Chapter 325: The Smell of Gunpowder (Part II)

Chapter 325

The essence of politics is balance.

In other words, when the strength does not reach absolute crushing, maintaining a balance of power is the only way, in case the other party is not crushed, it can also leave a basis for future dialogue.

So Zhu Qizhen nodded, and wanted Ma Shun to follow the officials of the foreign dynasty to investigate the case, Yang Pu, Ma Yu and others exchanged glances, and one or two knelt on the ground and shouted "Your Majesty Shengming".

Anyway, now that the outer dynasty has mastered the absolute initiative, not to mention that by using this to directly follow the vine and get Wang Zhen down, at least it can also make a little gap between the emperor and Wang Zhen, and with such a little gap, if the foreign dynasty wants to make further efforts in the future, there will be a place to exert force.

However, whether it is the bigwigs of the foreign dynasty or Wang Zhen standing beside the emperor, they all know very well in their hearts that this time, Guo Jing, the eunuch guarding the town, must die, and what the ending is different depends on what Guo Jing can recruit.

Zhu Qizhen looked at the courtiers kneeling below, and suddenly felt that he was in a good mood today, so he squinted his eyes and waved his hand: "Zhongqing is flat." ”

A group of ministers from the foreign court stood up, bowed and waited for orders, and at the moment when the emperor asked, "What else is going on", Ma Yu was about to stand up and make a bigger news, but Yang Pu, who was standing in front of him, moved his steps very vaguely, blocked his castration, and waved his hand at him even more vaguely.

As a result, today's court meeting, which was already full of gunpowder, slowly dissipated like the smell of gunpowder during the New Year, and no more exciting news broke out.

Waiting to retreat from the court, Ma Yu and the others frowned and went down to the court first, while Yang Pu, as in the past, stuck to the root of the wall and walked out very carefully, which can be regarded as a little personal habit left behind after he was put in prison by Emperor Taizong in the early years, or ...... Psychological shadows.

When he returned to the cabinet, Ma Yu, Cao Nai, Chen Xun and others were already waiting for him, and the small officials and ordinary bachelors who were waiting around him were also discharged. ”

According to the ancient imperial examination system, Yang Pu can indeed be called his mentor, that is, in the same cabinet, Ma Yu did not dare to forget his roots.

The so-called pursuit of victory is to give Zhu Qizhen a big surprise, Yu Qian contacted King Zhou and other vassal kings at the bottom, but he still hid it from the emperor, and now he takes it out, he will definitely be able to give the emperor a surprise.

"Don't rush anything." Yang Pu sighed and shook his head, "Now that Guo Jing's crime has not yet been implemented, it is unwise to use Yang Jian's merits and the power of the vassal king to shake the sacred heart." ”

Seeing that everyone else was looking different, Yang Pu shook his head and sighed: "I'm waiting to report Guo Jing's crime now, but is it to directly confront the inner court?" ”

When the others heard this, they were stunned, none of the people present were stupid people, and the so-called "tolerant" Ma Yu was not a fuel-efficient lamp in itself, and it was impossible to do this position if it was fuel-efficient, so everyone's eyes quickly showed a thoughtful look.

"This time, the purpose has been accomplished, so why bother with extraneous branches?" Yang Pu shook his head, took a sip of the teacup, and then knocked on the table, "Although it is the end of the year, there are always some official documents that still need to be drafted, so let them come in." ”

The rest of the cabinet scholars nodded, and while sighing that Jiang was still old and spicy, they went to order someone to hand over the official document.

To put it bluntly, Guo Jing's case is just a foreplay, in order to make a buckle between the emperor and Wang Zhen, so that the emperor will be suspicious of Wang Zhen, as long as this goal is achieved, not to mention that Guo Jing will definitely die in this situation, that is, Guo Jing escaped the death penalty and was thrown into the vegetable garden to farm or thrown to Fengyang to guard the imperial mausoleum, and the foreign dynasty has made money.

And at this time, throwing Yang Shangjing and the promotion of the vassal king can only make the emperor lose his square inch, and subconsciously rely more on Wang Zhen, even if Guo Jing's crime is confirmed, the emperor will no longer blame Wang Zhen.

Lonely and talking...... It's not much.

A group of cabinet scholars sorted out the official documents, and when it was time to eat at noon, they raised their heads from the pile of documents one by one, Cao Nai thought about it, and finally couldn't hold back, and sighed in a low voice: "Shang Jing...... It's a pity. ”

He was able to enter the cabinet, in fact, Yang Rong played a decisive role, otherwise with this Yang Shiqi's brain, he could only face Wang Zhengang after Wang Zhen made a request, this favor cannot be forgotten at any time, so for Yang Shangjing, Yang Rong's son and nephew, his mood is also very complicated.

"There's no one better suited than him." Ma Yu, who has always had a generous personality, slowly spit out such a sentence after being silent for a long time.

If you want to make the emperor feel scared, you have to really pierce the knife into the softest place in his heart, the vassal king has the right of inheritance in law, the king of Zhou is still the elder of the emperor, Yang Shangjing is the de facto initiator of the anti-eunuch, carrying too many memories of His Majesty the emperor, combining the two is a very terrible weapon.

The most important thing is that Yang Shangjing now has no foundation in Beijing except for them, and using Yang Shangjing as a knife is the choice that will cause the least impact and the lowest loss to the foreign dynasty.

Cao Nai, who has always been known for his determination, could only nod when he heard this, those who have achieved great things are not informal, and if they want to achieve great things, if they want to restore the situation of the Zhengying Dynasty since the Renxuan Second Dynasty, they must make sacrifices.

"However, in the year of its establishment, the military affairs of the governor's three governments and the preparation of Zhejiang, although it cannot be compared with the ancient Ganluo twelve ministers, it is also rare in a hundred years." Chen Xun, who had been sitting with a little transparent, suddenly sighed, and he didn't know what it meant in his voice, in short, it was very complicated.

Yang Pu lowered his head, did not speak, slowly put away the official documents on the table, knocked on the table gently, then raised his head and sighed: "Loose official rank, ask him for one." ”

The loose officials of the Ming Dynasty followed the grade, and the way in which the Song Dynasty and the loose officials were awarded separately was still different, but well, the rules were not directly fixed, and there was still room for operation inside, as long as Yang Shangjing made enough contributions, or smeared enough powder on the face of the imperial court, then there was no problem in asking him for a high-standard loose official.