It was freezing outside, so Liang Chu fell asleep early, but it was warm inside the bed.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Master, there is an emergency. The Liu family is sending someone for help!"
Liang Chu slowly got up, put on his clothes under the service of the bed-warming maid, pushed the door open and asked, "What's the matter?"
The servant whispered a few words.
Liang Chu was shocked: "What, Liu Shilang was sent to Jinyi Guard Prison? Quickly bring the messenger from the Liu family!"
Although Liu Yong, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, was regarded as a member of Yang's party, he was actually Liang Chu's confidant. When Yang Ting and Ding You returned to their hometown, Liang Chu took up the position of chief assistant and took the opportunity to promote many officials, including this unfortunate one.
Liu Yong of the pot.
With the help of the maid, Liang Chu quickly went to the living room, where a very embarrassed guy was already waiting.
"Are you a member of Liu Shilang's family?" Liang Chu asked.
The man knelt down and knelt down and bowed: "Mr. Yang Ge, please save my master. This evening, the Jin Yiwei took the master away, and the Liu Mansion was also surrounded. The villain sneaked out through a dog hole."
Liang Chu asked again: "Do you know why Jin Yiwei arrested Liu Shilang?"
The man replied: "Jinyiwei said that he was ordered by the emperor to arrest the main messenger of Baoyuan Bureau who forged money."
Liang Chu ordered: "You rest here and don't go back to Liu's house for the time being." After that, he said to his servant, "Prepare the sedan chair!"
The servant quickly reminded: "Master, there is a curfew outside, so you can't move around casually."
"How can you care about so many people? Hurry and prepare the sedan!" Liang Chu scolded.
Liu Yong must be saved.
Liang Chu was crazy about promoting his confidants and even ostracizing Yang Tinghe's people. He was so aggressive that the emperor beat a few of them. After Yang Tinghe returned to Beijing and resumed his post, many of his so-called confidants fell into the arms of Yang Tinghe, and those who were loyal suffered all kinds of consequences.
The government suppressed them, and now only Liu Yong and Yang Tan are left with the highest official positions.
Liang Chu was very dissatisfied with this situation and gradually developed a quarrel with Yang Tinghe.
Yang Tinghe did not want to lose Liang Chu as his ally, so he agreed to help last year, and Ting recommended Yang Tan to be the minister of household affairs. This was immediately opposed by his political opponents, so Yang Tan could only stay put and muddle-headedly asked Huang Ke to be the minister of household affairs.
There are only two left ministers of Liang Chu's party, how could they be willing to lose one more?
Braving the light snow, Liang Chu took a sedan chair and went straight to Yang's house. On the way, he was stopped by the military commander: "Stop, who is violating the curfew?"
The servant immediately scolded: "This is Mr. Liang Ge sitting in a sedan chair. He has important matters for the court to handle. You can't stop him!"
The officers and soldiers of the Military and Horse Division approached with lanterns, saw clearly the color of the sedan, and heard that Liang Chu was traveling, so they did not dare to inspect it immediately, and obediently moved aside to let it pass.
Yang Tinghe was sleeping soundly. When someone woke him up in a daze, he could only yawn and go to receive Liang Chu.
"Jiefu, Liu Yong was arrested by the Jin Yiwei. He was accused of instigating the Baoyuan Bureau to make bad money. The Zhengde Yuanbao has the emperor's avatar, which is a big mouth to deceive the emperor!" Liang Chu did not beat around the bush, went straight to the point and went straight to the point.
Yang Tinghe frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "There is another article on this matter. I'm afraid someone is secretly meddling in it. Although Liu Yong is the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, he does not directly manage the Baoyuan Bureau. Even if the Jin Yiwei arrests people, they should also arrest Li Shiqi (
Li Ji) is right."
Liang Chu said: "Perhaps the emperor was so angry that he arrested the two of them together?"
"No," Yang Tinghe shook his head and said, "It is already a big deal to arrest a minister. If we arrest another minister, it will be a clear sign of a big prison. With your majesty's intelligence, it is impossible for him to act recklessly in such a matter."
