For several days, Xu Qian was running around, and his every move naturally attracted attention.

At this time, in the yamen of the Jinyi Guard's commanding envoy, Zhu Chen was sitting in the lobby, listening to the report, his eyebrows twisted up, motionless.

There are too many involved in this matter, one is that it involves the Queen Mother, and on the other hand, it also involves the inside of Jinyiwei.

Lu Bingnai is the son of Lu Song, the old man of the Lu family, who is as good as Zhu Chen, and he has been dealing with each other for a long time, and he can't do it if he doesn't pay attention to this alone.

It's just that Zhu Chen has gradually had some hidden worries recently, on the one hand, he is now under two pressures, on the other hand, the Lu family is becoming more and more favored and has the tendency to replace him, and Emperor Jiajing is obviously not very satisfied with him, he is not qualified to be a commander.

On the other hand, the Royal Academy is already preparing, and it is said that the Royal Academy will be officially recruited in a few days to start teaching, the importance of this Academy, even if others don't understand, how can Zhu Chen, the head of the brocade guard, not understand? His Majesty has already summoned the leader of the Jinyi Guard, asked about it several times, and named it the royal name, and most of the royal captains recruited are the sons of nobles, what does this mean?

Such an important school was not controlled by him Zhu Chen, but let a brocade guard have full authority to dispose of it, and even Zhu Chen couldn't intervene.

Besides, Xu Chang's rise was too fast, and he was seconded from Dongchang after just over a year, and now he has become a thousand households, and there have long been rumors in Jinyiwei, and these rumors made Zhu Chen a little restless.

Now that the news has come out, Lu Bing and Wang Zhu have broken the law, and it seems that the cabinet intends to punish them heavily, His Majesty has entrusted Xu Qian to come to the rescue, Zhu Chen does not hope that Xu Qian can succeed, because once successful, the connection between the Xu Wang and Lu families will become closer and closer. The Xu family has recently become popular and unstoppable, on the one hand, there is Hanlin, on the other hand, the Road Administration Bureau, Ruyi Fang, and the Royal Academy are all in the hands of the Xu family, and their qualifications are not high, but their strength should not be underestimated. Needless to say, the queen mother is in one day, and their grace will never be broken. This grace is real, not comparable to other old people who dedicated the palace, sisters and brothers are sisters and brothers, with this relationship, the Wang family is enough to compete with the top wealthy families of the Ming Dynasty.

The Lu family is the queen of the Marquis of Yasukuni. The ancestor followed Yan Wang Jingnan, but he was a minister of the dragon, and recently he gambled right, and many of his children joined the pro-army, among which there were more than a dozen children of the Lu family who were on errands in the Jinyi Guard, from the servants to the hundreds of households.

If the three major families join forces. Coupled with His Majesty's slight dissatisfaction with Zhu Chen recently, Zhu Chen's pressure suddenly intensified.

The reports are all news of Xu Qian's visit to the Wang family, the Lu family, and Ruyifang, and this guy seems to be planning to investigate the case, which is a bit interesting. The officials of Shuntian Mansion have already died, do they still want to overturn the case?

Zhu Chen was really confused, and felt that Xu Qian's actions were really a bit unbelievable.

"Xu Qian went to Ruyi Fang again today? Went to meet the merchants? What's so good about businessmen? This kid is Hanlin. How do you mess with the merchants? Zhu Chen's eyes were like torches, looking at Wang Fang, the brocade guard who came to play the report. Wang Fang is his confidant, so he doesn't have any scruples when he talks.

Wang Fang scratched his head and said, "Yes, on the cusp of this storm, what did he do when he saw those businessmen?" It is said that hundreds of businessmen were gathered to eat tea and chat in Ruyifang, which was very lively. ”

Zhu Chen narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "It seems that he is not in a hurry, but he is in a hurry." yes, is there anything unusual about his behavior? ”

"Yes, didn't you meet Jin An, the owner of the dog ring, the day before yesterday? His Majesty had already inquired, and early this morning, Xu Qian sent someone over to pass the word. ”

Zhu Chen suddenly cheered up, he had a hunch that this Jin An must be the key person in the case, so he asked Wang Fang: "What did you say?" ”

Wang Fang said: "It was said that Jin An's identity was not good, and he had to change his identity immediately, and asked him to buy a peace charm." ”

"Peace charms?" The problem is that the people who buy the peace charm are all businessmen who go to the goods, and Jin An opens a dog fighting arena and does not need to go to the goods, so it makes no sense to buy it.

But looking at it another way, you don't even need to take the goods, but buy a peace charm, isn't this a clear way to send money to the palace for nothing? This 'mind' alone, saying that people have abandoned evil and turned to good, or that they have changed their faces, no one can find fault with anything.

