As June entered, it did not rain for half a month. It was dry and hot, both people and trees were wilted and listless.

Even the water level of the canal was much lower, and the large ships carrying grain could not sail, and only a few merchant ships were still open. These ships were far away from the nearest. There were two old men standing side by side on the bow. One of them was white-skinned and well-maintained. Even in his fifties and sixties, the foundation of the white-faced scholar could still be seen. He was Mao Kai and Mao Dahe from Nanjing. On his right, there was a thin old man with a dark face with a dark face and a high cheekbones. When he looked closely, his palms were rough and his joints were swelling, and he seemed to be a farmer who had been doing many years of work.

Of course, this person would not be a real farmer who could stand side by side with Mao Kai. His name was Zhu Heng and his courtesy name was Shinan. Since he became a Jinshi in the 11th year of Jiajing, Zhu Heng has actively developed water conservancy and even participated in labor in person. After decades, he has been exposed to become a farmer. In terms of water conservancy attainments, this old man is the first person in the officialdom today!

Zhu Heng narrowed his eyes and looked forward, but his two pupils had no focus.

Since receiving the imperial edict from the court and transferred him and Mao Kai to Beijing, Zhu Heng knew that he had received a hot potato. In the southeast, he was more sensitive than the official in the capital. Yu Dayou was arrested and set up a private punishment hall, almost losing his life. For the southeast, the shock was huge.

At first, Zhu Heng didn't understand what was going on. There were fewer officials killed in recent years. There were higher officials than Yu Dayou and more famous people. Why could Yu Dayou set off such a big trend?

Later, the old man went privately to visit the streets and alleys, and he finally understood some reasons.

Almost everyone in those newly opened shops, newly established workshops, and newly built schools said that if the imperial court can arrest first-rank generals at will, will we be arrested as well? If we can set up a private punishment hall, will we steal the wealth we have accumulated with great difficulty?

In the past, there were too few businessmen, craftsmen, and students, so their worries could only be kept in their hearts. However, now the number of people has increased several times, and newspapers have expanded the communication efficiency.

A panic filled with emotion, and some people even said that if we don’t seek justice for President Yu today, we will not have justice tomorrow. It’s not Mr. Yu’s business, but our business!

Zhu Heng knew clearly how strong the momentum of panic was. It was not surprising that millions of people jointly wrote a letter.

Don’t think about making big things small, and don’t plan to delay and wait for changes.

You must cut the mess quickly and give the world an explanation as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Brother Dahe, this time I went to Beijing, I was doing things with my head on my back. Maybe we had to pay for these two heads!" Zhu Heng narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully.

Mao Kai felt sorry for his heart. If he simply seeks profit and avoids harm, he should not agree to go to Beijing. However, a well-established official felt that he had to do something and could not let the public opinion in the southeast collide directly with the bureaucratic group represented by Xu Jie. Whether it is Xu Jie or the southeast, he would not be able to bear the price.

"Brother Shinan, I want to refute you?"

Zhu Heng was stunned, not sure why.

Mao Kai laughed and said, "It's not our two heads, the third one is here!"

Following the direction of his finger, at Tongzhou Wharf, there was also a tall old man standing, full of murderous aura, and no one dared to move forward around him.

"So it's Brother Dazhou!"

It was Zhao Zhenji who was waiting at the dock. The three old ministers met and greeted each other. Zhao Zhenji was the governor of the grain transportation. Since he moved the governor's headquarters to Tianjin three years ago, Zhao Zhenji has been in charge in Tianjin. He is closest to the capital and is considered half a landlord.

He pulled two old friends and arrived at the inn. He had already prepared a banquet. Zhao Zhenji drove everyone away, leaving only three people. After sitting down, Zhao Zhenji's face was pitch black and said nothing, and had three drinks first.

"You guys do whatever you want."

Zhu Heng accompanied him with a cup and said with a smile: "Brother Dazhou, look at your expression, it seems that the case is not easy to deal with?"

"It's easy to deal with, but it's not easy to deal with!" Zhao Zhenji threw the chopsticks aside.

"Brother Shinan, brother Da and brother, do you know why this storm started?"

Mao Kai sighed, "I heard some rumors, it seems that someone is going to leave Tang Yi?"

"It seems that Zhang Juzheng!" If we talk about the relationship between people, fate is indeed important.

Zhao Zhenji just looked down on Zhang Juzheng. In terms of the reasons, it can be attributed to the first time that Zhao Zhenji was driven out of the capital by the Yan family and his son. It happened that Zhang Juzheng went to pay his birthday to Mr. Yan Ge Lao and gave him a poem: A pillar holds up the tomorrow!

When comparing Yan Song to Optimus Prime of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Zhenji sneered. Of course, he knew that Zhang Juzheng should not blame him too much for survival, but Tsar was planted.

Later, when the Yan Party fell, Zhao Zhenji took advantage of the time he entered Beijing to plead with Xu Jie, hoping that he would let Yan Song go.

Someone asked if Lao Zhao took the wrong medicine, Yan Song and his son framed him twice, and he still pleaded for Yan Song like this?

In fact, Zhao Zhenji and Tang Yi have a very similar view. Yan Ge Lao was in charge of the Ming Dynasty for 20 years, and most of the officials in the officialdom are promoted by him. To protect the face of civil servants, they cannot be chased too much.

Tang Yi held this view because of his powerful weighing, while Zhao Zhenji was out of his original intention, which shows that the Master is a gentleman.

