Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 361
It was getting dark at night, and the lights in Fu's study room still illuminated two faint figures on the window paper.

There were only Fu Donglai and Ye Baichuan in the room.

"Is Wang Ziteng sick?" Fu Donglai paused when he heard the news.

Ye Baichuan nodded and said, "It's not just a disease, I heard that it's difficult even to go to the field, but it made Zhao Guangbei anxious all the way, and asked around for famous doctors."

Ye Baichuan paused for a while and said, "That's good, it saves a lot of trouble."

Fu Donglai understood what Ye Baichuan was referring to by the trouble. Wang Ziteng returned to the court with great achievements, and the noble line was afraid that another pillar of Dinghai would be added. The enemy of the New Deal came out of thin air. Seemingly stable, who knows if those conservative factions are waiting for the right time? Isn’t it a godsend opportunity for the prince to return to Beijing? The tacit relationship between Li Endi and Xungui back then is the first, the relationship between the two sides is not small , could not help them to be careless.

Political disputes have nothing to do with personal grievances, but opposites. There is no end to death. There is almost no possibility of relaxation between each other. Everyone wants the other party to fall.

"Okay, the person suddenly became critically ill? Don't you think there is something wrong with it?"

Ye Baichuan pondered: "You mean that Wang Ziteng is advancing by retreating, showing the enemy to be weak? It's not impossible. He knows what he has done better than anyone else. I'm afraid that His Majesty will be there. It's just a matter of time."

Fu Donglai nodded: "If you can sit down and talk, the old man may not necessarily hold on to it, but judging from what he has done, it is almost impossible."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Yan Huasong again and said, "What you said just now is not only for Baichuan, but also a request from this old man to you."

"If you asked me to go to Shanxi, you wouldn't want to wipe your Fu family's ass. If that's the case, I'd better avoid it as soon as possible. If I go, I'm afraid that the entire Fu family will be wiped out." Feng Hengshi said meaningfully.

"Do you still remember when Wang Ziteng just went to be the governor of the Nine Frontiers? The Bailian rebels far away in Longxi and Hexi suddenly transferred their army south to Huguang, echoing the rebel king Yang Huang from north to south. Yu, but don't forget, Wang Ziteng is the governor of the Nine Borders, where was he at that time?"

Fu Donglai and Ye Baichuan on the side also saw something was wrong, they got up and stared at Yan Huasong and asked.

If he is not ruthless, there will be no New Deal today, and if he is not ruthless, there will be no New Deal tomorrow.

While talking, Zhong Qing walked in and said, "Master, Yan Shangshu from the Ministry of War has arrived."

After asking three times in a row, Yan Huasong was stopped. This guy really doesn't know his feelings, so what about the memorabilia he gave to Yang Jing?

In fact, Fu Donglai's guess was not wrong at all. Wang Bifu thought so, and he also did so.

"Since I became an official in the middle of the year, the old man has also raided many high-ranking mansions. There may not be innocent people under the sword. Those people also begged for mercy back then, and the old man was unmoved. Today, the knife finally swung on the old man's head."

"I originally wanted to take advantage of this defeat to suppress Wang Ziteng's limelight, but now it seems that there is an extra variable out of thin air, and things can no longer be done." Ye Baichuan said, looking at Fu Donglai again: " Duke Donglai, Shanxi Chief Envoy Wang Bifu is your student, so didn't he write a letter?"

Feng Hengshi looked at it, tugged at his beard, and muttered, "I knew that nothing good would happen to you when you came. You already lost half of your life, and you will earn the other half sooner or later."

Fu Donglai walked into the gate and went straight to the greenhouse, looking very familiar with this place.

Fu Donglai shook his head, stopped talking about this matter, and changed his voice: "Compared to Shanxi, the old man cares more about the court."

"This incident was not a simple defeat from the beginning." Yan Huasong had been promoted to Shangshu for many years, and his knowledge was extraordinary. Now he recalled it: "What do they want to do?"

"What do you want me to do?"

Thinking of this, Yan Huasong couldn't help feeling ashamed.

In the eyes of others, he is the emperor's most trusted minister. At some point even Fu Donglai himself felt this way, but now it doesn't look like that.

On the other side, after seeing off the two of them, Fu Donglai walked out of the study.

Feng Hengshi paused slightly with the hand holding the teacup, and looked deeply at his old friend who had been looking at him for decades, as if he wanted to make sure that what he said was sincere.

