The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Knowing the turmoil between Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, Wei Guangde suddenly lost interest.

Because he has already deduced from this that the chief minister of the cabinet must rely on the support of this eunuch to be stable, otherwise nothing can be done.

People can easily obstruct the decision-making of the chief minister of the cabinet. There is no need to veto it, just delaying it, and the chief minister will be embarrassed.

If he gets Zhang Juzheng in the future, will he have to do the same?

Thinking of this, the position of chief assistant seems to be no longer good, because it is not as good as he imagined.

"Feng Bao. Zhang Hong"

At this time, the names of the eunuchs in the palace kept popping up in Wei Guangde's mind.

Yes, Wei Guangde is already a little cautious.

In the past, he thought it was okay for Feng Bao to be greedy for money. He himself was greedy for money. To use a popular saying in later generations, that is, anything that can be solved with money is no big deal.

It sounds easy to say it, but when it really falls on me, it seems to be another feeling.

It's normal to solve problems when they happen, but who are the people who are willing to spend money?

They are all people who regard wealth as life.

If you ask them to spend money to solve the problem, you may say so, but your heart may be bleeding.

You may say that you want to be more liberal and spend a small amount of money to do big things. This is to make more money in the future.

In fact, it was just because the matter had nothing to do with him. Wei Guangde didn't think those people would be willing to do this.

After replacing Feng Bao, Wei Guangde did not consider the feasibility of doing so for the time being, but if he replaced Feng Bao, who could guarantee that he would not be the same as Feng Bao?

Headache.

Wei Guangde rubbed his forehead and could only sigh helplessly.

At this time, Wei Guangde felt uncomfortable even with Chen Ju, who had always had a good relationship with him.

Going by the rules, although he is very principled in doing things, he is still greedy for money, but he will not abandon his principles for those yellow and white things.

Why did we get to this point? Maybe if I had been a civil servant, stayed in Jiangxi, and become a rich man in my own right, I wouldn't have had so many worries.

Days passed day by day, and from that day on, Wei Mansion's spies began to observe the transactions between Zhang Mansion and Feng Mansion.

Although he was very reluctant and even felt a little sick, Wei Guangde still had to make some preparations in advance.

Zhang Juzheng's skills were probably taught by Xu Jie. He had no one to teach him, so he could only learn them secretly.

Now Wei Guangde is actually unable to help himself most of the time. Even if he wants to return to his hometown for retirement, he cannot.

Not only at home, but also with his uncle, the nobles, the Jiangxi officials and others standing behind him, they all just kept pushing him forward.

No choice at all.

Just like Zhang Siwei, maybe he is not very interested in joining the officialdom, but his family and the businessmen he cooperates with will push him to move up.

Because they all need someone on the table to safeguard their interests.

In the cabinet duty room, Wei Guangde looked at the note in his hand and asked, "What is this? Who wrote it?"

Wei Guangde looked at Lu Bu with curiosity on his face.

Lu Bu came in from outside just now and handed him a note, saying that Zhang Ji had someone send it in.

"White swallows fly, two pairs of jades shine together, they bring business and pass on the emperor's orders, and they send happiness to Ci Wei. Sometimes the red medicine steps pass by, bringing the fragrance to the embroidered curtains."

Wei Guangde read it softly, but he felt strange that the word was not very good, but it seemed to have a vague metaphor, and when paired with the word card, it seemed that it could be regarded as a pornographic poem in a red building.

"Sir, it is said that this is "Ode to the White Swallow" written by Lord Shoufu, followed by "Ode to White Lotus", also written by Lord Shoufu."

Lu Bu whispered, someone outside is spreading these words now.

Wei Guangde opened his mouth in surprise when he heard this. Why did Zhang Juzheng rush to write some Liu Yong's words?

Zhang Juzheng didn't like that place. Although he had been there, I didn't hear that he had anything else in mind there.

It is said that there are many beautiful women in Zhang's residence, and he needs to go out and look for flowers.

"The lotus ripples play with the colorful mandarin ducks haha"

Wei Guangde glanced at "White Lotus Ode" and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

"Go and check to see if this was written by Zhang Shuda."

After a while, Wei Guangde put away his smile and said to Lu Bu with a serious face.

If not, it has nothing to do with him and it is up to Zhang Juzheng to check it himself.

But if it was really written by Zhang Juzheng, it would be a big deal. In my memory, it seems that when Emperor Wanli came to power and began to criticize Zhang Juzheng, he almost opened the coffin and whipped the corpse.

For an emperor, it is understandable that the ministers themselves live a luxurious life, but they blindly advise the emperor to be frugal, not to mention that the emperor is still young and studying.

Emperor Wanli shouldn't have been so rude, but he actually had to impose such a harsh punishment.

"return."

