Although Zhang Cai has returned to the Ministry of Officials in the past few days, because the uproar that he and Ma Wensheng have written successively is still there, others are presiding over affairs in the Ministry of Officials' Literature and Anthology Division, but the court officials up and down are all muttering in their hearts, but Ma Wensheng's trust in him has not diminished in the slightest, and others are naturally not too lazy. However, on this day, the two Jinyi lieutenants rushed over in a hurry, and said with a straight face that they were asking Zhang Cai to take a trip, and after hearing the news, Ma Wensheng couldn't care that he was already over the age of old, so he hurried out.

Others thought that Zhang Cai's trip was more auspicious, but he himself knew that the previous case had happened, so without waiting for Ma Wensheng to speak, he stepped forward and shook Ma Wensheng's hand heavily, and then whispered: "Ministry, it's okay, I'll be back in a while!" Don't worry, I've got you covered! ”

"What a number do you have!" Don't mention Ma Wensheng's breathlessness, he is no longer deaf and clear-sighted at a lot of age, but his brain is still there, "Jinyiwei is nominally under the management of the East Factory, and the head of the East Factory is the master of ceremonies, and the master of ceremonies is now breathing out of the same nostril as some people." I've already got you in the way, if anyone dares to do anything to you...... I'll go and beat the drum, the emperor won't be with them! ”

"Ministry ......" Zhang Cai didn't know what to say, hesitated for a long time, he couldn't hold back after all, so he attached to Ma Wensheng's ear and briefly recounted a false alarm that night, and then squeezed Ma Wensheng's hand and said, "So, Jinyiwei let me go, it's not necessarily a bad thing." Ministry, you can just wait for me to come back with peace of mind, don't worry about it! ”

Seeing that Zhang Cai let go of his hand and bowed deeply, he immediately turned around and strode away with the two brocade captains, Ma Wensheng stood in place in a daze, the expression on his face was unexpectedly changeable. He never dreamed that Zhang Cai's visit to his house late that night would have such a follow-up, and this emperor of heaven would have such an unbelievable deed!

"If you are not right, how can you educate the people...... What a iniquity, a iniquity! ”

Ma Wensheng stood there muttering to himself, but he didn't know how many pairs of eyes were paying attention to his words and deeds, especially Jiao Fang, who was the left waiter. When Soap Li tiptoed into the straight room to report to him that Ma Wensheng and Zhang Cai were talking outside for a long time, Jiao Fang's hand holding the pen paused slightly, and then only said that he knew, and sent someone down. But when the bamboo curtain fell, he immediately put down his pen and showed a smile on his face.

In Cao Ying's heart in Han, the main purpose of the letter he sent to Liu Daxia was this sentence, which really won Liu Daxia's approval, and explained everything he could in front of Li Dongyang. After all, these two are not pedantic people, they know that the little emperor does what he wants, and he is used to pampering his ministers. As for Li Rong, he became the master of ceremonies, but that person was unprecedentedly unstable, and he needed to form a line with the outside, and he would not lose him easily. And whether it is Liu Daxia or Li Rong, there is one person who can't be tolerated by him, and that is Ma Wensheng!

This time, Ma Wensheng stabbed the hornet's nest by himself, so let's ask for more blessings! There is now Min Qi, who is now the secretary of the Criminal Department, but has been in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for many years, who is in the same year, as long as he can say that Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia are the other two in the same year, Ma Wensheng wants to leave with his whole body, not to mention, even Zhang Cai also wants to stay in the Ministry of Officials again!

When the two Jinyi lieutenants did not take him to the Jinyi Guard Yamen or Xiyuan, but took him straight out of the city from Xuanwu Gate, even if he was initially determined, Zhang Cai gradually became a little uneasy. It wasn't until he entered the small wine shop and found that it was the current Zhengde Tianzi sitting in the middle that he was relieved. But after he saluted, the little emperor sat there with a gloomy face and didn't make a sound, and it was still Xu Xun's words for a long time.

"The emperor asked you to admit it, but it was this person who intended to harm you that night?"

Zhang Cai glanced at the man he saw when he just came in, his eyes stayed on his face for a long time, and then looked at the person's hunchback and shoulders for a while, and finally lowered his head and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister saw his head and face clearly by the light of the torch before, plus the hunchback and shoulders are not bad, it should be him." ”

"Good, good!" Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and actually laughed angrily, "It is said that these courtiers act in a way that is benevolent, and it turns out that this is such a benevolent method!" Xu Xun, you give me to see Min Jue, question me and question him, he is a lot old, he actually played such a bad trick, do you want this old face! ”

Xu Xun glanced at Zhang Cai, saw that Zhang Cai was silent for a moment and tiptoed out, he gestured at Li Yifeng again, and waited for Jiang Shanfei to be escorted down, so he whispered to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, Lord Min is an old minister of the Four Dynasties after all, if you question it directly, I am afraid that the turmoil will not be able to be controlled at that time." The emperor should not forget that the stars of Tianshun are shining in the sixth year, and now in the cabinet ministry, there are Li Gelao, Liu Shangshu of the Military Department and Min Shangshu of the Criminal Department. Coupled with the township party, it has to be counted as Xie Gelao, and this matter is implicated in the 12-year imperial examination fraud case of Hongzhi. ”

