The morning party ended in an eerie atmosphere.

The imperial historian felt that he had not used his strength, and he had carefully prepared for a long time, but he was "hindered" by Zhang Mao and Wu Hao at a critical time, and the emperor seemed to be punishing Zhang Zhou, but he was clearly singing a double reed.

The emperor is willing to punish his heart-to-heart Bingkuan?

No kidding! We don't believe this nonsense.

This side has just dispersed.

Out of Fengtian Palace, a group of people surrounded Wu Hao.

"Qin Tian has calculated that there will be a disaster, why didn't he inform Yu to the ministers, but only to inform the British duke?" Tu Yun seemed very excited, because on the surface, he initiated the impeachment of Zhang Zhou, and he was more equivalent to the leader of the matter.

Liu Jian and others did not compete with him for the position of leader, and part of the reason was that Tu Tu was about to become a leader, and he belonged to the kind of "dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water", and Liu Jian and the others did not say that they wanted to leave the court, and they would have to deal with the emperor in the future.

Wu Hao said: "Everyone, it's not that I don't want to say it, it's really that the time is in a hurry when it is calculated, besides, I told you, will you believe it?" ”

Wu Hao was also very aggrieved.

He didn't dare to say it, in fact, I didn't count it, but Zhang Bingkuan told me, anyway, I was being used as a gun now.

I don't care if it's allowed or not, I love it.

"If you don't say it, how do you know if others agree? Now, we want to impeach people with a disaster that has not yet happened, isn't it ...... Nonsense? Tu Tu was very annoyed.

If it weren't for the fact that this was in the palace, maybe he would have wanted to go up and tear Wu Hao apart.

Xie Qian walked over and said, "Calm your anger, Your Majesty didn't say anything about it, let's talk about it later." Gone, gone! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Zhou.

saw that Zhang Zhou came out with Zhang Mao...... Beside Zhang Mao, there is also Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who is not involved in this matter.

This seems to be showing to the ministers present that in fact, Zhang Mao is a second or fifth boy, and he has always stood with Zhang Zhou.

"English Princess!" Far away, Fu Han, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, always has an opinion on Zhang Mao, and wants to go up to question him.

Fu Han was so excited, saying that it was for official business, to maintain order in the court, but in fact, it was more because Lin Han was about to be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and robbed him of his position.

Zhang Mao walked over and said with a smile: "The old man is just a matter of facts, although Lai Guogong is often unruly in doing things, he still has to participate in the impeachment in accordance with the normal rules." The ministers of the DPRK and China should be like this, but the old man did not make his own opinions. ”

Zhang Zhouben was still walking with Zhang Mao, and when he heard this, he had already strode forward.

Xu Qiong, Shen Lu and others did not shy away from walking with Zhang Zhou.

It's as if there's already a party over there.

Li Dongyang said: "British duke, are you participating in the impeachment of Zhang Bingkuan?" How do you feel like you're on the right and left? ”

"Really?" Zhang Mao sighed, "As Wu Jianzheng said, there will be disasters in the future that he mentioned, and you can't listen to such things, and you won't use this kind of thing to impeach him. You have also seen Your Majesty's reaction, if a few days later, this hailstorm really arrives, then it is not in line with your wishes, and the Zhang family boy can return to his hometown? ”

Fu Han said: "The truth is this truth, but predicting a hailstorm a few days later, and even relying on such disasters to make Zhang Bingkuan Zhishi, do you think it is possible?" ”

Zhang Mao said helplessly: "Just say you don't believe it, take a look...... How real was his reaction? Why don't you believe Wu Jian Zheng once? ”

Wu Hao listened beside him, that was called an aggrieved.

In fact, he also heard that no one, including Zhang Mao, seemed to think that what he said was reliable.

Zhang Mao: That's because he believed it, so he attacked Zhang Zhou's words?

Old man Zhang was clearly looking for a way out for himself...... While following the crowd had to go to the impeachment of Zhang Zhou, he still wanted to find a way out for himself...... Wu Hao also understood why the emperor and Zhang Zhou asked him to tell Zhang Mao the news of the hail disaster, and it was because of Zhang Mao's character as an ordinary old fox who rode the wall that he would use the unreliable hail disaster prediction to impeach Zhang Zhou.

It seems that he Zhang Mao is on the side of the traditional minister to impeach Zhang Zhou, and on the other hand, he can also make a false deal with Zhang Zhou...... Behold, I am helping you, and as long as the hailstorm does not come in a few days, then your majesty will have no reason to dismiss you? I'm helping you, old man Zhang!

