My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 924 Meeting Zhang Fu at night
Mr. Jin discussed it very late at Hu's house before saying goodbye and leaving. Although there was a curfew in Beijing, it was not a problem at all for him.

However, Mr. Jin did not go back to his residence, but took a car to another more luxurious mansion. He did not take the main entrance, but entered the mansion from the corner door on one side. A steward personally took him to a study room. forward.

The steward stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, then reported in a low voice: "Master, Mr. Jin is here!"

"Invite him in!"

An old voice came from the study.

Mr. Jin immediately pushed the door open and saw an old man with gray hair sitting there in the study. It was none other than the British Duke Zhang Fu.

"Meet the British Duke!"

Mr. Jin wiped away the relaxation he had felt when he saw Hu Hui before, and now he saluted very solemnly.

"No need to be polite, why do you want to see me?"

Zhang Fu asked with a serious look.

He knew Mr. Jin's identity better than anyone else. He didn't want to see him originally. After all, as an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, he met spies from other countries in private. If someone caught him doing this, he might be punished. A crime of treason.

Zhang Fu has been cautious all his life. If it were in the past, he would definitely not meet Mr. Jin. But now the situation has changed, so after careful consideration, he finally decided to meet him.

"My lord, Wang Zhen, who is monopolizing power, acts wantonly in the court, and even reaches out to the army to install cronies. All the nobles dare not speak out about this. As the head of the nobles, don't you have any ideas? ?"

Mr. Jin stood up straight and looked at Zhang Fu with burning eyes and asked.

"Are you here to be a lobbyist?"

Zhang Fu took a deep breath, and a few rays of light suddenly flashed in his old eyes.

As the most senior minister in the cabinet, Jin Zhong, Xia Yuanji and other veterans who joined the cabinet with him have all passed away. Even Yang Pu and Hu Hu can only be regarded as Zhang Fu's juniors.

But it is a pity that as a military general, Zhang Fu can only participate in limited affairs in the cabinet. Especially after Zhu Di's death, military generals were even more marginalized in the cabinet. Originally, the cabinet should have at least two military generals, but now only Zhang Fu is left. Moreover, Zhang Fu cannot intervene in government affairs at ordinary times. He will only seek his opinion when encountering some military situations.

And Zhang Fu also knows the principle of being wise and protecting yourself. He is almost like a clay Buddha in the cabinet. Especially in the past few years, he has grown older and rarely even goes to the cabinet. Therefore, Zhang Fu, a cabinet minister, is almost invisible in the court. There is no sense of existence, and many people even ignore his existence.

But although Zhang Fu is old, he is not confused at all. He sees the situation in the court more clearly than anyone else. However, now that Wang Zhen is in power, he cannot do anything as a general, so he can only pretend to be confused. In the mansion, Wang Zhen would not easily provoke him.

"My lord, with the current situation in Ming Dynasty, do you still need me to be a lobbyist?"

Unexpectedly, Mr. Jin did not answer Zhang Fu's question, but instead asked with a smile.

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Fu frowned. Hearing the deep meaning in the other party's words? "I just want you to know that the Ming Dynasty is in chaos, especially the princes in the court. Everyone is in danger. Some people want to protect themselves and have to ask for help from outside forces, such as us!"

Mr. Jin’s words were very cryptic, but he believed that Zhang Fu would definitely understand.

Sure enough, Zhang Fu showed a silent expression after hearing Mr. Jin's words.

Even though Zhang Fu has not gone out much in recent years and rarely goes to the cabinet, he knows better than anyone about the matters in the court. After all, as a famous general, he certainly knows the importance of intelligence, so in the court Whenever there was any disturbance, he was among the first to receive the news.

Mr. Jin said that everyone in the court was in danger. Zhang Fu admitted this. He even knew that many people began to contact the big man in private. Some wanted to find a way out for themselves, while others had ulterior motives and wanted to sell the entire Ming Dynasty to Big man.

Zhang Fu can understand the thoughts of the above people, but he does not agree with their approach. After all, in his view, the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty and the Han Dynasty is the Han Dynasty. Although the two countries have the same origin, they are different countries after all. As a Mingchen has never planned to seek refuge in other countries.

Seeing Zhang Fu's silence, Mr. Jin suddenly stepped forward and whispered: "My lord, Guo Jing, the eunuch guarding Datong, allowed the caravan to leave the customs privately and trade with Wala. Many of them were prohibited items. For example, gunpowder, arrows, iron ingots, etc., all the profits gained were obtained by Wang Zhen, do you know this?"

"what!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fu stood up and slapped the case, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

The Oara is the biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty. Every year, the Oara cavalry goes south to plunder. Therefore, the military pressure in Northern Xinjiang has always been great. However, after Wang Zhen came to power, instead of strengthening the defense of Northern Xinjiang, he also planted his cronies at the border and engaged in corruption. Food and supplies for the army.

Regarding the above things, Zhang Fu was already very angry, but now that Wang Zhen is so powerful, Zhu Qizhen directly calls Wang Zhen sir and obeys his words. Even some weak-minded nobles directly recognize Wang Zhen. He became a godfather and helped the other person to be a villain.

But he didn't expect that Wang Zhen would even dare to sell military weapons, and even sell them to Wala, the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Maybe Ming border troops would die every year under the weapons he made.

"What a courage! What a courage!"

Zhang Fu gritted his teeth and said with hatred, now he wished he could tear Wang Zhen into pieces, otherwise it would be difficult to understand the hatred in his heart.

"My lord, selling weapons to the Wala people is just the tip of the iceberg of what Wang Zhen did, such as allowing Wala to falsely report the number of tribute envoys, using bad horses as good horses, etc., and Wala also secretly gave Wang Zhen a lot of The good thing is, as far as I know, there are five warehouses in the capital where Wang Zhen stores his money, and each warehouse is filled with countless gold and silver treasures, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., which can be said to be priceless! "

When Mr. Jin mentioned Wang Zhen's wealth, he shook his head repeatedly. This was just Wang Zhen's wealth. His gang of eunuchs, plus some so-called godsons, were all amassing money crazily, which also led to Ming Dynasty suffered a serious loss of wealth, and even the bank was controlled by people sent by Wang Zhen, almost becoming his private treasury.

"The Empress Dowager died just a few years ago, and yet he is so crazy. Isn't he afraid of shaking the foundation of Ming Dynasty?"

Zhang Fu also hit the table angrily at this time and said angrily.

"My lord, to put it bluntly, Wang Zhen is an eunuch. He will only consider his own selfish desires. As for the fate of the Ming Dynasty in the future, what does it have to do with him?"

After Mr. Jin finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Fu again. He could feel that Zhang Fu's attitude had been shaken. This was also the purpose of what he said.

(End of this chapter)