At this time, the night was deeper, and several people dispersed one after another.

But Wang Cheng sat alone in the chair, thinking quietly.

The reason why he summoned these people to the party tonight was to win over these people to become his allies and his real help, instead of wearing the tiger skin of the Wang family, a fox and a fake tiger!

Because he wanted to go further in the officialdom and be a big man in the court, but the queen mother of the Wang family and the palace did not agree, thinking that he was not that material, and he could be the left servant of the household, and he was already the first emperor's generosity!

But he was unwilling, so he wanted to start anew and create a small group headed by himself to support him to go further in the officialdom, but he wanted to open this mouth several times today, but he was interrupted by these people and passed by, obviously these people just recognized him with the coat of the Wang family, and did not recognize him as a person, obviously these people are old foxes.

The more Wang Cheng thought about it, the more annoyed he became, he raised his hand and slammed it on the round table, and after a long time, he laughed again, "Hmph, since you are here tonight, don't think about being able to get off the boat!" ”

Obviously he felt the impatience of these people tonight, but looking at their deflated appearance, as if they wanted to leave but did not dare to speak, a strange excitement flashed in his heart.

"Hmph, since you're like this, then you can't blame me!" Wang Cheng said to himself.

It turned out that these days, Wang Cheng found that he had Jinyiwei's spies in his house, so he had an idea, and he came to such a play tonight, and inadvertently let Jinyiwei find out.

Tonight's specious gathering, Jin Yiwei is afraid that he has already noticed it, and tonight these people are afraid that they have already made Jinyiwei's key watch list!

As for himself, he is not worried, after all, there are two big trees of the Taiyuan Wang family and the Queen Mother Wang's family, there will be no danger to life, few people know that the reselling of the granary of the Great Dry and the case of the rebellion of the Song King Zheng Zhao, he was involved, in the resale of the granary of the Great Qian, he had provided help to the interest group headed by the Song King Zheng Zhao, and he was also friendly with the Song King Zheng Zhao in private, so far it is not that nothing has happened, presumably even if His Majesty knows, he will only gently put it down, and he still has a bottom in his heart.

And this is also the reason why Zheng Wen asked Jinyiwei to focus on monitoring him.

……

The night passed!

On the morning of October 27, the weather was sunny, and the chill of late autumn enveloped Yanjing City, the political center of the Great Qian, but there was a strange smell in the air.

Zheng Wen also summoned nine cabinet ministers in the imperial study.

After seeing the ceremony, after giving a seat, Zheng Wen sat on the chair and took the lead in speaking: "Everyone, Aiqing, I got the news last night that Li Yin killed himself at the head of Jinling City yesterday morning, and General Lin Cang also took over Jinling City smoothly!" ”

"The matter of Jinling, the matter of Jiangnan, we still have to deal with it as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know what will happen, so I decided that tomorrow Liu Qing will lead the entire case-handling team to Jinling and start cleaning up the local officialdom in Jiangnan, how about it? After all, it's better to deal with these things as soon as possible. Zheng Wen said unhurriedly.

As soon as Zheng Wen's words fell, Prime Minister Liu Jian stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has no opinion, these things are indeed handled early, but are the people in all ministries ready?" Liu Jian turned his head to look at the other members again.

At this time, Wang Yong, the secretary of the ministry, stood up, shook his somewhat gray beard, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu, my Ministry of Officials has already been prepared, and the candidate to lead the team is Liu Yong, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, who is young and strong at this time, and is conscientious and conscientious in the Ministry of Officials, and it is just right to follow Lord Liu to Jiangnan." ”

When Zheng Wen heard this, he nodded at Wang Yong, and so did Liu Jian.

And Zhou Kuo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu, Li Hua, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, is the chief officer of the Criminal Department who followed Lord Liu to Jiangnan this time. ”

"And the one of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yushi Xia Yan, this person is the old man of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it must be just right. And Dali Temple is the Shaoqing level of Dali Temple, and it is also the old man of Dali Temple. ”

As soon as Zhou Kuo finished speaking, Zheng Wen said: "Very good, sit down, what about the household department and the military department?" ”

Yang Bo, the head of the household department, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu, the leader of the household department is Wang Cheng, the left attendant of the household department, and the others have already been prepared, Your Majesty can rest assured." ”

Zheng Wen glanced at Yang Bo a little strangely and nodded at him.

Liu Jian, on the other hand, sat on the chair and glanced at Yang Bo with a smile, then turned his head and stopped looking at him.

Yang Bo also felt two strange gazes, but his face was still expressionless, and he sat down calmly. He knew why His Majesty and Liu Jian looked at him like this, because his deputy Wang Cheng was a person with a deep background who wanted to pull his immediate boss down and take the position himself.

But how do others know, this Wang Cheng can't be said to be ambitious and talented, he still has some talents, as the left servant of the household department, he is barely competent, but you are a left servant of the household department, and he can be regarded as a high authority, but you are thinking about how to be promoted all day long, and if you don't do practical things, you are simply an official fan!

