Ma Wensheng Jingtai two years of Jinshi, Liu Da Xia Shun eight years of Jinshi, both of them can be said to be the veterans of the four or five dynasties, in the Hongzhi period, but also with Wang Shu called the "three gentlemen". Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In March this year, the two of them were impeached because of the absurdity of the emperor, and even scolded the emperor with blood, and begged for dismissal many times.

What is chilling is that Emperor Zhengde not only did not think about it, but actually listened to the slander of the Eight Tigers and really dismissed the two of them.

The old ministers of the Five Dynasties were heartfelt, but they left the scene so gloomily, how could it not be chilling? Since then, both the cabinet and the six ministries have hated the Eight Tigers to the extreme.

But they all endured it, learned the lesson of the last time, this time they must not make a mistake, and they must put the Eight Tigers to death!

So when Zhu Houzhao sent Wang Yue to negotiate with the cabinet, the cabinet did not give Zhu Houzhao any face at all, and discussed going straight to the middle palace the next day, not killing the Eight Tigers, and vowing not to leave the palace.

It was late at night, Jiao Shilang drank alone at night, and a secret report had already been handed over to the commander of Jinyiwei to inform Qian Ning that he was gambling, to some extent, Jiao Fang and Chen Yu were the same.

They are all using Liu Jin. But Jiao Fang and Chen Yu are different, because at the same time he is also being used by Liu Jin.

"My lord, what you expected was right, then Eunuch Liu really went to find Chen Tingyu this morning." There was a small official next to Jiao Fang who said respectfully.

"Yes." Jiao Fang nodded noncommittally, and after the little official walked away, he said to himself: "Chen Tingyu, Chen Tingyu." ”

When Liu Jin saw the information sent by Jin Yiwei, he immediately summoned the rest of the tigers, oh, now there are no tigers, they are more like street rats.

Liu Jin looked at these seven useless things, and he didn't get angry, except for the joy of Zhu Houzhao, who can please him, what ideals and revenge do you have? I can't wait for the outer court to get rid of you.

It's just that now he categorically won't say that, after all, they are all grasshoppers on a rope, and after changing his disdainful look, Liu Jin spoke: "Everyone, the outer court wants to put us to death, and they have indeed done it." ”

When he said this, Gu Dayong's expressions became more and more gloomy, Liu Jin saw it in his eyes, didn't say anything, hugged his hands and said: "But the emperor treats me well, and wants to transfer us to Nanzhili." ”

Miao Kui nodded, indeed, they were really scared when they knew the means of the outer court, so the transfer of Nan Zhili was the only way that a few of them could come up with, and the emperor did treat them well, and also agreed with this opinion, and asked the eunuch Wang Yue to negotiate with the outer court.

"However, today the old man got the news from the outer court, and their attitude is very resolute, if they don't see the heads of the people waiting for us, they will not give up!" Liu Jin's words frightened the faces of those eunuchs like ashes.

Gao Feng said: "Then what should I do now?" Why don't I wait and escape? It's better than dying here. ”

After Gao Feng finished speaking, the rest of the people agreed, greatly agreeing with Gao Feng's opinion.

"The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, where can we escape? As for the solution, Master Chen Yu Chen has already thought of it for me! After Liu Jin finished speaking, the seven eunuchs were all demented.

Qiu Ju said gratefully: "It's still Lord Chen's magnanimity, if I can escape this catastrophe, I will definitely recognize Lord Chen as my grandfather." ”

The reason why Liu Jin brought Chen Yu up was because all this was arranged by Chen Yu, and Liu Jin could also guess that Chen Yu was afraid that he wanted to build his prestige among the eunuch group.

This is understandable, nothing is more important than saving his life, he continued: "So if we can really survive this calamity, we must thank Master Chen for a good life." ”

This sentence was said by himself for Chen Yu.

October of the first year of Zhengde is destined to be an unquiet month, and the competition between the inner court and the inner palace has reached a fever pitch.

The outer court was busy cutting off the head of the chicken, worshipping the handle, and swearing not to give up if he didn't get rid of the eight tigers. Several eunuchs in the inner palace also wanted to wear the same pair of pants and kill the old horsemen in the outer court together. Anyway, there has never been such a high degree of unity within the two groups.

The north is also quite unstable, since the defeat of Guyuan, the little prince has been waiting for an opportunity to find a way back, but the border pass has been arranged by Yang Yiqing like an iron gate, and they can't even enter the pass an inch!

If you want to talk about calm, I'm afraid that there is only Chen Yu now, and Chen Yu is playing against Fang Xiaomei leisurely at this moment.

"General......" Fang Xiaomei said with a smile, "It's the third game, and you have lost three games in a row today." ”

"Uh...... Skills are not as good as others! Chen Yu said with a smile.

"Lying paper, obviously pretending to be something, why do you have to stretch yourself." Fang Xiaomei set up the chess game again, "Looking at your indecisive appearance, I know that your heart has already flown to the palace at this moment, and you are still pretending to be light-hearted." ”

"Well, I can't hide anything from you." Chen Yu's face finally showed a trace of worry, and he said, "Today is very important, if Liu Jin and the others don't succeed, then the road after that will become more and more difficult." ”

"You've never been so unconfident." Fang Xiaomei said in surprise.

