Yang Feiyuan was demoted from the cabinet, Chang'an Yang was copied, and these two bombshells caused shocks in officialdom.

Many officials involved in the Yang family are secretly worried, will Your Majesty investigate to the end?

King Jing's Mansion.

Today, King Jing Xiao Jing set up a banquet and invited Duan Wang Xiao Feng, and at the same time, there were also scholars from Shang and Jin Universities. The choice of this time to hold a banquet is naturally not for drinking, but related to Yang Feiyuan's demotion from the cabinet.

Shang Jin was a scholar of Dongge University and a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Feiyuan's situation caused him to worry, and his granddaughter was about to marry King Jing, so he came to negotiate with King Jing. Recently, King Jing and Xiao Feng have been close, so there was this dinner.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the content of the conversation between the three of them got to the point.

Xiao Feng was also puzzled, so he said: "Lord Shang, the prince has many doubts about Yang Feiyuan and Chang'an Yang's actions this time. First, Chang'an Yang's house was raided, and only Yang Feiyuan's younger brother Yang Feikai had an accident, and it is said that 80 million taels were copied, which just made Yang's hemorrhage, but this money is not all of Yang's savings. The prince is so insidious and greedy for money, how could he let go of this big fat meat? ”

"Secondly, Yang Feiyuan chose to remain silent and acquiesced to this result, he has a lot of chips in his hands."

"Third, Yang Feiyuan was demoted from the cabinet because of the involvement of the Yang family, but he still has the power of the head of the household, and his father looks angry, but the punishment of him is not serious, is it possible to understand his previous merits?"

"So I suspect that this is not the prince's idea at all, but the father's idea! The prince is just a person who does things, rushing to the front and doing things that offend people. In addition, Yang Feiyuan's silence was naturally a compromise, and the strong man broke his arm and saved the Yang family. ”

Xiao Feng hit the nail on the head and saw the truth.

Shang Jin is the oldest of the five scholars, and now he is thirty in his sixties, and he has been in officialdom for more than 40 years, and he has long learned to see the essence through problems.

If it's just that the crown prince wants to rectify Yang Feiyuan and the Yang family, Shang Jin doesn't have to be so afraid at all, what he is afraid of is like what King Duan said, the person behind it is Your Majesty!

Shang Jin sighed: "What His Royal Highness King Duan said is extremely true, and this is what I am most worried about. ”

Xiao Jing's overall view and analytical skills were far behind, and he was surprised: "I still can't understand why Your Majesty is doing this!" No one dares to refute His Majesty's prestige, and it is a matter of one sentence to investigate any important minister, so why let the prince offend people? Could it be that His Majesty deliberately suppressed the crown prince? Let the prince offend the important ministers, after all, the prince's strength is very strong now! ”

Xiao Feng shook his head and said, "It's not suppression, Your Majesty loves the prince a lot, not to mention that with Your Majesty's means, you don't bother to beat it at all." If this matter was planned by His Majesty, then His Majesty's intentions are intriguing, Lord Shang, what do you think? ”

Shang Jin sighed: "Two highnesses, I suspect that Your Majesty wants to rectify the cabinet, and the raid on the Yang family is just an excuse, and letting Yang Feiyuan leave the cabinet is the purpose." And the next step, it's me. ”

"Straighten out the cabinet?" Xiao Jing was taken aback, as the most prominent institution in Great Xia, the cabinet is the coveted position of all officials, and the five cabinet elders are all high-powered ministers, and they will not be suddenly rectified for no reason.

Xiao Feng sighed: "The scholar of commerce guessed correctly, Your Majesty should be rectifying the cabinet. Yang Feiyuan is a member of the Jin Dynasty, and he needs to leave the cabinet, and the next step is Lord Shang..."

Shang Jin is regarded as the first line of King Jing, first there is Yang Feiyuan, and then there is Shang Jin, this is to drive the person who is on the wrong side out of the cabinet.

As for the remaining three, Li Mingchong is the first assistant of the cabinet and will basically not move. Cheng Ming and Lu Yuanzheng were loyal to His Majesty, did not support any prince, and it is estimated that they will not move.

"Is there a way to do it?" Xiao Jing asked nervously.

Xiao Feng looked at Shang Jin.

Shang Jin said leisurely: "Your Majesty asked the crown prince to do this, which shows Your Majesty's determination, if you want to resist, you have to face Your Majesty, it is extremely difficult!" ”

Xiao Jing scolded secretly, once he left the cabinet, he would lose a lot of power. For example, Yang Feiyuan, who was originally in charge of the household department, can also manage other political affairs, involving other government offices and local state capitals, once he leaves the cabinet, he can only manage the household department.

If the Cabinet Scholars are in the first order, then the six Shangshu can only be ranked in the second order.

Suddenly, Xiao Feng thought of another thing.

Yang Feiyuan left the cabinet, so who will add it?

Now that Great Xia has expanded the fourteen states of Anxi, the territory has increased by one-third, not counting the territory of Qi occupied by the north, the expansion of the territory is bound to increase political affairs, according to the usual practice, the cabinet scholars are basically five to eight people, and now there are only four people left, and it is impossible for His Majesty not to supplement.

His uncle Huo Xingye is the secretary of the military department, does he have a chance to enter the cabinet this time?

As soon as this idea came up, it was vetoed by Xiao Feng.

Huo Xingye is too young, and the most important thing is that he has never entered Hanlin!

"Non-Jinshi will not enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin will not enter the cabinet", although this is not the promotion system of Great Xia, it is also a tacit rule.

Among the six departments, only the Ministry of Industry is left.

Du Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry?

It is estimated that it is impossible, because he is incompetent.

