On the tenth day of the New Year, the New Year atmosphere in Beijing has not yet dissipated, and a grander festival is coming again, that is, the Chinese New Year Festival. In addition to the lanterns, this year's Chinese New Year Festival also attracted the attention of the whole city, which is the New Year Cup Cup competition initiated by Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei.

It is said that since Xu Jin "invented" the new type of Culien game, this kind of game has now become a popular nationwide. The former Wubai Camp in Jingxi has become a Culien holy place. The desolate and barren mountains have developed into a prosperous small town.

Xu Pengju is not good at leading troops to fight, but he is a genius in business. His ideas are emerging one after another. This person is so popular that he has made great contributions. For example, the New Year Cup has been held for three sessions, one session is more lively than the other.

Today is the tenth day of the New Year, and there are still five days before the opening of the New Year Cup. Many rich and leisure fans have already gone to Beijing to stay in a hotel waiting for the start of the game. Some teams from afar have also arrived in advance for adaptive training.

At about noon, a carriage with the SF Express carriage sign drove into the small town of Cuzhi in the west of Jingxi. The coachman and passengers were having a meal in the town. After half an hour, they set off and continued to drive towards the capital.

The official road from Cuzhi Town west of Beijing to Beijing is very flat and easy to walk. After all, the Duke of Wei spends a lot of money to maintain this road every year, so the carriage arrives at Guangning Gate in less than half an hour.

Soon, the groom drove the carriage to the front door of the SF Express Headquarters in Xuanbeifang, and tied the horses and shouted: "Dear guests, the capital is here. Welcome to take our SF Express carriage next time. I wish you a happy journey and a safe journey."

"My wife, the capital has arrived. Let's find an inn to rest for one night first, and then rush to Tongzhou to take a boat tomorrow." A man dressed in a scholar carefully held a young woman with a slightly raised belly out of the carriage.

This scholar is no other, but Cai Yue, who came from Youyu County, Shanxi.

Originally, I had to ride a car from Shanxi to Jiangxi, but I had to transfer once every time I arrived at a prefecture and county, which was very troublesome. What's more, my wife was pregnant and it was not suitable for a long time to get bumpy, so Cai Yue planned to return to the capital from Youyu County first, and then take a boat from Tongzhou Wharf to his hometown in Jiangxi.

Let’s talk about Cai Yue and his wife who found a cheap inn in Xuanbeifang, so he said to his wife: “My wife takes a break and take advantage of the time it’s still early, my husband will visit a classmate and friend.”

Cai Yue's wife is the village girl in Youyu County named Ye Zi. She is very virtuous. He nodded and said, "Go, my husband, remember to bring some souvenirs during the New Year."

Cai Yue nodded and left the inn, entered the inner city from Xuanwu Gate, bought some fruits, and then came outside the gate of the Jinghai Marquis Mansion in Xiaofang.

That's right, Cai Yue was preparing to visit Xu Jin. Over the years, he was able to stay in Youyu County, Shanxi. It was entirely up to the 200 taels of silver that Xu Jin had supported and the care of the shopkeeper of SF Express. Otherwise, the scholar who was not engaged in production, could not be picked up on his shoulders or raised his hands like him might have starved to death on the streets. So today, Cai Yue planned to visit Xu Jin to express his gratitude.

"I'm disturbing. Lord Xu's former classmates and friends came to visit me specially. Please give me a message." Cai Yuexing arrived in front of the Xu Mansion and bowed politely to the doorman.

The guy Xu Shou looked at Cai Yue who was dressed in a shabby manner and frowned: "My marquis stayed in the first month of the year to thank the guests. Please come back!"

"Marquis?" Cai Yue was slightly surprised. He has been in Youyu County, Shanxi for many years, but he didn't know that Xu Jin is now a Marquis.

Xu Shou rolled his eyes and said, "My master was named Marquis of Jinghai by the emperor, with a salary of 3,000 stones per year. He was appointed as the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He was specially appointed as the Guanglu doctor and was appointed as the Prince's Young Guardian. Since you are a classmate of my master, you won't even know this, right?"

Cai Yue was shocked by this series of titles. Unexpectedly, in just over two years, Xu Ziqian was named Marquis and was also appointed as the third-rank official. This promotion was shocking.

Cai Yue was both envious and inferior. In the past, he was a poor student at Xinjiang Academy in Jiangxi. His family background was stronger than Xu Ziqian. However, in just five or six years, Xu Ziqian had already stood on the top of a mountain that he could not look up to.

"Since that's the case, I'll disturb you, say goodbye!" Cai Yue bowed with a complicated expression and was about to leave. At this moment, he rode a horse and rushed over. He was immediately a young scholar who was about to dismount in front of the Xu Mansion.

"Xu Shou, are your master here?" the young scholar said anxiously.

"Minister's brother!" Cai Yue blurted out.

