Chapter 120                                                             

What did Zhou Mengchen want to do? He rehabilitated Xia Yan, cleared his grievances for Zeng Xian, and then dealt with Yan Song.

For Zhou Mengchen, it is enough to upgrade to three levels in a row.

If you can't get any further, you can't get any further. If you are praised by Yan Song, it's better to think of a way to avoid this reward.

Zhou Mengchen knew that Jiajing didn't want to mention this matter. But Zhou Mengchen knew even more. No matter what he said today, Jiajing would never be seriously involved.

The reason was no different. Zhou Mengchen made meritorious service in the front and sent an imperial edict to imprison him later.

What would people in the world discuss? They could not tolerate a meritorious minister. Although Zeng Xian was a meritorious minister, the civil and military officials of the court did not have any real feelings about Zeng Xian's meritorious minister. Moreover, if Zeng Xian could really return, even if Jiajing was dissatisfied, he would not deal with it immediately.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen dared to speak freely.

Of course, if Zhou Mengchen said such words, he would probably have detrimented Jiajing. But it would not be a loss.

There are a few points like this to ensure that Zhou Mengchen will not have too many problems.

The first is that Xu Jie will protect him.

Before and after the Battle of Beijing, Yan Song was simply at a loss in the face of military affairs. The overall situation of Xu Jie was remarkable, which stabilized Xu Jie's position in the cabinet. Today is different, and Zhou Mengchen has made today's achievements, which is a very important chess piece for Xu Jie.

The second is that there are no people in the border generals.

This time Altan rushed straight into the city of Beijing, which shocked the world. Before and after Beijing, Jiajing had issued several edicts in succession to summon ministers who were good at using troops in the world. It can be seen that there was a big gap between border generals or border ministers. Jiajing would not deal with Zhou Mengchen at this time.

Third, Zhou Mengchen did not have no gains.

There were many phenomena of direct advice in the Ming Dynasty. Jiajing was even an emperor who could not listen to the following people's words. There were already quite a few censors dealing with him. Few people dared to speak out directly. If Zhou Mengchen dared to speak like this, he would definitely become famous in the future. This is all Zhou Mengchen's future capital in politics.

Finally, there was still some friendship between Zhou Mengchen and Jiajing. In Zhou Mengchen's opinion, Jiajing might be unhappy, but he would never be dealt with more strictly. After all, Yan Song was the one who led the killing of Zeng Xian and Xia Yan. Although Jiajing acquiesced, he even knew that the two were wronged.

But the problem is that Jiajing did not have dirty hands from beginning to end. Yan Song did more of this.

Even if the verdict is overturned, it is nothing to Jiajing. After all, it is because of a treacherous minister who deceives Shengcong. The emperor is good and the minister is bad. Jiajing is very good at this routine.

Zhou Mengchen thought about these things and immediately decided to fight today, saying: "Your Majesty, Zeng Gong was on the border in the old year. I remember that there were three great victories, especially at the Lantern Festival that year. Zeng Gong launched a snow attack and ordered Altan to retreat 300 miles, but did not dare to go south and shed horses. I am strong until now, and it is said that it will not fall into Caizhou by the ancients. Zeng Xian left, but now it is only three years old. The border affairs are extremely unbearable. Shenjing was soldiers and Your Majesty was humiliated. I even heard that a Tartar burned a palace in Changping to alarm his ancestors. I dare not risk his life to make suggestions. Zeng Gong’s injustice is known today. Some people even call Zeng Gong the Yue Wumu of this dynasty. I don’t know who is Qin Hui?"

"If you don't look back, you can't correct the present. The disaster today is all caused by the case of that year. I ask Your Majesty to observe it clearly."

Zhou Mengchen knelt on the ground and was not talking.

Zhou Mengchen's words were not only stunned by Jiajing. Yan Song was also stunned. Xu Jie was also stunned.

Jiajing was very uncomfortable with Zhou Mengchen's words. Although Zhou Mengchen put a lot of words on the so-called Qin Hui. He did not point his sword at Jiajing. After all, the emperor was not wrong, and the minister was wrong. Zhou Mengchen also understood this routine. But even so, Jiajing was still very dissatisfied with Zhou Mengchen because Zhou Mengchen was uneasy about his thoughts.

Because, although Jiajing was dissatisfied with Yan Song at this time, he was not yet at the point of replacing Yan Song.

Jiajing was not angry with Zhou Mengchen. After all, Zhou Mengchen was a meritorious minister today. He just said in his heart: "Oh, why didn't Zhou Mengchen know his hard work?" If it comes, his intention to add a title to Zhou Mengchen will be weak.

