No matter Chen Ju, Liu Ping or Gao Pragmatic, they did not expect at this moment that while they were still discussing whether the current Dongchang Admiral could be trusted, Li Wenjin, the chief of the Royal Horse Supervisor, was still in Guangjinfang.
Guangjinfang is the casino whose background is the property of Wang Xijue's family. However, the background of this casino is not just Wang Xijue's family, there are other forces behind it.
Li Wenjin was not gambling at the moment, but was sitting in the back room of the casino with dignity, crossing his legs and looking at the person in front of him with half-closed eyes.
The person in front of me is a middle-aged man with a yellowish face, a thin body, a long beard, and a graceful appearance. The man was smiling and said: "People in the capital say they are smart at riding horses, so you should know that it is not difficult to get these one hundred thousand taels. After all, I just want to know the number of guards in Kunning Palace within one month from today, and the number of guards each has." What kind of rotation? Such a trivial matter is not difficult for Yuma, let alone dangerous. It is really a windfall from heaven."
"Our family has been a miserable person since we were young. We never dared to believe that some kind of windfall would come to our family." Li Wenjin snorted softly: "No, our family lost more than three thousand taels this afternoon. Is there anyone in the world with such backhands as ours?"
The middle-aged man chuckled and said: "There are too many things to do this afternoon. It's just that in order to invite the Royal Horse to come here, I specially found a few masters to play games. Where is the back of the Royal Horse's hand? If the Royal Horse is I am willing to help you with this small favor, and I will repay the gambling money in full this afternoon."
Li Wenjin's attitude towards money has always been "if you don't make money, you lose money." When he heard that he could get back the money he lost this afternoon, he couldn't help but look better. However, he still refused: "Kunning Palace is such an important place. Although our family is under the control of the Royal Horse Supervisor, the Royal Horse Supervisor does not care about Kunning Palace. Where can we get you the information you want?" ? Don’t say it as a joke, don’t say it as a joke.”
"I'm not joking. Is the Royal Horse joking?" The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said: "You are the brother of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, the uncle of the emperor, and you also hold the seal of the Royal Horse Supervisor and the guard of the palace. Can't you still ask?
Besides, I'm not asking you to adjust the garrison now. I just want to know about the situation of the garrison every day. You can know the details casually, and then just send a little yellow door to inform me. What's the point? Disaster? "
Li Wenjin suddenly straightened his face and said coldly: "How can you, a man in white clothes, ask about the palace confinement in Kunning Palace? What's your plan if you want to know about this matter? While our family has not yet had the murderous intention, please advise Tell the truth!"
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man did not panic, but said calmly: "The horse is overly worried. I just want to confirm whether these guards are doing their jobs sincerely. What can they have in mind?"
Seeing that he was not afraid at all, Li Wenjin stopped pressing him. He just looked at him coldly for a while, then suddenly shook his head and said: "You must be someone who has seen the world, but that's useless. You can't talk about such things. If ... If you are really concerned about this news, then ask your boss to come forward and talk to us."
"Okay, Yuma is indeed generous." The middle-aged man smiled, stood up, raised his hand and saluted, and said: "Please wait a moment, Yuma." After saying that, he turned around and walked away, entering another secret door of the bookcase.
Li Wenjin didn't care. He picked up a cup of tea on the table and took a sip happily. He was not worried about the poison in the tea. After all, it was obvious that the other party was asking for something from him and it was impossible to harm him. Besides, he was also very confident in his identity. In these four-nine cities and at the feet of the emperor, no one dared to do anything to him, the brother of the Queen Mother and uncle of the Emperor.
Soon, the secret door was opened again, and the middle-aged man from before came back, and there were two more people with him. Li Wenjin took a glance and found that one of them looked vaguely familiar, and couldn't help but stare at him and ponder.
The man seemed to have guessed that Li Wenjin might know him. He smiled, raised his hands and said in salute: "Your Majesty, you are well. Student Qian Menggao is being polite."
Only then did Li Wenjin think back and suddenly said: "Oh, is it you?" But he did not continue and looked at the other person.
The man didn't hesitate, smiled and held his hands in his hands: "Student Zhong Zhaodou, I have seen a horse."
Li Wenjin smiled and said: "The two section chiefs are so mysterious and unpredictable. If we were not an internal official, we would be trembling with fear just by this scene."
This "section chief" is not the "section chief" of later generations, but the common name for the six subjects in the Ming Dynasty, and the left and right subjects of the six subjects are commonly known as "deputy section chiefs". Nowadays, Qian Menggao served as the Chief of the Criminal Department, and Zhong Zhaodou served as the Chief of the Engineering Department. They were both "section chiefs".
