And the night is deeper, the sky is getting darker, the time is fleeting, the day is dawning, the sun is out, and a new day begins.

Zheng Wen got up early, exercised, had breakfast, and was ready to start work.

When Zheng Wen walked into the imperial study, Zheng Yi, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Yang Bo, the secretary of Dali Temple, were waiting here early.

After seeing the ceremony, when he saw the frosty look on the faces of the two of them, he said as if greeting: "The two Qing families have worked hard, you should also pay attention to resting more." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern." The two listened to Zheng Wen's words, and also felt the concern in the words, and were a little moved for a while, so they said to Zheng Wen in unison.

"The two Qing families came over together, is there any progress in the matter of Taicang?" Zheng Wen looked at the two of them and then asked.

Yang Bo listened, but immediately said: "Your Majesty, it is true, the minister carefully checked the situation of this Taicang Ling Li Dou, and found that this person's relationship network is not ordinary, he is not only good friends with the three princes of Yan, Zhou, and Tang......"

"There is also a lot of relationship with the underground forces in the capital, the minister ordered Jinyi Wei to check, he not only mixed with many green buildings in the capital, underground casino business, but also did usury business, three years ago even once lent out three million taels of gold and silver in Taicang, of course, there is the handwriting of Tang King Zheng Jiao, the first emperor also knows, and this Li Dou also has a lot of relations with the underground forces in the capital." Zheng Yi continued with an expressionless face.

Zheng Wen listened, and he was not surprised in his heart, since Li Dou's death, he had already had all kinds of speculations in his heart, and Yang Bo Zheng Yi's words were still within his acceptable range.

Zheng Wen listened, nodded, and continued: "What else? ”

Zheng Yi wanted to speak and stopped, just wanted to speak.

Yang Bo continued: "Your Majesty, the minister went to Li Dou's house to check, and found that the identity of this Li Dou is very unusual, this Li Dou has an absolutely close relationship with the bad people, although there is no direct evidence that this Li Dou is a member of the bad people, but through the slightest traces, the minister has a bold guess, this Li Dou is afraid that he is a member of the bad people organization, and his status is not low, the minister suspects that he is a blood descendant of the former Tang royal family. ”

Yang Bo was speechless and endless, but Zheng Yi on the side heard it, but his face was expressionless, but he was completely silent, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Zheng Wen listened, but he was shocked in his heart, although it was just a guess, but what if it was true, he looked at Zheng Yi, who was expressionless, and then looked at Yang Bo, before he said: "I know, since this is the case, then Yang Qing will continue to investigate, as for the matter involving the three kings, you don't have to check it again, these things are not something that you can check as a Dali Siqing, I will let Jinyiwei take over." ”

"No!" Yang Bo said with some emotion, he knew that this was His Majesty's intention to trust him and protect him, but there was still an indescribable discomfort in his heart.

When Zheng Wen saw it, he then said to him: "Yang Qing, I know that you feel uncomfortable, but how can you understand political matters with one or two cases?" In my heart, I am already ready, I am afraid that there will be another dragon and tiger battle in the future, what about you, it is better to organize the six doors as soon as possible, I have an important task to you. Zheng Wen said meaningfully.

"No, the minister will live up to His Majesty's trust, and the minister will retire first!" After speaking, Yang Bo saluted Zheng Wen, obviously he saw that Zheng Yi had something to say to His Majesty, and as a smart person, he retreated with interest.

Zheng Wen smiled and nodded at him, watching him walk far away before he asked, "Zheng Yi, what do you have to say to me?" ”

Zheng Yi hesitated for a moment before he said: "Your Majesty, three years ago, Taicang lent out three million taels of silver, which was actually the handiwork of the first emperor, and the silver returned was actually returned by the first emperor after using the inner treasury......"

"What do you say? How is this possible? And where does this silver end up? Before Zheng Wen finished listening to Zheng Yi's words, he interrupted and asked, he couldn't believe that his cheap father had done a lot of things, but he didn't know what his purpose was this time.

Zheng Yi listened to Zheng Wen's question, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, this silver finally fell to the Tang Palace, but it was not given to the Tang Prince's Mansion, Zheng Jiao, but to the head of the Tang Palace, Xianghua. ”

Zheng Wen listened, but he was a little puzzled, so he asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"Your Majesty, Xiang Hua was one of the most trusted eunuchs of the first emperor, he was the same as the minister, he was the commander of the first emperor's secret guard, the minister was on the surface, most of the people in the court knew the minister, and Xiang Hua was secretly, hidden very deeply, except for a few people, almost no one knew, and this silver was handed over to him, and the minister personally handed it to him, as the funds for the secret guard in his hand."

"And the reason why he was demoted out of the palace and entered the Tang Palace, it is not like on the surface, it is Huang Gong who used means in front of the first emperor, but it is just a scene between the first emperor and Xianghua, and Huang Gong is obviously kept in the dark, and the purpose of his exit from the palace, the minister does not know, and I am afraid that only the first emperor and Xianghua themselves know."

