Just when Zhu Houzhao was indulged in Shen Xi's martial arts novels and couldn't extricate himself, Wang Hua had already contacted Liang Chu and Yang Tinghe, carefully studied the contents of several volumes of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" and "Tianlong Babu", listed several crimes, and prepared to write to Emperor Hongzhi to expose the matter, which was personally sent by Zhu Youzhang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wang Hua personally drafted the recital, and there were three main charges listed:

First, in the book, the reckless people in the rivers and lakes do not obey the king, form a party against the government, kill people and set fires, and do all kinds of evil; The second is to depreciate the orthodoxy of Confucianism, whose protagonist is a prince of Dali but does not learn and does not follow Confucianism to govern the country well. The third is that the content is morally corrupt, the hero and heroine do not go through three books and six rituals and make a private life, although the last moment is precipice, but almost committed a big mistake, which is really unsightly.

Although they have a very high status in the court, Emperor Hongzhi rarely holds a large court meeting, and simply recruits cabinet members and officials of the six ministries to the Qianqing Palace every day to discuss matters, and it is difficult for them, the speakers of the East Palace, to meet the Son of Heaven. In the winter, there is no daily lecture, so it becomes difficult to submit the transcript.

Of course, the music can be played by the general political envoy, and after layers of review, it will be handed over to the emperor for distribution, or you can find someone with identity and status to play the emperor directly in the court.

Wang Hua didn't want to take the performance of the traffic envoy, because there was a high possibility that the performance would sink into the sea, and you must know that what he played was a trivial matter in the prince's daily life, which was almost equivalent to making a small report. The prince reads those books that are indiscriminate, and they are also at fault for being gentlemen, and at the same time, this kind of thing is not good for the emperor and the prince's face, so it is more appropriate to find someone to convey it on his behalf.

Wang Hua first thought of his fellow villager Xie Qian.

Xie Qian has been in the limelight in recent years, especially when Liu Jian and Li Dongyang took leave one after another and did not go to the court, Xie Qian faintly became the first assistant of the dynasty, Wang Hua wanted to have a good relationship with Xie Qian, maybe it would be helpful for him to enter the cabinet in the future, so he wanted to ask Xie Qian for help, and at the same time wanted to give Xie Qian a chance to "make meritorious contributions".

Wang Hua sent someone to send a message to Xie Qian, and it took three days to see Xie Qian, a busy man. When Xie Qian read the books and transcripts brought by Wang Hua, he immediately rejected Wang Hua's request.

Xie Qian shook his head and said: "Dehui, please forgive me, I have been busy with affairs recently, and I have no time to forward it for you, so it is better for you to find someone else." ”

Among so many ministers in the imperial court, Xie Qian is a well-known old treacherous and cunning, known as You Kankan, who is completely a smiling tiger, and the best at managing people's feelings and sophistication.

Emperor Hongzhi is now in poor health, and he values the prince's schoolwork the most, what should be done at this time is to change the law to make the emperor feel that the prince is diligent and studious, and he can become a promising emperor in the future, but you make a small report that the prince reads extracurricular books when he is in class, which is equivalent to finding himself uncomfortable in front of the emperor.

As for what books the prince read, Xie Qian didn't care very much, he didn't think that this matter was related to Shen Xi, who was thousands of miles away, and if he knew, he wouldn't have helped.

Wang Hua is not a person who does not know how to measure, although Xie Qian is two years younger than him, he is a real estate teacher who will admit him, and the two are considered to be teachers and students, especially now that Xie Qian is in charge of the cabinet, Wang Hua saw that Xie Qian did not want to cause trouble, so he immediately resigned.

Wang Hua returned home and thought about it, so he had to ask for another close friend, Li Dongyang, who was also a famous "Li Gongmou" in the Ming Dynasty.

For more than a year, Li Dongyang has asked for leave every once in a while, mainly because he was unhappy about the loss of his son in his later years, which led to his deterioration. But during this period of time after the year, Emperor Hongzhi authorized his step-son to enter the country to study, and the future was bright, Li Dongyang reported the "emperor's grace", even if he was "sick", he had to return to the court to do things, and as a result, Wang Hua came to report that the prince was reading idle books in class.