However, Zhang Juzheng raised a rebuttal on the spot, saying that the Yan family's father and son were doing many evil things and... Lao Zhao almost turned against him as a result.

Although everyone is Xu Jie's student, when I was a Jinshi, you, Zhang Juzheng, were still a little kid! How dare you refute my opinion? Is there any superiority and inferiority? The cruelty and violentness revealed in Zhang Juzheng's words also made me worry.

Can such a character inherit the study of the mind?

Whether it was the first kind of rescue or the actions he had done over the years, Zhao Zhenji firmly supported Tang Yi to inherit Xu Jie's position and become the head of the next generation of Xinxue.

However, Xu Jie vigorously cultivated Zhang Juzheng and assisted him in the throne with obvious intention. Lao Zhao was very dissatisfied with Xu Jie. Especially a few days ago, Xu Jie sent a secret letter to tell Zhao Zhenji that he should not involve Zhang Juzheng in investigating Yan Ne's case, but protect him.

"Hmph, Master Xiang is really confused. Zhang Juzheng has disturbed the phoenix and the rain has caused chaos in his studies. He still has to protect him. It's so outrageous!"

Mao Kai didn't think so, "Brother Dazhou, Zhang Juzheng is the heir Xu Ge Lao focused on cultivating. It is not a secret in the officialdom. If Zhang Juzheng is involved, Xu Ge Lao would at least not be strict in teaching and would have to write a letter to resign. Do you think the court can leave Xu Ge Lao?"

Zhao Zhenji raised his eyebrows and had nothing to say.

In any case, he still stood on Xu Jie's side. After a while, he sighed, "Do work with your conscience, there is no evidence. If I really get the iron evidence, I will have to fight against the master's name. I will also give the person surnamed Zhang a little more good look!"

...

The three old men stopped for a short time in Tongzhou and immediately entered Beijing.

The imperial edict had been issued long ago. Zhao Zhenji replaced the Zuodu Censor, Zhu Heng took over the Ministry of Justice, and Mao Kai went to Dali Temple. Three old ministers, two of whom were from the southeast. Obviously, this configuration was enough to convince the world.

The original ministers of the Three Laws were temporarily suspended due to implicating the case and were waiting for investigation in the mansion.

Zhao Zhenji and others were all officials. After taking over, they immediately reviewed the case files and checked the situation. When they saw how to torture Yu Dayou, they were so angry that they were so angry.

Broken fingers, broken toes!

That was a military general, pointing at his whole body of kung fu and rushing to the battlefield.

If your fingers and toes are useless, aren’t even as good as ordinary people?

Crazy! Babies are worse than animals!

The three old men immediately ordered Yan Ne to be brought to the lobby for interrogation. At this point, what is the face of a Grand Secretary? Justice is the most important thing. The prince violates the law and the common people, and everyone is responsible for his sins!

The yamen runner dragged Yan Ne to the lobby, which was pretty good. He arranged a seat for him. As soon as he sat down, Zhao Zhenji couldn't wait.

Bang!

He slapped the auspicious tree and angrily scolded: "Yan Ne, as a Grand Secretary, you set up a private prison hall and framed loyal and kind-hearted people. You know the law and violate the law. Do you know that you are guilty?"

These days, Yan Ne's head has turned pale, his face is thin and looks like a leaky balloon, wrinkles are piled up, and age spots are everywhere, and he is less than twenty years older than his actual age.

He had known for a long time that it was a dead end.

"Knowing the guilt." He didn't want to resist stubbornly at all, just as long as he ended the torture as soon as possible.

"What many accomplices do you have?"

Yan Ne was stunned for a moment, Zhu Heng slapped the table again and scolded: "Tell me!"

"Yes, Wang Ting, the Right Censor, helped me find the Censor Han Qiu."

"Are these two people alone? Nothing else?" Zhao Zhenji asked again.

Yan Ne hesitated for a moment, suddenly his eyes turned red, and he struggled to stand up, shouting: "Also, if you ask, I will say everything. It was Zhang Juzheng, a Hanlin scholar. He gave me some advice and provided me with evidence, asking me to hand over the evidence to the censor Chen Liaofang, and he wrote a letter to impeach Yu Dayou. He helped me plan. After approval from the Three Laws, he secretly arrested people. He even told me that Tang Yi had to pry open Yu Dayou's mouth first... It was him, it was him, and it was Zhang Juzheng who caused me!"

Yan Ne shouted wildly, hoarsely, Zhao Zhenji's face turned pale. He had heard that Zhang Ju was making trouble inside, and finally confirmed that he had confirmed. Such a villain, how could he be worthy of staying in the court? Zhao Zhenji was about to do something, but Mao Kai interrupted.

"Yan Ne, as a Grand Secretary, you are not a street shrew. Since you accused Zhang Juzheng, can you have any evidence?"

A word made Yan Ne’s question speechless.

From beginning to end, Zhang Juzheng only planned verbally and Yan Ne, and did not participate in the real thing at all. He didn't even have a piece of paper or a word in his hand. It was really hard to convince the public just by trying to identify Teacher Yu Wang and the Hanlin Bachelor.

Zhang Juzhengda can be denied and he can completely recommend it. However, it is unfair and has its own hearts. Yan Ne has been an official for many years and is known for his mediocrity and incompetence. With his ability, he cannot plan such a big action. Zhang Juzheng must be his dog-headed military advisor.
Chapter completed!