Chapter 210 – A General’s Success is Done for Ten Thousand Bones
Zhang Anshi actually only said a ‘probably’.
Where did it occur to me that Zhu suddenly became incredibly cold.
The simplicity of a general, and the ruthlessness of an emperor, appeared in one person at the same time, and there was actually no sense of incongruity.
Zhang Anshi said, “This …… this is only expected ……”
Zhang Anshi said, “I thought that …… if it is only these silvers, they can’t do anything great, then …… that Zhang Xingyuan must still be hiding something, of course… . it may not be concealment, but these riches, may not he also know the details.”
Zhang Anshi paused, then said, “In the end, this Xingyuan is just a dog after all, even if he is wise, he is still just a dog, his master, must have means to restrain him.”
“It is just that he both should say all said, although this person will be firm, but to the imperial prison, day and night suffered torture …… as a matter of course …… as a matter of course …… … may be willing to provide clues, after all, his will has been destroyed, in order to suffer less flesh and blood …… come up with a little something, even if it is to make themselves less tortured, think it should be.”
“The question is, why didn’t the Jinyiwei report? Why are there no words? He could have cried out from the citadel that he knew where the treasure was; would he not have spoken under the torture of the imperial prison?”
“There are only two possibilities here, one is that his words, which were completely insufficient to be believed, were scoffed at by the brocade guards, and so were not reported. And the other possibility is ……”
Not waiting for Zhang Anshi to say further, Zhu Zhanji said coldly from the side: “Royal grandfather, I understand, uncle means, either the brocade guards are stupid, or they are bad!”
Zhang Anshi said with an aggrieved look on his face, “No, it’s not like that, I didn’t say that.”
Zhu Di waved his hand, signaling Yiluoha to carry Zhu Zhanji out.
Zhu Zhanji looked displeased.
When only the monarch and minister were left in this hall, Zhu Di said faintly, “This is not a small matter.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty is right, why don …… t you call the Jinyiwei Commander Ji Gang to ask, then everything will be known.”
Zhu stood up and paced a few steps, but said, “It’s not necessary.”
He thought for a moment and said, “If a person really has an idea, he will never turn back even if you give him a hundred chances.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty means to …… suspect …… Commander Ji ……”
Zhu Di just calmly said: “just doubt, he is the jinyiwei commanding officer, is the heart and soul of the minister, I am convinced that the suspects do not use, use people do not doubt the reasoning. Just this thing is too strange, I have to be cautious and prudent …… which involves is a large number of stolen goods, not to mention …… also relates to the jinyiwei …… ”
Zhu Di then, looked deeply at Zhang Anshi: “This matter, you do, I do not ask.”
Zhang Anshi raised his eyes and said, “What does Your Majesty mean by not asking?”
Zhu Di said, “Not to ask is not to ask.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty had better make things clearer, or else I will ……”
Zhu Di, however, glared at him, and then answered, “It’s getting late, I’m going to drive back to the palace, and you’re also good at escorting the royal grandson back to the East Palace.”
Zhang Anshi was a bit exasperated and hated having people guess riddles like this.
But …… when it comes to guessing riddles, Zhang Anshi has a shortcut.
Zhang Anshi obediently said, “Yes.”
Zhang Anshi escorted Zhu Zhanji, and the two of them got on the carriage, Zhu Zhanji was a little tired, but still crawled on Zhang Anshi’s lap, as if he were a lazy cat, in the most comfortable sleeping position.
At this time, Zhu Zhanji slightly opened his eyes, but looked at Zhang Anshi fixedly, and said with a few moments of expectation, “Uncle, can I go to Qixia to see Xiao Liu’er next month?”
Zhang Anshi was not happy, he felt his heart was hurt, and said with a little bit of sadness, “Why don’t you say that you will see A-Uncle?”
Zhu Zhanji justified, “It’s not like A-Uncle is going to run.”
Zhang Anshi was momentarily speechless and finally sighed, “Hey ……”
Gently stroking his head before Zhang Anshi added, “When you come next time, I’ll take you to take a look around the model camp.”
