Chapter 430: Lao Jiaofang is defeated, Xiao Zhengde is determined

Dai Yi, the eunuch of the Silijian, was furious at the Fu Mansion and drove all the eunuchs whom Li Rong gave him back to the capital.

With the fuel of Fu Rong, this news quickly spread throughout the city. After a few days, Lin Han, Zhang Fu, and Zhang Mao, who was invited by Xu Xun to have a few drinks that day, learned the news from Xu Xun that Dai Yi and others were not close to him, but were assigned by Li Rong, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor.

So, I don’t know where the news came from. It was said that Hu Liang and three other censors had visited the city of Beijing before. For a time, rumors continued in Nanjing. Some said that Li Rong, the eunuch in charge of the seal in the Sili Supervisor, had some conflicts with Xu Xun, so he used a knife to kill people, wanted to attack Zhang Mao, and wanted to destroy Xu Xun's reputation; some said that Li Rong wanted to monopolize the power, so even his colleagues had to put people in surveillance; some said that most of the big bosses in the court are north now, and because Xu Xun went out of Jinling, he deliberately suppressed them... In short, they were talking about everything. However, Xu Xun, who was at the forefront, followed Xu Liang to worship the tomb of his mother Fang, did not go out, as if he had no consciousness of returning home in glory.

The storms in Nanjing were not too far away, but the capital under the emperor's feet had already set off a storm. First, a Nanjing supervisor recommended Lin Han, the Minister of Personnel in Nanjing, and immediately after Ma Wensheng asked for retreat, he sent another memorial to the imperial court, recommending Lin Han, the Minister of Personnel in Nanjing to succeed as his heavenly official. Within two days, a joint letter from Zhang Fuhua, the Minister of Justice of Nanjing, and 20 or 30 officials from Nandu were also sent to the capital, and Lin Han was also appointed as the Minister of Personnel. In this uproar, Jiao Fang finally couldn't stand his temper and quietly contacted Liu Jin.

"Eunuch Liu, what does the emperor mean?"

"What does it mean?" Liu Jin stared at Jiao Fang for a long time, and suddenly raised his voice with a sharp throat. "You are so embarrassed to ask me what the emperor means. Do you dare to say that you don't know who Ma Wensheng or the palace has the greatest grudge? Now who is holding his strength to rush him to step down? Okay, you have become a sect now and you won't take me seriously. It's true that you are still dating with Li Rong, right? I've heard that, no wonder this time, Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia are making trouble. It turns out that it's Li Dongyang who is fighting for the position of heaven for Liu Daxia. You are the same year, you have done a good job in supporting and protecting!"

Liu Jin has always been stubborn and speaks sharply. Jiao Fang was almost choked to death by these words. After a while, he calmed down and explained: "Eunuch Liu, where do you start? Listen to me..."

"I don't listen to you. I'm annoyed to listen to the messy rumors these days!" Liu Jin waved his hand angrily and interrupted Jiao Fang's words, "If I had known that you were fighting for this position for others, why did I work so hard? I even asked Li Rong to pick up the cheaper ones. I'm full and I'm full and I'm doing wedding clothes for others! Go back and think about it carefully, is it important for you to be the same year or is it important for me, the palace to communicate with you!"

Before Jiao Fang could say a few more words, he saw Liu Jin standing up and brushing his sleeves away. He was so angry that he couldn't do anything in public. He could only swallow his anger and swallowed out of Liu's house. It was not until he went out to get into his sedan, that he whispered a few times, but after all, he remembered the lesson he taught last time and stopped venting his breath with the handrail. The sedan swayed out of the alley and before he could walk into an arrow, he suddenly kicked the board on his head. Seeing that the sedan stopped, he immediately came over and squinted his eyes.

"If I remember correctly, first, a little-known supervisor from the Imperial College in Nanjing recommended Lin Han, followed by Ma Wensheng, and then Zhang Fuhua and others' joint discount. The days between each note are only three or two days?"

The servant was in charge of inquiring about the news. He heard this and quickly bowed and said softly: "Report to Master, that's true."

Jiao Fang pinched his fingers and calculated. He started from He Tianqu first to impeach Ma Wensheng for a stupid and stupid man. It has only been more than half a month since he made an appointment. If it was eight hundred miles to send a letter to Nanjing in a hurry, Xu Xun should not only receive the news, but also has enough time to react. This may be a counterattack from Jinling. Thinking of this, he nodded and ordered to continue moving forward, but when the curtain fell, he clenched his fists tightly.

This cunning and treacherous boy tried every means to drive people to Nanjing, but he didn't expect that this boy didn't know how to win over the depressed and unsuccessful literati in Nanjing! Yes, maybe the matter of recommending Lin Han was in exchange for conditions. It's a pity that Ma Wensheng would have agreed to this proposal. If this matter is done, wouldn't he have been in vain for Jiao Fang in the past few decades? At this point, he didn't care about how he instigated Liu Daxia at the beginning, so he told Li Dongyang to take the position first!

Jiao Fang was gritting his teeth outside, but Zhu Houzhao in the palace was very relaxed and comfortable. After all, he had to avoid the morning court. Although he had to be fully energetic to deal with the civil and military ministers every time, it was common for him to argue or leave with a disagreement. However, the cabinet tickets to be held in the rituals and supervisors for approval of the winners were ruled for many years. He had already fought in the Wenhua Palace, so he could not argue for the time being, so he had to let it go for the time being. Therefore, the afternoon and evening were all his own. At this moment, it was spring and what made him feel more comfortable was that he could finally meet Zhou Qiniang in Renshou Palace without having to avoid people's eyes and ears.

Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but keep urging Rong Shangyi to signal, and finally decided to pick a few people from the palace servants to follow him to the West Garden to serve. Rong Shangyi even made careful calculations and drove Zhou Qiniang to Taisu Hall, one of the other two to Ninghe Hall, and the other to Yingcui Hall. They had nothing to do with each other and no one knew who they were doing, which provided him with great convenience.

Therefore, at this moment, he was lying comfortably on the cold couch in Taisu Palace, looking at the letters brought in by Xu Xun, and laughing, not caring about the angering gaze that frequently fell on him. After a long time, he got up, salivated his face and came to Zhou Qiniang, and handed over a stack of letters in his hand as if he was pleased.

"Do you want to see? That's what Xiao Xu saw when he followed Pingbei Bo to Jiangnan... Tsk, if he hadn't been given the same surname as Pingbei Bo, how could he have such a good job?"

"You two are birds of a feather!" Zhou Qiniang was both angry and funny, and almost couldn't help but use her fingers to point Zhu Houzhao's head. "I don't think about it. He was a toll-man, and actually sent such private messages to others. What's wrong with people? And you, who followed the emperor to Xiyuan to learn riding and shooting, but slipped here to be lazy. When someone found out that you still wanted to do this job? Last time, my father-in-law Xiao Rui, who came by next to the emperor, almost scared me. Fortunately, my father-in-law Xiao Rui was not very friendly to himself, otherwise you would be in trouble!"

"That's it, that's it. The emperor chose the person he personally, so of course he made a fortune with kindness!"

Zhu Houzhao shrank his head and made a haha, thinking that Ruisheng could play at this critical moment of honesty and honesty, and even raised his airs and said a few words to him, otherwise he would have been almost seen through that trip. It was hard to mention this time, and he quickly showed off: "It's lazy but lazy, but among the people around the emperor, I'm the best riding and shooting kung fu. Yesterday, you didn't see it. I can get seven out of ten arrows in the shooting kung fu. Even the Pingbei Bo who led his troops to win battles is now at a disadvantage in shooting!"

"Blow, you can blow it all..." Zhou Qiniang glanced at Zhu Houzhao, but remembered that he took him to the road to perform riding and shooting on the road after the sun set. The heroic posture of jumping on the horse and bent his bow made her look so shaking. Her tone couldn't help but ease, and pulled Zhu Houzhao down and said word by word, "Since you are good at riding and shooting, you should try to win a good future for yourself. Isn't Eunuch Miao also good at martial arts? Can you lead troops? If you can let the emperor appreciate your skills, you will be released as a military eunuch in the future and kill the Tartars on the battlefield, you will also be a hero of a generation! So, don't waste your time on these small things now. What you are now proud of is that Eunuch Li treats you with green eyes. If you can establish military achievements like Ping Beibo..."

Before Zhou Qiniang could finish her speech, Zhu Houzhao suddenly interrupted her and said, "Does Qijie admire those generals who have made contributions on the battlefield?"

"Shi, why do you admire me?" Zhou Qiniang's face turned red, and then she showed a little sadness on her face. "I have an uncle who treats me well. She died in Yutailing last year... Thanks to Pingbei Bo's defeat of the Tartars and avenge him..."

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao even became a little jealous of Xu Xun's ability to make contributions on the battlefield, but soon became energetic - it was unreasonable that Xu Xun could do, and he, the emperor, could not do it! So, he showed off his eighteen abilities and made the beauty laugh, but the consequences were that he was bombarded without saying a word.

"If you have this skill, you might as well practice martial arts more and become a hero like Pingbei Bo in the future!"

Zhu Houzhao, who was bombarded, had to knock all his depression on the targets. After this round of shooting practice, when the quiver was empty, eight arrows were stabbed on the ten targets. He was overjoyed and immediately threw all his dissatisfaction into Java. He went to the bathroom and took a shower and changed into a dry robe. When he was about to return to the palace, he collided with Liu Jin.

"Your Majesty is going back? Hey, I'm late!" After Liu Jin bowed with a smile on his face, he followed Zhu Houzhao and said while walking, "I heard that Pingbei Bo has come to write a letter from the south..."

"Yes, yes, this kid is all teasing my temperament, saying that Jiangnan is delicious and fun, and I can't live without the capital. Next time he comes back, I have to teach him a lesson so that he can't know how powerful I am..."

After hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Liu Jin tried again. When he learned that Xu Xun had not talked about political affairs at all, he felt relieved and immediately said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't envy him. I heard that there were a few lamas from the Western Regions outside who came to the capital, and there were a few strong men who were good at sumo wrestling under him. This was something Jiangnan had no idea. I wonder if the emperor was interested in going to take a look?"

"Huh?" Zhu Houzhao immediately stopped and tilted his head to ponder for a while. He originally planned to ask Zhou Qiniang to see it together last year, but when he thought of her reprimanding her, and then she said that Xu Xun was a hero. He immediately gave up this idea, and he was cruel in his heart and wanted to train a hero for her to see. He nodded immediately and said, "Okay, after going to Qingning Palace and Renshou Palace to invite the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother, we will sneak out of the palace at night!"


Chapter completed!