Jingshi, Zhang Siwei Fuzhong.

In recent days, the weather in Beijing has been bad, and Zhang Siwei has occasionally been sick and has taken leave at home.

In fact, his illness is not really serious enough to be invisible, and the reason why he doesn't go to the room is mainly for Tao Hui. Zhang Juzheng is known for his arbitrariness, Zhang Siwei won with femininity, and deliberately made this gesture, naturally not to show the civil and military officials, the main service target is still the emperor.

As the emperor grew older, Zhang Siwei did not believe that he would be willing to be an inactive monarch at the mercy of the first assistant. Zhang Siwei, who was born in a merchant family since he was a child, knows better than anyone how vicious people's hearts can become when facing authority. On that day, his father did the same murderous thing for the sake of that wealth, and the reason why he left that woman was not because of the blood relationship of the same clan and clan, but also because of other plans.

Zhang Siwei actually had the idea of sending the women of his family into the palace and becoming the concubine of the Son of Heaven. But his father, who was suspicious by nature, vetoed his proposal. Only by keeping this woman by your side can you monitor her every move, and once she is out of control, no one knows what will happen.

Even your own family can be so cruel, let alone to outsiders. What Zhang Siwei is doing now is waiting, waiting for the Son of Heaven to make a move on Zhang Juzheng one day, and he can replace him. To do this, you have to let the Son of Heaven see that he is different from Zhang Juzheng.

Of course, there are naturally consequences to doing so. For example, in terms of authority, his nominal subordinate is not as powerful as Shen Shixing and Yu Youding. Originally, Zhang Juzheng was dictatorial and made his own decisions in everything, and the so-called group assistants and sub-assistants were just his echo worms. But since Fan Jin's wedding, Zhang Juzheng's behavior has also changed, and he began to take the initiative to cede some power, handing over part of the work to Qunfu to do, and only controlling the direction. This is similar to Zhang Juzheng, who has personally experienced everything in the past, and is like two people.

People don't change casually, so naturally someone sees that Zhang Juzheng's original actions are inappropriate and gives him guidance, so that he can change his ways. Looking at the world, the people who can persuade Zhang Juzheng are probably the couple Fan Jin and Zhang Shunqing.

Every time he thought of this, Zhang Siwei had a huge resentment in his heart against his disciple. With such a pillar of talent, why did he fall under Zhang Juzheng's door? If he is willing to defect to himself, can't he afford to give it to high-ranking officials, beauties, and wealth? Such a talent is Zhang Jiangling's disciple, how can outsiders fight with this Xiangguo?

Originally, although the Jiangling Party members blossomed everywhere, they acted impetuously and domineeringly, relying on Zhang Juzheng's power to do whatever they wanted. Once this big tree falls, it is effortless to find trouble with them, because although it is known as a group of sages, there are not many people who can really make Zhang Siwei take a fancy to them. The appearance of Fan Jin made Zhang Siwei really feel the crisis.

From the rectification of Shangyuan, using this as a sample, promoting the new law in Jiangnan, and now the reformulation of the yellow and white album. Zhang Siwei could see that Fan Jin was checking and filling in the gaps in Zhang Juzheng's new law in a subtle and silent way. Fill in all the loopholes that I found and deliberately did not warn of them, so that the new law becomes invulnerable and difficult to shake. The behavior of the Jiangling Party members is also gradually reining in, as their alliance leader, Zhang Juzheng is not as brainless as before, but began to consciously restrain his subordinates and pay attention to the proportionality of words and deeds.

If you can't shake the new law, and you can't grasp the handle of the Jiangling party, you can't completely deny Zhang Juzheng, and if you want to overthrow this minister, you can only rely on God's help, and then there are some unexpected allies, such as the eunuch in front of you and the person behind it.

