The ninth year of Zhengde is the year of Jingcha.

The last time he made a big move through Jingcha, it was in Zhengde for three years, and Liu Jin took the opportunity to clean up Liu Xie Yu's party.

Feng Shui takes turns, and now everyone inside and outside the court thinks that this time Jingcha is going to clean up the remnants of the eunuch party.

Sure enough, the first shot of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at the beginning of the year was to hit people who had something to do with Liu Jin.

It's just that this person is not a eunuch. Rather, King Ning.

Nanjing Thirteen Imperial Shi Luo Feng and others said: "King Ning has rebelled against Jin since the traffic, Chen begged to guard, become more and more arrogant, take the rich room, invade the fields, and punish the cruel law, and move to exterminate the clan." Beginning in the provincial capital and in the countryside, where the benefits are, hundreds of cages, business travelers dare not enter and exit, boats do not dare to anchor, and the people suffer how to win. ”

He also said: "Fu pressed the three divisions as its bait, don't dare to beak and breathe, rather sit and watch the people suffer to bear the king's grace, and dare not blame Jia Qi for the troubles of the clan." ”

There was an uproar.

King Ning has always been building his image as a virtuous king, from the earliest above table hoping to write his filial piety and etiquette into the record of the filial piety temple, to when the imperial court introduced the regulations of the sect, he actively reported other sect branches and obtained the qualifications to discipline the sect branch lawbreakers.

Just a few months ago, there were still many people in the court touting the little son of the Ning Domain, the Virtuous King and the Holy Son.

And in this fold, every accusation is that King Ning is extremely evil, which is much worse than the Linzhang Palace, which was raided and cut down before.

The mouthpieces of the court's endorsement of Ning Fan are all dumbfounded, and such an impeachment can only be justified by King Ning, or the little prince can defend himself on behalf of his father.

Don't say that a twelve-year-old hairy child can know how much about the palace, just say that the little boy is now external, but under the banner of "seriously ill and unable to leave Beijing".

Once you appear in the main hall and show a little horse's feet, it is the crime of deceiving the king.

And when the news arrives in Jiangxi, King Ning's self-defense excerpt will be sent to Beijing as soon as possible, and it will always take more than a month.

The situation of the little prince of Ningfu became embarrassing.

Everyone's hearts are bright, these eighty percent are coming for the little son, not the virtuous king, what else is the holy son?

In the Xianyifang house, Mr. Li was so angry that he jumped to his feet, and while stepping up to send a letter to Jiangxi, he urged Mr. Miao to hurry up and find someone to fight this war of words.

However, no one dared to take this hot potato.

There are some things that are tacitly acquiesced in what the clan will do, such as encroaching on people's land and squeezing merchants.

Not to mention the clan, which local magnates have not done it? Even ordinary families are inevitably this kind of thing.

Who dares to say that King Ning is really a saint, and he has never done anything illegal in the palace?

It doesn't matter if things are hot, the silver is not hot, Ning Fan's side has repeatedly raised the "moistening" silver, just hoping that "there will be brave men under the heavy reward".

In this way, it is also itchy, and some people are ready to move.

After all, the Imperial History Concert will not be as conclusive as Shen Shujia's evidence, which has a somewhat "hearsay story", and there is still room for tearing up.

Soon, though, they won't have to worry about making a choice.

The right deputy of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Prefecture played the Blue Zhang: "The first dynasty played the royal palaces to ask for salt but two or three hundred leads, and now the tolerance personnel play no less than tens of thousands, and weaving and other items, although the name is 20,000, there are many entrainments." There are even more tribute ships in Changlu Yunsi to buy private salt, and they are unscrupulous, begging for rewards. ”

The Ning Mansion is indispensable in the listed discussions, and there is a Ning Mansion guard commander in the entrainment, so that Wang Qi indulges in his subordinates to buy private salt in Changlu.

The names and surnames are all pointed out, and naturally there is empirical evidence.

And Lan Zhang has been in charge of Fuzhou Mansion in Jiangxi for many years, and I am afraid that there is still a lot of "criminal evidence" in Ning Wangfu's hands.

Soon, the emperor decreed that the people of Jiangxi should be allowed to reclaim all the houses that were invaded by the royal palace, and ordered the town guards of the province to meet with the three officials, so that King Ning would "reform himself".

At the same time, he was promoted to the left waiter of the Nanjing Criminal Department and the left deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and ordered him to clean up the two Huai Changlu salt methods.

Subsequently, in the routine transfer of officials from various provinces in the political envoys and according to the procuratorial envoys, Jiangxi's high-level officials almost changed blood.