Zhu Zhanji nodded his head a bit and turned to say, “What did Imperial Grandfather say to you just now?”
“You wouldn’t understand if I told you.”
Zhu Zhanji beamed, “How do I know I don’t understand if A-Uncle doesn’t say anything?”
Zhang Anshi frowned and said, “I feel …… well …… how to say it …… just, when you come to Qixia next month, you will know the truth. ”
Zhu Zhanji didn’t pursue this question any further, but said, “A-Uncle will you be as good to me as Royal Grandfather?”
Zhang Anshi said, “Why do you ask?”
Zhu Zhanji said, “I can not say that I do not understand, always feel that A uncle’s heart is more dirty, I see many people grateful to you, but also see A uncle heartless ……”
Zhang Anshi felt that he was scolded by his good nephew, and after two seconds of depression, he sighed, “Good is relative, the reason why you feel that those people in Xiao Liu’er are incredibly grateful to me, but have you ever thought that before that, there were people who were even worse to them? ”
“There is never such a thing as good and bad in the world, only relative good and bad. It’s like this carriage, we sit in the carriage, although we feel very slow, but if your royal master gallops by on horseback, then to him, are we fast or slow?”
Zhu Zhanji frowned, “A-Uncle is talking more and more in a roundabout way.”
Zhang Anshi laughed and said, “This is to teach you the truth, our uncle and nephew are family, no one else will say these things to you, only A-Uncle cares for you.”
Zhang Anshi stroked Zhu Zhanji’s back and suddenly felt that Zhu Zhanji had grown up a lot more than before.
At this time, Zhu Zhanji added: “But when Royal Grandpa is angry, A-Uncle has to hide away.”
Zhang Anshi said without blushing or jumping, “This is Aunty’s way of enduring humiliation and preserving his usefulness, only then will Aunty be able to accompany you in the future, lest anyone harm you.”
“Often times, a person who is truly good to you is thinking of companionship rather than recklessly going out on a limb… You are still so young, and Ah Sister is in the Eastern Palace, and Brother-in-law is too lenient, and there is no Ah Uncle to protect you… What will you do?”
“I’m talking to you ……”
Speaking of which ……
Zhang Anshi, however, realized that Zhu Zhanji was snoring.
Zhang Anshi: “……”
Sent Zhu Zhanji back to the East Palace, without stopping, Zhang Anshi non-stop hoofed it again to the Jixing Temple.
“Greetings, Master Yao.”
Seeing Yao Guangxiao, Zhang Anshi will be pleased to say: “Oops, now the Jixing Temple is not allowed, I’ve been thinking hard these days, are thinking about the burning of the relics of the so-called …… sharpening of the sword …… ”
As soon as Yao Guangxiao saw him, he sighed and said, “Say it, what is it.”
Zhang Anshi snapped, “There are some things that I do want to give advice on.”
Zhang Anshi respectfully looked, then said, “Today …… within the thousand households, searched the stolen goods of thieves, thereafter ……”
Zhang Anshi said the matter of the Brocade Guards one by one, without a trace of jealousy, after all, this is related to their own affairs, add oil and vinegar to affect the judgment of Yao Guangxiao, this is a death sentence!
Yao Guangxiao smiled, “You want to ask His Majesty’s opinion on this, don’t you?”
Zhang Anshi then said, “Ai! His Majesty is really too saintly, it’s just that I’m too stupid, I can’t understand some of the words he explained, I don’t know what His Majesty means by this?”
Yao Guangxiao said very directly, “It means to let you do it.”
Zhang Anshi added: “But …… to do such a thing, the palace does not ask what it means?”
Yao Guangxiao gave Zhang Anshi a deep look, “Not asking is not asking.”
Zhang Anshi, however, was furious and glared at Yao Guangxiao, “I’ll go back and dismantle the furnace that burns the relics, and from now on, it’s a two-shot deal, no, I’ll go to Qixia Temple tomorrow to burn the relics out, and I’ll burn them ten times better than Jimei Temple.”
