Chapter 134 It's time to show real skills
The next day, Zhao Shouzheng asked Shen Shixing to go to the Dongchang Yamen to kick the restaurant.
The two of them were dressed neatly and came to the north of Dong'anmen and along the Donghe River in an official sedan chair. After crossing the bridge, they saw a blue brick and gray tiles, with a yamen with a archway standing in front of the yamen with four big words "Fragrant for the Hundred Ages".
If it weren't for the twelve men standing under the wall of Eight Characters, wearing round hats, python clothes, white soap boots, and a fierce face, they wouldn't have been able to associate this yamen with lofty pursuits with the notorious East Factory.
Dongchang was established in the 18th year of Yongle, so there is no need to say what it was for. In short, everyone in the Ming Dynasty knew that as long as the Dongchang was arrested and imprisoned, there were very few officials who could get out alive. As long as they could do this... For example, Hai Rui would probably be truly famous for all generations.
Everyone avoided this notorious spy agency. The gatekeeper looked at the empty streets all day long. It was really rare that there was an official sedan chair coming to the door today. They didn't react for a while. It was not until the two third-rank official sedan chairs approached, and the leading white boots captain stopped and said, "Quickly get off the sedan chair, here 'Civil officials get off the sedan chair, and the generals get off the horse'?"
The two sedan chairs stopped. The sedan chair driver lifted the curtain, and Shen Shixing and Zhao Shouzheng walked out of the sedan chair together.
The gatekeeper was stunned. He saw two adults wearing large-framed sunglasses on their noses and cigars on their mouths. The most important thing was that each of them had a white alpaca scarf on their necks.
Although I don’t understand what this dress is, the actor always feels very unhappy. If they weren’t wearing third-rank official robes, they would have to beat them up to take care of themselves.
"Which yamen are you from?" The White Boot Captain stopped his restless subordinates and asked politely.
"Shishen, Minister of Personnel."
"Mr. Zhao from the Ministry of Rites came to submit a post to see you in charge of the squad." The two men's chief companions quickly presented their famous posts.
Hearing the names of the two, the White Boots Captain's expression moved, and said 'Wait a moment' and quickly turned around and ran in to report. The audience was stunned and thought to himself, when did the boss be so honest and diligent? He didn't want to say anything, but he went in to report in person?
Shin Shixing secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. In fact, this time he had a gambling element.
A month later, the top scholar Shen also had ideas. Although he was a major examiner, it was safe to enter the cabinet. But his seniority was still a little bit shorter. There were also Mabutangs and several Nanjing officials in the front, and the officials in the opposition were also qualified to be recommended... For example, Panbutang, which was smeared by Gaoge, not to mention those original cabinet masters, so it would be no surprise if the Tingtui was pushed down.
Shen Shixing was calm on the surface, but there were many dramas in his heart. When he saw Mr. Zhao, who had always been "the elephant chopped his nose and pretended to be a pig", he suddenly became active in an abnormal manner, and he was involved in a major event that affected the government and the country! He guessed that Brother Gongming also had the idea of taking advantage of the situation.
The reason why Shen Zhuangsheng was so confident was largely because of his partner as the chief examiner of the exam at the beginning of the year. The performance of Zhao Erye pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger shocked him, especially when he was later Chuanlu. Zhang Xianggong was scolded by the court and the public just because his son became the second place.
Although Zhao Shilang clearly had more than 200 disciples and grandsons who had won the Jinshi, not only did he not receive any criticism, but he was praised for his great wisdom. His second master Zhao avoided suspicion with his exaggerated performance, and proved that he was fair and selfless by letting his in-laws fail.
Later, people gave him a nickname called "Sleeping Shilang Zhao" to describe his ability to pretend to be confused.
Now that Mr. Zhao is sleeping soundly, he is cheering up. What else can he do if he is not just for the purpose of joining the cabinet and becoming the prime minister?
Just so happened that Shen Shixing was also like this, but he wanted to be confused outside and embraced people inside, so he made a quick decision and gave up his years of hiding his strength and resting his time. He decided to share great merit with Mr. Zhao to increase his confidence in court.
Although Shen Zhuangsheng had made up his mind last night that he would accompany Zhao Shouzheng to make a breakthrough even if he met today. However, he would dress himself up as such a honor...
Shen Shixing helped his heavy sunglasses and sighed in his heart that it was cloudy today and he could hardly see the road.
"Brother Gongming, why do we dress like this?" he asked in a low voice.
"This is how you have the killer temperament." Zhao Shouzhengshun's daughter-in-law gave her scarf and said, "You have never seen the cartoons. Do killers wear this way?"
"Oh, I'm impressed." Shen Shixing was unfamiliar with smoking a cigar, and accidentally penetrated his lungs, and couldn't help coughing twice. "But what does killer temperament have to do with us?"
"Today we are going to show the killer instinct and shock the people of Dongchang!" Zhao Shouzheng put his sunglasses on his back and raised his momentum to the highest level and said: "The evil people still need to be polished by evil people! Just let them know that the devil is one foot taller and the Tao is one foot taller! Even the Dongchang needs to teach the king's law!"
"Well said!" Shen Shixing quickly praised, but sighed in his heart, if Dongchang talks about the king's law, what is the meaning of existence?
But he didn't show it at all, because he always felt that Brother Gongming must have something he didn't expect to do so...
Then wait and see if this Dongchang can make sense.
