Five days later.

The weather in Jingshili is getting hot day by day, the climate becomes drier, and people's hearts are also affected by the climate and become restless. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there has always been no shortage of sensational news, such as the case of Qingyunhou in the former, which involved Gao Gong, the first assistant of Zhishi, and finally Gao Xinzheng was paralyzed, the two Dajiuqing were dismissed, and there were many officials and officials who dealt with the people and even Yamen officials were imprisoned, so that the people of Beijing had a lot to talk about after dinner.

This matter is not over yet, new things are coming again, as the head of the six ministries of the Ministry of Shangshu Zhang Han, because of the old things that were unfavorable to supervise Shaanxi, he was attacked by the road, and was forced to resign. In fact, this is a derogatory dismissal. Replacing Zhang Han in charge of the ministry is Wang Guoguang, who has resigned and returned to his hometown before, and now the person who passed the decree has rushed to Wang Guoguang's hometown in Henan, and it will not be long before he can come back.

is also from Henan, one was paralyzed by a stroke because of the old thing, and the other was promoted to a heavenly official because of the old thing. One glory and one disgrace, the future is very different, enough to make people sigh about the impermanence of life.

Another piece of news is that after Zhang Juzheng rejected the second decree of love, the whole family left Beijing and went to Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou, to prepare to return home by boat and mourn for their parents. The controversy between the two factions in the court has not yet been distinguished, and from the performance point of view, it seems that Zhang Juzheng has made up his mind to Ding Wei, and the love-grabbing faction has become a villain.

However, the combined impact of these two pieces of news is not as attractive as the third one. The contemporary Duke of Qianguo Mu Chao killed the former Duke of Qianguo Mu Chaofu, and murdered two nephews Mu Gong and Mu Rong. The mother-in-law also gave birth to a son with her sister-in-law.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately became the focus of public opinion among the people. Jingshili is known as a random coachman, all of whom have relatives in the old mansion and sisters in the palace, and they are the most well-informed. However, this kind of news involving honors and nobles, it is said that there will be a lag, and most of them are discussed among the people after the court disposes of them. This time, before the imperial court reacted, the people had already publicized it, which was a little unusual.

The people who preached this matter all spoke vividly, as if what Yunnan sent to Beijing was not blood, but a picture book. Including how Mu Chaobi coveted his sister-in-law for a long time, because his brother didn't dare to start. and then how he used both soft and hard after his brother's death, and even the overlord got his wish. How did he never empty his sleep at night, and how Li hated him to the bone but had to succumb to other details, all of which were told as if he had seen them in person.

In the teahouse and wine shop, those peddlers, pawns, and well-dressed people, all listened attentively, and occasionally some people went out with their waists bent, and after a long time, they couldn't help but curse back from the street. "God's damn government, the rotor room has been closed for so long, and it hasn't opened yet, how can people stand it, is it impossible to suffocate Lao Tzu?"

Zhang Han went to work and returned to his hometown, Zhang Juzheng went out of Beijing, these two big news that was enough to alarm the imperial court became bleak in front of the secrecy of the Qianguo Mansion, and the attention of the common people and even some low-grade officials was all attracted to this matter, and most people were concerned: "Is this Mrs. Li's feet big, and how white is her body?" ”

In the Criminal Department, Zou Yuanbiao's face was gloomy, his brows were twisted into a pimple, and he couldn't relax for a long time. I didn't bother to read the case file in my hand, and muttered a few words from time to time: "Despicable villain! The next resort! Dirty! Shameless! ”

Wu Weizhong is older and more calm, but his face is not much better at this time. "Erzhan, are you sure Zhang Juzheng is using a trick?"

