Chang Feng released McFu, the initiator of the unveiling post, out of the capital. He always has to give an explanation to Emperor Zhengde.

To put it bluntly, it is necessary to find a substitute for the dead.

Seven days later, Shen Zhou was buried. It is very strange that Chang Feng asked Basha and You Jingwu to find a place with mountains, rivers and forests on the outskirts of Beijing, and buried Shen Zhou secretly.

The place of burial was not told to the old brothers of Jinyiwei. No burial ceremonies were held.

Two days later, Chang Feng came to the leopard room to reveal the case.

Liu Jin stood beside Emperor Zhengde.

Chang Feng arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Gonggong Liu, the person who wrote the post has been found." ”

Before Emperor Zhengde could speak, Liu Jin was noisy: "Who is it?" Who ate bear's heart leopard gall? ”

Chang Feng replied: "Jinyiwei's predecessor, Qianhu, Shen Zhou." ”

Liu Jin was stunned: "The old man who used to draw the suspect's appearance in the Jinyi Guard? ”

Chang Feng replied: "Exactly." ”

Emperor Zhengde asked: "What is the purpose of this person doing this, can there be a backstage?" ”

Chang Feng replied: "He is dissatisfied with Liu Gonggong's ambition to tilt towards the dynasty. There isn't any backstage. ”

When saying the words "power leans towards the government and the opposition", Chang Feng deliberately aggravated his tone. This is deliberately stimulating Emperor Zhengde.

Liu Jin arched his hand towards Emperor Zhengde: "Your Majesty, the old slave will leave first." The old slave went to arrest Shen Zhou. ”

Chang Feng said: "Don't work for Father-in-law Liu." Shen Zhou has been dead for nine days! ”

Liu Jin frowned: "What?" ”

Chang Feng said: "I haven't found out that Shen Zhou is the initiator of this matter before. kindly held an eighty-fourth birthday banquet for him. ”

"There is a folk proverb that says seventy-three, eighty-four, and the king of Hades does not call himself to go."

On the day of the birthday feast, he drank a few more glasses of wine. Where can an eighty-four-year-old man stand up to getting drunk. Directly drunk to death. ”

"More than a dozen old brothers of Jinyiwei, oh, including Dingguo Gong, can testify. He did die. ”

Liu Jin said viciously: "Dead? You can't let him go even if you die! What about his corpse! I'm going to open the coffin and whip the corpse! ”

Chang Feng said: "Whip corpse? I'm afraid that Gonggong Liu will not be able to whip it! Two days ago, he had passed the first seven days and had withdrawn from the mourning hall. I sent his coffin back to his hometown for burial. ”

Unexpectedly, the carriage delivering the coffin stopped at an inn on the way. That night, a fire broke out in the inn, burning Shen Zhou's coffin into a wisp of green smoke. ”

Liu Jin looked at Chang Feng suspiciously: "Such a coincidence? You just found out that he wrote the exposé, and his coffin was burned? ”

Chang Feng nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes." It's a coincidence that this is not a book. Such a coincidence in the world. ”

Liu Jin arched his hand towards Emperor Zhengde: "Your Majesty, Chang Feng had a mantra before. There are no coincidences in this world, only the illusion of coincidences! ”

Chang Feng hurriedly said: "That's right! Coincidental things usually have their reasons. I suspect that Gonggong Liu, your subordinates also found him. Burn his coffin to vent his anger! ”

Liu Jin looked at Chang Feng with a surprised gaze: "You are talking nonsense!" How did I not know that my subordinates burned Shen Zhou's coffin? ”

Chang Feng had a reasonable and well-founded tone: "Father-in-law Liu's righteous son is all over the civil and official yamen and the army. Maybe which filial son is not greedy for merit in front of you, and hides his merit and fame after avenging you? ”

Chang Feng's ability to mess around with age grows.

