In the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Chang Feng knelt down in front of Emperor Hongzhi.
The new Bingbi Zhang Yong forwarded the account books that confiscated Li Guang's family property to Emperor Hongzhi.
When Emperor Hongzhi saw the total, there was no fall and no dragon roar.
He sighed in a guilty tone: "It's my fault that Li Guang is so greedy and sycophantic!"
It is indeed the fault of Emperor Hongzhi and the fault of Empress Zhang.
Chang Feng said: "Li Guang deceived the emperor, and the emperor was also deceived by him."
Emperor Hongzhi changed the subject: "Chang Feng, as expected of you. In one night's work, you helped King Xing get rid of his grievances. You also stole all the traitor's wealth into the national treasury for me."
"Not to mention, you didn't embarrass me too much by finding out the reason why Li Guang was good at building Yuxiu Pavilion and hindered Dragon Vein Feng Shui."
"If it were someone else handling such a complicated matter, there's no telling what the outcome would be."
Emperor Hongzhi's words came from the heart. If it were anyone else, even if the truth was found out, a major case would probably be set off, which would make it impossible for Emperor Hongzhi to step down.
Chang Feng spoke very humbly: "The Emperor has given you too much praise. I just rely on the Emperor's reputation to do things."
"Your Majesty, Min Duyuan from the Metropolitan Procuratorate just went to Li Guang's foreign residence and asked to hand over Li Guang's letters."
Emperor Hongzhi asked: "Oh? Did you hand over the letter to him?"
Emperor Hongzhi actually already had the answer in his mind: How could Chang Feng, with his shrewdness, hand over letters to those officials who would make trouble for nothing?
Chang Feng's answer was not as expected by Emperor Hongzhi: "This is for your Majesty, I didn't give it to them."
Emperor Hongzhi asked: "What's the reason?"
Chang Feng replied: "I told Minduyuan that there was a fire in Li Guang's foreign residence last night, and all the letters were burned and turned into a pile of ashes and a wisp of smoke."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction: "Fire? What a reasonable reason. Chang Feng, what do you plan to do with Li Guang's letters?"
Chang Feng replied: "Make the lie real and burn it."
Emperor Hongzhi praised: "You still understand the general situation and take the overall situation into consideration."
Chang Feng thought to himself: It's too much to praise. Is it time for a reward? Your Majesty, should you give me back some of your power?
Sure enough, Emperor Hongzhi stroked Tongqing and said: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded. I have left you idle in the past few years. Don't worry too much. I just want you to have a good rest."
"From now on, you will continue to take charge of the affairs of Beizhen Fusi as Zuo Tongzhi."
As soon as this statement came out, half of the Jin Yiwei returned to Chang Feng's hands.
Chang Feng kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
Emperor Hongzhi said again: "Prince Xing is my beloved relative and a flesh and blood brother. If you help him, you are helping me."
"I will let King Xing serve the wine. Thank you for your kindness!"
Chang Feng left the main hall of Qianqing Palace. He glanced up at the sky.
This time he was a complete winner. Yu Gong forced the traitor to "commit suicide". This eliminated a major hidden danger for the imperial court.
In private, he took back half of the power taken away by Emperor Hongzhi.
It’s like Qin Shihuang looking in the mirror, a win-win situation!
Xingwangfu.
Concubine Jiang spoke well of Chang Feng in front of King Xing: "Your Highness's safe escape this time is all thanks to Chang Tongzhi of Jin Yiwei."
"Chang Tongzhi was obsessed with handling the case. In one night, His Highness was cleared of the suspicion of mutiny."
"He also used ruthless means to vent his anger on His Highness. He forced the culprit Li Guang to commit suicide."
King Xing has no independent opinions. Whatever my wife says, that's what it is. He nodded frequently: "Yes, yes! This time it all depends on Chang Feng!"
"I have heard before that Jinyiwei Changfeng is smart and capable. He is simply a role model among the retainers of the Zhu Ming royal family!"
Concubine Jiang added: "This time, the emperor has issued a decree for you to entertain Chang Feng. I will arrange it myself. The wine must be the best, and the dishes must be delicacies."
"This is a life-saving grace! If Li Guang succeeds, I'm afraid His Highness will be given poisonous wine at this moment. Bah, bah, bah, look at my concubine's mouth, what are you talking about?"
That night, Prince Xing's Mansion was brightly lit.
King Xing held two banquets. King Xing hosted a banquet for Chang Feng, and also invited Shi Wenzhong and Zhang Yong. Lu Song, the official in charge of the ceremony, was also given the opportunity to sit at the table.
Concubine Jiang hosted a banquet for Chang Feng's sister Chang Tian, his wife Liu Xiaoyan, and Shi Wenzhong's wife and daughter.
Changfeng knows how to behave. After bowing to King Xing, he said to him: "Your Highness has been in Huguang for a long time. I have no chance to show filial piety."
"I heard that His Highness likes elegant things. I was honored to attend the banquet today and brought a few gifts."
