The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Master Chen," Zhang Fan came to Chen Wenchuan after he came down to court, and greeted him. In fact, this was a bit weird, not to mention the people next to him, even the other people who heard Zhang Fan call Chen Wenchuan like this, felt the same in their hearts. I think it's a little funny, although it's this kind of occasion, but now it's the court after all, it's not a formal scene in the court, and it's not in front of the emperor, it's really nothing to call father-in-law, but Chen Wenchuan is Sticking to his own opinion, insisting on calling Zhang Fan that way, Zhang Fan couldn't help but follow suit.

"Yuande," and this time, for some reason, Chen Wenchuan didn't do what he did before, but called out Zhang Fan's words, which was only said in a very close relationship.

Zhang Fan was a little curious about this, but before Zhang Fan could think about what was going on, Chen Wenchuan had already pulled Zhang Fan aside, away from other people. Not far, it's just that other people can't hear their voices.

"Father-in-law, what's going on here? What's the matter with calling my son-in-law here?" Zhang Fan was a little puzzled by Chen Wenchuan's teasing.

"Tell me, what's going on here," Chen Wenchuan didn't care about other things, and first asked what he cares most about now, "Tell me the ins and outs of the matter."

When Zhang Fan heard what he said, he didn't answer, but looked left and right, and then said loudly to Chen Wenchuan: "Father-in-law, I haven't been to my son-in-law's house for a few days, and I really miss Ru Xue, how about this? At noon today, I invited my father-in-law to go back together for a meal. My mother is also very concerned about it, and I hope my father-in-law agrees."

"This..." Chen Wenchuan just thought about what Zhang Fan meant, and then he understood. No matter how you say it, this place is in the palace. After all, this is Feng Bao's territory. No matter how remote the standing place is, it is hard to prevent the walls from having ears, "Well, before Zhang Siwei arrived in the capital, there was nothing to do, so I just went to your place at noon,"

Anyone who listened to these scene words would be able to understand what they meant, but since the two of them were unwilling to speak, no one could ask any more questions.

Nodding to Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Fan and Chen Wenchuan walked out of the palace gate, mounted their horses and headed towards Zhang Fan's house. Along the way, Zhang Fan told Chen Wenchuan all the ins and outs of the matter. Zhang Fan told Chen Wenchuan everything from the beginning of the post until today, without any reservations, including whether he is suitable to join the team, and how he plans to calm down the matter now.

After saying these words, Chen Wenchuan began to think, while Zhang Fan didn't talk to him, but the two of them had already arrived.

At home, the two sisters Ruxue and Zhaoxue were naturally very happy about their father's arrival. Of course, Mrs. Zhao was also very happy that her in-laws came today. Talking, and looking at his grandson and granddaughter, it was also a happy scene.

The laughter continued until the meal was over, and when Zhang Fan and Chen Wenchuan walked into the study, the smiles on their faces also fell silent.

"Yuande, I agree with you doing this," Chen Wenchuan said, "Feng Bao must not be so complacent. Even if he hasn't done anything big yet, this precedent cannot be repeated. Now that the court has just settled down, there is not much to do." Yes, if there is another disturbance, it will not end well, "

"My son-in-law understands what my father-in-law said, so my son-in-law made his decision at that time," Zhang Fan said.

"It's just..." Chen Wenchuan opened his mouth suddenly, but stopped again. Then he looked at Zhang Fan, frowned, and said, "If you do this, no matter how stupid Feng Bao is now, he can still see it." , you are deliberately going against him, so, will it be..."

"Father-in-law, to be honest, I still had no idea when what happened that day," Zhang Fan said, "But one night, when Feng Bao came outside the city, I didn't immediately agree to hand over the eight people to him, but It is to interrogate them in my yamen of Jinyiwei.

"Originally, regarding this matter, to be honest, my son-in-law didn't have much hope. Although the relationship between my son-in-law and Feng Bao is good, Jin Yiwei is now on an equal footing with Dongchang, but Feng Bao is always Feng Bao. The factory is always the East Factory, whether it is in terms of strength or power, if the East Factory wants Jin Yiwei to hand over people, Jin Yiwei has no choice but to hand them over. But that time, Feng Bao didn't say anything, agreed I got my son-in-law's point of view.

"Originally, my son-in-law didn't care about this. After all, at that time, the relationship between my son-in-law and Feng Bao was pretty good. My son-in-law thought that Feng Bao was thinking about something, but later my son-in-law came up with something wrong. up.

