Chapter 191: Fear of Guilt

"Lady, you misunderstood, this is a rumor, and the husband has absolutely no intention of taking a concubine. Although the two were five or six meters apart, Li Yuntian was still startled when he saw this, and hurriedly took a few steps back and explained loudly.

"Rumors? Then you sue the county lord, is that the county magistrate of Wen'an County, Taiyuan Prefecture, made up by someone else? Zhou Yuting listened to Li Yuntian's explanation, and after sneering, she slashed with another sword.

"Lady, this matter is just a casual mention of King Han, don't take it seriously." Li Yuntian hurriedly stepped back again and said with a smile.

"Casually?" Zhou Yuting glared at him coldly when she heard this, "If you don't have this mind, why don't you refuse in person?" Are you thinking about retiring the lord of this county in the future and straightening that woman? ”

"Lady, this is a great wrong, and my husband has never thought of it like this." Li Yuntian glanced around at the lively people, and persuaded with a wry smile, "Let's go home and talk about it, don't look at outsiders to see the jokes." ”

"Why, you're afraid of losing face? Knowing that you can still do such a heartless thing to lose face? None of you men are good things, and the lord of this county must teach you a lesson today, or how will you stay at home in the future. Zhou Yuting snorted coldly, and ran towards Li Yuntian with a sword on her face.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian pulled his legs and fled, and while escaping, he explained to Zhou Yuting that the daughter of the magistrate of Wen'an County, Taiyuan Prefecture had nothing to do with him, but how could Zhou Yuting listen to it, and chased after him with a sword, chasing Li Yuntian in the courtyard and scattering in all directions, looking very wolf.

Those people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate at the scene saw that Zhou Yuting was holding a long sword in her hand, and she was the lord of the county, so who dared to step forward to dissuade them, they could only wait and see what happened, and secretly sympathized with Li Yuntian for marrying a tigress.

"Give the county a beating!" Zhou Yuting is a woman after all, and she also wears a lot of jewelry on her body, so she has difficulty moving, where can she catch up with Li Yuntian, and after chasing for a while, she stomped her feet angrily and shouted at the maids who were holding sticks.

When the maids heard this, they suddenly shouted, waved the sticks in their hands and ran towards Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian was taken aback, rushed out of the courtyard gate in a puff of smoke, fled in the wilderness, and went to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion to find the old man for help.

Where was Zhou Yuting willing to let him go, and commanded his women's army to chase after him, making Li Yuntian hug his head and run away, even the black gauze hat ran away, Sven swept the floor, and the wolf was unbearable.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion are separated by Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, so the people along the way looked at this scene in front of them with stunned expressions, and it was the first time in the imperial city that an official was chased by a group of women and fled for his life.

Li Yuntian rushed into the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion in one go, and the people in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion naturally did not dare to stop Zhou Yuting, but it was naturally a lot of chickens and dogs jumping inside, and it was not until Zhou Zheng came forward that he persuaded Zhou Yuting to go home, and Li Yuntian escaped by luck.

After this incident, Li Yuntian lived in the official residence provided by the Hanlin Academy for Shu Jishi for a whole month, and he couldn't go back to his home, and his reputation for fear of the interior has since spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital, and has become a topic of conversation after tea and dinner, who would have thought that the dignified imperial history would be so afraid of his wife?

Zhu Gaoxu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head, how could he not know that Li Yuntian and Zhou Yuting were deeply in love, no matter how rude Zhou Yuting was, he would not behave like a shrew, it seemed that it was Li Yuntian's plan to break the boat, Zhou Yuting made such a fuss, he naturally couldn't give Li Yuntian a matchmaker.

"If this person can be used by me, then the great cause of this king will be twice as effective with half the effort!" Zhu Gaoxu felt more and more that Li Yuntian was a talent, and he could not take into account the reputation that civil officials valued the most, and couldn't help but say to Zhu Zhanqi with a look of regret.

