Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 754

He Liu is drinking with his grandson.At the same time, Yongshou Palace.

Zhang Jing, who is in charge of the inner storage, is reporting the amount of gold and silver in private storage to the miser Wanli Emperor.

Zhang Jingdao: "There are gold bricks, gold pegs, golden horseshoes, golden melons, golden pots, and golden bowls in the private treasury, totaling 950 three taels..."

Emperor Wanli frowned: "Oh? Haven't you made up the [-]?"

Emperor Wanli's temperament, in the words of later generations, is not only a miser, but also a patient with advanced obsessive-compulsive disorder.There is still more than 40 taels of private deposits, and one hundred thousand can be made up.It made him feel like a cat's paw was scratching in his heart.

Zhang Jingdao: "Your Majesty, the servant deserves to die. The servant will find a way to make up the number of [-]."

Emperor Wanli told Zhang Jing: "Zhang Jing, don't make up your mind for more than 40 taels of gold. It will save the rumor officials from the Sanfa Department and the Six Section Gallery from making noise in my ears."

Zhang Jing rolled his eyes: "Your Majesty, the slaves have a solution. In the 20th year of Wanli, the imperial court put down the Ningxia Bobai rebellion. Bobai once privately cast a gold seal of the Northwest King. Later, Li Rusong sent the seized gold seal to the capital. In order to commend the cabinet for its meritorious service in raising military salaries and food during the counter-insurgency, the emperor rewarded the cabinet with a gold seal and placed it in the cabinet value room in Xiyuan. The slaves always felt that the gold seal of the rebels seemed a bit strange to be placed in the cabinet value room. Inappropriate. Why don't the emperor decree that the gold seal be melted in front of the ancestors in the Fengtian Palace, and then put the melted gold into the shipping warehouse."

Emperor Wanli thought about it, and it was reasonable to melt the gold seal of the rebels.The gossip officers seem to have no reason to be noisy.He nodded: "Well, you will go to the chief assistant Zhao Zhigao tomorrow and take care of this matter."

Five days later, the He residence.

He Liu is playing chess with his grandson He Zezhen sitting in a big willow tree.His grandson Li Hanjiao watched the battle from the sidelines.

Those who play chess are not in a hurry, but those who watch chess are in a hurry.Li Hanjiao was busy pointing He Liu at the side: "Grandpa, your move here is really stinky! Cousin, your defensive moves are even more stinky! The sunspots are showing their flaws, and you are still hesitating."

He Liu glared at Li Hanjiao: "I say Hanjiao, a gentleman who watches chess without saying a word, is a villain who points fingers!"

At this moment, the gate of the courtyard was pushed open, and the eunuch Chen Ju, the supervisor of the Jinyiwei, the eunuch Wang An, the admiral of the East Factory, Wang Zhizhen, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Luo Sigong, the governor of the North Town, walked in.

He Liu raised his head and glanced at the four of them: "All the big shots from the factory and Wei have come to my house. What's going on in the court?"

Chen Ju smiled and said, "Sixth Lord, look at what your old man said. Can't we juniors come and see your old man?"

He Zezhen got up, cupped his hands and said, "You two godfathers, two adoptive fathers, Zezhen is being polite."

Li Hanjiao also said: "Eunuch Chen, Eunuch Wang, Commander Wang, and Fushi Luo Zhen are all courteous."

Wang Zhizhen laughed and scolded: "Zezhen, you little wild donkey really didn't fight for three days, and you went to the house to expose the tiles. A few days ago, you and a few playmates tricked the son of the Yin family in Shuntian Mansion to drink dung soup. Zhao Mansion Yin has brought all the complaints to me."

He Zezhen had an indifferent expression on his face: "Godfather, you always don't know. Zhao Rouqiu flirted with good women in the street. How could I not teach him a lesson?"

Wang An asked Li Hanjiao: "Hanjiao, I heard from the Ministry of Officials that you have been promoted to the magistrate of Shunde, and you will leave for the post in a few days?"

Li Hanjiao cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Eunuch Wang. I will definitely live up to the trust of the imperial court. Do your job well and benefit the folks in Shunde Mansion."

He Liu took a sip of tea: "Forget it. You're done with your politeness, so tell me, what happened to the court?"

Wang Andao: "Master Liu, the Xiyuan cabinet is on duty, and there is a robbery case!"

