Chapter 338: All-in-one

"Military power?" Pei Mingyao was stunned. This was something he had never thought about, and he had never dreamed of it. But he was stunned for a moment and shook his head and said, "This is impossible. Only the head of our Pei family can control it. Those generals in charge of the army only obeyed my father's orders. No one except his father can mobilize them."

Zhou Mi chuckled, "This is why the envoy is not thinking about the problem. I am not saying that I want the envoy to seize military power and let the army listen to you, no! It's not like that, I just hope that the generals of the army can support you on the issue of the Pei family heirs, which is enough."

Pei Mingyao didn't say anything for a long time. The meticulous words seemed to open a window for him, allowing him to see a scenery outside the window that he had never seen before. Yes! Liu Lung, Duan Lianda, Yang Xiu, Han Wenming, and Wang Tai, these five generals controlled the nearly 300,000 troops of the Pei family. It is true that they obeyed their father's orders, but they were also human beings. The Pei family's heirs also concern their vital interests. They could not care about this matter. Not to mention the five, as long as three of them supported themselves, their father would have to weigh the attitude of the military when considering the heirs of the head of the family.

Thinking of this, Pei Mingyao suddenly turned around and stared at him excitedly and said, "Then, where should I start?"

After leaving the Imperial College, Pei Mingyao was as light as a swallow. He pulled the reins of the horse and danced the "bee dance" on the street, attracting countless passers-by to cover his mouth and laugh quietly. Several old masters of the Imperial College who passed by frowned. The dignified Zhongshu Sheshou was slutty on the street. What kind of decent is this!

Pei Mingyao's vision was wide open and he left happily, but he didn't know that just as he left, Zhou Mi sneaked out of the Imperial College from the back door, got into a carriage, and headed towards the East City. Finally, the carriage was parked in front of the Qianyun Restaurant in the East City. Zhou Mi saw that there was no acquaintance around, so she flashed into the restaurant.

Just as Pei Mingyao left the Imperial College, Zhang Huan finally returned to his mansion in Chang'an. Butler Sun knew that his master was going to Beijing three days ago. He mobilized his servants to clean the entire mansion. The door was oiled with new paint, the pond was cleared with mud, and the water was replaced with new water. Some dead flowers, plants and trees were pulled out, and a batch of precious flowers and trees were replanted. At the same time, he sent someone to purchase supplies to prepare for the New Year celebration.

In addition, the Ministry of War also sent people to clean up the military camp next to the mansion, open the gates, and wait for the army to settle in. Not only the military camp, but Zhang Huan's arrival made the atmosphere of the entire Changlefang warm. At this time, there was nearly a month before the New Year, but the atmosphere in the yard was more lively than during the New Year. Even the local guards in the yard specially led more than a dozen elders to represent nearly two thousand families in Changlefang to welcome the Secretary of the Shangshu back to Beijing.

From entering Mingde Gate at noon and to the mansion in Changlefang, Zhang Huan and his party walked for a whole hour after a short journey of seven or eight miles. When they returned to their study, Zhang Huan seemed to be exhausted and dispersed.

The study room had been cleaned up and the light was bright. The charcoal fire had been baked for one morning. The room was as warm as spring. A incense burner curled up in the corner of the room, and a faint sandalwood was filled with the room.

The secretary Lang Niu Sengru, who stayed in Beijing, also knew that he was going to return, so he sent some documents early in the morning, mainly records of major events that happened in the court this year. From Zhang Huan's departure from Chang'an until yesterday, every day happened one by one, and every trivial matter was mentioned. However, all major events were written in detail in detail. What's more rare is that he recorded every day, never intermittently, and holidays were no exception, which made Zhang Huan admire his perseverance.

He leaned against a soft mattress, reading Niu Sengru's "big events" with interest. From this record, he learned a lot of things that no one had told him before. For example, Wei Yan's daughter Wei Ruoyue divorced the old man Wang Mao and married Li Mian's second son as his wife. This means that Wei Yan and Li Mian got married, and Wei Qing was also appointed as the governor of Chenliu three months ago. Zhang Huan knew the tricks here.

For example, the Zhang family in Taiyuan has been abandoned by Pei Jun, cut off the supply of Lumi, and was destroyed again due to Zhang Xuan's excessive spending. Only three families of the Zhang family who depended on them were left. In a rage, Mrs. Wang went to Beijing to invite Zhang Can back to Taiyuan, officially admitting that Zhang Can was the authentic head of the Zhang family. After the Zhang family split for many years, the three families were finally united. But at this time, the Zhang family was no longer the fifth largest family in the world.

Zhang Huan sighed with emotion again, and he continued to flip back. Suddenly, he was attracted by a simple record: 'Right Prime Minister Pei Jun deposed his son Pei Mingyao's position as inherited.'