"If there is really no one manipulating that matter, and if the people really started to make a fuss because the imperial court was too slow in distributing grain, I am afraid that Feng Bao himself will be the first to be unlucky. After all, the imperial court's idea of ​​distributing grain is so It was Feng Baoqi.

"That is to say, no matter what Feng Bao thinks, he will not just sit idly by and ignore this matter. He must personally take over and do something to shirk his responsibility, but Feng Bao didn't do that, and my son-in-law couldn't help but That's pretty skeptical.

"Later, my son-in-law discussed with the teacher, but found something. I am afraid that the reason why Feng Bao didn't ask for his son-in-law was really because of his son-in-law. Perhaps what my father-in-law heard, what my son-in-law said was really a little bit strange. Boasting, but other than that, my son-in-law really can't find any other explanation, "

After hearing Zhang Fan's words, Chen Wenchuan did not show any doubts, but thought carefully, and after thinking about it, Chen Wenchuan also felt that Zhang Fan's deduction was very possible. It is not as powerful as Feng Bao, but it is second only, and the reason why Zhang Fan's words sound a bit unbelievable at first is because Zhang Fan usually does not make much publicity as an official, and does not have so many things. But if you think about it carefully, it is true. Zhang Fan's silence does not mean that his power is not growing. In fact, not only Chen Wenchuan, but every minister in the court can come to this conclusion if he thinks carefully. Zhang Fan had already reached the point where he could influence Feng Bao's actions.

And Chen Wenchuan was very uncomfortable now. At first, he just thought that Feng Bao was a blind cat who met a dead mouse. Such an opportunity was in front of him. Naturally, he wanted to use it to attack political opponents, but he didn't think about it. The matter itself was provoked by Feng Bao. Now, after listening to Zhang Fan's explanation, he understands that Feng Bao wrote and directed this matter. How could Chen Wenchuan feel better? Po exonerated.

"My son-in-law is a little funny when I think about it now," Zhang Fan said with a sudden smile, "This matter will be like this. If it is true, I have to thank my mother. If it wasn't for my mother, she would go out of the city to give porridge in person. If so, I'm afraid the son-in-law won't go either. If the son-in-law doesn't come, no one will be able to cure Feng Bao. His plan may have succeeded now.

"Thinking about it, Feng Bao himself probably thinks it's a bit too coincidental. He never thought that I would be there,"

"Hehe, this is the so-called 'unpredictable situation', Feng Bao never thought of such a thing," Chen Wenchuan also laughed at Zhang Fan's words.

Although the current situation is very complicated, it is not yet the time to laugh, but if you think about how things will develop in the first place, the current situation is really gratifying.

"Actually, my son-in-law also has some things to ask his father-in-law," Zhang Fan asked, "What is the procedure of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to handle the case? To be honest, my son-in-law is not too clear, please trouble my father-in-law."

"Well," Chen Wenchuan nodded, and said, "In fact, this kind of matter is not much different from the trial in the yamen below, but it's not just a case that is tried by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Naturally, it is much more cautious to deal with it. Like this time, His Majesty has already decided on the matter of the three divisions, so it is natural to treat it with caution.

"It's just that Zhang Siwei's side... Master Sun sent someone to Shanxi to find Zhang Siwei yesterday. After finding him, he didn't bring him back to the capital right away. He also wanted to find out about Zhang Siwei there. That's the case,"

"Then the father-in-law thinks that the son-in-law's method will work?" Zhang Fan couldn't help asking whether the method he told Chen Wenchuan before would work. In fact, Zhang Fan asked many times. No matter what, things are already like this. It couldn't be changed anymore. Although Zhang Fan was confident that he could succeed, doubts naturally existed.

"This method has to work if it doesn't work," Chen Wenchuan didn't say anything else, but said in a tone of taking it for granted, "Nowadays, this is the only method that can work, but I also feel that this matter I am a little worried, Yuande, your method, after all, the most important thing is that the imperial physician who is going to see Zhang Siwei, and I am not familiar with the imperial physician, but they are all people in the palace. I've had quite a lot of contact with Feng Bao, are you... sure?"

"Father-in-law, please rest assured," Zhang Fan smiled confidently, and said, "I dare not say anything else, even now I dare not say, will Feng Bao's people rush to find Zhang before my son-in-law's?" Siwei, but this is the only point, my son-in-law has [-]% confidence, Wang Youcai will definitely help my son-in-law, "

"How do you say that?" Although Zhang Fan said it confidently, Chen Wenchuan was confused instead.

Zhang Fan smiled slightly and said, "Then Wang Youcai owes my son-in-law two life-saving graces."