The "old house" of the Zhang family.

Zhang Zhou's house in the clarification workshop outside Dong'anmen is usually uninhabited, but recently Zhang Zhou asked people to clean up and use it as his "outer house", in addition to receiving guests here, you can also do some research and invention here.

It's just that the dignitaries living in the surrounding area don't know that there is such a "dynamite barrel", or laboratory, around them.

If the neighbor found out, he would definitely go to Chaozhong to complain about him.

On this day, he was "watching a play" in the old mansion.

Or to let the family appreciate the "alien customs", Zhang Lushui and Xiao Changjin both came to his house to perform, and at the same time, there was also the team in his theater, this time it was specially performed for the female relatives around him, but Jiang Pingyu didn't come over that day when he was unwell.

The main wife is not there, Han Qing, Wang Mingshan and Lin Yi are all there, and it does not affect the play, and the courtyard is very lively.

There is also a desk in front of Zhang Zhou, several women have their own restraints, try to show their generous and decent side when watching the play, Han Qing has been suppressing, and Lin Yi has been used to suppressing since childhood, as for Wang Mingshan, there is no need to suppress it, because she is just watching the fun.

"For new plays, give some opinions, and they will perform them when they come back. They are all to increase the income of the family, and you can be regarded as a female shopkeeper. ”

Zhang Zhou said to them with a smile.

Lin Yi glanced at Zhang Zhou with inexplicable eyes, as if to say, are you serious?

Not only let us watch the play, but also let us give advice? This doesn't seem to belong to the duty of "everyone's ladies", right? When I entered Zhang's house, what am I here for?

A good show here has just begun.

The maid entered the backyard safely, and respectfully saluted Zhang Zhou: "Master, there is a person dressed in an official knife outside, saying that he is here to see you." ”

"Keep watching." Zhang Zhou knew that the main lord was coming tonight, so he asked his female relatives to continue to enjoy the opera, "If I come back late, I can go to bed directly in the room, or you can take the carriage back to the mansion." ”

Wang Mingshan was about to get up and walk with Zhang Zhou, but Zhang Zhou motioned for her to continue to sit and watch: "My own family, I don't need you to go." ”

In the end, it is a personal bodyguard, Wang Mingshan is usually used to men's clothing following up, but this time she is wearing a skirt, maybe she herself is not very adaptable.

Wait for Zhang Zhou to leave the backyard.

Han Qing asked, "Why did you come here to watch the play?" ”

The three women can finally do some simple communication without shying away from it, but obviously Wang Mingshan can't answer this kind of question.

Lin Yi said: "Probably...... The lord wants to keep us here, right? ”

Wang Mingshan couldn't understand, and Han Qing came from a humble background, so she quickly seemed to understand the meaning of Lin Yi's words...... Since this is an outer house, it can be used as a golden house to hide Jiaojiao, maybe Zhang Zhou just wants to move them here?

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What Zhang Zhou saw was Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei.

This time, Zhu Youzhu did not let Li Rong from the Admiral Dongchang communicate with Zhang Zhou, but directly asked Jinyiwei to command the envoy, which made Zhang Zhou feel that this time the incident should be related to the eunuchs in the palace.

Mu Bin was very respectful when he saw Zhang Zhou, and knelt down directly on one knee to give Zhang Zhou a salute.

"Commander Mu is polite, we have something to say." Zhang Zhou said, "Your Majesty only said that there is something for me to help refer to, but after all, I am not in charge of the task affairs of the Jinyi Guard, and my opinion is for reference only." ”

Only then did Mu Bin hand over something that looked like a case to Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou opened it and looked at it, it was about the case of Zhang Yu, the former governor of Liaodong, and Ren Liang, the eunuch of the Liaodong garrison...... In other words, the two bigwigs in Liaodong were served by the emperor.

Zhang Zhoudao: "It's really unexpected, the two of them...... They all seem to be capable people. ”

Zhang Yu was once the Shuntian Mansion Yin, in the tenth year of Hongzhi August transferred Liaodong as the governor, the history is in April of the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, "the imperial history Gu Zuokan governor of the imperial history booby-trap, said that the armament is not repaired, so that the captives go deep, kill and injure the officers and soldiers, and plunder people and animals." The order is to send the official back. ”

But because of Zhang Zhou's presence, Zhang Yu's false report of war exploits in Liaodong and other matters have not been investigated, but this time he was taken because of secret trade communication with Duoyan Sanwei, which was unknown to the imperial court.

Mu Bin said bluntly: "After Ren's father-in-law was taken back to Beijing, he confiscated 6,000 taels of gold, 30,000 taels of silver, 20,000 taels of money from his ancestral house and private house, and countless kinds of property. According to the confession of his cronies, Ren's father-in-law has been in the northwest for many years, and there are many henchmen in the DPRK and China, and he secretly trades horses, copper, iron, cloth and other goods with the Tatars, and accepts bribes and other ......"