King Xing said: "Oh? You bothered. What gift?"
Chang Feng ordered people to open three boxes.
In the first box, there is a pair of ingenious gourds. The carving on the gourd is a picture of Li Bai drunk, which is so lifelike.
This pair of gourds was requested by Chang Feng from Uncle Zhang Jiaguo.
Brothers Zhang Heling are experts at playing gourds. In order to get some good gourds, he did not hesitate to open a hundred acres of land next to Huangzhuang on the outskirts of Beijing to raise gourds.
From one hundred acres of land, you can only get three pairs of gourds in a year.
The gourd is good, but the depiction on it is even better. Chang Feng inquired from Lu Song that Li Bai's poems and Dongpo's lyrics were the best for King Xing. Then he ordered people to carve a picture of Li Bai drunk on the gourd.
This gift is much higher than gold, silver, jade and other common things. It was sent directly to King Xing's heart.
King Xing picked up the gourd and couldn't put it down: "Wonderful thing, really wonderful thing! Chang Tong knows that he has a heart."
Chang Feng opened the second box. Inside the box are three Dongpo poetry manuscripts, with the small seal "Tieguan Taoist" stamped on the back. This is one of Su Shi's self-proclaimed names.
After Prince Xing picked up the manuscript, his eyes were as wide as those of a cow: "This, this, this. Is it actually written by Mr. Dongpo himself?"
"To people in the secular world, these are just three flimsy pieces of paper."
"In a solitary eye, this is a national treasure! To say it is priceless is to belittle it!"
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "Let me speak frankly. It's been so long that I can't tell the truth from the lie."
King Xing said: "There is an authentic copy of "Baoyue Tie" written by Mr. Dongpo in the inner transport warehouse. It has the same handwriting as these three manuscripts."
"The paper is also made from gold millet paper from the Song Dynasty. Let alone 90% of it being genuine, even if it is a fake, it is still very precious."
In fact, the three Dongpo lyrics are fake.
Mrs. Ninth used to be the number one stolen goods broker in the capital. Contact people from all directions. Among them are masters of antique counterfeiting.
Chang Feng heard Lu Song say that King Xing liked Mr. Dongpo's poems. I specially asked Madam Ninth to buy these three fake manuscripts. They were very cheap.
These three fake manuscripts could hardly be true. Chang Feng also made it clear in advance that "it is difficult to tell the true from the false."
Anyway, when your heart comes to you, don't worry that King Xing will not appreciate it.
King Xing put the poem manuscript into the box with both hands: "This gift should be treasured well. It is something passed down from generation to generation!"
"If God bless me, I can have my eldest son. I will pass Dongpo's manuscript to my eldest son."
Everyone must know who the eldest son King Xing gave birth to more than ten years later is.
Chang Feng opened a third gift, a jade-stem wolf-hair pen.
This jade-pole wolf-hair pen was given by two uncles of the Zhang family, Huang Yuan, who passed the national examination a few years ago.
King Xing was a scholar and poet who liked good writing. Just like a general loves a good knife.
Chang Feng simply beat his brother-in-law Huang Yuan's Qiufeng, asked for one, and gave it to King Xing.
King Xing picked up the pen and couldn't put it down as much as the previous two gifts.
Chang Feng laughed at the side and said: "This is the pen maker hired by Huzhou. He carved the pen holder from the Hotan jade from Hami Weigong. He then used the hair of the old weasel to make the pen holder."
King Xing said: "What a wonderful product! If you use this pen to write an article, you will definitely write with spirit."
King Xing ordered Ma Youlu, his personal eunuch who suffered from severe bipolar disorder, to put away the three gifts and leave them to play with and appreciate after the banquet.
King Xing said: "Chang Tongzhi, oh no, Chang Qing. You helped me wash away my grievances. It's my job to give you gifts."
"But you gave Gu San such a big gift. If Gu San doesn't return the gift, won't he lose the dignity of the small sect?"
After speaking, King Xing took off a jade python pendant from his waist and handed it to Chang Feng: "This jade python pendant has been with Gu for more than ten years. Give it to you!"
Chang Feng knelt down and took the jade python pendant with both hands: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the gift!"
King Xing smiled and said: "Come on, come on, come and take a seat!"
At the banquet, King Xing and Chang Feng had a very happy conversation. He is a literati vassal king, and Chang Feng is a royal guard. The two of them can naturally talk to each other.
Shi Wenzhong and Zhang Yong, who were at the banquet together, could hardly get a word in.
The women's banquet at another table also had a harmonious atmosphere.
Concubine Jiang said to Chang Tian, Liu Xiaoyan and others: "I was once a member of Jin Yiwei's family. I know how difficult it is to be the family member of Jin Yiwei."
"Jinyiwei runs errands with his head tied to his belt. Whenever my father goes out on errands, my mother and I burn incense and worship the Buddha, asking the Buddha to bless him for his safe return."
