Zhu Hao took Xu Jie back to Beijing.

When he arrived in the capital, the emperor was still stranded in Xishan and did not return.

In fact, Zhu Hao did not have a clear purpose for returning to Kyoto this time, it was like the emperor put on a posture, concentrating on waiting for the enemy to throw himself into the net, but at the critical time, he found that the enemy not only did not come, but also took the initiative to surrender.

And Zhu Hao is the net that Zhu Si laid in advance.

There are no enemies, and this net has no practical effect.

Xu Jie didn't quite understand the errand to be done when he returned to Beijing, and he was about to leave as soon as he returned to the city: "Jingdao, if you are very busy, you will go back to the Ministry of Engineering in the future, there are some things I can't touch!" ”

Xu Jie probably knew that Zhu Hao returned to Beijing to lead the East Factory and Jinyi Wei to do things, it sounds very bizarre, a foreign minister actually controlled the factory and health system of the Ming Dynasty, who would believe it? But Xu Jie also knew that he couldn't speculate on the relationship between Zhu Hao and the emperor with common sense, so he simply chose to avoid it.

Zhu Hao said: "Zisheng, you will do it with me, there are some things that you have to come forward!" ”

"What?"

Xu Jie's face was puzzled.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "You have to go and see that Hanlin scholar Zhang Xuan, pass on some words for me, and tell him...... This matter can only be checked on him! ”

"Huh?"

Xu Jie was surprised, why did he suddenly mention Zhang Xuan?

Aren't Zhang Xuan and Zhu Hao in the same group?

Even if the two have a little grudge, Zhu Hao won't take Zhang Xuan under the knife, right?

Zhu Hao said coldly: "Zisheng, you have to go, unless you think that this court can accommodate an official without any background......

Between the words, Zhu Hao threatened, if you don't go, you can't do it, otherwise you will go back to your hometown to farm!

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Zhang Xuan thought that Zhu Hao would have nothing to do when he returned to the capital, and he didn't even plan to guard against Zhu Hao, until he saw Xu Jie, who came to visit the mansion late at night.

"Xu Zisheng, didn't you go to Tianjin with Zhu Jingdao? Why did you come back so soon? Zhang Xuan said, "He came back to do things for His Majesty, what are you doing?" ”

Zhang Xuan means, you kid just stay in Tianjin, you are on the list of Zhu Hao, the big tree, he relies on you so much, and even transferred you away from Yang Shen as soon as possible, and was not implicated in the Zuoshunmen incident, why don't you stay in Tianjin and help him build a ship as a reward?

Xu Jiedao: "Zhu Shilang has something to say, let me tell Master Zhang when I come down." ”

"Oh? What words? ”

Zhang Xuan asked coldly.

Xu Jie hesitated for a moment, and suddenly remembered Zhu Hao's threat, in order to stay in the court on an errand with peace of mind, he could only say the truth: "He said that he knew that you were secretly spreading rumors that His Majesty had left Beijing and went to Xishan, and he also said that he had enough evidence. Now that his fellow civil officials have not reacted to His Majesty's micro-service patrol, he can only check you! ”

"What?"

Zhang Xuan was furious when he heard this.

I didn't deal with you Zhu Jingdao, you targeted me?

Wait a minute!

How did the kid know about this?

Could it be ......

From the very beginning, it wasn't Huang Zhan who gave me the news, but him? He deliberately dug a hole to frame me?

Xu Jie was embarrassed: "I don't want to get involved in right and wrong, but I was entrusted by Zhu Shilang and had to come to explain the situation." The grudge between you...... I don't understand it under it. ”

"Can you not understand?" Zhang Xuan has long regarded Xu Jie as Zhu Hao's party, how could he believe what Xu Jie said now?

Xu Jiedao: "Even before returning to Beijing, I only knew that Jingdao was ordered by the emperor to return to the court, and I didn't know what errands to do...... I really don't understand what he meant! ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, his face was grim.

Now it is equivalent to saying that Zhu Hao has already put the cannon at his door, and he has clearly warned him that the next step will be to send Jinyi Guards to arrest people, and he Zhang Xuan may be unlucky at that time.

But what does Zhu Hao's advance notice mean?

Zhang Xuan's mind was very confused for a while, and he didn't understand the trick at all.

"That's all I have to say, I'm going to say goodbye!"

Xu Jie was also frightened.

I even began to wonder if I should take the initiative to go up and ask to be transferred to Nanjing?

Seeing that he was about to be inexplicably involved in the dispute between Zhu Hao and Zhang Xuan......

Is this the main contradiction in the imperial court today? Why did the two of them obviously belong to the same faction, but they were incompatible?

"Hmm."

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, not even planning to send off the guest.

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Xu Jie left, and Zhang Xuan immediately sent someone to call Huo Tao.

Now he can't take care of it, since Zhu Hao knows that the emperor's tour was revealed by him to the civil officials, then he must have known who the person who secretly helped him is, and it is likely that Huo Tao and Zhu Hao are in the same group...... Of course, this is just an assumption.

According to Zhang Xuan's thoughts, Huo Tao should not defect to Zhu Hao, and it is most likely that Huo Tao was also used.

"That'...... So what to do? ”

Huo Tao listened to Zhang Xuan's introduction to the situation, his eyes were round, his forehead was sweating, and his nervousness was overflowing.

