The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 340 People are old and spirited, ghosts are old and spirited

Chang Feng released Mai Fu, the instigator of the unveiling, from the capital. He always had to give an explanation to Emperor Zhengde.

To put it bluntly, I want to find a scapegoat.

Seven days later, Shen Zhou was buried. Strangely, Chang Feng asked Basha and You Jingwu to find a place with mountains, water and woods on the outskirts of Beijing to bury Shen Zhou secretly.

The burial place was not informed to the old brothers of Jinyiwei. No burial ceremony was held.

Two days later, Chang Feng came to Bao Fang and reported the case.

Liu Jinshi stood beside Emperor Zhengde.

Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Liu, the person who wrote the unveiling note has been found."

Before Emperor Zhengde could say anything, Liu Jin took the lead: "Who is it? Who has eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard?"

Chang Feng replied: "Jin Yiwei's predecessor, Qian Hu, was Shen Zhou."

Liu Jin was stunned: "That old man who used to paint the faces of suspects in the Jinyiwei?"

Chang Feng replied: "Exactly."

Emperor Zhengde asked: "What is the purpose of this person doing this? Is there any background?"

Chang Feng replied: "He is dissatisfied with Liu Gong's power and ambition. He has no backing."

Chang Feng deliberately emphasized his tone when saying the words "power over the ruling and opposition parties." This is deliberately irritating Emperor Zhengde.

Liu Jin raised his hand towards Emperor Zhengde and said, "Your Majesty, I will leave first. I will go and arrest Shen Zhou."

Chang Feng said, "You don't need to do anything, Eunuch Liu. Shen Zhou has been dead for nine days!"

Liu Jin frowned: "What?"

Chang Feng said: "I haven't found out that Shen Zhou was the instigator of this matter before. I was kind enough to organize an eighty-fourth birthday party for him."

"There is a folk proverb that says, seventy-three or eighty-four, the King of Hell will not ask you to go."

"On the day of the birthday banquet, he drank a few glasses of wine. How could an eighty-four-year-old man stand up to being drunk? He was drunk to death."

"More than a dozen of Jin Yiwei's old brothers, oh, including Lord Dingguo, can all testify. He is indeed dead."

Liu Jin said fiercely: "Dead? Even if he dies, we can't let him go! Where is his body! I want to open the coffin and whip the corpse!"

Chang Feng said: "Whip the corpse? I'm afraid Eunuch Liu won't be able to whip him! Two days ago, he passed the first seven days and evacuated the mourning hall. I sent someone to take his coffin back to his hometown for burial."

"Unexpectedly, the carriage delivering the coffin stopped at an inn. That night a fire broke out in the inn, burning Shen Zhou's coffin into a plume of smoke."

Liu Jin looked at Chang Feng suspiciously: "What a coincidence? You just found out that he wrote the unveiling note, and his coffin was burned?"

Chang Feng nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes. This is truly a coincidence. Everything in the world is such a coincidence."

Liu Jin raised his hand towards Emperor Zhengde: "Your Majesty, Chang Feng once had a saying. There are no coincidences in this world, only the illusion of coincidence!"

Chang Feng said quickly: "That's right! Coincidences usually have their reasons. I suspect that your men, Eunuch Liu, also found him. Burn his coffin to vent their anger!"

Liu Jin looked at Chang Feng with surprised eyes: "You are talking nonsense! Why didn't I know that my men burned Shen Zhou's coffin?"

Chang Feng said in a reasonable tone: "Eunuch Liu's righteous sons are all over the civil service and the military. I wonder which filial son is not just trying to show off his merits in front of you, but hides his merits and fame after avenging you. ?”

Chang Feng's ruthless skills improve with age.

Emperor Zhengde finally spoke: "That's it! Now that the truth has been revealed, the murderer is dead and the body was burned into smoke. Let's stop this matter."

"Liu Jin, the officialdom of the capital has been thrown into chaos because of this incident, and five civil servants have died. Enough is enough!"

