For the next period of time, the entire Ming court was like a vegetable market, attacking each other and throwing stones at each other, completely like a group of dragons without a leader, fighting and fighting. The posture and movements are quite ugly, and it is like fighting with the farmers in the vegetable market, and there is no bearing at all.

Above the court, today you participate in me, tomorrow I will participate in you, and they are all slanders such as "gathering people*" and "falsifying academic qualifications", but some people are real money, and they have really brought down many people. For a while, people were panicked, and everyone felt like they were in danger.

The case of Jin Yiwei being instructed by someone to make a big fuss about Haige has also come to a conclusion. Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong finally wanted to protect Zhang Siwei, and with a stroke of his pen, he interpreted the conclusion of Cheng Ping and Hai Rui's review of Zhang Siwei as "arsonist false transmission of holy decrees, suspected of having a heart of disobedience" as "arsonist." Falsely preaching the holy decree, suspected of being disobedient. ”

In this way, he gave most of Zhang Siwei's crimes to Su Qixian and other Jinyi guards and Wan Pengfei, a waiter in the Criminal Department.

In the end, Zhang Siwei was sentenced from a first-class earl to a third-class earl and fined for one year.

Wan Pengfei was stripped of his title, removed from his official position, and demoted to the people for aiding thieves.

And those brocade guards decided not to mention it after the autumn.

Despite this, the attacks around me never less. But the last time I countersued 62 people, Zhu Yijun finally approved two sentences: "The matter of Qilan being accused is estimated to be false." This is the end of the matter, and there is no further dispute. And it was over, and it was over.

But one wave has not settled, and one wave has risen again. My contribution to Liaodong cannot be erased. Of course, there is no objection to Li Chengliang's arrangement, it is "the chief military officer stationed in Liaodong Taibao and the crown prince Taibao Ning Yuanbo", which is also a reward after this battle in history, and it has not been weakened by my appearance.

And around the issue of my position, the cabinet has become a pot of porridge!

Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Li Zaixing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and others have vigorously praised my merits, and they plan to confer the title of Ning Haibo, the third-class earl, and command Tongzhi from the second grade, which is already the best conclusion that can be seen.

As for the opposition, led by Zhang Siwei and others, the opposition is very clear, they believe that although I have some credit, the battle is too radical, causing great resentment among the Jurchens and making the border even more unstable.

So, they thought that not only would they not be promoted, but they would impeach me. For a while, the public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, and the two parties did not give in to each other, and no one was willing to give in.

I didn't say anything about it. Just quietly watched them make a fuss. Instead, he put his energy into a new round of mutual pinching with me - after all, if they can't bring me down, Zhang Siwei and others are unwilling. My presence has already made them feel threatened, so the impeachment is wave after wave.

But then again, this kind of scatter-shot style of play doesn't do much damage, and at best it's annoying. So I also launched my own intelligence circle, coupled with the intelligence support of Zhang Juzheng, the second uncle of the big boss behind the scenes, and launched a large-scale counterattack to impeach the opposition officials led by Zhang Siwei.

After all, if you are unkind to this kind of thing, don't blame me for being unjust, and don't pretend to be a good person. If you want me to die, I want your life! If you want to do it, then do it!

In the past two days, the most common thing that Jingshi heard was that so-and-so was impeached, and after being found to be true, he was stripped of his title and official position, and his position was cut to the people. XX was impeached, and after investigation it was not true, the person who was falsely accused has been arrested and brought to justice, and the trial will be strictly enforced.

In this way, to name a few, the entire Jingshi has become a pot of porridge.

This is the destructive power of the fall of a strong pillar. In the past, when the second uncle Zhang Juzheng was in power, although it was difficult to get rid of the stain of power politics and the power of ministers, what could be seen was that the government decrees were unimpeded, the eunuchs were calm, the economy was effectively developed, and the whole society was moving forward.

And Zhang Juzheng's seclusion behind the scenes, yes, there is no more power politics, some are freedom, some are democracy, and some are open to the outside world, but there is no great stability, great development, and great prosperity. Some are just a leaderless mess, and some are nonsense that has lost its backbone.