Qian Menggao said with a smile: "Yuma is joking. The two students are asking for something from Yuma today. Besides, Yuma is so noble. Who in the world dares to make trouble on Yuma's head? Even if he just came back today, The person who is facing the court must not dare to do it either."
Who is the one who just returned to court today? It can't be that Dong Yiyuan and Liu Wei are talking about them. Not to mention that they are no more than military ministers and have no status at all. Even in terms of their titles, so what? The two of them are just generals from a foreign town, so why should they return to the court?
The so-called "the one who returned to the dynasty" can naturally only refer to the young master of the dynasty, the prince's grand master, the bachelor of Wenhua Palace, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs and the general of Japanese affairs, and the pragmatic Hou Gao of Nanning.
But Li Wenjin didn't seem to accept the flattery, and waved his hand and said: "Don't give our family a high-ranking title. I think the Marquis of Nanning is a civil servant, a noble, hereditary, and retired with the country, even if it doesn't count other things." His official position is by no means comparable to ours. When you have something to talk about, we can talk about it, but don’t talk about what we have and what we don’t have.”
Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou looked at each other and were about to speak, but Li Wenjin pointed at the middle-aged man in front of him and said to Qian and Zhong: "You two masters understand that our family does not need to ask who you are here for." , but this... haha, he still hasn’t made it clear where he came from.”
It turns out that Li Wenjin's previous statement about letting "the person behind the scenes" come forward to talk to him was actually just that. He vaguely guessed that the "person behind" this incident was by no means ordinary, and was not the kind of person who would easily come to an unpopular place like Guangjinfang. However, the middle-aged man refused to reveal his identity, but Li Wenjin couldn't bear it.
Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou turned to look at the middle-aged man. The man was not pretentious at all. He bowed his hands in a serious manner and said, "Student Dongyang student Xu Lingjiu has seen a royal horse."
Xu Lingjiu, I'm sure Li Wenjin has never heard of this name, but...
"The Xu family in Dongyang?" Li Wenjin asked seriously, "I wonder what the relationship is with the former Prime Minister Shen Gong Rumo?"
Li Wenjin's question seems a bit strange. What is the relationship between the "Xu family" in Dongyang, Zhejiang, and the Shen family in Changzhou, Suzhou? How can they be connected?
There is indeed a reason for this, and it is related to Shen Shixing's background. Many years ago, a wealthy businessman named Shen went to another place and met a very beautiful nun. After pursuing her, the two actually fell in love. Soon the nun found out that she was pregnant and gave birth to a boy not long after.
This is not a big trouble, because Mr. Shen is a man with a wife, but he has made the nun pregnant. If this matter spreads out, the Lao Shen family will lose all face, so the child must not be taken back to his own home to raise, and he can only ask others to help him. And this child was undoubtedly Shen Shixing later.
Since Shen Shixing's father was a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, of course he would not bring his child to an ordinary family for adoption. Instead, he gave his child to Xu Shangzhen, the prefect of Suzhou at the time.
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Xu Shangzhen was originally a person who loved children. After getting the child, she did not dislike him as the son of a nun at all, and even named him Xu Shixing.
But then there was a little accident, because it didn't take long for Magistrate Xu to resign and go home. But fortunately, he is also a retired official, not to mention having served in a top-notch position like the prefect of Suzhou. Unless he is Hai Rui, he will never be poor.
Therefore, Xu Zhifu's family background was quite good. When Xu Shixing was a child, he was also popular in drinking spicy food and enjoyed endless glory and wealth. Even his cheap dad found a lot of good teachers for him, so that he could learn a lot of skills.
Of course, all this is just external factors. The internal reason is that Xu Shixing himself is really very enlightened and smart and eager to learn. He was admitted to the Juren Examination at the age of twenty. In the eyes of ordinary people, he has a bright future, but now a small problem arises.
When Xu Shixing was 28 years old, he went to the capital to take the exam. Before leaving, his adoptive father Xu Shangzhen told him: Son, actually you are not my biological son. Before the stunned Xu Shixing could ask questions, Magistrate Xu told everything.
Parents who are already parents may find it strange that your son is about to take an exam, so don’t put any extra psychological burden on him at this time! This is not a big deal, why do you have to say this now?
But everything that happened later proved Xu Zhifu's foresight. People just want to tell Xu Shixing: From now on, your way out can only depend on yourself, and there will be a lot of hardships and obstacles waiting for you ahead. Even my cheap father can't help you for too long. The only one you can rely on is yourself.
In fact, this was Xu Shangzhen's last encouragement to his son. Of course Xu Shixing understood his father's loyalty, because he won the top prize that year. However, he has not forgotten Xu Shangzhen's kindness in raising him, and still hopes to belong to the Xu family.
What is puzzling is that Xu Shangzhen refused his request, closed the door when Shen Shixing came, and refused to open the door no matter how much Shen Shixing cried and begged.
