Summary of the previous chapter: The young man who came to meet Wei Zhongxian was named Zhao Wenbin...
Tomorrow, in the early morning of the twelfth day of the seventh lunar month in the fourth year of Qi Dynasty (yi624), Ma Xiaoquan tidied up his clothes and prepared to go to the Qianqing Palace to attend court.f Dingdian Novel,...
As soon as the courtyard door was opened, two eunuchs came to meet him.
"Oh, haha, father-in-law, what's the matter?" Ma Xiaoquan said politely.
The two eunuchs who delivered the order were very polite. They raised their hands to Ma Xiaoquan and said, "My lord, deacon, the emperor has something to do recently. He has sent me here to inform the officials. We will not go to court for the next few days."
"Eh? Not going to court?" Ma Xiaoquan frowned slightly.
"Well, I won't go to court for the next few days. Once the emperor has finished what he is doing, he will resume attending court."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said politely: "In that case, it's fine. Then, would you like to come to our house to have a cup of tea and some snacks?"
The two looked at each other, shook their heads and said in unison: "No, we have to go to the next one."
Ma Xiaoquan shrugged, took out two ingots of silver from his sleeve pocket, and gave them to his two father-in-laws. The two of them put the silver away in a very secretive manner without saying anything.
"Then, Mr. Deacon, I will resign, and you will have a good rest for two days." The two father-in-laws bowed to Ma Xiaoquan.
"It's easy to talk about it. You two father-in-laws, go slowly, go slowly!"
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Watching the two eunuchs leave, Ma Xiaoquan narrowed his eyes slightly.
"The Emperor won't go to court? Well, Wei Zhongxian must be up to something again..."
At this moment, Li Qinghan came back and saw Ma Xiaoquan standing at the gate and asked: "What are you doing here? Why don't you go to court?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled helplessly: "I don't have to go to court these days."
"Why? Is it possible that the emperor doesn't want to go to court anymore?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "Qinghan, even if the emperor goes to court, it is mostly a formality, so there is actually no difference between him going to court and not. But usually, even if the emperor does not go to court, he will not send someone to inform us, but Two eunuchs came just now, and they came specifically to give notice."
"Come here specifically?" Li Qinghan's beautiful eyes flashed, "Oh, I remembered that just now a few of my followers reported that Master Yang Lian's memorial has already exploded in Nanjing City."
"Oh? Really?" Ma Xiaoquan nodded. Although he asked a rhetorical question, his expression didn't seem too surprised.
Li Qinghan nodded: "Yes, but I think that even if the officials in Nanjing collectively submit a memorial to impeach Wei Zhongxian, it will not have any effect..."
Ma Xiaoquan gave a thumbs up and praised: "Qinghan, you are so smart. Yes, Nanjing got the news later than the capital Beijing. Yang Lian in the capital even failed to impeach Wei Zhongxian, let alone Nanjing. ."
"Hey," Li Qinghan sighed, "Well, Ma Xiaoquan, are we just going to watch Wei Zhongxian do whatever he wants?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "That's not true. Although I can't destroy history or let Wei Zhongxian die, I can make him uncomfortable."
"How?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said: "Wei Zhongxian's gang of grandsons commit crimes and commit crimes. If you catch just one of them, you can be included in a book, hum."
"Ma Xiaoquan, are you going to show off again?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "I don't, there are Donglin Party members here, I just need to tease them a little bit!"
Li Qinghan said: "Ma Xiaoquan, why do I think you are so sinister?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed: "There has never been any insidiousness in political struggles, only losing and winning. Qinghan, there are some things that I am not willing to do. Of course, you can also think that I am quibbling, but if I, Ma Xiaoquan, don't move any more,
I’m afraid I really have to let Wei Zhongxian sit on my head and shit.”
Li Qinghan frowned slightly: "What kind of metaphor are you talking about? It's so ugly!"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and took Li Qinghan into his arms: "Although the words are rough, the reasoning is not rough, hehe..."
Li Qinghan pushed Ma Xiaoquan away and said shyly: "It's not serious, okay, let's go in first and stand at the gate. What does it look like?"
"Well, okay"
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In the afternoon, Ma Xiaoquan repaired a letter and ordered his subordinates to hand it over to Gao Panlong.
Ma Xiaoquan actually didn't write any substantial content in his letter, but he believed that with Gao Panlong's IQ level, he would definitely be able to discern some knowledge from it.
Sure enough, after Gao Panlong received Ma Xiaoquan's letter, he thought about it for a while and then burst into laughter.
Xing happened to be with Gao Panlong, and laughed when he saw him, and asked: "What's wrong with Gao Panlong's words in Cunzhi? Is there something wrong with Deacon Ma's letter?"
Gao Panlong shook his head: "No, Deacon Ma's letter is very interesting. Lord Shangshu, please take a look."
Xing took the letter written by Ma Xiaoquan from Gao Panlong, opened it and read it, and burst into laughter.
"Although this Ma Xiaoquan is not from Donglin, he is very... well, very loyal. Cunzhi, I think this matter should be pushed forward sooner rather than later. Let's move forward as soon as possible."
Gao Panlong nodded: "Master Shangshu and I have thought about it together."
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The next day, Gao Panlong wrote a letter to impeach Cui Chengxiu, the censor, and listed a series of evidence to prove that he had been involved in corruption and bribery, all in huge amounts.
Seeing this, Xing immediately started to prepare to dismiss Cui Chengxiu, and invited Ma Xiaoquan, the deacon of Jinyiwei, to cooperate in the investigation.
Cui Chengxiu was shocked when he got the news.
It wasn't that he was afraid of Xing's dismissal, but that he was afraid of Ma Xiaoquan.
After all, Ma Xiaoquan is the deacon of the Jin Yiwei. Although he has no real power at present, his official rank is still there. The court often said that no one should offend the Jin Yiwei, because everyone knows in their hearts that if you offend the Jin Yiwei, you will definitely die even if you don't.
Skinned.
Just when Cui Chengxiu was at a loss what to do, a mysterious young man suddenly came to his home.
The man told Cui Chengxiu to prepare money and ask Wei Zhongxian for help.
Cui Chengxiu was very hesitant and said that what I had committed now was indeed true, and Xing and Gao Panlong's official rank was higher than mine. Their impeachment of me was a case of superiors impeaching subordinates. In the past, if such things happened in the court, they would usually
It's a one-size-fits-all deal, and there's no way it can be justified.
The young man laughed and said: "This is easy to handle. Just take the money and go to Li Yongzhen and ask him to help you. As for how to help you, it depends on the outcome of the discussion between you."
Cui Chengxiu had been in contact with Li Yongzhen and knew that Li Yongzhen was greedy for money. When the young man asked him to find Li Yongzhen, Cui Chengxiu agreed.
Before leaving, Cui Chengxiu asked the young man his name. The young man chuckled and said: "No need to ask more, you only need to know that my surname is Zhao. In the days to come, you will know my name."