Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"So what if it's just slander?"

The words of this Fushan officer were like the black leather boots on his feet, exuding a cold and hard luster, crushing the last hope of Zhang Dalin and others.

"My lord is just giving the court a face, so what if he is domineering, so what about arrogance? If you people can't get along with my lord, you are courting your own death."

"Come on, take them all down!"

"Give them the prepared confession relatives to be marked and fingerprinted, and I will hurry up on everything!" [

All the Dengzhou civil servants present, including Zhang Dalin, looked dull. When the soldiers from the Secret Service came over to press their fingerprints on their hands and asked them to mark them, some people came to their senses.

"I don't draw a bet, I don't accept it, and I don't draw a bet even if I am beaten to death."

"Even if I'm dead, I still have a good reputation. Now that I'm being charged like this, I'm still a spy of Donglu. Pooh, I'm not going to be charged even if I die!"

The Fushan officer of the secret service showed a mocking smile on his face, pointed at the few people who resisted, and ordered: "Break their right arms, and then use their hands to mark them."

"you dare?"

"Of course I dare. Where did all this nonsense come from?"

The officer was very impatient. As a junior of the Secret Service, he was entrusted with such an honorable task. If he didn't handle it beautifully, what face would he have to gain a foothold in the Secret Service in the future?

He is one of the first batch of high-achieving students who graduated from the secret service school. His Excellency has taught all the things that are under the box in the secret service school, such as dialects, Jurchen, Mongolian teaching, combat subjects, communication, lurking, security, and reconnaissance. These hard knowledge, as well as local conditions and customs, special products and scenic spots, tracking and anti-tracking, quick question and counter quick question, establishment and management of intelligence network, etc.

It involves so much, so many subjects, and so many subjects, that it is difficult for people outside the school to understand.

Ding Hongliang is Ding Hongguang's cousin. He entered the spy school as soon as it was established. For two full years, he focused on intelligence work and also studied fighting and dialect linguistics. In two years, he was able to carry out simple conversations in Mongolian and Manchu. He speaks beautiful Shanxi dialect. When he graduated, all the teachers said that he could not recognize his accent, and he could clearly explain the customs and special products of several important places in Shanxi... He is the first student in the school's information department. Those who graduated with high grades will have an internship period of half a year. They should have been assigned to the Military Intelligence Department, but Lin Wenyuan, the boss of the Military Intelligence Department, is still in the capital and has not returned. The key work of the Military Intelligence Department is also carried out outside the capital and Fushan forces. On the contrary, there are not many people, so the secret service took advantage of the loopholes and snatched such an outstanding talent.

I heard that Lin Wenyuan was very angry when he found out, threw a few teacups, and threatened to go back to Fushan to kick the Secret Service.

This mission is also a practical test for him.

Under the order, the people from the secret service are still very good at practical operations. Several people came up to hold the official up, and beat him hard with an iron-coated stick.

Everyone heard a click, and the man screamed, his face deformed in pain.

"Drawing, pressing fingerprints, um, well, take the person down for treatment, hand over his personal confession to the organizer, and then submit it to your lord to deliver to the court. This is an important thing, don't get dirty."

A live drama of building raw pork was staged in front of the officials. In fact, they were not laymen in this set, and everyone had more or less done bullying good things.

But that is bullying others. It is a very new experience for many people to be the fish on the chopping board at the mercy of others.

"I signed it."

Zhang Dalin was ashamed, and finally despaired, took the brush, wrote a monogram beautifully, and then pressed his own handprint, when he threw the brush, he looked up to the sky and laughed. [

Driven by him, all the officials signed and pledged, and many people were stunned to cry. After a big disturbance, the final result turned out to be like this!

Among the crowd, only Qian Shilu's eyes were still gloomy and cold. When he dropped his pen, he whispered: "There are still thousands of students in the Denglai area. Let's see if you, Zhang Shouren, can beat their arms as well." break!"

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The news of the Fushan incident also reached the capital six days later, at the end of July.

Zhang Shouren sorted out the post in Shandong, and Beizhili is also a thoroughfare from north to south, especially water transport is related to the survival of the empire, so the traffic recovery is not bad. The distance from Beijing to Dengzhou is more than two thousand miles, and this speed is not bad. It's slow.

It was very exciting news in Denglei, and it was the same when it arrived in Beijing.

Compared with the news of Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant army's rebellion, Zhang Shouren arrested several officials in Denglai, and arrested some freshmen. That is to say, the officers on duty of the Ministry of War and the Cabinet said "Oh", and then everyone Putting the report aside, continue to busy with other things with a blank face.

Only Wu Changshi, the head of the Ministry of Rites, paid attention to Denglai's report, and after careful study and judgment in the study of his mansion, he ordered: "Come here, get a car!"

"Yes, master, are you going to the Tianguan mansion?"

Wu Changshi shook his head and ordered: "Go to Yang Xiang's residence."

The position of Xue Guoguan's chief assistant is not stable, and Xue Guoguan has been stubborn in the matter of salary training, but the current donation is also ineffective. The dignitaries in the capital have a lot of opinions on Xue Guoguan. Shoufu is also very dissatisfied... Substitution is certain, it's just a matter of time and timing.

