Chapter 60: Court Shadows
(The second update, ask for a red ticket)
The Yongchang Marquis Mansion occupies most of the alleys of Swill Lane, and it is one of the most prosperous families in Jiangning. At the end of the alley is the back garden of the Hou Mansion, a small door was opened, Fan Ding climbed down from the carriage, took a lantern to illuminate the paved stone laneway under his feet, and walked to the small door of the back garden and knocked a few times.
"Who?" A slightly hoarse voice in the door asked.
"I," Fan Ding asked softly, "Is Master Hou in the garden?" ”
"Squeak", the door opened from the inside, and a bearded man poked his head out from inside: "Fan Ye is here, Hou Ye is enjoying the cool in the garden, I don't know if you are rushing over at night......" took the lantern from the lantern in his hand, bolted the door from the inside, and led Fan Ding to the garden.
The moonlight is light, the branches and shadows are slanted, there is a carved wooden pavilion standing on the waterside in the west corner of the garden, Yuan Guizheng stands in the pavilion, looking at the direction that Fan Ding is coming, and a beautiful woman wearing a yellow half-length shirt and a moonlight skirt is standing beside him. The beautiful woman watched Fan Ding come over, and left with the maid and woman who accompanied her, and let the pavilion out to discuss matters with their men.
"Hurrying to the city in the middle of the night, what's the hurry?" Yuan Guizheng sat on the stone bench and calmly looked into Fan Ding's eyes.
"The one from the Guogong Mansion has met with Lin Jian today," Fan Ding stood aside respectfully, and told Yuan Guizheng about the fact that the prince invited Lin Jian and Mu Guogong Zeng Mingxin to the banquet in the small domain building at night, "After the banquet, the one from the Guogong Mansion went straight to Lin Lian's house to drink tea, and sat for half an hour before coming out first. I hurried into the city, and I didn't have time to stare at the mouth of the river, I was afraid that Lin Jian hadn't left Su Mei's house yet......"
"The bait is just that, who loves to bite, who to bite?" Yuan Guizheng grabbed a sugar-fried chestnut from the table, peeled off the shell and chewed it in his mouth.
"The one from the Guogong Mansion may uncover the old case from twelve years ago tonight, otherwise it is unlikely that he will rush back to Jiangning on Lin Lian's trip to meet in a ......hurry," Fan Ding analyzed.
"If you are concerned, it will be chaotic," Yuan Guizheng said calmly, "If you want to uncover the old case from thirteen years ago and bring up the old things again, when can't Su Mei do it?" Why can't Old Man Zeng do it today? Lin Jian knew about the old case thirteen years ago, what could he do? You said that in the whole world, except for the Queen Mother, who else can clear the Su family's wrongs? But then again, you and I did underestimate this swineherd before, who would have thought that in order to earn money for raising soldiers, he would dare to trade military merits privately with Hao Zongcheng, a dead eunuch. With his strength, maybe it's worth betting on him. ”
"I'm afraid that he may not be easy to deal with," Fan Ding said with a slight frown, "Before the Jiangdong Left Army made a name for itself in the north and south, who would have thought that he would have secretly communicated with Li Zhuo a long time ago?" ”
"People who are not easy to deal with are worth dealing with," Yuan Guizheng's eyebrows were raised high, and his eyes were cast on the flower stream that illuminated the moonlight, "You should tell me, between the swineherd and the Chu manzi, who is more worthy of dealing with?" ”
Fan Ding knew that the "Chu Manzi" in Hou Ye's mouth meant Yue Lengqiu, Yue Lengqiu's official dialect had a strong local accent, and everyone called him "Chu Manzi" in private.
For now, Yue Lengqiu is certainly more worth dealing with.
Yue Lengqiu served as the governor of Jianghuai, commanded the Changhuai army, controlled the towns, and was powerful, so he could be said to be a real feudal official, and it was just around the corner to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister. Although Lin Lian has become famous and his power has just begun, rising in the small county of Chongzhou, compared with Yue Lengqiu, it is as small as a trivial, and Tang Haoxin and Gu Wuchen, whom he relies on, are far from being able to compete with Zhang Xie, who is the second minister, in the temple.
However, once the capital is moved, Yue Lengqiu, who is the governor of Jianghuai, is a pivotal minister in the court, and it is just around the corner to enter the cabinet to pay respects to the prime minister.
