Although the reputation of the seven sons is great, but it is a literary name, not a talent, Xu Xun takes a fancy to them, and the lord is aiming at their reputation among the Shilin in the capital, so he only moved the position of Wang Jiusi and Wang Tingxiang through Lin Han, and the two of them are outstanding among the seven, and they also found a helper for Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua, and then transferred Kang Hai, who was originally compiled by the Hanlin Academy, to repair the history of the country. As for Bian Gong, who is lazy by nature, He Jingming, who served as the secretary of the cabinet, he did not move easily.

And he is not very interested in Li Mengyang's angry youth who is too high-spirited to look down on others, but although He Jingming is also a little cynical, but after Xu Zhenqing scooped up a lot of old articles and collected books for him to read, he was quite appreciative of it, and heard Xu Zhenqing say that he still had the intention of resigning, Li Mengyang left Beijing for Shanxi on the night, he asked him to invite He Jingming.

"It's good to say that the Tao is different and not conspiratory, but as you said between the lines in your articles, the general trend is irresistible, and it is better to follow the trend than to go against the trend. Lin Shangshu and Zhang Duxian are all seventy or eighty people, and they risked ruining their reputation to go to the capital to take charge of the officials and the mouthpiece of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This time, the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Li, did not move, do you think that he is in love with the position of power, and only wants to protect himself, but he has his position, if he leaves, who will be the first assistant of the cabinet, will it be given to Jiao Fang? For example, if you want me to fight with Liu Gongjustice right now, I won't do it, this is my position. That's all I have to say, now I just want to ask one thing, does Zhongmo really not want to stay in the cabinet? ”

Li Dongyang is in charge of the literary world, Li Mengyang and others are either protégés or juniors, but they have been organizing poetry societies and literary clubs, publishing poems and articles to pass on to the world, although they are not as good as Li Dongyang's poems, and the momentum of the crowd in the market is quite eye-catching, but the reputation of these seven people in the capital is quite eye-catching, and many young generation of unconventional officials regard them as weather vanes.

Disobeying authority and daring to act, this is Li Mengyang's life purpose. In contrast, He Jingming is much more modest, if he does not agree with each other, he will stay, and if he does not agree, he will go, which is also the biggest reason for his resignation. Thinking that Liu Jianxie had moved away, Li Dongyang didn't make a statement when Han Wen was gloomy last time, and this time he stood by and watched, so he didn't want to stay in Wenyuan Pavilion anymore.

"I understand Pingbeibo's kindness. It's just that the cabinet has now become a place of intrigue, and I'm an insignificant scholar in the seventh grade, so it's not interesting to stay. He Jingming stretched his body, and seeing that Xu Xun did not show a look of anger, he pondered for a moment and said sincerely, "The mountain is now cultivating the history of the country, if Pingbei Bo is really interested, I want to ask the national eunuch or the Hanlin Academy, and it is better to study for a few years than to intrigue with others."

Everyone has their own ambitions, although they really want to leave a human right in the cabinet, and it is easier to report if there is anything, but He Jingming has made up his mind, Xu Xun naturally will not force it, and after a moment of silence, he said: "That is the case, I will mention it to Lord Lin and Lord Xie, with your literary name and the experience of the scholars in the cabinet, it should be easy and clever to do a review of the Hanlin Academy." ”

Although Xu Xun did not publicize it, He Jingming and others frequently went in and out of Xing'an Bo Mansion, and everything in the capital has always been the fastest spread, and other people except Li Mengyang among the seven sons have now voted for Xu Xun, and the news immediately spread. These people have always regarded themselves very highly, and they have no more children in poetry and literature, even literary bigwigs like Li Dongyang dare to despise them, and they are also incompatible with many people in the world as officials. It's just that there are so many people who have never been convinced, but they are faintly on the side of the Xu department, how can they not be jaw-dropping? There were even people who swore outside that the news made the master of ceremonies and the master of ceremonies, Liu Gonggong drop a teacup, and made the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang, have a gloomy face for a long time, but no one dares to ask the two bigwigs for verification of what is going on. ..., compared with the reactions of Li Dongyang and Liu Jin, the gains were quite huge, and even Xu Xun, who continued to have scholars to recommend himself to present ink scrolls, did not take the opportunity to accept the door, but lowered his profile again as if the Buddha saw that it was good. On the contrary, Liu Jin made the inner factory dig up two or three more fraud cases, and even smashed a gang of ruffians who specialized in abducting and selling girls from poor families in the capital.