"Father, since he is so ignorant of lifting, then the child is looking for someone to get rid of him." Zhu Zhanqi's eyes flashed fiercely, and he stepped forward and said in a deep voice.

"He is a celebrity in front of the boss, the imperial history of the Ming Dynasty, don't you force the boss to attack us by letting people get rid of him?" Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly, and looked at Zhu Zhanqi dissatisfied, "Don't think about this kind of indiscriminate means in the future, it will make people laugh when it spreads!" ”

The "boss" in Zhu Gaoxu's mouth is naturally Emperor Hongxi, although Emperor Hongxi has ascended the throne, but Zhu Gaoxu does not recognize Emperor Hongxi at all, and he does not respect him as the emperor in private.

"Father, you can't let him go on like this." Zhu Zhanqi's face showed a hint of shame, and he said in a low voice.

"Prosperity must decline, and when the boss settles the six departments, then the next thing is to clean up the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and the Five Army Governor's Mansion." Zhu Gaoxu's expression became stern, and he said with a sneer, "In the past, this king really underestimated your uncle, and he looked humble and cowardly in front of the emperor on weekdays, but he also had such a powerful method, wanting to use that to surrender to the five mansions and six departments!" ”

"Father, are you saying that the emperor will attack the nobles in the court?" Zhu Zhanqi was taken aback when he heard this.

He understood what Zhu Gaoxu meant, if Emperor Hong Xi used the cabinet to coerce the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and the Five Military Governor's Mansion, it would inevitably cause a backlash from those nobles, and then it would be time for Zhu Gaochu to seize the world again, and Li Yuntian would also be in a dilemma because of Emperor Hong Xi and Zhou Zheng.

"If it were this king, he would have done the same, otherwise Emperor Taizu would not have made a big deal about the Hu and Lan cases." Zhu Gaoxu's face was full of coldness, and he said coldly, for the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the country, the honorable nobles in the military power have become an obstacle in front of the Ming Emperor.

Just like Emperor Hongwu, if Zhu Gaoxu ascends the throne, he can suppress the nobles of the court when he is alive, once he dies, then with Zhu Zhanqi's qualifications, how is he the opponent of those nobles who hold military power?

If those nobles unite at that time, it is not possible to ensure that the Ming dynasty will change the dynasty, and this kind of situation of strong ministers and weak kings abound in history.

Emperor Hong Xi is now in the cabinet, just thinking that he will use the cabinet to command the five governments and six ministries, paving the way for the crown prince Zhu Zhanji in the future, even if he dies in the future, those cabinet members will deal with the nobles in the court.

"Father, when the cabinet takes down the six ministries and starts with the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and the Fifth Army Governor's Office, that time will be our opportunity." Although Zhu Zhanqi had not experienced the Hu and Lan cases during the Hongwu Emperor's period, he knew that Emperor Hongwu had killed countless nobles in these two cases, and his face couldn't help but show excitement.

"Now is our chance, although it gave the six departments a heavy blow with the Jingtongcang case, but it also caused the dissatisfaction of the six department officials." Zhu Gaoxu's eyes flashed with a fine light, and he said in a deep voice, "The boss actually wants to give the cabinet prestige, so this king, who is a younger brother, will naturally have to join in the fun." ”

"Father, do you mean to unite the six ministries against the cabinet?" Zhu Zhanqi tasted Zhu Gaoxu's words, and his expression was a little surprised.

"If the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies does not want to be suppressed by the cabinet in the future, only by joining forces with the Six Ministries now and fighting together can we avoid the fate of being seized from power in the future!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Gaoxu's mouth, "The boss's idea of reusing the cabinet is good, but this will inevitably trigger a backlash from the five governments and six ministries, which can be described as a failure!" ”

"Father, what about that woman?" Zhu Zhanqi's face was overjoyed when he heard this, Emperor Hongxi's biggest supporter in the court was the Wenchen group, once the Wenchen group was split, wouldn't it give Zhu Gaoxu the opportunity to seize the world, and then he thought of something and asked.

