In April of the eighth year of Zhengde, when spring and summer intersected, everyone was a little busy.

In Ningxia, Zhu Ningyao, the king of Anhua, was busy burning the official mansion, releasing prisoners, recruiting border generals and soldiers, and hurriedly rebelling.

In Shaanxi, Zhao Hongpei was busy lobbying Yang Yiqing, who was sitting in Yansui, and wanted to rely on a good background, a good kung fu and the emperor's cronies to join the rebellious team and march towards his first military exploits.

In Shanxi, Li Xi was busy keeping an eye on the Jin Palace, Qingcheng Palace, and other clans' mansions, thinking that it was best to intercept the letters from the rebels, and if he couldn't, he would step up his efforts to concoct some evidence.

And in Beijing, the adults are also busy "fighting" - fighting with words.

Is the Qianqing Palace, which was burned down, repaired? How to fix?

Where to use wood? Where is the labor to be levied?

And most importantly, where does the silver come from?!

Around these problems, the internal officials and foreign ministers, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household have been arguing for a while, and they have been arguing from the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, but there is no result.

The imperial history of the subordinates of each faction took turns to take advantage of the fire in the Qianqing Palace to blame the emperor for all kinds of wrongs and all kinds of injustices in the world.

First of all, the emperor should not indulge in vocal music - if you don't play with lanterns, there will be nothing?

"It's all unreasonable, from ancient times to the present, which Shangyuan Festival doesn't light up? Didn't the Imperial Historian also light the lamps, and I didn't see them burned to ashes. ”

Brother Shou mocked in his mouth, raised his hand, threw a live chicken over the fence, and landed on the rockery of the lake and stone piled up in the beast pond.

There was a fierce tiger lying on the rock, its fur black and white, and it was a rare white tiger.

But seeing that the white tiger stretched out its limbs and looked lazy, Ren Na was frightened and fluttering in front of him, always squinting his eyes and basking in the sun, completely lazy to pay attention.

Brother Fang Cai Shou and his entourage just came from the wolf fang, and a few live chickens were thrown in, and the wolves swarmed up, scrambling and biting, and it was so lively that Brother Shou clapped his hands happily.

It's so cold in this tiger pool. Qian Ning was afraid that Brother Shou would find it boring, and thought of a way to tease the white tiger to come over for food, and Brother Bo Shou smiled.

How do you know that Brother Shou is more and more happy, and said to the left and right: "This is the state that the king of beasts should be." ”

Qian Ning immediately followed the praise with interest, and the left and right chamberlains even contacted the emperor and praised Brother Shou.

The little waiter who was in charge of the beast pond shrank back, and his smile was slightly embarrassed, even if the earth dog had just eaten ten catties of beef, it would also have such an "imperial state......

Brother Shou smiled and listened to everyone's chanting, waved his hand for a while, and said, "Raise it for another month, and then move it to the Hundred Beasts Garden." Let the people rejoice with it. ”

Immediately, there was another voice of "the emperor sympathizes with the people".

The eunuch, the chief keeper of the Hundred Beasts Garden, smiled wrinkledly, as if he saw silver beckoning.

The West Garden is open every day, and the Hundred Beasts Garden has also changed from opening every five days to opening every three days, and it is still overcrowded.

Not only the ticket income, but also the clever trick that Shen Chuanyu gave to Xiao Liu's father-in-law (Liu Zhong) at the beginning, allowing the people to feed the animals and birds, which was also very profitable.

Regardless of whether it is a handful of millet, a few fruits, or a live chicken, it is much more expensive than the market outside, and many people are still willing to buy it for fun, not only to make money, but also to save the cost of feeding animals and birds.

The emperor is also generous, and many rare birds and beasts are also willing to let them go and enjoy them with the people, and such precious birds and beasts have to charge high tickets.

This is back to the White Tiger, this is auspicious!

When I first entered the city, I didn't see anyone quietly, but now I can see it, and the gate of the Hundred Beasts Garden has not been broken by the people!

However, it was said that this white tiger was sent to Xiyuan by Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, a month ago.

Zhang Yanling had already promised the emperor's nephew to get a white tiger, but if such a white tiger was easy to obtain, it would not be called auspicious.

Last year, when the winter was about to fall, there was news that the savage female department met the white tiger, and under the heavy reward, there were also people who risked death to hunt the mountain, and it was not until the beginning of spring this year that they were finally captured.

The crowd was overjoyed, beating gongs and drums to carry the white tiger auspicious rui out of the deep mountain.

