Xie Hong didn't know how effective the fitness pills plus various supplements were, and how long it would take to take effect, but after talking with Zhengde, he confirmed another thing, that is, Zhengde's mentality was younger than his actual age.

Among all the emperors in China, Zhengde is a rare only child, and it is also a family of three, such a model of loving father and strict mother, under the pampering of Hongzhi, his growth experience is similar to that of the children of later generations, so it also leads to his immature mentality.

This immaturity is not only manifested in the performance of being an emperor, but also in his attitude towards women.

Especially with the various tricks that Xie Hong has made, for Zhu Houzhao, the temptation of working hard to cultivate his queen and creating a perfect woman is far less refreshing than becoming the best pitcher in the baseball league, and correspondingly, he did not express any enthusiasm for this.

Regardless of whether he was cocooning himself or not, Xie Hong's confidence in the strategy of delaying time became less and less, so for the next period of time, he devoted all his energy to preparing for the war.

In the eyes of his own people, the Ivy Academy has changed the most, and the research institute and the junior college have withdrawn the Ordnance Division, of course, it seems to be a big move, but in fact, there are few people in these two institutes, because these two institutes are different from primary schools, Xie Hong is counting on getting help from here in the near future, so the requirements are relatively high, resulting in relatively fewer people.

The primary school has not changed at all, most of the teachers in the primary school are here to eat, and they don't really have any loyalty to Xie Hong, and of course they are not core personnel, so the operation of the primary school is still carried out as usual.

Zhenbao Zhai and Hou Defang have not changed at all, and the third prince and Ma Yongcheng have returned to the imperial city, but the outside affairs are still asked for instructions from them, so everything in these two places is basically the same.

As for Lichun Courtyard, in the eyes of outsiders, this intelligence system has nothing to do with Xie Hong, but it is just one of the more successful merchants who have insight and the style of Zhenbao Zhai.

In the eyes of outsiders, the biggest action is the baseball league, with thirty-two teams and thousands of people gathered in the Imperial City West Garden, which is also a remarkable event in any case.

At the same time, the baseball league has caused the greatest reaction.

Most of the ordinary people are very excited, in their opinion, this will be a big event, compared to the regular round of the round-robin, or the knockout game is more exciting and intense, the resulting betting is naturally more profitable, therefore, the people are looking forward to it.

The ministers of the court were very angry, although Xiyuan was a remote corner, it was also a part of the imperial city after all, and there were so many irrelevant people gathered in such places, it could not be called a very decent thing in any case.

What's more, according to the arrangement of the baseball league, after the playoffs start, people will be allowed to watch the game, so won't more people enter the imperial city? How can this be?

Even those of them who are high-ranking officials, if they want to enter the imperial city, they must go through the emperor's summons except for the previous dynasty, and as a result, the imperial city is suddenly open to a group of untouchables, which is really unbearable!

Tide of words! This big move, which is often seen in the court struggle, was released again.

It is said that the baseball league had already spread the news at the beginning, but at that time, the courtiers were in the midst of being torn apart, and they were disturbed by Xie Hong's small black house and other messy means, so they did not make any reaction.

At that time, there were also a few people who were not afraid of death, but at that time, Zhengde used a small black house to tidy up the whole person, and the fate of these people can be imagined, there are more chickens killed, of course the monkeys are afraid, and the ministers are not stupid, knowing that they will be unlucky, who will go up to the chase to find abuse?

However, although the defeat of the Hanlin Academy seriously hit the morale of everyone, it also aroused the anger of the courtiers.

What's more, the original moderate faction is now moving closer in another direction, and the court meeting that determined the emperor's wedding made everyone see hope, as long as they advance and retreat together, the emperor has no way to take the foreign dynasty after all.

Everyone doesn't know if something big will happen, but as long as the complete strength is displayed, the emperor is not a fool, can't he see the difference in strength? Will you insist on going your own way after seeing this gap?

The spirit of the courtiers is getting higher and higher, joint names, blood stabbing, kneeling outside the Chengtian Gate, you can see different means of exhortation every day, and the content of the exhortation is becoming richer and richer, such as for the school, those exhortations that no one dared to put forward some time ago, and now there are also people who put forward them, and every time there is an impeachment or exhortation, there are very many seconders.

