It has to be said that the first assistant of the cabinet personally led the clean-up of the Huangzhuang and Huangdian, at least before the final plan was settled, and the efficiency was much faster than in the past or as expected.

What did the ministers and relatives resist and make trouble in the past? It was the emperor who was worried about the Wenchen sitting big, so he had to protect the "loyal" relatives, and he had to care more about the emperor's own internal money.

Is Wenchen sitting big now? No, after the establishment of the National Policy Council, subtle changes became more and more apparent.

The Chang Dynasty has also gradually become ritualized, and the things that used to be discussed in the Chang Dynasty are now increasingly transferred to the National Policy Council. And those little things, with the new rule of "in principle quasi-playing" of affairs within the six ministries, did not have to alarm the emperor.

There were more than a dozen people arguing about the national policy meeting, and the emperor could already sit on the dragon chair and control the decision.

On the contrary, who enters the imperial study, who attends as a representative of the military generals, and who is promoted to the level of cabinet ministers and Jiuqing all depend on the holy will.

At the top of the imperial court, because the gates have become more numerous and the water has become more active, it is more difficult for Wenchen to hold together than in the past.

Since the imperial power is temporarily stable, why should the ministers and relatives still make trouble?

What's more, most of them are already waste.

"I heard that the envoy of Beizhen Fu has entered the palace." The British Duke Zhang Lun asked Cui Yuan worriedly, "Cui Shence, after Wang Zuo returned to Beijing, he visited us all and asked about our relationship with the merchants of Guangzhou, can you get to the bottom of it!" Today, His Majesty summoned all our ministers and relatives, and everyone was very uneasy. ”

If it was before, they were all called Horse Lords.

Now, they call Cui Shence, which is the name that has only recently emerged for the other three ministers who participated in the national policy meeting except for the cabinet ministers Jiuqing.

Cui Yuan was very helpless: "Grandpa Guo, many aircraft maintenance will not leave the imperial study, so don't embarrass me." ”

"Then why did you let us wait in the Wuying Hall first?" Xu Guangzuo looked at the other ministers and relatives inside and outside the Wuying Palace, "It's not that I'm too worried, Cui is participating in politics, you left Beijing during the May New Day Imperial Meeting......

On that thunderstorm night, on the eve of the Great Imperial Meeting, a fire from the Nichisemen made the lords and relatives who participated in the Great Imperial Meeting the next day tremble.

At that time, the princes and uncles were all taken to the Qianqing Palace, and when other relatives and military generals were waiting in the Wuying Hall to "give the court food", Xu Guangzuo later heard that many people changed their clothes as soon as they went home: it was naturally not because of the heavy rain that day.

As for whether it was a cold sweat or something else, I don't know, but in short, it was a terrifying and unbearable memory.

Cui Yuan continued to look at them helplessly: "With so many lords and relatives, it is natural that the Qianqing Palace will set up a table case before passing me on." ”

"We just have some dealings with businessmen in the two Guangzhou, and when Wang Zuo came to ask, he said it all 1510." Wu'an Hou Zheng Ying on the side also came over, "Cui Shence, let's be a little prepared, what should we do when we meet Your Majesty." There must be a reason why Marquis Wuding went to camp, right? ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Cai Zhen.

"I don't know anything!"

Cai Zhen felt that if he continued like this, his sect order would be noisy to death.

He is also very embarrassed as a sect leader, and he is only in charge of the emperor's relatives and relatives. And Cui Yuan is now in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, and these lords still look for him in order to clean up the Huangzhuang Huangdian.

Isn't Cui Yuan already back?

But there is no way, Cui Yuan was too low-key in the past, and he belonged to the outliers among the relatives, and most of the people who came and went were literati and scholars.

Guo Xun has been demoted, and Zhu Qi has even been expelled from the world certificate, but this news is only known to the Minister of State Policy. Each pair of world passes is divided into about one, one copy is kept by the lords, and the other copy is stored in the palace.

The two of them also had to make meritorious contributions, and Zhu Houxi did not make a big deal about it, making them lose face.

