Xie Qian was turned away at the Duke of England's Mansion. .

Xie Qian is an old fox, and the British Duke Zhang Mao is also extremely smart. At this time, Zhang Mao understood that the situation in the court had changed. Since Liu Jin had not come to the door, he did not want to have a head-on conflict with Liu Jin.

Even though Xie Qian tried every means, he still didn't knock on Zhang Mao's door. Zhang Mao's meaning was very obvious... No matter what happened to the court, I would pretend that I didn't know. Don't come to my house to cause trouble.

Xie Qian was very angry and cursed directly in front of Zhang Mao’s mansion: “…Zhang Tingmian, you are a turtle, you can ignore everything if you want to be a turtle? Don’t forget that your Majesty has entrusted him to the death. You are an important official in the Ming Dynasty. How could you watch the eunuch party cholera?”

The mansion did not move at all. Xie Qian was angry and a little annoyed, and finally he could only leave sadly.

Logically speaking, it is the best way to meet Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, but he did not want to damage his identity and speak humbly to the Zhang brothers. In his opinion, the Zhang brothers were not a good-for-nothing lamp. If Emperor Hongzhi had not been to protect him, the Zhang brothers would have been questioned for misconduct.

"Do I also want to ignore it and leave the ancestor behind?"

Xie Qian thought about it and he could go directly to meet the saint at this time, but that meant that he was going to the leopard room, which was not something he could accept.

In addition, I can only go to see Empress Dowager Zhang.

After all, Empress Dowager Zhang was the emperor's biological mother. She was in the Ming Dynasty, which governed the world with benevolence and filial piety, and had a great status. If Empress Dowager Zhang was willing to speak, Liu Jin had to surrender.

But the question of how to enter the palace stumped Xie Qian again.

It is obviously not possible to walk through the Wumen Gate. You will encounter civil and military officials. Taking sick leave is equivalent to being exposed. Maybe Liu Jin will make things difficult for him.

Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate have similar problems. When these two palace gates enter, they will alarm the eunuchs and the Jinyiwei. Once the matter reaches Liu Jin's ears, he will definitely try every means to obstruct him.

"It's a bit worth seeing the Empress Dowager for this issue. Even if Liu Jin shows off his power in front of all officials, what if he doesn't dare to use civil officials, after all, he still has to rely on civil officials to govern the world. He has long covered the sky, and now he just wants to further establish his prestige! Why don't I go back first and wait and see what happens, and take one step at a time."

After thinking about it, Xie Qian decided not to interfere for the time being and to observe the development of the situation. He returned to the mansion first. If Liu Jin did something more extreme, he would choose to enter the palace to meet Empress Dowager Zhang.

"I don't know who wrote the impeachment memorial. If Liu Jin couldn't find it, would he keep focusing on this issue? But where did the text format of the memorial be seen before? Who wrote it?"

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In front of the Meridian Gate, Liu Jin was still showing off his power, asking the ministers to kneel down and not to say anything, but also taking the opportunity to speak. A eunuch could curse in front of the civil minister who was the toes of the emperor of this era, and the civil minister could only accept it, which made him feel a sense of drifting high.

Liu Jin has always wanted to find the official who impeached him, but no one is willing to admit it.

Afterwards, perhaps Liu Jin was tired and went into the inner palace from the east gate to rest, while the ministers continued to kneel in the sun waiting.

In the afternoon, all the ministers close to Liu Jin left the palace. In addition to Jiao Fang, Liu Yu and others, there were also officials of the Zhan Shifu and the six ministries. These people were very close to Liu Jin, and there were many people with prestigious reputations in the court, such as Liu Ji, the Minister of Rites, and Liu, the Minister of Justice.

Liu Jin seemed to be hinting that if you object to me, you have to kneel down here and bask in the sun. If you are obedient, you can get a exemption and go back early to rest.

In addition to some ministers who were close to Liu Jin, another person was exempted, that is, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Wang Yang.

Wang Yang was spared from trouble because he was close to Liu Jin, but because Wang Yang was a minister after all, and he was already at the top of the civil service group. Liu Jin hoped to win over this way.

The ministers waited until the sun set, but they still did not see the king summoning him. Many people who were determined to cry in front of the emperor and complained about Liu Jin's misconduct were also shaken at this time.

Originally, there was no Wu Dynasty that day, but the emperor never appeared. Many people were inevitably complaining in their hearts. Could it be that Liu Jin's presumptuousness was the result of the emperor's intentional indulgence?