Zhang Zhou nodded.

Ren Liang was in Liaodong before, so he belonged to the head of the land, but because he had a background in the court, that is, the ceremonial eunuch Wei Bin, and the four giants of the ceremonial eunuch Dai Yi, Xiao Jing, Wei Bin and Chen Kuan had a lot of connections with each other.

Ren Liang and Zhang Yu are behind Wei Bin, and the investigation is still after Li Rong takes charge of the East Factory, not when Xiao Jing is in charge of the East Factory.

That's a lot of detail.

"Except for these two, the generals below, don't you participate?" Zhang Zhou asked with a smile.

Mu Bin was stunned.

In Mu Bin's view, if you change to an ordinary person, you must want to make a big thing small, what Zhang Zhou means by this...... Do you want to clean up the disobedient generals in Liaodong?

Mu Bin immediately realized that now Liaodong is actually Zhang Zhou's territory, and the emperor now asks Zhang Zhou to directly intervene in the case of Ren Liang and Zhang Yu. That is to let Zhang Zhou clean up the back garden of Liaodong by himself.

Mu Bin understood this, and then said: "There is also a list of Liaodong generals who paid bribes here, and there is also some evidence of cooperating with the two of them to pervert the law and fornicate with foreign officials, because it is still imperfect, so the lowly post has not been brought this time." ”

Zhang Zhou smiled.

If you don't ask, you don't bring it? You Mu Bin is also very good at "doing things".

Zhang Zhoudao: "Don't worry, by the way, I heard that His Majesty is going to entrust the newcomer to the new person about the errand of the governor of Liaodong recently, I haven't asked about it, does Commander Mu know?" ”

Mu Bin replied: "Previously, His Majesty intended to use Wang Xian, the governor of Jizhou, as the governor of Liaodong, but then I didn't make the trip for some reason...... It will most likely be Yoon Han Joong, the governor of Suncheon. ”

Han Chong is a person from the traditional faction, not promoted by Zhang Zhou.

This will use the old people to exchange Lu Wan, as if the territory of Liaodong was given to the traditional faction, but in fact, it is just Zhu Youzhu to make it easier to attack the old system of Liaodong.

You see, although I questioned Ren Liang and Zhang Yu, I didn't completely hand over Liaodong to Bingkuan, and replaced them with old ministers who were respected by you, you should always believe that I was bent on cleaning up the darkness of officialdom, not for factions, right?

"Then this case should be investigated carefully, I don't know much, show me as many cases as possible, let me summarize, Commander Mu may have to work hard in the past two days, let's talk about it alone, it's still not suitable for outsiders to pass on the word."

Zhang Zhou will not make up his mind right away.

Mu Bin seems to understand Zhang Zhou's intentions very well, the case can be dragged out a little, and even let some rumors go out to test the reaction of his colleagues in the officialdom.

Who said that in this kind of officialdom purge, it must be thunderous?

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Wang Qiong is in the Beijing mansion.

On this day, a guest came, Li Gao, the former general soldier of Ningyuan who was transferred back to Beijing from Liaodong, because Li Gao had been in the battle of Ningyuan, and he was considered to have beaten Wang Qiong, although Li Gao was still the eunuch Ren Liang's person at that time, but now that Ren Liang and Zhang Yu have fallen, all he can think of is Wang Qiong, the current household servant.

Precisely, Wang Qiong is not very shy about the worship and entrustment of others.

"Lord Wang, after the last general returned to Beijing, he suffered a lot of white eyes, but the last general has the heart to serve the imperial court, and I ask Lord Wang to give the last general this opportunity."

After Li Gao saw Wang Qiong, he also gave him a "heart", which was contained in a small wooden box, which must be something valuable.

Wang Qiong didn't even look at it, and asked, "I haven't cared about the affairs of Liaodong for a long time, what happened to Ren's father-in-law?" ”

After the Battle of Ningyuan, Ren Liang rose to prominence in Liaodong as a meritorious hero, and after Lu Wan became the governor of Liaodong, he kept making trouble for Lu Wan.

In Wang Qiong's opinion, Ren Liang has a celebrant and eunuch as a backer, and Li Gao, as a general under Ren Liang, has no need to devote himself to his side.

Li Gao said: "It's not a secret, with the last general's knowledge, Ren's father-in-law may ...... He was imprisoned. ”

"Really?" Wang Qiong didn't know about this.

But Ren Liang was secretly dismissed, and he knew about it.

Li Gao hurriedly said: "Now the soldiers up and down Liaodong are all grateful for the convenience brought to us when Lord Wang was here, and at the same time, they all admire the prestige of Cai Guogong and Lord Wang. Now everything is safe on the frontier, and the soldiers and the people all praise the wisdom of the lord. ”

Wang Qiong looked at Li Gao and asked, "Are you in any trouble?" ”

Li Gao's face was evasive.