Cui Yuan was also changing a little bit, he opened his mouth and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty is lenient, today is the fate of the wife to meet the Queen Mother and the princess, it is a happy day, what are you afraid of?" Your Majesty has been busy with everything in the past few months, and now that he is holding a banquet and summoning all his relatives to come, how can he do anything? ”

"But what is Wang Zuo doing when he is called into the palace at this time?" Zhang Lun was terrified.

Cui Yuan looked at him: "How do I know?" British Duke, why are you so worried about Wang Zuo's entry into the palace? ”

Zhang Lun sneered and said: "I can't help but think about it, after all, Wang Zuo has visited all the relatives before." ”

There is a lot of momentum in the Wuying Palace, and no one can figure out His Majesty's intentions.

And the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling are conspicuous, because they have no friends around them to talk together.

After a few months of low-keying, the superintendent built the Kangling of the Zhengde Emperor, and now the Rui Zonglie Emperor has also been buried, and the matter of the Kangling superintendent is being appointed by His Majesty to settle the accounts with the household department and the Ministry of Industry.

If there is no problem, then there is a work.

But thinking of Wang Zuo's smiling face and some of the words he asked when he visited before, the two brothers are now not seeking merit, but seeking to be fine.

……

In the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Wang Zuo met the emperor for the first time.

Luo An also came.

"If you compare me to Huguang fierce medicine, you also write it down?" Zhu Houxi asked with a smile.

Wang Zuo put half of his buttocks on the stool given by the emperor, and replied respectfully: "The minister only knows how to play truthfully." ”

He jokes with you, I don't care if you reprimand you or not, if I hide it for him, isn't that looking for death?

"You're all good." Zhu Houxi laughed, "He pleaded guilty, and you also presented." On this trip to the south, why did the other two things I have assigned to be performed only recently? ”

Wang Zuo bent down and said, "Liangguang criminal minister, Your Majesty wants to leave it to Zhang Futai for interrogation, and it is inconvenient for the minister to send someone for interrogation in person. Zhang Futai's confession to the minister, the minister naturally needed to verify it again, so it was delayed for some time. ”

"I've walked through the Xunqi Mansion and confronted him face to face?" Zhu Houxi looked at him, "Some people don't have business dealings with Liangguang. ”

"They are all the pillars of the country, and the ministers simply go through them all. Naturally, it is not a confrontation, since Your Majesty has approved the invitation of the minister, the minister is visiting to help the Marquis of Funing with a message. Those who have business contacts will discuss how to deal with it, and those who have no business contacts will help Fu Ninghou to ask his children to go to Liangguang to do things. First, it can hide people's eyes and ears, and secondly, it can also make them restrain themselves and not worry His Majesty at this time. ”

There was a smile on the corner of Zhu Houxi's mouth: "What about Shi Bao?" ”

"Although arrangements have been made, if you still receive a secret report from Commander Shi, this matter will not be considered to be able to be reinstated. With the help of Duke Liang, the people under Command Shi now have proper identities and are scattered to Nanyang. It's just that the sea is unpredictable, and it still broke seven people. ”

Zhu Houxi put away his smile and nodded: "You arrange all the family children." ”

"I know. The adult served in Beijing and arranged a stable messenger. The young ones were all raised and sent to the health school. ”

"Speaking of Jinyiwei's health studies, what happened to Lu Bing and Yan Shifan?"

The emperor asked face to face again, and Wang Zuo replied awe-inspiringly: "Lu Xiaoqian's foundation in martial arts is very good, and it was just a headache for Mr. in his studies. After Chief Yan's son-in-law left, the two became friends. Yan Gongzi has a family history, and his intelligence and energy are extraordinary, and now Lu Xiaoqian always listens to his advice to work hard. Yan Gongzi said that he had lost the battle before, so he asked Lu Xiaoqian for advice. ”

“…… Let's see what happens to this pair of living treasures in the future. Zhu Houxi thought about the appearance of Lu Bing and Yan Shifan hooking shoulders together, and felt interesting in his heart, and then said to Wang Zuo, "You have worked hard to go south this time." But the matter of Liangguang has not yet been completed, and I will not reward you first. I have another thing to ask you: Did the leader of the gang of pirates who went to Dongguan to meet the defeated bandits find out the clues? ”

