After walking out of the Qianqing Palace, Wei Zhongxian summoned an internal eunuch and whispered: "Take our family's badge and go out of the palace, go to the shop of Huziqi, tell their shopkeeper, and tell the emperor to recruit Liu Hong, the former governor of Datong, to come to the capital." The Emperor intends to let him go to Datong as governor."
As he spoke, he took out a waist badge from his sleeve and handed it to the other party.
The eunuch took the badge, nodded solemnly, and said, "Don't worry, godfather, I will definitely bring the words to you."
Wei Zhongxian turned back to look in the direction of Qianqing Palace, and then said: "Go!"
The eunuch opposite bowed and left quickly.
After the eunuch had gone away, Wei Zhongxian walked towards the direction of the cabinet.
The cabinet is the first room in a row of buildings to the right of the Porte de la Concorde.
As soon as he arrived outside the cabinet, before he could go in, a figure dressed as someone from Zhongshushe walked past him without even saying hello.
Wei Zhongxian narrowed his eyes as he looked at the back of Zhongshu Sheren who was leaving.
Ever since Wang An was removed as his opponent, no one in the palace dared to ignore him like this.
Stopping, he turned his head and said to an internal supervisor who was following him: "Who was that person who just passed by? How come we have never seen him before?"
The eunuch glanced at the man who was leaving and said, "This man is Wang Wenyan, who has just come to the cabinet, and is highly regarded by Liu Shoufu."
"So he is Wang Wenyan." Wei Zhongxian rubbed his chin with his index finger and thumb.
Although he has never met Wang Wenyan, he has heard of this name.
Wang Wenyan, who entered the cabinet first, naturally knew Wei Zhongxian, the most popular eunuch in the palace.
However, like most Donglin Party members, he had no good impression of Wei Zhongxian.
Wang An, who he had defected to earlier, died because of Wei Zhongxian. Now Wei Zhongxian is fighting endlessly with the chief assistant. He was the person promoted by the chief assistant, and he has an even worse hatred for Wei Zhongxian.
Like many Donglin Party members, he believed that Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family were the source of trouble for the government and were treacherous villains who seduced the emperor and flattered his superiors.
Entering the cabinet, he came to the chief assistant Liu Yishen and said respectfully: "Sir, Wei Zhongxian is here and he has arrived outside the cabinet."
"Why is he here!" Liu Yishen frowned.
Ye Xianggao, who is also the elder of the cabinet, said: "Wei Zhongxian is the eunuch beside the emperor. It seems that the emperor has decreed that he should be sent to the cabinet."
At this moment, the cabinet door was pushed open and Wei Zhongxian stepped in.
"We have met several pavilion elders." Wei Zhongxian bowed his hands to Liu Yishen and others in the room.
Liu Yishui stood up and said: "My father-in-law came to my cabinet, but the Holy Father had a decree to send it to my father-in-law."
Although Wei Zhongxian had been secretly fighting with Liu Yishui and other Donglin Party members, Tianqi's decree could not be delayed, so he said: "The emperor wants to recruit Liu Hong, the former governor of Datong, to come to Beijing to face the saint."
Then, he added: "We have also brought the emperor's oral instructions to our family, so we won't stay at home much longer. The adults should arrange for Mr. Liu to come to Beijing as soon as possible. The emperor is still waiting to be summoned."
After saying that, he turned around and left, not staying in the cabinet for a moment.
After he left, Liu Yishen sat back in his seat, smoothed his beard, frowned, and said, "Why did the Holy Master summon Liu Hong at this time?"
Wang Wenyan, who was standing aside, interjected: "I'm afraid it has something to do with the governor of Datong."
Hearing this, Liu Yishui's eyes lit up and he said: "It is really possible. Since Xu Tong took office as the governor of Datong, there have never been any impeachments from Datong. They are all memorials to impeach him. It can be seen that this person is Datong is unpopular, and now another member of the clan has been killed under his rule. I think the Holy One is already tired of this person."