After waiting for a while, the white boots captain came out and said that Eunuch Zhang, the chief squad, had an invitation.
The two followed the captain into the Dongchang Yamen. Turning the screen wall, they saw a statue of Yue Wumu in the small hall on the left side of the main hall. It can be seen that any organization thinks it is just, and no one will think that they are born bad guys.
However, ironically, not far behind Yue Fei Temple is the purgatory prison like a purgatory on earth...
Zhang Dashou, the eunuch in charge of the East Factory, met two ministers in the second hall. Eunuch Feng accompanied him all day in the palace, and Eunuch Zhang was responsible for the big and small matters of the East Factory.
After the tea, the two top scholars made clear their purpose.
Eunuch Zhang raised his orchid finger and glanced away the foam in the teacup, while saying expressionlessly: "This is not in accordance with the rules. The prisoners in the imperial prison are all imperial offenders. Without an order, the ministers cannot interrogate them."
"We are the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Rites, and we are not the Minister of Justice, so we can't talk about the trial, right?" Shen Shixing argued: "I am just representing the Ministry and come to talk to them. They are all appointed officials of the court. Now that the imperial edict is issued, the Ministry of Personnel cannot help but ask clearly."
"It's not okay to visit the prison." Zhang Dashou snorted, and no matter how Shen Shixing persuaded him, he was unmoved. He was annoyed and said, "When will you open the back door for our eunuchs?"
"I'm helping you now!" Zhao Shouzheng, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke. As he said that, he took off his big sunglasses and stared at Zhang Dashou with the gaze of the killer who had been raising his energy for a long time:
"Eunuch Zhang, right? I hope you understand that we are here to help you!"
"Help us?" Zhang Dashou seemed to be shy with Zhao Shouzheng's sharp eyes, and he looked straight and said, "What do you mean?"
"The previous episode, your Eunuch Feng's confidants brought our people back and asked for a court stick because they opposed Zhang Xianggong's robbery!" Zhao Shouzheng said loudly: "However, now the emperor has allowed Zhang Xianggong to return home, so the memorials of Deng Yizan and Xiong Dunpu are exactly the same! You still have to insist on a court stick. Is this what the emperor and Eunuch Feng want to be evil people?"
"Uh..." Zhang Dashou said with a slutty mouth and said, "We don't have the final say on the court, that's what the palace means."
"Don't always make excuses about the meaning of the palace!" Zhao Shouzheng waved his hand vigorously and said, "Now there is a chance to make those young people admit their mistakes, and with the face of the emperor, you have to block them. What's your intention?"
As he said that, he did not wait for Zhang Dashou to answer, he clasped his fists to the west and said with a deep pain: "The emperor is only fifteen years old! He issued an order to scepters from the court, and there are still five! What do people in the world think about this? How do you record this in history books? You have also read Nei Shutang. Don't you know the harm of the 'Zuo Shunmen Incident' to Emperor Shizong Su?!"
Zhang Dashou was speechless and could not refute it.
Zhao Shouzheng then sighed and said slowly, "Eunuch Zhang, you are the emperor's inner minister, Lord Shen and I are the emperor's daily lecturers. We are all the people closest to the emperor. We should think about the emperor in everything and put the emperor first! The emperor is still young, so this is even more so..."
"Hey..." Although Zhang Dashou didn't understand very well, he was shocked and said: "Okay, our family can't lose to the two ministers. This time we will make an exception."
As he said that, he waved his hand and said, "Come, take two ministers to the imperial prison..."
Shen Shixing was stunned. He didn't expect that this eunuch would really get Gong Ming's mouth?
It was not until he left the second hall and walked to the gate of the imperial prison that he woke up as if he was dreaming and said, "Brother Gongming, you have really convinced them."
"This is called the truth, and the metal and stone are open." Mr. Zhao picked up the scarf and wiped the sweat and said, "Brother Yaoquan, it's up to you."
"Don't worry, I'm sure." Shen Shixing smiled confidently, and the two of them entered the gloomy imperial prison under the leadership of the foreman's eunuch.
How rational is Shen Shixing? He will be very sure of taking action from anybody.
His strategy is to first take down Deng Yizan and Xiong Dunpu, and then use points to lead the whole to complete the task.
Moreover, when these two people were in the hall, Shen Shixing was the teacher who taught Shujishi. He spent three years with them, established a deep relationship, and also had a deep understanding of them.
The disciples criticized the poster and were under great pressure. In addition, although the two were not punished after being imprisoned, their courage had been destroyed by the dark and harsh environment in the prison. Therefore, they were not as strong as outsiders imagined...
When they knew that because of their own reasons, the occupant was so angry that he bleeded heavily, he was completely unable to get angry...
Shen Shixing then explained to the two of them with emotion, moved them with reason, and told them that they had misunderstood their teacher. In fact, Zhang Xianggong thought the same as them, and he was also buried and left the capital first... But they scolded the teacher without any discrimination. How heartache is Zhang Xianggong?
But teachers and students turn against each other will only make the relatives hurt, and the enemy is happy, which is too harmful to both teachers and students. So I still admit my mistake with the emperor, saying that I am too young and think things are too simple, and I think that using provocation can make the emperor let the teacher return home quickly, but I didn't expect that I could make such a big mess.
In this way, the emperor can at most release you, and Mr. Zhang will forgive you. Your first initiative is still there, and you will not be regarded as deceiving your master and destroying your ancestors. Wouldn't everyone be happy?
Chapter completed!