Chapter 258

What is Mu Bin's greatest strength?
Naturally, it is the emperor himself. In this regard, there is no essential difference between the commander of Jinyiwei and the admiral and eunuch of the East Factory.

So, at this time, what effect can arresting a few innocuous tenant farmers and servants of the royal family have?Maybe it can suppress some public grievances, and maybe silence some timid officials, but these are not the purpose of Mou Bin's actions.

Mou Bin did this to divert everyone's attention away from the dispute between the Wang family and Shou Ninghou about cutting the canal, and to draw everyone's attention to Jin Yiwei!

The civil servants hated organizations like Jinyiwei deeply, but they dared not speak out on weekdays. Now that they had finally seized the opportunity, they would naturally unite with the enemy and attack them together.I can't wait to stand up and seek justice for Mr. Wang Hua.

At such a time, Mou Bin is likely to act very tough, even deliberately acting arrogant.

The more he is like this, the more the incident between the Wang family and Shou Ninghou will fade away, and it is likely to die down in the end.

In order to appease the anger of the officials, the emperor might punish Mu Bin, such as suspending his salary for half a year.

But in the hearts of the world, they think that Mou Bin knows the general situation, and even praise him for coming forward to solve the predicament.

Jin Yiwei and civil servants are not on the same path.

Prestige is useless, the trust and favor of the emperor are the most important things.

Gaining the emperor's trust and appreciation in exchange for infamy is a steady profit no matter how you look at it.

Of course, this is just an inference made by Xie Shen, but now it seems that the possibility of this inference being true is very high.

"Mu Bin has no grievances with your royal family, but don't forget that he is the commander of the Jinyiwei. Does the commander of the Jinyiwei need a reason to arrest someone?"

Wang Shouwen said urgently: "Then what should we do? Even Commander Mou was alarmed, so what should we do?"

Xie Shen rolled his eyes and said: "Don't worry, I think this Mu Bin is for the princes in the court to see."

"how do I say this?"

Wang Shouwen was taken aback for a moment, then asked immediately.

"Actually, it's very simple. It's nothing more than letting the princes in the court change from scolding Marquis Shouning to scolding Jinyiwei, scolding him Mou Bin."

Wang Shouwen became even more confused now, is there still someone in this world who takes the initiative to scold?Isn't this cheap?
Xie Shen tapped his fingers and said, "If my guess is correct, Mou Bin will not make any follow-up actions unless the emperor orders it."

Although the Commander of Jin Yiwei can take people at will, but this is also within a certain limit.

Mou Bin would never dare to offend a civil official of Wang Hua's level without the emperor's order.

"But what about the sharecropper servants? Don't they care?"

"I didn't say no more, what are you in a hurry for?"

Xie Shen just thought it was funny, grabbed Wang Shouwen's palm, and wrote a character "Qian" on his palm.

Wang Shouwen was stunned and said, "Xie Shidao? Will Xie Shidao show up at this time?"

Xie Shen shook his head and said, "I don't know, but you have to try everything."

Xie Shen didn't know why Mou Bin took away the tenant farmers and servants involved from Wangjiazhuangzi.It would be fine if he was just putting on a show and attracting some infamy and mud.

But if he planned to pry something out of these tenant farmers and servants, he would be in trouble.

If the Wang family behaves inappropriately at this time, public opinion is likely to reverse, which is undoubtedly fatal to civil servants, especially civil servants like Wang Hua.

"In this case, you go to Xie's house immediately, and ask Mr. Xie Ge to act righteously."

Xie Qian was an old minister who accompanied the emperor when he was still in the East Palace, so he was still able to talk.

Mou Bin arrested people but didn't go any further, obviously he was waiting for the emperor.

Although the emperor is a benevolent emperor, his endurance is limited. Xie Shen was afraid that Wang Hua would anger the emperor and cause some irreparable things.

"It's not difficult, I'll go to Xie Ge's old mansion now."

After Wang Shouwen left, Xie Shen was not idle, and immediately laid out paper and ink to write a letter.

The letter was written to Mu Bin, but it was an anonymous letter.

Xie Shen did not use the thin gold body that he is best at, but the lower case script required for writing articles in the imperial examination.

In this way, the identity will not be exposed and cause disaster.

After Xie Shen finished writing the letter, he called Chen Hu'er and told him to send some money to find a beggar and deliver the letter outside the Jinyiwei Office, but don't say anything else.

He wanted to test Mou Bin's reaction to see if this man really invited the Emperor's heart as he had guessed.

It's hard for anyone to think that a row of inconspicuous corridors near the Wenhua Palace are the offices of the cabinet masters.

Today, it is the turn of the cabinet minister, Zhan Shifu, Zhan Shixie Qian, to be the minister of the cabinet.

Different from the past, today Xie Qian has been restless ever since he entered the palace from Donghuamen.

Wang Hua was reprimanded by the emperor, saying that the official family's criticism of Shouning Hou was completely incompatible.

The most frightening thing is that Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, even ordered the arrest of Wang Hua's tenants and servants involved in the incident.

The emperor has remained silent, and seems to be happy to see this situation.

The situation is very complicated, Xie Qian has been sitting on pins and needles as a member of the cabinet.

Wang Hua's third son, Wang Shouwen, found Xie Qian and hoped that he could speak up for justice, and Xie Qian naturally agreed.

Also from Yuyao, it would be too much to justify not showing up at this time.

However, how to advise the emperor and when to advise is a matter worth thinking about.

If the timing is not right, it may not only not help but also add chaos.

Xie Qian served as a lecturer when the emperor was still preparing for the East Palace, and he knew the emperor's temperament very well.

The emperor accepts advice with an open mind, but he is the only one who is soft-hearted when facing Shou Ninghou. However, this incident made Shou Ninghou very embarrassed, and the emperor was also very embarrassed.

At this time, the tone needs to be gentler, and you must not speak recklessly like the spokesperson of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Sighing, Xie Qian still stepped out of the cabinet gallery, and said to the little eunuch on duty: "Is Your Majesty still working in the Qing Palace?"

"Returning to Mr. Xie Ge, since the emperor announced that he had met Wang Ridao, he didn't think about eating and drinking, and drove out all the servants and maids who were waiting on him. You should go and persuade him."

Xie Qian nodded and said, "Understood."

It was a long way from the gallery where the cabinet was located to the Qianqing Palace. Because of Xie Qian's inconvenient legs and feet, the emperor specially decreed to allow Xie Qian to take a soft sedan chair.This is an honor that even Xu Pu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, does not have, and it is enough to show the emperor's respect for this teacher.

As usual, Xie Qian sat in a soft sedan chair and was carried by four young eunuchs to the Qianqing Palace.

But along the way, Xie Qian was deliberating over the wording.

The emperor is now in a fit of anger, and direct persuasion is definitely not enough.But he couldn't say nothing, it was really difficult.

Since joining the cabinet to participate in government affairs last year, Xie Qian has become more and more aware of the difficulty of governing the country.

It's still Xu Ge who is in charge of the overall situation. If he puts all this heavy burden on him, Xie Qian really doesn't know if he can bear it.

 ps: Thanks to the book friend Man Man Hai Honey for the reward, the book friend King Kong Yingji, the blood-pulsating monthly ticket ^O^
  
 
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