"These three guys know each other and know everything. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Ye Yingwu slowly walked out of the small courtyard, with a smile on his face, obviously very happy that he didn't come in vain, "Liao Aiqing, this is a state secret in your hand, just copy it in your Ministry of Rites and send it to the Ministry of War and the Political Affairs Hall respectively." ”

Liao Yingzhong's expression was grim, and she arched her hand at Ye Yingwu: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, and then tilted his head slightly: "Do you think Shi Tianze and they are telling the truth?" Knowing everything doesn't mean it's true. ”

The body subconsciously trembled, and Liao Yingzhong clenched the small book in his hand, which was not thick, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the three of them said is true. Because they didn't just be defeated and captured, the will to commit suicide when they were captured was basically wiped out, otherwise they wouldn't have come to Nanjing honestly, and they wouldn't have lived in this small courtyard ・・・・・・ that is to say, the three of them have accepted their fate and are trying to survive"

Liao Yingzhong said, but his voice was getting lower and lower, obviously he also thought of himself, and couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart, he was laughing at Shi Tianze and the three of them here, why wasn't he laughing at himself?

Ye Yingwu glanced back at Liao Yingzhong, smiled and said, "What's wrong with Aiqing?" ”

"Ah, no・・・・・・ nothing." Liao Yingzhong hurriedly replied.

However, Ye Yingwu had obviously seen what was on his mind, his footsteps paused, and he said solemnly: "Aiqing is different from Shi Tianze in this small courtyard, Aiqing was originally a Song minister, and he was an official in the same dynasty as me back then, and he was an official of my Huaxia, and then the Ming Dynasty was carried by the sky, inheriting the dragon vein severed by the Great Song Dynasty, and being the orthodoxy of China, so Aiqing turned into an official of the Ming Dynasty, which is impeccable in terms of emotion and reason, and Shi Tianze They are Mongolian officials, even the marshals and prime ministers of Mongolia, and they are officials of enemy countries. They surrendered, and my Daming and Aiqing's dedication to the new dynasty were completely different. ”

Liao Yingzhong was stunned for a moment, he knew that although this truth was this truth, but in fact, in the previous dynasty, the battle between Jia Rudao's party and Jiang Wanli's party was almost as fierce as the battle between the former Song Dynasty and Mongolia, and it was almost to the point where either you die or I live. But since he has chosen to take this step, there is nothing else to say, Liao Yingzhong believes that if he gives others a chance, their degree of dedication and dog-legged will definitely be better than his own.

Especially Liu Mengyan and others, when they thought of those ugly and flattering faces, Liao Ying also had an indescribable disgust. But fortunately, these people who made him feel disgusting were beheaded by Ye Yingwu without hesitation or were not in that Lin'an fire.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your explanation." Liao Yingzhong solemnly bowed his hand to Ye Yingwu, no matter what, Ye Yingwu personally explained it with the respect of the emperor, and Liao Yingzhong was still quite moved.

Ye Yingwu nodded: "My country still needs your strong support, if you still have all the other kinds of ideas in your hearts, then how can my country be stable?" ”

Liao Yingzhong took a breath lightly, at this moment he knew that Ye Yingwu was not just talking about himself, the country couldn't help it, and it didn't have much to do with him as a left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Ye Yingwu was just talking about those scholars who wanted to make trouble by taking advantage of this incident just now. Although Liao Yingzhong had just arrived in Nanjing City not long ago, with his keen sense of being in charge of the Imperial City Division, he still clearly sensed the surging undercurrent.

As a rare "remnant" of Jia Yidao's party, Liao Yingzhong can be said to be alone in the court, and even many officials of Jiang Wanli's party knew that he had changed, and they still had feelings of rejection. Liao Yingzhong's days in the officialdom are not short, and he has been in a high position for a long time, so he is still self-aware of this, so he will not let himself rush into this undercurrent recklessly, but Liao Yingzhong also knows which side he should be on.