In such a situation, Xie Hong's move to advance the playoffs will certainly provoke a reaction from the outside world.

However, although the reaction of the courtiers was huge, it was not because of vigilance, but only because the existence of Koshien had broken the system, or that everything related to Xie Hong had broken the system and needed to be corrected. The courtiers are not right for people, as long as it is related to Xie Hong, it is within the scope of their opposition.

Ban the Ivy League, ban the baseball league, depose Zhenbaozhai, Houdefang and other imperial villages, dissolve the Nanzhen Fusi, and expel the border army...... In the end, all the requirements converged into six words: Bao Sheji, punish Xie Hong!

This tide of impeachment and exhortation came quickly and violently, which was both expected by Xie Hong and unexpected by him.

After Zeng Jian's prompting, Xie Hong had already prepared for the worst, and of course he would not be mentally prepared for the attack on foreign Korea. Moreover, according to the usual practice, generally speaking, the foreign dynasty will stop for a period of time after receiving a blow, and the specific length of time depends on the intensity of the blow.

Now it has been more than a month since that feast, and the courtiers should have recovered almost completely, and it was time for a new move.

It's just that Xie Hong really didn't expect that the outer court suddenly put on a posture of being completely liquidated, and he was very puzzled in his heart, I don't know if the other party has made up his mind to make a big move, otherwise, they should know very well that Zhengde will not agree to any of these requests.

With such doubts, Xie Hong also instructed his two major intelligence systems, Midnight and Scout, to operate at full strength, and increased the intensity of intelligence collection at Midnight; The scouts have a much larger range of scouting, and are more name-specific.

The information collected made Xie Hong breathe a sigh of relief, there was no transfer of various departments in the Beijing camp, and there was no bigwig to preside over the impeachment tide, which was basically the spontaneous behavior of low-level officials.

However, there have been some changes in the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

When he was beaten and scattered by Xie Hongdang Street, the soldiers and horses had been apprehensive up and down, and the performance of resorting to the outside was that not only did they dare not face Nanzhen Fusi, but even they treated ordinary people a lot.

However, in recent days, the Soldiers and Horses Division suddenly raised their toes again, although they still did not dare to face the fans of the Nanzhen Fusi head-on, but the intensity and frequency of their patrols in the city have increased, and a single batch of manpower has also increased a lot, all of them are more than 100 people in a team, but it has caused a lot of trouble to the scouts under the monkey.

"Liu Daxia, this old man is desperate." After getting the monkey's return, Xie Hong also shook his head and sighed, this old man who is known for his stubbornness has a bit of a turtle taste, well, as long as he sees the target, he will not let go of his mouth if he bites it.

The Five Cities Terracotta Division declared to the outside world that the emperor's wedding was imminent, so the Terracotta Division had to assume the responsibility of protecting the safety of the capital and maintaining a harmonious situation. But how could such a statement be concealed from Xie Hong? The Terracotta Division is under the jurisdiction of Liu Daxia, and the old man is already making trouble with the wind and rain, saying that the actions of the Terracotta Division are not from his instructions, who will believe it?

"The actions of the Terracotta Division may have been instructed by Liu Dongshan, but although Liu Dongshan's qualifications are old, this tide of public opinion ......" Zeng Jian groaned slightly, and only after a long time did he speak: "It seems that there is no such mystery, virtuous nephew, you must know that although the officials are in the same spirit, if there is no powerful person in the middle to preside, it will not be able to set off such a momentum of public opinion by spontaneity alone." ”

"Could it be Liu Jian?" Xie Hong frowned, very puzzled.

Since entering Beijing, except for the time to welcome the holy car, it is because of the big tide this time, the time in the suburbs of Beijing is that all the officials are there, and Liu Jian instructed the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which has made such a big scene, it can be seen that without the approval of the ministers, the tide of public opinion will not appear easily, and it will not be too big.

Now that Xie Qian is sick at home, Li Dongyang is known for his stability, he should not choose to make such a big storm on the eve of the emperor's wedding, then only Liu Jian is the most suspicious.

