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Chapter 284: When will the generals, princes and princes end up fighting for power and profits?

There is still a prosperous scene in Luoyang City. People come and go on the streets, and there are endless calls. There are endless business travelers coming and going, as if the commotion a few days ago has long been forgotten.

Looking at the people below who were still alive, Luo Jusheng's eyes were full of solemn expressions. He seemed to be thinking about something, but he ordered without looking back:

"Since that's the case, let him take the person directly to Qixia Town."

"yes."

The black-clothed subordinate who was waiting behind him quickly responded, and then he saw that Luo Jusheng had no other instructions, so he hurriedly retreated in a low voice.

Luo Jusheng didn't care either. His eyes were still looking at the street below, and he could only hear the sound of gongs coming from afar.

"Zheng!Zheng...Zheng!" The gong sounded eleven times.

The crowd on the street quickly spread out when they heard the sound of gongs and avoided them on both sides of the road, fearing that they would block the way of the people coming.

"Are you finally here?"

Luo Jusheng looked at the huge formation below, and people's information emerged in his mind.

'Chu Jing, a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing, served for three dynasties. In the July of the eighth year of Wanli, he was promoted from Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple to the governor of Henan. He was a strict law enforcement officer and did not fear the powerful. He was an important figure in Zhang Juzheng's party. But now that Zhang Juzheng is dead, where should you, the governor of Henan?'

Luo Jusheng thought of the letter sent to him by Brother Qiyi, asking him to closely monitor the person's every move.

I have to say that this year's court has changed dramatically. Compared with the murder of the Luoyang prefect, the murder of the Luoyang prefect is simply a bit insignificant.

In early June this year, Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was seriously ill and bedridden, and it was difficult to manage the government.

This was the first time that Zhang Juzheng took the initiative to ask for a leave of absence due to illness in his ten years in power. In the past, even if his father passed away, the Prime Minister had never let go of the power in his hands. For this reason, the famous "fight for love" broke out, which was very involved. Moreover, even during his return to his hometown to bury, major affairs of the court must be sent directly to Jiangling, and he personally decided to seize it.

And this time, anyone can see that this Ming Dynasty who has been in charge of the Ming Dynasty for ten years and has been in power, the pillar of the world's Ming Dynasty is about to be in the sky.

Even Emperor Wanli personally went to visit him, and he asked about his family and country affairs behind him just like the later emperor asked Wu Hou.

But no one expected that this parting would come so quickly. On June 20th, the most powerful minister of the Ming Dynasty passed away in disgrace. His departure was like a meteor passing through the dark night sky. After a brief splendor, there was only endless confusion and unknown.

What people even unexpectedly did not expect was that just four days after Zhang Juzheng's death, Pan Sheng, the successor he recommended on his deathbed, was directly dismissed. At this time, Pan Sheng was even on his way to Beijing to take office, and it can be said that he was laid off before he could take office.

Pan Sheng's deposition means that Emperor Wanli's attitude has changed.

This young emperor who has been obeying Zhang Juzheng for ten years seems to have his own opinions, and this also gives the "anti-Zhang factions" who have always wanted to overthrow Zhang.

Zhang Juzheng was in power for ten years. Although he was in power, he still made countless enemies. In addition to the political enemies he suppressed, many of them were censors who were dismissed because of the "strife of love" that year.

However, although these people have always had the intention of defeating Zhang Zhizhi, in the eyes of the Zhang Party, who is in power, they are just clowns. But what they never expected was that someone actually turned against him, and the one who turned against him was not ordinary people.

Zhang Siwei, who succeeded Zhang Juzheng as the chief minister of the cabinet, was originally a supporter of Zhang Juzheng's reform.

But when he became the chief minister, he restored a large number of important officials who were once excluded by Zhang Juzheng and began to oppose Zhang Juzheng's past reforms.

Obviously, I want to build my prestige in the court by using this anti-Zhang force to consolidate my position as chief minister.

In this way, with the ambiguous attitude of Emperor Wanli and the new chief assistant Zhang Siwei turned against him, the wind of overturning Zhang was very popular in the court, and the dissatisfaction that had been suppressed by Zhang Juzheng for ten years was vented like a flood broke the dam.

