Since Emperor Taizu established the Jinyi Guard, many eunuchs have a secret room to prevent people from eavesdropping.

Wang Shouren and Shen Rui were talking in the study of the inner courtyard, and at this time they left the inner courtyard and went to the study in the front yard.

In the study in the front yard, behind the bookshelves, there is a six-foot square tea room. On the Luohan couch, there is a tea set, which looks no different from the ordinary place where tea is eaten, but there is a thick carpet on the ground, and the walls around it are also covered with cotton, which has the best sound insulation.

The study in the front yard of Shen Rui's house also has such a "tea room".

"But the state is at peace?" After entering the tea room and sending the scholar out of the house, Wang Shouren asked directly.

"Jin Wuxi falls, and the castration is revived." Shen Rui summed it up and said in a low voice.

Wang Shouren's brows furrowed and he looked straight at Shen Rui.

Shen Rui calculated in his heart the time when Zhengde ascended the throne, the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, and the specific month was forgotten, but even if it was the end of the eighteenth year, there were less than two years left from now.

Today, he is a benevolent king, compared with the previous emperors, he can be described as diligent, although he focuses on his relatives Zhang family, but it is only a small flaw. The East Palace is young, if the day changes, there are only women and children in the palace, and it is inevitable to pay attention to eunuchs.

Shen Rui's eight words are exhaustive of the causes and consequences.

Although Wang Shouren felt that this "dream butterfly" thing was too mysterious, he still believed most of it because he believed that Shen Rui was a human being.

"Is my father in trouble with me?" Wang Shouren thought for a while and said.

According to later records, when Liu Jin was in power, Wang Hua's father and son were not only demoted, but Liu Jin also sent someone to assassinate Wang Shouren. The reason was that he refused Liu Jin's wooing and made insulting remarks.

Shen Rui thought of this, so he said bluntly: "The eunuch wants to push the master into the cabinet, but the master refuses; Wooing the teacher, the teacher reprimanded him, and then encountered a life and death disaster, and almost died. ”

Wang Shouren nodded and said, "If that day comes, my father and I will indeed deal with it like this." ”

"Teacher, if you are compromised and compromised, will you not be a gentleman in the future?" Shen Rui thought of Li Dongyang, who had a mixed reputation but supported most of the government, and said.

Wang Shouren shook his head and said: "Brother Rui, don't worry, life is difficult and death is easy, as a teacher, he has always cherished his body, and he will never die for a moment." ”

"Is there any trouble over there?" Wang Shouren thought of Shen Cang and said.

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "I don't know." What the disciples saw was mostly images in the palace, and they were vague and unreal, but they had never seen it outside. The matter of the teacher and the teacher was also heard from the mouth of the eunuch. ”

"Which one is the eunuch?" Wang Shouren said.

"Liu Jin, in charge of the celebrant supervisor." Shen Rui said: "There will be eight people among the eunuchs, and the world calls them the 'Eight Tigers,' and Liu Jin is the head of the Eight Tigers." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, because the celebrant was in charge of the red power, the inner court and the outer court have always been closely interdependent. Although Wang Shouren is only a six-rank official, he has a squire Lao Tzu, and he has also heard of the names of several leading eunuchs of the celebrant eunuch, and Liu Jin is not among them.

Wang Shouren said: "Could this Liu Jin be a close attendant of the East Palace?" ”

Shen Rui nodded and said, "As the companion of the East Palace, it is the most trusted by the East Palace." ”

Wang Shouren's eyebrows wrinkled tighter and tighter, the name Liu Jin is easy to remind people of Wang Jin, the great eunuch of the Yingzong Dynasty, and the identities of these two people are the same, which inevitably makes people think of the almost annihilation of the Yingzong Dynasty.

But the authority of the eunuchs is granted by the Son of Heaven, and it is not easy for the ministers to curb it.