Emperor Zhengde finally opened Chrysostom: "That's it! Now that the matter has come to light, the murderer is dead, and the body is burned to smoke. The matter was stopped. ”

"Liu Jin, the officialdom in the capital has been made a fuss by you because of this incident, and five civil officials have died. Enough is enough! ”

Liu Jin was helpless, so he had to give up his hand and say, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Zhengde praised Chang Feng again: "It's still Chang Feng's ability to handle cases." The inner factory, the west factory, and Jinyiwei sent so many people and arrested so many people. There was a lot of commotion, but nothing was found. ”

Chang Feng made a move and quietly cracked the case. He is worthy of being a person who has been doing secret errands for more than 20 years! ”

Chang Feng said: "Thank you for the emperor's praise." The subordinate is just doing his duty. ”

Liu Jin said: "The emperor doesn't know anything. The so-called secret errands, oh, such as the Chin case. A lot of them are headless cases. How the truth will be, only God knows. ”

Emperor Zhengde frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

Liu Jin said: "Maybe Shen Zhou is just a substitute ghost. However, there are a large number of old slaves, so I will not pursue them. ”

Liu Jin did float. actually called himself an "adult" in front of Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde smiled on the surface, and his mother sold criticism in his heart: What a Liu Jin. I have indulged you too much in order to suppress the civil officials. You stinky slave really thinks of yourself as a master!

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhengde decided to give Liu Jin a little color to see.

Emperor Zhengde changed his words and asked Chang Feng: "Chang Qing, you have gone through three dynasties and know the court officials well. I have something to ask you now. ”

Chang Feng asked, "What's the matter?" Your Majesty, please speak. ”

Emperor Zhengde said: "The Ming Dynasty has rules, and heavenly officials are not allowed to enter the cabinet. The reason for formulating this rule is that the heavenly officials have the power to appoint and dismiss personnel, and they have the power to minister after joining the cabinet, and the power will not be lost. ”

"Now the second assistant of the cabinet is Jiao Fang, and the heavenly official is also Jiao Fang. How can this be done? ”

"An old man should be selected to seek the country and be good at employing people, and replace Jiao Fang as the secretary of the ministry. Do you have a candidate? ”

Emperor Zhengde intended to remove Jiao Fang's official secretary, which was to give the arrogant and domineering Liu Jin eye medicine.

Chang Feng thought for a while: "Back to the emperor, there is a suitable candidate in the court." The left waiter of the ministry, Zhang Cai! ”

"Zhang Cai has served in the Ministry for many years, and he is as wise as a torch and good at employing people."

Chang Feng recommended Zhang Cai for three reasons.

The first reason: Although Zhang Cai is a hardcore eunuch. The kind that can't get off when you get on Liu Jin's thief ship. But he himself is quite virtuous. I don't know how many times stronger than those eunuch officials who only know how to embezzle, bribe, and make money.

The second reason: Chang Feng was able to go to the East Factory and reopen the drum again, all thanks to Zhang Cai's advice to Liu Jin. Zhang Cai, that was a disguised help to Chang Feng. People vote for peaches, and Changfeng naturally wants to repay them.

The third reason: Zhang Caixian is good, or he has helped Chang Feng. But he was always a man on Liu Jin's thief ship. Definitely will not leave the eunuchs. And he is the mastermind of the first army division in the eunuch party.

Chang Feng recommended him in front of Emperor Zhengde and Liu Jin, and Liu Jin would have a gap in his heart.

Chang Feng is dividing the party and sowing discord.

Emperor Zhengde listened to Chang Feng's words, Long Yan Dayue: "This person is a good candidate!" Chang Qing not only knows how to handle cases, but also knows how to use people! As soon as I returned, I asked Yang Tinghe to draft the edict and appoint Zhang Cai as the secretary of the ministry. ”

Liu Jin was really suspicious: Chang Feng spoke for Mr. Zhang. Will Mr. Zhang already have a secret relationship with him?

Suddenly, Chang Feng's roar startled Liu Jin.

Chang Feng fell to the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, Wow! ”

Kneel, kowtow, shout wisely. Chang Feng's quality Sanlian is now perfect.

Emperor Zhengde got up and stretched: "That's it." I'm going to hunt in the Imperial Garden. ”

After speaking, Emperor Zhengde drifted away.