This is a kid who just won the top prize and returns home in glory!
However, in Xu Shangzhen's eyes, it seems that she really only wants to pay without expecting anything in return. So, Xu Shixing, moved beyond words, said goodbye to Xu Shangzhen and returned to Shen's house.
If it were twenty years ago, the Shen family would not be happy if the old Shen family accepted this child. But twenty years later, he has become the number one scholar. This is a great thing to honor the ancestors, and no one will refuse to accept it. So they welcomed Xu Shixing into the house with gongs and drums.
However, Xu Shixing's biological father had passed away at this time, and he changed his name to Shen Shixing when he returned home.
Of course he knew that his biological father only gave him a skin, and it was his adoptive father who raised him to adulthood. Therefore, throughout his subsequent life, he has always tried his best to help and make important use of people from his adoptive father's Xu family. It is precisely because of this that when Li Wenjin heard "Dongyang Xu Family", he immediately thought of Shen Shixing.
"The royal horse is really a sharp eye. The student was appreciated by Duke Shen when he was young, and he was once the scholar of Duke Yuanzhu." The middle-aged man replied modestly.
Yuanzhu is the nickname of Shen Shixing's eldest son Shen Yongmao.
Li Wenjin was surprised now and frowned: "So, this matter is also related to Shen Zhenglang?"
Zhenglang is the common name for the doctor of a certain division in the Six Departments. Because the doctor is the chief officer of the division, he is called Zhenglang. At that time, Shen Yongmao served as a doctor in the Ministry of War, with a rank of five, and was in charge of the world's maps.
According to Li Wenjin's idea, if Shen Yongmao also intervened in this matter, the nature of it would seem a bit complicated.
Shen Yongmao represents not only himself, but also Shen Shixing. Although Shen Shixing has returned to his hometown as an official, he has been a cabinet minister and even chief minister for so many years. He has so many disciples and former officials in the court, which is obviously not a joke, so the Shen family is still a big force.
Who knew that the situation seemed to be more complicated than Li Wenjin imagined, because Xu Lingjiu seemed to be polite, but actually meant something: "The Shen and Wang families can be said to be one, and Yuma must also know this... Otherwise, how could the students today?" Will it appear in Guangjinfang?"
Good guy, as expected, he still has a relationship with Wang Xijue. Li Wenjin looked at Xu Lingjiu, then at Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou. He had always been bold when doing things, and now he couldn't help but feel a little gurgling in his heart.
Xu Lingjiu represents the "Shen Wang Family", that is, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue; what about Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou?
Fortunately for Qian Menggao, he is Shen Yiguan's disciple and confidant, and he obviously represents Shen Yiguan. However, Zhong Zhaodou is not particularly sure. He did not become a master at the beginning, but joined the disciple Zhao Zhigao, the master of the house. Could it be that he really came here on behalf of Zhao Zhigao now?
It's no wonder that Li Wenjin is a little suspicious. After all, Zhao Zhigao, a sick old man, doesn't seem to be very involved in party disputes. He rarely expresses his position clearly on major affairs in the DPRK. Most of the time, he agrees with other cabinet elders, which is quite "actual". The style of "Shou Ge Lao".
Could it be that even Zhao Zhigao was directly involved in today's matter? Li Wenjin frowned.
If even Zhao Zhigao really intervened, then look at today's scene, isn't it just that all the representatives of the elders of the Xin School are here? Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Zhao Zhigao, Shen Yiguan... the former and current prime ministers of the Xin School represent a large gathering.
Although Li Wenjin has always been bold and bold, relying on his special identity and special experience, he even extorted Gao Jingshi's money many times - extortion seems a bit excessive, but he did hint a few times, and Gao Jingshi did give it, And each time the number is quite large.
But no matter what, today’s high pragmatism is no longer the high pragmatism of the past. Now the Practical School is at its peak in the court, and the emperor has actually been in charge of the world for many years, and his trust in Gao Pragmatism is well known to the whole court... If today's matter has any intention of being different from Gao Pragmatism, even if If you are as bold as Li Wenjin, you have to weigh it carefully.
However, Li Wenjin is Li Wenjin, and his "trade-off" is really unusual.
"It seems that today's matter is really a big deal. Hum, let's think about it carefully, one hundred thousand taels is too little..." Li Wenjin sneered: "Two hundred thousand taels, even one tael less will not work."
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PS: This chapter was written yesterday. It was posted late because some of the information here is too difficult to check, especially the relationship between the characters... It can be seen that the outline is easy to write, but the details are difficult. The outline only needs to arrange the outline, but when it comes to detailing, it needs to arrange each character. Before writing about these characters, you have to check a lot of their relationships, their origins, their teachers, what they have done in history, etc. The information is also They are all ancient books with no punctuation. I fell asleep while reading them last night.