From this aspect, Chu Manzi has no value in dealing with.
If you want to say that you are unruly, which one of the world's heroes is easily manipulated?
When Lin Jian first arrived in Jiangning, he used the feudal family to draw his sword and stand up - he didn't mind all the unpleasantness that happened in the past, and he didn't have the qualifications to mind for the time being, and he was fortunate that both sides had left some last face and not torn it.
Fan Ding knew what Hou Ye wanted to say, and he was patient and said: "Fan Ding is stupid, please teach Hou Ye." ”
"The swineherd is young and impulsive, and he is more looking forward to drastic and even earth-shaking changes than the old ones, so as to find greater opportunities," Yuan Guizheng said with a smile, "Set a trap to lure the Qu family into the palace and break it in one fell swoop, do you think this kind of dangerous plan is Gu Wuchen and Zhao Qinmin's people have the courage to play?" Gathering 400 armor soldiers to fight ten times their own Donghai Kou, bloody battle Jiyang, how many people in the world do you think have this kind of fish to die and break the net? Tell me, how many people in the world have the courage to recruit 3,000 homeless people and bravely pull them out directly to fight with the Dongyu Iron Cavalry? It is said that it takes early to be proud, and it takes young to become famous, don't you think this son has the style of Su Hu at that time. Compared with Su Hulai, this son relied on to become famous, but it is not a good story for the monarch and the minister......"
"If you're afraid, you'll be afraid, and it's hard to control it in the future." Fan Ding said worriedly.
"Then we can make it now?" Yuan Guizheng asked rhetorically.
"......" Fan Ding was slightly stunned, except for the title of the Marquis of Yongchang, there is really nothing that can be compared with Lin Lian, who holds the real power of the Jiangdong Left Army.
"You, the meat in the pot hasn't reached your bowl yet, so you're worried that others will come to grab the meat in your bowl," Yuan Guizheng shook his head and smiled as he pointed at Fan Ding's face, "Instead of worrying about what will happen in the future, it's better to think more about how to get the meat in the pot into the bowl." ”
"It's me who is overly worried." Fan Ding said.
At this time, Yuan Jinqiu rushed into the back garden with the smell of wine, and saw Fan Ding and his father standing up in the pavilion, thinking that his movements were so fast, that is, he rushed over earlier than himself to spread the news, Yuan Jinqiu turned his head and walked back and forth, wanting to avoid Fan Ding and his father.
"Stop," Yuan Guizheng shouted in a deep voice to his eldest son, Yuan Jinqiu, and said, "Is there such a rude way for you to run around and leave without saying a word?" ”
"Don't dare to worry about my father's affairs." Yuan Jinqiu said in a loud voice, hastily bowed, and without waiting for Yuan Guizheng to speak, he turned around and went into the moon gate and left the back garden.
Yuan Guizheng's face was as heavy as frost, and if he wanted to teach people a lesson, he slipped away, so angry that he smashed his hand on the corner of the stone table, his muscles and bones hit blue, and he inhaled in pain. Fan Ding pretended not to see it, and only said: "The prince and the swineherd are quite close to each other, not like an ordinary polite ......"
"Oh, really?" Yuan Guizheng's face was cloudy and he asked rhetorically, "The birthday gift of the Queen Mother's 60th birthday, let him help with it, you can't just be idle and idle all day long......
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Early the next morning, Lin Lian first sent people to the Yongchang Marquis Mansion to pay his respects, and he himself rushed to the Yamen of the Inspectorate Department to formally discuss with Xiao Xuanchou, who had just been promoted to deputy envoy, the removal of the prison island, and the selection of the site for the construction of the prison city at the mouth of the Chongzhou River.
Xiao Xuanchou completely wooed Yue Lengqiu, but Gu Wuchen was not Jia Pengyu at that time, and Xiao Xuanchou was not Gu Wuchen at that time.
Lin Xuan served as the supervisor of Jinghai Capital, and was only subject to the control of the inspection envoy, not the control, in the past, Xiao Xuanchou was nominally Lin Xuanchou's top boss, but at this time, even this layer of name was stripped clean. However, the construction of a prison city at the mouth of the Chongzhou River was restricted by Xiao Xuanchou, especially when they played tricks in the silver allocation link, which made Lin Jian quite helpless.