Huang Zhan, the right political envoy of Jiangxi, was transferred to Huguang, Wang Houlin, who participated in politics on the left, was transferred to Guangdong, Jiangxi was transferred to Yunnan according to the rank of Wang Zhi, and Hu Shirong, deputy envoy of the judicial department, was transferred to Fujian.

Only Zhang Zheng, who participated in the politics of the right, was promoted to the right-hand political envoy and stayed in Jiangxi.

In addition, Jiang Sheng, who participated in the politics of Sichuan, was promoted to the right deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, and the governor of Nangan Tingzhang.

The emperor's meaning is very clear.

No one dared to accept Ning Fan's gift anymore, and those who had received it couldn't help but be afraid.

In fact, in the past two years, the emperor has cleaned up the clan too much.

Shandong's clans are quietly lying on their stomachs, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan's thorns have been cleaned up to remove the country, and there are big sticks in the regulations of the clans and clans one by one, it is difficult not to think of a series of measures to cut the feudal clan in the Xuande Temple.

Whether this is to express his dissatisfaction with the little prince of the Ning Domain, who wants to be in the temple, or if he really wants to clean up the Jiangxi Sect in the next step, no one can say.

So there began to be voices in the court, saying that the little prince of Ningfu went to Beijing in the name of sending silver, and now the silver has also been put into storage, and the Hongde Hall has also begun to be repaired.

After the emperor ordered King Ning to reform himself, the personnel of the Ning Fan in Beijing stopped all overt or covert activities of visiting officials and magnates, and instead went to major medical centers and even temples and nunnery to find famous doctors for the little prince.

Xiao Gongzi's illness is naturally "getting worse and worse", and he can't leave Beijing.

Ning Fan even paid a lot of money to invite the eldest princess of Yongkang to enter the palace to plead for him, and asked the emperor to give Tianliangzi Zhenren to see him for alchemy.

The emperor agreed, but the little waiter who passed the word went to Tianliangguan, but was told that Tianliangzi Zhenren took a boy to collect medicine, and he had been gone for more than a month.

I don't know where I went or when I will return. It's all up to the old fairy's mind.

The emperor had no choice but to ask the post stations around the country to pay more attention to this real person, and let him return to Beijing immediately if he met him. Here, a dozen more imperial doctors will be arranged to see the little boy.

After all this disturbance, the time came to mid-March.

The triennial talent selection ceremony has attracted everyone's attention.

The emperor will "from now on, such as the painting of the field divided into states, the establishment of officials and duties, Ming Lile, the school, the law calendar, the rank sacrifice, the Juntian Fu, the spring goods, the public election, the strict examination class, the military system, the prudent criminal law, then the emperor's rule of the world, it is not a law" into the palace examination questions, it is also quite intriguing.

However, despite the little emperor's ardent hopes, for the new scholars, there are still more people who want to stay in Beijing.

Especially during the Jingcha period, Liu Jin and his party were purged again in Beijing, and those who had a little to do with it were not let go, and many middle and low-level positions were vacant.

Don't say that the new science and technology scholars are hot, and the high-level bosses are also hot, taking the opportunity to win over the newcomers and install their own people.

In this regard, the little emperor could only complain to Zhang Hui: "Two more Shen Rui would be fine." ”

Zhang Hui said with a smile: "In the end, Hanlin is noble, and it is common for scholars to look forward to entering Hanlin. However, Shen Rui is in the locality, looking at the recommendation of the county and the governor, and he is steadfast for the emperor, isn't it more useful than the one who doesn't know the crops and only reads the books of the sages? ”

Brother Shou chewed "I don't know the grain" in his mouth twice, sighed, and only said: "In the future, I will change it little by little from the roots." can't raise all the scholars into the temper of Yushi, and there is only one mouth left in Zhou. ”

Zhang Hui shrunk his neck, the emperor could say this, but he didn't dare to take it, he was bitten by the iron mouth of the imperial historians since he took the Jinyi guard.

Recently, from the Taimiao Sixiang to the collection of Yizi, the emperor has been talked about a lot, and he is very annoying. Fortunately, the king of Shenning has been opened recently, and the emperor has gained some purity.

As for the little prince of Ning Domain, Zhang Hui only sneered in his heart......

The new wave of hustle and bustle brought by the new science and technology has not dissipated until April.

And in April, there was shocking news in the palace that Concubine Shen Xian was pregnant!

