Zhang Xuan has seen Xi Shu, but no results have been achieved.

Now he is focused on dealing with Zhu Hao, and he never thought about coming to the door to seek peace, and after he went back, he was thinking about how to get through this crisis smoothly.

West Mountain, temporary line.

Emperor Jiajing was receiving envoys returning from Huguang, Yunnan, Guangxi, and other places, and their task was to go to all parts of the country to open mines, and most of them were talents selected by Zhu Hao from the old department of Xingwangfu, and they were Zhu Si's old acquaintances in the palace.

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there are eyebrows for mining everywhere, and according to the location designated by Mr. Zhu, the ore veins have basically been discovered, but in some places, the terrain of mountains and rivers is too difficult and dangerous, so if you invest manpower and material resources to mine now...... The cost is too high! So no result for the time being. ”

Zhu Si nodded: "Everyone has worked hard, let's go back and rest after the reward." ”

"Yes."

Zhang Zuo smiled and sent people away.

When the people were gone, Zhu Si asked Zhang Zuo: "Is there any news from Jingdao?" ”

Zhang Zuo said: "Mr. Zhu sent someone to spread the word, saying that it is very likely that the news of His Majesty's departure from Beijing was leaked...... Own. ”

"Your own people?"

Zhu Si was a little surprised.

Zhang Zuo sighed and said: "It probably means that the people around Your Majesty, in order to compete for power and profit, deliberately leaked the matter of Your Majesty's departure from Beijing...... In fact, even if Mr. Zhu didn't say it explicitly, the old slave was aware of it, maybe it was ...... Bachelor Zhang. ”

Zhu Si frowned: "Impossible, right?" What are the benefits of doing so for Zhang? ”

Zhang Zuo said: "His purpose is to make His Majesty rely on him more." ”

Zhu Si thought about it, but still couldn't figure it out, and when he looked back at Zhang Zuo, he suddenly thought of something: "You go back to Jingshi, go and ask Jingdao what is going on!" If it was really Zhang Zhang's doing, you ask Jingdao, what should be done! ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Zuo left after receiving the order, hurried to the train station, and took the nearest train back to the capital.

Now these people around the emperor all take the train from Xishan back to the capital, because it is too convenient and fast for them.

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Inside the capital.

Zhu Hao met Zhang Zuo who had returned from Xishan and Wang Zuo, the commander of Jinyiwei, at the Fusi Yamen in Jinyi Weibei Town.

Zhang Zuo first separated Wang Zuo and met with Zhu Hao alone.

"Mr. Zhu, what do you see...... This matter was done by that Bachelor Zhang, right? Since it didn't have any substantial impact, didn't it...... Never mind? ”

Zhang Zuo had an attitude of calming things down, and didn't want to see infighting between Zhu Hao and Zhang Xuan.

Zhu Hao was noncommittal.

Zhang Zuo said again: "For the sake of today's plan, Your Majesty should be allowed to return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Hao said: "I really don't understand, why does Your Majesty keep wandering the West Mountain and not returning?" ”

"Huh? This...... This ......"

Zhang Zuo was a little speechless.

Didn't you, Mr. Zhu, have a last resort, why are you still asking about me?

I know where to go!

You don't want to ask Your Majesty why he didn't come back to take care of the government, did you?

Looks like you have a lot of opinions.

Zhu Hao said again: "Your Majesty's accession to the throne is short, the country is not stable, and the tour of Xishan is not out of the order of his subordinates, dare to ask Gonggong Zhang, is that so?" ”

"That's ...... Nature. ”

Zhang Zuo was a little embarrassed.

He felt that Zhu Hao had a strong "murderous aura", which was different from every time he saw Zhu Hao before, he had a discussion with Yan Yuese, which fully showed that Zhu Hao probably also experienced the prestige that the superior should have when he was in power.

This is also a disguised order with Zhang Zuo, if you say that the dignity and humility are orderly, then now in the court, is it you Zhang Zuo as the respect, or I Zhu Hao as the respect?

