Since his accession to the throne, Zhao Huan has never been absent from the early dynasty, and today will certainly be no exception. In terms of diligence alone, today is not much better than when Taizu was in power.

At the court meeting, the cabinet first announced the news of the great victory in Huainan Province to the ministers.

The ministers who heard the news were all excited, and whether they were sincere or false, they all congratulated His Majesty the Emperor.

It may be that it is rare to see that the Son of Heaven is so happy, and the ministers dare not disturb his interest. suppressed all the bad news that was originally going to be played, and prepared to report it to the emperor at another date.

Next, everyone mainly discussed the issue of how to reward Shi Qiuming, the governor of Huainan Province, and the various armies participating in the war. Of course, such a trivial matter about how to deal with Lin Fan, the inspection envoy, is far from being qualified to come to the court to discuss it.

Winning a battle is always a good thing, and the ministers are quite interested, and even some people who are not in harmony with politics on weekdays have put aside their prejudices and happily participated in the discussion. Especially the military department, as if they had won this battle, spoke in a voice three points higher than usual.

Compared with the lifeless or tense fighting in the past, today's court is undoubtedly much more lively and harmonious.

After the end of this imperial gate, Zhao Huan returned to the imperial study from Fengtian Palace.

At this time, the files of Lin Fan in the Ministry of Officials and the secret files from Tsing Yi Wei had already been neatly placed on his imperial case.

These secret files of Tsing Yi Wei have been passed over from Anzhou for more than a year, and after being screened and sorted out by Tsing Yi Wei, the part related to Lin Fan was presented for the Son of Heaven to see.

If Lin Fan was here at this time, he would find that the things he had done since he came to Yongyang were basically recorded in this secret file of Tsing Yi Wei.

Even his relationship with Deyue Lou is written on it, and not many people know about this matter in Yongyang. Most people only know that there may be an official background behind Deyuelou, and there are not too many people who know that Lin Fan is involved with Deyuelou, which shows that Tsing Yiwei's intelligence network can be said to be pervasive.

It's just that Tsing Yiwei didn't find out the true purpose of Bai Yuqing's creation of the Moon Tower. After all, this matter is extraordinary, if no one cares, Lin Fan will just open a restaurant and collect some gossip by the way; But if someone catches him, this is a reason to attack Lin Fan, but as an official, he privately set up information, which is tantamount to plotting against him, and it is a big crime of raiding his family and exterminating his family.

Therefore, except for Lin Fan and Bai Yuqing, only people who are absolutely reliable can see the true appearance of Yuelou.

It can be said that except for Lin Fan secretly contacting Lishan Pass to rob and kill Gao Wensheng, everything he did did was not concealed from Tsing Yiwei, who was the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, at least on the surface.

This is also the reason why Tsing Yiwei is really not interested in a small place like Yongyang, and the number of hidden piles laid is limited, so he doesn't bother to check many things.

If it is changed to the feet of the emperor like the capital, what those officials eat and wear every day, when they sleep, which concubine's room they sleep in, and even what private words the two of them say, you can find out clearly.

In fact, even the killing of Gao Wensheng, Tsing Yiwei was not without suspicion of Lin Fan.

The grudge between Lin Fan and Gao Wensheng is very clear that Gao Wensheng first coveted Lin Fan's credit, and then calculated to kill people. After Gao Wen's promotion and transfer, it was normal for Lin Fan to take retaliatory measures.

Gao Wensheng's death, Tsing Yiwei did suspect that it might be Lin Fan's doing.

The main reason is that Lin Fan's hands and feet are clean, and he didn't do it himself, but used those thieves in Lishan Pass to do this.

Moreover, Wu Qing, the leader of Lishan Pass, was folded in Lin Fan's hands, which means that Lishan Pass and Lin Fan also have enmity, and it is unlikely that the two will collude. With Lin Fan's meticulousness, it is impossible to leave any evidence to make people grasp the handle.

Therefore, Tsing Yiwei's secret pile in Anzhou ruled out his suspicion to a certain extent, and he was not involved.

But to say that Tsing Yiwei had no doubts about him from the beginning, it is obviously impossible.

It's just that this kind of imprecise thing, Tsing Yiwei can't show it to the emperor, so there is no such thing on this secret file on Zhao Huan's case.

After Zhao Huan carefully read these documents, he sighed softly: "I didn't expect this Lin Fan to be Lin Ruxian's son!" ”

"Who said it wasn't, the old slave was also shocked when he saw it! However, the old slave seemed to have heard Zhang Tian's son say that Lord Lin's son was indeed an official in Huainan Province and took office together with Lord Lin. It's just that the old slave didn't pay attention to it at the time, and he knew that he should have paid more attention to it at the beginning. Yu Chaoen echoed.

The emperor sighed again: "According to what the secret file says, if it weren't for that Gao Wensheng taking his credit, this Lin Fan would have been promoted a long time ago, he is only twenty-one years old this year, right?" It's not easy to be so young! ”

"Or they all say that the tiger father has no dog!" The old eunuch smiled.

