It has been a few days since Wang Yan left Nanjing, but the two kings of Tang and Lu still could not interfere in government affairs, and the Ming court continued to operate as usual according to the rules formed in the past four years.

This is mainly the result of Wang Yan's example in recent years, not abusing his power, and doing everything according to the rules.

He took the lead in guarding the rules and regulations, and over time the officials and government agencies of the Ming Dynasty developed certain habits, so that the bureaucracy reached a consensus and approved this set of rules.

In fact, even if Wang Yan is in Nanjing, he participates in very few daily political affairs, and ordinary things are handled by the cabinet, he only controls the general direction and submits some important bills, and his delegation of power also makes the cabinet develop the habit of holding power.

Power is a strange thing, and once you get it, you don't let it go easily.

Although Tang Lu is also the king of governance, he is not a regent, they only have the right to vote in the council, and they have no right to participate in the affairs of the cabinet, at most they can only consult, suggest and observe.

In April, when the Tang king heard that Wang Yan was leaving Nanjing for Wuchang, he was still happy in his heart, thinking that Wang Yan was not there, and he could take the opportunity to influence the situation and implement several resolutions in his favor, but he did not expect that the cabinet would ignore his suggestions at all.

The imperial court was very dissatisfied with Zheng Chenggong's attack on Luzon because of his first slash and then play. It can be said that the civilian clique is very wary of the warlord secession, and no one wants the feudal towns to be divided, and the era of the samurai in power has come again.

Therefore, the whole court and the central government were very in favor of Wang Yan's decision to nationalize the army, and after the Wuzhong Army and the Shence Army were returned to the central government, the attention of the ministers hit Tang Lu again.

This time, Zheng Chenggong captured Luzon, and the Tang king proposed to set up counties in Luzon to be temporarily administered by Fujian, but the cabinet did not agree, saying that it would follow the example of Zhancheng and be directly governed by the central governor.

As Su Guansheng, Chen Zizhuang and others, who supported the Tang faction, supported the Tang Dynasty at first, but in the past few years, they also saw from Wang Yan's series of reforms and the move of letting go of the Five Loyal Army that he was determined to strengthen the centralization of power and reform the malpractices, and believed that Wang Yan did not have the intention of rebellion, and instead supported Wang Yan's decision.

If Wang Yan had made a name in the imperial court, wantonly excluded dissidents, and installed henchmen into the imperial court, Su Guansheng and others might still have the heart to fall into the king, but Wang Yan did not do this, but absorbed them.

In Wang Yan's cabinet, they were cabinet scholars who helped Tang Wang seize power, and they were at most cabinet scholars, and they found that what Wang Yan did was exactly what the civil and official groups of previous dynasties wanted to do, which was in line with their political demands.

If Wang Yan is ousted from power and the clan is in power, maybe he will return to the era of casual court ministers, which the entire civil official group does not want to see.

As cabinet scholars of the central court of the Ming Dynasty, when they considered problems, they sometimes had to start from the central government, so they gradually distanced themselves from the Tang Dynasty and denied the Tang Wang's opinion.

Tang Wang realized that even if Wang Yan was not there, he would not be able to influence the cabinet, which made him feel anxious in his heart.

Wang Yan is digging the foundation of the royal family, if it goes on like this for a long time, in a few years, the Zhu family may be completely hollowed out, the emperor will become the emperor, and the Zhu family will be wiped out sooner or later.

In May, the sky is blue and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

On the fifth day of the first month, it is the Dragon Boat Festival, the courtyard of the Tang Dynasty Mansion is full of Yueji, rhododendron, Fusang, begonia, honeysuckle, caryophyllus, poppy, snapdragon, petunia one by one, the fragrance of flowers is fragrant, colorful, and the battle for beauty in a thousand forms.

The atmosphere in Nanjing seems to be very open, and the voices of the people discussing the government are endless, but in fact, the city is full of secret spies, and it is not so relaxed as it seems.

In order to encourage commerce, Wang Yan has always adopted the strategy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, and he has relaxed the control of the common people in order to enhance the vitality of the society, but it can be said that the surveillance of important figures such as Tang and Lu has not relaxed at all.

Tang Wang naturally knew that Wang Yan had arranged many secret agents to spy on him, so he opened up a courtyard in the mansion and personally planted some flowers and plants, wanting Wang Yan to relax his vigilance.

