"Your Majesty, Zhang Jian is ordering someone to clean up the house, and it seems that he is ready to leave Chang'an. ”

"Your Majesty, it has now been ascertained that Zhang Jian has indeed packed up all the valuable things in the house, and has even contacted the businessman to prepare to sell his own house in Chang'an City, and ten carts have been set up in front of Zhang's mansion, depending on the situation, Zhang Jian is leaving. ”

"Your Majesty, Zhang Jian ordered people to pass through the north gate and ask to leave the city. ”

Li Hong, Deng Fang, Lin Guodong, Chu Feng, and Wang Qinian all stood under Wang Mang, and they all came to report Zhang Jian's movements.

As soon as Wang Mang returned to the study from Shangyuan Palace, a group of people came to report that Zhang Jian was about to run away, and Zhang Jian looked at everyone: "What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, you can't let Zhang Jian leave. Lin Guodong said: "Zhang Jian has been an official in the DPRK for many years, how can he leave easily, he is in a hurry to leave now, there must be fraud in it." ”

The minister thinks so too. Chu Feng said: "The minister thinks it is better to leave Zhang Jian in Chang'an first." ”

Wang Mang looked at Wang Qinian again and said, "What do you say?"

"The minister is here to ask whether to let people go. Wang Qinian said with a wry smile: "The minister is the chief of the Soldiers and Horses, responsible for all the city defenses of Chang'an City, and now Lord Zhang Jian takes the seal letter of the Taishi and asks the minister to open the city gate, and it stands to reason that the minister will be released, but his identity is a little unusual after all, and the minister feels that it is still up to His Majesty to decide." ”

"What about Zhang Jian's family?" Wang Mang said to the side.

Lin Yuxin flashed out and said: "When Your Majesty was still in Cloud City, Zhang Jian had already arranged for his family to leave Chang'an City one after another, and the reason at that time was to travel or return to his hometown to visit relatives. ”

"Actually?" said Wang Mang.

"In fact, most of them at this moment are the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei. Lin Yuxin said with a cold face: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jianjian is the official secretary of Daqin, he actually scattered his family privately behind His Majesty's back, and he has long been disobedient depending on the situation." ”

"Old fox. Wang Mang shook his head and looked at everyone: "His family is gone, even if he stays, what's the use?"

"Your Majesty, Zhang Jian is a former official and a hidden minister of the imperial court, he knows too much about the reality of my Great Qin, if he is put in the enemy country, it will be very unfavorable to my Great Qin. Chu Feng said: "The minister suggested that Zhang Jian be arrested immediately." ”

The minister seconded. Lin Guodong said: "Jing Zhaoyin's people are guarding Zhang Jian's residence, as long as His Majesty gives an order, Jing Zhaoyin's subordinates will immediately take people." ”

"Your Majesty, no. Shang Yang hurried over, and shouted before anyone arrived.

When Shang Yang arrived, he first saluted Wang Mang, and then said: "The minister heard that Jing Zhaoyin, the Law Enforcement Bureau, and the people from the Soldiers and Horses Division are now surrounding the mansion of the Taishi Zhang Jian, so they knew that something big had happened, and immediately came to meet Your Majesty, and Your Majesty must not arrest Zhang Jian." ”

"Tell me why?" Wang Mang said.

"Zhang Jian is a veteran of my three dynasties of the Great Qin, deeply rooted in the imperial court, flourishing, countless officials in the imperial court from the central to the local have had the name of teachers and students with Zhang Jian, since ancient times, the monarch of heaven and earth has been a teacher, Zhang Jian has occupied a hundred officials and a teacher, and arresting Zhang Jian will bring great turmoil to the Great Qin court. Shang Yang said.

"A man who betrays the Lord, he is caught, and he is caught. Chu Feng said disdainfully: "Shangyang, you can't help but look down on my hundred officials of Great Qin, and the hundred officials of Great Qin are all people who understand." ”

"Of course I know that everybody is a human being. Shang Yang said: "But I want to ask my lord, has Master Zhang Jian ever violated the law?"

"He first sent his family away, and then he himself had to run, which is betrayal. Chu Feng shouted: "Don't you catch such a person and keep it for others to be a model?"

"Zhang Jian sent his family away, this is what we secretly investigated, but on the surface, Zhang Jian's old wife, eldest son, second son and even eldest daughter are now in Chang'an, how can you determine that he sent people away without permission?" Shang Yang said: "Again, Shang Yang was ordered to return to his hometown, and he is now going home under the banner of His Majesty letting him return to his hometown to live in his old age, why do you say that he betrayed the master? If you arrest him at this moment, it is precisely the plan of this old thief to fall into injustice for Your Majesty." ”

Turning around, Shang Yang looked at Wang Mang and said, "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and these Your Majesty should be able to see it clearly at a glance." “

"yes. Wang Mang nodded and said: "Zhang Jian, this old fox, I am still thinking about how he can admit defeat to me so easily in the court, but I didn't expect him to wait for me here, when I was still in Cloud City, this old fox began to send people away from Beijing, it seems that he knows about Wang Jingyao's affairs even if he is not involved." ”