Yan Song's hair stood up. He did not look at Zhou Mengchen, but his eyes fell on Xu Jie.

In Yan Song's opinion, this thing was not something Zhou Mengchen dared to do alone.

It must have been instructed by Xu Jie.

Yan Song said in his heart: "This matter must be settled." He immediately said: "Your Majesty, Master Zhou is right. Today's matter is a great victory, but the Tartars offend the Emperor Que is an unprecedented event in a century. I ask Your Majesty to issue an edict to investigate all the behaviors of the guards since the invasion of the Tartars this year, reward merits and punishments. Give an explanation to the people of the world."

Yan Song moved flowers and trees and smoothed Zhou Mengchen's topic. However, the meaning was beyond recognition.

Zhou Mengchen’s focus was to rehabilitate Zeng Xian, who rehabilitated Zeng Xian. Xia Yan had to rehabilitate him, because the cases of the two people were connected together.

However, Yan Song shifted this topic to summarizing the battle and evaluating the behavior of all participants. He intentionally or unintentionally omitted Zeng Xian's affairs.

After hearing Yan Song's words, Xu Jie's heart was shocked and he said to himself: "It's really inappropriate to Zhou Mengchen suddenly come up with this move."

Xu Jie wanted to be strict or not, and even dreamed.

But Xu Jie knew one thing better, that is, the time for being strict is not ripe. At least he could see clearly. In the Ming Dynasty, if there was something that Jiajing was unwilling to do, no matter how much energy others spent, they would not be able to do. Xu Jie immediately said: "What the Chief Auxiliary said is that not only should you reward merits, but you should also be punished to warn the world."

After hearing this, Jiajing nodded and said, "Yes, some people want to give me an explanation."

Jiajing's tone was a little cold. He wanted to give an explanation to someone. Of course, it was not someone else. It was Qiu Luan.

However, at this time, Jiajing was not so anxious to kill Qiu Luan. He wanted Qiu Luan to die clearly. Not only Qiu Luan was going to die, but a large number of officials involved with Qiu Luan were going to die. Now, the battle in Beijing has left the imperial treasury empty. Even if the Tongzhou warehouse is as large as one million stones, let alone all kinds of losses in the capital.

Not to mention anything else, Jiajing's inner treasury alone has more than one million taels.

Jiajing will never forget this account. He will always be recovered. Where can I recover it? Qiu Luan is just one of them, although it is the largest one.

Seeing this, Yan Song immediately said, "Your Majesty, I am now full of devastation inside and outside the capital. The former Shuntian Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture was not good, and I just dismissed. Lord Zhou was promoted to three levels in a row and happened to be the prefecture of Shuntian Prefecture. This is also a great deal of hard work. What does Master Xu think?"

Yan Song said this. It was not for Zhou Mengchen to rescue him. He was afraid that Zhou Mengchen would do anything extreme, such as grabbing Jiajing's sleeve and chatting about Zeng Xian's affairs. Or simply hitting his head and demanding rehabilitation. Yan Song's life would be difficult.

Let’s send Zhou Mengchen first.

The reason why Yan Song was called Shuntian Prefecture is that although the position of Shuntian Prefecture is high, he is essentially a prefect and has a lot of things. Especially after the entire Shuntian Prefecture was ravaged by the Tartars, various things were enough for Zhou Mengchen to be busy. The other third-rank Beijing official is already considered a boss.

Whether he is a main hall in the Jiuqing Yamen or a deputy in the Sixth Ministry, he is a minister who cannot be humiliated. He can already be an important pawn for the cabinet bosses.

But Shuntian Prefecture is different. Although the power is not small, the capital is under the jurisdiction of the Tianfu, but Shuntian Prefecture cannot control anything. After all, this is not another place, it is Beijing. Shuntian Prefecture is just an upgraded version of the provincial capital of Guo.

In addition, this is also hidden in Yan Song's little thoughts. Shuntian Mansion is right to say that it is a Beijing official. It is also a bit reasonable to say that it is a local official. Yan Song knew that he would not kill Zhou Mengchen for a while. After all, Jian was in the emperor's heart. Since he could not kill him, he would be in vain and was ready to kick him far away. Don't come back.

After hearing this, Xu Jie could understand his thoughts about Yan Song. However, he rarely agreed with Yan Song. He immediately said, "I have no objection."

Xu Jie did not join forces with Yan Song. Instead, he had his own thoughts. First of all, the third-rank official flaw is not easy to meet. It is not that if you are promoted to three levels in a row, there is an official flaw waiting for you.
Chapter completed!