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Unknowingly, the time has reached the seventh day of the eighth month, which is the day when Zhao Junchen officially marries Cui Qianxue. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

With Zhao Junchen's current status and influence, this matter is indeed a grand event in the officialdom of the capital, and countless people are eyed by it, especially after the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian intervened in the wedding, this wedding is bound to be huge and lively, for many officials, the most important thing on this day is not to deal with official business, but to participate in Zhao Junchen's wedding and take the opportunity to close the relationship between himself and Zhao Junchen!

Compared with the liveliness of the capital, Nanjing on this day was equally lively, but more people were still panicked.

Since ten days ago, the crown prince and prince Wang Baoren, the left capital of the Imperial Court Du Bai, the Dali Temple Qing Fang Shiwen, the criminal department servant Qin Huaiyuan and other core ministers of the imperial court arrived in Nanjing as ministers, the central court of the purge and rectification of the six departments of Nanjing began.

Wang Baoren was originally the leader of the Nanjing Sixth Ministry, and he knew the situation of the Nanjing Sixth Ministry, and had great influence and control, so Wang Baoren turned his back on the Nanjing Sixth Ministry, took refuge in the center of the imperial court, and also took the lead in cleaning the Nanjing officialdom.

In the past ten days, Nanjing officialdom has been turned upside down, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was an earthquake!

Eight days ago, Zhang Shipeng, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, was imprisoned for his crimes, six days ago, Niu Fangyu, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, was raided, and four days ago, the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate was served by several Qincha, and two days ago, Meng Shunan, the secretary of the Nanjing Criminal Department, was dismissed from his official position, and a day ago, Ding Qingming, who had just taken over as the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Justice, was also arrested and imprisoned......

As for those waiters and middle- and lower-level officials in the Sixth Department of Nanjing, there are several unlucky people every day! Today, it's almost gone!

In the face of the ruthless and vigorous purge of several ministers, only three of the six Shangshu and twelve waiters of the six departments of Nanjing are still unharmed.

The first person is Tang Zhen, the head of the Nanjing Household Department, who is second only to Wang Baoren in the influence of the Nanjing Sixth Division, when Wang Baoren left the Nanjing Sixth Division, he replaced Wang Baoren to become the leader of the Nanjing Sixth Division, the power is intertwined, and the means are also clever, so he can barely protect himself.

The second person is Cao Wenbin, the servant of Nanjing's household department, who has secretly taken refuge in Zhao Junchen, and it is also related to the next step of the imperial court center's plan for the six departments of Nanjing, so naturally no one will touch him.

The third person is Yang Lin, the servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, who has been guaranteed by Wang Baoren, not only is he safe and worry-free, but he will also leave Nanjing officialdom and go to the capital to take up important positions.

However, on the seventh day of the eighth month, after Tang Zhen, the head of the household department, was finally powerless to resist and was also about to collapse.

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In the early morning of this day, Wang Baoren led a team of soldiers to surround Tang Zhen's mansion and personally came to raid the house and arrest people!

After letting people kick open the door of the Tang Mansion, Wang Baoren took the lead in stepping into the Tang Mansion, his face was slightly dark, and when he looked up, he saw that there was no one in the vestibule of the Tang Mansion, and all the people of the Tang family were already concentrated in the main hall, standing or sitting around Tang Zhen, it seemed that he had expected such a situation for a long time, and after seeing Wang Baoren who broke into the door, there was not too much panic.

As for Tang Zhen, in just ten days, he was originally fat and had lost a lot of weight, but at this time, his expression was even calmer, just staring at Wang Baoren's gaze with some resentment.

Seeing this scene, Wang Baoren was still expressionless, but sighed lightly, stepped past the vestibule of the Tang Mansion, and planned to enter the main hall.

At this time, all the old and young members of the Tang family were gathered in the main hall, some with disdain, some with panicked expressions, and some with hateful expressions, but everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Baoren!

