(Thanks to the invincible Weng and Ye Shuo's monthly passes) Chapter 228

"The matter...... This matter is unbelievable, the old man doesn't believe it, why didn't Cui Xiu report this matter to me when he returned to the yamen? It can be seen that what you said must be fabricated, and the old man wants to ask Cui Shilang in person. ”

Song Nan sneered: "Lord Shangshu, if it weren't for my alarmist words to scare you, I'm afraid this Cui Xiu is no longer your person; He did not report it to you, but he deliberately concealed it. Tomorrow morning, the cabinet scholar Jiao Fang and the imperial historian He Tianqu will play the impeachment of Sun Zhenfu, do you know? ”

Ma Wensheng nodded and said, "The old man has heard of it. ”

Song Nan said: "You must think in your heart that Sun Zhenfu is to blame, and you think that the impeachment of Sun Zhenfu is the name of your official department, and you have a bad breath, right?" ”

Ma Wensheng shook his head and didn't answer, Song Nan said: "As everyone knows, you will be unlucky tomorrow, if my estimate is good, you will be shaken out if you read the wrong file and take it as true, and then some people will say that you are not qualified for the post of secretary of the ministry, you are old and faint, and people have a chance; Can you, the secretary of the ministry, still be able to do it? ”

How could Ma Wensheng not understand the connection, no matter who is a ghost, if this file is fake, he will always be unable to get out of it, Ma Wensheng can't help but think of an incident not long ago.

Wang Yan, the in-law of Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, but Wang Yan has no ability, Ma Wensheng is not very satisfied with him, and the governor of Liangguang is vacant, Liu Daxia hinted that Ma Wensheng recommended Wang Yan to release the governor of Liangguang, Ma Wensheng not only did not comply, but also recommended Liu Daxia's right-hand man Xiong Xiu to be released to Liangguang, which summoned Liu Daxia's extreme dissatisfaction, and Xiong Xiu was also extremely dissatisfied, because he didn't want to leave Beijing at all.

Soon after, the imperial historian He Tianqu opened fire on Ma Wensheng in the court because of a negligence of Ma Wensheng, impeaching Ma Wensheng for being "old." Ma Wensheng knew very well that He Tianqu and Liu Daxia were fellow villagers in Hunan, and the two had a very close relationship, and it must have been Liu Daxia who asked He Tianqu to impeach him; although he was later not approved to return to the old man, it was a fluke, and the mistake he made that time was just to read the name of the recommending official.

This time it is very different, this time there is actually an oolong on the true and false official documents, and this matter will definitely be made a big fuss.

"Master Ma, this matter is a premeditated design, killing two birds with one stone, not only stinking Sun Zhenfu, but also getting rid of you Ma Shangshu, if you want to say the difference between severity and severity, I'm afraid your Lord Ma's goal is still bigger, after all, the Zhenfu Division is only the Jinyi Guard Yamen, and your Lord Ma is a second-grade member, the head of the six departments of the outer court, I don't need to say much about this truth."

Ma Wensheng frowned and said, "According to what you mean, suspect Cui Xiu of designing the old man?" He wants to be the secretary of the ministry? ”

Song Nan said: "I don't know what Cui Xiu wants to do, but if this matter has nothing to do with him, I will destroy my eyes." Is there anyone behind Cui Xiu's instructions? Who will it be? I don't want to think about it too much, the thing at hand is how to deal with such a situation and let Master Ma and Sun Zhenfu get out of this trap. ”

Ma Wensheng said anxiously: "The matter has come to this point, I can't argue, how can I get out?" ”

Song Nan said: "Are you willing to cooperate with the lower officials?" I'm confident that I'll get this to the bottom of things, but I need an adult's help. ”

Ma Wensheng said: "How can I help?" The old man knew nothing and was completely kept in the dark. ”

Song Nan said: "Let's analyze the situation, imagine that tomorrow morning, someone will attack Master Ma and say that Master Ma does not know the truth of the official document, how should Master Ma deal with it?" ”

Ma Wensheng said dejectedly: "How can I deal with it? Truth is true, false is false, misseen is wrong, admitted. The old man is old, so it's okay if this official doesn't do it. ”

Song Nan sneered: "This is also called coping? This is just a broken jar, Master Ma may have wanted to resign and return to old age, but leaving in shame in this way, isn't it ridiculous and generous? In the future, in the jokes of the faint officials in the officialdom anecdotes, Master Ma will have a place. ”

Ma Wensheng said angrily: "Then what do you say the old man can do?" If the old man is not helpless, how can he leave a laughing stock? ”

Song Nan said: "It's very simple, I will defend Lord Ma, and say that you are deliberately planning it, in fact, you have already known the truth and falsehood, but you just quietly led the snake out of the hole, and finally assisted me in Jinyi Wei Yamen to find the mastermind behind the scenes, is this explanation still satisfactory to Master Ma?" ”

Ma Wensheng was stunned: "Who would believe that?" ”

Song Nan said: "I have my own evidence to prove it, but before that, please take us to the Ministry of Officials to get key evidence, and some key evidence still needs Master Ma's permission." ”

Ma Wensheng said: "What evidence? ”

Song Nan smiled: "Keep it secret for the time being, can Master Ma agree?" ”

Ma Wensheng was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Lord Song, as far as you can see, who is behind the scenes?" ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "God knows that you know and I know, who wants to reach out to the outer court the most now, who is most like revenge on you one by one, do you still use me to say it?" ”

