"What's going on in the southwest," Zhang Fan asked Wang Meng.

Recently, there have been too many things, after Longqing's death, in the past half a month, the court has been busy, whether it is the emperor's funeral, or there are things about the palace, such as Zhu Yijun; or there are things about the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China, all of them are indispensable Zhang Fan.

Although the identity of Jin Yiwei cannot stand on the bright side many times, in many cases, the role of Jin Yiwei is huge.

For example, now, the emperor has died, and the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, so in the court, the question of the direction of the hundred officials, but it is the most debatable problem at the moment, at this time, the Jinyiwei is the most able to play a role, and they can get a lot of useful information by supervising the hundred officials, the most important of which is to understand the thoughts of these ministers, and the future direction of the court, the interests of the party and the masses in the court, and these aspects related to future events can all be known through Jinyiwei.

Therefore, Zhang Fan, who seems to have nothing to do during this time, is actually very busy, and the news from various places, some from Zhili, some from Nanzhili, and more from various provinces of the Ming Dynasty, all gathered here, and then, which news is false or unimportant, it must be eliminated one by one; And those important news should be sorted out and reported.

And Zhang Fan has a very important role here, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the prince and concubine of the dynasty, he is obviously more qualified than other people to comment on the importance of these news.

Originally, Jinyiwei was the emperor's personal guard, an organization that was completely like the emperor's allegiance, of course, in most eras, its allegiance was not only to the emperor, but also to the eunuch who was the palm seal of the celebrant to control.

However, this situation has changed since Zhu Xizhong sat in the position of commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Not to mention that the eunuch who was in charge of the seal at that time was not a person with an extremely heavy desire for power, even if he was, his ability was very limited, and more importantly, Zhu Xizhong was the descendant of Zhu Neng, the hero of Jingnan, and the hereditary title of the Duke of Chengguo, this kind of character, this kind of person, which is equivalent to the descendants of the founding hero who was not killed by the founding emperor, is definitely in the hands of real power, this kind of person has always won the trust of the emperor, and will never let anyone except the emperor curb him, and the only person who can be above him is the emperor.

And when Zhang Fan sat in this position, the eunuch with the palm print of the celebrant was Chen Hong, a person recommended by Gao Gong, except for flattery, he had no means at all, and even if he wanted to be corrupt and deceitful, he might reveal great flaws.

And Zhang Fan himself is extremely favored by Longqing.

Now, Feng Bao, a talented, powerful, and ambitious eunuch, is in this position, but fortunately, Feng Bao and Zhang Fan have a cooperative relationship, Feng Bao understands the weight of Zhang Fan in the future, and will not do that kind of thing, and Zhang Fan agrees with Feng Bao.

And now, the object that Zhang Fan wants to report is not Feng Bao, not Zhu Yijun, the crown prince who is still a few months away from being ten years old and will sit on the throne in a few days, but Li Guifei, who will be regent of the government and become the actual ruler of this empire in the future.

And this is just a factor that Zhang Fan was busy during this time, and there is another point, the death of the first emperor and the accession of the new emperor to the throne, these two things have rushed together, which are very important events, and whether it is the funeral of the first emperor or the new emperor's accession to the throne, not only hundreds of officials come to the court, but also the princes and county kings from other places must be present, these are all characters that Zhang Fan needs to focus on monitoring, even after nearly two hundred years of history of the Ming Dynasty, he has long understood the threat of these people, and has long been prepared, but he still has to take precautions.

What's more, those who are from outside the domain, those who have been crowned kings, will also be informed, if they are like the lords of small countries in remote areas, they don't have to, but this time, the most notable person, I Da, also came to the capital.

In the Ming Dynasty, Tartars were not uncommon, and even in the history of the Jinyi Guard, there were several Tartars who sat in the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

However, for the Tatar ruler who was not in the slightest threat to the Ming Dynasty, entering the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty in such a peaceful and even humble way always makes people feel a little different.

Now, although I have already returned to obedience, the Ming and Tatars have also reopened the mutual market, and I am now also in the Ming Dynasty with the help of the Ming court, to clear the rebellion of the Tatar nobles, it seems that the Tatars and the Ming are at peace with each other, and the relationship is still very harmonious, but many people are very uneasy about this.

Therefore, Zhang Fan still has a big responsibility, which is to monitor my answer and his party at all times.

Now, knowing that Zhu Yijun successfully ascended the throne, the court seems to have calmed down, and I replied that he also returned to the north, which can be regarded as Zhang Fan, who is a little idle, and only then did he remember to ask about the situation in the southwest.

