Under the moonlight, by the window.
The middle-aged man with black beard is drinking tea, while the young man in blue shirt is sitting solemnly.
"I don't know whether you are lucky or not, but the emperor has noticed you. The imperial edict from the palace will arrive at your residence after tonight at most. Yan Tanhua, you have to enter the attendant's room."
Attendant's room?
Of course Yan Song knew what it was.
But he is scared now, and at the same time, this news gives him an uncontrollable desire. Could it be that... his destiny will also change?
He wanted to say something, but his voice was stuck in his throat and he couldn't come out.
"Can't believe it?" Mou Bin raised his eyebrows.
"I... I believe it..." Yan Song's lips trembled, obviously. Then I probably felt my throat was itchy, so I couldn't help coughing into my fists three or two times.
"Why?"
"Because, the dignified commander of the Imperial Guards will not go to my home late at night and deceive such an insignificant person."
Mou Bin was silent for a while.
The poplar leaves outside were rustling in the wind.
In this season, even late at night, even if there is a breeze, you can't feel the cold anymore.
"No, you are very important. Do you know why His Majesty chose you to enter the attendant's room?"
"I don't know." Yan Song shook his head, "Commander Mou, can you tell me?"
"Because you are related to an incident in the imperial court that His Majesty is personally concerned about."
"No!" Of course Yan Song didn't have the determination he had when he was eighty years old. He stood up in a hurry and spoke vigorously, "Xiaguan doesn't know those people! I haven't even met them! Before the examination, Xiaguan I study all day long, have very few contacts with friends, and don’t know anything about the affairs of the court! Please Commander Mou, please inform the emperor!"
"Hey." Mou Bin sighed softly, "No one said you were guilty. If you were guilty, why did Your Majesty send you to the attendant's room? Yan Weizhong, I spoke very slowly, just waiting for you to calm down. Sit down. "
Yan Song was stunned for a moment. Only then did he realize that he had overreacted. So I felt extremely regretful, and at the same time, I kept telling myself to be calm and calm...
"The person your Majesty is concerned about is the person you asked about Zhan Xiushan during the day. Don't you really want to know why Zhan Xiushan was arrested?"
Yan Song clenched his teeth tightly, "What... did he commit?"
"Your Majesty has a playmate who has been with your Majesty since he was a child. His name is Mei Huaigu. Mei Huaigu's father is named Mei Kejia. Mei Kejia was doing business in Zhejiang, and most of the money he earned was given to your Majesty. Zhan Xiushan and his family also Hongshang, they want to incriminate Mei Huaigu, sow discord between His Majesty and Mei Kejia, and dismantle Mei Ji's business in Zhejiang."
Yan Song slowly recovered his thinking. He didn't expect that there was such a big involvement behind it, but he found it strange, "No matter how powerful Zhan Xiushan is, he is just a fifth-grade household doctor. No matter how rich Zhan is, he is just a doctor in the household department." Within Jiangxi. How dare they get involved in the emperor's affairs? Is there something fishy about this?"
Mou Bin said calmly: "So there is someone else behind him, right? You see, you can think of it. Your Majesty, how can you not think of it? How can Jin Yiwei not think of it?"
"Who's behind this?"
"have no idea."….
"What does that have to do with me?"
"Go and find Xu Chang, and then go rescue people with him."
"Commander Mou! This official is just..."
"This is an imperial edict!"
"Wha...what?"
Mou Bin pointed his index finger on the wooden table, "This is the imperial edict. This is the capital. You are the best."
Yan Song felt like crying for a moment, he wouldn't doubt it. How could the commander of the Jinyiwei pretend to pass on the imperial edict to him? Besides, he was about to enter the attendant's room. No matter what, Mou Bin would not tell this lie.
But the question is why him?
Is it because you are from Jiangxi? Zhan Xiushan is also from Jiangxi?
Or is it because Xu Chang came to find him?
"Yan Weizhong, you are a person who has read the books of sages. The principle should be
You also know a lot. Someone in the court should mention something to you... Do you think our Ming Dynasty is competing with the people for profit? "
Yan Song was hit again. He had encountered more unanswerable questions in the past few days than he had in the previous twenty years.
What does the commander of Jinyiwei mean by asking this question? Test?
If it were his friend Sheng Yi who was full of justice, he would probably say yes.
But Yan Song... was already scared in his heart, "If it is taken from the people and used for the people, it will not count."
"It seems that you don't know anything about the affairs of the court, as you said yourself."
Mou Bin left these words without emotion.
Then he left.
All that was left was the wisps of steam rising from the milky white cup and the token of a Jinyiwei placed beside it, which was for his contact person.
Yan Song leaned under the door and window, unable to sleep.
Outside the house, Mou Bin boarded a carriage. Yan Song doesn't reveal his true identity easily. Mou Bin is not sure about his character, so...that's all I can do today.
In fact, there are only two results.
If Yan Song has integrity, then he should work with himself to find ways to prevent the court from causing such trouble again.
If he is just a flatterer, then there is nothing in common with him.
He understood Mao Yuwen's thoughts better.
He would not be easily fooled, not because he cherished his own life, but because he could not see Jin Yiwei falling into the hands of such a person, otherwise the late emperor's many years of hard work would have been in vain.