Concubine Jiang's words resonated with Liu Xiaoyan.
Liu Xiaoyan said: "What the princess said is true. Alas, every time my husband goes on errands, I always feel anxious."
Concubine Jiang said: "This glass of wine is dedicated to the men in our family who have served in Jinyiwei. It is really not easy for them!"
The banquet at Prince Xing's Mansion ended.
King Xing drank a few more cups and looked drunk. He actually took Chang Feng's hand: "I am a small sect, just an idle vassal king, and he is far away in Anlu Prefecture."
"A banquet really can't satisfy your feelings. If there is anything Prince Xing's Mansion can do to help you today, feel free to come find me."
"Hiccup, if one day Gu passes away, take that jade python pendant and look for Gu's descendants."
"In a word. As long as you live in this world for one day, the door of Prince Xing's Mansion will be open for you!"
Chang Feng looked flattered and thanked him profusely.
In fact, Chang Feng didn't think Prince Xing's Mansion could do anything to help him. King Xing himself said that he was the king of Anyi, far away in Anlu Prefecture.
Things in this world are amazing. How could Chang Feng imagine that Xiaozong would one day become a large sect. More than twenty years later, King Xing's eldest son will become the Emperor of Heaven.
Once the emperor, there will be a retainer. More than twenty years later, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the Imperial Guard underwent a major change.
Chang Feng relied on the jade python pendant to maintain his power.
Lu Song, on behalf of King Xing, sent everyone to the gate of the palace.
Chang Feng said to Lu Song: "From now on, I will do my duty and serve His Highness King Haoxing. He is a wise king and deserves to be protected by the people of Jinyiwei with their lives."
Lu Song raised his hand and said, "I will keep Master Chang's teachings in mind."
After Lu Song left, Chang Feng got on the official sedan, and Liu Xiaoyan and Chang Tian also got on the sedan.
Zhang Yong and Shi Wenzhong, who were also attending the banquet, blocked his way.
Chang Fengxia got the official sedan: "Eunuch Zhang, Governor Shi, is there anything else you can do?"
The two of them looked at each other, and then they knelt down and kowtowed to Chang Feng: "My benefactor, please accept my worship."
"Thank you so much for your kindness."
Chang Feng quickly helped the two of them up: "Eunuch Zhang, Governor Shi, what are you doing?"
Zhang Yongdao: "Master Chang not only cleared the grievances of King Xing. He also cleared the grievances of the two of us."
"You also uncovered the mastermind behind the scenes, Li Guang. There are only a few chairs for the Supervisor of Ceremonies. If Li Guang is not dead, how can I be promoted to the position of Supervisor of Ceremonies Bingbi?"
Shi Wenzhong echoed: "Master Chang saved my brother's life thirteen years ago. Now he has saved my life again. He is a great benefactor to our Shi family."
"From now on, the Shi family will surely repay us with a spring of water."
This time Chang Feng was Qin Shihuang who won the prize by eating Sichuan peppercorns.
Overthrow the enemy Li Guang and take back half of the Wei power. He also made many good connections and formed a friendship with King Xing. He was regarded as a benefactor by a giant in charge of rituals and a big shot in the military.
Chang Feng returned to his mansion.
Fatty Xu was waiting at the door.
Chang Feng got off the sedan, and Fatty Xu came up to him and said, "According to your instructions, all the letters in Li Guang's mansion have been burned."
Chang Feng said: "Sure. Just send one of your men back to report, why bother to go there yourself?"
Fatty Xu said: "Where? I'm here to fight with your father-in-law."
"Damn, I've been losing for half the night. I'm going out here on the pretext of reporting something to you, and I'll wait for a while and wait for my luck."
Liu Xiaoyan smiled and cursed: "How much have you lost, Your Majesty? You have already thought of such tricks."
Fatty Xu glanced at Big Mouth: "Sister-in-law, your father is simply a murderer. Four rounds of cards took away two hundred taels of silver from me."
Fatty Xu and Chang Feng are the same age, both already thirty-three. His body was emptied of wine and sex. It won't work if he's in his prime.
In the past two years, his visits to Yihong Building have become less and less. Played with Chang Feng's father-in-law Liu Bingyi.
On weekdays, when nothing happens, Fatty Xu and Liu Bingyi play mahjong, cockfighting, cricket fighting, and fish for tortoises.
The court is like a pond. If you throw a small stone casually, it will cause ripples.
Li Guang is dead. Originally, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate planned to ask Chang Feng for Li Guang's letters, and then recruit people according to the letters to seek promotion and good reputation.
Unexpectedly, Chang Feng's letter turned into a wisp of smoke.
The officials were very angry with Chang Feng. But I didn’t dare to vent.
The emperor has just issued an edict, ordering Chang Feng to take charge of the Fusi of Beizhen as Zuo Tongzhi. Chang Feng's power is back.
Officials don't want to touch the bad luck of Jin Yiwei Chang Butcher.