Of course he does. Shang Yang said: "Zhang Jiannai is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, with countless protégés, countless ears and eyes, there is nothing in the Great Qin Court that can hide from him, Wang Jingyao wants to rebel, and he also takes so many adults in the court to rebel together, Zhang Jian knows about this matter anyway." ”

"So he sent his family away to prevent Wang Jingyao?" Wang Mang said to himself: "He knew that Wang Jingyao was going to rebel, but he didn't know that I would come back so quickly and put down the rebellion so quickly, he thought that I and Wang Jingyao would have a big battle in Chang'an City, so he would give his family away, this is to prevent his family from being injured by mistake during the war, and it is precisely because of this that he did not send his eldest son and second son away, because he wanted to leave people to calm the hearts of Zhen and Wang Jingyao, this old fox is calculated step by step." ”

"I'm afraid it's more than that. Shang Yang said: "Zhang Jian didn't send his family to other places, but sent it to the Three Kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei, I'm afraid there is something else wrong with this matter." ”

"Huh. Wang Mang sneered, he also thought of this, I'm afraid that this old fox already knew that Han Zhao and the two of them were going to attack the Qin State, and he was worthy of being the elder of the Three Dynasties, so he ran away after smelling the smell, I'm afraid that I deposed him in the court this time It was also something he had expected.

With a sneer, Wang Mang looked at the crowd: "Zhang Jian can't be arrested, if he catches him, he will be slapped in the face, I am the son of Great Qin, and what he says is the law of Chrysostom, since I said that he should return to his hometown as a master, then he will return to his hometown as a master." ”

Chu Feng and Lin Guodong looked at each other, and finally said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, the minister's subordinates are still guarding near Zhang Jian's mansion, the movement is a bit big, and many people in the city are watching." “

"Really?" Wang Mang raised his eyebrows and said, "Then make this old fox even more proud, Li Hong, Deng Fang." ”

"The minions are here. Li Hong and Deng Fang knelt down.

"I heard that Taishi Zhang was about to leave Jingrong and return to his hometown, so I decided to give him a ride and drive out of the palace. Wang Mang said.

Yes!

Li Hong and Deng Fang looked startled, and then hurriedly got up and went to prepare.

"Your Majesty, doesn't you think too highly of this old horseman?" Chu Feng couldn't help but say: "This person is treacherous and a national thief, why should Your Majesty be so good to him, let him be proud." ”

"Your Majesty is wonderful!" Shang Yang stroked his palm and said: "Your Majesty personally went to send Zhang Jian out of Chang'an, first, to explain to the people of Chang'an the reason why Jing Zhaoyin, the Law Enforcement Bureau, and even the Soldiers and Horses Division used a large number of people to surround Zhang Jian's mansion, which was for Your Majesty to stand forward, and secondly, to tell the people of the world that Your Majesty is extremely honored to Zhang Jian, and Zhang Jian will definitely be spurned by the people of the world when he betrays the lord in the future." ”

"Your Majesty is wonderful!" Zhang Jian couldn't help but sigh as he heard the little eunuch in the palace come to tell him that the Son of Heaven was going to send him out of the city.

"My father regretted it. "A middle-aged humane who looks seven or eight points similar to Zhang Jian.

"It's not like to regret it, but if I had known that things would turn out the way they are, some things might not have to be done so absolutely. Zhang Jian said.

"Han Zhao joined forces, and with the support of Jixia Academy and Bailu Academy behind him, the Qin State will be destroyed" The middle-aged man said: "It is great wisdom for my father to leave the wreck of the Qin State at this time. ”

"The Qin State is not so simple. Zhang Jian shook his head and said: "There are some things you don't know, I don't know, and I'm afraid many things I don't know even today." ”

"My father is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and after three dynasties, he sits firmly in the court, and there are still things that my father doesn't know about this Qin State. The middle-aged man exclaimed.

"Absolutely. Zhang Jian looked at his eldest son and said slowly: "Zhang Ming, you have to remember, there are many things in this world that you don't want to know if you want to know, such as the queen mother in the palace, I still don't know how she appeared, the first emperor was obsessed with alchemy, where did he find such a fairy in the world and suddenly became the queen?" Even the secrets that many emperors in the Qin Palace didn't know were known to the Queen Mother, I don't understand, but I also knew that the person in Shangyuan Palace was the most offended person in this imperial capital, which is why I never went to Shangyuan Palace. ”

"The Queen Mother. Zhang Ming was stunned, he had faintly heard some legends, and it seemed that the queen mother was quite mysterious.

"It's not just the Queen Mother. Zhang Jian said again: "There is also the first emperor, the first emperor said that he died, but who saw the corpse of the first emperor? That is all said by the queen mother and the first emperor, who knows the real situation, just like the so-called infatuation of the first emperor with alchemy, hehe." ”

"Isn't the emperor obsessed with alchemy?" Zhang Ming looked at Zhang Jian with some surprise.