Moreover, the current emperor is not a harsh person, and there seems to be some restrictions on Mao's Chinese language. The matter is not to the point of giving up completely.
So the best way for Mou Bin to go about this is that it was only Yan Song who screwed him up, and it had nothing to do with him.
People always seem to be more able to accept the method that causes the least harm to themselves.
…
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The imperial decree did arrive the next day.
Yan Song, a Jinshi from Jiangxi Province, was admitted to the attendant's room by imperial edict.
If it weren't for Mou Bin's late night visit, Yan Song would have been ecstatic, but now...
And before he officially entered the palace to meet the saint, he had to find Xuchang. This is an imperial edict.
Then the emperor will not ask if he did not do it.
Xu Chang was surprised that Master Yan had changed his mind again.
Yan Song didn't know what to say, so he just said, "After all, we are a family. I still have to find a way to save my cousin."
Xu Chang burst into tears of gratitude, covered his face and cried bitterly. ….
But Yan Song really knelt in front of the emperor but felt complicated.
In the Xinuang Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, besides him there was Xie Pi, the son of Mr. Xie Ge.
He himself was probably able to enter the attendant's room because of Zhan Xiushan's marriage. Should he say it or not, he paid for it with his life.
But Xie Pi, after sleeping comfortably at home for a few days, had the opportunity to show his face in front of the emperor.
Zhu Houzhao made a brief allocation based on their personalities, "Xie Yizhong will follow Jin Gui, and Wang Xian will lead Yan Weizhong. You two should watch and study hard. The tasks in the attendant's room are not difficult, but they are extremely complicated. Just try not to make any mistakes. .”
"I obey your orders."
Zhu Houzhao did not immediately leave Yan Song to perform solo. This was too attention-grabbing. Yan Song had just arrived, so this was still not good.
In the afternoon, when he was looking through the documents in the attendant's room, he pointed out that one of them was not satisfactory, and deliberately found a fault, "Who planned this?"
Jin, Wang, Xie and Yan all started to feel nervous.
"Your Majesty, this is what I proposed."
Zhu Houzhao gave Liu Jin a look, and he turned around and left as if with emotion.
Liu Jin thrust the document into Yan Song's hand and urged, "Why don't you come here quickly?! What's the use of kneeling down?"
It's not easy to say that Yan Ge is the elder. In just a few days, his heart has been frightened by different people. He even regrets getting involved in this court!
When the weather improved, Zhu Houzhao found a place to rest in the afternoon at a small pavilion by the lake, while keeping the people around him away.
Only Yan Song was bent over, not daring to move in front of him.
"You should know everything. Do you have anything to ask me?"
Yan Song lifted his robe and knelt down, "I don't dare."
"Don't dare to ask, that's what you are doing. If you do something wrong, I will blame others. Since you just came here and are not familiar with my style, I won't argue with you. Ask quickly."
Yan Song was under a lot of pressure, mainly because the emperor in front of him... was too prestigious.
He is said to be lenient... but he is never merciless when it is time to use the knife. He is said to be harsh... but he always has the people in his heart.
The Ming Dynasty is already the tenth emperor, and I didn't expect that there would be a person who could emulate the ancestors.
Just from the way he summoned him out under the pretext, the lack of sloppiness in the interplay with his ministers, and the calmness and stability in his words and deeds, it can be seen that this emperor does have an aura of controlling everything.
"Then Wei Chen is bold. Wei Chen doesn't understand why Your Majesty chose Wei Chen for someone as big as Zhan? After all, half a month ago, I was just a minister."
"Back then, Sheng Yi wanted to rectify Qi Sanyou's name. You told him that I was the one who distorted Qi Sanyou's name. Even if I try to rectify it, it will still be in vain."
Yan Song was terrified. He didn't expect that the emperor even knew about that!
This emperor really made him feel too unfathomable!
"The humble minister made a mistake, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
"The crime that I want to punish you has already been punished. But I think you know how to deal with the court, so I picked you. And you are just a few clowns, so what kind of big deal are you?"
Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands and wiped off the flour on his hands from eating snacks. "Xu Youming is locked up in the same place as Zhan Xiushan. After you enter the attendant's room, you can also go to the Jinyiwei's place. In a few days, you will take Xu Youming with you." Chang went to fetch Xu Youming out in front of Zhan Xiushan."
Yan Song probably understood, "Then...let the person who wants to rescue go find Wei Chen?"
"Remember to ask for silver. Two hundred thousand taels, even a penny less will not save you."
"Your Majesty, my father once taught me that serving as an official for the king, the people, and the country should never be done for a few taels of silver."
Hearing Mr. Yan Ge say such words, Zhu Houzhao felt something strange. But anyone can play this kind of drama.
"Yes, you are noble. You don't care about the money. But who said the money is for you? Take it and give it to me."
"...Weichen understands."
Zhu Houzhao squatted down again, "Although I grew up in a deep palace, I still know a lot about the methods of making money in the officialdom. If I were you, I would ask for 250,000 taels. Hand over the 200,000 taels. Keep the fifty thousand taels for yourself."
Yan Song was shocked, "Your Majesty! I would never dare to speak to Your Majesty!"
But the emperor remained silent, smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go down."
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