Gao Hongtu's trial lasted three days with a bang, and after the case was concluded, he was unexpectedly sentenced to beheading and awaiting imprisonment, and the people rejoiced and celebrated that the huge corruption had finally been brought to justice. To this end, a number of special celebrations have been launched in the city.

However, when Wu Zhen and Zhang Fangyan talked about it, Zhang Fangyan shook his head.

"How? Doesn't the elder think that Li Xinxin is spicy? ”

Zhang Fangyan put away the smile on his face and sighed.

"Li Xin is actually merciful to Gao Hongtu. Although the trial of this case was concluded in Nanjing, you really can't see the problem with the beheading of the marquis? Don't forget, Nanjing does not have the right to reconsider and review any case, but even if Li Xin wants to enforce this judgment, no one will stand up to oppose it, and with his current authority, he can do it, but why does he still report to Beijing for reconsideration and review? Will the Holy Lord approve the outcome of the trial of the important ministers without permission? ”

The answer is no, Wu Zhen immediately had a sense of enlightenment, the reconsideration procedure of the Criminal Department was not announced to everyone, and Zhang Fangyan could know the result, I think he has his own unique channel.

Wu Zhen suddenly mentioned Sun Ji, the governor of Nanzhili who had been recuperating at home, Zhang Fangyan shook his head again, and then sighed heavily.

"I heard that the condition has recurred in the past few days, and now I can't get out of the two beds, so it is said that it will be only one or two days." In addition to the old man's sigh and emotion when he mentioned Sun Ji's condition, he also felt a little more self-harm, an old man who was over the age of old had seen many old people pass away, and knew that this day was getting closer and closer to him.

"Alas! is really jealous of talents, born at the wrong time, if Sun Butang can bow down and look at things today, why would Li Xin's Qiu Ba cover the sky with one hand? Wu Zhen, who was full of hatred, seemed to be very sorry, but what he regretted was not necessarily Sun Jie's illness itself.

Wu Zhen sat for a while, feeling bored, so he planned to get up and say goodbye. Zhang Fangyan suddenly stopped him.

"In the future, you should also stop, otherwise if something happens, the old man will not be able to protect you, so you can do it yourself......"

Wu Zhen's footsteps stopped for a moment, and his body shook for no reason, but after all, he didn't say a word again, and left the governor's main hall in great strides.

There is another one that is unexpected, the originally shocking raid on the city did not go ahead as scheduled, and it seems that the Marquis of Zhenju did not intend to God to stop this matter. However, there are also many people in the market who have spread the rumors in private, in fact, the marquis of Zhenyu has long locked up the spies in the city, but this person's identity and status are known, and it is not appropriate to move lightly before there is tangible evidence.

"This, is there still someone in this Nanjing city who can't move or dare to move?"

A regular customer in the liquor store gasped.

Someone immediately teased: "The great magnates in the city can be counted on one hand, can't you really guess?" ”

"Is it?"

The man was just about to blurt out, and the rest of the people booed in unison, and then pointed to a black flag wooden sign hanging on the pillar, only to see that it was engraved with four small characters in regular script, "Don't talk about state affairs"!

After seeing these four words, the drinker immediately understood, let out a knowing smile, picked up the wine cup on the table, and drank it all with his neck up.

In the past few days, Zheng Sanjun has been busy and dizzy, and Li Xin has convened several important ministers of the Nanjing Political Affairs Hall to discuss matters, and a business has been officially put on the agenda. That is to merge the institutions and streamline the officials. Probably after the guidelines are agreed, the specific implementation of the policy will be completely up to the government office.

Zheng Sanjun was naturally in charge of this remarkable event, and Zhu Yuncai and Jiang Yueguang assisted and cooperated.

On this day, only Zheng Sanjun and Jiang Yueguang were left in the political hall, and Jiang Yueguang said mysteriously when he saw the martial artists on the left and right: "Merge the yamen and streamline the officials, how many people have no hope of career at this time, and even eat are suffering." ”

In fact, there are many poor officials in Nanjing, who can only rely on the meager amount of money to support their families on weekdays, and they may be able to improve their lives by greedy for a sum of money when they seize a good opportunity. And a decree issued by the marquis of Zhenju, the jobs of these people will all be shattered.

"The move of the Marquis of Zhenyu seems to be streamlining the staff and making great efforts, but in exchange for complaints, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses."

Zheng Sanjun sneered after hearing this, and asked rhetorically: "Does Brother Jiang only think that the Marquis of Zhenyu wants to save those few taels of silver?" ”

Jiang Yueguang was puzzled, "Isn't it?" ”

"Brother Jiang is confused!"

Zheng Sanjun suddenly lowered his voice and motioned for Jiang Yueguang to come closer, "In addition to streamlining personnel and merging institutions, our biggest change this time is actually in the shadows, that is, the power of affairs!" ”

"Authority?"