Li Dongyang couldn't rub the sand in his eyes, he was not as sophisticated as Xie Qian, after learning about this, he asked in detail, and directly left the music book and a few idle books, saying that he would mention this matter when he played in the court.

On this day, Emperor Hongzhi convened important ministers in the Qianqing Palace, mainly to discuss the candidates for the governors of the three sides.

Emperor Hongzhi also has a headache these days, the northwest Hami line, the Warat people have repeatedly been on the border, the rumors are loud, the court has long said that it will send troops to teach the Warat people a lesson, but the only small-scale attack did not achieve big results. After Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia grew old, it is a pity that no one has been able to stabilize the situation in the northwest.

The court was deliberating, Li Dongyang glanced at Xie Qian, at this time Liu Jian was sick at home, and there were only two scholars in the cabinet.

Li Dongyang didn't mean to be jealous of Xie Qian, but he felt that Xie Qian was calm and relaxed, a little abnormal, and depending on the situation, Xie Qian already had a suitable candidate in his heart.

At this moment, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department standing on the other side, came out to play: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Yang Yiqing, the deputy capital of the left and the governor of Shaanxi, has been in charge of the northwest horse administration in the past two years, and has made great contributions to the elimination of local ills. ”

Ma Wensheng brought Yang Yiqing out, and many people did not agree with letting the future Shoufu Pavilion elder come out to preside over the three sides, mainly because Yang Yiqing was upright and often opposed to the powerful, and in the first year, he impeached Wu'an Marquis Zheng Hong, and even Emperor Hongzhi was a little displeased with this person.

But since it was a candidate proposed by Liu Daxia, Zhu Youzhu always wanted to give some face, and did not refute it, and asked Li Dongyang and Xie Qian's opinions at the moment.

Li Dongyang didn't have any opinion on Yang Yiqing and didn't say anything, but Xie Qian agreed with it, and knew at a glance that Xie Qian and Liu Daxia had discussed this matter.

Seeing that the two confidant ministers agreed to the candidates, Zhu Youzhu immediately nodded: "In this case, Yang Yiqing, the left deputy capital, will temporarily assist in the trilateral military affairs, as for the governor of Shaanxi, who is the candidate?" ”

Yang Yiqing was promoted, so his original position needed to be filled.

Xie Qian was out of the ranks: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Wang Qiong, the right-hand political envoy of Shanxi, has made meritorious contributions to the management of the Cao River in recent years, and can be promoted to the governor of Shaanxi to show His Majesty's grace." ”

Hearing the name of "Wang Qiong", Li Dongyang's first thought was the former governor of Henan, Gao Mingcheng, when Gao Mingcheng was in Henan with one hand to cover the sky, the right political envoy Wang Qiong went to Beijing to sue the emperor and knocked Gao Mingcheng down, but in a blink of an eye, Gao Mingcheng was transferred from the governor of Henan to the capital as the head of the household, and then he was promoted to the waiter, and since then Wang Qiong has been suppressed. Later, Gao Mingcheng died in the defeat of Xuanfu, Wang Qiong was evaluated at the end of his three-year term, and he should have been transferred to the left as a political envoy or an official in the court, but in the end, because he was not liked by the important ministers of the court, he was transferred to Shanxi as the right political envoy.

Such a person has no personal relationship with Xie Qian, but Xie Qian unexpectedly proposed to transfer Wang Qiong to the northwest.

The position of governor of Shaanxi is very tricky, he is only the adjutant of the governor of the three sides, and he is also bullied by those commander-in-chief who have the title of duke and marquis, but it is a shortcut to the promotion of the six ministers. The three sides are the most frequent wars between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatar and Warat, and after a war, no matter how big or small the merits are, the imperial court will promote a lot of people in order to show the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, which is also the reason why many people like to perform their duties in the northwest.

For Zhu Youji, there are hundreds of courtiers under him, even if he knew some things about Wang Qiong before, he didn't think too much about being upset at this time. The promotion of the right political envoy to the governor of Shaanxi is considered to be a two-level promotion, which is quite reasonable, and it coincides with Xie Qian's decent work in the past two years, and Emperor Hongzhi did not think much about it and directly adopted it.

