Chapter 1232: What Happened at That Time
Mao Zhengqing's words, although they make people feel uncomfortable, after all, they are just a few big families in the city, and there may be a person who has a kinship relationship with the Duke of Qianguo, but in the final analysis, they are just ordinary people, but it is these ordinary people, what they say, is to make these officials obey, which is really incredible, but in fact, many times, things are really like this.
Although these individuals are just ordinary people, but they are not just ordinary people, not ordinary people, behind them, there will always be this kind of inextricable relationship, and this relationship, even if it is an official, but can not ignore the words of these people, otherwise, there will naturally be trouble, and this trouble, is not an ordinary trouble, the small one can already make you very troubled, if it is a big trouble, I am afraid that losing the official or something is a small matter, the most serious, Be careful that your life is at stake.
In this way, it can be seen that there are some things about Mao Zhengqing, perhaps, Mao Zhengqing is not as much like a corrupt official as he looks on the outside, and this, even without what he said just now, Zhang Fan has already begun to realize it.
It's just that Mao Zhengqing gives people the feeling that he is really a talent who is not easy to judge, what is going on, Zhang Fan still doesn't know, but he has made up his mind that after he goes back, he will let Liang Chao go to check the bottom of this Mao Zhengqing and see what story he has.
And Zhang Fan and they already know a little about Mao Zhengqing's words, but in the same way, Mao Zhengqing also has a lot of understanding of what Zhang Fan said, and seeing Zhang Fan's attitude towards this matter also made Mao Zhengqing react to a question.
What is Zhang Fan, what is Zhang Fan's identity, Zhang Fan is a big celebrity in today's court, since the first emperor Longqing Emperor, Zhang Fan was deeply favored when he first entered the office, and this kind of favor was not affected in any way because of the change of dynasty, the new emperor Zhu Yijun's accession to the throne not only did not let Zhang Fan's identity in the court have any impact, but even only made him more favored than before, after all, the relationship between Zhang Fan and Zhu Yijun is closer than that between him and Longqing, It is even closer, and even the Empress Dowager Li, this Zhang Fan has not been in contact with many people, but she also trusts Zhang Fan very much, compared to Zhang Juzheng, the Empress Dowager Li trusts Zhang Fan a lot, after all, Zhang Fan did all the things in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Li, and now, Zhang Juzheng's changes, the Empress Dowager Li is also in her eyes.
Although Mao Zhengqing can't know these things in such detail, he doesn't need to know so much, he just needs to know that Zhang Fan is deeply trusted by the current emperor and the queen mother, just with these, even if Mu Changzuo's impeachment fold is really handed to the Empress Dowager Li, I'm afraid that the Empress Dowager Li will say Zhang Fan at most, and it is impossible to take him seriously.
And in fact, this possibility is even more insignificant, after all, Zhang Fan is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, this kind of thing, there is no need to think of any way to deal with it, just Zhang Fan's words, the people below will definitely solve it properly for him, and they will not give Mu Changzuo any chance to impeach him at all, in fact, even if Zhang Fan does nothing now, the possibility that Mu Changzuo will impeach him is very small, you must know that this Qianguo Gong now, although it is a bit too much to say that he is a man with his tail between his legs, But in fact, it's not far off.
Therefore, compared to impeaching a person who is not something he can move at all, it is better to just be so peaceful and divide the land, and it is better to suffer this loss, this point, I think that Mu Changzuo is not unincomprehensible, he can't clearly suffer a loss, and he will be hated, but he has to help his father-in-law get back such a face, no matter how he looks at it, he is not this kind of person.
In this way, this also made Mao Zhengqing think a little bit, it seems that his worries are not needed, Zhang Fan's identity has been made clear, and he will not be affected by this matter at all.
"In this way, it's the lower officials who are worried about it," Mao Zhengqing smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "It's just that the lower officials still want to ask, I don't know how the adults plan to deal with Ding Youyang,"
"Oh," Zhang Fan looked at Mao Zhengqing and asked, "What is Lord Mao's opinion, is it difficult to say that this Ding Youyang, apart from the fact that he is the in-laws of the Duke of Qianguo, what other relationship is there?"