"You don't know, the outer court is not easy to fool." Chen Yu said, "So I didn't let Liu Jin beat all the outer courts to death with a stick." ”

"Let me guess, you must have left Li Dongyang behind and drove Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Yang Tinghe out of the Jingshi!" Fang Xiaomei said.

Chen Yu squinted his eyes and said with an appreciative expression: "Giving birth to a daughter should be like a cold love!" ”

"Let's call me Xiaomei, now there is nothing to love, if a person removes all the feelings, what is the difference between him and the dead?" Fang Xiaomei looked a little lonely, as if she remembered the past.

"Don't, don't remember, general, you lost......" is obviously a disadvantage, how is it possible? Fang Xiaomei looked at the chessboard incredulously.

"Don't be so surprised, I've already started the layout." Chen Yu said with a smile, "Life is like chess!" ”

Everyone's life is a game of chess, and so is the outer court, for them, this game of chess is a sure win, and they didn't even sleep last night.

Not only did they not sleep last night, but also Liu Jin's eunuchs, who didn't sleep well all night, and had been discussing how to repeat Chen Yu's words with Zhu Houzhao.

Early in the morning, they arrived at the East Pavilion, and the eight of them knelt neatly in front of Zhu Houzhao's collapse, and the tone of the crying could really make them cry.

"Your Majesty, the old slave has been following you since you were a child, eating your and drinking your ......urine," several people began to remember without restraint.

Speaking of emotion, even Zhu Houzhao had a few sympathies, and the only ones who could play with him when he was a child were these big companions, but thinking of his terrifying face in the outer court, Zhu Houzhao was scared again.

Forget it, the big companion is gone, continue to look for it, and don't delay life, but if the throne is gone, then there is really no play.

Liu Jin saw Zhu Houzhao's reaction, it was really exactly the same as Chen Yu's guess, and his admiration for Chen Yu in his heart was almost like the time when he threw himself to the ground.

At this time, he changed his words, no longer remembering the past, but began to look forward to the future for Zhu Houzhao.

"Your Majesty, if the old minister is really gone one day, you must be careful of Wang Yue!" Liu Jin remembered Chen Yu's words and never said a word about the outer court, "These are actually his ideas, he just wants to put me to death, so that he can control the celebrant and the eunuch." ”

Zhu Houzhao had heard the unclear news of Wang Yue and the outer court for a long time, and now after Liu Jin, he suddenly thought of a possibility, if the inner court really colluded with the outer court, wouldn't his imperial power be completely hollowed out?

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao suddenly shuddered, no wonder the people in the outer court dared to be so bold and bent on killing the Eight Tigers.

Liu Jin saw Zhu Houzhao's change, smiled quietly, and then said pitifully: "Wang Yue has long wanted to get rid of us, but he has never found a chance, we are going to Nanzhili, and he will not let it go......"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the old slaves really won't be able to survive today......" Gao Feng also helped on the side, very pitiful.

In fact, these words are irrelevant, Liu Jin's words pierced Zhu Houzhao's young heart at once, and after a short time, Zhu Houzhao's eyes became firm, and there was no longer the previous hesitation, "Liu Jin, let the outer court not enter the palace!" ”

"The old slave knows." Liu Jin desperately held back the excitement in his suppressed heart, it was done, it really happened!

Chen Yu grasped a very critical point, power! Actually, you can play it no matter how you play, but please don't ignore one point, the supreme imperial power.

The cabinet is in charge of the vote, and the celebrant is in charge of the red, if the outer court and the inner palace are really united, he Zhu Houzhao will not have a little power at all.

The state power system of the Ming Dynasty is mutually contained, even the emperor can not act recklessly, all the will must be drafted by the cabinet, submitted to the emperor for approval, it can be regarded as a formal procedure, as long as such a will is issued, it is useful.

If the emperor does not issue a decree through the cabinet, the cabinet has the right to reject it, and the hundred officials can not carry it out.

Emperor Taizu is a diligent person, all the red people do it himself, but his sons and grandsons are not good, starting from Yongle, he has cultivated eunuch literacy, so as to master the red criticism, let them contain the cabinet, and prevent the cabinet from becoming more powerful.

After that, it is customized, so the celebrant is in charge of a very important power to approve red, from which it can be seen that if the cabinet and the celebrant are united, then the imperial power will be absolutely hollowed, so even if the emperor lacks the heart, he has to be vigilant when he hears the rumors of the cabinet and the celebrant supervisor.

Although Zhu Houzhao loves to play, he can't be sloppy at all in this kind of thing.

Chen Yu took a fancy to this key point, so he could let Liu Jin and others die and come back to life. But during this period, you must not be too clear, you have to let Zhu Houzhao taste and understand by himself, so that he can exert a strong imagination space! (To be continued.) )