To the east of Xi'an's Gate Cave, Liu Jin, who was dressed in a python robe, was pacing back and forth there, although his steps were not fast, and his expression did not seem to be very anxious, but his heart was not calm. For those colleagues who rose up with him, and then only cared about making money to promote their families and even grabbing power, he has long been a little unaccustomed to it. Among them, Qiu Ju, who was close to him at first, but after a drastic cleaning in the East Factory, and gradually revealed his dissent, Qiu Ju is naturally the most ideal target!

What's more, according to the signs that Qian Ning checked, he thought that the imperial road and the complaint that those ministers had concocted were actually a trick planned by Qiu Ju in order to oust him from power. If this kind of thing is tolerated, there will be once, two, three or four times in the future, but if he can take down Qiu Ju this time, then Gu Da can use Zhang Yong, Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin and Luo Xiang, the effect of killing chickens and monkeys is self-evident!

"Father-in-law, the emperor is here!"

Hearing this, Liu Jin looked up, and sure enough, he saw Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in civilian clothes, galloping towards him surrounded by more than a dozen guards in front and behind, and went straight through the palace gate ticket hole, and he hurriedly walked up to meet him. He also ignored that he was now the first person in the inner prison, and diligently reached out to help Zhu Houzhao down, and then looked back, and saw that there was not even a shadow of Xu Xun, he couldn't help but ask a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, has Pingbeibo never come back with you?" ”

"Don't mention it, he's just one word, busy! said that Shenying had something to discuss with him, and now that he was mobilizing troops and horses, he had already gone to the Xishan camp at this time. Zhu Houzhao snorted angrily. Then he looked at Liu Jin and said, "It's you, why did you call me back in a hurry?" If it weren't for you. I was originally going to go to the Shouning Marquis Mansion to take a look, but the queen mother nagged many times, so that I could give my cousin a face and give people a promotion. But Zhang Zong said that the kid was so stubborn, don't be famous, and would rather have fewer soldiers and horses than real power, but the cabinet Wang Wei said no. I'm having a headache! ”

Liu Jin knew that the little emperor just had a headache about this little thing, and complaining at the moment was just a small temper, so he just laughed and didn't defend himself. When the shoulder came, he took Zhu Houzhao on the shoulder, and along the way, he just talked about him left and right, talked for a while, and stayed at the Taisu Hall on the north bank of the Taiye Pool, and sent the little emperor in, and he retreated from everyone. But only one Latham remained. 1510 told the previous dispute between Xu Xun and Qiu. Sure enough, as he expected, when he finished talking about it, the little emperor's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of the pot.

"Qiu Ju, what is this? Ye Guang still has some credit, not to mention that he is so sick that he is alive and dead, he actually makes people play and sing next door? Why didn't you say this kind of thing earlier? I knew that I would have immediately reprimanded him! ”

Seeing that the matter had something to do with Xu Xun, Zhu Houzhao immediately showed his bias, and Liu Jin said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, if this kind of subordinate dispute is going to be in front of you, aren't these slaves and maids too incompetent?" In fact, Lao Gu knew about this, and he also deliberately talked to Lao Qiu. However, Lao Qiu didn't listen at all, and Lao Gu was angry. originally planned to let Ye Guang move a place to rest, but Ye Guang was also stubborn and refused at all. The slave maid was in charge of the celebrant and the celebrant supervisor, and he was sick again, and he didn't know until yesterday, and he took advantage of the banquet last night to invite Pingbeibo, thinking about having a good talk with Qiu Ju, but he couldn't argue, so he left the person and walked away, and everyone else present saw it clearly! ”

Although Xu Xun didn't follow, Liu Jin could only sing a one-man show alone, but the evidence was conclusive, and he was ninety percent sure. At this moment, seeing that Zhu Houzhao was really annoyed and pinched the handrail, frowning as if he was considering what to do, he knelt down again, and said again: "Your Majesty, in fact, the slave maid has long wanted to report that during Lao Qiu's reign in the East Factory, many things were overdone. It's like the Yutang Chun incident that the emperor met last year...... In fact, Lao Qiu was a little unclean in that building. ”…,

Liu Jin planted the stolen goods on Qiu Ju's body, and saw that Zhu Houzhao was even more angry for a while, so he took the case files that Qian Ning gave him, and picked out some of the crimes that were most likely to make Zhu Houzhao angry and angry, until the little emperor couldn't help but stand up, and he said angrily: "The emperor has a lot of trust in slaves and maids, and has always done his best to entrust him with important tasks, but now Lao Qiu has ignored the grace of the saint and done such things that are easy to give people a handle, which is really sad!" The courtiers already had a lot of complaints about the factory guards, and if they still let him toss like this, I'm afraid it would be ......"

