Chenxi entered Datong Town on the first day of April, and Zhu Houzhao and his party, who were nearly halfway away, arrived at Xuanfu after five days.

Unlike Chen Xi who got great courtesy when he entered Datong City, Zhu Houzhao met the cold in Xuanfu.

Because the journey was less than a hundred miles after Jiming Post, the central army led by Zhu Houzhao took six days. Xuanfu originally organized a grand welcome ceremony, but it did not succeed in welcoming the two, third and fourth days of the lunar calendar. Especially yesterday, the emperor arranged the camp fifteen miles away from Xuanfu City, and never thought about rushing a few steps to the city for a night, which made the Governor Wang Shouren of Xuanda very embarrassed.

Zhu Houzhao had another night of carnival last night. After receiving the news of the fast horse, Wang Shouren thought that the central army would arrive in the afternoon. It happened that the traces of Tatars were found on the front line of Zhangjiakou last night. Wang Shouren was worried and decided to ride a horse to Zhangjiakou Fort first to check it out, ask about the Tatars' movements, and then rush back to Xuanfu to welcome the carriage in the afternoon.

According to Zhu Houzhao's previous urinary nature, Wang Shouren's arrangement was originally correct, but this time he miscalculated. After having fun for a night, Zhu Houzhao directly ordered the entire army to deport the camp. So he arrived at Xuanfu City just after the morning hours. However, Wang Shouren, the governor, was not present at this time, and the rest of the officials were not mentally prepared. As a result, there was a calm inside and outside Xuanfu City, and only the soldiers at the gate knelt on the ground to welcome him.

Seeing that no one was greeted, the people were just watching from afar, and they were extremely unhappy. After entering the city, they directly ordered to go to the palace and did not ask about the settlement of troops.

Except for the Imperial Guards who followed Zhu Houzhao to the palace, there were only a few eunuchs who accompanied him and Concubine Li and others.

After entering the palace and looking at it for a moment, Zhu Houzhao became more and more dissatisfied because the gorgeousness of the buildings here was far from his expectations. After Liu Jin fell, the construction of the Xuanfu Palace was in a semi-stagnant state. The originally planned temple was less than 50%. After Wang Shouren served as the three-sided general system, he did not allocate a tael of silver to come. It was not until Zhu Houzhao was determined to come to Xuanfu that the local government urgently raised the money and repaired the unfinished palace. The courtyard wall was erected, and then urgently replanted some flowers, plants and trees.

When Zhu Houzhao arrived at the bedroom, she saw the narrow space layout and the simple and shabby decoration became even more furious. Just then, Zhang Yuan came to report the matter, and Zhu Houzhao caught it and scolded her.

Zhang Yuan was a little confused about the situation and his face was full of grievance.

Zhu Houzhao finally panted and asked: "The Ministry of Works spent so much money before, but it built such a thing? This is not an open palace. Even the house I bought in the capital is hundreds of times better than this!"

Only then did Zhang Yuan know why Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is Liu Jin's corruption and tampering with the project funds, which led to the current situation. Also... the local government did not cooperate with the construction of the palace at all, especially Wang Bo'an, the general secretary of Xuanda, who did not take His Majesty seriously at all."

Only then did Zhu Houzhao remember the many depressions he had when he entered the city.

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Where is Wang Shouren?"

Zhang Yuan said: "I have sent someone to the Governor's Office to inform you, but the envoy came back to pass the message. Lord Wang was not here. It is said that he went to Zhangjiakou Fort to check the enemy situation! Is there anything more important than seeing you? I knew that Your Majesty would go to Xuanfu today, but he actually avoided it from afar, and clearly wanted to rebel."

Zhang Yuan was not familiar with Wang Shouren, but knew that this was a "hard bone". Because Liu Jin repeatedly tried to win over Wang Shouren's failure, Zhang Yuan did not intend to spend that effort from the beginning.

