Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 207 The Children of the Powerful (Part [-])
It stands to reason that everyone belongs to the sons of Xungui, and the age difference is similar. It is really unreasonable for Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong to question Li Zongcheng who came to visit so forcefully.But actually, there is a reason for this.

Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong suspected that the purpose of Li Zongcheng's father Li Yangong's going north this time was only one of them. Another reason was that there had always been a bit... not to mention the great contradiction, at least the Well water does not interfere with river water, and there is very little movement between the two parties.

Even the Xu family, which is also a descendant of Xu Da, the relationship between Nanjing Wei Guogong's family and Beijing Ding Guogong's family is quite cold.

Finally, there is a key problem that Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong look down on Li Tingzhu who got the title of Marquis of Linhuai after a shit luck - that is, Li Zongcheng's grandfather.

This matter is like this: Li Tingzhu is a descendant of Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao. It stands to reason that the ancestor is the Duke of the country, but in the Jiajing Dynasty, the continued title of title was only a Marquis.And even this Marquis of Linhuai, it was not his turn at all.At the beginning of the 11th year of Jiajing, his cousin Li Xing was conferred the title of Marquis of Linhuai. Unexpectedly, this Marquis was greedy for enjoyment, and his joy gave rise to sorrow. He died two years later, leaving no heirs behind. The title fell to Li Tingzhu's father, Li Yi. .

Li Yi also passed away two years after he became a prince. At the age of 21, Li Tingzhu inherited the title of Marquis of Linhuai. Three years later, when he was only 24 years old, he was appointed General Pingman and was printed out of Zhenhuguang. At the age of 34, the admiral Cao Jiang led the navy to fight against Japanese pirates. , served as the governor of water transportation in Huai'an, and later served as the governor's office of the Nanjing Chinese Army.

In the Ming Dynasty, which paid attention to direct blood relatives, because Li Tingzhu's father's title was "picked up", he, the Marquis of Linhuai, was often not seen by the top nobles.Although Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong are still young, their family backgrounds are obviously top honors. In addition, one of them is the eldest grandson of the Duke of Cheng, and the other is the eldest son of the Duke of England. It's not eye-catching, not to mention that their family is at the level of a Duke, while the Li family is only a marquis.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, no matter the Duke of the State or the Lord of the Marquis, they are all high-ranking big shots, but in fact there are ranks among the big shots. What kind of extravagant figure.

To put it bluntly, Ying Tianxun, according to Yushi, a theoretical seventh-rank civil servant, is more important than Nanjing's important minister, Linhuaihou, and deserves the attention of the two princes.

Therefore, at the moment when Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong are so aggressive, Li Zongcheng, who is young but very self-aware, can only explain in a low voice: "Second brothers, my father's coming to Beijing has nothing to do with the capital. He actually..."

At this point, Li Zongcheng sighed, and said that there was no way to do it, so he could only talk about it—anyway, the two of them only cared about the affairs of the capital, and they should not be interested in the affairs of Nanjing.

So he went on to say: "Actually, it was because I saw the report from the imperial court a few days ago that the cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were preparing to conduct a detailed investigation on Wei Guogong's matter, so I canceled the plan to go to Guanzhong and went north to Beijing."

"Huh?" Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong looked at each other again, Zhu Yingzhen asked: "Wei Guogong? What's the matter with him?"

This sentence is very revealing, he doesn't even know what happened to Wei Guogong, it seems that he is really just focusing on the capital, as for the outside... Anyway, I can't control it, let them go.

Li Zongcheng had no choice but to talk about the affairs of Wei Guogong Xu Pengju's family, and then emphasized: "This matter in Wei Guogong's family, in fact, all the Xunchen's families in Nanjing are clear, there is no one who does not know, but Wei Guogong's family has always been Nanjing The leader of the honorable officials, all the honorable officials will not meddle in their own business easily."

Now Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong understood, and Zhang Yuangong said: "So the purpose of your father's visit here is to observe the court's movements and see if the court really intends to take the Wei State's open sword, so as to decide your future What is the Huaihou family's attitude towards this matter?"

Li Zongcheng smiled and nodded.

"Wait first." Zhu Yingzhen waved his hand, stared at Li Zongcheng and said, "My dear brother Zongcheng, I don't think this matter is that simple, does it? Whether the court wants to touch Wei Guogong, this matter has something to do with your residence of Linhuai Marquis , I think it’s not too big, right? After all, we’ll take it as the most serious thing. This matter was investigated by the court, and we have to investigate it thoroughly, but so what? What’s great is to deprive Xu Pengju of his title, but Duke Wei It is impossible to cut off the first line because of this matter, and the imperial court will inevitably continue to find one of his sons to inherit the title-does it have anything to do with your Linhuaihou Mansion? Does the imperial court have to ask when it is checking? Does Marquis Linhuai know about this?"

Li Zongcheng glanced at Zhu Yingzhen in surprise, and thought: This guy's reaction is not slow, but how should I explain it?
But before he could explain, Zhu Yingzhen had already guessed the answer when he saw that he was silent, smiled, and said: "I think, Linhuai Hou or your father probably thinks this way: such a big scandal happened in Wei Guogong's family." Although it is impossible to get rid of the noble, Xu Pengju himself will definitely be punished. He is a Nanjing garrison minister who holds multiple positions and is one of the three giants in Nanjing. These positions were originally placed in Wei Guogong's family, and no one dared to think about them, but Wei Guogong himself had an accident, so it's different... From the perspective of your Linhuaihou Mansion, these positions are all fragrant. Right? Ah, Brother Zongcheng?"

Li Zongcheng is also a little annoyed now, if you guess what you say, just keep it in your heart, if you say it directly, do you want to slap me in the face?
So he refused to answer.

On the other hand, Zhang Yuangong followed Zhu Yingzhen's train of thought and thought of another matter, and suddenly said, "Brother Yingzhen really knows a little bit. When you said that, I suddenly recalled that just now, Brother Zongcheng, you said that you didn't get it." I hope the two of us can do you a favor with Gao Shidu's outing invitation letter...I think, Brother Zongcheng, you are probably not just here to see the elegant demeanor of the prince's companion, right?"

He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Li Zongcheng and said, "The reason for the accident at Duke Wei's house is that the source of the incident is the former Langshan General Soldier surnamed Liu, and this General Soldier seems to have had some friendship with Gao Shidu. But now , I heard that the imperial court intends to let him come out of the mountain again... There may not be the shadow of the Gao family here. As for which "Gao" it is, it should go without saying. Then, brother Zongcheng, you are in a hurry to ask for it as soon as you arrive in the capital. Knowing Gao Shidu, if Brother Ying Zhen and I still can't see it, isn't it because Bai was born in the Duke's mansion?"

　I finished writing with a hangover and sleepiness, I don’t read any hand mistakes or typos, and I will look back later... sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)