Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

"King Zhong, you have tried this case and know a lot about the case, how do you think you should deal with Xue Xuan?" After the orthodox emperor finished reading the recital of Xue Xuan's case on Li Yuntian, he frowned slightly and asked Li Yuntian who was sitting on the chair next to him, Li Yuntian, as the teacher of the princely advantage orthodox emperor, would naturally receive the honor of giving the seat.

Xue Xuan is the leader of the Qingliu of the imperial court, and his prestige is second only to Li Qingzheng, the priest of the prince of the capital, so how to deal with Xue Xuan's orthodox emperor is not sure in his heart, on the one hand, he uses Xue Xuan's case to teach the civil official group a lesson, on the other hand, he does not want those civilian official groups to take the opportunity to make trouble and disturb the situation in the court.

After all, in the eyes of the orthodox emperor, the stability of the Ming Dynasty is the most important, so how to punish Xue Xuan is very important, not only to achieve his purpose of warning the civil official group, but also not to cause a big scuffle between the civil official group and the inner court.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that Xue Xuan's subordinates are not strict, so that his servants impersonate the crime, this case is not an isolated case, many of the servants of the capital are pretending to be tigers and bullying people on weekdays, and the minister feels that he should give the adults a wake-up call."

Li Yuntian had already thought of a countermeasure, and after a while, he said quietly, "Therefore, the minister thought that Xue Xuan should be implicated in the crime of the domestic servant, and he was removed from the post of Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and demoted to a local official to set an example." ”

"Just according to the words of the loyal king." The orthodox emperor bowed slightly when he heard this, Li Yuntian's sentence to Xue Xuan was appropriate, which not only maintained the face of the inner court, but also taught the civil official group a lesson, after all, even Xue Xuan was planted in the hands of the inner court, let alone others.

The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a helpless wry smile, although Xue Xuan escaped this time but was driven out of the capital, there is definitely no way to come back in a short time, only secretly waiting for the opportunity to return to the capital.

The next day, the orthodox emperor officially decreed that because Xue Xuan was not strict in disciplining the family servants, he was burdened by Xue Laohan's extortion case, and removed his post as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

With this holy decree of the orthodox emperor, Xue Xuan was able to leave the edict prison, and many protégés waited outside the edict prison to greet him, and set up a grand banquet to surprise Xue Xuan.

In the eyes of the outside world, Xue Xuan was lucky to be able to escape from the edict this time, if Li Yuntian hadn't "investigated" the case, then he would probably have been unlucky.

To be honest, the bribe of five hundred taels of gold is not too much, but the key is that the case has reached the orthodox emperor, and Xue Xuan is Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, which can be said to know the law and break the law.

Originally, the officials wanted Xue Xuan to serve as the prefect, but unfortunately Xue Xuan was demoted by the orthodox emperor, and the grade was only five grades, so the official position of Zhizhou is the most suitable, if it becomes the prefect, it is a high match, and the ancient officialdom is strictly hierarchical, except for the emperor's imperial approval, it is difficult for officials to be high-matched.

Xue Xuan did not stay in the capital for a long time, and left the capital after the appointment of the officials, and many officials in the capital went to see him off.

Li Yuntian did not appear in the send-off team, he was the chief judge of Xue Xuan's case, so it was inconvenient to send Xue Xuan, but in private, Zhou Yuting had already asked Zhou Yuting to visit Xue Xuan's wife, and Xue Xuan was comforted and encouraged through Xue Xuan's wife.

The thing Xue Xuan wanted to know most was whether Xue Laohan had accepted the bribe of five hundred taels of gold, but unfortunately he had no chance to find the truth, Xue Laohan was imprisoned because he was sentenced to death, and it was difficult for outsiders to see him.

As for finding out the news from Li Yuntian, Xue Xuan didn't hold out any hope, he knew that Li Yuntian's tone had always been very strict, and he wouldn't tell him anything if he knew anything.

At the same time as Xue Xuan left Beijing, the celebrant was in charge.

