Yang Cong didn't know if everyone would really get used to coming to him for a party, but he knew that the people around him would definitely not be like a plate of loose sand.

Xia Yan and his gang actually have the nature of a partisan, they obviously want their leader to be promoted to the position of the head of the cabinet, so as to control the power of the court, whether it is Xia Yan or Yan Song, once they become the head of the cabinet, it will be troublesome.

The reason why Xia Yan was cheated by himself a few times was mainly because the person he chose was not good, and at the same time, he didn't expect someone to yin him behind him, once he realized this, it would be difficult for him to succeed in the future, and there was a more powerful Yan Song behind him, if Yan Song was let in power, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Xu Jie, who has been a grandson of Yan Song for more than ten years, finally turned over, and a few upright people like Yangming Yimai are willing to pretend to be grandsons in front of Yan Song, a big traitor, since they are not willing to pretend, they must gather together to fight with Xia Yan and even Yan Song, otherwise, it is very likely to be broken by each of them, Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Zhang Xuan, etc., it is very likely that they will be planted like this.

Yang Cong knows very well that the future will be difficult, the current Xia Yan is nothing, and the future Yan Song will be called terrifying, he doesn't want the group of people he has finally gathered to be broken by Yan Song, so even if he is not sure if everyone will get used to it, he has to gather everyone together to try.

The next day, he sent invitations to the bigwigs he knew in various ways, on the surface his excuse was that he was about to get married, and invited them to have a meal and celebrate, but in fact he wanted to take the opportunity to bring everyone together.

He didn't know what the final result would be, but fortunately, the bigwigs from all sides were very face-saving, and at about mid-afternoon, everyone came to his mansion one after another.

This time he gathered not ordinary figures, like Xungui, there are Dingguo Gong Xu Yande, Jingshan Marquis Cui Yuan and Wuding Marquis Guo Xun, like the officials, there are Zhang Bangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Nie Bao, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, Zou Shouyi, the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, and Mu Konghui, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, as for his own relatives and friends, Zhang Yue, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Xu Jie, who is waiting for the dispatch of officials, are not simple characters.

Fortunately, he is the owner of the mansion, no matter how polite and humble he is, no one will rob him of his main position, and as for the others, they did not deliberately arrange their seats according to their official positions, and everyone was just divided into three pieces according to their relatives.

As soon as everyone sat down, Yang Cong ordered someone to serve the wine and food, and when the wine and food were served, he politely saluted three rounds, and then said with a little seriousness: "Everyone, everyone should know that during this time, we have offended Lord Xia Yanxia and them severely, and I think they will definitely not give up." ”

As soon as he said this, almost everyone present was stunned for a moment, and the originally lively banquet gradually quieted down.

During this time, they did offend Xia Yan and his party ruthlessly, first robbed the position of the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, and then harmed Xia Yan not as the first assistant of the cabinet, and finally directly killed Xia Yan's governor, it is strange that people can give up.

Although many of the people here are not involved in the latter two things, but, the first thing, most of them are involved, Xia Yan's temperament They also know that this guy is quite ruthless when dealing with the enemy, since he is against others, it is absolutely impossible to be good.

This is unlucky, who wants to provoke such a bad star, such a powerful character as Zhang Xuan has been grinded to death by others, this guy is not easy to mess with!

Zhang Yue, who was the most confused about the situation, took the lead in speaking: "Qingfeng, this grievance should be resolved rather than settled, Lord Xia seems to have been warned by the emperor recently, if we find someone to make peace with it, this matter will be settled." ”

If you think about it, will people forget it?

Besides, did the emperor warn Xia Yan because he wanted Xia Yan not to fight with us?

Yang Cong reminded implicitly: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law has just entered the officialdom, and some things are not very clear. When Zhang Xuan and Lord Zhang and others clashed with Yang Ting and Lord Yang, no one ever said peace? And when Lord Xia Yan and Lord Xia and Lord Zhang Zhang and others clashed, did the emperor ask them to take a step back? ”

This!

Zhang Yue didn't stay in the capital for a long time, and after being decentralised by Zhang Xuan, he basically never returned to the capital, he really didn't know much about Xia Yan, as for Jiajing's thoughts, he couldn't figure it out, he really didn't think that Jiajing, the emperor, would deliberately let the courtiers below fight each other.

Yang Cong meant, he still faintly understood, the situation above the court seemed to be really a little wrong, Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Zhang Xuan and others stepped down one by one It was no accident.

He saw that everyone else in the audience looked aware, and simply didn't speak.

After a while, Zhang Bangqi, who was old and serious, spoke: "This matter is indeed a bit troublesome, we will not speculate on the emperor's holy will, Lord Xia Yanxia and they really won't give up, Qingfeng, what do you say, we can't deliberately exclude dissidents, right?" ”

This question is a good question, Yang Cong couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart.

It seems that except for Xu Jie, everyone else in Yangming's vein is a bit "pedantic" and doesn't like to play tricks behind their backs.

It is no wonder that Yan Song has been able to maintain the government for more than ten years in history, and these weak opponents are indeed a big difference compared to him.

Yang Cong thought about it, and then said carefully: "We can't deliberately exclude dissidents, but can capable people still be promoted, only when our own strength is strong, can we deter Xiaoxiao." ”

What he means by this is that it is necessary to appoint cronyism, and the struggle in the court is sometimes so simple, either to exclude dissidents or nepotism, since these people can't do anything to eliminate dissidents, then the matter of eliminating dissidents will be handed over to him to do well, and they only need to be responsible for nepotism.

This kind of words, if it were changed before, Zhang Bangqi would definitely be unhappy when he heard it, he was an upright person, let him be nepotistic, he really wouldn't do it.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he didn't say anything.

Xia Yan is really too ruthless, if you don't want to find a way to deal with it, you will definitely suffer a big loss, which can be understood from Zhang Zhang's experience.

Zhang Bangqi didn't say anything was tantamount to acquiescing, Yang Cong couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and then he hit the railroad while it was hot: "Lord Zhang, you may not have noticed it, from the beginning of the Zhengde Dynasty to the present, nine imperial examinations, the top three in the first class, and even the top two in the first class, none of them entered the cabinet, and none of them even became the high positions of the six scholars." ”

Zhang Bangqi really hadn't paid attention to these, he thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but say: "These people are too much!" ”

Yang Cong nodded again and again: "Yes, they are very excessive, and some people are very angry. Perhaps, the emperor also saw a clue, so he replaced the officials and scholars in the north and south with our people. ”

This means that the enemy of the enemy is the friend, and there are many people who can be fought for, depending on how to fight for it.

Now, the positions of the officials in the north and south are in the hands of Yangming, and they no longer use the power in their hands to do something, not only wasting the power in their hands, but also wasting Jiajing's painstaking efforts.