After Emperor Zhengde left, Liu Jin asked Chang Feng: "What do you mean by recommending Zhang Cai?" ”

Chang Feng smiled: "What can I mean?" The emperor clearly wants to take away the power of court personnel from you. I'm here to help you! ”

"Whether it's Jiao Fang or Zhang Cai, it's all your father-in-law Liu's people. The meat is rotten in the pan. ”

Liu Jin said: "Why do I think that I smell a conspiracy on you today?" Are you and Zhang Cai private?"

Chang Feng said: "Our private relationship is indeed very good!" Zhang Cai is not only my literary friend for many years, but also a senior in the scientific field. In the past, I was instructed in the eight-strand art of kung fu. ”

"If you want to talk about it, I can get the tenth place in the second grade, and Zhang Cai's credit."

"I recommend him in front of the emperor, firstly, for the good of your father-in-law Liu, so that your personnel power will not fall into the hands of others. The second is to repay Zhang Cai's guidance. ”

The more Chang Feng explained, the more suspicious Liu Jin became.

Liu Jin said: "Can you be so kind? I don't believe it! ”

Chang Feng's face is like a dog's face, and it changes when it is said. The smile on his face was swept away in an instant, and he turned to say angrily: "Liu Jin, don't take Lao Tzu's kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs!" ”

"You say I'm not at ease? I didn't have a good heart when I brought you up? ”

"Li Guang almost killed you. I let Tangtang enter the palace to save you, but I didn't have a good heart? ”

"Why are you more and more ignorant?"

Changing your face is changing your face, which is the self-cultivation of an excellent actor.

Liu Jin sneered: "This time, that time." We were friends then, but now we are enemies. You're going to kill me now, and you're going to do it quickly. ”

Chang Feng sighed: "Alas. It's not that I'm trying to kill you and then fast. It's that you're doing the opposite. The people of the world want to kill you and then hurry. Hello do it yourself! ”

Chang Feng returned to the East Factory.

Zhang Yong immediately greeted him: "The emperor has a letter?" ”

Chang Feng smiled: "For the emperor, the truth is not important. It is important to end this farce of unveiling posts and let the officialdom of the capital return to peace. ”

"As for believing or not believing. The emperor is wise. Can he see that there's something in this? ”

Zhang Yong suddenly realized: "I understand, you pushed out the dead Shen Zhou to give the emperor a reason to push the boat down." ”

Chang Feng smiled but did not speak.

Zhang Yong sighed: "This official makes you understand." ”

Chang Feng nodded: "People are old spirits, ghosts are old spirits." I'm forty-four years old, half of the loess buried in people, if I don't even understand the officials, these twenty or thirty years will be in vain in the court. ”

In the evening, Changfu.

Chang Feng went home, hugged his grandson Chang Qingyun and enjoyed the joy of teasing his grandson, so uncomfortable.

Chang Ponu said: "Dad, I heard that the person who wrote the post made you find it." The case is closed? ”

Chang Feng replied: "Yes, the case has been closed." It was Shen Zhou who wrote the exposé. Because he is dead, he will not be prosecuted. ”

Chang Po Nu was cold: "Shen Lao Qianhu? Dad, are you fooling Liu Jin and the emperor? Shen Lao Qianhu has not asked about political affairs for many years, how could he go to Fengtianmen to post Liu Jin's unveiling post? ”

Chang Feng smiled: "I said yes." ”

At this moment, the subordinate said: "Master, Yang Ting and the eldest son of the family, Yang Shen, ask to see." Waiting in the living room. ”

Chang Feng said: "Ah, the great talent is here? I'll go see him. ”

After speaking, Chang Feng gave his grandson to Chang Ponu to hold.

After a while, Chang Feng came to the living room and saw Yang Shen.

Yang Shen saluted Chang Feng: "Meet Uncle Chang Shi." ”

Chang Feng smiled: "Hurry up and excuse me." At the beginning, I fought side by side with your father in Fujian, fighting the Japanese invaders. After returning to Beijing, your father invited me to your house for a drink. You were a kid then. ”

"Now you are a great talent in the capital. Known as Sichuan Xiaosushi. Time is like water, time is like a shuttle. ”

Yang Shen smiled bitterly: "A broken person whose name has fallen into Sun Mountain is just a person." ”

Chang Feng lowered his voice: "You don't have to be humble. Everyone knows the mess of this year's palace examination papers. Someone is deliberately stumbling to prevent you from making the gold list. ”

"When that person falls, you will take the exam again, and you will definitely be among the top and first."

