At dusk, when it was dark, Yang Zhen returned to his mansion. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As one of the most influential figures in Beijing today, Yang Zhen, who holds the power of the terrible spy agency Jinyiwei and has the trust of the emperor, naturally cannot still live in the slightly cramped courtyard before.

Today's Yang Mansion has already arrived in another more magnificent and spacious Qijin compound, which is a large mansion courtyard given by the Son of Heaven, and the surrounding neighbors are also high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the court. Of course, with Yang Zhen's special status, the relationship with these neighbors cannot be very close, and the two sides are just nodding friends.

What remains unchanged is the many subordinates in the house. Yang Zhen did not change them because of the continuous improvement of their status, so they were also quite loyal to their master. By the way, the previous courtyard has become the mansion of his brother Yang Chen at this time, so there is still a plaque of the Yang Mansion, but it is the mansion of Lord Yang Chen in the Ministry of Industry - he has also made progress in three years, and has become a Langzhong whose status is only below the waiter.

Although the brothers no longer live together, the friendship between the two sides has not thinned, and the two families are always moving around each other. Yang Chen, who has married his own son, will also bring his wife and children over for a small gathering from time to time, for example, today, as soon as Yang Zhen arrived at the door, the steward stepped forward with a smile and reported: "The master is finally back, and the uncle has been waiting in the front hall for a long time." ”

"Oh? Is Big Brother here? It was only at this time that Yang Zhen, who was frowning, showed a warm smile. The steward saw him like this, and unconsciously muttered: "Is there any trouble this master, why do you look preoccupied?" However, as a subordinate, he naturally didn't dare to ask his master in person, so he could only serve as carefully as possible.

After passing through the front yard, which was more than twice as large as before, and bypassing the guest hall, Yang Zhen came to the front hall located in the second courtyard. At this time, the hall was already lit up, and there were some drinks and dishes on the table on the side, but Yang Chen was only drinking tea on the seat on the side, pondering something.

"How is the eldest brother doing?" After Yang Zhen entered the door, he smiled and arched his hand.

"Good. There hasn't been a lot of rain lately, so the burden on my shoulders isn't so heavy, otherwise I wouldn't have had time to see you. Yang Chen heard this greeting, so he smiled and got up from his seat.

If you are on the side, you must feel a little strange about the relationship between the two brothers. These two people, if they are said to be close, they always lack some closeness between brothers, and they look too polite; But if you want to talk about estrangement, the two of them are quite diligent. It's just that the friendship between like-minded friends is better than brotherhood.

Of course, they would not understand the complicated feelings between Yang Zhen and his brother, and the two brothers did not mean to tell others their true relationship.

After exchanging a few words of greetings, the two entered the table, and after a while, their respective wives also arrived, and there were four more people at the table - Yang Chen already had a son who was less than two years old, but Zhang Luo's second daughter had not come out yet.

In fact, the two daughters are also quite anxious about this matter. As a human wife, she always hopes to give birth to children for her husband and have successors. It's strange to say, it's been a few years, although Yang Zhen and them have been happy a lot on weekdays, but there is still no change, which makes the two girls go to the temple and Taoist temple several times to ask for a child.

Now looking at the harmonious appearance of the three members of the eldest brother's family, the two girls are really envious, and they only keep turning their resentful eyes back and forth on Yang Zhen and their stomachs. Fortunately, Yang Zhen is extremely decent and hardly goes to fireworks places, otherwise the two women will worry that their men will like the new and hate the old.

But today, Yang Zhen's mind is not on this family banquet, and he has some vague complaints about several women, and he is even more deaf, and he seems to have some concerns. And in the same way, Yang Chen also seemed to have something to say to his brother alone, so the three concubines knew each other very well after eating, ran to the back to whisper among the women, and gave this front hall to the pair of brothers who had their own hearts.

"Erlang ......" Seeing the women leaving, Yang Chen opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he was stunned.

This time, Yang Zhen finally noticed his brother's strange appearance, and after a moment of thought, he thought of something: "Big brother has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, but do those officials want you to ask me something?" ”

People go to high places, and while Yang Chen is constantly promoted, he naturally has a group of like-minded companions to help each other. This is the result that every person in the officialdom can't get around, especially in the complex environment of Beijing, unless he can have the ability and luck of Yang Zhen, win the trust of the emperor, and have the backing of an institution like Jinyiwei, he can only be an inconspicuous petty official.

Of course, Yang Chen understood this truth, so after his position was promoted, he also interacted more with his colleagues, and slowly integrated into a certain circle. Of course, they are not a party, they can only be regarded as relatively close and have some friends.

