Chapter 65 Ma Wensheng, who was sick with anger
This day was the day when Liu Jian and Xie Qian returned to their hometown after serving as officials.
They both went south and left Beijing together.
But Liu Jian and Xie Qian were a little disappointed because the weather when they left Beijing was really unfavorable. For them, now it was just two ministers leaving the court. From then on, there was no righteousness in the court, even if it was not miserable and rainy. The sky should at least be gloomy, but who knows, the sun is shining brightly and there are no clouds in the sky!
"Even the sky is so unkind!" Xie Qian couldn't help but complain first and waved his brocade sleeves.
"It's not the same as the one at the Meridian Gate. Let's go and let the tea cool down!" Liu Jian responded and ordered his servant to drive away.
When they arrived at Shili Changting, Liu Jian and Xie Qian returned to their hometown.
Li Dongyang, Ma Wensheng and other civil servants in Beijing were here to see each other off.
Needless to say, Li Dongyang was a former ally. Although he did not fulfill his promise to resign together, he believed that Liu Jian and Xie Qian would understand him.
Ma Wensheng, on the other hand, felt that although they were political enemies in the past, they had now clearly decided the winner. They were both colleagues who had been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and they had to come to see each other off emotionally and rationally. Only in this way could they be comforted. Liu Jian, Xie Qian and other officials in the party also had the stability of the Zhengde Dynasty in mind.
When Xie Qian saw that Li Dongyang had not fulfilled his promise to resign at the same time, and saw that Ma Wen had been promoted to the cabinet and was added to the first rank, he was not very happy and did not hide it. He just said: "I will not associate with the eunuchs!" , and hurriedly ordered his servant to drive away directly.
But Liu Jian got out of the car and came to Li Dongyang. He ignored Ma Wensheng who took the initiative to say hello, and only asked Li Dongyang: "Bin Zhi, why did you suddenly not leave this smoky court with us? You are in love." A person of power? ”
Li Dongyang couldn't say clearly that his original purpose of proposing to resign was to let Liu Jian resign so that he could become the chief minister of the cabinet, so he just bowed his hands:
"Liu Gong misunderstood Bin Zhi's painstaking efforts! It was not that Li was obsessed with the position of prime minister, but that the country of the Ming Dynasty would not be completely destroyed, and that the people of the world would not be poisoned by the traitors and eunuchs in the court, so he had to endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden In order to maintain one or two, and only in this way, can Liu Gong and Xie Gong return to their hometown safely to retire! ”
"That's alright! I hope that what you do will be what you say, so let's just say goodbye!"
As Liu Jian spoke, he only glanced at Ma Wensheng and said coldly: "It's a pity that even though some people are shy and invite the Holy Family to marry eunuchs, in the end they won't be able to join the cabinet as the first assistant!"
Immediately, Liu Jian also walked away.
Ma Wensheng, who was about to comfort Liu Jian and Xie Qian, was furious for a moment, but he couldn't get angry at this time, so he had to endure it, and then only looked at Li Dongyang: "Mr. Li, from now on, you I am the Yuanfu of the Ming Dynasty. I look forward to planning for the world, put aside my old grudges, and focus on serving the country!”
"Ma Gong is really loyal to the country, but I don't know if Ma Gong is angry or not. With Li in the court for one day, you and other turbulent people will never want to be the chief minister! So what if the saint's family is rich and generous? You ask the world, but How many people obeyed it?”
Li Dongyang said with a cold smile and walked away.
Ma Wensheng was already depressed and angry when he knew that Li Dongyang had not resigned and he could not become the chief minister. Now, for the sake of the unity of the entire civil service group, he suppressed his displeasure and showed some high-spirited and honest style, but he did not expect that he would not be able to do it. His good intentions were not understood. Instead, he was stimulated by Liu Jian and Li Dongyang one after another. He suddenly became excited and his blood started to surge. Immediately, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. He clutched his chest and was speechless for a long time. Then he fell directly to the ground. on the ground.
