In mid-June, Wen Manshan, Dongmei, Lotus Leaf and Yang Aizhen came to the capital, from Nanjing to the capital, they walked for a month, and the daily itinerary did not exceed 100 miles, which can be described as very relaxed.

Yang He carried five thousand taels of gold, these gold is the cost of living in the capital, if you completely rely on Zheng Xunrui's income and other sources, to feed so many people, it is really difficult, to the capital, Yang He handed over the gold directly to Wen Manshan, after listening to Zheng Xunrui's many instructions, then took a hundred guards back to Jiangning County.

The affairs of the Zheng family, Zheng Xunrui is in charge of the outside, and the affairs of the family are naturally decided by Wen Manshan.

Wen Manshan came to the capital, Zheng Xunrui took her to visit Wen Zhenmeng, Wen Zhenheng and Yao Ximeng and others, these are Wen Manshan's relatives, when she went to visit Yao Ximeng, Wen Manshan was very unhappy, if Zheng Xunrui hadn't reminded her, maybe she would have put on a face, or even didn't want to go at all.

When he went to visit Wen Zhenmeng, Wen Zhenmeng talked to Wen Manshan alone for more than an hour, that is, after this conversation, Zheng Xunrui found that Wen Manshan had changed significantly, and he was more considerate and concerned about him, and Yao Ximeng was rarely mentioned in his words, let alone Donglin Academy, Fushe and Yingshe.

The first day of the seventh month is the season of flowing fire.

Zheng Xunrui and Yang Tingshu, who were watching the twists and turns, suddenly received an edict from the emperor from the eunuchs in the palace: Shen Zhongren, a bachelor of Hanlin, Zheng Xunrui, a Hanlin editor, and Yang Tingshu, an editor of Hanlin, quickly went to the Qianqing Palace to discuss political affairs.

A month has passed, and this is the first time Zheng Xunrui has entered the palace.

It should be said that such a situation is rare, when the emperor is discussing government affairs or studying, he will summon Hanlin to revise and edit at any time, let alone Hanlin Bachelor, but it takes so long to summon it, which shows that the emperor has a lot of things, and they may all be tricky things, so that he is not in the mood to summon Hanlin Bachelor and others.

The three of them entered the Qianqing Palace and saw that Zhou Yanru, Xu Guangqi, Wen Tiren, Min Hongxue and other cabinet ministers were here, as well as the newly appointed Ministry of Rites Shangshu Huang Ruliang, and Chen Yutai and Chen Yuting were also here.

Everyone's expressions were not very good, which also filled the Qianqing Palace with a tense atmosphere.

There was no expression on the emperor's face, and after Shen Zhongren and the others saluted, he spoke directly.

"Wen Aiqing, you will state what you played before."

"The minister obeys the order, the minister impeached the cabinet of the first assistant Zhou Lord, Hanlin edited Chen Yutai, the reason for the minister's impeachment, the fold has been written very clearly, the minister is briefly described here, Chen Yutai and Zhou are in-laws, when the examination and the palace examination, Zhou not only did not evade, but also took care of it, Chen Yutai's knowledge, is not enough to become the palace examination list, especially the article of the examination, compared to the unsuccessful people, there are still many deficiencies, Zhou adults turn a blind eye, blindly admit, and in the palace examination, deliberately take care, Let Chen Yutai become the second place in the first class of the palace examination, such a thing that is not worthy of the name, the minister is extremely angry, for the sake of the imperial court, the minister writes straight, impeaches Lord Zhou for making friends, accepting bribes, and admitting Chen Yutai as the eye of the palace examination, so that the world's scholars are not convinced......"

Yang Tingshu's face had changed, it was the first time he had seen such a scene, and he couldn't imagine that the cabinet minister would be directly impeached in the Qianqing Palace, which was unimaginable. Shen Zhongren's face was not good-looking, after all, after coming to the capital, the first time he went to the Qianqing Palace, he encountered such a troublesome thing.

Zheng Xunrui lowered his head, there was no expression on his face, and what was spinning rapidly in his mind was how he should answer if the emperor asked about it, as for the nervous feelings, he didn't have it at all.

"Zhou Aiqing, Chen Aiqing, what justification do you have for Wen Aiqing's impeachment."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren with his spare eyes, he quickly understood what the purpose of coming here was today, the emperor's inner meaning was clear, if he wanted to investigate and deal with it, he would not ask Zhou Yanru and Chen Yutai directly here.

"Your Majesty, the minister is innocent, and there is no idea of forming a party for personal gain, yes, Chen Yutai and the minister are in-laws, but the exam is to copy the test paper, the minister cannot pay attention to Chen Yutai alone, and I don't know which one Chen Yutai's article is, as for the palace test, the first-class champion, the list of eyes and the articles of Tanhua, the emperor has consulted them, and the minister has nothing to say."

