Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 137 Double Reed
The main heroes of the Liaodong Great Victory and the Southwest Great Victory have not yet gathered in the capital, and the court rewards will have to wait for a while. In the next few days, in addition to taking time to drink with Song Jin and Xiao Chuan, Young Master Zhang accepts their respect. I am grateful for the kindness of my support, for the rest of the time, Young Master Zhang is basically a man with his tail between his back and his back, staying at home is like a big girl hiding in an embroidery building.However, Song Jinsong, the new deputy factory director of Dongji Incident Factory, and Xiao Chuan, the new Dongji Incident Factory's prisoner, Qianhu Xiao Chuan, were overjoyed and excited. At the same time, they were so grateful that they almost kowtowed to Young Master Zhang. Dig it out to honor Young Master Zhang.

The reason is very simple. Before meeting Young Master Zhang, Song Jin was just a middle-level leader of Yinshou Prison. Whether he can enter the most important Prison of Rites in this life depends half on hard work and half on flattery. I don’t know how much money it will cost; Xiao Chuan is a hereditary Jinyiwei. Fortunately, he has a good brother-in-law. He has been on the waiting list for seven years. When there was a vacancy in the East Factory, he was lucky enough to fill the vacancy. Sentencing Qianhu basically depends on dreaming - even Xiao Chuan's brother-in-law Tian Ergeng can't get his brother-in-law into this position.But after getting acquainted with Young Master Zhang, Song Jin got promoted and got rich again. Not only that, he easily joined the Supervisor of Rituals, and now he is the deputy director of the factory who is second only to Wei Zhongxian in the East Factory; Climb to the position of the boss of the East Factory!Moreover, when Wei Zhongxian announced their official promotions, he specifically told them that it was because of Young Master Zhang's recommendation that Wei Zhongxian promoted Song Jin and Xiao Chuan out of the ordinary. How could these two be grateful to Young Master Zhang?

"Yes! Brother Zhang, you are right. If the three of us want to have greater development in the future, we must unite together, share the blessings, and share the difficulties!" After drinking a few pots of wine with Young Master Zhang, the young master Under the suggestion of Xiao Chuan, the drunken Xiao Chuan took the initiative to say: "Eunuch Song, brother Zhang and I have already burned the yellow paper to worship our brothers, why don't we burn the yellow paper again today, follow the example of Liu Guan and Zhang Taoyuan and become sworn brothers?" how?"

"Okay, our family has this intention." Song Jin agreed with a smile.Presently, Song Jin, Xiao Chuan, and Young Master Zhang put on the incense table as offerings, and the three treacherous and sycophantic traitors, according to their age, knelt down like Liu Guanzhang, a loyal minister and dutiful son, and kept saying that they did not want to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day. I only hope that I will die on the same day in the same year, the same month and the same day, and be blessed with the same hardships. What I plan in my stomach is not how to flatter my horse and continue to get promoted and make a fortune, or how to gradually erode my father's power for my own use, so that I can do those vile and unreasonable crimes in the future. In short, if the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang were alive and knew the dirty thoughts of these three guys, they would definitely step out and kick these three despicable and shameless guys to death!

Song Jin and Xiao Chuan were not idiots either. Wei Zhongxian promoted and reused them for no reason, and specifically told them to listen to the arrangement of Young Master Zhang. Although Song Jin and Xiao Chuan didn't know the reason, they also knew that Wei Zhongxian and Young Master Zhang must be There is something important for them to do.So after paying their respects and taking their seats, Song Jin, the eldest of the three brothers, lowered his voice and said to Young Master Zhang: "Third brother, we will be brothers from now on, so you don't need to hide what you have to say, third brother, what do you say?" Well, what do you and Nine Thousand Years want us to do?"

"I don't need you to do anything for the time being." Young Master Zhang shook his head and said calmly: "In the past few days, you should take the time to familiarize yourself with the new position, clean up those new subordinates who are not convinced by you and oppose you, and stabilize the position first. Get off. Also, choose [-] masters from the Eastern Factory to secretly protect me and listen to my orders."