Ye Baichuan looked at Fu Donglai in front of him, frowning, and Yu Yan Huasong looked at each other with indescribable worry.

"How do you know that I didn't ask you to copy the Fu family?" Fu Donglai asked back.

"Wang Ziteng, Zhou Xing, Jin Dairen, Yang Jing."

"Which." Menzi woke up, looked at the person in front of him carefully, and then looked at Fu Donglai standing behind Zhong Qing, and hurriedly opened the door of the mansion, and said in his mouth: "So it's Boss Fu Ge , my master has already fallen asleep, please sit in the elder hall first, and the younger one will pass on the message."

This is something the two of them would never want to see.

With a long sigh, Fu Donglai said: "This is also planning for the worst. It's not that the new politics and economics won't make waves, but it depends on how big the waves are."

Fu Donglai and Ye Baichuan looked at each other, then looked at Yan Huasong and said, "Since the incident has happened, it's useless for us to be anxious. The more this is the time, the more calm we need to be."

"People often compare life to a game of chess, and politics to a game of chess, but if the chess piece is wrong, you can start over. What if you make a mistake in the administration? Is there any chance to start over?"

Fu Donglai regained his solemnity and said, "I want you to go to Shanxi."

The sleepy-eyed door opened from the corner of the door, poked his head out, and said in a very impatient tone: "Who, it's midnight, and I don't even look where this is, can you knock on the door?"

Ye Baichuan said: "Of course it is to thoroughly investigate arms smuggling in Shanxi."

"Have you made up your mind?"

"The matter in Shanxi is probably a foregone conclusion. The other party will not hesitate to go around such a big circle and set up such a big net. They will not be careless."

Fu Donglai nodded: "Our Chief Assistant, from the beginning to the end, it seems that we have never really let go. We have been deceived by him all these years."

As he spoke, he let out a long sigh, full of helplessness and disappointment, and said: "From now on, it seems likely that he has also fallen into it."

The case of gunpowder smuggling in Shanxi is already imminent, and these two are still discussing the court situation, Yan Huasong can't help but feel a little impatient, no matter what the court situation is, we must first overcome this difficulty before we can succeed.

"Sure enough, the Shi Ding case in the capital had just happened, and Wang Ziteng started the Northern Expedition on the grounds of civil strife in the Xiongnu, the death of Lao Khan, and the killing of King You, which interrupted the Nanyuan case. It ended with Shi Ding's death."

Ye Baichuan frowned and said, "Will Jin Dairen listen to us?"

"Ah."

Fu Donglai sneered and said: "Then how did the fugitives from Liaodong get to the capital? And who let them into Nanyuan? The remnants of the Sanyang Sect are just desperadoes from the market, they have no such means Let Xie Kun, commander of the Fenwu Camp, bow his head and obey orders."

Feng Hengshi nodded and said, "There is no better way than doing business at the moment."

Seeing that the two were still unwilling to leave, Fu Donglai said again: "Go."

"Oh, you're so confused, how can you pretend to be someone else's hands for such things." Ye Baichuan looked at Yan Huasong and sighed bitterly.

Fu Donglai had calmed down at this time, turned around and sat back on the chair, turning a deaf ear to the words of the two, thinking about something in his heart.

Fu Donglai nodded earnestly and said: "The Fu family is also a common surname in Shanxi. The far and near Zong's in-laws, one magistrate, two county magistrates, and the subordinate officials in various yamen are only from Shanxi's ancestral home. In addition, the old man is the second assistant of the court, and... if you don't go, no one else can copy it."

How Ye Baichuan and Yan Huasong left the Fu's residence, I'm afraid they don't understand, they were absent-minded along the way, and after returning to the residence, they were sleepless all night.

"What really made me suspicious was the several major events that happened in the court later. His Majesty Nanyuan was assassinated. Afterwards, it was traced that the assassin came from the frontier army. The governor of the nine borders is also Wang Ziteng."

"But once the incident in Shanxi happened, the old man's heart for the public... was completely gone."

Fu Donglai was stunned: "Zhou Xing? What memorial? What's the matter?"

Fu Donglai paused, and said: "The Qingliu faction has formed its own line in the court. If it is left unchecked, it may be another force that can influence the court situation. The only thing that is missing now is the right to speak in the cabinet. gone."

