Chapter 1113
Li Dongyang's prejudice against Chen Xi did not form overnight.??
In Li Dongyang's eyes, a large part of the reason why Chen Xi's rise in the court in recent years is because his old friend Xie Qian's condolence to Chen Xi, which makes him lack basic tolerance for Chen Xi, which is contrary to his always like to promote young juniors.
In fact, Chen Xi does not need Xie Qian's support. After all, Chen Xi has relied on his own efforts to establish his position in the court over the years. He has experienced many things and made many contributions. However, people in the world have a prejudice against Chen Xi, which is also the limitation of an era, or a kind of thinking character.
Young people must be inexperienced and cannot be used as a big deal. They will inevitably do wrong things and cause trouble!
When Xiao Jing went to report to Emperor Hongzhi, Xie Qian, who had just arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion to work, heard about this and hurried to ask Li Dongyang to argue. Li Dongyang was blocked by Xie Qian when he left the palace gate.
Xie Qian has always been respectful to Li Dongyang, mainly because Li Dongyang ranks higher than him in the cabinet. Li Dongyang is the second-level assistant, while Xie Qian ranks third. However, the two have always had good personal relationships. This time, the old friend did not discuss with him and directly denied Chen Xi's report, believing that Chen Xi's bluffing was unwilling tolerate Xie Qian.
Li Dongyang responded indifferently to Xie Qian's questioning: "Yu Qiao, you always talk about how good Chen Xi is and how capable it is, but what he did in this battle... was not satisfactory, and you were still so fond of helping him? He should not know that the main force of the Northern Invaders appeared in Ningxia Town and actually reported to the Northern Invaders in Xuanfu, but Xuanfu and other places have always reported peace. What does this mean?"
"If his false reports of military information were exposed to Your Majesty, Your Majesty would not be like me. He would simply suppress his memorials, but would directly punish him. Now I am helping him, not harming him. Yu Qiao, you should understand my good intentions!"
Xie Qianqian said angrily: "What good intentions? You see that Chen Xi's child is younger than you and has achieved greater success than you. He is so angry that he makes trouble with him many times!"
Although he is an old friend, Xie Qian will not avoid some of the words, just like a debate about "child prodigy".
When talking about "child prodigy", all the people in the court and the country said Li Dongyang and Cheng Minzheng. Now when talking about "child prodigy", the first thing others think of is Chen Xi, because even Li Dongyang, who is called a child prodigy, has not reached the point where he won the first prize at the age of twelve, and has no chance of becoming a rank-in official at the age of 13, and it is even less likely that he will become a rank-in official at the age of 16 or 17.
Li Dongyang looked disdainful: "Suzuki, what do you say, I am very tired after a busy night, so I won't talk to you anymore. Go back and have a good sleep first. Yu Qiao, I would like to advise you, if you report Chen Xi, it will be harmful to you but not beneficial, please consider it yourself!"
After saying that, Li Dongyang did not look back and left the Ming Sect, Xie Qian was angry while he was still there.
Although Xie Qian was angry that Li Dongyang suppressed Chen Xi's memorial book. He was in a private relationship and would stand on Shen Xi's side, he was also a little prejudiced against Chen Xi when it came to business, thinking that Chen Xi was too young and would make mistakes after walking for a long time, and would not go smoothly forever. Therefore, Xie Qian did not dare to rashly submit the memorial book that Li Dongyang and Xiao Jing jointly suppressed to Emperor Hongzhi.
"If I submit the report, Your Majesty will definitely be like those people. He does not believe that the main force of Tatars appeared in Xuanfu, and reinforcements still cannot be sent out, which will not benefit the children of Chenxi, but instead makes the court lose trust in the children of Chenxi. It is better to just do this. If what Rubin said was falsely reporting the war, it would not cause much harm to the children of Chenxi. But... if the children of Chenxi are true, what should I do?"
While Xie Qian wanted to believe Chen Xi, he couldn't help but raise all kinds of questions. While trying to help Chen Xi, he wanted to stay out of the matter, and was in a conflicted and entangled mood.
Xie Qian himself is an old fox and is a representative of worldly style in the court. After thinking about it over and over again, he finally decided not to worry about it for the time being.
Xie Qian thought to himself: "If what Chenxi children reported is true, it will be when your Li Bin's reputation is discredited. What should I do if I do? Someone asked me, I would rather pretend to be ignorant!"
With this idea, Xie Qiandai assumed that the matter had not happened before, and neither came forward to help Chen Xi nor did he take any action. However, he was aware of his mind. One of them was how to help Chen Xi avoid disaster, and the other was to try every means to help Chen Xi achieve achievements in the border and return "triumphantly".
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Xie Qian sat firmly on Diaoyutai, preparing to ignore everything and wait and see what happened. Many people in the court held similar views to Xie Qian.
Qisheng, Zhang Mao, Zhang Heling and others.
No matter how far the border war is, as long as the Tatar soldiers and horses are not killed to Juyong Pass, the capital will be able to maintain stability. For the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, life will not be much different. At most, martial law in the capital will continue, and there will be no obstacles to the travel and enjoyment of the powerful.
In the Jianchang Hou Mansion, Zhang Yanling sang every night, regardless of the bloody storms in the border, he only cared about the peace and contentment of his life in the capital, but only moved the place where he had enjoyed the past from the houses outside the city to his home.
Zhang Yanlingxin got a "beauty". This beauty was aware of the knowledge and flattering her everywhere, which made him linger. He originally wanted to keep the beauty outside as an outdoor room, but soon after, he changed his mind and formally took it as a concubine, took her into the mansion, and drank with the beauty openly for fun.
Because of his love for this beauty, he was no longer so interested in the women hidden in his home and outside, and almost reached the point where he loved them all.
