After the first battle in Liulin, the imperial capital suddenly became calm, except for the beacon fire on the grassland outside the Saiwai, the whole Great Jin Dynasty seems to have calmed down, it is now the end of spring and the beginning of summer, every year at this time, there are always a few places to report floods, but this year the wind and rain are smooth, God seems to be kind to the Great Jin. 【Fengyun Reading Network.】

After the emperor ascended the throne, three major measures were implemented in a row, Chen Guo cleared the land, Yangzhou salt tax innovation, and Du Zhi Cao collected debts, which are now all completed, with the grain into the warehouse, the spring tax revenue library, the treasury of the imperial court has become more substantial, and the government and the opposition are staring at the emperor, wondering how the emperor will deal with the war in the desert outside the Saiwai.

But the emperor was still silent, at the end of June of the second year of the reign, a team of soldiers escorted a carriage back to the imperial capital, the carriage stopped at the pavilion, Pengzhu and a middle-aged man got off, the pavilion officials quickly caught up, Pengzhu commanded a few words and then pulled the middle-aged man to the house.

Standing at the door of the pavilion, Peng Zhu looked at the house, sighed softly, and said, "Brother Jingluo, seven years ago, we also lived in this room. ”

Jing Luo looked around and looked up at the majestic imperial capital, the tall city walls, and the flags fluttering on the city gate, and sighed the same: "The time is easy, it's unpredictable." ”

"Brother Jingluo, cheer up, it's different now, the emperor often talks about you," Peng Zhu sighed: "I know you have resentment in your heart, complaining that the emperor didn't protect your wife and children back then, you can't blame the emperor for this, the emperor protected you from the emperor, it's a pity,"

"Thunder, rain and dew are all heavenly graces," Jing Luo said calmly: "How dare I blame the emperor, now that the crown prince has ascended the throne, you are about to enter Shangshutai, the court has you, what are you worried about?"

"Brother Jingluo, although the emperor has ascended the throne, there are still a group of gate lords and scholars below, Shangshutai, hum!" Peng Zhu sighed contemptuously and pulled Jing Luo into the house.

The building is very large, it is a quadrangle, and the soldiers with the team are quickly armed, Pengzhu shook his head slightly, called the officer, and let the soldiers have a good rest.

"It's all in the imperial capital, there won't be anything going on, let's have a good rest, and let's enter the city tomorrow." Pengzhu said.

Unexpectedly, the officer disagreed: "My lord, the lowly duty is ordered to protect the lord, and if the lord does not enter the court, the mission of the lowly duty will not be completed, even in the imperial capital, if the thief takes a risk, the lowly duty must ensure the safety of the lord." ”

Pengzhu smiled bitterly and sighed: "Whatever you want." ”

"Look at it," Peng Zhu turned his head to Jing Luo: "This is what we have to face, Brother Jing Luo, I know you want to travel the rivers and lakes, but it's not time yet." ”

Jing Luo's face was expressionless, the servants of the pavilion brought tea, and a man in Tsing Yi who was guarding the door took the tea and brought it in, but he didn't take it directly to Pengzhu and Jing Luo, but took it to the side, tried it with a silver needle, and then sent it to the two of them.

When the servant saw all this, he was very unhappy, and when he went out of the courtyard, he complained to the chief, who ignored it, and the chief had sharp eyes, and he had already seen that the carriage was not quite right, and there were many scars and arrows on the body.

Jing Luo did not refute, he returned to Jiangnan from Liangzhou, met Pengzhu who returned to Beijing on the way, and was pulled to the imperial capital by Pengzhu, to be honest, he didn't want to go to the imperial capital, but he didn't lose the face of his old friend.

"Zhongxian, although I am forgiven now, I am still guilty, and I am afraid that you can't think of it. Jing Luo said helplessly.

"You've said this several times," Peng Zhu smiled, looking confident: "This case must be overturned, and it will definitely be overturned." ”

Jing Luo smiled bitterly, the case eight years ago was decided by the emperor himself, and the person who set off this case back then was still in the court, how could it be so easy to turn it over.

