No one expected that what was originally just a small case of impeachment of Xu Xun, the son of Xing'an, turned into a real big case involving two first-class officials.

Some people say that Wu Fei Wang Gai slandered the two ministers because he was worried about the unfavorable results of Jingcha, but some people said that these two people were trying to sell the prince well, of course, some people clapped their hands and swore that Ma Wensheng Dai Shan was old and in love with power, coupled with the carelessness of governing the family, he should have gone to work a long time ago.

This controversy lasted until Layue, and Emperor Hongzhi only issued an edict to persuade Ma Wensheng and Dai Shan to stay, and never said who was who. Seeing that the next year's inspection was about to begin, the two chief officials were deeply involved, and the three elders of the cabinet finally couldn't sit still. Liu Jian, the first assistant surnamed anxious, instructed Feng Yunzhong to supervise the imperial history and a few people with the surname of the upright book, and the second assistant Li Dongyang secretly instructed people to discuss the matter, not to involve the matter of Xu Xun that had been revealed by the first, and then Feng Yunzhong and several people successively wrote the book, saying that Ma Wensheng Dai Shan has always been clear and rigorous, although Wu Yu Wang Gai has the right to hear about the news, but if he does not verify it, he will report it indiscriminately, obviously there are ghosts and other things in his heart, and the debate escalated again for a while.

This lawsuit intensified, and everyone thought that this matter might have no result before the Yamen was sealed, but Emperor Hongzhi, who had been silent, reacted in Laba - the Son of Heaven suddenly ordered Wu Hui and Wang Gai to be strictly interrogated in Beizhen, and ordered Ma Wensheng and Dai Shan to continue to preside over the investigation. This suddenly completely one-sided situation caught many people off guard, and what was even more unexpected was that Ma Wensheng, who was seventy or eighty, actually understood the gist of taking advantage of his illness to kill him, and wrote a book together with Dai Shan, and the finishing touch made many court officials in an uproar.

"The cover is not careful, and he is afraid of being deposed by the investigation, so he first discusses the ministers and others, and wants to avoid suspicion, but he does not dare to retreat. However, the two of them are not careful, and their deeds are verifiable and well-known. If he is dethroned now, he is afraid that he will use an excuse for revenge; If you are not dethroned, you will avoid suspicion and injustice, and you will have a heavy trust. Fu Qi Shengming Tribunal. ”

learned the contents of this excerpt from the celebrant and eunuch Li Rong, and Jiao Fang, the servant of the ministry, sat in the study at home for most of the day, and finally sneered three times; Among the three elders in the cabinet, Liu Jian Xie Qian laughed and said that Ma Wensheng was old and strong, and Li Dongyang returned to the straight room but his face sank like water - Ma Wensheng's anger after being framed is understandable, but he turned over and immediately stabbed him in the head, I am afraid that although the emperor is sympathetic to the old minister, he may not necessarily be happy in his heart, especially Ma Wensheng also beat Xu Xun as a soldier because of rumors before.

I was anxious to eat hot tofu, but I couldn't help but be burned and my mouth was full of bubbles!

Sure enough, just before the twenty-third seal of the lunar month, this public case that had been in trouble for a month or two ended with Wu Hui cutting his post to the people in the matter, and the household department giving the king a crown in the matter to live idle, and Ma Wensheng and Dai Shan continued to preside over the investigation. Only there was a small episode in the middle, that is, Jiao Fang, who had previously written to ask for Zhishi, was earnestly retained by the emperor, and the words used to retain him can be described as meaningful.

Jiao Fangchun's former minister, who has learned and practiced, is appointed, how can he ask for a break? No excuses.

A storm that was originally implicated was so subsided, in the blink of an eye to the first month, after the dynasty is the annual Lantern Festival, although the Hongzhi Emperor has always been simple, edict exempted from burning the imperial lantern outside the Donghua Gate, but the folk lamp market is still very lively. A street at the entrance of the lamp market is full of all kinds of lanterns, although there are also imperial historians who say that such extravagance should be banned, but more officials and officials still enjoy themselves with the people. It wasn't until the longest vacation of the year passed suddenly, and the emperor suddenly ordered that the civil and military forces above the fifth grade should raise their heads in the first month of February, and the ministers remembered the five hundred young soldiers of the avant-garde of the Nafu army.

February is already in full bloom in the south, but it is still very cold for the north, at least this early morning is still a chore - after all, not everyone is exempt from the cold and snow because of old age like Ma Wensheng. After the morning of the second day of the second month of February, those low-grade Beijing officials rubbed their hands and stomped their feet back to the yamen to do business, and the civil and military officials above the fifth grade followed the inner servants who led them out of the palace, and they were not as rigid as before, and they all exchanged ears and ears according to the usual friendship.

