Chang'an, Anyi Fang, the official worship of the squire of the door, the prime minister of the Jixian Palace, Zheng Zheng, the residence of the Zheng family, is just the beginning of the lanterns; To say that the origin of this house is still the property that his father Zheng Ya bought when he was the Guiguan Observer.

Since Zheng Zheng re-entered the imperial court, he was tired of officials and became a servant of the household department and a bachelor of Hanlin to accept the decree; It also purchased and merged the neighboring houses on the left and right, and gradually expanded into today's left and right large courtyards and eight inside and outside, half of the garden pond and half of the pavilion villas, covering an area of seventy or eighty acres of basic pattern.

But compared with the well-known and old prime ministers' lineages and noble relatives in Beijing, the various gardens and gardens left behind; In particular, Shangshu Youcheng, who was once a close sect and a political enemy, was in the mansion managed by Zheng Xun, the young master of the crown prince and the young master of the "Seven Songs"; His place of residence can be called exceptionally cold and simple.

You must know that he is the origin of the Xingyang Zheng family's long branch and the main house of the five surnames and seven hopes, and he is also the eleventh prime minister of the Rongyang Zheng clan of the Tang Dynasty, and he may also go out separately in the future and become the prime minister of the sixth gate in the latest edition of the "Clan Chronicles".

And today is the night when he eats alone on the grounds that he is busy with official documents. On the one hand, as the head of the family, he really doesn't want some of the attitudes that have been continued in the court to be exposed in front of his wife and children; On the other hand, although they are relatives who rest together, the family members who are the prime minister of the dynasty still can't avoid some things that are in the spotlight of the world, so it's better to let them see it out of sight.

However, as a library where the prime minister is alone, it is also simple and somewhat abnormal; Everything was modeled after the furnishings of his time in Guizhou; In addition to the collection of stacked books, only the bright wall board hangs his proud work "Ma Weipo", which he is good at the right military style, and has a proud work "Ma Weipo".

"Jianghuai Zhudao is successful? This is the first time. ”

Zheng Ji raised his head with a sigh again, while rubbing the acupuncture points in the center of his eyebrows vigorously, reawakening his somewhat dull mind.

"From Yuezhou in Jiangxi Province, all the way to Jiangzhou in the west of Jiangdong Province, the officials and soldiers from all over the country reported that the thieves were beheaded, and there were hundreds of thousands of them. How can the thief still be indestructible? ”

"Even if you take two or three out of ten, you can do it. . . It's already a great blessing. ”

Thinking of this, he looked at the chicken fat soup that had condensed in the lotus table silver cup on the food plate in front of him, and the two-color water dragon rice made by his wife with longan rice and chicken blood glutinous rice cooked by his own hands, and he didn't mean to move at all; Even the light wine he likes to drink in moderation before meals-Qingyulu-Qingyulu, there is no taste in his mouth at this moment.

Today, his mood was a little bad because of the new arrival. The former prime minister Liu Zhan, who had vigorously promoted him to the political hall, was demoted because he angered the previous generation of the Son of Heaven at the funeral of Princess Tongchang, and was recalled by today's son and died in office, "known as a clear name"; The hometown where his bones are buried and the land of Guiyang, Hunan, where his relatives are located, have also unfortunately fallen into thieves.

With the methods and methods of those grass thieves outside the mountain who habitually poison the big families and gentry, I am afraid that even the townships, tombs and ancestral halls will not be preserved. And although he is at the height of the temple and the dignity of the pavilion and is the general minister of the country, he has no way to do anything;

You must know that when this prince was in power, although he was a prime minister with the dignity of a very popular minister, he only had a few acres of residence, and it was not his own private house but an official residence given by the imperial court; In the case that the Son of Heaven thinks it is customary, he openly refuses the bribes of the Quartet and the direction of the world.

In fact, under the advice he sent to the government hall for consultation, Zhenhai Jiedu made Zhou Bao unquiet in western Zhejiang, and did not hesitate to refuse to divide his troops to the south by sea; The Zhedong Observation Envoy (Yishengjun) in the southeast feudal town has been hanging empty since the observation made Cui Mu was captured by Huang Rebellion; The rest of the Xuanhui observation made Pei Qianyu (Ning Guojun) also refuse the possibility of using troops against Lingdong on the grounds that he wanted to give priority to preparing for thieves.

