Yuanjue Zen Temple.

In a meditation room, Jin Ying sat on a futon with her hands folded and meditated, with a very pious attitude.

Because the emperor of the Ming Dynasty admired Taoism, there were not many eunuchs in the inner court who believed in Buddhism like Jin Ying, who called himself a "disciple of Buddha".

This Yuanjue Temple was built by Jin Ying in the name of repaying the favor of the emperors of the previous dynasty, and with the gold and silver from the rewards and donations received in the past, it was built on the house of Wuji Zhuangtian given to him by Akihito Sect.

The scale of Yuanjue Temple is not small, there is such as the hall, the left is the Guanyin Palace, the right Jizo Palace, the former Tianwang Palace, the rear Yuanjue Palace. The corridor is painted with 500 Arhat statues.

In addition, there are bell and drum towers, meditation halls, dining halls, monks' rooms in the temple, and there are mountain gates and King Kong statues outside.

After the completion of the Yuanjue Temple, Jin Ying gave him the soil and trees given to the temple as food, and asked the monks to lead the monks to recite the scriptures day and night, wishing Emperor Yongle, Emperor Hongxi, Emperor Xuande to be at ease forever in bliss, and long live the holy life of the orthodox emperor.

The orthodox emperor was very happy when he learned of this, so he gave this temple the name of Yuanjue Temple.

Since the orthodox emperor ascended the throne, Jin Ying has come to Yuanjue Temple more often, anyway, the celebrant will not be in any trouble when Wang Zhen looks at him, and he is also happy to be at ease.

When the orthodox emperor was in power, Jin Ying suddenly retreated from the number one person in the inner court to the number four person, and there must be a huge gap in his heart that is difficult to speak, but he has rich experience and naturally will not mind this, after all, it is time for him to abdicate and make way for Xian.

Moreover, the orthodox emperor also took good care of Jin Ying, so that he still retained a prominent position in the inner court, so he was satisfied with his current situation.

"Father-in-law, Lord Zhong is here, and he is worshipping the Buddha in the main hall in front." Suddenly, the door of the meditation room opened, and a young attendant in civilian clothes walked in, bowed down and said to Jin Ying.

"Oh?" Jin Ying couldn't help but open his closed eyes when he heard this, and a look of surprise flashed on his face, Li Yuntian is busy with official business and rarely travels on weekdays, and this time he came to Yuanjue Temple is definitely not as simple as worshipping Buddha.

"Go, invite Lord Zhong." After a deep groan, Jin Ying got up from the futon and instructed the young chamberlain to prepare for a meeting with Li Yuntian.

"Lord Wang, Deputy Chief Jin is invited." When Li Yuntian came out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the young chamberlain who was waiting in front of the door greeted him, bowed down and said.

Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, nodded to the young attendant and motioned for him to lead the way in front, as the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you will not go to the Three Treasures Palace, Jin Ying guessed right, he came to Yuanjue Temple this time because he had something to find Jin Ying.

"The prince is here, and the cold temple is shining." In that meditation room, Li Yuntian saw Jin Ying, who had been waiting for a long time, and Jin Ying said with a smile.

"Deputy Chief Manager Jin is polite, Deputy Chief Manager Jin has worked hard to build this Zen temple for the world to worship Buddha, and the merit is immeasurable." Li Yuntian smiled and bowed to Jin Ying.

Although Jin Ying is not the head of internal affairs now, he is still deeply admired by Li Yuntian, besides, the two used to be close ministers of Emperor Xuande, and the relationship has always been very good.

Therefore, Li Yuntian got along well with Jin Ying, Wang Jin and others, and when Wang Jin and others went to Nanjing, he also specially sent people to see them off.

"The prince has a lot of opportunities, I don't know what you are doing when you come to the Han Temple this time?" After the servant served the fragrant tea, Jin Ying and Li Yuntian exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Yu Feng asked quietly, wanting to know Li Yuntian's intention.

"Deputy Chief Manager Jin, this king has come to discuss with the deputy chief manager this time." Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, put down the teacup in his hand and said to Jin Ying, "After the Liu Qiu incident, the power of the celebrant has increased day by day, and the entanglements caused by the court and China have continued one after another. ”

"The miscellaneous family that the prince said also had some concerns, and the reason why the first emperor gave the master of ceremonies a heavy responsibility back then was to hope that the master of ceremonies and the outer court could complement each other and ensure the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty."

Jin Ying was a smart person, so he naturally knew that Li Yuntian was referring to the rise of Wang Zhen and Lu Rong, so he pondered for a while and said with a serious expression, "The celebrant is getting bigger and bigger now, and the root is actually in those foreign ministers, if they don't force the emperor step by step, how can the celebrant have today's thing?" ”

"Don't worry, although the miscellaneous family has now become an idler, the things in the master of ceremonies are still clear, and he will not stand by when necessary." Saying that, Jin Ying solemnly made a promise to Li Yuntian.

You must know that Jin Ying has worked hard with the Orthodox Emperor and Empress Dowager Sun over the years, and the head of internal affairs for so many years has not been in vain, and has a deep background in the inner court.

Historically, although Jin Ying acted relatively low-key after Wang Zhen took power, he was still trusted and respected by the orthodox emperor, and even Emperor Jingtai after the Tumubao Revolution also trusted him, which shows that Jin Ying is powerful, and his city government and strategy are better than Wang Zhen.

For example, in the summer of the 14th year of orthodoxy, due to the drought, Yu Shiyue, the secretary of Dali Temple, and others thought that this might be caused by an unjust imprisonment, so they asked the prisoners in the prison of the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to eliminate the natural changes.

