On the ninth day of the lunar month, the entire capital division was covered with a layer of beautiful silver, but the black clouds in the sky talked about the joy of people when they saw this layer of silver, and even there was a faint depression in their hearts, feeling as if something big was going to happen. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sure enough, not long after the sun rose, all the officials of the major yamen, which had gradually deserted because of the approaching annual leave, had arrived today.

The same is true of the cabinet, and even Zhao Zhigao, the first assistant who has been sick for a long time at home, dragged his sick body to the cabinet.

The outer room of the court room where the first assistant office was already full of people, these people were all the chief officials of the six departments, and at this moment, they all lost their former calmness, with shock and surprise on their faces, and kept talking to the people around them, and at the same time they all pricked up their ears to listen to the movements of the three pavilion elders in the inner room.

In the inner room, Zhao Zhigao, who had a sallow face, sat behind the case, and in front of the case sat Zhang Wei and Shen Yiyi, although the two usually did not deal with each other, but they did not show it at all.

Suddenly, a little father-in-law hurriedly ran in, and entered the inner room under the gaze of the chief officials of the six departments, and only came out after a long time, but after coming out, he left in a hurry with a face on his face.

The chief officials of the six departments immediately turned their eyes to the inner room separated by the curtain, and their ears were pricked up.

At this time, in the inner room, the three pavilion elders' brows were almost twisted together.

"Yuanfu, this matter is a little strange, there is such a big thing, why is Xu Wenbi the only one who comes?" The person who spoke first was the second assistant Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei's voice fell, and Shen Yi also spoke: "Yes, Yuanfu, the first eight nobles died in Linqing, and the nobles who made trouble all beat Tian Yi to death, why did the Marquis of Longping freeze to death outside the noon gate later, why did the nobles suddenly stop making trouble?" ”

Zhao Zhigao coughed lightly, stretched out his hand and nodded Shen ***** Ziwei, you are pretending to be confused with me, Xungui's son died in Linqing and Longping Hou Zhang Bing froze to death outside the noon gate, can this be regarded as a matter? ”

Shen Cheng lowered his head embarrassedly, while Zhang Wei smiled lightly.

Zhao Zhigao ignored the two of them and continued: "Linqing died eight noble descendants, and the nobles made trouble outside the noon gate, which was reasonable, but Tian Yi was beaten to death, and this reason is gone!" ”

"Although this Tian Yi is a eunuch, but this Tian Yi is a eunuch with the seal of the celebrant and a person close to the emperor, if you beat this Tian Yi to death, isn't it equivalent to slapping the emperor's face?"

"slapped the emperor in the face, even if you have a great reason, it will become a nuance!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhigao sighed and said: "I knew earlier that this Dingguo Gong Xu Wenbi is not simple, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful!" ”

Zhang Wei and Shen Yi first glanced at each other, and then looked at Zhao Zhigao curiously.

Zhao Zhigao took a sip of tea and suppressed the coughing desire/desire in his chest, and then said unhurriedly: "When Zhang Juzheng was in power, this Xu Wenbi was already a character, and he was only ten years old at that time, not only in front of Zhang Juzheng, but also in the Queen Mother, and even more in Xungui, no one underestimated him because of his young age!" ”

"Later, Zhang Juzheng fell, Xu Wenbi not only did not get a little implicated, but mixed more and more, eleven years later, he got Shaobao and the prince Taibao, Xu Wenbi has been mediating between civil officials, honors, and emperors over the years, it is said that such a person is an unpleasant person, but Xu Wenbi is very trusted by the three parties, and even if there is something on Xungui's side, the first thing that everyone thinks of is not to find the respected Zhang Yuande, but to find the young Xu Wenbi to come forward!"

"If Xu Wenbi only has this ability, it can only mean that he is a smart person and a person with strong personal charm!"

"But this is not the case, this person is still a ruthless person, not to mention how many people he has been rectified over the years, let's just say that this time, why did Long Pinghou die outside the door last night?"

Hearing that Zhao Zhigao finally talked about Zhang Bing, the Marquis of Longping, Zhang Wei and Shen Yi suddenly cheered up their spirits.

Zhao Zhigao once again summoned his subordinates to add a cup of tea to himself, and slowly drank two sips before continuing: "As I said before, the sons of the nobles died in Linqing, and the nobles made trouble, and the reason was on the side of the nobles, but since they beat them to kill Tian Yi, the reason is gone, and now the Marquis of Longping died outside the noon gate, and the reason of the nobles is back!" ”

Zhang Wei and Shen have always been smart people, and they immediately understood Zhao Zhigao's words, and the two of them pondered for a moment before opening their mouths.

First Zhang Wei said: "Yuanfu, what do you mean is that Xu Wenbi is ...... in order to let Xungui take the initiative again Isn't it too unworthy? ”

Zhang Wei's voice fell, and Shen Yi followed closely: "Yuanfu, Second Assistant, I think this matter is more than that, right?" Let's not talk about whether Xu Wenbi has so much energy to let Zhang Bing, the Marquis of Longping, die, let's just say that if Xu Wenbi does this, he is not afraid to be in Xungui and in the emperor's ......"

Neither of them said everything, but both of them had already made their meanings clear.