Ever since, an unlucky guy has become the target of the officials' vents.
This unlucky guy was the number one general of the Chenghua Dynasty, Wang Yue.
Wang Yue resembles Qi Jiguang, a famous general of later generations.
In terms of military merit, Wang Yue ranked first in the Chenghua Dynasty. Qi Jiguang was the first in the Jia, Long and Wan dynasties. Both of them can be called geniuses and national heroes of the previous generation.
They have one thing in common: they know how to fight, and they know how to be a good person.
Qi Jiguang did not hesitate to rely on Zhang Juzheng in order for his military strategy to be passed smoothly by the imperial court.
Others gave Zhang Juzheng beautiful women. Qi Jiguang not only gave beautiful women, but also gave him a body-building magic seal whip.
When he wrote letters to Zhang Juzheng, he always called himself "the lackey Qi Jiguang."
As long as I can realize the ideal in my heart and protect the people of Li with my sword. What about flattery? So what if I'm shameless? So what if someone makes fun of you?
Wang Yue is exactly the same as Qi Jiguang.
During the Chenghua Dynasty, Wang Yue relied on the powerful official Wang Zhi. The two joined forces to defeat the northern captives so that they did not dare to go south to join the invaders.
Later, Wang Zhi lost power and Wang Yue was hidden for many years. It was not until Emperor Hongzhi came to the throne and Huaien interceded that he was reactivated.
Huaien became the internal minister, and Wang Yue clung to Huaien.
When Huai'en died of illness, Wang Yue attached himself to his chief assistant Liu Ji.
Liu Ji was forced to become an official, and he clung to Li Guang.
In short, Lao Wang would cling to whoever gained power in the court.
Everyone in the civil service looked down upon Lao Wang.
Lao Wang didn't care. I have been running the northwest for many years. If I want to keep the military power in the northwest, I must have someone in the government.
For the sake of peace in the northwest territory of the Ming Dynasty, what if my king, Yue, licks the buttocks of the powerful? So what if you bear the infamy for all eternity?
Now he is idle in Beijing, but he is always paying attention to the situation in the northwest.
Helan Mountain has been the military dividing line between the remaining forces of the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty since the Hongwu period.
During the Chenghua Dynasty, Wang Zhi supported Wang Yue in using troops in the northwest and firmly controlled the Helan Mountains in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
In the past two years, the little Tatar prince has repeatedly sent troops to harass the foothills of Helan Mountain, and seems to intend to regain control of Helan Mountain.
Wang Yue was anxious in his heart. However, he was unemployed at home and alone, and the Helan Mountain defense strategy he formulated could not be implemented.
So he followed the path of Li Guang and Uncle Zhang Jiaguo, intending to re-enter the mountain, serve as the trilateral leader, go to the northwest, and completely drive the Tatars out of Helan Mountain.
Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Liu Daxia, the Minister of War, also supported him to lead the army again.
However, the civil servants regarded Wang Yue as "the disgrace of the civil servants". The rebound was strong. Emperor Hongzhi tried to use Wang Yue many times, but the civil servants collectively opposed it and had to give up.
This time, Li Guang, his biggest backer, fell, and the officials' accusations of impeaching him flew like snowflakes to Emperor Hongzhi's desk.
To impeach Wang Yue for clinging to Li Guang, no letters are needed as evidence.
No one in the court knew that Wang Yue licked Li Guang and brought out the flowers.
Li Guang wants to build a theater outside his home. Wang Yue Baba ran to be the supervisor himself.
Every time Li Guang celebrated his birthday, Wang Yue would write almost disgusting birthday poems.
During the third quarter, Wang Yue sent boxes of "white rice" to Li Guang.
This is something everyone knows.
Six days after Li Guang's death, more than a hundred censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate jointly signed a petition to impeach Wang Yue for clinging to a traitorous eunuch and showing no shame. It was recommended that Emperor Hongzhi behead him in public for being a treacherous member of the eunuchs.
This time, Lao Wang will not talk about regaining military power and guarding Helan Mountain. It’s up to you whether you can save your head or not.
Liu, Li and Xie, the three cabinet ministers, are all sensible people. I know that to stabilize the northwest, it is necessary for Wang Yue to do so.
But Sange is always the leader of the civil servant group. The civil servants below collectively participated in the impeachment of Wang Yue, and it was difficult for them to stand up for Lao Wangqiang.
To be a great leader, one must have both a superstructure and a lower foundation.
If they fall out with their subordinate officials, where will their authority remain in the future?
The pitiful first general of the Chenghua Dynasty could only live in his own mansion, waiting for the imperial edict to punish him.
This evening.
Chang Feng got off his errand and rode back to his house.
Today the tribute to the Xing Dynasty has been completed and the scenery has left the capital. Jinyiwei is responsible for the ceremonial guard when leaving the capital. Chang Feng has been busy all day.
Chang Feng got off his horse and entered the house with a slingshot in his hand.