When Zheng Wen heard this, he was shocked in his heart, but he opened his mouth and asked, "Why have I never heard of it?" There is no record of this in the palace, Zheng Yi, why didn't you tell me until now? Zheng Wen's tone was very bad, and he said a little angrily.

Zheng Yi heard this, but he was not afraid in his heart, but continued with a heavy face: "Your Majesty, this matter of Xianghua, in fact, the minister is not very clear, and he has only heard about it slightly, after all, it is the matter of the first emperor, and it is not good for the minister to inquire privately, but recently the minister's Jinyi guard found that in this capital recently, the secret guard of the commander of Xianghua has been very active, but he doesn't know what to do, so the minister has the courage to report to His Majesty." ”

Zheng Wen listened, but he was silent, his face was expressionless, and in front of Zheng Yi, in this imperial study, no one walked around, obviously he was thinking about what his cheap father was going to do.

After a long time, he stopped, and said to Zheng Yi with an expressionless face: "Zheng Yi, you let Jinyiwei closely monitor to see what these people are going to do?" ”

Zheng Yi listened, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister suspects that this Xianghua and the secret guard in his hand are afraid that they are out of control, do you want to?" Zheng Yi gestured with his hand on his neck.

Zheng Wen saw it, but he shook his head, and then said: "It's not proper, it's too hasty, after all, the secret guard in Xiang Hua's hand is too hidden, we don't know the specific scale, it's not easy to act, and why did my father set up this secret guard, in fact, I am also very curious, you investigate carefully, you must find out the scale of the secret guard in Xiang Hua's hand, at least you have to know it in your heart." ”

"Just let them jump, jump out, in this one-acre and three-point land in Yanjing City, I don't believe that these clowns can set off any waves!" Zheng Wen said domineeringly.

"No!" Zheng Yi replied firmly and forcefully.

After thinking about it, Zheng Wen said again: "In a few days, the officials from all over the court will go to this capital to report on their work, so many powerful people are gathered in this capital, I am afraid that it will cause a storm again, you must closely monitor every grass in this capital, and you must not slack off." ”

"If Xiang Hua and the secret guard in his hand jumps out to make a move, then you don't have to keep your hands, just solve it neatly." Zheng Wen closed his eyes and said heavily.

……

At this time in Jinling, Jiangnan Jiedu made the garrison camp, and Jiangnan Jiedu made Lin Cang anxious these days.

He didn't expect that he would say a few angry words that day, and the three main officials of Jinling, the county guard, the county lieutenant, and the county cheng, committed suicide after going back, and immediately sat down, and the government affairs system in Jinling was paralyzed all of a sudden.

As a last resort, he had no choice but to promote a petty official named Li Shizi Yaozu to act as the county warden, and he got rid of the complicated affairs and began to rectify the Jiangnan camp.

If you want to say that this Li Shi Li Yaozu, it is definitely a wonderful flower in the Jinling official world, upright and honest, unsociable, and poisonous, all the officials who are famous in the Jinling realm, all his bosses, he has offended all over the world, and his reputation is in the lower layer of Jinling, which is the sea, but what is even more strange is that he is still alive and well, continuing to be his petty official, leisurely, so unhappy!

But because of this, all the officials in Jinling no longer call him by his name, but only call him his character, calling him Li Yaozu, which is not the meaning of closeness, but making fun of him, because his word is taken by his father, hoping that he will glorify his ancestors, but he has been an official for many years, and he is still a petty official, and the meaning of glorifying his ancestors is a bit nondescript.

At this time, Li Yaozu was reporting to Lin Cang: "General Lin, Lord Jiedu, the subordinate has been acting as the county guard these days, and has organized the people to carry out a general cleanup of Dongcheng District, so the subordinate will tell you first, how about it?" ”

As soon as Lin Cang heard this, he immediately felt that his head was big, he really didn't understand this political matter, and he didn't want to understand it, so he said to him: "Li Yaozu, you keep these things, you don't need to tell the general, you have to tell the prime minister Liu Jian, the general has already got the news, His Majesty appointed Liu Jian as the minister of Jiangnan, and all the affairs of the prime minister in Jiangnan, just a few days, he will come to Jinling." Lin Cang said in a loud voice.

When Li Yaozu heard this, he was immediately a little depressed, he just had some power, was he about to lose it?

As soon as Lin Cang saw Li Yaozu like this, as an old fritter who had been in the officialdom for many years, he could see his thoughts at a glance, so he laughed and said: "Yaozu Yaozu, Guangzong Yaozu, you want to live up to the name so much, then good, you do it well, Ben will give you a chance, three months, as long as you can handle Jinling properly, Ben Jiang will write to His Majesty, how about letting you guard Jinling?" ”

In fact, Li Yaozu is a person that Lin Cang still admires very much in his heart, he is talented, persistent, has the bottom line in his heart to be a man and do things, he is a good official, since he meets this kind of person, he doesn't mind supporting him.

When Li Yaozu heard this, he was ecstatic in his heart, and his face was full of excitement, but he felt that something was wrong, so he asked with some doubts: "General, you are a military attaché, and this Jinling is not an ordinary place, why are you?" ”