Li Dongyang said: "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, the future of the Wuzi Day hailstorm will not affect the impeachment of Zhang Bingkuan." His Majesty has no objection to this, so let's wait for now. ”

Under Li Dongyang's maintenance of order, the people were indignant and generally disbanded on the spot.

Many people were still chattering on the way out of the palace, talking about how to impeach Zhang Zhou and convict Zhang Zhou.

……

……

Cabinet duty.

After the three members of the cabinet came back, even the Chinese scholars who came to see off the music were not allowed to enter, and then Liu Jian convened a meeting of the highest decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty's civil ministers.

"Binzhi, do you think that Your Majesty's delay today is meaningless, and the impeachment in a few days will be as smooth as today? Or is it His Majesty's intention to delay this matter until a few days later, so as to divide and disintegrate the joint deeds? "Liu Jian is not as good as Li Dongyang in terms of resourcefulness, and he prefers to listen to Li Dongyang's opinion.

Li Dongyang said: "I always feel that things are not so simple. ”

Xie Qian smiled and said, "How do you say this?" ”

Li Dongyang frowned and said: "Qin Tianjian Zheng Wu Hao, in the past two years, he has been in good order, and now in such a big matter as the impeachment of Zhang Bingkuan, he actually dared to take the lead, and directly predicted that there would be a hailstorm in Beijing four days later, which is not like something he can do." ”

"Huh." Xie Qian smiled, "This kind of thing, isn't it from his mouth, is it Zhang Bingkuan?" Zhang Bingkuan will not take the disaster himself to impeach himself, right? ”

Li Dongyang thought silently for a while, and then shook his head and said, "I can't tell." It just feels weird. ”

Liu Jian said: "But now that Zhang Tingmian listened to Qin Tianjian's warning and participated in the impeachment of Zhang Bingkuan, will there be anything to say about this?" ”

Li Dongyang was about to say something, but Xie Qian interjected: "Don't guess, just go and ask Qin Tianjian if it's not good?" ”

"I can't ask the result." Li Dongyang said, "If Qin Tianjian dares to talk about the disaster, he should think about the consequences behind it, if the matter is not fulfilled, His Majesty will take Qin Tianjian first." In fact, I'm thinking that if Wu Hao is not absolutely sure, he shouldn't use this kind of inaccurate thing to wade into troubled waters, or because he has a reason to do it as a last resort. ”

Liu Jian asked, "What do you think is the reason?" ”

Li Dongyang said with a straight face: "Such as the emperor's order is difficult to disobey. ”

Liu Jian took a breath and said: "You mean, the hailstorm a few days later was originally nothing, and His Majesty asked Qin Tianjian to play like this, and also found Zhang Tingmian, who has always liked to fish in troubled waters, to play things, so as to confuse the public?" In fact, His Majesty's real intention is to give a few days of delay to divide and disintegrate the joint people? ”

Li Dongyang said: "It's not that there is no such possibility. But I vaguely feel that things are not so simple. ”

Xie Qian asked, "How complicated can it be?" ”

This time, even Li Dongyang was directly silent and did not answer.

Li Dongyang had political foresight and resourcefulness in the end, and he felt that Wu Hao's actions were very abnormal, but Zhang Mao's actions did not exceed their expectations.

With what they know, Old Man Zhang really likes to see the stitches, and this time when Zhang Mao was willing to participate in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou with the traditional civil officials, it made them feel that Zhang Mao might be playing tricks behind his back...... As a result, the ghost really came, although he was still participating in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou, but he changed his tricks, and he made different remarks about disasters, and he clearly had the intention of delaying and clearing Zhang Zhou.

"Yu Qiao." Liu Jian said, "Go back to Qintianjian to ask clearly, the matter of joint impeachment still can't stop." The matter has already begun, and there is no reason to avoid it. Even if you wait for another four or five days, and then bring up the old things again after Wuzi Day, the momentum cannot be weaker than today. ”

Li Dongyang said: "I think it is more important to guard against His Majesty's internal officials contacting foreign ministers now. ”

Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Binzhi, you should know that this incident also has the participation of internal officials, in fact, now the court and the central government are united, I am afraid that Zhang Bingkuan will use His Majesty's trust to knock out a gap in our iron plate." A warning of a catastrophe is not a gap, but only a time to knock on the gap...... We have to fill the vacancies everywhere, which requires all parties to be firm in their will, especially we must not deviate! ”

"Hmm." Li Dongyang nodded.