Yao Guangxiao quickly said, “Marquis Annan don’t be angry. ”
Zhang Anshi exasperatedly said, “I’m being barefaced, but you’re selling me short, do you know that in order to burn the stove, I picked up the coal for you, and I’m so tired that I can’t even straighten my back? The fire of that stove was also blown by me …… I …… I ……”
Yao Guangxiao said, “Actually, His Majesty’s meaning is very simple …… Discipline is no longer useful.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty means …… that Ji Gang is going to collapse? Early to say ah, that is still selling the secret, your majesty to give a decree, Ji Gang is not too dead to die?”
Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhang Anshi strangely and said, “Who said that His Majesty will personally get Ji Gang killed?”
Zhang Anshi said, “But you just said ……”
Yao Guangxiao smiled, ”After getting Ji Gang killed, what about the Brocade Guards? Without the Brocade Guards …… His Majesty in the palace, it is like having no eyes and ears, how can a person have no eyes and ears? Ji Gang is Your Majesty’s eyes and ears, although this ear is a bit backward and the vision is cloudy, it is better than nothing.”
Zhang Anshi thought deeply, and subconsciously said under his breath, “In this way …… His Majesty wants to get him killed and can t get him killed.”
“No!” Yao Guangxiao said, “His Majesty just wants to find a new ear to take this Ji Gang, and replace it.”
Zhang Anshi came to a realization and then said, “Have you found it?”
Yao Guangxiao sighed: “His Majesty is a male lord, the military generals around him, are all people who follow him together to climb out of the sea of blood in the mountains of corpses, what he does not like is those who talk about the army on paper, so from the jinyiwei, he does not like to boast and talk about the army on paper, it is not easy to find such a person ……. ”
Zhang Anshi nodded and said, “What you said makes sense.”
Yao Guangxiao said, “Unless there is a person …… who can prove that he can take charge of the jinyiwei, completely replace Ji Gang, this north and south zhenfuji, ruled in obedience.”
Zhang Anshi was astonished, “I seem to understand.”
Yao Guangxiao said, “That’s why His Majesty said that it’s your own business and he doesn’t ask questions. Have you heard of raising parasites?”
He smiled and said, “The so-called raising parasites is to mount all the poisonous insects together and let them kill each other, leaving only that last one to survive! And the one that survives must be the most highly poisonous parasite in the world!”
“The poor monk did not amuse the meaning of the Annan Hou …… nor did he say that you are that compulsion, just that His Majesty’s meaning …… is roughly this …… what he means is that , within the Jinyiwei, that person who completely holds the power of the Jinyiwei, who can straighten out Ji Gang, who is the last one to survive that one parasite …… As for how to solve …… that is the matter of this person, His Majesty will not ask, nor will he help, he is only a bystander. ”
Zhang Anshi was happy, “So that’s how it is, causing me to think about it for half a day and scaring me.”
Yao Guangxiao smiled, “If I were the Marquis of Annan, I would only be too scared to sleep.”
Zhang Anshi was surprised and said, “Why?”
Yao Guangxiao patiently said, ”Ji Gang is not stupid, even if he didn’t receive the news, he would have smelled a little something. In this world, there are not many things that can be hidden from him. Even if it’s just that he suspected on your majesty’s mind ……, he will never hesitate anymore.”
“What do you mean?” Zhang Anshi subconsciously frowned up.
Yao Guangxiao shook his head and gazed at Zhang Anshi, “Do you understand Ji Gang? Do you know how Ji Gang made his fortune?”
Zhang Anshi’s face became serious and said, “I wish to hear more.”
“At that time, His Majesty was still the King of Yan, and during the march, he suddenly scurried in front of His Majesty’s horse and risked his life to seize His Majesty’s warhorse, requesting to follow His Majesty.”
Zhang Anshi said, “He was just a mere grasshopper at that time, how dare he do that?”
Yao Guangxiao said, ”To be precise, at that time, he was a scholar. It is a very dangerous thing for a scholar …… not to be at ease with his studies, to take the risk of barging in front of His Majesty and withholding his war horse! But whenever His Majesty is furious, his life will be in jeopardy! ”
“But he still dares to do so, which means two things, one: this person is extremely smart. Two, this person …… has a lot of guts, in order to get what he wants, he can do anything.”
