"What does this Wang Ruoxu want to do?" Yang Tinghe had a gloomy face.

Liang Chu sighed and said, "Jiefu hasn't seen it yet? Wang Er is His Majesty's man from beginning to end! ”

Yang Tinghe said extremely depressedly: "Then why did he ask to marry Huang Mingyu's daughter?" Are you still quite close to my home repair (Yang Shen)? ”

"It's just to paralyze us." Liang Chu said.

"Then why did you frame me today? Could it be that seeing that I was snubbed by His Majesty, he jumped out and wanted to tear his face with me? Yang Tinghe still couldn't figure it out.

Liang Chu guessed: "Maybe it was at the behest of His Majesty that he used the mouths of Liu Dongchuan and Wang Ruoxu to beat you and me!" ”

Yang Tinghe gradually calmed down, nodded and said, "Most likely...... No, it must be! Without His Majesty's permission, with the situation of Wang Er at this time, it would never be possible to say such a thing! Yang Tinghe looked lonely and lamented, "Your Majesty, you and I are the monarch and minister, why is this so!" ”

Yang Tinghe is loyal to Zhu Houzhao, at least at this time. He also wanted to be a famous face for all generations, and he also wanted to assist the emperor in rejuvenating the Ming Dynasty, but the concept of governance was completely different from that of the emperor, and it was difficult to implement reforms due to various conditions.

Liang Chu reminded: "In the past six months, it is not appropriate to have any twists and turns in order to stabilize the court. ”

"It should be like ......" Yang Tinghe suddenly shut up, because the cabinet minister Fei Hong came in.

The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty did not have a quota.

The number of its cabinet ministers is generally more than five, and there are often seven, and the Chongzhen Dynasty even has a situation where nine cabinet ministers coexist.

What's even more bizarre is the Wanli Dynasty, for a period of time, there was only the first assistant left in the cabinet, and the people of the time called it "Duxiang". It was not that Shoufu wanted to seize power alone, but Wanli was slacking in government, when the shortage of Beijing officials reached two-thirds, and the real estate market in Beijing, which had always been tight, collapsed.

Today's cabinet is also very depressed, with only three people: Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, and Fei Hong.

In the Zhengde Dynasty, where the cabinet had not yet overwhelmed the six ministries, the smaller the number of cabinet ministers, the smaller the influence of the cabinet. This situation made Yang Tinghe very unhappy, and he begged the emperor several times to make up the cabinet to five people, but Zhu Houzhao always pretended to be deaf and dumb.

There are only three cabinet ministers left, but Fei Hong is still an immortal cultivator.

Fei Hong never took the initiative to take a stand, nor did he oppose anyone. You said that he was a vegetarian meal, this guy is extremely capable, and he quickly dealt with tricky things.

Sometimes, Yang Tinghe feels that Fei Hong is his own person, and sometimes he feels that Fei Hong is the emperor's party. Anyway, it is unpredictable, it is difficult to judge accurately, and it is difficult to understand in the clouds.

Fei Hong walked in and said: "After the dispersal of the dynasty, His Majesty summoned me to make a decision, talked about the opening of the department in Guizhou, and asked me how many people in Guizhou should be set. ”

Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu looked at each other, the three ministers, what does the emperor mean by summoning Fei Hong alone?

"How does Wen Xian answer?" Yang Tinghe asked.

Fei Hong said: "I can set it at twenty-three people. ”

Yang Tinghe was able to accept this number and said: "Wenxian is old-fashioned! ”

Fei Hong said again: "Your Majesty said, it seems that there are too few, and it is not easy for Guizhou scholars, let me come back to discuss with the two." ”

Liang Chu said: "Then twenty-five people." ”

Yang Tinghe has been so pressed by the emperor that he can't raise his head, how dare he make trouble again? I could only pinch my nose and admit it: "It's twenty-five people, no more." ”

In the past, there were a total of 50 people in Yunnan and Guizhou, including 31 in Yunnan and 19 in Guizhou.

Liu Jin fooled around when he was in power, and promoted the Zhongbang and Beibang areas together, increasing the number of people in Yunnan to 34 and Guizhou to 21.

After Liu Jin's downfall, the quota in other provinces was restored to the old system. Only the quota for the Yunguixiang test remained unchanged under the leadership of Li Dongyang, which could be regarded as following Liu Jin's policy, with the purpose of strengthening control over the southwest frontier.

Now that Guizhou has opened a department, the number of students has been increased to twenty-five, which is equivalent to an increase of four again!

"How much should be the quota in Yunnan?" Fei Hong asked again.

Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu suddenly had a headache, Yunnan and Guizhou were originally one, and Guizhou had increased, can Yunnan not express it?

"Thirty-five in Yunnan." Yang Tinghe only added one place to Yunnan.

The cabinet's decision has not yet been approved, and Yang Yiqing suddenly went up and asked to increase the number of places in the Yunnan Township Examination to forty!

Yang Yiqing learned badly and took the opportunity to run to share the work.

As a native of Sichuan, Liu Chun turned his back on Sichuan scholars, and actually supported Yang Yiqing.

As a result, a situation was formed in which the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites joined forces to deal with the cabinet, and the emperor approved Yang Yiqing's dismissal.

Since then, the number of places in the Yunnan Township Examination has increased from 34 to 40; The number of places in the Guizhou Township Examination has increased from 21 to 25.

Yunnan is the biggest winner!

Yunnan scholars, in the future, they will also read Wang Yuan's good, of course, they prefer Yang Yiqing.

……

A few days later, Wang Yuan took Wei Ying to the leopard room to meet the emperor.

After a friendly conversation between the monarchs and ministers, Zhu Hou gave Wei Ying a level of grace and gave him a bullfighting suit to show his favor.

At the same time, on the grounds that Guizhou Right Xuanwei made Song Ren seriously ill and childless, Song Linger was temporarily appointed as the Guizhou Right Xuanwei envoy and had full authority to act in charge of the military and political affairs of the Shuidong Nine Governors (three of the Song family's chieftains were changed to land).

"Erlang, I heard that you are getting married, this is my wedding gift from the emperor's brother." Concubine Zhuang ordered someone to move something.

Several eunuchs brought the gifts, which were covered with a layer of red cloth.

Zhu Houzhao smiled: "Uncover it!" ”

Wang Yuan took off the red cloth, and inside was a red coral. It's like a rockery, red and dripping blood, I'm afraid this thing is worth a thousand gold!

Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, this thing is too valuable. ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "If you accept what the overseas barbarians offer." ”

How could it be possible to offer such a valuable thing when barbarians from overseas came from thousands of miles? The tariff is divided, and the money and grain are kept in the place, and the rare goods are presented to the palace.

Wang Yuan thought to himself: Your Majesty, if you really want to give a gift, hurry up and make Concubine Zhuang's belly bigger, there has been no movement for half a year. If I don't leave an heir, what will I do in the future!

Zhu Houzhao's thinking was very out-of-the-box, and he had just finished giving the wedding gift, and said inexplicably: "Erlang, you said that there are gods in the world?" ”

Wang Yuan was puzzled by what he meant, and said ambiguously: "Zi is silent, and the strange power is confused. ”

Concubine Zhuang explained beside her: "The Yellow River has burst. Liu Kai, the right deputy envoy of the prime minister's river, did not think of building the river embankment, but sacrificed to the spirit of the mountains and rivers. Li Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, thought that he was wrong to worship and should worship Hebo. So, Liu Kai went to worship Hebo again, and Li Qi still had the face to ask for credit for Liu Kai. Now public opinion is raging, and the officials are impeaching these two. ”

Wang Yuan was speechless for a while, the Yellow River burst, the embankment was not repaired, only the gods were sacrificed, and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry actually had the face to ask for credit for the governor of the river!

Zhu Houzhao estimated that he was also tired, and asked, "Erlang, do you say that I am so much like a faint king?" I really want to reward Liu Kai, I'm afraid it will become a joke for the ages. ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, please strike the secretary of the Ministry of Strike, Li Qi, and the governor of the river, Liu Kai!" ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "The Ministry of Industry has no choice but to leave one or two books for Yang Gelao." I'm sure I'll change the governor of the river, is there a suitable candidate for Erlang? ”

I'm good at engineering!

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, what do you think of the ministers?" ”

Zhu Houzhao asked rhetorically: "Will you tidy up the river?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "Willing to give it a try!" ”

Wang Yuan dared to ask for his life, and Zhu Houzhao dared to appoint him, he said: "Okay, after you get married, you will go to repair the Yellow River as a member of the imperial history." ”

Wang Yuan also said: "Your Majesty, the minister's mentor Bo'an Gong (Wang Yangming) once performed his duties in the Ministry of Works and built a mausoleum for Wei Ning Bodu. The minister requested that the Duke of Bo'an be appointed as the deputy envoy, and we would work together to govern the Yellow River! ”

"Quasi-play." Zhu Houzhao agreed very simply.

With the merit of controlling the Yellow River, Wang Yangming can be transferred back to the central government!