Zhang Bin returned to Beijing, this time he behaved quite gentle and deferential, Chongzhen asked him to do whatever he wanted, without any hesitation, without any delay, and immediately implemented the will after receiving it, without any procrastination.

Chongzhen ordered the Sichuan army to be transferred, and he transferred the Sichuan army;

Chongzhen ordered the Qi family army to be transferred, and he transferred the Qi family army away;

Chongzhen ordered the Tianxiong Army to be transferred, and he transferred the Tianxiong Army away;

Chongzhen ordered him to return to Beijing to resume his life, and he left when he received the will;

He didn't deliberately delay under the pretext of Jiannu's ferocity, let alone ask why;

He pretended not to know anything, just like an idiot, at the mercy of Chongzhen.

This is a proper and loyal minister!

Chongzhen was really fooled by this hand, he didn't know that Zhang Bin had seen through his childish "temptation plan", he only felt that this Zhang Bin was good, quite obedient!

His suspicion of Zhang Bin gradually faded because of this, and he even sent Xu Guangqi, a cabinet scholar, to the east of the capital outside the Chaoyang Gate to welcome Zhang Bin in triumph.

At this time, it was the time when the sun was rising, the warm sunlight sprinkled on the body, which made people particularly comfortable, Zhang Bin saw the team that greeted him outside the Chaoyang Gate, and couldn't help but show a knowing smile, close, close, Xu Guangqi's face with a smile slowly became clear, he slowly raised his hand, and said loudly to the back: "Slow down, prepare to dismount, don't lose your etiquette in front of Lord Xu." ”

In fact, he rushed to Tongzhou yesterday evening, and in order to cooperate with the welcome ceremony prepared for him by Chongzhen, he could only endure the longing for his family and rest in Tongzhou, which is less than fifty miles away from the capital, for a night.

Chongzhen has always regarded Xu Guangqi as a trustworthy minister, because Xu Guangqi does not form a party, does not engage in personal gain, does not fight for power, does not seize profits, and seems to be bent on writing books and theories, and never asks about the government, but as everyone knows, he is one of Zhang Bin's most important allies, and he is also one of the founders of Zhang Bin's party, and they have long been a party!

The two were overjoyed when they met, and after a period of red tape, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but mention: "Shuangquan, I heard that you have to personally lead the army every time you fight, and every time you pick the most dangerous place, this is not good, now Jiannu also has artillery, accidentally injured, it is terrible, Daming is not easy to find an invincible commander like you, if you have any accident, it is simply an immeasurable loss for Daming!" ”

Zhang Bin knew that Xu Guangqi was really worried about him and was afraid that something would happen to him.

He hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Lord Xu, please rest assured, I'm careful, I never enter the range of the enemy's artillery, and nothing will happen." ”

Xu Guangqi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You, you should learn more from Master Yang, although he is in the capital, he still arranges the five northwest provinces to suppress thieves properly, the emperor praises him, strategizing, winning thousands of miles away, which is like you, every time you personally lead the troops to the battlefield, you are not a general, what are you doing." ”

This means to remind Zhang Bin to be careful of this kid Yang Sichang, this kid is getting the emperor's favor, and he is still staying in the capital and not leaving, there must be some scheme.

This Zhang Bin also received a secret report that after Yang Sichang became the governor of the five provinces, he did not personally visit the five northwestern provinces to lead the army to fight against the thieves, but instead he made up what the prime minister of the five provinces was, and asked Xiong Wencan, the former governor of Fuguang, to lead the troops to fight for him, but he himself hooked up with Xue Guoguan, the secretary of the ministry, in the capital, as if he was plotting something.

Perhaps, he is cultivating forces and preparing to compete with himself, people are ordered to form gangs, this is really not envious, Zhang Bin couldn't help but shake his head and smiled: "Lord Yang is far-sighted, I can't compare, let's go, or let's go back and talk again." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he couldn't help but smile, he was also concerned about it, he was not the only one who came to greet Zhang Bin, there were other officials present, he always pulled Zhang Bin to play dumb riddles, it was really not good, he hurriedly slapped his forehead, and laughed at himself: "Look at my memory, it's really old, it's useless, the emperor is waiting in the palace, let's go, let's go back first." ”

With that, he took the lead and walked towards the first carriage in front of him, and the other officials also bowed their hands, and then walked to his own carriage.

This place is not close to the imperial city, so the officials who came to greet him did not even sit in a sedan chair, all the carriages they sat in, and the honor guard of the brocade guards sent by Chongzhen also rode war horses.

The group entered Chaoyangmen in such a mighty way, passed through Chaoyangmen Street, turned south, passed through the South Street of Dongsi Pailou and the North Street of Dongdan Pailou, and then turned to East Chang'an Street, and it took nearly two quarters of an hour to come to the left gate of Chang'an.