The young scholar riding a horse turned out to be Fei Maozhong. Only then did he notice Cai Yue next to him, he looked carefully before recognizing it, and said in surprise: "You are... Brother Haoran!"

Cai Yue touched his face full of wind and frost and said self-deprecatingly: "I still remember it if you are not willing to accept it for the people!"

Fei Maozhong said righteously: "Why did Brother Haoran say this? Alas, I have heard about Ziyu. Brother Haoran has been on the border for three years to find a friend. This friendship is really admirable. Unfortunately, I have urgent matters now, otherwise I would have had a conversation with Brother Haoran in detail. By the way, where is Brother Haoran now? It would be better to make an appointment to get together at that time."

Cai Yue said in a warm heart: "I'm just passing by the capital today. I'll rush to Tongzhou Wharf to take a boat south tomorrow morning. My father is seriously ill and cannot be delayed."

"Oh, so that's it. I wish Brother Haoran a good journey. By the way, Brother Haoran is here to visit Ziqian, right?"

Cai Yue nodded and said with a slight self-deprecating voice: "It's a pity that Brother Ziqian has been closed to thank the guests recently, so he has not seen him."

When Xu Shou saw that this shabby guy was really a classmate and friend of the master, he smiled and said, "Mr. Cai, I am so kind. There are a lot of people coming to visit this period. The master is so annoyed, so he is not acquaintances. He has a small eye. Haha, please forgive me!"

Fei Maozhong slapped his forehead and said, "Xu Shou, take me to see your master quickly, you're in a hurry!"

Xu Shou said sternly: "Second uncle, the master and his wife left the city early this morning to go to Tanzhe Temple to burn incense. I guess they will not be back tomorrow."

Fei Maozhong's expression changed when he heard this and said anxiously: "Ziqian is not here at this time, what should I do!"

"Second uncle, what happened? Should I send someone to notify the master now?" Xu Shou said carefully.

Fei Maozhong pondered for a moment and said, "Forget it, I'll do it myself."

After Fei Maozhong said that, he bowed to Cai Yue, then turned over and ran towards the west gate. Xu Shou was worried that his second uncle would be in danger alone, so he quickly informed Xu Fu and Xu Lu to chase after him.

Tanzhe Temple is located on Mount Baozhu, about 60 miles west of Beijing, and it has to go up the mountain, so it takes an hour to ride a horse, so when Fei Yaomaozhong arrived at Tanzhe Temple it was already around 4:00 pm.

"Second brother, why are you here?" Fei Ruyi and Fei Jixiang asked in surprise when they saw Fei Maozhong.

"People suffer, what happened?" Xu Jin felt a vague premonition.

Fei Maozhong drank a glass of water, took a little breath and told the whole story.

It turned out that just this morning, Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong suddenly informed the ministers to wait at Zuoshunmen, and then proclaimed the imperial edict, saying that the word "Bensheng" in the title of "Bensheng" in the title of "Bensheng Holy Mother Zhangsheng" was to be removed, and directly called "Madame Mother Zhangsheng Empress Dowager Zhangsheng", and the title of the biological father was changed to "Emperor Huangkao Gongmu Xian", and the tablet was enshrined in the Taimiao, with the temple name Ruizong.

Zhu Hougui's imperial edict belonged to the central edict and had not been reviewed by the cabinet. The ministers were immediately infuriated. Under the leadership of Jin Xianmin, the left censor of the Censorate, and He Mengchun, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, a total of more than 200 ministers knelt in front of Zuo Shun's door and petitioning, demanding that the emperor take back his decree.

However, Emperor Jiajing's attitude was very firm. He ordered the Sili Supervisor to drive away the people several times, but the ministers refused to leave. So Zhu Houcong was furious and ordered the Sili Supervisor to record the names of all the troublemakers and throw Fengxi and eight other ministers into prison, which meant to kill a chicken to warn the monkey.

However, Zhu Houcan made a mistake this time. Some people read books and learn knowledge, but some civil officials have a strong sense of backbone. Therefore, Zhu Houcan arrested eight officials. Not only did he not scare the ministers, he stabbed the hornet's nest. Hanlin editor Yang Shen (son of Yang Tinghe), Hanlin Censor Wang Yuanzheng and others beat the door and cried bitterly. In an instant, there were crying inside and outside the palace, shaking the sky and the earth.

Zhu Hougui was panicked at this time. He was so angry that he ordered Lu Bing to arrest people. He arrested more than 100 people in total. He ordered all officials of the fourth rank or above to cancel their salaries, and officials of the fifth rank or below were given a court stick.

If this kind of trouble continues, someone will definitely be killed. However, the emperor hid in the palace in anger and avoided the ministers who pleaded with love. Even the three elders of the cabinet were rejected. There was no way, so Fei Hong had to send Fei Maozhong to Xu Jin to put out the fire. Now, Xu Jin is probably capable of putting fires in the entire capital!
Chapter completed!