He didn't speak again, just connected the few things that Shen Rui had just mentioned, thinking that his father would be pushed into the cabinet, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Which cabinet minister has retired?" But Liu Ge Lao? ”

Among the three university scholars, Liu Jian is the first assistant and the oldest. The new Son of Heaven ascended the throne, and if he wanted to hold power in person, the first person who had to move away was Liu Gelao.

"Listening to what Quan Gelding said, Liu Xie and the others are old, and only Li Xianglin ...... court," Shen Rui said.

Because of his father, Wang Shouren has met these three cabinet elders, and he has a good relationship, and he also knows a lot about the conduct of these three cabinet ministers. Liu Xie and the others are indeed unyielding, and Li Dong's son is much more mellow.

Although he said that he believed in his disciples before, he also had a sense of absurdity, wondering if Shen Rui had recently read too many Taoist books because he had witnessed life and death.

However, after listening to Shen Rui's words, he felt that the causes and effects of these political situations and the general trend of the world were not something that could be imagined.

He had already believed it for eight points, but he couldn't help but ask again: "Who is the next to enter the court?" ”

"Jiao Fang." Shen Rui thought for a while and said, "This person is attached to the eunuch and suppresses the southern official. ”

He remembered this matter clearly, because after this person entered the cabinet, he once again unveiled the dispute between the north and the south among the officials of the Ming officialdom.

Wang Shouren replied with a letter of ten points.

Jiao Fang, the current right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, a jinshi of the Tianshun Dynasty, was once a Hanlin, and his qualifications are still above Wang Hua, and he is qualified to enter the cabinet. He was originally from Henan, and when he was young, he had political enemies who were southerners, and he paid more attention to the difference between north and south.

Wang Shouren only felt that his mind was in a mess.

Although he is full of loyalty and patriotism, he is already in the age of establishment, and he is no longer a hot-blooded teenager, and he will not be like when he was a teenager, because of the Tatar disaster in the border city, he naively wants to fold up to the front of the emperor, thinking that he can create a great cause by abandoning his pen and following Rong.

is only a six-grade master, even if he knows that the wind and rain are coming, but he has no ability to control the wind and rain.

Wang Shouren was confused.

Shen Rui used excuses to tell the upcoming changes in the current situation, and he was really relieved. Shen Cang already has a heart of precaution and will always protect himself; Wang Hua's father and son here, if they don't remind him, Shen Rui really won't want to go.

Compared with these people's sperm, their own brains are not as good as those of smart people, and it is better for smart people to worry......

Although Shen Rui fooled Wang Shouren, he also took Wang Shouren's previous lesson to heart. When he got home, he began to practice calligraphy. When he was impatient and couldn't write an article, he began to practice big characters, instead of forcing himself to write three articles a day.

In less than half a month, Shen Rui had already adjusted his learning state, which was no different from before. The major affairs of the court are still handed over to those who can bear it, and he still has to climb the mountains he has to climb.

Wang Ding is still clamoring, but there are more and more black materials collected in Changshou.

Since he got together with the "noble relatives", Wang Ding has not been less tossed, not only learned that he was rampant in the school, but also had a scene of "returning to his hometown in fine clothes", and took the servants around the "Zheng Huangqin" to his hometown to beat his relatives, and went to Nancheng Academy to show off his might. It is estimated that the original repression was ruthless, and now it shows the rampant state of villains.

In Layue, there are many people who marry in various parts of the capital, and there are many banquets and drinks, and the entry and exit of this "Emperor Zheng" is getting higher and higher.

The Zhang brothers finally couldn't help it, and arranged for someone to take the so-called "Emperor Zheng's relatives" to investigate Zheng Wang's pretending to be the emperor's relatives and swaggering and cheating.

When the emperor saw the excerpt, he did not hand it over to the criminal department for trial, but ordered someone to take the people involved in the case into prison and try it in person before the emperor

It is related to the identity of the East Palace, and the government and the opposition are paying attention.