He looked around again and there was no other related content. Just this sentence, it was the day when he returned to Longyou from Anxi a month ago.

Niu Sengru obviously did not realize the importance of this matter, so he just mentioned it. However, Zhang Huan sensitively discovered the hidden crisis in the Pei family from this sentence. His brother-in-law and second brother-in-law were incompatible. He had long known this. He never thought that Pei Mingkai could inherit the head of the Pei family. It was not because he was lame, but because he lacked the courage to make decisions on major matters. Pei Mingyao was not good either. He lacked the demeanor of the everyone, but Pei Jun still made him the heir of the head of the family, which made Zhang Huan not optimistic about the next generation of the Pei family.

Now Pei Jun has actually deposed him. What happened here? Zhang Huan couldn't help but think about it. He always felt that there seemed to be some secret hidden in it.

At this moment, the personal soldiers reported at the door that "Li Sizheng is here." As soon as he finished speaking, Li Fanyun, wearing a green Taoist robe, walked into Zhang Huan's study with a smile.

At present, the only one who can enter Zhang Huan's study at will without reporting is Li Fanyun, except for his wife and concubines. This is not only because Li Fanyun is his eldest sister, but more importantly, Li Fanyun is his chief intelligence officer and the official of the Internal Affairs Department. She handles all the secret matters that he is ashamed of, and even he doesn't even know many things.

"Sister is here so quickly!" Zhang Huan smiled slightly, waved his hand at her, and signaled her to sit down.

Although Li Fanyun grew up in Taoist temples, her heart was always full of hatred. The Taoist heart that was without any traits of Taoism and inaction was just a habit she developed since childhood. After all, she was far from being a female Taoist priest, but like a single gangster. She was five years old like Zhang Huan and was already thirty-six this year. But from her appearance, she still looked about twenty years old, with crystal clear skin as jade, and delicate facial features like a lady in the master's paintings.

But none of these matters. What matters is that her unlimited planning and pervasive planning can be regarded as Zhang Huan's right-hand man.

"I originally wanted to go to Longyou to find you, but there were too many things and I couldn't get rid of it for a while." Li Fanyun sat down with a smile. She took out a booklet and handed it to Zhang Huan, "This is something I did when you were not in Chang'an. I will report my duties to you."

"I want to know the death of the emperor. What inside information did you find?" Zhang Huan asked casually while reading her performance report.

Li Fanyun thought for a while and said, "Zhu Guanghui, the insider of the palace, told me that the emperor was indeed poisoned to death. It should be the eunuch Lu Tai's hand that the emperor was also killed by the eunuch. Several palace maids and eunuchs who served the emperor were also killed by sticks. The imperial doctor who saw a clue was also killed by other excuses. Cui Xiaofu did this very ruthlessly and left no evidence."

"Of course, if she leaves any evidence, she won't be able to survive." Zhang Huan smiled and said, "But I remember that Lu Taiyi was a confidant of King Luo before. Since he dared to kill the old master, this person must be a person of cold nature. You might as well do something about him."

Li Fanyun silently clicked and wrote down Zhang Huan's words. At this time, Zhang Huan suddenly saw the name of 'Pei Mingyao' in his performance report, and asked in surprise: "Do you have also investigated Pei Jun's sons?"

Li Fanyun smiled, and she bowed slightly and said, "I heard a month ago that the heir of the Pei family's head had an accident, and I also thought it was valuable information. Later, we found that Zhou Mi, the assistant coach of the Imperial College, had a close relationship with Pei Mingyao, so we bribed Zhou Mi. Just now he came to report and said that Pei Mingyao was eager to take back the position of heir of the family and was ready to attack the Pei family's army."

"Take the army!" Zhang Huan suddenly became interested. He had realized why he was so interested in this matter. If this matter was operated well, it would sooner or later become the root of the decline of the Pei family.

"This matter is of great importance, you must report it to me at any time."

"My brother, please don't worry. I will handle this matter myself." After Li Fanyun said that, he stood up and bowed and said with a smile: "The things I want to report on are in the booklet, you can read it slowly! I'm going to see Cui Ning's son."

"Sister!" Just as Li Fanyun was about to walk out of the study, Zhang Huan suddenly called her.

"Is there anything else?" Li Fanyun turned around and looked at Zhang Huan and asked.

Zhang Huan hesitated and said hesitantly: "Sister... is he going to stay alone like this for the rest of his life?"

Li Fanyun didn't expect her younger brother to mention this matter suddenly. After a moment of silence, she thought of Cui Xiaofu, and her eyes couldn't help but feel sad. She sighed slightly and said, "Don't ask about this matter again."
Chapter completed!