Chapter 701 It's none of our business
"You can eat randomly, and you can't say anything randomly. My Royal Horse Prison is staying well in Beijing. Why did you go to Jiangnan to kill and set fire?"
Ma Tang is a new noble in the palace and is highly valued by the emperor. Although Liu Jixiang is not a master of the rituals, he is also a veteran of the three dynasties and the admiral of the four guards. In terms of qualifications and power, he is not much weaker than Ma Tang. This statement will not give him much good face.
"I'm talking nonsense?"
Ma Tang slapped the table with a "bar" and pointed to the two memorials and notes on the table and said, "These are memorials that Tongzhengsi have received in the past few days. A few of them are memorials by Nanjing Minister of War and Ying Tian Fuchen. On it, there are black and white words that Wei Liangchen was taking your soldiers from the Imperial Horse Prison to kill and set fire in Wuxi. You, the Imperial Horse Prison, dare not admit it!"
"Old Liu, do you need to explain this to us clearly and understand it. The emperor will ask you more." The person who spoke was Qian Zhong.
Sun Xian also said, "Yes, the matter is so big, Master Ye is watching him closely. If you don't give me an explanation, Master Ge is stacking up the stall, so the emperor will ask us?"
Jin Zhong glanced at Sun Xian, but did not say anything, and remained silent as before.
Liu Jixiang saw it and sneered inwardly. It was rare for his ancestors and Qian Zhong to speak with Ma Tang, but he didn't know what the deal was behind it.
Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "It's all right. Since there is something wrong, we have to deal with it impartially. If there is anything, the censors outside might have to refer to us old people covering up Wei Liangchen."
Zhang Cheng's words made Liu Jixiang feel very strange. As far as he knows, Zhang Cheng is the behind-the-scenes driver of Wei Liangchen's going to sea. It is logical that he should support Wei Liangchen, but why are hesitating to break the bridge now?
"Can you do it?" The old lady Wang Shun put down the playful Yu Ruyi in her hand and said, "The Empress Dowager also spoke about Jiangnan. The Empress Dowager didn't want the Jiangnan incident to be too big, and he didn't want anyone to use this to accuse the emperor. Therefore, the Empress Dowager hopes that we can quickly get things done so that we won't talk about this matter outside all day long."
"The Queen Mother has spoken. What else is there to discuss about this matter? Just catch and lock people."
The Empress Dowager asked about this and made Ma Tang very confident. He said that he and Wei Liangchen had never seen each other before, so he had no reason to kill this boy, but the two sides had a grudge.
When beating a dog, it depends on the owner. Zhao Jinchao is Cao Jukui's man, Cao Jukui is his man. Wei Liangchen killed Zhao Jinchao to make him ugly.
In the previous period, Cao Jukui made a private decision without getting his own instructions, and wanted to use the Dongchang with Wei Liangchen to shake the mountain and give the old guys a warning, but the matter was ruined.
This made Ma Tang very passive after entering Beijing. Several of the gears that supported him in the East Factory were transferred, making it difficult for him to reach his hand directly into the East Factory. In this way, Ma Tang naturally hated Wei Liangchen to the core.
I had never had a chance at first, but now I have the opportunity to vent my hatred, so I will kill Wei Liangchen. This is also a lesson for Jin Zhong. When I am old, I have to know each other and don’t occupy the pit and don’t poop.
Several of them, Liang Dong, did not speak, but their general attitude was already very obvious. In addition to Jin Zhong, they all mean to punish Wei Liangchen.
Liu Jixiang thought to himself that you, Lao Jin, would not say a few more words, and this matter would be blocked.
"I can't tell you all, let's say a few words." Jin Zhong couldn't stop talking. He chuckled, "Everything has black and white, right and wrong, and there are straightforward things. What kind of killing and setting fires? We don't think so. The report from Wuxi County is different from what the few said. If it is true, Wei Liangchen not only has no mistakes, but also has achievements."
Qian Zhong laughed dryly: "Eunuch Jin, everyone knows that the boy named Wei is under your name, but protecting shorts is not such a way to protect shorts, right?"
"We don't protect our shortcomings, and the truth of the matter has not been revealed yet. How can we just listen to it? Besides, a county magistrate and a county magistrate died in Wuxi. The yamen were all called a disturbance and a civilian attack. It is no problem to say that the civilians are changing. So, let's think this matter is strange. As the party involved, the official documents reported by Wuxi are completely different from those of Changzhou, Suzhou, and Yingtian Fuchen? What's going on? Do you need to check it?"
