Although Zhu Zhanji had a smile on his face, Yang Shiqi felt the murderous aura that made him fear from his cold eyes.

To be able to become the top group of people in the Ming literary world without going through scientific examinations, Yang Shiqi not only has rich knowledge, but also has skills that are difficult for others to observe.

Feeling the pressure exerted by Zhu Zhanji, he didn't dare to talk about him anymore, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Your Highness is wise, the high price of grain in Shandong last year was mainly due to the lack of Nanyang relief grain. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded with satisfaction and said to Zhu Gaochi: "Because of his own interests, he disregards hundreds of thousands and millions of people, and it is not enough for such a corrupt official to be cut with a thousand knives."

As for the traders who work for the tigers, they dare to accept the grain even if they know that it is stolen. If you dare to make such money, you will have to pay for your life. ”

Zhu Gaochi also did not know the details of the disaster in Shandong, when the Shandong officialdom formed a tacit understanding, in order to increase grain prices, not to tell Zhu Gaochi about the disaster, he was just a deaf man.

However, the whole plan was planned by him from the beginning, and raising the price of food in Daming was also promised by him.

Although he didn't let the merchants buy life-saving food, and although he was angry that the people below didn't tell him the whole story, he couldn't watch these people get arrested.

What's more, there are also people from the Confucian family, the Confucian family is the representative of Confucianism, and they are also their staunchest supporters, how can they ignore them?

He pondered for a while and said, "Since there is no major incident in Shandong, and Ma Qi has already subdued the law, it is better to deal with this matter leniently." ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "This matter is just for the emperor's grandfather to handle the case, and in the end, we have to wait for the three divisions to intervene, and the emperor's grandfather will decide." ”

Zhu Gaochi thought about it, he was really dizzy. As long as this case is delayed by the three divisions, the father and emperor will already go out at that time, and this matter is not decided by himself in the end!

Why bother with this matter and put pressure on your son......

His mood immediately improved, and he said with a smile: "I will investigate this matter carefully, and if those merchants really do evil, I will definitely not spare them." ”

Looking at his smiling face, Zhu Zhanji only had a faint pity in his heart.

There are three days left until the first day of February, and at that time, he is afraid that he will face the biggest blow in his life.

After all, he is the father of his body, and he has been very good to himself over the years, so Zhu Zhanji will have guilt and pity in his heart.

However, in the face of power, Zhu Zhanji will absolutely not back down, not to mention that this is not a family matter, but a ruling line that has a bearing on the future line of the entire Chinese nation.

With his completely depreciated approach to Confucianism, he would only drag the Ming Dynasty into the abyss, and Zhu Zhanji believed that he would never will.

Even now that he has been influenced by Zhu Zhanji, he is no longer so superstitious about Confucian governance.

But he now uses Confucianism to fight for power for himself and consolidate power, and his cooperation with Confucianism in this way has put him on the old path of history again.

Before a turmoil was formed, it was calm, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji and his son were satisfied.

But for Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu, they were not satisfied with this result at all, because they had taken the initiative in this matter.

wants to use the father-son relationship to suppress the grandson, build momentum for the prince to supervise the country, and let the grandson see his position clearly.

But as soon as Taisun arrived, he just said a few words, and even dismissed them, so he turned passive into active, and became leading them by the nose.

The crown prince is far less shrewd than the grandson, and he is not the opponent of the grandson at all. And because of the limitations of their identities, the countermeasures that can be used against others are not used in front of the grandson.

When they left the palace, Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu were a little depressed, and the strength of the prince made them a little worried about the power control of the prince after the emperor set out on the expedition.

But the prince, the grandson was originally a father and son, and when the prince was not dissatisfied with the grandson, they didn't even dare to make small moves.

What's more, although Taisun is not virtuous enough, he is a powerful person. If these people dare to make some right and wrong, Taisun will definitely not let him go easily.

With such a grandson by his side, can the prince really control the situation? The crown prince has no control over the situation, and the political ambitions of these people want to be realized, and they have no chance.

They and the crown prince have a relationship of both glory and loss. They were worried not only for the crown prince, but also for themselves.

Over the years, they, the vassals of the East Palace, have been suppressed too hard by Zhu Di.

