Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 203: You Can't Die If You Don't Die

In the study room of Prince Yu's Mansion, there will be a secret meeting every half a month.The participants are usually five people including King Yu, Princess Yu, Xu Jie, Minister of the Cabinet, Gao Gong, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Zhang Juzheng, Minister of the Ministry of War.

In today's secret meeting, there was a sixth person - He Liu, the new envoy of Jinyiwei Beizhen.

King Yu asked He Liu to attend the secret meeting in the study, which shows how much he trusts He Liu.

Xu Jie, the second assistant, bowed his hands to He Liugong: "I heard that the young lady of your mansion was rewarded by the prince, given the surname of the country, and was named the county monarch. I am so happy and congratulated."

Xu Jie is a civil official, and civil officials usually don't like Jin Yiwei.King Yu trusted He Liu, but Xu Jie was wary of He Liu.He was on the sidelines reminding He Liu: "Yu Wangye has great kindness to you, you don't want one mountain to look at another mountain. Since you have come to this study, you will be loyal to Yu Wangye from now on."

He Liudao: "My lord's great kindness to my subordinates and my daughter will never be forgotten by my subordinates."

King Yu coughed: "Okay, let's get down to business. The emperor asked the sixth son to investigate Yan Shifan. What kind of crime do you think can make Yan Shifan permanently invincible?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "May I ask you, my lords, what does the emperor hate the most?"

Several people thought for a while.Gao Gong said: "If you want to ask what the emperor hates the most, we must first figure out what the emperor wants to accomplish the most."

He Liu, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng blurted out almost at the same time: "Get the Tao and become a fairy!"

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng exchanged glances, and then said with a smile: "Whoever dares to stumbling and hinder the emperor's way of seeking Tao is the person Junfu hates the most! What he does is also what Junfu hates the most. !"

He Liudao: "My lord, three adults, this subordinate remembered something."

King Yu raised his teacup: "Oh? What's the matter?"

He Liudao: "The Temple of Chaotian is the place where the emperor cultivates immortals. The emperor takes out 20 taels of silver from the inner storage every year to repair the Temple of Chaotian. Yan Shifan is now the left servant of the Ministry of Industry. He has always been responsible for repairing the Temple of Heaven. No matter. The 20 taels of silver allocated by the inner transport depot every year are also spent by him.”

Xu Jie said: "Based on Yan Shifan's temperament, if he was allocated 20 yuan from internal funds, he would spend at most half of it on Chaotian Temple. The other half would naturally be in his own purse."

He Liu nodded: "In recent years, Yan Shifan has relied on his father's power to get a lot of benefits. The emperor sees Yan Song's sake, and doesn't care about Yan Shifan. But if Yan Shifan is greedy for the good money of the Chaotian Temple, the emperor will never I will let it go! Because the money for cultivating Chaotian Temple is, to put it bluntly, the money for the emperor to respect the sky! If the emperor is not sincere in respecting the sky, maybe if the sky gets angry, he will not let him become a fairy!"

Zhang Juzheng said: "Winter is coming soon. The emperor will soon ask the inner treasury to allocate this year's Chaotian Temple repair money. It depends on whether he dares to covet this money."

He Liu said a word, which surprised Zhang Juzheng: "Even if he is not greedy for the money, our North Town Fusi has a way to get Yan Shifan charged with embezzlement of Taoist repair money."

King Yu said: "Lao Liu, you mean to frame him? That would be a little dishonorable."

However, Concubine Li spoke from behind the screen in the study: "My lord, you don't have to use any fair and honest methods to deal with traitors."

Zhang Juzheng agreed with Concubine Li's point of view: "What the concubine said is very true. I think of a sentence said by Zhou Xing, the censor of the left capital in the previous dynasty."

King Yu said: "Zhou Xing was a famous upright official and loyal minister in the previous dynasty. What did he say?"

A smile appeared on Zhang Juzheng's face: "Corrupt officials are traitors, and honest officials are more treacherous than corrupt officials. It is so-called to punish traitors with traitors. Although this statement is out of line, it is not without some reason."

King Yu thought for a while, and said: "Okay, it's decided like this. Start with Chaotian Guanxiu Shanyin, and look for evidence of Yan Shifan's crime. Sixth, I will leave this matter to you. By the way, this king wants you to meet someone. "

After speaking, King Yu clapped his hands.

