Chapter Ninety-Four: The Power of the Eunuchs
Just when Yang Chendong was still happily a little unable to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, the court that was originally quite calm, because of Hu Changning's sudden arrival, there was a sensation like an eight-magnitude earthquake.
"Your Majesty, that's all that happened last night." Hu Changning knelt on the ground, and after telling in detail what he had seen and heard, he lowered his head deeply, looking like he was waiting for the holy judgment.
As Hu Changning told what happened in Yangjiazhuang, it was as if the pot exploded among the ministers.
Without a holy order, or even the slightest evidence, a thousand households of Jinyi Guard dared to kill a five-grade official of the imperial court who had just made a great contribution, which was simply lawless!
Not to mention, listening to Hu Changning's introduction, potatoes have been wasted a lot. Master Hu led people to turn over the trampled area overnight, and found that the potatoes in the field were extremely damaged, and many of them were no longer formed. Of course, they didn't know that all this had been arranged by Yang Chendong in advance, and those potatoes had also been cleaned up one step in advance.
I don't know that everything is Yang Chendong's beginning and end, but I know that the loss of potatoes is the loss of the court, the loss of the country, the loss of the emperor, and the loss of the ministers. When he boarded, Wang Zuo, who was the head of the household, was the first to jump out.
Originally, he was worried that there were not enough potato seeds, so he also wanted to discuss Yang Chendong and ask him to take out more potatoes from his private field and contribute. But now it's good, the country's potatoes have been hurt by the reduced yield, not to mention, Yang Xima has also been injured, if you can't punish Xisheng at this time, then how to negotiate with others?
If the murderer is not punished, how can Yang Chendong be willing? How can you be willing to change it to yourself?
"Your Majesty." plopped down and knelt on the ground, "Xisheng has no emperor, no national law, he does things according to his mood, and he actually wants to kill a court official, if this matter cannot be severely punished, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of officials all over the world." ”
Wang Zuo took the lead, and Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also knelt on the ground in response, for the sake of his son's future, this time he must also clean up Xisheng, otherwise, wouldn't the son who had offended others have to be put on small shoes afterwards? "Your Majesty, the minister agrees to the request of Lord Wang, and requests that the murderer be severely punished."
"The minister seconded the proposal." Zhang Fu, the representative of the British Duke and the military general, who has been working as a wood in the court, also knelt on the ground at this moment, with a look of resentment.
Last year, his own fertile land was occupied by the two brothers Xining Xisheng, which made him discredited. After that time, he has been depressed and ready to live his life in his pocket.
And now, the opportunity to fight back has come, and the two Wenchen Shangshu took the initiative to jump out, how could he be polite, and expressed his thoughts immediately.
Following the three of them, the other civil and military generals also knelt on the ground one by one, and everyone had an indignant expression, denouncing the lawlessness of the victory.
Yingzong, who was sitting on the dragon chair, did not look good at this time.
Potatoes have long been regarded by him as a good thing, and announced that they are known to the world, which is equivalent to the emperor's thing. But that Xisheng dared to lead people to do it there and trample on auspicious things, which was simply ignoring the existence of imperial power.
Even if you have a grudge against Yang Chendong, if you want to clean him up, you can find a safe place to do it, why do you want to be on the crops of auspicious things, isn't this the birthday boy hanging himself, and he thinks his life is long?
At this moment, Yingzong really wanted to give an order to kill Xisheng to set an example.
However, at this moment, Wang Zhen, who was standing on the side, spoke, "Your Majesty, this matter is really a little strange. Why did Xi Qianhu kill Yang Xima, and why did he choose the crops of the great auspicious things, all of this needs to be investigated. The old slave is foolish, or he should figure out the origin of the matter first, and make a decision. ”
Originally, Wang Zhen was also very angry after listening to Hu Changning's words, and he also wanted to kill him to relieve the hatred in his heart, after all, he and Yang Chendong already had a common interest. Just yesterday, Mu Mu, the eunuch who was in the hall of the celebrant eunuch, gave him a good thing called diapers. With it, I'm not afraid that something will make a fool of myself on the spot due to physical reasons.
Wang Zhen also knew that these things came from Yang Chendong's hands, and Mu Mu took them to the palace to sell, and the main consumer groups were them, eunuchs, and a diaper was worth a lot of money, and it cost two taels of silver.
Fortunately, in these two taels of silver, he can get a benefit of one percent, and when it accumulates, it is naturally a way to make a considerable profit.