Zhang Yuan knew very well that his current power was still a little far from Liu Jin, so he was not ashamed to try to bribe Wang Shouren, and simply came up and treated him as an enemy.

Zhu Houzhao said with a dark face: "Look at the group of self-righteous capable ministers I have promoted. They have no ability to do things. They have to deal with me one by one. I don't think about who gave them their current status!"

Zhang Yuan nodded: "Your Majesty said very much, these people do not think about the emperor's kindness, it is so hateful... Otherwise, I will arrest the person and leave it to Your Majesty for his resignation?"

"Are you crazy?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yuan with a strange look, "This is during the war, Wang Shouren just did not leave the city to welcome me. If he took it, wouldn't the morale of the army be in chaos? Even if he was guilty of negligence, it was reasonable. People in the court would think that he was loyal to his duties. Do you want me to bear the reputation of being unkind and unjust?"

Zhang Yuan didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao could still remain objective and calm, so he could only shut up obediently.

Zhu Houzhao said again: "Forget it, the palace is almost nothing to be repaired, but the decoration and decorations here must be done well. Those entertainment programs should still be available. I have a hard journey and I am going to go to bed now. When I wake up, I hope to see the palace full of new things. Do you understand?"

Zhang Yuan thought to himself: "Why did you push the matter to me again? Shouldn't this kind of thing be arranged by the local government?" But he still honestly agreed: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will definitely make arrangements."

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When Zhu Houzhao entered Xuanfu, he went to the palace and saw no one. Wang Shouren, who had rushed back from Zhangjiakou Fort, came to see him many times, but was rejected. Later, Wang Shouren asked Hu Lian for help, but unfortunately he still failed and could only return to the Governor's Office unhappy.

At this time, the battle between Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning quickly fell into a state of intense heat.

Zhang Yuan was very angry. He sent women to the palace several times, but he did not receive praise from Zhu Houzhao. Instead, he praised Qian Ning in front of others. Qian Ning's power once again raised his head, which made Zhang Yuan extremely angry.

"...A eunuch's godson is despicable and despicable. Isn't it just an Jinyiwei? Our family can even control the Silijian, and are you afraid that he will be a turtle son?"

In front of Zang Xian, Zhang Yuan scolded Qian Ning without any mercy, as if he regarded Qian Ning as his life's enemy. Then he glanced at Zang Xian and asked, "Now the Chinese military in the court obeyed our family's will, but you said, what method should our family use to kill the son of Qian's surname?"

Zang Xian looked hesitant. Before, he could not join Qian Ning, so he could only turn to Zhang Yuan's subordinates. He knew Qian Ning's actions very well.

Zang Xian thought to himself: "Can Qian Ning get brave enough to eat Xiong Xin and Leopard? But he is just a commander of the Jinyiwei, how dare he fight against the Sili Supervisor? He doesn't know how to live or die! I'm afraid Qian Ning can only become arrogant in front of His Holiness today. If he were any emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he wouldn't even know how he died."

Seeing that Zang Xian did not answer, Zhang Yuan said angrily: "What, do you think our family cannot get the money?"

Zang Xian replied: "Eunuch Zhang please calm down. You have to deal with the commander of money. The commander of money can use a lot of methods. Now Your Majesty attaches great importance to the commander of money. Don't be too hasty."

Zhang Yuan glared at him: "What do you mean is that we will continue to swallow our anger and you will be happy until he brings our family down?"

Zang Xian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't be angry. Even if the commander of the money is capable, he is only in charge of some of the errand guards' responsibilities. How can he compare with you? Now he is just favored by His Majesty and is arrogant for a moment. Many things need to be looked forward, such as... how can you make His Majesty lose trust in him..."

"Is this necessary for you?" Zhang Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "You can explain it clearly how to kill him!"

"Uh...this..."

