Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 268 Talent

   Cabinet.

  The impeachment memorial was sent to Li Dongyang's desk.

  As usual, Li Dongyang took the memorabilia lightly, and immediately, his brows furrowed deeply.

  He hurriedly took the memorabilia and rushed to Liu Jian's public room: "Mr. Liu..."

  Liu Jian was leaning over his desk, he only slightly raised his eyes, put down his pen and said, "What's the matter?"

   "Look, Mr. Liu." Li Dongyang sent the impeachment memorial.

   Liu Jian looked surprised and asked, "Isn't Liu Jin the **** of the Eastern Palace? Why, when did he go to Liaodong? Strong walls and clear fields? How come I haven't heard of it?"

   Just as he was talking, Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, rushed over anxiously: "Grand Liu, what happened? When did the imperial court issue the order to fortify the walls and clear the country?"

  The Ministry of War also received a secret report from He Yan.

  When Ma Wensheng saw it, he was anxious to get angry. How can this be so simple as disturbing the people? It has reached the point of harming the people.

  Then He Yan is such an exquisite person, he neither dared to disobey the orders of the imperial envoy and His Royal Highness the Prince, but also dared not take on such a big relationship, so he turned his head and secretly played to the Ministry of War.

   It is nothing more than fear that the court will pursue it and become a scapegoat.

Liu Jian looked at Ma Wensheng who came in in surprise, then looked at Li Dongyang, and said: "Your Majesty's order said to strengthen defenses. This is unheard of. How did the crown prince get involved in this matter? Why is Liu Jin so bold? "

   This series of questioning, in fact, everyone already has the answer in their hearts.

   "Negative image..." Liu Jian took a deep look at Ma Wensheng, and called out his name: "Where did you receive the news that the Tatars attacked Jinzhou?"

  Ma Wensheng shook his head and said: "There is no news, but there is another report from Datong yesterday. The Tatars have increased their troops to Datong. It is suspected that there are signs of a large-scale attack."

  After Liu Jian heard this, he became even more worried. Although Datong is strong, it is scary just in case. If the Tatars are determined to take Datong, who knows if there will be good or bad.

   But on the other side, there was another incident in Jinzhou.

  After pondering for a while, Liu Jian stared straight at Ma Wensheng and said, "Negative Figure, tell the truth, is there any possibility of Jinzhou being attacked?"

   Ma Wensheng was silent. As Minister of the Ministry of War, he should indeed provide appropriate advice.

After a short silence, Ma Wensheng focused his attention and glanced at Liu Jian: "The possibility is not impossible. The Tatars are as cunning as foxes, and they are not surprised no matter where they attack. But the officials of the Ministry of War have discussed it. The possibility is very small. Attacking Datong has the lowest risk to the Tatars, but once it is captured, the benefits will be the greatest.”

This is the truth. There is no Duoyan Guard in Daning outside Datong. What the Tatars are facing is just a formidable pass. It is of course best to break the city, but it is impossible to break the city. Even if you want to catch up, you can't catch up.

After a pause, Ma Wensheng continued: "And Liaodong, especially Jinzhou, has to cross Daning, not to mention, even if Jinzhou is captured, the Tatars will pay a very heavy price, and if Jinzhou cannot be captured, there is Jinzhou It’s really unwise for the Ming army to stand on guard while their retreat is threatened by Duoyan Wei.”

  Liu Jian sighed, his eyes flashed with anger: "This Liu Jin deserves death!"

  His sigh was more like an accusation.

   Can be the first assistant university scholar of the cabinet, what else can you say, can you scold the prince? cannot!

  Since this is the case, then Liu Jin must die.

  Although Liu Jin was instructed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how could he have gone to Jinzhou otherwise, but the brutality so far is even more brutal than the Tatars.

  In Jinzhou, people were allowed to destroy the fields of Jinzhou soldiers and civilians, and hurt other people's millet. Countless soldiers and civilians were driven to Jinzhou in this freezing snowy day.

  Jinzhou simply does not have the capacity to accommodate 100,000 soldiers and civilians. In such a haste, according to the report of the inspector censor Li Shan, the food...although it is still sufficient, but only on the first night, two people were frozen to death.

  If this continues, how many people will suffer.

"The worst thing is not Liu Jin. Liu Jin is an eunuch, as he is. The most shocking thing is that Hanlin Xiuzhuan Ouyang Zhi. He is a scholar of the Hanlin, who has read the books of sages. He is so bold that he cooperates with Liu Jin. Doing whatever you want in Jinzhou, what is this called, this is called knowing the law and breaking the law." Ma Wensheng looked very displeased.

  It’s fine for Liu Jin to do bad things. Ma Wensheng does have a prejudice against eunuchs, and he discriminates against them.

  But Ouyang Zhi really made him feel heartbroken, this is the number one scholar of Ming Dynasty, and Qingliu in Qingliu actually did such a utterly unconscionable thing.

  Liu Jian nodded and said: "Ouyang Zhi is a loyal man. I know this very well. Someone must have ordered it!" At this point, Liu Jian's eyes sank, and he said, "Go invite Xinjian."