Ye Yingwu pardoned his crimes and made him serve as the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, such a favor originally needed to be repaid by Liao Yingzhong, and in the court, Liao Yingzhong had no other choice than to follow Ye Yingwu closely, especially when Ye Yingwu showed his trust in him today, Liao Yingzhong had unswervingly stood on Ye Yingwu's side.

"Your Majesty is still worried about the affairs of the scholars?" Liao Ying said in a low voice.

Ye Yingwu was also stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this guy to say it directly and honestly, and he bowed his head slightly at the moment: "Aiqing, do you know who is the most hateful?" ”

Liao Yingzhong pondered for a moment and said: "The person who dragged his feet when His Majesty wanted to continue to expand the territory for China and the Ming Dynasty and eradicate the Mongolian Tartars is the most hateful. ”

"You can see it clearly," Ye Yingwu laughed, a little helpless, "No matter how I move forward, no matter which step I take, there will always be someone who stands up and drags him back." Back then, I clashed with the Mongolian Tatars, Jia Rudao was dragging his feet, Fan Wenhu was dragging his feet, Lu Wenhuan was dragging his feet, and there were many, many people dragging his feet. Now that I want to go deep into the grassland, these warriors have come forward to drag their feet, which is really hateful. ”

Liao Yingzhong shuddered, Jia Xiangdao, who had dragged his feet before, said what happened to them, but Liao Yingzhong knew it, could it be that His Majesty was angry again this time?

Seeing Liao Yingzhong fall into deep thought, Ye Yingwu showed a smile, Liao Yingzhong's character he had almost clearly felt before, although this guy was quite talented, but he lacked some decisiveness, he was an out-and-out civil official, otherwise he would not have easily fallen into the hands of Ye Yingwu in the original conflict. So Ye Yingwu is simply scaring him now, letting this guy completely stand on his side and not say anything, and be more decisive in some things.

Liao Yingzhong is one of the few remaining officials in Jia Yidao's party, which to a large extent avoids the possibility of forming a party for personal gain or having any family concerns behind it, as long as it can be sharpened, it is a sharp knife.

Knowing that the heat was almost over, Ye Yingwu waved his hand lightly: "Okay, let's not talk about these things for the time being, I haven't had so much effort to open the knife to these scholars now, and I will talk about it later, and I will have to ask Aiqing for advice when the time comes." ”

"Willing to serve Your Majesty!" Liao Yingzhong was taken aback and hurriedly replied.

And Ye Yingwu squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky: "What I'm worried about now is the war between the north and the south, there is General Ma Lao in the south, and there is a naval fleet as a barrier, even if it is a dead defense, it can be defended, but the north is different, with cavalry going deep into the grassland, this is gambling, and it is gambling with decades of peace on the border of the Ming Dynasty, I hope Zhang Shijie and Jiang Hao will not disappoint me." ”

Liao Yingzhong slowly clenched the notebook in his hand full of fly-headed letters, at this moment he knew why Ye Yingwu personally came to inquire about the situation of Helin and the Ilkhanate, and he was even more aware of the heavy trust that Ye Yingwu gave him.

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Duchang, Jiang family.

The Jiang family was originally the Duchangwang clan, the family was big, and the official eunuchs cultivated and read as a tradition for generations, and they were the top two families in the Nankang Army and even the entire Jiangnan East and West at the beginning. Because Jiang Wanli became the prime minister, Jiang Wanzai and Jiang Wanqing also got ahead one after another, and the Jiang family, which was originally mainly farming in the mountains, was even more prosperous. It's just that later, Jiang Wanli clearly competed with Jia Yidao, and the Jiang family also fell silent because of many blows.

