Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 248

[248. two forty seven chapters]

Going out of the government office to the south, there is a wide alley, and before Ma Lu led the official messenger out of the alley, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him.

He looked back and saw twenty fast horses galloping toward them. The people on the horses were wearing flying fish suits with embroidered spring knives on their waists. The leader was Wei Jiang, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei.

Wei Jiang stopped his horse before walking to the crowd, and said with a sullen face, “The envoy stays behind.”

Seeing that Ma Lu was a pro-military guard, he thought it was a decree of the sage, and was about to dismount to pay homage, but Shu Wenlan, who was on the side, raised his hand to stop him . , said with a smile: “It’s strange, this official remembers that His Majesty has been in the camp all day, and never ordered anyone to pass the imperial edict to the government office. Whose secret order did Mr. Wei take to prevent the official from handling the case?”

Wei Jiang did not answer, He just turned his face away and glanced at the commander behind him.

The commander received the order, and the other eighteen Jin Yiwei lined up in two rows at the entrance of the alley.

After a while, the sound of horses’ hooves was heard at the end of the alley. A carriage with a square-topped ink body stopped in front of the crowd. Liu Chaoming got off the carriage and glanced at Shu Wenlan: “It is the matter of the three judicial divisions to judge and arrest people, and Shilang Shu is the Ministry of Rites. The waiter is tired of doing things, and wants to go to the Ministry of Punishment as an official?”

Ma Lu had just paid his respects to Wei Jiang and failed to pay his respects, but when he saw that Lord Shoufu was here, he hurriedly dismounted with a few officials behind him to pay homage.

Shu Wenlan didn’t follow him, and just stared at the carriage until he saw Su Jin and Li Qiu get down from the top together, and then continued: “I don’t dare to go to the punishment department. In front of the Minister of Law Enforcement, the door is getting an axe? But—”

He smiled again, “Now that His Majesty is in the middle of Shu, there is a mass murder of an official in Shu. This is a great disrespect to His Majesty. The political envoy said to arrest the criminal as soon as possible, which is to be loyal to Your Majesty, and it is not beyond the norm. It is Mr. Liu, when did the Twelve Army Guards not obey His Majesty’s orders, but obey your Regent’s orders?”

With a gun and a stick in his words, he not only pointed out the fact that Liu Yun illicitly manipulated Jinyiwei, but also implied that as a law enforcement minister, he acted beyond the norm, violated Tianyan, and was guilty of one more crime. Liu Chaoming didn’t bother to talk to him, he just said :

“Wei Jiang, please send all the officials here back to the yamen. Before the case is cleared up, no one is allowed to move without authorization.

”

“Master Ma, can you hear it clearly? The cause of death of Yao Youcai, magistrate of Pingchuan County, has not yet been found out. You have no evidence at hand, so you are going to take these many people to the streets to take people. What if you disturb your majesty and the people? Furthermore, Yao Youcai was involved in the Sangtian case in Lucuiwei Town, and the cause of his death must be related to this case. The Sangtian case has already been taken over by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and I will handle it fairly and impartially in the future. Don’t you know that Master Liu and Master Zhai are both in Jinzhou Mansion when you take people indiscriminately on the street? Why don’t you send your officials soon!”

Ma Lu is a no-brainer. In the end, Qiu’s remarks carried a threatening meaning, and he wished he could immediately kowtow to Liu Chaoming to make amends, and then took the official messenger to hide in a place far away from mountains and rivers.

But before his knees touched the ground, he heard Shu Wenlan say lightly, “Sir Ma, an official of the imperial court has died in your government office, and it is not only natural for you to lead someone to arrest the murderer, but also to give His Majesty an explanation. Those who are leading people to block you, how can the Supreme Court cover the sky with one hand? After all, this world is His Majesty’s world, just like the pro-military guards are only His Majesty’s pro-military guards, if I don’t know what the crime was for someone who took His Majesty’s personal guards, but if someone tries to take His Majesty’s world and enter the house in vain, then this is a treason, and the nine clans should be punished!”

He said, and laughed: “Master Ma, you will Aren’t you afraid of being implicated by this?”

Shu Wenlan’s meaning could not be more clear. Jinyiwei obeyed Master Liu. This is an indisputable fact, and he rashly committed the crime of pro-military guards and complicit in rebellion. If Ma Lu listened to Liu today Yun’s words, dismissed the official post, and thus delayed the business, and may be accused together.

Ma Lu didn’t have a steel scale in his heart, and he was in a dilemma on the left and the right. He hesitated and wanted to order the officials to go out on the street to get people.

Before he could say anything, he heard Liu Chaoming’s cold voice behind him: “Wei Jiang.”

“Yes!” ” Whoever

dares to leave this alley will be killed.”

“Yes!”

, Qi Qi took a step forward, grabbed the embroidered spring knife around his waist, and with a “squeeze” sound, the long knife came out of its scabbard.

Ma Lu was so frightened by this battle that his legs went weak, and he finally fell to his knees.