Chang Ponu came up to him: "Dad, is this what you are holding in your hand?"
Chang Feng said: "I asked hundreds of arsenals in Wei to make beef tendon slingshots specially for you."
"The prince loves to play with slingshots. You have to master the slingshot before you can have a common topic with the prince."
Not only Liu Jin knew that serving the prince well was the greatest political investment. Chang Feng also knows.
Chang Ponu was the prince's companion. The Chang family has a natural advantage when betting on the prince.
Chang Ponu took the slingshot and couldn't put it down: "Okay. I'm going to set up a few jars to practice my skills."
Liu Xiaoyan came over and said, "Why don't you teach your son how to behave!"
Chang Feng said: "What do you know? Besides, you were allowed to practice bow and arrow every day when you were a young lady. Our son is not allowed to play with slingshots?"
"Don't you only allow the state officials to set fires, but not the people to light lamps?"
Chang Ponu agreed: "That's right."
He picked up a stone from the ground and shot it into the sky.
The stone drew a wonderful arc, flying towards a white-haired old man without any bias.
The old man was agile and dodged the flying rocks.
The white-haired old man is Ma Wensheng, the official of the Ministry of Personnel.
Chang Feng saw this scene and scolded his son: "Nonsense."
Then he led his son to Ma Wensheng and said, "Kowtow to Ma Laobu Tang and apologize."
Chang Po Nu kowtowed obediently: "Ma Laobu Tang, Po Nu is wrong!"
Ma Wensheng smiled and said: "Good boy, get up quickly. Give me the slingshot."
Chang Ponu presented the slingshot with both hands.
Ma Wensheng pointed to the flower bed again: "Go and pick up a small stone for me."
Chang Ponu did as he was told.
Ma Wensheng put the stone into the slingshot string. With a sudden pull, he aimed at a sparrow standing on the pomegranate tree in the courtyard.
"Whoosh!" The stone knocked the sparrow to the ground without any bias.
If a sparrow could sing, it would definitely sing: Listen to me and say thank you, because of you.
Chang Feng praised: "Ma Laobu Tang has a good trick."
Ma Wensheng returned the slingshot to Chang Ponu and said, "Young master Chang, remember, you must shoot the slingshot well, your eyes must be accurate, and your hands must be ruthless."
"First you have to practice your hand strength. Every morning, take a two-foot rope and hang a brick. Lift it up and put it down a hundred times."
Chang Feng said: "Why don't you thank Ma Laobu Tang for your teachings?"
Chang Ponu bowed to Ma Wensheng and said, "Thank you Ma Laobu Tang for your teaching."
Chang Feng said: "Go and have fun somewhere else."
Chang Ponu ran away quickly.
Chang Feng and Ma Wensheng sat at the stone table under the pomegranate tree.
The servant was very discerning and quickly came over to serve tea to the two of them.
Chang Feng said: "Ma Laobu Tang, you are busy with official duties, so you must have something important to do when you come to your humble residence, right?"
Ma Wensheng took a sip of tea and asked, "Do you know whose doll slingshot is good at shooting?"
Chang Feng shook his head: "I don't know."
Ma Wensheng said: "The children of the Tatar tribe are good at shooting slingshots. They ride sheep at the age of five and shoot slingshots on the backs of sheep."
"A flock of one hundred sheep needs only an eight-year-old baby to look after it. The baby is sitting thirty steps away from the sheep, holding a slingshot in his hand."
"If a flock of sheep takes one step beyond the thunder pond, the stones will fall on the sheep accurately."
"When they were twelve years old, the slingshots in their hands were replaced by bows and arrows. Their mounts were also replaced by horses."
"It can be said that the entire Tatar grassland is a large military camp. Everyone in Tatar is a soldier, and they have been training in riding and shooting since they were young."
Chang Feng said: "I heard these things from Pao Ze who came back from the grassland in Nanzhen Fusi."
"Since the decline of Oara, the Tatars have become a serious concern of the Ming Dynasty."
Ma Wensheng nodded: "Yes. In the past two years, the little Tatar prince has intended to capture the foothills of Helan Mountain."
"Without the natural barrier of Helan Mountain, the northwest of the Ming Dynasty would be like a naked woman facing a group of vicious bandits."
"Only one person can solve the crisis in the northwest. Do you know who it is?"
Chang Feng blurted out: "Of course it's Mr. Ma who's waiting for you!"
Ma Wensheng said: "I am in charge of the soldiers and horses of the world, not the soldiers and horses of the northwest region. The imperial court needs a trilateral commander with sufficient ability and skill."
"The best candidate is Wang Yue."
Mentioning Wang Yue, Chang Feng frowned: "But he has a bad reputation. He has recently been impeached by civilian officials. Even if the emperor wants to use him, he will still face pressure from civilian officials."
Ma Wensheng smiled and said: "It is a difficult task to help Wang Yue come out of the mountain again. If it were not difficult, I would not come to your door to beg you, Master Chang of the Imperial Guard."
