Chapter 699: True Purpose (Part II)
As a scholar in the cabinet, Qin Gang's official position is placed all over the place by high-ranking officials, and the powerful people are like dogs in Beijing City, which is really not worth mentioning. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info But the Manchu officials, but everyone wants to sell him a little bit of face to Qin Sheren, for some of his requests, nine times out of ten they dare not refuse, they will only do their best to help him do things.
The reason for this is naturally because everyone knows which god is behind him, and to give him face is to give face to today's Shoufu Zhang Gelao. Over time, Qin Gang also had the illusion that he should have so much power, and completely forgot that this was just the convenience brought to him by the unspoken rules.
The unspoken rule is called the unspoken rule because it cannot be put on the table and cannot be exposed to the sun. When someone like Yang Zhen completely exposed this point, Qin Gang's weak nature was undoubtedly exposed-let me ask him, a small scholar in the Seventh Grade, on what basis did he give orders to the Soldiers and Horses Division?
The ancients have always paid attention to the fact that they are famous, and if the name is not right, the words are not good. The current situation of Qin Gang is like this, he can't come up with the slightest suitable reason to explain his behavior, the only thing he can do may be to push all this onto the backer Zhang Juzheng, saying that it was from Zhang Gelao's instructions. However, not to mention that Zhang Juzheng may not bear such a result, even if he is willing to help him speak, he will inevitably be extremely disgusted with this guy who caused a lot of trouble afterwards, and it is not impossible to kick him out of the officialdom.
And what Yang Zhen did even more absolutely this time was that this matter also involved the Soldiers and Horses. The guilt of wronging his colleagues like this and casually searching the Suppression Division but finding nothing is not something that Zhu Yong, a small commander of the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division, can afford. Even if he knew that once he put the blame on Qin Gang's head, he would inevitably offend Zhang Juzheng greatly, but in such a situation, in order to protect himself, he could only throw the pot on Qin Gang's head.
Now just looking at Zhu Yong's flickering gaze, Qin Gang could guess what thoughts the other party was thinking in his heart, which made him angry and anxious, but helpless. That's why he wants to make a meritorious contribution to seek a chance to get promoted, because he knows too well the embarrassment of his identity at the moment, he is just a fox with a fake tiger, and when someone debunks this, he will become extremely vulnerable.
Yang Zhen's gaze only turned on the two of them, and he could already see their thoughts, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he said, "I wish you, my lord, now you can leave." As for you, Qin Sheren, please stay in my Suppression Division for the night, and tomorrow, I will hand you over to the palace for disposal!" ”
At this time, whether it was Qin Gang or Zhu Yong, there was no possibility of any objection, the former could only stay with a black face, while the latter, after leaving, thought about how to deal with the next accountability, and what he should say to ensure his own safety to the greatest extent.
As for the other protagonist of this matter, Zhang Qian, it seems so insignificant at this time. Because everyone knew that he was just a bait that Yang Zhen used to lure Qin Gang into the bait, and what to do with this bait next was only a matter of Yang Zhen's thoughts.
In a room on the side, Wang Wei saw what had happened throughout the whole process, and he saw that he was stunned, and he was also shocked by Yang Zhen's methods, and he was a little glad that he had made his previous choice.
That's right, not only Hong Kuixing, but also the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Guozhang Wang Wei, was also on Yang Zhen's side in this matter. He is also the key to causing Zhang Qian to fall deeper and deeper, and finally dragging Qin Gang into the water.
Whether it is Zhang Qian or Zhang Juzheng, they obviously misunderstand this old man, and feel that he is an incompetent person who can be manipulated at will. In fact, Wang Wei is an extremely clear-minded person, who knows what he should do and what he should not do.
As early as when he was appointed as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the Son of Heaven had informed him and told him not to fight with Yang Zhen, just be a hands-off shopkeeper. Wang Wei kept this in mind. And he is also self-aware, with his own ability, not to mention being in charge of Jinyiwei, a yamen whose reputation is extremely complicated, both internally and externally, even if he is a thousand households, I am afraid that he is not qualified enough.
So when Zhang Juzheng and the others wanted to provoke his jealousy of Yang Zhen with words, he didn't take it too seriously at all, and he didn't have the idea of seizing power at all. On the contrary, for Zhang Juzheng, he has a lot of resentment in his heart.
Wang Wei knew that he had a few catties and taels, and he originally just wanted to rely on his daughter to make a fortune and become a prince like a prince. Unexpectedly, it was such a simple request, and Zhang Juzheng was going to destroy it, so he naturally hated it.
However, Wang Wei also knows very well how big the gap between himself and Zhang Juzheng is, even if he holds a grudge, he does not dare to show the slightest. So even if Zhang Juzheng deliberately wooed him and wanted to use him to deal with Yang Zhen before, he also responded in vain without the slightest excuse.
