Framing requires skills. He hurriedly went up and told the emperor that this rumor was caused by your cousin. I think you, the old man, also dislike him. Let's kill him together. If you feel comfortable, I will promote you. No one else has to do it.
Wouldn't everyone be happy if they were hung from the treetops by the board? Well, that would not only fail to accomplish anything, but the key point is that one's own life would also be wasted.
First of all, the saint himself has an erratic mind and a suspicious personality, but he is also very smart. You must not let him realize that he, the emperor, is being used... Therefore, the incident itself must be traceless.
Secondly, everyone knows that the saint is obsessed with power and prosperity, but why haven't so many people speculated wildly to help the saint fight against those noble people who affect his mood? Because everyone knows that those noble people themselves have
If you strangle your ability, if things don't work out, you will suffer revenge from nobles. At that time, you will be dismissed from your official position, or at worst, you will die without a burial place.
For example, take Zhang Wenda and Zhang Han. Zhang Wenda had succeeded in speculation, but still died in an unknown manner, while Zhang Han was speculating under the pressure of the entire Nanya that day. It was true that their life, future, and reputation were all fighting together, and there was a Fulong.
The result of the escort into Nanya.
To put it bluntly, it is up to people to make things happen. On the one hand, good channels must be laid, and on the other hand, speculators must be steady and ruthless at critical moments to kill with one blow.
Boys should know how to protect themselves outside.
The incident arose from a routine expanded pursuit after a banquet at the back of Lishan Mountain.
In fact, nothing happened at the interrogation scene. They just talked about it as soon as they were asked. It was just a few low-level military attachés, and it did not cause any unnecessary discussion.
However, that night, after the intelligence was collected and sent to the anxious father-in-law of Beiya, the father-in-law who was responsible for sorting it out just compared it according to the table and immediately realized from the time and place that when the Western Inspection Team passed through Tongguan,
There should have been a private gathering of mainly low-level officers from Yongzhou, and someone spread rumors among them.
Because in this batch of confessions, at least four people mentioned that party invariably. Although they were not first-hand information, they basically matched the time and place.
When I asked the question the next morning, it turned out that the party had definitely happened, and about twenty or thirty people had participated. There was no way to deny it.
Then naturally, we followed the clues, and a new round of expanded pursuit happened routinely.
And this kind of routine expansion of pursuit occurred in almost ten cases on the same day, in Beiya, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of War, and there was nothing particularly eye-catching about it.
But even so, this gathering was taken seriously after another table summary - because it happened a little early, it belongs to the top of all the cases of accurate rumor spreading, and the source needs to be traced carefully.
Therefore, in the afternoon of that day, all participants in the gathering were unified and questioned separately.
The result of the inquiry was very vague, mainly because it was too early, and the banquet was actually held that night outside the Guangtong warehouse beside the Guangtong Canal behind Tongguan. The supplies were relatively abundant, and there were rewards from above, so that everyone drank that night.
More...many people couldn't bear the pressure and compared their confessions. They all admitted to hearing the rumors, but they all said they heard them while drunk, making it difficult to distinguish the true source of the rumors.
Frankly speaking, if the saint had not been angry, the pursuit of this banquet might have ended here.
However, isn't this the saint's thunderous wrath? And the father-in-laws of Beiya also felt insulted because of this rumor? In addition, the timing of this banquet is too early, and according to the basic process of tracing the origin, we should also pay attention to it... …So, more stringent scrutiny and recourse, and even torture, appeared.
And soon, a very direct loophole surfaced easily - that is, among the participants of the banquet that day, two people were not currently in the Western Inspection Team, so they could not be interrogated.
What's interesting is that these two low-ranking officers of the Yongzhou Governor's Mansion actually came with their master and boss, Mu Guo Gong, the Yongzhou Governor, and the saint's cousin Cao Cheng, who came to meet the emperor, and also followed Mu Guo. Together with the public, he left in a hurry before the rumors were taken seriously as a case.
Things have developed to this point, and some people have already smelled a strange atmosphere.
Whether to continue the investigation, who to investigate, and how to investigate have all become questions.
The next day, the three main channels for investigating the case, the Beiya, the Criminal Department, and the Military Department, faced this information and had different reactions.
