Chapter 863: Breaking the Wrist and Retreating, One Step Further

At night, the capital is shrouded in darkness.

At this time, whether it is the common people who are busy with their work the next day, the businessmen who open shops and do business, or the sedan chair drivers, grooms, coachmen, or the court officials who live in eight seats and one hundred promises, most of them have already fallen asleep. One is because of the night ban on the top, and the other is because people have to get up early tomorrow.

Only a very small number of people, either because they have urgent matters at hand, or because they are pressed by the superiors, or because they have to think of other ways because they can't do anything, will they hold candles to discuss secretly, think hard with candles, and torture with candles. Of course, there is another category that takes advantage of the silence in the middle of the night and breaks down the door and is menacing.

Although there are three or four people in the secret discussion, there is often only one person who thinks hard, not to mention the torture, and the only one who breaks into the door is a dark shadow and longing, but there is a close connection between several things. Therefore, when the sun has not yet emitted the first light of the day from the east in the early morning, and the light snow has added a thin layer of burden to the snow that has not yet melted, the news of the delay of the night and the light snow has reached the ears of the people concerned everywhere, so naturally each has its own relief, each has its own worries, and each has its own fear.

The day is not yet bright, the carriage has been prepared in front of the Chen's Mansion in Yongfang Velvet Hutong, and the people on duty up and down the house have already gotten up early, and the two gatekeepers are standing neatly on both sides of the door, when an old man wearing a big red silk official robe walked out of it, the coachman and the porter waiting next to the carriage are all half a short body and kneel and kowtow.

Chen Shan, who had a tense face, didn't look at those subordinates, and got into the carriage by himself. When the thick cotton curtain was lowered, he let out a long sigh and leaned weakly on the thick and warm stone blue satin cushion embroidered with the pattern of the crane playing in the water.

When Zhu Zhanji was still the grandson of the emperor, he was ordered to serve and study, and he was also regarded as an old man in the East Palace, so as soon as Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, he was promoted to the head of the household department in one fell swoop as the old man of the East Palace.

I thought that I would be able to sit firmly in the seat with the Holy Family, but Yang Shiqi Yang Rongjin Youzi served the cabinet for more than 20 years, Du Zhen advanced, but he was friendly with Yang Shiqi, after all, there was a reliance, Yang Pu is a person who is as silent as a stuffy gourd, although he and Zhang Ying said that they helped each other, but in the end they inevitably withdrew from the cabinet due to unfavorable affairs. Now Zhang Ying has been transferred to Nanjing to serve as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, he is a scholar, and there is only one inner study hall that can be managed, and now even the inner study hall has declined!

But even the inner study hall is far worse than before because of the incident that made a big deal before!

Thinking of this, Chen Shan, who closed his eyes and recuperated with his hands folded in his sleeves, couldn't help but twist his two hands together. Although Yang Shiqi was favored during the Yongle years, because he was a person from the East Palace, his favor was not as good as Yang Rongjin Youzi. The two in and two out of the Jinyi Guard Prison is a legend if it sounds good, but if it is not good, that is, the Son of Heaven is still suspicious. But because he was an old man in the East Palace, as soon as Emperor Renzong ascended the throne, Yang Shiqi became the head of the cabinet. He is also the old man of the East Palace today, for this day, when he was serving in the East Palace, he was careful enough, and finally won his trust, but now he is kicked aside!

"Master, Bei'anmen has arrived."

The whispered call finally pulled Chen Shan back to reality from his gnashing of teeth. After tidying up his clothes, leaning out of the high cotton curtains, and stepping on a small stool to get out of the carriage, he saw the Bei'anmen Gate in front of his head.

Among the four gates of the southeast, northwest and northwest of the outer imperial city, the Daming Gate in the south is not often opened, the hundred officials hit the left and right gates of Chang'an to enter the palace to see, and the relatives often go from the Dong'an Gate, and the Bei'an Gate is the inner court of the twenty-four yamen of the internal officials often enter and exit the road. Chen Shan is in charge of the inner study hall, unlike other officials, he often walks here on weekdays, so the guards of the upper Beijing guard naturally recognize him, at this time, seeing this scholar walking slowly, he is naturally busy saluting, until the two little eunuchs greet Chen Shan and go inside, everyone is back on duty.

From Bei'anmen to the inside, walk on a stone's throw away, and the east of the street is the east gate of Huangwa. Most of the 24 yamen, such as the celebrant supervisor, the Shangyi supervisor, the governor of the capital, the wine and vinegar noodle bureau, and so on, are among them. The celebrant is located in the second in the south, covering an area that is not the largest, after Yongle Hongxi, to the beginning of Xuande, because the two in charge of the two are unusually favored, the position of the celebrant is naturally more stable.

