone promises to destroy each other.

So if you really can't move your hands, you might as well shout loudly, 'Come on, everyone hurt each other.'"

"Well, that's the end of it. In addition, Zhang's father-in-law and Lin have something to do. ”

Zhang Whale was furious, Lin Yanchao is trying to threaten himself in turn?

Zhang Jingqiang smiled: "Coincidentally, our family also has something to trouble Mr. Lin." Let's talk about it first! ”

Then Zhang Whale hurriedly said: "Mr. Lin, I heard that this time you contacted the minister in the DPRK and China, and you are ready to propose the removal of the Pure Army, do you know if there is such a thing?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "When I was in the Hongde Hall that day, this official used this matter to admonish the Son of Heaven, didn't my father-in-law also hear it that day?" ”

Zhang Jing nodded and said: "Our family is for this matter, can Mr. Lin postpone this matter, but Mr. Lin promised, our family will have a good reward in the future!" ”

Lin Yanchao squinted and asked, "Hold off?" Grandpa Zhang, do you know what you're talking about? ”

Zhang Whale took a deep breath, and the removal of the Pure Army was really deeply opposed from his heart.

In the Ming Dynasty, the palace and the palace were opposite, and the celebrant and the cabinet were opposite, and they grasped the secrets together and decided on national affairs.

The Imperial Horse Supervisor is the opposite of the Ministry of War, and the three sides of the Lord jointly supervise the Beijing camp and prohibit the army.

Only the pure army is all made up of eunuchs, this force is not controlled by anyone, and it is caught in the hands of the Son of Heaven, and now the Son of Heaven lives in the inner palace after falling from the horse, so he loses control over the pure army.

Zhang Whale, the governor of Dongchang Factory, can win over the generals in the Jing Army at any time and secretly take this force into his own hands.

It's hard to say whether Zhang Whale has the motive to rebel by doing this, but he already has the strength to rebel. When the time comes, the Son of Heaven will have to scruple about Zhang Whale.

Lin Yanchao paced inside, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Zhang, I am talking to you about this matter, but I ask my father-in-law to help Lin in the matter of abolishing the pure army!" ”

Zhang Whale changed color and said, "Why does Mr. Lin want to fight against our family?" ”

When Zhang Whale learned that Lin Yanchao was preparing to cut and withdraw the pure army, he was silent on his face, but in fact, he secretly collected Lin Yanchao's handles.

This time, Lin Yanchao proposed to trade and benefit workers, which was reported by Liu Shouyou to Zhang Jing.

Zhang Whale thought that although he couldn't bring down Lin Yanchao with this sentence, he could knock on the side, as long as the Son of Heaven had a preconceived idea and had an opinion on Lin Yanchao, then Lin Yanchao's sparse reduction and removal of the Pure Army would be suspected of all selfishness, and when the time came, not only would it inevitably fail, but it would also backfire, making the Son of Heaven evil to Lin Yanchao.

But in the end, he didn't expect it......

Lin Yanchao frowned and said, "What are you doing?" Grandpa Zhang, why are you so confused, I'm saving your life! ”

"Zhengde Shi power supervisor Liu Jin, the number of corruption of this person, compared to today's public tolerance is not much, and finally when the Son of Heaven copied Liu Jin's house, he copied out the gold and silver soft, and he didn't care, but he copied the armor and scolded angrily, and the slave was opposed."

"Father-in-law, do you understand what Lin said? The car ahead can be learned! ”

Hearing Lin Yanchao say this, Zhang Whale also understood what he was referring to. Zhang Whale, how much money you are greedy for in this position, the emperor doesn't know, but he can bear with you, and if he loses in the future, at least he can keep his life like Feng Bao.

But as long as you touch the military power, you touch the bottom line, then the emperor will not tolerate you, and the ministers will not tolerate you.

Zhang Whale knew that Lin Yanchao's words were indeed reasonable, but he said on his face: "Mr. Lin, where did you hear this, our family is as honest as water, and we have never done anything to be sorry for the Long Live Lord, if outsiders slander our family, don't be gullible, rumors stop at the wise!" ”

Incorruptible as water? I'll send you the word hehe.

Lin Yanchao said: "Of course Lin can trust the father-in-law's discipline, but this pure army must be cut, if not?" Hundreds of officials can't feel at ease, and Lin can't make a difference in Yuanfu, so there is no need for Lin to say the disadvantages and benefits, and the father-in-law also understands it. ”

"At this moment, my father-in-law might as well take a step back, the Son of Heaven is relieved, and it is also to ensure that everyone is safe and sound now."

