Yang Bin Borrows the Power

A letter of pleading written in Cui Chengxiu's personal name was soon sent from the capital to the desk of the prefect of Xuanzhou Yang Bin. Although it was just an ordinary letter, no one dared to neglect the letter that Cui Chengxiu, one of the important ministers of the eunuch party who controlled the government affairs, wanted to send, so in just two or three days, the letter arrived in Xuanzhou thousands of miles away.

Although it was called a letter of mercy, as the Zuodu Imperial Commander, he naturally would not have anything good to a fifth-rank prefect. The letter was full of domineering orders, which made Yang Bin quickly release his cousin and two nephews and punish the Zhao family for one charge. After reading this letter, Yang Bin couldn't help but frown: "It turns out that the people of the Cui family said that they had a backer in Beijing, just to think it was their threatening words, or that there was a relative who was a small and medium-sized official in the capital. Unexpectedly, they had a relationship with Cui Chengxiu, which was difficult to deal with now."

Just as he was holding the letter and making a decision, Master Liao walked in, holding the document that had been processed. Seeing his frown, he asked, "Sir, have you encountered any difficult things? Why not say it out and let the villain advise you." Yang Bin smiled bitterly, handed the letter to the person he trusted the most, and then said, "It's not for the matter of the Cui family. I didn't take me seriously when I saw the Cui family that day. I also put them in prison because of a moment of anger. Unexpectedly, what they said was true. They really have a great backer in Beijing. Now that Lord Cui has come, how do we deal with this matter?"

After reading the letter quickly, Master Liao looked a little ugly: "Look at this point, Lord Cui doesn't take you seriously. The Cui family is already arrogant and domineering in the state because of its wealth, so this time it will hurt people's lives because of a small matter. If the adult retreats this time, I'm afraid they will become more presumptuous in the future, as if it will be difficult for the adults to suppress them again. As the prefect of Ningguo Mansion, if such a person appears under his rule, he will even be attacked in the court. It is possible that he will lose his official position and dismiss his post at that time, so you must not take this step."

"But if I don't follow Lord Cui's wishes, I'm afraid he will be unfavorable to me. As an important official in the court and the Zuodu envoy, he wanted to dismiss me just to raise his hand. What should I do?" Although Yang Bin was willing to make a fair decision, he could still not exchange his future for it. After all, he was not Hai Rui.

"This..." Master Liao also felt that this matter was very difficult. The other party's power was too great, and it was not something that a prefect could resist. At this time, his eyes suddenly fell on the stack of official documents he held. The top one was about the case of Cai Zhaoxu, the magistrate of Jingxian County. He suddenly thought of someone and said hurriedly: "Sir, I thought of someone, maybe he can help you overcome this difficulty."

"Oh? Who is it? Come and listen!" Yang Bin still trusted his master's ability to adapt to changes. Seeing him say this, he immediately became interested. Master Liao took the official document to Yang Bin and said, "Sir, it's this person."

Yang Bin was stunned at first. After reading the matter written in the official document, he knew who Master Liao was referring to: "You mean Tang Feng? No, he is a person who is deeply trusted by Wei Zhongxian in the court, that is, a member of the eunuch party. How could this person be an enemy of us and our colleagues in Beijing? Moreover, this person has left the territory of our Ningguo Mansion and may have returned to Beijing. How can we still ask him for help?"

"Sir, you should have heard of the reason why Tang Feng became famous. When he was the county magistrate of She County, he was unable to stand the local Wang family bullying and imprisoned them. In the end, the matter was in Beijing and was dealt with by the Three Laws. In the end, the power of the Donglin Party was greatly reduced, which made the eunuch party take the lead. This Lord Tang also rose to prominence and reached its current high position. Since he was a seventh-rank county magistrate, he dared to make such a difficult situation with the Wang family, who had a big backer. He also hated evil. If he could know the Cui family, he would have known the Cui family.

If something happened, it might help you. If he had helped you, perhaps Mr. Cui would have less threats to you, Mr. Liao said. Tang Feng's dispute with the Wang family has evolved into many versions with his continuous promotion. The more things are becoming more and more bizarre. Some people even said that being an enemy of the Wang family was because Tang Feng saw that the eunuch party had to fight with the Donglin party. So it was rumored that Tang Feng drove all the people of the Wang family into prison and expressed his loyalty to the eunuch party. All these things were all in one go.