The news in the mountains was closed, and it was not until the county town that I learned that the Qianqing Palace was on fire.

Historically, the palace fire has to be said to be warned by God, and many excerpts of the imperial historian have been circulated to the people, and the people who are not satisfied with their lives are even more deeply convinced.

The people of the Marquis Mansion of Jianchang were also dumbfounded, at this time, is this auspicious rui offered or not?

The emperor's reputation for being playful has not been spread for a day or two.

This side just went to the sky to warn, and over there said that the sky was auspicious, but don't break the siege and be beaten into a demon who hooked up with the emperor's plaything and lost his mind.

But this way to carry the white tiger out of the mountain is very noisy, people from all over the country know it, and it will definitely not work to put it back, let alone raise it in private, who would dare to raise such a rui beast except the Son of Heaven?

This rush to report into Beijing, Zhang Yanling also has a headache, how can he catch up with such a time!

It cost a lot for this white tiger, and the money is still spent!

He entered the palace and discussed with the Queen Mother for a long time, and finally the white tiger was sent to Xiyuan, but it was very low-key, and the people probably didn't know.

This time, if it is sent to the Hundred Beast Garden, it will be a sensation in the whole city.

The chief eunuch was already calculating how much to charge for this ticket.

And in the end, his vision is still narrow, and Qian Ning on the side will laugh and say: "The emperor is merciful, so that the people can also worship Xiangrui, great kindness!" Is this going to be a ritual......"

His voice was a little lower, "It's good to press some people's mouths." ”

When all the attendants heard this, they all said that it was right.

At this time, the internal officials were scolded by the foreign ministers, and they still went to the eunuchs and the imperial store every sentence, and they really didn't want to leave them with any oil and water, how could the inner servants not want to get back a game!

However, their Long Live Lord doesn't think so.

Brother Shou said indifferently: "What are you pressing them for, they are shallow-eyed, and it is easy to get a live chicken, so grab it and let them bite it." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to appreciate the elegant posture of the white tiger, and he was so excited that he chanted two poems of the tiger of his predecessors.

All the servants couldn't help but smile secretly bitterly, Long live Lord, you don't treat Yushi as a shallow wolf cub, but treat us as live chickens to play.

didn't wait for them to persuade them a few more words, Qian Ning had already followed the emperor's footsteps and praised the emperor's bearing.

Brother Shou glanced at him and suddenly asked, "You say, why doesn't the imperial historian light the lantern and don't go to the water?" The lamp of the king of Bining was on fire. ”

Qian Ning rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The minister saw that the lantern was exquisite, I think it was Lord Ning who put a lot of thought into it, the workmanship is complicated, the person who lights the lamp doesn't know the mechanism, and there are also those who lose their hands." ”

On that day, the attendants of the lanterns in the Qianqing Palace had already disappeared in the transformation field, and no one could tell why.

It's all up to Channing to say round and flat.

This Qian Ning did not take the benefits of King Ning, but the emperor once complained that the Shandong lantern was not good, but it was Zang Xiantou to King Ning, and King Ning sent the gorgeous palace lamp to the emperor's favor, and doubled the generous gift to Zang Xian, which made Qian Ning very jealous.

At this time, there was a problem with the lantern, and Qian Ning was gloating.

However, when the emperor asked, he took more silver taels from King Ning, and it was not good to piggyback on King Ning, so he piggybacked, so he gave his own performance: "If you want to say that the lantern is small, but if you want to do it well, you have to think a lot of ......."

His godfather and eunuch Qian Neng guarded Yunnan during the Chenghua period, and found that the Yongchang people made stones into silk, piled up and woven into cloth for the lamp screen, called the knot silk lamp, and then buckled the sub, not allowed to flow out, and made the palace lamp into the royal family.

This lamp can be described as "jade cutting clouds, Yanya Seiko", gorgeous and abnormal.

Until the death of Qian Neng, the descendants of the invention of this filament dared to pass on the recipe, and now the "Yunnan silk lamp" and the imitation of "Danyang filament lamp" in Danyang, Jiangsu Province are marketed at home, and they are very popular, which shows that this lamp is exquisite.

Of course, the most high-quality nature among them belongs to the Sacrifice Palace, and it is no wonder that Qian Ning has the capital to show off.

Brother Shou's train of thought did not follow Qian Ning's words, and did not praise Qian Neng, but said: "Since King Ning's lamp burned the Qianqing Palace, he wants King Ning to compensate." ”

Qian Ning choked, and immediately closed his mouth and pretended to be dead.

