Chapter 019: Innocence

There was an intermission in the boxing match, and the same was true for the trial, and the presiding jurors were all old and could not withstand the long toss, so they all went to the backyard to drink tea and eat snacks.

Chen Cao was acquitted, the official was reinstated, Huang Chengxian, who was standing with him, had a green face, Chen Cao walked to the side, and whispered: "Lord Huang, who instructed you to frame this official, your heart is bright, and this official doesn't say much, if you want to keep your family, it's best to think carefully about the things in the future." ”

Huang Chengxian's body has always been, and his words are basically solid now, just waiting for his turn to investigate the case in the afternoon, and now that Chen Cao said these words, he himself has to carefully weigh the key points.

"It's bothering Grandpa and all the adults." Chen Cao ignored Huang Chengxian, walked straight to the edge of the hearing seat, and saluted Xu Hongji, Luo Yangxing, and Xu Xianchun.

Xu Hongji had a big face, just nodded, and then said in an official tone: "You don't have to be afraid, since you are innocent, then do what you have to do." ”

"My subordinates understand..."Chen Cao bowed and nodded.

After Xu Hongji finished speaking, Luo Yangcai said: "The commander also thinks that Chen Qianhu's case must be hidden, and Wei Guogong has already mentioned Chen Qianhu, and the official will not talk much here, I just hope that Chen Qianhu will not smash the signboard of our Jinyiwei." ”

Xu Xianchun took Chen Cao's money, and naturally helped Chen Cao say good things: "Although my Nanzhen Fusi is not as powerful as the Beizhen Fusi, I am also a Jinyi guard, and the Son of Heaven is pro-army, how can I bear these things." ”

"The lower official has been taught." Chen Cao arched his hand towards the two.

"Lord Chen," Zhang Wenda's little official walked up to Chen Cao and arched his hand, "Lord Shangshu invites you to come over and discuss something." ”

In the backyard, Zhang Wenda sat at the head of the side room, next to Qiao Yunsheng, Xiong Mingyu, Cao Yubian, Chen Yiyuan and Yushi Gao Hongtu.

Chen Cao walked into the room, saluted everyone, Zhang Wenda waved his hand, and then said: "Chen Cao, there are only you here, the old man discussed it with you just now, and the matter should be stopped at the point, don't delve into it." ”

The water in the officialdom is not ordinarily deep, Chen Cao knows this truth very well, he has already had this foreshadowing in his heart, after all, it is not a good man or woman who is involved: "Lord Shangshu, the lower official knows the key point inside, but just now the two bosses of the grandfather and the lower official have spoken, after all, it is Jinyiwei, and there must be a mastermind behind the scenes to frame such a frame-up." ”

Cao Yubian was clear about this incident, and then he looked at Zhang Wenda with a somewhat embarrassed face, the two seemed to have talked about something, Zhang Wenda nodded, and then said: "The old man knows, it's better to let Lord Xiong repeat it again." ”

Xiong Mingyu immediately arched his hand and said: "Today, the case of Xiucai in Jiangning County and Zhang Liang in Guozi Prison was investigated by Yingtianfu and compared with the Criminal Department of the Beijing Division, and remanded for retrial. The real murderer Zhang Qi's family was found guilty of killing the master, according to my Ming law, Zhang Qiqiu was beheaded, and the rest of his family members were exiled to Qiongzhou Island; instigated Zhang Qizhi's accomplice, Zhao Cheng, a prisoner of Guozi, to remove his fame, be sentenced to death by hanging, and be executed after the autumn; Ying Tianfu sentenced Huang Chengxian to accept bribes, wrongly judged the case, and falsely accused his colleagues, and was immediately imprisoned, sentenced to beheading, and executed after the autumn. In addition, Gu Linsheng, a student of Guozi Prison who was suspected of instigating the instigation of this case, was expelled from Guozijian and never recalled for instigating a fight between the student and Jinyiwei, and because he was instigated by Zhao Cheng, he was expelled from Guozijian and never recalled as a punishment. ”

After Xiong Mingyu told Chen Cao the answer that they had conspired to discuss, Zhang Wenda said softly: "The other person mentioned in this case, Master Gu, who is the secretary of the Taifu Temple, knows no one clearly, the old man has already sent someone to the Taifu Temple, and he will submit his resignation in the future, Chen Cao, you can rest the matter and settle the matter..."