"Success." Song Jin and Xiao Chuan agreed immediately, and Xiao Chuan also said that he planned to let Chen Jianhuang take over his position of handling hundreds of households, and asked Chen Jianhuang to lead people to protect Young Master Zhang and listen to Young Master Zhang. Young Master Zhang was very satisfied and immediately Nod in agreement.At the end, Xiao Chuan and Song Jin asked Young Master Zhang what other arrangements he had - such as to monitor someone or let him disappear from this world forever, Young Master Zhang replied with a smile: "It's gone for now, just wait for a few days with peace of mind." Let's wait a few days, and then I will arrange errands for you." Song Jin and Xiao Chuan glanced at each other, and really couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Young Master Zhang's gourd, but they didn't dare to ask more, just being honest. He honestly agreed, and sent Young Master Zhang back to Prime Minister Wen's alley.

While Master Zhang Mao was studying Dayuer's physical development in Prime Minister Wen's alley, the second confrontation between Wei Zhongxian and the royalist party was also in full swing. The buddies Wang Tiqian and Li Yongzhen leaked a piece of news respectively, saying that they were planning to send an insider of Xinwangfu to hide something somewhere in Zhu Youjian's house-of course, Wang Tigan and Li Yongzhen, who were qualified to serve Ming Xizong, knew about it The time of action is the same, but the place of burial and the executor are different.As a result, when Wei Zhongxian really sent two insiders to hide things in Xinwang Mansion, one of the insiders was caught, and he was captured together with the stolen goods, and was quickly sent to the palace and sent to Ming Xizong...

When such a big event happened, Ming Xizong, who was so angry that he was so angry, of course had to deal with the person responsible. Of course, the empress Zhang Yan had to speak up. Of course, the three eunuchs Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian and Li Yongzhen were present, and Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Guoji were hardcore. Of course the royalists were even more present, and Wei Zhongxian's hard-core ally Ke Nanai also came to inquire about the situation.But what is very strange is that Queen Zhang Yan actually sent someone to call Young Master Zhang to the palace, and asked Young Master Zhang to attend the interrogation. Ming Xizong probably heard something about the pillow, and nodded in agreement with Zhang Yan's arrangement. Wei Zhongxian didn't object either.

The person who hid a small cloth bag with a seal in the boxwood pillow where Zhu Youjian slept was a personal eunuch of Zhu Youjian, and also the person Wei Zhongxian arranged for Zhu Youjian. The little eunuch named Xiao Qingzi was taken into custody When he was in the Qing Palace, Ming Xizong, who almost went mad with anger, immediately shouted at him: "You dog servant girl! Tell me, who told you to hide something in King Xin's pillow? What is it?"

"Back to the emperor, the old ancestor Wei Gonggong asked the servant to hide it." The little eunuch was quite straightforward, and he kowtowed and replied: "As for what is in the cloth bag, the servant does not know."

Before the words were finished, the royal family and nobles present were already in an uproar, most of them looked happy, thinking that they had finally caught the old eunuch Wei, and this time the old man was dead.Ming Xizong, who had a strong sense of family affection, was struck by lightning. He couldn't believe that Wei Zhongxian, whom he trusted the most, would treat his own brother like this. Young Master Zhang was furious, rushing up to grab the little eunuch in disregard of etiquette, and grabbed him. He yelled at the collar of his collar, "Impossible, it is absolutely impossible for my own father to do such a thing! Little eunuch, please make it clear that it was the eunuch Wei who sent you to do it? There are so many eunuchs surnamed Wei in the palace, what are you doing?" Who is it?"

"Zhang Haogu, is this a place for you to be presumptuous?" Zhang Yan was furious, and shouted loudly, but her heart burst into laughter.Over there, Ming Xizong regained his energy, and hurriedly stood up and asked the little eunuch: "Dog servant girl, you are talking about Eunuch Wei, which Eunuch Wei is it?"

"It's Wei Zhongxian's father-in-law." The little eunuch pointed at Wei Zhongxian, and decisively exposed his mastermind behind the scenes.Hearing this, Ming Xizong was so angry that he sat back on the hospital bed, his sickly face turned bright red, staring at Wei Zhongxian, who had his head down, unable to say a word for a long time, Zhang Yan, Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen and others On the other hand, there was a sinister smile on his face, only Young Master Zhang was so angry that he jumped up and down, slapped the little eunuch on the face, and growled: "Fart! How could my own father do such a thing? Tell me honestly, what is it? Who instigated you to frame my own father?"