Ma Wensheng's white eyebrows trembled and said angrily: "I know it's him, but I don't understand, why did Lord Song help the old man with this?" With all due respect, the officials of the outer court have also impeached Lord Song. ”

Song Nan said: "One qiē for the Ming Dynasty, for the emperor; I, Song Nan, are only loyal to the emperor, and anyone else is just a colleague; On this basis, there is no distinction between friend and foe in my heart, today's enemy may be a friend tomorrow, today's friend, and other days may not be an enemy; As the Fusi of Beizhen, I will not spare a blow to any action that is not conducive to my Ming Dynasty, and I will not spare a blow to any disloyal emperor who has a negative emperor's favor, I don't know if Lord Ma can be satisfied with such an answer? ”

Ma Wensheng was so disgusted that he almost wanted to vomit, it is really rare for such a brazen and shameless person to speak, if these words are said by others, Ma Wensheng can still accept them, and the vigorous and righteous words of the brocade guard in front of him are awe-inspiring, but they make people smile bitterly.

But for the theory of friend and foe, Ma Wensheng agrees, above the court, it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe, he is an official in three dynasties, he has seen too much, conspiracy, betrayal, and goodwill All kinds of despicable and noble human nature have been seen, today is like glue, and it is not surprising that he will report the news in a blink of an eye. is the internal civil official, which seems to be a monolith on the outside, and also on the inside, so why would Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, take revenge on himself and let the imperial history impeach him? All of them are high-sounding and deafening, and if you think about it, it's just a matter of interest.

Ma Wensheng took a breath, calmed down the annoyance in his heart, and then asked: "Since Song Zhenfu is sure to expose the conspiracy, can the old man join forces with Li Shoufu and others to take advantage of the situation to bring down that person, and return the court to a clear state?" ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "I have never been poor and difficult to become an adult, I am really naïve, Master Ma is really an innocent, do you think you can bring down someone with this?" It's a joke, I don't have any evidence that anyone is involved, it's just speculation; If you want to make trouble and forgive me, I won't accompany you, but I hope you don't have a few more wearers, isn't it enough to learn from the past? ”

……

Ma Wensheng didn't say much anymore, and now, although he said that this official was not appropriate, but Ma Wensheng, an old official ruffian who has been in the officialdom for decades, would not give up his life's perseverance, and officialdom life has long been infiltrated into his bones; Whoever wants to take away his official position and status, he will really fight with his old life.

In the yamen of the ministry, Song Nan took the minifigures to search carefully, and cherished the key evidence into his pocket; Subsequently, Song Nan returned to the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division and saw Li Daniu, who had already led the team to wait, so he asked Li Daniu to lead Sun Xuan to the residence of the scribe Zhao of the Ministry of Officials to search for people, and he took Wan Zhi and Wang Yong to the residence of Xu Liang in Dongcheng Damu Factory.

Xu Liang was still in a dream, and more than a dozen Jinyi guards broke into the door like wolves, scaring Xu Liang half to death, and came out to check in a hurry, but saw Song Nan sitting in the hall with a gloomy and terrifying face.

"Xu Liang, you've made a mistake." Song Nan said.

Xu Liang exclaimed: "My lord, what's the matter." ”

Song Nan didn't answer, waved his hand and said to the flag schools: "Search." ”

Wang Yong blinked and said, "My lord, what evidence are you looking for?" ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Take away all the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, books and paper in this Xu Liang Xu Ju's house, don't let go of even a piece of waste paper, what waste paper basket, what garbage heap outside the door must be found clean for me." ”

The flags looked at each other, not knowing what Song Zhenfu was saying, but Xu Liang's face changed color, and he hunched over and slipped into the study, Song Nan kicked him on his hip bone and kicked him to the ground and scolded: "Damn, I still want to destroy the evidence and find a beating." ”

Xu Liang shouted: "I am a member of the imperial court, you are too rude, even if you break into a private house, you dare to beat the alternate officials of the imperial court." ”

Song Nan scolded: "You are also a person who has read the books of sages, why don't you learn well and learn from others to harm others." ”

Xu Liang shouted, "I didn't. ”

Song Nan didn't bother to ramble with him, and shouted: "Look at him, don't the rest of the people go to search?" I was stunned. ”

The flag schools rushed in, and according to Song Zhenfu's instructions, they searched the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in Xu Liang's house, packed several large boxes and carried them, and pressed Xu Liang back to the yamen.

Over there, Sun Xuan also escorted the scribe to it, and also brought back several large boxes of pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and threw these things to the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division, and even Sun Xuan was the second monk who was puzzled, and asked: "Song Zhenfu, what do you want these things to do?" ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "Sun Zhenfu, you can go back to the pillow, I will do the rest personally, there are still a few hours before dawn, Sun Zhenfu will go back to recuperate his spirit, and tomorrow he will go to the court to face the saint." ”

"But...... This ......"

"Don't ask, I don't have time to explain, Da Niu, light a few more candles for me, I have to stay up all night to handle the case, Wanzhi Wang Yong, you two come to help, and the others go back to the public room to rest, don't bother." Song Nan rolled up his sleeves and rummaged through a pile of messy things.

How could Sun Xuan go back to his pillow, squatting aside and helping out, listening to Song Nan muttering for a while, Sun Xuan was called back and forth like a servant, but he had no complaints.