Zhang Yifeng, the third young master of the Zhang family, is the direct young master of the Yongchang Hou Mansion.
Since childhood, he has enjoyed all kinds of wealth and wealth. He was rich at a young age and was once a popular nobleman in Kyoto.
At only twenty-six years old, he became a new member of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He held real power and had the Marquis of Yongchang as his backer. Even in this capital where aristocrats were everywhere, he was a rare young talent with unlimited future prospects.
But his biggest mistake was to side with the prince in advance and participate in the battle for the throne. ,
As a result, the second half of his life was extremely unsatisfactory, leading to a situation where he could not return home, which was sad.
In the blink of an eye, the Zhang Yuhang brothers arrived at Zhang Yifeng's study and sat down separately.
Zhang Yifeng placed the books on the desk, then looked up at Zhang Yuhang and said with a smile: "Fifth brother, what do you mean, do you have to talk to me in my study about anything?"
Zhang Yuhang looked at the high-spirited third brother in front of him. In this life, no matter what, he must protect everything he cares about, even if it is to make up for the debt he owed to this brother in the previous life.
"Third brother, I remember that you are currently handling the money and grain embezzlement case in Jiangzhou, right?" Zhang Yuhang did not directly answer Zhang Yifeng's words, but instead said something that had nothing to do with the matter.
A golden light flashed in Zhang Yifeng's eyes, he picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip before speaking: "Where did you know about this?"
Zhang Yuhang moved his eyes away from Third Brother's face and said calmly: "I don't know how far Third Brother's matter has progressed now. Has Zhou Ji, the prefect of Jiangzhou, pleaded guilty and been punished?"
At this moment, Zhang Yifeng's face completely changed: "Tell me, who told you this?"
Zhang Yifeng was surprised. This matter has not yet been finalized, and outsiders do not know that the matter is related to Zhou Ji, the prefect of Jiangzhou, let alone whether Zhang Yuhang directly said that he plead guilty or not.
What is a confession?
Only conclusive evidence can lead to a guilty plea. This matter is so secret. How did my brother know about it?
Did someone ask him to find out what was going on or was Zhang Yuhang himself involved?
Zhang Yuhang said with a heavy but sure voice: "Third brother, tell me truthfully, is it true that Zhou Ji has confessed his crime, and you are now writing a memorial? Are you even ready to stop here and get to the bottom of it?"
Zhang Yifeng couldn't sit still at all and stood up directly. He didn't even care about the water glass on the table being knocked to the ground: "Tell me, did someone instigate you to come here, or were you involved yourself?"
"No, I came here specifically to stop you because of you."
"Stop me?" Zhang Yifeng said with a smile: "You know the ins and outs of this matter, so you dare to speak so brazenly."
Then he walked around Zhang Yuhang for a few steps and affirmed: "Tell the truth, are you or the Xingyong Hou Mansion involved in this matter? If it is you, I will try my best to give you a way to survive. If so, I will also try my best to deal with Xingyong Hou Mansion."
Zhang Yuhang stood up and looked straight at Zhang Yifeng: "Third brother, does the second prince think that he will be able to defeat the eldest prince this time, and is he even dreaming of being canonized as the prince?"
Zhang Yifeng stared at the younger brother in front of him with wide eyes, as if he had never known him before.
His surrender to the second prince had always been done in secret. On the surface, he was even getting close to the eldest prince. How did he know about such top-secret matters?
"Fifth brother, you..." Even Zhang Yifeng's calm attitude was shaken by Zhang Yuhang's words.
Zhang Yuhang glanced slightly sideways and nodded: "Third brother, if my guess is not wrong, this should be like this."
"The case of Jiangzhou Prefecture's money and grain did not have so many twists and turns. It was just because the eldest prince needed money to manage things at the court, but he could not make ends meet. It happened that the Jiangzhou Prefect, as a loyal supporter of the eldest prince, took it upon himself to sell off the Jiangzhou Prefecture's grain and grass. I collected 100,000 taels of silver, plus my own savings, a total of 250,000 taels of silver were given to the eldest prince as a tribute."
"Originally, this kind of move was not a big deal, but it happened that the merchant who sold the money and grains in Jiangzhou Prefecture had a relationship with the second prince, so he told the second prince about it. It also happened that Jiangzhou Prefecture, as the place of heaven for many years, The weather has been good, but this year there has been a severe drought for months. The people's harvest has dropped sharply this year, and they don't even have seeds for farming. It was only later that the incident triggered this series of things. I'm not wrong."
Zhang Yifeng nodded and sighed: "Yes, it is indeed the case. Originally, this was not a big deal. Just this accident. The eldest prince could arrange it for Zhou Ji casually and it would not have any impact. But it happened that this incident When the second prince knew about the matter, he was ready to seize the opportunity to beat up the drowned dog, and completely establish the matter before the eldest prince could react. Even if the eldest prince could not be killed at once, he would take this opportunity to completely destroy his wings. Break.”
Zhang Yuhang smiled and said: "Third brother, do you think there are so many coincidences in this world?"
It was such a coincidence that no one in the entire second prince's interest group had noticed the clues in the previous life, which was abnormal in itself.
"Third brother, to keep this matter confidential, you should have done it in private. The confession including the Jiangzhou prefect's confession also came from Jiangzhou, right?"
Zhang Yifeng frowned, "Yes, in order to prevent the eldest prince from severing his relationship with the Jiangzhou magistrate in advance, he did not directly report it to the cabinet. However, now that the second prince serves in the Ministry of Punishment, he is qualified to conduct such an review. In terms of procedures, there is no questionable."
Zhang Yuhang smiled faintly, put down the tea cup in his hand, and said, "What if there is no so-called buying and selling of grain and grass, and the censor who discovered this is also the eldest prince?"
Zhang Yuhang's shocking words made Zhang Yifeng unable to recover for a long time.
This matter was originally the eldest prince's plan specifically for the second prince, and the layout could be said to have taken into account all the second prince's personality and work policies.
Because next month will be the fiftieth birthday of their father, His Majesty. By then, the matter will be completely leaked on his birthday. After going through the triple accounting of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Zongren Mansion, no matter in one aspect, it will be enough to reveal this. The crime of framing the emperor's brother and being ruthless and unjust was proven true.
This was the ending of the previous life. The second prince was imprisoned by the clan for three months. After he was released, he was directly driven back to the fiefdom to become a vassal, thus completely missing the throne.
The people who relied on the second prince before were either bribed by the eldest prince or attracted by the other princes, but no one who was the most direct descendant of the second prince dared to reuse them, so there is no need to say what their fate will be.
As for his third brother, because he was reused by the eldest prince before, and after the truth was revealed, the eldest prince was also extremely angry. Although the Marquis of Yongchang stood up for him, he was completely kicked out of Kyoto and went to Yongzhou to build a small county. Ling never set foot in Kyoto until Zhang Yuhang's death.
This is party government, regardless of right or wrong, only about winning or losing.
Winning or losing determines life or death.
In his previous life, he was not favored by the Marquis of Yongchang, and Zhang Yifeng was full of decadence at that time. In the end, he could not even see the third brother for the last time, and he regretted it for the rest of his life.
