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Chapter 855: Hostility and Helpers

Although the rumors about Zhang Taizheng were circulating, and it was incredible to think that Zhang Siwei, the three assistants of the cabinet, were still recuperating at home, was inspiring, but the two censors of the Censorate jointly reported that there were some disadvantages in handling punishment five years ago, and all the evidences were listed one by one, which attracted more attention. The next day, the cabinet votes were planned and the reply of the Chief Lishui Supervisor to approve the redemption immediately, but it was ordered that the Minister of Justice Wu Baipeng, the Minister of Justice Chen Xu, and the Minister of the Dali Temple Lu Guangzu, Wang Fulin and Qin Yiming cooperated with the investigation. In addition, the Jinyiwei, who had always participated in the handling of punishment, also sent a hundred households in the Beizhen Fushi Department to assist in the investigation.

In the huge Jinyiwei, the Nanzhenfu Division was responsible for the military discipline and legal discipline of the guards. Logically speaking, Xu Jue was originally affiliated with the Nanzhenfu Division, but he often overcame the power to manage the investigation and even interfered in the dispatch of the Jinyiwei spies. The Beizhenfu Division was the real department in charge of the investigation and had great authority in many cases. But now that the Dongchang has overwhelmed the Jinyiwei, Liu Shouyou saw Feng Bao, the admiral of the Dongchang, and wanted to kowtow to greet him. Zhang Juzheng was like the Dinghai Sword among civil servants. Even the once-powerful Beizhenfu Division, he naturally could not show any arrogance.

Because of this, on the morning of the reconciliation, Guo Bao, a sixth-rank Beizhen Fushi, saw Wang Fulin at the criminal department, and was so polite that he could not be more polite. How could he have the gloomy appearance of the person from the secret service? In his early thirties, he had a very pleasing round face, and spoke sleek and sincere. He even criticized and criticized the corruption case revealed by Wang Fulin and Qin Yiming, and had no intention of embellishing his ex-girlfriend.

Of course, Wang Fulin knew that this was not for himself, but for the power of the censor. Not to mention Guo Bao, a small family, even Liu Shouyou, who is now in charge of the North Fufu Department, had to be wary of the impeachment of the Censorate, because it was a sharp sword hanging above his head. The Censors of the Censorate seemed to be overwhelmed by Zhang Juzheng over the years, but the power of the Censor was there. Over the past ten years, even the nobles have been dismissed from their posts because of being impeached or corrupt, such as the unlucky Hou of Funing, let alone the mere Jinyiwei?

Therefore, Wang Fulin did not have any delusions about Guo Bao's diligence in his heart. Although he had always dreamed that the best factory guard leader could defect to him, he still responded to Guo Bao's greetings with a smile. When he saw Lu Guangzu also happened to come, he immediately changed into a respectful and cold smile.

The Ministry of Justice, Censorate, and Dali Temple are known as the three judicial departments, but the ranks of the chief generals are different. The Ministry of Justice is the second rank, the left censor is the second rank, and the Dali Temple Minister is the third rank. Therefore, the same nine ministers have naturally different ranks. Among them, the Dali Temple Minister ranks the last among the Great Nine Ministers, and the position is the most embarrassing. From the early years of Wanli to the present, the positions at the level of Shangshu and Censor of the Duke have never changed much. They often die of illness or die in old age, or are impeached. For example, the Minister of Personnel has been changed three times in total, but the Dali Temple Minister is different. They have changed more than seven or eight positions in six years.

Most of the people who were replaced were happy to take office, even if they had gone from being one of the unique Dali Temple Ministers to one of the twelve Dali ranks, the third-rank ministers of the sixth ministry. Neither the Dali ranks nor the Xiaojiuqing could be ranked, unless they were the Minister of the Ministry of Works, who had the most complicated affairs, they would sigh.

Since he is in the Censorate and is also the censor of the Taoist Censor, it is certainly not the first time that Wang Fulin and the current Dali Temple Minister Lu Guangzu have had a relationship. He is respectful because he is a much higher-level Shangguan after all, and his coldness is because Lu Guangzu has prejudice against him.

Lu Guangzu was a Dali Temple Minister a few years ago, but because Ding You returned home to observe the system, he first regained the Dali Temple Minister in Nanjing after he was fully subdued. Then he was promoted to a minister of a certain department and restored his original position after he replaced him. Although this was not easy, it was no longer easy. For most Beijing officials who were obeying the system, it was difficult to restore the position. There must be someone in the court with outstanding abilities. Otherwise, when he returned, he could only see what vacancy was there, and he would do it for the time being, and he would often be able to surrender to the outside. Therefore, many officials of high rank often stopped serving after Ding You because there were too many monks and fewer porridges and no seats.

