The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 316: Pretending to be grandson Li Dongyang

Everyone says that among the three gentlemen after Hongzhi, Liu Gongjuan, Li Gongmou and Xie Gongshan were good at talking.

In fact, they were all wrong. Li Dongyang's greatest strength was not strategy, but forbearance.

Only by enduring what ordinary people cannot endure can great things be achieved.

Chang Feng told Li Dongyang that Liu Jin wanted to punish him.And it was through the unwarranted means of literary inquisition.

Li Dongyang thought for a long time: "My dear, can you lend me 2 taels of silver?"

Changfeng received many gifts from the late emperor during the Hongzhi Dynasty, including land.Empress Dowager Zhang also had something to do and rewarded Liu Xiaoyan with some treasures.

In addition, Chang Feng's father-in-law Liu Bingyi saved a large sum of money when he was an official, and gave it all to Chang Feng before his death.

Chang Feng can really afford 2 taels of silver.

Not so with Li Dongyang.He is used to being honest.Let alone 2 taels of silver at home, 2000 taels is enough to scrape together.

This is also the reason why Liu Jin couldn't catch Li Dongyang and relied on finding faults in Li Dongyang's works to punish him.

Chang Feng asked: "I do have 2 taels. What did you borrow it for?"

Li Dongyang replied: "I gave it to Liu Jin to express an attitude. An attitude of submission to him. I can't get rid of the money. I am a poor man. I can only beat the autumn wind of my in-laws."

Chang Feng was surprised: "You want to give Liu Jin a gift?"

Li Dongyang nodded: "Giving gifts requires matchmaking. If we want to benefit the people, we must keep the major policies that have been formulated by the cabinet over the years that benefit the country and the people. If we want to keep these major policies, we must first keep our position as chief minister." "

"I can only be humble and grovel to him, Eunuch Liu!"

"As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood."

Chang Feng gave a thumbs up: "My in-laws are capable of bending and stretching, and they deserve to be the prime minister of the court! I will go home and prepare money."

The next evening.

Chang Feng and Li Dongyang came to Liu Jin's outer house.

Liu Jin is playing chess with his opponent Shi Cuiyun.

A young eunuch reported: "Ancestor, Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, wants to see you."

The eunuchs in the palace love to recognize relatives.The older the official, the higher his seniority.Now that Liu Jinquan is in power, all the eunuchs below call him "ancestor."

Liu Jin smiled contemptuously: "No. Tell him that if there is any official matter, he will go to the Supervisor of Ceremonies tomorrow to discuss it. If there is any private matter, he and I are both selfless people."

In Liu Jin's eyes, Li Dongyang was no longer a chief assistant, but a commoner.

The people I, the Ming Dynasty, want to punish when I establish the emperor will definitely not be able to keep their official titles!

The young eunuch said: "Then my great-great-grandson will go to the living room now and let Li Shoufu and Governor Chang go home."

Liu Jin asked: "Wait a minute. Chang Feng is here too?"

The young eunuch replied: "It was Governor Chang who brought Li Shoufu to the mansion."

Liu Jin still had to give Chang Feng some face.Taking away someone's power and refusing to give them face would be too disrespectful of the friendship we have had for so many years.

Liu Jin said: "That's all. Let them wait for a while. I'll go see them after playing a few games of chess."

Liu Jinhe played chess against Shi Cuiyun like a bad chess piece, and he met his opponent.

The two played chess for two full hours and played more than 30 games. Although they used a Go board, they played backgammon.

Chang Feng and Li Dongyang entered the Liu Mansion at dusk and waited in the living room until Haishi.

Liu Jin came late: "Ah, Chief Li, Governor Chang, I have kept you waiting for a long time."

Chang Feng raised his hand towards Liu Jin: "Eunuch Liu is busy with everything every day. As a subordinate, waiting for two hours is nothing."

Li Dongyang unexpectedly knelt down to Liu Jin and said, "Your Majesty, Li Dongyang, pays homage to Eunuch Liu!"

