Zuo Zanshan Yao Ximeng is regarded by Chongzhen as the troublemaker, since Chongzhen reprimanded Wen Zhenmeng for being capricious and comparing him to Zhao Gao. Wen Zhenmeng committed suicide under humiliation, although he failed, but he had no shame to continue to stay in the capital.

After returning to Suzhou, Wen Zhenmeng's reputation was greatly damaged, and he was depressed and had a serious illness. Yao Ximeng, his nephew who is like a sibling to him, is naturally unwilling to let his uncle end up like this.

He has always wanted to find an opportunity to clear his uncle's name, but he has never found a chance. However, someone recently sent him such an opportunity, that is, about the content of the agreement signed by the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin peace talks.

Someone took part of the peace treaty and persuaded him that as long as he contacted Qingliu in the capital and wrote a letter of impeachment and exposing the matter when the peace envoy Yang Ho returned to Beijing, then the humiliating peace treaty would not take effect, and if he could successfully prevent it, his reputation would help to wash away the stigma of Wen Zhenmeng's repulsion by the emperor.

Yao Ximeng was shocked after reading part of the content of the peace treaty, he really didn't dare to imagine that Yang Hao would dare to sign such an insulting peace treaty.

In addition, what the people said was also very reasonable, preventing such a peace treaty from passing, this is also saving the emperor's reputation, of course, it is better to help his uncle wash away the stigma by the way.

Yao Ximeng and his uncle were originally the leaders of the Qingliu, and someone stabbed him with the content of the peace treaty, just to use his fame in the Qingliu to make things bigger.

In fact, after this peace talk is blocked, someone will inevitably be held responsible. Although it was the emperor himself who advocated the peace talks, it was the cabinet that was in charge of the peace talks.

Obviously, no one dares to ask Chongzhen to bear this responsibility, but this cabinet is probably not sustainable. And once several adults in the cabinet abdicate to avoid suspicion, then they will undoubtedly give up the most honorable positions of the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Li worked hard to promote the reform of the cabinet system and pushed the status of the cabinet to a new height, but this ripe fruit may fall into the hands of others, which is why some people want to use the peace talks to make trouble.

However, although Yao Ximeng had a great reputation among the Qing Stream, he was never a conspirator. After getting the news, he did not contact the official privately, but contacted his colleagues with great fanfare.

He thought he was doing the right thing, so he didn't have to hide behind anyone, which made Chongzhen quickly get the news from the Social Investigation Institute.

For a pedantic person like Yao Ximeng, Chongzhen has no way to think of it, such a person will neither accept his own bribery, nor accept his threats. If he is oppressed by power, it proves that what this pedantic man said is true.

In the event of a stirring of fire in the matter, the demand for disclosure of the contents of the peace treaty will become a legitimate proposition. Neither Chongzhen nor the cabinet can afford the consequences of the contents of the peace treaty being made public.

Neither a discredited emperor nor a discredited cabinet could restrain the growing power of the local gentry.

After receiving the news, Chongzhen could only send someone to intercept Yang Hao outside the capital to prevent the situation from continuing to deteriorate, and send someone to investigate how the content of the peace treaty was leaked and how much the content of the peace treaty was leaked.

In addition, he also kept thinking about how to clean up the mess made by Yang Hao.

After getting off the horse-drawn rail car, Chongzhen took a few close ministers who accompanied him to the opening ceremony, and led a large group of people and horses to ride the carriage around the crowded street and enter the inner city from Chaoyangmen.

Since today is to participate in the opening ceremony, Chongzhen did not ride a horse, but took the emperor's guard of honor.

However, Chongzhen did not return to the capital, and after entering the inner city, he left the convoy after changing into his regular clothes on the big car, only taking a few guards and close ministers with him.

Sun Zhiqi, who was following Chongzhen, was in a good mood. Not long after they left the convoy, they saw that several Jinyi guards were already waiting in front of an alley, ready for several civilian carriages.

After Zhu Youzhen beckoned Sun Zhiqi to get into his carriage, he instructed Lian Shanxiang outside the carriage to command the small convoy to set off.

Sun Zhiqi was somewhat flattered to get into the carriage where the emperor was sitting, this newly developed four-wheeled carriage, the space in the carriage was quite large, enough to accommodate four people to sit. But now in the carriage, in addition to him and the emperor, there is only one Wang Chengen.

Because the inside of the carriage was empty, it didn't feel too stuffy for the three people to sit inside. There is also a vent at the top of the carriage, and as the carriage moves, fresh air is constantly poured in. Although the air was a little hot, it was much more comfortable than the airtight old carriage.

Sun Zhiqi's demeanor was a little stiff after getting into the carriage, and it was the first time he had sat face to face with the emperor like this, which made him look a little nervous.

After five years in the Hanlin Academy, although he has a noble status, he still has a long way to go if he wants to get out. Although it is said that if you don't enter Hanlin, it is difficult to be a cabinet minister. But if you want to survive from Hanlin to enter the cabinet, it will take at least 20 years or so.