"Oh yes, what are you here for?"

Yang Shen gave his hand: "My father was able to be successfully transferred back to Beijing this time, all thanks to Uncle Shi's help." He should have come to the house to thank you in person. ”

But now the eunuchs in the capital are rampant. He is afraid that he will come to the house rashly and cause you trouble. So I asked you to thank you. ”

Chang Feng smiled: "You don't need to thank me." Ling Zun is a great virtuous minister. Bao Xianchen, it was originally the duty of Jinyiwei to eliminate traitorous ministers. Although I am no longer in Jinyiwei, I still have the blood of Jinyiwei in my body. ”

Yang Shen arched his hand: "Uncle Shi is righteous." ”

Chang Feng's words changed: "What are you going to do?" Will you stay in the capital to prepare for the Zhengde exam for six years? ”

Yang Shen shook his head slightly: "I plan to go out of Beijing, visit the famous mountains and rivers, and send my love to the mountains and rivers." ”

Chang Feng nodded: "Well, you suffered such a big setback, you should go out of Beijing to relax." ”

Yang Shen said: "I saw a painting a few days ago. The painting is Dianchi Lake in Yunnan. My heart longs for it. I plan to go a little further this trip to Yunnan. ”

Chang Feng said with a smile: "Yunnan is the territory of the old man who can be rich. He served as a eunuch in Yunnan for many years. Now there is a town guard eunuch on the ground in Yunnan, and the seven supervising eunuchs are all his disciples and grandchildren. ”

"I'll go to Qian Neng's husband to say hello and ask him to write a letter, so that his disciples and grandchildren in Yunnan can take good care of you."

Yang Shen arched his hand: "Thank you, Uncle Shi." ”

Where could Yang Shen have imagined. Many years later, he would anger Long Yan because of something and be sent to Yunnan for thirty years.

When he passed through Jiangling in Hubei Province on the way to distribution, as a prisoner, he saw a fisherman and a woodcutter cooking fish and drinking wine by the river, talking and laughing.

He was moved and wrote the famous "Linjiang Immortals, Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water".

Naturally, these are the afterwords.

The days passed.

If a person is in power. A group of sycophants below coaxed and held it every day. Naturally, they will become arrogant and domineering.

For example, Liu Jin. Another example is Miss Dong in later generations.

Liu Jin became more and more domineering, and Emperor Zhengde became more and more dissatisfied with him.

But Emperor Zhengde was slow to make up his mind to get rid of Liu Jin. Because he used Liu Jin as a tool to suppress civil officials, it was too easy!

Even Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet, has become a "kowtow first assistant". There is nothing else to do except kowtow to the sky every morning and shout "Emperor Shengming".

Besides, Emperor Zhengde has been planning a major event: an expedition to the grassland.

He also counted on Liu Jin's piggy bank to scavenge some more silver for him. When the time comes, the piggy bank will be smashed and used as a military paycheck.

Changfeng is getting better on the side of the East Factory. It took him a year to build the East Factory into an existence that can compete with the Inner Factory, the West Factory, and Jinyiwei.

Although it is only a thousand households in the East Factory, Changfeng's power is still there.

Winter goes to spring, spring goes to summer. In the blink of an eye, it was the autumn of the fourth year of Zhengde.

East Factory Lobby.

Chang Feng was drinking tea, looking at the 100 official affairs of the month summarized by the East Factory.

You Jingwu strode in: "Father-in-law, it's too unusual!" ”

Chang Feng looked up: "Oh? What's wrong? ”

You Jingwu said: "Father-in-law, do you remember that at the beginning of the year, Liu Jin intervened in the defense of Xinjiang and sent eunuch civil officials Zhou Dongdu and An Weixue to inspect the northwest? ”

(End of chapter)