Wanli Xinming

Chapter 330
As Li Zhi expected, before the report letter signed by Ma Bin was sent to the Nanjing Times, the two major newspapers in the capital received one letter with the same content.

On the bright side, the stone sinks into the sea, but in the dark, the two letters went straight to the interior through secret channels and arrived at Zhu Yijun's desk, with a brief abridgement attached.

After Zhu Yijun finished watching, he was secretly annoyed.Han Bixian, who had committed suicide, was a fourth rank and was already a quasi-high-ranking official of the imperial court.His suicide shows that the forces behind the Xiao Miyun robbery case are no trivial matter.It is very likely that, just like the "publishing case" that caused Zhang Juzheng to pass out, there is a high-ranking official like Zhang Xueyan behind the scenes, and it is even more likely that the party has already formed.

On that day, in order to quickly advance the reform, Zhu Yijun used the Zhang Wenming case and the Jingma case to slash and kill. One of the direct consequences was that the resolute opposition disappeared and was directly hidden in the dark.

However, the ideology of thousands of years and the accumulated habits of the Ming Dynasty for 200 years are not so easy to liquidate. When the reforms were fought with open flames due to the blessing of the imperial power, the opposing forces became underground wildfires.

If a politician goes to extremes, his opponents will also go to extremes.Zhu Yijun, who has been emperor for 13 years, has been able to deeply understand this truth at this time.But reflecting on what he had done in the past, he did not regret it: the authority of the emperor had already been challenged at that time, and the banner of reform could not be erected without bloodshed.

The Miyun robbery case was likely to be a wisp of black smoke from this kind of wildfire coming out of the underground gap, and this letter of report was a tentative flame that rushed to the emperor.No one dared to say abolish the old Jiangling policy in the court, so they pointed the finger at Zhang Siwei, who wanted to implement a lenient policy, and the emperor behind him: Will you do another "massive killing" in the 13th year of Wanli?If the "sweeping black and evil" continues, what is the use of Zhang Siwei's political signal from Xu Yuanchun?
Thinking of Zhang Siwei's little tricks, Zhu Yijun's mouth showed a smile.Zhang Siwei’s move has three flavors of being an official: of course people can choose officials, so it is not abnormal for Xu Yuanchun to be a county magistrate; but Xu Yuanchun’s direct appointment of officials without waiting for election in the personnel department is a bit heavy, and an official position in a border area is like The hair distribution just happened to dilute this taste - just like Zhang Siwei himself, he slipped without leaving his hands.

"It's really a little clever." Zhu Yijun looked at Ji Lue in his hand and frowned again.He dropped the piece of paper and circled the hall.

Wei Chao, who was standing in the corner of the palace, bowed and stood there, but the corner of his eye followed the footsteps of the emperor.As the most favored eunuch around the emperor, he knew the emperor's habits.Whenever the emperor encountered a new challenge, he would walk around the hall a few times - when the emperor stopped, there would often be thunderous attacks between the court and the opposition.

When the emperor circled in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhang Siwei, who was out of anger, also circled in Wang Chonggu's study.As the weather warmed up, his uncle's joint disease had also mostly eased. At this time, he sat upright in the chair and watched the flushed-faced Prime Minister vent his anger.

"Who is this son of a bitch?" Zhang Siwei's gnashing of teeth is rare, and Wang Chonggu looked at his nephew's hideous face with interest.Zhang Siwei turned around a few more times, and when he saw Wang Chonggu sitting upright, he couldn't help but stunned for a moment. He tried to stabilize his aura and sat down opposite Wang Chonggu.

Wang Chonggu shook his head and said, "It's really unexpected. It's definitely not like Pan Sheng—they wouldn't use this trail."

Zhang Siwei was stunned again. When he saw the copy of the complaint letter given by the emperor, he immediately went to Zhengdou and thought that Pan Sheng was the first to be suspected, but Wang Chonggu was the first to deny him and let his brain He also calmed down.

Yes, it is useless to expose Zheng Douguang in the newspapers, there must be impeachment cooperation.Now that the court is calm, Pan Sheng and the others did not show any intention of wrestling their arms because of Zhang Siwei's climb to the top. He felt this very clearly in the political affairs hall.

"What's your intention to do this?"

