Li Tingji's footsteps did not stop, but his tone was extremely cautious.

"Yes, I have my own line of supervision, and the official of the Department of Science and Technology is in charge of the road, which has been for a long time, and now if you want to take Yang Lian as a minister, it is the best choice to send him to the Tao, after all, in this way, you can be justified, not to mention that now you want to rectify the rule of officials, the old man has tested Your Majesty, whether you want to do anything to the Supervision Yuan, Your Majesty is very moved, which shows that today's supervision of the first line, has made Jin Shang very dissatisfied, and at this moment, it is the best opportunity to insert Yang Lian into it!"

In fact, Li Tingji made this decision not rashly and impulsively.

Among all the people in the imperial party, if one wants to talk about the skill of political struggle and the ability to grasp the current situation, there is no one who can compare with Li Tingji.

He noticed the Son of Heaven's extraordinary attention to Yang Lian very early, and he kept thinking about the reason why the Son of Heaven did this, until later, he impulsively angered the Son of Heaven in the court meeting, and was forced to think about it behind closed doors.

Among them, why does the Son of Heaven attach so much importance to Yang Lian......

He once carefully recalled every word that the Son of Heaven said to Yang Lian, and found that the Son of Heaven's indulgence of Yang Lian was actually not an unlimited indulgence, and the Son of Heaven's indulgence of Yang Lian would only work when he Yang Lian was not afraid of authority and dared to insist on his own opinions, and at other times, the Son of Heaven was like an ordinary minister to Yang Lian.

So he began to deduce, what kind of person will Yang Lian become in the long run?

There is no doubt that with the almost indulgent encouragement of the Son of Heaven, Yang Lian's personality will become more and more extreme, as long as he is not used to things, no matter who the other party is, how powerful he is, and how high his status is, he will be outspoken.

Thinking back to the history books I had seen before, all the ministers with this kind of character were undoubtedly well-known ministers and direct ministers!

And today in the Qianqing Palace, Li Tingji tested the Son of Heaven, his words seemed to be sycophants, but in fact he was inquiring about the Son of Heaven's impressions and opinions on the current Kedao officials in disguise.

As a result, it was obvious that the Son of Heaven was very dissatisfied, and even the Son of Heaven bluntly reprimanded him at that time, the officialdom was filthy, the wind of bribery was prevalent, and the Imperial History and Science turned a blind eye, wouldn't it be a strange thing?

Since there is no real outspoken and outspoken Feng Xianguan in the officialdom, then the Son of Heaven can only cultivate one by himself!

There is no doubt that this person is Yang Lian!

"Having said that, but on the Son of Heaven's side, even if he has such thoughts, but Brother Li is so self-assertive, I'm afraid it will still cause the Son of Heaven to be displeased......"

Ye Xianggao thought about it, finally calmed down completely, sighed and said.

Although Li Tingji's words are good, but this is a danger after all, if you guess the wrong mind of the Son of Heaven, it will definitely provoke the anger of the Son of Heaven, and even if you guess the mind of the Son of Heaven, there may not be any good results.

"So the old man will enter the palace tomorrow and explain everything to His Majesty!"

Li Tingji pondered for a moment and said.

At this point, Li Tingji's face couldn't help but have a trace of anxiety.

He was extremely confident in his guess, and the Son of Heaven had not guessed Yang Lian's arrangement wrongly, but as Ye Xianggao said, he was still taking risks.

The danger is that he is not sure what the Son of Heaven really thinks about this matter?

However, unlike Ye Xianggao's worries, he was not worried that the Son of Heaven would have an opinion on his arrangement for Yang Lian to enter the Dao, but that the Son of Heaven would have an opinion on his intention to do so.

Since the Son of Heaven has cultivated Yang Lian for so long, he must have made him a minister, and if Li Tingji can send him to the Dao, the Son of Heaven will only be happy.

