Chapter 83: Don't panic

Wang Zaijin was sent to Nanjing that year, but because Yue Su went home to worry about Ding, Fang Congzhe took power, and caught up with Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao, to invite himself, Fang Congzhe suggested that Xiong Tingbi, the secretary of the military department, go to Liaodong, take over Sun Chengzong, and transfer Wang Zaijin back from Nanjing to take over Xiong Tingbi's post as the secretary of the military department.

Wang Zaijin is a native of Jiangsu, but because he was promoted by Fang Congzhe and grateful to Dade, he joined the Zhejiang Party. His position was placed there, so after Fang Congzhe's death, he became one of the leading figures of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, but the top spot has to be regarded as the official secretary, and the Qi Shijiao who has entered the cabinet.

As the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wang Zaijin did not make less money, and the filial piety sent by Mi Zhihuan was, of course, to be laughed at. Now that Mi Zhihuan has an accident, he has given himself a gift, it must be indispensable, this bit of silver is nothing, the key is that as mentioned above, the Tartar is out of the Xuanfu, and he must have a joint relationship with the secretary of the military department. This can be big or small, it depends on who will judge, and now it is clear that it is Yue Su who will judge, so there is a good one. He is from the Zhejiang Party, and he is originally hostile to the Yue Party, and what is even worse is that his current position was Xiong Tingbi's in the past. Xiong Tingbi is the backbone of Yue's party, and Yue Su's protégé Yang Yishan's father-in-law, how can Yue Su not retaliate if this kind of thing happens. You must know that Xiong Tingbi suffered a defeat at the beginning, and he was the leader of the military department, and Yue Su was merciful, and it is estimated that Yang Yishan would not do it.

The officials who came to his house were all officials in the military department of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, and they were all anxious, hoping that Wang Zaijin would find a way to come out.

Wang Zaijin thinks that he is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, so how can he have any ideas now. Just because of this effort, someone from outside the door came in to report that the cabinet scholars and officials were invited.

Hearing that Qi Shijiao had invited him to the mansion, Wang Zaijin suddenly felt relieved and told the officials in the mansion that they would have tea in the flower hall first, and then go to the Qi Shijiao Mansion by themselves, and if there was anything going on, they would talk about it when they came back.

Wang Zaijin hurried to the Qi Shi Sect Mansion, and at this moment there were many officials gathered in the Qi Mansion, all of whom were the backbone of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang. When you enter the flower hall, you can tell each other about it, and you will sit down according to the size of your official position.

Qi Shijiao sat in the main seat, and his expression was not as nervous as that of the officials present. There is no other reason, but this case has nothing to do with him. Qi Shijiao this person, one thing I have to say, this person has a very bottom line in doing things, not all money will be collected, he is in charge of the promotion of officials, in addition to promoting his own people, he occasionally sells a few shortages, but he is not just casually sold when people give silver, and sometimes he also promotes a few non-party people who can be created. He didn't accept the silver of the general soldiers in various places, and he didn't accept the silver sent by the Jin merchants, after all, there was a Li family behind him, how could he accept the silver of other merchants.

Therefore, the things in front of him have nothing to do with him, but the officials below him are different, some have no bottom line, and they all accept anyone's silver, and the Jin merchants also receive their silver, and now they are all in a commotion, and they are all looking for him to save their lives.

Qi Shijiao glanced at the officials sitting in the hall and said, "I know, half of you here have received the silver of the Jin merchants, and some of you have received the silver of Mi Zhihuan, and some people have a good personal relationship with Cui Jingrong. Now they are all in trouble, the presiding judge is Yue Su, I have dealt with Yue Su, to be honest, I still admire this person, when I returned to my hometown, I had the intention to rescue the son of an old friend, I didn't want to run into a wall everywhere, it was Yue Su who didn't care whether I had an official position, only looked at the kilometer black and white, and finally found out the unjust case and saved the person. At that time, he was just a governor of Henan, young, a fledgling boy. Over time, he has now become a deputy assistant to the cabinet, a minister in charge of the center. Originally, he and I were friends, but because of the rights, we actually stood on opposite sides, the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang and the Yue Party ......" Qi Shijiao said this, slowly shook his head, and then continued: "When Yue Su Ding was worried, we have been fighting with the Yue Party for power, he is not in Jingshi, we just have a draw with the Yue Party, and now that he is back, do we still have a chance to win?" This time, you all fell into his hands, hehe......" Qi Shijiao smiled bitterly and didn't speak again.

In the flower hall, as Qi Shijiao's laughter stopped, it became silent, and even his own heartbeat could be heard.

"Your Excellency, you must find a way to help us tide over this time. You also said that we used to fight with the Yue Party to a draw, but now that Yue Su is back, he will definitely find a way to eradicate us, just like the Donglin Party did back then. Now although we are guilty of it in his hands, we are also taking bribes, and we don't know about the smuggling of military supplies from the customs by Jin merchants. But Yue Su has a good name, makes the little things bigger, and catches us all. We can't sit still, my lord. An official said.

