Wei Zhongxian's people spread rumors and bad things about Zhang Wen everywhere in Jingshi, and these Zhang Wen were soon learned. has Zhang Ying's many eyeliner, and Zhang Wen can know the public opinion in Beijing for the first time, which is a husband and wife.

The so-called good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. People obviously have a lot of fun talking about other people's ugly things, and it is inevitable that they will be fueled by the rumors that they are passing around. Under the extremely cheerful entertainment effect, it doesn't matter what the righteousness, the truth, the pros and cons, people just think things are interesting, and there are so many things. So when Zhang Ying talked about the news, she couldn't help but be very angry.

Zhang Wen has cultivated at home, and his emotions are not affected at all, and he said with a smile: "Ying'er doesn't have to go to her heart, this is a good thing." It seems that Wei Zhongxian is in a hurry to let out a bad breath, so I am relieved. He put aside the best strategy and acted with his will, but he didn't know what else he could do? ”

As he spoke, he opened the teacup and drank tea, Zhang Ying smelled the smell, and couldn't help frowning and said, "How can Xianggong drink this kind of inferior tea?" ”

Zhang Wen pointed to the teacup and said, "Ying'er is talking about this flower tea." The taste of this tea is indeed not pure, but the fragrance is strong, and I get used to it when I drink it, anyway, no matter how expensive the tea leaves are, I drink it in my mouth. I happened to taste this flower tea bitter and sweet, strong and rough, which is very suitable for me. ”

Zhang Ying shook her head and sighed: "Xianggong, this kind of tea is a thing for ordinary people's households, and our family is not short of that bit of silver." ”

"You don't have to care about the price of the practical things, this tea is good to drink, why bother whether it is expensive or cheap." Zhang asked as he spoke, and at the same time thought, is he really that vulgar person? Compared with those tea leaves that are at the same price as gold, he also feels that this coarse flower tea is comfortable to drink, because of the strong fragrance.

Maybe it's because the taste is too heavy, and he doesn't feel anything that is too elegant and delicate, but this kind of vulgar, heavy taste is interesting.

Zhang Wen's taste is indeed a bit cheesy, for example, he always uses green salt to rinse his mouth in the morning, and those well-made paste-like things with a floral fragrance, he has never been cold. For daily use such as tea, toothpaste, clothing, etc., Zhang Wen uses the most common, not that he has no money, and he doesn't know how much he has now. Anyway, when I came back from the south, there were hundreds of thousands of silver in the money village that had not been spent; Shen Biyao is rich and rivals the country, and the properties under Zhang Ying's name, including real estate, real estate, and shops, are also countless, and Zhang Wen never asks. Zhang Wen's family has indeed made a fortune in recent years.

In contrast, those who have a little money and small assets are very luxurious, pay great attention to the taste of use, and compare everything, as if they have lowered their status if they use it poorly.

Zhang Ying put aside the topic of tea and said, "What method does Xianggong think Wei Zhongxian will use next?" Will the three law divisions and the Dongchang Jinyi Guard come to check on the minister? ”

Zhang Wen said with a smile: "Ying'er doesn't have to worry, since Wei Zhongxian has abandoned the strategy of retreating as advance, although the things that will appear in the future may be a little complicated, they are actually very simple, they all have to revolve around one person: the emperor."

The emperor refuses, who dares to mess around with me, a relative of the emperor and a third-grade official? I'm not afraid of him in any way he does! The emperor's established strategy was to suppress the Wei Party and reset the balance of the court; The people around the emperor, in addition to Wei Zhongxian's party, the most important ones are the queen and Wang Tiqian, both of whom are Wei Zhongxian's opponents, I think Wei Zhongxian has no means to use. Let's just wait and see how he struggles. ”

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Wei Zhongxian first guided public opinion, poured dirty water on Zhang Wen, and after doing these things, he thought about it, if he wanted to move Zhang Wen, he still had to return to the court, which was fundamental. However, not everyone in the court can check it, so Wei Zhongxian instructed the ministers to impeach Zhang Wen, and after building momentum, only the emperor's approval was needed to let the various yamen make trouble for Zhang Wen.

