Daming Palace is located in the north of the Forbidden City, outside the door of the Dan Majesty below the golden turtle, the stumbling, the bronze crane, symbolizing auspiciousness, there is a marble carved huge sundial, the edge according to the angle of the sun, with twelve earthly branches.

Yang Qinghe, the first assistant to be summoned, is already very familiar with this road, he is the secretary of the ministry and the first assistant of the cabinet, the real power is not small, the official of the Zhili Township trial house, he and the Ministry of Rites, the Imperial History of the Imperial Procuratorate, the General Administration Department and other people jointly elected.

The essence of the impeachment of the Kedao Taiyuan official is that the crown prince is undecided, and each has different supports, so he attacks each other with this trivial matter, and the internal and external traitors, and he can see the essence of these at a glance.

Shoufu was the mediator of the emperor and his ministers, and he easily pressed down on such a trivial matter. The emperor made a statement to the emperor about his dereliction of duty, prayed for the elderly, and the emperor appeased, and such a face-saving procedure was not worth mentioning. The external vote is more lenient and fierce, and writes some "too many rumors, less verification".

The officials of the two factions, Luo Min and Xu Youzhen, are the faction of Prince Qin, and the responsible Ministry of Rites and Ceremonies is dispensable in the increasingly fierce performance. After a few days, the matter spread, and Liu Dongsheng of Prince Yu's faction asked for a "clear investigation", and tried his best to make the trial case in Zhili Township bigger.

Liu Dongsheng's purpose is also very clear: to remove Xu Youzhen from Prince Qin's faction.

Yang Qinghe's vote proposal: This is a mistake of the government (cabinet), counting Qian Xihong's ears, how can Xu Youzhen come to it.

Regarding the impeachment of his subordinate Xu Youzhen, Yang Qinghe actually had a "tolerant" attitude, and the emperor agreed to his vote.

The reason for this is that the emperor has different emotional tendencies for the three existing princes, and he has already figured out the root reason. Second, he wants to save face, and third, the emperor also wants to save face.

The first assistant is and the mud.

In the office recital, the cabinet is called the government, the secretary of the ministry is called Tsukasa, and the secretary of the military department is called the soldier...... Continuation of the late Ming Dynasty.

In any case, Jia Cong, who is a smaller introduction, has become more famous after this incident, and occasionally officials will say at private banquets: Rongguo Mansion seems to have the appearance of Zhongxing.

"Elder Yang Ge, Your Majesty is invited, come in with our family." Dai Quan has an elegant demeanor, and the palm seal of the celebrant is an official character.

"Don't dare to bother my father-in-law." Yang Qinghe's feet in his official boots were actually sore, but he didn't show the fatigue after waiting for a long time, and carefully held Dai Quan's smooth hand, stepped up to His Majesty, and walked into the smoky hall.

Emperor Yongle was watching the performance behind the dormitory, black gown, beard trembling slightly, Dai Quan held the mat used to kneel and worship, Yang Qinghe lifted the scarlet robe and knelt down and kowtowed, Emperor Yongle put down the recital, got up and walked out of the case to help him: "Mr. Yuanfu is a lecturer since I was a child, the first monarch and minister, then the teacher and student, Dai Quan, give the seat." ”

Then two little eunuchs came in with chairs, and Dai Quan waited on the side.

Seeing Emperor Yongle's actions, although Yang Qinghe was panicked on the surface, he was determined in his heart: the emperor completely agreed with his vote.

Yang Qinghe sat in the seat of the accusation, the monarch and the minister were opposed, and the Yongle Emperor pressed the pent-up anger for a few days: "The officials of the Ministry of Science and Taoism, the temple officials, and even the governors of other places, attack each other, the elder of the pavilion, where does the reason come from?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is the reason why the country has not been decided." Yang Qinghe's eyelids lowered slightly: "It is advisable to establish a prince as soon as possible, and the situation can be calmed." ”

Emperor Yongle was dissatisfied: "The queen has nothing to do, I don't have a son-in-law, but when the son-in-law is born, it's not too late to stand up." ”

Dai Quan's silence is very good, this pair of people who are both teachers and students, and monarchs and ministers are silent one after another, Yang Qinghe lowered his head and said: "My emperor Shengming, according to the ancestral system, there is no heir. ”

"It's been confined."

