Chapter 737: Tongues and swords, open guns and hidden arrows

Although you are a marquis and a chief military officer with the seal of the barbarian general, there is a way that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and under the joint efforts of the three divisions and the eunuchs of the city, Gu Xingzu could no longer object, so he had to accept Xiang Shaoyuan's proposal angrily, and left the court accompanied by everyone. As soon as he left, Governor Li, who was the only one left to try the case, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his greasy head with a handkerchief, and slapped it fiercely.

Xu Zhengping, who was kneeling in the hall, looked at the figure who left the corner door on the left side of the public hall, his face was originally like ashes, and when he heard this loud bang, he couldn't help but tremble lightly, and then almost collapsed. After a long time, he lifted his spirit, thinking that his niece had given Gu Xingzu as a concubine, even if he put aside this layer, he would at least be useful.

Since Gu Xingzu is here, even if it is for the huge amount of property he handed over to his own family to operate, he will never ignore this matter. Based on his sins, he will be sentenced to confiscate the family property, and Gu Xingzu's loss will be great at that time.

After passing through the hall, you can see the three halls along the Yong Road. Zhang Qian took Gu Xingzu to the front, the four chief officials of the third division were all behind, and the Lu Tui official at the back was full of bitterness. This is either a super-grade noble, or a great eunuch who can't be counted according to grade, and the officials of the three divisions also have the lowest three grades, but what is he? It's just that the previous assassins were still the presiding judges, if this is the final shirk of responsibility, wouldn't he be a hanger?

"Lu Tuiguan."

"Ah...... Mr. Zhang. Lu Tuiguan instinctively raised his head, and when he saw that Zhang Yue was a few steps behind and parallel to himself, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and hurriedly asked cautiously, "What do you command, Lord Zhang?" ”

"You just have to tell the truth about everything, and you don't have to pretend about it." Zhang Yue looked at Zhang Qian, who had accompanied Gu Xingzu to enter the third hall first, and said lightly, "These things were originally decided by Gonggong Zhang after discussing with the company, and they are also holy will, they have nothing to do with you, you don't have to think about being taken out of the top tank." ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue nodded and crossed over to catch up with Li Long, Yu Liang, and Xiang Shaoyuan in front of him, Lu Tuiguan only felt that the heart that was beating so hard just now suddenly fell back into his stomach. I'm afraid that the immortals will fight and mortals will suffer, he doesn't want anything to be prosperous in his life, but he never wants to be implicated and dismissed. So, with a little energy, he followed everyone into the three halls, and when Gu Xingzu asked, he clearly explained all the circumstances of the interrogation in those days.

Since he came, Gu Xingzu naturally left those scruples behind. It must be known that many of his uncles and uncles are now in Guizhou and Guangxi, and their roots are in the south, and they are now holding back their fire because of the disposal of the imperial court. If he knew that something had gone wrong with the large amount of money that the family was taking care of outside, I am afraid that the reaction would be more fierce than his.

Therefore, after listening to Lu Tuiguan's words, he said to Zhang Qian with an expressionless face: "As soon as Gonggong Zhang came, all the suspects below Qin Huaijin died, which is a coincidence. ”

"Coincidence? What is the coincidence of this, Hou Ye just wants to say that they are all forced to death by our family! Zhang Qian smiled, and immediately pointed out the meaning of Gu Xingzu's words. Seeing that the other party's face sank, he said lightly, "The Lu of the Eater is the matter of loyalty to the King." Although Emperor Taizong killed Huang Yanjiang Chong and others first, and then killed the crown, it was not unprecedented. But after all, the lieutenant is a person in the palace, Qin Huai stabbed out such a basket, and wanted to abscond abroad, and it would be a big scandal to spread it. Our family forced this kind of person to commit suicide, even when he arrived in front of the emperor, our family also had a clear conscience! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the chief officer of the three divisions on the left, and was about to continue speaking, but was unexpectedly grabbed by Zhang Yue: "What Gonggong Zhang said is not bad, as for those Li people, I have also interrogated Qin Huai's righteous son Qin Yi, those are just those he invited to confuse the public, and the so-called collusion with the Yao people is nothing." Since Emperor Taizu implemented the system of governing Li in Qiongzhou Mansion, there has hardly been any major change in the Li people of Qiongzhou Mansion, besides, with those who only know how to exploit the people, and with the Li people in Qiongzhou Mansion, they can still cross the sea to rebel and occupy Guangdong, who believes this? ”

Zhang Yue stood up as he spoke, ignoring Gu Xingzu's unusually cruel gaze, glanced around at everyone, and said slowly: "It's not the first time that the Zhuyao rebellion in Datengxia in Guangxi has begun, since the Hongwu period, there have been five or six times, and the root cause is because of the Han barbarian mix, and the Yao people themselves have a deep hatred for the Han people. Datengxia is mountainous, the government is hurting, they hide in the mountains, the government is not fighting, they come out to make trouble again, what do you want to say to occupy the whole territory of Guangxi, Zhenyuan Marquis thinks they have such ability? ”