"No, no, no, Lord Zhang misunderstood, there is no other relationship," Mao Zhengqing said, "It's just that the lower official is afraid, if the adult really provokes him, he may do anything, if it causes a lot of trouble for the adult, it is not good, as the saying goes, 'the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry', this, the lower official proposes a proposal, and it is better to leave some leeway,"
"Hmph," this time, Zhang Fan didn't speak, but Feng Bao next to him snorted coldly, with a sneering look, and said, "This, Master Mao can rest assured, 'dog jumping off the wall' is true, but if you jump again, it's still a dog, what's the matter if you let it jump,"
It seems that Feng Bao, even if it is because of that blow, he has changed a lot, but the emotions he should have are still there, and these people present can talk like this, Feng Bao is also the most suitable, after all, his identity is there, if Mu Changzuo really wants to start a ruthless attack, he will indeed be able to find a lot of trouble, but he may be able to find Liu Xian's trouble, and even Zhang Fan's trouble, but only Feng Bao, he can't find any trouble.
"Don't talk about this, what will happen when the time comes, and then we will naturally know," Zhang Fan didn't want to continue talking about this topic, but obviously, it didn't end here, he had other things to ask, "Master Mao, I have another thing to ask you,"
"Please also ask your Excellency to ask," Mao Zhengqing hurriedly said, "The lower officials must know everything, and they must say everything,"
"Hehe, Master Mao is serious, what I want to ask is not a troublesome matter," Zhang Fan said with a smile, "Actually, it has something to do with those man-made rebellions this time,"
Hearing Zhang Fan mention this matter, Mao Zhengqing and the faces of several of them changed a little, although they didn't know what Zhang Fan wanted to ask, but as long as it was related to that matter, it was obviously not a question that was easy to answer, and the reason why Zhang Fan came to Yongning Mansion was because of this matter, and now that Zhang Fan asked, this naturally made Mao Zhengqing and the others a little nervous.
"My lord, please also say," Mao Zhengqing said now, although he was nervous in his heart, perhaps, he really had nothing to hide in this matter.
"I've figured out the rest of the things," Zhang Fan said, "but there is only one thing, I still have some doubts, and although those people have surrendered now, they don't want to explain it when I ask them about it, which makes me a little concerned."
"It's about how these people entered the gate of Yongning Mansion in the first place, although these people entered Yongning Mansion without moving a knife or arrow, and in this way, it also exempted some casualties in Yongning Mansion, but, even if this was originally a good thing, but I can't just treat it as if nothing happened, just forget it, and even if I really do it, the court will inevitably ask after it, and in the end, there will still be an explanation, so I want to ask Lord Mao, But I know what this is all about, and who ordered the city gate to be opened in the first place.
"By the way, don't perfunctory me say that those soldiers guarding the city opened it privately, they will never do this, it is a matter of losing their heads, someone must have given the order, or did something to do it, it will be like this,"
"This ......" Mao Zhengqing hesitated for a while, but when he saw Zhang Fan's look that you must say, Mao Zhengqing couldn't hold on any longer, and finally had to speak, "This matter, in fact, there are many things that the lower officials don't understand, no, don't misunderstand, it's not that the lower officials don't hide anything, that's the case."
"Although I said that I had received the news here before, originally, Xia Guan also wanted to leave first, but I thought about it...... Thinking that after leaving, he would lose his official, and the lower official would stay, but the lower official never colluded with these people, let alone ordered the city gate to be opened and let them in.
"That day, someone came to report, and after those people gathered, the lower official immediately ordered all the city gates in all directions to be closed.
"But, after that, it's strange, Xia Guan obviously didn't give any orders, but in less than two hours, the north gate opened by itself, no, it's not right to say that it was opened, the soldiers guarding the city didn't open it, in fact, those people were stunned at the time, and the north gate was not tied at all, it was opened from the outside by those people, which made Xia Guan can't figure out what was going on at all,"
"In other words......" Zhang Fan pondered for a while and asked, "This north gate was opened by the people in the city who stunned the guards guarding the gate, but it was those people outside who opened the door,"
"That's right," Mao Zhengqing nodded, and said, "The lower officials are also wondering if those people sent people in before to do this kind of thing,"
"Or ......," Zhang Fan said after his words, "there are people in this city who have taken them and done such things,"
"This ...... Xia Guan doesn't know," Mao Zhengqing said, "It's just that what confuses Xia Guan is not only this matter, but also another thing,"