However, this is also the result that the second uncle wants to see the most, only when the water is mixed can he touch the fish, and he can push his next step. And such a mess is better than being liquidated one-sidedly!

In the past few days, the most depressed person is Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong. Some time ago, when the courtiers impeached each other, he also seriously asked Dongchang to verify and review it in line with the idea of curing the disease and saving people and reviving the dynasty. But after a period of trouble, in the past few days, the impeachment documents have been piled up, and he has no intention of carefully reviewing them.

According to Feng Bao's later account, once Zhu Yijun reviewed the recitals and picked up seven or eight in a row, all of which were recitals of mutual impeachment. Zhu Yijun was furious, raised his hand and swept all the folds on the table to the ground, shouting that he would go to prison for all these people who slandered and attacked his colleagues!

When he came back to his senses, he sighed again, and whispered that he had known that this was the case, and that someone would rather take care of it. It must have remembered the peace and tranquility that could still be maintained in the court when Zhang Juzheng was in power.

However, this is not possible at the moment. Although I recommended Yu Shenxing at the beginning, with the support of my second uncle, he is now an official to the Ministry of Rites, but objectively speaking, he is a capable and capable person, but he is not the Optimus Pillar and the Dinghai Divine Needle. In the face of the winds and waves of Wanli Nian, it is absolutely impossible to rely on him to stand up to the world - like the second uncle Zhang Juzheng.

Otherwise, later generations would not have made the conclusion that Zhang Ju was the only famous minister of the Ming Dynasty.

After a few days of tossing, the situation inside and outside the entire court has become very clear, forming two opposing factions, and it is almost time to close the net, I believe that this day will not be too far away.

In the process, I was busy with infighting while doing my own thing. The things arranged before have been basically completed, the personnel have completed the major transfer and replacement, and the business has been all sold.

However, on this very night, suddenly Johan was born to report that someone had come to me. He was wearing a long robe, and his face was deeply hidden in the cloak, and the doorman asked him who he was, but he didn't answer, only said let me tell me the five words "Nanjing Mochou Lake".

When I heard this, I immediately exclaimed, "Please! Qiao Hansheng was about to go out, and I quickly added: "Go to the corner door, come to the backyard, I will wait for him in the backyard." With that, I got up and quickly went to the backyard, sat in the side compartment, and let people serve tea.

When Qiao Hansheng heard this, he knew that something was unusual, so he went quietly. After a while, the man came to the side room where I was.

I stood up and arched my hand, "Lord Hai came here late at night, I don't know what to advise!" ”

The person who came lifted the cloak, but it was the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate - Hai Rui. I know very well that Hai Jui is a person who is extremely reluctant to socialize and move around. He must have come to me for something of great importance. But what is it?

I had a vague feeling in my heart that I didn't feel very good, and after Hai Rui sat down, because of his age, his breath was still a little short. I hurriedly pushed the tea bowl in front of him, walked over and closed the door.

Taking off his cloak and coat, Hai Rui was wearing a casual dress inside, which showed that he never wanted others to know that he had come to me in the starry night.

After sitting down, he took a sip of tea from the tea bowl, suppressed the disordered breath, put down the tea bowl, and stared at me for a long time, the white-bearded and white-haired minister Fang Fang said the first sentence: "Qilan, I know, you are a good official." ”

I arched my hand and sincerely thanked him: "To be able to get a word of praise from Lord Hai, it is worth erecting ten monuments on the archway!" Qilan Minggan is very happy! ”

This sentence is not entirely a compliment to Hai Rui, in his old man's life, there are countless people who have impeached, but only a handful of people have praised him. So I was really touched that he could say this.

Hai Rui raised his hand and motioned to me not to say this, and he continued to speak: "In recent days, some people have said that you have gone to Dongying in the name of vacation and colluded with the Japanese Invaders, which is suspected to be unfavorable to our dynasty. He also used reckless and cruel means to arouse the dissatisfaction of the border people and form a joint force to form a flank attack on our DPRK. Qilan, I know you haven't done it, right? ”

After speaking, he stared at me with burning eyes, waiting for my answer.

