Regarding the matter of killing Liang Xiaoyu, Yang Tinghe didn't plan to do it overnight, he basically divided this matter into three stages.

The first step was to make a generous statement by the ministers at the court meeting, counting the history of the demon concubine and the country, and forcing the emperor to hand over Liang Xiaoyu himself, but this step will obviously not succeed, with Zhu Houzhao's stubborn temper, it is impossible to give in so easily, so they must have a follow-up move next. Yang Tinghe's arrangement of the next move is that the harem will come forward first, the queen and the queen mother, respectively, to persuade the emperor, and ask him to hand over Xiao Yu'er again, if this step still doesn't work, then there is only a trick, that is, to send a confidant to secretly kill Xiao Yu'er, regardless of whether she is directly assassinated or poisoned, in short, this little girl cannot be allowed to live.

Of course, Yang Tinghe also considered the emperor's coping strategy in this process, but he thought about it and felt that the emperor didn't seem to have any other way than to protect the little girl by himself, so Yang Tinghe had nothing to fear.

However, the development of events today seems to be somewhat unexpected by him.

First, the emperor left angrily under the pressure of the ministers, which was in line with expectations, but after the emperor left for a while, Gao Feng, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, actually led a large number of internal guards to surround the Jinluan Palace, and that posture was to guard their group of ministers. This is a bit strange, how dare this Gao Feng have such courage?

At that moment, Yang Tinghe stared at Gao Feng coldly, as if he was hinting at him, but what he didn't expect was that Gao Feng turned a blind eye to his hints, and even ordered the Ouchi guards: "It's all carefully shown to the master, no one is allowed to leave, no one is allowed to move, whoever dares to move is a rebel against the party, all of them will be arrested by the master, sent to Manager Luo to be tortured, and interrogated and interrogated!" ”

It's not good, this Gao Feng really rebelled!

Seeing Gao Feng's expression, Yang Tinghe unconsciously thought of Liu Jin, now what Gao Feng is doing is exactly the same as Liu Jin, what's going on? Haven't these people been subdued by themselves and shown their loyalty to themselves?

Yang Tinghe didn't understand what was going on, and he didn't know what was going on in the harem, he wanted to get some information, but he found that none of the henchmen he had planted in the palace could not be seen.

Indeed, something big is about to happen, because at this time there is a man who is fighting with high spirits to conquer the city and regain his homeland.

"Come on, Gu Dayong, the governor of the West Factory, Qiu Ju, the governor of the East Factory, and Ma Yongcheng, the commander-in-chief of Jinyiwei, will see you-"

As one order after another came out, the eunuchs of the palace rushed back and forth, and the water moved like flowing water.

"Jiao Fang, the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers, sees the driver-"

After re-encircling the six tigers, Zhu Houzhao finally extended his tentacles to the courtiers.

This Jiao Fang, speaking of which, is still because of Liu Jin's protection, so he sat in the position of the secretary of the ministry. It's just that this person is a typical wall grass, where the wind blows, he will fall to which, he used to be attached to Liu Jin, but now that Liu Jin has fallen, he plunged into Yang Tinghe's arms, that line is really disgraceful, but this is only one aspect, this person, it is true that his character is a little worse, but he still has talent, Zhu Houzhao thinks that he is very competent for the position of secretary of the ministry, but this time to subdue him, it will take a little effort, after all, this person is not stupid, not stupid, and quite sleek, If he didn't come up with some real money benefits, he probably wouldn't be able to subdue him.

However, relying on Zhu Houzhao's limited mind, he couldn't think of any way to subdue Jiao Fang, the old fox, so his move was still at the behest of Xiao Yu'er.

"In this world, there is no shortage of money and beautiful women for all officials, and the only thing they want is nothing more than two things, one is greater power and status, and the other is the praise of the famous people in history," Xiao Yu'er held a fine wolf pen in her hand, and said to Zhu Hou while sketching pictures on the paper.

"I've heard of this Jiao Fang's personality," Xiao Yu'er smiled, her little face was like a spring flower in March, which made Zhu Houzhao look fascinated.

Indeed, Jiao Fang's personality, Xiao Yu'er has heard of it, after all, the little eunuch Lin Zi is a tongue-in-cheek master, plus he cares about Xiao Yu'er very much, in order to relieve Xiao Yu'er's boredom, it is indispensable to tell her some jokes and anecdotes circulated among the courtiers, in these stories, Jiao Fang occupies most of the scenes.

According to the legends of the courtiers, this Jiao Fang is a big bastard if he doesn't learn anything. In the early years, there were even rumors in the court: "If you don't learn like Fang, you will also be a bachelor?" "It means that this guy has no culture at all, and he can be a university scholar? The result? When Jiao Fang heard this, he was furious, and spoke openly, if he couldn't choose a bachelor, he would assassinate Peng Hua, who had squeezed him, and dragged him to die together. This frightened the man, so he could only take the initiative to intercede with Wan An, who was in charge of the selection of bachelors, and finally let Jiao Fang be promoted to bachelor. From this incident, it can be seen how keen this Jiao Fang is about power, he is not like other old antiques, who only know and sell his reputation, this is a very practical person, he pursues pragmatism.