Among the three, it seems to be him Li Dongyang, who seems to be the firm one, but the weak link seems to be here with him.

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Zhang Zhou, as the planner of the incident, did not talk about the hail disaster warning when he talked to Xu Qiong and Shen Lu on the way out of the palace.

"Nonsense, it's not credible, but a few days later, the disaster didn't come, they will still take the natural and man-made disasters of the Ming Dynasty in the past few years, and forcibly attribute it to Lai Guogong, Lai Guogong must be on guard." Shen Lu reminded with a smile.

Shen Lu and Xu Qiong are still relatively calm.

The emperor's trust in Zhang Zhou, they can see it, on the day of the impeachment of Zhang Zhou, the two of them seemed to be alone and couldn't help much.

But in this way, Wu Hao and Zhang Maosheng opened a "situation", and they postponed the impeachment for four days.

Of course, they don't think that the so-called hailstorm can be fulfilled.

Wu Hao can predict this kind of catastrophe, it is no different from a sow going up a tree, believe him a ghost!

Zhang Zhou sighed: "Supervisor Wu's words are conclusive, even the British Duke has listened to him, and I don't think things will happen." No matter what I think of at that time, His Majesty will have no choice but to send me back to farming. ”

Shen Lu asked in surprise: "Then Lai Guogong didn't personally calculate, will there be a hailstorm that day?" ”

"How can this be calculated?" Xu Qiong glanced at Shen Lu in the voice.

You Shen Lu, the more you talk about it, the more energetic you get.

Disasters and strange things are meant to be played on the topic, and you don't really think that every future event can be warned in advance, right? We stand with Zhang Bingkuan, not because he is a prophet, but also because of the emperor's trust in him, and because he is alone in the court, similar to our situation, our henchmen need his support to gain a foothold in the future.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Xu Butang, in fact, I really have some ability at this, and I have calculated that there is indeed a possibility of violent abnormal weather in Jingshi in the next few days, even if a hailstorm comes, I will not be surprised." ”

"What?" Xu Qiong frowned.

Shen Lu is energetic, I think it's you Zhang Bingkuan who is even more energetic.

Shen Lu laughed and said: "This Ming Dynasty Hall is interesting, to the place of spelling?" Are you singing and I'm on the stage? Hahaha......"

"Still laughing!" Xu Qiong glanced at Shen Lu again.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Actually, it doesn't matter, if I am allowed to return to my hometown and live a peaceful life for a few years, it is not bad." ”

Xu Qiong said coldly: "Lai Guogong, we support you, but also because we value your ability to make contributions to the Ming Dynasty in the future, and to help your Majesty achieve a great cause, you can't pick on your son at a critical time." ”

Zhang Zhou nodded and said, "I naturally want to serve the court well, but I'm afraid that the sky will not fulfill people's wishes." ”

"I'll wait a few days and I'll go for you." Xu Qiong said, "Bingkuan, who do you think may be the weak link in the DPRK and China now?" Is it a British public? Cabinet, or six ministries? You can see it accurately, I'll help you tell. ”

Xu Qiong: This will be very interesting.

If you want an alliance, in order to show sincerity, you have to do things, and the way he does things is to be a lobbyist and dismantle the "inverted Zhang Alliance" that impeached Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhoudao: "If I have to choose, I think Elder Li Ge may have his heart set on me." ”

"Binzhi? Don't think about it! He has always been biased against you. Xu Qiong said.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "But I think that I treated his son before and exempted him from the matter of marrying the Kong family, he will never treat me as an enemy, right?" Besides, I haven't offended him directly before. ”

Xu Qiong's face was displeased, he felt that Zhang Zhou would not think that a little "small favor" would "buy" Li Dongyang, right?

Li Dongyang's man talks a lot about principles!

"Then I'll go back and try." Xu Qiong promised it, but she didn't think so.

Zhang Zhou didn't think that it was a little favor that held Li Dongyang down, more because of ...... This is "historical experience".

The biggest experience comes from what hasn't happened yet, that is, in the "Eight Tigers Movement" a few years later in history, Liu Jian and Xie Qian became victims with their heads, while Li Dongyang relied on turning around and other leeway, and actually made a few years of false promises with Liu Jin, and successfully survived Liu Jin's burp, and it was not he Li Dongyang who really killed Liu Jin......