Beiya did not have any concerns and directly issued an official document in the morning, asking the Jinwu Guards in Daxing to find a way to bring the person; the Ministry of Punishment was a little slower. After hesitating for most of the day, they sent a document to Jing'an Taitung in Daxing in the afternoon. Zhenfu Secretary Zhu Shou and Daxing's left-behind Yin Chang Division asked the latter to assist in the investigation; the Ministry of War was the slowest. After they learned the news that day, they did not make any reaction... This is understandable, because they are undoubtedly dealing with Mu Guo My father-in-law and the General Manager of Yongzhou, if we follow the procedures from them, it will inevitably appear to be overbearing, so it is better to let Beiya and the Ministry of Justice take the lead.
But just one day of silence, or one day of opportunity, aroused the dissatisfaction of a very loyal minister within the Ministry of War. This Minister of War, Wailang, who always regarded the saint as a being with three radiances and four emperors, directly wrote a letter, thinking that The Ministry of War should not be so timid because of Duke Mu's special status, so as to waste his kindness... Moreover, the Ministry of War member Wailang, named Wang Daiji, also said that the current situation is probably due to the absence of Duan Shangshu, so that No one is willing to take responsibility, but he is willing to risk his life to share some of the saint's worries.
Such a document that undermined unity certainly caused great dissatisfaction within the Ministry of War.
But it was a coincidence that Duan Weiren, Minister of the Ministry of War, was in Daxing, the Western Capital. The minister stayed behind in the Eastern Capital. No one here in Lishan could stop a mere Yuanwailang, so that several Yuanwailang at the same level could only wait for Wang Daiji. Showing off his power, the officials in the group watched helplessly as the document expressing the internal strife in the Ministry of War was easily sent to the two husbands.
Of course, given the rich experience of the two husbands, they would not let such ridiculous documents that ruined the atmosphere of the Ministry of War reach the imperial court easily.
That night, when Zhang Xing returned to his camp tent, he was not surprised to see Li Ding.
"What are you doing?" Li Ding sat by the bonfire outside the tent with his hands folded, and became wary when he saw Zhang Xing who had just returned. "Qin Bao said you drank with Wang Daiji a few days ago?"
"I went to Eunuch Yu of Bei Ya." Zhang Xing calmly sat down on the bench opposite and answered frankly. "Wang Daiji came to me for this matter before. He said at that time that he might take advantage of the absence of your minister Duan. The last memorial was about gambling on the future. Because our Fulong Guards are close servants and are familiar with Bei Yamen, I was specially asked to clear things up..."
Li Ding was stunned for a moment, then his face turned pale, and his voice trembled unconsciously: "Did you just go to help with the drainage?"
"Yes." Zhang Xing's tone was extremely calm. "Fifty taels of silver, together with the notes, came into my hands yesterday, and the seal of the silver was not broken. It was just handed over directly to Eunuch Yu... Eunuch Yu inspected the silver.
I guarantee on the spot that this memorial will go directly from Beiya to the Imperial Palace tonight."
Li Ding stood up suddenly, his face getting paler: "Have you sent the memorials?"
Zhang Xing was silent for a moment, then turned to look at the other party, and then frowned slightly: "Li Silang, Wang Daiji couldn't help but waste many years seeking his own future. Doing this will make Duan Shangshu angry, or ruin the atmosphere in the Ministry of War. What are you doing?
Why are you so rude? Haven't you always been a reclusive person?"
"I'm not worried about the Ministry of War because this matter broke the rules." Li Ding quickly explained. "You have no idea what this memorial says. As I expected, this guy wants to learn from Mr. Zhang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs...
…”
The first words he spoke were quite eloquent, but later on, Li Ding's voice became weaker and weaker, and finally stopped abruptly. Then he shivered on the spot, quickly put his hands together and sat back, and then remained silent.
"Are you doubting me?" Zhang Xing squinted his eyes to look at the other party. "Is that right... Do you think I am involved in this matter? Or even the mastermind?"
Li Silang looked around and lost his voice, while Zhang Xing also took a bowl of sour plum soup from the bucket next to him.
"So, what is written in it?" After getting the soup, Zhang Xing was not in a hurry to drink it. Instead, he used his true energy to make it iced while thinking deeply. "Let me guess... you said he learned from Zhang
Han, but Zhang Han didn't just rashly come to fight for the saint against the Nanya princes. He had grasped the key to the saint's plan to build the golden pillar of Tianshu, so that he could have the support of the saint... Could it be that Wang Jiulang found out the rumors?
