The previous Chief Assistant Fang Congzhe was the leader of the Chu Party. During his tenure, although the Donglin Party was powerful, several other parties were also able to gain a foothold in the government.
Since Fang Congzhe left the position of chief minister, and the chief minister of the cabinet became Liu Yishui, one of the Donglin Party bosses, people from other parties in the court have been suppressed, and they have resigned from their posts, or retired and returned home. Gradually it was controlled by the Donglin Party.
Officials from other parties who wanted to stay in the court had to either defect to the Donglin Party and barely keep an unimportant official position, or defect to Wei Zhongxian.
Liu Hongchu was born in the Party. After Fang Congzhe resigned, he was also implicated and resigned from the post of governor of Datong. He himself did not have much favorable impression of the Donglin Party.
This revolt made him realize that no high-ranking official in the court would stand up for him. Even if he had the false title of Prince Shaobao, it would be difficult for him to stay in the court for a long time.
After Datong is peaceful, he will become useless again. With his Chu Party background, he will definitely be targeted by the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party may even find a reason to jail him.
Having been an official for many years, he knows the importance of background.
Now that the Chu Party is no longer good, if you want to continue to serve as an official in the government, you will naturally have to change your ways, and Wei Zhongxian in the inner court has become the best protective umbrella for Qi Party and Chu Party officials.
Before coming to Tong, Wei Zhongxian mentioned the Tiger Flag in Lingqiu to him and hinted to him to pay more attention to the Tiger Flag.
Thinking that the time when the Tiger Character Flag rose coincided with the time when Wei Zhongxian came to power, he became increasingly convinced that there was an unknown relationship between the Tiger Character Flag and Wei Zhongxian.
Now that he is the governor of Datong, he has defected to Wei Zhongxian. With Wei Zhongxian's entrustment, he naturally has to take more care of the Tiger Flag and sell it to Wei Zhongxian.
"From now on, I will ask you, sir, to take care of the Tiger Flag."
With that said, Liu Heng took out a folded white paper from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Hong.
"What does this mean?" Liu Hong frowned slightly.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "You will naturally know after reading it."
Liu Hong reached out and took the piece of paper. After opening it, he took a look at the content inside. After reading it, he hesitated a little and said, "Does Eunuch Wei know about this?"
"Don't worry, sir, this is your share. Official Wei has always been prepared." Liu Heng said with a smile.
"That being the case, I will accept it."
With that said, Liu Hong folded the white paper in his hand again and handed it to Du Wanyuan who was standing aside.
After talking for a while, Liu Hong picked up the tureen and used the lid to stir the tea inside. He was not in a hurry to drink or speak, but just looked at the tureen in his hand.
Liu Heng knew it was time to leave, so he stood up from his seat, bowed to Liu Hong, and said, "Your Excellency is busy with official duties. I don't want you to disturb your work, so I will take my leave."
Liu Hong nodded slightly and said: "Since Dongzhu Liu is leaving, I won't stay here. Mr. Du, please send Dongzhu Liu off for me."
As the governor of Datong, there is no need to send a white businessman away, but this Liu Heng is different. With Wei Zhongxian's support behind him, he will naturally not really treat Liu Heng as an ordinary white businessman.
"Yes." Du Wanyuan agreed, then looked at Liu Heng and said with a smile, "Mr. Liu, please."
"We have Mr. Laodu." After saying that, he took Zhao Wu and walked out of the back office.
After sending Liu Heng away, Du Wanyuan rushed back to Houya from outside.
Liu Hong picked up the tureen, took a sip of tea, and said, "I sent him away."
"Already sent away." Du Wanyuan added, "The students arranged for a government servant to personally accompany Liu Dongzhu to leave."
Liu Hong nodded.
Du Wanyuan said at this time: "Sir, Liu Heng is just a white businessman. He should not be so valued by you, and he would even offend the new inspector for this."
Liu Hong shook his head slightly and said, "Don't underestimate this Liu Heng. Eunuch Wei can personally tell me to take care of him. This shows that this person is extraordinary. Eunuch Wei is in the capital, but the Tiger Flag is in Lingqiu. If it is ordinary, Relationship, how could Eunuch Wei give me such advice?"
"My lord is still far-sighted." Du Wanyuan flattered.
Liu Hong continued: "As for Wang Xinyi, although he is from the Donglin Party, he is not valued by the Donglin Party. Although I have some scruples about the Donglin Party, Wang Xinyi will not let me. The officials take it too seriously."
"Your Excellency, you should still be careful about this person." Du Wanyuan said, "When Your Excellency arranged for the students to bring Dongzhu Liu in, this Master Wang wanted to force his way in. It shows that this person did not take Your Majesty seriously."
"snort!"
Liu Hong snorted coldly, put the tureen in his hand heavily on the table, and said coldly: "I am the governor of Datong, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the prince Shaobao. He is only a seventh-grade governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Censor, what else can I do!"
Du Wanyuan advised, "It's easy to hide from open guns and hard to guard against hidden arrows. Your Excellency, you still have to be careful. Wang Xin is a patrol inspector and leads the emperor to patrol the place. He has the right to report. If this person confronts you, it will be quite troublesome." "
"It doesn't matter." Liu Hong waved his hand and said, "Don't look at the Donglin Party's great power now. They often say that the people are prosperous and prosperous, but there is a saying that when they are prosperous, they will decline. Today's Holy Lord is a wise king, and he will not look down upon it. If the Donglin Party excludes dissidents, no matter how great the kindness is, sooner or later it will be used up."
Du Wanyuan said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, what you mean is that the Holy One is beginning to be dissatisfied with the Donglin Party?"
Liu Hong stroked his beard and said: "Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. God's power is unpredictable. Even though our sage is young, he is no worse than Emperor Jiajing."
Du Wanyuan pursed his lips.
Liu Hong took a sip of tea and said: "It's almost done. Go and bring Wang Xinyi in! It's time for me to meet him."
"Yes, student, please invite Mr. Wang in now."
Du Wanyuan bowed and bowed, then left the back office and came to the gate of the governor's office.
Outside the governor's office, the number of officials waiting to be summoned by the governor not only did not decrease, but actually increased.
However, Du Wanyuan has long been accustomed to this.
Some officials came to see the governor not to report something, but just to gain familiarity in front of the governor, hoping to be taken seriously by the governor.
When the civil and military officials outside the governor's yamen saw Du Wanyuan coming out of the yamen, they knew that he was summoning the officials waiting outside for the governor, so they all came over.
Du Wanyuan glanced around, and finally landed on Wang Xinyi, who was standing alone, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, the governor has called you in to talk."
"Um."
Wang Xinyi snorted, lifted up the hem of his official robe with one hand, walked up the stone steps outside the governor's office, and went straight into the governor's office.
Du Wanyuan hurriedly followed behind and walked in together.
When the other civil and military officials saw that it was Wang Xinyi who was being summoned, they all dispersed and gathered together with familiar people to talk again.
As soon as Wang Xin came to the back office, he saw Liu Hong waiting in the back office. He put his hands in his hands, bowed and saluted, and said at the same time: "I am the censor of the Duchayuan. I have met the governor."
Liu Hong, who was sitting at the top, frowned when he heard Wang Xinyi call himself the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate without mentioning his identity as an inspector.
How could I not guess the little thoughts in Wang Xinyi's heart.