"Son, don't beat Xiao Qingzi." Wei Zhongxian finally spoke, first to stop Young Master Zhang from getting mad, then knelt down in front of Ming Xizong and kowtowed, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this thing is indeed done by slaves. Qingzi hid that little cloth bag in King Xin's pillow, and this servant did something like this without the emperor's consent, please forgive me."

"Zhongxian, why did you do this?" Ming Xizong was so angry that he shed tears, slapped the hospital bed angrily, and said to Wei Zhongxian with sobs: "In the past, others said that you were going to harm King Xin, but I didn't believe it. You also scolded them for framing Zhongliang, but why did you really do this? What is wrong with King Xin, why did you do this? Even if there is something wrong with King Xin, you can tell me directly, he It's my own brother, why are you doing this?"

"Your Majesty, needless to say." Zhang Yan said loudly: "Wei Zhongxian, a servant, is so treacherous and loyal. He framed the king and ruled out dissidents. He deserves death. Please punish him." Zhang Guoji, Zhu Chunchen and others were not to be outdone. , They all knelt down to Ming Xizong, scrambling to say: "Your Majesty, what the Empress Dowager said is reasonable. According to my ministers and others, if Wei Zhongxian's crime is not punished, the court will not be able to explain it to the world, and your majesty will not be able to explain it to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty." Zong confess." Only the low-key Zhang Weixian remained silent, waiting for the best opportunity to give Wei Zhongxian a fatal blow.

"Your Majesty—!" Young Master Zhang knelt down on his knees, tears came as soon as he said it, and he burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, my father and his old man are also confused for a while. I dare to ask the emperor to see that my dear father and his old man have served you for many years." For the sake of Wei Chen's minor merits, please forgive my father this time, Wei Chen is willing to cut his job and serve as a citizen, in order to redeem my father's crime."

"Zhang Haogu is quite filial. The old eunuch Wei is almost finished, and he is still protecting Wei Zhongxian." Zhang Yan, Zhang Weixian and others snorted coldly in their hearts.But at this moment, something happened that stunned Zhang Yan, Zhang Weixian and others——Wei Zhongxian suddenly turned around, raised his hand and slapped Young Master Zhang severely, and roared: "Little monkey, what are you talking about?" ? When was your father guilty? Do you know what is in the little cloth bag your father asked someone to hide in Wang Xin's pillow?"

"What is it pretending to be?" Young Master Zhang asked curiously.Wei Zhongxian snorted, pointed at the Hakka family and said, "It was the auspicious knots that your godmother asked for when she went to Qingshou Temple to burn incense and pray for the health of the emperor's dragon body! Your godmother asked for four auspicious knots in total. Two of them hid on the emperor's bed, and the other two sent people to hide on Xinwang's bed, praying to the Buddha to bless the emperor and Xinwang to live a long life, free from disease and disaster, it is not a bad thing!"

"What?" Ming Xizong exclaimed in surprise, but Zhang Yan, Zhu Chunchen and the others felt like they had been struck by lightning, and could hardly believe their ears. Went into the trap.Young Master Zhang exclaimed in surprise: "Qingshou Temple? Could it be the Qingshou Temple where Yao Guangxiao, a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty, once became a monk? I heard that the mascot in that Qingshou Temple is very effective, with longevity and healing The effect of disaster relief is something ordinary people can’t buy even if they have money!”

"That's right, it's the Qingshou Temple where my Duke Rong Guogong once became a monk!" Wei Zhongxian nodded, and then said impassionedly: "The auspicious knots in Qingshou Temple are not only effective, your godmother also recited them to the four auspicious knots." A thousand times of the "Diamond Sutra", praying for the Buddha's blessing and disaster relief, your godmother hid two of the auspicious knots on the emperor's bed, and gave me the remaining two, asking me to wear them myself—— But who is your father? Is your father willing to wear such a good thing? So your father and I quietly sent someone to Xinwang's mansion, and quietly let people hide it on Xinwang's bed, so that the Buddha would also bless the emperor's only Brother, bless the Emperor and King Xin at the same time!"