Although Gu Shouzhuo didn't know much, he could be sure of two things, many valuables in Zhang Juzheng's house were not taken away. Among them is a Jun kiln Ru porcelain vase that Zhang Juzheng likes very much, as well as several rare books of the Song version, and he also left his henchman You Qi to take care of the mansion. If he really wants to go back to his hometown, how can he leave these beloved things and the right-hand man behind? It is clear that retreat is to advance. Another thing is that although Zhang Juzheng went to Tongzhou, he didn't let Gu Shi accompany him, saying that he asked him to stay with You Qi to watch his family. From this point, I concluded that Zhang Juzheng would not leave Tongzhou at all, but just make a show and wait for the holy decree to arrive and return to Beijing immediately. ”

"It seems that Zhang Juzheng is retreating as an advance, ostensibly going out of Beijing to return to his hometown, and posing as if he wants to return to his hometown to guard filial piety, but in fact he wants to clear up the relationship and say that the matter of winning love has nothing to do with him." Wu Weizhong's face was gloomy,

"Shoufu is the head of a hundred bureaucrats, if he takes the lead in destroying discipline and does not abide by filial piety, how can the people of the world deal with themselves? What's more, this kind of dedication is even more famous, shameless! For example, today's son is young, and he was fooled by a powerful minister, Yu Xing, who mistakenly thought that Zhang Juzheng was not enough to take charge, and there was no country without Zhang. But I don't want to think about who is ruining the government now. There was no one in the cabinet, and the chapters all fell into the hands of the celebrant supervisor, which made the eunuch authority open and the discipline was greatly damaged. If it weren't for the maintenance of Zhang Juzheng, why couldn't the cabinet make up for it until now? ”

"Six Departments of Imperial Push Still No Results?"

"Even the Zhang Ministry has been dismissed, what can be the result? Several ministries are either Zhang Juzheng's private or afraid of Zhang Juzheng's power. Although Yan Gong is a gentleman, he is lonely, and he can't control the overall situation alone. Now even Dali Temple is controlled by Zhang Juzheng, and there are a lot of constraints on us, Yan Gong is still too busy to take care of himself, how can he affect the government? ”

Wu Weizhong sighed, "It was the Qing Discussion that could have influenced the Son of Heaven, but now that the Qing Discussion has been muddled by others, everyone only stares at the little things in the Qianguo Mansion every day, and the removal of the Zhang Ministry of Officials has made many people afraid and dare not speak out." Originally, Ding Wei's voice was the highest, and there were few lovers. But now on the road of speech, Zeng Shichu, Chen Sanmo and other cadres have begun to shout for the love of love, and in turn, the loyal ministers who support Ding Wei have been greatly reduced, and many colleagues have begun to sit on the wall and watch, and they have nothing to do with themselves. If this continues, I am afraid that this third decree of seizing love will not be stopped. ”

It's no more than three. The emperor's holy decree Zhang Juzheng has already politely rejected two ways, and the third holy decree of grabbing affection, he returned to the court in accordance with the decree, and he couldn't find any mistakes in the procedure. As a minister, all he can do is to explain the interests and disadvantages to the Son of Heaven as clearly as possible before the decree is issued, and persuade the Son of Heaven to give up his intentions. A more radical method is to form an atmosphere of public opinion in the form of a clear discussion, so that the emperor can give up this idea.

After all, Shousuke is just one person, and if all the ministers don't want Shousuke to win affection, then it's useless for him to come back. It is impossible for a courtier who is not accepted by the officials to carry out his work effectively, and it is meaningless for the emperor to invite an undesirable person back to the court under pressure. Whether it is the Jiangling Party or Feng Bao, it is impossible to ignore the matter opinion, for the sake of Zhang Juzheng alone, it is unwise to compete with the general trend of the entire court. Therefore, if an atmosphere can be formed in public opinion, most of the discussion of seizing affection will be terminated.

The talents of Zou Yuanbiao and others are not bad, but their own knowledge is limited by the times, and their understanding of public opinion is far from being comparable with Fan. Even the great Confucian talents of this era are emphasizing right and wrong over means, and sometimes in order to ensure that they have an advantage in public opinion, they will desperately find bright spots for their own views and raise their own value. They are good at doing these things, and it is not impossible to even reverse black and white, but when it comes to the formation of public opinion, they still think that the righteousness is in hand, and public opinion is naturally in their own hands. I don't know anything about Fan Jin's means of creating topics, guiding the rhythm and hyping up the main points, diverting the attention of the people, let alone preventing or countering.