So Wei Zhongxian went to the emperor with a large handful of concertos. Emperor Zhu Youxiao's life has basically not changed, every day is like that, most of the time during the day he is either playing with women or juggling, and only when he encounters some things that he thinks must be personally taken care of, he will deal with it a little. What kind of natural disasters, local performance reports, he doesn't care at all, his people who are involved in the court situation.

In fact, although Zhu Youxiao has no culture, his IQ is still not low, he understands that in such a big country, so many people and things, he can't manage anything at all, and it is impossible to have any effect; He also has self-knowledge, understands his ability, what major political strategy he wants to preside, he doesn't have that talent, he doesn't know the specific operation, and if he has to point fingers, I'm afraid it will only have the opposite effect, so Zhu Youxiao's method is to only think about so many people, use a few people to influence the court and the world, and make his position more and more stable. This method is very suitable for people like Zhu Youxiao, his energy is not good, so he can have more time to play his favorite things so easily, why bother being busy.

So far, the situation has developed in the direction of Zhu Youxiao's favor, Wang Tiqian has successfully become Wei Zhongxian's opponent, and only these two people are needed for Zhu Youxiao to have a more comprehensive understanding of some outside matters. If the two of them wear a pair of pants, where can Zhu Youxiao tell the truth from falsehood?

Wei Zhongxian prepared for a long time, and walked to the Heart Cultivation Hall with a bunch of concerts, because Zhu Youjiao was doing carpentry there.

Zhu Youxiao sweated for a while, and sat down, and the eunuchs were busy waiting, wiping their faces, and sending tea. Zhu Youxiao looked at the various tools on the board, and suddenly felt that these things didn't seem to be as interesting as before, people's interests would change, and after indulging in it for a few years, they might get bored.

And the things that are fun in the West Garden are just a few tricks, which makes Zhu Youxiao a little boring, Wei Zhongxian used to always come up with fresh ways to play and make Zhu Youxiao happy. But recently, Wei Zhongxian was busy doing other things, and he was so anxious that he couldn't think of new things, so Zhu Youxiao felt that something was missing, all of this was caused by Zhu Youxiao, and Wei Zhongxian's trouble was finally given by Zhu Youxiao.

He has some feelings, what he does, what he gains, and what he loses.

When Wei Zhongxian came in and knelt down, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh without waiting for him to speak: "Zhongxian, you said that you eunuchs, is it really so interesting to climb so high?" ”

Wei Zhongxian was stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to suddenly ask such a question, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The positions of slaves and maids are all given by the emperor, and slaves and maids are people without roots, and the only thing I hope for is not that the emperor likes us, as long as we can be in front of the emperor, the high and low positions are very good." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Don't give me this set, I will forgive you for your innocence first, and you will tell me the truth." ”

"That'...... The slave and the maid will tell the truth? ”

"Well, I told you the truth, you told the truth, and I still know the truth from the false."

Wei Zhongxian thought that he could talk to the emperor and enhance the relationship, since the emperor suddenly had a feeling, and he couldn't say something to alienate the relationship, he said carefully: "Emperor, slaves and maids tell the truth, eunuchs like slaves and maids are not even complete people, most of them will change their names and surnames after entering the palace, and they can't even enter the ancestral tomb when they die." It's a joke to say that we are men, but people outside call us fathers-in-law, and they hate and fear us. All this is because the emperor is our big backstage. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "This sentence seems to be true, continue to speak." ”

"If the eunuchs don't have the power given by the emperor, they can't be afraid, especially the people of Shilin, they will trample on us and insult us desperately, as if only by trampling the dignity of our eunuchs under their feet can they show that they are men enough. They will say that we are something, and their words will always be full of contempt. The people say that we can eat cold rice and vegetables, and we can't listen to cold words, although we are eunuchs, but we are not people, and we don't want to be insulted by people all day long...... So the eunuchs tried to make others afraid, so that they would restrain themselves. ”

Zhu Youxiao said thoughtfully: "It makes sense...... By the way, what's the matter with you? ”

Wei Zhongxian and Zhu Youxiao talked for a while, and seeing that Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood, he hurriedly presented the chapter to the case next to him, and said: "Emperor, these excerpts are all excerpts for the impeachment of Zhang Wen......

"Oh? What does Impeachment Zhang ask? Zhu Youxiao asked knowingly.

