At dawn the next day, the news of Ma Xuansheng's mysterious death spread.Originally, in this place in the capital, the death of a young official is really not a big deal.The most important thing at the feet of this son of heaven is to be an official, and the eunuchs and relatives of the emperor have grabbed a lot of them, not to mention a young man who has only been in the court for a long time.But......
Ma Xuansheng's situation is very special.First of all, as we all know, Ma Xuansheng is a celebrity in front of Han Yu, and Han Yu used a lot of political resources in order to cultivate him; Ma Xuansheng's death, if it is an accident, it is good to say, he and Han Yu are unlucky, but if it is man-made, it may be regarded as an attack and provocation against Lord Han, and it is impossible for Han Yu not to be moved.Secondly, the process of Ma Xuansheng's death is really strange, and the information currently known is: there was an explosion in a thatched toilet in the south of the city, and the people who cleaned up the scene after the explosion found the body of the horse, and about the cause of the explosion, there is also information about the suspects involved in the case......
The people of the Terracotta Division were a little flickering.Of course, this is also normal, because if this matter goes deeper, it will be related to the matter of the Baoyuan Inn that night, and the people related to that incident, in addition to Huang Donglai and others and the Ma brothers, there are also the top boss of Wu Jun, and Han Yu behind Ma Xuansheng......
In addition, Ma Xuansheng's series of operations that tried to assassinate others afterwards are not easy to talk about on the table.Therefore, before it is certain that someone can "keep" himself, the head of the Wu army must not dare to say a word.At this point, Wu Juntou, a native of Beijing, still has a clear idea - when you encounter something that you can't hold, leave the words in your stomach, and you still have room to preserve your capital and maneuver, if you spit out all the words, even if what you say is the truth, and you have no responsibility at all, you may die, because at that time you have no hole cards, and your only remaining value is to become someone else's scapegoat.Finally, one more ......
Ma Xuansheng is also a concubine appointed by the emperor, although this family matter has not been done, and he and the princess have not even met, but the news of his death also has to be told to the emperor, and the emperor must also make simple arrangements for the aftermath of this family matter.Let's digress a little here, in the feudal era, in the case of "the two families said that they were married, the man's dowry has been given, and the woman's family has agreed, but the man suddenly died violently for some reason before passing the door", this family affair may not be canceled......
If the man's side is sensible and easy to speak, then maybe the two families will discuss it, and this matter can be settled, but if the man's side has to continue, and the woman's family is powerless to resist, then it is likely to go to the "dark marriage", that is, the woman will pass the door as usual on the wedding day, worship with the dead tablet, and then directly start to be widowed, and be a cow and a horse for her mother-in-law's family for a lifetime.Although this kind of thing is inhumane and unreasonable in the eyes of us modern people, and the probability of it actually happening is not so high (because there are not so many people who just died violently before marriage), but it was true in the past, and it is not an exception.So, back to our book, is it possible that Princess Qingzhen's marriage will evolve into this situation?
Of course it's possible.But what to say......
The final decision is still in the hands of the emperor.If it is said that Princess Qingzhen is arranged to marry the son of a certain general, and the other party just died violently before marriage, then the man does not need to mention it, and the emperor will let the princess hold the tablet and pass through the door, because it is a political marriage, and marrying a dead person can still tie people's hearts than marrying a living person.Correct......
Ma Xuansheng is not a general, nor is he an official eunuch, he is the son of a local tyrant, and he is the only official in their family, and there is no one worthy of appeasement and wooing except him.Can the emperor be willing to let his daughter marry a tablet?
Even those who have extremely weak feelings among the many children, that is, the kind of children who the emperor only treats them as political bargaining chips, will not be sent to do such a free deal.Not to mention, Zhu Qingzhen is one of Zhu Qi's favorite children.It is precisely because of his preference for her that Zhu Zhu will marry her to Ma Xuansheng, a new champion who is "good-looking, talented, young and promising", under Han Yu's rhetoric, instead of sending him to the border for political marriage or marrying into the people.But now that Ma Xuansheng is gone, what else is there to say?
The emperor only needs to say, "Then this marriage will be done", and then others will not say anything more.At this time, who dares to jump out and say bluntly: "You have no jokes, since the emperor has already given marriage, he should be ......" then he is looking for fault, or even death.Where is the boundary?
Very simple......
If you still obey the emperor's wishes after the argument and don't get married, then when you are looking for faults, you may end your career if you look for it a few more times; And if in the end, the emperor fights for a long time and is forced to do as you say, then you just wait......
I won't move you in front of the door, but you are already on the death list, slow as a year or as fast as a few months, anyway, when this matter passes, you may be punished for stepping into the Taihe Hall with your left foot today.Seeing this, some people may want to say, if this is the case, then it won't be long before there will be only some sycophants left around the emperor, right?