Wang Baoren used to be Tang Zhen's closest ally, Tang Zhen has always been a strong support for Wang Baoren, in Wang Baoren's ten years as the secretary of Nanjing, he is a frequent visitor in the Tang Mansion, countless times with Tang Zhen candle night talk, arrive and sleep, all the Tang family is familiar with Wang Baoren, the younger generations of the Tang family always affectionately call Wang Baoren "Wang Shibo", Wang Baoren even personally hugged Tang Zhen's grandchildren......

But now, Wang Baoren wants to bring down Tang Zhen with his own hands and push the entire Tang family into the abyss!

In this way, how can the Tang family not resent Wang Baoren?

After seeing the change in the expressions of the Tang family, several soldiers who followed behind Wang Baoren planned to enter the main hall of the Tang Mansion first, control the situation, and protect Wang Baoren.

However, Wang Baoren raised his hand lightly and said, "No need, the old man can go in alone, you can stay outside." ”

After speaking, Wang Baoren stepped into the main hall of the Tang Mansion, and after his eyes slowly swept over all the clansmen of the Tang family, he stepped in front of Tang Zhen under the gaze of everyone.

"Brother Tang, I'm sorry! So far, I'm forced to do it! But Brother Tang rest assured, the court will not kill them all this time, Brother Tang, at most, you will lose your official position and stay in prison for a few years, with me secretly taking care of you, you will never be wronged too much, as for the Tang family, you will not be implicated too much! ”

After staring at Tang Zhen for a while, Wang Baoren's expression seemed to be a little guilty, but his eyes were still Gujing Wubo, and he slowly spoke.

Hearing Wang Baoren's statement, Tang Zhen smiled coldly and said, "Shelter smuggling, assassinate ministers, and collude with vassal kings...... So many crimes, just a few years in a prison cell? Master Wang, do you think Tang is a fool? ”

Speaking of this, Tang Zhen also looked around at the surrounding clansmen and said: "Wang Taishi also saw it, I have already dismissed the servants in the mansion, and concentrated all my clansmen here, just waiting for the imperial court to send someone to raid the house and arrest him, but what Tang didn't expect was that it was you Wang Baoren who came!" Tang originally thought that Wang Taishi would deliberately avoid this occasion. ”

Wang Baoren sighed lightly and said: "Of course I have to come in person, on the one hand, I always have to give you an explanation, and on the other hand, I can also provide some care for the Tang family when I come in person, so I not only came, but also didn't let others follow, just to say something to you...... If you miss today's opportunity, you and I will not have a chance. ”

Tang Zhen still sneered and said, "Explain? What's the explanation? It's just that Wang Taishi turned his back on Nanjing Sixth Department for the sake of his personal future, but Tang himself was blind and misbelieved you, so why do you need to have any explanation? Master Wang, now that you have come to Tang's mansion to arrest Tang in person, it is not that you want to give Tang an explanation, nor do you want to take care of Tang's family, but that your betrayal of the Nanjing Sixth Department has damaged your reputation, so you plan to save your reputation through this practice! But Tang is not a chick of officialdom, so why do you have to act in front of Tang? ”

Hearing Tang Zhen's words, a trace of anger flashed in Wang Baoren's eyes.

Tang Zhen was right, after Wang Baoren turned his back on the Sixth Department of Nanjing, he assumed the title of a "betrayer", and his reputation was greatly affected -- this incident will inevitably make many officials subconsciously alienate Wang Baoren, which is extremely detrimental to Wang Baoren's future development.

Therefore, Wang Baoren personally came to arrest Tang Zhen and raid the Tang Mansion today, just to save his reputation, as long as Wang Baoren tries to take care of Tang Zhen and the Tang family at this time, he can give the world an impression of "caring for the old feelings", and can also dilute the name of "betrayer" to a certain extent.