Some people in later generations one-sidedly believed that the eunuchs and civil officials in the Ming Dynasty were incompatible, but in fact the two were close to each other. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, any civil official who has gained power will inevitably be friends with a certain eunuch and form an upright alliance. For example, in another time and space line, the battle between the eunuchs in the late Ming Dynasty was Wei Zhongxian on the one hand, and Wang An on the other hand. At that time, the eunuchs were used to scold each other, and they all regarded themselves as civilian officials, and no one would be shameless enough to be proud of the eunuchs.

If a civil official wants to gain the emperor's trust, he must rely on a favored eunuch. Once the eunuchs they attached to fell out of favor, the civil officials were very passive in the struggle with other civil officials. In the same way, eunuchs were incapable of working. Eunuchs such as Feng Bao who can work closely with civil officials can make some achievements, otherwise they will cause chaos in the world.

Another reason why Zhang Siwei is afraid of Zhang Juzheng is the existence of Feng Bao. The relationship between him and Feng Zhang is impossible for him to replace, so he has been holding back. Unexpectedly, someone in the palace took the initiative to contact him. In the last salt merchant incident, he tried his own tricks and tried to pry the Feng Zhang Alliance, but he was ultimately defeated. But he didn't expose himself, so he wasn't completely out. His connection to the palace has always been there, but it is very low-key and discreet.

For example, such a little-known eunuch can enter the Zhang family's secret room, naturally not because of his identity, but to prevent outsiders from eavesdropping on the leakage of secrets.

Zhang Siwei looked at the little eunuch opposite, then looked at the copy of the chapter in hand and asked, "What do you mean by giving this to me?" ”

"Fengpan Xianggong is a scholar, and his strategy is far better than that of a slave and maid, what does it mean here, Xianggong naturally knows that the slave and maid dare not talk much."

"What if I don't know? Fan Jin is a patrol according to the heavens, and it is his duty to impeach the local lawless vassal king, not to mention that the actions of Zhu Naixuan, who is to be attacked by the daispora dynasty, have been against human ethics and crimes are not forgiven, and it is natural for Fan Jin to participate in him, I don't see anything wrong with this. ”

"Fengpan Xianggong Geng Jie gentleman, I can't see Fan Jin's wolf ambition, so the slave and maid have to remind me more. Zhu Naixuan has many crimes, in addition to murdering the prince and poisoning the princess, there is also a very important one, which is to obstruct the new law, beat the officials with the palace guards, and do not allow the government to measure the fields. This is also Zhu Naixuan's way of death. If you have this sin, you are already doomed, and as for the other sins, there is no basis for them, who can say clearly? ”

Even so, so what? Measuring the fields and reformulating the yellow book is the Son of Heaven's holy decree, and the representative of the vassal should be asked for the crime, what is wrong? ”

"The fields in Shanxi are not only the Dai Wangfu family, Fan Jinxiang Zhuang sword dance is intended to be Duke Pei, Fengpan Xianggong can't be aware of it? Now that the blade is at your throat, you don't know it, and it's too late for the sword to come down. Fan Jin's fairness should be very clear that people like him will not care about the friendship between teachers and students. If you ignore it like this, I'm afraid that it won't be long before a piece of music from Xiangguo will be sent to Jingshi, and then it will ......."

"Enough!"

Zhang Siwei's voice was not loud, but his tone was very firm, and the aura of the empire made the eunuch who was still talking instantly shut up.

"I don't need you to teach you how to behave." Zhang Siwei said coldly: "As a minister, this piece will be seen sooner or later, so it's not necessary to run just to send such a piece." In the future, if you don't have anything important, you don't have to come to the door. Come! ”

A servant walked into the room like a ghost, and Zhang Siwei instructed: "Send this father-in-law out the back door, and give him four taels of silver for running errands." ”

"Yes!"

Under the watchful eye of the servant, the eunuch who delivered the letter could only walk to the door, and when he saw one foot in the door and one foot outside the door, the eunuch suddenly stopped and said: "The slave maid is from Guangdong, and Fan Jin is a fellow villager. ”

"I don't want to hear about you, send off!"