"Father-in-law, I heard that Xue Xuan was very beautiful when he left Beijing, and many people saw him off, is it too cheap for us to let him go?" After Mao Gui brought a cup of hot tea to Wang Zhen, who was flipping through the cabinet and handed over the recital, he bowed down and said unwillingly.

The reason why the inner court wanted to take Xue Xuan this time was to teach the civil official group a lesson, originally Xue Xuan was "verified" by Jinyiwei to accept bribes and could not escape death, but I didn't think that Xue Xuan escaped after Li Yuntian's intervention, which made Mao Gui a little unwilling.

"Xue Xuan is just a chess piece, he has been demoted and left Beijing, so we have the upper hand in this contest." Wang Zhen was slowly sipping tea there, as if he didn't take Xue Xuan's matter to heart.

"Father-in-law, little stupid, please make it clear." Mao Gui thought about it when he heard this, and bowed down with a smile on his face to ask for advice.

"Xue Xuan is the head of the clear stream of the court, and now he has left the capital in disgrace, which is a great blow to those hypocrites who sell their reputations."

Wang Zhen saw that Mao Gui hadn't figured out Xue Xuan's matter yet, so he put down the teacup and said proudly, "Two of the three clear streams in the court have been folded, only Li Qingzheng, the old horseman, is hiding in the national prison to survive, and those hypocrites will not dare to act rashly in the future." ”

Obviously, the "hypocrites" in Wang Zhen's mouth refer to civil officials, in his opinion, civil officials are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality in the court, and regard themselves as loyal and righteous people who worry about the country and the people, but in private they live luxuriously, fill their own pockets, or sell their fame and reputation to offend the Son of Heaven, they are out-and-out villains.

If those civil officials really have the ability to manage the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty and are loyal to the monarch and patriotism, how can the Empress Dowager and the Orthodox Emperor of the Zhang family rely on the inner court?

"Father-in-law, do you mean that Xue Xuan is just killing chickens and monkeys, and intimidating those arrogant and self-righteous guys in the court?" Mao Gui finally understood at this time that Wang Zhen actually didn't mean to put Xue Xuan to death, but just wanted to achieve his goal of deterring the civilian official group.

After all, if you fall out with the civil official group now, it will be the orthodox emperor who will be embarrassed, so Wang Zhen retreated and asked for the next best thing, and used Xue Xuan to leave Beijing to demonstrate to the civil official group, telling the civil officials in the court not to underestimate the inner court, otherwise the inner court still has a way to clean them up.

"Sometimes it doesn't have to be bloody, and it makes them feel more afraid of having a knife in the neck than a slash at them." Wang Zhen picked up a piece of music on the table and flipped through it, and said to Mao Gui casually, "As long as the emperor stands behind us as a backer, then we don't have to be afraid of those civil servants and military generals in the court, and it will be easy to clean them up at that time." ”

"Father-in-law, Lord Zhong is really powerful, he was able to handle Xue Xuan's case so successfully, and now people outside really think that it was the old man Xue who received the unwarranted five hundred taels of gold." Mao Gui nodded thoughtfully, and then said with a smile, Xue Laohan's matter was handled by him, so he naturally knew the truth.

"If you are not powerful, how can you become the prince of our Ming Dynasty? Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this is unprecedented and unique. ”

Wang Zhen heard that a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly, "Prince Zhong is concerned about the emperor, otherwise it will be easy to find out Xue Xuan's case with the ability of Prince Zhong, as long as Prince Zhong does not intervene in the dispute between the court and China, then we will win." ”

"That's that, that's." Mao Gui nodded with a smile, Wang Zhen was right, if Li Yuntian was not on the side of the orthodox emperor, then Xue Xuan's case would be investigated nine times out of ten, and there was no one on the right side of Li Yuntian among the civil and military officials who investigated the case, and no one could stop Li Yuntian's edge in terms of the influence of the DPRK and China.

"Father-in-law, although the loyal prince is powerful, he still has to listen to his father-in-law, Xue Xuan was planted in the hands of his father-in-law this time." Then, Mao Guiyufeng turned around and looked at Wang Zhen with a flattering face.