Just when Lu Bu was about to go out, Wei Guangde suddenly called someone back and continued: 'Let the outsiders find out where the news came from. ’

Now is a special period. Don't let anyone deliberately try to mess with Zhang Juzheng and prevent his reforms.

Wei Guangde just thought that the time when this word came out was not simple. It was such a coincidence.

I didn't want to check too much, but this time it was obvious that someone could spread it, so I had to pay attention.

Forbidden City, Cining Palace.

Feng Bao hurried over with his clothes in hand. As soon as he arrived at the palace gate, he saw two strong eunuchs dragging a palace maid out. She had been beaten into a human shape and it looked like there was no way to survive.

Those are the forbidden troops in the palace. There are people like this in every palace. They are the thugs in the palace.

This time Queen Mother Li asked them to take action. It seemed that the trouble was really big.

"Mother, the slave has arrived."

Entering the hall, Feng Bao knelt directly below.

"Please clean up the palace for me. No one is allowed to gossip, otherwise you will be the one to look good."

Empress Dowager Li was still angry at this time, so Su Rong said to Feng Bao.

"Also, the palace is too messy. Please clean it all up for me."

"Yes, empress, I will do it now."

Feng Bao hurriedly kowtowed and agreed.

"Go away, don't come again next time."

Empress Dowager Li said with full of malice, "Start cleaning up from Qianqing Palace."

"Yes yes yes."

Feng Bao kowtowed three times before exiting the palace, then picked up the hem of his robe and ran towards the palace gate.

Because of a rumor, the entire Forty-Nine City Palace was in chaos inside and outside the palace.

However, these are not things that ordinary people in the market can know.

The key content is too sensitive and I really dare not discuss it casually.

"Brother Chen, I'll fill it up for you again."

In the flower hall of Wei Mansion, Wei Guangde held a wine bottle and gave Chen Juman a drink.

In the huge flower hall, there was no servant or maid around to serve tea and wine. There were only two people in the room, Wei Guangde and Chen Ju.

"Shandai, tell me honestly, is the rumor outside true or false?

It is definitely impossible after the empress enters the palace, so it can only be what happened before, when she was still in Yuzhuan. "

Chen Ju was also a little drunk, so he asked directly in a low voice.

Chen Ju is now the eunuch in charge of the twenty-four prisons, and he is also a prominent figure in the palace.

Who says that eunuchs don't understand the affairs between men and women and lack the lifeblood? It seems that they are more enthusiastic about that aspect.

"Drink and drink, what are you talking about?"

Wei Guangde laughed happily and wanted to change the topic.

Chen Ju suddenly came to the house today. Although Wei Guangde had a guess, he was not entirely sure.

Now that Chen Ju was asking for help, Wei Guangde just ignored him and just wanted to perfunctory the matter.

"We are all so familiar with each other, so just tell us. You were in Prince Yu's Mansion at that time, so you must know a lot."

Who knew that Chen Ju came to the Wei Mansion specifically to eat this melon.

Feng Bao acted very quickly. After leaving Cining Palace, he began to attack the forces deployed by all parties in the palace. In just two days, hundreds of people mysteriously disappeared from the palace.

No one knows the final whereabouts of these people, but given the ruthlessness of the factory, they probably won’t survive.

When Chen Ju heard the rumors at first, he just thought it was a joke. Someone outside wanted to destroy Zhang Juzheng, but there was a big war in the palace, which made him really curious.

Just by calculating, I knew that Empress Dowager Li and Zhang Juzheng would not dare to ask or even mention it. That is to say, Wei Guangde, an old man with a rich background, might know something.

After all, it seems that the only wealthy people in the court now are Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde.

"I know, I know shit."

Wei Guangde picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp before saying.

"No sign?"

Chen Ju asked in a low voice.

"Even Yu Zhuli knows about this, how do you think you can still tolerate them until now?"

Wei Guangde smiled bitterly and said, "Also, Brother Chen, don't forget who in Yuzhu is the one who keeps the word."

"Uh, Li Fang, Eunuch Li."

Chen Ju sat upright and said with a frown.

"Yes, at that time, Eunuch Li was the one who made the final decisions inside and outside Prince Yu's Mansion. Do you think Prince Yu's Mansion will become a place for filth and evil?"

In fact, Wei Guangde has also thought about this matter carefully in the past two days. According to his understanding of Prince Yu's Mansion, such a scandal will not happen.

Even though the cabinet and the Sixth Section Yamen are both in the imperial city, the imperial city is also divided into internal and external areas.

The place where they are located belongs to the outer imperial city. The inner imperial city is where the concubines live. You can ask Ke Dao or the cabinet minister Wu Zhi to go in and try.

Don't even think about the consequences.

"What is the difference between Prince Yu's Mansion and the Imperial Palace?"

