There is no impermeable wall in the world, and soon, the news that the emperor asked Qin Tianjian to choose a good day and an auspicious day spread.

As soon as this news came out, the government and the opposition were suddenly shaken, because it meant that the day when the imperial concubine Shen was canonized as the queen was getting closer and closer.

And those who are flexible-minded have already taken the lead and asked people around to inquire about the preferences of the imperial concubine Shen on weekdays, in order to get in touch with each other as soon as possible.

Although Zhu Zaiyuan is still in infancy, this does not affect those officials in the slightest.

For things like standing in line, the sooner the better, and the sooner you stand in line, the higher the rewards you can get at that time.

Beijing, Yanfu.

Since it was Yan Song's turn to rest today, early in the morning, he walked around the yard with the support of the maid.

From a distance, Yan Song at this time was staggering, his beard was white, he looked like an old dragon clock, and every time he took a few more steps, he had to stop and rest for a while.

Perhaps feeling tired, I saw Yan Song come to the chair next to him and sit down to rest with the support of the maid.

As soon as he sat down, a maid soon stepped forward and poured a bowl of steaming tea for Yan Song, and the whole process was smooth and he couldn't find any fault.

Yan Song picked up the teacup, took a sip, and sighed to himself: "Alas, it seems that he is really old!" ”

At this moment, Yan Shifan happened to pass by the courtyard and met Yan Song, who was recuperating with his eyes closed.

Seeing this, Yan Shifan immediately stepped forward and asked Yan Song for peace: "The child has seen his father!" ”

When Yan Song heard this, he opened his cloudy eyes, raised his head to look at Yan Shifan, and replied imperceptibly: "Hmm." ”

After that, the father and son fell into an embarrassing scene where they had nothing to say, and in the end, it was Yan Shifan who took the lead and broke the peace.

"Father, when the child heard about Qin Tianjian, he chose two auspicious days, October 15 and November 23, which day do you think, Your Majesty will choose?"

Yan Song heard Yan Shifan's words, and after thinking for a while, he looked in the direction where Yan Shifan was and asked, "By the way, when is it today?" ”

When Yan Shifan heard this, he responded without thinking: "Back to my father, today is the sixth day of October!" ”

When Yan Song heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face, he nodded, and muttered to himself: "It turns out that today is the sixth day of the first month of October!" ”

After this, I saw Yan Song withdraw his gaze from Yan Shifan's body, his face was full of determination, and he turned to speak: "In my opinion, Your Majesty should choose the day of October 15!" ”

After Yan Song finished speaking, without waiting for Yan Shifan to respond, he continued to add: "After all, a major event like the canonization of the queen is naturally decided as soon as possible!" ”

When Yan Song's words fell, I saw Yan Shifan on the side with a happy and convincing expression on his face, leaned down, and responded respectfully: "Father is right, the child understands!" ”

Then, I saw Yan Shifan's words change sharply, plucked up his courage, and asked Yan Song: "By the way, father, the child inquired, recently, many people in the court have inquired about the preferences of the imperial concubine Shen through various channels, which is obviously to ...... to the child she was born."

Before Yan Shifan's words were finished, he saw that the expression on Yan Song's face became extremely cold, and after looking Yan Shifan up and down, he commented: "This child is still in infancy, and those people in the court have already hit him with their ideas?" ”

When Yan Song said this, he paused, and continued: "This group of fools, this child is obviously His Majesty's rebel scale, if anyone dares to fight his idea, His Majesty will take someone's life!" ”

When Yan Song's words fell, Yan Shifan shivered uncontrollably as if he had been frightened.

Then, I saw Yan Shifan lower his head and respond very respectfully: "Thank you father for mentioning it, the child understands!" ”

Yan Song took in the expression on Yan Shifan's face, and after bowing his head slightly, he turned to speak: "Okay, it's not too early, you have to go to the top later!" ”

"Yes, father, the child will leave!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, after arching his hand to Yan Song, he walked away.

……

The capital, in the palace of King Yu.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the ground, and from the rockery pond in the distance, the sound of water flowing could be clearly heard, and a few birds were perched on the branches, making melodious chirps.

For these scenes, Zhu Zaikun had no time to care about them at this time, because he learned the news that Jiajing ordered Qin Tianjian to choose a good day and an auspicious day.

After learning the news, Zhu Zaikun was deeply anxious, so after he got off duty, he ordered Xu Jie and others to be summoned to Yuwang's Mansion to discuss the next countermeasures.

Due to the upset mood and the fact that Xu Jie and the others had not yet arrived, Zhu Zaikun at this time was wandering around in King Yu's mansion to relieve the sorrow in his heart.