"It's a good thing that Liu Hongruo returns to Datong. Datong has been stable for so many years, so he can be considered a contributor." Ye Xianggao nodded.
Liu Yishen said: "Then in the name of the cabinet, recruit Liu Hong to Beijing to face the saint."
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Wei Zhongxian sent the palace eunuch to Hu Ziqi's shop.
The waiter in the shop knew that he was Wei Zhongxian's godson, so he took him to the backyard, where the shop owner Wang personally entertained him.
The waiter brought hot tea and left the room.
"My father-in-law, please have some tea!" Wang raised his hand to make a gesture of invitation, and then said: "My father-in-law came here unexpectedly. Could it be that Wei Daguan has something to tell the store."
The eunuch picked up the tureen and blew on the tea leaves floating on it, then put it to his mouth and took a sip.
Wang took out a meeting ticket from his sleeve, pushed it forward, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, please accept it."
The eunuch glanced down, put the tureen aside, pressed the ticket with two fingers, pulled it back, and put it into his sleeve.
After doing all this, he said calmly: "My godfather asked our family to tell you that the emperor has recruited Liu Hong, the former governor of Datong, to come to Beijing."
Wang Zizi didn't understand, so he said: "My father-in-law, can you give me some advice on this villain?"
As he spoke, he took out another meeting ticket and pushed it on the table.
The eunuch glanced down, pressed his finger on the meeting ticket, and said with a smile: "What exactly happened, my godfather didn't say, but our family is on duty for the Qing Palace. From the emperor's tone, it seems that he intends to let him go to Datong. Appointed governor."
Originally, Wei Zhongxian asked him to convey this, but as soon as it came from his mouth, it became his news, and Qian Qian received it with peace of mind.
Hearing that Liu Hong was going to be the governor of Datong, Wang Zizi was overjoyed. The expression on his face remained unchanged, but he stood up, raised his hands to the eunuch in front of him, and said, "Thank you for your advice, father-in-law. There are some new things in the little man's shop." , if father-in-law comes across something you like, feel free to pick a few and take them back."
The eunuch said with a smile on his face: "Since Shopkeeper Wang is so sincere, it's hard for our family to disgrace you. However, our family will not take your things for nothing. When we return to the palace, our family will negotiate with the palace." Others in there said, let them come and buy from you.”
"Then I would like to thank my father-in-law for his kindness." Wang bowed and clasped his fists.
The eunuch stood up and went to the shop in the front yard.
Wang personally accompanied him. After the eunuch selected several pieces of leather goods and Dongzhu sent from Liaodong, he personally sent the eunuch away in a sedan chair.
After seeing off the internal prison, Wang returned to the shop by himself, summoned a waiter, and whispered: "Take the century-old ginseng sent from Liaodong, and prepare a thousand taels of silver for the meeting, and deliver it before dark. Go to Wei Zhongxian’s house outside the palace.”
The man agreed and went to the backyard to prepare old ginseng and silver.
When Wang returned to the room on his own, there was one more person in the room.
I heard the man say: "Is the inner prisoner sent away?"
Wang nodded on his own, and then said: "Go find Wang Shanyuan and ask him to go back to Lingqiu immediately."
"Something happened?" The man in the room frowned.
"It's a good thing." Wang said on his own, "Liu Hong is about to go to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, and he is very likely to take over as governor of Datong."
"So Xu Tong has been the governor for a long time?" The man in the room's eyes lit up.
Wang nodded and said: "The imperial court should remove Xu Tong. After all, a clan member died. Tianqi always has to give an explanation to the king, and also to the clan of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, Xu Tong has been unpopular since he took office. As the impeachments continue, I’m afraid Apocalypse will be tired of him.”
"I will tell Wang Shanyuan the news now and ask him to take the news back as soon as possible." Another person in the room said with a happy face.
