Chapter 205 Wind and Thunder

Chapter 205

A banquet was held in the water party. Zhang Mao naturally did not sit with him. Zhang Lun was accompanied by the east. Song Nan originally wanted to ask Wan Zhi and Wang Yong, the guards of the Fusi in Beizhen who followed him, to come up to drink two glasses of water wine, but these two were very interesting. They said that the responsibility of protecting the official was important. They resolutely did not go to the table to drink, only with the brothers of the guard. They ate some food in the outside hall and stood outside the water lobby in twos and threes.

Song Nan also had the intention of temptation. After all, Wan Zhi and Wang Yong were from the Zhenfu Department. Today, they deliberately invited them to come. Even if they wanted to take this opportunity to test, they did not know whether they were faithful to their duties or deliberately avoided suspicions.

Zhang Lun made a toast. Although Zhang Mao did not appreciate it, Zhang Lun still thanked Song Nan from the bottom of his heart. After all, it helped Zhang Lun to get the position of the divine machine camp. If he did not do this, even if he got this position, he may be criticized.

At the banquet, Zhang Lun really revealed some unknown details that happened after Wang Yue and Fan Heng's fall. That afternoon, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian came together to visit the British father-in-law Zhang Mao. They came to ask Zhang Mao to give a reasonable explanation for Zhang Lun's participation in his affairs; although Zhang Lun claimed to lead troops to the West Campus for training. Passing by and saving Song Nan was purely accidental, but this reason was obviously untenable. Zhang Lun's military camp was stationed in Dongcheng. If he wanted to practice, he had to go to Dongcheng campus. It was nothing to run to the west campus, but he happened to meet Song Nan and others outside Daming Gate on time, which made people suspicious.

Zhang Mao naturally appeased the two cabinet scholars, guaranteeing that it was purely coincidental that the British government would never participate in the internal court struggle, and Zhang Lun would never support Liu Jin and lead troops to participate. With the governor's guarantee, the two university scholars left at ease.

Song Nan faintly smelled an unusual smell from this matter. On that day, the cabinet in the palace could not impeach Liu Jin. After that, she immediately came to the State Mansion to plead guilty. The real purpose was just to ask Zhang Mao's position. This shows that the civil servants are not willing to fail. If the nobles represented by the British government are still neutral, if they support Liu Jin, the civil servants are unlikely to succeed in the next round of attacks on Liu Jin and others.

The behavior of cabinet scholars reveals a dangerous signal that the foreign civil servants will carry out the next attack, and it is unknown when and where.

Song Nan knew that with his current strength, he was basically alone and had almost no help in the court. Once he was attacked and impeached, he did not even come out to speak. Zhengde may excuse himself, and it may be Liu Jin and others, but if Liu Jin is also under the spearhead, he I can't help myself. How can I get rid of myself?

Song Nan asked himself more than once, if the civil servants launched a proposal against Liu Jin again, would they help or not? After helping, he put himself on the cusp of the storm. The good result was to frustrate the civil servants. Liu Jin's status was the same, and he could also be saved. The bad result was that Liu Jin fell and he was implicated.

What Zhang Mao said is very clear that many people have regarded themselves as Liu Jin's party. Liu Jin fell down and had no luck. I'm afraid many people already know about the relationship between himself and the Duke's government. Among other things, Mou Bin and the upper class of Jinyiwei must have known it. The little princess never avoided suspicion in coming and out of her own house. Coupled with Zhang Lun's unexpected coincidence to help herself this time, these things can't be hidden from those who are shrewd. Extreme officials. Song Nan doubted that another purpose for Li Dongyang and Xie Qian to come to the British Mansion was to find out what the relationship between themselves and the Duke was.

Help or not? The answer seems obvious. If he doesn't help, Liu Jin will die, and he will die. There will be a glimmer of life after helping. Song Nan suddenly found that she seemed to be invisible, but in fact, she had already been deeply involved in it.

Song Nan has a headache. The choice is a dilemma. There are huge risks in choosing. The only thing you can expect is that the internal and external courts are at peace. It is best not necessary to make this choice.

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However, the fact is developing what Song Nan doesn't want to see. On October 19, the coffin of the former emperor Hongzhi was moved to the tomb of Tai, which had been buried in the underground Xuan Palace. Before that, the coffin was temporarily placed in the imperial temple. Hongzhi has not been buried, and the ministers still feel that the former emperor is still there. With the grand burial of the Hongzhi emperor's coffin in the Tailing, everyone realizes that the era of the former emperor is indeed over. The 18th year of Hongzhi will always be a thing of the past, and the year will be the first year of Zhengde.

On the day of the burial, all the civil and military officials burst into tears. Among them, the most fiercely cried were the civil servants of the outer court. In the past few days, the civilian officials wrote hundreds of poems of mourning, and Yin Yin and Yin's memory could not bear to see them. People with intentions can naturally read a deep meaning from these poems. Such a grand remembrance of the emperor, changing perspective From this point of view, it is dissatisfaction with the new emperor since his accession to the throne.