In the face of this situation, Ye Guang and Gu Dayong could still stand still, but Qiu Ju of the Admiral Dongchang couldn't help it. On this day, Zhu Houzhao summoned these cronies and gathered in Xiyuan to visit Qionghua Island while the snow was clear, and when he reached the top of the mountain, he took a look at the gap, and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Dongchang has just detected a case, Xin Wenyuan, the governor of Hejian Prefecture, because of the orders of the governor of the imperial history Han Fu, trained the people of various states and counties, but he was not allowed to transfer more than 100 horses to ride. According to the system, the stagecoach must not be requisitioned at will, and Xin Wenyuan and Han Fu should be arrested and scooped back to Beijing for interrogation as soon as possible. ”

Although the East Factory has a deep foundation, Qiu Ju has been in charge of this place for less than half a year now, and the personnel has not yet been cleared up, how can it be compared to the Insider Factory and the West Factory, all of which are selected and employed by Liu Jin and Gu Dayong according to their own wishes, not to mention Ye Guang's control over Jinyiwei for decades. Therefore, Qiu Ju specially prepared for today's case, Zhu Houzhao sounded like a trivial matter that was not worth stirring up, and he frowned and waved his hand indifferently.

"Isn't it just a little thing, you can do it!"

Qiu Ju has hardly done anything major since he took charge of the East Factory, and at this moment he finally got permission, he didn't pay attention to Zhu Houzhao's attitude, and immediately took the order with great joy.

As soon as he left, Liu Jin couldn't help but look at his back and sneered, seeing that Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong were fine, he raised his eyebrows slightly, seeing that Zhu Houzhao was going to go skiing on the Taiye Pool with great interest next, he stood there and was already so cold that he shrunk his hands and feet, stepped forward and laughed twice, and then retired under the pretext that the master of ceremonies had something to do. waited on the stool and hugged a small hand stove handed over by Wang Ning, and then he took a long breath and said: "Let people stare at Qiu Ju for our family, no matter what he does, he has to report it!" ”

"Father-in-law, rest assured." Wang Ning agreed, but then cautiously probed, "That's where Pingbeibo ......?"

"He's in charge there! He was slippery than a loach, and he had to shrink in for a while when he was done something, and he didn't pay attention to the many scholars who came to him to recommend themselves? Forget it, Kang Hai's guys are all fledgling, young and vigorous, and it will take many years to be useful, so they are not as cost-effective as those who can be used immediately. Just the pen and the mouth are not anything in front of the person who asked to see Li Xian, you go and tell him, you want to prove it. and do something for our family to see! As soon as Qiu Ju's case came up, let him make some fuss in the East Factory! ”

At the beginning, when Liu Jian, Xie Qian and other bigwigs were still there, Qiu Ju was transferred to Dongchang when Wang Yue was sent to Tailing, but Chen Kuan, who was the commander of Dongchang at that time, was certainly a good person, but those Wang Yue's subordinates didn't buy his account at all. It was easy to get a big change of blood after the purge of the court, and he got his wish to supervise the East Factory, but before he could clear up the personnel, Liu Jin actually made out an expert factory that was above the factory guards and gave him a heavy stick. And Gu Dayong didn't know what to think, knowing that the inner factory was a counterbalance to them, and what news was sent to Liu Jin, so that he could only watch the inner factory frequently shine.