Even if Zang Xian was eager to do it, in this situation, it would be difficult for him to come up with an idea to take Qian Ning down immediately. As he said, Qian Ning, the commander of the Jinyiwei, is simply not worth mentioning compared to the Sili Supervisor's seal, but the problem is that Qian Ning has Zhu Houzhao's trust, and this position cannot be compared with any position.

Zhang Yuan cursed: "What's the use of keeping you this useless thing? It's better to keep a dog in our family...at least the dog can guard the house!"

Zhang Yuan was too mean to others. Zang Xian felt very uncomfortable when he heard this. "When Qian Ning was a hundred households, Liu Jin and Eunuch Liu could not do anything to him. Now he is different from the past. He is already the commander of the Jinyiwei. If you ask me to come up with an idea to destroy him in one go, how can it be so easy? Isn't this a force to force someone?"

Zhang Yuan said: "The people you found in the world have followed me? I'd better send someone to do that kid, and it's all over... Well, just when he forced a snatch of a girl from the crowd, no one can find any fault..."

Zang Xian was shocked: "Dadfather-in-law, there are many subordinates in Commander Qian. Usually, they always rush to the front and back when going out. In addition, the Jinyiwei is hiding dragons and tigers. I'm afraid it's not easy to assassinate him?"

"Then what do you think our family should do?" Zhang Yuan looked at Zang Xian with a ferocious look.

Zang Xian hesitated for a moment and said, "Dadfather-in-law, in fact, the best way to make Commander Qian lose his power is to meet His Majesty's preferences... Even if Commander Qian has the means to do things in daily life, after all, when he first arrived at Xuanfu and was not familiar with the place, can he have more means to cater to the superiority than local officials?"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Yuan frowned, as if he realized something.

Zang Xian sighed: "My father-in-law also said just now that Commander Qian openly plunders of civilian women, this matter..."

Zhang Yuan asked, "Do you want our family to go to His Majesty to complain?"

Zang Xian quickly said, "Your Majesty will not care about these things, but there are many loyal and upright officials in the local area, such as King Shouren, the King of Xuanda General. Once things spread, Qian Ning's reputation will become bad."

Zhang Yuan said annoyedly: "Our family doesn't have so much time to deal with Qian Ning!"

Zang Xian said: "My father-in-law can gather people from the local area... What is your identity and status? There must be many people from the local area who are here to invest. They are local tyrants. What is the purpose of doing? How can the money commander can compare with this outsider?"

"Um?"

Zhang Yuan understood and looked thoughtful on his face.

Zang Xian continued to explain: "Organize local officials and ask them to help Eunuch Zhang do things. This is much more efficient than if you send me out to do things. By then, the money commander will be unfavorable. How can you have the face to come to your Majesty and compete with you for me?"

Zhang Yuan focused his head and sneered: "This is true. Our family is the chief supervisor of the seal, and Qian Ning is just the commander of the Jinyiwei. People in the local area can't be cursed by his subordinates. This time, our family will take the opportunity to recruit more people and ask them to help our family do things. Our family will be able to rest assured at that time!"

Seeing that Zhang Yuan understood, Zang Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Before, in order to find a woman for Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Yuan tortured his subordinates who had been clear about his current situation. It was really unreasonable that Zhang Yuan did not work and forced others to do things.

At this time, Zang Xian was also a little worried: "Eunuch Zhang's vision is too narrow, and it is nothing compared to Eunuch Liu at the beginning. No wonder Your Majesty wanted to value Eunuch Liu before. Later, with Eunuch Liu's fall, there was no one available at hand, so Eunuch Zhang was promoted."

Zhang Yuan was completely unaware that he would be looked down upon by his subordinates. He felt extremely good about himself and felt that he had a great opportunity to surpass Liu Jin and take over the government's power.

Even if Zang Xian gave Zhang Yuan an idea, Zhang Yuan still didn't want to do it himself, saying, "Then you go and let the people who give gifts to our family come to meet us. If we have something to do, we will tell them... take this opportunity to bring them together."

Zang Xian said in embarrassment: "Father-in-law, you have to do this by yourself..."

