A few days later, Liu Bingyi was lying on the sickbed, and it was time to return to the light.

Good luck accompanied Liu Bingyi in the second half of his life.

In the first half of his life, he tried and failed, and he was poor. It wasn't until he was in his forties that he became a jinshi.

Then he stammered with Liu Mian, the elder of the pavilion. Since then, he has risen steadily in the officialdom and has risen all the way to the political envoy of Beizhili.

After Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, he purged the court and mediocre officials. Liu Bingyi, however, was promoted to the sixth division of Nanjing by Emperor Hongzhi because he was Changfeng's father-in-law. Although it is a false title, it is a high position.

The second half of Lao Liu's life was simply Qin Shi Huang eating peppercorns and winning hemp; Hu Hai rode Qin Shi Huang, winning plus winning.

In officialdom, luck is also part of strength.

Chang Feng and Liu Xiaoyan stayed in front of Liu Bingyi's sickbed.

Liu Bingyi asked: "Can you come back from the broken slave?" ”

Chang Feng replied: "He is patrolling salt in Yangzhou and can't come back." ”

Liu Bingyi said: "Oh. I have a box in the third compartment of my nightstand. There were sixteen thousand taels of silver tickets inside. I have accumulated it for half my life as an official. All left to my eldest grandson. ”

"There are also title deeds for 1,400 acres of land. Let's use it to set up a school. ”

When a man is about to die, his words are good. The bird is dying, and its song is sad.

Liu Bingyi gave Chang Feng's final advice: "Don't fight with civil officials. You can't fight them. If one civil official falls, another one will rise. ”

Although Chang Feng disagreed, he couldn't refute the dying man. He said, "Old Taishan, I remember." ”

Liu Bingyi said again: "There is one thing, I'm sorry for you."

Chang Feng said: "You said that you tore up the marriage contract back then? It's been more than 20 years. Your grandson is nineteen years old. And what is it for? ”

Liu Bingyi shook his head slightly: "I didn't say anything about it." I have another thing I'm sorry for you that year"

Halfway through the sentence, it came to an abrupt end. Liu Bingyi closed his eyes and drove west.

Liu Xiaoyan and Chang Feng hugged their heads and cried

Liu Bingyi's funeral was very bleak.

The protégés he made good during his lifetime were not three hundred, but also two hundred. But no one came to offer their condolences.

Now Chang Feng is the thug of the eunuch party, the knife of the Eight Tigers, and the number one enemy of the civil official group in the eyes of the civil officials. They don't want to have anything to do with the Chang family.

Most of the people who came to mourn were eunuchs and factory guards.

The only civil officials who entered Chang's Mansion to pay homage to Liu Bingyi were Chang Feng's old friends Yang Tinghe, Wang Shouren, and Zhang Cai. There are also the same year that Chang Po slave, Yan Song and Zhai Luan.

Liu Jin was generous, and the funeral was 5,000 taels as soon as he gave it.

After sending the funeral, Liu Jin complained to Chang Feng: "It's just that others don't come." Li Dongyang is not coming either? He is the father of the old fairy's grandson and daughter-in-law! ”

Chang Feng said: "We have been in tension with the cabinet recently, and Mr. Li naturally wants to avoid suspicion." ”

As soon as the words fell, the funeral officer sang: "Li Dongyang, a scholar of Jianji Palace, came to mourn the old immortal." ”

Chang Feng glanced at Liu Jin: "He actually came?" ”

Li Dongyang gave Liu Bingyi incense and presented thirty taels of funeral rites. It's not that Li Dongyang is pretending to be poor, he is really poor.

Li Dongyang arched his hand towards Chang Feng and Liu Jin: "In-laws, father-in-law Liu." ”

Chang Feng said: "In-laws, what are you doing?" The two of them in the cabinet are going to say that you are going to be a stammering eagle dog. ”

Li Dongyang said with a smile: "If I don't come, they won't say that I am a factory guard eagle dog?" In their eyes, I was a traitor for a long time. ”

Chang Feng said: "In-laws, let's talk in the back hall." ”

Li Dongyang followed Chang Feng and Liu Jin into the back hall of the mourning hall. The servant set the tea.

