Wen Tiren was really frightened this time, so frightened that he had to take out the long-cherished Chaotian pepper powder and secretly wipe it into his eyes and nose, so frightened that he had to completely sell the two cronies who had been following him for a long time, and let them kill them.

However, he still didn't know how powerful Zhang Bin was, and he thought that the two shots against Zhang Bin were because of bad luck, so there was a problem.

Just like last time, if it weren't for the ugly things that Min Hongxue and Min Mengde did in Yungui that happened to be shaken out, Zhang Bin would have to shed his skin if he didn't die.

It's the same this time, if it weren't for Zhang Jie and Shi Fan, the two guys who didn't fight for themselves, swaggered all the way through the market, ate and took cards, and angered Chongzhen, how could Chongzhen be so angry that he would track down their tax collection, and in the end, there was no way to end it at all, only to kill them!

He didn't know at all that the last time Min Hongxue and Min Mengde were stabbed out by Zhang Bin, this time Zhang Bin even mobilized Cao Huachun, Zheng Zhilong, Qi Yuangong, Wang Chengen and other cronies, and even the honest man Bi Ziyan was used by him to run to Chongzhen to complain, and finally made Chongzhen believe that Zhang Jie and Shi Fan were the remnants of the eunuch party.

Of course, Zhang Bin will not tell Wen Tiren that he has begun to fight back, Wen Tiren thought that he would be able to hit him by surprise if he was not in the capital, but he took advantage of Fuguang's home advantage to catch Wen Tiren off guard, and heard that Zhang Jie and Shi Fan were removed from their posts and investigated, and he finally embarked on the road back to Beijing.

Wen Tiren's conspiracy to send people to Fuguang to loot the people's fat and ointment was finally foiled by him, but his "party and personal gain" has not yet been clarified, he knows that the issue of "forming a party for personal gain" Wen Tiren is just an introduction, and it is Chongzhen who really wants to clean him up.

According to the usual practice, the ministers above the fourth grade, Jingcha are personally responsible for the emperor, generally speaking, the ministers above the fourth grade only need to "self-Chen Shu", summarize their work, and slightly pick out an inconsequential fault to laugh at themselves, this Jingcha is in the past, but, Zhang Bin knows that this "self-Chen Shu" must have no effect at all, he is quite familiar with Chongzhen's stubborn temper, once Chongzhen identifies something, it is basically impossible to make him change his mind!

What to do?

He decided to try an unusual method, most people follow Chongzhen's hair, and he decided, this time, not to do it, because many times donkeys are led and ridden!

Zhang Bin returned to Beijing and no one knew, because he didn't bring any family members this time, and he didn't bring the guards of the special operations battalion and the pro-guard regiment with him, anyway, there have been nearly 5,000 guards from the special operations battalion and the pro-guard regiment into Beijing, so to speak, the capital is full of his people, even if Chongzhen turns his face and does it, he is not very afraid, so he took Zhang Cha and Zhao Ru, two cronies, in a carriage, quietly entered the capital, and lived in Chongxing Temple.

Early the next morning, he still got up before he was ugly, rushed to the left gate of Chang'an early, and after completing the temporary waist card, he lined up and entered the imperial city according to the rules.

This time, no one came up to greet him warmly, because all the officials in Beijing knew that Zhang Jie, the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, had gone to take over as the governor of Fuguang, that is to say, Zhang Bin had been targeted by Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, and everyone who was targeted by Wen Tiren was basically dismissed from office, and some were even imprisoned, so everyone thought that this young rookie in officialdom was about to be finished.

Officialdom is such a reality, when you are in the middle of the day, there are a lot of irrelevant officials coming to talk to you, and when you are about to finish, the officials who know you will pretend not to know you!

Of course, sometimes there are exceptions, such as the prince Taibao Hubu Shangshu Bi Ziyan is an exception, he really admires Zhang Bin, how Wen Tiren will deal with him, he doesn't care, because he has already done it with Wen Tiren, no matter what, he has to export evil anger for his younger brother, as for what eunuch remnants, the leader of the Zhejiang party, he is afraid of a ball!

Therefore, as soon as he saw Zhang Bin, he walked over without hesitation, and pulled Zhang Bin to talk eagerly, until the drum sounded at noon, and he reluctantly returned to his train.

Chongzhen's mood is not very good these days, because Yuegang and Zhuhai have been taken away by Zheng Zhilong, the pirate commander, and the imperial court will lose three or four million taels of taxes a year, how to make up for such a big deficit, he really can't think of it, for Zheng Zhilong, the pirate commander, he has no way, there are more than 60,000 sailors and soldiers in people's hands alone, and even if the Ming Dynasty gathers all the sailors and soldiers in other places, there are not many others!

In other words, it is almost impossible to conquer Zheng Zhilong by force, and he doesn't want Zhang Bin to continue to be in power in Fuguang, this problem is really a headache, he has been thinking about it for several days and has not come up with a countermeasure, so his interest in the early dynasty was not very high, and he was a little absent-minded even when he played it right, until he accidentally saw Zhang Bin standing in the train of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he was as excited as if he was back in the light, but soon he wilted again, because Zhang Bin's power was too inflated, He was about to clean up Zhang Bin, what was there to be excited about seeing such a powerful minister who was a threat to him!