Zhu Houzhao was implicated in the Tartar because of Xu Jing's affairs in the past, and he also heard Xu Xun talk about the events of the year. Although the so-called Tartar Annihilation has now been proven to be Jiangshan Fei, he has not blamed him for this. At this moment, he frowned a little annoyed, glared at Xu Xun angrily, and said, "Then for such a big thing, you just let me continue to endure it?" If I remember correctly, it was this Min Jue who suppressed Zheng Wang's bastards and delayed the execution, which was obviously ill-intentioned! ”

"The emperor is angry, the minister didn't let you endure it." Xu Xun smiled slightly, and then said word by word, "Your Majesty, instead of letting the ministers pass the decree, so that Min Shangshu can't get off the stage or become angry, it is better to let him take the initiative to ask for Zhishi." As long as the Criminal Department is not in his charge, the successor Shangshu will not dare to disobey the holy will, and this matter of Zheng Wang can be decided in an instant. ”

"Zhishi? Wouldn't that be too cheap for him! Zhu Houzhao sat down angrily and said angrily, "I can't get used to their people's overt and covert ways, hypocrites!" ”

"Your Majesty, you can't send someone to reprimand him openly, but the ministers didn't say that they wouldn't try this case. Moreover, if Min Shangshu is inexplicably written to the emperor, or if he asks the emperor to write a book, it will inevitably make people say that you are not sympathetic to the old minister. Jinyi Wei detected such a big case, and the emperor collided with him on patrol, and then the three divisions will be tried. Suo surnamed Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, plus Jinyiwei together, this matter is getting bigger and bigger, there is always a royal history meeting to impeach, Min Shangshu naturally has to resign again and again, so the emperor refused again and again and then fluttered lightly, and then revealed a little limelight, just said that he had personally tried this Jiangshan Fei, but in the end it was transferred to the three divisions for trial, nothing more than to cherish the reputation of the old minister, and everyone understood at that time. ”

"What do you mean......" Zhu Houzhao's eyes finally brightened, and he suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Let him have a bitterness that he can't say, and I desperately pretend to be a good person?" Xu Xun, you are so cunning, too deceitful! ”

"Thank you for the emperor's compliment!"

Xu Xun bowed down with a smile and thanked him, and the two of them glanced at each other, and at the same time showed a smile that they wanted to be more deceitful. And just as Xu Xun was about to quit and tell Li Yifeng and the others to prepare to pack up and return to the palace, Zhu Houzhao suddenly stopped Xu Xun again, and asked hesitantly: "By the way, if this criminal department book is vacant, Xu Xun, who do you think I will make up?" ”

"Oh, this minister is not very good, and there is no such talent in the minister's pocket." Xu Xun didn't say a word and pushed it cleanly, seeing that Zhu Houzhao was a little annoyed, he smiled and added a fluttering sentence, "Gonggong Liu is now an internal official and eunuch, let's leave him in Xianyuan today, he will definitely be unhappy, why doesn't the emperor just ask Gonggong Liu?" ”

"Ah, you're right, I forgot about Liu Jin!"

Zhu Houzhao patted his head hard, and immediately nodded again and again, thinking in his heart that as long as Liu Jin's candidate was not outrageous, he could agree, which could also make up for the impulse that he had given Li Rong to take charge of the master of ceremonies before, so that Gao Feng, who had also served him for many years, was disappointed, and Liu Jin was also disgraced. Of course, if Liu Jin's proposed candidate is outrageous, he can reprimand him severely, so that he can also let him know that he is not easy to fool.

The more he thought about it, the more it was like this, and seeing Xu Xun striding out of the door after saluting, he couldn't help but feel more and more that Xu Xun's ghost idea was true, but this piece of public heart that was not for himself was really rare and rare.

When Liu Jin got the news and hurried over from Xianyuan with a group of chamberlains and guards, all the sergeants on Xuanwumen Street had been evacuated. At this time, it was already Shen Zheng, and his head had already deviated, but even so, he was still sweating, sticky and uncomfortable, coupled with the fire in his heart, this hand wiped his forehead, and when he put it down, it was all oil. He casually wiped his hand behind him and entered the small wine shop, seeing that Xu Xun didn't know where to go, and Zhu Houzhao was putting on his outer robe, he hurriedly stepped forward and served neatly.

"Liu Jin, are you back?" Zhu Houzhao saw that it was Liu Jin, and immediately laughed so much that his eyebrows curled, "I and Xu Xun left you down for so long, I really can't stand you, I will compensate you, don't take it to heart......"

"No, no, no, how dare you let the emperor compensate the slave and maid!" Liu Jin hurriedly excused herself, but she was still very depressed in her heart. However, the little emperor's next sentence made him stunned all at once.

"By the way, I plan to change the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, do you have any good candidates?"

The book of the criminal department!

Liu Jin only felt that his head was banging, and for a while, he didn't know how to answer. It wasn't until he cautiously tried two sentences that Zhu Houzhao casually said that he asked Xu Xun by himself, but Xu Xun said that he might as well ask Liu Jin, and he suddenly became excited. Compared to the annoyance of being hung in the idle garden for several hours, if there is such compensation, that little time is nothing! Jiao Fang is now a servant of the Ministry of Officials, in terms of qualifications and talents, it is logical to fill the vacancy of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and when the time comes, he will have a main hall of the Ministry of Justice!

(To be continued)