It's just that this is all an old thing in the previous dynasty, the current Duchang Jiang clan, not to mention the leading Jiang Wanli and the three people are all over the world, basically the main battle faction in the court was once a colleague or student of the three, just in the court as an official, Jiang Cheng is a local provincial official, Jiang Hao is the chief general of the Great Tomorrow Martial Army, and Jiang Duo is an important minister of the household department in the middle of the court, all of them are people who will look sideways when they stomp their feet, not to mention that in addition to the three of them, there are a large number of Jiang family disciples who are officials in the court or in the local government, and even one of the commanders of Ye Yingwu's Praetorian Guard- Jiang Tie was born in the Jiang family.

The tree is a big move, as if it is already the largest family in the Ming Dynasty except for the royal family, the Duchang Jiang clan, naturally understands how much strength he has, and also knows that if he continues like this, sooner or later he will be besieged by the emperor's suspicion or the rest of the civil and military officials, so Jiang Wanli is the first veteran of the three dynasties to beg from the court, and after successfully bringing out the next generation, Jiang Wanzai and Jiang Wanqing also withdrew from the court one after another, and the Jiang family only has the younger generation left in the court, and among these young generations of direct descendants of the Jiang family, No one has yet entered the political hall, so it can definitely be said that it is low-key.

But although Jiang Wanli has retired, his identity as the leader of the world corporal Lin Niu'er has not been forgotten, and most officials in the DPRK and China have some relationship with Jiang Wanli, so the outside of the Duchang Jiang clan is still a door, from a local official to a member of the central government, who dares to forget this old minister?

"Duchang Zhixian sent someone to send ten fresh fish caught from Dongting Lake," Jiang Wanqing slowly walked into the meeting hall and said lightly, "This guy is really good at calculating, these ten fresh fish are not a big property, but this kind of delivery method is always reminding us not to forget him." ”

"What's the use of reminding us of these old men?" The old man sitting in the hall couldn't help but smile, it was Jiang Wanli, the former prime minister of the dynasty, the teacher of the current saint Ye Yingwu and Wen Tianxiang and others, since he retired from the court, Jiang Wanli rarely asked about the government, either studying at home or going out to play in the mountains and rivers, and the life was not moisturized, so even the cheeks that were old and crawling with wrinkles were rosy, "We have a moist life this day, and I think the life of Zhongzijiu (Jiang Wanzai) in the capital is better." ”

Jiang Wanzai stepped down from the position of the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, but Ye Yingwu did not want to release him in a hurry, but asked him to stay and guide Taixue and the newly opened colleges in Nanjing, Jiang Wanzai did not shirk this, after all, these colleges have either just recovered or have not been created for a long time, and they really need experienced old people to guide, so they will stay in the capital, and they are the only one left in the capital of the older generation of the Jiang family, and they can be regarded as presiding over the affairs of the Jiang family in the capital. At a critical time, he gave advice to the young students who did not have much experience in officialdom.

"The emperor is far away, let's be here in Duchang, Zijiu is in the capital, how can it be so easy to live," Jiang Wanqing couldn't help laughing, "The iron-faced Yama King Chen Hequan is famous, and it is not for nothing that so many years of supervising the imperial history have been in vain." Even if he Jiang Zijiu is highly virtuous, if his hands and feet are not clean, Yu Shitai will not let him have a good time. ”

Jiang Wanli nodded, he knew very well that Chen Yizhong, who supervised the imperial history, was definitely not a selfless person, otherwise he would not have stood on Jia Yidao's side at the beginning, and when he saw that the situation was wrong, he hurriedly "abandoned the dark and turned to the light", but because he knew how to grasp the general trend and follow the general trend, even if he didn't get any benefits, there would be no harm. And the general trend of the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, is still the imperial court, or Ye Yingwu, so Chen Yizhong is following Ye Yingwu, Ye Yingwu requires honesty and requires the officials below not to procrastinate, then he Chen Yizhong will also work this, and this is how the title of the iron-faced king of Hades came about.

