Zhang Rui said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Yang Shen is proud of his talents, but I am afraid that he is not the best candidate, and the old slave thinks ......."

"Heh......" Zhengde yawned and brushed his sleeves and said, "Think about it carefully, and discuss it tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes, the old slave serves the emperor to rest......" Zhang Rui served Zhengde and retreated after eating supper, stunned for a while, and left with a heavy heart.

In the early morning of the second day, in the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City, the hundred officials knelt neatly in order, greeting Zhengde to the court. ”

The hundred officials got up one after another, and Zhengde said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I received an urgent report from the eunuch Wang Tang of Suzhou last night......

The ears of all the ministers are tree, what is the urgent report of the Suzhou Town Guarding Eunuch Association? Could it be a wolf? Looking at the emperor's expression, it doesn't look like it......

Zhengde paused for a moment, and then continued: "Zhang Aiqing, you read that excerpt to everyone." ”

Zhang Rui read Wang Tang's excerpts in public, everyone looked at each other, why is this Duan Fei again, he can really toss, the excerpts of the previous few days have not been finished yet, this will toss so many things.

"Zhong Aiqing, what do you think should be done with this fold of Wang Tang?" Zhengde asked.

Pang Shangpeng, the imperial historian of the left capital, came out and said: "Playing the emperor, this flight is perverse and lawless, and it must be severely punished and the law of the country will be corrected!" ”

Lu Xiang, the imperial envoy of the right capital, immediately came out and said: "Playing the emperor, the minister thinks that the excerpts of the royal hall are not true and cannot be used as a basis for questioning. ”

The Metropolitan Procuratorate first pinched itself, and as the controversy gradually escalated, almost all of the people in the court except for the six Shangshu and the cabinet participated, and in general, Duan Fei's remarks still prevailed.

Because it is none of his business, the six Shangshu and the cabinet elders have remained silent, Wang Shouren has also been observing the direction of the wind, he has been keeping in touch with Duan Fei, and he is very clear about the case that Duan Fei is working on now, he glimpsed Zhang Rui's gloomy face, although Zhengde is calm on the surface, but his eyes are hidden murderous, and there is something strange in his heart, at this moment, Duan Fei's voice is mostly reversed in the middle, and Pang Shangpeng, the imperial envoy of the left capital, is Zhang Rui's minion, according to Zhang Rui's face now, why does he look worried?

Zhengde coughed lightly, the quarrel above the court was temporarily suspended, and Zhengde said quietly: "Do you mean that this Duan Fei is really a great crime, and he should be killed according to the law?" ”

At this time, Fei Hong, the head of the household, came out of the ranks, he bowed to Zhengde, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is no wind and no waves, this flight has caused so much criticism wherever he goes, but I am afraid that it is not completely groundless, Suzhou Town Eunuch Wang Tang has nothing to do with him, and he will never be easily framed by him, and the minister thinks that most of what Wang Tang played is the truth, this flying eye is immoral, it is really a great crime, and it should be cut according to the law!" ”

Wang Shouren snorted secretly, and said in his heart: "Fei Hong, Fei Hong, you have been careful to be a wall grass all your life, but today you have misjudged the situation!" ”

I only heard Zhengde ask again from above: "Master Fei thinks Duan Fei should die, did he speak for Duan Fei?" ”

Wang Shouren took the opportunity to come out of the ranks, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Duan Fei is innocent and meritorious, and he should be greatly praised!" ”

Zhengde sighed and said, "Why did Wang Shilang make such a statement? Could it be because this Duan Fei was pulled by you? ”

Other people who wanted to use this as an excuse to make things difficult closed their mouths one after another, only to hear Wang Shouren calmly reply: "No, although the minister and Duan Fei are old acquaintances, they are not enough to speak for him with a clear conscience, and the reason why the minister said that he is innocent and meritorious is for reasons and evidence." ”

Zhengde lifted his spirit and said, "Oh? Wang Shilang got up and spoke, why didn't you bring out the evidence earlier? ”

Wang Shouren smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have mastered the art of war, this is a strategy to attack the real and avoid the false, as Duan Fei often said, the evidence should be used at the most appropriate time, and good steel should be used on the blade of the blade." ”

Fei Hong saw that Wang Shouren was against him, and sneered and said: "It's a good attack to avoid the void, Lord Wang treats the entire court as a battlefield?" Who's your enemy and friend? ”

Wang Shouren said quietly: "This is just a metaphor, why should Lord Fei be angry?" Your Majesty, after the minister came to the capital, he never contacted Duan Fei again, and suddenly received an urgent letter from him yesterday......"