Wei Zhongxian quickly arranged the language of speech, at this time, he couldn't be filled with righteous indignation and say bad things, it was easy to create the impression of slander, and he had to make a look of talking about things, "Not long ago, Zhang Wen snatched the daughter of Fang Minzhong, the head of the household department, to his home and stayed overnight, which stained the reputation of the family, Fang Minzhong's daughter was going to die or live, and the Fang family was very pitiful. There are officials who are good friends with Fang Minzhong, and they are very angry at Zhang Wen's bullying behavior, which is why Fang Minzhong came out. ”

Zhu Youxiao casually flipped through the pile of pieces in front of him and asked, "Zhang Wenzhen stayed overnight with the daughter of the Fang family?" ”

Wei Zhongxian bowed down and said: "According to the visit of Dongchang Jinyiwei, there is indeed such a thing, and Zhang Wen himself does not deny it. But what did you do overnight, it's hard to say, you have to check to find out. ”

Wei Zhongxian was very careful to guide the matter to investigate Zhang Wen, and he did not say that Zhang Wen was guilty, but just said that to investigate the truth, as long as the emperor agreed, this matter would have to be done.

Zhu Youxiao didn't fall for it at all, and muttered: "Zhang Wen has been an official for many years, and I haven't heard that he robbed people's daughters, why did he do such a thing now?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said depressedly: "This ...... The slave didn't know what was going on, but the rumors were boiling, if this matter was not clarified, Fang Minzhong's daughter would probably ......"

Wei Zhongxian said while observing Zhu Youxiao's expression, wishing that Zhu Youxiao would simply order to find out the truth, but Zhu Youxiao didn't say this for a long time, just frowned and pondered.

After a long time, Zhu Youxiao said: "The more fierce this kind of thing is, the more people will watch the excitement, and the more rumors will be." ”

Wei Zhongxian waited nervously to hear the emperor say how to be responsible, if he did something bad, he would have to be punished, right? He guessed what price Zhang Wen would pay, it would not be a big deal to kill the head and dismiss the official, at least not for the emperor. Demotion penalty? Alas, although it's cheaper, it's finally a bad breath, let's have a good time in the future.

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, "I think Zhang Wen is not that kind of person, and I haven't seen him before, so he can rob people?" In this way, let Zhang ask to help the daughter of the Fang family find a good family.

"Huh?" Wei Zhongxian was completely stunned.

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Look, this was originally a tragedy, I have to let it end happily, haha." ”

Wei Zhongxian felt very depressed, he almost cried, and said, "Emperor, I can't help it!" If you do this, you have to mess up, there is no distinction between good and evil, and everyone in the world will follow suit, so isn't the discipline chaotic? ”

Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "You old slave, you say that I don't distinguish between good and evil? ”

Wei Zhongxian was startled, and then realized that he had said the wrong thing in a hurry. If a little eunuch said such a wrong thing in front of the emperor, he would die immediately, Wei Zhongxian's cold sweat was frightened, and he hurriedly fell to the ground, kowtowing and saying: "The slave and maid don't dare, the slave and the maid should die...... The emperor's great mercy and compassion are everywhere for his subordinates, and if a villain like a slave can have an epiphany, the slave and the maid did not realize the holy will for a while, and said the wrong thing, and the slave and maid deserve death! ”

Zhu Youxiao stood up suddenly, pointed at Wei Zhongxian and said, "Hmph! I see that the more you work, the more you go back. You must understand that I did not cure your sins, but for the sake of you being my old man, you are so self-conscious! Zhu Youxiao said "hum", flicked his sleeves and walked outside.

Wei Zhongxian fell to the ground and didn't dare to get up for a long time. His chest was pounding and pounding, and he hadn't come back to his senses for a long time, somehow, it seemed that nothing had gone well recently, could it be that he had committed some kind of rush? He was annoyed, how could a good thing end up in a fiasco?

He couldn't figure it out, the outcome of this matter was completely unexpected, as if something went wrong in some details, Wei Zhongxian reflected over and over again.

