Jingshi, Qianqing Palace!

Zhu Youzhen sat at the desk near the south side, stared at Luo Yangxing who was kneeling on the ground, and said lightly: "Stand up and speak!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Luo Yangxing stood up straight, and said a little seriously: "Your Majesty ordered the ministers to investigate Mr. Su's going to sea, and there was news from the Jinyi Wei Office at Tianjin Wei Wharf that on the evening of the 26th, Mr. Su took the eunuchs Zhao Heng and He Shan to the sea, and a merchant ship from Zhejiang came that night. ”

"Mr. Su finally got on the boat!" Zhu Youzhen breathed a deep sigh of relief, and his face was a little pale.

Wang Chengen next to him hurriedly handed over a cup of hot tea and asked, "Your Majesty ......?"

"No problem!" Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said to Luo Yangxing: "You go on." ”

"Yes!" Luo Yangxing continued: "When Mr. Su arrived at Tianjin Port, it was about the same time. At that time, the big ship in Zhejiang was loading, and it was expected to anchor the next day, and Mr. Su somehow took out 1,000 taels of silver and insisted that Zhejiang businessmen anchor that night. On the 27th, the Fujian Navy attacked a 2,000-year-old merchant ship on the water north of Laizhou, and set it on fire. According to the estimation of his subordinates, it should be the merchant ship of Zhejiang. ”

"Bang!" Zhu Youzhen slammed his fist on the table and said, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" Mr. Su was a protector sent by Emperor Taizu to me, how could he die so easily? ”

After pausing for a while, he said to Luo Yangxing: "On that day, I personally went out to see him off, Mr. Su was going to take the dry road to return to Defu, why did he suddenly take the waterway?" There must be a reason for this, you have to investigate it carefully! ”

"Your Majesty!" Lu Yang arched his hand: "The minister also felt strange, so he secretly investigated this matter." It turned out that Mr. Su left Beijing that day, in addition to Zhao Heng and He Shan, the two little eunuchs, there was also a person named Xu Hongzu, according to Xu Hongzu, Su Baiyi had been afraid that there would be chasing soldiers behind him after letting the dog bite people at Yongding Gate, so he let Xu Hongzu take the car south along the official road, and he took the two eunuchs to Tianjin Wei with Chen Cang. ”

"Pursuers?" Zhu Youzhen raised his head suddenly: "How is it possible?" Who is so bold as to chase Mr. Su? ”

"Your Majesty, Mr. Su's clever calculation is not speculation, but it is true!" Luo Yangxing bowed down and said: "According to what Xu Hongzu said, about an hour after Mr. Su parted ways with him, he was chased by one hundred and ten cavalrymen, and the carriages were checked one by one along the official road. Mr. Su changed the carriage when he went out of Yongdingmen, otherwise Xu Hongzu would not have escaped. ”

"Cavalry?" The clouds on Chongzhen's face became heavier and heavier, and then turned into deep self-blame: "What Su Baiyi said is true, sure enough, someone wants his life, and it is I who hurt him......"

"Your Majesty, please blame yourself!" Wang Chengen comforted.

Luo Yangxing also persuaded: "Life and death are fate, Mr. Su is afraid that he deserves this disaster!" ”

"Mr. Su can't die, he won't die, I believe in him, the real protector of the country must not die!" Zhu Youjian's eyes were red, and he looked at Luo Yangxing and said: "You order Jinyiwei, immediately go to the sea to find Mr. Su, I want to see people alive, and I want to see corpses when I die!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"That's right!" Zhu Youzhen asked again: "You just said that the cavalry, do you know that it is from the yamen?" ”

"This ......" Luo Yangxing's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he knelt on the ground with a pop, and said: "The minister is guilty, according to the intelligence of the spies, the one hundred and ten cavalrymen are dressed in brocade clothes and with embroidered spring knives, and they are brocade guards." But, Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged. The ministers asked left and right, there was absolutely no Jinyi guard dispatched that day, it must be those officials of the court who planted the blame on the minister, this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone! ”

"I know!" Zhu Youzhen sighed weakly.

The court struggle, even if he is the emperor, cannot be completely controlled.

"Go, go to sea to find Su Baiyi, if Mr. Su is fine, I will come back and give you a knight!"

……

Shandong, Jinan!

In a certain secret room, the candlelight is dim, and the cups and saucers are messy.

There were four people sitting around the table, and the man with a sallow face in the top position, with a little yin owl in his eyes, was the king of Shandong Patrol Wang Daochun.

Patrol according to the imperial history, also known as the patrol press, folk jokingly called "eight government patrol press", in fact, it is just a seven products of the nature of the imperial history, one person in each province, responsible for supervising the officials of a province. But don't underestimate this official of the seventh grade, his scope of rights and responsibilities is outrageous, even the governors of the provinces must be respectful when they see it.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records: patrol on behalf of the Son of Heaven to patrol hunting, according to the ministers of the pen, Fuzhou and county officials to investigate, impeachment, major events, small decisions.

Big things are judged, small things are decided. To put it bluntly, it has the right to cut first and then play.

This is also why after the mutiny in Shandong, the first thing the General Administration Department received was the recital of this inspector Wang Daochun and no one else.

Sitting under Wang Daochun, one is Shen Tingyu of the Denglai Zhongjun, and the other is Tao Hualong, a staff general. Because the chief soldier Zhang Keda was killed by Zhang Tao, who defected in the battle with Kong Youde, so nominally speaking, the highest sergeant commanders in Denglai Land are Shen Tingyu and Tao Hualong.