However, for these people, in addition to the attitude of Emperor Wanli, there is another biggest obstacle, that is, Feng Bao, who is called the inner minister.

Feng Bao, currently the eunuch in charge of the seal, was the person that Emperor Wanli once trusted the most. Wanli called him a great companion. He watched Emperor Wanli grow up and manage the two special dynasty institutions of the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang.

To a certain extent, his rights were even more terrifying than Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng was able to take charge of the government for ten years, which was of great significance to Feng Bao.

Feng and Zhang joined forces inside and outside. Over the past ten years, the Ming Dynasty's government has been doing everything they can. Even Emperor Wanli was a little scared when he saw these two.

Zhang and Feng were all together, and Zhang Dang was also Feng Dang, so Zhang had to get rid of Feng Bao first, but Feng Bao was an eunuch, so it was difficult to move easily. In addition, he had Jinyiwei and Dongchang on his hands. To move, he had to know the attitude of Emperor Wanli, and it was best for the people in this palace to move first.

And the people in this palace, except for the empress dowager who has returned to power, were only his righteous brother who was in charge of the East Factory, and another eunuch who was in charge of the Jinyiwei, who was in charge of the Jinyiwei, who was able to touch him.

Although both of them are under Feng Bao's custody, who doesn't want to go further? What's more, the emperor's heart is unpredictable. If Emperor Wanli already has the intention to get rid of Zhang Feng, then will they continue to follow Feng Bao and aren't they looking for death?

Thinking of the "Hua Yue Cihuan" mentioned in the brother's letter, Luo Jusheng seemed to have figured out something, and he couldn't help but murmur:

"Zheng comes from Ning's family, and sacrificial comes from me. Zheng comes from Ning's family..."

‘Oh, it seems that the court is really going to change. But it’s good that it’s time for us to wait. There’s a big fish in Kunming that is about to close the net.’

After making up his mind, Luo Jusheng sighed lightly at first, then smiled. He looked at the official sedan chair that was nowhere to be seen below, shook the folding fan in his hand, and turned around and left with a smile.

'We have made a choice, and how will you make a decision? I remember that Master Xu is also from Zhang Juzheng's party.'

...

There is still the cemetery in the outskirts of Luoyang, and the lame figure is still there, but today he is no longer lying down like before.

He leaned on two branches he had found from somewhere and forced himself to his body in front of his crutches. He looked at the weeds in front of him, and what the man said to him kept echoing in his mind.

After a long time, tears filled his eyes. He let go of the crutches in his hand, knelt down at the deserted tomb in front of him, and kowtowed three deeply.

Then, his eyes looked west again, and he put his hands together and bowed his head three times.

Finally, he picked up the crutches, forced himself to hold up, and firmly walked towards Luoyang City with crutches.

...

"Ha, Hatch!" Xiao Liu, who had just climbed the top of the mountain, suddenly felt his nose itchy for some reason and couldn't help but sneeze.

"Brother, are you okay?" Xiao Qi asked with concern on the side.

"It's okay, maybe someone misses me." Xiao Liu replied with a smile.

"Someone wants to, who?" Xiaoqi asked curiously, and Wushuang on the side also cast a curious look.

"Who else can it be? It's probably my master and the others." Xiao Liu smiled and said perfunctorily, then he pointed to the distance and introduced to the two of them:

"Look, there is Mianchi County ahead. The famous story of Lin Xiangru fighting against Qin King in history happened here. I remember that there was a commemorative pavilion in the southwest of the city."

Xiaoliu smiled and introduced to the two of them that the three of them walked west and stopped along the way. When they encountered scenic spots and beautiful places, they often had to enjoy them, just like going out for an outing, and they were not in a hurry to go back.

"Brother, who is Lin Xiangru? Why does he fight against the King of Qin?" Xiaoqi asked in confusion, Wushuang on the side also looked at Xiaoliu with curiosity.

"This Lin Xiangru, he is..."
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