Neither advancing nor retreating, the two sides had no choice but to face each other in such a stalemate.

Time passed by, the sun went down, and the sound of horse beating came again from outside the alley.

This time, the two of them came together, Zhu Yushen’s personal bodyguard Que Wu was the one who was rushing on the horse, and Shen Xi was walking slowly with the reins in the back.

Que Wuxing went to Liu Chaoming, bowed his hands and said: “Master Shoufu, Your Majesty heard about the Jinzhou government’s case, and ordered Master Shoufu to go to the camp immediately?” Then he turned to Shu Wenlan and said, “Please also Sir Shu.

” The conflict happened for only a moment and a half, and Zhu Yushen received the wind so quickly, and he didn’t have to think about who was tipping the news in advance.

Que Wu went to Su Jin again: “Master Su, Your Majesty also invited you to come with me.”

After saying this, he looked back at Jin Yiwei, his face darkened, but he didn’t say anything. Instead, he instructed Ma Lu: “Remove all the yachai.”

Ma Lu finally got the divine order this time. His intuition was that God opened his eyes and kept kowtowing to thank him.

At this moment, several of the personal soldiers who followed later had already brought the carriage and prepared it.

Shen Xi said to Su Jin, “You ride with me.”

Su Jin nodded, and followed Shen Xi into the carriage. He didn’t ask until he set off, “Are Your Majesty and Your Highness safe?”

Shen Xi said: “Tian You personally led the troops to send Thirteen away. He sent a letter to Zuo Qian, Zuo Qian or Mao Zuofeng should leave the northwest to meet up, but the current situation is in chaos, and the capital will be moved, and all parties are fighting. No, I mean, it’s better for Thirteen to stay in the northwest for the past few years. As for Lin’er, you don’t have to worry, the third sister is waiting outside the Jianmen Pass, and she must have received him at this moment.”

Chaochuan Su Jin knew it, just by looking at Liu Yun and Shu Wenlan.

Just as he was about to speak, Shen Xi said again: “I know what you want to ask.”

“Do you still remember that when we were all in the palace, why did Zhu Yushen’s people know about the current affairs?”

Su Jin said: “Because he used the Shu Wenlan used the ancestral system to prohibit the government officials. Shu Wenlan used these servants to build a network, and whenever there is any news in the palace or the court, it will be the first to reach Zhu Yushen’s ears.”

She said this, she seemed to understand something. “Are you saying that the conflict between Shu Wenlan and Liu Yun has something to do with these officials?”

Shen Xi said, “I don’t know the exact cause and effect. In the past two years, people have been sent to investigate, and only Wu Chang’s father, who had been with him, was found. Shu Wenlan’s father, Shu Huan, a former Zhongshuishite, is a friend of eight worshipers.”

Su Jin was stunned: “You mean, Eunuch Wu’s father?”

“Yes, when Emperor Tai|zu raised his army, Wu Chang’s father also served as an uncle. If he lived to this day, he would be considered as a founding hero, but he must have been in front of Tianfu. I don’t know why he offended Zhu Jingyuan. He passed away a few years later, and Wu Chang then entered the palace, and he has always been the steward of Fengtian Temple. I heard that in private, Wu Chang still kept the old name of the year, calling Shu Wenlan a young master.”

Su Jin said: “I know Shu Wenlan . I have been in contact with eunuchs all the time. When I was the Minister of Punishment, I was suspicious of Shu Wenlan, so I went to investigate privately. I only remember that ten years ago, a group of eunuchs and palace maids died in the Meiyuan outside the palace. He has some inexplicable relationship, but before he can find out why, he was delayed because of the envoy Annan.”

Shen Xi said: “Wu Chang and his father were also ambitious people. Zhu Yushen took the throne, and this Eunuch Wu made great efforts from beginning to end. When Zhu Yushen was nineteen years old when he went on an expedition to northern Xinjiang, Shu Wenlan had already started weaving a dense net among the eunuchs to help him collect There’s news from the palace.”

Zhu Yushen has been planning for more than ten years, and the reason why he can be meticulous at every step is inseparable from the credit of these eunuchs.

Su Jin said: “But what does this have to do with Liu Yun?”

“It doesn’t matter.” Shen Xi said, “But Shu Wenlan’s ambitions don’t stop there

. The ancestral emperor established the dynasty and set the ancestral system ‘internal ministers should not be involved in government’, just to prevent the disaster of eunuchs. Are there fewer examples of eunuchs perishing the country in ancient times? Zhao Gao in Qin Dynasty, Shi Changshi in Han Dynasty, Tang Xianzong period, and more Ju Wenzhen forced the palace, and Wang Shoucheng killed the emperor. Eunuch disasters are the most likely to shake the foundation of the country. Isn’t Shu Wenlan a nonsense?”