The Dongyang Township Party scraped together 100,000 taels of silver to take down the prison island, and this silver should be returned to the Xuanfu Envoy Division; The Xuanfu envoy finally relented and agreed to allocate 60,000 taels of silver for the construction of a prison at the mouth of the Chongzhou River, but this silver could only be taken out of the treasury of the Xuanfu envoy in batches until Xiao Xuanchou's signature.
In this way, Zi Lin will not be able to bypass Xiao Xuanchou if he builds a prison city in Chongzhou, unless he is willing to give up the 60,000 taels of silver; Or deduct Xuanfu from other places to make the division 60,000 taels of silver offset it.
During the deliberations, Gu Wuchen was the envoy, Xiao Xuanchou was the deputy envoy, and there were three officials of the fifth grade, and Lin Lian's ministry was the sixth grade. However, he has been listed in the fifth rank, and he has a knighthood, since the factor of Jiangdong Left Army is aside, his actual status is no lower than that of the official of the fifth rank.
In the bureaucratic contingent dominated by middle-aged and elderly people in the world, Lin Jian was an extremely rare young man.
Even if Xiao Xuanchou, who had completely wooed Yue Lengqiu, was not so afraid of Gu Wuchen in his heart, he still didn't dare to offend Lin to death.
Even if Zhang Xie and Yue Lengqiu didn't take the wrong step at all, they would be able to sink the rotten wood and half of their bodies into the soil in another twenty years, away from the center of power, but Lin Jian would be in the prime of life when he was in a high position of power and usefulness. There is no need for manpower to fight, just compared to the number of years, Lin Jian will beat Zhang Yue and lose his armor and collapse the army, at that time, maybe Xiao Xuanchou himself has returned to his hometown to retire, but maybe his descendants will fall into the hands of Lin Jian and be destroyed.
A charter of more than 2,000 words was drafted for the selection of the site for the construction of a prison city at the mouth of the Chongzhou River, and the task of returning to Chongzhou was over.
In the morning, the guards sent to the Yongchang Marquis Mansion to send the worship stickers also rushed back with the reply of the Yongchang Marquis Yuan's return to the government, and the Yuan Guizheng held a banquet in the mansion at noon and invited Lin Tie to gather in the past.
If you want to really uncover the truth behind the plot against Akino, Yuan Guizheng must be contacted.
Hao Zongcheng represents the current emperor outside; According to what Grandpa Guo said, Yuan Guizheng had a close relationship with the Empress Dowager Liang and the Liang family. In the early years, Yuan Jinsheng rushed to Beijing thousands of miles away to study in Guozijian, and he didn't know if there was such a factor in it.
Emperor Qingyu had no heirs, and after being assassinated, he passed the throne to his nephew King Jin, who succeeded to Emperor Delong. Although Emperor Delong had children, but before he died of a sudden illness, the royal family was in turmoil because the aftermath of the Autumn Field Prison case had not passed, and Emperor Delong did not pass the throne to his two young sons, but to his younger brother who was in the age of the weak crown and was quite eloquent, that is, the current emperor Chongguan Emperor - coincidentally, after the current Chongguan Emperor's son-in-law broke his neck on a wooden horse six years ago, none of the hundreds of beauties in the harem gave birth to a son and a half to him, and there was no heir to inherit the throne under his knees.
Not only can the sons of Emperor Delong succeed as the crown prince to inherit the treasure, but from the bloodline of Emperor Qingyu, the descendants of the two lines of King Qin and King Lu also have the possibility of becoming the prince of succession, which inevitably makes people have the reverie that history will repeat itself. However, the saint is only thirty years old today, and he is in the prime of life, and he has also given birth to a son before, and the government and the opposition are not particularly worried about this, thinking that as long as he can work hard to reclaim the harem in the future, and a son and a half are born, the suspicion of establishing a son will naturally disappear.
In any case, the Empress Dowager Liang, who has relatives of the Liang family to rely on, held the secret edict of Emperor Qingyu to summon the ministers to support Emperor Delong, and Emperor Delong fell ill and collapsed, and she also held the edict to call the ministers to support the current emperor, which can be regarded as a shadow figure who leaned over to cover half of the court. The truth of the Akino prison case may fall on this woman.