"Bastard, what a bastard, he thinks I sealed his brothers and nephews for, not to let him do things with peace of mind!"

Zhu Houzhao scolded angrily with a sad face, then took a deep breath, and then said categorically: "In this case, we can't let him take charge of the East Factory anymore!" There can't be a mistake in such an important place, you have to change someone! Just find a place for him to stay in peace, and it's serious to reflect on it! ”

"The emperor is long, but the slave has to say that the people's hearts are insufficient, if he is transferred to an idle yamen like this, I am afraid that he may not be convinced." Liu Jin saw that Zhu Houzhao's face sank, so he suggested with a smile, "The slave maid has an idea, hasn't Fu Rong, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, already resigned?" It is better to transfer Lao Qiu to garrison Nanjing, this job is leisurely, there is a lot of oil and water, and outsiders seem to be the emperor who is good for the old man, and it can be regarded as saving face for Lao Qiu. ”

Zhu Houzhao was already extremely annoyed with Qiu Ju, and when Liu Jin said this at this moment, he nodded almost without thinking and said, "It's okay, that's it, so that he won't have to do anything embarrassing to me." Latham Ratson, you go get a pen and paper, I will draw up a handwritten message now, otherwise the night will be full of dreams! Liu Jin, go back and pass the decree, I don't want to see him, so he won't have to complain to me again! ”

Sure enough, it involved Xu Xun, coupled with his own situation, the little emperor didn't even have the interest in listening to Qiu Ju's defense!

Liu Jin saw that Ruisheng agreed and went to grind the ink and lay the paper, even if he no longer said something on fire, he just shook his head and sighed in a gloomy manner. When Zhu Houzhao finished writing the simple edict, he carefully waited for the ink to dry in his hand, and when Rayson sent it out when he left. He looked at Rayson with a smile and said, "Then again, Rayson and Rayson are already seventeen after the New Year, right?" You're still a good old age. But I follow the emperor all day long, but I don't have time to read and write. It's better to go back and pick two good seedlings in the inner study to bring with you, first, there are some things that can help you, and second, you can also cultivate two arms. ”

"Thank you Gonggong Liu for reminding me." Ruisheng replied respectfully, and when Liu Jin climbed the stool and left in high spirits, he reached out and summoned a young fireman who was eleven or twelve years old, and whispered. "You go to the West Factory of Lingji Hutong and tell Gonggong Gu that the emperor is going to drive Gonggong Qiu, who is the commander of the East Factory, to Nanjing to serve as a garrison eunuch. After the letter was delivered, I transferred you to serve in front of the palace when I turned around. ”

When the little flame man happily agreed, Ruisheng couldn't help but smile slightly when he thought about Liu Jin's proposal. He was old when he entered the palace, and although he recognized a few words with Shen Yue, he didn't have time to go to the inner study hall again, but the year and a half with Xiao Jing was not in vain. Needless to say, words and deeds teach. Now Liu Jin looks at it, although he doesn't pay attention to the inner study hall. But God knows if those people from the Inner Study Hall leaned in, why did he get two people of unknown origin to stay around. If you really want to use people, Xiao Jing has been in the palace for so many years. Today's team once stood aside, plus these young little firefighters, he had more choices!

Dongchang at the junction of Huodao Banbian Street and Dongchang Hutong. Since the establishment of Yongle in the eighteenth year, it has experienced decades of ups and downs, and the successive governors have always been outstanding figures in the Great Crown. Although Qiu Juzhen has been in charge of the East Factory for less than a year, he has been shocked and obedient after the Great Purge, and now the key positions in the East Factory have been replaced by his godson godson. But it is fertile water, and there is no outsider field at all. ..., yesterday in Liu Jin's private house suffered such a wretched anger, he returned to Dongchang that night with two mistakes to vent his anger. A board beat people to death, and early in the morning of this day, he ordered people to invite Ma Yongcheng and Wei Bin Luo Xiang. Compared with those three people, he was inevitably arrogant in the past when he was in charge of Dongchang Hutong, but now he lowered his posture. Although Ma Yongcheng and the three of them were not easy to get along with, they sneered at each other in their mouths, but when they heard that Liu Jin was going to drive his godson Wang Ping to the drum room in front of Qiu Ju, the faces of the three of them gradually became gloomy.