Although Lu Guangzu has various advantages in character and ability, his biggest advantage is that he, like Wang Daokun and others, was also the same year as Zhang Juzheng. In the palace examination, Lu Guangzu was the first two in Yin Zhengmao, and they were also the third-tier. Because of this, Wang Fulin often muttered behind his back that the palace examination rankings were of great effect for a while. Whether he could reach the top of his official career depends on his personal ability.

When we met at this time, Wang Fulin paid a visit to him, he saw Lu Guangzu nodding slightly. When he met Chen Xu, he greeted each other without being humble or arrogant. Then he went in one after another. He politely let Qin Yiming go first and left at the end.

Lu Guangzu's prejudice against him was already noticed when the three judicial officers were sentenced. After sending Zheng Yougui to inquire, he learned an important message. Lu Guangzu was from Jiaxing Prefecture. When he was free from the position of Taichang Temple, he used to be a guest at Xu Jie. Even though the Xu family was taken over and his two sons were in power, he always refused to leave Xu Jie, so he got Zhang Juzheng's eyes. Therefore, Lu Guangzu has always claimed to his subordinates that he looked down on Wang Fulin, the nephew who was against his uncle.

Since I know that people are cold to me because I am unfair to Wang Daokun, of course, maybe this is just an excuse. What else can Wang Fulin say besides sighing in secret and betray himself? Anyway, he is not his immediate boss, so he is just doing his job in business.

At this moment, he opened the old case files of the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple, checked the old case files he and Qin Yiming had found in the cabinet warehouse of the Censorate, and interrogated the officials involved in that year. When asked about Gao Xiaoren, he found that Lu Guangzu seemed to have glanced at him. The next question was no more important than Wu Baipeng and Chen Xu, but asked everything in detail, as if he would not give up until he asked about the flaws.

Seeing Gao Xiaoren sweating heavily when asked, Wang Fulin originally wanted to make a few words to relieve him, but seeing Lu Guangzu's aggressive look, he thought that the Dali Temple Minister might suspect that he had deliberately made a big deal and would not have much trouble. He was sure that although this matter was involved extensively, the whole matter was absolutely false. After all, it was a trick that Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu prepared early. Zhang Taizheng took it out as a guise. Qin Yiming personally checked the documents and verifications of Huguangdao. He then reviewed the evidence from both human and physical evidence. Then he finally wrote a letter, not even afraid that Gao Xiaoren would revise his confession!

Just when Lu Guangzu confirmed a small detail for the second time, a sudden voice suddenly came from the side: "Mr. Tingwei, although Gao Xiaoren is a prisoner, there are other officials involved here. You only stared at him and asked, but left the others alone. Isn't it a bit rough?"

Lu Guangzu became the Minister of Dali Temple twice, and he was also the Minister of Dali Temple in Nanjing for a while. Everyone said he was careful and fair, but who dared to say he was rough? He looked around and saw that the person who spoke was Guo Bao, the manager of the Beizhen Fushi. He was so old that he was shy and angry. However, although the Jinyiwei is not as good as before, the thin camel is bigger than a horse, and the questions are still on the point. If he is tit-for-tat, he might cause some trouble. He suppressed his anger. It was Wu Baipeng, the Minister of Justice, saw that the situation was not good, so he took over the conversation and interrogated the other people one by one, and then he broke it.

However, despite this discordant episode, the physical evidence was quite conclusive. Gao Xiaoren admitted his guilt. After the other five involved officials desperately refused, they all offered something more or less, which involved the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the two censors in charge of the Taoist censors. This time, after the interrogation was over, the person involved was arrested, and there was a lot of dispute. Because Dali Temple suppressed the case in the world, according to convention, he was in the Dali Temple Prison, and Wu Baipeng had no intention of fighting, but the left censor Chen Yu seemed to have eaten the weight and demanded to be arrested in the Tianzhuo of the Ministry of Justice.

Qin Yiming naturally helped his boss without thinking. Wang Fulin didn't care at first, but since it was initiated by the Censorate this time, there must be no disagreement at this time, he immediately supported the people to go to the Tianzhu of the Ministry of Justice.

Seeing that this is an absolute advantage of three to one, Wu Baipeng saw that Lu Guangzu's face had turned into a pig's liver, and thought to himself that you would argue, why should I put me, the Minister of Justice, on the fire? But I never thought that Guo Bao actually said: "The Heavenly Prison of the Ministry of Justice is the most suitable, but if the three old men think it is inappropriate, the imperial prison of the Jinyiwei North Town Fushi Department is now empty, can you consider it?"

Speaking of this, if Wang Fulin still couldn't see that Guo Bao was the one who was responsible for being a messenger today, he would have lost his eyes. Sure enough, Lu Guangzu and Chen Xu who were striving for, and Wu Baipeng, almost said in unison: "Then let's go to the Tianzhu of the Ministry of Justice!"

