Chapter Ninety-Six: The Battle for Love

After Wei Zhongxian asked to retire, the impeachment of him and Ke Yinyue has not been broken, and the Empress Dowager Zhang has asked Yue Su for his will, but Yue Su just told the emperor's will truthfully, implying that since Wei Zhongxian is gone, then don't embarrass him anymore.

Zhang Yan still promised to make this suggestion, and that's it.

There is a saying in this world that if you don't know it, unless you don't do it, after Zhang Yan took power, soon there was a palace maid who knew that Ke Yinyue originally intended to murder the prince, and secretly told Zhang Yan about it. When Zhang Yan heard this, how could she not be annoyed, but she forcibly suppressed it.

But when Carpenter Zhu was buried, when Ke Yinyue participated in crying, Zhang Yan was a guest and how did she feel unpleasant. You dared to murder our mother and son, and I lost a lot of blessings and a great life, otherwise because you took the emperor to the cruise, the emperor did not fall into the water, and I would not have to be widowed. New hatred and old hatred are linked, the more Zhang Yan thinks about it, the more angry she becomes, and finally gives an order to put Ke Yinyue into the Huanyi Bureau.

This really responded to the dream that Zhu Youxiao had that day, Ke Yinyue was made difficult in all kinds of ways in the Huanyi Bureau, and finally died bizarrely. Yue Su pleaded for Ke Yinyue, hoping that the queen would obey the emperor's orders and not treat Ke Yinyue like this, but Zhang Yan sent Yue Su away with just one sentence, this is a family matter in the harem, and it is not your turn to take care of Lord Yue.

Women have a strong sense of revenge, when she is not in power, she is gentle and elegant, and after she is in power, her mind changes.

Yue Su had no choice but to retreat, the result has nothing to do with the overall situation of the country, I still take care of what I should do.

After the turn of the New Year, that is, the first year of Chongjing, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, someone suddenly came to Yue Su's mansion. This person claimed to be Yue Le, who came from his hometown in Guangyunmeng County, Yuesu Lake, and was a descendant of Yue's mansion.

Yue Su has been away from home for many years, has been an official outside, and has never returned to his hometown to see his parents. But after quelling the rebellion of the Dragon Slaying Gang, he occasionally wrote home to inquire about the situation at home, and went back with a little silver. The family also sent the letter to Beijing through the post station. This Yue Le, Yue Su has never seen it, according to himself, it was bought by Yue's house, and after a little inquiry, he really knows his own situation well. After confirming the truth of the news, Yue Su was inevitably sad, recalling that since he left home, he had never seen his parents again, and he had never served left and right, and now his father was sick and dead, and he was not by his side, isn't it unfilial.

The Ming Dynasty had a system, but whenever the parents died, they had to go home to mourn their fathers (mothers) for three years, and only after the three-year filial piety period expired could they go back to be officials. At that moment, he drafted a copy of his father's death and asked his father (mother) to mourn and presented it to Empress Dowager Zhang.

Lord Yue's father died, and everyone in the government and the opposition was watching and wanting, what does Empress Dowager Zhang mean. You must know that Yue Su is the minister of Tuogu, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, in front of him, the first assistant Fang Congzhe is just an arrangement. Like this kind of official, the court can also win the favor and forbid him to go home to mourn his father (mother).

Yes, if Zhang Yan allows Yue Su to go home, that is, Yue Su is not very trusted, and if it is forbidden, then Yue Su is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty. Yue Su's wings naturally didn't want his father (mother) to be mourned, so he spontaneously organized and went to Yue Su's mansion. Among them, Yang Yishan, who had just been promoted to the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and Xiong Tingbi, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Yue Su was determined to go, and no one could persuade him not to move, at this time, Jiang Jie stood up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Jiang has a sentence that I want to talk to my adult Lingding, I don't know if you can ...... it."

Jiang Jie is Yue Su's staff, and he is also the number one think tank under Yue Su now, and all the officials saw him like this, and they all retreated with interest.

After everyone went out, Jiang Jie said: "My lord, Jiang knows that you have always been loyal and filial piety, and now you are ordering to ride the crane, it is the time of pain, and you want to return to your hometown to guard filial piety." However, when you go, this has already established a good foundation, and I am afraid that it will disintegrate. Three years is not a long time, not a short time, but it is enough to break the system you have set. It seems that a whip method practiced by Zhang Juzheng in the past was removed from him soon. In the past two days, the imperial court has strengthened its armaments and sorted out taxes, and has achieved certain results. When the adults went back, they were filial to Lingzun, but they were disloyal to the first emperor. The first emperor had the grace of knowing the adults, could it be that the adults could not bear to see the Ming Dynasty who was about to flourish return to the previous decadence. ”

"This ......" Jiang Jie's words made Yue Su speechless.

Immediately, he listened to Jiang Jie again: "My lord, now Gonggong Liu's power as the governor of Xichang has been withdrawn by the Queen Mother, in fact, this is a signal of suspicion of adults, the Queen Mother is afraid that the general trend is too big, and it is connected to Gonggong Liu inside and outside, and it may swing his status as an orphan and widow." If Jiang Mou's guess is right, as soon as the adult's Zhishi excerpt is sent, the Queen Mother will be approved. ”

"Then I don't just have the time to go home." Yue Su said.