I was secretly frightened in my heart, the person who can say these words must be someone who knows some of the situation, and then add his imagination to half-truths and half-truths, but this is the true and false information that does the most harm to people and is the most lethal weapon!

But who will it be?

I thought about it, and Zhengse said: "The clear person is self-purifying, and Lord Qilan Xie Hai understands." ”

Hai Rui nodded and continued: "In my life, I just look at people, and I believe that you are not the kind of shameless person. It's just that this whistleblower seems to know the inside story very well, saying that you have been transferring people and assets in recent days, and you are ready to flee at any time. Qilan, can there be such a thing? ”

My heart sank to the bottom. Who's this? Those who know these things can already be said to be the core of our side, at least, there is something wrong with those who call me sir. Definitely!

I looked at Hai Rui, his eyes were very clear, my heart moved, and I arched my hand: "Lord Hai." Recently, there have been ups and downs, and strange things have happened one after another, in order to protect himself, Qilan has indeed made some preparations. But I can swear that for the country and the people, there will be no damage in the slightest! The emperor and the queen of heaven can learn from this heart! ”

Hai Rui nodded, showed a rare smile, and said softly: "You are very honest, I trust you even more." If you blindly deny it, I will look down on you a few times. ”

Without waiting for me to speak, Hai Rui continued: "Remember, the Holy Lord has ordered the Jinyi Guard to secretly search for evidence of your misdeeds, and it is estimated that your current movements have been mastered!" Qilan, if you want to go, let's do it as soon as possible! Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood. If so, he went to the Jinyi Guard Prison...... I'm afraid that they won't give you a chance to overturn the case, I guess you can't escape! ”

I took a few sharp breaths, and Fang calmed down and said, "Lord Hai, your high righteousness is in the fifth sense of the next inscription. It's just that Qilan doesn't know anything - with such a big stake, you and I are not related, but why do you want to help me? ”

Hai Rui glanced at me and said, "You only say that I Hai Rui is not sophisticated and makes things difficult everywhere, yes or no?" Qilan, after all, you are still young, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other: you don't know that if I want to be a Qing official through the ages, I must be different. It's not that I don't understand something, it's that I can't. ”

After saying that, we both sighed almost at the same time, why shouldn't I be like that? For a moment, I suddenly felt a little confidant in my heart, and I guess Hai Rui is the same, so he is willing to help me like this!

At this time, Hai Rui suddenly smiled again, and was about to leave, turned around, put on a pulled cloak, and covered his face again. He stopped, looked at the sky and sighed: "I only wish that there will be more righteousness in this world!" ”

After saying that, he left silently. Qiao Hansheng waited outside the door, and when he saw Hai Rui coming out, he sent him out.

I sat in the side room, thinking, who the hell is it?

Knowing so many things before and after, he must be an old man who asks Haige. At least the people who followed me before I went to Dongying for the first time.

I sat there without saying a word, thinking. Who is it! Who is it! Who is it?!

I ruled them out one by one. The first thing that comes to mind is no regret - no regret is a relative, and there will never be a problem, and the first one excludes him.

Next are the nine ghosts Masataka, Kite, Mo, Lan, Sha, Shu, and Shi, these Dongying ninjas should have no problem, the reason is very simple - they have no interest relationship. Chen Kui is a sailor, a good sailor, and it is impossible to hardly go ashore.

Qinglian and Yuhe shouldn't have a problem, they are very satisfied with their current life, it's not them, they don't know anything about the sea.

Qiao Hansheng is a close confidant of the second uncle, and he doesn't know about some of the previous things.

As for Laksin and Halleha, they are slowly starting to integrate.

After thinking about it, a figure suddenly appeared in my mind......

The people I met at the beginning of my crossing have been with me for the past two years, but they have never left, if there is nothing. Background, ability, ambition, all conditions are met.

Hehe, is it really you? No! It can only be you! It can only be you!

Murong Qin!

That's you, right?