Chang Feng took out a list. It bears the names of the officials involved in the smuggling case.

Chang Feng handed the list to Li Dongyang, "In-laws, is there any of your protégés on this?" If so, please point it out. Our factory guards will open up the net as appropriate. ”

This is Chang Feng's test of Li Dongyang.

If Li Dongyang points out the name, ask Chang Feng to raise his noble hand. Then Li Dongyang is the same as Liu Jian and Xie Qian. There is no need for Chang Feng to protect Li Dongyang in the upcoming purge of the court.

Li Dongyang looked at the list carefully: "There are more than a dozen of my protégés in the list. But I'm not going to tell you the exact name. ”

"They have forgotten the original purpose of studying for the imperial examination, and they are bold and insatiable. He should be punished as he deserves. ”

Liu Jin sneered: "Heh, Mr. Li is really selfless." Is it because I'm here that you're embarrassed to talk to Chang Shuaiye? Or should I avoid it? ”

Li Dongyang said: "Gonggong Liu doesn't need to avoid it. As far as I know, Wang Miaoxin and Po Nu strictly set up more than a dozen eunuchs who supervised the eunuch yamen in the Hedong salt field. Among them are the people of Liu Gonggong. Father-in-law Liu, you have no cover-up. ”

What Li Dongyang said is true. The dozen or so eunuchs who were severely punished in the Hedong Salt Works were all Liu Jin's disciples and grandchildren.

Liu Jin didn't protect them, but it wasn't that he was selfless and loyal to the country. He is taking these disciples and grandchildren in exchange for merit for Chang Ponu.

According to the seniority on Wynne's side, Chang Ponu is his brother-in-law. Liu Jin really regards Chang Ponu as his own relatives.

As long as my little brother can be rewarded and promoted for meritorious service, what do I have to do by giving up more than a dozen apprentices and grandchildren?

Liu Jin is righteous to the Chang family.

Chang Feng said: "Both of them are selfless people. Then I'll let Miaoxin and Broken Slave continue to do business. ”

Li Dongyang reminded Chang Feng: "Liang Bohong is the key person in this case. Before entering Beijing to be interrogated by the emperor, there must be no mistakes. ”

"Over the years, there have been too many bizarre 'suicides' of corrupt officials after the case."

"In the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, the case of Jiang Dehai, the Tongzheng of Yunnan, was discovered, and he was escorted to Beijing by the people of the Criminal Department, and he actually 'snatched the saber of the errand officer, and killed himself by slashing his head 38 times'. It's ridiculously fake. ”

Chang Feng nodded: "Don't worry." I have sent competent men to escort Liang Bohong back to Beijing. ”

Li Dongyang lowered his voice: "Don't take it lightly. Some people can do anything to preserve their protégés. ”

After speaking, Li Dongyang got up: "Okay." I'll go back to the cabinet first. ”

After Li Dongyang left, Liu Jin said to Chang Feng: "Little uncle." The emperor is looking forward to the private salt case. ”

Chang Feng was stunned: "Looking forward to it?" ”

Liu Jin nodded: "Yes, look forward to it!" There is not much silver in the inner carrier. The emperor wants to use the silver from the state treasury, and the cabinet and the household department will not agree. The list of more than 60 officials involved in the case is all fat pigs. ”

"If this case is successfully concluded, the wealth of more than 60 fat pigs will add up to a huge number."

Chang Feng suddenly remembered a sentence nineteen years ago: "Ten thousand families fell, and Hongji was full." ”

Chang Feng said: "The wealth of the criminal official must be filled into the treasury. What does the emperor mean? ”

Liu Jin replied: "The emperor means that if this case is successfully concluded." When you raided your house, for every 10,000 taels of silver you copied, you only said that you copied 3,000 taels. ”

"The remaining seventy percent of the stolen silver was handed over to the inner carrier. Rest assured, the emperor did not take this silver for extravagant pleasure. ”

"He is going to use it to reward the border army and the soldiers of the Beijing camp to win the hearts of the army. Take back military power from civilian officials. ”

Since Yu Qian led the defense of the capital, the Ming Dynasty has been a civilian leader. Military power fell into the hands of civilian officials.