"Then why didn't you just give it to King Xin?" The young master Zhang was full of surprise, and then slapped himself fiercely, complaining: "The child is really stupid. Godfather, if you directly give the auspicious knot to King Xin, it will violate the ancestral family law. Besides, if you do good deeds and others know that you are not good, godfather, you secretly pray for King Xin, this is true kindness."

Wei Zhongxian and Young Master Zhang, the father and son in a panic, were hypocritically singing double reeds here, while Ming Xizong was so excited that he was crying tears. He took the cloth bag handed over by Zhu Youjian and opened it, and found that it was indeed a Buddhist monk. Mascot mascot, Zhang Yan looked through Ming Xizong's hospital bed unwillingly, and finally found two identical auspicious knots.As a result, Zhang Yan's group was naturally dumbfounded, and their minds were spinning. Ming Xizong cried and stood up, personally helped Wei Zhongxian and Young Master Zhang, took the hands of the couple, and cried: "Zhongxian, I blamed you wrongly, wrongly blamed you, don't blame me. Zhang Aiqing, you are very good. When your adoptive father was wronged by me, you stepped forward to take the blame for him. Your filial piety is commendable, filial piety is commendable, I... I am proud to have servants like you."

"Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian said that there are four auspicious knots, but now there are only three?" Zhang Yan asked persistently.Wei Zhongxian replied respectfully: "Reporting to the empress, there is another one. The servant has been hidden in the study of King Xin. If the empress does not believe it, you can send someone to look at it now."

"What are you looking at? I still don't believe in you, Zhongxian?" Ming Xizong wiped his tears, pulled Zhu Youjian to Wei Zhongxian, pointed to Wei Zhongxian and said to Zhu Youjian: "My brother, you can see clearly, the matter of Zhongxian I have been thinking about our brothers in everything, praying for your blessings and eliminating disasters, and doing it behind your back, just for fear of causing trouble to you, why don't you thank him soon?"

"Xiao Wang, thank you, Eunuch Wei." Zhu Youjian thanked Wei Zhongxian helplessly, but he was extremely depressed in his heart, and at the same time, he secretly gave Wang Tiqian, the eunuch who gave the report, the chief inspector of ceremonies, the palm seal!In fact, it’s useless if Zhu Youjian doesn’t stare. Wei Zhongxian told Wang Ti that he hid things on the bed in Zhu Youjian’s bedroom, and told Li Yongzhen that he hid them in the study. Now that something is wrong with the bedroom, Wei Zhongxian still doesn’t know who betrayed him. own?So when Wei Zhongxian looked at Wang Tigan with a happy face, Wang Tigan's face was already dead gray, his legs went limp, and he almost fell to the ground.

Beating the dog in the water has always been the glorious common ground between Wei Zhongxian and Master Zhang. After comforting Zhu Youjian and sending him out of the palace, Wei Zhongxian immediately fired and impeached Wang Ti for the 24 major crimes and [-] minor crimes. In fact, there is another memorial that was prepared earlier It was aimed at Li Yongzhen, the third eunuch of the Supervisor of Rites, but Li Yongzhen did not sell Wei Zhongxian, so he escaped by luck.Secretly rejoicing that he had narrowly escaped death, Li Yongzhen immediately joined the team that opened fire on Wang Tiqian, and the Hakka family also came to beat the dog in the water, fanning the flames and demanding that Ming Xizong punish Wang Tigan again. Wang Tiqian was cut off from all his positions and handed over to Dongchang for questioning. Wang Tiqian's nominal title of eunuch with palm prints was smoothly taken over by Wei Zhongxian. In addition, Li Chaoqin, the only great eunuch in history who accompanied Wei Zhongxian to commit suicide, was promoted and added to the supervisor of ceremonies—— To be honest, if Young Master Zhang is willing to cut off the thing that harmed Huang Hua's daughter, Wei Zhongxian actually wants Young Master Zhang to enter the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

After eradicating the traitors around Ming Xizong, Wei Zhongxian, who had been tucking his tail for several days, inevitably became high-spirited again. When he personally sent Young Master Zhang out of the palace, Wei Zhongxian patted Young Master Zhang on the shoulder and said with a sinister smile: "My dear son, your idea is really good!" It’s amazing enough, not to mention finding out the traitor, but also making the emperor trust your own father even more, it’s all thanks to you.”