"My lord's departure, the situation will change immediately, can my lord bear to make it difficult for the first emperor to look down under the nine springs?" Jiang Jie said with a smile.

"So what are you and I going to do?" Yue Su asked.

"Now, the adults are not allowed to instigate their subordinate officials to keep them, because once this happens, the Queen Mother will be even more jealous of the adults, so Jiang thinks that the adults should be more plain and look like a lonely minister. In this way, the Queen Mother may still be able to win love. Jiang Jie said.

"Okay, just tell them what you want, there's no need to keep it, just treat it as if nothing happens."

"Yes, sir."

"Queen Mother, the people sent by the slaves to monitor outside Lord Yue's mansion found that many officials went to Lord Yue's mansion today. This is a list of those officials, please take a look at the Queen Mother. A eunuch took out an envelope.

Wen Jin beside Zhang Yan took it, and then presented it to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan opened it and looked at it, and wrote the names of more than six officials on the paper, the grades of these officials are not low, civilian officials, the lowest are all four grades, and military officials, whose grades are slightly lower, but they are all Yue Su's henchmen. After Zhang Yan passed, she secretly sneered in her heart, "These people should be Yue Su's comrades, they are so powerful, there are so many officials of the fourth grade, this should not be counting those lower-grade imperial historians and officials from other provinces, if you count these people, I don't know how many." Don't think that the mourning family doesn't know your intentions, it is estimated that tomorrow morning, I am sure that my love for Yue Su will be overwhelming. ”

However, the result of the matter was much beyond Zhang Yan's expectations, and the next day she begged her to let Yue Su take away her love, but there was no excerpt, but there were some low-level officials who asked her to allow Yue Su's father (mother) to mourn. The content of the noodles is nothing more than what is the first thing about filial piety, and Lord Yue should be allowed to return to his hometown to fulfill his filial piety.

Zou Yi gave all the excerpts to Zhang Yan, and after Zhang Yan passed, she couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Zou Yi, is that all the excerpts sent today?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, that's all." Zou Yi said truthfully.

"This is strange, why are they all excerpts who beg Yue Su to go home to mourn his father (mother), and there is no one who asks the emperor to take away his love?" Zhang Yan was curious.

"This slave really doesn't know, and she doesn't dare to say anything." Zou Yidao.

"You are an old man in the palace, and you have served three generations of emperors, and you can be regarded as having endured wind and rain for a long time. Ordinary things should not escape your high eyes. The mourning family allows you to speak falsely, and you think in your heart. Zhang Yan said.

Zou Yina is really not an ordinary character, when Wei Zhongxian was calling for wind and rain in the Forbidden City, he was still able to stand tall, and his scheming skills can be seen. Yes, he saw the situation in front of him thoroughly, Zhang Yan asked him to be the eunuch in charge of the seal, the commander of the East Factory, and also removed Liu Mingguo's West Factory, which was obviously a suspicion of Yue Su. Such a thought, a fool can understand it, let alone rolling in the sea and climbing to Yue Su of the second assistant. Yue Su did not drum up the officials under him, he was sure that Zhang Yan was in love, he must be afraid of his own power, and Zhang Yan was even more afraid.

But Don't Zou Yi knew it, but he didn't do it, because he knew that Yue Su was the minister of the humerus of the Ming Dynasty after all, and he was a loyal minister of the first emperor. If it is really the kind of person who fights against the same party, when Zhu Carpenter is alive, he can completely sweep away all dissent. So, Zou Yi said: "The old slave heard that Lord Yue has always been upright and upright, and he has been blamed by many people in the court, and no one speaks for him, so it is understandable. Queen Mother, you also know that Lord Yue's fame is given by the emperor, which is extremely despised in Shilin, even if he has been the chief examiner for a term, some protégés and former officials, but these people are all detached from him and disdainful. At present, Lord Yue invites his father (mother) to mourn, and this group of people is naturally watching the fire from the other side, so they can not step on him, that is, because he is a minister who supports orphans, he does not dare to be blamed, and there is that teacher-student relationship. ”

Hearing Zou Yi's this, Zhang Yan's face showed a look of sudden realization, she nodded her head, and said: "You are very reasonable, the idea of giving Yue Su Jinshi and the first was still thought up by the mourning family to help the emperor." Now after you do this, it is also the same thing, Yue Su's fame is not right, in Shilin, unpopular, his old father died of illness, please ask his father (mother) to mourn, those people are not bad if they don't fall into the well, how can they assist. ”

Zou Yi looked at ease with his head, and there was no more, just waiting for Zhang Yan to let him retreat. However, Zhang Yan didn't speak for a moment, and waited for a long time before she said, "I heard a report yesterday that many officials went to Yuesu Mansion, and you are in charge of Dongchang, so you should be able to receive rumors about this kind of thing." Is there something else they have in mind? ”

Zhang Yan is a careful person after all, and quickly thought of what happened yesterday. Yue Su would not get a large group of people to go to his house for no reason, yes, he had other plans, otherwise, how could there be no one who was willing to make a decision. Forget about others, Xiong Tingbi and Yang Yishan are Yue Su's hardcore, anyone can not be emotional, but the two of them can't.