But what they don't know is that this is already history of change. In the original history, because of the framing of the Han King Zhu Gaoxu, all the subordinates of the East Palace were imprisoned except for Yang Shiqi.

Including Yang Pu, as well as Huang Huai, a current cabinet scholar, and others, they were imprisoned until Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, and then they were all released.

It is also for this reason that Zhu Gaochi feels guilty about them. After ascending the throne, they were immediately promoted to the cabinet, and they were all given the title of Shangshu.

And this step is the starting point of the entire Ming Dynasty civil officials.

Prior to this, the cabinet and the ministry had one to discuss and administer the same government, and they did not interfere with each other and checked each other.

When power was concentrated, the cabinet changed from a secretarial advisory body to a national decision-making body, controlling the power of the government.

Now because of Zhu Zhanji's strength, these people have directly made the King of Han a flower of tomorrow, and they have not suffered so many blows and setbacks.

This also fosters a more floating mentality for them.

Out of Chengtianmen, the coachmen of the two families hurriedly led the carriage over.

Yang Pu stopped Yang Shiqi, who was about to board his carriage. "Brother Shiqi, the Pu family sent a few totoaba fish from Shishou in their hometown, and they are just going to invite Brother Shiqi to get together."

Yang Shiqi's famous apartment, the word Shiqi, is six years older than Yang Pu. This totoaba is a specialty of Shishou and is an excellent delicacy of the Yangtze River.

It is said that the poet Su Shi of the Song Dynasty set out from his hometown of Meishan in Sichuan, took a boat from the Minjiang River into the Yangtze River, hunted along the river, passed through the Shishou City, ate the prestigious Shishou catfish, and also listened to the unheard of Shishou folk song: "The catfish Shishou has it, the name is Shishou, it inhabits the stone cave during the day, and returns at night."

He then improvised a poem: "The pink stone head is still boneless, and the snow-white puffer fish is not a medicine." Message to Tiangong and Hebo, why not beg and water spirit scales. ”

This poem made the totoaba famous at home, and the vassals were all proud to eat the totoaba fish.

But when Yang Pu's family sent fish, Yang Pu sent two to Yang Shiqi's family, and now he is called, naturally not because he eats fish, but because he has something to say to him.

He looked at the guards at the gate of the imperial city and said with a smile: "This totoaba is a delicacy in the world, so naturally it cannot be disappointed." ”

Yang Pu opened the carriage door and smiled: "Please ......"

Yang Shiqi said with a smile: "My carriage is custom-made by the internal supervisor, which is more comfortable, so it is better to take my car." ”

Yang Pu had no choice but to let his own carriage follow behind and boarded Yang Shiqi's carriage.

The two of them sat down in the carriage, the smiles on their faces disappeared, and they couldn't help but sigh softly.

Now that Taisun is in control of the Jinyi Guard, the Consultation Department, and other institutions, in addition to the coachman, there are two guards outside the carriage, they don't dare to answer casually, they just talk about some unsalty and untamed court storms.

Yang Pu's family is in the Jubaomen of Yingtianfu, which is the south of Yingtianfu, so he is also called Nanyang by his colleagues.

And Yang Shiqi lives on Bachelor's Street, which is to the west and is called Xiyang.

There is also a Yang Rong surnamed Yang, he is the current cabinet chief assistant, more powerful than Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu, and is a close minister of Zhu Di. He was also rewarded by Zhu Di with a residence in Chang'anfang, which was called Dongyang because it was located in the east.

The carriage arrived at Yang's house in Jubaomen, Yang Pu got out of the car, invited Yang Shiqi to get off, and the two went hand in hand.

Yang Shiqi instructed the cook at home to prepare a feast and invited Yang Shiqi into his study.

Yang Pu was a scholar in the second year of Jianwen and was awarded Hanlin for editing. In the early years of Yongle, Yang Pu served as the crown prince to wash horses and became the eastern palace subordinate of the crown prince Zhu Gaochi.

He has outstanding knowledge and elegant demeanor, and now the world praises Yang Shiqi for his learning, Yang Rong for his talent, and Yang Pu for his elegant exercises.

But if you really think about it carefully, you will find that except for Yang Rong's talents, both of them are mouths with no hands-on ability.