Shen Xi said: “But don’t forget, ancient emperors were suspicious. At first Zhu Jingyuan established the dynasty and set up personal guards. Among them Jinyiwei covers the sky with only one hand, and sets up an imperial prison that can kill hundreds of officials. What is the difference between its essence and the eunuch who only obeys the emperor? Now that Jinyiwei has fallen, Zhu Yushen only needs to support his own eyes and ears. From this point of view, the eunuch who has been trapped in the palace for life is actually a choice.

“Take a step back, that is, when the thirteenth reigned in the past, Bu also vigorously promoted the status of Jinwuwei, making him act in front of other pro-militaries. Wei, or even above the commander-in-chief of the Five Armies? If Thirteen successfully returned to the palace from the northwest, would the current Jinwuwei be the same as the Jinyiwei when Emperor Taizu was on the throne? Su Jin said: ”

So Shu Wenlan doesn’t just want to make eunuchs his ministers, he wants to set up an institution that can accommodate these eunuchs, so that they can be the eyes and ears of the emperor and be used by Zhu Yushen?” ”

“Yes. “Shen Xi nodded.” He suggested setting up a factory and setting up twenty-four eunuchs’ yamen. “(Note)

“Actually, there are already eunuchs in the imperial court today. One of them is Ma Zhao, the inner servant who was in charge of the Weiyang Palace when you fell asleep in the Weiyang Palace. ”

“This Ma Zhao can recognize celestial signs, stars and positions, and is well versed in the art of sailing and shipbuilding. In the past year, he has mostly stayed in the Ministry of Works. People who heard about the Ministry of Engineering accepted him.”

Su Jin said: “Zhu Yushen is a man of talent. He does not stick to etiquette. It is something he can do to send an eunuch to the Ministry of Works.” He asked again, “What do you think about this matter?”

“Me?” Shen Xi He smiled and said, “Within imperial power, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and one is weaker than the other. Zhu Yu is ruthless, deep and introverted, has a long-term vision, and is full of courage. Although he doesn’t want to admit it, it is indeed a rare talent for the emperor. It is also good for the eyes and ears, whether it is necessary to appoint an eunuch as the eyes and ears, or even a prince and general who has meritorious deeds to

be the eyes and ears of his cronies. Qingming, don’t listen to slander at will, that word of eunuch will not cause any disaster.”

“I’m afraid only in the future.”

Su Jin said: “Yes, I’m afraid only in the future, although the Yongji Dynasty has nothing special, but after Zhu Yushen, the next Can the emperor also have independent opinions like him? Changing eunuchs as ministers and interfering in political affairs is a change in the ancestral system, which will inevitably affect the future generations. Is Liu Yun … that is why he can’t compete with Shu Wenlan?”

Shen Xi said: “Zhu Yu deeply trusts Liu Yun, not to mention that he is also the regent and chief minister, appointing an eunuch as a minister, and establishing a factory. Shu Wenlan only mentioned it once in the cabinet council, and Liu Yun used the word ‘disaster for the country’. He had already seen Shu Wenlan’s thoughts, and his attitude was also very clear. As long as Liu Yun was alive, Shu Wenlan would never even think of appointing an eunuch as his minister.”

“Shu Wenlan was not angry, and Zhu Yushen succeeded to the throne, whether it was Jinyiwei. Or the eunuchs have contributed, why Jinyiwei can return to the pro-junwei, but the eunuch’s official website he has worked so hard to build for so many years is still as low as ever?”

“Shu Wenlan is fighting for these reasons. I want to take Liu Yun’s handle and replace him.”

“After all, in this court, only when he becomes the first assistant can he suppress the strange voice and fulfill his long-cherished wish.”

Su Jinyuan wanted to say that Shu Wenlan was not the only one in the cabinet, but that he had great talent and made great contributions to Zhu Yushen’s ascension to the throne, but under Liu Yun, the official worshipped Shen Xi, a first-rank assistant minister, the official worshipped Qian Yueqian, the minister of punishment, and even Zhu Yiheng, which one? Isn’t his performance better than him?

But thinking about it, Zhu Yiheng is a clan, and it is impossible for him to be the first assistant. Qian Yueqian is Zhu Yiheng’s person. After all, he is separated by a layer, and Shen Xi, although Shen Xi is powerful, he has several titles. , the ministers and the ministers of the household are all down. They are still the first-rank princes and uncles, not the first assistants. They can already be on an equal footing with Liu Chaoming. If he is the first assistant, no one can really check and balance him.

Su Jin pondered for a while, and asked, “Today, Liu Yun moved the pro-military guards in front of so many people, Que Wu, as well as the officials of Jinzhou Prefecture and the yacha have seen it, it is impossible to hide from Zhu Yushen and Manchao. Wen Wu. But he told me that he would be fine. Could it be that Zhu Yushen would not be punished?”

Shen Xi laughed: “How could he not be punished? He will be fine, he will not die for the time being.”

Shen Shen said: “I don’t know what Zhu Yushen will do with it. Let’s wait and see. The first assistant and the regent should not be able to be the regent. Seventh grade supervising censor.”

[End of This Chapter]