An autumn rain with a chill descended on the city of Beijing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Looking out from the warm pavilion, I saw a piece of smoke and rain, which is a different artistic conception in the poetry of the ancients.

Today, it is still difficult for Zi Wanli to understand the meaning of autumn sorrow depicted in the poems of those sages, but at this moment, he should also reconcile this sorrow in his heart, but this is not because of the current autumn rain, but for the impeachment of Yang Zhen that has been constantly emerging in the court in the past two days.

Wanli was indeed a little unexpectedly surprised by this situation, and he couldn't imagine that Yang Zhen's small actions in Jiangnan would lead to the opposition of so many courtiers, which also made him have to re-examine the Xu family, which was completely regarded as a trivial matter by himself.

The reason why Wanli gave Yang Zhen that will was not because he was really angry with the evil deeds of the Xu family, but just wanted to use the Xu family's affairs to disgust Zhang Juzheng.

As he grew older, Wanli's perception of Zhang Juzheng became more and more complicated. He understands that with the current situation of the government and the opposition, he is inseparable from Master Zhang's assistance, but Zhang Juzheng's actions are too strong, which makes him a little out of breath, and he has very little authority in his hands as the Son of Heaven, so he is always thinking about how to fight and weaken Zhang Juzheng's forces as much as possible.

And this time, this mistake entered the palace, and the bullet that appeared in front of him gave him a chance. Wanli knew what the relationship between Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie was, and thought that maybe he could take the opportunity of attacking the Xu family to weaken Zhang Juzheng, so he sent such a holy decree to Yang Zhen, who was in the south of the Yangtze River. It's just that this is the result......

Obviously, Yang Zhen did what he wanted to do, and it seemed that he had done it more deeply, and even touched the place that the Xu family was most afraid of, so the Xu family would use their own strength to fight back. Originally, these were also what Wanli wanted to see, but when the courtiers in the court united to shout and kill Yang Zhen, Wanli, as the son of heaven, was a little unable to control the situation, after all, he was still young and his prestige was not enough, and in the face of such a situation, the confidence was not enough for him to dare to do anything against the courtiers.

What made Wanli even more worried was that in the past few days, they had been unable to contact anyone from Yang Zhen's side. Even the Zhenfu Division only reported that Yang Zhen left Huating County more than half a month ago, and then there was no news, and I don't know where they went.

"Yang Qing, Yang Qing, where did you go, why did you disappear out of thin air? Could it be that you were really harmed by the bold Xu family? The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Wanli felt in his heart, and the irritability on his face became more intense, and he didn't even have the interest to read the notes in front of him - in fact, there is no need to look at them carefully, seven or eight of the ten books are impeached against Yang Zhen for many crimes, and he knows it all in his heart.

Seeing that the emperor looked restless, the eunuchs and attendants around him also held their breath one by one, and none of them dared to open their mouths to persuade them. Although the emperor's status in the court is still limited, in the palace, he has long been feared by everyone by taking Feng Bao. Whether it was Sun Hai or Zhang Whale, they didn't dare to be disrespectful in front of the Son of Heaven, so they could only stand there obediently with their heads bowed at this time.

After being silent for nearly half an hour, Wanli suddenly raised his head: "Sun Hai, you go to the Zhenfu Division again, and tell them that no matter what method they use, they must find out Yang Qing's whereabouts to me as soon as possible." ”

Sun Haizheng was thinking about how to persuade the emperor a few words, and when he heard this, his body trembled, and he quickly agreed. But then, he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, now that the adults of the DPRK and Central China are attacking Yang Zhenfu, will it be a little inappropriate for us to go to the Zhenfu Division at this time?" ”

"Hmph, these guys know that nothing is wrong, you don't have to pay attention to it, just do it." The emperor pursed his lips in dissatisfaction and waved his hand.

Sun Hai knelt down again and agreed, and then left in a hurry. Seeing this scene, although Zhang Jing still had a calm look on his face, he was secretly vigilant in his heart: "This Yang Zhen is really deeply trusted by His Majesty, even at this time, His Majesty is still so concerned about him...... It seems that I will have to have more friendships with him in the future, and it will not hurt to do so. ”

This time, because the Xu family was targeted by Jinyiwei and bullied the door, not only the emperor felt uneasy, but even the courtiers were a little worried. Because their impeachment was negligent after entering the palace, it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no more sound, and it was not until this time that everyone found out that the emperor's protection of Yang Zhen had reached the point of surprise.

And after knowing this, the ministers felt even more uneasy, so they kept writing bullet seals to enter the palace, and all kinds of charges were constantly buckled on the heads of Yang Zhen and Jinyiwei, and they couldn't wait to put these guys to death.