But on the contrary, Wang Wei took revenge - he told Yang Zhen all this truthfully. This allowed Yang Zhen to devise such a strategy and put Zhang Qian and Qin Gang into his own box.
It can be said that if it weren't for Wang Wei's secret tipping and the role he played in the middle, maybe Yang Zhen would have been able to deal with this sudden change, but he would definitely not have been able to play with Qin Gang and them. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has contributed greatly to it.
So when Yang Zhen asked someone to take Qin Gang and them down to take care of them, he pushed the door with a smile and walked to Wang Wei, and said to him: "This time I can get things done in one fell swoop, or I have to help you from the governor, Yang Zhen thanked the governor." As he spoke, he bent down and bowed deeply.
Wang Wei didn't dare to hold it up, so he hurriedly returned the salute, and sighed in his mouth: "To be honest, even if the old man already knows some of the situation, this series of changes tonight is still surprising." The old man has also heard of some of your deeds in Yang Baishi before, but it is better to see than to hear, until today, I know how clever Yang Yanshi's methods are, and the old man is really admired! At the same time, I secretly added in my heart, fortunately I chose to be your friend, otherwise the result would be too difficult to say.
Yang Zhen humbled himself a few words, and only said that everything was the credit of his brothers and Wang Wei, and he was just lucky. Seeing his attitude, Wang Wei admired him even more, and at the same time understood why the emperor valued this young man so much.
Because of this, he was more concerned about Yang Zhen: "Yang Yan, what are you going to do next?" Are you really planning to use this incident to attack Zhang Ge Lao? Forgive the old man for saying more, even if this matter really has a certain effect, it can only hurt his fur, and it is difficult to have much effect. And, in this way, you will really become Zhang Gelao's enemy......"
Yang Zhen smiled lightly: "Actually, as early as when I convicted the Xu family in Songjiang Mansion, I was already on the opposite side of his Zhang Ge Lao. But don't worry, I won't take advantage of this to chase after me, I just need him to pay some price. It's also good to let people know that my brocade guard can't be bullied at will. ”
"In this way, the old man will be relieved." Wang Wei nodded and said no more.
The next day, the city of Beijing, which had been quiet for several months, was once again in an uproar by the incident in the town of Jinyiwei last night.
And this time, Yang Zhen escorted Qin Gang into the palace to confront Zhang Juzheng, and the Soldiers and Horses Division handed over the guilty letter, bluntly saying that everything was deceived by Qin Gang and entered a white heat. For a time, officials of the DPRK and China stood in line one after another, and conducted round after round of rebuttals on this matter.
Among them, there are not only those who took the opportunity to attack Zhang Juzheng's excessive power, which led to the dereliction of duty and abuse of power by his subordinates, but also those who spoke for him, thinking that he did not know about this incident. However, no matter which side it is, it is obvious that there is no one to speak for Qin Gang. The former naturally wanted to hit Zhang Juzheng by convicting Qin Gang of a felony, while the latter only wanted to protect Zhang Juzheng and would no longer take care of such a small seven-pin houser. Even in Zhang Juzheng's party, there were many people who were already jealous of Qin Gang and won the trust of Zhang Gelao, and they fell into the well here, wanting to put him to death.
Under the pressure of all aspects, Zhang Juzheng was very anxious, and at the same time very angry. thought that he could insert people into the brocade guard, so as to collect evidence of Yang Zhen's crimes and take them down one by one. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be so much trouble and I was tired of coping.
In desperation, Zhang Juzheng showed the qualities that a politician should have, and immediately made a decision, a strong man broke his wrist, and abandoned Qin Gang, a subordinate who was his most confidant and relied on as his right and left hand. only said that everything that happened in Jinyiwei was made by Qin Gang and Zhang Qian, which led to a misunderstanding.
After all, Zhang Juzheng's identity is there, when he abandons Qin Gang, it means that he has nothing to do with this matter, even those officials in the DPRK and China who want to use this to deal with him can't come up with conclusive evidence for a while, so they can only hate and stop.
The turmoil finally passed. Although Zhang Juzheng was only slightly shocked, it had already caused him a lot of losses, and because of Qin Gang's affairs, the officials who worked under him also began to feel a little uneasy, as if Zhang Ge Lao could no longer protect them in everything as before.
In this regard, although Zhang Juzheng didn't say it, he was extremely depressed in his heart, he really didn't expect that he had made a deliberate arrangement, but he got himself into it, which made him can't help but re-examine Yang Zhen's opponent again.
What he didn't expect was that in fact, taking such an opportunity to get rid of Qin Gang, Zhang Juzheng's right and left hand, was not Yang Zhen's ultimate goal in this matter, and his real purpose was to cover up the fact that there was indeed a craftsman room in Jinyiwei that developed firearms. After this incident, it was impossible for the court officials to have any doubts about it, thus giving them ample and safe space and time for further development.