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From Yun Zhongjian's mouth, Zhu Youzhen roughly understood the current situation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the fall of the Donglin Party and the power of the eunuch party, Wei Zhongxian himself has mastered the two core institutions of the ceremonial supervisor and Dongchang, and has supported Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei and other henchmen to control the cabinet, so it can be said that the imperial court has been firmly controlled in his hands.

But on the one hand, because of the uneven distribution of interests, the eunuch party has begun to fight among themselves; On the other hand, there were also some clever officials who saw that the eunuchs were so perverse and that it would be difficult for each of them to care about their immediate interests for a long time, so they wisely maintained their neutrality. Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru are among the representatives.

Wen Tiren character Changqing, the twenty-sixth year of Wanli Jinshi, is also an old fritter who has been up and down in the Huan Sea for a long time. On the surface, he is respectful to anyone, but in fact, he is wise to protect himself, so whether it is the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party in power, he can be left and right, and now he has become the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and he is also an important minister in the court. However, because he was not a member of the eunuch party, he naturally could not enter the core of the imperial court: the cabinet, so he was quite depressed.

And Zhou Yanru is different, he is the champion of the palace examination, young and vigorous, highly educated, and simply empty-eyed, and the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party are not in his eyes. Therefore, whether it was the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party in power, Zhou Yanru was not allowed to reuse, and he was sent to Nanjing Hanlin Academy as an idle errand, but he was going to retire early.

But as soon as the Shaanxi case came out, the situation in the DPRK was violently shaken. Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei are both members of the eunuch party, and they both have a group of henchmen, and they both want to take this opportunity to completely bring down each other and consolidate their own power.

And Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the eunuch party, remained silent in this life-and-death struggle. Whether it is difficult for him to give up these two filial sons and grandsons, or whether he sits on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, or sits on the mountain to reap the benefits of the fisherman, in short, he just doesn't say anything.

Wei Zhongxian did not speak, and the officials of the DPRK and China were afraid of standing on the wrong side, so no one dared to wade into this troubled water. But there was such a big thing, and the court couldn't ask about it, so the apocalypse issued several holy decrees and assigned a number of officials to Shaanxi for verification.

But these officials are not stupid, after receiving the holy decree, they either complained of illness or were worried, and none of them could make it anyway. In the end, this unlucky errand fell to Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru. In the eyes of the eunuchs, these two people are just insignificant pawns, and it is only fitting for them to be cannon fodder.

So don't look at Wen Tiren as a messenger who is in order, Zhou Yanru was suddenly promoted to the governor of Yansui, and he seems to have a lot of power, but in fact he is sandwiched between Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei, and he is in a dilemma. Moreover, their opponents in Shaanxi are not ambiguous, one is Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides with heavy troops, and the other is Li Qin, the godgrandson of Wei Zhongxian, no matter how this investigation is carried out and what results are obtained, the two will inevitably offend a large number of people.

Zhu Youjian listened to Yun Zhongjian's introduction and already had an idea in his heart. Since the eunuchs are now starting to eat dogs, let them bite away, whether Gu Bingqian or Wei Guangwei falls, is not something he cares about. However, if the eunuch party wanted to take this opportunity to overthrow the Qin soldiers and let Sun Chuanting, Li Dingguo and other meritorious officials be substitutes for the dead ghosts, then Zhu Youzhen resolutely refused to agree. Anyway, the strength of the Qin soldiers has increased greatly now, and since the imperial court can't help Zu Dashou and Mao Wenlong, it can't really do anything to the Qin soldiers.

Another problem he considered was the mysterious master Yun Zhongjian in front of him. This person is very knowledgeable, knows the situation well, and even has a thorough understanding of the temperament of less important officials such as Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru. is so talented, why don't you go to the imperial examination to be an official, but deign to be a staff member under Hong Chengchou's account? And giving yourself 10,000 taels for nothing in a game of Go is obviously unreasonable. How can such a person make a loss-making deal, so what does he mean?

When he was groaning, Hong Chengchou said gloomily: "Mr.'s words have benefited the students a lot. Your Royal Highness, please forgive the ministers for being blunt, in this investigation, Wei Guangwei may be afraid of the minister's military power, and he does not dare to directly deal with the minister; But he will definitely take Governor Sun and the generals of the Qin soldiers first. Since His Royal Highness has an old relationship with the court, he should also find a way to save him, so as not to let him suffer injustice. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought to himself that Hong Chengchou might not have a good relationship with Sun Chuanting, how could he plan for Sun Chuanting? He must have his own little abacus. Therefore, he pretended to be confused and said: "Mr. Sun's talent, of course, this king admires it very much. But this king has no power or power, so how can he save him? ”

Hong Chengchou sneered and said: "Chuan Ting served as the governor of Yansui for one year, and he was deeply respected by the public, not only the Qin soldiers, but even the original officials and soldiers were very fond of it. The minister's subordinates, He Renlong, Zuo Guangxian, Gao Jie and other subordinates, also obeyed the minister's orders. If Wen and Tuesday can investigate impartially and clear the grievances of the Shaanxi soldiers, if not, it is better to..."

Saying that, Hong Chengchou raised his right palm and made a "decapitation" action, his eyes emitted a blazing light, and he stared at Zhu Youzhen and said, "Your Highness has won the hearts of the people in Shaanxi, if you can ascend to the top and shout, the world will gather to respond, and the ministers will raise troops to assist, so it will be easy for the Qing monarch to eradicate the eunuch party!" ”

Zhu Youzhen's eyebrows jumped, thinking that Hong Chengchou was going to launch a mutiny by himself! This choice was not unthought of by him, but for the time being, it was still a last resort; And Hong Chengchou is obviously not the same person as himself, why should he support himself, will he have other intentions to lure himself into the bait?

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen pretended to be stupid, pretended to be startled, and waved his hand again and again: "Lord Governor, this king just wants to be a free prince, and he doesn't dare to get involved in major affairs in the court." Now that the Qin mission has arrived, let them investigate, this king believes that the court will not be chaotic, and the court will have a public opinion. ”

Hong Chengchou saw that Zhu Youzhen refused to express his position, and he was so anxious that the green tendons in his brain burst out, and he was about to feel the pain in pain, but Yun Zhongjian stopped with a smile: "Lord Governor, everyone has their own ambitions and can't be forced, since Your Highness has no intention, let Wen Erren go to investigate." Today's words at the banquet are just a joke for His Highness. ”

When Yun Zhongjian said this, Hong Chengchou obediently stopped squeaking. This meal couldn't be eaten any further, so Zhu Youzhen got up and said goodbye. Hong Chengchou had no choice but to send it out, and he didn't forget to advise: "Your Highness, the heart of the minister can show the sun and the moon, please think about it again!" ”

Zhu Youzhen hummed and said goodbye, got into a sedan chair and prepared to go out of the city. He had already calculated in his heart, and as soon as he went back, he immediately notified Sun Chuanting and asked him to prepare early to prevent being forcibly arrested by Li Qin; On the other hand, it is also necessary for the Qin soldiers to take the lead in conducting a self-examination to see if there is any such thing as killing good people and risking merit.

When the Governor's Mansion was getting farther and farther away, Yan Ling suddenly approached the sedan chair and whispered to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Highness, there is something wrong with that master!" ”