The ministers couldn't help but recall that the emperor and Liu Jin were having a concert in the court two days ago. They suspected that the current scene was the emperor and Liu Jin colluded in advance. At this time, the ministers with firm hearts retreated and no longer hoped that the emperor would appear, but hoped that Liu Jin would give up as soon as possible.

At this time, the eunuchs in the palace were also indignant about Liu Jin's usurpation.

Many eunuchs entered the Nei study and regarded themselves as members of literati. Many of the Hanlin Academy ministers who were punished this time were taught in Nei Shutang, or had the experience of teaching in Nei Shutang, and had a teacher-student friendship with the eunuchs. Now that the teachers are humiliated, they empathize with them, but these people have no real power. They found that if they want to overthrow Liu Jin, they must have a powerful figure to come out and take the lead.

But after Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Han Wen and others retired, no one could pose a threat to Liu Jin, and even the chief assistant of the cabinet Xie Qian became a decoration.

While the ministers were in a state of turmoil, Wang Yang, who escaped from the palace gate, quickly went to see Xie Qian. At this time, Wang Yang knew what was going on in the palace and stood firmly on the side of the civil servant group.

Xie Qian was waiting for news in his study. When he learned that Wang Jiao was coming, he immediately asked the door to invite someone into the study.

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"... Xie Shaofu, you are free. The ministers entered the palace at the time of the silence. Now that the water has not yet entered, many old ministers are exhausted. Even some eunuchs sending water and fruits to their colleagues, they were stopped by Liu Zhe...."

Wang Yang, who has always been calm and unwilling to break up with the eunuch party, has reached the point of being full of righteous indignation.

Xie Qian frowned and said, "What can I do? Now that Liu Jin has not found someone who impeached him, he will never give up. Today, His Majesty will most likely not return to the palace, because he is afraid that the ministers will spend the night in the palace."

Wang Yang sighed: "If it is a young and strong official, he may be able to hold on for a while. If it is an old and weak, he may not be able to survive tonight."

Xie Qian thought about it and suggested, "Since that's the case, then you can go to the palace with me and meet the queen mother together."

Xie Qian proposed to meet the Empress Dowager, and Wang Jiao quickly waved his hand: "Don't, based on what I saw when I left the palace, there were Liu Zhe's eyewitness everywhere in the palace gate. If he discovered it, he would definitely attack it on the grounds that you pretended to be sick. Now the expert factory is in charge of the East and West Factory II and the Jinyiwei, and the palace is almost controlled by him. I am afraid that you will not see the Empress Dowager, let alone Your Majesty."

Xie Qian was a little impatient: "Since you asked me to try to rescue me, this is not OK, that is not OK. What other good methods do you have?"

Wang Yang asked: "Have you ever seen the British Duke?"

Xie Qian said helplessly: "The military officials with titles and honors in the capital are now kept in their doors. Who can they go to see? Could they go to the absurd places in the city and try to see Your Majesty? Let us court officials go to the filthy places to meet the Holy Lord?"

Wang Yan was speechless with a sad face. The two of them stared blankly, without any idea.

Just at this moment, the door hurried in, holding a letter in his hand. Seeing Wang Yang was there, he quickly put it away.

Xie Qian asked, "Why are you here to see me?"

Menzi said: "Master, I have your letter here..."

Seeing that his disciples were evading, Xie Qian knew that there was something strange about the letter, which was not an ordinary letter. He knew that ordinary visits would not be sent to him.

The concierge knew the rules. Since he chose to come and deliver the letter, he must know that the letter was very tight.

"Take it."

Xie Qian didn't ask much, and asked the disciple to hand him the letter.

There was no signature on the letter. When Xie Qian opened the letter and walked towards the desk, Wang Yang couldn't help asking, "Yu Qiao, who is coming to the letter?"

Xie Qian didn't say anything because he didn't know how to answer, and he wondered: "How could this kid write a letter at this critical moment?"

He recognized that the handwriting on it came from Chen Xi, but it was not the font I usually use, but the font that Xie Qian was best at. When Chen Xi wrote his handwriting, Xie Qian knew it.

Suddenly seeing his handwriting, Xie Qian was stunned at first, and then he realized that this was Chen Xi's letter to him. Even if there was no beginning or end on it, he knew that this passage was written by Chen Xi.

"... The eunuchs should take their anger out of the court and look for the culprits everywhere. If there is no result, there will be many people who will be guilty. They will act as people in the palace and spread the trend. Only by fighting with eunuchs can we break the deadlock..."

Xie Qian thought for a while and Chen Xi was reminding him to transfer the disaster into the palace, making Liu Jin feel that the person who was targeting him now was not someone else but the eunuchs in the palace. This was not an impeachment by outsiders of the palace, but an eunuchs in the palace.

