Mu Hongshang trusts Zheng Ying, so Gu Yilan actually has some blind affection and trust for Zheng Ying, which mainly comes from her love for her sister-in-law.

In fact, Zheng Ying, the king of letters, did not disappoint Gu Yilan.

Sun Shangshu was able to buy grain and grass in Gyeonggi so smoothly, mainly relying on Zheng Ying's backstage. At the beginning, the Gyeonggi grain merchants received a hint from He Wenmao, and one by one they clutched the grain in their hands and refused to cooperate, and Jiang Wenbin was busy for two days without any results.

The household department waited to see the joke of the military department with the silver, but he didn't expect that Zheng Ying, the king of letters, did not even ask for a decree first, and directly led people to arrest two grain merchants who took the lead in maliciously stockpiling grain, and the crime was suspected of collaborating with the enemy.

Li Xiang was so angry that he jumped to his feet, and on the second day, he impeached Zheng Ying, but Xie Xiang immediately expressed his support for King Xin on the spot, and Scholar Gu, who was the in-law of the Duke of Anguo, also chose a position without hesitation and expressed his support for King Xin and the military department.

The emperor reprimanded Zheng Ying with a serious expression and asked him to behave cautiously, but he did not punish him. However, Zheng Ying admitted her mistake with a very good attitude, but as soon as she turned around, she took someone to raid the homes of the two grain merchants.

This can scare the businessmen who were hinted by He Wenmao and maliciously stockpiled grain, and without waiting for Jiang Wenbin to lobby at the door, they took the initiative to go to the temporary yamen of the Ministry of War in Nanshi and took the initiative to declare the price and sell grain.

With Zheng Ying's deterrence, the grain merchants in Gyeonggi became very well-behaved, and the follow-up work of the military department to purchase grain and grass went smoothly, and within five days, Sun Shangshu had already raised two hundred carts of rice grain, and he couldn't wait for the grain and grass to be raised, so he directly sent a batch of grain and grass to the emperor and asked to send a batch of grain and grass to the north for emergency purposes.

The emperor approved Sun Shangshu's note in court, and immediately asked General Zhenguo to order troops to escort him. This time, General Zhenguo didn't dare to make any more trouble, and honestly sent a large number of Jinling guards to escort it. Even if An Guogong detained him again this time, he had no choice but to admit it.

The grain and grass were escorted out of Beijing very efficiently, and the news reached the Anguo Mansion, and Mrs. Mu's heart finally relaxed a little. The military department is still continuing to buy grain and grass, and in the near future, there will be a batch of grain and grass to be shipped, at least in this regard, there is no need to worry too much.

Although it is already summer, it still does not rain in the north, and the case of the robbery of military funds has still not been investigated, but things are finally developing in a good direction step by step.

Xie Xiang's public support for King Xin made Empress Wei and Zheng Jin angry, but Li Xiang thought differently from them.

Xie Xiang chose King Xin, which means that Xie Xiang finally openly stood on his opposite, which made Li Xiang's mood a little complicated. On the one hand, the Xie faction's fall to King Xin is indeed bad news for their Yiwang faction.

However, for some reason, Li Xiang suddenly felt a little relaxed.

At present, no one among the courtiers standing behind King Yi can cross Li Xiang, as long as King Yi can become the crown prince, then he will be the only candidate for the first and auxiliary prime ministers. In the future, King Yi will ascend to the great treasure, and the Li family will have the merit of following the dragon, so they will naturally be able to ensure that the glory is safe.

However, there is a premise for all this, that is, it is necessary to ensure that King Yi becomes the crown prince. Therefore, for the current Yiwang lineage, it is extremely important to strive to expand political power. This matter is put on Li Xiang personally, that is, to stabilize the household department, overthrow Sun Shangshu, and take back the rights of the military department, so Zhao Zhiliang in prison is important again in Li Xiang's eyes.

Zhao Zhiliang has been detained in the prison of the Criminal Department for several days, and has not been arraigned, and on the day that Xie Xiang publicly fell to Zheng Ying, Zhao Zhiliang was finally going to pass the court.

The chief judge in the court is the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, not Zheng Ying. Zheng Ying and Xie Xiang just sat on the sidelines and listened to the trial. Zhao Zhiliang, who had been detained for several days, of course did not know the latest situation in the court, so when he saw Zheng Ying and Xie appear in the lobby of the Criminal Department at the same time, his psychology was a little more stable.

At first, he thought that Xie Xiang was coming down to hear the trial on behalf of His Royal Highness King Yi!

However, Zhao Zhiliang soon found out that he seemed to be too naïve, even if Xie Xiang was present, the presiding criminal department still didn't give him any face, and first threw Zhao Zhiliang two pieces of old evidence when he was in charge of the military department.

"Nine years ago, the Rong Di people crossed the border and looted, do you still have an impression?" Shangshu of the Criminal Department stared at Zhao Zhiliang with a smile, and he broke out in a cold sweat when he asked a word.

Zhao Zhiliang originally wanted to struggle, but he first insisted that he didn't know about it nine years ago, and strongly argued that the evidence in the hands of Shangshu of the Criminal Department was forged. At this time, Zhao Zhiliang was still hoping that Xie Xiang would be able to influence the trial of Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

However, the reality soon slapped his face, and Shangshu of the Criminal Department had already passed on the testimony to confront Zhao Zhiliang in court.

Rao is like this, Zhao Zhiliang did not intend to give up easily, he admitted that when he was in charge of the military department, the management of the treasury was unfavorable, causing losses, but he refused to admit that the robbery case of that year was related to this.

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department smiled, just waiting for him to admit the lightest charge first! I'm not afraid that he will argue, but I'm afraid that he won't admit it. As long as there is a beginning, there will be a follow-up, and if you admit one, you are not afraid that he will not continue to speak, and the punishment is ready.

At the beginning of the execution, Zhao Zhiliang still planned to resist, he first grabbed this batch of ordnance and did not handle it at all, trying to throw the black pot on Jiang Wenbin, and then insisted that there were spies in the military department, and he was framed and wronged.

It's not that Zhao Zhiliang has hard bones, but because he knows that as long as he speaks, he will die.

Zheng Ying and Xie Xiang looked coldly at Zhao Zhiliang's struggle and argument for a few days, and after feeling that the heat was almost over, they signaled the criminal department Shangshu to go out a little bit of wind.

According to Zheng Ying's instructions, there is actually only a faint rumor, which seems that the case of Rong Di's cross-border robbery nine years ago is also related to the spies of the Ministry of War, and King Xin is investigating in this direction, so he detained Zhao Zhiliang, who was the head of the Ministry of War.

The news in the secret has always spread quickly, and within a day, the large and small officials in Beijing have heard such rumors. Most of the court officials are just passing by, and everyone even thinks that according to King Xin's discerning style of doing things, it is really normal to turn over the headless public case nine years ago and try it together.

However, people who have ghosts in their hearts can't sit still when they hear such news. The first one is He Wenmao, and then there is Li Xiang, they are afraid that Zheng Ying will be able to find out the truth along this line and burn the fire on them.

Therefore, in this situation, He Wenmao and Li Xiang quickly reached a consensus, that is, Zhao Zhiliang must die.