Tang Zhen also saw through Wang Baoren's thoughts, so he had no scruples when he spoke, and he was not worried about Wang Baoren's retaliation at all, in fact, even if Tang Zhen sprayed a mouthful of spit on Wang Baoren's face, Wang Baoren would never change his strategy for the sake of his reputation, and would only greet him with a smile.

At this time, after hearing Tang Zhen's ridicule, a trace of anger flashed in Wang Baoren's Gujing Wubo's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure again.

Wang Baoren doesn't care what Tang Zhen thinks of himself, he just needs to use Tang Zhen to reverse his reputation, if Tang Zhen really sprays Wang Baoren's face at this time, it is a good thing for Wang Baoren, and it can show Wang Baoren's generosity and sincerity.

Therefore, Wang Baoren still spoke in a calm tone, and said slowly: "No matter what you think of me, Brother Tang, I will not regret my choice...... There will be guilt, but no regrets! Nanjing Sixth Department has become the meat of the Beijing Center, and now the Beijing Center has made up its mind to punish Nanjing Sixth Department, if I still stand with Nanjing Sixth Department, it will only be unlucky for everyone, but if I personally operate this matter, it will make the colleagues of Nanjing Sixth Department have a little more way to live, I don't expect Brother Tang to understand my hard work now, in a few years, Brother Tang You will always understand! ”

However, although Wang Baoren was earnest, Tang Zhen still didn't buy it, and just sneered again: "A few years later? Do you expect yourself to make a comeback in a few years? Stop dreaming! Based on your performance during this time, you will never be able to compare to Zhou Shangjing! ”

This time, Wang Baoren's face finally changed.

However, after Wang Baoren was silent for a moment, he finally suppressed his anger, just shook his head, turned around and left the main hall of the Tang Mansion, and instructed the soldiers outside the main hall: "Start raiding the house!" Remember, don't frighten the Tang family, treat them politely, and let them keep the jewelry and utensils on their bodies, don't register them! ”

With Wang Baoren's order, the soldiers finally took action.

During this period of time, countless officials in Nanjing officialdom had their property confiscated, so the soldiers were already extremely skilled in this kind of thing.

At this point, with the fall of Tang Zhen, the purge of the six departments of Nanjing by the imperial court center was completely over.

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At this time, Zhang Yuer was also in Nanjing, and soon received the news of Tang Zhen's downfall.

She came to Nanzhili this time, and Zhao Junchen gave her a total of three tasks, the first is to use the chaos of the Nanjing Sixth Department to promote the conflict between the people of Jiangnan and the Nanjing Sixth Department, the second is to use the opportunity of the imperial court to strictly investigate the anti-poetry and anti-text to save the next batch of Confucians who can be bought, and take the opportunity to improve Zhao Junchen's reputation, and finally to secretly assist Qi Bin in recruiting new soldiers, so that Qi Bin's recruitment of new soldiers will be smoother.

Therefore, Zhang Yuer is very concerned about the dynamics in Nanjing officialdom.

At this time, in an inconspicuous house in Nanjing, Zhang Yuer looked weak, half lying on a wide Taishi chair, her face was faintly pale, and her originally ruddy lips had lost their blood, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.

In fact, during this period of time, Zhang Yuer's physical condition is indeed very bad.

Some time ago, Zhao Junchen urgently assigned Zhang Yuer a new task, asking Zhang Yuer to go to Yiwu as soon as possible, and secretly assist Qi Bin to recruit new soldiers, it was already mid-July, seeing that the autumn harvest was approaching, and the fire on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu would break out at any time, Qi Bin naturally did not dare to delay, and after getting the silver that Zhao Junchen supported him, he immediately rushed all the way to Jiangnan to recruit troops, and the trip was extremely fast.

Although Zhang Yuer was leaving Beijing two days earlier than Qi Bin, after she received Zhao Junchen's news, Qi Bin was already far ahead.