Zhu Zaikun knew very well in his heart that after the imperial concubine Shen gave birth to a prince for Jiajing, she would definitely be canonized as the queen by virtue of her son.

For this reason, Zhu Zaikun comforted himself a lot, and made corresponding psychological preparations in advance.

But when this day really came, Zhu Zaikun found that he couldn't accept this fact at all.

And what made Zhu Zaikun feel even more powerless was that he couldn't do anything, he could only watch as the imperial concubine Shen was canonized as the queen, and the infant child Zhu Zaiyuan became his son-in-law in name.

With the power that Zhu Zaikun now has, he can naturally keenly perceive every move of the court.

"This group of bastards in the twilight and twilight of the day, they actually thought about switching sides so quickly, and turned to support a child who was still in infancy, wait, when Gu became the emperor, he would be the first to clean you up!"

"Why, it's only one step away, why is it at this time...... Lonely unwilling, lonely unwilling! ”

Thinking of this, Zhu Zaikun subconsciously clenched his fists, and his face was full of unwillingness.

"Zhu Zaikun, you have to be calm, don't mess around, think about the benefits, maybe this child will die halfway through!"

"After all, my father gave birth to a total of eight sons, and only my fourth brother and I grew up successfully!"

"Now that the fourth brother has been sent by his father to the fiefdom, he can no longer threaten me, but the fourth brother's side, you still can't take it lightly, you have to let them work harder, and strive to drive the fourth brother out of the capital as soon as possible!"

At this moment, I saw a housekeeper walking quickly in front of Zhu Zaikun, leaning down, and respectfully reported: "Your Highness, Xu Ge Lao and they are here, and they are currently waiting in the hall!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Zaikun nodded, looked in the direction where the housekeeper was, and commanded: "Well, Lone knows, let them wait for a while, and Lone will pass!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After answering, the housekeeper of Yuwang's Mansion did not hesitate at all, and quickly left.

After that, I saw Zhu Zaikun retract his gaze, and after taking a deep breath and calming down his good mood, he paced towards the direction of the hall used to entertain guests in King Yu's mansion.

When Zhu Zaikun came to the hall, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng were sipping tea in their cups and chatting from time to time.

Seeing Zhu Zaikun's arrival, several people hurriedly stopped talking, got up from their seats one after another, and saluted him respectfully: "I've seen His Royal Highness King Yu!" ”

When Zhu Zaikun heard this, he waved his hand and commanded: "Well, sit down!" ”

After several people sat down one after another, I saw Zhu Zaikun retract his gaze, face everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Presumably you should know that my father ordered Qin Tianjian to choose a good day and an auspicious day, right?" ”

As soon as Zhu Zaikun's words fell, he saw Xu Jie stand up and say in response: "His Royal Highness King Yu, it is said that Qin Tianjian has selected two auspicious days, which are October 15 and November 23!" ”

"It's just that Your Majesty's side hasn't responded yet."

When Zhu Zaikun heard this, he immediately lowered his eyes and muttered to himself: "October 15, November 23......"

When Xu Jie saw this, he knew that Zhu Zaikun was worried about the emperor's imminent canonization of the imperial concubine Shen as the empress.

After all, after the imperial concubine Shen was canonized as the queen, Zhu Zaikun's title was only the eldest son at best.

Just as he was about to speak of comfort, he saw Zhu Zaikun raise his head, face everyone, and then speak: "This is not the place to speak, you should go to the study with Gu!" ”

"Hmm."

After that, everyone went to the study of Yuwangfu under the guidance of the housekeeper on the side.

……

Zhejiang, according to the Yamen of the Inspectorate.

In the room, I saw He Maocai pointing to the stack of case files piled up on the bookcase not far away, and commanded: "Come on, take down all these case files that have been processed!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

The words fell, and soon a servant stepped forward and took away the stack of files on the bookcase.

At this moment, I saw the deputy envoy come to He Maocai, and said cautiously: "My lord, the case of the young master of the Yuan family has been dragging on for a long time, and it can't be dragged on any longer, do you see if it's ......?"

When He Mao heard this, after glancing at the visitor, he nodded, and then spoke: "That's right, this official was busy with the imperial court's plans some time ago, and he didn't have time to take care of this case, and this case really shouldn't drag on any longer!" ”

After He Maocai finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, withdrew his gaze from the body of the deputy envoy, and asked, "By the way, what is the case of the young master of the Yuan family?" ”

When the deputy envoy on the side heard this, he immediately stepped forward, leaned down, and said very respectfully: "My lord, the facts of this case are clear and clear, and the human and material evidence are there!" ”

When He Maocai heard this, he nodded, and after a moment of silence, he turned to speak: "Well, since that's the case, then follow the law of Da Ming!" ”

When the deputy envoy saw that He Maocai was going to handle the case in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty, he immediately panicked, hurriedly leaned down, and said cautiously: "My lord, the lower official didn't mean that, I really don't hide it, the Yuan family has already said hello, and the lower official is really ......."