How do you pick up this statement? Are you willing to share your Majesty's worries and listen to King Ning? No, the minister doesn't want to!

If you can't say something nice, you can tell Zang Xian to say it, but if you offend people, you should do it yourself.

Fortunately, Brother Shou didn't seem to care whether Qian Ning answered or not, and instead instructed the attendant next to him: "You want to talk to Liu Daban and let him discuss it with the old gentlemen in the cabinet." ”

Qian Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and wondered a little in his heart, why didn't the emperor mention this stubble earlier, and remembered it after delaying it for so long?

I don't know if someone said something in front of the emperor.

Or which is the unsightly imperial history......

Qian Ning was already secretly thinking in his heart about how much benefit he could exchange this news for King Ning.

When the emperor went to the queen's dormitory, Qian Ning was not on duty, so he took advantage of the situation to go out of the palace and return to the house, found a few henchmen to come over, asked about the news from all over the government and the opposition, and sent people to find King Ning's people in Beijing.

King Ning's people didn't arrive, but the people he had bribed with the celebrant sent the news.

"King Anhua is reversed? Did he take a closer look? Although Qian Ning asked so, he understood that no one dared to believe such a big matter.

"Father-in-law Xiaohou said that the report came in eight hundred miles in a hurry." The steward replied, "Father-in-law Xiaohou said, Liu Qiansui's face changed greatly. There can be no mistake. ”

He lowered his voice again, "The little Hou father-in-law said that the urgent report was still attached to it, but he only glanced at the first, and Liu Qiansui in the back took it away after two glances, and told the big guy to shut his mouth and hurriedly returned to the private residence. I'm afraid it's something that matters. ”

Qian Ning smacked his lips, Liu Jin didn't take the fold back to the mansion once or twice, when Zhang Cai didn't come up, Liu Jin took the chapter back, discussed it with the doorman, and then let Jiao Fang polish the red.

But this time the situation is obviously different, what does Liu Jin want to hide?

Qian Ning regretted a little that he asked someone to invite the people of King Ning's mansion, the situation was beyond his expectations, he had to think about how to talk to King Ning's people in order to get the maximum benefit.

So while ordering to invite his henchmen to discuss the matter, he asked someone to drag the people from Ning Wangfu's mansion, "Just say that I am in a bit of a hurry, I will come back in a while, put a good table, and let Fang Rui go over to play a song......

*

Liu Jin has been doing things hard lately.

Zhang Yong, who has not made much achievements in Shanxi, turned over by opening the market in Yansui.

Yang Yiqing, who has always been against him, also won praise for opening the market in Yansui.

But this horse market is in his hometown and his territory, but Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing are tightly protected, and he can't reach into his hand!

What he, Liu Jin, and Liu Zuzong want to do, they can't do it yet!

He has already hooked up with Cao Xiong, the chief soldier of Yansui, and wants to marry Cao Xiong with a son and daughter.

Liu Jin has two nieces, the older one is the one who once wanted to choose Dai Dabin and later married Shao Jinfu of Shaanxi Xie Yuan, named Jin Niang, and the younger one has not yet been married, named Yu Niang.

At the beginning, Shen Rui was worried that Liu Jin had fallen in love with You Xuan and wanted to talk about choosing a son-in-law for the little niece.

Although Liu Jin can't climb up to such a family, he has indeed screened the little niece's family affairs, and has been reluctant to allow marriage.

Especially when he is extremely dissatisfied with his eldest niece and son-in-law-

Originally, Liu Jin had already greeted all parties, and it was necessary to ensure that his eldest niece and son-in-law Shao Jinfu was a top three, so that he could become his right-hand man as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, Shao Jinfu was not useful, and he failed to take the test, which made Liu Jin angry.

It was useless to call someone over and scold him, so Liu Jin simply found a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River for him to release.

But this Shao Jinfu has a temper again, and he refuses to go, so he has to study for another three years, and he must be a Jinshi.

If it weren't for taking care of his niece, Liu Jin would have strangled him.

Therefore, Liu Jin became more and more concerned about the selection of his little niece and son-in-law, and said that he could not choose something like Shao Jinfu.

Cao Xiong's second son, Cao Mi, is the right age for Liu Jin's little niece, and his appearance is also good, but he is a Nasu prisoner, which is actually not very suitable for Liu Jin to choose a son-in-law.

