Let's say that Zhang Xun was anchored in Jiaxing Mansion, met several people from Hao Zhifu, and stayed on the boat for one night. Early the next morning, I disembarked from the ship to see what was going on. First look at the grain storage of the official warehouse and the account books of the degree, and then inspect the prison to inquire about the case and examine the file. Business during the day, return to the ship at night to rest, a business-like style.

As a result, Hao Zhifu became more and more uneasy. Every day, the heart beats the drum. Over the years, he has been bent on making money, and the affairs of the house have been handled by Tong, Tong and a few friends.

He didn't know that if he pushed down the business, the people below would also be lazy, and then he pushed it down, and finally landed on the traitorous servants, which was naturally a mess. Sure enough, after a few days, many problems were discovered, not to mention the deficit of the official warehouse and the lack of the government treasury, and the scene in prison alone was a bit appalling.

Some rich and powerful people committed crimes, and because they used the money, they were made into headless public crimes and went unpunished. Some people have no money and no power, but they quarreled a few words, and they went to court, and they were locked up, and because they had no money to ransom people, they were detained for no reason.

Zhang Xunji questioned him in prison every day, and the case file was half a foot thick, but most of the prisoners were innocent. couldn't help but sigh with hatred: "These dumb officials and traitors are so domineering that they don't even want to spend the effort of cheating, and they blatantly manipulate the law to harm people, and they really deserve to be killed." However, he did not have the authority to kill, so he had to order the innocent prisoner to be released.

After the inspection of the house was completed, he went to the states and counties, and the further down, the more such things happened, Zhang Xun and a few guests were busy every day, only the five counties in one state under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing Mansion were busy for more than a month, and finally arrived in Li Xianzhi's Pinghu County.

As soon as Fang arrived at the county office, he didn't have time to greet him, Zhang Xun poured bitter water, said what he had seen before, and said: "I didn't expect that the government of Jiaxing would be corrupted to such a field. ”

Li Xianzhi said: "It's not just Jiaxing!" From Jiaxing, you can know the two Zhejiang; From the two Zhejiang, you can know the world, and the society is so far, I am afraid that it is difficult luck. ”

Zhang Xun pressed: "Who said no, it's just that His Majesty favored the eunuch, Wei Eunuch covered the sky with one hand, Daxing Prison, dozens of Donglin scholars were imprisoned and died, and Donglin Academy was also seized, it is really a righteous way to donate, and demons are full of demons!" ”

Li Xian's way: "My brother almost fell into the way of eunuchs." ”

Zhang Xun pressed: "The predecessor of Zhejiang Futai is not the core of Donglin, and he is cautious, and he has no personal enmity with the eunuch, so he spent some money, and only one person was removed from office, and those involved can avoid a catastrophe." Otherwise, even Zhou Langzhong would not be able to save Brother Envy. The Fang Yushi who participated in you has been on the bullet several times since Wei was imprisoned, and more than ten people have been imprisoned for this. I don't know how Brother Envy was targeted by him? ”

Li Xianzhi said: "I don't know the reason. ”

Zhang Xun pressed: "Presumably Brother Xian has offended someone, now there are some 'black imperial history' in the capital, as long as there is silver, you can play whoever you want, how much money you charge, how many things you do, it's very fair!" ”

Li Xianzhi then remembered that Qian Xiancheng and Miao Zhushu were extremely resentful of him, presumably it was the two of them, but these two people were of humble official character, how could they have anything to do with the imperial history of Beijing? Suddenly, I remembered that some time ago, the two of them kept running to the house every day, and they immediately understood.

However, Li Xian was unwilling to cause trouble to Zhang Fengyi; Besides, he had already escaped this catastrophe at this time, and he didn't need to investigate deeply, so he still pushed: "I really don't know." ”

Zhang Xun pressed: "The officialdom is sinister, it's better to be more careful." Then he changed his mind and told some interesting anecdotes about Beijing, joking for a while. That night, stay in the county.