Therefore, although this is not a first-class big case, since Qiu Ju is determined to establish the prestige of Dongchang through this matter, he naturally personally ordered a henchman who he pulled up on the same day, and rushed all the way to Hejian Mansion regardless of the cold. As soon as he arrived at the ground, he directly scooped down Xin Wenyuan, the prefect of Hejian, and immediately went to scoop Han Fu after asking, and within five days, he locked the two four-grade masters into Beijing, and there was an uproar for a while. ..., even Xu Xun, when he learned the news, initially thought it was incredible. And Han Fu is now also the imperial history of the right capital, but he is at the same level as Zhang Cai, when Zhang Cai came to see him this night, he couldn't help but complain in front of Xu Xun: "Just for the sake of calling a stagecoach without authorization, he is so excited, as for it?" If I hadn't persuaded Zhang Duxian alive or dead, he would have immediately written to defend Han Fu. Does this father-in-law Qiu have a personal grudge against Han Fu? It is said that Xin Wenyuan was also tortured, what is he trying to do? ”

"Most of them are not embellished with the limelight of the East Factory now, so we must take the opportunity to establish a prestige and set an example for the monkeys." Xu Xun thought about it, but this was the most likely, and couldn't help but smile hesitantly, "Of course, it is not ruled out that someone deliberately asked Qiu Ju to make such a move to see if I will stand up and help." ”

"I'm just trying to advise my lord, it's better to wait and see what happens, don't rush to reach out. If adults fight righteousness more times, it is not righteousness, but it becomes nosy and reaches out everywhere. ”

"You're right, even if this Han Fu is really wronged, but I have no relationship with him and no reason, why should I stretch out my hand? Don't look at Lord Lin and Lord Zhang, these righteous gentlemen have close contacts with me, but more righteous gentlemen poke my backbone all day long and scold me too late. Save Li Mengyang, that's because buy one get six free, I made a good deal, and this time I was also planning to watch from the wall to see what kind of name it was. ”

After the tight machine in the East Factory really operated, its meticulousness was really beyond Xu Xun's expectations. Not only has Han Fu's resume as an official for decades been dug up clearly, but even some trivial things that are not trivial at all have been dug up - what was the time when he was the imperial history patrol and the Xuanfu was at the same time, he was once given wine and food by the border people; When he was the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion, when he was arresting thieves, his officials mistakenly judged a good citizen to be a thief and locked him up for two days; Why did he retire temporarily from the post of left political participation in Zhejiang, but he was actually afraid of difficulties...... All in all, in addition to this good transfer of stagecoaches, there are a lot of small mistakes.

And these wrongful punishments and crimes are not released at one time, but publicized for a while every few days, and the Qingliu civil officials who want to redress Han Fu's grievances for a while are also a little hesitant for a while, lest Dongchang has already prepared to throw out some big weights at a critical moment, so that all the people who defend the performance will suffer a dumb loss. Isn't this the case of Wang Shouren in the past?

This toss is several days, when Qiu Juzhi proudly played the final result in person on this astronomical hall, Zhu Houzhao scooped the thick pile of things and frowned, and then retreated Qiu Ju. The little emperor was afraid of trouble by nature, and when he saw that some of these articles were worthy of crimes, and some of them were simply indifferent to the mistakes, he became impatient after reading a few pieces of paper. In the end, when it was reported that Liu Jin wanted to see him, he immediately threw the pile of case files on the table.

"Qiu Ju is full of food and support, since it is said that Han Fu has a deficit of thousands of taels in the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion, just put this one in front and let him recover the compensation, so much trivial matter in front of him?"

Liu Jin came forward, glanced at the thick pile of case files casually, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the slave maid is also here for this." If you want to talk about Han Fu's affairs, there has been a lot of uproar in the court these days, and many people say that he was wronged. The slave and maid were also afraid that they had wronged the good people, so they asked the insider factory to check it. “

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao really showed a solemn expression, he scooped out a fluttering piece of paper from his arms. Although it was only such a one, it was much thinner than Qiu Ju's detailed and heavy case file, but Zhu Houzhao showed a little annoyance as soon as he swept his eyes, and immediately patted the armrest and said, "Qiu Ju, what's going on!" Han Fu was the governor of Xuanfu Datong that year, and as a result, he was exempted from several maladministrations, which was praised by the army and the people. Governing the Daimyo's Mansion is also the extinction of bandits. Even when he had to retire from Zhejiang's left political office, he also needed to recuperate because of his dangerous illness, why did he become the wrong culprit? "...,"To say that he did have the crime of negligence this time, it is true that Xin Wenyuan, the prefect of Hejian Prefecture, transferred the stagecoach without permission, but he was not consulted in advance about this matter, how could he be allowed to bear such a criminal responsibility?" Therefore, the slave and maid asked the emperor to be aware of everything and release such a capable person as soon as possible. If the emperor didn't believe it, he would transfer him to the insider factory, and then order the Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi to check his three-phase confirmation, and it would be revealed. ”

Zhu Houzhao wanted to say that there was no need to be so troublesome, but thinking that after he ascended the throne, he used so many factory guards to see who was the most impartial, selfless, and impartial, so after thinking for a while, he nodded heavily, and immediately ordered Ruisheng to go to Dongchang to pass the decree.