Ye Baichuan stomped anxiously and said, "Then we can't just do nothing and let the other party do what they want. Wang Bifu is in Shanxi. He should be clear and let him deal with it."

Fu Donglai, who has always been proud, actually said the word "request" to himself, a minister of the Ministry of War, but Yan Huasong was not happy at all. After all these years, he has already been imprinted with the brand of the New Deal, which cannot be washed away Some people even said in private that when Fu Donglai was the head of Xinzheng, Ye Baichuan was the deputy head, and he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was the chief executive. Thanks to the love of all officials, he ranked third.

Fu Donglai's face turned ashen for a while, and his heart felt as if a knife had cut him.

"You mean Yang Jing?"

"Old man, this is the beauty of adults. You, a broken rock, will not be weathered before you die."

Fu Donglai smiled bitterly, and said: "I know what you want to say, and I don't understand the truth, but you said something wrong."

"Shanxi?"

"broken!"

"If it's a frame-up, there won't be any movement from Wang Bifu's side." Fu Donglai looked at the two of them and said, "At the very least, he will write to me. Don't forget, the imperial court sent Jin Dairen as an imperial envoy. It has already been spread, he will not be ignorant of the seriousness, I'm afraid they are still discussing how to cover it up now."

"He wants to compete with the prince?" Ye Baichuan shook his head with a smile: "It's a bit naive."

dong dong dong.

Fu Donglai shook his head: "I understand Wang Bifu's temperament. The reason why he was sent to Shanxi is because of his calmness."

"Ugh"

On the street outside Feng's residence, some night watchmen naturally saw the sedan chair approaching from a distance, but when they saw the word "Fu" on the lantern, they tactfully bowed and stood by the roadside to get out of the way.

"Mr. Donglai suspected him at that time?" Ye Baichuan asked curiously.

"Now it's up to Jin Dairen. Prince Tengxin's defeat has hurt his prestige. If this matter is handled well, it may not be possible to suppress his limelight, and he will not be on the verge of swords just after returning to Beijing."

"It's me, Zhong Qing."

He didn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. He has been in poor health recently, and he never sees guests at night. Fu Donglai knows this. He came so late, and he was appointed to discuss some important matters.

Ye Baichuan was puzzled, "Didn't you say that the assassin came from Liaodong?"

"It doesn't matter whether he is naive or arrogant, as long as he can be used by me." Fu Donglai said lightly.

Fu Donglai also understands these, and these are the reasons why he plans for the worst.

If the entire Shanxi officialdom is involved at this time, the flames will inevitably burn to the court. Can Donglai Gong, the second assistant, still sit firmly?
"You two elders, what about Shanxi, don't you care about it?"

Feng Hengshi stared at Fu Donglai for a long time, then looked away, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

But I heard Fu Donglai say: "The old man is not worried about the failure of the plan against Wang Ziteng, Bai Chuan, do you still remember why Jin Dairen left Beijing?"

Yan Huasong frowned and said, "Old Ge, what is the truth now, there is no conclusion yet, maybe it's a frame?"

Ye Baichuan hesitated a little and said: "Donglai Gong, think back to the situation in the court when the first emperor just passed away, there were Huns staring at the outside, Yang Huang and Bai Lian were making trouble inside, and Li Endi, Xu Xu and others were in the court. Covering the curtain, which one is not much better than Yang Jingzi Teng's generation, but now, have we come here differently?

"Let's get down to business." Feng Hengshi was too lazy to argue with the other party.

Yan Huasong hurried in, saw Ye Baichuan was there, and took back what he was about to say.

The mainstay of the New Deal is all on Fu Donglai alone. If there is any problem with him, the current good situation in Daqian will be overturned overnight, and all the rubble of high-rise buildings will be turned into fly ash.

Ye Baichuan was puzzled.

"Don't think about Zhishi, I'm afraid you will die of old age." Fu Donglai seemed to be half-joking, but his expression was solemn.

Fu Donglai didn't speak, but shook his head.

After a long time, Fu Donglai said: "It's too late to move now."

If there is no tomorrow for the New Deal, then more than one family will die.

"It's a good one to scare the court with a large army." Ye Baichuan also echoed and sighed.

It was already past midnight, and the lights of every house had been turned off. Apart from watchmen shouting chant, there were also one or two unlucky homeless men who happened to meet soldiers and horse officers who were watching the night and were locked up mercilessly. I will go, and I will send it to Xishan to do free coolies tomorrow morning.