"It's a child's blessing to be able to share my father's worries." Young Master Zhang smiled modestly.Wei Zhongxian nodded in satisfaction, and asked in a low voice: "Dad, I have already succeeded on my side, when will you do it on your side? Even Wang Tigan has defected to Xinwang, how many people have turned to Xinwang with their backs? Dare to imagine, if you don't get rid of King Xin, I'm afraid his harm will only become more and more serious."

"Father, please don't worry, the boy is already making preparations." Young Master Zhang replied in a low voice: "After the Dragon Boat Festival, even if the boy can't kill him, he can make him lose his family and become a citizen!" Wei Zhongxian counted, Finding that today is April [-]th, and the Dragon Boat Festival is only a few days away, he nodded and said, "Okay, it's up to you as a godfather."

"By the way, there is one more thing. The child has to report to his father in advance." Young Master Zhang said again: "These days, in order to act, the child has to communicate with Duke Ying and Duke Cheng, such as exchanging news, please forgive me crime."

"Monkey boy, don't worry about being with them, can my father not worry about you?" Wei Zhongxian smiled and twitched Young Master Zhang, and said, "Now, the people my father trusts the most in this world are you and yours." Damn it."

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Leading Zhang Shitou, Chen Jianhuang and others leisurely back to Prime Minister Wen's alley, the family has already prepared dinner, and the extremely filial Young Master Zhang will inevitably accompany the old man and eleven old ladies to eat together.During the banquet, Zhang Laocai nagged to Young Master Zhang again: "Dog, when do you plan to marry a wife? You are not young this year, so if you don't hurry up, if the imperial court rewards you in a few days, you will be arranged again." If you go to another place to be an official, your marriage will have to be delayed again."

"Yeah, Gou'er, you have to get married quickly. When do you want us to have a grandson?" The eleven old wives of Young Master Zhang also chattered together, and the mother-in-law of Young Master Zhang even said directly: "Dog, do you still have a grandson?" Mother, Miss Qingyun, the relative of Yingyinggong, is pretty good. She is pretty and her family background is good, but she is so infatuated with you. Last time you went to Liaodong, other people rushed to withdraw the marriage, just because they were afraid that you would never come back. Let their daughter be a widow, and that girl Qingyun said she wanted to marry you, and even gave us a daughter-in-law gift. How many girls are there in the world? Or let your father invite someone to come to your door tomorrow? Propose marriage?"

"Don't." Young Master Zhang quickly waved his hand, and explained with a wry smile: "Father, eleven mothers, don't worry, I have a little disagreement with Mr. Ying in government affairs these days, he is angry with me, wait for him Let's talk when your anger subsides."

"You monkey boy, British Duke is about to become your elder, why do you still make him angry? Are you trying to die?" Young Master Zhang's mother complained, and beat Young Master Zhang, Zhang Laocai and Young Master Zhang with chopsticks. The same was true for her mother, who yelled and beat Young Master Zhang, but Young Master Zhang couldn't speak, so she had to lower her head and bear it.Fortunately, at this moment, Zhang Shitou's father, Zhang Fu, came in from the outside and said, "Master, young master, someone from the British government has come, saying that he wants to invite the young master over for dinner, and discuss some matters by the way."

"Is it my son's marriage with his relatives?" Zhang Laocai asked in surprise.Zhang Fu shook his head in a daze, saying that no one had mentioned this matter, but Young Master Zhang stood up, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, someone has been sent to invite me, Dad, I have to go, I can't accompany you to eat."

"Go." Zhang Laocai said with a smile: "By the way, bring back my daughter-in-law. I want to hug my grandson even in my dreams."

Note: Although there is no direct evidence of Wang Tiqian’s betrayal of Wei Zhongxian, after Wei Zhongxian’s downfall, officials and eunuchs of the Wei Party were judged as eighth-class crimes. , Even the official position was not removed, and he continued to stay by Chongzhen's side as a personal eunuch. It can be indirect that Wang Tiqian not only betrayed Wei Zhongxian, but may also be an insider arranged by Chongzhen in the Wei party.

(End of this chapter)