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It has been more than eight years since he ascended the throne today, and it has been seven years since he got married, but the harem has not moved, and the former harem has not been worried about the emperor's heir.

The first emperor's heirs are thin, not only because the first emperor is weak, but also because the first emperor has a soft spot, and there is only one empress dowager in the harem.

Now, the bow horse is skilled, keen on martial arts, it can be said that the body is very good, there are many famous concubines in the harem, I heard that there are many beauties in the West Garden, but there has been no heir, and there has never been a news that the palace concubine is pregnant, which can't help but make people think a lot.

Especially in the past few months, he has accepted hundreds of righteous sons, and there are rumors such as "falling asleep on Qian Ning's thigh", which is difficult not to make people think crookedly.

Now that the concubine is finally pregnant, although I don't know the men and women, the hearts of the important ministers and loyal ministers are also half relaxed.

Especially after the Taimiao Sixiang just finished the trouble, this imperial heir is even more important.

The emperor was obviously very happy, and all kinds of rewards poured into Chang'an Palace and to Concubine Shen Xian's maiden home.

Originally, Concubine Shen Xian's maiden family was the one at the bottom among her relatives, and the emperor could only think of the queen's mother's family, the Xia family, and even if Concubine Wu De was not so favored in the palace, the Wu family was the in-laws of the Zhang family, the queen mother's mother's family. The Shen family, a relative, really can't rely on anything.

Today's Shen family, a relative, is already a city, and countless people have rushed to add "firewood" (wealth) to burn the stove. And the Shen family also put on the pomp and circumstance of the emperor's eldest son's foreign family, which was magnificent, as if it overshadowed the Xia family.

Although Concubine Shen Xian asked someone to spread the word, she didn't know if it was a princess or a prince, but she was a prince, could it be that the eldest son was good to be? The eldest son of the concubine should also call the queen his mother! Don't float up at this time, turn around and fall harder!!

It's just that the virtuous concubine Niangniang is virtuous, but there are prominent cases like the Zhou family and the Zhang family in front of the previous relatives - especially the Zhou family, the Empress Dowager Zhou was just a concubine at the beginning, and when her son became the emperor, the Zhou family was rich and noble for three dynasties!

The Shen family is now being held like that, and the huge interests are in front of them, how many people can calm down and not be moved?

Such a high-profile has of course caused many people to be dissatisfied, but there are two folds of Yushi who have tried to do so, but they are all left in the middle and not sent, and everyone has a number in their hearts.

After all, he is the emperor's heir who has been looking forward to it for many years, and the Shen family has just raised its head, and it has not had time to do anything evil, and there are no new tricks to impeach, and the imperial history will gradually give up.

More people are ready to beat the water dogs - to take the little prince of the Ning Domain out of Beijing.

Now that the emperor has an heir, it doesn't matter whether it is a man or a woman, as long as he can give birth, there will be a second and a third if there is the first......

The emperor is only twenty-five, he is still young, and he has a lot of time to give birth to children.

Even if it is another three or five years, there is still no prince, it is to find a young child, and at that time, the little prince of Ning Fan was also over fifteen, and he was not needed at all.

Shangzizi invited this person to return to the domain, which is also to show his loyalty to the emperor and the maintenance of orthodoxy.

In the face of the flocking imperial history and the people in the matter, the little prince of Ning Fan chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and "concentrate on recuperation" in the town, and from time to time there was some news that he was critically ill.

Anyway, if Lai is in the capital and doesn't leave, no one will have a problem.

*

When the news of Concubine Xian's pregnancy reached Henan, Shen Rui naturally looked overjoyed in front of the people, but his heart was extremely heavy.

In August last year, Brother Shou personally said that the queen was pregnant.

According to the time of time, it is already time to produce.

At this time, Concubine Shen Xian was pushed out, was it the queen who had given birth to the prince, and was hidden just in case - Xiaomiao was hidden for six years when she was a child, or did something happen to the queen's child?

The matter involves the inner palace, and Zhang Hui knows that he can't send a word.

But no matter what the possibility is, the situation in Beijing and China is not too good. Otherwise, there is no need to push Concubine Xian out to attract attention.

The emperor's move is one move after another, how do you look like it...... I want to force Ning Fan back!

If there is no rebellion, it is difficult to cut it to the end?!

Shen Rui frowned, but, is the imperial court really ready for a battle?

The neighbors to the north, because of the drought, are still eyeing each other!

Although King Ning in the history of the previous life is vulnerable, the current teacher Wang Shouren is also a scholar of the Nanjing Military Department, holding heavy troops, and the sailor is very experienced in combat, it should not be difficult to defeat King Ning.