"Exactly! If you think about it, although Nanjing's set of institutions and beds and frames are large and complete, they are all supplements to Beijing's ministries, especially local provinces, many yamen are not responsible for Nanjing's ministries and institutes, after the north-south traffic is cut off this time, if these matters are not unified to Nanjing's ministries and institutes, those local provinces will not become two things? ”

Zheng Sanjun picked up the tea bowl and moistened his throat before continuing: "Although the Marquis of Zhenyu does not mention the unification of the power of affairs, everything is implemented in the power of affairs. ”

"Could it be that the local government will definitely buy the account of the marquis? After all, those places are not Nanjing. ”

"How not? You may not have bought it before, but now you must buy it. Don't forget, the Three Guards have just quelled the rebellion of King Huai and Zheng Zhilong! Its territory involves Jiangxi, Huguang, Zhejiang, Fujian, and even Liangguang, which identity does not have the influence of the marquis? ”

In fact, there is another point that Zheng Sanjun did not explicitly say, in the places where the local provinces were seriously affected, even the magistrates were appointed by the marquis of the town, and the fate of these people was as prosperous as Li Xin, and they were both lost, so how could they not buy Li Xin's account?

Jiang Yueguang couldn't turn a corner for a while, he couldn't figure it out, how could Li Xin control the entire Jiangnan in just over a year? And didn't the imperial court think of sending people to open up north-south communications? Even if it's by sea. However, it is a pity that the imperial court has been forbidden to the sea for many years, although the coastal business travel continues, but after all, this official ship has no confidence and technology when it leaves the inland.

At the same time, Jiang Yueguang also secretly decided that if there were no clear facts in the future, he could only follow the path of the Zhenyu Marquis to the dark.

In fact, Jiang Yueguang soon became happy with this, because he suddenly discovered that since he took over the errand of merging the yamen and streamlining the officials, he had jumped from an official who was a cold bench to a hot new important minister in the city.

Compared with the previous cold, no one paid attention to it, and every time I thought about it, I was embarrassed. As a result, since then, he has completely opened his heart to the new things brought by Li Xin, accepted them all, and even sometimes took the initiative to explore.

For example, on this day, Jiang Yueguang opened the "Communiqué" he had just bought, and was shocked to find that there was an article on it that overturned the case for Wang Anshi.

In this regard, Jiang Yueguang sneered a few times and threw the newspaper on the table, but after a while, he couldn't bear the itching in his heart, and picked up the newspaper.

In the past, Jiang Yueguang always thought that it was very easy to deal with government affairs, which was nothing more than a public heart on the left and a loyalty on the right. But after the more than a month of official business was disposed of, it was found that it was not the same thing at all. Therefore, if someone jumps out and makes baseless accusations against his work, he will dare to turn his face against this person and have a good fight.

At this moment, Jiang Yueguang forgot that in the past, didn't he also rely on a pen to stand and talk without back pain......

The new law is not a bad law, and those who are bad are really human beings. Jiang Yueguang snorted, he hadn't seen this kind of cliché, it was nothing more than blaming the corruption of the new law on party strife, didn't the new party engage in party strife? From Lu Huiqing to Cai Jing, which one is not famous in the biography of traitors?

But when he saw half of it, Jiang Yueguang's head was already in cold sweat. Because, the author of this article does not blame the bad law on party disputes, but on the vacillation of those in power.

"There is no party struggle in the world, it is really tempted by the times......"

Where is this saying that the times are tempting, and it is clearly accusing the emperor of the fault of the bad law.

Jiang Yueguang closed his eyes and thought about it carefully, there is some truth, such as Shenzong, Gao Taihou, and Zhezong, all three of them have played an immeasurable role in the party struggle, can they still be said......

As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Yueguang suddenly paused, even if he realized it later, he also realized a serious problem, that is, what is the fundamental intention of the "Bulletin" to publish this article?

After thinking about it, a crazy and terrible thought jumped through his head.

Jiang Yueguang put down the newspaper, calmed down his mind, and then hurried to the political hall to deal with official business. It just so happened that Zheng Sanjun was the only one working in the hall, so he crept over and asked mysteriously, "Have you read today's "Communiqué" in the ministry?" ”

Zheng Sanjun nodded calmly, the brush in his hand was still flying like a dragon and a flying snake, and there seemed to be nothing strange about it.

Jiang Yueguang thought that he would be wrong, so he bluntly said that it was about Wang Anshi's article. Zheng Sanjun nodded again, indicating that he had already watched it.

"Didn't the ministry find anything?"

It was only at this time that Zheng Sanjun stopped the pen in his hand, raised his head to look at Jiang Yueguang, who was depressed in front of him, and said calmly: "The old man gave Brother Jiang a word, what we shouldn't care about, let's get less involved." Then he pointed to his eyes, "Keep your head down and do things more, and talk less with your head up." ”

In March, Lu Xiangsheng sent a sea ship to Nanjing, asking Li Xin to cooperate with the final offensive against the 5th Battalion of the Revolutionary Left.

The final blow should have been launched two months ago, but Li Zicheng's troops seemed to realize that the defeat of the 5th Battalion of the Revolutionary Left would make them lose their lips and teeth, so they launched an offensive against several prefectures and counties in Shandong, and Lu Xiangsheng counterattacked Li Zicheng in one fell swoop after two full months of counterattacks, with the cooperation of Shanxi's troops.