"You are wrong, the loyal prince listens to the emperor, and the miscellaneous family is just stained with the emperor's light."

Mao Gui's sycophant made Wang Zhen very comfortable, but he had self-knowledge and had not yet reached the point of arrogance, and after smiling slightly, he warned Mao Gui, "Remember, don't provoke the loyal prince, is the loyal prince something that you can afford to provoke, what a hero the king of Han back then was not folded in the hands of the loyal prince in the end." ”

Because of the experience of Emperor Xuande's entry into Beijing and his ascension to the throne, Wang Zhen had an invisible fear of Li Yuntian in his heart, and it was hard to imagine that at that critical moment, Li Yuntian resolutely chose to be surrounded by the enemy in order to cover Emperor Xuande, and finally retreated, which made Wang Zhen feel deeply.

When Li Yuntian found Wang Zhen and asked to resolve the Xue Xuan incident, Wang Zhen had no bargaining power in the face of Li Yuntian, and Li Yuntian's method protected the interests of the inner court, so in the end the matter was completely resolved in accordance with Li Yuntian's wishes.

"The villain understands!" Mao Gui honestly agreed, he knew that Wang Zhen had a relationship with Li Yuntian before because of Emperor Xuande's entry into Beijing, no matter how the two of them were together, they had escorted Emperor Xuande into Beijing to ascend the throne together, coupled with Li Yuntian's strength, even if Wang Zhen didn't tell him, he wouldn't dare to provoke Li Yuntian.

"Father-in-law, Li Qingzheng, this old horseman is too ignorant of lifting, when is his father-in-law going to clean him up?" Then, Mao Gui remembered something and asked gloomily.

Now that only Li Qingzheng is left in the three major clear streams in the court, Wang Zhen will definitely not let him go in order to establish his authority, as long as Li Qingzheng is taken again, then those officials in the court will be much more honest and dare not easily find trouble in the inner court, which is exactly the result that Wang Zhen wants to see.

"We have taken Liu Qiu and Xue Xuan one after another, it is not appropriate to make a big move now, besides, Li Qingzheng has deep qualifications and has a high prestige in the DPRK, it is not easy to move him." Wang Zhen shook his head when he heard this, he also wanted to bring Li Qingzheng down, but now the limelight in the inner court is a little too strong, and Li Qing is the leader of Qingliu, so he doesn't want to poke this hornet's nest now.

As for when to attack Li Qingzheng, Wang Zhen does not have an exact plan yet, and it is conceivable that if Li Qingzheng is moved, it will definitely trigger a strong backlash from the civilian clique, and he must be fully prepared.

Lecture martial arts.

"Lord Wang, Lord Xue has already left." Yun Na walked into the room and whispered to Li Yuntian, who was buried behind the desk.

Although Li Yuntian couldn't see Xue Xuan off, he was still very concerned about Xue Xuan's departure from Beijing this time, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back, so Yun Na made people pay attention to Xue Xuan's affairs.

"It's okay to go, and you don't have to run into those worries again." Li Yuntian put down the official document in his hand, and said lightly while rubbing the bridge of his nose, Xue Xuan can be said to be a blessing in disguise this time, and he was able to get out of the whirlpool of right and wrong in the capital, otherwise Xue Xuan's temper may cause some big trouble.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have already sent a sum of money to Beizhen Fusi, they will take care of Xue Laohan and will not let him be wronged in prison." Yun Na knew that Li Yuntian had a feeling, and in order to resolve the conflict between the inner court and the civil official group, Li Yuntian had put a lot of effort into it, especially Xue Laohan, who could be said to be the key figure in the case.

"Settle down Xue Laohan's family." Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and ordered with a serious expression, if it weren't for Xue Xuan's matter being too big, he really didn't want to sentence Xue Laohan to death, but if he didn't do that, it would be difficult to explain to the outside world.

However, in any case, Xue Xuan's case has been closed, the situation in the capital has been stabilized again, and Li Yuntian can concentrate on dealing with the affairs of the Korean state, which is a top priority.