Zhang Yanling said: "Eunuch Liu, the matter may not be as bad as you said. After all, all this is speculation, and even if you are ambitious, how dare you do whatever you want?"
Liu Jin smiled bitterly and said: "My Lord Marquis, you don't even look at the current situation. Who are the people around the emperor now? Which of the inner court princes Yue Fan Heng and Xu Zhi are the emperor's relatives? And those of your Jinyiwei Yamen
, Mou Bin, Xiao Lang et al.
.They are all members of the team left by the late emperor, and all of them are flirting with the civil servants in the outer court. The emperor is surrounded by this group of people now. It can be said that he is in a den of tigers and wolves, and things may change at any time. Don't you think the Marquis
Do you feel worried?"
Zhang Yanling frowned and said, "Have you told the emperor these things?"
Liu Jin said: "How can we tell the emperor about this? Our family is just guessing and there is no solid evidence. How can we report it? Besides, the emperor is young. If he loses his temper and scares the snake, wouldn't it cause a huge disaster?"
Zhang Yanling nodded slightly and said: "That's right. You really can't talk nonsense unless there is conclusive evidence."
Liu Jin said: "Even if we have conclusive evidence, we cannot act rashly. After all, the emperor is surrounded by their people. If a dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, the situation is still critical. Mr. Hou, what I am most worried about now is that these people will slowly
of clearing
The people who rely heavily on the Emperor, such as our family and the people around the Emperor in the East Palace, as well as people like you, Mr. Zhang, are not of the same mind as them. If we are eradicated, they can do whatever they want and force the Emperor to be controlled by them.
"
Zhang Yanling frowned and said, "Besides me, who else did you tell about this matter?"
Liu Jin shook his head and said: "No one in our family dared to say it. I have been holding it in my heart for many days. Today is the first time I have spoken to others. Mr. Hou is the first to know and the only one to know."
Zhang Yanling said: "Why do you only tell me about this kind of thing? Shouldn't we inform several princes? They may have countermeasures."
Liu Jin waved his hand and said: "I can't trust anyone else, but I can trust you, Mr. Zhang. I don't mean to be disrespectful to our relatives, but I can see that they all protect themselves wisely, and no one dares to wade into muddy waters. Furthermore,
He said that there are some cheating among our relatives, and I don’t want it to be spread to the ears of the people in the outer court.”
Zhang Yanling pondered for a moment and said: "But... what can I do?"
Liu Jin said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, our family is talking to you today because we hope that we can join hands with Mr. Hou to resist the conspiracy of those ambitious ministers."
Zhang Yanling said in shock: "You and me? Can we fight against them?"
Liu Jin said: "Exactly. Our family is well aware of Mr. Hou's abilities. Based on what he has done in the past two years, our family knows that Mr. Hou is definitely a capable person. Zhu Lin's matter, disaster relief matters
, and the Marquis entered the Jinyi Guards, but they were able to seize the chestnuts from the fire and sit in Nanzhen Fusi, leaving Mou Bin helpless to you.
There is also the matter of seizing the land from the Zhou family, and being able to escape unharmed despite being attacked by others. Which one of them is not amazing. I, Liu Jin, admire the capable people the most in my life. Others say that the Zhang family has received great favor from the emperor.
What happened today, in my opinion, Liu Jin, is that the Marquis has the ability. I admire the Marquis very much."
Zhang Yanling frowned and said: "Eunuch Liu seems to be very interested in me. How do you know these things?"
Liu Jin smiled and said: "Since I want to cooperate with Mr. Hou, how can I not have capital? Mr. Hou, I, Liu Jin, also have capital. I know a thing or two about the things I want to know, big and small. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of letting Mr. Hou?"
Join forces with me?"
Zhang Yanling heard that Liu Jin must have his own eyes and ears everywhere. Although he was in the prince's house, he kept his eyes and ears in all directions and was not idle for a moment. However, his knowledge may be limited. Otherwise, if he knew all his
I'm afraid I'll be so scared that I'll pee my pants.
"Master Hou, if the two of us can join forces, with me on the inside and Master Hou on the outside, it will be perfect. We are not boasting, but we can still talk to the emperor. My brothers also listen to me.
If so. Outside, Mr. Hou
Now we have some manpower, and the Marquis is the son-in-law of Ding Guogong. More importantly, I haven’t seen anyone who can match the Marquis’s abilities. The Marquis’ methods are also clever. So, you and I join forces.
, will definitely be able to make great achievements." Liu Jin said.
Zhang Yanling finally understood that Liu Jin's purpose today was to win over him. As the new emperor came to the throne, Liu Jin really started to take action. It is conceivable that she was by no means the first person he wanted to win over, and now Liu Jin must be wining over others everywhere.
, and actively strengthened his power. There must have been many people among civil servants, royal guards, and nobles who were won over by him.
This person does have scheming and means, and he may be the candidate he is looking for among his relatives. But he obviously will not choose the candidate randomly. He must have seen that his current situation is not good, and he is eager to get involved with the new emperor.
Good relationship. And between myself and outsiders
The relationship between the two courts deteriorated. The outer court impeached him several times before, and the relief work made the outer court disgraced. It was difficult to bridge the gap between the two parties. Therefore, the reason for confronting the civil officials was added to the charge of framing the civil officials for murdering the late emperor.
Bring yourself into submission.
In fact, Liu Jin may also know that he will see through his frame-up, but he knows that he will definitely not expose him, because he is aware of the conflict between himself and the civil officials, and is eager to frame the civil officials. He also knows that he will definitely follow him
He cooperated because Liu Jin's position at the moment was extremely important, and no matter how he looked at it, he would not refuse him.
Seeing Zhang Yanling frowning and thinking, Liu Jin said in a deep voice: "Master Zhang, our family is not forcing you. Our family is thinking about the emperor, and it is also for our own sake. If the Marquis has concerns, our family can understand. After all, who
Are you willing to go against those people in the outer court? An
Who doesn’t want to live a stable life? However, what our family is afraid of is that we want to live a peaceful life, but others are not willing to let us live a peaceful life. There is a knife hanging above our heads, which may make it difficult to sleep and eat. Which day will this knife
The knife fell, life was lost, and it was too late to regret."
Zhang Yanling breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Eunuch Liu, don't talk about it anymore. I can't stand idle in this matter. My father-in-law is righteous and can think about the emperor and worry about the Ming Dynasty. How can I worry about gains and losses? Don't worry, father-in-law, I will be with you."
If we work together, no matter how dangerous it is, we can't let the thieves succeed."
Liu Jin said happily: "Okay. Mr. Hou is decisive and sensible, and he really knows the pros and cons. From now on, we can communicate with each other and act together."
Liu Jin spoke and stretched out his hand. Zhang Yanling reached out and the two high-fived each other and laughed softly at the same time.
"It's getting late, Eunuch Liu, so I'll take my leave." Zhang Yanling said with cupped hands.
Liu Jin cupped his hands and said, "Master Hou, it's easy to walk. The snowy road is slippery, so be careful."
Zhang Yanling thanked her, turned around and walked out of the pavilion, but then turned back and said: "Eunuch Liu, could you please persuade the emperor to go and apologize to the Queen Mother? She is his mother. She should be filial and respectful."
Liu Jin whispered in the darkness: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis, our family will persuade the Emperor and the Queen Mother to get back together."
Zhang Yanling nodded, turned around and left quickly.