People are not as good as old people! When the late emperor was alive, the civil servants were very nourished. The late emperor respectfully respected the civil servants. Most of the reasonable or unreasonable requirements of the civil servants were met. Once the emperor was changed, the civil servants found how stupid it was to provoke Hongzhi in the past. Now with the new emperor, there is no more moist and happy time in the past.

As soon as the old and the new emperors compare, you will know the difference is like the difference between heaven and the earth; the former emperor is diligent, and will be summoned by the platform in the morning and evening. If you have something to do, you can go straight to the Qianqing Palace, and the new emperor is not even on time in the early morning. Is he say that he is lazy?

Whenever the emperor participated in the scriptures and party, he listened to the great Confucians preach the classics without hindrance, rain or shine; while the new emperor, the ceremony has become a decoration, often agrees verbally, vows that there will be no trace when the time comes, and there will be no one in the palace; the thought of teaching is nowhere to be found in his stomach. Propaganda, a group of people stared from the morning clock to the dusk drum, and finally had no choice but to sigh.

These are all right. In government affairs, after the original memorial was presented, the emperor must seriously comment on it. If there is any disagreement, he will summon the ministers to discuss and seek common ground while reserving differences. Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the original ceremonial inspector, rarely interfered with it. Now, there is no news for a few days, and several major events have been put on hold. Whether it was rejected or rejected, the news from the palace said that most of the emperor's memorials were handed over to Liu Jin to deal with, and it was also Liu Jin's idea to be rejected.

For all this, the endurance of the civil servants of the foreign court finally reached its limit. On October 23, when the Xiyuan Leopard House finally started construction and the budget reached 650,000 taels came, the anger of the cabinet and civil servants could no longer be suppressed.

That night, Li Dongyang gathered three bachelors in the cabinet, six nine ministers and left and right waiters of various departments in his house. Dozens of literary ministers in the six subjects discussed countermeasures, and reached a consensus almost without objection.

Han Wen wrote a chapter to impeach Liu Jin and others, and followed Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Gao Feng, Qiu Ju and others from the East Palace. Now they are now in important positions into 'eight tigers'; it means that they are the generation of tigers and wolves around the emperor, with dozens of eight tiger crimes. Including major crimes such as instigating the emperor to have fun, abandoning government affairs, squandering internal treasury property, disrupting government affairs, and form a party to exclude loyal ministers.

This time, the civil servants made up their minds to force Zhengde to correct their position, eliminate evil, let Zhengde kill the eight tigers and punish his party, and restore the government.

Once the civilian officials launched a fierce attack, it was also terrible. A group of people racked their brains to list the eight tigers, including Song Nan's name.

At the fourth update that night, Liu Jin in the palace was awakened by Qiu Ju's hurried footsteps. Qiu Ju also stayed in the Dongchang Yamen outside Donghua Gate, but a military commander outside the palace entered the palace late at night and told him an explosive news. He almost scared Qiu Ju out of his urine, so Qiu Ju quickly rushed to see Liu Jin.

Without saying anything, Liu Jin hurried out of the palace and returned to the outer house of Dong'anmen. In the yard of the dark outer house, Jiao Fang, the servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies, was waiting for him anxiously.

Even before it was time to greet, Jiao Fang shared the actions discussed earlier by Li Dongyang, Han Wen and others.

Liu Jin, who was originally sweaty by the news, calmed down after the news was confirmed.

"Lord Jiao, will they start tomorrow morning?"

"Yes, Eunuch Liu, they are determined this time. Korean said that the emperor will order you to kill you, and you will not give up until you reach your goal. Eunuch Liu, but be careful. All I can do is to pass on the news. I will follow them to second it tomorrow morning, otherwise they will doubt me. Grandpa Liu can't want it. It's strange."

Liu Jin nodded and said, "Of course I won't blame you. You have done your best for our family."

Jiao Fang said, "Can Mr. Liu have a solution?"

Liu Jin said coldly, "Do you want to kill me? Is it that easy? I will have a way. Our family is not Wang Yuefanheng. When it comes to time, I will stretch out my neck and wait for death.

Jiao Fang nodded and said, "Take care of yourself, Mr. Liu. Many people are involved this time. Let me tell you, Mou Bin was also present tonight, hiding in the side room without showing up, but I was seen."

Liu Jin was shocked and said, "Mou Bin? Is Jinyiwei also involved?"

"Yes, the cabinet scholars have not made progress. In order to deal with their father-in-law, even the usually disdain brocade guards were pulled in. This time, there is a person named Song Nan on the list involved, isn't it the one who helped you bring down Wang Yue and Fan Heng last time? He is listed as your acouse, and I'm afraid he can't escape.

Liu Jin suddenly laughed and nodded, "It's good to be implicated. I'm still worried that he will be a shrinking turtle. You go back early. Don't be suspicious. If there is any inside information, please tell me immediately."

Jiao Fang left worriedly. Liu Jin wanted to discuss this matter with Qi Bahu immediately, but after thinking about it, she suddenly got up and shouted, "Bima, our family can't sleep, and someone doesn't have a good dream."