There is another thing that makes Xiao Yuer feel very funny, this Jiao Fang is from Miyang, Henan, where is this place? Xiao Yuer checked the map and found that it was today's Zhumadian area in Henan, which made her feel more confident in her heart, "One billion people and nine hundred million deceived ......" Xiao Yuer already knew what kind of person this Jiao Fang was when she thought of a famous saying that was praised by later generations.

"Indeed, this Jiao Fang's personality is really not very good," Zhu Houzhao thought that Xiao Yu'er looked down on Jiao Fang's personality, and couldn't help but laugh dryly.

"Otherwise, this person likes to be affordable very much, so if you really want to subdue him, you have to give him benefits," Xiao Yu'er smiled and said: "Now he seems to be just a secretary of the ministry, and he has not entered the ranks of core ministers, so it is better for you to use this as a bait to test him for a while." ”

"This is a good idea, okay, I know what to do," Zhu Houzhao was confident, so after seeing Jiao Fang, after a brief greeting, he couldn't help but look at Jiao Fang and said, "Jiao Aiqing, you are also seventy and two this year, right?" Life is rare for seventy years, which is not a small age. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is old, but he is willing to die for my Ming Dynasty," Jiao Fang said with a white goatee, he thought that the emperor was trying to persuade him to return to the field for the elderly, so he hurriedly expressed his intentions.

"Okay," As a result, what Jiao Fang didn't expect was that when he heard his words, Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed, looking at him with bright eyes, and his expression was obviously very appreciative, which made Jiao Fang a little confused, and he didn't know what this emperor meant.

"Lao Ji is in the twilight of his life, he is full of strength, he is talking about Jiao Aiqing, to be honest, I also admire Aiqing's spirit." Zhu Houzhao sighed heartily.

"The old minister thanked His Majesty for the praise," Zhu Houzhao said this to Jiao Fang's heart, he is old, and he is still struggling to enter politics like this, but it is because he is a little unwilling to quit the court like this, after all, his status is still relatively low now, even if he leaves his name in history, he will have to wait for a long time to find his name.

"Haha, it's a pity, time waits for no one, Jiao Aiqing, I don't know what your plans are?" Zhu Hou turned around and looked at Jiao Fang and asked.

"Your Majesty, old minister, old minister-" Jiao Fang heard some hints from Zhu Houzhao's words, and immediately knelt down and said: "In his lifetime, the old minister is only willing to be loyal to His Majesty, saddle up for His Majesty, and serve His Majesty. ”

"Okay," Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the left and right: "Come on, pass the decree, Jin Jiaofang will be a young master and a scholar of the Crown Prince and Taishi Huagai Palace, and he will join the cabinet and serve as the first assistant!" ”

This time, even Jiao Fang was shocked, he didn't expect that he would actually ascend to the sky in one step and directly become the first assistant. You must know that now the first assistant is Yang Tinghe, and the second assistants Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are also Yang Tinghe's henchmen, and they have not been treated well by these people, and they have been pressed by them for a long time.

"Hehe, Jiao Aiqing, what's the matter? Don't you want to be this first assistant? Why don't you thank you for the order? Zhu Houzhao looked at Jiao Fang and asked.

"Huh?" Jiao Fang woke up in shock, and hurriedly prostrate on the ground, knelt down three times and knocked nine times, and shouted loudly: "Minister Jiao Fang thanks for the order, thank Your Majesty for your kindness, the old minister will swear allegiance to His Majesty in his lifetime, and share his worries for His Majesty, Your Majesty, the old minister, the old minister-"

Jiao Fang cried, he was so excited and moved, he didn't know what to say, his long-cherished wish for many years was finally achieved, and he felt that even if he died immediately, this life would be worth it.

His performance, Zhu Hou took care of it in his eyes, nodded unconsciously, and then looked at Jiao Fang and said: "Jiao Aiqing, you are loyal, the sun and the moon can be seen, I am very moved, but Aiqing can see today's situation?" I asked Aiqing to take the position of first assistant, but I have high hopes, I don't know if Aiqing will disappoint me. ”

What is the situation today?

At that moment, Jiao Fang pondered in his heart for a moment, and immediately understood that the purpose of the emperor's move was to let him check and balance Yang Tinghe and others, of course, this is still a long-term plan, the most important thing at the moment is actually to calm down the chaos caused by the courtiers, so that they will not force His Majesty to hand over Liang Xiaoyu, this is his first task after serving as the first assistant, if he can't complete this task well, I'm afraid that this first assistant won't be able to do it for a few days.

Thinking of this, Jiao Fang's eyes rolled, and he quickly had a plan in his heart, and he unconsciously said to Zhu Houzhao at the moment: "Your Majesty, rest assured, today's matter, the old minister will naturally handle it properly, although Your Majesty will hand over this matter to the old minister, the old minister will keep it to your Majesty's satisfaction." ”

"Oh? Do you have a way? Jiao Fang's words made Zhu Houzhao a little curious, and he asked suspiciously.