"Hiss...how did this kid know that such a thing will happen in the capital? Could it be that he came back first and was in the city at this time?"

Xie Qian murmured in a low voice.

Because Xie Qian's voice was very small, Wang Yang didn't hear what Xie Qian was saying clearly, and immediately asked, "Shangshu Xie, who came from, do you attach so much importance to the letter?"

Xie Qian looked up at Wang Yang, not wanting to explain Chen Xi's letter, and immediately replied: "Nothing else, it's just a note from the previous one."

Wang Yang glanced at him and found that the font was indeed similar to Xie Qian, but he was still a little strange in his heart. Since it was something written by Xie Qian himself, why did he send it in from the door and still look at it and talk about something on his own?

Xie Qian said: "Until now, Liu Jin has not found anyone who did it?"

Wang Yang nodded: "Yes."

Xie Qian asked tentatively: "Is this incident possible caused by internal fighting among eunuchs in the palace? The internal officials wanted to impeach Liu Jin, so that the impeachment memorial was not signed and went directly to the cabinet through the Tongzheng and Envoy Department?"

"this……"

Wang Yang didn't understand Xie Qian's intention for a moment, but he was quick-minded and immediately realized that this might not be the truth, but the countermeasure that Xie Qian came up with.

Don’t you, Liu Jin, think that some ministers impeach you and want to take the opportunity to find the person who memorialized you and impeach you and harm you? Then let you understand now that the person who impeached you is actually a person in the palace, those eunuchs who usually have deep grudges with you.

Even if you are favored now, there are too many people in your position that they want you to step down. These people understand your weaknesses, so it is not surprising that they want to impeach you.

Wang Yang was excited and asked, "Did Shangshu Xie think of any good ideas?"

Xie Qian said: "Jizhi, you may need your help this time. Arrange someone to spread some news, and then said that someone in the inner palace was going to impeach Liu Jin, and the faster the things, the better."

Wang Yang seemed inexplicably and said, "I will spread it in such a hurry, and I don't know when it will be transmitted into the palace... I understand what you mean. You want Liu Zhe to pirate angry with the palace servants, but it will take a while for this matter to spread... My colleagues in the palace can't afford to wait."

Xie Qian said angrily: "You think Liu Jin has today and is not capable? He has set up many suspicious lines among the people. As long as there is news, he will definitely know. He cares about the news of the people very much. It is the evening market. You should send some people first. I will let someone spread this news among the eunuchs in the palace. I hope that Liu Jin will know it within a few hours."

Although he thought this matter was unreliable, Wang Yang still followed Xie Qian's advice. After all, he had no good plans now, so he could only follow Xie Qian's ideas first for emergency response.

After Wang Yang left, Xie Qian asked the servants in the mansion to try to contact the eunuchs in the palace to spread the news that Liu Jin was the one who was a palace servant. Until this time, he still took the letter written by Chen Xi and studied the words and sentences in it.

The more he looked at him, the more he felt that Chen Xi had a good understanding and defeated the enemy invisibly. He began to look forward to Chen Xi returning to the court and fighting side by side with him.

As the sky became darker and darker, the people from the mansion came over to ask for instructions: "Master, the palace gate is about to be closed. If you don't enter the palace, you may not be able to enter. Do you want to see the Queen Mother?"

Xie Qian frowned: "I don't know if the plan can be accomplished. It's inappropriate to see the Empress Dowager at this time. It's been a whole day. Is there any news from the Meridian Gate?"

The next person replied: "No."

Xie Qian hesitated and finally said, "Let's wait for the news first. If it really doesn't work, at worst I will go to the Meridian Gate to see Liu Jin. What can he do to me?"

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The night shrouds the earth.

In front of the Meridian Gate, the ministers were still kneeling there. Some people remembered that the King was blocked by the Jinyiwei. Many ministers were over 60 years old. It was a great insult to them to endure hardships in this environment for a day. Some argued with the Jinyiwei, but there was no good result. They were pushed and knelt back on their original positions.

Liu Jin used the emperor's order to do things, which seemed to be righteous and righteous, while the Jinyiwei was domineering and unreasonable.

Zhang Yuan had been here once before, but he left without asking anything. Some ministers saw it with sharp eyes, thinking that the Empress Dowager sent someone to inquire about the situation, and felt a little more hopeful in his heart, thinking that the Empress Dowager would not bear it, and then he would send someone to contact Liu Jin and let Liu Jin release him.

But until nightfall, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor did not move, and the ministers could only suffer.
To be continued...