"As for the Qiongzhou Mansion, during the Hongwu period, many Li local officials were unwilling to send officials and attach their names, so that Jutong resisted and even rebelled, so the imperial court set up a guard, 11,000 households, 22 Tuntian, 22 inspection divisions, and nearly 20,000 people from the banner army to the archers. In the Yongle years, the earth house was set up under the guard, and the Shengli was appeased, and in the eleventh year of Yongle, there were more than 30,000 Shengli households who returned to Shun, and the imperial court granted nearly 1,000 local officials. Since the beginning of the Yongle period, there have been small turmoil in Qiongzhou Mansion, and most of them are Li Min anti-local officials, which has almost no damage to the overall situation, and there are two or three thousand Li people in Qiongzhou Mansion, and these two or three thousand people have never synthesized a rope! ”

was forced back by Xiang Shaoyuan outside, and now Zhang Qian's tone is tough, Zhang Yue denied Li Yao's collusion, Gu Xingzu only felt that the evil fire in his heart had nowhere to go, and the fist was actually clenched. Seeing this scene, Yu Liang, who was also very dissatisfied because of the previous attack, suddenly died down, and commanded Li Long to open his mouth several times, and finally endured it. As for the Lu Tui official who sat at the end, he didn't even dare to make a sound, for fear of causing trouble.

"Well, great, it seems that Benjue's precautions have become a big fuss!"

Gu Xingzu laughed angrily, and Huo Di stood up: "Benjue has already sent the testimony of Qin Gongwang and others to the capital for 800 li, such a big matter, the five prefectures and the military department must have a decision, at that time, Benjue wants to see what else you have to say!" Commander Li, pack up a few rooms in your capital yamen, and Benjue lives with you!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Rao is Li Long's face was bitter, but he didn't dare to refuse this extremely reasonable request, so he could only agree and follow Gu Xingzu to get up and leave. As soon as the two of them left, Yu Liang suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "If the Marquis of Zhenyuan lives in Li Dushuai's place, wouldn't he be able to justifiably mobilize the troops of Guangdong Province, but he is the general army of the barbarian general to conquer Liangguang!" ”

Seeing that the rest of the people were all looking at him, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, so he got up and arched his hand and said: "Originally, Wang Xun was going to come with me today, but then there were some things, so he lost the deadline, and now it seems that with his temperament, if he really comes, I am afraid that he will have trouble with the Marquis of Zhenyuan." Father-in-law Zhang, Master Zhang, I should serve as a prosecutor in the trial of the case, but I really don't know anything about the first assassin, and now I can't help much, so I will leave first. ”

Yu Liang's benefits have been enough, so when he retreats like this now, Zhang Qian frowned, and Zhang Yue was also stunned. Seeing that Lu Tuiguan was restless, Zhang Yue simply let him go out and try the case with Governor Li. Because Xiang Shaoyuan also said that he wanted to stay to see the results of the trial, he only called Zhang Qian to leave from the back office. When he got into the car, he moved back and leaned against the backrest, and was about to speak, when he heard Zhang Qian next to him speak first.

"The Marquis of Zhenyuan is not good at coming, and the good are not coming! It's also my fault, Jinyi Wei Tang Le has long told me that the back of the Xu family is Zhenyuanhou, I didn't care much, I always thought that Guangxi and Guangdong are not the same thing, he wouldn't come to Guangdong for no reason, but I didn't expect him to really do this. In my opinion, it is over to send someone to report to the emperor for 800 miles, and now it is not the time when the nobles occupy half of the court, as soon as the matter of the King of Han comes out, he is as loyal and brave as the British public and cautious in words and deeds, what is a Zhenyuan Marquis? Those civil officials in the court will not let him mess around, and there will be a will soon order him to go back! ”

Zhang Yue got the urgent letter sent by Gu Xingzu yesterday afternoon, and learned some things about the Gu family from his father Zhang Zhuo, but he didn't expect Gu Xingzu to come early this morning, so he didn't have time to say that to Zhang Qian. relayed Zhang Zuo's original words, and sure enough, he saw that Zhang Qian, who had just looked relaxed, was full of gloom.

"The year of the Marquis of Zhenyuan is 1,500 stones, although most of his uncles and uncles have commanders or other military positions, but if the income of a large family is added together, I am afraid that the income of the whole year will be 2,500 stones. He is not like the British princess who has added titles such as three princes and three orphans, he has no double money, he has to support dozens of people, plus the family members of slaves and vassals who are rewarded, etc., the foundation of Guizhou is lost again, and he can only point to Guangzhou. In this way, what I thought was a trivial matter turned out to be a life-......."