As Yang Zhen's elder brother, he has made many meritorious contributions in the past few years, and has been quickly promoted from the most inconspicuous petty official in charge of the Ministry of Industry to the real power of the fifth grade, Yang Chen's status among these people is still not low. Once everyone has any intentions, they will think about discussing with him, and use this to get more information from Yang Zhen.

Yang Chen smiled a little embarrassedly when he heard his brother say it so bluntly, but then he still said the truth: "It's not the prince's business...... Now the Manchu officials are always holding on to this, and they always want to go back to the collective again, so as to force His Majesty to appoint the eldest son as the crown prince. However, there are also many people who feel that this is not appropriate, so they want to see what His Majesty's attitude is and where the bottom line is. ”

As a foreign minister, it is naturally impossible to really understand the emperor's mind. As an official, not everyone regards offending the emperor as an achievement, and many people still regard following the Sacred Heart as an opportunity for them to become an official and become a knight.

"Then what is your attitude towards this, big brother?" Yang Zhen was not in a hurry to give an answer, but looked directly at his brother and asked.

"I ......" Yang Chen couldn't help but be stunned for a while, he was really a little unsure about this.

Yang Zhen smiled lightly: "Brother, don't you know the true mind of the Son of Heaven?" That's what you told me. Why is it that at this time, you want to ask me for advice? ”

Yang Chen was stunned again, and then smiled bitterly. Indeed, as another traverser, he still has a lot of knowledge about the late Ming Dynasty, and he knows Wanli's attitude towards the crown prince. But for some reason, he in the middle of the court, in this matter, will slowly become biased towards the ideas of officials of this era.

Now that Yang Zhen said this, he suddenly realized that what he wanted to do was indeed sing against the emperor. After pondering for a moment, Yang Chen said with some hesitation: "But history has deviated because of you after all, won't Your Majesty's mind change?" ”

"Of course, his mind never changes, and no matter how much I change, it will remain as you know." Yang Zhen nodded solemnly and said, "Actually, Your Majesty is quite troubled by this matter today, and he still asks me." ”

"You...... But how did you answer? Yang Chen's face tightened when he heard this.

"It's just a procrastination." Yang Zhen told the emperor about giving him an idea today, and in front of his brother, there was nothing to hide.

And after hearing his words, Yang Chen's expression became even darker: "This is really a good excuse, as long as Your Majesty says it openly, I am afraid that few officials of the Manchu Dynasty will dare to refute it, and this time the ministers want to establish the crown prince as soon as possible, so they can only put it on hold for the time being......" As he spoke, he sighed, he knew that this time they couldn't do anything.

"Then big brother, do you think this insistence of the courtiers is right or wrong?" Yang Zhen suddenly asked again.

This made Yang Chen obviously a little unsure of how to answer. He actually knew very well that what the ministers did would only provoke the dissatisfaction and confrontation of the Son of Heaven, but in this circle, it was obvious that sometimes he could only be coerced by everyone, and even his thoughts were biased towards these people.

After a long time, Yang Zhen continued: "Actually, I'm thinking, in this matter, is it the Son of Heaven or the ministers who are wrong. They insisted on making Zhu Changluo the crown prince, did they do it out of public intentions, or did they simply want to win a false name who dared to speak out?

"Big brother, you know what the final result of the dispute between the country and the capital will be, why don't you know how to work around, but you have to go to the end of this desperate road?"

Yang Chen was silent again, but soon, he understood something, and looked at his brother: "Erlang, do you want to follow the will of the Son of Heaven and let Concubine Zheng's future son become the crown prince?" ”

"Big brother, don't you think it's okay to do this?" Yang Zhen asked rhetorically. Between the two of them, there was nothing to hide, he said, and took out the note that had been in his sleeve that made him unsettled and put it in front of Yang Chen: "This is a thank you sent by Concubine Zheng when I left the palace." ”

Yang Chen subconsciously looked down, and his heart jumped. Although it is only a few simple words, the meaning contained in it is not as simple as it appears literally, especially when I think of the note that Yang Zhen received when he saw the Son of Heaven leaving, the Tao in it is even deeper. Zheng Guifei's ears and eyes have actually arrived in front of the Son of Heaven, and after thinking about it, it is naturally shocking......

"You...... Are you really planning to change all that? After a while, Yang Chen looked at Yang Zhen Zhengse and asked.

Yang Zhen's answer was to nod vigorously, his expression was very indifferent, as if he had just made the simplest choice, such as drinking tea or water, eating or drinking.

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