He has unconsciously drawn a gap between himself and Zhang Bin, and he even thinks in his heart that his way of being a king has become more and more mature, at least, he will no longer trust Zhang Bin as a powerful minister!

This is the sorrow of Chongzhen, in history, the Chongzhen Dynasty is not a loyal and good general who has no ability to turn the tide, but these loyal ministers and good generals have been alienated by him for various reasons, and the people around him are basically treacherous ministers.

Of course, at this time, Daming has not yet reached the critical moment of life and death, so he still thinks that he is quite wise, after the end of the early dynasty, he is not in a hurry to summon Zhang Bin, he is waiting for Zhang Bin to "self-Chen Shu", and then pretend to comfort him, and then let Zhang Bin take on the heavy responsibility of teaching the prince, as for the rest, Zhang Bin doesn't have to think about it in this life, he doesn't want to personally cultivate a powerful minister who is enough to threaten the imperial power!

Zhang Bin didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, it seemed that he didn't know to go to the "self-Chen Shu", after the morning court that day, he went to the Ministry to hand over the seal letter of the governor of Fuguang, and then he was like a nobody, every day around the East Chang'an Street and West Chang'an Street, it seemed that he was looking for a mansion, as for the "self-Chen Shu", he has not been on the morning court, every day is to go to the morning court, looking for the mansion, sleeping, going to the morning court, looking for the mansion, sleeping, very regular.

One day, two days, three days, and on the fourth day, Chongzhen finally couldn't help it.

After the morning court on this day, Zhang Bin was walking out with the flow of people, and a eunuch suddenly caught up and screamed: "Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang, please wait a moment, the emperor has an order to order you to go to the imperial study to see the driver." ”

Zhang Bin secretly sneered in his heart: "Sure enough, it's a strong donkey, leading and riding without leaving!" ”

On the surface, he pretended to be indifferent, arched his hand, and then raised his hand to let the eunuch lead the way.

Chongzhen originally wanted to spend it with Zhang Bin, but soon he found that he couldn't afford it, because the New Year was coming soon, and the matter between Yuegang and Zhuhai had not been resolved, and the Qin army in Shaanxi began to urge the food and salary again, this time it was the food and salary of the 120,000 army, where could he carry it!

If these problems are not solved, there will be no way to pass this year, so he has to recruit Zhang Bin to ask what to do with the food and salary of the 120,000 army, and at the same time, he also wants to have a showdown with Zhang Bin as soon as possible, so that Zhang Bin will start teaching the prince after the New Year, and the prince will be five years old after the New Year, and it will not be good to delay it any longer.

Zhang Bin had been preparing for such a meeting for a long time, so he behaved quite normally, and entering the door was a courtesy of a monarch and minister, just like usual.

Chongzhen also pretended to be very cordial, and after Zhang Bin finished the ceremony, he smiled and said: "Shuangquan, hurry up and talk, you have been back to Beijing for a few days, why don't you come to see me?" ”

Zhang Bin got up according to his words and arched his hand: "The emperor is busy with government affairs, and Weichen doesn't dare to disturb him." ”

Chongzhen laughed and said: "There is still time to catch up with the past, it's not good for you to do this, by the way, during this time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials have reported from time to time, saying that someone has impeached you for forming a party for personal gain, cronyism, bullying superiors and subordinates, and crueltying dissidents, do you know?" ”

Don't you open your eyes and talk nonsense, because of this, you have masturbated me, can I not know!

Zhang Bin said frankly: "Wechen has heard a little. ”

Chongzhen continued to laugh and said: "Then why don't you follow the routine to self-Chen Shu to distinguish yourself, although I believe you, but people's words are terrible, and the rules of Jingcha are like this, officials above the fourth grade must be self-Chen Shu, self-Chen gains and losses, if you don't self-Chen Shu, I can't explain to the ministers." ”

Zhang Bin pretended to be embarrassed and arched his hand: "The emperor forgives the sin, Weichen really doesn't know how to show his gains and losses." ”

Said that you are fat, you are still panting, Chongzhen saw Zhang Bin is attitude, he was already a little unhappy, he put away his smiling face, and asked lightly: "Oh, why?" ”

Zhang Bin said aggrievedly: "Wechen asked himself if he didn't form a party for personal gain, cronyism, bullying superiors and subordinates, and mutilating dissidents, they made such groundless accusations, Wechen really don't know how to defend himself!" ”

Do you say that if you don't have it, you won't have it, and I'm blind?