"Your Excellency," Wang Meng replied, "There is indeed news from the southwest side, but because recently, the affairs of the imperial court have been busy, and the adults have not been idle, so it is self-inflicted, and they have not told the adults about the matter, so as not to annoy the adults,"

"Well, I've been a little busy lately," Zhang Fan said, he understood that Wang Meng was doing this because he cared about himself, and now, compared to the imperial court, the affairs in the southwest are really not a big deal, "Speaking of which, I haven't gotten any news at all, which is a bit strange,"

"My lord, it's really good," Wang Meng continued, "That's why he didn't tell your lord about it, it's really a matter in the southwest, and there has been no progress so far,"

"Oh," Zhang Fan became interested when he heard Wang Meng say this, "Tell me, what's going on,"

"The day Fang Yueling gave us was the third day of the sixth month," Wang Meng said, "On that day, our people went to the teahouse called 'Cui Ming Xuan', and there were also our people secretly staring at it nearby."

"Then there was a man with a jade pendant that was exactly the same as the one on the picture, and our people immediately connected with the man, and because the others were so far away, we don't know what they said now, but they didn't talk for long, so they got up and followed the man away.

"Originally, our people wanted to follow them and see where they were going, but they found that there were also many people there watching at that time, and it must be Fang Yueling's people, so they couldn't help but startle the snake, and the people behind didn't follow,"

"The person who came, do we know who it is," Zhang Fan pondered for a while and asked.

"That person ......," Wang Meng said this, his face became a little hesitant.

"What's the matter," Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask when he saw Wang Meng like this, "Is there any problem, this is not like what your Wang Meng would look like on weekdays,"

"My lord, the man...... That person is also an old acquaintance of an adult," Wang Meng thought for a moment, and finally replied.

"Oh, who is it," Wang Meng said, Zhang Fan's interest in his heart was even greater.

"It's that Liyang," Wang Meng said, and then immediately closed his mouth, his eyes looked at Zhang Fan, as if he was observing something.

"Liyang," Zhang Fan's brows furrowed deeply when he heard the name again.

Li Yang, one of the five hall masters of the Five Poisons Sect, has superb martial arts, and the use of poison is extremely powerful.

And this person, when he was caught by Zhang Fan, just insisted a little, and then defected to Zhang Fan's command.

After that, Li Yang acted in the Jinyi Guard, no matter whether Zhang Fan sent someone to monitor him or not, he has always been diligent and diligent in doing things, sparing no effort, and contributing all his poisonous tricks to the bottom of the box, as well as some unique formulas, and even Li Yang was born for Zhang Fan.

However, it was precisely when Zhang Fan and other Jinyi guards were completely relieved of him, and when the matter involved the Five Poisons Sect from Liyang, a sudden change occurred.

Li Yang once again staged a big drama of rebellion, and this time, Li Yang's rebellion is not serious, he chose to defect when Zhang Fan was by his side, not only made Zhang Fan miss the opportunity to seize Fang Yueling and his party, let the cooked duck fly, and even almost took Zhang Fan's own life.

This is unforgivable for many people, especially Wang Meng and Liang Chao, who have been reused because of Zhang Fan and no longer have to set relationships to get on the throne like in the past, are naturally extremely angry about this matter.

And this incident also caused Jinyiwei to be extremely uneasy in the hearts of those who were also from the rivers and lakes, for fear that Zhang Fan would turn his anger on them because of Liyang's affairs, although it was easy for Jinyiwei to deal with them, but they were not greedy for life and afraid of death, but Jinyiwei was also responsible for taking care of their families.

It took Zhang Fan a lot of effort to stabilize the mood of the people in Weizhong.

"This matter is like this for the time being," Zhang Fan seemed to be a little disinterested because of Li Yang's name, and didn't want to mention this matter anymore, "If there is anything, remember to report it to me quickly,"

"I understand," Wang Meng said, but when he heard Zhang Fan's order, Wang Meng's eyes flashed again, as if he had thought of something.

At this time, Liang Chao walked in, although the walk was steady, the expression on Liang Chao's face was not easy.

Seeing Liang Chao, Zhang Fan and Wang Meng understood in their hearts that naturally something had happened.

Wang Meng was by Zhang Fan's side, and Liang Chao was in charge of contact, but Liang Chao was too emotional, and everything was written on his face.

Now, Liang Chao's appearance, even if he didn't speak, Zhang Fan understood that something bad had happened.