However, the current trend is to praise the educated, and instead think that the talented and capable are more than the philistine.

Those who can do practical things are lower than those who can only retreat.

The two sat down in the study, and the old servant gave a pot of dragon wells and guarded the door.

At this time, Yang Pu, as the master, opened the topic and said with some concern: "I met His Royal Highness the Taisun today, and I knew that he could take the position of the Taisun, but he has great power in the current imperial court.

He is the same as His Majesty, he believes in martial artists and eunuchs, but he is more wary of us and other ministers. Because of his outstanding ability, he is even stronger than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

But Taisun is so strong, it doesn't do us any good. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not pleased with His Majesty, and now he finally wants to take advantage of His Majesty's westward expedition to plan for His Royal Highness the Prince, but ......"

This is a metaphor for the hero, and it is said that His Majesty is the same as the grandson, but in fact, it is a rebellious statement. Only in a closed environment like the study, in the face of an ally like Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu dared to speak.

And when he said this, he actually wanted to show his attitude, wanted to have an open and honest dialogue with Yang Shiqi, and sought ways to suppress the power of Taisun.

Yang Shiqi heard what he meant, nodded and said: "His Royal Highness Taisun has been at sea for three years, and now he has returned to China for less than two months, and it is difficult to send him out of Tianfu." ”

"Yes...... Yang Pu personally held the pot, added tea for Yang Shiqi and said: "So you and I must have a more subtle strategy, not only to help His Royal Highness the Prince, but also not to make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hold a grudge." ”

Thinking of Zhu Zhanji's eyes staring at him today, Yang Shiqi sighed and said: "I'm afraid this is difficult, there is no shortage of scheming people around Taisun. ”

In front of Zhu Zhanji, Yang Pu didn't even dare to speak, but at this time, he sneered: "A group of eunuchs, a group of martial artists, what kind of truth can they understand?" There is a Xie Dashen who writes for him, but Xie Dashen himself admires his literary talent. ”

This also means that Xie Jin's literary style is worth mentioning, and other aspects are not worthy of his admiration.

Yang Shiqi is not as arrogant as Yang Pu, he knows very well that whether it is a eunuch or a general, there are many capable people among them.

If those people were really as incompetent as Yang Pu said, they would not be able to suppress Wenchen now.

Yang Pu has been writing scriptures and meanings in the James Mansion all these years, and he is not in charge of the foreign affairs of the James Mansion like him, so he is naturally a little arrogant.

So he didn't answer Yang Pu's words, but brought the topic to Zhu Zhanji again. "If Your Majesty goes west, this prince will be in charge of the country, and His Royal Highness will definitely be granted military and political power by His Majesty. Our main means now is not to curb the power of His Royal Highness, but to get him not to meddle in political affairs. ”

Yang Pu then remembered the pressure of facing Zhu Zhanji in the Wenhua Palace, and said with a long sigh: "Your Majesty's letting the grandson deal with Ma Qi's case is a very dangerous sign, we must not let him control the military and politics, and also interfere in the governance." ”

Yang Shiqi sighed: "Those six grain merchants are going to suffer for some time this time. If Your Majesty doesn't leave, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't excuse them directly. ”

Yang Pu asked, "After Your Majesty sets out on the expedition, can His Royal Highness Taisun be transferred from Ying Tianfu?" He is in charge of military and political affairs, whether it is the affairs of Shanyi in the southwest or in the east, as long as he picks out some disputes at will, he can be transferred from Yingtianfu. ”

Yang Shiqi nodded and said: "It coincides with the scheme, His Royal Highness is in Beijing, and we need to be careful in our actions, and there are many constraints!" However, now that the southwest of the Ming Dynasty is stable, not to mention that there is chaos in the southwest, and there is also Mu Guogong in charge, it is not appropriate to act here. ”

"Brother Shiqi means ......"

"Your Majesty sent Liu Sheng to the North, but the Northland cavalry will cooperate with Your Majesty's westward expedition, and the remaining troops may not be able to suppress Warat and Tatar, and the Beimingshan Copper Mine is now not to be lost to the Ming Dynasty, we can do something here, so that Taisun can also leave the capital."

