Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 270
Two years later, in the spring of Jiajing 44.

In March of Yangchun, the grass grows and the warblers fly.Beside a small river outside Nanjing City, He Liu and Lao Hu were fishing leisurely by the river with a fishing rod each.

Xiang Xiang, who was already ten years old, picked a large bouquet of wild flowers, and inserted one after another into Lao Hu's ears.

Xiangxiang smiled and said, "Grandpa Hu, you are so beautiful now. It's like a fairy daughter descending from the earth."

He Liu raised the fishing rod in his hand: "Xiangxiang, don't bother your Grandpa Hu, you scared the fish away, we are going to drink the northwest wind at noon today. Your mother didn't bring any dry food when I came to the river this time. .I only brought a pot."

In the distance, Bai Xiaoyan is leading her two-year-old Xiao Zhonger to catch butterflies among wild flowers.She is dressed in white, and she has become a bit more mature woman in the past two years.

The spring breeze was warm, and He Liu raised his head, enjoying the warm sunshine of early spring comfortably.

Lao Hu suddenly shouted: "Lao Liu, something serious has happened! It seems that a big fish has taken the bait!"

He Liu got up and shouted anxiously: "Skate for a while! Don't take off the hook! We're relying on it for today's lunch!"

Beads of sweat were dripping from the old Hu's head, he kept pulling the fishing rod and skating the "big fish".

Finally, Lao Hu threw his fishing rod back suddenly and shouted, "Come on! Come ashore!"

Xiangxiang heard the shout and ran over: "Is there any fish?"

What Lao Hu threw up was not a fish, but a turtle as big as two palms.

Xiangxiang laughed loudly: "Grandpa Hu, is this the fish you caught? Let's stew it in a pot of bastard soup in a while? You always eat the turtle cover and eat the meat fragrantly."

Old Hu said dejectedly: "Damn it. The shell of this little beast is too hard. I can't chew on your grandpa Hu. Let it go."

Xiangxiang heard the words, picked up the turtle, and put it in the water: "Little turtle, little turtle. We will eat you when you grow up."

At this time, there was a sound of horseshoes on the east side of the small river.A man in a flying fish suit galloped towards He Liu and Lao Hu on a horse.

The person who came was Jinyiwei Baihu, Li Bofeng.

Li Bofeng got off his horse, kneeled down and kowtowed to He Liu and Lao Hu: "Sixth Master, Third Master. Bofeng is here to see you!"

He Liu pointed to the flying fish suit on Li Bofeng's body: "It's not bad to hang out with Fatty Xu. It's only been two years, and I've put on the flying fish suit."

Li Bofeng clasped his hands and said, "This subordinate belongs to the Sixth Master. No matter which Tai Bao Lord is temporarily working with him, the subordinates dare not forget this."

He Liudao: "Get up! Sit down."

Li Bofeng was not polite, and sat on the ground next to He Liu.

Old Hu asked: "Bofeng, are you here on business in Nanjing?"

Li Bofeng nodded: "There is a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, Wai Lang, who picks up ashes with his daughter-in-law. He is indecent, and he was impeached by others, which alarmed the emperor. The emperor issued an order to let Fusuo of Beizhen take him to Beijing."

He Liu put a teapot in front of Li Bofeng: "I didn't bring the tea bowl. Put it in your mouth and drink it by yourself."

Li Bofeng picked up the teapot and drank a couple of gulps, then wiped his lips.

He Liu casually asked, "How's the court situation going?"

Li Bofeng sighed: "Oh, the situation in the court is very bad. As you know, last year the emperor issued a decree: 'Cabinet decrees, big and small, must be put into effect only by wearing red in the hands of the Xianjing ceremonial supervisor.' This decree directly emptied Xu Shoufu, Mr. Gao Ge, Mr. Zhang Ge, etc. Now the chief inspector of ceremonies is in charge of Eunuch Lu, and he seems to be the chief assistant of the shadow cabinet. The chief inspector of ceremonies holds four pens, just like a member of the shadow cabinet."

Old Hu said: "Don't worry about who is evading who, as long as you are dedicated to running errands for the emperor and contributing to the court."

Li Bofeng shook his head: "Third Master, Sixth Master. In front of you two elders, I don't need to speak those high-sounding official words. Contribute to the court? Those eunuchs, in addition to forming cliques, wantonly planted their cronies in the ruling and opposition parties, making a lot of money Yinzi, what else are they going to do? There are five supervisors, except for Huang Jin and Eunuch Huang, who is a famous Maitreya Buddha. Said, the strict party was overthrown, and the eunuch party came out again. The people of the Ming Dynasty are even more miserable than before!"

Old Hu said: "I heard that the emperor seems to be very satisfied with the people in charge of the ceremony."