If Xue Guoguan resigned, the most powerful contenders would of course be Yang Sichang and Zhou Yanru, apart from these two, there would be no one else.

However, what Chongzhen relied on most on "Mr. Yang" was the military aspect. Whether it was military pay, military training, or strategy, Yang Sichang's advice had always been taken as the basis for the past few years.

Now the several ministers recommended by Yang Sichang are ineffective, especially Xiong Wencan who failed the most. It is inevitable for the emperor to be dissatisfied. Yang Sichang has been demoted to three ranks under the previous attack. Although the holy family has not gone, he still looks very dependent , but anyone who knows the emperor's temper knows that Yang Sichang's punishment is actually a means for the emperor to express his dissatisfaction.

Therefore, Wu Changshi judged that Yang Sichang had fallen out of favor, or the emperor's intentions were already very clear. The current military affairs are dominated by Yang Sichang. In order for the emperor to shirk his responsibility, Yang Sichang must take the lead.

It's hard to say how this vat should be done. The emperor's mind is still between two choices. He has the plan to keep Yang Sichang in Beijing to support military affairs, and he also has the idea of ​​releasing Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang is about to go out, but his future development is also unpredictable.

Once it's done, with his holy family and his military exploits, he will be a well-deserved chief assistant when he comes back in a year or two.

The fight was so bad that Chongzhen might cut his position and dismiss him as an official, but if he withdraws to the end, or even ransacks his home and kills his head, this possibility is not great.

The future is uncertain, Yang Sichang certainly did not dare to take risks, he is still hesitating.

If he doesn't leave, for the big man behind Wu Changshi, things may repeat. Even if the impact is not big, it is still a hidden danger. [

If you can use your own hands to settle the possible repetitions, you may not be able to continue to move up a few steps in your official position as the head.

In the swaying cart, Wu Changshi also smiled very heartily.

Yang Sichang's mansion was bestowed by the emperor, it was large in scale, and it was also close to Xiyuan. As usual, there was a lot of traffic and hustle and bustle a long way away.

When Wu Changshi got off the car, several large sedan chairs were carried over, and they were carried directly to the gate of the Yang Mansion. Several officials in scarlet robes came down one by one, bowed their hands in greeting, and then entered the Yang Mansion without waiting for a pass. main entrance.

"Fu Zonglong!"

Seeing an old man in sixties with a straight back straight forward, Wu Changshi's eyelids twitched, knowing that something important must happen.

"Is this person here for the matter of Denglai?"

He couldn't help but mutter in his heart, but when he thought about it, it seemed impossible.No matter how the Denglei incident was going on in the local area, it was an understatement when it was played. It was just that the merchants were gangsters, and there was an intelligence network discovered by Donglu in Denglai, and many officials such as Jianjundao were involved.

This matter is tricky, but it is not to the point of alarming the court.

"When Wu Changshi is under the Ministry of Rites, please see Prime Minister Yang."

"Oh, Mr. Wu, right? Please wait a moment, Mr. Xiang is seeing a guest. It's hard to say whether or when we will see you, Mr. Wu."

"It's okay, the officer is waiting here."

"Okay... come here, serve tea to Mr. Wu!"

The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, but the Yang family's government prestige is above the seventh-rank. Wu Changshi's official position was not high, his reputation was not obvious, and he was not a frequent visitor to Yang's house, so he could only wait in the big flower hall.

In the flower hall, there are many people waiting, both civil and military, and the military rank must be more than a thousand, otherwise, in the eyes of civil officials, there is no difference from pulling a fiber and driving a car. It is a joke to want to enter the prime minister's mansion.

Civilian officials are also divided into Beijing officials and foreign officials. Unlike ordinary Beijing officials, Yang Sichang seems to have more foreign officials here. Moreover, they are full-time food, military, or military supervisors.

Even after resigning from office and recommending Fu Zonglong as the soldier, Yang Sichang is still the prime minister of the cabinet ordered by the emperor to take charge of the Ministry of War. All foreign officials related to military affairs will go to Beijing to report on their duties. Fan, it is absolutely impossible.

After Wu Changshi was seated, he had a cup of tea, and then nobody paid any attention to him.

Although the flower hall is large, there are so many people, and if you don't sit for a long time, you will be sweating profusely.

An hour and a half later, Suan Suan was about to get up, a deacon of the Yang Mansion came in and said with a smile: "I'm afraid we won't be able to see you today, if there is nothing important, please come back tomorrow, my lords."

A foreign magistrate stood up and said with a smile: "Although the official is eager to see the old man and kneel to learn the lesson, but it is so late, the old man needs to rest early, I will take my leave and come back tomorrow."

"Hehe, the villain will pass on what Master Li said to my master. When the master comes back tomorrow, the master will invite you to see Gao Ming early."

The rest of the officials also said nice things one after another, and then they all dispersed.

This is the case with Xiangfu, you don't just come and wait and see.

But Wu Changshi was reluctant in his heart. The matter was urgent, and if it was delayed for a day, trouble would arise.

He was planning to make a speech in his mind, and deliberately delayed it, but at this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, the servants of the Yang family and one or two officials who hadn't left, immediately ran out when they heard the commotion.