Li Dongyang knelt down to Liu Jin, which Liu Jin couldn't handle.

After all, Lao Li was the chief minister of the cabinet and the auxiliary minister appointed by the late emperor. He was the first rank in the dynasty and a young master.

It took Liu Jin a long time to react and reached out to help him: "What are you doing, Li Shoufu? Please get up quickly. How can I bear your kneeling!"

Li Dongyang said: "Eunuch Liu is wrong. You are now the pillar of the Ming Dynasty. Under your command, all civil and military officials serve the emperor and share his worries."

"I am both the chief assistant and your subordinate. It is only natural for subordinates to kneel to their superiors."

Liu Jin secretly smiled in his heart: Li Dongyang is quite sensible.

Liu Jin still helped him up.He ordered the young eunuch: "Give seats to Chief Li and Governor Chang."

"Giving a seat" is a courtesy given by the emperor to his ministers.

Liu Jin "granted seats" to the chief assistant and the governor Qian Shi, which was tantamount to truly treating himself as the emperor.

The three sat down.

Liu Jin asked: "Shoufu Li and Governor Chang came here late at night, what are you doing?"

Chang Feng said half-jokingly: "I'm just a pimp, you guys can talk."

Li Dongyang took out 2 taels of silver notes from his sleeves, stood up, walked to Liu Jin, and offered it to Liu Jin with both hands: "You have been promoted to the Chief of Ceremonies, and I also want to send you a promotion congratulatory gift!"

"Please don't be disgusted."

Liu Jin glanced at the banknote and immediately pretended to be upright and awe-inspiring: "No one in the world knows that I, Liu Jin, am upright and have a breeze on my sleeves. I think twice before I act, and all four things are in vain."

"By giving me such a generous gift, Chief Li, isn't he insulting my innocence and slandering my honor?"

"Pfft", Chang Feng spit out a mouthful of tea after hearing this.

Liu Jin looked at Chang Feng: "What's wrong?"

Chang Feng quickly explained: "Ah, it's okay. This tea is too hot."

Li Dongyang said: "Eunuch Liu, I have no other intention. I am just sincerely happy that you have been promoted to internal minister."

"Worshiping to Buddha is about sincerity. If I send too few congratulatory gifts, it will appear that I am not sincere."

Liu Jin said no, but her hands were honest.He took the bank note and put it in his sleeve.His movements were smooth and smooth: "I have always been honest, and I won't do it again!"

Li Dongyang echoed: "Yes, everyone in the world doesn't know that Eunuch Liu is as clear as the water of the Yangtze River. My admiration for you is like the torrential water, endless. It's also like the Yellow River overflowing, which can't be controlled at once!"

Li Dongyang flattered Liu Jin.His flattering words gave Chang Feng goosebumps all over his body.

Chang Feng sighed in his heart: If a scholar pretends to be a grandson, he is really a grandson.

Li Dongyang added: "Oh, by the way. I believe that from now on, the cabinet votes should be submitted to Eunuch Liu for review in advance."

"Eunuch Liu is a great talent in political affairs. If you nod your head, there will be no mistakes in the draft."

In fact, ever since Liu Jin started compiling the "red and white editions" of memorials, the cabinet votes have become just a decoration.

Instead of being abolished by Liu Jin, the rules of voting were drawn up.Li Dongyang might as well hand it over voluntarily and express a submissive attitude.

Liu Jin laughed heartily: "Haha, Chief Executive Li is such a reasonable person! As you said, from now on, the cabinet votes will be given to me first, and I will help polish the cabinet."

Li Dongyang said: "Ah! With Eunuch Liu's polished plan, the Ming Dynasty will definitely have good governance and harmonious people, and all industries will prosper!"

