The next day, in the early dynasty, Yang Cong appeared so abruptly in the eyes of the courtiers.

He did not greet acquaintances everywhere as usual, nor did he show any resentment and dissatisfaction, from queuing up to enter the imperial city, to gathering in front of the noon gate, to standing up for the train to enter the palace, from beginning to end, he bowed his head slightly, silently, as if he had made some mistake.

When he played right, he just stood silently in the train of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, standing behind Zhang Yue, the imperial history of the left capital, without saying a word, as if he had never returned.

He is such a famous man and a great hero, naturally he will not be ignored by the courtiers, no matter where he goes, he is almost the focus of the courtiers' attention, even when he plays the right game, there are people who are not secretly aiming at him.

Many people don't understand why this governor suddenly returned to Beijing, and why did he look like he had made a mistake.

The early dynasty ended like this, and everything seemed to be as usual, without the slightest wave, but most of the courtiers had already set off a storm in their hearts.

Yang Cong came back without saying a word, the emperor didn't say anything about it, and the emperor didn't mention this great hero in the early dynasty, and Yang Cong didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction, acting as if he had made a mistake himself, what was going on, what mistake did Yang Cong make?

Of course, there are also people who know it in their hearts.

Jiajing is the clearest, but he won't say it, and he doesn't want to say it.

Most of Yan Song's party also knew what was going on, and they wanted to say it, but they didn't dare to say it, because Jiajing didn't allow them to say it.

At this time, no one knows what Jiajing thinks of Yang Cong and what he thinks, who would dare to take the risk of angering this young and impulsive emperor.

So, what does Jiajing want?

Yang Cong himself also wanted to know this, so after the early dynasty dispersed, he slowly walked to the imperial study and asked to see Jiajing.

When Jiajing heard that Yang Cong asked to see him, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely complicated.

To be honest, at this time, he hasn't figured out how to deal with or place Yang Cong, embezzling hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, this kind of thing, if it was committed by other officials, he would definitely not hesitate to drag people out and cut them down, the problem was that Yang Cong did it, he really didn't know what to do.

After the monarch and the ministers greeted him, he pretended to be kind and said, "Qingfeng, when did you come back?" ”

Yang Cong replied respectfully: "Back to the emperor, Weichen returned to Beijing yesterday afternoon, because he was afraid of disturbing the emperor's rest, so he did not enter the palace to meet him, and asked the emperor to forgive him." ”

Jiajing seemed to have nothing to say: "Oh, it's good to come back, it's good to come back, by the way, is Ling'er's girl back?" ”

Yang Cong still said respectfully: "Ling'er also came back with Weichen. ”

At this time, Jiajing's face couldn't help showing a trace of warmth, and he smiled slightly: "Okay, let that girl have time to come to the palace to see me, I haven't seen her for so long, I really miss her a little." ”

Yang Cong still said respectfully: "Weichen understands. ”

After a period of silence, Jiajing finally couldn't help asking, "Qingfeng, why did you take those dirty silver and go to the wasteland without saying a word?" ”

Yang Cong knew that this question Jiajing would ask sooner or later, and he had already thought about the answer, he pretended to regret it, and said with a little shame: "Your Majesty, this time Weichen is really too reckless, looking at the common people without clothing, hungry for food, living like beggars, Weichen is anxious, this person is easy to make mistakes when he is in a hurry, at that time Weichen didn't think about anything, so he took the dirty silver of those corrupt officials to encourage the wasteland, Weichen was confused, and asked the emperor to punish him." ”

Saying this, punishing him seems to be ignoring the lives and deaths of the people of Limin, can Jiajing do it?

Jiajing didn't plan to do anything to Yang Cong, but he didn't think about how to arrange Yang Cong, he thought about it and simply asked, "Qingfeng, what are your plans in the future?" ”

What this means is that I don't even know how to arrange you, what are your own plans, just say it and listen to it.

Yang Cong had already thought about this, he pretended to be a little disheartened and said: "Wechen knows that his sin is unforgivable, and he originally had no face to stay in this officialdom, but Weichen's "The Principle of Gewu Zhizhi" that he promised the emperor has not yet been compiled, so he retreats to the mountains and forests, and he is really a little ashamed of the emperor." Therefore, Weichen wants the emperor to arrange any idle position, so that Weichen can take someone to compile the "Principle of Knowledge". ”

Write a book and speak it!

As soon as Jiajing heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, this is the merit of the wasteland.

What can a dynasty mention for future generations, how capable the emperor is, how capable the ministers are, or how much the emperor is cowardly, how treacherous the ministers are, these are only boring people will occasionally talk to people, and only the masterpieces will be often talked about.

For example, "The Art of War", if there is no book, who knows what Qi is about, and everyone is not interested in knowing what Qi is, it is precisely because of the book "Sun Tzu's Art of War" that everyone has such a deep impression of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Another example is "Yongle Canon", if there is no such masterpiece, how many people will pay attention to the great achievements of the Yongle Emperor.

This kind of thing, the emperor of any dynasty will not take it lightly, and Jiajing is certainly no exception.

He thought about it, and then said solemnly: "Why don't you first hang up the post of a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and concurrently serve as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, you don't need to be an official in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and you don't have to take care of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, you just have to concentrate on compiling books." ”

This treatment is already quite good, the Ministry of Rites is the best among civil officials, basically as long as the advanced Ministry of Officials is the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers that is half a foot into the cabinet, the scholar of the Hanlin Academy is the highest honor of a scholar, there is no more than this title to prove the level of the reader.

Of course, there are people in these two positions, and Yang Cong just has a title and has no real power.

At this time, Yang Cong didn't want real power, he just wanted to paralyze Yan Song and Xia Yan and let them fight by themselves.

He hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

In this way, Yang Cong returned to the Hanlin Academy, but this time he was no longer a champion who waited for seniority and promotion in the Hanlin Academy, but a scholar who came to write books and speak.

He seemed to be quite interested in compiling the "Principle of Knowing Things", and when he entered the Hanlin Academy, he didn't care about anything, just summoned Tang Shunzhi, Luo Hongxian, Zhao Shichun and others to compile a book, and after rushing in, there was no sound, and even in the early dynasties, he rarely appeared.

His excuse was because he was compiling books and forgetting to sleep and eat, and he didn't want to go to the early dynasty to delay time.

Of course, Jiajing has nothing to say about this, because he also wants Yang Cong to hurry up and compile the "Principle of Knowing from Things".

Forget to sleep and eat, okay!

It doesn't matter if you participate in the early dynasty or not, anyway, the early dynasty has nothing to do with you, it's the same whether you come or not, you just have to hurry up and compile a book for me.

Yang Cong seems to have withdrawn from the struggle for power and concentrated on writing, will Yan Song and Xia Yan really fight as he imagined?

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