There is no need to find any theoretical support for Ding Wei, the moral code of the whole society is there, and Zhang Juzheng can't wash it away. According to their thoughts, the formation of this kind of public opinion is already inevitable, and no matter how powerful Zhang Juzheng's methods are, he can only forcibly suppress speech, and it is impossible to make speech beneficial to himself.

I don't want Fan Jin to highlight the strange tricks, so he came with such a hand and took most people's attention in other directions. In addition, Zhang Juzheng got rid of Zhang Han's authority, which led to the inability to suppress public opinion in the court. The attention of many low-grade officials was also unconsciously brought to the Qianguo Gong case.

Some officials on the road have begun to impeach Mu Chaobi for misconduct and rebellion, and asked the imperial court to investigate the matter in detail, and take Mu Chaofu's mother-in-law Chen and his wife Li to Jiangning for protection and then visit. The focus of public opinion somehow shifted to Yunnan, and the attention to Zhang Juzheng's matter has seriously declined, and it is a little difficult to ask public opinion to change the order of the Son of Heaven.

Wu Weizhong said: "Now it seems that we can't stop the third will, and Zhang Juzheng will definitely return to the cabinet on an errand." Thanks to Erzhan's friendship with Gu Shouchuang, we know who is behind this incident. If he hadn't told me, I would never have imagined that Fan Jin would have such a means, and it seems that the traitor's subordinates would have to add a powerful minion. In the future, Fan Jin should be wary of one or two. ”

Zou Yuanbiao said: "Don't mention the future, just talk about the present, even if the holy decree of seizing love really can't be stopped, I don't want Zhang Juzheng's first assistant to be so happy." ”

"Erzhan, I admire your courage, but to be an official, you must know the current affairs. At present, the general trend is Zhang, my generation should preserve the useful body for later use, and now I am afraid that I will harm myself in vain, but I will not help anything. ”

Zou Yuanbiao said: "It is a right thing to follow what my predecessors said, but since my generation has read the books of sages, how can I be a sycophant thing?" If the traitor is reinstated, how can my generation deal with himself? If you listen to it, it is equivalent to approving the proposal of seizing love, which is very inconsistent with the ideas of our generation, and the people of later generations do not know your and my minds, but I am afraid that we are afraid of power and agree to seize love, and it is difficult to wash away the stigma of pouring the water of the four seas. Since ancient times, the text has been admonished to death, and the war has been fought to the death. The more at this time, the more my generation should commit a straightforward admonition and directly denounce the treachery of the thief to the Son of Heaven. Let the Son of Heaven understand that above the court, who is a loyal minister and who is a traitor! Even if the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven are blinded by traitors now, when they are in power, they will understand the treachery of the thief, and then they will know the loyalty of our generation. This impeachment recital is self-evident, so that future generations will not think that we are cowards of the Afuzhang Party! ”

He took a breath and said, "Besides, I'm not alone. Wu Zhongxing of the Hanlin Academy, reviewing Zhao Yongxian's second duke, also intended to go to the book and explain to Long Live that it is not feasible to win love. On top of that, we have one of the best chips in our hands. ”

"Who?"

"Gu Shi Gu is clumsy." Zou Yuanbiao pronounced the name word by word, and a gust of wind blew into the court, making Wu Weizhong's hairs stand on end. Looking at the handsome and dashing Zou Yuanbiao in front of him, for some reason, he always felt that the approachable smile in the past looked so terrifying at this time. When did he get to this point in his friendship with Gu Shi, and what means did he rely on to make Gu Shi willing to impeach his future father-in-law?

At the same time, in the small courtyard where Fan Jin and Li Cailian had a tryst, a burst of laughter came from the room. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, no one would have believed that the goddess Fairy Li, who was noble and dignified in the past and could not be offended, was like a little girl at this time, smiling forward and backward, without her usual demeanor.

She wore a tight-fitting red gauze on her body, the fabric was light and transparent, and she seemed to be nothing, and she could never wear it outside. Only in front of Ai Lang did he dare to dress up so boldly, turning a solemn goddess into an infatuated little woman, and enjoying this rare gathering.