Speaking of this, Jin Zhong raised his eyebrows, "We are still saying what we said just now. If you want to investigate, you have to investigate it to the end. If you want to believe it, you have to understand it. Our family is thinking about whether we should ask Wei Liangchen to come up with another question book and explain this matter clearly. Then let's discuss and deal with it together?"
"After all the time, your Eunuch Jin is trying to protect others in a different way!" Ma Tang snorted. He and Jin Zhong were quarreling hard just now.
Jin Zhong ignored Ma Tang and said to everyone: "We want to remind you that there are often civil rebellions in Jiangnan. You will never forget the grievances of Sun Long, the weaving of Suzhou and Hangzhou weaving, right?"
"I heard that Sun Long is hiding in Hangzhou now and even dares to go to Suzhou. It's not easy for Jiangnan people to mess with." Liang Dong next to Jin Zhong smiled.
"What does Sun Long do when talking about Wei Liangchen?" Ma Tang grinned and looked at Liu Jixiang, "You Governor Liu, please tell me, the one who is accomplices for the tiger is your soldiers of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. You Governor Liu can't stay out of it, right?"
Liu Jixiang's face remained unchanged: "Eunuch Ma, let me say another word, the four guards of Tengxiang have not left the capital, please don't wrongly accuse me of the Imperial Horse Prison again."
Ma Tang was angry when he shouted, and he stood up: "It's not your soldiers from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but what Wei Liangchen brought was a monkey that popped out of the crack of the stone!"
"Old Liu, we know that you are the one who protects your shortcomings, but can you protect this kind of thing?" Sun Xian pointed to the memorial book on Ma Tang's table, "Not to mention the matter in Wuxi, is it a random killing of innocent people or quelling the rebellion. I will only ask you Lao Liu, is the soldiers brought by Wei Liangchen from your Wuxiang Right Guard?"
Liu Jixiang shouted when he heard this: "Wang Yongshou!"
"I'm here!"
"Tell my ancestors and my father-in-law, where are the soldiers of your Wuxiang Right Guard?"
Wang Yongshou bowed forward and said respectfully: "Report to my ancestors, my father-in-law, my Wuxiang Right Guard has 3,200 soldiers, all of whom are stationed in Nanhaizi, and no soldiers are going south."
"How is that possible!"
Ma Tang looked shocked, "Cao Shipin is clearly talking about your Wuxiang Right Guard Houying Banner."
"Return to Eunuch Ma's words, I, Wuxiang Right Guard, have no flag army in the Houying camp." After Wang Yongshou said that, he bowed and took a step back.
"Where did Wei Liangchen's soldiers come from?"
Qian Zhong was confused when he heard this. Didn’t Jiangnan say that the people who killed and set fire to the inner court were the imperial guards who went to Beijing? Who else could this imperial guard besides the Tengxiang Guards?
"As far as we know, the soldiers brought by Wei Liangchen were his own, not from my Massage Prison. If you don't believe it, you can ask Eunuch Zhang." Liu Jixiang looked at Zhang Cheng with a smile.
Zhang Cheng cursed inwardly, and when he saw Sun Xian looking at him, he had to say, "I heard that Wei Liangchen was recruiting soldiers from his hometown of Suning."
After hearing this, Sun Xian nodded, turned to Liu Jixiang and asked, "Old Liu, we can understand that Wei Liangchen's soldiers have been in your Nanhaizi for a long time. You now say that his soldiers have nothing to do with your Royal Horse Prison, so it's hard to say."
Liu Jixiang did not defend himself, but said: "The emperor knows this."
"The Emperor?"
Sun Xian was stunned. Zhang Cheng was also very upset over there, because he really told the emperor that Wei Liangchen had recruited soldiers to set up a camp in Nanyuan to train soldiers.
Qian Zhong and others heard that the emperor knew about this, but they didn't know what to say.
But Ma Tang thought of something and sneered: "What a joke, why should a supervisor of an internal official recruit?
"Eunuch Ma seems to have recruited a lot of soldiers in Tianjin." Jin Zhong faced tit-for-tat.
Ma Tang was angry: "I'm not a soldier, I'm just a helper who helps me collect taxes and handles the money."
Chapter completed!