Wang Chengen took a breath and said, "The Son of Heaven is Shengming! This Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are strong, and it is not easy to suppress them! It's better to recruit Li Zhujing and arrest him in the palace! ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard Wang Chengen's words, he seemed to have heard Meng Tong's childish words, and closed his eyes helplessly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After a long time, he opened his eyes and said, "Li Zhi and his faction are all old friends of the family, and they speak in unison. If Li Zhi was arrested, those generals under Li Zhi's command would definitely be led by his younger brother Li Xing and really raise the anti-flag. When the time comes, not to mention that there is no king's law in Tianjin, it is impossible to say that the entire Gyeonggi will be beaten to pieces! ”

"The 90,000 Dongnu can plunder unscrupulously in Gyeonggi, and except for Li Zhi, none of the soldiers and horses dare to come forward to fight. Against Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, how many soldiers and horses on the nine sides dared to go up and fight? ”

"If Li Zhi is arrested, I'm afraid the situation will take a turn for the worse, and it is unbearable to look at it directly!"

Wang Chengen pondered for a moment and asked, "Emperor, can we only let Li Zhi be so lawless?" ”

Zhu Youzhen took a breath and said abruptly: "If I don't exterminate the thieves first, I really won't be able to draw troops and horses to deal with Li Zhi." Now, we can only stabilize Li Zhi first. ”

"And this plan to kill slaves requires Li Zhi to contribute..."

"This Li Zhi is also accurate, I don't dare to take him now, so I am so domineering!"

Wang Chengen looked at the face of the Son of Heaven, and was also a little speechless, standing beside the Son of Heaven and sighing.

Zhu Youzhen stood by the window for a long time before he suddenly remembered something and said to Wang Chengen: "Give Li Zhi a decree and ask him to hand over the four civil officials he arrested and hand them over to the three divisions for interrogation." How can he, a general soldier, deal with civilian officials? If Li Zhi kills four civil officials, I won't be able to get off this stage. ”

Wang Chengen was stunned and asked, "What if Li Zhi refuses to hand it over?" ”

"Wang Chengen, this time you go to pass the decree, hint to Li Zhi, let him understand that these four civil officials will not let go, let him let him go..."

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Wang Chengen took twelve eunuchs and rushed to Tianjin all the way.

On September 25, at the gate of Anxi Gate of the Tianjin Acropolis, Li Zhi, who actually controlled the city of Tianjin, led the civil and military officials of Tianjin to greet the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremonial superintendent, and the angel Wang Chengen.

The eunuch Bingbi is the one who helps the Son of Heaven "approve red". The Ming Dynasty governed the country with the cabinet, and the cabinet went to the advanced cabinet in the capital, and the cabinet elders wrote their suggestions on a piece of paper and pasted them on the chapter. The eunuch who wrote it according to the text proposed by the cabinet vote, or changed it by order, and approved it with a red pen as the final decision of the Son of Heaven. This work of copying the draft vote is called "approving red".

This batch of red is the final decision of the world's major events, and the emperor is handed over to his confidant eunuchs to operate, which shows Wang Chengen's status.

When Li Zhi saw that the eunuch Bingbi had come to deliver the decree in person, he naturally did not dare to slack off, and personally greeted him outside the city gate.

Wang Chengen got off the sedan chair in front of the Anxi Gate, and when he saw the mighty Tianjin civil and military officials, he felt a sigh in his heart. Li Zhi's pomp and circumstance is not like a general soldier, but like a governor. Everyone in the Tianjin officialdom is headed by Li Zhi, and if Li Zhi does not move forward, everyone does not dare to take a step, just like a prince.