I don't know how long it took, a yin and yang strange voice interrupted Wei Zhongxian's stay, "Duke Wei, the emperor is gone, you can get up." ”

Wei Zhongxian raised his head, and saw a smooth and girly thin face, a pair of peach blossom eyes that couldn't be said to be disgusting, who is not Wang Tiqian? Wei Zhongxian couldn't wait to rush up and tear that smiling face apart!

"Isn't it funny?" Wei Zhongxian held back his violent actions, and he really couldn't swallow this evil breath on his lips.

When Wang Tiqian heard Wei Zhongxian open his mouth to say this, a trace of anger flashed on his face, but he quickly regained his smile and said sharply: "Our family understands Wei Gong's hardships, you are not happy, but you must pay attention to your body and bones." If you die of anger, will your sons and grandchildren really send you to the end? Wang Tiqian scolded people, but he didn't use dirty words, but there was not a word that was not scolding.

Wei Zhongxian didn't have so much self-cultivation, he pointed at Wang Tiqian angrily and said: "Lao Tzu tasted a woman before entering the palace, and then there is a daughter with Lao Tzu's blood, you Wang Tiqian was cut before he was ten years old, and the peanuts were still hanging on the wall, so I was embarrassed to tell our family to cut off children and grandchildren?" If our family wants to be like you, we might as well crash to death! ”

"You ......" Wang Tiqian's face turned red, and he was also angry, pointing at Wei Zhongxian's nose and said, "You are just a eunuch, I am really embarrassed to say such things, our family can be regarded as obeying you." Shameless thing! ”

The two scolded for a while, and at this moment, they only heard a eunuch say in a loud voice: "The queen mother has arrived!" The two stopped scolding.

Although Wei Zhongxian is not afraid of the queen at all, after all, the queen is the master of the harem, and her status is there, if she is completely unruly, she will be suspected of rebellion. So Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian both knelt down together to greet them.

Surrounded by a group of palace maids and eunuchs, Zhang Yan stood in the middle, like a red flower in a green leaf. Zhang Yan has been in the palace for three or four years, she is the queen when she enters the palace, although the situation is not very smooth, but the status is noble, after a few years, she is no longer the simple little girl she was at the beginning. I saw that she was plump and delicate, as if she could pinch out water, and her graceful and noble demeanor was solemn, and her posture was beautiful, elegant and dignified, making her look extremely glamorous. 's dignified and beautiful appearance and righteous expression make Zhang Yan completely have the demeanor of a mother.

Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian both called themselves slaves and maids, shouting to welcome the queen. Zhang Yan said with a straight face: "In the Forbidden City, one of the two of you is a eunuch with a palm print, and the other is a eunuch with a pen, what are you arguing about here?" ”

Wang Tiqian hurriedly said respectfully: "The queen mother, the slave and maid usually follow the teachings of the mother, and they are all behaving in the palace, but now Wei Gonggong doesn't know what is wrong, and he is disrespectful to the slave and maid, and the mouth is hurtful, and the slave and maid are angry, so they reason with it, and the voice is a little louder, which shocks the mother's holy drive, and the slave and maid deserve death!" ”

Wei Zhongxian was furious, "Wang Tiqian, you ...... Who are you scolding, according to what you say, you didn't scold our family, and our family can't talk to ourselves here alone? ”

Wang Tiqian said coldly: "Father-in-law Wei is so prestigious, in front of Niangniang, our family is not so majestic!" ”

Zhang Yan frowned, and said calmly: "Wei Zhongxian, I just hit here, obviously I only heard you full of swearing, but I didn't hear Wang Tiqian scolding you." You are the master of ceremonies, you should be loyal and conscientious to the emperor, and you should be cautious and prudent at all times, how can you put the royal image like a splash in the market?

Zhang Yan calls herself "I", not "Bengong", and her words and deeds are very decent...... In fact, even if the queen is willing, she always calls herself me or me, which is the name of humility and decency. The mourning family is the queen mother who died of her husband, the queen will not actually call it that, although there are other claims that it is self-humble, but such a title is obviously unlucky, and the queen of the Ming Dynasty will not say so.

Zhang Yan was obviously partial to Wang Tiqian, and Wang Tiqian felt very comfortable. And Wei Zhongxian is uncomfortable, he is already angry to the extreme, I don't know what kind of immortal he committed today, nothing goes well, Wei Zhongxian feels that he has never been so angry today!