Zhang Whale sneered: "Mr. Lin is really worthy of being able to speak well, if he can promote this matter, he will also become Mr. Lin's political authority, and he will be named after it, the world will look up to him, and it is not a problem to add officials and become knights, what is it for my family, and in the end it is not for yourself?" It's really too clever to calculate, such a means, our family really admires, admires it so much! ”

Lin Yanchao laughed and said: "What kind of public heart, selfishness, why should my father-in-law care, anyway, Lin Mou has already given it to his father-in-law, as for whether to take this road or not, it depends on his father-in-law's own meaning, and he will say goodbye here." ”

After speaking, Lin Yanchao walked out of Wenzhao Pavilion and left Zhang Whale alone in the hall.

Zhang Whale stayed in the hall, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally couldn't help but scold: "What a duke is selfless, he is really treacherous and loyal, this son is really a villain!" ”

Lin Yanchao walked out of Wenzhao Pavilion, but saw that Zhanming had already brought his family to greet him.

Lin Yanchao smiled and signaled that it was okay.

Don't look at Fang Caiyun's light breeze, but negotiating with the supervisor of the East Factory, in fact, Fang Cai Lin Yanchao has already gone to Longtan Tiger's Den, and Zhang Whale should hate himself deeply after this incident.

But it doesn't matter, even if he chose the path of 'Shen Qizhi in the world', Lin Yanchao is not afraid of offending people.

Zhang Whale wanted to coerce and lure with a few words, so he let himself give up his original intention, which was a dream.

Since the reduction of the clean army was proposed by itself, it must be done, and it is imperative.

If Zhang Whale proposes anything else, it can be discussed, but the one who stands in my way in this matter will die!

What is Zhang Whale worth!

Zhan Ming drove out of the palace first, Lin Yanchao walked out of the right gate of Chang'an, and when he was about to board the car, one of them grabbed his arm and said loudly: "Zong Hai, you are planning a big thing." ”

Lin Yanchao turned his head to look, but saw that it was Gu Xiancheng and Zhao Nanxing.

The two were furious, looking like they wanted to ask the teacher for sin.

Lin Yanchao spread his hands and said innocently: "Two brothers, where are these words?" ”

But seeing Gu Xiancheng, he snorted and said, "Zong Hai, you are still hiding from me at this time, do you think that no one knows that you are contacting the courtiers to prepare for Shangshu?" ……”

Lin Yanchao hurriedly grabbed Gu Xiancheng, made a silent gesture, looked at no one on the left and right, and then immediately said to the two: "The two of you get in the car, let's go to the Hanlin Academy." ”

Zhanming drove the carriage and took the two to the Hanlin Academy.

Lin Yanchao invited the two of them into the academy, and then ordered the officials on duty to serve tea and retreat.

After taking a seat, Lin Yanchao said to the two: "If it weren't for the two brothers who rescued each other, Lin would have died in prison a long time ago, so this matter is not that Lin deliberately concealed the two brothers, it is really ...... It's too risky, so I can't bear to let the two brothers accompany Lin on an adventure! ”

After listening to Lin Yanchao's words, Zhao Nanxing put the teacup heavily and said angrily: "How did Zong Hai say this? Do you regard Zhao as one of those mediocre people who are greedy for life and afraid of death? If Zhao was really such a person at the beginning, how could he be with Uncle Shi in front of the Son of Heaven to prove your innocence. ”

Gu Xiancheng nodded and said: "That's right, Taishi Gong once said that death is lighter than a feather and heavier than Mount Tai, and the eldest husband does not hesitate to die, but he regrets why he dies." In order to abolish the clean army, there are many officials who have been demoted, seized office, and dismissed, but Gu is not afraid of death, and he is not afraid of bending his waist for three buckets of rice, Zong Hai did not inform Gu of this matter, and he really did not regard me as a friend. ”

Lin Yanchao immediately explained: "Brother Gu Nian, you really misunderstood me. The world can do without me Lin Yanchao, like a big tree floating away a leaf, what a pity, but only it can't be without Brother Gu, Brother Zhao. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yanchao peeked at Gu Xiancheng, and Zhao Nanxing looked at each other, his words were stolen from Fang Congzhe, and then he learned and sold now.

But looking at Gu Xiancheng, Zhao Nanxing and the others looked like this, but this plan was sold.

Lin Yanchao said: "I don't know that this matter is extremely risky, but someone has to do it, but in case the responsibility is also borne by Lin." And as long as Brother Gu and Brother Zhao are still there, then the righteousness above the court is still there, what I am afraid of is that we are all implicated, who will administer justice in the future, this is Lin's bitterness, and I hope that Brother Gu, Brother Zhao can understand. ”