This is the Game of Thrones, Chen Cao has a deep understanding at the moment, the transaction of rights is often dark, but now that Zhang Wenda has spoken, Chen Cao can't make any big waves, so he bowed to everyone and said: "Lord Shangshu judges the case like a god, but the lower official is ordered by the adult, but the lower official has a request." ”

Zhang Wenda looked at Chen Cao and said, "Speak..."

"The Zhang family of Jiangning County, as the victim of this case, although there are extenuating circumstances, but their false accusation against the lower official is true, and the lower official wants to deal with this matter in the name of my Jinyiwei, and I also ask Lord Shangshu for permission."

Zhang Wenda pondered for a moment, then nodded.

Although Gu Dazhang was very dissatisfied with Chen Cao, at least under the mediation of Zhang Wenda, he kept his only son Gu Linsheng, and Zhao Cheng, an unlucky man, became Gu Linsheng's scapegoat.

Jiangning County, Zhang's Mansion

Chen Cao walked out of a side room, buttoning his belt as he walked, and on the embroidery bed in the side room, Zhang Liang's widow Zhang Chen was crying in a low voice on the bed.

Zhao Xinxie smiled and approached Chen Cao, and arched his hand: "My lord, according to the order, everyone has been caught in the front hall and is waiting for the adults to deal with it." ”

Chen Cao glanced back at the side room, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "This woman has arranged for me to give a good life, I must not lose her, tonight, I will arrange other people for you." ”

Zhao Xin also smiled and nodded: "Your Excellency is polite, please..."

The Zhang family all knelt in the lobby, and the old man Zhang fell ill at home when he learned that his son went to the yamen to testify against Chen Cao.

Chen Cao sat in the seat of the Zhang family, which originally belonged to Old Man Zhang, looked at the men and women kneeling in the hall like all beings, and said coldly: "Zhang Ke falsely accused Jinyiwei, the crime is added to the first degree, Old Man Zhang, what did the official tell you before leaving, do you remember?" ”

"My lord..."Old man Zhang didn't move, Zhang Ke, who was even more arrogant than Chen Cao in the hall before, knelt at Chen Cao's feet, hugged Chen Cao's boots and cried vigorously: "My lord, the student was stunned by the lard before, so he would be right with the adult, the student was wrong, wrong..."

Chen Cao said curiously: "If the official remembers well, Zhang Ke, your fame has been removed by Lord Xuezheng Qin before the official came, what's wrong?" Dare to call yourself a student? ”

Zhang Ke was even more sad when he heard this, how did he know that his impulse was to put the entire Zhang family in a desperate situation: "Adults, students... The grass people know that they are wrong, please calm your anger..."

Chen Cao gave Zhao Xin a look, and saw Zhao Xin step forward and pull Zhang Ke away, and then said sharply: "Zhang's family, originally a victim, but its false accusation of Jinyi Wei Qianhu is true, on behalf of the Tianxun hunting Qincha special approval, now according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang's family Zhang Ke excommunicated, beheaded the prison marquis, the thousand households are merciful, the rest of the Zhang family, etc., all exiled to Qiongzhou Island, the order is under the order, there must be no mistake." ”

"Your Excellency..."

Chen Cao looked down at the paralyzed old man Zhang and said, "Old Zhang Tou, this official is kind and charitable, if you can get some benefits, this official may be able to save your family's life..."

...

In the Xuanwu Lane Office, Chen Cao handed the freshly sealed letter to Zhao Xin: "You go in person, Lord Servant knows that you are my confidant, and you also understand the meaning." ”

Zhao Xin looked at Chen Cao with some pain, and said hesitantly: "My lord, why bother, this matter is all up to the commander to make the adult handle it, this one." ”

"And how much do you think is appropriate?" Chen Cao put down the envelope that was loading the silver ticket and looked at Zhao Xin curiously.

"My subordinates think it's appropriate to give 20,000 taels, I'm afraid this 30,000 taels is too much." Seeing that Chen Cao didn't speak, Zhao Xin continued: "If the adult gives more, the adult will think that the adult you have received more than this, and you will be suspicious." ”

Chen Cao didn't think of this, nodded, and said with great satisfaction: "Well, I didn't mistake you kid, okay, open it and repack it, just 20,000 yuan, and give you the extra 10,000 taels, take it and share it with the brothers." ”

Zhao Xin took a deep breath, knelt down towards Chen Cao and said, "Lord Xie." ”

After arranging the gift-giving, Chen Cao left the government office with two envelopes and went straight to Zhang Wenda's line, but instead of seeing Zhang Wenda, his target was the eunuch who came to announce the decree.