When Emperor Xianzong became the emperor, a large number of eunuchs were appointed to lead the troops. Recovered some military power from civilian officials.

In the later years of the Hongzhi Dynasty, military power returned to civilian officials. The Cabinet controls the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War controls the border armies and the provincial guard armies. As for the eunuchs, they could only control part of the military power of the Beijing camp.

The key to the game between kings and ministers lies in military power.

The emperor has no military power, so how can he rest assured that he will boldly suppress the civilian forces? Aren't you afraid of another change in Nangong?

On the day Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, he made up his mind that he must regain military power from civilian officials. If you want to collect military power, you must first collect the hearts of martial artists.

He once asked Jiang Bin: "How to collect the hearts of martial artists?" ”

Jiang Bin's answer was straightforward: "Take the silver and receive it." ”

It sounds vulgar, but it works.

In this world, the problem of being able to settle with money is not a problem. The problem is that the person who has the problem does not have money.

Emperor Hongzhi was a great virtuous monarch, and he was too virtuous. In the event of a famine, the silver from the inner transport warehouse will be used to help the victims; On weekdays, they also reward civil officials; In addition, in the last few years of his life, he did spend a lot on monastic temples and temples.

The inner carrier warehouse taken over by Emperor Zhengde exaggerated a little, saying that the rats passed by with tears in their eyes.

Emperor Zhengde previously supported Chen Qing's suggestion, cleaned up the salt business, and sent Wang Miaoxin and Chang Ponu out to patrol the salt. Part of the reason is that he wants to investigate a group of corrupt officials and copy a wave of silver to enrich the inner treasury.

Liu Jin's words made Chang Feng suddenly realize: Good guy. So that's what happened.

Let's say that Liu Bingyi died of illness, Chang Feng never expected that the civil official would make a fuss about his father-in-law's death.

The next day, the cabinet and more than a dozen big and small nine secretaries jointly signed a concert.

The content of the song is very strange: the Ming system, the death of parents, and the official should be suspended from the official system. When the father-in-law and mother-in-law die, there is no need to abide by the system.

However, it has been twenty-five years since the father of the governor Changfeng died of illness. Chang Feng lost his father when he was young, and his father-in-law Liu Bingyi was like a father to him.

I rule the world with filial piety. Chang Feng, as a general in charge of the emperor's army, should lead by example and fulfill filial piety.

Therefore, the ministers and others suggested that Chang Feng be suspended for 27 months to abide by the system for Liu Bingyi.

The operation of the civil servants is too sassy.

Wang Miaoxin, who is in Yangzhou, Chang Ponu, stands behind Chang Feng.

We directly tried to find a way to make Chang Feng stop the official system and lose power. The two Huai salt cases naturally turned big things into small things, and small things turned into nothing.

Emperor Zhengde saw this recital and was directly angry.

Happy to be happy. He couldn't turn a blind eye. There are two auxiliary ministers and more than a dozen big and small Jiuqing who are signed behind the song!

Emperor Zhengde was helpless and summoned Chang Feng in the Qianqing Palace.

Liu Jin handed over the song to Chang Feng. Chang Feng's brows wrinkled into eight characters after seeing it: "This"

Emperor Zhengde said: "I am really an eye-opener. If you want to talk about the whole person, my civil officials are really the best! They always find a high-sounding reason! ”

"Heh, Chang Qing. If you stop being in office, you lose your power. I broke an arm. ”

"If you don't keep the official system, you will become an unfilial person. They'll keep going. Since he is not a filial person, he is not worthy of being a second-grade military attache of the imperial court. They will force me to remove you from office. ”

In Emperor Zhengde's words, there is a word that is very apt - "persecution". Admonition is the goal, and coercion is the means.

The courtiers forced the emperor. I don't know where the filial piety of the courtiers is, and where the loyalty is.