"It's just that the old slave doesn't understand, how can a small county order be so bold that he dares to be greedy for the merits of the son of Yushi Taizuo? Are you really not afraid of death? "When you are stupid, you are stupid, and it is very important to give His Majesty the Emperor a chance to perform at the right time.

"Lin Fan has never revealed his identity in Anzhou, judging from the secret files, even the secret stake of Tsing Yiwei in the local area does not know his relationship with Lin Ruxian, and the local government and the people do not know, otherwise the county order will not dare to do this even if he is bold."

"As for why Lin Fan wanted to hide his identity, maybe this Lord Xiaolin was unwilling to use the power of his family and wanted to make a career on his own! has such courage and courage, so it seems that this Lin Fan is indeed not ordinary, and he is different from those second ancestors in the capital who are all eating and waiting for death. ”

Satisfied with his desire to express himself, Zhao Huan, who was satisfied, suddenly thought of something: "Did you say that Lin Ruxian knew about Lin Fan's detention?" If so, why was he all the same this morning? Could it be that he doesn't care about his son? ”

Yu Chaoen thought for a moment: "According to the old slave, Lord Lin shouldn't know yet!" Shibutang's report was 800 miles expedited, and it was only yesterday that he arrived in the capital. No matter how fast the news spreads from Lin Fan's side, it is impossible for Lord Lin to receive it now. If their news wants to reach Lord Lin's mansion, it will take a few days to do so. ”

Zhao Huan still trusted this old eunuch who watched him grow up, and nodded when he heard the words: "What he said is reasonable, so that his performance makes sense."

Finish. ”

After saying this, His Majesty the Emperor asked again: "How is Lin Ruxian's official reputation?" ”

Seeing that the emperor talked about political affairs again, Yu Chaoen was about to pretend to be stupid, but before he could think about what to say, he was debunked by His Majesty the Emperor: "Tsing Yi Wei supervises hundreds of officials, nominally under my direct control, but who doesn't know that any news from Tsing Yi Wei will be sent to your master of ceremonies first?" Up and down the capital, what kind of wind and grass can hide from you? Don't tell me you don't know anything. Why, still thinking about pushing the problem to the cabinet? ”

Since pretending to be stupid didn't work, the old eunuch felt that His Majesty the Emperor should have a good sense of the Lin family's father and son, so he rarely said a few words of truth.

"Judging from the secret files on Tsing Yiwei's side, Lord Lin has been loyal and conscientious since he took office, and he has done a lot of things, and he has offended many people because of this. Lord Lin's official reputation is very good, and his prestige among the people is very high, and even the nobles of the Hanlin Academy are very admirable to Lord Lin. ”

Zhao Huan, the gang of people in the Hanlin Academy, knew it, and they were all straightforward readers. This group of people has always been unable to rub sand in their eyes, and they have been scolded by them all over and over again from the cabinet to the six ministries. A person who can make them all admire is definitely not simple, Lin Ruxian can convince their group of people, in addition to their character and ability, it is estimated that it is also related to the reputation he saved when he was an official in Shuzhou before.

"That's good, it's not in vain that I personally ordered him to go out of the mountain!" Zhao Huan said.

"Your Majesty's eyes are like torches!" The old eunuch sent the sycophant at the right time.

"Since both father and son are talents, I can't bury them, I have to make the best use of them."

"Hasn't Feng Zhang, the head of the household, been writing to say that he wants to be old recently? Do you know why? The Emperor asked.

Yu Chaoen said: "The old slave doesn't know! ”

Regardless of whether this well-informed old slave really didn't know or not, Zhao Huan then continued: "I remember that when Lin Ruxian was still in Shuzhou and Feng Zhang was still a member of the Ministry of Labor, the two had old grudges. ”

"Back then, because of the case of Jinsi Nanmu in Shuzhong, the two had a lot of trouble. In the end, Lin Ruxian resigned angrily, and Feng Zhang not only lost his reputation, but also was recorded by the officials because of this incident, and he was not allowed to be promoted for several years. ”

It is precisely because of this that Feng Zhang never wants Lin Ruxian to return to officialdom. On Lin Ruxian's way to Beijing to take office early last year, he was one of the masterminds among those who arranged for the interception and killing. If it weren't for the assassination between officials, it would not be a glorious thing, and the whole court would be disgraced when it was spread, so I didn't want to make too much trouble, so I didn't pursue it too much, otherwise I would have taken him down a long time ago. ”

"Now this old thing knows that the ugly thing he did has been captured by Tsing Yiwei, and he wants to run away when he sees that the situation is not good, where is there such a good thing in the world?"

"Immediately send an order, with Tsing Yi Wei besieging Feng Zhang's home, dismissing him from his post and investigating him, and sending him to the prison of Zhenfu Division."

"As for the position of the head of the household, he will be promoted by Lin Ruxian, the left of the Imperial Historical Observatory."

"Obey the order, the old slave will do it!" Yu Chaoen received the order, hurriedly went down, and asked people to raid Feng Zhang's home.

The emperor casually made a will, and one of the important ministers of the court was imprisoned, and his officialdom was camped all his life, and in the end he ended up like this.