But what if the Tatars take advantage of the situation?

In the past two years, there have been disasters and famines in various places, and the treasury has never saved too much.

The loss of the north will also directly affect the sensitive nerves of the Ming Dynasty ministers after the change of Tumubao, what will happen then?

The excellent situation that has been opened up in northern Xinjiang with great effort will be ruined in one fell swoop, and what is even more terrifying is that once this inherent impression is planted, it may affect the Ming Dynasty's policy toward Mongolia for more than ten or decades.

Ning Fan's pus, pick it up, pick it up, pick it early, it's better to pick it early, but in the north, you have to keep it no matter what. Shen Rui gritted his teeth and thought.

Then he locked himself in the study alone and began to write a secret letter to his teacher Wang Shouren, to Zhang Hui, to Cong Lan and Shen Hui, to Cai Yu, Dai Dabin, Li Yanqing, Jiang Yan, and Gao Wenhu......

"You must hand over the letter to Cong and Shen by hand." Shen Rui handed the letter to Tian Feng and told him repeatedly.

Tian Feng has been in Shanxi for several years and is the most familiar with people, so he sent him to the border to deliver the letter. At the same time, there was also a batch of veterinary drugs that Lantian had led people to rush to produce in the past two months.

Lantian actually discussed with his teacher Li Dongyang and Pang Tianqing in Beijing, and on the way to Henan, he had already found a lot of simple prescriptions for medicine in the agricultural books of the past dynasties, the Cattle and Horses, and also had a preliminary pharmaceutical plan.

After obtaining Shen Rui's full support and cooperation, Lantian took the experienced veterinarians from Zhangde and Huaiqing Mansion to select a group of clever and diligent apprentices among the victims, and quickly built a workshop and put it into production with abundant funds.

Shen Rui's requirements for their products are the same as Tianliangzi's medicine - it doesn't matter if the disease is cured or not, it must not cure people and horses.

The purpose of this batch of medicine is not to show off how effective the medicine is, but to remind the grassland that there are some things that cannot be obtained by grabbing, and it will only be traded in the horse market.

"It's not to make money, it's okay to exchange cowhide and wool for anything, as long as they know that there is a horse market, there are these." Shen Rui said to Tian Feng.

Tian Feng responded again and again, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Second master, I want to take Chen Li with me, if you have to use it, you can let him stay over there, and if there are people like them here in the future, they can be let go." ”

This Chen Li is a horse leader in Henan Mansion, and there are thirty or forty people under him, all of whom are immediately skilled and brave.

Because of his personal enmity with the mine thief Li Cai, he was persuaded by Wan Dongjiang to recruit An, helped Zhou Xian to kill Li Cai, and brought Li Gensheng, a local tycoon who sold the stolen goods for Li Cai.

Although Chen Li's gang had no lives in their hands, they had also had many robbery cases, and it was not easy for them to obtain a decent official status.

And Li Gensheng is a land-sitting household, and there are many bandits, horses, bandits, and mine thieves on the line, and for a while, Chen Li has become a "traitor" on the road who "everyone can be punished", and it is difficult to survive in Henan Mansion.

Tian Feng wanted to take this group of people to the border pass, as a branch of the Shunfeng marker, specifically to pick up the darts guarding the caravans coming and going to the horse market.

With such an identity, you can slowly understand the situation in the grassland, and you can even cooperate with the people of the Siyi Pavilion, and there will always be an official family in the future.

Shen Rui waved his hand and said: "They are different from Wan Dongjiang, they are all masters who are faster than their brains, and now is a very moment, don't be impulsive and misguided." ”

He pondered for a moment, and then said: "They can't stay in Henan, but they can take it to Shanxi first, put it in the tailwind mark to follow the familiarity, and sharpen their temperament." As for the Siyi Pavilion, ask us to borrow someone to help, if you don't mention it, don't interfere easily. ”

After the arrangement was made here, Shen Rui asked the Henan Provincial Inspector to be stationed in Ruzhou to prevent mine thieves, and then set off for Zhangde Mansion.

It's already May, and there is still not much rain, and this year it is obvious that there will be a drought again. It's a sad weather.

Although Changde Province has vigorously promoted new seeds, new planting methods, and opened water canals, it is difficult to avoid the influence of the weather.

The preparations for the mountain temple and temple fair are almost complete, and now in such a situation, we still have to urge them to hurry up.

However, as soon as he arrived at Zhangde Mansion, another shocking news came.