Wang Zuo left the stool and knelt down: "The minister couldn't go to the sea to pursue that day, and after that, Guangdong also needed to prepare for the Tuen Mun war, so he let the thieves escape some." The minister returned all the way back to Beijing and checked the confession handed over by Zhang Futai to the minister, so that after arriving in Beijing, he learned about the murder of the official in the southeast. Who is the leader of that gang of pirates, I am afraid that only Wang Ziyan knows. Helplessly, Zhang Futai was ...... at that time The knife is too decisive. ”

"Didn't you find any clues from Wang Ziyan's cronies, housekeepers, and money exchanges?"

"The minister is not effective, and it has not been found out yet." Wang Zuo knelt solidly.

"Get up." Zhu Houxi thought for a while and said, "You go to the southeast again, and check from the three lines." ”

"Listen!"

"First, what is the relationship between the Shouning Hou family's staff Master Fang and the volume of "Wild Records" that has suddenly circulated in Jiangnan in the past six months."

Zhu Houxi's first sentence surprised Wang Zuo, but he was professional and asked: "But in Zhu Zhishan's "Wild Records", about Emperor Taizong's Yifang filial piety and ten clans? ”

"Covert visits." Zhu Houxi nodded, "Second, the cooperation between the big households in the southeast and the maritime merchants of the two Guangzhous, the focus is that because of the change of the two Guangzhous, the trading houses of the big clans that relied on the two Guangzhous to sell overseas silk, porcelain, tea and other channels in the past have been cut off. ”

"Yes!"

"Third, Zhang Zilin's first secret letter after he arrived in Nanzhili, investigating that the three officials who were killed were all involved in illegal salt, and the official voices were also mixed, all of them were greedy for ink and extravagant pleasure." Zhu Houxi's eyes showed a chill, "The person who planned the murder of officials in the southeast is afraid that there is a bureau that uses this as a lead to burn all over the southeast." Even if he is not a good official, he should be punished by the imperial court! The elite soldiers of Beijing and Liangguang still need to be prepared, and they can only go to the southeast after the year, you go first to help Zhang Zilin add another layer of deterrence! ”

Wang Zuo said loudly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

He already knew a little about this matter as the envoy of Beizhen.

Zhang Zilin should not say this for the sake of closing the case, the situation can only be that the killed officials really have something to kill, or that most of the officials in the southeast are contaminated with similar crimes.

So at the moment, the southeast should be like a restless powder pile, how many people are afraid of being affected?

Wang Zuo took the order and left, and Zhu Houxi looked at Luo An: "Is it difficult to control such a shrewd and capable subordinate?" ”

Luo An's face was ashamed: "If there is no Your Majesty to support the minister, the minister will not be able to suppress it." ”

"That's right!" Zhu Houxi said, "Since I ordered you to be the commander of this brocade guard, you have my support." I spent months focusing only on the court's important ministers. Now, it is necessary to deter the lords and the place! Zhao Jun and Shi Bao worked hard in Liangguang, and the good news has come. You and Zhang Bo, next you have to play a twelve-point spirit, and take care of Jinyiwei and the inner factory, you must be like an arm! ”

"The minister will do it!"

Zhao Jun, who was already a thousand households, made meritorious contributions in the first battle of defending Dongguan in Guangdong, and after being promoted to general, he made meritorious contributions in the second Battle of Tuen Mun.

At present, with his status as an old minister of the Qiandi, he was first directly promoted by His Majesty to the command of the Guangdong Metropolitan Commander, and the commander of the Guangdong Metropolitan from the second rank.

Guangdong, on the other hand, did not send a new commander and chief military officer, which means that Zhao Jun has become the de facto boss in the Guangdong military attache sequence.

As for Wang Hong, his merits will be narrated by the Ministry of War together with Zhang Fujing.

After Zhang Bo, the commander, went to Liangguang for some training and came back, he was transferred to the East Factory.

Originally, under the admiral eunuch, there was only one Dongchang for 1,000 households and 100 for 100 households, but now it is changing.

