King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 35
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All these things that happened today were decided by Zhu Jinghong privately.

So after sending He Jiayan away, he immediately went to the bedroom to explain these things to Zhu Jingyuan.

Whether it was to mobilize Qiu Hong to join the war, or to support the trial by the procuratorate, it was a major event, and Zhu Jingyuan must be informed and mentally prepared to deal with it.

When Zhu Jinghong was explaining in detail in the bedroom, Li Wenzhao of Qianhu was sorting out the news in the Jinyiwei Qianhu Office on the other side.

As a professional intelligence officer, Li Wenzhao has a very high level of sorting out clues. At this moment, he discovered something unusual from a large number of reports.

Since the past two days, a large number of local officials from all over Jinling have left the yamen for various reasons.

This is very abnormal. Local officials generally will not leave the government office unless they have written instructions from their superiors.

"Most of the reasons given by these people were to visit friends or inspect places!" A hundred households on the side analyzed.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. Find out where they are!" Li Wenzhao said in a deep voice.

Everyone in the room had to continue to be busy, and they kept receiving new feedback while they were busy.

About half an hour later, the matter finally had some clues, but Li Wenzhao's mood became more and more heavy.

Just because the dozens of officials involved in the incident almost all came towards Yingtian.

The crown prince didn't summon them, and these people came to Yingtian by coincidence, there must be someone behind them instigating to join forces with evil intentions.

"This matter has to be reported to the prince!"

Thinking of this, Li Wenzhao didn't delay, changed into his official uniform and rushed to the palace.

Jin Yiwei, as the head of the direct relative army, has an unusually high right of passage, and can enter the palace without hindrance.

When he came to seek an audience outside Zhu Jingyuan's bedroom, the two brothers Zhu Jinghong were discussing matters.

"See the crown prince, the thirteenth master!"

Sitting at the top, Zhu Jingyuan asked calmly, "What are you doing here?"

"Reporting to the crown prince, after sorting out the reports from various parties today, I found a strange thing, and I dare not hide it, so I came here to report it!"

With curiosity on his face, Zhu Jingyuan said, "What strange thing?"

"Since two days ago, more than 40 local officials from various prefectures and counties in Jinling have left the Yamen. Now... maybe they are on their way to Yingtian!"

"Maybe it's coming to heaven?"

"Some of them said they were visiting friends, some said they were inspecting places, but in the end they all went in the direction... towards Yingtian!"

Before Zhu Jingyuan could continue to ask nonsense, Zhu Jinghong immediately said, "Fourth brother, you still don't understand...these people are here to rebel!"

"We have set a deadline, and there are still many officials who have not reported to the government. I am afraid that this group of people will not be able to complete the task, and they are here to force the palace!"

It was a forced palace and a rebellion. Li Wenzhao both lamented that Zhu Jinghong's eyes were like a torch, and felt that he was too exaggerated.

But he thought about it again, with the gentle temperament of the prince, he might not care if he didn't say something serious.

Sure enough, Zhu Jingyuan looked at Zhu Jinghong and asked, "Thirteenth brother, what should I do?"

This unintentional question made Zhu Jinghong amused, and Li Wenzhao who was on the side was deeply disappointed.

"Fourth brother, what else can we do? Soldiers are coming to cover up the water and soil. That's why I said before, let you get ready earlier!"

Hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan nodded helplessly, and sighed: "Father ordered me to come here to quell the chaos, and now the Japanese pirates have not been quelled, but these incidents are happening again!"

Zhu Jinghong comforted: "Fourth brother, the one who should come will come sooner or later. If the matter is simple, how can the old man let you come over? After all, you are the prince of Guoben!"

Hearing these words, Li Wenzhao felt that he was too redundant, so he said, "I would like to report to the crown prince, there are other important matters in the yamen. If the crown prince has no other orders, I will leave!"

"Go ahead!"

"Yes!"

When Li Wenzhao turned to leave, he heard Zhu Jinghong's voice behind him: "Li Qianhu, there is no nonsense in the report you sent to the capital!"