Yang Pu said with a smile: "The north is far away, and there is no room for loss, Brother Shiqi has a very good plan, as long as His Royal Highness Taisun leaves Beijing, this capital is up to us......"

But the two didn't know that their plan was useless from the start, because things definitely didn't go the way they thought.

On the twenty-eighth day of the first month, there were still two days before the time given to Huang Yuan by the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and Huang Yuan finally made up his mind.

As a son of man, he can't watch his old father eat sand in the northwest, while he hides in the capital to enjoy happiness.

My father is already close to the age of sixties, and he will celebrate his sixtieth birthday next year. My mother experienced ups and downs in her early years, and now her health is not as good as day by day.

Although Yun Niang's smile in Beijing has become much more, and the two children have gradually grown up, which makes him very loved, but as a son of man, he still has to take on his own responsibilities after all.

Yun Niang is indeed a good wife, although she is reluctant, but she also supports Huang Yuan's actions. "Since thirteen years, the concubine and the husband have been gathering less and leaving more, although the concubine is not reluctant to give up the husband, Baoya, and Chunya are not willing to give up the father, but for the sake of the family, the concubine is mainly based on the husband. It's just that I hope that my husband will have mercy and can add another brother to Baoya. ”

Huang Yuan couldn't help but lightly hug his wife's waist and laughed softly: "These days, my father must be old and hard, and I will do my best. ”

"The husband is not old, but the concubine finds that there are wrinkles at the corners of her eyes."

Huang Yuan was about to speak again, but he saw Chunya, who was only seven years old, suddenly barged in, saw his father and mother hugging each other, giggled, and showed a tooth.

Yun Niang was ashamed and pushed Huang Yuan away. "Husband, I don't have to go to the hall today, let's go."

Huang Yuan didn't let go. "Let's go to see Mother ...... together"

A little maid hurriedly broke in, and before the person could enter the house, she was already shouting. "Uncle, a few chamberlains have come to summon the uncle into the palace."

Huang Yuan didn't know what was going on, he came to the front yard, but saw Liu Wan teasing Bao Ya who was in the morning class, and when he saw Huang Yuan coming out, he let go of Bao Ya's face and said with a smile: "Congratulations Brother Huang, Your Highness is invited." ”

During the three years that Huang Yuan went to sea, he single-handedly organized the logistics of the entire fleet, and after he returned, he was promoted to two ranks, and is currently the commander of the naval headquarters.

At this level, although he did not command the troops, he was also one of the rightful logistics leaders of the navy.

Hearing Liu Wan's good news, he didn't believe that he had just been promoted and would be promoted again. So I was a little puzzled and asked, "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Liu Wan laughed in a low voice: "Although Brother Huang is not a high authority, he is also a lowly authority. Now the navy and the army are arguing over Brother Huang, and His Royal Highness is making decisions for Brother Huang. ”

At this time, Huang Yuan's mother, Han, heard that the chamberlain had come to the door, and hurriedly came to the front yard.

Let's not say that the Han family is a well-known second-grade lady, even a first-grade fate, and they can't put a score in front of Liu Wan and their inner servants.

The reason why Liu Wan is so polite is entirely because they have been at sea together for three years, and they get along with Huang Yuan day and night. Almost everyone knew that Huang Yuan had outstanding abilities, and Zhu Zhanji attached great importance to him and treated him with courtesy.

And Huang Yuan was born in a family of eunuchs, and he knew how to contact with the inner servants, and he also maintained the relationship between the inner servants very well.

Liu Wan did not meet as an internal servant, but completely as a junior.

Of course, the Han family also understood the difference, so he asked the housekeeper to take out the reward silver, which was fifty percent higher than usual.

After everyone greeted each other, Huang Yuan hurriedly went back and changed into a new set of official clothes, and then went out with Liu Wan.

"Young Eunuch Liu, what is the intention of this Highness?"

Liu Wan shook his head and said, "I don't know about this family, but ......, His Royal Highness met with His Majesty last night, and then asked our family to come to look for you early in the morning." ”

I heard that it was related to the emperor, and even Huang Yuan couldn't guess how he would be arranged.

Coming out of Taipingfang, not far from the north gate of the imperial city, but the north gate is not allowed to enter and exit except for palace maids, chamberlains, and foreign ministers.