In desperation, Zhang Yuer only needed to speed up the trip, immediately changed to the fastest ship, and rushed to Jiangnan day and night, only one day later than Qi Bin.

On the one hand, she sent people around to publicize the benefits of joining the new army, and encouraged the good families around Yiwu to join the army, and at the same time dredged the official road, bribed the local squire, and let the government and the squires work together to recruit troops for Qi Bin, on the other hand, she told the Zhao family in Yangzhou what Zhao Junchen meant, and selected more than ten children of the Zhao family to join Qi Bin's new army.

It is precisely because of Zhang Yuer's secret help that after Qi Bin arrived in Jiangnan, the plan to recruit recruits was very smooth, originally he planned to recruit 1,500 new soldiers, most of the people in this era resisted joining the army, although Qi Bin was holding a large sum of silver in his hand, but if he wanted to recruit 1,500 recruits, it would have taken at least ten days, but in the end, it only took seven days to recruit as many as 2,000 people, Qi Bin was pleasantly surprised, and thought that it was because of the abundant salary, but he didn't know Zhang Yuer's behind-the-scenes work at all!

After Zhang Yuer helped Qi Bin recruit new soldiers, he rushed to Nanjing non-stop to observe the officialdom dynamics in Nanjing, it can be said that Zhang Yuer has hardly rested in the past 20 days, and now she is naturally exhausted, and she also had a serious illness during the period, but it has only improved slightly in the last two days.

The most important thing is that in recent times, Zhang Yuer often has severe stomach pain, like a knife stirring a gun, if it weren't for Zhang Yuer's willpower far exceeding that of ordinary women, I am afraid that she would have been unable to move at this time.

Exhaustion, acute illness, and increasingly frequent gastrointestinal pain have all tormented Zhang Yuer, who was once glamorous, but now she has lost her former charm, and her figure has lost a lot of weight, but she has a little pitiful meaning.

However, even so, Zhang Yuer still wholeheartedly completed several tasks assigned to her by Zhao Junchen.

After hearing the news of Tang Zhen's arrest, Zhang Yuer still looked weak, and just said slowly: "Since Tang Zhen has also fallen, then the purge of Nanjing officialdom by the imperial court center will be over, but you still have to keep an eye on the dynamics of Nanjing officialdom and never miss any news...... Wait until the new officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing are sent in the capital, and Lord Zhao's next plan can be officially promoted......"

After hearing Zhang Yuer's words, several men in front of her all bowed their heads.

These people are either Zhao Junchen's marginal aides, or experienced old men in Zhao's mansion, or intelligence spies under Fang Ru.

But after this period of contact, these people did not dare to underestimate Zhang Yuer's methods and scheming, and they also conscientiously implemented Zhang Yuer's orders and orders.

After seeing the deferential behavior of everyone in front of her, a trace of satisfaction flashed in Zhang Yuer's eyes, and then she asked, "By the way, how is Qi Bin's current dynamics?" ”

A master of the Zhao Mansion hurriedly replied: "According to the intelligence of the day before yesterday, with our secret help, the 'United Boat Company' leased more than 20 clippers to Qi Bin, as well as more than 60 experienced boats...... However, several of Qi Bin's subordinates remained near Yiwu and seemed to be planning to recruit further recruits. ”

Then, another steward of the "Zhao Boat Company" replied: "In addition, when Qi Bin recruited new soldiers, as long as the honest absenteeism and farmers, although some literate and hyphenated young people will also be recruited to join the army, but the requirements are very strict, after the twelve Zhao family children concealed their identities and went to sign up for the army, Qi Bin actually let them wear more than 30 catties of armor and ran for three miles, as a result, seven Zhao family children could not stand the suffering and took the initiative to give up, only five Zhao family children stayed in Qi Bin's new army, But because there are very few talents under Qi Bin who can read and write, Qi Bin attaches great importance to the five children of the Zhao family, and it seems that he wants to train them to be leading generals. ”