As for his old rival Lu Xian, he took the opportunity to block and veto several times, and sent envoys from the imperial court to mediate and intervene, and Fujian to observe the court discussion of disputes in the territory; In turn, he accused himself of selfishness for his relatives.

For this reason, he almost couldn't wait to raise the board on the spot, and slammed the other party's "everyone knows" unprovoked face; You must know that he is the eldest brother of the Zheng family from the famous family in Rongyang, and he has practiced the six arts of a gentleman since he was a child; If there were no guards and attendants present to stop him, he was confident that he would be able to make Lu Zisheng, who had already been a "crooked bird" who had been weakened by wine, powerless.

But in any case, since Huang went out of the north to trap the state and no county, under the "competition and chase" of the officials and troops along the way, he still went into exile all the way to the southeastern provinces of the imperial court and the country's financial plan, which couldn't help but make him a little worried and anxious about state affairs.

It is different from the young holy lord who is the only great father on the throne. He was a Zhengke Jinshi in his early years, and he served as a magistrate for the Xuanwu Army, a secretary of the provincial school, and went to Guizhou (now Guilin, Guangxi) with his father to serve as an attendant, and learned and came into contact with the customs of Lingnan; After returning to Beijing, he became a member of the criminal department, and was reappointed as the county magistrate of Wannian County.

It can be said that he is a Honglian Zaichen who is born in a famous family but has no lack of local practical experience, how can he not see the vanity and moisture in most of these successes; At least those officials and generals who are known as the king's affairs when they are said to have won a great victory and defeated the thief, the number of favors and pensions that need to be given is basically impossible to fake;

And across Raozhou, Xinzhou, Chizhou, Xuanzhou, Shezhou, Hangzhou and other more than a dozen states, those who have the courage to "pursue" the thief and turn into hundreds of miles, hundreds of miles away, and far away from the original place and station, but ask the court for food and help, as if the next moment can calm down the thief situation, the same "courage" and "real" is very good.

However, it is a pity that under the current situation in which Tian Eunuch and Lu Zisheng are in collusion, it is precisely this kind of progressive performance that is needed to whitewash the scene and inspire; Even Zheng Jin and Wang Mei, who were zaichens, did not dare to expose and overturn them easily.

Especially after the previous court battle lost the king's heart and Wang Duo's arm, now the huge north, east of Fantong Pass, Ru, Shaanxi, Xu, Deng, Bian, Hua, Qing, Gon and other states have changed their vassals. All the military commanders appointed by Wang Duo and Zheng Ji before were replaced or relocated.

This Lu Zisheng relied on Tian Lingzi in the imperial court, and relied on Gao Biao to echo and advocate outside; Under the control of step-by-step pressing and counteroffensive calculations, the Qingliu and Shizu parties represented by Zheng Zheng and Wang Mei have been gradually squeezed out of the military and political power of the imperial court.

Not long ago, Yuan Yuan, the deputy envoy of the Du branch under the management of Zheng Zheng and the servant of the household department, asked the Son of Heaven to agree to borrow half of the goods from the wealthy households and Hu merchants in the city to fill the country. But he didn't want to come to the hall to discuss the salt and iron transfer from the southeast, Gao Biao said: "The thieves in the world are swarming, all out of hunger and cold, and the rich and the Hu merchants are not heard." ", the edict is stopped.

Lu took the opportunity to use this as a powerful way to drive Yuanwei, the household servant, out of the court, and demoted him to the history of the criminal state. Then, Huainan Jiedu made Gao Biao play again, requesting that the Yangzi Courtyard, where Yangzhou stayed behind, be changed to a shipping envoy; However, it further divided the authority in the hands of the imperial court's envoys.

In the meantime, there is also the left Hou Changye, who thinks that thieves are all over the east of Tongguan, but the holy lord is not close to political affairs, he is dedicated to the game, and there is no moderation in the rewards of his subordinates. As a result, he angered the Holy Lord and summoned Hou Changye to the Inner Servant Province and gave him suicide.