If it is really Liu Jian who is doing the storm, then the matter is really big, the first assistant and the military department are only one grade apart, but the influence and power are very different, if Liu Jian has made up his mind, or even has already made a tentative, then a big change is probably imminent.

"Not quite like that." Zeng Jian shook his head, "Liu Xixian's style has always been to make a move only when the time comes, and there is no more than eighty percent certainty, and it is extremely difficult to let him take action." Although the tide of public opinion was used frequently and effectively in the past court battles, in fact, it did not have much effect on the emperor and the virtuous nephew, hehe, otherwise you would not have been able to enter the Guangding Gate at the beginning. ”

Zeng Jian smiled and continued: "With Liu Xixian's experience, how could he not know the reason for this? should not do this senseless thing, this time, the old man viewed it...... It seems that someone is forcing Liu Xixian to make a decision with a tide. ”

"Who could it be?" Xie Hong pondered for a long time, listed the courtiers who had an enmity with him in his heart, and carefully weighed them, but soon he gave up this move. There are too many people who have an enmity with him, even if you only count the ones you have stepped on in person, there are some people who can't be counted, not to mention those who he didn't remember after stepping on them.

Isn't it because these people have reached a tacit understanding because of a common goal of hatred? An inexplicable thought popped up in Xie Hong's heart.

"My lord, Lord Zeng, I have caught a strange spy again......" It was a scout under the monkey who came to report the news, because of the actions of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the monkey himself went out more often.

In terms of reconnaissance skills, the monkey is much stronger than his own subordinates, even if the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division increase their patrol efforts, he can still come and go freely.

It is not surprising that Xie Hong has caught the spies, and the spies will certainly not be idle during this period of time. Those young people who entered the palace did not pay much attention, and the thousand sons of the Ordnance Department were the focus of the courtiers' attention, after all, these people were famous, and if they were mixed into the palace by these people, I was afraid that there would be some trouble.

Even Wang Yue thought so, among the spies caught during this time, there were quite a few sent from the palace. For these spies, Xie Hong's handling method is still the same as before, it is useless to retreat at this time, if he really shows his cowardice, I am afraid that it will increase the morale of the courtiers, which will be counterproductive.

There are a lot of spies, and there are a lot of strange ones, for example, the eunuchs sent out by the palace can be regarded as special spies. But what can make the scouts come to report for it is really strange spies, such as Xia Ru's abbot...... "Old man again?" Xie Hong asked with a smile.

"It's not an old man this time, it's a young man......" The scout's expression was a little strange, "Well, it seems that he is still a scholar, and he claims to be a ...... of Jiji."

"Huh?" Zeng Jian and Xie Hong both exclaimed in surprise.

Shu Jishi is also known as Shu Chang, and the name is derived from the Book of Books? The meaning of "Shu Chang Jishi" in the chapter of "Lizheng". It was originally set up during the Hongwu period, and later became customized.

In addition, from the second and third grades, young and talented people are selected to enter the Hanlin Academy as Jishi, which is called "Xuanguan".

In general, it is equivalent to the training students of the party school in later generations, although they have no power, but after graduation, they will definitely have a great future.

It is indeed a very strange thing for such a person to suddenly come to the Ordnance Division, using Ji Ji Shi as a spy? It's unlikely, right? It's more credible to say that you are on the wrong path.

But if it's any other reason, what can it be? Coming to take refuge? Impossible!

The hatred between Hanlin Academy and Xie Hong is called a heaven and earth thick, isn't that Hanlin bachelor Zhang Yuanzhen angry to death by Xie Hong? What's more, Xie Hong has rolled up the face of these great talents in front of the whole world, what hatred can be greater than this hatred?

Besides, if someone really wants to take refuge, it should be a few days ago, and Xie Hong is gaining power a few days ago. And now, although it is not on the verge of despair, it should look like a stormy appearance from the outside.

"Did he give his name?" Xie Hong sighed, he is a cultural person, he asked first, if he didn't even dare to report his name, and the eight achievements were fake, then he didn't need to be polite; If it's true...... I'm afraid it's also a counter-plot or something, right?

The scout bowed and replied loudly, "He claims to be Yan Song, a Shujishi. ”

(To be continued)