Most of the official offices outside are open to the south from the north to the south, while the internal official yamen in the palace follows the old system. The main door of the master of ceremonies is open to the west, and there are many pine and cypress trees planted in the courtyard facing south in the door, this is the inner study hall, and the couplets in front of the door are two columns of strong and powerful characters.

"Before you reach the wall of Confucius, you must work hard to take a few steps; I can't do the family business, and I leave it aside. ”

Chen Shan stood there and looked at it for a while, before he walked inside without saying a word, and went straight to the main house on the north side. Although it was only a place for eunuchs to study, there was still a tablet for the saint, and he bowed meticulously, and then entered the room on one side.

Since Empress Dowager Zhang set the system for the Inner Book Hall again, abolished the four Hanlin scholars who studied here, and only trained by the palace slaves who practiced the hyphenation of words, his status as a bachelor in charge of the Inner Book Hall has become embarrassing. Although he was not willing to do this in the first place, although those palace slaves were lowly, they inherited his kindness after completing their studies on a different day, and they were a natural force, but now even this is a delusion.

"My lord, this is the new Lu'an Gong tea, can you taste it?"

Chen Shan, who raised his head, saw a young eunuch with low eyebrows and a flattering smile on his face, and held a small tea cup from the red lacquer tea tray and put it on the kang table, so he bowed his head slightly, and did not answer. It wasn't until the person quietly walked to the door that he stopped him: "How many people are there in the inner study hall now?" ”

The young eunuch was stunned when he heard this, then stopped his steps, turned around and lowered his head: "Returning to Lord Chen, there are sixty people in total." ”

Sixty people is the number set when the Inner Book Hall was established, but these sixty people used to be the godsons of those eunuchs and young eunuchs, but now because of the Queen Mother's words, the people from the Inner Book Hall must not be the head of the twenty-four yamen, which undoubtedly cuts off the possibility of these people becoming eunuchs and young eunuchs in the future. In addition, the selected lecture itself is only a devotional of the celebrant supervisor, and his skills in the way of Confucius and Mencius are limited, so what kind of good name can he teach?

"You've been here for two years, haven't you?"

"Back to my lord, the little one has been serving here for two years and seven months."

Chen Shan smiled dumbly, thinking that the first four Hanlin who taught in the inner study hall were sent back, and the new four met the queen mother's rectification of the inner study hall not long after taking office, so he also went home, and he only managed such a mess in the middle of last year, which is more than a year, so it seems that the young eunuch opposite can be regarded as a veteran.

"You've been here for so long, and you don't have a grade, so you haven't listened to the lectures in the inner study hall and read and write? You must know that at the beginning, even a few eunuchs and young eunuchs in the East Factory of the Master of Ceremonies were quietly reading and reading. ”

The young eunuch still hung his hands in front of him, his face full of respect: "What the adults said is true, but the father-in-law above is busy recognizing a few words, just to avoid being blind, and being fooled in the future, the little stupid, and the age is not young, even if you recognize a few more words, can you still overshadow those children in the inner study hall?" It's better to be honest and do your duty, not to stand out, but to be innocent. In the past two years, I have become familiar with a few fathers-in-law, and in a few days, the younger one will have to follow Fan's father-in-law. ”

Chen Shan originally reached out to take the teacup, but his hands froze when he listened, and finally he was scalded by the hot teacup because he was absent-minded. Unnaturally retracted his hand, he carefully looked at this eunuch who had been serving here, but was attentive but did not seem to talk much, and gradually became a little in a trance.

At that time, because the inner study hall was located in the celebrant supervisor, the imperial chief would come over to visit whenever he had something to do, and there were not a few miscellaneous servants who quietly listened to lectures outside the door. Only this one who never goes to serve tea and pen ink in his room, and there are always endless things to do, from tea to needlework, to running errands to find people, always with a courteous smiling face, and shoes can wear out a pair in a few days. He also secretly laughed at this person's lack of interest, and now it seems that this diligent but measured eunuch is actually the smartest!

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency?"

"It's okay, you can step down."

Seeing that familiar smiling face disappear outside the door, Chen Shan only felt an indescribable tiredness rise from the soles of his feet. He has always been the most important mannerist, he picked up the tea cup and drank bitterly like a cow's drink, then got off the kang and came to the desk, picked up the ink, poured some water into the inkstone, rolled up his sleeves and slowly grinded it. Seeing that most of the ink on the inkstone was gradually accumulated, he put down the ink block, sat down on the chair, took a large piece of paper and laid it out, and took the pen from the pen holder.