A short man about 30 years old and five feet tall walked into the study.This man's face was extremely ugly, and his aquiline nose was truly frightening.

King Yu pointed to the dwarf: "This is Zhu Xixiao, the concubine of Youchunfang in Zhan Shifu's residence.

Zhu Xixiao, the helm of Youchunfang, the "Little Jinyiwei" in the hands of King Yu.One of Yu Wang's most trusted people.To say that he can be regarded as a royal family.It's just Yuan Zhi, who only has the title of Lieutenant Feng Guo.When he was young, he had great luck and was selected into Prince Yu's mansion as a companion of King Yu.When King Yu was 12 years old, he was playing on a frozen lake and fell into it.It was Zhu Xixiao who jumped into the lake and rescued King Yu.

King Yu was rescued, but Zhu Xixiao was frostbitten and injured his bones and joints.From that year on, the young Zhu Xixiao never grew taller.

King Yu trusted him like Emperor Jiajing trusted Lu Bing.

Zhu Xixiao cupped his hands: "I've seen Liu Ye!"

He Liu returned the gift: "I have seen Zhu Fengguo."

King Yu said: "Xixiao is quite experienced in handling things. From now on, let him assist you in secret."

He Liu quickly said: "With Zhu Fengguo's assistance, it will be easier for my subordinates to do things."

Although He Liu said so, he secretly said in his heart: The old nonsense is right, the emperor's heart is the sea needle.Although Yu Wang is not yet the emperor, he is the prince.There is a limit to how much he can trust me.Asking Zhu Xixiao to "help" me shows that King Yu is still worried about me.

King Yu said: "Okay! That's the end of today's discussion. The sixth son, let Zhu Xixiao help you with the repair of Chaotian Temple."

Yan Song Mansion.Yan's father and son sat opposite each other.

Yan Song said: "My son. Our Yan family is in great trouble! We forged the order for dispatching troops, but the emperor said it was his own order, and the order for dispatching troops is true! For his own son, the emperor as a The king of a country does not hesitate to play rogue with his subjects! Blood is always thicker than water. We are enemies of King Yu, and we have no chance of winning!"

Yan Shifan didn't take it seriously: "Father, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. We lost this time, so we need to be more careful next time."

Yan Song said: "My son, there is nothing to do next! The crime of privately mobilizing troops and rebelling against King Yu is not acceptable. It is simply wishful thinking for us to bring down King Yu. These days, I have been thinking about one thing. Today I finally I figured it out: Everyone said that your father and I have power. But who gave our Yan family the power? It was nothing more than the emperor! If the emperor wants to take our Yan family's power, then our Yan family is nothing! "

Yan Shifan said: "Father, things haven't gone so bad yet. Don't forget, our Yan family's disciples and old officials account for [-]% of the local governors. Beijing officials are above the third rank, and we account for [-]%. Even if the emperor moves For the idea of ​​reducing the power of our Yan family, we must also take into account the court situation."

Yan Song said: "I hope. Shifan, from today onwards, you have to restrain yourself. Don't stretch out the money you should take and the money you shouldn't take during this period of time! Let the people on King Yu's side catch the handle .”

Yan Shifan had an indifferent expression: "My son knows."

When Yan Shifan left the study, Luo Longwen, his confidant and aide, greeted him: "Master, this year's restoration of Chaotian Temple has been allocated."

Luo Longwen was placed by Yan Shifan in the Ministry of Industry as the head of the Construction Department, in charge of the construction and repair of several royal Taoist temples.

Yan Shifan asked: "Oh? How much money was allocated?"

Luo Longwen said: "Same as in previous years, 20 taels. Lord, let's follow the old method, adding two to one to make five?"

Yan Shifan thought for a while, and said: "Father told us to restrain ourselves recently. 20 taels, I think we can just keep 6 taels. The remaining 14 taels will be spent on Chaotian Temple."

Yan Shifan has a temperament of plucking wild goose, even at this time, he still doesn't forget to peel off a layer of skin.This is exactly what a certain ancient sage said in the Spring and Autumn Period: If you don't fight to die, you won't die.

(End of this chapter)