After a pause, Yao Guangxiao sighed: “At the beginning, in order to seek riches and wealth, he can risk the danger of killing his head, and now …… he is in a position of great power, and how can he be willing to give away everything he has gained? Do you know there is a kind of person in this world? This kind of person …… even to the end of the road, will never be willing to fail, will not be tied hands, even if it is a great risk, he will not be afraid, who if he dares to block in front of him, no matter who wants to …… he also… …dare to kill them.”
Yao Guangxiao looked deeply at Zhang Anshi and said with a smile, ”Marquis Annan is the wife and brother of the Crown Prince, and His Majesty is extremely favorable to you, there are not many people in the civil and military forces of this Nanking City who would dare to touch you, but if there is really such a person, it would definitely be Ji Gang. Once he realizes that you threaten him, he will never be merciful, and will definitely do it. Even if what he is about to face may be the great crime of plagiarizing his family and destroying his clan, he will not hesitate to do so.”
Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but murmur, “Into his mother, so what Master Yao means is ……”
Yao Guangxiao said, “Either you die or he dies!”
Zhang Anshi said, “Then what should be done about him?”
Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, “This …… poor monk can not say.”
Zhang Anshi was furious: “Your Sherry ……”
Yao Guangxiao sighed: “Don’t always take relics to threaten poor monks, just now you threatened poor monks, poor monks are willing to point you, because you and I still have some old love, poor monks are willing to give you a clear path, so even if there is no relics, poor monks will also say. But how to solve the Ji Gang, even if there are relics, the poor monk still can not say. ”
“There are some things that can’t be said and then can’t be said, this should be something that Marquis Annan should be thinking about, if His Majesty wants to raise this one parasite of yours, he naturally has his deep plans and far-sighted considerations, how can a poor monk talk nonsense?”
Zhang Anshi said bitterly, “Isn’t there anything at all to impart to me? For the sake of the relics ……”
Yao Guangxiao felt himself a bit amused by the guy in front of him, then smiled and said, “Just a word of advice: do your best and never be merciful.”
Zhang Anshi sighed and said, “It is a pity that my heart is good ……”
Yao Guangxiao directly didn’t give a damn about him.
Can ask all asked, Zhang Anshi finally dismayed out of the chicken temple, the heart is heavy.
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On the other hand, Zhu Di returned to the palace, and soon after he took his seat, Yilu Ha served tea.
Zhu Di instead took a strange look at Yiluoha and said, “Why are you so quiet today?”
Yizhuoha laughed dryly, “Your Majesty, the slave girl …… has little ability, naturally dare not talk nonsense.”
Zhu Di said, “I see that you have also been holding back for so long, there are some things that you might as well say.”
“Your Majesty, if Ji Gang …… really has any faults, Your Majesty decrees ……”
Zhu said, “Is he at fault? Where is the evidence?”
Yiluoha said, “Then have someone check the evidence.”
“To check, of course, is the brocade guards to check, he knows too many secrets, is it that I let the Metropolitan Police Force, let the Da Lisi and the Ministry of Justice to check, if it is really find out a little something?”
Yiluoha hurriedly said, “Yes, yes, the brocade guards will go and check.”
Zhu went on to say, “Who dares to check on him, up and down this Jinyiwei?”
Also lost ha eyes a sheet, then frowned: “slave girl understand, also only An Nan Hou to check. Slave girl is just worried, this Ji Gang is not an oil-saving lamp, once perceived the danger …… only afraid ……”
Zhu Di lowered his head and sipped his tea before saying: ”Yes, this is a dog and a mad dog, I am now slowly coming back to my senses. I both let Zhang Anshi investigate this case, at the same time also want to see Zhang Anshi, in the end can bear such a heavy responsibility! Replacement of Ji Gang’s people, must be able to hold down those people up and down the Jin Yi Wei. These people, there is no one is oil lamp! ”
“On top of that, it has to be decisive enough. Zhang Anshi what are good, only I think …… he is a little greedy and afraid of death! Into his mother’s, this eighty percent is learned from the Prince, hey …… them which, playing small on someone to protect, after all, still do not know the danger of the world. A real man, want to do something, to be fast, accurate and ruthless.”