The "beauty" was loved by Zhang Yanling. Jiang Liwei, who made contributions to the beauty, was also promoted and reused by Zhang Yanling.
Zhang Yanling personally came forward to find Zhao Jian, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and said that Zhao Jian was unhappy. After all, dismissing Jiang Liwei was a decision made by several senior officials of the Jinyiwei after discussion. However, fearing the power of the Zhang brothers, Jiang Liwei still regained his post and continued to serve as the Jinyiwei North Town Fushi Office. He was in charge of the fifth rank, and his status was higher than before.
Since then, Jiang Liwei left Ma Wensheng and was controlled by Liu Daxia, and officially defected to the Zhang brothers, becoming the front pawn of the foreign relatives' party.
During the period of martial law in the capital, there were "major cases" in the capital, saying that there were officials, merchants and Tatars secretly colluded. The case was led by Zhang Yanling, and Jiang Liwei was specifically responsible. Finally, a series of "disruptions" were found. After severe torture, "evidence" was finally found. The case is still under trial, and Jiang Liwei profited a lot, but most of them were dedicated to Zhang Yanling, allowing Zhang Yanling to make a lot of money.
"It's still a boy named Jiang who can do things. Not only can he find a beauty, but he can also help me earn money. If there is any trouble in the future, I will let him do it. Even if something happens, I can just push it all. Say that the boy named Jiang is Liu Daxia and his gang. Anyway, Liu Daxia has been alive for a few days in the northwest and has no evidence of death... This will reduce worries!"
Zhang Yanling had a wishful thinking, and others were worried in the face of war. When he arrived at him, war was a good opportunity for wealth.
Zhang Yanling earned nearly 100,000 taels of silver through martial law in the capital. He had never calculated the specific figures. As for jewelry, jade and antique calligraphy and paintings other than gold and silver, he got a lot, which were given to him by merchants below.
"Mr. Marquis, the boy named Jiang has always been different from ours. Otherwise, I will train a few families to give birth to the Jinyiwei. Your Majesty has relied heavily on the Jinyiwei recently!"
Zhang Yanling's right-hand assistant, Zhang Huqi, who has become Zhang Yanling's right-hand man in more than a year, stepped forward to ask for instructions.
Zhang Huqi's original surname is 6, but after entering the Zhang Mansion to do things, he changed his surname and followed the master's family, meaning that he would die in the future. In addition, he was good at flattering and doing things, so he gradually gained the trust of Zhang Yanling.
Zhang Yanling has lost trust in the elderly who served in the Zhang family for many years because he is afraid that his brother and sister will know what he does. Therefore, even the old servants who have been working as a servant in the Zhang family for decades are always on guard against him, and some new people who have been selling themselves to the Zhang family are gradually entrusted to him to value them.
Zhang Yanling shook his head when he heard this: "There is no backer behind Jiang's surname, so he can only count on me. What he does is to obey me?"
"It is better to have fewer people in the key yamen like the factory guards, and focus on winning over them. If you have something to do, it is easy to get out of here. Your Majesty also has doubts about the trusted yamen. Who knows which one is loyal and which one is a traitor? Don't wait until Your Majesty wants to take action against the factory guards, and now we are involved. Even if Your Majesty is in-laws with our Zhang family, you will turn against each other!"
Zhang Huqi nodded and bowed: "Yes, yes, or is it the Marquis who consider Zhou Xiang."
Zhang Yanling said: "I heard that Liu Daxia's troops have entered Yansui and began to recover the border city gates. His Majesty learned that the main force of the Tatars was far away in Ningxia Town, and he would definitely mention the lifting of martial law in the capital. But now it is the critical time for us to make money, so we must create some news outside, just say that there are still variables in the border war. It is best to find a censor who can speak and go to His Majesty to have a good time!"
Zhang Huqi looked embarrassed: "Marty, the problem is that except for a few ministers and ministers, it is difficult for other officials to see Your Majesty. This wind... is not easy to blow!"
Zhang Yanling sneered: "It's hard to blow the wind inside the court. Isn't there anyone in the palace? Maybe you can find someone to talk to the queen, but it's our Zhang family, or you can find someone to tell the prince... Don't underestimate the power of the prince. The prince is not old, but the crown prince, if you cough twice, your majesty will be nervous! Is there any news from Shen Xi?"
Zhang Huqi thought for a while and shook his head and said, "There is no specific news, but I heard that Shen Xi has reported to Beijing in the past two days."
"That boy Shen Xi is just an embroidered pillow. He looks good, but there is indeed a bag of grass inside... I used to think he was very capable, but he ended up being so cowardly... By the way, the northwest affairs can be used to make a fuss. Didn't he say that the Tartars might attack from Xuanfu Town? Then find someone to let the capital go, saying that the main force of the Tartars was attacking Xuanfu and took the opportunity to advance to Juyongguan. Haha, as soon as this news spread, how could Your Majesty let the capital lift the martial law?"
Zhang Huqi did not realize the wonderfulness of Zhang Yanling's plan and hesitated: "Mr. Marquis, I am afraid that this is a false thing, I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with it afterwards..."
Zhang Yanling shouted angrily: "No matter if it is false, as long as the capital continues to have martial law, a lot of gold and silver will come to the door. Even afterwards, wouldn't there be that guy Shen Xi who was holding the jar? Listen to me, just do it with confidence!"
The more Zhang Yanling thought about it, the more he was impressed by his ideas. He could not only achieve the goal of continuing martial law in the capital, but also take the opportunity to trick Chenxi. When the emperor is fooled in the end, he will definitely punish the boy severely without involving him. It is truly a killing of two birds with one stone.
ps: The first update is here! The emperor still overestimated his hand and took three hours to write a chapter. I will give it to everyone!
Chapter completed!