"Yes, yes...... We can't sit still......" Immediately after, the officials in the hall echoed the voice.

"Don't panic, although you are not clean and involved in this case, are the officials under him Yue Su clean? I remember that after the loss of Zhangjiakou that day, among the people who tried to protect Tian Xiu, not only our people, Liu Zongzhou, Zhang Zhifa, we are here to protect the two of you. Qi Shijiao said in a deep voice.

Liu Zongzhou is a cabinet scholar and a native of Zhejiang. Zhang Zhifa is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites and a native of Shandong. Both of them are the backbone of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang.

When the two saw Qi Shijiao asking, they hurriedly said carefully: "Exactly." ”

"At that time, Yue Su hadn't come back yet, he didn't see Tian Xiu's excerpts, but I saw them all, here is Bai Yu's excerpts, he was the third person in the Yue Party in Beijing at that time, you say, why did he try to protect that Tian Xiu for no reason?" Qi Shijiao said.

"Ah......" As soon as they heard Bai Yu's name, the eyes of the officials in the hall lit up, and then, excited smiles appeared on their faces.

Who is Bai Yu, a native of Yongping Mansion, a Jinshi in the twenty-third year of Wanli, an upright person, and one of the first people to vote for Yuesu. From Yue Su Baoju to the cabinet, he is one of the leading figures in the Yue Party, second only to Yang Yishan and Zhang Zhenggang.

When the officials of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang heard that Bai Yu had also been mixed into this muddy water, how could they not be happy in their hearts. If you Yue Su want to move us, you must cut off your arm. And with Bai Yu here, there will definitely be no fewer people in your Yue Party, see what you do?

"General Tong, I don't know how Lord Yue is doing? Can you pass it on your behalf, just say that Bai Yu asks to see him, and come to an adult to say hello. ”

In front of Yue Su's mansion, there are now more than a dozen officials, and the officials are of different ranks, and the youngest is also a fifth-grade official, but he has certain rights. The biggest is Bai Yu, a cabinet scholar, Bai Yu is seventy years old, and he is about to retire, this old bone has been waiting in front of the door for a while.

When he came, he wanted to ask to see Yue Su, and asked the concierge to pass it on, and the concierge went to find Tong Zhou who stayed in the house, and now all the affairs of the house are in charge of Tong Zhou. As soon as Tong Xuan heard that Bai Yu was coming, he had to go out to meet him, and he had to change to someone else's door, so he was sent away directly, but Bai Yu was a cabinet minister and the backbone of the Yue Party, so he couldn't be too lazy.

After coming out, Bai Yu looked kind and wanted to say goodbye to Yue Su. Tong Xuan hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord Bai, the concierge has just gone in to pass it through, Lord Yue needs to recuperate for the past two days, refuse to meet guests, let me come out and tell the adults, and when the body is well in two days, I will definitely invite the adults to come over for a banquet, and the adults should go back first." ”

"This ......" Bai Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, the old man will leave first." ”

"The last general sends you to your lordship." Tong Xuan bowed and said.

Bai Yu left in a huff, and the officials who came with him, not to mention, could only follow and go together.

Everyone came to Bai Yu's mansion, and after sitting down in the flower hall, they began to talk about it. The content of the discussion is naturally the rumors on the street, and the gossip is the same, these people have all received the money from the Jin merchants, which one is not afraid. I just arrived at Yuesu Mansion, called Please An, but I actually want to see if Lord Yue is at home, if he is at home, the rumors will be self-defeating, but if he can't see it, it's hard to say. Everyone gossiped and decided that Lord Yue was not in the house, after all, if you don't look at Bai Yu's identity, you have to look at Bai Yu's age.

Bai Yu also felt reasonable, if Lord Yue was really not in the house, then the rumors in the market would be true. His heart was up and down, his body was covered with cold sweat, and the officials in the hall kept begging for help, hoping that he could think of a way, which made him even more upset.

"You all go back first, let me think." Bai Yu finally spoke.

Since the eviction order was issued, those officials could not stay any longer, so they could only leave one by one. However, when it was time to leave, it was inevitable to plead with Lord Bai for a few words.

The guests were gone, Bai Yu sat quietly in the flower hall alone, he took out a letter from his arms, the letter had already been torn, he silently took out the letter inside, unfolded it and looked at it, his face became more and more painful.

After a long time, he finally stood up and said, "Prepare a sedan chair and go to Yang Shilang's mansion." With that, he took the letter into his arms and walked out.

After leaving the mansion, Bai Yu rushed directly to Yang Yishan's mansion, but when he arrived at Yang's mansion, the people in the mansion told him that Lord Yang and his wife went out of the city today to make incense, and whether they could come back tonight were all talking.

As soon as he heard that Yang Yishan was not at home, Bai Yu was really at a loss, he originally planned to ask Yang Yishan for help, but the person was not there, and the matter was urgent, so what should I do? After thinking about it, I could only say: "Go back to the house and go to Zhangjiakou!" ”