Source, do you think you can extinguish the saint’s fire?”
Li Ding responded with a sigh: "Look, I knew that even if you didn't conspire with Wang Daiji, you at least guessed the content early on and then followed the trend."
Zhang Xing took a sip of the ice-cold sour soup, shook his head and said with a smile: "So, Wang Daiji went to gamble on his future, and the saint calmed down, and maybe a lot of people would die less. Even if it's no good, it's not bad for us people. I'll help an acquaintance."
I'm so busy and adding fuel to the fire, why did your face look so pale just now?"
"Because we have said before that the true source of such rumors must not be found. No matter who Wang Daiji uses to vent His Majesty's anger, he is framing innocent people." Li Ding regained his breath and sat there to speak with all his strength.
"But I was not afraid that Wang Daiji would do such a thing, but I was afraid that you would do such a thing...so I turned pale."
"Why are you afraid that if I do such a thing, I will be ashamed?" Zhang Xing held up the chilly bowl and asked.
"Because Wang Daiji is just a yin, and you are a hero... When he does this kind of thing, a few noble people will bleed, but if you do it, the world will bleed!" Li Ding replied sincerely. "I have thought about the future.
There are such things, but I didn't expect that the deeds are as clear as a line and can be clearly followed to me."
Zhang Xing sneered and put down the bowl: "How did you know that I am a hero who can make the world bleed? From the fact that I couldn't break through the last positive channel for more than a month? Or from the chat on the mountain that night and picked up a book
? Or maybe you believed my lies and thought I was a banished immortal? Li Silang, Wang Daiji did this anyway. How come it has come into your mouth that I have caused the world to bleed? You must understand,
I am not a mere deputy general inspector of Fulongwei who forces people to bleed just because they want to see them bleed."
Beside the bonfire, Li Ding was silent for a long time before he responded: "Du Du's last words left me speechless... I can't stop this person, so who am I to stop you? But Zhang Sanlang, I still feel that you
It’s wrong to do this, especially if you want to do big things, you can’t become an asshole just because everyone else is an asshole. What’s the point?”
"Maybe." Zhang Xing looked at the twin moons above his head and sighed quietly. "If you can't be better than some people, and you can't be more virtuous than some people, why should you condescendingly criticize and ridicule others? Your words make sense, but I
Now that I’m not that tall, I can only do my best.”
Li Ding didn't say anything anymore, and the two just sat together across the bonfire, waiting for some result.
As for Qin Bao, Xiao Zhou and others, although they passed by several times, they just felt that the atmosphere was not good and had no idea what was going on.
Without further ado, that night, after reading the proclamations compiled by Bei Ya, the Saint suddenly sent Bei Ya, the Ministry of Punishment's pursuit of documents from Duke Mu's entourage, and the memorials of Wang Daiji, a member of the Ministry of War, to the two prime ministers Sima and Yu, who had been very anxious in recent days.
The two husbands looked at it in a building that served as a temporary south government office halfway up Lishan Mountain. They naturally understood it, but they had different reactions.
"What I mean is very simple." Mr. Sima Changying, the elder, spoke first. "Your Majesty's attitude towards strict investigation is here. Why not immediately send a message overnight to Duan Wei, the Minister of War in Daxing, asking him to take charge of the matter and personally report to Mu
The Duke asked for his entourage to investigate."
"Since the saint issued this memorial to Wang Daiji, he made some promises to let Wang Daiji take charge of this matter. So, how can we let this person come to investigate." After hesitating, Mr. Yu Changji chose to cater to his superior intention.
Having been busy all day, the exhausted Sima Changying paused for a moment. He wanted to argue, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back and could only remain silent.
Yu Changji smiled slightly when he saw this, and said calmly: "But that's right, this Wang Daiji sent us the memorial on the right path, and at the same time secretly walked straight to the imperial court, with sinister intentions, so we have to punish him... That's good, let's stay up all night
Send a message to Mr. Duan in Daxing, and also send a serious clause, asking this foreign minister of the Ministry of War to find someone to go to Daxing to investigate the case. In this way, no one can say anything, but Mr. Duan can be calmly dispatched to deal with this person, and at the same time isolate him.