Zhang Siwei was the only one left in the secret room, and he put the music in front of him for a long time, and suddenly shook his head and said, "Wrong!" This move is wrong. ”

As he spoke, he lit the music with a candle and threw it into the brazier beside him. Then spread out the paper on the table and began to write quickly. By the evening, several letters had been sent to Shanxi through the family, one of which was sent to the old father, and the rest of the letters were sent to the family's in-laws and close friends, and Zhang Siwei himself went straight to Zhang Juzheng's mansion in a sedan chair to see Zhang Juzheng.

Datong.

The streets were stained with blood, and the headless corpses were thrown there, and because the royal palace refused to come forward, and the angry people did not let others collect the corpses, these corpses could only be exposed to the end of a violent corpse wilderness. Based on hygienic considerations, the yamen will collect the corpses, but it is difficult to disobey the will of the people, so they can only be put away for two days before disposal.

Some of these people were bought by the squire merchants for a lot of money, and they were taken to their homes to worship their relatives, or to try to vent their anger. Others hung at the head of the city, so that the people, who had not had time to enter the city, knew that some of the oppressors had been punished. Some people in the city set off firecrackers, and some people beat gongs and drums, celebrating this very ordinary day as a festival.

A group of people spontaneously went to the Yamen to inspect the yamen, and took out some of their only rice grain or faded cloth, to pay filial piety to this great lord of the blue sky, and to thank the white bread lord for his great kindness with their only wealth. It is not easy for the guards to refuse the kindness of these people, the people in the border areas are fierce, even if they express their gratitude, they are more rude, and they will scold their mothers if they disagree, calling these people traitors, and they will go to the master of the courtyard to complain.

Wu Leopard, who was injured because of stopping the carriage, was clumsy and clumsy, and was scolded, and he didn't know how to squat in the corner with his head in his hands and grievances. Suddenly, a fragrant wind struck, and a red figure appeared in front of him. Because he lowered his head and happened to see Yan Hong's embroidered shoes, Wu Leopard's face turned red, and he wanted to leave when he lowered his head, but Yan Hong stopped him and said, "What? Are you afraid of me too? ”

"No...... I'm not afraid...... I'm ......" Wu Leopard's face turned red, not knowing what to say. Yan Hong looked at him and smiled, "You were scolded by those people, right?" ”

"Yes...... The lord didn't let him receive gifts, they had to give them, and they didn't scold people. I knew it would be better to go to the countryside with my lord, and I would rather deal with the assassins than deal with these unreasonable people. ”

"That's what we're doing here. Don't be afraid, I'll help you reason with them. ”

Yan Hong smiled bitterly, "I scared them to death like this, and they won't curse." ”

"No...... Don't say that. Who dares to laugh at you, I'll beat him to death with one punch! ”

Yan Hong smiled bitterly, and as Wu Leopard walked forward, under the sun, the figures of the two were stretched for a long time, and the distance was gradually getting closer.

At this time, Fan Jin had already left Datong, and began the journey of rewriting the yellow book of Qingzhang Tianmu with the household secretary office who had come to the house to complain and a group of officials and guards of the yamen.

Not only is this job boring, but it is also typically thankless. At present, land ownership is complex, and bones and skin are separated. Most of the government's original records have also been rendered useless, and it is difficult to tell whether a piece of land is a military field, a feudal field, or a private field. There was also the phenomenon of cross-holding between the gentry and the royal government, which made the progress of this work even more difficult. Fortunately, Fan Jin came to destroy the prestige of the palace, so that people did not dare to be enemies with him easily, and the work was relatively easy to do.

A grange that originally represented the king's mansion became his temporary residence, and the original head of the village had been arrested at the first time, and the house became Fan Jin's temporary office. One paper after another was issued, the abacus beads crackled, and everything was moving forward in the simplest and fairest way.