Sun Zhiqi was 25 years old and 32 years old, and when he came out, he would be at least in his early 50s. Obviously, Sun Zhiqi didn't want to endure so hard in the Hanlin Academy, and he also wanted to take a shortcut to the south.

After Feng Quan went to Shaanxi to inspect the school administration, the Ming Times was temporarily devoid of people to host. When the Daming Times was first established, everyone did not pay attention to this newly established newspaper.

But now everyone knows that the Daming Times can not only influence public opinion in Shilin, but also often meet with the emperor, which is really a shortcut to the south.

What Sun Zhiqi wants most now is to succeed Feng Quan in charge of the Daming Times, to raise hope for himself, and to win the emperor's favor by the way.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Sun Zhiqi with a cautious look, smiled and said, "Sun Hanlin, don't be restrained, I came to you to come over, I just want to chat casually." ”

Sun Zhiqi subconsciously wanted to get up and salute, forgetting that he was in the carriage, and as a result, his head slammed into the roof of the carriage.

"You don't have to salute, sit down, sit down and talk." Zhu Youzhen hurriedly waved his hand and beckoned him to sit down.

After watching Sun Zhiqi sit down in a daze, Zhu Youzhen continued: "The "Concise History of China" edited by you and Mr. Qian has received a good response after it has been distributed to all primary schools, and I have already ordered the two to be commended. ”

Sun Zhiqi learned to be smart this time, but he just bowed his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." ”

Zhu Youzhen continued: "Sun Hanlin actively responded to the New Life Movement, so that the female dependents of the family did not get entangled in their little feet, and established a new atmosphere for the people of the Ming Dynasty, and I also liked it very much. I heard Wang Chengen say, do you intend to volunteer to take over the position of chief writer of Master Feng's Daming Times? ”

Sun Zhiqi lowered his head and replied respectfully: "The minister doesn't dare to say that he wants to take over the position of Master Feng, but when Master Feng leaves Beijing, the minister is willing to share his worries for His Majesty for the time being." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at him and was silent for a while and then said, "Before Master Feng left Beijing, he recommended to me the candidate to host the Daming Times. However, I think that Wei Xianbo is old after all, and I heard that his health is not very good, so I am afraid it is not suitable for him to work on trivial things.

Since you intend to share my worries, it would be good to be in charge of the Daming Times for a while. But I would like to ask, what do you plan to do after you take over the Ming Times? ”

Hearing that Feng Quan didn't want to let go of the Daming Times when he left Beijing, the expression on Sun Zhiqi's face suddenly stiffened. But hearing that the emperor's thoughts didn't seem to be certain, his breathing began to ease again.

He also stayed in the Daming Times office for a long time, and with Wang Chengen behind his back, he naturally knew what the answer Chongzhen wanted to hear.

Regarding Chongzhen's question about the newspaper policy, he didn't know how many times he had typed the draft, and at this time he naturally expressed it skillfully and clearly to the emperor.

After listening to Sun Zhiqi's thoughts, Zhu Youzhen felt that he had not departed from the old track of the Daming Times, so he nodded and approved that he and Wei Guangwei jointly managed the Daming Times.

The carriage carrying Chongzhen and the others soon stopped in a quiet back alley. Both sides of the alley are brick walls covered with creepers, and in the dense green leaves, old brown vines and gray-black bricks occasionally appear, obviously this alley is some years old.

When the carriage stopped, it was facing the back door of a house. After Sun Zhiqi stepped out of the carriage, he immediately saw Qian Qianyi who was standing in the courtyard gate waiting.

"It turns out that Your Majesty is here to see Qian Muzhai today?" Sun Zhiqi thought in his heart, but his body quickly stepped aside, waiting for the emperor to get out of the car.

After Zhu Youzhen leaned out half of his body, he said hello to Qian Qianyi, who was standing solemnly in the door, and then jumped out of the carriage lightly, without letting Wang Chengen support him.

Looking at Chongzhen, who walked over in civilian clothes with great interest, Qian Qianyi also smiled bitterly in his heart. It is indeed a good thing to be favored by the emperor, but the emperor came to his mansion like this, but he did not like it in his heart.

After all, he is now a cabinet minister, one of the top civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, not a courtier next to the emperor.

Chongzhen patrolled his mansion in civilian clothes, and spreading the word did not do him much fame. But today, the incident happened suddenly, from the time Jin Yiwei notified him to the arrival of the emperor, there was less than half an hour in between, and he couldn't refuse if he wanted to.

Not to mention, Qian Qianyi's own personality is relatively weak, and he dares to directly refuse the emperor's unruly request. Therefore, he quickly gave in and turned back to order his family to clean up and prepare to take over.

Zhu Youzhen walked into the backyard, stretched out his hand to help Qian Qianyi, and said with a smile: "Sir, you don't need to be polite, I heard that the house that Mr. just bought in the capital has an elegant scenery and is quite Jiangnan style."

It's because I'm an uninvited guest today, and I want to be lazy here, and Mr. won't welcome me. ”

After Qian Qianyi got up, he could only sneer and said: "Your Majesty's arrival is the honor of the old minister, and if you are vulgar, you are afraid that there will be a defilement of the holy eye..."