"Eunuch Huai'en was demoted to Nanjing because he wanted to protect the throne. Now that he has ascended the throne and recalled him to the capital, he immediately recommended three people to the emperor."
"One is Lao Chan, one is Wang Shugong, and the other is Wang Yue."
Ma Wensheng and even Chang Feng's godfather moved out. Of course Chang Feng couldn't refuse.
But the important personnel matters in the court still involve important positions such as the trilateral system, and Chang Feng cannot agree immediately.
Chang Feng said: "Let's do it. Let's just have dinner tonight and I'll go see Wang Laoduyuan."
Wang Yue became an official with the title of Zuodu Censor. Therefore, Chang Feng calls him Wang Lao Du Yuan.
Ma Wensheng handed over his hand and said, "Then it'll be hard work."
Chang Feng sent Ma Wensheng away. After dinner, we came to Wang Yue's mansion.
Walking to the door of the mansion, the concierge greeted him: "Who is your lord?"
Chang Feng showed Jin Yiwei's waist badge: "Jin Yiwei Zuo Tong knows Chang Feng and has come to see Mr. Wang."
The concierge did not dare to neglect: "I will report it right away."
Chang Feng said: "There is no need to tell me, just take me to see him directly."
Not long after, Chang Feng came to Wang Yue's study.
I saw Wang Yue muttering to himself in front of a sand table: "Zhu Jin, the deputy commander-in-chief of Yansui, is a fool. If you put a thousand cavalry here, aren't you waiting to be surrounded and eaten by the Tatars?"
"Ningxia Commander-in-Chief Li Jun is just fooling around. These two thousand-household units quickly retracted to the north and guarded the choke points. It will be too late to start a fight!"
"Captain Zhang An's deployment is quite appropriate."
Wang Yue was very knowledgeable about the northwest border generals. During the Chenghua Dynasty, these people were only a thousand or a hundred households under Wang Yue.
Nowadays, they all open offices and build mansions, and they have become the commander-in-chief of one party.
Their old commander, Wang Yue, was so depressed that he couldn't even decide whether he could save his head.
Wang Yue seemed to be in poor health. The seventy-three-year-old man kept coughing.
His beard and hair are all white, and he is dressed in cloth. The waist is also bent.
Seventy-three, eighty-four, the king of hell did not ask him to go. Wang Yue was obviously in his twilight years.
Only the sword hanging on the wall still remembers Wang Yue's majesty among thousands of troops.
Chang Feng coughed.
Wang Yue was still staring at the sand table and asked without raising his head: "Has Liu Butang sent someone to deliver the latest Northwest Tang News from the Ministry of War?"
Chang Feng said: "Wang Laoduyuan."
Wang Yue heard that the voice was not that of a servant. He turned around and said in surprise: "Ah! It's Mr. Chang, the Jinyi Guard!"
Sit down, sit down! After speaking, Wang Yue wiped Chang Feng's chair with his sleeves.
Then he called the servant: "Hurry up and serve tea to Mr. Chang. I brewed the best Biluochun in the house!"
Being respectful is worse than obeying orders. Chang Feng sat on the chair and said, "How dare I act like a father in front of the meritorious veterans of the imperial court. Wang Laodu, you should just call me Chang Feng."
Unexpectedly, Wang Yue knelt down and kowtowed to Chang Feng: "Wang Yue, the old man who has been punished for his sins, has met Master Chang, the Imperial Guard!"
Chang Feng felt sad in his heart: The commander-in-chief who once galloped across the northwest was now so humble.
He quickly picked up Wang Yue and said: "Lao Wang, the capital, has killed this junior! When you conquered the northwest and crossed the grassland, I was still a puddle of water in my father's third calf."
Wang Yue said: "You are now a popular figure around the emperor, a famous young talent in the court."
"You can come to my humble home. It makes my humble home shine."
Wang Yue is such a person. When seeing a powerful person, he adopts a sluggish attitude.
This is Wang Yue's style of doing things. He knew that a single word from the powerful men in the capital could make him gain military power or lose it.
With military power in hand, he can display his military talents and realize his life ideal of defending the northern invaders and protecting the people.
He is both an idealist and a pragmatist.
Chang Feng said: "Wang Laoduyuan, if you do this, I will leave. Aren't you trying to kill me?"
Wang Yue said: "I can't bear the word Du Yuan, so you should call me Lao Wang."
Chang Feng made a serious face: "Wang Laoduyuan, if you depreciate yourself like this, I won't be able to talk to you."
Wang Yue said quickly: "Ah, ah. Then let Mr. Chang call me whatever you want."
Chang Feng looked at the sand table: "Is this the terrain in the Helan Mountain area?"
Wang Yue said: "Exactly. This sand table was made by me myself."
Chang Feng was surprised: "I'm afraid even the people from the Ministry of War's Staff Division can't build such an exquisite sand table."
Wang Yue's cloudy old eyes suddenly revealed a glimmer of light: "Every plant and tree in the northwest is in my chest!"
