Inside the yamen of the Ministry of Officials.

Approaching the afternoon of part-time work, Xie Qian came over to see Shangshu Ma Wensheng, who came with Xie Qian, and the military department gave the matter a bend.

The purpose of this visit is naturally for the local affairs of Yongping Mansion, and the official will launch a joint impeachment of Jinyiwei to make Mu Bin abuse his power already fermented, Xie Qian represents the cabinet, Qu Shen represents the six sections, and Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, has to do "pre-war discussions".

"The old man has heard about the affairs of Yongping Mansion to some extent, but in this way, he went to attack the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but I am afraid that the scope of involvement will be too wide, and it is not appropriate to make a big move."

Ma Wensheng is still more cautious.

He has been in the court for a long time, unlike Xie Qian, who was promoted by being a teacher for Zhu Youji, you must know that during the Chenghua years, Ma Wensheng was already a pillar in the court, and Xie Qian and others at that time were still lecturing the prince in the East Palace.

Therefore, Ma Wensheng understands the rules of the emperors of previous dynasties better than Xie Qian and others, that is, as much as possible, not to move the people around him, such as the impeachment of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, this kind of thing naturally existed before, but basically it was thunder and rain.

Xie Qian smiled: "Do you really think that this is just the impeachment of Mu Bin?" ”

Ma Wensheng also glared at Xie Qian, who liked to be poor-mouthed, and asked rhetorically: "If you are guilty, you should also talk about things, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, yes, just to impeach Mu Bin." Xie Qian continued to smile and said, "If the commander of the Jinyi Guard commits a crime, he is also a courtier, and he should be subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, even if he is a minister close to him, he should not go unpunished." ”

Ma Wensheng heard Xie Qian's resolute attitude, which also means that the cabinet behind Xie Qian is determined to cut off the wings around Zhang Zhou that can do things.

"Yu Qiao, you should also know that this matter is not something we can call the shots."

Ma Wensheng is reminding Xie Qian that the cabinet, the six ministries, and the six section officials alone will not be able to bring down Mu Bin.

Xie Qian said: "This is exactly what I want to say, some people are angry, and naturally someone will clean it up." This is not simply a crime, but also because it is unpopular. In this matter, you don't have to worry too much. ”

There is someone behind us, this person Ma Wensheng should think about it more, you will know that it is a powerful person in the palace, such as Xiao Jing, Wei Bin, and even the group of senior eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Prison, in short, they are entangled with Zhang Zhou...... I don't know, but you figure it out for yourself.

Ma Wensheng knew that he would not be able to cooperate with him, and of course he would not choose to come out.

Ma Wensheng asked: "What are the specific misdeeds of Jinyiwei in Yongping Mansion?" Is there any real evidence? ”

Xie Qian looked at Qu Shen on the side, meaning that Qu Shen would explain it.

Qu Shen Zhengse said: "From the beginning of June, Li Rong, the eunuch of Dongchang, Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, Guo Ang, the envoy of Beizhen Fusi, and others, went on a business trip to Yongping Mansion, and then confiscated more than ten local officials and gentry in Yongping Mansion on trumped-up charges. Later, after the local government and the people of the DPRK and China came forward, not only did the matter not ease, but Jinyiwei intensified, causing panic among the local people. ”

"By the beginning of July, nearly 30 gentry had been implicated, from the capital city to the county seat below, and there were not a few people who suffered because of this."

Ma Wensheng asked, "Was someone tortured to death?" ”

"Yes." Qu Shen nodded.

Ma Wensheng said: "Is there no specific charge?" ”

Qu Shen didn't seem to want to say much, but after seeing Xie Qian and receiving the encouragement from Xie Qian's eyes, he said: "It is said that there is a suspicion of Tongfan, although Yongping Mansion is close to the border, but it is also far away from the main activity area of Fanbang. ”

Ma Wensheng shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, but this crime alone is not the command of the Jinyi Guard, so doesn't Your Majesty know about it?" ”

"This ......"

Qu Shen didn't expect Ma Wensheng to have so many questions, and he couldn't answer them for a while.

Xie Qian said: "Why is Ma Butang so cowering? Even if His Majesty knew, would he let Jinyiwei mess up like this? Thirty ...... That is almost to turn Yongping Mansion upside down, even if Your Majesty has the instructions first, he will definitely not let Jinyiwei mess up like this, not to mention that now that Li Rong is dead, some things should have an end and an end. ”

I didn't say it too clearly, but with Ma Wensheng's political consciousness, I knew that what Xie Qian was referring to was that there were "steps" between Wenchen and the emperor.

And this step is to push all the responsibility onto the dead.

Don't deliberately target Zhang Zhou.

It's just that Mu Bin is impeached, and Mu Bin can also argue that Li Rong asked him to do it, the emperor has never completely torn his face with Wenchen, as long as Wenchen's side has the same opinion, the emperor finally found that Jinyiwei is indeed messing up, even if it is just a small punishment and a big admonition for Mu Bin and other initiators, and finally put the responsibility on the dead Li Rong, then Wenchen can be regarded as a big victory on the scene.