Liu Jin interjected: "The trap of this group of civil officials is so vicious. It's not for you to go in, and it's not for you to go back. ”

Emperor Zhengde said: "I guess that if I don't give this piece of music today, Zhu Zhu will be approved." Tomorrow morning, they will all be forced to admonish me in front of me. ”

Chang Feng said: "Please ask the emperor to give the ministers a day." Rong Chen thought of a way. ”

Emperor Zhengde said: "Okay." The last thing I want now is for you to be forced to relinquish power. You're my servant! ”

Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei. Convened Qian Ning, Shi Wenyi, and Zhang Cai to discuss the matter.

After he told the three of them the contents of the note, the three of them each made a small calculation.

Qian Ning thought to himself: If the handsome man is suspended, I can be a commander who really has the final say. It's a good thing for me.

Zhang Caixin said: Fortunately, I took refuge in that person. Otherwise, Chang Ye lost his official position and power, wouldn't I become a lonely ghost with no backing?

Shi Wenyi was more righteous, and he said: "I have to think of a way to keep the power of the handsome man." ”

He said so on his lips, and he thought so in his heart.

Chang Feng was silent. Suddenly, he slapped his brain: "Why did you forget about this?" ”

Channing asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Chang Feng said: "Go and bring the bottom of the first assistant Liu Jian's file." He is a righteous child, and he is not filial. ”

At the end of the Hongzhi Dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi ordered to burn down the secret files of hundreds of officials in the Jinyi Guard. After Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, he ordered Changfeng to step up the collection of illegal affairs of hundreds of officials and rebuild secret files.

Not long after, Qian Ning brought Liu Jian's secret file.

Chang Feng opened it and looked at it: "My memory is still good." That's right! Ladies and gentlemen, there is one thing recorded in the secret file, on the first day of September this year, Liu Jian's sixth concubine lost her appetite and vomited incessantly. I asked the doctor to check the pulse, and I found a happy pulse, and the pulse showed that I was three months pregnant. ”

Qian Ning was a little strange: "This is not a criminal matter." It has nothing to do with great unfilial piety. Unfilial piety is great, Liu Shoufu should be old and strong, and he can still have children when he is over seventy years old, and he will spread branches and leaves for the Liu family. For the ancestors of the Liu family, it is considered filial piety. ”

Chang Feng said: "Let me ask you, when was the seed planted when you were three months pregnant on the first day of September?" ”

Qian Ning replied: "Naturally, it was planted in June. ”

Chang Feng asked again: "What day is the emperor's funeral?" ”

Qian Ning replied: "It's the eighth day of the fifth month." ”

Chang Feng said with a smile: "The first emperor's funeral has not been a month old, and the cabinet chief assistant is busy sowing seeds?" ”

"According to the imperial court system, during the great funeral of the emperor, the courtiers should abstain from sex."

"The first emperor died, and Shousuke still had the heart to make up the little thing in the bed. Is this a big unfilial piety? ”

Qian Ning patted his brain: "My God, it's really unfilial." ”

In fact, the rules of abstinence for the emperor's great funeral of his courtiers are on the surface. There are very few people behind the scenes who follow this rule.

Thinking about Xianzong's funeral, Chang Feng had no errands, eating, sleeping, and laughing at home all day long.

But Liu Jian's concubine was pregnant during the funeral, which became a handle.

Chang Feng said: "Who is the name of the doctor who gave Concubine Liu Jian's pulse?" Find out immediately and invite him to Jinyiwei. He is an important witness to Liu Jianda's unfilial piety. ”

Qian Ning said: "I understand, I'll do it." ”

Chang Feng instructed Shi Wenyi again: "You go to find my wife." Let her go and beg the Queen Mother. asked the Queen Mother to summon Liu Jian's sixth concubine in Cining Palace, and asked the imperial doctor to diagnose her pulse on the spot. ”

"Save Liu Jian from forcibly having a fetus or killing people. Let the Queen Mother and the imperial physician in the palace also serve as personal witnesses. ”

"Liu Jian asked me to stop my official duties and fulfill my filial piety. I want to see if he is unfilial or I am not filial. ”

(End of chapter)