Liu Jin had no choice but to cup his hands and say: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Zhengde praised Chang Feng again: "Chang Feng is still very capable in handling cases. Neichang, Xichang, and Jinyiwei sent so many people and arrested so many people. There was a lot of noise, but nothing was found."

"Chang Feng took action and solved the case quietly. He is worthy of being a person who has specialized in secret errands for more than 20 years!"

Chang Feng said: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. I'm just doing my job."

Liu Jin said: "The Emperor doesn't know something. The so-called secret errands, oh, let's just say cases. Many of them are unsolved cases. Only God knows the truth."

Emperor Zhengde frowned: "What do you mean?"

Liu Jin said: "Maybe Shen Zhou is just a scapegoat. But the old slave has a lot of people, so I won't pursue the case."

Liu Jin is indeed floating. He actually called himself "Sir" in front of Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde was smiling on the outside, but in his heart he was saying: What a fool for Liu Jin. In order to suppress the civil servants, I indulged you too much. You stinky slave really thinks of yourself as your master!

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhengde decided to give Liu Jin some color.

Emperor Zhengde changed the topic and asked Chang Feng: "Chang Qing, you have experienced three dynasties and know the court officials well. I have something to ask you now."

Chang Feng asked: "What's the matter? Your Majesty, please tell me."

Emperor Zhengde said: "There is a rule in the Ming Dynasty that heavenly officials are not allowed to join the cabinet. This rule was made because they were afraid that heavenly officials would have the power to appoint and remove personnel, and they would also have the power to be prime minister after joining the cabinet, so they would not be able to lose their power."

"Now the Second Assistant to the Cabinet is Jiao Fang, and the Heavenly Official is also Jiao Fang. How can this be achieved?"

"An official who is experienced in planning for the country and good at employing people should be selected to replace Jiao Fang as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Do you have a candidate?"

Emperor Zhengde intended to remove Jiao Fang as the official minister, which was an eyesore for the arrogant and domineering Liu Jin.

Chang Feng thought for a while: "Back to the emperor, there is a suitable candidate in the court. The left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhang Cai!"

"Zhang Cai has been in the Ministry of Civil Affairs for many years, and he has a keen eye and is good at employing people."

Chang Feng recommends Zhang Cai for three reasons.

The first reason: Zhang Cai is a die-hard eunuch. The kind who got on Liu Jin's pirate ship and couldn't get off. But he himself is quite virtuous. I don't know how many times better than those eunuch officials who only know how to make money by taking bribes.

The second reason: Chang Feng was able to go to Dongchang, play drums and open a new business all because of Zhang Cai's advice to Liu Jin. Zhang Caina helped Chang Feng in disguise. If someone throws you a peach, Changfeng will naturally repay you with a plum.

The third reason: Zhang Caixian may have helped Chang Feng. But he was always on Liu Jin's thief's boat. I will never leave the Eunuch Party. And he is the first military adviser and planner in the eunuch party.

Chang Feng recommended him in front of Emperor Zhengde and Liu Jin, and Liu Jin must have had a problem with him.

Chang Feng is trying to drive a wedge between the eunuchs and sow discord.

After hearing what Chang Feng said, Emperor Zhengde was delighted: "This is a good choice! Chang Qing not only knows how to handle cases, but also knows how to recognize and employ people! I will ask Yang Ting and Cao Zhao to appoint Zhang Cai as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

Liu Jin was indeed suspicious: Chang Feng spoke for Mr. Zhang. Could Mr. Zhang have been secretly communicating with him?

Suddenly, Chang Feng's roar startled Liu Jin.

Chang Feng fell to the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, you are so wise!"

Kneel down, kowtow, and shout for wisdom. Chang Feng's quality in Sanlian is now extremely high.

Emperor Zhengde stood up and stretched: "That's all. I'm going to go hunting in the imperial garden."

After saying this, Emperor Zhengde left in a calm mood.

After Emperor Zhengde left, Liu Jin asked Chang Feng: "What do you mean by recommending Zhang Cai?"