Risk...what does Mr. Sima think?"
Sima Changying thought for a moment and nodded immediately.
The matter was dropped.
The situation took an interesting turn. Half an hour later, Wang Daiji turned pale and hurriedly came to look for Zhang Xing. Then he saw the deputy inspector sitting across the bonfire from Li Ding.
Li Ding used the moonlight to see this colleague from the Ministry of War approaching from a distance, and stood up silently under Zhang Xing's gaze and hid in the rear.
"Zhang Sanlang." Wang Daiji was desperate and hurriedly relayed the story as soon as he arrived, and then couldn't hide his panic. "Things are completely different from what we thought. The saint really wanted to move Mu Guogong, and although Nanya was not biased towards Mu,
Mr. Duan, but because of my private delivery of documents, he favored our Shangshu and wanted to punish me. If our Duan Shangshu gets those two people and tries to deal with me, the situation will be ruined. Now I am in a state of confusion. You
What should I do?!"
"There is nothing worth messing with." Zhang Sanlang, the instigator, relaxed naturally. "No strategy can avoid accidents, not to mention that this strategy has to go through many masters. It is normal for such accidents to happen... At this time, it is necessary to make a last resort.
We can do mental arithmetic but not care, and there must still be a way to go...Now calm down, drink a bowl of sour plum soup, listen carefully to my questions, and you can answer them yourself, okay?"
As he said this, Zhang Xing actually brought the other party a bowl of iced sour plum soup.
Wang Daiji was startled for a moment, nodded heavily, then sat down and took the soup and drank it in one gulp. He shivered on the spot, then threw the bowl to the ground and exhaled with a long breath: "Say it!"
"Have you brought the documents that Nanya gave you?" Zhang Xing asked expressionlessly.
"Bring it."
"Have you brought any money?"
"No."
"Can we find enough good horses immediately?"
"able."
"Do you know the way to Daxing?"
"Just follow the road to the west."
"Okay." Zhang Xing answered calmly. "Now we are divided into two groups. Give me the authorization document from Nanya. I still have a few taels of gold here, and I will immediately bribe a few Jinwu Guard officers for you.
Recruitment; then you go back to get money and horses... After gathering together, immediately set off for Daxing... First try to catch up with Nanya's envoy to Duan Gong, bribe him with a large sum of money, or threaten him to ask him to stay later; then you
He took possession of Nanya's documents, rushed to Daxing City as an imperial envoy, and led the Jinwu Guards overnight to find Duke Mu to get the person."
Wang Daiji immediately felt at ease, then nodded heavily and stood up.
But as soon as he got up, he sat down again, then reached out to grab the other person's hand, and said sincerely: "Zhang Sanlang... I know this invitation is a bit excessive, but can you please come with me in person? I don't want to
Threatening you with your idea, but saying that you also saw what I was doing just now. If we sit down and plan together, there will be no difference between the two of us. But when it comes to critical moments like this, I always make mistakes, but you always do.
If you can come up with the most appropriate idea... I'm going to make a big splash, I don't know what will happen, and I need you to analyze it for me, so I'm brave!"
"Yes." Zhang Xing thought for a moment and immediately agreed. "But I am the only one, and the rest of the Fulong Guards cannot move."
Wang Daiji took the opponent's hand, shook it heavily on the spot, left the Nanya official document, and then stood up and left.
As soon as this person left, Zhang Xing immediately stood up, took out the money in the account, and prepared to find the person. But when he dug out a few pieces of gold from under his pillow, he put the compass and gold awl in his waist, ready to go.
When he was leaving, he was stopped by Li Ding, who was standing in the tent with his hands tied and watching coldly. He moved to the entrance of the tent and stopped him on the spot.
"What?" Zhang Xing asked coldly. "Does Li Silang want to stop me?"
"I will go to Daxing with you." Li Ding tied up his hands and responded calmly. "Firstly, I will be a witness to see how you are going to do this. Secondly, if things are not harmonious, I can also be the mediator.
Lead Wang Daiji to go to Duan Gong to plead guilty, so that he will not be completely defeated and will not be able to turn back, and then he will pull you out."
Zhang Xing took a serious look at the other party, nodded heavily, and then couldn't help but laugh on the spot: "If Zhang, Li, and three join forces, where in the world can't they go?"