On April 29, the Empress Dowager Wang passed away.

At the same time as the news was delivered, there was also a holy decree from the emperor to urgently recruit Shen Rui to return to Beijing to report on his work.

*

The Empress Dowager Wang is the second queen of Xianmiao.

The first queen Wu was deposed by Xianmiao just after being canonized for a month, and then Xianmiao always wanted to set up Wan Guifei as the queen, but the Empress Dowager Zhou did not agree, so she had to set up Wang as the queen.

In the years to come, Xianmiao actually wanted to abolish the Wang family more than once, but the Wang family was cautious and low-key, and there was nothing wrong with it.

In the Hongzhi Dynasty, the Wang family became the queen mother, but she was as quiet as before, still her invisible person in the harem, and she was never involved in the dispute between the Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Zhang.

Until the Zhengde Dynasty, this old lady stood firmly behind Brother Shou from the beginning, supported his policies, cooperated with his actions, and solved a lot of things in the palace for him.

Brother Shou is also very close to this grandmother, and has added Huangzhuang to his grandmother many times, and Zhengde has also given her the honorific title "Cisheng Kangshou" for five years.

This old lady has always been weak in health, but she has not been sick in bed from time to time like the Empress Dowager Zhou when she was old.

There was no news of her illness this winter, and she was also ordered to congratulate the queen mother and the queen on the New Year's Day.

At this time, he died suddenly, which was really beyond everyone's expectations.

When the Empress Dowager died, the emperor was still in Xiyuan, and when he heard the bad news, he ran back to the palace almost all the way like crazy, and cried until he fainted in Renshou Palace.

When he reappeared in front of people, he was already haggard, his face was full of sickness, and he could see grief.

Queen Xia was even more grieved and fell ill directly, and the mourning hall was forced by several sturdy palace people to carry her, and her face was pale and almost bloodless.

It was still the Queen Mother who sympathized with Queen Xia and the pregnant Concubine Shen Xian, and ordered the two to have a good life and recuperate, and Concubine Wu De completed other etiquette on her behalf.

The Manchu Dynasty called the emperor and empress to filial piety.

But I don't know when, there was such a word in the market, saying that the Empress Dowager had always been in good health, and if she died suddenly, she must have been assassinated.

The death of the Empress Dowager was indeed very sudden, so some people really believed this, and there was a lot of discussion on the street.

Soon someone said that the Empress Dowager has always been kind to others, and her relatives and the Wang family are even more peaceful, and they have never made enemies with others.

Then he said secretly, I am afraid that it is not the little prince in Shen Niangniang's belly who has overcome his great-grandmother......

It is also conclusive that the Empress Dowager actually died after taking the pill, and this pill was entered by the Lord Tianliang Zi of Tianliang Guanguan.

This person also knew that this medicine was inappropriate, and he was afraid of being held accountable, so he first used Yunyou as an excuse to escape!

And the emperor should not have befriended the monk and the demon Dao, and found out that something was wrong, but in order to cover up his own mistakes and let the demon Dao escape, and refused to issue a wanted warrant to arrest him to avenge his grandmother, it was a great unfilial ......

Dig deeper, who recommended this person to the emperor? I heard that it was Shen Rui, who copied the family! seems to have some kinship with Shen Rui.

He also said that the emperor also takes the demon pill all year round, but I am afraid that he will not be able to leave it. Shen Rui has such an elixir in his hands, it is strange that he can rise to the top, and it is strange that the emperor allowed him to drag a favored minister like Liu Jin off the horse!

Such remarks naturally attracted the attention of the imperial court immediately.

Jin Yiwei arrested several waves of people and locked up a few teahouses and restaurants that gathered people to discuss the heavenly family, but he failed to catch the "main culprit".

It has not been able to effectively curb the spread of rumors, and everyone will not say it on the surface, but there is a lot of discussion behind the scenes, and Jinyiwei does not really have the power to listen to the conversation of every person in the capital.

Especially when many eunuchs, businessmen and wealthy families have built secret rooms at home.

At this moment, in the secret room of the study outside the Shouning Marquis's Mansion, there were people who said things that would lose their heads without any scruples.

*

"Now that the Empress Dowager is gone, the Empress Dowager is the most noble in the palace. But how much is left of the mother-son relationship between the queen mother and the emperor, hehe, this marquis is afraid that he knows better than anyone else. The man smiled.