After a pause, Zhu Di then said, “A general will be a great success, some people understand these truths very well, but some people …… even if they understand, after all, they still do not have the means to do it.”
Said Zhu Di sighed: “I can not trust more people, the lone …… person to harness such a large world, and the crown prince …… Prince leniency is good, but also bad. As for the royal grandson …… royal grandson young, this time to make me very pleased, wait for him to grow older, sooner or later he will also be the same as me, will realize that …… this underneath the group of ministers will be for the sake of the benefits of flattering him, the same will be for the sake of the benefits of cheating him, if there is no trustworthy people, can be How to become?”
Speaking here, Zhu Di looked forlorn: “How long can the Daming Jiangshan …… be extended, I can not see, will not think, and do not dare to think. But my grandchildren …… can not be like me ……”
Yizhuoha bowed to the ground and said, “Your Majesty’s painstaking efforts, if the crown prince, the royal grandson, and the Marquis of Annan know ……”
Zhu Di waved his hand, “What the hell can they know, I’m afraid Zhang Anshi is already cursing me for trying to harm him.”
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“Into the motherfucker.” Zhang Anshi cursed, “Wanting the horse to run and not eat grass at the same time, is this what people do?”
Zhang Anshi, who had returned to Qixia, was spraying furiously at Chen Li.
Chen Li looked embarrassed.
Zhang Anshi glared at him and said, “It’s you I’m scolding, you asshole.”
Chen Li sighed in relief and immediately said, “Yes, yes, yes, the marquis scolded the humble, humble …… listened to it very touched, and almost thought ……”
“What else do you think?” Zhang Anshi looked at him angrily.
Chen Li hurriedly said, “No, nothing.”
Zhang Anshi said, “This case, how?”
Chen Li said awkwardly, “It depends on what the Marquis does.”
He stared dead at Zhang Anshi, and then said, “If the marquis …… dares to do it, I dare to do it. If the marquis …… hesitates, I am …… inferior …… inferior ……”
Zhang Anshi, however, said, “What about the brothers below?”
Chen Li hesitated for a moment before saying, “Marquis, the brothers are willing to look forward to Marquis your head, what I said is the truth …… Everyone …… is here in this inner thousand households, what is it for? To close to say, is the marquis you are good to us. To the far side, is not just trying to get a reputation? We all know, only the marquis your water rises, brothers only have the day of the head, this jinyiwei in the head, we talk about it, but also just a thousand within the house, the marquis you are only Commander, then we are under, and counting the fart? ”
“Ji Gang this person, to say that the brethren are not afraid of him in their hearts, that is false, but into his mother’s Ji Gang, he blocked our Hou’s way, is blocking our way, if he lives, the brethren will not be able to die well, this is what else to say? As long as the marquis orders …… the brothers who dare to frown, the family law to serve.”
The Jinyiwei honors family law.
And the family law is extremely harsh, within the thousand households follow the family law system of the North Zhenfu Si, just now not under each other.
Seeing Chen Li with a deadpan look.
Zhang Anshi said, “When soldiers meet and draw their swords, there are quite a few of your former old brothers in that Northern Zhenfu Division.”
Chen Li said without hesitation, “We will kill anyone who stands in your way, Marquis.”
Zhang Anshi thought about it, then said, “Then order it down, give me a thorough investigation! Of course, don’t fight openly, search for evidence in secret first, over at the Imperial Prison, are there any of our men?”
Chen Li said, “There are several ……”
Zhang Anshi said: “North and South Zhenfu Division, and the Palace of the Han generals, including the Imperial Prison, as well as the experience of the Division, this up and down all the people in charge of the situation, to feel clear, who is in charge, in charge of who, I want to a not omitted. Now start …… all people, all use secret language, all within the thousand households of the official documents as well as letters to and from, according to my method of encryption, as well as, within the thousand households, may not be no this Ji Gang insertion of people …… to me to dig out … … …First put a little fake news out, and see the movement ……”
Chen Li earnestly said, “I understand.”
He looked agitated.
To fuck Kijang was something he never dared to think about before.
