Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 16 Someone is coming!

"I thought we had to continue." Yin Jian was not far away, and Shen Shixing could only reply like this.

"Okay!" Zhang Jing clapped his hands with great satisfaction and said:

"In that case, then you can draft an edict in the name of the cabinet and send it to Jiangling, so that Qiu Li and others can continue to search the Zhang family.

By the way, there is no need to ask the Chief of Ceremonies to approve it. As the Yuanfu of the Ming Dynasty, you can make your own decision on this small matter. "

Shen Shixing's eyes widened when he heard this!

Let him draft decrees in the name of the cabinet? You don’t have to go through the Ceremony Supervisor for approval?
  You must know that since Emperor Chengzu Yongle established the cabinet, all decrees issued by the court must be approved by Emperor Zhu. Even if the emperor himself did not write it, it must be approved by the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

Shen Shixing knew very well that Zhang Jing was just a eunuch and obviously did not have the right to make such a decision. It was obvious that the emperor was using Zhang Jing's mouth to forcefully order him!
  The funny thing is, how dare he Shen Shixing do it? If he really wants to do it, then all the civil and military officials in the dynasty will jump out and accuse him of being a rebellious minister and traitor who ignores the etiquette of his ancestors?
  Shen Shixing finally understood that his emperor's student was not only not prepared to let Zhang Juzheng go, but also wanted to drag him, the current chief minister of the cabinet, into trouble, so that he could become the emperor's 'white glove' like Yan Song of the Jiajing Dynasty!

"Eunuch Zhang, this does not seem to be in line with the ancestral system of our Ming Dynasty." Shen Shixing said righteously:
  "I don't care. For the sake of the emperor, I, Shen Shixing, don't care even if I am reviled by everyone in the world. But I am not the only one in the cabinet. I can't implicate the innocent Lord Xu!"

Shen Shixing seemed to want not to implicate another cabinet minister, Xu Guo, but in fact, he dragged Xu Guo into it.

Zhang Jing couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly when he heard the words, thinking that His Majesty the Emperor's guess was indeed correct, and Shen Shixing was still reluctant to let go of his "good at both ends" mask.

"Shenge's old words are serious." Zhang Jing returned to his original friendly smile and said:

"The Emperor has already issued an imperial edict to search the Zhang family. Now he is just asking you to issue another edict in the name of the cabinet. It is so serious that it violates the ancestral system and is reviled by everyone in the world. La?
  If you are really worried, then after the edict is drawn up, you can bring it to the Supervisor of Ceremonies to approve it as usual. Our family will personally stamp your approval and seal, so you can rest assured, right? "

"Eunuch Zhang is joking. I am also thinking about the ancestral rules, the court system and Mr. Xu." Shen Shixing said with a smile.

While feeling relieved, Shen Shixing also began to make plans for the next step.

……

When Shen Shixing left the Qianqing Palace, although he never saw his Majesty the Emperor again, he received two gifts from the Emperor.

One of the gifts was the four big characters written by Zhu Yijun himself.

Another gift was a lively carp strung up with a straw rope.

This was not the first time that Shen Shixing received gifts from Zhu Yijun. In the past few years, his emperor's student would reward him with gifts from time to time.

Sometimes it's a few taels of silver, sometimes it's some food, or a writing brush.

Although they are not valuable items, the honor of receiving rewards from the emperor almost every month is something that no one else can get even with money.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is a great honor.

But in Shen Shixing's view, these are like invisible mountains, pressed down layer by layer...

……

Qianqing Palace.

After Shen Shixing left, Zhu Yijun appeared.

He returned to the Long Case again, picked up his favorite calligraphy brush again, and wrote the calligraphy he was most proud of on the rice paper.

Zhang Jinggong stood aside and said: "Your Majesty knows things like a god, and what Mr. Shen Ge said is exactly what you guessed."

"Did he ask anything?" Zhu Yijun asked seemingly casually.

Zhang Jing replied: "To return to the Emperor, I followed your instructions and only showed Mr. Shenge the few lists obtained from the inspection of the Zhang family. After reading them, he did not ask a question about the Zhang family." Zhu Yijun stopped writing and smiled in surprise: "Didn't Yu Shenxing write it in the letter to him?"

Zhang Jing thought for a while and carefully replied: "Maybe Mr. Shen Ge hasn't had time to see it yet."

"Do you think he saw it?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing, his eyes searching deeply.

Zhang Jing hurriedly lowered his head and said, "I don't know what I said to the emperor."

"I'll let you answer!" Zhu Yijun's tone became colder.

Zhang Jing was so frightened that he trembled all over and hurriedly knelt down and replied: "Back to the emperor, judging from my observation, Mr. Shen Ge probably didn't look at it."

"Then do you think Mr. Shen was taught what Zhang Jingxiu's son said?" Zhu Yijun asked again.

The emperor's successive questions made Zhang Jing sweat profusely. With his forehead pressed to the ground, he replied nervously and uneasily:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for making such bold guesses. I think that the rebellious words spoken by the six-year-old Zhang Chonghui were probably taught by someone sent by Shen Ge!"

Zhang Jing actually did not want to offend Shen Shixing, but if he still spoke for Shen Shixing, with the emperor's suspicious temper, he would definitely think that he wanted to collude with the chief minister of the cabinet like Feng Bao.

Zhang Jing knows better than anyone how miserable Feng Bao's fate will be. Although he does envy the former Feng Bao deep in his heart, Shen Shixing is not Zhang Juzheng, and the current emperor is no longer the ten-year-old child who can be manipulated by others. Got it!
  For the sake of his own life, he could only behave in front of the emperor and be on the same level as the cabinet ministers.

"Zhang Jing, you are so bold. Not only are you maliciously speculating on the current chief minister, but you are also trying to sow discord between me and Mr. Shen." Although Zhu Yijun was so blaming, his tone softened a lot.

Zhang Jing also heard that the emperor was not really angry, and he breathed a big sigh of relief. He hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, this slave deserves to die, please forgive me!"

"Okay, get up. I kneel down at every turn. Those who don't know think I'm a tyrant."

Zhu Yijun continued to write, but he was thinking about the strange things that happened to the Zhang family.

In fact, he didn't think that Shen Shixing was the one behind the scenes, because he felt that Shen Shixing didn't have the guts.

But if Shen Shixing hadn't arranged it behind the scenes, how could that six-year-old child named Zhang Chonghui be able to do those things of killing people and setting fires?

What can a six-year-old know? It's obvious that someone is teaching him behind his back!

Zhu Yijun didn't believe that a six-year-old child could do those things. He would rather believe that Shen Shixing was daring, or someone else!

In short, there must be someone behind it!

After being forgiven, Zhang Jing hurriedly got up, wiped his tears and flattered me again: "Your Majesty is the most kind, and being able to serve you is a blessing that I have earned over many lifetimes."

Zhu Yijun ignored Zhang Jing's flattery and said coldly:
  "There are spies in Jinyiwei. As the director of the Dongchang factory, you cannot escape the blame. I will not pursue you for the time being.

You go and spread all the news about the raid on the Zhang family. I want to see what they will say in the morning tomorrow. "

"I know my mistake, I will take care of it now." Zhang Jing hurriedly accepted the order. Although he did not feel that he was at fault, if the mistake was not his, then it could only be the emperor's.

It's just taking the blame. As the emperor's dog, Zhang Jing has long been used to it.

Zhang Jing retreated, and Zhu Yijun was still writing calligraphy. However, writing did not calm him down, but made him even more irritable and restless.

Zhu Yijun was very annoyed, and his writing became more and more sloppy. He refused to stop writing until a eunuch came to report it.

somebody is coming!

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