Luo Xiang thought that he listened to Gu Dayong's words, and happily went to Huaiyang, thinking that he could scrape the ground well, but Qian Ning, who was driven later, robbed all the credit and benefits, and Liu Jin also sued the wicked first, so that he didn't even have room to complain in front of Zhu Houzhao. Yudao left a book to toss, but in the end, it was useless, and he had to prevent his hands and feet from being discovered. Wei Bin and Ma Yongcheng thought that although the two of them were barely in charge of a prison, the benefits of power were not even as good as Liu Jin's little finger, and now when they heard Qiu Ju say this, that kind of resonance was naturally extraordinary.

"Lao Liu is getting stronger and more domineering now." Ma Yongcheng sighed carefully, and then said with a smile, "This celebrant is already his hall, and he is not enough for him, it is really not enough for people." ”

"If it goes on like this, is there still a place in the palace for me to stand on the cone?" Qiu Ju sneered and said heartily, "To be honest, I never thought of fighting with him, this time Xu Xun beat my godgrandson, Xu Xun didn't want to kill them all, but he used the topic to play, obviously on purpose!" Lao Wei, Lao Ma, Lao Luo, let me put it this way, there is really not much oil and water in the East Factory, if you are willing to take over, I am really willing to give it all up. But if Lao Liu even takes this plate, sooner or later he will drive us out of Beijing one by one! So, we have to twist into a rope. ”

The demagogic and provocative meaning of these words is self-evident, but Ma Yongcheng and the other three are not stupid, complaining is complaining, and when it comes to key issues at this time, their performance is different. Ma Yongcheng pretended to be stupid and pretended not to understand, Wei Bin said about him left and right, Luo Xiang symbolically echoed, but at the same time he sighed bitterly. Just as Qiu Ju was fighting and wanted to take the opportunity to persuade the three of them to form an alliance against Liu Jin, the voice of one of his godsons came from outside.

"Godfather, godfather, Grandpa Liu is here!"

Qiu Ju rarely goes to the celebrant supervisor, and Liu Jin rarely comes to Dongchang, which is almost a tacit understanding between the two. At this moment, after Qiu Ju's initial surprise, he couldn't help but have a little bad premonition in his heart, and after hesitating for a moment, he said to Ma Yongcheng and the others: "I'll go out to see him first, if anything is wrong, you will go out through the side door." I won't say much about the sidelines, just ask that if anything happens, take care of my family! ”

"Lao Qiu, you're too worried, aren't you? Where did it get to this? ”

Although Qiu Ju's words were a little solemn, but saying them only added a little bit of convincingness, seeing Ma Yongcheng snorting, he didn't ramble anymore, and only thought that Liu Jin was here to continue to pressur. However, when he went out and welcomed Liu Jin in with someone, Liu Jin smiled and asked him to retreat, and then took out something that made his heart chuckle.

"Lao Qiu, I didn't want to come on this trip today, but I had to come." Liu Jin sighed fakely, and handed the neatly folded emperor's handwritten edict directly to Qiu Ju, and then said, "I have been friends with you for more than ten years, and it is really uncomfortable to do such a thing." ”

Qiu Ju took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and unfolded the piece of paper in his hand, and saw the imperial pen that he was most familiar with. However, the big characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dance always brought good news in the past, but at this time, he was stunned when he saw it. If he didn't know the consequences of tearing this thing, and Liu Jin was watching from the side, he couldn't wait to tear it to pieces.

"Good, good! Hello Grandpa Liu! ”

Seeing that Qiu Ju was so angry that he fainted, Liu Jin Shi Shiran stood up, and patted Qiu Ju's shoulder with a smile: "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door." Nanjing is a rich and good place, and I am already worthy of you. Wouldn't it be nice to jump out of the capital, a place with open guns and hidden arrows? The emperor's will is clearly written, you can prepare yourself tonight, and leave tomorrow. By the way, the Imperial Horse Supervisor who escorted you to Nanjing helped you prepare to stop, just outside here. Hello for yourself! ”

Qiu Ju watched Liu Jin walk away triumphantly with his hands behind his back, gritted his teeth for a while, and then he walked straight out of the meeting hall, and came to the place where he had a secret discussion with Ma Yongcheng and the other three people before. Seeing that none of the three of them left, he coldly threw the emperor's edict in front of the three of them.

"You just said that I was unfounded, look what this is!"

When Ma Yongcheng picked up the thing and unfolded it, he was stunned, and then Wei Bin and Luo Xiang snatched it over and saw that they both had the same dejected expressions, and Qiu Jufang sneered and said: "Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, the Imperial Horse Prison and the pro-army who took me to Nanjing are already waiting outside the door, I will go, you all wash your necks and wait!" ”