It is no wonder that the courtiers reacted so violently, the civil officials and the spy organizations have been fighting for a long time, and they do not want to reproduce the tragic situation when Liu Jin and others controlled the government. Since this Yang Zhen is deeply favored by the emperor, it is even more necessary for them to stifle the threat in infancy.

Therefore, with the emperor's protection, Yang Zhen's situation not only did not improve in the slightest, but became even worse, and he almost became the public enemy of the Manchu officials. And this happened when Zhang Juzheng, the biggest boss, has not yet made a statement. If he knew this situation, Yang Zhen would definitely be a little frightened.

But if you really want to talk about which family is the most scared, at this time, it seems that it is still the starting point of this matter, the Xu family. Because they had already received definite news by this time - Yang Zhen had escaped from the pursuit and disappeared. In addition, a piece of news that was even more difficult for them to accept was that Xu Yingyuan, who was ordered to intercept and kill Yang Zhen and his party, was actually killed in Songluo Town outside Shandong!

"How so?" After listening to his son truthfully report the matter to himself, Xu Jie couldn't help but scream, and then his eyes turned black for a while, and it took a long time to come back to his senses: "Hundreds of elites can't stop dozens of brocade guards, and they are told to get out after killing people?" What are those officers and soldiers eating? ”

Xu Ying naturally couldn't answer his question, so he could only close his mouth and smile bitterly below, even he couldn't figure out what was going on. That Xu Yingyuan he had seen before, a very stable and burly person, who looked quite capable, how could he lose so badly?

After being annoyed for a while, Xu Jie slowly exhaled a breath, and his expression had become extremely serious: "Now this matter has obviously developed in a direction that is beyond our control. Once Yang Zhen and the others return to the capital, they will inevitably poke everything out, and will the officials of the DPRK and China still speak for our Xu family at that time? ”

When Xu Ying heard this, her body was also shocked. Before, he was just annoyed that Yang Zhen was able to get out, but now it seems that things are more tricky and terrifying than imagined. Although the Xu family still has countless old stories in the court, and they are willing to contribute to the Xu family in many things, when the Xu family encounters crimes such as chasing and killing Jinyiwei and openly breaking the sea ban, are they still willing to help the Xu family speak? The answer is obvious, human favor belongs to human favor, and for people in the officialdom, their own career and future are the most important.

"Father, what are we going to do?" This time, Xu Ying was completely blind, and he could only put his expectations on his father, in his mind, Xu Jie was an existence that could solve any problem.

Xu Jie closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and finally spoke with some difficulty: "Now the only one who can help us is Uncle Zhang." The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and only he, as the first assistant, could speak on such important matters, and it was completely useless to ask for anything else. You hurry up and send a letter to your two brothers in the capital, asking them to go to Zhang's Mansion to beg for help, just say that I Xu Jie begged him, please ask him to save us for the sake of the past! ”

"Father......" Hearing Xu Jie's words, Xu Ying's heart suddenly tightened, and she couldn't help but kneel down: "It's the child's incompetence, it's the child's fault, which has led to today's result......" Xu Jie had persuaded him before, telling him not to mix with the maritime, although that kind of thing makes money, it also has great risks. But Xu Ying didn't listen, feeling that with the prestige of the Xu family, even if the government noticed something, they didn't dare to pursue it, and they didn't want to bring disaster to their family. And in order to make up for this, his father has to give up his old face to ask his students, which is obviously a decision that makes his heart ache more than killing his father!

Xu Jie smiled bitterly, then sighed again, and said with some difficulty: "You can get up, as long as you can learn a lesson from this incident, no matter how much you pay for your father, you won't have much resentment." ”

Xu Ying was even more ashamed of what he said, but he also knew that it was useless to say more at this time, so he could only solemnly kowtow and agree, and then got up and prepared to write a letter to the two brothers in the capital.

Watching his son leave, the sadness on Xu Jie's face increased by a few points, in fact, he was begging to be in front of Zhang Juzheng, and he didn't feel that he could be a little sure of this matter, at this level, could his Xu family survive it?

"Yang Zhen, the old man still underestimated you after all......" Sighing secretly in his heart, Xu Jie clenched his fists tightly......

"My lord, we have entered the Gyeonggi territory!" Looking at the familiar scenery, a brocade guard shouted to Yang Zhen next to him, with a hint of excitement in his expression.

And Yang Zhen was also full of joy. Since entering Shandong, in order to prevent further pursuit and killing, they did not dare to contact the government there, and still picked a small road, rushing to Beijing day and night, and now they are finally about to reach their final destination.

Along the way, dozens of brothers died for various reasons, which also made Yang Zhen full of resentment towards the Xu family, and now the capital is in front of him, which makes his eyes flash a shocking light: "Let's go, after entering Beijing, let's have the final say!" ”