After Zhou Yanru finished speaking, Chen Yutai also spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister and Lord Zhou are related by marriage, so they came to the capital to take the exam, deliberately avoided, before the palace examination, never visited Lord Zhou, this matter can be investigated, the minister has half a lie, willing to accept any punishment, as for the matter of the examination and the palace examination, the minister concentrated on the exam, did not pay attention to other matters, I don't know where Lord Wen came from impeachment, Lord Wen suspected that the minister's knowledge was insufficient, of course the minister admitted that the knowledge was insufficient, Confucius said, learn and then know the insufficiency, teach and then know the difficulty, know the insufficiency, and then be able to self-reflexively, know the difficulty, and then be able to self-improvement. In this world, there is no end to learning, and the ministers still need to keep learning in order to serve the emperor and the court. ”

"The minister is bold, but he doubts Lord Wen's intentions, Lord Wen is the chief examiner of the examination, the examiner of the palace examination, and the minister's article, Lord Wen should have also read it, if it is so unbearable, it should be directly proposed, could it be that Lord Wen is in the examination and the palace examination There is something unspeakable, so he slandered the minister in order to divert the target......"

Although Chen Yutai said the righteousness of the awe-inspiring state, but Zheng Xunrui was disdainful in his heart, the more frank he said, the more there was a problem behind it, you Chen Yutai came to the capital, of course you would not be stupid to visit Zhou Yanru, you are not a fool, and then talk about the transcription of test papers, I don't know how many cheating methods there are, and the article can be recognized by the light yì if you make an agreement casually.

In-laws take care of each other, as long as they have enough knowledge, such a thing is not a big deal, but when it comes to forming a party for personal gain, it is complicated, and it is very possible for in-laws to form a group and form a small group of interests, but the emperor is the most taboo in this regard.

After Zhou Yanru and Chen Yutai finished arguing, the emperor spoke again.

"Shen Aiqing, you are a Hanlin scholar, tell me what you think about this matter."

Shen Zhongren's face quickly turned pale, you must know that the two sides that have caused controversy, one is the cabinet chief assistant and the other is the cabinet assistant, and it is definitely not something that he, a Hanlin scholar, can offend.

"When the minister heard about this, he felt very sudden, and the matter was serious, and the minister was not talented, and asked the emperor to decide."

Zheng Xunrui sighed secretly in his heart, Shen Zhongren is really a loyal person, do you think this is useful with the mud, you don't want to offend Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, then you will offend the emperor, and this kind of practice of not taking a stand will eventually offend Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, they all want to get your support, if you don't express your position, it will make them quickly look down, which can be said to be the most unflattering.

The emperor's face was still expressionless, he looked at Zheng Xunrui, hesitated slightly, and still spoke.

"Zheng Aiqing, tell me your opinion."

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the impeachment involving cabinet ministers is related to the stability of the court situation, and should be taken seriously, since Lord Wen has proposed the impeachment recital, the above facts must be clear, the emperor can instruct Lord Zhou and Lord Chen to write their own justifications, and then the emperor can arrange a special person to investigate, and the person who investigates is directly responsible to the emperor and is not interfered with by any side, so that there can be a fair investigation result."

The most suitable person for this kind of investigation mentioned by Zheng Xunrui is the eunuch of the celebrant or the eunuch of the internal official supervisor.

The status of the eunuch is very special, speaking of which is the emperor's minion, although Zhu Youzhen vigorously suppressed the eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian at the beginning of his accession to the throne, but in the end he did not abandon the eunuchs, that is, in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the eunuchs were reactivated, and after that, the power of the eunuchs became more and more great.

Since the emperor has already moved such a mind, it is better to let him put it forward in disguise.

After Zheng Xunrui answered, a slight smile appeared on the emperor's face.

Many eyes quickly focused on Zheng Xunrui's body, at this time, Zheng Xunrui was very calm, looking at his nose, nose, mouth, and mouth concerned, just like an old monk in a settled position.

The emperor looked at Yang Tingshu beside Zheng Xunrui, and finally did not ask again.

"What Zheng Aiqing said is that I think it's very good to deal with it like this, Zhou Aiqing, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, so important matters, you still have to pay attention to it, Wen Aiqing's twists and turns, although I don't dare to be completely sure, but the in-law relationship between you and Chen Aiqing is easy to trigger the impeachment of others, Wen Aiqing is also responsible for the imperial court, so I propose impeachment, I hope you don't be jealous, after the dispersal of the dynasty, write it out, and explain it specifically, Chen Aiqing, you are the same."

Zheng Xunrui mentioned that the emperor did not mention the matter of sending personnel to investigate, such an attitude is very clear, I believe everyone understands that the emperor is going to suppress the twists and turns, and the big things will be turned into small things, and he will not do anything to deal with it.

It seems that the emperor still trusts Zhou Yanru very much, and will not suspect the loyalty of Zhou Yanru, who is the first assistant to the cabinet, because of one or two impeachments, but the emperor recruited cabinet ministers and some ministers to make the matter public, and there is also the meaning of beating, asking Zhou Yanru to pay more attention in the future.

The emperor's seemingly satisfactory way of dealing with it will definitely not have a good effect.

Since the matter of impeachment has been made public, it must be clarified, and what should be dealt with will be dealt with, or it will not be made public, digested secretly, and let it go so lightly, but I don't know that the struggle will become more and more fierce in the future.

Thinking that Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren don't pinch each other, it's a fantasy.

Thinking of playing a balance among ministers, while controlling the situation in the court, it was the emperor himself who suffered in the end.

This is the emperor's heart, it's really unpredictable.