"Yo, isn't this Lord Chen, why are you so free to hang out here with us?"

Chen Cao saw a eunuch standing by the garden pond talking to him, hurriedly trotted over, and bowed to the eunuch: "Chen is rude, dare to ask his father-in-law's name..."

The eunuch covered his mouth with his orchid finger and smiled: "Yo, I can't afford to be a courtesy from Lord Chen, our Wu Chun is just a eunuch who passed on the decree of the celebrant Xiao Bapin, and he has to be appreciated by his godfather and given such an errand errand." ”

Chen Cao took a deep breath and said loudly: "Gonggong Wu has something to do with Eunuch Wei..."

Wu Chun was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Yo, Lord Chen has a vision, that is the ancestor of our family, and his old man is now working as a master of ceremonies..."

That's right...

Chen Cao smiled in his heart, then respectfully took out the envelope from his arms, handed it to Wu Chun first, and said: "Chen is rude, I came here to thank my father-in-law Wu this time, and I also ask my father-in-law to smile..."

"Yo..."Wu Chun saw Chen Cao handing over the envelope, his eyes lit up, this trip south is a chore, no one in the palace wants to come, if he hadn't hugged Wei Zhongxian's thigh, he was still drying clothes in the Huanyi Bureau at this time, he immediately accepted the envelope with a smile, opened it directly in front of him, and then smiled even more brightly: "Lord Chen is really troublesome, our family has thanked Lord Chen here, if there is something to use our family in the future, as long as our family can do it, Lord Chen can open his mouth." ”

The eunuch group is like this, but if they get a benefit, they will remember the person who gave the benefit clearly, and on the contrary, they will be like killing their father and enemies.

Chen Cao laughed, then took out another envelope and handed it over: "Chen heard that Eunuch Wei has worked hard in the past few years, although the inner court is large, but there are many discrepancies, Chen only has these family wealth, so he will pay filial piety to Eunuch Wei, hoping that his old man can accept these small gifts from Chen." ”

Wu Chun covered his mouth with a smile, then reached out to take the envelope, and said with a smile: "Lord Chen, do you have anything to say that our family needs to bring to the ancestors?" ”

"No, I'll ask my father-in-law..."

...

"Lord Zhang..."

Zhang Wenda was talking to Li Xiang, raised his eyes and watched Chen Cao walk into the lobby, and said with a smile: "Good strategy, the old man is not very happy when he hears about Xiang'er and you, you can call the old man Uncle Zhang just like Xiang'er." ”

Chen Cao hurriedly bowed down: "Don't dare, the lord is serious, the lower officials haven't had time to propose to Lord Li, and there is no explanation for this matter." ”

Zhang Wenda stroked his beard and smiled: "You treacherous boy, before the old man came, Kecang made it clear that if the matter is the same as in the chapter, he will persuade Xiang'er to go back, and he will not admit the events of that night, if not, he will agree to your affairs, and he will not care about Xiang'er and you in the future. ”

Li Xiang got up with a red face and saluted Zhang Wenda and said, "Xiang'er thanked Uncle Zhang..." and then turned his head to look at Chen Cao.

Chen Cao saw Li Xiang's earnest eyes, and also arched his hand: "Chen Cao Xie has kind words." ”

Zhang Wenda waved his hand: "The day after tomorrow, I will continue to go south to inspect the provinces, and I must return to Beijing before the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

Chen Cao bowed and arched his hand: "Dan, please teach your lordship..."

"The prosperity of Jinling is not inferior to the capital, and it is even more excessive, where it is, there are many wealthy officials and businessmen, where you are in Jinyiwei, the old man thinks that it will be of great use in recent years, at that time, you must be a man, don't provoke right and wrong, officialdom, some things are not as simple as you think, it is good to be happy and enmity, but it's a pity...."Zhang Wenda said and stopped talking, the old guy closed his eyes and recuperated.

"Chen Cao remember..."

"My niece has also taken her leave..."

Leaving Zhang Wenda's line, Li Xiang stopped Chen Cao: "Sir..."

Chen Cao turned his head and thought about it: "What Lord Zhang meant just now was to let me choose a time to propose to Lord Li after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I will not have more contact with Xiang'er here, so as not to fall into the mouth, and since I promised to marry you, I don't need to call me Mr. in the future, it's awkward." ”

Li Xiang blushed and asked, "What should I call it?" Son? ”

"Do you think my five big and three thick ones are the shape of the son?" Chen Cao looked at Li Xiang funny: "Call me husband..."