Zhang Heling's face was calm, and he said viciously: "What do you want to say?" ”

"Recently, the Shen family has been too flamboyant, and Hou Ye can see it? What does the Shen family rely on? It's not the piece of meat in Concubine Xian's belly. The man stared at Zhang Heling and said, "In this palace, the queen has also been pregnant, and now Concubine Xian is also pregnant, but Concubine De has not moved, Your Majesty, this is to prevent the Zhang family." ”

Zhang Heling's heart skipped a beat, it was not the side, it was the fact that the queen was pregnant and fell off, and the news had long been blocked, and no one outside the palace knew about it.

The Queen Mother knew about it from the clues after the child was gone, and she didn't say anything.

How does this man know?! When I think about it, I can't help but feel a chill in my back.

"The Zhang family is now prominent, and that is because his nephew is the emperor. However, in the future, if the son of the virtuous concubine will inherit the throne...... The Queen Mother is in one day, and there will be a day of wealth in the Zhang family, but if the Queen Mother is a hundred years old...... Think about what kind of scenery the Zhou family was in the Chenghua Dynasty back then, that is, when it was a filial piety temple, it could be regarded as equal to the Zhang family, but now look at it? ”

The man smiled and said, "The Zhang family had already thought of this, why else did they send Concubine De into the palace back then?" Not for the sake of future generations of wealth! However, the emperor is not close to Concubine De......"

Zhang Heling became a little impatient and interrupted him: "What kind of circle, let's talk about it." ”

"When the Empress Dowager Zhou was there, didn't she also raise a few little royal brothers in the palace just in case?" The man leaned closer.

Back then, this incident was also a thorn in the heart of the Zhang family.

Especially after the early death of Queen Zhang's mourning king, such words came out, so how could the Zhang family stand it.

The Liangzi of the Zhang family and the Zhou family also became deeper and deeper because of this.

Now, this person is going to use these words to lobby the Zhang family.

Zhang Heling said angrily: "Where did the little emperor brother come from now?" ”

The man smiled and said, "My little son, isn't it ready-made!" ”

Zhang Heling narrowed his eyes, "Let's laugh, this is a seniority!" ”

The man laughed and said, "It's all a family bloodline, generation or something, and it's not a marriage, what's the matter." The child is young, you have seen it, the most honest and filial, recognized in the name of the Queen Mother, recognized in the name of Concubine De, it all depends on the Queen Mother and the Hou Ye. ”

He paused, and said: "There are those who are of the right generation, and there are also those who are suitable for the prince of Zhao and the prince of Zhou, that is, hehe, I just don't know if I am willing to listen to the words of the Hou Ye, after all, those two people were brought out by the Shen family." ”

"If the Hou Ye is difficult, you can discuss it with the Queen Mother. Why will the little boy stay until the Empress Dowager Zigong of Daxing will introduce the mausoleum, give her the old man a ride, and then return to Jiangxi, there is still time to think about it. ”

Zhang Heling had an expression of "you coax a fool", and he didn't bother to say a word.

The man said: "This matter is beneficial to the Queen Mother and the Zhang family, my little son is the most obedient, he has no relatives in Beijing, if he doesn't rely on the Queen Mother to rely on the Zhang family, who can he rely on?" With such a filial and sensible person as him, can't others be more filial and sensible? Wouldn't it make the Queen Mother feel comfortable? ”

"If he has relatives and flesh and blood, then he is the best candidate for the prince, and the rules are there, and the little prince will return to the domain.

"You must be thinking, what's in it for us? Master Hou, my little son is just a concubine, and there are three older brothers above, the prince just likes him again, how many things do you say the palace can give him? It's not his turn to choose a good place.

"If you are fortunate enough to be raised under the knees of the Queen Mother for a few months, no matter how much the prince gives him, others will not be able to say anything. If the Queen Mother can reward him with a good fief for the sake of his dedication and filial piety, it will not only benefit him, but also future generations! Isn't that a big benefit? ”

Zhang Heling never said a word, but there was no obvious disgust on his face.

Seeing that he was silent, the man said again: "Hou Ye's thoughts, you can guess one or two below, when Hou Ye chose Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan as his son-in-law, didn't he also run to someone in the court, thinking that not only relying on the harem, this way is also very wise, but a loyal person like Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan can't play his sinister and cunning brother." ”

"Hou Ye, this father-in-law is also a loving father, this year's year of Jingcha, I want to come to Hou Ye to arrange a position for Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan, right? Liu Jin had the most people in the General Administration Department before, but now most of them are empty, Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan used to be a left-right general politician, a proper four-grade, and then go up, I can't enter the cabinet......"

Zhang Heling does have such a plan, and he has already spent a lot of money and has been active for eight or nine.