Zhu Hao said: "Since Your Majesty is out on patrol and doesn't want outsiders to know, otherwise it may cause great consequences, should the person who leaked the news be held responsible?" ”

"This ......"

Zhang Zuo didn't know how to answer.

Zhu Hao sighed: "Father-in-law Zhang, that Bachelor Zhang has made a great contribution to the matter of etiquette, but how dark and fighting his heart is, you should know it, right?" At such an age, he should be loyal to His Majesty, and he can't always worry about personal honor and disgrace, is he not satisfied that he has achieved the position of a bachelor of Hanlin in just three years as a second-class ranked Jinshi?

"And, when will you have the heart to fight him? He would rather leak the matter of His Majesty's tour to the ministers, in a vain attempt to cause disputes in the court, and did not care about His Majesty's safety at all, causing the distrust of the monarch and the ministers. ”

Zhang Zuo swallowed his saliva and said tremblingly: "That...... What Mr. Zhu means...... Don't need him? ”

Zhang Zuo didn't expect that Zhu Hao had been holding back before, and now he was going to kill Zhang Xuan as soon as he made a move.

Zhu Hao said: "This kind of matter is not easy to disclose to the public, it should only be handled internally, I have a copy of the note submitted to Your Majesty, involving some evidence of this matter and how to deal with it." Bother Father-in-law Zhang to send someone, or personally send it to His Majesty. ”

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……

The secret music presented by Zhu Hao was quickly returned to Xishan by Zhang Zuo and handed over to Zhu Si.

After reading it, Zhu Si's brows tightened.

Zhang Zuo didn't even open it halfway, because he knew that the stakes were very high, which meant that there was a dispute between the two relatively large factions around the emperor, Zhu Hao and Zhang Xuan, and the contradictions were irreconcilable.

Zhu Si closed the music with a gloomy face.

"Your Majesty."

Zhang Zuo waited for Zhu Si to speak.

Zhu Si asked, "Have you read the content above?" ”

Zhang Zuo shook his head: "I haven't seen it." ”

Jing Dao said that since Zhang Xuan returned to Beijing in Nanjing, he has done a lot of things for fame and fortune, many of which I didn't know before, he first conspired and calculated Mr. Tang, and then took the initiative to contact the courtiers, and even borrowed Gui Cao to go to Jiangnan to see Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian, and sent his letters, with Yang Yiqing's reply as evidence.

"In addition, this time, Zhang Xuan also secretly let out a rumor to inform Wenchen, saying that I was not in Beijing and came to Xishan to patrol, taking the opportunity to make a dislike between me and Wenchen, so that he could mediate and increase his position in my mind."

When Zhu Si said this, he seemed to fully believe Zhu Hao's words.

Zhang Zuo said: "Your Majesty, is there any evidence for these things?" ”

"Yes."

Zhu Sidao, "Jingdao said, in fact, Zhang Xuan has always had his people by his side, and even Zhang Zhang's mansion has the eyeliner he bought. Because from the very beginning, Jingdao didn't believe in this person and felt that his work was too utilitarian, but it was precisely because of this that Jingdao wanted to use him in the matter of the Great Rites, because only such utilitarian people can do things by unscrupulous means to achieve their goals. ”

Zhang Zuo smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhu is quite accurate in seeing people. ”

Zhu Sidao: "Do you also think that Zhang Xuan is this kind of person?" ”

Zhang Zuowei said: "Your Majesty forgot, you asked the old slave to warn him?" ”

"Alas! Oh, yes. ”

Zhu Si sighed, "Zhang Xuan looks very good, has flexible and changeable methods, and has a certain amount of wisdom, but unfortunately he pays too much attention to fame and fortune, I don't know where he has such a strong fighting spirit, as if everyone in the world is like an ant in his eyes, Jingdao is dedicated to cultivating him, and he actually takes revenge on Jingdao." ”

Zhang Zuo asked tentatively: "But the old slave didn't see what Master Zhang really did to Mr. Zhu." ”

Zhu Si sneered: "No? Just the competition for favor shows the darkness in this person's heart, and it is in vain that I trust him! According to Jingdao, the position of Shaanxi Zuobu political envoy will be handed over to him. ”

"Your Majesty?"