The orthodox emperor approved Yu Shiyue's performance, and ordered Jin Ying to conduct a meeting with the officials of Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Jin Ying was able to intervene in the affairs of the judicial prison on behalf of the emperor, and during the trial, "Zhang Huanggai rode the guide" when he went out, and "sat in the middle of the Huang Gai" on the altar specially built for the trial in Dali Temple, and Shangshu and his following officials could only sit on the left and right.

It can be seen that Jin Ying's power is not much better than Wang Zhen, and he is low-key but deeply trusted by the orthodox emperor.

In addition, Jin Ying has a close relationship with Zhang Fu, which is not comparable to Wang Zhen, and he can get the support of the Xungui group headed by Zhang Fu at a critical moment.

Jin Ying is a native of Annan, and when Zhang Fu returned to Beijing in triumph, he brought a group of Annan children after his cleansing, including Jin Ying, which made the two have a close relationship.

"Deputy Chief Jin, there is another matter for this king to come this time." Seeing Jin Ying's attitude towards the celebrant supervisor, Li Yuntian smiled slightly, took out an official document from his sleeve and put it on the table and pushed it in front of Jin Ying, "Please take a look at this." ”

Jin Ying couldn't help but feel a little strange when she saw this, and after taking the official document suspiciously, she opened it and flipped through it, and then her face changed.

This official document was given by the Criminal Division to Lin Cong for impeaching Jin Ying for "spoiling and bullying the king, harboring treachery and evil", and impeaching Chen Zhi and other officials of the Imperial Procuratorate of the Right Capital for "fearing power and avoiding power, and conniving in evil and adultery", and I don't know how it appeared in Li Yuntian's hands.

Jin Ying knows very well that "spoiling and bullying the king, harboring treachery and evil" refers to the case of his domestic slave Li Qing.

Li Qing's case occurred the year before last, when Li Qing was doing business in Jiangnan, he not only bought and sold by force, but also hijacked civilian ships to transport goods, killed the boatman who asked for wages in Huai'an, and then bribed Cheng Zong, the prefect of Huai'an, to settle the life lawsuit.

After the case, Cheng Zong lost his official position and was transferred to Liaodong, Li Qing was sentenced to hanging, and the rest of the domestic slaves involved in the case were executed with canes, but Jin Ying was not involved.

Originally, Jin Ying thought that Li Qing's case had been over, but at this time, the Criminal Department brought up the old matter of Lin Conghui in the matter, and he did not hesitate to involve the Metropolitan Procuratorate for this, which made him feel extremely surprised.

Although Lin Cong did not mention Li Yuntian in the recital, he accused Chen Zhi and others of the right capital Yushi of "fearing power and avoiding power, and conniving at evil and adultery", which invisibly showed his dissatisfaction with Li Yuntian, after all, Li Yuntian is now the leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Lord, this ......" After reading the official document, Jin Ying couldn't help frowning and looking at Li Yuntian, no matter what, he thought that he and Li Yuntian would be involved in this case.

"Nonsense, what a nonsense." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, and looked at Jin Ying disappreciatively, "Deputy Chief Manager Jin, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, the deputy chief manager should be more vigilant, so as not to be exploited by some villains." ”

"The prince's kindness has been received by the miscellaneous family, and the miscellaneous family must remember the vigilance of the prince and will not let some villains succeed in their tricks." Jin Ying nodded when she heard this, and said solemnly to Li Yuntian, her eyes revealing a look of gratitude.

Obviously, Li Yuntian didn't care about the content of the official report, and he didn't get annoyed because he was implicated in Jin Ying's matter.

Li Yuntian felt a little surprised by Lin Cong's impeachment of Jin Ying this time, after all, Li Qing's matter had passed, and there was no need for Lin Cong to seize this matter and stalk Jin Ying.

What is particularly important is that Lin Cong involved the Metropolitan Procuratorate in his negligence, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is now Li Yuntian's territory, so Lin Cong's move has aroused Li Yuntian's vigilance, and now he can't judge whether Lin Cong's action is a personal move or someone behind the scenes.

Like Lin Cong, Li Yuntian is the most headache, relying on the power to admonish the emperor, he dares to say anything, and he is proud of angering the emperor, as if he can show his heart in that way, and he cherishes his reputation more than life and death.

Therefore, there is nothing to do about Lin Cong's sparse Li Yuntian, after all, his mouth is on Lin Cong's body, and Lin Cong can say whatever he wants.

It is worth mentioning that Li Yuntian obtained this Shangshu from the Orthodox Emperor, and the Orthodox Emperor sent someone to show Li Yuntian, and Li Yuntian came to Jin Ying, hoping that Jin Ying would be prepared and not fall into passivity at that time.

In fact, Li Yuntian is not afraid of Lin Cong's impeachment, but this will inevitably ignite the war between the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division.

Anyway, everyone is an official, the so-called courtesy is still exchanged, you do the first year of junior high school, of course I will be fifteenth, the criminal department is in charge of the world's criminal prisons will inevitably have wrongful and unjust cases, and the metropolitan procuratorate can use this to attack the criminal department that has the ability to inspect the affairs of the criminal department.

No matter what Lin Cong's intentions are, he has successfully provoked a war between the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Sections, presumably the two sides will definitely fight over this, which involves the interests and majesty of the yamen on both sides, and there is no other choice than to compete with the other party to the end.

With Lin Cong's unexpected disturbance, the muddy waters in the capital are becoming more and more chaotic, not only there is a power struggle in the inner court, but also a power game within the civil official group.