Who knew that Li Xiang was anxious at that time: "You bastard, you dare..."

Chen Cao looked confused, and listened to Li Xiang: "How reluctant are you?" Or did your father threaten you too much that night, and if you don't like me, I'll just say, why do you need to be a eunuch..."After saying that, he turned his head and got into the carriage and left, followed by the maidservant.

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Zhao Xin behind him, and the innocent words were engraved on his face: "Old Zhao, what did I say wrong?" What was wrong? As for it? ”

Zhao Xin stepped forward embarrassedly and arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "My lord, I don't know, my subordinates have been on duty in the imperial city to guard Fengtianmen, and the defenders often call the eunuchs who enter and leave Fengtianmen 'husbands'..."

Yes...

Chen Cao's face was black, who the hell knows that the name of modern people will not work here.

How do you know that Zhao Xin stepped forward and asked mysteriously: "Could it be that Lord Fei is going to enter the inner court?" No wonder to bribe that eunuch. ”

Chen Cao's hideous face showed a trace of murderous intent: "Bastard, I'd rather die than cut it." ”

...

The time was very fast, on May 20, the officials who went to Liaodong rushed back to Nanjing, and the accompanying Jinyi Wei also entered the Qianhu Office in Xuanwu Lane.

"My lord, Song Zongqi can't go, the new governor of Liaodong, Lord Yuan, took 30,000 Beijing troops to Shenyang to suppress the formation, collected the soldiers and horses of the Li family in Liaodong, and gathered 80,000 people in Shenyang, preparing to recover the lost territory captured by the Tartars."

Chen Cao's history is not bad, I heard that the Jinyi Wei who did the work said this, but I remembered the things in the history books, at this moment Yuan Yingtai became the governor, then he will replace Xiong Tingbi in a month to become the Liaodong Economic Strategy, followed by the defeat of Shenyang and the suicide of Liaoyang.

"Was Song Zongqi incorporated into the Shenyang Army?" Chen Cao raised his head and asked.

The junior colonel nodded: "Lord Hui, it's true, I heard that Lord Yuan has incorporated a lot of border troops and Mongolian refugees who surrendered to the Tartars of the Ming Dynasty, and after knowing the identity of Song Zongqi, he let Song Zongqi be a commander of the surrender army regardless of his previous suspicions." ”

Ay...

Chen Cao sighed, then shook his head, waved his hand to signal the little colonel to step back, and then closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

Zhao Xin stared at the others for a few moments, and then arched his hand: "Do you think that the situation in Liaodong will be erosive?" ”

Chen Cao opened his eyes and said meaningfully: "If you put Mr. Li and Lord Yuan together, I think Mr. Li is even more powerful in leading the troops." ”

Zhao Xin turned his head to look at the signing room, and confirmed that there were no outsiders except for a few of their henchmen, and then whispered: "Since the beginning of Tumubao, I have been a civilian official leading the army, and it has a history of more than 100 years. ”

Chen Cao squinted at Zhao Xin, and couldn't help blurting out, "You kid came through time, right?" ”

"Crossing?" Zhao Xin didn't understand what Chen Cao meant, and then said, "The subordinates don't know what the crossing is, but judging from the subordinates, Liaodong will sooner or later fall into the hands of the Korean Chinese officials." ”

Chen Cao was even more shocked, he didn't expect that there were such clear-thinking talents around him, so he nodded: "Zhao Xin, if I become a commander one day, I will make you a thousand households, if you are a general soldier, you will be the deputy chief soldier." ”

"Hey..."Zhao Xin waved his hand: "My lord said that he laughed, we are the Jinyi Guard, where did we do the deputy chief soldier, the subordinates hope that the adults will move higher day by day, and those of us who are subordinates can always get some light." ”

Gao Chong, a few people on the side, nodded their heads, Chen Cao comprehended, and couldn't help but secretly think: It's not so accidental that he crossed over, since he came over, he has to do something big to change history, otherwise I'm sorry for the unique condition that God chose himself.

"Let me say so, within two months, Shenyang will be lost..."

