Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 415
Kunning Palace.

Concubine Li Gui summoned Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao and He Liu.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Report to the Empress Dowager, the detailed chapters of the examination, I have already compiled them into a booklet. I invite the Empress Dowager to read it."

Concubine Li Gui smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, the Ai family is not suspicious of people, and the employer is not suspicious. This kind of matter, you can make up your own mind in the future. Why do you need to ask the Ai family?"

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly kowtowed: "I thank the Queen Mother for trusting me!"

Concubine Li Gui said: "Mr. Zhang please get up quickly! The people in Wanfang, Nine Provinces, are pointing at you to protect them! From now on, the Ai family will grant you the freedom from kneeling in Kunning Palace!"

Zhang Juzheng thanked En and got up.

Concubine Li Gui turned her head and asked He Liu: "That guy Gao Gong, what happened after he returned to his hometown? How many people did your Jin Yiwei send to his hometown to monitor him?"

He Liu cupped his hands and said, "Report to the Empress Dowager, after Gao Gong returned to his hometown, Jin Yiwei sent fifty eyes and ears to Henan to monitor him. He stays at home every day, thanking guests behind closed doors, and devotes himself to studying..."

Concubine Li Gui interrupted He Liu: "What? You Jinyiwei only sent 50 people to monitor such a vicious person like Gao Gong? Starting today, double the number! Send another 50 people over. He eats at home every day What food, what books to read, the Ai family must know everything!"

He Liuxin thought: The words of the four characters "vicious and extremely evil" show how much Concubine Li Gui hates Gao Gong.

He Liudao: "I would like to obey the Queen Mother's order."

Zhang Juzheng said again: "Report to the Empress Dowager, on the first day of the first month of this year, my Ming Dynasty will officially change the reign name to Wanli. I plan to implement three major new policies: the official system, the tax system, and the land system in the first year of Wanli."

When Empress Dowager Li talked to He Liu, she had a deadpan face.As soon as he turned his head to talk to Zhang Juzheng, he smiled.She said: "Okay! The new dynasty has a new atmosphere! The emperor has you, a virtuous minister, as his assistant minister and teacher. It is not only his blessing, but also the blessing of the country and the country!"

Not to mention He Liu and Feng Bao at the side, even Zhang Juzheng himself got goose bumps all over his body because of Empress Dowager Li's almost nasty words.

Empress Dowager Li said: "Okay, it's okay, you go back first!"

The three of them left Kunning Palace, Zhang Juzheng turned around and went to Xiyuan to handle government affairs.

Only He Liu and Feng Bao were left at the gate of the palace.

Feng Bao said to He Liu: "Sixth brother, who do you plan to send to lead someone to monitor Gao Gong?"

He Liudao: "I plan to hand over this job to a hundred households named Jiang in Beisi. What's the matter?"

Feng Bao shook his head: "Impossible! The official rank is too low! You must at least send one of the seven great thousand households to handle this matter! Only in this way can it appear that you value the Queen Mother's will!"

He Liudao: "Oh, then I will send Han Laowu to Henan."

Feng Bao said again: "Sixth brother, you are a smart person. You should know how the queen mother thinks of Gao Gong. Now, Gao Gong's followers have been taken over by Mr. Zhang. Gao Gong has no value in living!"

He Liu shook his head: "But Gao Gong was very honest after returning to his hometown. He didn't commit any major crimes that lost his head! The court can't kill a former chief assistant on trumped-up charges!"

Feng Bao smiled: "Brother Six, how did you deal with those nine disobedient high-level party officials a few days ago?"

He Liu was dumbfounded.Those nine people were innocent, and they were unwilling to bow to Zhang Juzheng.In desperation, He Liu had no choice but to order his subordinates to frame the nine people.

Feng Baodao: "Gao Gong never leaves the house, his family always has to go to the street to buy rice and vegetables, right? Is it possible that his family took advantage of the time when they went to the street to buy vegetables, and contacted the remnants of the Gao Party everywhere? Contacting the remnants, then It is an intention to rebel, plotting rebellion!"

He Liu smiled wryly: "Buying rice and vegetables has become a rebellion? Forget it! You really want to get rid of Gao Gong, so don't let us Jin Yiwei do it! You are in charge of the East Factory, let the people in the East Factory do it directly Just do it!"

After speaking, He Liu turned his head and left.

He Liu thought to himself: It is said that eunuchs are small-minded.As a foster brother of mine, my mind is as big as that of a needle nose.No matter how bad Gao Gong was, he did a few good things for the common people in a down-to-earth manner during his tenure as Chief Assistant.Kill him?Ugh. . .I can't do the thing of beating a dog in the water.

In the evening, He Liu went home from a business trip, drank some wine and fell asleep.

In his sleep, he vaguely dreamed of two fish biting a hook by the Yongding River that day.

He Liu woke up suddenly and sat up directly from the bed.

Bai Xiaoyan asked hazily: "What's wrong?"

He Liu got out of bed and took a sip of tea: "Oh, it's nothing, I had a dream, it seems unlucky."

The next day, He Liu went to Beizhen Fusi on business, passing a fortune-telling stall.

The fortune teller is in his seventies.is half-blind.

He Liu lingered in front of the fortune-telling booth for a while.

Seeing the business, the fortune teller quickly asked, "Sir, are you divination, word reading, or palm reading?"

He Liu asked: "Dream interpretation, do you know how?"

The fortune teller boasted: "The little old man was given the nickname Duke Zhou to be reincarnated! My lord, please sit down!"

He Liu sat next to the fortune teller.He is wearing a flying fish suit!The fortune-teller thought to himself, this man seems to be a big man.I have to kill him hard!
He Liu told the fortune teller the dream of two fish biting the same hook.

The fortune teller shook his head, calculated for a while, and then murmured: "One life is two, two is three, three is all things! Tai Chi produces two appearances, two appearances produce four phenomena, four phenomena produce good and bad, and good and bad luck determine the great cause! Ahhh! Good or bad! "

He Liu hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"

The fortune teller said seriously: "Dreams come from the heart! I think there must be something extremely worrying in the hearts of adults recently. That thing is probably going to happen!"

What the fortune teller said sounds reasonable, but in fact it's the same as if he didn't say anything!People are not gods.Who doesn't have a thing or two to worry about?

This is a common trick used by charlatans who make their living from fortune telling.Talk about ambiguous nonsense.To be able to hide one is one!This is the same rhetoric for He Liu, the governor of Beizhen, and it is also the same for those who farm, excavate, and lead carts to sell pulp!
If it is said that the person who came to him for fortune-telling, the worrying thing finally happened.That means he's right.

If the worrying thing did not happen, the people who came to him for fortune-telling would naturally be happy, and they would not come back to find him unhappy.

He Liu thought to himself: What I'm most worried about right now is Queen Mother Li, Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng and the others who will accuse them of accusations and put them to death.Could it be that. . .Gao Gong's head is about to die?
The fortune teller said: "The interpretation of the dream is over. My lord, look, this, this, the hexagram?"

He Liu quickly took out a ten tael silver ingot from his sleeve and threw it to the fortune teller.Then, he walked towards the Jinyiwei yamen with a heavy heart.

(End of this chapter)