"Then the second son is the eldest."

Yang Qinghe is saying that he wants to establish the Prince of Qin, and the Prince of Yizhong, Ling Jiezhen, is the eldest son, and the crime of being imprisoned is "rebellion", but in fact it involves "rebellion". Next is Prince Qin Ling Duan, Prince Zhongshun Ling Duchu, and Prince Yu Ling Duan.

However, Emperor Yongle favored Concubine Shu, loved the house and Wu, and favored the Prince of Zhongshun from Concubine Shu, and intended to make him the prince. Regardless of the heir, the most important thing is Prince Qin, Yang Qinghe said this is all according to the ancestral system, not that he is the faction of Prince Qin.

It is precisely because of this that the Zhili Township trial case was raised to the height of the factional struggle between Prince Qin and Prince Yu, and did not involve Prince Zhongshun, although it made Emperor Yongle angry for a while, but under the joint efforts of him and Yang Qinghe, it was finally calmed down.

But Emperor Yongle also treated Prince Qin and Prince Yu differently, Prince Qin's biological mother was Concubine Jing, and the emperor was distracted to give him a little.

But Prince Yu was a temporary suggestion for him, and he was fortunate to have an unqualified palace maid, which was the most normal thing for the emperor. But who would have thought that the palace maid would give birth to a prince!

At that time, Emperor Yongle refused to admit it, he had no feelings for the palace maid, but the emperor in the palace had a living record, and the queen mother knew that when she asked for peace, the queen mother said: "You don't want to be born by a palace maid, don't you know that your mother is also a palace maid?" ”

Under the repeated requests of the Ministry of Rites, Zongren Mansion and other departments, Emperor Yongle had no choice but to set up the palace maid as Concubine Yu and the fourth prince Ling Duanqi as Prince Yu, which was not his original intention at all, it was the product of a compromise between etiquette and politics, and Yongle had always held a grudge.

"The country's capital is a matter of Longzuo, and it's not too late to discuss it." Emperor Yongle didn't want to talk about this matter, although he liked Prince Qin more than Prince Yu, he was stunned and said: "I'm sick, so let's make a long story short, how about the trial case in Zhili Township?" ”

"Qian Yushi has been sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry has dismissed him from his post for the people, and he will never be used." Yang Qinghe replied.

"This guy is not well-educated! How was I admitted in the first place? Spread my will, and make a decision! Emperor Yongle knew that Shoufu was going to make peace with the mud again, so he beat it and said: "The Gyeonggi Provincial Patrol pressed Liu Dongsheng to discuss the investigation of the Zhili Township Test, is he saying that I don't know how to use people?!" The household department took half a year's money! Let's talk about downgrading and retaining! ”

The emperor's fundamental meaning is: Liu Dongsheng wants to attack Luo Min and Xu Youzhen of Prince Qin's faction, and he clearly supports Prince Yu, and the emperor is showing that he hates Prince Yu!

It was the last time that Prince Yu Ling decided to ask for a pardon for part of the priesthood, if it wasn't for the persuasion of the queen mother and the queen, Yongle would not have agreed.

Liu Dongsheng has been fined twice, but for the scholars, their food and drink are not equal to the annual salary of one hundred taels, and they have their own sources of money.

Yang Qinghe couldn't reconcile with the mud, so he instead admonished: "Your Majesty's year of not being confused is the time of stability, the holy bow is sick, and it needs to be properly maintained, and you must remember the palace moderation." ”

The internal and external ministers and officials all knew that Emperor Yongle and Concubine Shu were happy almost every night, and "the widow was sick" was actually "wine and wealth", and the queen and other concubines were snubbed, but few people dared to advise.

Emperor Yongle's face was swollen and red, if this person was not his official and first assistant, he would definitely drag it out and cut it, got up and brushed his sleeves: "I know, the weather is getting colder, Mr. Yuanfu also adds some clothes, and I will reward a pair of warm ears with a scarf and hat." ”

Yang Qinghe kowtowed, thanked him for his retirement, and walked out of Daming Palace, the corners of this Shoufu's mouth were bitter, what could I do?