Zhang Bingkuan is not involved, but Zhang Bingkuan is targeted everywhere.

Ma Wensheng also asked directly: "That Cai Guogong, is there anything involved in this matter?" ”

Xie Qian shook his head and said: "Although others arrived in Yongping Mansion, it is said that they did not show up from beginning to end, but everyone knows that this incident started because of him, if he didn't open a mine in Yongping Mansion and caused discord between the government and the people, why would he have made such a situation?" His Majesty may have wanted to support him at first, but when things develop, it is not so easy to control. ”

"Hmm."

When Ma Wensheng heard that it had nothing to do with Zhang Zhou, he seemed to be a little more relieved.

It's too difficult to be an enemy of Zhang Zhou now.

In the past, when Li Guang was in power, Wenchen had no way to take Li Guang, and Zhang Zhou was completely a strengthened version of Li Guang, compared to Li Guang, who only used demonic words to confuse the public, Zhang Zhou was a person with great ability in the eyes of the emperor, and he could shake it casually?

Xie Qian said: "Now we want more people in the DPRK and China to stand with us, before against a Zhang Bingkuan, we have been defeated repeatedly, but against a Mu Bin, we can't say that we gave up halfway." ”

We can't defeat Zhang Zhou, and now we can't deal with even Mu Bin, so we don't have to mess around.

Ma Wensheng sighed and said: "For Your Majesty, the palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, don't go down the road." ”

Xie Qian smiled: "This is natural, we are not right about things, not people." ”

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Zhu Youzhu had people notify the ministers of the DPRK and China in advance to transfer Mu Bin back to Beijing, while Zhang Zhou took another route, and also went back to Beijing day and night.

"Why are you in such a hurry, is there an emergency military situation in the northwest?"

Zhu Feng, who had been idle for many days, suddenly wanted to be recruited back in such a hurry, and he was a little uncomfortable, he was riding on a horse, and he had a lot of questions, but Zhang Zhou didn't answer any of them.

Although Li Zhang and Zhang Zhou came out of the same place, they did not go together.

Only the Jinyi Guards will escort Zhang Zhou to pass through the post station along the way, etc., and they will only rest for two hours a day, and they will ride back to the capital in two days, and they will only rest once on the way.

Finally, when it was close to midnight, I arrived at the place to rest, at this time I had entered the boundary of Shuntianfu, and the treatment of hospitality was naturally to be upgraded to a higher level, and the post station in the east of Shuntianfu rarely entertained the senior members of the court, and those with such an official rank as Zhang Zhou were still the first in recent years.

Zhang Zhou brought a lot of people when he went, and when he came back, he only brought twenty or thirty people, and there were places to rest in the post station.

Waiting for the hot water to come, Wang Mingshan brought water to Zhang Zhou and entered the door, and Zhang Zhou was already ready to rest on the table, the reason why he didn't go to bed to rest was because Zhang Zhou had been in a hurry for more than a day, and he was already very tired, and he was afraid that he would not be able to get up for two hours after falling on the soft pillow of the high bed.

"Grandpa, Sun Qianhu is visiting." Before Zhang Zhou could tidy up a little and rest, someone here reported that Sun Shangqi was here.

Sun Shangqi came from the mine, while Zhang Zhou came from the coast, and the two sides were not on the same road, and Sun Shangqi also knew in advance that Zhang Zhou would pass by the post station, so he would rush over to visit Zhang Zhou.

"Let him in." Zhang Zhou still has good intentions towards Sun Shangqi.

In the end, this person is the person who escorted him into Beijing at the beginning, he is an old acquaintance, and Sun Shangqi has been diligent in his work in the past two years, although he has not improved greatly, but at least he has done what he should have done well.

As Sun Shangqi came in, he also brought news from Jinyiwei's side to Zhang Zhou.

"Commander Mu has passed by here three hours ago to continue his journey into Beijing, or he will arrive at Beijing before noon tomorrow." Sun Shangqi said.

Zhang Zhou nodded and said: "If I rush again, I will not be able to arrive until it is close to dark, and I will see him in the court early the morning after tomorrow." ”

Sun Shangqi said: "Commander Mu asked the lowly post to pass the word to Cai Guogong, if things change, you don't have to speak for him, he will bear it." ”

It seems that Mu Bin is to protect Zhang Zhou and doesn't want Zhang Zhou to have anything to do with this matter.

But Zhang Zhou can feel that Mu Bin is a bit like reminding Zhang Zhou to "save me", the more righteous you Mu Bin becomes, the more difficult it is for Zhang Zhou to stand idly by, after all, Mu Bin's original intention of doing those things in Yongping Mansion was to help Zhang Zhou clear up the trouble of mining in Yongping Mansion.

Zhang Zhou said: "I will know in my heart. Is Sun Qianhu's injury better? ”

Sun Shangqi put his hand on the position of the wound on his shoulder, and sighed slightly: "It's still the same as before, and the wound is not good." ”

Sun Shangqi has been injured until now, and it is close to a month, or he was injured by an arrow in the summer, the injury is actually not good, and there is no way to scrape the bones to heal the wound if it develops, and it is good to cut off the arm to save his life.