However, although he had already thought about it early in the morning, and had just heard what the young eunuch said, and had really made up his mind, when it came time to write it, he had a deep sadness. When he learned to become a martial artist, sold it to the emperor's family, and joined the emperor's grandson, he imagined that he would be in power in the future, and he was trusted by the Son of Heaven like Yang Shiqi and others, but now it seems that it is just an unrealistic dream. Regret should not listen to people's demagogy, now that the Qingke is nowhere to be seen, he has to bear the consequences!

Yang Shiqi, Yang Shiqi, you don't have oil and salt, but I don't believe that your son won't get into trouble again! Du Zhen, don't think that Weng and his son-in-law are very beautiful in the same dynasty, it will be jealous sooner or later! As for Yang Pu...... Are you going to survive until everyone else dies?

At this moment, a drop of black ink finally fell on the tip of the wolf's pen, which he held tightly between his fingers and trembled gently because of his excessive nervousness, and the color as black as night became more and more dazzling with the snow-white notepaper.

In the morning, the Yamen of the Ministry of War was naturally busy. The urgent official document for the 800-mile rush in Yunnan had just arrived, and when Yang Rong arrived in Kunming, the armies of Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, and the Luchuan Si clan had another big battle. It is said that it is a big war, and each other is only more than a thousand people, and the results of the battle are still deadlocked, and it is impossible to say who wins and who loses, but fortunately, it curbs the momentum of Luchuan's eastward advance, which is also a good thing. In addition, it is the messenger who routinely communicates every day to send official documents, and the routine news is accompanied by bad news.

Heavy snow fell in Jizhou, Pinggu and other places in the east!

"It seems that even if the news arrives in Daning, it will be delayed for a while, and it will take a few days for the army to reorganize, even if it is as light as before, it will be difficult to walk in heavy snow on the road...... Fortunately, I helped Yang Ji find someone out last night, but I don't know if this is Chen Shan's own idea, or if he is confused, or if he is in collusion with people at all...... Looking at it this way, the one who gave gifts to the Du family before seemed to be this guy's idea. ”

Zhang Yue muttered to himself and calculated, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that all kinds of factors were linked one by one. was thinking about the three princes who broke into the palace yesterday, and someone outside reported that Hu Qi was coming. When he heard this, he immediately ordered someone to come in. Sure enough, Hu Qi, who could still see white snowflakes on his cloak, waved his fist happily as soon as he entered the door.

"My lord, I asked!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yue, who was still leaning on the circle chair and making himself comfortable, straightened his waist all of a sudden, and asked bluntly: "What does he know?" ”

Hu Qi was excited, but he knew that some things couldn't just be shouted, so after saluting, he walked to Zhang Yue's chair and whispered a few words in his ear. As his voice got lower and lower, Zhang Yue's brows furrowed more and more, but in the end, they all stretched out, and nodded approvingly at Hu Qi.

"Well done! In particular, the illusion that this person fell into the water is good, and with this, it should make the other side panic for a while. Even if you know, you might think that guy ran away because he was afraid of losing his mouth. ”

"It's just that the matter involves the Jin Domain, and I only know that it is King Zheng, King Yue, King Xiang, and I have to add a King of Liang, so I can't get rid of someone among these four princes, so will I quietly check it next?"

Zhang Yue naturally knew this kind of concern, otherwise he would not have let Hu Qi give the biggest credit for discovering the greasy side of Tongji Cang to Jinyiwei and Dongchang, but this time, he turned his backhand, showed the gold medal talisman in his hand, and said with a smile: "I rushed into the palace yesterday, and I ended up getting such a good thing." There are a lot of things in the palace, and the Jinyi Weidong Factory is busy, so I will support you with this, and no one will gossip anymore. Keep an eye on the four mansions for me, and report anything as soon as possible. ”

The Zheng Wang's Mansion in the depths of the Ten Wangfu Hutongs has been closed since yesterday afternoon, and no one is allowed to go out. Of course, even if the door is not closed, the sudden appearance of a large number of guards in this area will turn these most vigilant people in the palace into shrunken turtles. And the owner of this mansion, King Zheng, locked himself in the study all night, but whether he was in the Huang Tingjing at the will of the Queen Mother, the ordinary people in the mansion naturally did not know. All they knew was that all night, the ping-pong in the study broke things.

"If such a disaster happens, he will do nothing, how can it be so cheap!"

At this moment, King Zheng finally threw down the pen in his hand in a rage, took a deep breath and said: "A domestic slave of his Jin clan dares to blackmail me with a few slaves and maids, and if something happens, he hides without a shadow, it's not so cheap!" You go out and call Li Huaien, I'm done with this ring! It's not that easy to ask me to carry the black pot! ”