In officialdom, you can suppress and support, and you can fight and fight, but the most taboo is to cut off people's lives, and when you get to this job, you have to divide life and death. Therefore, Zhang Qian is certainly a little annoyed, but why not Zhang Yue himself? However, after the initial irritability, he quickly banished these chaotic emotions out of his mind.

"The Xu family's private movement of the population out of the country, the inflated price of grain during the catastrophe, coupled with the private introduction of merchants, bartering with them, this is all conclusive evidence. And the Marquis of Zhenyuan first asked Guangdong to urgently raise military rations on the grounds of the urgency of the military situation, and then came here in person to leave down a so-called testimony of Qin Gongwang, which was naked coercion! It is true that the Gu family is a meritorious family, and it is not true that he has encountered difficulties now, but since he has used this method, he does not think that I will back down half a step. ”

Seeing Zhang Yue say this, Zhang Qian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, secretly thinking that Gu Xingzu had been guarding outside for many years, but he was afraid that he was arrogant and used to everything, and everything was up to him. Not to mention anything else, now that the central officials are inspecting the place, who doesn't buy a face, Gu Xingzu actually stood up with himself regardless of it, and put on an unyielding attitude before leaving. Not to mention that Zhang Yue is young and vigorous, and he occupies a rational word, so he will never let go, it is he himself, because he has been squeezed, why is he not angry at this time?

"That's it, I'm going to fight in the ring about this matter. Gu Xingzu is not a stupid person, he should know the seriousness of the matter. Even if he is out of town, he should understand that such a big matter is far from being in charge alone. By the way, Yuan Jie, the right-hand political envoy who is partnered with you is a bachelor. Without any background, he dared to speak out at that time, and he was so open-minded, so responsible! I was worried that he would hold you back, but now it seems that he can share a lot of the burden for you! ”

Zhang Yue knew that Zhang Qian's intention was nothing more than to get Xiang Shaoyuan to fight with Gu Xingzu on the basis of reason, stay away from him, and make a move when he should make a move, but when he thought that Xiang Shaoyuan needed to be supported by someone to get out when he just left the third hall, he finally shook his head: "Lord Xiang is indeed admirable, but his illness is already very serious. The stakes are high, and I cannot shirk my responsibility. ”

"You're a real man!" Seeing that he was about to arrive at the Shibo Mansion, Zhang Qian knew that Zhang Yue seemed to be gentle, but in fact he was stubborn, so he sighed, "Anyway, I will order someone to send this matter to Jingshi urgently, maybe the emperor can help you." It's just that Gu Xingzu came prepared, and he needed to beware of him breaking the kettle and making something big, and he would lose both sides and drag everyone off. ”

At the door of the Shibo Mansion, Zhang Qian sat in his car, Zhang Yue simply closed his eyes and recuperated, and the carriage shook all the way on the street between the stone roads and the loess road, and when he got off at the Yamen of the Political Secretary, he couldn't help but rub his shoulders vigorously. As soon as he entered the gate, an errand ran up in a puff of smoke, and after saluting, he hurriedly said: "My lord, Xu Dashen asked the little one to tell you, saying that there was a messenger from the capital early in the morning. It was clear that it was from the British government, and because Lord Zun was there, Xu Dashen let people lead him to the back office. ”

Because Guangdong is far away in the South China Sea, it is particularly inconvenient to send letters from Beijing, and most of the unimportant letters are delivered by commercial banks that are appointed to communicate between the north and the south, which has almost always been the case before. Now that he heard this, Zhang Yue knew that it was a messenger from the British government. Knowing that the affairs of the political secretary had been handled jointly by a number of political and senators, he gave a few more orders to the errand officer and immediately rushed to his own official office.

"Third brother, it's the son of the butler Rong of the British Mansion."

Fang Jing, who had just learned that Zhang Yue was back and was waiting at the gate of the official mansion in person, immediately greeted him, accompanied the people all the way inside and said: "Uncle asked a few words, and originally planned to let people go down to rest, but he said that he was ordered by the British Gongjun, and he didn't dare to delay, at this time, he was tired and drank some mung bean soup and ate two snacks, and was waiting alone in the study, you should go quickly." ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue nodded and sped up his pace, Fang Jing's eyes rolled and he stopped following, only shouted again: "By the way, Xiao Rui and Xiao Li and I have already seen those things, what should we do next?" ”

Zhang Yue stopped suddenly, turned his head to look at Fang Jing, and a smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of his mouth: "Since you are familiar with it, it is naturally practice." Starting tomorrow, you will go to the yamen of the Guangzhou prefect and keep a good eye on that case for me. ”