But to be honest, there was not a single day that he didn’t want to do away with Ji Gang right now.
As long as Ji Gang is around, the Marquis is the Commander of the Jinyiwei Commanders Commander, and he himself will always be a Thousand Household.
If he, Jigang, doesn’t give way, will he be a Thousand Household for the rest of his life?
“I will set it up.”
Zhang Anshi said, “All the Hundred Households and Chief Banners in the Thousand Households will have to come to see me in the next two days, and I will talk to them one by one.”
Chen Li respectfully said, “Yes.”
Zhang Anshi smiled, “Go ahead.”
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In the schoolyard.
The schoolyard in the North Township Division is not large, and at this …… time the weather is cold, many of the trees have long been bare, but only along the small Ho side of the North Township Division, a few weeping willows are still stretching their branches and leaves.
Shooting willow is a game in the army.
And Ji Gang will also continue this rule to the North and South Township Division, the middle of each month, he has to convene the Jinyiwei officers and schools, in this shooting willow.
And this time of year, it’s often Keegan who comes out last.
The rest of the officers and schoolmasters had shot, before Ji Gang beat his horse out.
As soon as he appeared on the scene, the officers and cadets bowed down and said, “Greetings to the Governor.”
Ji Gang is sitting on a horse, and under that willow tree, there is a person standing, which is Pang Ying, the governor of the Northern Zhenfu Division.
Ji Gang, in his old age, beat his horse and galloped.
All of the officers and schools raised their heads and looked at Ji Gang with dead eyes.
Ji Gang had already broken one of his hands, but at that moment, he saw Ji Gang on the horse raise one of his hands and bend his bow and arrow in one fluid motion.
This bow and arrow lead without firing.
With that, the arrow flew out.
The arrow had obviously missed, and only flew out a few feet before sticking into the ground.
All the officers and schools took a look at it, and their faces showed regret.
But just at this moment, that stood under the willow tree of the town governor Pang Ying but violently shook the branches of the willow tree, mouth surprise exclaimed: “Congratulations to the Governor, congratulations to the Governor, the Governor shot the willow branch, shot, the Governor a hundred paces through the poplar …….”
He was so happy he was jumping up and down.
Ji Gang on the horse, on the other hand, collected his bow and arrows in an old-fashioned manner, his eyes not even looking at the arrows that missed not far away.
The officials and colonels heard it, and said, “Congratulations to the Governor, the Governor 100 paces, the humble people …… admire it.”
Kizuna fell off his horse and rightfully walked out of the schoolyard.
The crowd was still acclaiming, “This time the willow shooting, the Governor won the top prize again, the Governor is mighty.”
“Mighty!”
Amidst the praises and exclamations.
Ji Gang came to his duty room with slow steps, and no matter how much jubilation there was outside, there was little expression on his face.
That North Zhenfu Si Zhenfu Pang Ying then gleefully cut off a willow branch and came in, kneeling on the ground, holding this willow branch up to the top of his head, “Please have the Governor verify it.”
Kizuna simply said, “Got it.”
Pang Ying then joyfully said: “Outside the thunder of jubilation, all said that the Governor you arrow without false …… But …… I saw, a thousand households Zhang Jin, a hundred households Liu Wenwu two people, the face of the wrath of the color, I was wondering …… whether they have any preconceived notions about you, Dudu.”
Ji Gang said, “This is the wolf that can’t be raised ……”
“Right right right.” Pang Ying said, “This wolf cub …… is not something, I thought …… that such a person …… could not be trusted … . why don’t we send them out of the capital to …… avoid them getting in the way of the Governor’s eyes in the capital.”
Ji Gang said, “Why do you want to call out of the capital?”
“Ah …… humble ……”
Ji Gang calmly said, “In a few days …… there is a case, let them do it, and after …… searching their homes, now this guard, many people’s hands and feet are not clean, it is time to clean up one or two. ”
Pang Ying listened to it and winced, then said: ”Right. Into his mother, this group of disorganized officials, not the family law, they do not know how to die! There is also that Chen Li, this is also a thing that eats the inside and outside …… if there is a chance ……”