But Peng Zhu was very confident and said loudly: "Not only will your case be overturned, but the case of Zhaoyang's rebellion will also be overturned, and the world will be cleared." ”

Jing slightly frowned, the momentum of the Pengzhu was very strong, this trip to Chen Guo made him feel a lot, the wealth of the gate lord clan, the desolation of the displaced people, shocking!

"Back then, you Zhang Meng Zhang Jingluo was so heroic, whether in the academy or in the court, fighting the door valve, fighting the wealthy family, how happy, today, Ming Jun is in the court, but he is afraid of his feet, and when he spreads out, won't it make the world laugh!"

The middle-aged man is Zhang Meng, an inexplicable corruption case of favoritism, was severely punished by Emperor Taiding, and his wife and children were matched with Liangzhou, his wife and children died in Liangzhou, and he was the only one left, he was able to survive, or lucky.

Peng Zhu knew Zhang Meng very well, and was afraid that he would not want to re-enter the imperial court, so he repeatedly persuaded him to try to untie his knot.

The new monarch ascended the throne, and there were very few people available, which was directly related to the two cases of that year, which almost swept away the powerful subordinates who were still the prince at that time, and almost all the main subordinate officials were killed.

After the conversation, the two went to rest separately, Peng Zhu was not worried that Zhang Meng would leave, since he followed him to the imperial capital, he naturally would not leave like this, this would cause people in the world to laugh.

Peng Zhu's request for an audience was reported to the palace, and the emperor immediately issued an order to let Peng Zhu enter the palace the next day.

According to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, when the Qin sent back to the court, he must live in a post station outside the city, and he could not go home before seeing the driver, and only after seeing the driver, the mission would be over, and the Qin mission could go home.

The next day, Peng Zhu entered the palace under the escort of the Tiger Ben Guard, and the emperor summoned him in the imperial study.

"Get up, get up. The emperor walked down and looked at him happily and with satisfaction, compared with a few months ago, Pengzhu was dark and thin, but his spirit was very full: "Well, it's dark, it's thin, it's hard." ”

"Hehe," Peng Zhu smiled: "It's not hard, this time the land of Chen State was surveyed, and about 260,000 refugees were settled, and on the way back, the minister was thinking, if he was in Jizhou, he could resettle at least one million." ”

The emperor nodded and said to Huang Gonggong: "Move a stool for Peng Qing." ”

Gonggong Huang quickly moved a round stool, and Pengzhu sat down unceremoniously.

"You did a good job this time, hum, those old guys always want to see the jokes of our monarchs and ministers, hum, Gu Wei also did a good job in Yangzhou, and the king of Yanping County also did a good job in Duzhi Cao, hum, these three major things are done, I want to let the world see how I clean up this country." "The emperor was happy and confident.

Since Peng Zhu left, he was isolated in the court, and originally counted on Zuo Chen, but this old master was old-fashioned in everything he did, and he was more conservative in governing the country.

But since he ascended the throne, these three major things have been accomplished, which has made him more confident.

Peng Zhu listened silently, and was indeed very emotional in his heart, these three major events, the most difficult thing was that Chen Guo cleared the land, which was opposed by all the gate valve families, and in the past few months, he was assassinated by the dead several times, more than a dozen tiger guards died, and he was assassinated by a group of dead soldiers on the way back to Beijing.

"I already know that when I return to Beijing this time, there are still people who want to assassinate you," the emperor hated: "Now is not the past, our monarchs and ministers will fight with them, hmph, they don't want to think about it, how can this kind of behavior stop the general trend of the world." ”

Peng Zhu smiled slightly: "The emperor is that the rivers and mountains left by the first emperor are broken everywhere, and the emperor wants to revitalize the Great Jin Dynasty, he must squeeze out the pus, and it will hurt to squeeze the pus, but he must squeeze it, they hurt, but the people will be sweet." ”

"That's right," the emperor smiled: "You came back just in time, the desert outside the Saiwai has already started fighting, and the DPRK and China have a big difference on whether to send troops or not, what do you think?"