"Okay, Ziyu (Jiang Wanqing), you let people count all the things that our two old men have received in the past few months, as well as these ten fresh fish, the young offspring of our family is not without the ability to go to the lake to catch them, and there is no need for him to come to the county order to offer his courtesy." Jiang Wanli said in a deep voice, "There are some things that are enough to mean once, and again and again it is too much." ”

Jiang Wanqing's expression was awe-inspiring, his brother turned a blind eye to this kind of thing before, and he didn't bother to care, after all, these people were not sending any valuable items, and they were all under the banner of visiting the two old ministers or teachers, and they did not violate any court laws, and now Jiang Wanli suddenly began to let him liquidate, indicating that something must have happened.

"You think 'the sky is high and the emperor is far away', but His Majesty the Emperor has never forgotten our two old bones," Jiang Wanli sighed helplessly, stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, "Come and take a look, these eight hundred miles were sent from the capital in an expedited manner." ”

Jiang Wanqing was stunned for a moment, reached out and picked up the letter from the table, just glanced at it, his face changed slightly, he sighed softly, and put the letter down: "I didn't expect these guys to let go of it after all, and they made such a big move." Is this Your Majesty unable to sit still? ”

"Your Majesty can sit very steadily." Jiang Wanli said lightly, beckoning the maid to tea, "This is Lushan cloud tea after the rain, taste the taste, it's not bad." ”

"Your Majesty sits steadily, then we can't sit steadily, you still have a good mood to sit here and enjoy tea." Jiang Wanqing was a little puzzled, "Your Majesty's meaning is very clear, let the two of us stand up and express our support for the imperial court, this has nothing to say, the Duchang Jiang clan and the current imperial court are intertwined, even if they are one, we heard the rumors of those suggestions of the scholar clan before, but ignored it, after all, they are both scholars, they can't cooperate, and there is no need to be enemies, but now Your Majesty wants to push the Duchang Jiang clan to the opposite side of the world's scholar clan." ”

"Is it the Legion of the World?" Jiang Wanli raised his head and asked.

Jiang Wanqing was speechless for a while, and Jiang Wanli took a sip of tea lightly: "At least the scholars who have a relationship with the imperial court will definitely not stand on the opposite side of the imperial court, and even like the Wenzhou Chen family and the Wang family in the court, the Zhang family, Zhenjiang Lumen, etc., there is a chance that they will stand on His Majesty's side, and even the Wang clan in Huizhou and those scholars in Huizhou may fall to the court because of Wang Lixin, that is to say, only half of the scholars in the world want to confront Your Majesty at most, and among them, the most strong-willed ones in Nanjing City, Because it was done too quickly, it had already been noticed and cleaned up by His Majesty. ”

"Shhh Jiang Wanqing took a breath of cool air, and vaguely guessed what Jiang Wanli meant, now it is not a question of whether the Duchang Jiang clan should remain neutral, but how to quickly respond to the imperial court and show his attitude, so as to avoid being swallowed by Ye Yingwu in one bite. Looking at the floating tea leaves in the teacup and the rising water vapor, Jiang Wanqing said in a deep voice: "It's decided? ”

This matter is very important, and only when the head of the family, Jiang Wanli, speaks, can it be regarded as a real decision.

"Is there a choice?" Jiang Wanli raised his head, "Go and write an article now, denigrating these family clans who want to challenge ・・・・・・ no, you don't need to make it so clear, you just need to express the support and support of the Duchang Jiang clan for the imperial court." ”

Jiang Wanqing showed a smile, listening to the strings and singing and knowing the elegant meaning, there is no need to say some things so clearly, as long as you let someone with a heart understand it. After all, this turbulent undercurrent has not yet become a trend, and if it makes the people of the world panic, it will outweigh the losses.

"That's all we can do, and the rest is beyond your control," Jiang Wanli slowly stood up and squinted his eyes to look out of the door, "The rest depends on whether the two major battles between the north and the south can be won." ”