Chapter 80: The Aftermath of the Party Struggle
The main responsibilities of the Beijing Jinyi Guard are different from those of the local Jinyi Guard, the main duty of the Beijing Jinyi Guard is to supervise the hundred officials, and suppressing evil and rebels is only a part-time job.
Luo Mansion, the mansion of Luo Sigong, the commander of Jinyi Guard, today's Luo Mansion ushered in an unexpected person.
"Father-in-law Zhou?"
Looking at Zhou Zhuming, Luo Sigong's face was different, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he knew all the important people in the palace, and Zhou Zhuming, the head of internal affairs of King Zheng's Mansion, naturally he would not not be unrecognized.
"Commander Luo really has a good memory, even the little person of the old slave."
Zhou Zhuming smiled.
"Grandpa Zhou seems to have come to the wrong place, right?"
Luo Sigong said indifferently, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, it is taboo to contact the envoys of the vassal king in private.
Seeing Luo Sigong's attitude, Zhou Zhuming smiled bitterly and said: "Commander Luo, the old slave is not wrong, this time there is something to ask for." ”
As the head of internal affairs of King Zheng's Mansion, he shouldn't have come to visit Luo Sigong, but he couldn't help but come this time, Zuo Yifeng made it clear that he wanted to make a big deal out of it, if he didn't suppress this matter and make trouble to the court, King Zheng Mansion would definitely be punished, and if it was too big, he might even be deprived of his already small power.
"Father-in-law Zhou, Luo is now unable to protect himself, I'm afraid I can't help you."
Hearing this, Luo Sigong shook his head, he is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, now in the court, the Donglin Party is in full swing, the first assistant of the cabinet Ye Xianggao, the second assistant Han Yi are all leaders of the Donglin Party, the backbone members of the Donglin Party Zou Yuanbiao, Zhao Nanxing, Wang Ji, Gao Panlong and others are all in high positions, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Huang Zunsu and others are in Kedao, controlling the words of the court.
It's just that the Donglin Party is extremely xenophobic, denouncing the officials of many other parties such as the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party, the Chu Party, and the Xuan Party as evil parties, and there are many suppression and rejection, plus the original leader of the Zhejiang Party, Fang Congzhe, was expelled from the court, and the officials of various parties who have no backbone have joined Wei Zhongxian.
And Wei Zhongxian has been the hottest person in the entire capital since he and the Hakka family ate in pairs, and after being promoted to the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, he was already the hottest person in the entire capital, and the dependence of officials of all sizes made Wei Zhongxian's eunuch power rise sharply.
Now that the conflict between the eunuch party and the Donglin party is becoming increasingly fierce, Wei Zhongxian has always hinted at him to take refuge, but as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Luo Sigong knows very well that the world is now the world of literati, and even the imperial power can't fight the officials of the world, otherwise Emperor Wanli would not have been forced to hide in the harem.
A mere Wei Zhongxian is just the boss of the officials of the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party, the Chu Party, the Xuan Party and other parties who have pushed him to the forefront, with the support of so many officials, Wei Zhongxian is the leader of the Eunuch Party, without the support of these officials, Wei Zhongxian is just a eunuch.
Even if the Donglin Party is defeated in a real fight, Wei Zhongxian will not end well, sooner or later he will be abandoned by these officials, and defecting to the Eunuch Party is just a dead end.
"What does Commander Luo mean by that?"
Zhou Zhuming didn't expect Luo Sigong to answer like this, and was stunned for a while.
Seeing that Zhou Zhuming still didn't know what to do, Luo Sigong intended to drive people away, but thinking that Zhou Zhuming represented King Zheng, Luo Sigong still said coldly: "Wei Zhongxian!" ”
"Commander Luo is talking about Li Jinzhong?"
Hearing Luo Sigong's words, Zhou Zhuming couldn't help but hesitate.
"Father-in-law Zhou also knows Wei Zhongxian?"
Hearing this, Luo Sigong couldn't help but be a little surprised, Wei Zhongxian's original surname was Wei, and after he was eunuched into the palace, he changed his name to Li Jinzhong, but he was not famous when he was called Li Jinzhong, and when he became famous, he had changed his surname back to Wei Zhongxian, so there were not many people who knew that Wei Zhongxian used to call Li Jinzhong, and most of them were people in the palace.
"Commander Luo, the old slave used to be under the prince, and he had a good relationship with Wei Zhongxian."
Zhou Zhuming's eyes flashed with a different color, it was taboo for the vassal king to probe the government affairs, as the head of the internal affairs of the vassal king, although he had also heard that Wei Zhongxian was now favored, but he didn't expect to be able to force Luo Sigong to this extent.
"In this case, Luo suggested that Father-in-law Zhou go to Wei Zhongxian."
Hearing Zhou Zhuming's words, Luo Sigong was not too surprised, just indifferently picked up the teacup and signaled to send off the guests, the royal family is extremely strict in the supervision of the vassal king, and the officials of the Changshi Division and the eunuchs in the palace are all appointed by the imperial court, these people are not only serving the vassal king, but also the supervisors.
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In the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard in Kaifeng Mansion, in the task hall, Su Hao and He Liu were choosing tasks.
"Sixth brother, Qianhu has already played the matter more than a month ago, and there is no result yet?"
Looking at the task card, Su Hao turned his head and asked, more than a month has passed since the matter of King Zheng's mansion, Zuo Yifeng has already played the matter, and escorted Liu Xing and others into Beijing together, according to common sense, more than a month should be enough for the imperial court to determine the reward and punishment.
He has also been paying attention to this matter, but unfortunately the circulation of news in ancient times is too slow, and there are not many people who know about the affairs in the court, so he has no way to inquire at all.
"I don't know."
Hearing this, He Liu shook his head: "The matter is related to the vassal king, it shouldn't be so fast." ”
Not so fast?
Hearing He Liu's words, Su Hao sighed slightly in his heart, if it was just not so fast, it would be okay, for more than a month, he had been collecting information from the court, although it was all old things that were heard three or four months ago, but it could also be seen that the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party had fought quite hard, and if this matter was involved in the party dispute, it would be troublesome.
At this time, Jiang Shizhong hurriedly walked in and said in a low voice: "Sixth brother, Brother Su, thousands of households are looking for you." ”
Zuo Yifeng looking for the two of them?
Hearing this, Su Hao frowned, and a bad thought appeared in his heart, could it really be as he thought before?
But thinking about it, Su Hao and He Liu still hurried to the attic where Zuo Yifeng was, and when they came to the attic, Su Hao unexpectedly found that the two Zuo Yifeng's personal guards who had been like two door gods were nowhere to be found.
"You're here."
Seeing Su Hao and the two coming in, Zuo Yifeng said lightly: "The case of King Zheng's Mansion has ended, the current King Zheng Zhu Zaiyi was demoted to a concubine and imprisoned in Fengyang, the son Zhu Yizhong was given to death, the throne of King Zheng was inherited by Zhu Yiduo, the eldest son of the concubine, the prefect of Huaiqing was dismissed, and the high thousands of households in Huaiqing Mansion were fined thirty great merits. ”
"How is that possible!"
Hearing this, Su Hao and He Liu's faces changed instantly, not happy but surprised, although nearly two thousand people died, but they also knew that King Zheng's mansion was reprimanded at most and deprived of some power, but now King Zheng was deposed and the son was given death, which was far beyond their imagination.
You must know that there are not many vassal kings who have been deposed, most of them have been deposed because of misdeeds, and this time it is far less serious.