Wei Guangde whispered again: "The palace also has front and back yards. Do you think we can come in and out at will? Or those in the back yard can come to the front at will? I'm afraid Eunuch Li would have had people drag him out and beat him to death."

Not only are there strict divisions in Prince Yu's Mansion, even the passages in and out are separate.

They, the subordinate officials of the palace, have special entrances and exits, that is, they use the second gate of the palace to enter and exit. There are also two other small doors in the palace for people in the front yard and the back yard to enter and exit.

It's not like Wei Guangde never entered the backyard of Prince Yu's Mansion, and it's not like he never met Queen Mother Chen and Queen Mother Li in the palace. At that time, Queen Mother Chen was still the second concubine and was later promoted to princess, while Queen Mother Li was just a palace maid.

So what, when they entered the backyard, either King Yu was taking them or a eunuch summoned them to go in. There would be no female relatives at all along the way, so they had to avoid suspicion.

If something goes wrong, Li Fang will be the first to suffer.

Zhang Juzheng and Empress Dowager Li can't do anything in public.

Therefore, Wei Guangde thought for a long time and did not think that the rumors outside were true.

"Is there a lotus pond in Prince Yu's palace?"

Chen Ju didn't give up yet and kept asking questions.

Of course, if it weren't for Wei Guangde and their twenty-year friendship, he wouldn't have dared to ask.

"Yes, in the backyard."

Wei Guangde said casually.

"Isn't that right? Lian Yi plays Cai Yuan."

Unexpectedly, Chen Ju gently touched his palm and said.

"Haha, you really think that 'Cai' is Queen Mother Li, haha."

Wei Guangde chuckled, "That's just far-fetched."

Although Wei Guangde said this, he was actually murmuring in his heart.

He didn't think Zhang Juzheng was that stupid to do such a thing.

It's not that you can't seduce palace maids, well, at that time, Queen Mother Li was a palace maid, serving the princess in the backyard.

Through these people, we can learn about the situation in the palace's backyard.

But what is a bit unclear is that when Zhang Juzheng came to the palace, Li Caifeng was already a beauty, that is, Prince Yu's concubine. How else could Zhang Juzheng and her hook up?

If we say it was two years earlier, Zhang Juzheng was still idle in the Hanlin Academy with him.

If he is really so far-sighted, then we have to wonder if Zhang Juzheng is also a time traveler who knows history and knows that the little palace maid will become the mother of the emperor and the empress dowager of the Ming Dynasty.

If it is really in the lotus pond, the time seems wrong. It should be more than 40 years ago during Jiajing. At that time, Zhang Juzheng also entered Prince Yu's Mansion.

However, Li Caifeng had already given birth to Zhu Yijun at that time, and because the prince died young, Zhu Yijun was already the de facto eldest son of the palace.

Does she still need help from outside?

Even if you want it, you should go to Chen Yiqin.

At that time, Gao Gong had already left Prince Yu's palace and entered the court. The chief of the palace was Chen Yiqin.

After sending Chen Ju away, Wei Guangde returned to the study and was still thinking about this clue.

Because he thought that there might be someone who knew, and that was Feng Bao.

Yes, Li Fang was the chief eunuch of Prince Yu's palace, and no one could compare with him before.

But later, Feng Bao was punished from the eunuch Bingbi to work as an errand in Prince Yu's Mansion, and became Li Fang's right-hand man.

Although the relationship between the two was only average in Wei Guangde's opinion, the struggle in the inner court was not something he could know about in the outer court.

It is possible if Feng Bao pulls the strings, but still, Zhu Yijun's status at that time was stable. As long as he could grow up, he would be the eldest son of Prince Yu, unless Princess Chen could give birth to a son and grow up.

Wei Guangde never thought of the purpose of doing this, so naturally he didn't believe that it was true.

Again, this matter is too sensitive. Regardless of whether it is true or someone deliberately framed it, the parties involved cannot come forward to clarify.

What can I say?

This is what people say about fear.

"Zhang Ji, ask Zhang Ji to come to me."

Wei Guangde couldn't understand and shouted outside the study.

After a while, Zhang Ji hurried over.

"Have you checked the rumors? Where did they come from?"

Wei Guangde asked immediately.

When he learned the news two days ago, he sent someone to check it out.

But it's been two days, and Zhang Ji still hasn't given a reply.

Wei Guangde couldn't sit still and called someone over to ask.

"Master, the source has not been found yet. Outside, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and Zhang Mansion are also investigating this matter."

Zhang Ji whispered, "The news coming out of Jin Yiwei seems to have made no progress. The source of the news is very mysterious."

"knew."

Wei Guangde said angrily, and then said with a wry smile: "At this moment, Uncle Zhang has nothing to write about clichés, and why bother offering it to the palace." (End of Chapter)