After hearing the report, Zhang Yuer sighed lightly and said: "Most of the children of the Zhao family are used to being pampered, and they have always been unsuccessful, so it is already good to be able to leave five people...... Also, have you collected all the information about the celebrities and scholars in Jiangnan? ”

Another master immediately replied: "Most of them have been collected, and we will be able to find out all of them in three or two days." ”

Zhang Yu'er nodded and ordered: "After you leave, first sort out the information that has been found before handing it over to me, the matter of the imperial court's strict investigation of anti-poetry and anti-text will soon affect Jiangnan, and you need to prepare as soon as possible!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yu'er frowned, but there was pain in her stomach again, although it was still bearable, it was obvious that the pain was becoming more and more frequent and intense.

Zhang Yuer didn't want her subordinates to see her embarrassed and helpless appearance, but she immediately waved everyone away.

After everyone left, there were only two maids left by Zhang Yuer's side, one was the maid Red Sleeve, who had followed Zhang Yuer for many years, after Zhang Yuer came to Zhao Mansion incognito, Red Sleeves also quietly followed to Zhao Mansion, and the other was Zhao Junchen's maid to Zhang Yuer, named Taohong, who looked very inconspicuous, but her hands and feet were very sharp.

At this time, after seeing Zhang Yuer's face faintly pale, and cold sweat broke out on her sideburns, they immediately knew that Zhang Yuer's stomach hurt again, and they hurriedly took care of it on the side.

Faced with the care of Red Sleeves and Peach, Zhang Yuer did not refuse, but after drinking a sip of hot water, the stomach pain was finally slightly relieved.

Then, Zhang Yuer looked up at the sky outside the window, only to see that the sun was getting higher, and it would soon be noon.

Then, Zhang Yuer's expression suddenly had some resentment, and she said slowly: "Today is the seventh day of the eighth month...... It was the day when Cui Qianxue passed the door...... Alas, today's scenery should have belonged to me, but it's a pity...... Wrongdoer, I am doing things for you in Nanjing, but you are going to spend candles in the cave...... I don't know if you know my happiness ......."

Hearing Zhang Yuer's soft complaint, Taohong on the side had a slight expression.

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Peach seems to be inconspicuous, as if she is an honest little girl, but in fact, she has been following Fang Ru for many years, and she has always been valued by Fang Ru, and she is naturally a clever and clear character.

Zhang Yuer obviously also naturally saw that Taohong was a spy placed by Zhao Junchen beside her, in order to win Zhao Junchen's trust, she treated Taohong very well on weekdays, almost like a sister, and did not hide anything from Taohong.

In this way, Taohong is also grateful to Zhang Yuer, and gradually has some feelings!

Now, hearing Zhang Yuer's complaints, seeing Zhang Yuer's painful appearance, and recalling Zhang Yuer's happiness and hardships during this time, Taohong secretly made up her mind, and sent a secret letter to Zhao Junchen tonight, detailing Zhang Yuer's recent situation, showing Zhang Yuer's happiness and loyalty, so that Zhao Junchen really forgot Zhang Yuer.

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In fact, Zhang Yuer's complaint was not wrong, this day was Zhao Junchen's wedding day, and Zhao Junchen really forgot Zhang Yuer's existence.

It's not that Zhao Junchen doesn't care about Zhang Yuer, it's really that after the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian interfered in Zhao Junchen's wedding, this matter has been troublesome countless times and added countless processes, and Zhao Junchen is already dizzy just to deal with his wedding, and he only feels more tired than the intrigue and partisan attacks on weekdays, where can he take care of Zhang Yuer?

In fact, at the same time that Zhang Yuer was complaining, Zhao Junchen, who had always been moody, was angry at the officials of the Ministry of Rites!

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Well, a three-in-one chapter, 6,000 words!

After the early morning, there should be a shift, but the time will be late, so you don't have to wait, go to bed early, and get up tomorrow morning to see it!

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