He Liudao: "The cabinet office is in Xiyuan, next to Yongshou Palace. On weekdays, there are quite a few little eunuchs serving tea for the room. Some of the little eunuchs in the palace have unclean hands and feet, and it is common for them to steal one or two things. Is a small case worth your efforts to come to me?"

Chen Ju said from the side: "My sixth master, do you know what the cabinet lost?"

He Liu asked: "What was lost?"

Chen Ju replied: "It was the Bobai Golden Seal that was seized when Ningxia suppressed the rebellion in the 20th year of Wanli! Some people stole the rebel gold seal, and nine times out of ten it was a conspiracy! The emperor was furious! The rumor officials found a reason to make trouble, A swarm of swarms participated in the impeachment of Zhao Shoufu's corpse, which was ineffective and lost the gold seal of the rebels! The theft of the gold seal caused a political tide against Zhao in the court!"

He Liu asked: "Oh? Dongchang and Jinyiwei jointly intervened in this case, didn't they find any clues?"

Chen Ju said: "We also know that there are some young eunuchs in the palace with unclean hands and feet. In the past six months, we have arrested all the little eunuchs who served tea in the cabinet's office in the past few days, and tortured them severely. But no clues were found. .”

He Liu waved his hand: "Wait a minute, tell me first, when was the rebel gold seal stolen?"

Chen Ju said: "That's right. Five days ago, Zhang Jing passed on the emperor's order to ask the cabinet to hand over the gold seal and cast it in Fengtian Hall to comfort the spirits of the ancestors. Then the melted gold was delivered to the internal storage. Zhao Shoufu After receiving the decree, I opened the seal box containing the gold seal, and there was nothing inside!"

He Liudao: "In other words, it was discovered that the gold seal was stolen five days ago."

Luo Sigong said from the side: "The gold seal's printing box has been placed in the cabinet for four years. Ten days ago, the little eunuch who was in charge of cleaning the cabinet's room wiped the printing box. At that time, the golden seal was still in the printing box."

He Liudao: "In other words, the gold seal was stolen, and it took about ten days. Let's stop talking here. Let's go to the living room."

Everyone entered the living room and sat down.

Wang Andao: "Master Liu, we are all here. I don't need to hide some words. I always feel that the emperor just issued an order to cast the golden seal, and then found that the golden seal was stolen. It's so weird."

He Liu asked: "Why did the emperor, on a whim, order the cabinet to hand over the golden seal for smelting?"

Wang Andao: "According to my god-son Wei Zhongxian, five nights ago, Zhang Jing reported to the emperor the real number of gold and silver in storage in Yongshou Palace. The difference between the gold deposit and the deposit is a few tens of taels, which is enough for a hundred thousand. Sixth Master, you should know the emperor's temperament. The emperor feels uncomfortable if the amount is not enough for [-]. Zhang Jing immediately remonstrated with the emperor and melted Bobai's gold seal to make up the [-]."

Wang Zhizhen said: "Master. Everyone in the world knows that Zhang Jing has always had the ambition to suppress the cabinet. The apprentice suspects that the so-called robbery was planned by Zhang Jing. The purpose is to attack Zhao Shoufu of the cabinet."

He Liuhuan glanced at the four of them: "Oh? You all see it this way?"

Chen Ju, Wang An, Wang Zhizhen, and Luo Sigong all nodded.

He Liu laughed: "Wrong, you are all wrong! Zhang Jing would not be so stupid!"

Wang Zhizhen asked, "Why did the sixth master say that?"

He Liu talked eloquently: "The cabinet has lost the golden seal of the rebels. Zhao Zhigao, the chief assistant, has no shirkable responsibility. The officials will participate in the impeachment of Zhao Shoufu, and Zhao Shoufu will lose the official position first. This is a problem. The character of the chief assistant Zhao Zhigao Weak. The second assistant, Shen Yiguan, is notoriously tough. If Zhao Zhigao is dismissed and the tough Shen Yiguan becomes the first assistant, is it a good thing or a bad thing for Zhang Jing, the supervisor of ceremonies? Probably a bad thing, right? Zhang Although Jing bullies Zhao Zhigao on weekdays, he will not be so stupid as to make him lose his job! A weak enemy is far better than a strong one, isn't it?"

Chen Ju nodded and said yes: "The sixth master is worthy of being a veteran of the three dynasties. He is more thoughtful than us."

(End of this chapter)