He Maocai took in the expression on the face of the deputy envoy, raised his eyebrows, and asked coldly: "Say, how much silver did you receive from the Yuan family?" ”

When the deputy envoy heard this, he immediately showed a look of panic on his face, and said, "Big ...... Your Excellency, Your ...... You know, there are people in the Yuan family in the court, and the lower officials really can't afford to offend! ”

When He Maocai heard this, the whole person was immediately furious, slapped the table, and reprimanded: "There are people in his Yuan family in the court, is there no one in the court?" ”

"Tell me quickly, how much money you received, otherwise, don't blame the official for being polite!"

When the deputy envoy saw He Maocai's sudden attack, his face suddenly turned pale, his whole body trembled, and he didn't know what to do, for a long time, he saw him bow his head and said cautiously: "My lord, I can't hide it, the Yuan family sent someone to send five thousand taels of silver, let the lower officials come and persuade your lordship, you ......."

"This is the silver sent by the Yuan family, even if the lower official doesn't want to accept it, he has to accept it, please spare the life of the lower official, the lower official still has a wife and children to support!"

When the deputy envoy said this, his eyes were full of pleading when he looked at He Maocai.

When He Maocai heard this, after thinking for a while, he got up from his seat, personally lifted the deputy envoy from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and comforted him: "Okay, this official is not such an unreasonable person, your difficulties, this official understands!" ”

When He Maocai said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued to add: "This official also did it step by step, knowing your difficulties, since it is the silver sent by the Yuan family, then you can take it well!" ”

When the deputy envoy heard He Maocai's words, he couldn't help but choke up: "Great ...... My lord, the next ...... Xiaguan ......"

And He Maocai seemed to have guessed what he was going to say, waved his hand, and stopped him from continuing: "Okay, this official still has things to deal with next, you go down first!" ”

When the deputy envoy heard this, he immediately lowered his head and replied gratefully: "Yes, my lord, the subordinate will retire!" ”

After the deputy envoy left, he saw He Mao retract his gaze, and his face was full of inexplicable expressions.

He Maocai has been a criminal name for more than 20 years, and it is no surprise that this kind of situation has long been unusual, the two sides of this case, one side is an ordinary ordinary person, and the other side is a local powerful young master.

Generally speaking, in cases like this, the parties can only admit that they are unlucky, and then take a sum of compensation.

If you are still obsessed and want to continue to entangle, then there are 10,000 ways to clean up the parties to the case.

If this case is handled by the former He Maocai, it will definitely be a big thing turned into a small thing, and a small thing will be turned into nothing, and it will end up with a happy ending.

But right now, He Maocai smelled a hint of something unusual from it, because Zhao Zhenji, as the governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang, was a veritable feudal official, and he couldn't specifically target a Jiaxing Yuan family.

"Could it be that the governor had some holiday with the Yuan family in Jiaxing earlier, and he wanted to use this matter to clean them up?"

"Or is the governor some other purpose?"

The more He Maocai thought about it, the more he felt that there was something strange in it, and immediately, he saw that he suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, and said to himself silently: "That's it, let's wait and ask Lao Zheng!" ”

After that, I saw He Maocai pacing away with his hands behind his back.

……

When night falls, the largest restaurant in Hangzhou.

In the box, He Maocai looked at the various dishes on the table, and kept pacing back and forth in the room, his face full of anxiety.

"Why hasn't this Lao Zheng come yet, he has to let me wait for him every time!"

The voice fell, only to hear a 'squeak', the door of the room was pushed open, and I saw Zheng Michang walking in in a hurry.

After entering the box, Zheng Michang looked at He Maocai, who was anxious, and asked, "Lao He, what's wrong, so anxious to come over to me?" ”

When He Maocai heard Zheng Michang's words, he scratched his head embarrassedly, then pointed to the vacant seat on the side, and commanded: "Come, sit down first!" ”

When Zheng Michang heard this, he didn't mean to excuse himself, and sat down on the vacant seat on the side.

As soon as he sat down, He Maocai picked up the wine jug on the table and poured the wine for Zheng Michang very eagerly.

After pouring the wine, I saw He Maocai pick up the wine glass, look in the direction where Zheng Michang was, and then said, "Come, Lao Zheng, let's have a drink!" ”

Although Zheng Michang was a little confused, he still picked up the wine glass and touched it with He Maocai.

After that, I saw He Maocai raise his head and drink the wine in the cup.