With a common interest, Xisheng is not good for Yang Chendong, and even has murderous intentions, which is an unforgivable thing. But to say a thousand things and ten thousand, this person is Xining's own brother or the only younger brother, and he must stand up and speak for this.
The reason why Wang Zhen can have such power, in addition to Yingzong Zhu Qizhen's great belief in him, there is a more important reason that he has the support of most eunuchs. It is precisely with such confidence that when he starts to do things, he can be so unscrupulous and so smooth.
Xining is one of the more powerful of these supporters. If he can't speak for Xisheng in this matter, then he will naturally offend people and shake his leadership position, which is not what he wants to see. That's why he hesitated to say something to help, and wanted to put things on the table.
Originally, he had already made a decision in his heart, but as soon as he heard Wang Zhen's words, Yingzong immediately gave up his original idea, but nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, Mr.'s words are very reasonable, and you must investigate the matter first." In this way, the matter will be handled by the gentleman, and the result will be told to me and the ministers. ”
"Your Majesty." Wang Zhen hurriedly bowed to the ground, "The emperor is sage." ”
"Okay, let's retreat if you have nothing to do." Yingzong waved his hand, he was in a bad mood this morning, and he was a little uninterested in political affairs.
Raised high, gently falling, and the matter ended like this. After the emperor left first, Wang Zhen gave the order: "Send Xisheng to prison, and at the same time send Ji Ning to Yangjiazhuang to investigate the whole story of this matter." ”
Even if the power is in his own hands, the person who sent it must also be a close trust. Ji Ning's henchman came in handy.
The ministers, who were still kneeling on the ground, were all furious when they heard such an answer, but there was no other way. This matter has been handed over to the East Factory to handle, presumably the result will be a big thing into a small thing, a small thing.
As for the victim Yang Chendong, he is still too young after all, a happy victory can hurt him, once Dongchang comes forward, how can he withstand the pressure? At least the ministers had no hope.
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Yangjiazhuang.
In the early morning, the sixth young master had a pleasant and happy morning. Although it was the first time for Qiaoyin to do such a thing, he still satisfied everything with a small cherry sip, allowing him to completely vent (vent) the depression of many days.
The Snow Lady finally knew what was going on, and suddenly her face was full of shame, and she felt a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Yang Chendong pretended to be asleep next, which avoided everyone's embarrassment. But all three of them knew that with the events of this morning, their relationship had all changed subtly.
Forever is afraid to take the first step, once you go out, many of the next things will come naturally. Even Qiaoyin and Snow Lady have begun to discuss who will go to bed at night.
Breakfast was brought up by the two girls and brought to Yang Chendong's mouth, and it was inevitable that he enjoyed the blessings of all people. This time, not only was his stomach full, but his big hands also moved up and down, and he was addicted to the two girls and made a lot of money.
The two girls naturally wanted to refuse and greet them, causing gasps in the bedroom.
All the good things slowly dissipated after the appearance of the tiger mang. "Young master, Ji Ning from the East Factory is here, and he also brought a lot of supplements, saying that they are for the young master's body. and Eunuch Mu Mu came with him, and he was waiting in the side hall at this time. ”
Yang Chendong's reaction was so fast, seeing that the people in Dongchang deigned to give him gifts, Wang Zhen not only sent his henchman Ji Ning, but also asked Mu Mu to come here with him, so the meaning of peace became very obvious, so that the current Xisheng should be fine.
Thinking of this, Yang Chendong couldn't help but sigh lightly.
originally thought that he offered potatoes to the emperor and gave a lot of benefits to Wang Zhen, and he should be regarded as a character in the other party's heart. I have been wronged today, and they should help themselves out. But now it seems that he is too optimistic.
It's just a thousand households of Jinyiwei, just because he has a powerful brother Xining, everything he has dedicated has become a thing of the past, and he still has to become the ultimate victim, the concessioner.
"If you treat me like this, Young Master Ben won't replace me, what will you do?" The occurrence of the incident also made Yang Chendong one step closer to recognizing the facts. With such an emperor and such a eunuch in power, there will be no hope. If he continues to develop like this, I am afraid that sooner or later he will become a victim, and at that time he will become a pile of loess, and I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it.
After strengthening his inner belief, Yang Chendong forcibly suppressed the idea of starting an incident now. The goal in his heart is too big, and the number of Han people he needs is unimaginable, if he is to meet now, although he has the confidence to be invincible, but in the end it is the Han people who will be harmed, or the ordinary people, which is not what he wants to see. And for this goal, now I can only endure one or two things first. "Hu Mang, that Ji Ning is gone, call Mu Mu over."