The undercurrent of the court gradually brewed and matured, forming a huge whirlpool, the rumors about the traitorous Nine Tigers in the Jingshi market became more and more popular, Ding Shun was furious, and ordered his subordinates to take a few idlers who spread rumors from the market for interrogation, but the results were unsatisfactory, when talking about the rumors, his eyebrows fluttered, and when he asked about the source of the rumors, he was dumbfounded, not that he didn't say it, but he didn't know where the rumors came from.

He can't remember the number of times the officials have impeached Qin Kan, anyway, in the eyes of the officials who don't like him, what Qin Kan did was wrong, insulting Sven, acting vicious Such words fell on his head every once in a while, and even once he entered Beijing to command the envoy to work, Qin Kan's official uniform forgot to button a button on the neck, revealing a trace of underwear inside, and on the second day, four supervisors of the imperial history gave a note to the cabinet at the same time, saying that the commander of Jinyi Wei knew that the official etiquette was wrong......

To be honest, Qin Kan has been turned into a two-skin face, and he is becoming more and more numb.

However, this time, Qin Kan smelled a hint of something unusual.

When an incident has begun to be talked about by the people of the Jingshi market, who would believe that the imperial historians who carry a load of dung and pass by the door will be indifferent?

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For a few days in a row, the court was very calm and strange, and the imperial historians were still fabricating accusations against Qin Kan and other Nine Tigers, locked in their own study and racking their brains to think about how to write a flowery impeachment chapter, and at the same time they could make a name for themselves while eliminating adultery, a surprising news came out of the court.

The veterans of the five dynasties of the inner palace, who won the favor and respect of several generations of emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and now the eunuch Xiao Jing, who is the master of ceremonies, handed over the old chapter to Zhu Houzhao, asking to resign from the post of the master of ceremonies and return to his hometown for more than a year.

This is an unexpected but unexpected piece of news.

It is expected because many ministers knew that Xiao Jing had the intention of suing the old man as early as last year, and it was unexpected because no one expected that Xiao Jing would choose to sue the old man when the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were secretly brewing to eliminate the traitor, whether it was intentional or unintentional, it was really suspicious.

Xiao Jing was a veteran of the Five Dynasties, four of whom served as the eunuch of the Celebrant and the Seal of Seal. It is worthy of the name of the first person in the inner court, the emperors of the past dynasties are extremely favored to it, cautious and low-key, fair and selfless, even those civil officials who have never looked at the eunuch power eunuchs have to give a thumbs up and praise, it is really an outlier among the eunuchs of the past dynasties, a rare loyal and virtuous minister, who has been in charge of the inner court for decades. He won unanimous praise both inside and outside the court.

After handing over his resignation, Zhu Houzhao retained him several times, and it was not an official lie, but a sincere retention. With Zhu Houzhao's heartless temperament, he is also inseparable from Xiao Jing, which shows that Xiao Jing has won people's hearts.

However, Xiao Jing had already made up his mind to go this time, and Zhu Houzhao and the three scholars in the cabinet were fruitless, so they had to approve his request to tell the elderly.

This incident did not cause much turmoil in the court, after all, Xiao Jingsu's old man was something that many people had already known. Except for the timing of the old age, which is somewhat intriguing, the others are not unusual.

Then there was another incident, which was called the real eyeball.

The day after Zhu Houzhao approved Xiao Jing's farewell to the elderly. One of the three scholars in the cabinet, Li Dongyang, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, suddenly fell ill.

Xiao Jing is old and has gradually faded out of the game, but Li Dongyang is different, he is one of the cabinets, a real insider, and a pillar in the center of the whirlpool of the court, his illness is different from Xiao Jing's old age nature.

Scholar Li is not sick early or late, and he chooses to be sick at this juncture. This disease is more intriguing than Xiao Jing's old age.

Some of the ministers in the DPRK and the central government who knew about it suddenly became a little unstable, and the ministers who had been all united in their efforts to eliminate the traitors became a little hesitant. …,

Hearing the news that Li Dongyang was ill, Liu Jian and Xie Qian hurriedly put down their official duties and went to visit Li Dongyang's mansion.

The cabinet scholar is the first of the hundred officials, and the house he lives in is naturally not very small.

Li Dongyang is a famous virtuous minister and celebrity in the world. And since he was a child, he was known as a prodigy, and when he was four years old, he was able to "make a ruler book", and was summoned to the palace by Emperor Daizong. Fruit money".

Embraced by the current emperor, the future is naturally bright, so Li Dongyang is like being opened by the Bodhisattva in the temple, since he was a teenager, his career has been smooth sailing, almost no twists and turns, and the Li family has become more and more strong and deep-rooted, in the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, Li Dongyang's daughter married the sixty-second grandson Kong Wenshao of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province as his wife, Kong Wenshao was named the Holy Duke of Yan by the imperial court, Ban Chao Yipin, Li Dongyang's daughter was also named Mrs. Yipin, Li Dongyang became the in-laws of the descendants of Confucius, and since then coughing and spitting have the elegant atmosphere of a saint, It has attracted the envy of countless scholars.

Li Mansion is located in the inner city, not far from the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial Palace, the mansion covers an area of more than ten acres, the pavilion corridor water pavilion is elegant and chic, quite luxurious, it can be seen that although Li Dongyang is a virtuous minister, but he is certainly not a Qing official, the filial piety in the open and in the dark is not less than the oil and water Li Dongyang.

Liu Jian Xie Qian and Li Dongyang were in the same cabinet, and their private friendship was also quite good.

