The Prosperous Era of Longwan

When Lu Bing said that the big fish he wanted to catch was the Inner Court Ceremony Supervisor, Wei Guangde's first person to rule out was Huang Jin.

If it wasn't Huang Jin, then the first remaining candidate would be Gao Zhong, whom he had bribed with his money.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde's face became uncertain.

Naturally, the change in the expression on Wei Guangde's face could not be hidden from Lu Bing. The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.

Wei Guangde felt more certain when he saw Lu Bing's expression. Although he was not sure why Lu Bing was laughing, what Wei Guangde was thinking about at the moment was that it was time to cut off from Gao Zhong.

Unexpectedly, Gao Zhong would also share a share of the money he spent to buy his house. No wonder he was so relieved about him.

I just gave him two pieces of silver, not just one thousand taels as he thought.

What surprised Wei Guangde was that Lu Bing seemed to see through him, but after laughing, he shook his head, "He's not the person you thought he was."

Lu Bing knew that he and Gao Zhong were connected?

When Wei Guangde heard what Lu Bing said, his first reaction was that Lu Bing or Jin Yiwei knew about the money he sent to Gao Zhong and Chen Ju, so he said this.

But if you think about it carefully, it is indeed the case.

After leaving the capital, Lu Bing's eyes could only see various information through reports from his subordinates, which may not be true or accurate.

Lu Bing couldn't believe that those Jinyi Guards Qianhu and spies who were outside would strictly follow his rules. They just found mistakes among their subordinates and had Nanzhen Fusi deal with them severely.

Jin Yiwei's internal approach to dealing with such people is called enforcing family law.

In the capital, Lu Bing's eyes were naturally brighter.

Maybe Lu Bing didn't pay too much attention to him at first. Anyway, Wei Guangde didn't cause any trouble, so there was no need to help. It was all about the imperial examination. Whether it was the general examination or the palace examination, it was the country's talent promotion ceremony. He Lu Bing didn't have the guts to take care of him.

It was just that after Wei Guangde came out of the imperial examination, he obviously gained the attention of the emperor. Therefore, it was impossible for the Jin Yiwei not to pay attention to his every move. Naturally, his dealings with Chen Ju could not be hidden from their eyes.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde suddenly felt something in his heart and asked without thinking: "Is the big fish Li Bin?"

Wei Guangde naturally didn't know whether Li Bin was executed or died of old age, but now he was guessing who the big fish Lu Bing valued was, so why not just talk nonsense, maybe Lu Bing would be able to decide on the candidate if he revealed his words.

Who are you talking about? Of course it’s Li Bin.

Having Lu Bing take action to cut off his father-in-law's support in the palace is also a help to his brother-in-law, but he is very tired of it no matter how much he thinks about it.

When Wei Guangde said Li Bin's name, his eyes looked at Lu Bing, observing the subtle expression on his face.

Sure enough, although Lu Bing's facial muscles did not tremble at all, there seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes.

It was actually him.

Wei Guangde was very confident that the big fish in Lu Bing's mouth was Li Bin, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch and eunuch. Thinking about it, Xu Bangrui's letter also said that Li Bin was greedy for money.

He was a little surprised in his heart. Although he had just entered the officialdom, he knew that an official should keep his emotions and anger in check, but he was not skilled enough to prevent others from easily seeing his inner activities. His face showed it unconsciously. It goes as quickly as it comes.

Naturally, Wei Guangde's fleeting expression of joy was caught by Lu Bing, and he asked very calmly: "What, you and Li Bin have a grudge?"

"How is that possible? I've never seen it before."

Wei Guangde immediately denied it.

He really shouldn't have met Li Bin, so naturally he can't say the reason. It would be best to deny it outright.

After thinking about it, I felt that Lu Bing might be easily aware of something, so he simply continued: "I heard from Mr. Chen Ju that Li Bin, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, is very greedy for money. If you have any trouble, you can go to him."

"Haha. Don't you know who is more capable of causing trouble in the outer court? You will go find him."

After Lu Bing heard Wei Guangde's explanation, he actually smiled and had some thoughts in his heart.

It seems that in the Supervisor of Ceremonies, on the surface, Huang Jin can suppress the people below, but in private, Gao Zhong and Li Bin may have a bit of a feud.

Of course Lu Bing knew that Wei Guangde and Chen Ju were hooking up, but he didn't care.

If he didn't have that level of status, if he wanted to secure his position as the head of Jinyiwei, he would have to curry favor with the people in the inner court.

When he left Fusi, Beizhen, it was already the time when the lights were on. After a trip to the Imperial Guard, Lu Bing didn't even prepare a meal for Wei Guangde.

Fortunately, the carriage was still parked quietly outside the Fusi gate of Beizhen, and Wei Guangde was not allowed to walk all the way back by himself.

Not sure what Lu Bing was thinking, Wei Guangde got on the carriage, and with the crisp sound of horse hooves, the carriage drove out of Maoer Alley and headed towards Nanxunfang.