Pengzhu received a secret decree from the emperor on the way, and also saw the court mail from the imperial court, and knew the current situation well, he replied without hesitation: "Your Majesty, the minister does not know much about the situation in Liangzhou, but the minister met Jingluo on the road, he has been in Liangzhou for seven years, and knows Liangzhou well, and the emperor can summon him to meet him." ”

The emperor was extremely surprised when he heard this, and then asked happily, "Where is he now?"

"The minister has brought him into the court, and he is waiting outside the palace at this moment. Pengzhu replied.

"Okay!" The emperor clapped his hands excitedly, turned around and ordered Huang Gonggong: "Immediately announce Zhang Mengji." ”

Gonggong Huang bowed down to receive the order, and Pengzhu said to the emperor again: "Jingluo has suffered all these years, and his heart is not as high as before, the emperor, you must keep him." ”

"This is natural, I let him enter the middle school scholar," the emperor got up and stood up, Peng Zhu was about to get up, the emperor gently patted him on the shoulder and asked him to sit: "Shangshutai is going to be reorganized, you and Xue Mi are going to enter Shangshutai, Pan Ji has long wanted to be a scholar, so I obeyed his wishes and let Qiuyun take over and take charge of Taiwei's Mansion, so as to free up two positions." ”

Peng Zhu did not have the slightest surprise, he had already judged that the emperor was going to reorganize Shangshutai, and the first emperor left five auxiliary ministers, which looked good, but these five auxiliary ministers were all old ministers of Taiding, Zuo Chen could barely be the emperor's person, but this old conservative, in the face of the erosive situation, this old man lacked courage and determination.

Soon, Father-in-law Huang came in outside the door and reported that Zhang Meng was waiting outside the door.

"Let him in, quick, let him in. The emperor was very excited, and Huang Gonggong had just announced that the emperor had walked to the door, and Huang Gonggong was taken aback.

"Jing Luo! Jing Luo!"

Before Zhang Meng could speak, the emperor had already grabbed him and looked at him carefully, and tears almost flowed out.

"I'm sorry for you! I'm sorry for you!" the emperor said with red eyes.

Peng Zhu's eyes couldn't help but turn red, back then, Zhang Meng's status by the emperor's side was still higher than him, young and handsome, talented, but now, his complexion is dark, full of wind and frost, less than forty, most of his head is white, his body is thin, his robe is empty, standing there, it seems that the wind can blow it away.

"Your Majesty," Zhang Meng's expression was calm, but his eyes were also a little moist: "Let's pass the past, the grass people are already lucky." ”

"It's good to come back," the emperor took his hand, Huang Gonggong was very well-behaved, and immediately moved a round stool over, but the emperor did not let Zhang Meng sit over, but pulled Zhang Meng to the opposite side of his seat, Zhang Meng was a little uneasy, and the emperor pressed him down.

"I want to give it to you, and, Wang Kun, Liu Poor, everyone, restore your reputation, rehabilitation, corruption, how can there be a corrupt Zhang Jingluo in this world!" the emperor said loudly.

Zhang Meng opened his mouth to speak, but when the words came to his mouth and swallowed, he didn't want to sweep the emperor's interest.

Zhang Meng was investigated for corruption, but he failed to find out the dirty silver, and in the end he had to squander it.

Corruption, copied Zhang Meng's house back then, and finally copied less than 1,000 taels of silver.

"Those who framed you, I also have to clean up," the emperor hated the road, these two major cases, are the drunkard's intention is not to drink, the target is still at him, it turned out to be prepared for the crime of rebellion, but after the first emperor checked the file, he thought that the rebellion did not match, and in the end, somehow, he got around, made a corruption and favoritism, and wiped out all the cronies and subordinates of the current emperor who was still the prince at the time, and until now, there is still a lack of available people around the emperor.

The emperor soon understood that the reason why the first emperor did not agree to the rebellion case, if it was a rebellion case, it would inevitably implicate the crown prince, so the prince must be abolished.

However, this is enough to make the prince at the time not dare to rescue his subordinates who are in distress.