Is it possible to choose from the squire or the Hanlin Academy?

Cheng Ming is a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and he did not take a temporary post in the Sixth Ministry, but he also entered the Cabinet, and it is common for the Sixth Ministry to enter the Cabinet to participate in political affairs.

Xiao Feng sighed, who enters the cabinet depends on Your Majesty, ordinary people can't control it at all, and Your Majesty is too wise to be troublesome.

All three of them sighed secretly, drank their own wines, and did not say much.

After a while, Xiao Jing suddenly said fiercely: "Your Majesty's rectification of the cabinet is the purpose, since it is to let the prince go out, then we will make it difficult for the prince to do it." Cui Changwen, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Song Ci, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, and Guo Ziyi, the left attendant of the Military Department, are all confidants of the prince, so it is better to find some trouble for them! It's best to be able to knock down three people, and if you can't pull him, you can disgust him, fourth brother, what can you do? ”

Xiao Feng nodded and responded, "Okay!" That's what I'm doing. ”

He had long wanted to cut out the prince's wings, but he traced it for a long time and found that whether it was Cui Changwen, Song Ci or Guo Ziyi, they were all honest and honest officials, and it was difficult to find evidence of their crimes. I don't know where the prince found such a clean official!

"Lord Shang, what do you think?" Xiao Jing asked eagerly.

Shang Jin made a suggestion: "Even if these three people are dragged down, the impact on the crown prince is very small, and if you want the prince to lose power, you must disappoint Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Jing's smile froze, and he lost his motivation in an instant.

Xiao Feng couldn't help but sigh, and he had no clue.

The banquet went on late at night, and the three of them didn't discuss a reason before it ended.

Xiao Feng returned to the palace in a carriage, passing through a street, suddenly someone released a cold arrow attack, and the accompanying guards pursued unsuccessfully, but found that there was a letter on the arrow feather.

"Your Highness, please take a look." The guard presented the arrow feather to Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng took the arrow feather and found that the material and production process of this arrow shaft were different from those of Daxia, and after he hurriedly took down the letter to check it, his face immediately appeared happy.

Then the carriage was ordered to continue to return.

After the hour, the streets of the curfew were deserted, except for the soldiers of the patrol battalion.

Xiao Feng quietly left the palace in night clothes, went to a quiet mansion in the west of the city, and knocked on the back door.

Crunch...

The door was opened, and inside the door was a scholar, and he asked, "What is the prince doing late at night?" ”

Xiao Feng said: "Walk on the clouds. ”

The scholar immediately invited Xiao Feng in, and after coming to a room, Xiao Feng saw his relative, Huang Qilin.

"Grandfather!" Xiao Feng's eyes were red, and he immediately stepped forward to worship.

Huang Qilin held Xiao Feng and said with a smile: "Feng'er, get up quickly, you are a prince, how can you worship a fugitive like me?" ”

Xiao Feng shook his head and said, "In my grandson's heart, my grandfather is my most important person. ”

Huang Qilin was greatly moved, pulled Xiao Feng to sit down, and said with a smile: "Last time, I cheated you to death, because I was afraid that you would be impulsive, don't blame my grandfather." ”

Xiao Feng said: "Naturally, my grandson won't blame, but it's a pity that my grandfather's whereabouts are still leaked, and my grandson can't wait to kill Xiao Rui!" ”

"Hey, it's a pity that a God-given opportunity has already caught Xiao Rui, and even let him run away, missing the opportunity, regretting not being at the beginning." Huang Qilin said regretfully.

Xiao Feng didn't know what happened that night, and only after listening to Huang Qilin's narration did he understand the beginning and the end.

"My grandfather also wanted to get gunpowder, besides, this gunpowder is really so powerful and mysterious? I've never heard of it in Kyoto? Xiao Feng asked.

Huang Qilin sighed: "The power of gunpowder has surpassed manpower, the crown prince and the Xia Emperor know the power of gunpowder, so the concealment is very good, and the production and testing are in the Tiger Pavilion." The Tiger Pavilion was outside the city, and the defense was as strict as that of the forbidden army, and gunpowder was produced there. I bribed a few of the craftsmen of the Tiger Pavilion to come up with the recipe for gunpowder, but to no avail. So I can only study it myself..."

"The only fortunate thing is that when Xiao Rui brought gunpowder into the palace of Emperor Zhao, it was through alchemy medicinal materials, and an imperial doctor secretly hid some gunpowder and I found it. However, there are many types in it, and many of them are used to cover up, so it is too difficult to reverse the formula through gunpowder, and for today's plan, we can only arrange alchemists to develop and invent themselves. ”

"Grandfather, have you been in Kyoto all this time?" Xiao Feng asked.

Huang Qilin shook his head and said, "I just returned, and I went to a place to meet my friends before." I won't stay too long when I come back this time, and there are many secret eyeliners in the East Factory, so it is not advisable to stay for a long time. ”

Xiao Feng sighed: "Grandfather, it's my grandson who has no ability and can't help you." ”

Huang Qilin smiled: "It's not your fault! For the sake of your mother, for yourself, work hard, the prince does not sit on the throne for a day, you have a chance. When I came back this time, I was planning a big event. Oh, by the way, after I came back, I heard about the methods of the Yasukuni Gong, if it weren't for Lu Pheasant's rebellion, it would really be possible to be succeeded by the Yasukuni Gong's conspiracy, so the people who are eyeing the throne are not less talking. ”

Xiao Feng nodded again and again, and then asked, "Grandfather, what is the big plan?" ”

Huang Qilin smiled: "Come here with your ears!" ”

The two men exchanged ears, and the conspiracy began.