When I woke up early the next morning, I still had to do my work first. However, it is said that although there are still old drawbacks in Pinghu County, after Li Xianzhi's rectification for several months, it has also taken on a new look, which is much stronger than other states and counties.

Within a day, Zhang Xunji finished his official business, and he inevitably filled in a few more good words in the performance appraisal book. The next day, Zhang Xun said goodbye and set off, Li Xianzhi personally led the county officials to send him on the boat, during which he couldn't help but whisper with Zhang Xun, everyone saw that the county lord and the patrol were so familiar, and naturally respected.

Qian Xiancheng and Miao were particularly frightened, for fear that Li Xianzhi would know the secret situation, and he would open the knife with the two of them, and wanted to come close to pay respects, but they didn't dare, so they only trembled on the side.

After Zhang Xun left, Qian and Miao accosted Li Xianzhi to talk to him as a temptation. Li Xianzhi only pretended not to know, and was very polite to the two, and they were very harmonious.

Since then, Qian and Miao have converged a lot. Li Xianzhi, on the other hand, only grasped the two most important affairs, namely the prison and the payment of money, grain, and taxes, and handled them personally, and turned a blind eye to the rest of the small matters.

Qian County Cheng and Miao Master Book can also get some benefits from it, although it is not as affordable as the original, but it is also better than nothing. This is the case in the world, and he should not be blamed too much.

This is gossip, so let's not talk about it for the time being. Besides, Zhang Xun resigned from Li Xianzhi and still went south, so he went to the capital Hangzhou. However, it is said that the imperial history is in the place, and no one can ignore it, but only one person must be respectful. This person is Lord Futai.

According to the practice of the imperial court, the governor of the local government must add the title of imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, and he is nominally the boss of the imperial history.

As soon as Zhang Xun arrived in Hangzhou, he was exempted from all official factions and went to Futai Yamen to ask for a meeting. After the predecessor of Zhejiang Futai was dismissed, the imperial court immediately released another term.

Xinfutai is neither a eunuch nor a Donglin, and usually does not mess with his boss or his colleagues and subordinates, so no one hates him or loves him, and he is an out-and-out good man. has been an official for most of his life, and he is an idle man with no power or power, until he is over the age of six, and suddenly he comes and goes, and he has such a fat difference.

At the beginning of his tenure, his colleagues came to congratulate him with a sour taste, and he was neither happy nor sad, but only blindly thanked him. When he took office, he was always kicking and playing cotton, and he didn't do any official work seriously.

At first, the officials in Zhejiang did not know the details of Xinfutai, and they still had some respect for him, but later they felt that he was soft and cowardly, and not only was the eunuch party rampant, but also the eunuch party was domineering. As a result, the officialdom of the two Zhejiang provinces has become more and more smoky.

Zhang Fengyi saw Lord Futai, the visit was finished, and he wanted to talk to him about some official affairs, but Lord Futai's words were only perfunctory in other places, one would talk about the weather in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other would talk about the tide in Qiantang.

Zhang Fengyi spent a lot of effort, but he didn't lead the conversation to business, and sat down for a while, really feeling bored, so he said goodbye. Lord Futai kept him and sent him out of the door.

Zhang Fengyi saw that Futai was a loose official, so he looked down on him in his heart, and disregarded the rules of officialdom, never said goodbye, and set sail immediately, still patrolling the prefectures, but the situation was no different from Jiaxing, to several prefectures in western Zhejiang, the oppression of the people was even more serious. Patrolling around, but only to sort out the prison, and let go of a few wronged people, but other than that, there is nothing that can be helped.

After the completion of the tour of Liangzhejiang, it was five months later, and at this time, it was between February and March of the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626). Zhang Fengyi returned to Beijing after the incident, and the prefect Hao led his subordinates to wait at the Jiaxing wharf to see him off, and Li Xianzhi was also among them. Zhang Fengyi arrived in Jiaxing, said goodbye to Hao Zhifu and other officials, and then dismissed the idlers and asked Li Xian to get on the boat.