If it does not heal for a long time, even if the disease is cured, it will leave sores and poisons, and it may attack at any time in the future.

This is also a big trouble for injuries in these years.

Zhang Zhou said: "Then Sun Qianhu doesn't have to run around like this, he should rest more." ”

Sun Shangqi said: "I brought some people with me, and I was ordered by Mu to escort you back to Beijing, but I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to you." According to the previous report, it is said that there is someone or it is not good for you, and the background is deep, and the culprit cannot be found for the time being. ”

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "There are many people who have a grudge against me, and there are not a few who want me to die, just get used to it." As long as I don't appear in a dangerous place, with the people around me at the moment, it is enough to protect me. ”

Sun Shangqi hugged his fists and said: "Everything is still careful." In addition, Commander Mu has some thoughts to express, I hope you can ...... Laugh. ”

Let Sun Shangqi give gifts.

Zhang Zhouxin said that Mu Bin's scheming is not deep, maybe this time Jinyiwei is really in trouble, Li Rong's death is a turning point, whether Jinyiwei followed Xiao Jing, Yang Peng, or Li Rong, they have a basis for doing things, they are just executors and do not need to bear the responsibility of things.

Now that Li Rong is dead, the situation is very different, and Mu Bin has turned directly from the background to the bright side.

After Li Zhang got up, he actually couldn't convince the public, causing Mu Bin to know that he couldn't count on Li Zhang for everything.

At a critical time, Li Zhang will definitely make a move to abandon the car and protect the handsome.

Besides, Li Zhang really wants to fight with those bigwigs in the DPRK, and he is a little tender.

But he Zhang Zhou is different, it can be said that he is not afraid of everything, and he can completely ignore the back road if he wants to do what he wants, because he Zhang Zhou is the last retreat for many people.

"Let's put it first, others don't understand me, you don't understand? I am not short of money, I am not short of things, I work hard and live, and what I want is a corner of peace. And this time the brocade guard will be fine, everything is as usual, it's not what I want, but His Majesty won't move the foundation. You are all trustworthy people of Your Majesty. Zhang Zhou's tone was a little relieved.

In fact, Zhang Zhou knew that Jinyiwei, headed by Mu Bin, was now looking for the next "decision-maker", and he was the decision-maker second to the emperor.

Jin Yiwei also knew that Zhang Zhou's words were easy to use before, but usually Zhang Zhou would not directly give orders to Jin Yiwei, and now Mu Bin just wants Zhang Zhou to take the initiative to pick up the banner of this talker, and Jin Yiwei wants to use Zhang Zhou as a backer.

Sun Shangqi said: "I still need your help." ”

"Don't say that, go back to Beijing with me, and be as low-key as possible, there are more brocade guards around me, and I will become the target of public criticism, sometimes I will be biased when I speak, but you should give more gifts to that Li Zhang and Li Gonggong, so that he can speak for you." Zhang Zhou reminded with a smile.

Sun Shangqi was slightly embarrassed.

But Sun Shangqi still said truthfully: "The share given to Gonggong Li is naturally there." And what Commander Mu sends to you is definitely not a property, but something within his ability...... Mind, you will know after reading the gift list. ”

Saying that, Sun Shangqi sent the gift list over.

Zhang Zhou didn't open it, but directly handed it back to Sun Shangqi and said, "Then wait for the things to be done in the capital, and then show me if it's worth receiving." I appreciate his kindness. ”

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Sun Shangqi went downstairs, Zhang Zhou could rest, but he didn't have time to rest.

He also had to wait for the follow-up Yongping Mansion escort a few people to come over, and he wanted to send them to the capital together, and these people were the "witnesses" who could prove that the local officials and gentry in Yongping Mansion had the crime of "betraying the country" and that they had found out by some means.

They are all coerced and seduced.

"My lord, how's that?" One of the hundred households left by Mu Bin hurriedly came over to inquire about Sun Shangqi.

Although Sun Shangqi is inconspicuous in front of Zhang Zhou, he is already the number one among the thousands of households in Jinyiwei, and he is also a strong contender for the next Beizhen Fusi Envoy.

Sun Shangqi said: "The gift list, Cai Guogong didn't open it. But this was what I expected. ”

Baihu said: "That gift is not light, in addition to the beauty like flowers and jade, there are antiques, calligraphy and paintings, each of which can be said to be priceless, Commander Mou's intentions have been fulfilled, if Cai Guogong does not accept it, then how to go back and deal with Commander Mou?" ”

Sun Shangqi glared at this person: "Commander Mu doesn't know what Cai Guogong's character is?" It is not only to give a gift, but also to show an attitude, whether it can be given or not, but also depends on whether the time is ripe. What kind of person is Cai Guogong, what kind of wine and wealth does he need to be gifted by others? If you don't understand, keep your mouth shut, do things honestly, and don't miss the errands above. (End of chapter)