Zhang Zuo never thought that the emperor's treatment of Zhang Xuan would be so decisive.

It's even a bit of a stubborn and self-serving, just because Zhu Hao is a part of the performance, the core figure of the Rites faction, your confidant Zhang Xuan, is going to release the political envoy of Shaanxi Zuobu from such an important position as the Hanlin Bachelor?

Although the official position of Zuo Bu political envoy is not low in itself, compared to the position of Hanlin Bachelor, it is simply an underground and a heaven.

"Jingdao is right, it's time for me to go back to the capital, and it's not good to delay the court." Zhu Sidao, "Tell me to go down, go back to the capital before nightfall tonight, and let the train be ready." ”

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Zhu Si is going back to the capital.

And an order was urgently sent back to the capital from Xishan and handed over to the Ministry of Officials for execution, and Zhang Xuan was directly assigned to Shaanxi without even going through any court push or the system of selecting officials from the Ministry of Officials.

If it were someone else, Qiao Yu, the secretary of the ministry, would fight for it, but Qiao Yu knew that he didn't have a few days left in the court...... Because Yang Yiqing's speed from Zhenjiang to the north is very fast, it will take about another three or five days to reach the capital.

Qiao Yu hated to cut off some more of the emperor's wings, and let Zhang Xuan, who was a thorn in his eye, get out, it was simply not too perfect.

So, under inexplicable circumstances, Zhang Xuan received the news that he was transferred to the political envoy of Shaanxi Zuobu, and the imperial decree and the official letter and official letter of the ministry were almost delivered together.

"This ......"

Zhang Xuan got the assignment and felt that his life had fallen into boundless darkness.

Huo Tao stood aside, also surprised by the emperor's decisiveness.

In other words, they never thought that Zhu Hao would have such a great influence on the emperor...... Zhu Hao just sent Xu Jie to warn him, and then the emperor transferred Zhang Xuan out of Beijing, which is not obvious to tell Zhang Xuan that you are a fart compared to Zhu Hao, and I don't need to use you.

Zhang Xuan sighed: "It's my own fault." ”

Huo Tao said: "Your Majesty's patrol did not produce any evil results, even if Zhu Jingdao submits the evidence of your leakage of this matter, Your Majesty should not be so ruthless, right?" You've done a great job of doing a lot of work for the council before. ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly: "Haven't you seen it yet?" This is already polite, but Zhu Jingdao sent someone to inform me before he did it, telling me the cause and effect, and even asked me to be a provincial political envoy, instead of being transferred to Nanjing as a small official...... That's a blessing! ”

"That ......"

"It's useless!"

Zhang Xuan interrupted Huo Tao's words, "Now I only hope that this matter will not affect you. Don't you see that? Whether there is this matter or not, Zhu Jingdao will attack me sooner or later, which is why I have to fight against him from the beginning. ”

Huo Tao also nodded: "That's right, but even if you make the first move, Your Majesty believes in him, so you still lose." ”

"I didn't lose."

Zhang Xuan said, "It seems that I am defeated now, but there is always a price to pay for partiality and belief, as long as I am pious enough and grateful enough to Your Majesty, then after this incident, Zhu Jingdao will not work if he wants to use the same trick on others." I used my own release in exchange for the dislike between him and His Majesty, isn't it? ”

"This ...... The price is too high. ”

Huo Tao felt that Zhang Xuan was sacrificing himself to fulfill his comrades.

Zhang Xuan said: "If not, how can Your Majesty see the true face of this son?" has always pretended to be indisputable with the world, but in fact, indisputability in this world is a big controversy, when will Your Majesty really understand? ”