Chongzhen slowly lowered his face and said unhappily: "People are not chasing the wind and shadows, you don't judge yourself, how can I explain it to the ministers?" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he said helplessly: "Wechen has been on his career for more than ten years, and I have never heard such absurd and careless talk, the so-called friends, Wechen's understanding should be to be friends as the party, what his own subordinates are his own henchmen, I don't know who said such absurd words!" But all those who are officials in the court, there are a few who do not have their own subordinates, not to mention anything else, just say that the seven county orders, Weichen has also been a county order, the county government, the county ministers, the main book, the history, the six room officials, the fast catcher, the government and so on add up to more than ten or twenty, if according to their own subordinates are their own henchmen, isn't it that every county order is forming a party for personal gain, and the Daming county order has at least thousands, according to this statement, Daming is not full of friends! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, what Zhang Bin said was indeed the truth, Wen Tiren and others sued, except for Bi Maoliang, everyone else seemed to be Zhang Bin's subordinates, and Bi Maoliang was just far-fetched, what because Bi Maokang was the political envoy of Fujian Chengxuan Si Zuobu, so his brother Bi Maoliang was Zhang Bin's henchman, and this reason seemed to be absurd.

The more he thought about it, the more ridiculous he felt, to judge his friends in this way, who would dare to be an official, unless you are a nine-grade sesame official, otherwise, you will always have subordinates, and once you have subordinates, you will form a party for personal gain, doesn't that mean that more than ninety percent of officials are forming a party for personal gain!

However, Zhang Bin is indeed a bit too powerful, and it is still necessary to press it appropriately.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen sneered: "When you say this, it's true, what your own subordinates are your own henchmen, it's just nonsense, these people are really full, use this reason to impeach you, okay, okay, forget about this matter, I won't bother them anymore, you don't have to take it to heart." ”

Is this all over?

Zhang Bin really couldn't believe it, but on the surface, he still pretended to be excited, and arched his hand: "Thank you for the emperor's trust." ”

Chongzhen shook his head with a smile, and suddenly changed his words and said: "However, people's words are really true, I think, Fuguang, you don't want to go back, it's better to teach the prince well in the capital, wait for two years, the prince has a bit of a foundation, I will think about it again, add some burden to you, what do you think?" ”

This donkey has been ridden, you have to hurry down, after riding for a long time, the donkey may also be angry hooves, Zhang Bin hurriedly got off the donkey down the slope and said: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, Weichen has no opinion, no matter what you do, as long as you can share the emperor's worries." ”

Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "By the way, do you know that Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of the Fujian Navy Division, actually occupied Yuegang and Zhuhai because he had no food, saying that he wanted to collect taxes and raise food and salary, which really gave me a headache, or would you write a letter and ask Zheng Zhilong to withdraw his troops and hand over Yuegang and Zhuhai?" ”

Zhang Bin pretended to be embarrassed: "Weichen has only heard about this matter in the past few days, but unfortunately, Weichen is no longer the governor of Fuguang, Zheng Zhilong will definitely not listen to me, because the tens of thousands of pirates under his command are indeed not easy to feed, if the food and salary are cut off, it will be terrible." ”

"Ahh Chongzhen couldn't help but say anxiously: "Then what should I do?" Yuegang and Zhuhai have a tax of three or four million taels a year, and if these three or four million taels are missing, the imperial court will also have a big problem! ”

Zhang Bin pretended to frown and thought for a while, and then suggested: "Your Majesty, if you don't do this, Dongfan won't have much tax in a year anyway, if you don't make an order to let Zheng Zhilong withdraw to Dongfan, the taxes over there will be used as military expenses for him in the future, so that the tax problem will be solved, and it can also prompt Zheng Zhilong to protect Dongfan and desperately resist the attack of Hongmaofan, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." ”

Chongzhen, who paid tens of thousands of taels of taxes a year, was not distressed, but the question was whether tens of thousands of taels of taxes a year was enough, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Will Zheng Zhilong agree to tens of thousands of taels a year?" He has more than 100,000 pirates under his command! ”

Zhang Bin explained: "Although the tax in Dongfan is small, but the arable land is enough to feed millions of people, he only has more than 100,000 people, it must be no problem to feed, after all, there is a suspicion of rebellion in Yuegang and Zhuhai, and Weichen believes that Zheng Zhilong will know how to choose." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he nodded slowly and said, "That's right, if he knows each other, he should obediently retreat to Dongfan." By the way, the 50,000 border soldiers on the three sides of Shaanxi are also urging food and wages, both are complete, do you have a good plan? ”

"Hmph, it's my, who told you to listen to slander and Sun Chuanting!" Zhang Bin didn't stop doing it, and directly pointed out: "The new trilateral governor Wu Zhenying and Wechen are in the same department, Wechen knows a little bit about it, isn't his brother-in-law Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, I believe that Lord Wen will have a way!" ”

"Ahh There is such a thing, Chongzhen was dumbfounded, he knew that Zhang Bin would definitely not dare to talk nonsense about this matter, because he would know if he sent someone to inquire a little, but he didn't expect that Wu Zhenying turned out to be Wen Tiren's in-law, this Wen Tiren!

Having said that, Chongzhen was embarrassed to keep him any longer, so he could only wave his hand and let him step back first, Zhang Bin's disguised self-defense is equivalent to a successful completion, but Wen Tiren is in trouble, what will Chongzhen think of Wu Zhenying?