Liu Jian was not very willing to criticize Ouyang Zhi. Ouyang Zhi gave him a good impression, but he and the eunuchs made such a big incident, which was not tolerated by Qing Yi. Liu Jian could almost imagine that once the news of Jinzhou spread, What kind of boiling the Qing Dynasty will look like, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is afraid that it will become a mess.

   In the final analysis, everyone knows who Ouyang Zhi is.

   This grievance has a head, and the debt has an owner, and Fang Jifan has to settle this account.

   There were scribes waiting outside for a long time, and upon hearing Liu Gong's order, he hurried to find Fang Jifan.

Ma Wensheng sat in the duty room, heaving and sighing, Nine Sides is the responsibility of the Ministry of War, Datong is already in dire straits, and now something like this happened in Jinzhou, he wanted to wait for Fang Jifan to come, and scold him severely, This guy is shameless, you are doing well in Beijing, why are you harming Jinzhou?

But Liu Jian sat still like an old monk. He felt that Fang Jifan might give him a reasonable explanation. He was already too surprised by this Fang Jifan. It may not be Jinzhou.

   But even if the Tatars attack Jinzhou, this is a small probability. If because of this, the military and civilians in Jinzhou will complain a lot, this is not bad. Fang Jifan dares to intervene in military affairs. Are you tired of living?

  According to the probability, the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty, no matter which border it is, may be attacked by the Tatars. Is it because of this that the nine borders are all strong and clear? Then let people live?

   Soon, the scribe hurried back and said, "Mr. Liu, Fang Jifan...is ill..."

   "What?" Liu Jian's face suddenly pulled down: "When is he not sick, but why is he sick at this time? He is a young man with a strong body. Where did he get so many illnesses?"

   "Yes...the brain disease seems to have signs of recurrence..."

   "..." Liu Jian just remembered this episode, his face froze, and he couldn't speak for a while.

  …

  In the warm pavilion, Xiao Jing and Mou Bin, commander of Jinyiwei, have sent the bulletin.

  The Zhongguan Wang Bao, although he had to cooperate with Liu Jin, knew that Eunuch Xiao was the one who made the decision today, how dare he hide this matter!

  When Xiao Jing delivered the report to Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi's face sank: "Xuanfang Jifan."

   Similarly, Fang Jifan's brain disease relapsed.

  Emperor Hongzhi raised his head, a little depressed: "Send an imperial doctor to see him, give him some medicine, and let him take care of his own body first."

  Fang Jifan is still an honest person, this is Emperor Hongzhi's impression of Fang Jifan, Fang Jifan doesn't seem to be fooling himself in normal times.

  So first I was furious, and then I became a little bit worried.

  The hygienic conditions of the ancients were not very good. Even the nobles in the palace, or the noble children, if they had a serious illness, they might encounter many accidents. To a certain extent, it was normal to die early.

  But there is nowhere to vent the anger in this belly.

You said that Jinzhou may be attacked, and I also sent someone to send a decree, sternly admonishing Jinzhou to strengthen its defenses. Well, you Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan are so bold that you have started to intervene in military affairs. You can intervene in the military affairs of the border town of it? It's really not good for a few days.

  Emperor Hongzhi suppressed his anger and did not kill chickens to make an example to monkeys. Tomorrow, are you going to go to the Warring Pavilion to expose tiles?

   "Pass the crown prince!"

  Three words, murderous.

Zhu Houzhao never imagined that Fang Jifan's brain disease would relapse, no, it seemed to be a sign of a relapse of brain disease, the words of the ancestors were extensive and profound, and each person contained thousands of changes. I heard that the father summoned him He had already thought about it a long time ago. His father would definitely summon Lao Fang at the same time as himself. At that time, he and Fang Jifan would sing together and try to explain. Thinking about it... nothing will happen.

  He even decided to show his father his familiarity with Ma Zheng, so although he was a little flustered, he arrived at the Meridian Gate happily, but refused to enter the palace.

  The **** urged cautiously, but Zhu Houzhao said: "I am waiting for Uncle Xinjian."

  The **** looked at Zhu Houzhao in surprise: "Your Highness, Uncle Xinjian fell ill, and His Majesty did not announce Uncle Xinjian. You...don't know..."

   "What..." Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt as if someone had pushed him into the ice cellar, his whole body shuddered, and his heart was very cold: "What... what disease..."

  The little **** said truthfully: "Xin Xin Bosu has a brain disease, Your Highness... don't you know? Your Majesty even sent someone to deliver the medicine."

"..." Zhu Houzhao's mood suddenly became very bad. In his heart, there were probably ten thousand muddy horses running by. You, Fang Jifan, are such a scumbag. You would have thought of it when the golden cicada escaped its shell. Why didn't I think of it? You did it on purpose yes.

  A thought flashed through his mind, so he touched his forehead and said, "Oh, I'm a little dizzy too."

  The **** looked at Zhu Houzhao deeply, without saying a word, apparently in disbelief.

   Zhu Houzhao felt uncomfortable, he seemed a bit late! Others don't believe it at all.

  He had no choice but to put down the hand that was touching his forehead, and put his back behind his back: "Let's go, enter the palace, my father is probably in a hurry."

  (end of this chapter)