Such a change occurred suddenly, and Ye Guangda, who received such a task, was surprised. Li Yifeng originally volunteered to go to Xing'anbo Mansion to ask for advice, but after he groaned, he decided to go in person. Now that the winter solstice has passed, although it has not yet snowed, the sky is gloomy and extremely cold, even if the carriage has prepared a thick fur blanket, he is holding a hand stove, but it is still difficult to cover the cold, especially the knees left by the sequelae of running around in the early years, and it is a burst of soreness. When the carriage stopped, and the thick cotton curtain was lifted, the cold wind blew, and he shivered.

I didn't expect that he would have today!

Xu Xun personally stood at the second gate to pick up Ye Guang, and after waiting for people to get off the station to stabilize himself, he motioned to the two healthy servants to step forward with their shoulders, and when he saw that Ye Guang insisted on not him, he smiled and said: "I originally said that I was going to see Lord Ye, I didn't want you to come in person on a cold day, how embarrassing is this?" Knowing that Lord Ye has inconvenient legs and feet now, don't be polite to me, a young man. It's cold outside, so hurry up to the study and talk! ”

Seeing that Xu Xun insisted on this, Ye Guang couldn't shirk it anymore, and after waiting for his shoulder, he saw the young scholar on the side cover a thick bearskin blanket on his knees, and he hurriedly thanked him again. Walking less than a stone's throw away, he felt that the blanket had been covered in advance, and he felt even more uneasy, and when he got to the door of the study, he insisted on refusing to let Xu Xun help him, and walked into the house by himself.

Both the guest and the host are extremely familiar people, and after taking a seat, Ye Guang did not greet him, and said bluntly: "Today Yifeng must come in person, but I think about it, I still came in person." ”

It's only been two years, Xu Xun is in full swing, but Ye Guang, who was intimidated by the majesty of the Quartet as soon as he appeared in Jinling that day, is much older. At this moment, Xu Xun sighed in addition to emotion, and then asked, "Is it for Han Fu's case?" ”

"It's not just for Han Fu's case, I heard that when Han Fu was transferred to the inner factory, Gonggong Qiu of the Admiral East Factory once went to the celebrant to find Gonggong Liu's theory, but he hit a soft nail. Gonggong Qiu sent someone to come over and say to me, let me act impartially and not make mistakes. Speaking of this, Ye Guang looked at Xu Xun's solemn face, and paused before continuing, "Yifeng said to me, since Gonggong Liu has made it clear that he wants to fight with Gonggong Qiu for authority, it is better to help Gonggong Qiu once." If you can win over Gonggong Qiu because of this, then there are East and West factories in Pingbei Bo, there are Jinyi Wei outside, and Qian Ning, who is the commander of the inner factory, is the person who knows how to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and will inevitably make the smartest choice. ”

"Oh, Li Yifeng said that?" Xu Xun knew that Ye Guang must not be untargeted, so he said with great interest, "Since it was not Li Yifeng who came, but Lord Ye himself came to see me, I guess I don't agree with his idea?" ”

"Yifeng is still young after all, and everything is always measured by benefits." After Ye Guang shook his head, he said lightly, "Jin Yiwei has a secret file for the Beijing officials who have gone to the fourth grade. This is from the Yongle years...... Or the old habit that began in the Hongwu years, in order to be able to judge as quickly as possible when something happens. Han Fu is known for his ability, he is a little harsh, and he picks bones in eggs, of course, he can pick out a bunch of faults, but he can also be regarded as a rare good official. I don't care if sacrificing such a good official is in line with justice and morality, but what if the results found out by Jinyiwei are exactly the same as those of Gonggong Qiu in Dongchang, but Gonggong Liu ordered a thorough investigation? At that time, stealing chickens will not be a loss of rice, but even the Jinyi Guard will be regarded by the emperor as confused. ..., Ye Guang's tone did not fluctuate in the slightest, but when Xu Xun heard this old and spicy analysis, he couldn't help but nod his head again and again, and finally gave a thumbs up and said: "It is worthy of Lord Ye, I want to get the bottom of it." ”