"Our family is so busy, how can we have this free time? We have to do everything by ourselves, so what's the use of supporting you? Go quickly! Go quickly." Zhang Yuan shouted at Zang Xian impatiently.

Zang Xian had no choice but to calm down and take his leave. After leaving the door, he felt sad. The master he was looking for was too unreliable, and he would not take him seriously even if he put in more effort.

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In the land of Xuanda, the governor had changed from Shen Xi to Wang Shouren during this year, but the Xuanfu officialdom has basically not changed much.

Even if most officials were involved in the eunuch party case, they would basically only reduce the punishment or give warnings in the end, but they were not hurt, because Zhu Houzhao's national policy of pacifying the grassland for two years was still being implemented in full swing and needed to implement it by familiar officials.

At this time, the governor of Xuanfu was still Yang Wu who was so flattering to Liu Jin, but the general was the former deputy general Bai Yu, while the deputy general Xu Tai stood still.

After Zhu Houzhao entered the city, he rushed to the palace, but this did not mean that the local generals did not want to curry favor with him. Since the emperor could not contact him for a while, they naturally focused on the favored people around Zhu Houzhao. The first person to be affected was Zhang Yuan, who was in charge of the ritual supervision.

As for Qian Ning and others, even if they have power, they are not at the peak of power. At most, they are favored by Zhu Houzhao, but they don’t have much real power at hand. If they want to find a backer, they naturally have to move closer to the most powerful person.

As the chief supervisor of the seal, Zhang Yuan almost monopolized the power of Zhu Houzhao's criticism when he was not in charge of the court. In addition, the eunuchs themselves were greedy for money, so Yang Wu and others saw opportunities in this.

Officials from Xuanfu began to give gifts to Zhang Yuan one after another, but Zhang Yuan seemed very busy and did not say that he wanted to meet them after receiving the gift.

After a few days, Zhang Yuan suddenly sent someone to inform the local officials and asked them to pay homage to the palace, which made Yang Wu and others overjoyed.

Governor Yang Wu and general Bai Yu were both Liu Jin's disciples at the time. Fortunately, the court did not make a big move in the eunuch party case. Although all the news received was the result of the operation of the Minister of War Shen Xi in the court, they would not be grateful to Shen Xi. After all, Shen Xi could only be regarded as the fourth in command within the civil service group. Xie Qian, Bai Yue and He Jian were all above Shen Xi, which was not counted as Liang Chu and Yang Tinghe of the cabinet.

Even if Shen Xi is deeply favored by the emperor, with Shen Xi's integrity, he may not be able to fall in love with his disciples, but if he can curry favor with Zhang Yuan, it would be different.

Even if Xie moved the capital to Zhang Yuan, the current top civil servant, was in a disadvantage of the system. Whoever could communicate directly with Zhu Houzhao would have real power.

Yang Wu and others quickly prepared a generous gift. On the evening of the eighth day of April, a group of officials went to visit Zhang Yuan in person.

Zhang Yuan had his own residence in the palace, so the place where he met was initially placed in a yard outside the palace. However, because Yang Wu and others brought too many gifts, they could not be praised. Later, under the arrangement of Zang Xian, the meeting place was temporarily changed to a private house near the Xuanfu Palace.

It was already the time to go up to the front when Zhang Yuan arrived. The inside and outside of the yard were brightly lit, and dozens of carriages were parked on the street outside. All the gifts were waiting in the yard. Guards and servants guarding the carriages at the door. At this time, the gifts had not yet been carried into the yard because the yard was too small to hold so many things.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself: "The Xuanfu is in the Jiubian Granary. The officials and generals here are rich. As long as I speak to them, whether it is money or women, Isn't it easy to get it?"

Zhang Yuan was secretly happy and quickly took a few eunuchs to his house. As a result, there were too many people and he didn't squeeze out of the crowd for a long time, and even entering his own door became a problem.
Chapter completed!