Chapter 446: Suspicion and Forbearance

Fang Bin, the secretary of the military department, killed the corpse, Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the household department, Wu Zhong, the secretary of the criminal department, and Du Zhen, the left concubine of the right Chunfang and the bachelor of Hanlin, the brocade clothes of the prison guard. As a result, all the people present in the Qianqing Palace that day were only one Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who Zhu Di was angry and had no time to meet that day. Although he escaped, Lu Zhen did not feel at ease at all, he knew that with the emperor's city, he must know his attitude that day, and the reason why he did not deal with it at this time was most likely that he did not know how to deal with it.

Just when everyone thought that it would be the turn of the Ministry of Rites next, Zhu Di's disposition was beyond everyone's expectations - Guo Zi, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, was old, and Zhao Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was inexperienced, and Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was appointed to lead the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War. All of a sudden, the Kedao Yanguan, who had knocked down Fang Bin, was all beaten in an instant.

Although Zhang Yue successfully sent the shipping excerpt before, and even carefully elaborated on the details in front of the saint, not only did it not achieve the expected effect, but afterwards the emperor seemed to have no such thing at all, there was no clear word, and he didn't mention Du Zhen's matter at all, Zhang Yue was naturally extremely depressed. Seeing that the number of people who were angered this time did not decrease but increased, he was even more worried about the safety of his old father-in-law. This Heavenly Dynasty will edict Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to lead the three affairs, and the shock in his heart is naturally not trivial.

Although there are large houses in the six yamen, due to the limited monthly rules, the meals are extremely simple, so all officials with some conditions either bring their own rice and steamed food, or go outside to buy a meal on Qianmen Street. At noon on this day, he stole a free time, and Wan Shijie naturally dragged Zhang Yue out in the name of distraction, and three familiar words burst out of his mouth - Du Kanglou.

Since he was pulling Zhang Yue out to relax his mood, Wan Shijie had to take advantage of Lu Zhen's matter to enlighten him, but before the words came out, he was beaten back by Zhang Yue's words: "Where is this favor, the military department, the household department, and the criminal department are all missing the person who was in charge in the past, if the Ministry of Rites also changes hands because of this, it will be tantamount to the biggest court earthquake." So now, even if the emperor is angry, he can't beat everyone out of a momentary anger, and he has to leave someone who can do the work. Lu Shangshu is also responsible for three things at once, if he does a good job, he will only atone for his crimes, and if he does not do a good job, I am afraid that it will be natural to punish the crime at that time. ”

Wan Shijie is not a stupid person, seeing that these words can't fool Zhang Yue, he suddenly sighed. However, just as he didn't know what to say, there was a sudden thump on the floor, and in a short time six or seven big men rushed up. Looking at the bright uniform, he knew that it was the Beijing guard officer guarding the Beijing Division, and when he was looking, he happened to meet a person's eyes.

"Hey, Yuanjie, that's your second brother!"

Zhang Yue, who was eating in a muffled voice, hurriedly raised his head, and saw that the burly young man who came over was Zhang Qi, he hurriedly put down the bowl and stood up. Before he could speak, he was slapped on the shoulder, and he sat down involuntarily. Before he could open his mouth to ask, Zhang Qi suddenly lowered his voice and opened his mouth to say something.

"I'm here with my colleagues today, and we've booked a private room for dinner, so I can only say a few words to you. You also know, I am now in Yulinwei in front of a hundred households, early this morning, there is an order from our Yulinwei to transfer ten people to the Ministry of Rites Lu Shangshu attendant, I heard that the emperor gave a death order. When he said this, even if he had always opened his mouth, he couldn't help but turn his eyes around, and his voice was three points lower, "Their task is to be optimistic about Lu Shangshu, if Lu Shangshu commits suicide, all ten of them will die!" Third brother, you must be careful, don't anger the emperor! ”

It wasn't until Zhang Qi got up to meet those officers after he finished speaking, that Zhang Yue and Wan Shijie were so shocked that they couldn't come back to their senses. Wan Shijie remembered that he wanted to comfort Zhang Yue just now, but at this time, he didn't even have the interest to speak, all he could do was sigh deeply. And Zhang Yue absentmindedly dialed the rice grains in the bowl, and finally took a deep breath to lift his spirits.

It's man-made, even if it comes to this point, it may not be without a turnaround!

There is a way to copy the county order to destroy the door Yin, and this copying has always been the fattest errand for Jinyiwei. However, this time the raid was different. When there was no Fang Bin's house, the most important place was that Lu Feng used Dongchang Fanzi, and even Jinyiwei couldn't interfere when he made the book; And when Xia Yuanji's house was confiscated, although Yuan Fang, who led the team, intended to protect him, even if he didn't protect him, the Xia family really had nothing to copy, and there were only some wooden tools and cloth clothes in the huge house.

So, in the face of two completely different lists, Zhu Di's face suddenly became cloudy. But even if he knew that Xia Yuanji had always been upright and must be different from Fang Bin, but he was still angry, and he had to release several of them, and it was equivalent to admitting that he was wrong to the ministers, he couldn't help but snort coldly, put the two lists on the imperial case, and coldly sent away the two biggest secret agents under his hands.

When the news reached Duanben Palace, Zhu Gaochi, who was lying on the couch reading a book, was noncommittal, until the little eunuch who reported the news withdrew, and he showed an irrepressible regret and couldn't bear it, and he was faintly even more annoyed. Seeing the crown princess Zhang coming out from behind the screen, he dropped the book in his hand and smashed his fist on the wooden armrest of the chaise longue.

