Bright Spring

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu walked to the inclined corridor, and sure enough, he saw Hou Hai still standing in the corridor.Hou Hai is not tall, wearing a loose red robe, his figure looks a bit thin, he looked back, and immediately knelt down on the brick floor: "I bow to the Holy One, long live the Holy One."

Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his arm and lifted Hou Hai up, "Get up, I kept you waiting for a long time."

Hou Haidao: "I thank you, it is right to wait for the Holy Majesty."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Gaoxu asked directly as he walked in.

Hou Haidao: "Return to the Holy Lord, and guard the affairs of the Northern Department of the Imperial Division."

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and glanced at him again, Hou Hai seemed a little nervous, he stretched out his sleeve and was gently wiping his forehead.The two walked through the partition door one after the other, but there was no one inside.

After Zhu Gaoxu sat down on that chair, Hou Hai bowed his waist and said: "I am negligent, please forgive me."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at him with a frown, waiting for the next sentence.

Hou Hai continued: "Huang Yan, who fled to Mongolia, used to communicate with the mainland through the Wuliangha people. But I ignored this matter."

He pondered for a moment, and then said: "The original Tatar commander named Guo Ang was stationed in Beiping City.

A few years ago, Guo Ang reported an incident, saying that a Wuliangha person named "Flower Boy" came to Beiping; the flower boy brought Huang Yan's token, and the first person to look for was Shi Gusheng, the head of Zhao Wangfu. , in order to take out the money deposited by Huang Yan from the bank.

The minister vaguely remembered that he had read this memorial.Guo Ang stated in the report that after Gu Sheng told him the reason of the incident, he thought that he could use Huang Yan and the Wuliangha people to get news about some Tatar tribes; so Guo Ang asked for orders to continue to keep in touch with the Wuliangha people .

At that time, the minister didn't pay much attention to it, so he thought it was just an ordinary method of the Tatar commander of the Northern Department, so he didn't pay much attention to it.He never told the news to His Majesty. "

Zhu Gaoxu asked: "Then why are you paying attention now?"

Hou Haidao: "Guo Ang sent another secret letter back to the North Office of the Imperial Palace, saying that Gu Sheng had accepted bribes! Guo Ang got the news that the Tatars were going to send envoys to Beijing, and he also found out that the head of Zhao Wangfu, Shi Shu I took money from the 'flower boy' of the Wuliangha people. The minister realized that the situation might not be that simple, so he hurried to report to the Holy Majesty."

After listening to the narration, Zhu Gaoxu subconsciously thought of a question, did Hou Hai collect money before?But Zhu Gaoxu didn't ask.

Hou Hai is a very spiritual person, as if he could guess Zhu Gaoxu's mind, he suddenly said: "I never benefited from it, I was really negligent before."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "Of course, Hou Zuoshi doesn't need to be greedy for petty profits. Lose his status."

Hou Hai breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty taught me the lesson."

Zhu Gaoxu habitually stroked Pingkuo's forehead with his palm a few times. He thought for a while and said, "Shi Gusheng, the Chief of Zhao Wangfu, told Guo Ang about the matter at the beginning. It can be understood that he wanted to reduce the risk of collaborating with the enemy. But This time Gu Sheng dared to accept bribes privately again, what happened?"

Hou Hai frowned and thought for a while, "The joint mentioned by the Holy One is indeed a bit strange."

Zhu Gaoxu asked: "Will the bribes sent by the people of Wuliangha come from the bank?"

Hou Haidao: "Hui Sheng said, no, it is the gold that the Wuliangha people brought to Daming." After he finished speaking, he took out an envelope from his sleeve pocket and presented it with both hands, "This is the original secret letter from Guo Ang. Please have a look."

Zhu Gaoxu took out the paper and quickly browsed through it first.Then he stretched out his hand again, "Have you brought Guo Ang's letter from a few years ago?"

Hou Hai bent down in embarrassment and said, "I'll go back and get it right away."

Zhu Gaoxu withdrew his hand and said, "Bring it to Rouyi Hall tomorrow."

Hou Haidao: "I complied with the decree. However, I read the secret letter again today, and I remember all the reasons."

Zhu Gaoxu said with certainty: "We still need to look at the details. The same thing, different narrative methods, may have different meanings. It's getting late, go back and rest."

Hou Hai kowtowed and said, "I thank you, and I will take my leave."

Zhu Gaoxu sat alone for a while in Dongnuange.

He remembered that the clumsy conspiracy deployed on behalf of the king before was bewitched by his aide Yang Pu.And this Shi Gusheng, the head of Zhao Wangfu, was personally selected by Emperor Taizong, so he shouldn't be like Yang Pu, who was born in a wild way.Moreover, Gu Sheng may not dare to take the money alone.

Gao Sui's face appeared in Zhu Gaoxu's mind again. After thinking about it for a long time, he shook his head slightly again.

He picked up the letter on the royal case, still looking at it carefully.The secret letter also described the "bribery" incident in great detail.

Guo Ang's people first discovered that the "flower boy" from Wuliangha had been to Zhangde Mansion, so they believed that the flower boy had met Chang Shi Gu Sheng.When Guo Ang saw the flower girl from Wuliangha, he spoke out to provoke him.