The emperor cut through the mess quickly, but in a few days, the case was solved. Liu Shan, the chamberlain involved in the case, was executed on charges of preparing foreign affairs, Zheng Wang was imprisoned for "evil words" and "impersonating the emperor's relatives", and Zheng Jinlian, the daughter of the Zheng family, was sent to the Huanyi Bureau.

There are many strange things in this, although the emperor is a benevolent monarch, but this sentence is too mild.

Many people inside and outside are suspicious.

Even Brother Shou couldn't sleep for a few days, looking in the direction of the Huanyi Bureau, his heart was agitated. It's just that the young prince, even if he still has a willful and wanton face, he also has a scheming inside, and he doesn't show a little more in front of people.

Others never noticed that Liu Jin, who was the companion of the East Palace, was the most careful, and naturally saw the little master's apprehension, and said distressed when no one was around: "The emperor is too soft-hearted, I'm afraid His Royal Highness will be embarrassed in the future......"

Such "caring" words, Brother Shou felt extremely harsh.

He closed his eyes, but did not answer, but his face showed a tired expression.

People are raised by their fathers and mothers, how many people in this world will mistake their fathers and mothers? True or false, false or true, whether he is the real concubine or the concubine of the palace maid, even he can't tell in his own heart.

All around is ghostly and ghostly.

Liu Jin was only sad about this matter as the little master, and hurriedly whispered: "Your Highness, rest assured, there are old slaves and maids in the Huanyi Bureau, and everything is cheap." ”

Brother Shou opened his eyes suddenly and looked at Liu Jin.

Liu Jin's face was full of love, and he was also looking at Brother Shou, and the two looked at each other.

"Don't be too troublesome, ...... over there in Kunning Palace" Brother Shou lowered his eyes and said in a muffled voice.

Liu Jin hesitated for a moment and said: "It's because the slave maid is not thoughtful, and the East Palace should indeed avoid suspicion, but Your Highness can rest assured, the old lady will also protect it." ”

Brother Shou nodded and said, "That's it." Just right. ”

Is it an old lady? Is it for the Zhang family or for himself?

Brother Shou thought of all kinds of possibilities, and the more he thought about it, the colder his heart became.

He stood up and said, "Let's go, go and say goodbye to the old lady." ”

There are now queens, queen mothers, and queen mothers in the palace, and those who can be called "old mothers" are the queen mothers of Zhou.

Liu Jin lowered his eyebrows and complied, followed Brother Shou out of the East Palace, and went to the palace of the Empress Dowager.

I don't want the Empress Dowager to be in the palace, the doctors from the Tai Hospital are almost pouring their bags, the emperor and the queen are also there, and then the queen mother also came.

The Empress Dowager is sick......

In front of the Yamen of Xuezheng University, Wang Ding was only wearing a middle coat and standing there with his hair scattered.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, he was accused of "misconduct and beating his relatives", in addition to his fame and academic status. Now, he is no longer the prince of the king, and he is a white person. The white-bodied people can still pass the road of the imperial examination and get ahead; However, because he was expelled from school, he was no longer eligible to take the re-examination.

"How so? How so? Wang Ding was like falling into a dream, talking to himself stupidly.

The officer on duty at the gate of the school administration yamen, there were unsuspecting people, looking at him so embarrassed, he couldn't help but secretly sympathize, and whispered to his colleagues: "Look at the evil person, adults have always cherished Confucianism, and it is not easy to get fame and fame, how can you deal with it so unsparingly?" ”

The person next to him knew about the case, and snorted lightly: "It's just an ungrateful Sven scum who doesn't know that raising grace is greater than giving birth, but this son is black-hearted, and when he gets fame, he will beat his relatives, and in order to climb the high gate, he has also broken off the righteousness of teachers and students for the teachers who have helped......"

Wang Ding also listened to the words of the two, as if he woke up in a dream, looked around, and shouted, "Who is harming me?" Who's hurting me? Is it the Wang family, or the Tian family, do you come out? Come out"