But the affairs of the court obviously cannot only look at the surface, not only the forces in the court are implicated and intertwined, but also various things.

You must know that Yang Lian's status in the imperial party has always been very special, he is a stunned young man, except for the Son of Heaven, he has never been close to anyone, whether it is the old ministers of the palace who used to work with him, or the new ministers of the Zhan Mansion in the future, he treats everyone equally.

But at the same time, he is deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven, and if he is favored and trusted, he can be compared to the four giants in the imperial party, so to speak, if anyone can draw him to his side, he will immediately increase his power.

And Li Tingji hit this idea, in addition to Yang Lian's stunned characteristics of not knowing current affairs and preferring to bend, there is also a little-known characteristic, that is, knowing kindness and retribution.

Yang Lian didn't know the plan of the Son of Heaven, nor did he know that the path arranged for him by the Son of Heaven was a road full of hardships and dangers, a path for a lonely minister, but he never resisted or regretted it.

All this is because at the beginning, he was just a penniless person, forced to be elected as a royal palace official for his livelihood, and his future was almost bleak, it was Zhu Changluo who knew the best, relied on him, indulged his paranoia and stubbornness, and gave a king the greatest patience and grace that his subordinates could give.

Because of this, Yang Lian was willing to become a lonely minister, even if almost all the ministers in history ended up very bleak, Yang Lian didn't care.

In the same way, if someone is kind to him, Yang Lian will definitely repay him.

Li Tingji didn't plan that he would be able to completely take Yang Lian into his pocket, and the Son of Heaven would not allow it, he just hoped that he could send Yang Lian into the Kedao this time, and he could win Yang Lian's favor, and the most unfortunate thing was that it was good for him to owe him a favor.

The debt of favor is the most difficult to repay, don't underestimate such a favor, with Yang Lian's status in front of the Son of Heaven, this favor may be able to save Li Tingji's life when the situation is right!

Of course, the premise of all this is that Li Tingji can get things done.

And what worries him the most is whether the Son of Heaven will be disgusted with this matter, and if Yang Lian is arranged to enter the Dao, the Son of Heaven will naturally only be happy, but if Yang Lian is arranged to enter the Dao in order to win him over, what the Son of Heaven will think in his heart, Li Tingji is not sure.

Party strife!

This is the eternal theme of the Ming Dynasty or the court from ancient times to the present, almost every official in the officialdom is inseparable from these two words, even if it is not among the several big factions in the court, there are always small parties.

And what worries Li Tingji the most is that Jinshang seems to be extremely disgusted with party fighting, and this disgust is like Jinshang's seemingly nonexistent prejudice against Wenchen, which has never been revealed, but Li Tingji can vaguely feel it.

It is precisely because of this that Li Tingji has always restrained himself and has not excessively expanded his power, otherwise, with his means, he would have fallen to that point a few days ago, how could no one except Ye Xianggao dare to open his mouth to speak for him.

So Li Tingji couldn't help but take a risk in the end, and as soon as he made a move, he aimed at Yang Lian, who was the most trusted by the Son of Heaven!

Li Tingji's creed has always been to either don't do it, or do it!

Since the Son of Heaven's cultivation of Yang Lian follows the path of the ministers, then of course, the tolerance for him being co-opted will not be very high, on the other hand, if Yang Lian is co-opted by Shi'en, the Son of Heaven can tolerate it, then Li Tingji's attitude towards party struggle is also roughly bottomed up.

Li Tingji knew that this may not be the most turbulent in his career, but it was the most important temptation, and it was also the most unconfident temptation for him, because he was testing the Son of Heaven!

What he tested was the bottom line and tolerance of the Son of Heaven for party struggle......

If it happens, he can get rid of most of the restraints from now on, and he doesn't have to be cautious, for fear of unintentionally touching the bottom line of the Son of Heaven, but if it doesn't, I'm afraid that the holy grace he has regained by throwing everything behind for so long will pass him by again......