Passing through the Moon Gate, Liu Jian Xie Qian's footsteps kept going straight into it, and the people of the Li Mansion did not stop them, the two of them were already frequent visitors to the Mansion, and the Li Mansion did not have any forbidden land for them.

As soon as he stepped into Li Dongyang's bedroom, Liu Jian Xie Qian was stunned to see Li Dongyang wearing civilian clothes, sitting in front of the bookcase and rubbing a piece of transparent ancient jade with a soft silk, his face was ruddy and his breath was stable, and he didn't look like he was sick.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian were stunned for a moment, then shook their heads with a wry smile.

"Xiya, Xiya, what are you doing? Sent a servant to Wenhuadian to hand a note saying that he was sick, and I waited for a hurry to come, but the result was ...... You have to tell us today, what the hell are you thinking? Liu Jian couldn't laugh or cry.

Xie Qian's mouth was more poisonous, he stroked his beard and snorted heavily, and said, "The old man almost brought the Taoist priest into the mansion to give you a spiritual platform, did you take the wrong medicine this old thing?" ”

Li Dongyang smiled, put down the ancient jade in his hand, got up and arched his hand: "Don't scold, you are both cabinet scholars who are extremely popular ministers, don't insult Sven." ”

Liu Jian scolded with a smile: "Say it quickly, why do you sue for no reason?" Don't you know that now is the time for the court and the court to work together to eliminate traitors? How many ministers of your disease hesitated, which simply shook the morale of the army. ”

Li Dongyang smiled faintly: "The old man is not sick, but the court is sick." ”

Liu Jian and Xie Qian smiled and said, "Why do you say this?" ”

Li Dongyang sighed: "Don't you two think that there is already a smell of black smoke and miasma in the court now?" How long has it been since the death of the first emperor, and now His Majesty has neglected his administration, and all state affairs have been approved by the celebrant supervisor, Xiao Jing told the old, and the celebrant supervisor is in charge of Wang Yue, although he has no title as a eunuch with a palm print, but the internal and foreign affairs and government affairs are all decided by him alone, and he is already a real prime minister......"

Liu Jian wrinkled his brows and said, "Xiya is not worried about Wang Yue?" Wang Yue is also an old minister of Hongzhi, and he is cautious and fair in dealing with people, so why not worry? ”

Li Dongyang smiled: "It's okay to be cautious in handling things, but justice is not necessarily, the two Ming dukes, the so-called traitors around His Majesty, is it really as Wang Yue said?" Liu Jin and Zhang Yong, these people, although there are villains who are flattering and seductive, but not all, these eunuchs are short-sighted, only white Ding, they only focus on the ready-made benefits in their eyes, as for how much harm to the Jiangshan Sheji, it is obviously a bit alarmist, and the Qin Kan who should be cut by a thousand knives in your mouth, is not an evil traitor, when he wrote "Caigen Tan" to teach His Majesty the way of life, the salt control case Jing I Ming Salt Law, took the initiative to take a step back when he ascended the throne, and was willing to only seal a commander with the same knowledge, so that the ceremony continued smoothly, Don't make it a farce that the laughing stock of the world...... The two, Liu Jin and Zhang Yong, don't dare to guarantee whether they are traitors and old husbands, but Qin Kanqi is a person, and the old man is definitely not a bad person. ”…,

Liu Jian said in a deep voice: "Xiya wants to intercede for Qin Kan and them? ”

Li Dongyang sighed and said, "I just don't want our cabinet to become a pawn to be used, two, you have fallen into Wang Yue's hands." Wang Yue is now only one step away from the position of the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, but this position is not ironclad his, there are many variables, His Majesty is young, and the old ministers of the East Palace are abnormally thick, Wang Yue and His Majesty are quite unfamiliar, Liu Jin Zhang Yong and others have undoubtedly become Wang Yue's henchmen, and Qin Kan has a lot of old grudges with Wang Yue, Wang Yue counted Qin Kan and others in front of us Many crimes, in fact, he wants to borrow the hands of the cabinet and courtiers to help him get rid of trouble! You and I cut off the traitors, we are bound to offend Your Majesty, and we are busy making wedding clothes for others in the end, why bother, why bother. ”

Xie Qian said solemnly: "Xiya, Liu Jin and Zhang Yong will not talk about these people, there is no doubt that they must be traitors, Qin Kanqi is not necessarily any better, one of them has merits in life, no one can avoid it, but Qin Kan's merits are only a meager grain of rice, Qin Kan's faults, but they can destroy the country and destroy the dynasty, no matter what kind of thoughts Wang Yue has, what he said about Qin Kan's crimes is the truth, if this person is not removed, the court will be difficult to appease!" ”

Liu Jian sighed and said, "How can there be so many best of both worlds in this world? After all, you can only choose the same and live up to the same, you and I are decades of veterans, but we can cut off the thieves for the world and the court, even if they are used, why not? ”

Saying that, Liu Jian's expression suddenly became cold: "Now that the arrow is on the string, I have to send it, what's the use of saying this?" With me Liu here, the court will not become anyone's pawn, and when Qin Kan and Liu Jin are disposed of, turn around and open the chessboard to fight with Wang Yue's old eunuch! The power of the outer court and the inner court has always been comparable, and each has led the way, and today I take this opportunity to take advantage of the chaos and deal a severe blow to the arrogance of the inner court, which may not be a good thing for my outer court. ”

Seeing Liu Jian and Xie Qian's resolute looks, Li Dongyang's heart gradually sank, and a trace of sadness and gloom came out.

Daming Dynasty ...... There will be a big mess! ……)