Li Cailian, who has been guarding for 16 years, once got her wish, at this time, she actually knew a little bit of marrow, knowing that she shouldn't date too often, but she still couldn't help but call Fan Jin to complain about the pain of lovesickness. Fan Jin has always been tender in front of her, massaging her body and telling jokes to make her happy.

After laughing for a while, Fan Jin said, "Cailian, you've really worked hard these days." ”

Even after getting married, the old husband never called her that, Fan Jin's title made Li Cailian feel more and more that she had returned to her youth, and this handsome man was her husband. At least in this small courtyard, she can be his wife, and in order to maintain this relationship and maintain this romance, she doesn't care about anything.

She took the initiative to pull Fan Jin's hand to her chest, and said softly: "For Fan Lang, no matter how hard it is, the slave family is willing." Most of the third will to win love has already been on the road, and the slave family is doing a good job? ”

"No one compares to it."

"Then the slave family is relieved, in addition to being able to serve Fan Lang, the slave family is finally somewhat useful. People say that rewards and punishments are clear, how will Fan Lang reward the slave family? ”

"Xiaosheng can repay Cailian, only ...... This one. Fan Jin spoke, his hand was already slightly forced, Li Cailian obediently let him handle it, and said in a low voice: "The slave family wants more, while Fan Lang has not yet married, let the slave family serve Langjun a few times." ”

Public opinion can spread so quickly, in addition to the power of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, the role of Western Mahayana in it cannot be underestimated. In addition to letting the followers spread the news of the Qianguo Mansion, Li Cailian also took advantage of the opportunity to make friends with those noble ladies to spread the news of the Qianguo Mansion in this circle.

Those noble ladies are idle and bored, and what they like to spread most is this kind of boudoir thing. Through their mouths, they can bring the news to their husbands and families, and finally in the upper circles, they can also form an influence on public opinion.

Many officials were either swayed by Mrs. Li, or because of Mrs. Li's relationship, they suspected that the news was deliberately released by the palace, and began to relax their attention to the matter of seizing the love, and instead paid attention to the official affairs of Qianguo. As for the wealthy nobles in Beijing, because of the intervention of the Western Mahayana Sect, the follow-up of Zhang Juzheng's matter has slowed down. Even in the palace, such a fast order to seize love is inseparable from Li Cailian's running.

After all, this is an era of superstition, and the Mahayana theory of immortals has a market among the people and even the wealthy. There are many people who believe in gods and Buddhas among the emperors, and the views of such religious figures can often influence some views. Of course, they won't know that this Mrs. Li, who is revered by many women as a fairy and thinks that she has the bones of a Su Hui immortal, is doing another type of immortal with Fan Jin at this time, rolling like a lion rolling a hydrangea.

It wasn't until Li Cailian ran out of strength that she made time to say to Fan Jin: "Fan Lang, the slave family has already protected you in front of Cisheng, and when Zhang Jiangling returns to the dynasty and gives a lecture to the Son of Heaven, you will read it on the side." In this way, Fan Lang can enter and exit the palace, and the slave family can also look at you a few more times. ”

Needless to say, the benefits of reading to the Son of Heaven are not too much, and Fan Jin also knows that this noble lady lover has really exerted his strength. Now that Zhang Juzheng is about to return to the court, he has made such a big contribution, and he has added a lot of weight in his heart, at least he will no longer blindly protect Gu Shi as he did in the past. Here again, there is an opportunity to serve the Son of Heaven, and everything is going in its favor.

Fan Jin, who was full of ambition, became more and more courageous, and Qingfeng Langyue also joined the battle group again. The sky was getting dark, and Li Cailian, who was leaning together and talking, suddenly said in surprise: "Why is the window paper so bright?" ”

The rest of the people looked over, and sure enough, they saw that the window paper was surprisingly bright, Fan got out of bed, pushed open the window and looked out, only to see that in the sky, a huge star dragged a broom-like light tail, slowly passing through the night sky. The star was big and bright, like a huge eyeball, blinking and blinking, looking down on all living beings in the world.

Li Cailian's face changed, and she exclaimed: "Demon star! It's not good, it's a demon star! Give me my clothes, I'm going back to the temple!" The demon star is here, and now it's in trouble! ”10