It seemed to be to prevent the Jinyiwei from intervening, handing over the prisoners, classifying the case files, and setting the date of retrial. A series of disputes were simply quick compared to the previous disputes. When it finally dispersed, Lu Guangzu snorted coldly at the trio of the Censorate and turned away. Chen Xu laughed and said, "As soon as Lu Guangzu took office, he had reviewed the document of Dali Temple. As a result, he did not find this case. It was the person in my Censorate who was unhappy and deliberately found fault. He didn't have to pay attention to him. Let's go back. I will send someone to order the Tianzhu of the Ministry of Justice. Don't even think about it!"

Although Qin Yiming was forced to report this case by Wang Fulin, he couldn't say that he had a good reputation for Wang Fulin and offended Zhang Siwei. Who would be in a good mood? However, seeing that Chen Yu's attitude towards him became much warmer for the first time, he immediately threw those unwillingness to Java. While echoing, he praised Chen Yu and then looked at the sky and said diligently: "It's noon now. Why not Lord Zongxian and us go back to change clothes and find a restaurant to celebrate our Censorate's contribution this time?"

It would be fine if you had to flatter your boss at work, but Wang Fulin didn't plan to spend all his precious lunch break on his boss. Therefore, seeing Chen Yu raised his eyebrows, he didn't say agree or not, but his face seemed a little subtle, so he coughed and said, "The matter is still not a single word. Now, what's the celebration? If someone in Liukeling catches a loophole, it would be boring. Qin Zhang said that if he was interested, he might as well wait until Lord Zongxian was on the rest of the day, and then he would find a quiet shop on Qianmen Street. Wouldn't it be nice to have a discussion?"

Qin Yiming immediately thought that Wang Fulin had just joined forces with Chen Xu before, and had a fight with Chen Sanmo for the staff. Thinking about it, the case has not been decided yet. Seeing that Chen Xu was obviously very acknowledging Wang Fulin's proposal, he could only give up the idea. However, he seized the opportunity to make an appointment for a visit on the holiday, and he did not call Wang Fulin with some carelessness. When Chen Xu agreed with a little reserve, he felt relieved and did not see the smile of Wang Fulin when he finally returned to the Censorate.

Neither Chen nor Qin Yiming noticed that the lonely Beizhen Fufu Department manager Guo Bao did not go far after leaving the Ministry of Justice. He was always looking at the backs of the three of them. However, Wang Fulin suddenly caught a glimpse when he turned into the door, and a hint of alertness came to his heart.

During the lunch that day, Wang Fulin returned to the Censorate, but did not stay in the straight room to eat the barbecue noodles he always liked, but quietly slipped out from the side door. Now, the fat chef he specially hired back, in addition to the plain noodles toppings, has also figured out several toppings in different ways, which can ensure that the food is different every ten days. Moreover, with the support of Chen Yu, this working meal ranges from serving only Guangdong Road and Fujian Road to supplying the entire Censorate. The direct education all praised the Consortium for sympathizing with his subordinates. This is where Chen Zan and Chen Yu are different in nature. However, even if you eat too much good things, you will inevitably get tired of it. He often goes farther to have tooth sacrifices.

After changing into casual clothes, he saw Zheng Yougui leading two horses out without disturbing anyone. He nodded at the white-clothed paper office, which was very easy to use, and then got on the horse. When the master walked north from the two of them to the mutton alley, a smell of mutton came to his nose. Wang Fulin didn't want to go back to the Censorate with the smell of mutton, so he had to look back at Zheng Yougui.

Zheng Yougui smiled mysteriously, and rode his horse and led the way. He turned into an alley next to him. Then he heard Zheng Yougui whisper: "Take a shortcut from here to that tavern. There are often candidates who come to the capital to take the exam. Although this year is not the year of the examination, there are still many scholars, which are delicious and cheap."

When Wang Fulin followed Zheng Yougui into the store, found an empty table to sit down, and ordered a few very famous meat and vegetable dishes here, and ordered a pot of rice wine. Before the servant could bring the wine and food, a middle-aged man dressed in plain clothes appeared in front of him, sang a big silly silly, and then sat on the bench beside him with a sign.

"Young Master actually drinks here, it's really easy to find a little one."

When Zheng Yougui saw the person who was in his early thirties, he had a round face and smiled. He thought it was the Wang family, but when he glanced at Wang Fulin's suddenly tense face, he knew that he had guessed wrong, so he quickly wanted to find an excuse to avoid it, but Wang Fulin used chopsticks to press his hands.

"Just ask for a drink and just say it, why make any excuses?" Wang Fulin teased casually, then relaxed the chopsticks pressing Zheng Yougui's left hand, and then said to the clerk, "My old man is a greedy cup, man, add another pot of wine!"
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