Of course, Zhang You understood what Li Yan meant, and couldn't help but sigh: "I won't tell you, this is what I'm most worried about, as the saying goes, people are good for a thousand days, flowers are not red for a hundred days, and it is said that a companion is like a tiger, who dares to guarantee that Your Majesty will always be like this to me?" It's a pity that I don't have a good way to do it once and for all, I can only take one step at a time and pray to God, I hope there will never be that day. ”

He said a little pessimistic, in fact, there are still some preparations, such as "Ming Pao", such as the Ming Silver Trumpet, and for example, the ocean trade that is in full swing, these are all things that he has high hopes for, and are ready to be left as a way back at a critical moment, but if these traces of his heart are dissected, there is always a suspicion of rebellion, yes, even if he is as close as Li Yan, he will never say it.

Li Yan nodded lightly and said, "Actually, you don't need to be so negative, after all, there is still the Queen Mother, and your father-in-law, as long as you don't make particularly unforgivable mistakes, there should be no problem." ”

"I hope so!" Zhang You dealt with it casually, not wanting to continue this heavy topic, and said instead: "By the way, auntie, there is something I have always wanted to ask you, does Your Majesty know your relationship with Concubine Li Rong?" ”

"I didn't know before, but your father-in-law confessed to His Majesty a few days ago."

"Oh? He's not afraid ......? ”

Li Yan said: "Actually, this is the smartest choice, it's better than taking the initiative in case one day in the future, don't forget, the harem struggle is everything, and I can't avoid going into the palace to see Jin Xia......"

She paused for a moment, and then said: "Actually, if you really put it bluntly, it's nothing, when you are the emperor, what you are most afraid of is that the people below will hide it, as for the identity of me and Jin Xia, there are many sects in the world, and Buddhism and Taoism can be tolerated, not to mention our little Huangtian Sect." ”

"That's what I said, in this way, wouldn't it be more convenient for you to go to see Li Rongfei again?"

"Well, it's really convenient, Your Majesty also gave me a tooth card to enter and exit the harem."

Zhang You said with some emotion: "Don't say anything else, Your Majesty's heart is actually quite good, and there is nothing bad about it...... Since it is so convenient for you to enter and exit the inner house now, the case of the disappearance of the child can take a little more effort, I have a hunch that I will have a battle with Lao Zhang Hong, if I can get him down in advance, I don't know how much thought I will have to spare. In addition, those children cannot be sacrificed in vain, and justice must be sought for them. ”

Li Yan nodded heavily, and suddenly said again: "By the way, isn't the Heavenly Battalion in charge of the Ouchi Guard, this matter can't be said by your father-in-law, you have to talk to your father-in-law when you have time, and let them help investigate." ”

Zhang You said: "I was about to see him, Your Majesty is really generous this time, first the cadres were arbitrary, and ordered Liang Menglong, the secretary of the military department, to be the secretary of the military department, and then he wanted to change the heavenly barracks to the heavenly guards, and the two-pronged approach was to tell the world that only he was the real master of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"It's a good thing that the emperor is strong, the first emperor is a good man, his power is almost hollowed out by the cabinet, and His Majesty was too young when he first ascended the throne. I think that's pretty good, that's the real Son of Heaven. ”

Zhang You glanced at Li Yan in surprise, and suddenly woke up, thousands of years of imperial power is high, people have long been used to it, which is like themselves, and the soul comes from the next generation.

Li Yan's reaction is the most normal, like Zhang Juzheng, who realizes that imperial power needs to be restrained, there are very few people after all.

Is Zhang You looking forward to the manifestation of imperial power or the weakening of imperial power?

To be honest, he was suddenly a little confused. Logically speaking, what he expects is, of course, democracy and freedom, and the corresponding is naturally the ministers in power and the emperor reduced to a puppet. But it turns out that when the power of the ministers really overshadowed the imperial power, the Ming Dynasty came to the end, so the courtiers surrendered, the emperor hanged, and the centuries-old foundation was ruined, and finally was taken advantage of by those barbarians from between the black mountains and white waters.

Maybe what he is more looking forward to is the emergence of a powerful ruler in the Ming Dynasty, right?

So he subconsciously got closer and closer to Zhu Yijun.

Is that the case?

Zhang You asked himself, it seems that this is really the case--try to change the fate of some people, such as Feng Bao, such as Zhang Juzheng, such as Wang Rong......

"Perhaps, I have always thought that the essence of the decline of the Ming Dynasty is not the incompetence of Wanli, but the struggle that affects the protracted and exhausting power of the monarch and ministers, right?"

"Why don't you speak? What do you think? ”

Li Yan's words pulled Zhang You's chaotic thoughts back, and he said in a little panic: "I didn't think about anything...... It's not early, I have to go to Zhangfu, will you go with me? ”

"What for?"

"Your Majesty doesn't intend to take Zhang Feng's people and horses, the strategy set by my father and I is obviously no longer applicable, and I have to let Zhang Sixiu inform them."

Li Yan asked strangely, "Why don't you go by yourself?" ”

Zhang You said: "Of course it's to avoid suspicion," and then smiled bitterly: "In addition, those people don't have a good impression of me, and I really don't want to put a hot face on their cold butts." ”

It was night, and the first assistant Zhang Siwei's mansion was staggered, and it was very lively.

The banquet is naturally headed by Zhang Siwei, Liu Shouyou on the left hand, Chen Jingbang Chen Gongwang on the left side of the Ministry of Rites on the right hand, and then down, Yan Qing Yan Qing of Dali Temple, Wei Yunzhen, the new Jiangxi Provincial Imperial History Li Zhi, Shandong Provincial Imperial History Jiangdong Zhi...... More than a dozen people sat around the table, and one by one they drank with red heads and raised faces, obviously the wine banquet had reached a high tide.

Zhang Siwei has been controlling the amount of alcohol, so he is still very sober, and seeing that the time is not early, he took the initiative to end the feast.

personally sent everyone out of the house, leaving only Yan Qing, Chen Jingbang and Wei Yunzhen.

This is Zhang Siwei's descendant strength, Wei Yunzhen needless to say, like Jiang Dongzhi and Li Zhi, they are all his students (Zhang Siwei once presided over the examination in the fifth year of Wanli, and these people were all Jinshi of that year), Chen Jingbang, like Zhang Siwei, served as the East Palace lecturer of the Wanli Emperor, and they were inexorable.

As for Yan Qing, it is purely because of like-mindedness, this person has always been indifferent to Zhang Juzheng's government and government, and when most of the courtiers were vying to tie up Zhang Juzheng, he was the only one who was unmoved, so Zhang Siwei took the initiative to make friends, and finally he was irreversible.

"It's not easy, Puzhou Gong, looking up and down, the whole dynasty is Zhang Feng's party, who would have thought that Liang Shangshu would be bounced down at once?" In the study, retreating left and right, and no longer need to scruple when speaking, Chen Jingbang couldn't help but sigh.

Yan Qing echoed: "Yes, if you want to say that Brother Ziwei has the courage to observe the Sacred Heart, he guessed Jinshang's thoughts at once, to be honest, when Changxin impeached Liang Menglong, the old man really sweated for him." ”

Changxin is the word of Jiangdongzhi, Yan Qing is an old qualification, Jiajing is twenty-three years old, nearly ten years earlier than Zhang Siwei, and he does not have much scruples when he speaks.

"Brother Gong's praise is false, this can only show that His Majesty is dissatisfied with Taiyue Gong's long-term service, I am just a coincidence." Zhang Siwei said politely.

"Sir, what's next?" Wei Yunzhen asked, he was young and vigorous, obviously not interested in these politeness.