Seeing that Shen was annoyed, Shen Zhongkang said gently: "You don't have to think about it, it is a great luck for the Shen family and the prince to get the current result." ”

Shen couldn't help but raise his head when he heard this: "Grandfather, how is the situation over there?" ”

Shen Zhongkang said: "Zhu Ying, Guo Yueguang, and Xu Lizhen have completely pinched each other, and half of Caoyun's people are involved, and the matter is getting bigger and bigger, and it can't be contained." ”

"In the early dynasty, His Majesty was angry when he heard this, and ordered Guo Yueguang, Zhu Ying and others to enter Beijing together, and Hu Shengquan's family was also detained and imprisoned."

"Your Majesty intends to try it personally?" Shen was surprised.

Shen Zhongkang said: "Caoyun is a major event in the DPRK and China, and the interests involved are by no means a little bit, Your Majesty can't let them keep being so chaotic, and the matter of Caoyun corruption has been pending for a long time in recent years, and Your Majesty is afraid that he also wants to take this opportunity to clean up Caoyun." ”

The case of illicit salt is the gap.

Shen Ke's heart suddenly jumped when he heard this, and he suddenly remembered Zhan Changdong.

It turned out that his purpose was here.

Stirring up the troubled waters, provoking Zhu Ying and Guo Yueguang to fight, and using Zhu Ying's power to suppress Xu Lizhen, he never thought that Zhu Ying could really do what to those two people, he just didn't want to solve the matter of private salt in Jiangnan, but moved directly into the capital to make trouble.

Zhan Changdong intends to His Majesty!

Shen Ke's face changed instantly, and he hurriedly said to Shen Zhongkang: "Grandfather, you wait for me." ”

He hurriedly got up and walked to the side, rummaged through the pile of things, and soon found the letter that Zhan Changdong left for him, then turned around and handed the letter to Shen Zhongkang.

Shen Zhongkang was puzzled: "This is?" ”

"Before I left Qi Town, Zhu Ying's subordinate Zuozhan Changdong asked someone to send me this letter."

Shen said with a somewhat complicated face, "I gave the account book to Zhu Ying because I knew that Zhan Changdong had a grudge against Cui Le, and Xu Lizhen and Cui Le joined forces, and Zhan Changdong would not sit idly by." ”

"When he sent me a letter, I thought it was for me, but now that I think about it, I am afraid that he wants to pass it to you by my hand."

Shen Zhongkang's eyes changed slightly, of course he knew who Zhan Changdong was, and he also knew the relationship between him and Cui Le, he hurriedly opened the letter and read it carefully.

After reading it, his eyes fell on the word "Zhu Ying" framed in red.

"It turned out to be him."

He said that the matter of illegal salt could become more and more troublesome, and even affect the entire Caoyun.

That Zhu Ying was not such an aggressive person in the past, even if he wanted to take the opportunity to pull down Guo Yueguang, he shouldn't tear his face with him openly, and even pushed Guo Yueguang to Xu Lizhen's side.

When Shen Zhongkang saw the crown prince after going down to the court today, he also told the prince that the matter of Cao Yun was a little strange.

But if Zhan Changdong muddied the waters, deliberately provoked several fights, and used Zhu Ying to forcibly press Xu Lizhen to prevent him from carefully interrogating the case of illicit salt, this matter would be reasonable.

Shen couldn't help but say: "When I was in Qizhen before, Zhan Changdong tried several times to pull the Shen family into the troubled waters of Caoyun, I thought he was working for Zhu Ying, but now that I think about it, Zhu Ying is afraid that he is also used as a raft." ”

"I'm afraid he has Zhu Ying's handle in his hand, and he deliberately brought the matter of private salt to the court."

Shen Zhongkang listened to Shen Ke's words thoughtfully, rubbed the letter in his hand, and said after a while: "I'm afraid it's more than that, he wants to seek an alliance." ”

Shen was stunned.