Although after several setbacks in the court that were difficult to support in isolation, Zheng Zheng couldn't help but have some intention of going to the throne again; It's like when Liu Zhan, the benefactor of the Son of Heaven, was dismissed for the Son of Heaven, he didn't hesitate to see the angry son of the Son of Heaven with beautiful words, and sent the story of Wuzhou Thorn History for several years. He even considered following the example of a certain ancestor who had attained great cultivation and went to Nanshan Mountain to escape for the rest of his life.

Because he is not particularly attached to the powerful people of the court, it is only for the name of the Zheng family and the long-cherished wish of the Jingwei State since he was a child that he strives to bridge and maintain the authority of the country and the Son of Heaven in the filth of the Manchu Dynasty;

He has also been telling himself that the current Holy Lord is only young and playful in nature, and he will be blinded for a while by the treacherous and clever people; As long as you work hard to assist you to stay in adulthood, your mind stabilizes and your experience gradually expands, you may be able to cheer up like the middle way of the Constitution (Zong) Dynasty and the Wen (Zong) Dynasty, and sweep away the flaws and difficulties of today, and re-arch the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years.

Moreover, he is still burdened with the fate and future of the Rongyang Zheng Clan, if even the imperial court where they can display their talents and means will no longer exist; Then even if he retreats unfinished regardless of it, in this turbulent era where the outer domain is standing and the center is no longer there, where can he lead such a big clan with more than 10 million people.

Thinking of this section, Zheng Ji became even more disheartened. At this time, he saw the inscription of "Ma Weipo" on the wall; Among them, "it is the matter of the Holy Tomorrow in the end, and who is Jingyang Gongjing." The words make people feel a little dazzling and a little absurd.

In the end, he hastily settled two mouthfuls, and was waiting for someone to remove the utensils; but did not prevent the slaves from outside from reporting it.

"The villain is called a prince, and a Lang Jun came to visit him with a post from Wang Tanglao. ."

Zheng Ji was surprised for a moment, and then remembered that Wang Duo, who was now being recruited back to Beijing and was at home, shouldn't he avoid suspicion so as not to be caught by the powerful Lu and his party; Although he thought so, after confirming the identity of the person who came, he still led the other party to Xinmei Xiaozhu, who he liked to be alone, after half an hour.

"The villain is not talented, and there is a negative minister's order. It's really impossible to die."

The one who knelt on the ground and spoke was Li Hanping, his confidant, and Wang Huan, the assistant who participated in the secret mission of recruiting an in the south;

"However, Secretary Li is unfortunately killed, but the sinner is lucky to get rid of the toss and turn with his crippled body, and there are still many situations where he wants to know each other, which is really unpleasant."

Zheng Jin saw that he looked like he was withered and emaciated, and he didn't know how much suffering (powder) he had suffered and how many sins (benefits) he had suffered. So the positive color of the heart moved slightly:

"Then get up and talk, and tell you exactly what you have experienced."

When Wang Huan, who had changed into a suit and had become rich again, was sent out of the side door of Zheng's house again in the night; He also sighed slightly; At least this time his uncle Wang Duo lost power, he had survived and gained.

As for the next uproar that may be set off in the court, he can't care about it at all and can't think of it so far.

On the second day, Lu Xi, who was proud of the spring breeze these days, also got the news of Zheng Jin's letter in the courtyard waiting for the court, and couldn't help but say to the party with some errors and differences:

"Zhao'an, it's Zhao'an again. Zheng Taiwen, what kind of idea is this? Do you want to get ahead of the first hand we are waiting for? ”

"It's ridiculous, then what Zheng Taiwen wants to recruit is not the rampant Huang Rebellion, but the thief head of the demon monk who occupies the outside of the mountain."

A scarlet-robed acolyte said with a frown

"Thanks to his dignified minister, known as the heirloom of scripture who is silent and chaotic, he will be so attentive to such a thief several times, I am afraid that there is an important reason that we don't know."

Another subordinate who wore the color of a Taiwanese official's uniform.

"Xia Liao thinks that it is the right time to inquire about the high monarch's waiting place."

(End of chapter)