Li Xian got on the boat, and Zhang Fengyi personally led him to a small cabin in the back, and then closed the door tightly. As soon as Fang sat down, he said: "There is a big incident in the imperial court, can Brother Envy know?" ”

Li Xianzhi said: "The world is turbulent, how can you not know? ”

The big thing in Zhang Fengyi's mouth is that Wei Zhongxian is in prison for controlling the government and suppressing Donglin. The eunuchs wantonly searched for the Donglin scholars, and even those who were dismissed and at home were not spared. Gao Panlong, Zhou Qiyuan, Zhou Shunchang, Miao Changqi, Zhou Zongjian, Huang Zunsu, Li Yingsheng and other seven leading figures of Donglin were castrated, or committed suicide, or died in prison, which is regretted by the world.

Zhang Fengyi sighed angrily: "The gentleman is in trouble, the people are in trouble, the border troubles are not stopped, the swords and soldiers are endless, can the Ming Society still be saved?" ”

Li Xianzhi was speechless when he heard this. After a while, Zhang Fengyi's tone was low, and he said word by word: "I want to go to the book, impeaching the eunuch party for taking power and misleading the country!" ”

Li Xianzhi exclaimed: "Even if it is a book, it will fall into the hands of the eunuchs, which is not only useless in the current situation, but also harms his own life, but why bother?" ”

Zhang Fengyi said: "It is the duty of the official to say things, why not die?" ”

Li Xianzhi persuaded: "The eunuch party is murderous, and there is nowhere to start, if the young brother is on the table at this time, it will inevitably implicate a wide range of people, isn't it just in the middle of it?" Please also calm down and think again. ”

Zhang Fengyi just said indignantly: "Xianchen was killed, he can't say a word to save him, and he is really unwilling in his heart!" ”

Li Xianzhi said: "Now the situation is already like this, and it is out of control. We are waiting to fight to the death, but it is just a light moth to the end of the fire, it is better to compromise, wait for the situation to change, to get rid of the eunuch party must have a new king. ”

As soon as the words were finished, Li Xianzhi and Zhang Fengyi were both shocked. It turned out that in order to appease Zhang Fengyi, Li Xianzhi accidentally blurted out the word "Xinjun". If it is spread to the outside world and used by the eunuch party, it is a felony of "abolishing the establishment without permission". Fortunately, there were only two of them on the spot, and there was no third party.

Li Xianzhi saw that the disaster had come out of his mouth, and simply said: "Brother Nian, be patient for a while, and within two or three years, you will see!" ”

Zhang Fengyi naturally didn't know that Li Xianzhi could know the things of the future generations, and his jaw was about to fall in shock, and he asked after a while: "How did Brother Xianzhi know?" ”

Li Xianzhi hesitated and said: "My brother had a dream a few days ago, and the immortals in the dream revealed the heavenly opportunity. ”

Zhang Fengyi was skeptical and said: "Today, the saint is still young, and the prince is less than a year old, how can he know in two or three years?" ”

Li Xianzhi said: "The one who exterminates the eunuch party is not the prince, but the king!" ”

Zhang Fengyi saw that the more Li Xianzhi said, the more outrageous it became, so he forgot that he was angry, and instead persuaded Li Xianzhi: "Such rebellious words will rot in my belly today, Brother Xianzhi must not say it again, be careful of the catastrophe coming." ”

Li Xianzhi said: "From today on, my life is in the hands of Brother Nian, I hope to wait for the current situation, don't talk about life and death lightly!" ”

Zhang Fengyi didn't believe what Li Xianzhi said, but seeing that he was serious, he couldn't help but doubt his beliefs, and said: "Brother Xian, don't worry, you and I will win or lose a bet for three years." ”

Li Xianzhi saw that a storm turned into nothingness, so he said: "A word is a certainty!" Then he chatted with Zhang Fengyi for a while, took out a letter from his sleeve, and asked him to take it to Beijing and transfer it to Zhou Langzhong, which was nothing more than some entertainment for "please Shi'an". Zhang Fengyi was postponed for another day, and early the next morning, he set sail for Beijing as a farewell.