Shen Zhongkang said: "Zhan Changdong knows that the prince can't rub sand in his eyes, and he also knows that the Shen family and Xu Lizhen have an old enmity. ”

"When you were forced to hand over the account book to Zhu Ying and use his strength to fight against Xu Lizhen, it was tantamount to letting Zhu Ying and his subordinates go by default, but now Zhan Changdong wants to strike at it in one net."

"If he can really do it, not only will Zhu Ying not be able to escape, but everyone involved in the case of illegal salt will be punished, and even the third and fourth princes will be hit hard."

"The most important thing is that have you ever thought about what will happen to Xu Lizhen if the illicit salt case enters the court?"

Shen Ke's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he vaguely understood what Shen Zhongkang meant.

Shen Zhongkang said: "The affairs of the Hu family are extremely secret, if Xu Lizhen hadn't suddenly intervened, and even wanted to use the affairs of the Hu family to calculate against you, the matter of private salt would not have been like this at all." ”

"If he got the account books and quietly settled the matter, it would naturally not attract attention, but now he has put everything on the table."

"You have indeed offended a lot of people because of this matter, but Xu Lizhen also can't escape the involvement, if he can try the case of private salt and let His Majesty treat him differently, those people will naturally not dare to touch him, but if he is not good in the case of private salt, he will even be robbed of the credit by others."

"What about Xu Lizhen's situation?"

Shen Ke's mind was spinning wildly.

Xu Lizhen has been targeting the Shen family all these years, and the Shen family has naturally guarded against him, and he knows more about Xu Lizhen than others.

After Xu Lizhen suddenly recovered, he became the Thirteen Inspectors of the Imperial History, although he had great power, most of them were patrolling in the local area, and his official character was not high, if he wanted to climb up again, he had to go back to the Imperial Court first, and he had to stay in the capital.

And the position of the imperial history of Ding Wei is his goal.

The case of private salt has become like this, His Majesty is already dissatisfied with Xu Lizhen, if this case is intervened by Zhan Changdong again, or even involves some other things, His Majesty will definitely question Xu Lizhen's ability.

There is no shortage of people in the court, and once Xu Lizhen loses His Majesty's trust, the people he offended this time can become his talisman.

He doesn't think about the position of the imperial history, it's good to keep the current official position.

Shen Zhongkang tapped the circled name on the letter in his hand: "Zhan Changdong is not only showing favor to us, but also telling us that he wants our help." ”

"Similarly, if we and the crown prince don't want to let go of this opportunity to make Xu Lizhen follow, we don't want to let go of the possibility of suppressing the arrogance of the third prince and the fourth prince."

"Then we have to cooperate with him and help him complete the case of illicit salt."

He squinted slightly,

"This Zhan Changdong, he wants to borrow the smuggling salt case to return to Beijing...... "After a pause, he said again, "No, I'm afraid he has taken a fancy to the position of the imperial history of the capital." ”

Shen listened to his grandfather's words and explained Zhan Changdong's purpose clearly, not only because he felt that Zhan Changdong's ability was too amazing, but also because he felt that this person was too bold.

He actually wanted to take the whole Cao Yun to be the pawn who crossed the river.

"This Zhan Changdong, he's not afraid that something will go wrong?" Shen lost his voice.

Shen Zhongkang chuckled rarely: "Do you know that ten years earlier, Zhan Changdong was also a figure in the court. ”

"At that time, he hadn't been sent to Caosi, and he was in charge of the position of the six departments in Beijing, and he was the only one who dared to point at Princess Yongzhao's nose and scold her, and finally stayed in the court with all his beards and tails.

Both of them are from Yunlu Academy.

Xue Chen has been the first place since the county test, and Zhan Changdong is the second place.

One was the champion of Liuyuan and the first, and the other was pressed to be the leader, but everyone knew that Zhan Changdong's talent was not lost to Xue Chen, and the two entered Hanlin together, which could be called the most popular figure in Beijing at that time.

It's a pity that later Xue Chen's whereabouts were unknown due to "rebellion", and Zhan Changdong was also framed and fell silent.

When Shen Zhongkang mentioned the words Princess Yongzhao, his face sank a little, but Shen heard the word "Xue Chen", and he suddenly thought of Xue Nuo somehow.