"Xia Yuanji, the three of them are really innocent, and the father is too stubborn! Zhan Ji can even persuade two sentences, but I, the prince of the East Palace, can only watch, and I can't even say a word! The prince should be in this position, it is really a wreck! ”

"Your Highness, don't say that, Xia Yuan Jizhi is generally cautious, Du Zhen has always been flattered, and he will definitely not have any complaints because His Highness can't speak." Zhang lightly hid Wu Zhong's name, and then said with a smile, "Besides, the most taboo thing for the emperor now is that people block the northern expedition on the grounds of his body, so I am afraid that His Highness's intervention in the government will make him even more unhappy." Even if the emperor goes north to supervise the country this time, I am afraid that he will have to be extremely careful. ”

"You're right. I have endured a knife on my head for more than 20 years, and all I can do now is to continue to endure it. ”

The trace of annoyance that Zhu Gaochi had just revealed gradually subsided, and with Zhang sitting down beside him, he glanced at several palace maids and eunuchs in the room. Because he couldn't bring all the female eunuchs of the East Palace when he went to Beijing from Nanjing, more than half of him was now surrounded by newcomers, and I don't know how many of them were the eyeliner of the two younger brothers of King Zhao of Han, and I don't know how many of them were the nails of his father Zhu Di. The dignified prince of the East Palace, there are only so many henchmen, and there is only such a small room where he can speak freely.

"By the way, have you seen the strip Chen that Zhanji brought back?" Zhu Gaochi saw that Zhang nodded, so he relaxed his body again, and closed his eyes half-leaning on the soft cushion, "Father and Emperor have a way of looking at people, Zhang Yue is not a person who simply uses novel theories to lobby the king, but can think step by step in a down-to-earth manner, and he is indeed calm enough." Of course, he was mostly for his father-in-law this time, but he was imprisoned just because he was there and worked with Xia Yuanji, and his father's temper is now more and more unpredictable. By the way, my father is old, and Zhang Fu accompanied the northern expedition this time, you said that if there is a case, this army ......"

Although she is a woman, although Zhu Gaochi is said to be the prince of the East Palace, she does not dare to have too close contact with the minister, and Yang Shiqi and others are all righteous gentlemen, let alone people who can discuss such explicit topics, so for a long time, the Zhang family has always played the role of listening and giving ideas. At this time, when she heard the word "army", her face couldn't help but change slightly, but she recovered in a moment.

"Your Highness needs to know that the family members of the accompanying nobles are all in Beijing. And now, even if you want to sell a good one to the Zhang family, you are powerless. If the emperor had listened to persuasion, he would not have let the six Shangshu lose three at once before the Northern Expedition. Besides, Zhang Fu is different from ordinary nobles, and I don't know how he behaved on the battlefield, but just look at his performance in the court after returning from Jiaoluan, he is restrained and cautious, even more careful than civilian officials. ”

"But the second brother often writes to him......"

"So what? The nobles of the Manchu Dynasty, even if Liu Sheng, who was in charge of the Beijing camp, still had correspondence with the King of Han? In short, His Royal Highness occupies the position of righteousness, from the cabinet to the six ministries, there are almost no favorites towards the king of Han among the civil officials of the Beijing Division, and Yang Rongjin Youzi must accompany the northern expedition, plus the imperial horse supervisor pro-army, the nobles do not have enough power to turn the sky. The King of Han is not like the original emperor, His Royal Highness must know that since the Jingjing, the King of Han has never led his troops to fight, even if he is a brave general in the past, after twenty years of comfort and wealth, it is impossible to become the second father emperor. ”

The couple, who are tens of thousands of people below each other, look at each other, as if in this way they can find the greatest encouragement and support in their respective eyes. I don't know how long it took before a soft cough came from inside the room.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Princess, the Emperor has just taken His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson...... Escorted out of the palace by the brocade guards. ”

Seeing that it was Zhong Huai, Zhu Gaochi suddenly frowned. Although it is said that the Son of Heaven hangs his clothes and rules the world, Zhu Di, the emperor, is both a northern tour and a northern expedition, and he never takes the existing rules in his eyes, so it is not once or twice that he takes Zhu Zhanji's micro-clothes out of the palace. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you know where my father went?" ”

"I heard that I was going to the British Mansion."

This is not a place that surprises the crown prince and his wife, but what worries them is Zhu Di's habit of often taking Zhu Zhanji around. It must be known that during the Second Northern Expedition in the past, Zhu Di directly brought people to the battlefield, and Zhu Zhanji even almost had an accident because of the greed of a certain eunuch. Zhu Di has always hoped to cultivate a son of heaven, Zhu Gaochi's body is hopeless, and Anzhi will not bring Zhu Zhanji again on this northern expedition?

Zhong Huai paused, and then smiled and said, "In addition, the emperor also summoned the county lord Chen to accompany him. ”

Hearing this, Zhang's family immediately laughed: "When Princess Yongping came to see me last time, she still had a handful of snot and tears, saying that her father regarded her niece as a daughter, and she was better to Lord Chen Liujun than her daughter. Your Highness can't make friends with foreign ministers, but you might as well be nice to the county lord, I like the county lord's cleanliness and crispness. Such a bright girl is too rare in the royal family. ”