Yan Huasong's heart skipped a beat, there must be a demon if things go wrong, if the play didn't reach the old hands of Fu Ge, where did it go?
"what happened?"

"Please come in." Fu Donglai said.

"That's why."

"Mr. Donglai, it's better to send people to Shanxi overnight, ask the reason, and then come up with a countermeasure." Ye Baichuan said.

Fu Donglai shook his head and said, "It's just puzzlement, not suspicion."

He is not Li Endi, it is impossible for him to do something against the principle in order to keep his family's name, and secretly force people to suppress the matter. If he did that, he would not be Fu Donglai.

"Xiaguan. Xiaguan was also taken there. After all, Yang Jing is the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xiaguan."

When Yan Huasong heard the words, he was stunned for a moment. Why did he come here? Doesn't Donglai Gong know?
After thinking about it again, I still can't get home in practice, just look at the righteous master in front of me, the landslide is in front of him, but he doesn't change his face, he must have calmness when facing major events, not to mention how many people are there in this world It can be called a big deal.

"Why did Wang Ziteng take control of the Western Army's camp after Yang Huang's defeat? In less than half a year, the White Lotus Sect, which had plagued the four provinces of Western Xinjiang for four years, was destroyed. It's really because the officers and soldiers of Dagan are too weak ? Or is he, Prince Teng, the reincarnation of his grandson?"

Seeing this, Ye Baichuan's heart sank even more.

They all came from the bumpy road in the officialdom, and they have never seen anything. Fu Donglai roughly talked about the current matter, and Feng Hengshi knew that the Fu family's appointment could not be separated.

The relationship between him and Ye Baichuan hadn't reached the point where he had to deliberately avoid it.

Regarding Ye Baichuan's performance, Fu Donglai just smiled. Everyone has selfishness, and this friend is no exception. Is it true that he is the only one who can see these things?That's too underestimating Ye Baichuan.

There are people who make mistakes, and horses who make mistakes. Right now, it is only a temporary loss. I don't think the situation is ready for you and me to be pessimistic. "

"Donglai. Is there no other way? We have worked hard for many years, can't we even withstand this storm?" Ye Baichuan was also a little unwilling.

Fu Donglai's nod affirmed the only uncertainty in his heart.

"You are ruthless!"

"If this can still be said to be an accident or a coincidence, then how can we explain the series of events that followed? Don't forget that the opportunity for the court to go to war to the north was also created by Wang Ziteng. The old king of the Huns, Batu Wendu Su Mingming, died early. But Wang Ziteng refused to report it, and refused to the court because the time had not come. As a result, a Yuzi mission was killed. The connection may be explained by accident, but everything is inseparable from him as the governor of the Nine Borders, which is worth thinking about."

He didn't understand what Ye Baichuan was worried about, but it was nothing more than the front and back. Fu Donglai saw this clearly. No matter what, the other party had already been tied to the Xinzheng carriage. , Ye Baichuan would not fall to the other side, not to mention that he has known each other for many years, and many of the other party's ideas are indeed consistent with the New Deal, but different from conservative.

One thing, Fu Donglai didn't say, the memorial that Gu Chunting handed over to the emperor today was clearly the one that Yan Huasong handed over to Yang Jingdai, but after reading the memorial, the emperor's performance made him faintly worried.

Is it to compliment him, the cabinet secretary and the helm of the New Deal?
Fu Donglai shook his head, at Ye Baichuan's position, even to him, there is no need to obey him in everything, just like the differences on the issue of military system and political reform.

"The new policy has come to the present, it is not a repeated game of chess, allowing you and me to make mistakes again, but cautious and cautious, with difficult steps, and the strong support of your majesty. But then again, the reason why your majesty trusts me is because of my public heart .Or, the selfishness is big enough."

"Donglai isn't worried about raising tigers?"

"Why is this?" Ye Baichuan couldn't believe it.

"The way of heaven is good, return it, the way of heaven is good, return it!"

Only when the Fu family is involved, will Shanxi chief envoy Wang Bifu be in a dilemma, and even go so far as to hide everything.

No wonder people suddenly fell ill and stayed in Ningwu. Everything became clear now. They were thinking about how to deal with Wang Ziteng, but unexpectedly they were a step too late, and the other party had already made a move first.

"Business, impartiality."