They walked some distance south to the Xi'an Gate, from where they entered the palace.

Originally, he thought that he was going to go around to Donghua Gate from the sandwich road, but Liu Wan took him directly into Xihua Gate.

From here, you can go to Zhu Di's Wuying Hall to deal with the early Dynasty, or you can go to the Jinshen Hall to deal with the Wu Dynasty.

Huang Yuanqi said: "This is ......"

Liu Wan smiled and said: "His Royal Highness asked our family to take you to Wuying Palace, presumably to take you directly to see the emperor......

Huang Yuan didn't dare to be sloppy, he examined his appearance again, and reorganized what he should say when he saw Zhu Di in his heart.

Seeing the grandson, he can be a little casual, Zhu Zhanji regards him as an arm, and lets him live on the flagship that the foreign minister can't live in for three years, so naturally he won't blame him for a small mistake.

But the emperor is different, every word and deed, every bit must be paid attention to.

Before he arrived at the Wuying Palace, he saw that the early dynasty had dispersed.

After the ministers of civil and military affairs reported on the day's major events, they had to go back to their yamen to deal with political affairs.

And whoever wants to report to the emperor will hand over the report in advance, and the celebrant and the cabinet will arrange the order of reporting according to the size and importance of the event, and the rank of the official.

Huang Yuan and a few chamberlains waited outside the hall for a short while, and then saw Zhu Di walking out with Zhu Zhanji, followed by the cabinet headed by Yang Rong.

Seeing Huang Yuan and them, Zhu Zhanji beckoned, and several people hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Taisun has praised your ability to handle politics, and I also want to know if the descendants carefully cultivated by Huang Ruxi can take great responsibility locally, so if you have any skills today, you will take them all." ”

Huang Yuan was even more confused, not knowing what Zhu Zhanji wanted him to do. Zhu Di continued to move forward, and Zhu Zhanji gave him a comforting look, but there was no hint.

He didn't dare to follow suit, and when several cabinet members followed with a smile, he fell to the back of the line.

When he came to the Jinshen Palace, Zhu Di did not directly call him to come forward to ask, but first let him have breakfast and rewarded several cabinet scholars to eat together.

Taking advantage of Zhu Di's entry to change clothes, Zhu Di called Huang Yuan to step forward and said with a smile: "I recommended to the imperial grandfather that you should be the marching Sima of the Western Expedition, this time, you have to give me a good performance." ”

The first time in Huang Yuan's heart was not surprise, but panic. The marching Sima of the imperial expedition, this is the general manager of the entire western expedition.

He thought that this position belonged to Yang Rong, and only Yang Rong had this qualification.

Although the commander is also an important position, it is far from enough to serve as the marching commander of the army.

He looked at Yang Rong, but found that Yang Rong did not have an angry expression, but a sense of eagerness to test his depth.

And several cabinet scholars all had a look of good show, which made him calm down quickly.

Although his qualifications are much worse, he has handled the logistics of thousands of ships and 100,000 people with his grandson, and now he has no sense of emptiness.

Zhu Zhanji saw that he had calmed down, and nodded secretly.

The commander is equivalent to a division-level general in later generations, and the marching Sima who drives the expedition in person, not to mention that he must be a general like a group army commander, at least a general-level general or above.

Zhu Zhanji recommended Huang Yuan because he trusted him very much, but whether Zhu Di would approve an important position depends on his performance today.

Although he had already eaten breakfast at home, at this time, Huang Yuan was rewarded, so he naturally wouldn't be unconventional and say not to eat, so he ate a small bowl of porridge and two steamed buns.

When Zhu Di put down the chopsticks, everyone immediately put down the chopsticks and wiped their mouths.

Naturally, some chamberlains stepped forward to clean up the tableware and scraps, and everyone moved to the main hall of the temple.

Zhu Di sat down on the dragon chair, and did not pave the way, and said directly: "Taisun recommended you to be my marching horse, and I have also seen the achievements you have made in the three years you have been at sea, but there are some problems, you still have to consider them personally, and I will rest assured,"

Huang Yuan said: "Weichen is still young, I am afraid it is difficult to take this responsibility, please think deeply about it." ”

(12,000 today, one more chapter, a little later)