Shen San ran back and forth, hugging stacks of papers, beads of sweat on his head from time to time. The conditions here are not as good as those in Jiangnan, and even the water is salty and unpalatable, not to mention the summer drink. Fan Jin looked at Shen San's appearance, and said with some reluctance: "If you are too tired, go back and rest and rest, you may not be able to bear this kind of suffering, I can still support it myself." ”

"Dong Weng doesn't rest, how can the students complain?" Shen San gritted his teeth and said, "As long as you endure it, you can always survive it." ”

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Mei Ruyu appeared at the head of the door, holding a vermilion lacquer tray with both hands, and a bowl of soup in it walked in and said, "Master, this is the mung bean drink that the concubine cooked for you, and the right to relieve the heat." ”

Shen San retreated with interest, Fan Jin looked at Mei Ruyu's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, her clothes were also soaked with sweat, and she was clinging to her body, and motioned for her to come over and say, "You entered the kitchen?" It's Chan'er's territory, and she won't be happy with you going in. ”

"Concubine...... I gave Miss Zheng a gold ring, and she allowed me to start the stove. Mei Ruyu frankly admitted. Fan Jin looked at the soup and asked, "The medicine that Sister Jin Qi gave you, if you keep some, maybe you can put it inside." ”

Mei Ruyu's face flushed: "The concubine has also run through the rivers and lakes, where can she be so confused, how can you dare to give the master a medicine of unknown origin?" So the day she gave me the medicine, I threw it to Xue Wu. ”

"Clever."

Fan Jin nodded encouragingly, pulled Mei Ruyu into his arms and said, "If you want to do something, just do it, you don't have to stay by my side." ”

"Where can I go but to stay by my lord's side?" Mei Ruyu smiled bitterly, "I don't affect the master's office, you just do things, I'll fan you." ”

Gently shaking the fan, looking at Fan Jinfen's writing, Mei Ruyu felt a sense of peace in her heart, this kind of life is not so bad, for herself, it may be a real good destination. It's Sister Jin Qi...... I don't know what to do now.

Outside Datong City, under the side wall, the horse gang that could cross the checkpoint suffered a fatal blow at the most lax moment. A team of horses from the Inspector's Battalion suddenly appeared, and although the gang was fierce, it was powerless.

At the beginning of the battle, Jin Qijie realized that the situation was not right, and desperately urged her mount to flee in the direction of Datong. Although she didn't understand why she was ambushed, she could conclude that there must be something wrong with it.

There were only six or seven guards left, and the titular husband had already been hacked to death in the battle. She has no feelings for this man, especially after having a physical relationship with Fan Jin, she has long been disgusted with him. But when I saw him die to protect himself, my heart was still touched.

What went wrong...... Her brain was racing, but she couldn't think of an answer. At this moment, a horse team suddenly rushed towards the opposite side, the number was about twice as many as herself, Jin Qijie turned her horse's head and was about to escape, but she heard a familiar woman's voice on the opposite side:

"Give it up! You're running nowhere. There are our people on all sides, where can you run. ”

Xue Wu?

Jin Qijie was shocked, and subconsciously grabbed the reins, but the other party's horse team had already rushed over, and immediately took the lead with a red-clothed long sword holding a slingshot, it was Xue Sufang.

In an instant, all the doubts were explained, but Jin Qijie did not feel relieved, but even more frightened.

"You ...... You guys did it on purpose? ”

"That's right! If I don't deceive you out of Datong, how can I catch you all? Xue Wu sneered and hung up the slingshot and pulled out the sword at his waist. This sword was originally given to Fan Jin by Liu Kanzhi, but now it was given to Xue Wu by Fan Jin and became her self-defense blade. "You want to poison my man, but unfortunately Meihua Lao Jiu is not as stupid as you think, but he handed over the medicine to me. Now we have to settle this account. I stole my man, helped other women pull horses, and finally wanted my man's life. Count the sins in one, your head, I will condemn! Draw your sword! ”