The man changed his words, "Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan has already delayed his future because of Ding Wei. If I ...... again this time"

Zhang Heling was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that Qiu Ju's eunuch had said the same thing to threaten him many years ago, and couldn't help blurting out: "Why is this trick again?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, then reacted, couldn't help laughing, and said, "It's not new or old, just work." ”

He also said: "Zhang Wei is also a good one, but, after all, he is the son-in-law of the Marquis of Jianchang." Hou Ye also knows that the temper of Jianchang Hou may not be able to move. ”

Hearing the word Zhang Wei, Zhang Heling frowned.

He didn't agree to this family business.

He doesn't read anything, Zhang Yuanzhen was his daughter's big matchmaker.

Zhang Yuanzhen helped him protect the media back then, and he didn't help Zhang Yuanzhen speak, but he didn't become the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, who is to blame. He's also wasted favors, and it's time to clear up.

I don't agree that Zhang Wei is in trouble with Shen Li's daughter, and this reputation is really bad.

Besides, after all, it was Sister Ting'er who made the first move, this feud was strong, Concubine De was raised by her own family, there is nothing on the Yang family's side, and now Li Dongyang and Wang Hua are dying in the cabinet, Yang Tinghe can move to Shoufu, and the girl's current husband is Shen Rui, who is the celebrity around the emperor, so there is no need to offend them.

Sister Ting is older, if she really wants to get married, she will be sent to the field quietly, and she will not be called back, that is.

Now that the big lama has come back to do the marriage, and he has found such a good thing on the cusp, for fear that people will not be able to remember the old things?

- It's also easy to implicate his daughter, Sister Xian.

This incident made Zhang Yanling's daughter-in-law stab in front of Mrs. Jin.

Mrs. Tai has always loved Sister Ting the most, and the old lady's temper came up, so she had to take Sister Ting back to get married.

Zhang Yanling was a mess, and he was not yin and yang, and said: "What's the matter, if the eldest brother is allowed to have a champion son-in-law, I am not allowed to have a son-in-law who explores flowers?" ”

Although Zhang Heling said at the time that there were new science and technology scholars, he also knew in his heart that in Sister Ting's situation, it was not easy to find someone as decent as Tanhualang.

Mrs. Jin made a fuss, and the Queen Mother also said that in the end, it was Tanhua and a talent, and Zhang Heling could only pinch her nose and admit it.

And when Sister Xian and his wife knew about this marriage, Sister Xian said with disgust: "Second uncle is confused, this person was originally my niece and son-in-law, and now he has become my brother-in-law, this, what has become of this!" ”

Shen Jin's face was even colder.

He knew the truth about Shen Li's resignation, and before Shen Li left, he repeatedly warned him and Shen Ying to be more vigilant. He hated Zhang Wei deeply.

I didn't expect the Zhang family to do such a disgusting thing.

He suddenly deeply understood Ruidi's feelings when he learned that he was married to the Zhang family......

Zhang Heling didn't know what his son-in-law was thinking at this time, but looking at his son-in-law's expression, he also knew that it would be impossible for his son-in-law and his second son-in-law to support each other and arm each other in the court in the future.

I heard the man whispering: "Although Zhang Wei's rank is still low now, even if the General Administration Department is a senatorial position, he can't reach it for a while." But if Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan Ding worries for three years, or Ding worries for six years......"

He said meaningfully: "Look, Master Hou, this world is impermanent and unpredictable, where can a road be accurate?" You still have to have an heir close to the Zhang family, and then a son-in-law who is promising, walking on two legs, so that it can be stable. Do you say, Hou Ye? ”

Zhang Heling stared at the person in front of him and was silent for a long time.

*

Shanxi Datong, Shen Shen government

In the same secret room of the outer study, there is the same trick that is too old to be old, and someone is working on Shen Hui, who is participating in politics.

A young man in his early twenties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, is so happy, especially when he smiles, he looks happy, which makes people happy when he sees it.

However, in the face of him, Shen Hui's hands unconsciously trembled slightly.

If this person didn't mention it, he couldn't remember it at all, and when he mentioned it, he looked at it again, and he found some of the little boys he looked like back then.

Not to mention that he is a little scholar, even his own son, his eldest son Shen Dong, he has actually forgotten what he looks like.

Washing ink and inkstone, it was a pair of scholars who bought Shen Dong in Beijing at the beginning, and they also followed Shen Dong back to Songjiang.

In that "woe disaster", after Shen Dong disappeared, he sued Shen Jun for "colluding with the Japanese and kidnapping his nephews", and later died in prison.