The weather is warm in May, and many flowers bloom at this time, and the purple and red are eye-catching.

King Tang set up a banquet in this courtyard and invited King Lu and some people close to him to spend the Dragon Boat Festival together to pay tribute to Qu Yuan.

The courtyard gathered many henchmen of the Tang Dynasty, but most of them were traditional gentry who were unwilling in the Nanjing court and opposed the court's encouragement of commerce.

The banquet was among the flowers, and everyone sat around several large tables, eating all kinds of zongzi and drinking fine fruit wine.

There is also a stage in the courtyard, and in a burst of bamboo gongs and drums, a man with a raw horn came up to the stage, nodded his lips, and sang sadly: "Count all the chips, listen to the residual silver leakage." Flee Qin Kou, aha, so as to teach me that the country is in trouble, so ask for help? ”

After the shengjiao finished singing, as soon as the sound of silk and bamboo gongs and drums stopped, he listened to a person behind the stage singing Baidao: "If you want to send you to climb a thousand miles of eyes, the clouds are low and lock Hengyang Road." The fish book is not to the goose without evidence, and several empty times for sad autumn endowment. Looking back at the West Mountain, the sun has slanted, and it is really difficult to cross the lonely guest at the end of the world. The husband has tears and does not flick, just because he has not reached the sad place. ”

The sound of gongs and drums started again, and Shengjiao made a few movements, and continued to sing: "I, Lin Chong." In a moment of anger, he drew his sword and killed the two thieves of the Gao family. The official of Duomengchai gave me a letter and recommended it to Liangshan. I didn't dare to walk during the day, so I had to walk at night. Ah, just when the stars are bright and the moon is bright, and suddenly the fog and dark clouds are confused..."

This play is adapted from the story of "Water Margin", called "Lingbao Knife" and the plot of Water Margin is a little different, Lin Chong in the play is a general who has made great achievements on the battlefield, dedicated to the court, because he is not used to seeing the traitorous minister Gao Yu and others dictatorship and mislead the country, and he was impeached, and was demoted to the head of the forbidden army.

However, Lin Chong was still unwilling to join the traitors, and continued to give the emperor a disobedience, exposing all kinds of evil deeds of Gao Yu and others. Gao Yu was annoyed and ashamed, and used a strataghm to frame Lin Chong and condemn him to death.

In the Ming Dynasty, Kunqu Opera flourished, but all large families, usually eating, there must be a commentary to help the fun, and when encountering a big banquet, Kunqu Opera is indispensable.

This has almost become one of the criteria for considering whether a family is a famous family, and it is a person with a bit of identity in Jiangnan, who basically has a few opera troupes in the house, and that style and interest will make people feel a sense of superiority.

On the Tang Wang's mansion, there is also a team, and the team of ordinary people is mainly listening to the female dependents, singing more plays such as "The Legend of the West Chamber" and "Peach Blossom Fan", but Tang Wang likes to watch some repertoire of killing and treacherous.

In fact, from the perspective of the imperial court, the heroes of Liangshan are thieves, and they are not worthy of praise, Wang Yan doesn't like the Water Margin very much, but King Tang, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, especially likes to watch this "Lingbao Knife", and he has watched it no less than three times.

In addition to this drama, Tang Wang also likes another drama, which is "Fengming Ji", which was written in the Longqing period, which is about the political event of the fall of Yan Song's father and son, which was created shortly after Yan Song's son Yan Shifan's ambush, reflecting the people's hatred for Yan Song's father and son's corruption and perversion of the law.

Tang Wang actually preferred "The Legend of Feng Ming", but he only watched it all over and over again, and he didn't order it a second time.

The troupe raised by the Tang Wangfu will naturally sing not badly, but the courtyard is very quiet, not as noisy as the theater in the city, and they applaud from time to time.

Today's Dragon Boat Festival is the day of the memorial service, Dr. Qu, King Tang sat in the banquet, watching Lin Chong kill the Gao family on the stage, and thinking about Dr. Qu throwing himself into the river, his mood couldn't help but be a little depressed.

At this time, King Lu, who was sitting on the side, suddenly leaned over and whispered: "Wang Yanxi patrols Huguang, can we really only watch the play here and remember Dr. Qu, but can't we make a difference?" ”

(End of chapter)