But this son has outstanding ability to do things, and he has fallen into Liu Jin's eyes.

It was November of the fourth year of Zhengde, Dayan Khan Koubian committed Huamachi, and the general system was killed in battle.

Zhengde's five-year patrol was folded in the imperial history, and Cao Xiong was impeached for supporting the army and not saving it, which delayed the fighter.

Cao Xiong feigned guilt and begged for dismissal, but sent his second son Cao Mi to play the Jingshi.

Cao Mi has not yet reached the crown, but he has no stage fright when he wanders around many mansions in Beijing.

talked about the various situations in Dayan Khan's Koubian, painted and colorful, made people feel like they were on the scene, and talked about how his father led the troops to defend the clouds, which made the courtiers tremble.

At that time, the border was important, and in any case, Cao Xiong did have a hand in leading the troops, and in the end, the imperial court symbolically punished some money, which still made Cao Xiong live in his post.

That Cao Mizi also worshipped Liu Jin's mountain gate, which left a deep impression on Liu Jin.

As soon as Yansui Ma City opened, the heavier Cao Xiong, the general army of Yansui, became, the more Liu Jin felt that Cao Mi was a good candidate for a son-in-law.

He sent someone to Yansui to say that Cao Xiong was also looking for a backer in the court, and even if he agreed, the two parties changed Geng Ti, and the wedding date was set for September of the following year.

Unexpectedly, in the spring of the next year, Brother Liu Jin fell ill somehow, his abdomen was swollen, his face was pale, he couldn't swallow, and he was in pain from time to time.

The imperial doctor saw that it was the "swelling" contained in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", which was one of the four major difficult diseases, and it was really difficult to treat.

Liu Jin is also looking for famous doctors, and he takes medicine one by one, but he has not been able to get better.

People are so thin that they have a handful of bones left, but their stomachs are still swollen.

Seeing people is just going to be gone.

But if the person is gone, Tan Yu Niang is a maid, and she will be filial piety for three years before remarrying!

Liu Jin then sent a letter to Yansui, hoping that the Cao family could marry Tan Yuniang in advance.

However, the Cao family did not hear back for more than a month.

Liu Jin expected that because the Qianqing Palace had gone to water, this overwhelming number of bullet seals, whether it was the emperor or the eunuch guarding the town, he could always take him Liu Jin, and the news spread to the border, Cao Xiong was the most slippery person, and he was afraid that he would have the meaning of wait-and-see.

Liu Jin was very angry, but it was easy for him to arch down which Wenchen, but it was difficult for him to reach out to the border pass to teach a general soldier.

Especially now, whether it is Yansui Ma City or the marriage of his niece, he has to point to the Cao family, and it is not easy to turn his face for a while.

At such a juncture, another thunderbolt came from the sky.

The paper of the king of Anhua, although he also said that the emperor was unkind and unkind to the clan, but he also clearly wrote his Liu Jin's crimes, in the name of "Qingjun's side"!

Not to mention that those charges are not fabricated in his heart, they are fabricated, with such a name of "Qingjun side", it is rare for him to die well!

Liu Jin rolled up the urgent report and the text and left the palace, and asked someone to hurry up and call Zhang Cailai.

In the secret room of Liu Jin's private house, Zhang Cai unfolded the text and looked at it, and he was also shocked, and even said: "Chitose should enter the palace immediately and report to the emperor." Then you don't have to do anything, just cry at the emperor's feet, and talk about what you have done for the emperor since the emperor ascended the throne. ”

"I must mention the matter of investigating the nine-sided tuntian, this article says that Cong Lan falsely reported the acres of land and indiscriminately requisitioned the fields, and the Cong people came from the general political envoys, known as a virtuous name, and the emperor is the most trustworthy, and now it is said like this, it can be seen that it is a thief who reverses black and white."

"Since he framed Cong Lan, he can also frame Chitose you! These clansmen's private occupation of acres of land is embezzlement of court taxes, which is a great rebellion, and the acres of land are cleared so that they have nothing to hide, so they will bark and bite like mad dogs! ”

"One more mention of the King of Shandong ......"

"There is also the matter of Taimiao Sixiang, don't look at the emperor coldly watching the courtiers choose this and push that, in fact, this is the emperor's rebellion, Chitose might as well say that these people have vain ambitions......"

Liu Jin frowned and paced back and forth in the secret room, listening to Zhang Cai's words one by one, instead of calming down, he became more and more irritable.