After thinking for a while, Yang Bin shook his head and said, "We are just hearing about what Tang Feng does. How can we guarantee that he is such a person? And people will change. After he has been in the officialdom for a long time, he will be cautious. For the sake of his future, will he become an enemy of Cui Chengxiu for such a thing?" At this point, Yang Bin thought of what he thought just now. Didn't he just look forward to the front and back because of his fear of losing his official position?

"What the lord said is also reasonable. We don't know what kind of person Tang Feng is, but I think he may really help us in this matter." Master Liao still insisted on his own opinion.

"What's the reason? How could you be so sure?" Yang Binqi said.

"Although Cui Chengxiu and him are officials of the same place, they have little interactions with each other, both literary and military. Tang Feng has just gained power and has become a celebrity around Wei Zhongxian, while Cui has always been Wei Zhongxian's confidant. They will inevitably compete in secret in order to compete for Wei Zhongxian's trust. This is a good opportunity for him to take advantage of the situation. I think if Tang Feng is willing, he will definitely not miss this opportunity." Master Liao said with confidence.

After walking a few steps in the hall, Yang Bin nodded and said, "If it is really as you said, Tang Feng is willing to help us, and we can indeed use this method to protect ourselves. But there is still one question, that is, where did this Lord Tang go? He has already left Ningguo Mansion. If he returns to the capital, things will be a little embarrassed."

"You can rest assured that Tang Feng knew where he was going when he left Jingxian. He came to Nanzhili to see his father-in-law in Shexian. It's only three or five days now. I don't think he will leave and return to Beijing yet, so as long as he sends a letter to Tang Feng, as long as he is a person with a heart, he will understand." Master Liao said.

Yang Bin's brows finally stretched: "If I could really borrow his power, it would be a great thing for me and the people of Xuanzhou. Well, I will write a letter and ask him for help to see if he can break our siege." After making up my mind, Yang Bin immediately came to the case and spread the paper and wrote it. After writing all the matter, he sincerely asked Tang Feng for help. After that, he said: "I asked Bao Zheng to bring a letter to She County to see Lord Tang. But there was one thing but he still wanted to ask Master Liao, you. How should I reply to Cui Chengxiu before Tang Feng replied to me?"

"Sir, you can put the two Cui brothers who have hit the government first, so that you can explain to the Cui family first. If Tang Feng refuses to help you, you have to take care of your eyes and let Cui Chengguang come out. Then, you will resign from your official position on the pretext of having a serious illness, so that you can protect yourself!" Master Liao said after thinking for a while.

"There is no choice but to do this. I originally wanted to be a fair and selfless official who pleaded for the people. I didn't expect that the court would be dark and I could only do things against my conscience." After sealing the letter, Yang Bin sighed helplessly.

When this letter of help was sent to She County, Tang Feng was still there as Master Liao guessed. This was not that he really had a deep relationship with the two old people, but because he wanted to avoid the limelight in Beijing first, and at the same time he planned a systematic plan with Tian Jing before going back to Beijing. Although he was in Huizhou, he still knew the situation in Beijing. He also knew that the matter was a bit big. He was the initiator of the matter, so he naturally had to wait until the emperor and Wei Zhongxian's anger disappeared before going back to Beijing. And this time there was a one and a half month holiday, of course he had to spend this one and a half months leisurely before going back to Beijing.

So in the past few days, he either recuperated at home, hunted in the wild with Hu Lie and others, or went to the countryside to meet Tian Jing and talked about some things with him, and had a very happy life. As soon as he came back from outside the city, he saw Bao, who had been to Jingxian County, waiting outside the Liu family that day, which made Tang Feng feel a little strange. He called Bao Zheng into the door and asked, "Why are you here to find me, but is there anything important?"

Bao Zheng immediately handed the letter written by Yang Bin to Tang Feng: "Mr. Tang, this is the letter written by my master to you, saying that you are the only one who can save him now."

Tang Feng received the letter in surprise, wondering that he had only met with this prefect Yang, so why did he take the initiative to write a letter to him for help? But since the other party did this, there must be his reason, Tang Feng opened the envelope and read it. After reading the content in the letter, Tang Feng knew what the reason was. It seemed that the other party also knew that Nan Zhili had the courage to be enemies with Cui Chengxiu, and he had long wanted to deal with him, so he happened to take this opportunity to suppress his arrogance.
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