Wang Shouren handed Duan Fei's letter to Zhang Rui, Zhang Rui handed the letter to Zhengde, Zhengde opened a look, and his eyes suddenly turned to the left of the imperial history Pang Shangpeng, although Pang Shangpeng did not read the letter, but he guessed seven or eight points, his heart was pale and pale, Zhengde snorted and said: "Huge man, Duan Fei's letter said that he has sent a piece of music to Beijing every day, why haven't I seen any of it?" Who intercepted it for me? ”

Pang Shangpeng glanced at Zhang Rui, Zhang Rui lowered his eyes and looked at the ground, Pang Shangpeng's heart was like ashes, and he hurriedly fell to his knees on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Duan Fei's performance is not true, and he has the intention of advocating merits to incite His Majesty, so he dared to intercept it, and asked the emperor to take it lightly for the sake of the old minister's loyalty to the emperor and the court." ”

Zhengde's expression was cold, and he shouted: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate has the right to impeach hundreds of officials and supervise them, and you, as the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, are acting wantonly, intercepting and blocking the Holy Hearing, you dare to beg me to spare you!" Drag me down, take my robes and robes, and send them to the prison to be dealt with! ”

The warriors of the Golden Palace rushed forward like wolves, and lifted Pang Shangpeng out without touching his feet, only to hear Pang Shangpeng screaming to the emperor all the way to spare his life, and the officials who were desperately saying bad things about Duan Fei just now were all secretly awe-inspiring.

Zhengde said: "Lu Xiang, the imperial envoy of the right capital, will be promoted to the imperial history of the left capital, and the rest of the vacancies will be filled in turn, no need to reconsider, Wang Shilang, you have read this letter carefully, or you explain the content of the letter to the ministers." ”

Wang Shouren agreed, and said: "Duan Fei felt the emperor's grace after serving in the Ying Tiandu Procuratorate, so he was extremely cautious when he worked in the office, and a few days ago, the three divisions of Ying Tianfu tried a case that was unremarkable on the surface......

Wang Shouren briefly introduced the many things that happened after Duan Fei began to participate in this case, explained the reason for his grudge with Wei Daxian, the left capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Xue Ze of Dali Temple, and explained the reason why he secretly picked up Zhou and Miss Liu when he went to Suzhou to investigate the case, really deserve to be killed! ”

Fei Hong now knew that he had stood up too quickly just now, and he said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, this is just Duan Fei's one-sided statement, and it is still unknown whether this is the case. ”

Zhengde said: "Do you mean that you should appoint a Qin to investigate the case in Yingtian?" ”

"This ......" Fei Hong hesitated for a while, Zhengde looked at Zhang Rui, and Zhang Rui hurriedly said: "The old slave also thought that he should appoint a messenger to Yingtian to investigate the case. ”

Wang Shouren said: "The minister reconsiders." ”

Fei Hong had no choice but to say: "The minister reconsiders ......"

Zhengde happily slapped the table and said: "Okay, the decree appoints Duan Fei, the right capital of the Yingtiandu Procuratorate, as the Qincha, and the governor Nan Zhili, and by the way, this case will be handled, so be it, there is no need to discuss it anymore." ”

Hearing that Zhengde was going to appoint Duan Fei as the governor of Nan Zhili, even Wang Shouren, who supported Duan Fei the most, couldn't believe his ears, Zhang Rui's heart beat for a while, and Yang Tinghe, the first assistant, finally couldn't help it, he came out and played: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" ”

Zhengde glanced at it with some unhappiness and asked, "Why not?" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty, Duan Feinian is weak, and he is afraid that it will be inappropriate to suddenly give him such a heavy responsibility, and besides, he is currently under suspicion, how can he be entrusted with this case again?" ”

Zhengde turned his face blank and said in a cold voice: "I think that Duan Fei's suspicion shows that he dares to do anything, otherwise how could he offend so many people?" I have made up my mind, appoint Duan Fei as the Qincha, the governor of Nan Zhili, Zhang Rui, and draft the will. ”

Zhang Rui hesitated for a while, but still replied: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Yang Yiqing, a scholar of Wuyingdian University and a scholar of the Ministry of War, understands the truth of Mingzhe's self-protection, and he is a rival with Yang Tinghe, but at this time, he can only stand up when he sees that the situation is not good, and he comes out and says: "Minister Yang Yiqing, I implore the emperor to take back his life!" ”