"Jiang Bin?" Liang Chu asked.
"It's very possible," Yang Tinghe thought, "or it could be Wang Ruoxu, or the two of them joining forces. After all, Li Ying, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, is Wang Ruoxu's friend from the township party."
Liang Chu asked: "How to save people?"
Yang Tinghe said: "There is no way to save it."
Liang Chu cupped his hands and said, "Jie Fu, everything can be avoided in this matter!"
Yang Tinghe sighed: "Your Majesty has not gone to court for a month, and has not come to the cabinet for a month, and has not recruited hundreds of officials to go to the Leopard Room to report. What can I do? I can't even see His Majesty!"
"Zhang Yong!" Liang Chu could only remind.
Yang Tinghe put on a show and said with emotion: "Oh, we have no choice but to do this. In order to save the people in Qingliu, contacting the eunuch is a temporary measure."
Liang Chu scolded his mother in his heart and slandered: In the whole court, the one who has the deepest collusion with the eunuchs is your Yang Jiefu!
The political alliance between the two had already been declared substantively broken when Liang Chu took advantage of Yang Ting and Ding You to crazily squeeze out Yang's party and promote his cronies. They did not fall out on the surface because they still had a common enemy. When would Jiang Bin fall, Yang Ting and
You will know when to take action against Liang Chu.
Historically, Zhu Houcheng died in the same year, and Yang Tinghe immediately launched an attack. He first united with Liang Chu to kill Jiang Bin, and then instigated his cronies to drive Liang Chu and Wang Qiong out of the court.
The blame for helping King Ning restore his bodyguard was placed squarely on Wang Qiong and Liang Chu.
To be honest, Yang Tinghe has no intention of saving Liu Yong.
The Ministry of Industry has just obtained some financial power, and is still qualified to mint money. It will definitely have greater power in the future. Li Hao, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is over 70 years old and has only a few years to live. Liu Yongruo, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, fell, and Yang Tinghe happened to support him.
With his cronies in charge, they will be able to take control of the Ministry of Industry after Li Hao's death.
In this situation, what can I do to help?
Yang Tinghe pretended to go to see Zhang Yong, but Zhang Yong found nothing. For the next half month, Li Hao lived in prison with good food and drink, but Liu Yong was tortured until he was inhuman shape.
"I'll do it, I'll do it!"
Liu Yong didn't even have the strength to speak, and said extremely weakly: "I instigated Fan Zheng, the ambassador of the Baoyuan Bureau, to cut corners and add more lead and tin to the coins. I am guilty, I am guilty, please give me a break!"
Li Ying raised his hand to stop the execution and walked over and said: "What Fan Zheng confessed was different. He bit out a eunuch. I asked your Majesty to arrest the man, and the eunuch confessed Jiang Bin again, saying that Jiang Bin had given him benefits.
.Why are you protecting Jiang Bin?"
"Jiang Bin? I am from Qingliu, how can I make friends with the generals and officials!" Liu Yong was very angry.
"Huh?" Li Ying frowned.
The awe-inspiring righteousness in Liu Yong's body disappeared instantly. He closed his eyes in pain and said, "Yes, Jiang Bin asked me to do it. He sent the eunuch to find me, and the profits from the money were shared equally by everyone."
Li Yingyi said angrily: "Sure enough, these giant rat borers are so arrogant!"
Liu Yong had no idea of survival, and begged: "Commander Li, please give me a happy life."
Li Ying smiled and said: "Don't worry, as long as you confess honestly, someone will intercede for you. I guess I won't be able to be the left minister of the Ministry of Industry. I'll definitely be fine if I go out and become a minor official."
Liu Yong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he didn't want to die anymore. He kept saying, "Thank you, Commander Li, thank you, Commander Li!"
Li Sanlang took several confessions, whistled to the Leopard Room, and sent someone to leak the news to Zhang Yong. With the results of Jin Yiwei's trial, and involving Jiang Bin, our Governor Zhang might not be able to help but kick him.
Zhang Yong, Jiang Bin, Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu... are all involved, and the relationship between this matter is quite messy.