The court officials saw that the emperor was in a bad mood, and they had been coughing before, so they were all mentally prepared to end the court meeting as soon as possible.

Xie Qian suddenly walked out "unfamiliarly" and said: "Your Majesty, Shen Xi, the military governor of Fujian, Guangdong, and Guizhou provinces, swept the southwest coast of Guangdong a few years ago, exterminated more than 2,000 local bandit leaders and bandits, negotiated with Franc Jiwaiyi, and obtained three warships and a letter of national tribute. A few days ago, the sweet potatoes and corn he planted in the local area have been sent to the capital by horse, please visit your majesty! ”

In a word, Zhu Youji's interest was aroused.

Zhu Youzhi had already known about Shen Xi's exploits in suppressing bandits in the local area, and rewarded him as appropriate, but it was the first time he had heard of Shen Xi's cultivation of sweet potatoes and corn.

Zhu Youzhu said expectantly: "Oh? Take it and have a look at me. ”

Before, Zhu Youzhu heard Xie Qian blow these two crops to the gods, and he wanted to see them for a long time.

When Xie Qian heard the order, he sent someone to bring in two packages from the palace gate, one of which was a golden corn cob, and the other was an oval sweet potato weighing about a pound, and presented it to Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhu played with sweet potatoes and corn for a while, and asked, "The harvest is really good?" ”

Xie Qian reported: "Back to Your Majesty, the harvest is still being calculated, but based on the planting calculation in Guangdong, one mu of mature land can produce two seasons of corn, and the yield per mu is about 800 catties; The yield of sweet potatoes per mu can reach 1,000 catties and can be planted for two to three seasons. ”

"Okay, okay." Zhu Youzhu praised it greatly.

For a person who is familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics, he may not be able to distinguish the grains, let alone know the yield of an acre of land. But as a diligent emperor, he knew a lot about it.

Emperor Hongzhi not only borrowed land at the beginning of spring every year, but also reviewed and approved the tax yield per mu reported by the local government in spring and autumn.

The yield per mu is about 1,000 catties, and that acre of land can feed three people, and if it produces three seasons, it can feed nine to ten people.

The ministers present couldn't help but discuss, although they had heard of corn and sweet potatoes before, but they had never seen them, and they were a little shocked to hear that there could be such a high yield. Zhu Youzhu said: "Order Shen Qing's family to promote this crop as soon as possible, so that the people can have enough food and clothing as soon as possible." Ahem. ”

The emperor was very happy, but the result of his happiness was that his blood surged, his face became flushed, and he coughed violently for a while, and the ministers present understood that the court meeting must be over.

In the end, Zhu Youzhu still asked routinely, and saw that no one played the big and small matters, so he waved his hand: "The Qing family retreats...... Come on, spread the word that Jianchangbo has entered the palace! ”

As soon as the court discussion was dispersed here, the emperor called his brother-in-law into the palace, whether the two were related or not, no one could understand, only Xie Qian smiled deeply, shook his head helplessly, and withdrew out of the Qianqing Palace.

Li Dongyang almost couldn't help but want to catch up and ask Xie Qian, what did you see? Do you know the purpose of His Majesty's call to enter the palace?

But Li Dongyang still didn't go out of the palace with Xie Qian and the others, he stayed and wanted to play the prince's class and read idle books, which was also what he promised Wang Hua, and Wang Hua also had Liang Chu and others behind him to say that Li Dongyang could not disappoint these quasi-cabinet ministers in his mind.

Li Dongyang has always been approachable and has made friends, he has taken on the reputation of literature when he entered Hanlin at a young age, presided over the literary world for decades, and is good at dealing with literati.

In comparison, Scholar Li's mansion is far less difficult to enter than Scholar Xie's mansion, and those who have a thin reputation will generally get their wish when they come to see him. Li Dongyang has always been known for his penchant for promoting young scholars, and often writes poems for them, and there are many beautiful conversations among the people.

Because Emperor Hongzhi was enlightened, and Li Dongyang had an outstanding position in the court, even if Li Dongyang stayed, no one dared to drive him out.

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