Seeing this, Zheng Michang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, looked at He Maocai with a solemn face, and asked, "Old He, tell me, what's going on?" ”

When He Maocai heard this, he sighed helplessly, and after sorting out the language in his mind, he said unhurriedly: "Alas, Lao Zheng, I want you to serve as a staff officer for me, here's ......how it goes."

Under He Maocai's narration, Zheng Michang finally understood the general situation of the matter.

Afterwards, I saw Zheng Michang pick up the wine jug, and after pouring a glass of wine for himself and He Maocai, he said: "Lao He, you are right, this Yuan family is indeed not easy to offend, in addition, I heard that this Yuan family can climb the relationship in the capital!" ”

When He Maocai heard Zheng Michang's words, his face was full of sorrow, he picked up the wine glass, drank all the wine in the cup, and complained: "Yes, I don't know what this governor thinks, I have to use this case to clean up the Yuan family!" ”

"Now I am not a person inside and outside, the governor is a feudal official, no one can touch him, but I He Maocai is different, no matter who is in the court, as long as I move my fingers, I He Maocai will not be able to eat and walk around!"

After a few glasses of wine, He Maocai's whole person was already a little drunk, and then, I saw him withdraw his gaze from Zheng Michang's body and put forward such a conjecture: "Lao Zheng, you say, could it be that the governor has something to do with this Yuan family, this is ......?"

Before He Maocai's words were finished, he was categorically interrupted by Zheng Michang: "No, it's definitely not like this!" ”

When Zheng Michang said this, his face was full of determination, and after thinking for a moment, he continued: "Lao He, you might as well think about it, will the governor be such a simple person? ”

"Even if the governor has a holiday with the Yuan family, he has countless ways to clean them up, and there is no need to do this!"

When Zheng Michang said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Not everyone can get the power of first cutting and then playing from Your Majesty, I always feel that the purpose of the Governor's coming to Zhejiang this time is not simple, and he should come with His Majesty's mission!" ”

After listening to Zheng Michang's explanation, He Maocai's face also showed an expression of hindsight, and he said with emotion: "Well, Lao Zheng, you have a point, after all, the governor is the one who dares to personally lead troops to surround the Weaving Bureau!" ”

"You said earlier that the governor came with His Majesty's mission, you know, the Yuan family is a well-known and powerful landlord in our Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, owning countless lands, and the relationship in the capital is intertwined, we can't afford to provoke ......."

When Zheng Michang heard He Maocai's words, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, as if he had grasped some life-saving straw, and then looked at He Maocai with an eager face, and urged: "Old He, what did you just say, say it again?" ”

"I mean, we can't afford to mess with ......."

"The previous sentence!"

Seeing this situation, He Mao's face was full of doubts, and he had no choice but to repeat his previous words: "Then the Yuan family is a famous and powerful landlord in our Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and they have countless lands!" ”

When Zheng Michang heard this, his eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, he lowered his head, and muttered to himself: "That's right, it's the land!" ”

When Zheng Michang's words fell, He Maocai's face was full of horror, and then, he pointed his finger to the top of his head, and said cautiously: "Old Zheng, you mean, the upper side is going to investigate the land annexation......"

Facing He Maocai's extremely shocked eyes, he saw Zheng Michang nodding and asked instead: "Old He, do you still remember those policies that Zhang Xuan (cong) Zhang Ge once implemented?" ”

Of course, He Maocai is no stranger to Zhang Xuan, after all, this is a legendary official of the Ming Dynasty, who is deeply respected by the emperor and given his name Fu respect, and has served as the first assistant of the cabinet three times.

Zhang Xuan, the word Bingyong, Zhengde 16 years of Jinshi, during his tenure of office, he reformed corruption, cleared the village, and vigorously rectified the official system.

However, because Zhang Xuan touched the interests of too many people in the process of checking the acres of land and eliminating corruption, the impeachment was endless, and later left Beijing several times, and finally died of illness in Wenzhou in the eighteenth year of Jiajing.

After a long time, I saw He Mao come back to his senses, his face turned pale, and he muttered to himself: "Lao Zheng, it is said that this time, the impeachment of the retired officials on the part of the Ministry is unprecedented!" ”

When Zheng Michang heard He Maocai's words, he nodded and said slowly: "It seems that my previous conjecture was correct, the governor is indeed here with a mission!" ”

"The land annexation in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions is particularly serious, Your Majesty must have noticed this, so he sent the governor to investigate secretly!"

"And this first step is to throw stones to ask for directions, and because of this, the governor will hold on to the Yuan family!"

After He Maocai listened to Zheng Michang's explanation, the whole person suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment.

Then, I saw He Maocai raise his head, look solemnly in the direction where Zheng Michang was, and propose: "Old Zheng, you say, do we want to gamble?" (End of chapter)