Li Dongyang just looks iron-clad.

The more resourceful people are, the more they understand the truth that "a big man can bend and stretch".

It's easy to pick a child directly, but it's difficult to lie down and taste the courage to endure humiliation.

Of course, in history, Li Dongyang endured humiliation and burden, or was he greedy for fame and fortune and forgot his righteousness...... Then only he, Li Dongyang, knows it.

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Zhang Zhou walked out of the palace gate and was soon stopped by Lin Han.

"Lin Shilang." Zhang Zhou walked over to give Lin Han a salute.

Lin Han also returned the courtesy, and then Lin Han beckoned Zhang Zhou to get into his carriage.

"Bingkuan, what is the situation today? Your Majesty is punishing you? Or did it have been agreed with you a long time ago? "Lin Han's characteristic is that he can't hide things in his heart.

He saw something that was incomprehensible to him, and he could talk to Zhang Zhou, so he couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "It has been discussed a long time ago. ”

"Sure enough." Lin Han said, "That Qin Heavenly Prison is participating in your impeachment with a disaster......

"Isn't it an English duke?" Zhang Zhou asked.

Lin Han said with a dark face: "It's all the same." ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Oh, if it was the British Counsellor who impeached me, I didn't discuss it, but I told Wu Hao the news of the hailstorm a few days later." ”

"You!"

The true qi in Lin Han's body jumped violently, and he almost overturned the roof of the carriage.

"Lin Shilang, don't be impatient, I did this for a reason." Zhang Zhoudao.

Lin Han hurriedly said, "Do you know what this means?" It's fine if it's just a matter of delaying for a few days, but do you know how to tease the government and opposition officials with this kind of thing......

"I didn't tease them, I really calculated that there would be rain and hail in Jingshi in four days, so that the people of Jingshi could take precautions in advance and reduce losses." Zhang Zhou seemed to be righteous.

Lin Han said: "You are participating in the impeachment of yourself? ”

Zhang Zhou shook his head: "Even if I don't mention it, the hailstorm will still come in four days, and they will still use this matter to impeach me at that time, and the difference is not big." ”

Lin Han thought about it, and it was really as Zhang Zhou said, whether there was an early warning or not was not the point, the point was that if there was really a hailstorm, how could the minister put this black cauldron on the emperor's favor Zhang Zhou, Zhang Zhou was destined to carry the black cauldron.

"And what do you think?" Lin Han asked.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I mentioned to Your Majesty, I want to go back to Jiangnan Province and not be in Beijing, so that I won't be blamed for any disasters in Beijing in the future." ”

Lin Han said angrily: "I've lived in Jingshi for so long, how many disasters have there been in Jingshi?" You have all returned to your hometown because of the disaster, even if you live in Jingshi in the future, can this disaster still be related to you? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "That's not accurate, as long as I don't die, wherever I am, any disaster will be buckled on my head, isn't this the consistent style of the courtiers and officials?" ”

Lin Han was quite speechless.

But he didn't have much to refute.

Because this time the ministers jointly impeached Zhang Zhou, didn't they put all the natural and man-made disasters in various places in the past few years on Zhang Zhou's head?

Looks...... Zhang Zhou still understands the urine nature of this group of people.

Zhang Zhou sighed: "Only if I leave the officialdom, or even leave the Beijing Division, and return to Nanjing to be an idler, so that there is any disaster in the Beijing Division, can I avoid being detained." ”

"It seems that you think there will be disasters in the future of Jingshi?" Lin Han frowned.

"Huh."

Zhang Zhou smiled but did not answer.

What is a hailstorm?

This kind of violent and abnormal weather is a bit far-fetched to say that it is a warning from heaven and a catastrophe.

After all, this kind of severe weather happens everywhere every year.

But the earthquake ...... Or the Jingshi earthquake...... If he was really caught on his head by this kind of, then he would basically be sent to the eighteenth layer of hell by those superstitious people.

So Zhang Zhou just wants to do the opposite.

When the Jingshi earthquake, I was not in the officialdom and the second was not in the Jingshi, so I asked you why you put this basin on my head?

And the main thing is...... I also warned the emperor in advance of this earthquake, and the emperor knew that this earthquake had nothing to do with the catastrophe...... Or did the emperor offer to help me with a disaster......

This is the highest level of disaster and disobedience.

(End of chapter)