In the Wei Mansion, Xu Hongji listened to Chen Cao's words with some surprise, and only after a long time did he come to his senses, and then said leisurely: "I have a million elite soldiers in the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, plus the Beijing camp and the local guards, that is, the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang under the jurisdiction of my Nanzhili, there are also five or six hundred thousand horses, just Tartars, so there is no need to worry." ”

Chen Cao couldn't help but secretly greet Xu Hongji's whole family in his heart, and then sighed that Xu Da also had such a cowardly descendant, and then put on a consistent smiling face, and said in a long and heavy voice: "Grandpa, you are in Nanzhili, you should also know whether the Nanjing Zhuwei is full or not." ”

This sentence stopped Xu Hongji, the current guard exists in name only, Xu Hongji has been the prince of the country for so long, he is still clear, sighed, and then said: "This prince has been guarding Nanjing for generations, and he can't mess up..."

This sentence was weighty, and Chen Cao didn't dare to ask any more, so he said: "Now most of the soldiers in Liaodong are soldiers from Sichuan and Zhejiang, few wolf soldiers from Guangxi, and the rest of the troops transferred to the guards are even more vulnerable, and the new governor Yuan... It is predicted that Shenyang will be trapped by the Tartars within two months. ”

'Bang...'

Xu Hongji slapped the coffee table fiercely and glared at Chen Cao angrily, but then regained his expression, and said with a worried face: "My father doesn't know the key points, but since my Xu family is right, I don't dare to take another step out of Nanjing. Then stared at Chen Cao: "I know, you step down..."

"Resignation..."

...

"My lord, this is an urgent report from Shaanxi and Gansu..."

In addition to the southeast and southwest in the south, the report in the Shaanxi and Gansu regions also had to go through Nanzhili, not to mention that the Nanzhen Fusi was also responsible for military intelligence spying.

Chen Cao took the lacquer letter, opened it and looked at it, then frowned and shook his head, and then handed the letter to Zhao Xin: "There is a great drought in Shaanxi, and there are more than 100,000 displaced people, Fengxiang Mansion and Longzhou have been attacked by displaced people, and all the officials below the county level have been killed, this is not a trivial matter, we must report it to the lord of the matter quickly, this is not something we can handle, let the adults above worry about it." ”

"My lord," a junior colonel walked into the middle hall: "Lord Qiyu, Lord Servant has an order." As he spoke, he handed the warrant to Xu Kaixian, who was standing aside.

Chen Cao read it carefully, his heart thumped a few times, and then stared at Zhao Xin and said, "Isn't there no Japanese robbers in the past few decades?" ”

Zhao Xin took the warrant and looked at it, and then said: "Jiajing was almost swept away by Qi Shaobao, but in recent years, there are still local people along the coast who collude with the Japanese Kou, and the number is not small..." We're not having a good time supervising the army this time, my lord. ”

Xu Xianchun's meaning is also to let Chen Cao lead the team to supervise the army, after all, he killed Murhaqi in Shenyang, Chen Cao was quite distressed, although later generations hated the Japanese Kou very much, but now listening to Zhao Xinyi, he was also a little frightened in his heart: "Zhao Xin, do we have a musket in Nanzhen Fusi?" ”

"Bird?" Zhao Xin asked rhetorically: "There are many three-eyed guns, but there are some, our Nanzhen Fusi is responsible for supervising the army, and a lot of three-eyed guns have been seconded from the Shenji Battalion, or the eliminated goods left over from the Qi Shaobao period, it is okay to scare people, if you really want to kill, but it is not as good as the embroidered spring knife in our hands." ”

Even the people of this era thought that the muskets were bad, and Chen Cao knew it, so he nodded and said: "In the Nanjing area, how many guards have muskets?" ”

Zhao Xin pondered for a long time before he said: "There are muskets among the guards in Nanjing, but the right guard in Nanjing has the most, Jiajing has always been on the front line of the anti-Japanese war, and the tactical tactics also have the shadow of Qi Shaobao, and the commander is still Qi Shaobao's grandson, and there is Xiaolingwei." ”

"Xiaolingwei?" Chen Cao couldn't help but say a word: "There is still a musket in a guard post guarding the mausoleum?" ”

Zhao Xin sneered: "My lord doesn't know, Xiaolingwei was placed before the Zhengde Dynasty, it was one of the sixteen guards in Nanjing, in the Yongle period, it was second only to the existence of Jinyiwei, but now, it is said that these people do not train at all, and the whole Wei together is only more than a thousand people, not to mention the weapons of training, the commander has a way, and some of the firearms eliminated by each guard are sent to Xiaolingwei, I heard that even they themselves dare not shoot, for fear of blowing up their own body." ”

Several people laughed, but Chen Cao couldn't laugh, indicating that if he died in the party struggle, it was not true, and the weapons in his bones would be broken, and Li Zicheng could certainly take advantage of the weakness: "Clean up and get ready to go." ”