With that said, Fu Donglai looked at Feng Hengshi and said, "You, Feng Yankuan, are not of the same kind as me. It's nothing more than the old man's family name in Shanxi. You are single. After the old sister-in-law leaves, you won't remarry, isn't it? Afraid of harming future generations?"

"Wang Ziteng is in Shanxi right now."

In the middle of the conversation, he suddenly remembered something, and his face changed: "If I remember correctly, Jin Dairen was recommended by Yang Jing as the imperial envoy, right?"

"If it happened to any of you, if it didn't happen in Shanxi, if the failure of the army wasn't because of Shanxi merchants selling gunpowder and firearms privately, the pillars of the New Deal are still solid, but it happened in Shanxi, and it happened to me."

"Your Majesty certainly has some considerations in mind, but I'm afraid that the situation is compelling, and there is nothing you can do about it. As a subject, I can't put Your Majesty in a dilemma. You still have to make a choice at critical times. Don't meddle in this matter. Well, indifference and indifference is the best security policy, as well as the officials from various places that we have selected for the New Deal these years, this is our foundation, there is no room for loss, I will entrust them to you here .”

At the moment, Fu Donglai said the matter again.

Yan and Ye looked at Fu Donglai at the same time, everything was self-evident.

Fu Donglai seemed to see this, and asked, "It's so late, what's the matter?"

Then he looked at Ye Baichuan and said: "Baichuan, you have to be prepared. If something happens to the old man, you have to take over the burden of the New Deal. Don't fight for temporary gains and losses. You must know how to wait for the opportunity and save it. The torch of the New Deal never goes out."

Fu Donglai looked at Ye Baichuan and said: "Letting it go is a disaster, but holding it in your hands is a sharp weapon."

No one expected that Wang Ziteng would become what he is today. Before he returned to Beijing, the atmosphere in the court became tense, and even the two of them had to deal with it carefully.

Yan Huasong's face turned bitter, and he briefly recounted today's events. After the two listened, their expressions changed suddenly.

Restraining the expressed anxiety, he swept away the travel and dust on his body, and said slowly: "I came here for the memorabilia submitted to the capital by Zhou Xing, the commander of the capital of Shanxi today. When I arrived at the cabinet today, the old man was To preach the scriptures to His Majesty, I can only entrust the old man Yang Ge to pass it on, has Duke Donglai read it?"

"You are a high-ranking and energetic person. It's fine if you don't let me become a scholar. It's really bad luck to come to the door in the middle of the night and sincerely disturb the old man's dream." Feng Hengshi complained, but he still sat down and looked at Fu. Dong Lai said: "Tell me, what else do you need the old man to help with?"

I just heard Fu Donglai continue to say: "You have been in the Ministry of War these years, and you have made no mistakes. Even if some people want to liquidate something, His Majesty cannot let them unscrupulously eliminate dissidents. Your position as Minister of the Ministry of War is very important. With you and Baichuan Corresponding internally and externally, within a short period of time, there will always be a place in the court. As for the future, it will depend on God's will."

Feng Hengshi, who has always been in love with Fu Donglai, did not speak this time, and Feng Yankuan was not born destined to have no descendants, but it would only make people sad if he didn't mention it.

Perhaps, more than that.

"Zhong Qing, prepare the sedan chair and go to Feng's residence."

Fu Donglai interrupted Yan Huasong by raising his hand and said, "Now is not the time to pursue these matters, let's think about how to deal with them."

"Forget it, it's useless to say more, it's getting late, you guys go back too, let the old man think about how to deal with it."

Feng Hengshi's heart moved, and he said, "Didn't you just go to Jin Dairen?"

After a while, Feng Hengshi appeared in the greenhouse.

"I'm careless." Fu Donglai suddenly felt a deep twilight feeling in his heart, and even the other two people a few steps away could feel it.

Ye Baichuan wanted to say something, but was stopped by Fu Donglai: "Listen to me."

The most important thing right now is to prevent those who are interested in taking advantage of this to bite and get involved. Fu Donglai wants to completely separate the Fu family from the New Deal. It is impossible to say that it will not affect the New Deal. It can only be said to minimize the impact .

"It's just that in this way, Shanxi may be completely ruined."

Fu Donglai shook his head and said: "There is no need to worry about this. Right now, the army is still marching north. We only need to wait for the incident in the north to end. The second town of Shanxi is in the hands of King Suzhong. It's totally bad."

"You won't just do these responses, will you?" Feng Hengshi asked.

(End of this chapter)