When he said this, Wang Yue's tone was no longer humble, revealing the pride of a warrior who had fought many battles.
Chang Feng asked: "You just mentioned a few deficiencies in northwest defense. Can you explain them to me in detail?"
When the matter of northwest defense was mentioned, Wang Yue immediately became energetic and his sick and sick look disappeared.
Wang Yue went from the shallower to the deeper, using easy-to-understand language, and spent half an hour allowing Chang Feng to understand the situation in the northwest clearly.
Chang Feng found that when talking about military affairs, Wang Yue seemed to be a different person, and there seemed to be light in his eyes. This is what Mr. Wang, who was so powerful in the northwest, should look like.
Half an hour later, Chang Feng said from the bottom of his heart: "What Ma Laobu Tang said is true. There is only one person who can solve the crisis in the northwest. That is you, Wang Laoduyuan."
Wang Yue suddenly pretended to be pitiful, and the seventy-three-year-old man began to cry bitterly: "Ouch! I can't even save my head now. How can we solve the crisis in the northwest!"
"嘘嘘嘤! Mr. Chang is a popular person around the emperor. I must say a few good words for the old man. I will be a cow and a horse for you in the next life."
"Wow wow wow! If Master Chang can save my life, you will be my reborn parents. You are my godfather, no, biological father, closer than my biological father!"
Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills. Wang Yue is not only good at fighting, but also good at acting.
Chang Feng shouted: "Wang Yue, stop pretending!"
"Under your pitiful appearance, you have great ambitions to fight on the battlefield and serve the country!"
"You are actually an extremely arrogant person. In your opinion, Li Guang and Chang Feng are just scheming insects!"
"You are crying bitterly, and you want to recognize me as your biological father. You just want to become the trilateral commander, regain control of the northwest military, and defend the enemy outside Helan Mountain."
"The person you are in the capital is not you. The person you go to the northwest is the real you!"
"You cling to powerful people just because you want the tiger to come out of nowhere!"
"A sword hidden in a scabbard is just stupid iron. Only when it is unsheathed is it a peerless weapon."
"I'm here today to help you unsheath your sword."
"If you keep pretending to be cowardly, I will leave immediately."
After hearing these words, Wang Yue immediately changed his face.
There was no longer a humble look on his face, only a heroic spirit honed in hundreds of battlefields.
Wang Yue said: "Chang Feng, Chang Feng. No wonder your boy has been so favored for more than ten years. You are very good at judging people."
Chang Feng laughed dumbly: "Just now, you wanted to ask me to be your biological father. How come I became a 'boy' so quickly?"
Wang Yue said: "You are a sensible person. I don't need to pretend, pretending is useless. You come with me."
Chang Feng followed Wang Yue to a room in the backyard.
Wang Yue opened the door and lit the candle.
Inside the room, there was a coffin placed.
Chang Feng patted the coffin: "What kind of wood is this? It's yellow and rotten. You need to prepare longevity materials and tell me."
"My in-laws are old traders on Fulu Street. I will buy you a good coffin."
Wang Yue said seriously: "No need. I'll just use this coffin. It's made of Populus euphratica wood."
"In the ninth year of Chenghua, I defeated Mantulu in Hongyanchi and completely recaptured the Hetao. After the war, I saw a Poplar euphratica tree in Hongyanchi."
"At that time, I had a vague feeling that this poplar tree was my final destination. So I ordered people to chop it down and build this coffin."
Recovering the Hetao was the pinnacle of Wang Yue's military career.
Hetao is a horse breeding land that the Central Plains and grassland peoples have fought for in all dynasties.
The generals of the past dynasties all had three supreme pursuits.
The first pursuit: sealing the wolf as Xu.
The second pursuit: drinking from the vast sea of horses.
The third pursuit: to regain the Loop.
The great victory of Hongyanchi in the ninth year of Chenghua brought Hetao back to the Ming Dynasty. It was the most proud moment in Wang Yue's life.
Wang Yue patted the coffin: "Boy, a real man should have the courage to be wrapped in horse leather."
"If you help me become the trilateral president and regain control of the northwest, I will carry the coffin and take office so that the little Tatar prince will not dare to touch Helan Mountain for twenty years."
"I am seventy-three years old. I am afraid there is no hope of returning home from this expedition to the west."
"Even if I die, put into a coffin and buried in the northwest, my soul will turn into a Yin soldier and a Yin general to guard the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty."
"At the time of the Qin Dynasty, there was a bright moon and at the time of the Han Dynasty, the people who marched thousands of miles away have not yet returned. If there is Wang Yue in the northwest, he will not teach Hu Ma to cross the Yin Mountains!"
Wang Yue's words ignited the blood in Chang Feng's bones.
Sixteen years of Jinyiwei career, intrigues and intrigues have drained Chang Feng's blood.
Wang Yue's bold words made his blood boil.