Suddenly, he took a long shot and interrupted Zhang Cai's words, "No, this text can't be seen by Long Live Lord." ”

Zhang Cai couldn't help but be stunned, and blurted out: "A thousand years old, think twice!" ”

Liu Jin said: "It's just that I thought twice." Over the years, the emperor ......"

He paused, as if he didn't want to continue, but finally couldn't hold back, and sighed: "The emperor has grown up." ”

Zhang Cai's face changed several times, gritted his teeth, and said, "Chitose is worried that the emperor will be suspicious of you after reading this text?!" But it is precisely because I am afraid that the emperor will be suspicious that I have to analyze it clearly! ”

Liu Jin slowly sat on the chair, waved his hand, and said, "The emperor has seen you...... It is necessary to be suspicious. ”

He closed his eyes and said, "The Qianqing Palace has not been repaired yet......

He came to such a sentence, which made Zhang Cai a little confused for a while, but he quickly reacted, why didn't the Qianqing Palace be repaired - poor money!

The emperor doesn't have the silver to repair the palace room, but the big eunuchs around him have silver, is this like a word!

Saying this, it does not mean that Liu Jin sacrifices his life and money, but Liu Jin knows in his heart that after Qiu Ju, the emperor is very sensitive to the wealth of his slaves and will not spare it.

Zhang Cai was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Chitose, think about how you drove Liu Xie out of the court in the first place." You...... I know the emperor's mind the most! ”

Liu Jin's face softened slightly, at the beginning, it was his sentence "How can the emperor's order get out of the palace wall" that touched the emperor, and made the emperor disgusted with those old ministers who controlled the government, and finally succeeded in resolving the crisis and cleaned up Liu Xie instead.

Now, it can be said that the vassal king has a bad heart and frames him.

Of course, the emperor will believe it.

Intentions of rebellion are certainly more worthy of the attention of the monarch than corruption.

But...... The greed for the emperor's silver will still be a thorn in the emperor's heart.

He understands the emperor's mind too well.

Mound monkeys. Damn the mound monkeys. Even if you die, you can do evil!

Liu Jin shook his head after all, gritted his teeth and said, "This text can't be seen by the emperor." ”

Zhang Cai's eyes were gloomy, and his tone was solemn: "Chitose, then we have to make another plan and block some people's mouths first." ”

Liu Jin nodded and said: "The East and West Factories, the Insider Factory, and Jinyiwei, you just have to call." ”

*

Liu Jin wanted to block the news of the text and prevent the little emperor from seeing it.

But I didn't know that in fact, Brother Shou had already received Zhao Hongpei's secret report a day earlier, as well as the secret fold between Shen Hui, the counselor of the Shanxi Political Envoy Department, and Li Xi, the heir of the Marquis of Fengcheng.

"Zhao Hongpei didn't go to Shanshan in vain, at least this secret letter transmission network did a good job, it really responded to Shen Rui's words at the beginning, it was faster than the post station." Brother Shou said sarcastically.

Not only is it faster than a post station, but it is faster than an eight-hundred-mile rush. Liu Zhong bowed his head and did not answer, but said: "Today, Father-in-law Liu took some folds and went home. ”

Brother Shou clicked on the secret report on the imperial case.

Liu Zhong bowed slightly.

Brother Shou sneered, but did not comment, but said: "I knew that the King of Jin had ghosts, but I didn't expect that it was the King of Anhua who rebelled first. I'm afraid that if the horse market is opened again, King Jin should not be able to bear it. ”

Looking at the lines of small letters on the fold, he had a cold face and spit out two words in disgust, "silverfish." ”

Li Ximi's report is that the Jin Wangfu colluded with the King Dai, King Qing, and King Anhua over the years, monopolized the "black market" trade between Shanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia to Mongolia, and sold many contraband such as grain, iron and even weapons to Mongolia, making huge fortunes.

This time, the king of Anhua raised troops, and the Jin Wangfu also secretly funded it.

And Shen Hui's excerpt lists in detail how much fertile land and how many people were harmed by the kings of Jin and the kings of this series of counties, such as King Qingcheng and King Yonghe, and their children.

Because he is a political envoy, the data is detailed and reliable.

"This is also Shen Rui's clan brother?" Brother Shou asked Liu Zhong with an excerpt.

Liu Zhong said yes and briefly introduced Shen Hui.

Brother Shou smiled a little and said, "The Songjiang Shen family is really talented. ”

rubbing his chin again, he said, "Shen Rui thinks it's time to get the letter, I don't know what his fold will write......