Wang Chonggu closed his eyes slightly, and suddenly changed the subject and said, "I want to beg for bones." Zhang Siwei was taken aback and said, "Why did my uncle say this? I am in the Political Affairs Hall, you are in the Privy Council, just in time—" Said this , stopped abruptly.

Wang Chonggu gave a low laugh and sighed, "You understand?"

Zhang Siwei was silent.Wang Chonggu first comforted him and said: "As a politician, you don't dare to be upright, and you only do devious things. No matter how many finger prints are on the letter, it's inferior, not only can't shake your position, but it shows. Horse feet."

"Now that this person is splashed with dirty water, it just happens to be an opportunity. Wang Quan had some confusion with Mongolia before. Now if you use an unscathed slander, it would be good to add a layer of armor. I will step back, yours The status is even more stable as Mount Tai.”

Zhang Siwei was silent for a while, and then Fang said in a hoarse voice, "My uncle is getting old, and I feel like I've lost an arm."

When Wang Chonggu heard the words, he laughed and said, "If I don't go to the store, we may lose more than one privy deputy envoy."

Zhang Siwei said in disbelief, "When the Chu party was powerful, all the people in the court looked at the king of Zhongxing, so he wouldn't be taboo at that time?"

Wang Chonggu listened and asked with a smile, "Do you have Zhang Jiangling's holy family?" Zhang Siwei was dumbfounded.

Wang Chonggu went on to say: "The emperor and the king of Zhongxing County are the odd numbers among the monarchs and ministers! Wen Gong resolutely has the ambition to be an independent man, and his prestige is almost as good as that of the Zhenzhu. It is far ahead of the previous generation. It has not been seen in the 200 years of the Holy Family Dynasty!"

"You and me, can you get this?"

Zhang Siwei did not answer.Wang Chonggu rolled his eyes and said, "My legs are getting worse and worse. In winter and spring, it's like gangrene attaching to my bones.

"I heard that the four seasons in Yunnan are like spring, neither wet nor dry. If I can lead to illness, I plan to retire in Kunming, and maybe I can live a few more years. Puzhou is very different in winter and summer, and the temperature between day and night is very different. If I go back, I will be guilty. suffered."

Hearing this, Zhang Siwei looked strange and stared at Wang Chonggu and said, "The border of Yunnan has been a place of exile since ancient times—does your uncle have any intentions of going southwest?"

Wang Chonggu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No! I don't want to go out, or I want to get sick. And now soaps and perfumes are booming, and the prosperity of Kunming is far from what it used to be."

After he finished speaking, he sighed and said, "Whenever the weather is cold or the heat and cold are uneven, this leg is swollen like an elephant's leg. I just want to die, where is there any ambition!"

Seeing that his uncle really didn't plan to go back to Puzhou, Zhang Siwei scratched his head and said, "The ancestral hall of my uncle's family is also in Shanxi."

Wang Chonggu smiled and said: "I have my own children and grandchildren to sacrifice, I am in Kunming, eating and waiting to die. If you are interested, you can open a private school forum, or do some learning to relieve boredom. Yunnan used to be remote, and now Myanmar and Annan are flat. It is no longer a borderline place.”

When Zhang Siwei heard this, he understood what Wang Chonggu wanted, raised his head and looked at his uncle with admiration.

Wang Chonggu smiled and said: "The culture and education in this area is not booming, and the Han people are still mixed with the natives. If you can set up academies, it will be beneficial to the future. There is also a tea horse salt road, and my family is doing tea horse salt business Cooking it—the immediate benefit is not small."

When Zhang Siwei heard this, he could only write a word in his heart.He thought to himself: "My uncle has been in seven towns and has made great contributions to the frontier. His understanding of 'frontier profit' is very comparable to others."

Wang Chonggu's retirement will not solve Zhang Siwei's immediate problems.Acting Prime Minister must find out the venomous snake in secret and deal a devastating blow.

All he knows now is that the enemy has already held Ma Bin, the key figure in the Miyun robbery case, in his hands, and apart from using the robbery case to smear him, what kind of cards can the opponent continue to play?When Zhang Siwei came out of Wang Chonggu's mansion, he only hoped that the other party would continue to make moves.

When the Internal Intelligence Agency did not find Ma Bin's location, the emperor who had insufficient information had nothing to do with these two letters, and it was indeed inappropriate to re-open the prison.

(End of this chapter)