Chang Feng smiled and said: "What can I mean? The emperor obviously wants to take away the power of personnel in the court from you. I am helping you!"

"Whether it's Jiao Fang or Zhang Cai, they are all your Eunuch Liu's. The meat rotted in the pot."

Liu Jin said, "Why do I feel that I smell a conspiracy in you today? Are you and Zhang Cai secretly together?"

Chang Feng said: "We do have a very good relationship in private! Zhang Cai is both a literary friend of mine for many years and a senior in the examination room. He has taught me how to make eight-legged art in the past."

"Let's talk about it, I can get the tenth place in the second place, and it's also Zhang Cai's contribution."    "I recommend him in front of the emperor. First, it is for your own good, Mr. Liu, so that your personnel power will not fall to others. Hand. The second is to repay Zhang Cai’s kindness.”

The more Chang Feng explained, the more suspicious Liu Jin became.

Liu Jin said: "How can you be so kind? I don't believe it!"

Chang Feng's face is like a dog's face, changing at will. The smile on his face disappeared in an instant, and he turned to say angrily: "Liu Jin, don't take my kindness as an insult!"

"You said I didn't have good intentions? I didn't have good intentions when I supported you in the first place?"

"Li Guang almost beat you to death. Did I have no good intentions when I asked Tangtang to come into the palace to save you?"

"How come you are becoming more and more ignorant of good and evil?"

Changing his face when he says he will change his face is the self-cultivation of an excellent actor.

Liu Jin sneered: "This moment, that moment. We were friends then, and now we are enemies. You want to kill me now and then hurry up."

Chang Feng sighed: "Alas. It's not that I want to kill you and then do it quickly. It's that you are doing the opposite. Everyone in the world wants to kill you and then do it quickly. Just do it for yourself!"

Chang Feng returned to Dongchang.

Zhang Yong immediately came up to him: "Did the emperor believe it?"

Chang Feng smiled and said: "For the emperor, the truth is not important. It is important to end this farce of revealing the post and restore peace to the officialdom of the capital."

"As for whether you believe it or not. The Emperor is wise and wise. Can he see that there is something fishy in this?"

Zhang Yong suddenly realized: "I understand, by pushing out the dead Shen Zhou, you are giving the emperor a reason to go along with the situation."

Chang Feng smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Yong sighed: "This official makes you understand."

Chang Feng nodded: "People are old, ghosts are old. I am already forty-four years old, and I am half buried in the soil. If I don't even understand how to be an official, I will have spent the past twenty or thirty years in the court in vain. .”

In the evening, Changfu.

Chang Feng returned home, hugging his grandson Chang Qingyun and enjoying the joy of teasing him. He felt very uncomfortable.

Chang Ponu said: "Dad, I heard that you found the person who wrote the post. Is the case closed?"

Chang Feng replied: "Yes, the case has been closed. It was Shen Zhou who wrote the unveiling note. Since he is dead, there will be no further investigation."

Chang Ponu was cold: "Shen Lao Qianhu? Dad, are you fooling Liu Jin and the emperor? How could Shen Lao Qianhu go to Fengtian Gate to post Liu Jin's unveiling notice after he has not been involved in political affairs for many years?"

Chang Feng smiled and said: "I said yes."

At this moment, the servant informed: "Sir, the eldest son of Yang Tinghe's family, Yang Shen, wants to see him. He is waiting in the living room."

Chang Feng said: "Ah, the great talent is here? I'll go see him."

After speaking, Chang Feng conveniently gave his grandson to Chang Ponu to hold.

After a while, Chang Feng came to the living room and saw Yang Shen.

Yang Shen saluted Chang Feng: "Greetings to Uncle Chang Shi."

Chang Feng smiled and said: "Quickly excuse me. Your father and I fought side by side in Fujian and fought bloody battles with Japanese pirates. After returning to Beijing, your father invited me to your house for a drink. You were still a child at that time."

"Now you are a great talent who is well-known in the capital. You are known as the Little Su Shi of Sichuan. Time is like water, and time flies by."