Chang Feng was respectful and bowed deeply to Wang Yue: "Sir, you are righteous."
"Junior is willing to help you."
Wang Yue said: "In order to regain control of the army, I curried favor with Li Guang and almost lost all my family wealth. I don't have money to take care of you."
Chang Feng said seriously: "Sir, you look down on this junior too much. Before the old prime minister died, he had some last words for me."
"The most important sentence is 'protect loyal ministers and good generals'. You are the loyal ministers and good generals that I should protect."
Wang Yue's courage in carrying the coffin to the battle completely conquered Chang Feng.
Carrying coffins and going on expeditions has been a tradition since ancient times.
As a digression, more than three hundred years later, a hero named Zuo Zongtang also carried a coffin and went to war.
Chang Feng left Wang Yue's mansion. He looked up at the starry sky.
Chang Feng said to himself: Marshal Wang, who is full of talents for peace and stability, is a really interesting person.
In the officialdom, bullying and killing people is a kind of ability.
Guarantor and recommender are also abilities.
Chang Feng already knows this well.
What Chang Feng wants to do is to first clear Wang Yue of being attached to the traitor Li Guang and save Lao Wang's head.
At noon the next day, Chang Feng came to Jinyiwei.
Shi Wenyi, the governor of Beizhen, reported to him the daily affairs of Beizhen.
After Chang Feng heard this, he suddenly said: "Nine boxes of letters were copied from Li Guang's house, right?"
Shi Wenyi replied: "Yes, there are nine boxes in total. They were all burned."
Chang Feng smiled slightly: "One of the boxes is an iron box. The iron box was not burned, and the letter in the box was preserved. Right?"
Shi Wenyi was stunned at first: "Huh?"
After a while, he said: "Master Chang said to leave one box, so that means leaving one box."
Chang Feng told Shi Wenyi: "Go and do two things. Find an iron box. Find a copy of Li Guang's handwriting. Ask Mr. Shen Qianhu to wait for me at the check-in room."
The old man Shen Zhou was a master of calligraphy and painting. In addition to being good at drawing portraits of suspects, he is also good at identifying and copying handwriting.
Chang Feng went to Wang Yue's mansion again.
Wang Yue's study room.
Chang Feng said: "I thought of a way last night to clear Wang Laoduyuan of your accusation of being attached to Li Guang."
"Ask your servant to make a bowl of rice soup and bring it over. It should be thicker."
Wang Yue didn't know why, but he still followed the instructions and ordered his servant to make rice soup.
Then Chang Feng grinded it for Wang Yue: "Wang Laoduyuan, please write a birthday poem for Li Guang now. It should be as disgusting as it is disgusting, and as sour as it is sour."
Wang Yue said: "Li Guangdu committed suicide by taking poison, what kind of birthday poem should I write to him?"
Chang Feng said: "You don't have to worry about this, just do it."
Wang Yue is an expert at writing flattering and sour poems. The poem was written in a short time.
Chang Feng looked at it and laughed dumbly: "In this poem, you almost call me Li Guang's biological father."
Wang Yue smiled awkwardly.
At this time, the servant brought rice soup.
Chang Feng took a new pen that had not been dipped in ink and dipped it in some rice soup. Then he handed the pen to Wang Yue.
Chang Feng said: "I said, you use this pen to write on the back of the birthday letter."
Wang Yue nodded: "Okay."
Chang Feng said: "Li Guang, you bastard! You are a greedy eunuch and a villain who manipulates power and makes trouble. I have secretly collected evidence of your illegal activities. Once the collection is complete, I will make it public."
Chang Feng said a lot of insults to Li Guang. Wang Yue wrote all on the back of the birthday letter.
After writing, Wang Yue smacked his lips and got a taste of it: "Rice soup is showing? Do you want to use this letter to prove that I am not clinging to Li Guang, but lying and submissive?"
Chang Feng smiled slightly: "Wang Laoduyuan was entrusted by Jin Yiwei to pretend to be attached to Li Guang. He collected evidence from Li Guang's side for his illegal activities. Right?"
A sly smile appeared on Wang Yue's face: "Good guy. Have I become a hidden stake for the Jin Yiwei to bury beside Li Guang?"
Chang Feng said: "Yes. I will write your name into Jin Yiwei's secret list soon."
"Tomorrow morning, together with this letter, your identity as a hidden member of the Imperial Guard will be made public."
Wang Yue smiled and said: "But I am not Jin Yiwei's backbone."
Chang Feng said: "I am Zuo Tongzhi of Jinyiwei. I said you are, so you are."
Chang Feng then returned to Jinyiwei. Shen Zhou was asked to forge a letter in Li Guang's handwriting.
The general content of the letter is: Wang Yue is an old thief. I have noticed that you used rice soup to insult me on the back of the birthday letter. Just wait, in a few days I will have your head in a different place.
The date of the letter was written two days before Li Guang was dismissed from office due to the Yuxiuting incident.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the morning meeting the next day.
(End of chapter)