"In the last years of the wind and candle, I have to think more about the old brothers and old subordinates." Ye Guang smiled bitterly, and then said sincerely, "So when I came this time, I wanted to say to Pingbeibo, if I am here, Jinyiwei and the third factory will fight, my reputation and merit for many years may still be useful, but if I am not there, Jinyiwei must not fight hard with the east factory and the west factory." As long as they act impartially, even if everyone thinks that they are under the disciples of Pingbei Bo, no matter what outsiders say about Jinyiwei as a vassal of the Xu family, the emperor will not believe it. ”

"Well said!"

It is the West Factory, although Xu Xun often crosses Gu Da and asks Huitong to find out what is going on, he has never made it clear that Che Ma used the name of the West Factory to build momentum for himself, so at this time, Ye Guang was not dissatisfied with his words. After saying this with a smile, he said to Ye Guang categorically: "The inner factory is just a new building, and the news network is limited, since it is sent to the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town for investigation, then simply investigate the matter more clearly, especially the charges in the east factory, if possible, you might as well find out the flaws." In a word, I don't covet Dongchang, and I don't want to win over Qiu Ju. ”

The little Han Fu went from the east factory to the inner factory and the case file was thrown to the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, and for a while, even the bigwigs in the DPRK and China were aware of the back and forth wrestling. The old alley of Li Ge in Yongfang was full of traffic and people listened to the news, Liu Jin's private residence in Shajia Hutong on the east side of Gulouxia Street was also a city, and the Xing'an Bo Mansion in Wu'an Hou Hutong was also almost broken by the visiting guests. When the final result of this contest ended with Han Fu being sentenced for negligence and being released from prison in March, in Liu Jin's private house in Shajia Hutong, an old man who was thin and haggard at fifty years old was brought into the hall by Zhang Wenmian.

"That's Gonggong Liu."

"Ah...... The lower officials meet Grandpa Liu! ”

Seeing that the old man fell to his knees almost without sluggishness, Liu Jin suddenly showed a smug smile on his face. He looked at the person in front of him, and saw that he was in a plain Taoist robe, and he had never worn a crown on his head, and obviously knew that he was still wearing a sinful body, so he smiled slightly: "Han Fu, do you know how much our family has done for your affairs?" You are also a two-rank jinshi who is a serious person, a foreign official for many years, and a Beijing official for several years, but it is such a small mistake, no one in the Manchu Dynasty dares to speak for you! If it weren't for our family, you would either die in prison, or you would be sent to the bitter cold land of Liaodong, or you would have to pay for the debt! ”

"The lower official can escape from life, all thanks to the kindness of his father-in-law!"

"Get up, our family is not one of those old pavilion masters whose doors open to the south, and when you see people, you want people to kneel!" Only then did Liu Jin stand up, personally and affectionately helped Han Fu up, and then said with a smile, "If you can save a talented person like you, our family will fall out with many people, and I think it's worth it!" Besides, you are our fellow countryman, so you don't need to say any words of thanks. Our family is about to refresh the government and clear the arrears of the treasury, come, you sit! ”

After sitting down with Han Fu stubbornly, Liu Jin took the book from Zhang Wenmian's hand, stuffed it into Han Fu's hand and said, "This is the official inspection method that I discussed with Xiao Zhang, you can take a look first!" ”

was suddenly imprisoned for more than a month, and the kind of days when there was no day and no day called the earth and the earth were not spiritual, completely wiped out the beliefs that Han Fu had believed in in the past. At this time, when he heard Liu Jin's words, he couldn't help but be stunned, so he looked down at the fold in his hand, but his heart was mixed.

The old servant of his family said that in the past few days when he was in prison, no one paid attention to begging his grandfather and grandmother everywhere, but the same year's fellow villagers who didn't even see a shadow at those critical moments, as well as relatives and friends who were good friends on weekdays, were not as big as Liu Jin!