In addition, sitting at the bottom is a chubby guy, no grade, but a full reader: Wang Xiangchun.

Don't look at the four people here today, Wang Xiangchun only sits at the bottom, but this guy is really amazing.

In the thirty-eighth year of Wanli, Wang Xiangchun, who was thirty-two years old, went to Beijing to take the exam, and won the first place in one fell swoop, becoming the second place in Jinshi.

Bangyan, that's second only to the existence of the champion.

Later, the famous Qian Qianyi married Liu Ruyi, and he also took the exam in the same year as Wang Xiangchun, but although Lord Qian was awesome, Wang Xiangchun was better after all.

Wang Xiangchun won the second place, and Qian Qianyi won the third place.

Qian Qianyi couldn't pass the exam, but when it comes to being an official, he is much better than Wang Xiangchun.

In the early years of Chongzhen, Lord Qian had already sat in the seat of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Tingtui was even before Wen Tiren, if it weren't for Wen Tiren's scoundrel, those who entered the cabinet back then should have Qian Qianyi.

But Wang Xiangchun has been in the limelight for more than 20 years, not only did he not get mixed with the members of the six departments, but he has regressed more and more, and now he has no official anymore, only the reputation of a scholar.

Of course, even if there is no official, according to the rules of the official face, Wang Xiangchun has a higher status than the general Tao Hualong and Shen Tingyu of the Chinese army, and the reason why he sits at the bottom is because this is his home.

"Alas......" Wang Xiangchun sighed deeply: "The old man is unlucky, this time I am afraid that he will be scolded by the whole world for a lifetime!" ”

Wang Daochun looked at Wang Xiangchun, and snorted coldly in his heart: For a lifetime? What are you kidding, if the scholars in the world don't scold your ancestors for the eighteenth generation, I will write the three words "Wang Daochun" upside down!

The three were speechless.

Wang Xiangchun said again: "The family is unfortunate, and the family style is not strict!" ”

Wang Daochun picked his teeth and said with emotion: "Brother Wang wants to enter the officialdom, I'm afraid it will be difficult!" ”

It's really hard!

Because the Wang family did something that was angry and resentful.

To put it simply, it was a bloody case caused by a chicken, which involved the entire imperial court.

Here's the thing.

Kong Youde led 800 cavalry to Liaodong to support, and then the Shandong people looked down on the Liaodong people, and then closed the market, and then the 800 cavalry under Kong Quede was hungry. Then, when he walked to Wuqiao County, a soldier was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, so he went to a large local family and stole a chicken.

Unfortunately, this big family happens to be Wang Xiangchun's hometown.

The Wang family has been an official for generations, and the family wealth is uncountable, and it is not clear how much family wealth there is, but when the scientific examination was carried out in the 38th year of Wanli, the first place was called Han Jing, and he gave 40,000 taels of silver, and the third place was called Qian Qianyi, and he gave 20,000 taels of silver. Wang Xiangchun is the second on the list!

Therefore, a chicken is really not a big deal for Wang Xiangchun's family.

But in response to that sentence: I don't do anything to pull out a Maori world.

So, the son of Wang Xiangchun's family found Kong Youde, chatted with him about his life ideals, and invited him to drink tea in the yamen!

Kong Youde is just a general, and he doesn't dare to offend the Wang family in the final analysis. You must know that the Wang family was an official in the era, the old grandfather was the secretary of the military department, the grandfather was a member of the household department, and the father was the envoy of Zhejiang.

Where can Kong Youde, a little martial artist, be provoked?

Therefore, Kong Youde rejected Wang Xiangchun's son's kindness, returned to the barracks and beat up the soldier who stole the chicken.

The soldier hated in his heart, Lao Tzu just stole a chicken, did your Wang family treat me like this? The hateful soldier took advantage of the night to turn into the Wang family's compound and hacked to death a servant of the old Wang family!

The prince of the Wang family went to Kong Youde unrelentingly, but Kong Youde had no choice but to show the soldier's head to the public.

As a result, all the soldiers mutinied!

Kong Youde was kidnapped by the soldiers, and then he had no choice but to rebel!

"Things are not good for us!" Wang Daochun took a sip of wine, and his sallow face showed a hideous look: "Everyone, I'm afraid that disaster is coming." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Shen Tingyu looked at Wang Daochun and asked.

"When Kong Youde captured Dengzhou, didn't he capture Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Dengzhou? But somehow, Sun Yuanhua was released again! Wang Daochun said in a low voice: "The most important thing is that Sun Yuanhua wrote a note to the imperial court, asking for an edict to be Kong Youde." ”

"Bang!" Tao Hualong slammed the wine bowl in his hand on the table: "This dog is going to kill us!" ”

"What should I do, Lord Wang!" Shen Tingyu had cold sweat on his forehead, and looked at Wang Daochun, his eyes were full of fear.

Wang Daochun didn't seem to hear Shen Tingyu's words, and reached out to take out a letter from his arms and put it on the table: "The ticket for the cabinet has arrived, and the old man is ordered to work with the new governor to Zhao'an Kong Youde." ”

"Bang ......" The wine bowl in Shen Tingyu's hand fell to the ground: "It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, if Kong Youde Zhao'an, the matter of the Fujian Navy Master will inevitably be exposed, and none of us will be able to run away at that time." If the Son of Heaven knew that it was we who killed Su Baiyi and wiped out the Nine Clans, it would be the lightest. ”

"So!" Wang Daochun's hand was placed on the edict approved by the cabinet, and he lowered his voice and said: "It said that the water in this pool of Shandong is not mixed enough, so we need to add more fire." ”