Turning around, Li Wenzhao said solemnly: "The villain knows how to measure!"

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The Zhu Jinghong brothers continued to discuss here, and the He family also welcomed distinguished guests on the other side.

Zheng Xianlin, as the chief envoy, appeared to be very low-key when he came to the mansion this time. He only took a small gray sedan chair, and entered the He Mansion through the side door.

Greeting Zheng Xianlin into the mansion, He Gujin said dissatisfiedly: "I said Lao Zheng, what do you mean by this, you want to draw a line with me, right?"

"Don't wrong people, I call it prudent!"

"Now on the ground in Jinling, how many people are staring at us? Those who can't complete their errands are eager to find our fault and put the shit pot on our head!"

After hearing this, He Gujin didn't appreciate it, but said coldly: "Now that the Xue family has sued the prosecutor, you can escape!"

"If I really wanted to hide, I wouldn't have come to your house!"

Not wanting to argue with He Gujin outside, Zheng Xianlin said: "This is not a place to talk, let's go in first!"

So the two were bored without speaking, and went all the way into the study of the inner house.

After the servant girl served tea and left, He Gujin said: "This case, after all, is a sixth-rank official. Old Zheng, you should also attend the trial to show fairness!"

"I'm afraid you won't get me involved!" Zheng Xianlin said angrily.

"We are on the same boat, we are both safer with you!"

After drinking the mellow tea, He Gujin sighed: "Someone must be causing trouble this time, I'm afraid we can't stop it together!"

"You heard the wind too?"

As the two local officials of the frontier, Jinling has their acquaintances everywhere, so it is normal to know some troubles.

Looking at the teacup beside him, Zheng Xian fiddled with the lid and said, "You're just worrying too much. If the sky falls, there's still a tall man standing there!"

"But we are rushing ahead after all, I'm afraid that before the sky falls, we will be swept away by the wind and waves!" He Gujin still showed worry.

Zheng Xianlin still didn't panic, but said slowly: "Don't worry, Lord Thirteen won't let us down, at least not until the account is settled!"

Turning his head to look at He Gujin, Zheng Xianlin said with deep eyes: "We have such a useful sword, if it is broken, who will he use?"

After thinking about it carefully, He Gujin became a little quieter because of the same reasoning.

"By the way, have you accepted all the things you gave Thirteenth Master?"

"Accepted?"

"Then there is no need to worry!" After saying this, Zheng Xianlin also picked up the teacup.

There was silence in the study for a while, and finally He Gujin couldn't help but say, "Then I'll send out the official document?"

"Send it!"

"You must come tomorrow!"

Glancing at He Gujin, Zheng Xianlin said coldly: "Got it!"

"Besides me, there is someone else you have to call!"

"You mean Zhao Xuyan?"

"He is the governor, the capital censor. If he is present, it will be more fair, and it will be regarded as a 'joint trial of the three divisions'!" Zheng Xianlin said slowly.

After thinking for a while, He Gujin said with a serious face: "But what if Hu Jin'an doesn't come?"

Strictly speaking, Hu Jinan could not be present at the trial, unless he was willing to come. After all, he was still an official of the court, unless Zhao Xuyan ordered him to suspend his duties.

These are all procedures, but Zhu Jinghong asked for the trial tomorrow, so Hu Jin'an can not be used at all.

At this moment, Zheng Xianlin took out a memorial and slowly handed it to Hu Jin'an.

"This is?"

"The crown prince has specially approved that Hu Jin'an has been dismissed!"

Removal is more serious than suspension. It is a power that the inspectors do not have, and must be made by the Ministry of Officials or the Inspectorate.

But Zhu Jingyuan has this power, because he came with an imperial decree, and he can remove him below the fourth rank.

"Old Zheng, you have been of great help!"

When he was happy, He Gujin slapped Zheng Xianlin across the face, and Zheng Xianlin even spilled his tea in surprise.

(End of this chapter)