Chang Feng on the side agreed: "Yes, yes. If the cabinet wants to do anything in the future, it must first listen to Eunuch Liu's advice. Eunuch Liu is a political wizard who only comes out in 1000 years!" Liu Jin was overjoyed after hearing this. , it took him a moment to react, and he laughed and cursed: "Chang Feng, Chang Feng, you are always trying to hide your words! A thousand-year-old king and an 8-year-old turtle. You are calling me a bastard!"

Chang Feng laughed: "Eunuch Liu thinks too much, how dare I!"

Li Dongyang's rainbow fart was very useful to Liu Jin.Liu Jin gave up the idea of ​​punishing him: This old Li is so flattering to me that he wishes he could be my godson.

I can't drive him out of the court.Of the six gentlemen before and after Hongzhi, one must remain.

As long as he listens to my words and takes my words as an edict.From now on I will just treat him as the second Jiao Fang.

Thinking of this, Liu Jin smiled and said: "From now on, Li Shoufu will work with me to handle the government affairs. Together we will assist the emperor and create a prosperous era of righteousness!"

Liu Jin's implication was: Forget it, Lao Li, we won't punish you.From now on, we brothers will be a happy couple.Just be your first assistant.

This good show of pretending to be a grandson ended successfully, and Li Dongyang handed over: "It's getting late, so I won't disturb Eunuch Liu's rest. I'll take my leave."

Liu Jin smiled and said: "Go well, go well!"

The next morning, according to the original plan of Liu Jin, Jiao Fang, and Zhang Cai, an eunuch censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate should launch an attack, impeaching Li Dongyang for his disloyal remarks in the "Tong Zhuan Jian Yao".

However, Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai waited until the end of the dynasty, but they did not see the censor take action.

So after the dynasty dispersed, Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai came to the Supervisor of Ceremonies and found Liu Jin.

Zhang Cai asked: "Eunuch Liu, didn't you say that Gao Yushi is very loyal to you? Why did you go to court so early?"

Liu Jin waved her hand and interrupted him: "Li Dongyang is still respectful and obedient to me. There is no need to kill all the three gentlemen of the Hongzhi Dynasty."

"Besides, Li Dongyang is always the emperor's master, and he has a master-disciple relationship with the emperor."

Zhang Cai was a little worried: "Eunuch Liu, you have already eliminated Liu, Xie, a dozen ministers, and hundreds of officials and officials. Why are you so soft-hearted now?"

Among all the civil and military officials in the current dynasty, only Zhang Cai dared to speak like this to Liu Jin.

Liu Jin respects Zhang Cai.Because he knew that Zhang Cai was a capable and skillful person.He, the established emperor, cannot run the country with just flatterers.We have to use capable ministers like Zhang Cai.

Liu Jin explained: "It's not that I'm soft-hearted. It's that Li Dongyang's knees are weak. He has knelt down and kowtowed to me, begging me openly and secretly to let him go."

Zhang Cai said angrily: "Li Dongyang is showing weakness! Do you understand that he is showing weakness?! This person will never be willing to be inferior to the father-in-law!"

Liu Jin smiled and said: "You are eager for Li Dongyang to get out. There is a shortage of people in the cabinet. Can you fill it in?"

Zhang Cai was stunned: "My father-in-law actually looks at me like this?"

Liu Jin said: "Ah, I'm joking. To be honest, I have decided to retain Li Dongyang. I will let it go if I impeach him through a literary prison."

Liu Jin was determined.Zhang Cai knew that he couldn't be persuaded.

Angry Zhang Cai walked towards the door of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.He murmured to himself and made an accurate prediction.

"Destroy Liu Bili!"

To be honest, Liu Jin's dominance in the court is not entirely a bad thing for the Chang family.

On this day, Chang Ponu, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, came to the inner factory to negotiate a murder case.

This case is actually not complicated.A rich businessman indulged his domestic slave and beat a poor man to death.

Shuntian Prefecture arrested wealthy businessmen and domestic slaves.Prepare to follow the law and sentence rich merchants to be executed immediately and domestic slaves to be executed and imprisoned.

However, the wealthy businessman's family took out a lot of money and bribed a eunuch in charge of the inner factory.