Yang Shen gave a wry smile: "He's just a shabby scholar named Luosunshan."

Chang Feng lowered his voice: "You don't have to be humble. Everyone knows what happened in this year's palace examination. Someone deliberately made a stumbling block to prevent you from getting on the gold list."

"When that person fails, you can take the exam again and you will definitely become the number one scholar."

"Oh, by the way, why did you come to my house?"

Yang Shen handed over his hand: "My father's smooth transfer back to Beijing this time was all thanks to Uncle Shi's help. He should have come to the house to thank you in person."

"But now the eunuchs in the capital are rampant. He is afraid of coming to your house rashly and causing trouble to you. So he asked me to come and thank you."

Chang Feng smiled and said: "There is no need to thank me. Your Majesty is a great virtuous minister. It is the duty of Jin Yiwei to protect virtuous ministers and eliminate traitors. Although I am no longer in Jin Yiwei, the blood of Jin Yiwei still flows through me."

Yang Shen cupped his hand and said, "Uncle Shi is righteous."

Chang Feng changed the subject: "What are your plans? Are you staying in the capital to prepare for the Zhengde Sixth Year Examination?"

Yang Shen shook his head slightly: "I plan to leave Beijing, visit famous mountains and rivers, and express my love for the mountains and rivers."

Chang Feng nodded: "Well, you have suffered such a big setback, so you should go out of the capital to relax."

Yang Shen said: "I saw a painting a few days ago. It depicts Dianchi Lake in Yunnan. I yearn for it. I plan to go a little further this time, to Yunnan."

Chang Feng smiled and said: "Yunnan is the territory of Mr. Qian Nengqian. He once served as the guard eunuch of Yunnan for many years. Now there is a guard eunuch in Yunnan, and the seven supervisory eunuchs are all his disciples."

"I'm going to say hello to old father-in-law Qian Neng and ask him to write a letter and ask his disciples and grandchildren in Yunnan to take good care of you."

Yang Shen cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, Uncle Shi."

How could Yang Shen imagine this? Many years later, he would offend Long Yan and be sent to Yunnan for thirty years.

When he passed through Jiangling, Hubei Province on his way to distribution, as a prisoner, he saw a fisherman and a woodcutter cooking fish and drinking wine by the river, chatting and laughing.

He felt this and wrote the famous "Linjiang Immortal: The Rolling Waters of the Yangtze River Passing East".

Of course, these are things for later.

The days passed by.

If a person has great power. A group of flatterers below are coaxing and supporting me every day. Naturally, he will become arrogant and domineering, and he will dominate himself.

Just like Liu Jin. Another example is Miss Dong in later generations.

Liu Jin became more and more domineering, and Emperor Zhengde became more and more dissatisfied with him.

But Emperor Zhengde still did not make up his mind to get rid of Liu Jin. Because he used Liu Jin as a tool to suppress civil servants so easily!

Even Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, became the "kowtowing chief assistant". There is nothing else to do except kowtow to the emperor and shout "Emperor, Holy Ming" every morning.

Besides, Emperor Zhengde has been planning a major event: an expedition to the grassland.

He also counted on Liu Jin, the piggy bank, to collect more money for him. When the time comes, I will break the piggy bank and use it as military pay.

Changfeng is getting better over there in Dongchang. He spent a year building Dongchang into an existence that could compete with Neichang, Xichang and Jinyiwei.

Although there are only 1,000 households in Dongchang, Chang Feng's power remains the same.

Winter goes to spring, spring goes to summer. In the blink of an eye, it is the autumn of the fourth year of Zhengde.

Dongchang lobby.

Chang Feng was drinking tea and reading the love stories of hundreds of officials compiled by Dongchang this month.

You Jingwu strode in: "Father, this is so outrageous!"

Chang Feng raised his head: "Oh? What's wrong?"

You Jingwu said: "Father, do you remember that at the beginning of the year, Liu Jin intervened in Xinjiang defense and sent eunuch civil servants Zhou Dongdu and An Weixue to inspect the northwest?"

(End of this chapter)