"She's useless, send her back." Zhu Gaoxu knew that Zhu Zhanqi was referring to the daughter of the magistrate of Wen'an County, Taiyuan Prefecture, and said after frowning.

The daughter of the magistrate of Wen'an County was already in the capital, and it was inevitable for Zhu Gaoxu to let her enter the Li Mansion, but she didn't expect Li Yuntian and Zhou Yuting to join forces to play such a hand, which made his wishful thinking fail.

"Father, since you have come to the capital, you don't need to send it back." Zhu Zhanqi smiled slightly, he had seen the daughter of the magistrate of Wen'an County, and she was a standard beauty, otherwise Zhu Gaoxu would not be able to handle it, so he wanted to keep it and include it in the back house.

"Don't touch her! Once this kind of woman is provoked, then the back house will not be at peace. Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Zhu Zhanqi and said slowly, revealing a hint of sternness in his tone.

"Erchen knows." Zhu Zhanqi laughed, and couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart that such a beautiful beauty was sent back for nothing.

Two days later, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui left the capital and returned to the domain, and the capital seemed to have returned to its previous calm, but the cabinet then encountered a grim situation: the Governor's Office of the Five Armies unexpectedly joined forces with the Six Ministries to fight against the Cabinet.

At the first court meeting after Zhu Gaoxu left, several governors of the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army and many officials of the six ministries all challenged the cabinet and questioned and denied some of the cabinet's resolutions, which made the court tense and the atmosphere very tense.

Faced with the dissatisfaction of the five governments and six ministries, Emperor Hong Xi had to compromise and leave the cabinet resolution in the middle.

Li Yuntian witnessed the collision of the cabinet above the court and the six ministries of the five governments, and smiled helplessly in his heart, it seems that this is a trick of the Han King, after all, whether it is the nobles of the five mansions or the civil servants of the six ministries, no one wants to lose the power in their hands.

In addition, there are two sides to any matter, although the cabinet used the Jingtongcang case to hit the household department with a thunderous force, forcing the officials of the household department to surrender.

However, as a result, the officials of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites, as well as the major ministries and institutes in the capital, were all in danger, so they were more united against the cabinet, otherwise, it was likely that they would be unlucky next.

If the cabinet wants to really become the administrative center of the Ming Dynasty, judging from the current situation, there are not only six ministries in front of the cabinet members, but now there are five more governments, and the power struggle between the two sides will undoubtedly be more intense.

The official residence of the Hanlin Yuan is in the imperial city, very close to the Wenyuan Pavilion, not only spacious but also has a special person to serve, and the welfare treatment is second to none among the Ming officials.

No one who lived in the official residence thought that Li Yuntian, who was proud of his career, would be forced to be homeless by his wife, and they all sympathized with his experience.

However, Zhou Yuting is not a ruthless and unrighteous woman, and deliberately asked Xue'er and the two maids to go to the official residence to take care of Li Yuntian's food, clothing, and daily life.

At noon at the end of March, when Li Yuntian was reading a book in the study of the official residence, the chamberlain of the palace bureau brought fresh melons and fruits, and each of them had a copy, which was the grace of Emperor Hongxi.

The person who brought Li Yuntian the melon and fruit was a delicate waiter in his twenties and medium stature, and after putting down the fruit, he did not leave, but stood in the living room with his hands down, which made Xue'er feel a little strange, so he sued Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian also felt quite surprised when he heard this, now that the inner court is not yet in the climate, those inner servants are not bold enough to ask for a reward from Shu Jishi, he feels that the beautiful inner servants seem to have something to do with him, so he asked Xue'er to call him to the study.

"Song Dashan knocks on Engong!" After entering the door, Qingxiu's chamberlain knelt down at Li Yuntian's side and kowtowed three times. One