The whereabouts of the inkstone are unknown, and I don't know if the person who was instructed to wash the ink died out, or if he ran away in fear of sin.

It was chaos, and no one paid attention to the whereabouts of a little scholar.

Now this little scholar is back, with the news that Shen Hui least wants to hear.

“…… The eldest young master has been thinking about the old lady, and now, when he carries people behind his back, there will be times when he sheds tears. …… The eldest young master is really hard, but the eldest young master never complains......

"Now that the little one looks at the appearance of the second young master, he can't help but think, if the eldest young master can always follow the master, it should be like the second young master now. The eldest young master is smart, he must be an official! ……”

Xi Yan's round eyes were red, tears were shining, and he looked like a loyal servant who was wronged by his master, poking Shen Hui's heart one sentence after another.

Shen Hui took a few deep breaths before stabilizing his emotions, and asked Xi Yan coldly: "Since you are back, what about Brother Dong'er?" Or, did someone ask you to come and talk to me? ”

The inkstone burst into tears and laughter in an instant, and his tone was full of joy: "The eldest young master has returned to Songjiang, the old man is not by the old lady's side, the eldest young master wants to do his filial piety for the old man, and take on the responsibility of the sect for the master." Our clan is the descendant of the Shen family, and the eldest young master is the patriarch, so that the Shen family can be better. ”

Shen Hui felt a chill down his spine.

Hearing this, he said: "The young master is the most filial, let the little one come and tell the master." also gave a great credit to the master. ”

He leaned closer, and his smiling face was particularly bright, "The Tatars are not short of food and want to rob it, then let them snatch it, if the food is lost, you can plant it again, and the left and right can't be defeated, and it will be bad if you can't resist and be slaughtered." The young master is merciful, and he plans for the lives of the people at the border gates, so it is good for the master to avoid it when the time comes. ”

Shen Cheng was so shocked that he almost couldn't sit still.

"Nonsense!" He couldn't help but burst into a loud snort.

Xi Yan's big eyes purred, and he smiled again, "Don't be afraid, master, how far can they come in, grab some food and retreat, when the time comes, you will bring people back to kill you, and you can easily recapture the city and make meritorious contributions, and your official position will also be promoted." ”

"It's not the previous dynasty now, they can still rob the country! Moreover, Jiangshan, and our prince. You, in the future, will also be a great achievement. ”

Shen Hui understands no matter how stupid he is, Ning Fan, this is going to be the opposite.

Using the north to attract the attention of the imperial court, Ning Fan started an incident in the south, and the imperial court did not care about each other, which was an opportunity for Ning Fan.

"Rebels and thieves!" Shen Hui said solemnly, "Have you forgotten how you were arrested back then? Now it's time to fight for the tiger! You should quickly go to the yamen to expose the traitorous acts to the imperial court, and you can also make meritorious contributions. Otherwise, the Anhua people are a lesson from the past! ”

mentioned being arrested, Xi Yan's eyes were full of resentment, but he still smiled in his mouth: "Sure enough, the young master said, the master is still so cautious, the strange reason is that the sixth master and the second master Rui can be a second-grade master, and the master has always been unable to go up from the third grade." ”

Shen Hui's face flashed with embarrassment, and he said sharply: "Bastard, what are you talking about." ”

Xi Yan suddenly put away his smile and said coldly: "Master, young master said, don't prevaricate with the words of civil officials regardless of military generals, you always have a way." If you don't want to, it's okay, then he will serve the old lady to go west and let you go back to your hometown to worry. The location here is naturally for people who can do this thing. As for Ding Wei's three years later, whether you still have the three grades depends on your creation. ”

“…… Bastard......" Shen Hui squeezed out these two words from between his teeth.

"Master, don't think about killing your relatives in righteousness, and take your son's head to ask for merit. If it is said that it is a righteous annihilation, someone has to believe it, sir, don't you say? The young master has taught a small endorsement, how do you say that the cook's easy teeth are coming? "The affection of people is not to love their sons, and the forbearance of their sons, how will they love you", hey, when the time comes, you may not be able to get this merit, and you can't point to who is cheaper. ”

He Shi Shiran leaned back in the chair, "What's more, you, you still have to Ding, worry, three, year......" He said it word by word, and the word Ding Wei bit it very hard.

Shen Hui has always been the most important career, and he has been camping all these years, not just for an official position!

Now......

Shen Hui stared at the inkstone viciously, and under the candlelight, his face was cloudy.

(End of chapter)