"Perhaps. Zhang Jian said: "The first emperor is not so simple, saying that he is obsessed with pills and becoming immortals to the point of abandoning state affairs, I don't believe it anyway." ”

Zhang Jian seems to be leaving this city that he has worked hard for decades, and there are a lot of words today, many of the secrets he has held in his heart for many years are said one by one, and he didn't say anything that shocked Zhang Ming.

As the son of Zhang Jian, Zhang Ming is the most noble son in Chang'an City, but now listening to his father's narration, Zhang Ming suddenly feels that he is similar to the frog in the forbidden land, and the so-called secret he knows seems to be never a secret, but a secret he thinks.

"Then Qingdefang has your shares, right?" Zhang Jian suddenly looked at Zhang Mingdao.

Zhang Ming's expression changed greatly, he almost knelt on the ground, looked at Zhang Jian with a pale face, and said, "Father knows about this?"

"Except for the things in the palace, there are few things outside the palace that I don't know. Zhang Jian sighed and said, "If I hadn't collected some unclean hands and feet for you, you would have thought you could avoid this matter so easily, even if you were careful enough, there would always be some clues." ”

"Then will Your Majesty also know about this?" Zhang Ming looked at Zhang Jian with some horror.

"I won't know, damn people, except for you, they are basically dead, and such trivial matters are not Your Majesty's concern now. Zhang Jian shook his head and said: "If the Son of Heaven wants to move my Zhang family, there is a reason, there is no need to take out the affairs of Qingdefang, just some small things." ”

Zhang Ming looked at Zhang Jian, as if he knew his father for the first time, he thought that he had enough strength to support the Zhang family instead of Zhang Jian, but now he was still too immature.

Zhang Jian stood there and pondered for a while, and then said, "Let's go, go out with me to meet Your Majesty!"

People outside Zhang's Mansion also knew about the fact that the Son of Heaven would personally come to see Zhang Jian off, and the onlookers who were originally going to watch the huge Zhang's Mansion fall suddenly turned into envy.

"I'll just say that Zhang Jiannai is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and he is loyal to my Great Qin, how could the Son of Heaven do something to him. ”

"That's not Jing Zhaoyin's people who said that they were preparing to take people here, and the people from the Law Enforcement Bureau and the Terracotta Division were eyeing each other, no matter how you look at it, it's all ill-intentioned. ”

"People are here to clear the field, and they are to clean up the small night for the Son of Heaven. ”

"It's not just now. ”

"Lord Zhang Jian is really deeply favored by the emperor, the elder of the three dynasties, the secretary of the Ministry for decades, is for the hidden phase, and now he is the honor of returning to his hometown as a prince, it can really be said that it is the goal of my life. ”

"This is also Your Majesty's magnanimity, otherwise you will be imprisoned for the fact that Master Zhang connived at Wang Jingyao's rebellion in the court. ”

"This can't be blamed on the boss, after all, the boss is old and in poor health, His Majesty has determined this matter, I can't blame the boss, I can't let the boss drag an old and sick body to fight with the traitor, right?"

"Your Majesty can give such an honor to the boss regardless of his past suspicions, which is really the harmony between the monarch and the minister, and it is also a good story of harmony between the monarch and the minister in ancient times. ”

The sound of the spectators outside the door falling into Zhang Jian's ears, Zhang Jian's eyes were a little cold in the depths, his original plan was to go to Hangu Pass after leaving the city, and now it seems that he is afraid that he will really have to return to his hometown for retirement in a short time.

"Your Majesty is here!" Deng Fang shouted in a long voice from afar.

"Ministers (grass people) and others see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live. Zhang Jian and the others, along with the people outside Zhang's mansion, knelt on the ground together.

Wang Mang hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, directly helped Zhang Jian up from the ground, and said loudly: "Boss, you are a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and you have made countless contributions to my Great Qin, I will give you not to kneel when you see me!"

"Thank you, Lord Longen!" Zhang Jian looked at Wang Mang with a touched face, but he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, he didn't think that Wang Mang was really infinitely favored by him, if he thought about it deeply, he would understand this reward a lot.

No matter what Zhang Jian thinks, everyone who hears Wang Mang's words can't help but be extremely envious of Zhang Jian, seeing that the emperor can not kneel What an honor this is, the Great Qin has been established for more than three hundred years, and I am afraid that those who can enjoy such honors can be counted on one hand, and those who are basically dead and don't know how much money they have, now they are a living person standing in front of them, and everyone looks at Zhang Jian with envy.

Zhang Jian stretched out his hand to let Wang Mang enter the door, but Wang Mang stopped Zhang Jian, and then said, "Li Hong." ”

"The minions are here. As soon as Li Hong waved his hand, he saw ten carts in the distance pulling carts full of gold, silver and jewelry towards Zhang's mansion.

Wang Mang pointed to ten carts of gold, silver and jewelry: "Zhang Jian, I heard that you left Beijing this time, and your worth is quite thin, I think you have been an official in Qin for decades, and you have no long things, I am really ashamed, and I specially give you ten carts of gold, silver and jewelry, as a way for you to return to your hometown and enjoy your old age." ”

(End of chapter)