"If you don't make it clear, please go back." Although Wang Qiong is also greedy for money and has a good reputation, he will not casually take people who were once political enemies to his side.

How rampant is Ren Liang? In addition, Ren Liang's backers have not fallen, who knows if Ren Liang will make a comeback when he turns back?

When these eunuchs seem to be in decline, the cats and dogs ignore them, but to be beautiful, it seems to be a matter of twisting the face, and to put it bluntly, it is the emperor's attitude.

Li Gao was embarrassed: "Humble duty...... was questioned by the people of Jinyiwei, and also asked if he had ever given gifts to Ren's father-in-law, Governor Zhang and others, although he was not detained, but the Shangguan of the Governor's Mansion said that now he will either be transferred to Yunnan, or he can only wait in the Beijing Division, and he will ...... in the future I'm afraid there is no chance for the northern frontier to serve the imperial court. ”

"Yunnan? It's pretty good, too. Wang Qiong narrowed her eyes and said.

"But the last general still wants to ...... Most of them serve the imperial court. Li Gao said.

Wang Qiong said: "After you arrived in Beijing, before you went to the official mansion, you never visited others?" ”

This made Li Gao speechless for a while.

After arriving in Beijing, Wang Qiong was obviously not the target of his first visit, he definitely wanted to see "higher-ups", such as Wei Bin, for example, Zhang Heling, but the greetings that should be delivered were delivered, and there were many gifts, but he couldn't see anyone.

"Let's put it this way, the military affairs of Liaodong, this official can't ask about it at present, as for your future future, it also depends on how much you are involved in Ren's father-in-law's affairs, and as for Ren's father-in-law's case, it also depends on whether there is someone behind it." Wang Qiong said, "If you are really capable, or if you are appreciated by Cai Guogong, there is no need to transfer you to the southwest border to see that you have been created." ”

"This ......"

Li Gao understood.

Wang Qiong didn't want to mind his business and asked him to go to Zhang Zhou.

Li Gao was also anxious in his heart, and said in his heart, I can go to visit that awesome Zhang Banxian, and I still need you here?

Wang Qiong said: "But recently, the Yanwutang is recruiting generals from all over Beijing, if you are really capable, you can apply for the exam, if you have good grades, enter the Yanwutang, or it will help you in the future." ”

"Huh?"

Li Gao vaguely heard it again, this can be regarded as Wang Qiong giving himself a chance.

Wang Qiong was speechless in Ren Liang's case, and she was not qualified to dispatch generals everywhere, but Wang Qiong was responsible for the enrollment of Yanwutang, which was tantamount to opening an opening for Li Gao.

"The last general understands that the last general must work hard to study for the martial arts hall, and the last general will do his best to the adults and Cai Guogong, and never forget the grace of cultivation."

Speaking of this, Li Gao directly knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Qiong.

As a military general, kowtowing to the Wenchen of the Ming Dynasty, Li Gao didn't feel anything wrong at all, but seemed to have voted for the right person, and he would be a disciple of Wang Qiong in the future.

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Li Dongyang Mansion.

After sunset that day, Kong Hongtai, who had been in Beijing, came forward to intercede with Li Dongyang again, which made Li Dongyang tired of it.

“…… Dongzhuang, hasn't Brother Ling returned to his hometown now? Why have you come to see me? ”

Li Dongyang's tone was very impatient.

"Ahem." Kong Hongtai coughed and said, "It was said that it was a pardon, but now it is just a grass people, and I asked the people of the Ministry of Rites, saying that His Majesty has not mentioned anything about the inheritance of the Kong family recently, and he is in this body...... It's really worse than one day, how do you think this is good? ”

Li Dongyang said: "The inheritance of the Xuansheng Temple is not something I can mix, and I can't help it." ”

Kong Hongtai looked over with a pleading gaze, probably saying, you can help, and you should know how to help.

Kong Hongtai saw that Li Dongyang's expression was unmoved, and he lowered his head with emotion and said: "Now my nephew Wen Shao has been staying in the Beijing Division, hoping to worship the famous family, and he is dedicated to studying, and he also makes a wide range of friends in the Beijing Division, if it is the brother of Bin, you can help him......"

Li Dongyang waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty has canceled the marriage between my two families, and this matter cannot be mentioned again." ”

"It's not a marriage, it's ...... See if you can make him ...... How many people do you have to do with the people of Hallym Academy? Or let him enter Beiyong and study for a few more years...... So that he can accumulate prestige? ”

Kong Hongtai almost pleaded.

Li Dongyang said: "If you want to think about him, please do something, you can only find one person, you know who I'm talking about." No one else can help anyone other than this person. Whoever arises, it is necessary to be relieved by whom. Alas! Dongzhuang, you shouldn't be so humble. ”