Guo Ang told the flower boy that when Gu Sheng helped to take out Huang Yan's frozen money from the bank, in addition to cash, he also had a large amount of land deeds.The latter has been fiddled with by Gu Sheng several times, and a large part of it has fallen into the pockets of Gu Sheng and others; these things are the big ones.The cash that Wuliangha people took was less than one-tenth of Huang Yan's money.

The flower girl is very angry.Guo Ang promised some benefits and let the flower girl tell the inside story of his prejudice against Gu Sheng.Only then did I learn that the flower girl took 100 taels of real gold and a letter to see Gu Sheng.

But what was written in the letter from the Mongols is unknown.Zhu Gaoxu even turned the letter over to read, but couldn't find any more content...

That night, Shen Baoyan came to accompany her in Qianqing Palace, and Zhu Gaoxu relaxed a lot.He just felt that the time to meet En Hui today was just right.

After the etiquette the next morning, the first person to wait at the Rouyi Hall was Hou Hai.Hou Hai submitted the old letter stored in the North Office of the Shouyu Division.The old letter is also the handwriting of Guo Ang, the Tatar commander of the Northern Department, which is exactly the same as the handwriting of the letter that Zhu Gaoxu saw yesterday:

Huang Yan was involved in the case of rebellion on behalf of the king. Fearing that his old enemy Wang Jinghong Houxian and others would turn him to death, Huang Yan fled to Tatar through the Wuliangha Mongols.Huang Yan promised a lot of benefits to the Wuliangha people and Tatars who came to meet him, but he had no money; so the Mongols arranged for another Wuliangha person to come back to Beiping to get the money, and he was a flower girl. .

The imperial court did not arrest Huang Yan, no one was caught, and even Huang Yan's charges were not formally settled.So Huang Yan's property in Zhao Wang's mansion was divided up by the people of Zhao Wang's mansion; and the things stored in the bank required Huang Yan's specific tokens and official official documents from the government.Gu Sheng and others couldn't get it by their own means, and they have been sealed in the bank.

Huang Yan also thought of some ways to bring news of some Tatar leaders.He intends to contact Jin Yiwei (Huang Yan thinks that Jin Yiwei is still in charge of these matters) through Zhao Wangfu's old friend Gu Sheng to make a deal.Asking Gu Sheng to help, the flower boy took Huang Yan's token to the bank to collect property; while Huang Yan and his Tatar friends provided news for Jin Yiwei.

The person who took over this matter was not the Jin Yiwei, but the Northern Department of the Defense Department.Guo Ang, who was stationed in Beiping, sent a letter to the Beijing Division for instructions, but because Hou Hai didn't take care of it, the matter was not stopped; so the transaction was successfully concluded.

In fact, the Beijing Department did not get any useful information about this transaction in the end, and of course the Beijing Department did not have any losses, and they did not care about the liquidation | Huang Yan.From the mouths of the Wuliangha people, they only got news that Alutai and the Horqin tribe were married, and so on, which was not new.

"What did the flower girl write in the letter to Gu Sheng recently? That's what we should know." Zhu Gaoxu said casually.

But he quickly came to his senses, because what he said might misunderstand the minister, he immediately reminded Hou Haidao: "Don't worry about this matter for now, so as not to cause complications. I will ask Gao Sui face to face."

Hou Hai bowed and said, "I understand."

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he walked back and forth in Rouyi Hall, still remembering something in his heart.Most of the time, he doesn't write down his thoughts. Once these thoughts are known to others, they are dangerous, and the best destination is to keep them in his heart.

He has some judgments: Zheng He's remaining party, headed by Wang Jinghong, Hou Xian, etc., suffered a fatal blow to their power and connections during the Hongxi Dynasty.It seems that the contacts in the court are not very wide now, at least the Shou Yusi does not buy into Wang Jinghong and others at all.

Otherwise, Huang Yan, the mortal enemy of Wang Jinghong and others, would not be able to conduct transactions with the imperial court through the North Office of the Shouyu Si.As long as there is a way, Wang Jinghong and the others will kill Huang Yan.

Hou Hai's voice said: "I am ashamed that I failed to share my worries for the Holy One."

Zhu Gaoxu came back to his senses, turned around and saw Hou Hai still standing in the middle of the hall, and said kindly: "You don't have to think too much, just reading the report a few years ago is not too important. People are not sages. Nothing wrong? Speaking of which, if even Hou Zuoshi is unreliable, who else can I rely on?"

Hou Hai looked relieved, bowed and said: "I will work hard and work hard for the Holy One."

For a while, Zhu Gaoxu felt that the upper seat was really not a good place to sit.The key is to have a group of people on your own, so that your words and decisions can be heard and effective; and you have to make decisions that are more realistic, otherwise bad things will happen.

At this time, Hou Hai said: "My subject, please leave."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Go and do your business." After a while, he watched Hou Hai's back and disappeared at the gate of Rouyi Hall.

Chapter 9 and Seven

Hou Hai is not the only person Zhu Gaoxu wants to meet this morning, but the person who wants to come is either a cabinet minister or an eunuch.So Zhu Gaoxu asked the ministers to wait for the announcement in the cabinet of Wuying Hall, so as not to wait outside the door.

As soon as Hou Hai left, the next person should be the eunuch Meng Ji.Zhu Gaoxu was behind his big table, watching the memorial while waiting for Meng Ji.

Compared with some places in the harem, even the rich and noble houses in the capital and the gorgeous brothels, the Rouyi Palace where Zhu Gaoxu works is rather simple and unpretentious, but the building specifications are very high and the materials are very expensive.