The three elders of the cabinet who were not in a hurry fell last. The eldest Liu Jian asked as he walked: "Xiya, Mu Zhai, this matter of Xu Xun's training in Xiyuan has not been much news for three months, what do you think will happen this time?" ”

"In three months, even the generals who have really led the troops dare not boast that they can bring out a male division, let alone a fledgling hairy child?" Xie Qian smiled disappreciatively, then looked at Li Dongyang and said, "I think it's because I thought of this when I came to Xiya, so I asked that Xu Xun to make a military order?" Of course, if he doesn't succeed at that time, as long as he can stay away from the prince, he can't really kill him. ”

Li Dongyang didn't speak immediately, but pondered for a while, and then said thoughtfully: "Yuanfu, Mu Zhai, do you think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come to the Wenhua Hall to listen to the lectures these days, and it seems that he is more attentive than before?" ”

"Is there one?" Xie Qian raised his eyebrows, but he, the elder of the pavilion, was not only responsible for lecturing the prince every day, and he had only made two trips in more than a month, and he didn't notice any difference after racking his brains.

And Liu Jian pondered for a while, and finally nodded hesitantly: "I can't say that I am attentive, but I have more reactions than Pingyue." Although it is often only a few sentences or two, many of them are ...... It's all childish words, but it's not as absent-minded as it used to be. However, those lecturers still sighed, saying that His Royal Highness's surname was too stubborn, admitting death, and saying too many deviant words, and they did not dare to repeat it in front of me. ”

"Oh, maybe that's my delusion."

Li Dongyang didn't say any more, but he thought in his heart that Wang Hua, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, said to himself that Wang Shouren had not gone home for three months, even if he spent the New Year in the palace, and he was really worried about being a father. Wang Shouren is young and talented, he knows, so he recommended the Ministry of Soldiers, but he also knows that there are often deviants, so Liu Daxia doesn't like it, and he doesn't interfere, thinking about letting this young man grind his surname. And now Wang Shouren's overseer is just a name, and he can detain people in Xiyuan for so long?

At the place where the north side of the inner school field faces south, a tall shed has been erected at this time, and seats are also set up in the open air on both sides. But those who really have a seat, that is, the members of the second rank or above, and others can be counted even in the ministry, so they can only find a place to stand at this time. In the first month, Xing'an Bo Xu Liang, who was appointed as the governor of the former military capital, sat with a group of nobles, wrapped in thick clothes, and from time to time they were dealing with the questions of others, but their eyes kept glancing in the direction of the entrance, obviously their thoughts had already flown to their son who had not seen him for three months.

At this moment, there was a slight twitch next to him, Xu Liang thought that his son had come out from the other side, and hurriedly turned around, but found that Zhang Heling, the Hou of Shouning, didn't know when he had changed seats with someone, so he actually sat next to him, and hurriedly owed a debt and called Hou Ye. However, Zhang Heling, who had always relied on the grace of the Son of Heaven, rarely had any arrogance at all, but said with a smile: "Xing Anbo, I'm afraid that that kid from your family will show his face today." ”

Xu Liang's heart jumped, and he had the heart to be humble, but after all, he couldn't help but be nervous and concerned: "Why did Master Hou say this?" ”

"Of course I have a basis for what I say, after all, who else here knows the situation in the palace better than me?" Zhang Heling laughed as if no one was around, and then said proudly, "Dogs often enter the palace these days, so I can't help but hear a lot." Xing'anbo, you are really lucky to have given birth to such a good son! ”

"What Master Hou said is that this kid is motivated."

Xu Liang's little polite interest in Xu Xun's humility at this time was gone, and his heart was full of joy. Although many of the other nobles around him looked down on the faces of Hou Jianchang and Hou Erzhang of Shouning, and also looked down on the Xu family, a nouveau riche who had just risen, they couldn't help but be curious at this moment. This side of the room was talking vigorously, and suddenly a loud horn came from the other side, and for a while, all around, whether sitting or standing, looked towards the entrance to the west of the school field.

As everyone gradually quieted down, a sound of uniform footsteps came from far and near. It doesn't sound like much at first, but as the footsteps get closer, the uniformity becomes more prominent. Several officers of the military department who had seen the training glanced at each other, and saw that their eyes were full of surprise, and they didn't know what the other party was thinking, so they coughed for a while and looked at each other. When the phalanx that was the first to run finally came in through the entrance, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, was the first to stand up.

"One...... Two...... Three...... Four ......"

"One, two, three...... Four! ”

In the loud slogan, one phalanx after another entered the inner school field, except for the first phalanx wearing a red vest and a scarf in addition to the black jacket, the rest were all black jackets, all of them looked energetic, especially the neat voice under the feet, which made even the officials who had seen more training feel surprised. And Liu Daxia, who has poisonous eyes and sharp ears, after watching and listening for a while, his eyes fell on the shoes of these people.

There is a quirky ...... in these shoes But even if there is something weird that can make these people run out of such a neat pace, that kid is not simple, at least not as simple as just instigating the prince!

"Stand ...... Decide! ”

Ma Qiao, who had a loud voice, was selected as the herald of today's drill, and at this time, this loud shout naturally resounded throughout the audience. I saw that the footsteps that were still uniform just now came suddenly, and finally the loud sound of leaning on the feet was heard in the ears of the officials, and there was a different feeling. But Ma Qiao didn't care about the expressions and attitudes of those officials, and shouted loudly: "Each hundred households are divided into queues!" ”

With this shout, among the hundreds of young troops who had just stood densely together, there were immediately another people in the ranks, and after a while, the crowd suddenly dispersed, and after a while, a group of people stood in five large squares according to the equidistance. When Ma Qiao saluted again, all the young soldiers snapped and knelt down on one leg and saluted.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

(To be continued)