When the carriage arrived in front of Wei Guangde's house, Wei Guangde got out of the car and found several people standing around furtively observing what was going on. It was not until the captain on the carriage made a gesture to them that they dispersed.

After being scolded by the captain, Wei Guangde didn't like him either at Lu Bing's instruction or not. He just bowed his hands politely without saying a word, went up the steps with his hands behind his back, and knocked on the door of his house.

Soon, the door opened.

Wei Guangde hadn't eaten dinner yet, so he didn't exchange greetings with the guard who opened the door. He just strode in and yelled at the cook to get him some food right away.

Wei Guangde's sudden return naturally caused Wei Zhai to panic in a short period of time. When Zhang Ji came back, he already knew the whole story from Li San and others, and wanted to go out immediately to discuss with Wei Guangde's friends of the same year, at least Just let me know.

It's just that the people standing outside the door blocked them back. They could enter, but they couldn't get out.

Zhang Ji, Li San, Zhao Hu and other guards were anxious in the house. There was a knock on the door. Unexpectedly, it was getting dark, and Master Wei Guangde came back by himself.

They were naturally surprised and happy when they saw Wei Guangde. In the capital, they had nothing.

If Wei Guangde was really captured by the Jin Yiwei, they would have no choice but to ask Zhang Ji to write a letter back to Jiujiang Prefecture to report the matter.

Wei Guangde was taken away by the Jin Yiwei, and no one in the house was in the mood to eat. Everyone was delayed in tonight's dinner. Fortunately, when Wei Guangde came back, dinner was started immediately.

After Wei Guangde finished his meal, under Zhang Ji's curious questioning, he just said something incomprehensible, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

"What about Xu Huai?"

At this time, Wei Guangde thought of Xu Huai who came home two days ago and asked casually.

"He went out to eat before and then went back to his room to rest. He was also frightened."

Zhang Ji smiled on the side.

"Um."

Wei Guangde immediately went to his study and asked Zhang Ji to sharpen his ink. Then he took out a piece of letter paper and quickly wrote a letter to Xu Bangrui in Nanjing.

After the ink on the paper was dry, I folded it and put it in the envelope, and sealed it carefully.

"If Xu Huai rests, forget about it tonight. You can give the letter to him tomorrow morning."

Wei Guangde pointed to the letter written on the table and told Zhang Ji, and then asked about the ginseng.

Zhang Ji didn't understand why Wei Guangde was so interested in ginseng. He didn't want to buy so many ginseng to keep at home, and he had to store it carefully to avoid spoilage.

Although many dignitaries in Beijing buy ginseng from time to time, none of them hoard it on a large scale like Wei Guangde.

However, Zhang Ji still answered Wei Guangde's questions honestly and explained the details he had learned during the purchase process, especially the fact that the ginseng market in Beijing now relies heavily on the Liaodong front line, and the supply of ginseng from the mainland is almost completely cut off.

The days passed day by day, and soon it was more than half a month.

On this day, Wei Guangde arrived at the Hanlin Academy. At almost noon, he heard news from the academy that the censor in Henan had sent the investigation memorial back to the capital.

Good guy, it is said that there are hundreds of illegal things done by King Hui in Junzhou, but this is not the point.

Emperor Jiajing was also concerned about the super-controlled palace and the Long Live Mountain in the backyard of the palace, and found out that it was indeed the case.

It can only be said that the rumors may not be unfounded. The things Geng An heard in Junzhou are most likely based on prototypes, but they may be slightly distorted.

The Long Live Mountain was built according to King Hui’s palace construction standards.

When the Beijing Imperial Palace was built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, according to the four constellations of Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu, there must be a mountain at the location of Xuanwu in the north, so the soil from the Tongzi River in the Forbidden City and the South China Sea of ​​Taiye Lake were piled up into a mountain to become the "township of Da Nei". Mountain", named Long Live Mountain.

During the private expansion of Prince Hui's Mansion, he also referred to the four-star specifications of the palace and built a mountain to the north of the palace, which was also named Long Live Mountain.

This is a complete violation of the rules, and even worse, it is disobedient.

How could the Long Live Mountain exist in the palace? Although before the imperial censor arrived in Junzhou, King Hui summoned everyone in the palace to unify the situation, don't forget that there are people from the inner court in the palace.

Although they had seen that King Hui violated some rules before, King Hui was really good to his subordinates. Basically, they were slaves in the palace, and they were uncles after leaving the palace. They lived a happy life in Junzhou. , Naturally, I don’t want King Hui to really fall.

But now, it seems that I can no longer hide it. Even if the people in the palace don't talk nonsense, they still can't keep these secrets in front of civil servants who tell you about it.

It's just that in the past, Prince Hui's Mansion was too domineering in Junzhou and didn't take outsiders seriously.

After people in the palace go out, they dare to do anything and say anything.

The renovation of Prince Hui's Mansion was carried out in accordance with the standards of the imperial palace. This was already a semi-open secret in Junzhou.