The inner factory took the case from Shuntian Mansion.Wealthy merchants and domestic slaves were able to escape.

Liu Jin was in the inner factory listening to the foremans, supervisors, execution officers, and stall clerks report on the factory affairs this month.

Chang Ponu went directly into the lobby of the inner factory without being informed.

Nowadays, when civil servants enter the inner factory, they have to kowtow to report.

Chang Po Nu is not the case.Who told him that Liu Jin had watched him grow up?

When Liu Jin saw Chang Ponu, he said kindly: "Ponu's nephew is here? You are a rare visitor! Hurry up and sit down."

Chang Ponu held up his hand and said, "Eunuch Liu, my nephew is here to report a case of favoritism and fraud in the factory."

Liu Jin said: "Then sit down and talk. Come on, give me a seat for my eldest nephew, Po Nu."

Chang Ponu did not shirk, and sat on the chair: "Eunuch Liu, Eunuch Hu Cheng, the head of the internal factory, received 2000 taels of silver from the murderer."

"The case that was originally under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture was taken over by your inner factory. Within a few days, the criminal went home like nothing happened!"

Liu Jin's expression changed: "What? Is this happening? Hu Cheng!"

The boss, Hu Cheng, turned pale with fright and knelt down in front of Liu Jin: "Ancestor, there is a misunderstanding here."

Liu Jin asked coldly: "You confiscated the criminal's money?"

Hu Cheng glanced at Chang Ponu. He knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to admit: "Take it, take it."

Liu Jin asked again: "Are you going to release the criminal?"

Hu Cheng was so frightened that he trembled all over: "Let it go, let it go. Ancestor, my subordinates are confused and will surely die. Please spare your life!"

Liu Jin sneered: "People only have one life. Ten thousand deaths are just talk, one death is all! Come on, pull it down and chop it down!"

Several Tibetan servants stepped forward, pulled Hu Cheng down, and enforced the family laws of the inner factory.

Liu Jin asked Chang Ponu: "Eldest nephew, are you satisfied now?"

Chang Ponu said: "Eunuch Liu, you must return this murder case to our Shuntian Mansion."

Liu Jin nodded: "It's easy to talk. You can hand over the case file later."

Then Liu Jin ordered his subordinates: "Listen to me! In the 13 provinces of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, you can take over any yamen affairs by force!"

"Only in Shuntian Mansion's affairs, you are not allowed to interfere or dictate!"

"You have to remember that Shuntian Fu Yin is my godson-in-law! Fu Cheng is my eldest nephew!"

A group of internal factory officials knelt down and cupped their hands, saying in unison: "Yes, ancestor!"

Liu Jin smiled and said: "Ponu, now your Shuntian Mansion has become the most prestigious civil service yamen in the world. You can't even control the inner factory."

Chang Ponu cupped his hands and smiled and said: "Thank you so much, Eunuch Liu! I know you are doing this to give face to your nephew and uncle! We will definitely live up to your expectations and take good care of the best area for the emperor."

Liu Jin said: "Okay, okay. Alas, I still remember the days when you unpacked your trouser pockets every day! In the blink of an eye, you grew up and became a fourth-rank official in the imperial court."

"What do you literati have a saying? Oh yes, time is like water, time flies!"

Liu Jin is an emotional person.At least he was sincere towards Chang Tian, ​​Huang Yuan and Chang Ponu.

Even Chang Feng came to the opposite side of him.He never thought of doing anything bad to Chang Feng.I just wanted to sideline Chang Feng and let Chang Feng become a leisurely and comfortable official from now on.

At this moment, the governor of the West Factory, Gu Dayong, walked in angrily: "Mr. Factory, something happened!"

Liu Jin asked: "Oh, what happened?"

Gu Dayong didn't answer, but just glanced at Chang Ponu.

Liu Jin said: "Eldest nephew, you go back to Shuntian Mansion first. I still have official business to do."

(End of this chapter)