Zhao Zhigao smiled lightly and said, "This matter is indeed not simple! Xu Wenbi did this, not just to grasp the initiative, he was still looking for a step for His Majesty, as for the question of whether it is worth it, in the eyes of the nobles, in the eyes of His Majesty, it is really worth it! ”

Zhang Wei looked at Zhao Zhigao suspiciously: "Yuanfu, I hope I can explain it in detail!" ”

Zhao Zhigao nodded and said: "Originally, the nobles were in charge, and they made trouble, just for the benefit of each family, what interests?" Raid! ”

"But they made too much trouble, and beat Tian Yi to death, this is equivalent to slapping the emperor's face, not to mention slapping the emperor's face since ancient times, even if the emperor's dragon beard is not good to eat, now they have offended Your Majesty so hard, our Majesty is such a character, Your Majesty this dynasty, if you want to attack the lord, it will be difficult, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky!"

As soon as Zhao Zhigao said this, Zhang Wei and Shen Yi immediately understood, it was true, this slapped the emperor in the face, and he wanted to attack the lord, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is wishful thinking.

Zhao Zhigao saw that Zhang Wei and Shen Yi showed a clear expression, so he continued: "Let's talk about it, what is the benefit of Zhang Bing, the Marquis of Longping, dying outside the noon gate!" ”

"Don't look at Zhang Bing, the Marquis of Longping, who has been crazy for the past two years, but his identity is there, no matter how you say it, he is the marquis of our Ming Dynasty!"

"His death, on the surface, is to pay for Tian Yi's life and find a step for His Majesty! In fact, otherwise, Tian Yi is something, even if he is the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, it is impossible for a marquis of the Ming Dynasty to pay for his life! ”

"Your Majesty's face is very important, killing Tian Yi is equivalent to slapping Your Majesty's face, but that is only equivalent to letting a marquis pay for his life in order to get His Majesty's face back? Although our Majesty is a little willful, he is not confused at all, and it is impossible for His Majesty to do such a faint act! ”

"So, why did Marquis Longping die outside the noon gate?" Speaking of this, Zhao Zhigao stopped and turned his head to look at Shen Yi.

"From time to time, as Ziwei said, this Dingguo Duke Xu Wenbi is domineering and arrogant, forcing the Marquis of Longping to death?"

"If you want me to say, no, Zhang Bing, Marquis of Longping, was willing to freeze to death outside the noon gate!"

"Huh?" Zhang Wei and Shen were shocked by Zhao Zhigao's words, and they looked completely incredulous.

Zhao Zhigao waved his hand and said, "Don't be surprised, listen to me give you a detailed analysis!" ”

"Since the twentieth year of Wanli, after the accident of Zhang Bing, the Marquis of Longping, the Zhang family began to go down the Pu Road, even if Zhang Kun came forward to resist the banner, but because Zhang Bing is still alive, Zhang Kun does not have a title, and when he speaks, the weight is much lighter, and Zhang Kun's qualifications are mediocre, and it is really difficult for him to maintain the huge Zhang family!"

"Now that Zhang Kun has died in Linqing again, this Longping Hou Zhang family has completely become a piece of fat in other people's mouths!"

What kind of people are Zhang Wei and Shen Zheng, who can sit in the seats of the second assistant and the third assistant, they are all extremely smart people, Zhao Zhigao has talked about this, how can the two of them not understand what Zhang Bing, the Marquis of Longping, thinks.

They all knew that even if Tian Yi hadn't been killed, Zhang Bing, Marquis of Longping, would have died, and he would have died in the recent past, and the purpose of his death was to keep the current Zhang family.

There are many people who don't understand, originally Longping Hou Zhang Bing because of this half-crazy disease, which led to the deterioration of his family situation, and now the next generation of Longping Hou successor Zhang Kun died early, shouldn't he give a good life to the old Hou Zhang Bing, let the old Hou live a few more years, be a Dinghai God Needle, and wait for the three generations of successors to grow up? Why did you pull out the Dinghaishen needle in a hurry?

In fact, otherwise, if you think about it carefully, you can understand that even if the old marquis Zhang Bing does not die, it is impossible to keep this property, why think about the old marquis before, as soon as the old marquis had an accident, the Zhang family began to walk down the Pu Road.

In addition, the reason why the old marquis was willing to send him to death was not only to block the emperor's mouth, but also to block the nobles from reaching out to the Zhang family.

The subconscious meaning is: "You see, our Xungui Group offended the emperor miserably because he killed Tian Yi, the emperor's dynasty, it is difficult for our juniors to attack the knight, and now I use my old bones to exchange the emperor's anger, in exchange for our Xungui group juniors can successfully attack the lord, are you people still embarrassed to reach out to my Zhang family?"

If you want to stretch out your hand, you can do it, think about it first and then something happens later, who will give you your life in exchange for benefits like me. ”

Looking at it this way, the death of the old marquis Zhang Bing is too worthwhile, first of all, Tian Yi's death has passed, His Majesty has also found the bottom of the steps, and the nobles can bargain with the emperor smoothly, and at the same time, because this matter was raised by Xu Wenbi, Xu Wenbi can't help but admit this feeling, Xu Wenbi has to help watch the Zhang family.

Since then, the nobles have not stretched out their hands to the Zhang family, and the Zhang family has Xu Wenbi, the Duke of Dingguo, to watch, and those powerful people in the court who want to reach out to the Zhang family have to weigh whether they have that ability.

Shen Yi sighed softly and said, "This Dingguo Gong is not simple!" ”

Zhang Wei smiled and said: "It's not simple, but fortunately he is a noble!"

Zhang Wei's two sentences seem to be irrelevant, but Zhao Zhigao and Shen who are sitting here have always understood that Zhang Wei's words mean that fortunately, Xu Wenbi is a noble and cannot enter the officialdom, if he really enters the officialdom, who is the opponent of such a character?