Li Zhi saw Wang Chengen, who was young and thin, with a white face and beardlessness, wearing a python suit and a jade belt around his waist, out of the sedan chair, walked up and arched his hand: "Li Zhi has seen Wang Gonggong, Wang Gonggong has come all the way from Beijing, and he has worked hard. ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Our family has seen Lord Taibao. Master Taibao took the time out of his busy schedule to greet our family, and our family is very happy! ”

Wang Chengen came to announce the decree, and he should have gone back after reciting the holy decree. But at this time, Li Zhi met Wang Chengen, but Wang Chengen did not mention the matter of the decree, so that Li Zhi did not know what his idea was. Li Zhi thought for a while, and then said: "The bus is tired, it is better to go to the General Military Mansion with this official to rest for a while, and then I will lead the civil and military officials of Tianjin to catch the wind for my father-in-law in the evening!" ”

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "It's better for our family to be respectful than to obey our orders, then there will be Lao Taibao." ”

Li Zhi led the civil and military officials of Tianjin to welcome Wang Chengen into the General Military Mansion and rest in the main room of the third entrance. Wang Chengen was indeed a little tired, so he fell asleep on the bed. Li Zhi didn't know what the Son of Heaven said to his holy decree, so he sat in the second hall and waited for Wang Chengen to wake up.

When it was time for dinner, the adjutant generals of Tianjin, the generals of all walks of life, the generals and the guerrilla generals all came to the General Military Palace. Wang Chengen didn't let everyone wait for a long time, and came to the second hall at the time of the first day and participated in the reception banquet.

Before the banquet, led by Li Zhi, the officials of Tianjin sent a gift list to Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen is a confidant of the Son of Heaven, who follows the Son of Heaven all day long, and sometimes a sentence can determine the future and fate of civil and military officials. At this time, there was an opportunity to give gifts to Wang Chengen, and everyone was very solid. Li Zhi gave Wang Chengen a thousand taels of silver, which made Wang Chengen laugh.

After the gift list was delivered, the banquet began.

After thirty years of drinking, Wang Chengen walked up to Li Zhi and said, "Lord Taibao, take a step to speak." ”

Li Zhi looked at Wang Chengen, and seeing that he had a serious expression, he left the table and walked with Wang Chengen to the courtyard and walked to a cloister where no one was around.

After looking at the people around, Wang Chengen whispered: "The four people who are detained by the Governor of Zuodu, Cha Dengbei, and Yu Tao, the soldiers, will be handed over to the Son of Heaven and handed over to the three divisions for trial!" ”

Li Zhi touched his chin, knowing that this was the reason why Wang Chengen had not announced the holy decree. Li Zhi locked up four civil officials, which was illegal and disciplined, and made it impossible for the Son of Heaven to step down. If the Son of Heaven wants to issue an order to forgive Li Zhi's various behaviors in Tianjin, he must first send these four civil officials to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial, so as to have face.

Li Zhi groaned and said: "These four people tried their best to prevent me from collecting business taxes, and they did a lot of evil on weekdays, so I am ready to be executed." If the four of them are handed over to the Son of Heaven, if it is over, there will be people who will jump out to obstruct commercial taxes. ”

Wang Chengen's face turned white when he heard Li Zhi's words without court. After thinking for a long time, Wang Chengen said: "If the four of them do evil, the Son of Heaven will dispose of it himself, and there is no need for the Taibao to review it." ”

When Li Zhi heard this vague words, he touched his chin and didn't speak.

Wang Chengen sighed, and said helplessly: "Previously, the Taibao Shangsheng Heavenly Son explained the crimes of these four people, if it is true, our family expects that if it is handed over to the third division for trial, it will not be able to escape the death penalty!" ”

Li Zhi touched his chin and frowned silently.

Wang Chengen was so angry that he stomped his feet and said helplessly: "Our family thinks that the Son of Heaven also thinks the same as our family." ”

Wang Chengen retreated word by word, but he barely said the guarantee that "the Son of Heaven will help you kill these four people" came out. If this guarantee is said, the Son of Heaven will beg Li Zhi, and it will be a shame if it gets out. Wang Chengen had already made the secret words very clear, and waited for Li Zhi to answer.

Li Zhi thought for a while, and then said, "Since this is the case, I will hand over these four people to the Son of Heaven." ”

Wang Chengen breathed a long sigh of relief, looked Li Zhi up and down again, and secretly said that this son is really not easy to get along. (To be continued.) )