At this time, Li Dongyang had already sat in his sedan chair. When he heard someone outside calling for help, he opened the sedan curtain and found that Ma Wensheng had fallen to the ground. He couldn't help but laughed secretly and thought to himself: "As expected by Yang Tinghe, this Ma Wensheng is just a Chibi He's just Zhou Lang, he can't help but be excited! "At this time, it happened. Ma Yongcheng and Wang Yangming led the Jinyi soldiers of Jueshengwei out of the city, and they bumped into Li Dongyang. Li Dongyang changed his cold and arrogant attitude in front of Ma Yongcheng, and ordered people to stop the sedan chair. He only got out of the sedan chair and stood aside. He handed over his hand and asked, "Where are you going, Duke Du?"
Ma Yongcheng, unlike Ma Wensheng, did not hide his disgust for Li Dongyang and others. He snorted and rode away without answering.
Li Dongyang, on the other hand, was not angry and only ordered the butler beside him: "Li Hong, go and find out why Ma Yongcheng, the governor of the East Factory, suddenly brought so many royal guards out of the city?"
Li Hong quickly agreed and entered the city first.
Li Dongyang entered the sedan with a puzzled look on his face, and at the same time he couldn't help but said: "Now that I have become the chief minister of the cabinet, I still can't seem to avoid the situation of being ignored by His Majesty, Liu Jin, and Ma Wensheng, so that Ma Yongcheng, the admiral of the East Factory, came out." I don’t know what happened in the capital. If Wang Yue was still in charge of the ceremony, the result would not be like this.”
……
Zhu Houzhao also guessed that Ma Wensheng and other civil servants might send Liu Jian and Xie Qian away, but he did not interfere. He had no objection to Ma Wensheng and other civil servants maintaining the balance within the civil servant group, as long as Ma Wensheng did not want to collude with Liu Jin and other internal ministers.
Even Zhu Houzhao was wondering whether Liu Jian and others would bury the hatchet against Ma Wensheng, but he guessed that they were not really as broad-minded people as the book said. After all, they were political enemies, so how could they shake hands so easily? Make peace.
Zhu Houzhao had no time to care about whether these civil servants were upright and honest. What he was most concerned about now was how to ensure that there would be no mistakes in the process of investigating the evidence of Emperor Hongzhi's murder.
In order to avoid any mistakes, Zhu Houzhao asked the Supervisor of Li to draw up a decree, and the Ministry of War rushed to send it to Shaanxi Governor Yang Yiqing, instructing him to follow the instructions of Dongchang Admiral Ma Yongcheng when necessary. In emergencies, border troops can be directly used.
"This should be considered foolproof! Now let's see if Gu Dayong can pry out the evidence about Emperor Hongzhi's murder from the mouths of Wang Yue and others, and Tang Bohu, who hasn't come to Beijing yet, is not afraid of exhaustion and death! Forget it, Luo Xiang, you first find a few storytellers to listen to in the Leopard Room, the more the better, and find a few literati who can write jokes to stay in the Leopard Room to listen to them!”
As Zhu Houzhao spoke, he suddenly thought of a person and couldn't help but slap his forehead: "I almost forgot about him!"
So Zhu Houzhao hurriedly ordered: "Luo Xiang, please send someone to a man named Wu Chengen in Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture. His father's name is Wu Rui."
"The minister will take care of it now." Luo Xiang retreated, but at this time, Gao Feng hurriedly ran over: "Your Majesty! Something bad happened. Ma Gefu suddenly felt heartbroken. He seemed to be useless. I’m almost out of breath!”
"What!"
Zhu Houzhao stood up suddenly, as if there was a thunder in his ears!
Thank you to book friend Mr. Kirito for the 100 starting coin reward. I just came back from the hospital after taking an intravenous drip. I gritted my teeth and wrote a chapter. My legs are weak, my feet are numb, and my whole body is weak. I'm sorry for the late update. I have a cold this time. That’s good, at least you don’t have to worry about catching a cold when the update is released. I went to rest, and the book friends lightly sprayed. I have to go to the hospital tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, woohoo!
(End of chapter)