When a group of accompanying officials arrived here, they all took their leave, and went back to their respective yamen, while Zhang Bin explained a few words to Zhang Cha and Zhao Ru, and asked them to wait here first, and then followed Xu Guangqi into the imperial city.

He came back this time not only with two teams of guards, but also brought back Hong Chengchou, but he did not use a prisoner car to pull Hong Chengchou to parade through the streets, but brought a carriage, tied Hong Chengchou inside, and let a guard watch on it, this guy is still on the road, Zhang Bin is too lazy to toss him, it is still important to toss Wen Tiren.

At this time, all the accompanying officials left, and Xu Guangqi finally couldn't help but remind: "Shuangquan, you have to be careful, Wen Tiren has repeatedly slandered the emperor, saying that you took down the Jiliao Governor Hong Chengchou privately in order to eliminate dissidents and seize military power, and the emperor came to you, probably mainly to ask about this." ”

These Zhang Bin naturally knew for a long time, Wen Tiren took advantage of his absence in the capital to run Chongzhen to play right and wrong, and wanted to catch himself off guard, but as everyone knows, this matter is his killer weapon to deal with this big traitor.

He was also going to catch Wen Tiren off guard, but he didn't know who would be caught off guard.

Zhang Bin looked back at the carriage behind him, smiled, and then said gloomily: "Don't worry, I already knew, Wen Tiren is lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot this time, you just wait to watch the show." ”

Xu Guangqi really didn't know much about these intrigues, so he could only shake his head and sigh, and walk forward with Zhang Bin.

Soon, they came to the imperial study together, and after the monarch and the ministers greeted him, Xu Guangqi retired with great interest, and Chongzhen and Zhang Bin were left in the study.

Chongzhen praised Zhang Bin well, and Zhang Bin pretended to be flattered, and he was modest for a while, the two seemed to be very cordial, but this kind of cordiality was like a mask separated by two layers, which seemed so difficult to touch.

Although Chongzhen's suspicion of Zhang Bin has faded, he is afraid that Zhang Bin will be too powerful and will put himself in the air, so he has been careful to guard against Zhang Bin.

And Zhang Bin has long been cold to Chongzhen, working under the hands of such a faint gentleman, he is really tired.

He was even thinking that it would be good if this guy could hang himself like in history, so that he would not have to doubt this and that here every day, just listen to some nonsense, and make a mess of the whole Ming Dynasty.

At this time, he dared to curse the emperor to die in his heart, and it was estimated that he would be such a strange thing that he had crossed over, but he also knew that with his own presence, it was impossible for Li Zicheng to hit the capital, and it seemed impossible to want Chongzhen to hang himself, he could only live under the hands of this faint monarch.

Fortunately, fooling Chongzhen is not the patent of traitorous ministers, "loyal ministers" like him, as long as they pull their faces, they can still fool Chongzhen around.

Chongzhen naturally didn't know what Zhang Bin was muttering in his heart, and after he patiently praised Zhang Bin for a while, he finally couldn't help asking: "Shuangquan, you said that Hong Chengchou was unruly and took it down, what about Hong Chengchou at this time?" ”

Zhang Bin pretended to have a strange expression on his face, and said embarrassedly: "This, the emperor, Weichen has been busy with the war in Liaodong, and forgot to order someone to escort Hong Chengchou back to the capital to ask for the guilt, please forgive the emperor." This time, Weichen returned to Beijing and escorted him back by the way, and he was waiting outside the imperial city at this time. ”

Chongzhen looked at Zhang Bin's embarrassing appearance, and thought that Zhang Bin was a thief, he couldn't help but be suspicious again, this guy, a rebellious sentence took down a Ji Liao Governor, and he also had to treat other people's crimes, he wouldn't really be excluding dissidents!

Thinking of this, he said tentatively: "If you don't act according to your orders once or twice, Hong Chengchou is also the Jiliao Governor, and Liaodong just needs someone to sit in charge, so let him go back." ”

Of course, he didn't really want to put Hong Chengchou back and continue to be the Jiliao Governor, he was purely testing Zhang Bin's reaction.

Sure enough, when Zhang Bin heard this, he was immediately shocked and said: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" ”

"Huh?" , Chongzhen's face is like turning a book, he was still smiling just now, and his face is stiff at this moment, Zhang Bin, this guy, is really excluding dissidents!

He asked coldly, "Why not?" ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly took out a confession from suspicion, respectfully handed it to Chongzhen, and said honestly: "Hong Chengchou may have been locked up by Weichen for a long time, and after calming down and thinking for a long time, he actually found out in his conscience that he confessed something, which involved the former Jiliao Governor Yuan Chonghuan Yuan and the current cabinet chief assistant Wen Tirenwen, Weichen did not dare to call the shots, so he took him back to the capital and waited for the emperor to send him down." ”

"Oh!" , Chongzhen couldn't help but take the confession curiously, and looked at it, his face slowly sank.