Zhang Xuan said: "You really don't know what role Zhu Jingdao played in advance?" ”

Huo Tao looked bitter: "I came to inform you after I learned the news, and I also said that this news came from the factory guard, or someone who is not used to Zhu Jingdao's behavior is like this...... If you think this is an intentional design, then I'll try to find out the people who leaked the news to us, so I can fight back! ”

"It's useless!"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "It's also my negligence, always thinking that Zhu Jingdao is not in the capital, and he can't set off any storms, who knows how he ...... Alas! ”

Huo Tao didn't quite understand: "Zhu Jingdao said that he had evidence...... Where's the evidence? ”

This is a situation that Huo Tao cannot understand.

It's just a message, Huo Tao asked himself that even the person who sent the message might not know who was behind it, and the main reason was that the ministers confirmed that the emperor was not going to court through their personal experience the next day, so they began to discuss, thinking that the emperor was very likely to go on patrol...... Someone endorses it, and this person can only be Huang Zhan......

What role Zhu Hao played in it, Huo Tao couldn't figure it out for a while.

Zhang Xuan said: "Zhu Jingdao has always behaved very tame before, and he seems to be not fighting with others, but even Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian and others have been squeezed out by him one by one, what do you think he will be?" He not only has the support of the emperor, but also the support of the old people of the Xingwang Mansion, and there are many tricks! Now I'm afraid that he will eradicate those of us who have used it all at once, so as not to disturb him in controlling the government in the future! ”

"This ...... He had never been used by him before. ”

Huo Tao seems very wronged, who am I trying to provoke?

Zhang Xuan said: "Aren't you my person?" ”

A sentence woke up Huo Tao, although he rose by joining the Yili faction, but before the Zuo Shunmen incident, who knew about Zhu Hao's existence? are all through Zhang Xuan's needle.

In the past, everyone thought that Zhang Xuan was the leader of the Yili faction, even Huang Zan and Tang Yin were just a pretense, after all, Huang Zan and Tang Yin did not have the indomitable ability to move forward when they launched the courtiers' discussions.

On the contrary, Zhang Xuan Zhengde performed the ceremony in the sixteenth year, making him the object of friendship of all people in the world who are interested in the ceremony.

In other words, perhaps in Zhu Hao's eyes, all the people who participated in the ceremony later belonged to Zhang Xuan's faction.

Except for Huang Chan and Tang Yin!

"That'...... What to do now? ”

Huo Tao's mentality is obviously not as good as Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan sighed: "It's a pity that Zishi is not in Beijing, maybe Zhu Jingdao chose to make trouble because of this, I am afraid that Zhu Jingdao will deal with Zishi together, and then ...... Our group of rising stars may not be able to maintain their position in the DPRK and China. ”

"What now?"

"I can only try to find someone to minimize the impact of this matter, and at the same time insist that Zhu Jingdao framed it out of thin air! If there is no conclusive evidence for such a thing, His Majesty will not accept it, and it has not produced substantial consequences, I don't believe that he can come up with any convincing evidence! ”

"Yes, yes."

Huo Tao agreed with Zhang Xuan's point of view, "If he had evidence, he wouldn't let Xu Jie scare you!" He's deliberately disrupting our hearing and hearing! ”

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The next day, there was still no court.

Zhu Si stayed in Xishan, and there was no news about when he would return to Beijing, and at the same time, the ministers knew early on that the emperor would not return in a short time, because yesterday several groups of men and horses were transferred from Beijing to guard Xishan.

Ministry of Rites Yamen.

Zhang Xuan came to visit in the morning and went directly to the official room dedicated to Shangshu, Zhang Xuan spoke earnestly, and explained Zhu Hao's threats to him to Xi Shu.

Xi Shu was shocked: "It's really you?" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head: "How is this possible?" What good will it do me to divulge His Majesty's whereabouts? ”

Xi Shu thought about it, although he suspected Zhang Xuan early on and felt that this person was unscrupulous, but in terms of the emperor's patrol and leakage, it seemed that Zhang Xuan was really difficult to benefit from it.

"Then why did he do this to you?"

Xi Shu frowned, "Could it be Xu Zisheng who sow discord?" ”

"Impossible! Zhu Jingdao trusted Xu Zisheng very much, and even took him with him when he went to Tianjin, and they came back together this time! ”

Zhang Xuan replied categorically.

Xi Shu said suspiciously: "Then I can't understand what you're worried about...... Since His Majesty's leak of secrets has nothing to do with you, let him say it! Will Your Majesty condone the infighting among the people around him? Although Jingdao is young and vigorous, he is still reasonable, and he has not seen any waves in the DPRK in recent years, and no one even knows what his position is for a long time. ”

With the meaning of Xishu, are you Zhang Xuan too worried?

You think you have a high rank, but in fact, you are only a Hanlin bachelor at best, and that is still a position that Zhu Jingdao obtained when he was not uncommon, you said that you have a high reputation in the Yili faction, and you don't see where you are high, you are blind there.

Zhu Hao didn't even deal with Fei Hong and the others, will he deal with you first?

To put it mildly, are you qualified?

Zhang Xuan said: "Since he has no intention of fighting, why did he send someone to tell me this?" ”

Xi Shu shook his head: "If you have any doubts, you can go to see him in person and ask him face-to-face, he has returned to the capital!" If you don't want to go, then I'll go, and I can even help you ask ...... You don't want to verify things now, you only think about confrontation, and you don't want to persuade Your Majesty to return to Beijing as soon as possible and stabilize the court. ”

Zhang Xuan said coldly: "The enemy has forced me to come to my head, if I still blindly retreat and compromise, then this court, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to have a place!" ”