First of all, the name was changed from the East Investigation Factory to the Internal Inspection Factory. Secondly, in addition to the admiral eunuch, this inner factory also has a commander, Zheng Sanpin. Zhang Bo was promoted from the commander of the three products to the same knowledge, and temporarily served as the commander.

Luo An didn't know how the National Policy Council passed this reform, but from what the emperor had just said to Wang Zuo and what he had told him, he knew that the next step was the last step for His Majesty to deter the ministers and the localities and sit on the throne.

Ordered to leave, Luo An saw the eunuch who went to the Wuying Hall to summon the relatives on the way out of the palace.

His Majesty, who has just turned sixteen, has really shown far more bearing and strategy than when he went to the palace after entering Beijing.

He could see that Wang Zuo's shrewd guy was sincere, respectful, and tireless.

Liangguang and his party, what are the things that make Wang Zuo convinced?

……

Today, the woman entered the palace, and the cold, warmth, and coldness were too obvious.

First of all, it is natural to go to Renshou Palace, which is more respected on the surface, to meet the "Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Cishou", but this is just a passing scene.

Subsequently, the eldest princesses, the wives of the relatives, and the wives of the important ministers of the imperial court went to the Qingning Palace in the east to meet the Empress Dowager Shao and the Empress Dowager Jiang, as well as the two eldest princesses who were waiting for the title.

In Renshou Palace, Empress Dowager Zhang didn't have the interest to sigh anything, but suppressed her anger but was helpless.

Because this morning, when the emperor came to say hello as usual, he stayed a little longer.

A lot of euphemisms were used and a lot of respectful assurances were made, but there was only one purpose: there were people killing officials in the southeast, there were wars in the two Guangzhous, and the northwest was approaching the high incidence period in the north in winter, and the food and wages were worried.

Can the dry shares of the three imperial villages and several official stores belonging to Renshou Palace be handed over first?

It seems that Yang Ting and Bitter are forcing each other, but how can Empress Dowager Zhang say nothing? Concubine Shao has become the empress dowager, and in terms of status in the palace, she is already the second!

What's more, the emperor also said: Kangling Inspector is rolling accounts, and when it is over, he will be able to recount the merits for Shouning Hou and Jianchang Hou, and compensate for this "relief of worries for the country" in other forms.

“…… Queen mother. Empress Xia of Zhuangsu looked at Empress Dowager Zhang worriedly.

Thinking of the Zhang brothers who were about to go to the Qianqing Palace to "go to the banquet", the Empress Dowager Zhang cleaned up her emotions and reluctantly smiled: "What's wrong?" ”

Xia wanted to speak and stopped.

Forgot about the fire of the Nissemon Gate? The matter has come to this point, why not warn Shou Ning Hou and Jian Chang Hou?

Your Majesty said that the state affairs are difficult and the food is worried, and donating one or two will make Longyan happy, and then enjoy wealth and prosperity!

She always felt that Empress Dowager Zhang's heart was getting heavier and heavier, and she still seemed to be unwilling.

Can these ...... Isn't it because there was a Zheng Wang case of demonic rumors back then, and it wasn't because the Zhang brothers were too domineering, that the friendship between Emperor Zhengde and Empress Dowager Zhang became weaker and weaker, so that they rarely entered the palace to favor the concubine?

As a result, there was no heir left, so that the two of them now have this ending.

Xia only remembered that after Emperor Zhengde came to the south to become seriously ill, Empress Dowager Zhang did not visit once.

Now even she couldn't help but suspect something.

So she also smiled reluctantly: "Shall I help you walk around the imperial garden?" ”

The fat powder in the Qingning Palace was full of gas, and the ladies were smiling and respectfully patting their ass, pulling homely dishes, and waiting for the banquet to be seated.

In the Qianqing Palace, the relatives have already arrived, and the tables and chairs are even placed on the cloud platform outside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houxi looked at this large group of people who were supported by the state, thinking that eighty or ninety percent of them were already waste, but he still smiled: "Sit." ”

It's not cold at noon in October, but it's still a little windy today.

The beads of sweat on the foreheads of many people who were anxious were blown by the wind, and they were unusually awake.

If it is not a joy or a festival, how can there be a good feast?

(End of chapter)