And this is also, he has not been in the household for a long time, he can quickly straighten out the household, one of the reasons for coercing the household, such a deputy, for the first to enter the household is the best, tired is tired, after all, I am still very happy in my heart, because I can't pose a threat to myself, as for thinking about my position, that's just hehe!

Politically, who is afraid of whom? As an important minister of the court, he still has this self-confidence.

At this time, Zhao Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu, the candidate for the Ministry of War to go to Jiangnan this time is Zhao Ying, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, this person is the old man of the Ministry of War, just right!" ”

After thinking about it, he said again: "Your Majesty, what should we do with the tens of thousands of soldiers left in the Jinling garrison camp?" ”

As soon as Zhao Shan's words fell, the scene suddenly fell silent.

Zheng Wen sat on the chair, and he could still hear the panting sound of these important court officials.

After a long time, Zheng Wen spoke again: "Liu Qing is the prime minister's minister of Jiangnan affairs, Liu Qing, what do you say about it?" ”

Liu Jian looked at Zheng Wen who was expressionless on his face, and got up, just about to say his thoughts, the words came to his lips, and he swallowed it raw, because he suddenly thought that the idea of reducing tens of thousands of people to slaves was really appropriate to say it in front of these important court officials?

So it was changed again: "Your Majesty, after all, this is tens of thousands of soldiers, and the minister can't make up his mind for a while, please ask Your Majesty to make a judgment!" ”

Zheng Wen listened, and when he saw Liu Jian's appearance, he spoke again: "I haven't thought about it yet, do the other ministers have any opinions?" Zheng Wen said calmly.

When everyone saw it, they understood it and shook their heads, saying that they hadn't thought about it yet! But really haven't thought about it yet? I'm afraid that only I know.

Zheng Wen saw it, but suddenly said: "Since this is the case, let's do it first!" Let it go first, after all, this matter involves tens of thousands of soldiers, take your time, don't rush! ”

After thinking about it, he said again: "This Li Yin, after all, is a credit to the country, since he is dead, the family property is returned to the treasury, but it is not good to blame him too much, let the Ministry of Rites discuss a nickname, posthumously seal the title of Shaobao, and help the soul to return to his hometown for burial!" Zheng Wen said almost conclusively.

The nine ministers who were shocked couldn't react for a while, and only looked at His Majesty in front of them blankly, afraid that they were not deaf, how could they hear such absurd words?

This Li Yin, but he embezzled military salaries, resold ordnance, and was a character who killed people and set fire to Jinling, such a character died, and if he didn't pursue it, he had already burned high incense, but what did His Majesty say just now, discuss the number, chase the Shaobao, and help the soul to return to his hometown, can he afford these? Is this still the words of His Majesty, who has always been wise? Didn't you sleep late last night, and now your brain is a little confused and you said the wrong thing?

However, Qian Chang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up, looked at Zheng Wen directly, and asked with some disbelief: "Your Majesty, what you are saying is that this Li Yin is talking about the name, chasing the title of Shaobao, and helping the soul to return to his hometown, isn't it wrong?" ”

Seeing that Qian Chang had the courage to stand up and say such things to Zheng Wen, the others looked at Zheng Wen curiously.

Zheng Wen listened, but said with a smile on his face: "I didn't expect Master Qian to be so old, and his hands and feet are so flexible, which is very good." You heard it right, that's exactly what I just said! ”

"After all, in Daqian, merit is merit, and it is still very clear that he has made great merit and committed great sin during his lifetime, since he has already thanked the world with his death, I have dealt with it heavily, and it is inevitable that there will be unfairness, and he will confiscate the family property, but his merit will still be demonstrated! Isn't it appropriate to talk about this name, chasing the seal of Shaobao, and returning to his hometown? Could it be that I am wrong? Zheng Wen said with a grin.

The nine important ministers looked at His Majesty in front of him and said this kind of nonsense with his eyes open, he was speechless for a while, he had made a great contribution, His Majesty said it was the same as the court did not reward him, he was appointed as the envoy of Jiangnan Jiedu at a young age, holding 200,000 heavy soldiers, isn't this it!

If there were no such culpability, after Li Yin's death, it would be appropriate to discuss the name and posthumously seal the young insurance, but this Li Yin has so many culpability, and there is still this kind of mourning after death, is this really good?

Zheng Wen saw the reaction of these people, so he ignored it and said, "This matter, so be it." No need to discuss it anymore, there are some things that don't have to be taken too seriously. There are so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials in this great Qianchao, do I have to be punished heavily? There's got to be something special! ”

Zheng Wen said such specious words, and asked them to be sent out of the imperial study.

As soon as everyone walked out of the imperial study, they saw Li Ying'er not far away, and suddenly realized.

But is that really the case?