It can seal the mouths of the people in the palace, but it cannot stop the mouths of the people outside the palace.

After the memorial of the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was sent to the General Affairs Department, Zuo Tongzheng personally sent it to the cabinet as soon as it was copied and archived, and was handed over to Senior Yan Songyange.

After Yan Song read the imperial censor's memorial, he knew that King Hui was completely finished.

When this memorial reached Xiyuan, no one could protect King Hui. His son was still smart.

A few days ago, someone from Prince Hui's Mansion sent two boxes of property and wanted to ask Yan Song to take care of them. However, his son, who loves money as much as his life, unexpectedly went out of his way this time and decisively refused.

Yan Song had also speculated about the fate of King Hui before, but he had not discussed it with his son. It can be seen that although Yan Shifan was greedy on the surface, he was actually very measured and knew what he could and could not take.

Of course Yan Song would not just take the memorial to Xiyuan to report it. He sent someone to call Xu Jie next door and let Xu Jie also read the censor's report. The two people reached an agreement on how to deal with it. As for the cabinet, The third one, Lu Ben, had better forget it. He was still recuperating in the mansion, so there was no need to tell him about it.

After discussion, the two men took the memorial to Xiyuan to request an audience with Emperor Jiajing.

When the memorial left the General Affairs Department, the contents of the memorial had already begun to be quickly circulated among the yamen in the capital.

Without him, the locations of the various government offices are too close. One official office is next to another, and the only boundary between them is the red wall.

After noon, news from Xiyuan also came out. After Emperor Jiajing became furious, Xu Jie wrote the imperial edict in Xiyuan according to Emperor Jiajing's wishes. After Emperor Jiajing nodded, Huang Jin directly used the seal to complete the imperial edict in the palace. The procedure was immediately sent to the Sixth Section for approval by Xu Jie in person.

Naturally, Liuke would not dare to stop such a big event, and would not stop it at all.

At this point, the content of the imperial edict has also reached the ears of all officials in the capital.

"King Hui Zai was guilty, so he was dismissed as a commoner, imprisoned by a high wall, and the country was destroyed."

With such a big event happening, all the six ministers and nine ministers naturally came to the cabinet in the afternoon to discuss the specific details. If King Hui was deposed, what should happen to King Hui's other princes, generals and other family members? This time they were to eliminate the country.

"The crime of being evil and rebellious has been revealed, and I can't bear to set up a heavy ceremony. Guge Jue was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned by the high wall. The world's Danbao seal and clothes were removed, and his personal wealth was used. It was illegal to demolish the pavilion. The one who controlled it. He sent the British Duke Zhang Rong to inform the temple, and also wrote a letter to the princes to inform them."

Yan Song watched everyone present repeat the final decision made by Emperor Jiajing of Xiyuan at noon. Only King Hui was deposed as a commoner and imprisoned in Fengyang High Wall, while other relatives of Hui Fan were sent to Kaifeng and resettled by King Zhou.

Destroy illegal buildings and inform other royal family members.

"King Hui Zai was guilty, and he was deposed as a commoner, imprisoned by a high wall, and the country was eliminated. Zai has been a cruel and evil father since his father Houjuan. One year, the people of Zhongzhou were like a charcoal, and they followed Xuande's decree. The golden seal of the real person was given to him, and his kindness was unbridled. No one dared to care about it, and the official would always tell the story, and he was often severely punished, so his evil was even worse and he ended up dying. In addition, the heirs of Zhixi still used the seal of the real person Wan, which is more unruly* *. Built Long Live Mountain in the pavilion in the middle of the mansion. On it was said the martial arts performance ring with the Moon River. He recruited strong men to row boats in the river and watched it by himself. He also built more than a hundred large and small halls and corridors privately, and excavated more than 70 folk tombs. King Ku Guan Zhang refused to listen. He killed them with a stick. He killed more than ten innocent people before and after him. He tried to disguise himself and falsely claimed that Zhang Shide went straight to Nanjing. He was transferred to Fengyang and was captured by a rogue. He was detained for three days and escaped. He knew what he had done. He was unfaithful and feared offending, so he secretly sent emissaries to wait for any movement in the capital. He would forcibly seize Geng An's daughter from the people, and hid it for An's sake, and refused to release her. In Henan, he was appointed as an official and handed over to the government, and the reason for this was stated, and he overcame the control of the clan. Stealing, concealing evil intentions and other illegal deeds. Taking away the seal given by King Gong and using it to investigate and investigate, all of which are proven."

Yan Song took out the decree that the Sixth Section had just sent to approve the seal and let everyone take a look.

That night, Wei Guangde invited his colleagues and peers to have a drink. He killed a prince with an impeachment memorial and directly eliminated the vassal. He felt very good about himself now.

But the joyful mood did not last long. More than half a month later, another memorial from Junzhou was delivered to the capital.

"When Zai 𫭢 heard the order, he killed his wife and concubine first, then hanged himself to death."