Li Bofeng said: "Of course the emperor is satisfied with the inspector of ceremonies! The emperor wanted to build a Taoist temple, and the inspector of rites casually hinted at it, and the inspector of rites allocated millions of silver from the treasury. The emperor wanted to build a palace, and the inspector of rites immediately ordered the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households Paying out money, conscripting people's husbands...the supervisor of ceremonies obeys the emperor's wishes in everything, but he doesn't care about the suffering of the people."

He Liu asked: "How is our Jin Yiwei?"

Li Bofeng complained: "Jinyiwei? Fuck! He is about to become Dongchang's slave! Now Beizhen Fushi Liu Da is in charge of Benwei. Liu Da keeps licking the ass of Dongchang Governor Chen Hong. Dongchang let him Whatever you do, Liu Da will do whatever you want. The fan servants from Dongchang dare to ride on our necks in flying fish suits and shit!"

Old Hu interjected: "Liu Da is so disregarding Jin Yiwei's dignity, why don't He Erye and the eunuchs have any complaints?"

Li Bofeng said: "Don't mention it. He Erye, Lu Siye, Han Wuye, Xu Qiye, Wang Baye, Xue Jiuye, Yan Shiye, Li Shishiye, Zhao Twelfth Ye, Qi Shisanye. The ten Tai Bao lords poked Liu Da's back every day and scolded him behind his back. But what's the use of scolding? Somehow, Liu Da got involved in the line of Lu Fang, who was in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies. The supervisor of ceremonies is now Power is in the hands of the government and the public, and there are those eunuchs supporting Liu Da, and the Taibao men can't do anything about it."

Lao Hu said from the side: "Let's toss about the group of eunuchs in charge of ceremonies. Toss and destroy the Ming Dynasty, let's see what they do. The cabinet Xu, Gao, and Zhang don't know what they are doing for food. A group of second-ranked Jinshi under their hands, They can’t beat those who have lost their roots.”

He Liu said meaningfully: "Sometimes, the word 'waiting' is the smartest way. Xu Gaozhang and the others are waiting. Yan Song is gone, and the emperor supported Lu Fang to push Lu Fang to the front of the stage. Go and clean up those officials who are making trouble with the paperwork for him."

Li Bofeng said: "Sixth Master, you are a sage! Now, who dares to tell the emperor that the emperor is not the slightest among the officials of the Six Branches, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple? Two months ago, Sun Zeng, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, After reading the Dao zhezi, I told the emperor that the Chaotian Temple had been repaired six times. This year, there will be no more repairs. Guess what? That night, Chen Hong, the governor of Dongchang, personally led two hundred soldiers and killed Sun Zeng’s family! The reason is that Sun Zeng rebelled! What is wrong with Sun Yushi? He just talks with his mouth and writes with a pen. What he said is exactly what the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty wanted to say!"

He Liu took a deep breath: "Killed Sun Yushi's family? Chen Hong is too ruthless, isn't he?"

Li Bofeng said: "Don't you know? The Beijing officials nicknamed Chen Hong 'Father Mad Wolf'. It's not a mad dog, but a mad wolf! Because dogs are far less vicious than wolves!"

Old Hu said: "Heh, the son is a Zhongshan wolf, and if he succeeds, he will be rampant. By the way, how is my godson Feng Bao? Those fellows who are the supervisor of ceremonies have not found fault with him recently, have they?"

Li Bofeng said: "That's not true. Eunuch Feng wholeheartedly takes care of the emperor's eldest grandson, and he doesn't care about outside affairs. Now the emperor's eldest grandson can't leave him for a moment. If the supervisor of rites dares to find fault with Feng Eunuch, the concubine Li will Find the supervisor of rites desperately!"

He Liudao: "Forget it. Bofeng, you still have an errand. If there is nothing else, you can go and do your errand."

Li Bofeng clasped his hands and said, "Sixth Master. The ten eunuchs from Beisi and Nansi entrusted me with a message for you. I hope you can come out and regain control of Jinyiwei to clean up the situation. Otherwise, it will be a matter of time before the East Factory annexes Jinyiwei."

He Liu pulled the fishing rod and said, "I don't care if I can't get out of the mountain. It depends on the emperor's will. You go back and tell the Taibao Lords to follow the principles and methods, and don't let those people with ulterior motives catch you." The handle. Evil does not suppress justice, and one day, those ghosts and ghosts will be wiped out!"

Hearing this, Li Bofeng bowed his hands and turned around to leave.

As soon as Li Bofeng left, He Liu suddenly felt a strange movement in the fishing rod.After a while, I caught a big carp weighing two or three catties.

Lao Hu smiled meaningfully: "Oh, this is a good omen. Sixth, your day to leave the mountain may not be far away."

(End of this chapter)