Zhu Chen frowned and said: "This is a way, Jin An's identity is sensitive, and now Xu Qian is afraid that he is going to beat him up and shape him into a good person." When the time comes, he will definitely not shy away from Jin An's identity, focusing on how he changes his mind and how he does small business. ”

Wang Fang smiled and said, "I guess that's what it means, my lord, what should we do?" ”

Zhu Chen said in an official voice with an An Lu accent: "This is easy to do, have you found anything that the official asked you to check?" ”

Wang Fang said: "It's found out, this Jin An is not honest. He had a fight with someone a few months ago, and it was said that it was because he received a dog, and the original promise was 1,200 yuan, but he only gave one money, saying that the dog had won, and the rest of the money was given to the seller, but the dog really won, and the buyer came to the door, but he only gave 100 yuan, and the buyer was angry, and gathered more than a dozen people to come to the door, and then the fight began. ”

After a pause, Wang Fang added: "This Jin An, who used to be messing around everywhere, is a ruthless character, and it is not simple. ”

"Really?" Zhu Chen smiled faintly and said, "If this person's details are revealed when Xu Qian uses him as a chapter, then the so-called changing one's mind and being a new person will become a joke, right?" ”

Wang Fang also laughed and said, "That's what you mean, do you mean to say hello to the Shuntian Mansion and hand them the news, so that they can be prepared?" ”

Zhu Chen's face was calm, and he said slowly: "Don't worry, let's find out the details of this Jin An, one person does evil, once there are two times, the old man thinks that this Jin An is not simple, dig out more news, of course, you have to go to investigate in private, don't let people see the horses' feet, the old man and Lu Yan and Uncle Yongfeng are old friends, understand?" ”

Wang Fang smiled coldly, bowed down and said, "I understand, my lordship hears the good news." ”

Zhu Chen leaned back on the chair, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said casually: "Yes, and the Royal Academy, how is it doing now?" ”

Wang Fang said: "Xu Qian's people have silver, and His Majesty promised that the expenses of the school can be withdrawn from the Road Administration Bureau, so the place of this school has been selected, covering an area of 500 acres, this is the city, just to take this piece of land The silver is only afraid of more than 100,000 yuan, it is said that the Xu family also embezzled some money from Ruyi Fang, and posted a lot of it themselves, obviously this time people are planning to move seriously." He also inquired that the Xu family was recruiting hundreds of households in the academy everywhere, and these hundred households were instructors, and it was said that many of the selected ones were veterans of border towns, and the roster had been handed into the palace. Yes, the Xu family also said that the Royal Academy, like the inner study, must also have Hanlin to teach. ”

Zhu Chen took a deep breath, Hanlin went to teach? There are only two institutions in the Ming Dynasty that are fortunate enough to choose Hanlin to teach, one is the Zhan Shifu, that is, the East Palace, and the other is the inner study; It is Guozijian, and there is no such qualification, this Xu family's appetite is really big, and they really want to come to the snake to swallow the elephant, the higher the specifications of the royal school, the more beneficial it is for them, once Hanlin teaches and is named the royal family, they can immediately jump to the first pro-military school in the world, to put it mildly, it is Zhu Chen, I am afraid that I also hope that my children and nephews can study in it.

In the future, when these people go out of school, won't they all become protégés of his Xu family? I am afraid that the Xu family's weight in the pro-army will not be long before it can jump to the top.

Zhu Chen sneered: "Your Majesty's side will definitely be approved, don't you know, right now Your Majesty is also very concerned about this Royal Academy, all the requirements are approved, if even this is approved, the Royal Academy will be amazing." ”

Wang Fang also nodded in agreement and said: "This is what I mean, but even if Your Majesty is willing to agree, the cabinet and Hanlin may not agree, Hanlin is all noble, where can I deign to go to the Royal Academy?" ”

Zhu Chen waved his hand and sighed: "This matter can be discussed again for a long time, and there is no urgency at the moment, the most important thing is this case, you have to do it with all your heart." ”

Wang Fang nodded his head and said, "Then I retreated." ”

Wang Fang is gone, only the lonely Zhu Chen is left here, Zhu Chen looks a little like a lonely man, as an old man in the palace, he is indeed quite trusted by Jiajing, but trust is one thing, things are another, Jiajing asked him to be this commander, which means that he will control Jinyiwei, remove Jiang Bin's influence, integrate Jinyiwei, and become the most important force in the palace again.

But the problem is that after Zhu Chen took office, he found that this was not the case, on the one hand, Jiajing obviously did not give him too much 'policy', the reason is very simple, Emperor Zhengde is relying on the factory guard, Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, in order to show that he is different from Zhengde, he naturally put on a gesture of rejection to the factory guard, and he wants the horse to run, and he wants the horse not to eat grass, where is there such a cheap thing in this world? When Zhu Chen took office, he faced a situation where his grandmother didn't love his uncle and didn't love him, and he fell apart, plus the Jinyi Wei pro-army was mixed with various forces, the cabinet had already installed people, and the nobles also had their own interests.

The final result is that many people in the entire brocade guard have the idea of replacing them.