Under his deliberate depiction, Wen Tiren has simply become a traitor who has brought disaster to the country and the people, he not only shirked all the responsibility for framing Yuan Chonghuan on Wen Tiren, but also used the example of Wu Zhenying as the governor of the three sides, which confirmed the fact that Wen Tiren formed a party for personal gain, controlled the government, and did not hesitate to frame Zhongliang in order to seize military power.

Of course, Wen Tiren was originally a traitor who brought disaster to the country and the people, but Chongzhen didn't know it.

At this time, he even couldn't believe it, he read the confession, thought about it, and then calmly asked, "Is this really Hong Chengchou's confession?" Is everything he says true? ”

Of course it's fake, the things that Hong Chengchou confessed to were all done by himself, Wen Tiren didn't command Hong Chengchou to frame Yuan Chonghuan step by step as Hong Chengchou said, but it must be made to become Wen Tiren's instructions, otherwise, how could Chongzhen clean up Wen Tiren!

Zhang Bin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen has asked a lot of Liaodong Army generals, what Hong Chengchou said is indeed true, Yuan Chonghuan wanted to use artillery to bombard the Jiannu defenders in Haizhou City, in order to quickly take Haizhou City, Hong Chengchou was instructed by Wen Tiren, deliberately delayed time, and it took nearly a month to send the artillery outside Haizhou City, so that Yuan Chonghuan missed the opportunity to take Haizhou City, and was frantically counterattacked by Huang Taiji's gathering of men and horses, and had to retreat. Moreover, Hong Chengchou was also instructed by Wen Tiren to dismantle all 20 artillery pieces in the east of Haizhou City, so that after Yuan Chonghuan pushed to the east bank of the Liao River, there was no artillery support, and he was killed by Jiannu and suffered heavy losses. Your Majesty, Da Liao River Fort is only more than 50 miles away from Haizhou City, even if you climb over, it will not take a month, and there are a total of 50 artillery pieces in Da Liao River Fort, Hong Chengchou has no need to demolish all 20 guns in the east! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, his face suddenly became extremely pale, he didn't expect that Wen Tiren would be such a traitor who brought disaster to the country and the people, and he actually obeyed his words and let him be the first assistant for such a long time!

The shame of being fooled instantly filled his mind, how dare you deceive me like this, how dare you deceive me like this, Wen Tiren, you traitor!

He was so angry that he slapped the accusation on the table and roared angrily: "Chuan Wen Tiren has come to meet him!" ”

Outside, Cao Huachun said yes, and went in the yin, just like he did with Xie Sheng last time, he didn't say a word, pretending to be dumb, so that Wen Tiren was confused.

At this time, Wen Tiren was really caught off guard, and when he saw Zhang Bin standing there calmly and Chongzhen with an iron face, he immediately understood, Zhang Bin was telling himself about "black", and the emperor seemed to believe it, but this time it was a big trouble.

He pretended to be calm, lay down and respectfully performed a courtesy, but Chongzhen didn't let him get up, and asked coldly: "Did you let Hong Chengchou frame Yuan Chonghuan so as to take away Yuan Chonghuan's military power?" ”

How can you admit this, Wen Tiren shook his head again and again: "No, your majesty, don't listen to some people's nonsense, Weichen is wronged!" ”

Is it wronged?

Chongzhen continued to say coldly: "Hong Chengchou is outside the palace at this time, do you want him to come in and confront you?" ”

When Wen Tiren heard this, his face changed greatly, it turned out that Hong Chengchou had made a move, and now it was really a big trouble.

He was still thinking hard about countermeasures there, and Zhang Bin suddenly said: "When do you still want to deceive the emperor, do you think that others don't know, Min Hongxue and Min Mengde's hometown is more than ten miles away from your hometown, and your two families are world friends; Tang Shiji, Zhang Jie, Shi Fan, and Wang Yingxiong are all your cronies, Tang Shiji's framing of Bi Ziyan Bi was instigated by you, Zhang Jie and Shi Fan went to Fuguang to be corrupt and was also instructed by you, Wang Yingxiong helped you eliminate how many dissidents in the Jingcha plan, you can't remember it yourself! And Qian Xiangkun is your protégé, obedient to you, you were really in power when the Zhejiang Party was in its heyday! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he finally broke out, he stood up and shouted angrily: "There is also Wu Zhenying, that is, your brother-in-law, you are still virtuous and do not avoid relatives, you have not formed a party for personal gain!" ”

At this time, Wen Tiren was really caught off guard by Zhang Bin, so many things, Wen Tiren just has a hundred mouths, and he can't tell for a while, at this moment he only feels that his head is messy, and he doesn't know where to start, he can only lie there and say: "This, this, this ......." ”

What else is this, do you still want to fool me!

Chongzhen roared directly: "Come on, take down this traitor to me, put him in prison, interrogate him carefully, and see how many things he has done to bring disaster to the country and the people!" ”