That's what you don't know......
Zhu Zhu is a person who looks like an inactive emperor, and sometimes he is a little arrogant and confused, but in fact he is a wise and foolish person who is well versed in the art of the emperor.During his reign of more than 20 years, there have always been contradictions and infighting between the civil and military officials of the court, Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and some other forces, but none of them has ever been too strong or weak, and the person who maintains this "balance" is Zhu Zhu.In addition, the matter mentioned above, which secretly weakened the power of the vassal king, would not have been possible without the emperor's instructions and promises.Therefore, Zhu Zhu is by no means a faint gentleman who only likes to listen to slander.Today, if he is scolded while discussing national affairs, no matter what the result is, he will not hold a grudge against the minister for this; Not only does he not hold grudges, but he will also give credit to the other party according to the results after the fact.But......
The matter of Princess Qingzhen is his family matter, and the result of this matter has almost no impact on Sheji, because even the common people can understand his decision to cancel the marriage, which is human nature, and this move will even show his human feelings, making people feel that "the emperor is also a human and loves his daughter".If someone dares to scare him in this matter, then he will immediately determine that this person has low emotional intelligence and may have a problem with intelligence.This kind of person, if in the process of arguing with him, the taste is wrong, and finally compromises and finds a step down, then he may not pursue it, and can observe and observe; But if the other party still scolds him to the end when he repeatedly gives the steps, then he will definitely not be able to bear it.It's not that you can't bear the other party's rudeness, but you can't bear the other party's incompetence.In Zhu Qi's view, a person who does not know how to be flexible in this kind of thing and cannot be considerate of the emperor's little selfishness, even if he is a moral model and a model of etiquette, he is also an incompetent politician.is incompetent, and has a personal grudge with the emperor, if you don't die, who will die?
To sum up, when Zhu Zhu said "the marriage is abandoned", it is not surprising that no one around him dared to raise objections.Someone here must be asking again, should Han Yu say a few words for the Ma family?
Then you think too much, Han Yu only values Ma Xuansheng, now that Ma Xuansheng is dead, the rest of the Ma family is nothing in his eyes, it can be said that it is useless, how can he offend the emperor for the benefit of the Ma family?
It is impossible for an old fox like Han Yu to make such a low-level mistake.In fact, when the emperor talked about this, Han Yu didn't feel much regret for Ma Xuansheng's death in his heart, and at that moment, he was already thinking about how to make this crisis a turning point and how to gain greater benefits from this loss.For example, in the name of "finding out the truth and seeking justice for Ma Xuansheng", he waited for an opportunity to hit the forces he wanted to fight, and got rid of a few thorns in his side......
Thinking of this, Han Yu had already taken it into account and took the opportunity to speak......
He didn't have any complaints about the emperor's decision to cancel the marriage contract, he just pretended to be sad and began to make a fuss about Ma Xuansheng's death itself, crying in front of the emperor about how good his relationship with Ma Xuansheng's master and apprentice was, while saying nonsense such as that he must thoroughly investigate this matter.Zhu Yu is not stupid, he knows what Han Yu wants, but he doesn't want the other party to get all the power to deal with this incident as he wishes.Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Zhu Yu had a trick with Han Yu, and he handed over the case to Jinyiwei, but at the same time asked Han Yu to "supervise from the side" and "assist in the investigation......
In this way, Han Yu obtained part of the investigation power, but was restrained by the forces of the other side.Han Yu didn't dare to get an inch, so he could only accept this arrangement.So, the investigation began......
After receiving the holy decree, Gao Yuan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, also saw that the case had to be handled cautiously, so he appointed his right-hand man Yun Shi to leave the horse and investigate the case thoroughly with Lord Han.It's really called......
It's not that enemies don't get together.Yun Shili got the "Lake Encounter Immortal Map" in Brother Sun's Mansion last year, and returned to Beijing with the "Jade Tail Immortal" who had a grudge against Han Yu, and he has been secretly looking for Han Yu's flaws for a whole year.It's a pity that the other party's forces are indeed big and cautious, and he has never been allowed to catch any opportunities......
This time it's good, the two sides actually want to "cooperate in the investigation of the case", and the investigation is still the murder case of Ma Xuansheng, a person who is quite close to Han Yu, so Yun Shili can't use the topic to play?
No matter how scheming Han Yu was, he couldn't have thought that Yun Shili, a person who had nothing to do with him, had already targeted him because of a "personal grudge".What he didn't expect was that as the investigation unfolded, he would have to face Sun Yihong and Huang Donglai next......
These two charlatan scum.This leads to that - Han Rulun set up the Young Master's Mansion, and Sun Yihe mistakenly broke into the Ming Yutang.