Emperor Hongzhi coughed, looked at the three cabinet ministers below and asked, "Have you seen this excerpt?" ”

"Your Majesty, I've seen it." Xie Qian stood up and stepped forward to answer. (Emperor Hongzhi was generous, and his courtiers were old and frail, as long as they were not on the Golden Palace, many elderly ministers would be given seats.) ）

"Father, the son hasn't seen it yet." After the year, Emperor Hongzhi felt that his body was even more inappropriate, so he often took Zhu Houzhao with him to familiarize him with government affairs so that he could take over. For more than a month, Zhu Houzhao, an excerpt of every leaf view, would shout to see it. Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the side, saw that this excerpt was played by Ye Guan, and immediately felt like burning his buttocks, and he had long wanted to know what was written. Now that he saw that several masters were all like this, he suddenly became even more uneasy, pulling Hongji's sleeve and shouting to see the content of the excerpt.

"Oh, yes, I forgot that my emperor also has to learn to handle government affairs. Come and see it. Emperor Hongzhi knew that Ye Guan had a good relationship with the crown prince, so he didn't say that he wouldn't let him see it, but just smiled and touched Zhu Houzhao's head, rubbed it dotingly, and let him pick up the fold.

Zhu Houzhao saw that his father had allowed it, so he immediately hurriedly picked up the book and read it.

Zhu Houzhao opened the fold and looked at it carefully, the more he looked at it, his face became more and more solemn, and in the end, he actually snapped the fold on the ground with a bang, and said loudly with a red face: "What nonsense, what a dog's guts, I want to kill him!" ”

It's no wonder that Zhu Houzhao is angry, this fold says that Ye Guan is a villain who deceives the monarch, and first has bad intentions and approaches the prince in various ways. Later, he relied on flattering the prince and led the prince to fight dogs and lead eagles to guide Zhu Houzhao to the evil road. He also said that he was just a small talent, but he served as the crown prince's horse washer, and he was completely unlearned. The prince is so stubborn now that he is all brought by Ye Guan. Zhu Houzhao's current situation is not a qualified prince at all.

Ye Guan was entrusted by the emperor with an important task to investigate the case of Liu Shiqing in Datong, but he did not leave in Baoding, and he had to compete with Wang Jing, the governor of Baoding. Later, because of his infatuation with women, he was almost killed by those people from the White Lotus Sect, how could such a person be a Qincha.

Originally, Liu Shiqing's case was a trumped-up charge, so after Ye Guan arrived in Datong, he couldn't investigate the slightest problem with Deputy Chief Soldier Ma Sheng. But he didn't hurry back to Beijing to give Ma Sheng a clean slate, he would only invite someone to eat, and then he was stuffed in the yamen of the Datong prefect and didn't come out, completely ignoring the emperor's grace, and even had ulterior motives. Moreover, he also went to see the acting prince in private, and it was confirmed that Ye Guan intended to plot against him and subvert the dynasty, so please revoke Ye Guanqin's duties, and cut off his head and abandon the city, and exterminate his family to make an example.

"Your Highness, no matter whether this excerpt is true or not, Your Highness's actions are not in accordance with the rules, and you must not treat your courtiers differently because of the king's personal likes and dislikes." Liu Jian saw Zhu Houzhao's instability, and secretly anxious in his heart, and then coughed and said.

"Sir, this excerpt is clearly slandering. Holding eagles and fighting dogs was something that Lone had often done before Ye Guan came. If it weren't for Ye Guan, the imperial court might not know that the White Lotus Sect had infiltrated Beizhili. And ......" Zhu Houzhao just said that he was interrupted by Emperor Hongzhi here.

"Emperor, just listen to Mr.'s lessons, don't talk back to Mr." Emperor Hongzhi coughed, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was full of grievances, with some sternness.

"Father, but ......" Zhu Houzhao was about to say something, but was interrupted by Emperor Hongzhi.

"Three gentlemen, what should be done with this Ye Guan?" Emperor Hongzhi looked at his son, and was quite disappointed in his heart that his son was so immature, and his joy and anger appeared on his face, so superficial, then the courtiers would quickly guess the emperor's mind in the future, and the king would lose his sense of mystery and majesty, but his own emperor was this temper, and he couldn't change it for a while, so he sighed and asked the three cabinet ministers.

In fact, when the imperial historian drafted this recital, he also felt that Ye Guan was dead. He asked himself, although he was entrusted by someone to pour dirty water on Ye Guan in the imperial court, so that the imperial court could remove him or transfer him back to the capital. But it seems too far-fetched to implicate him in the conspiracy.

In the opinion of the imperial historian. Ye Guan is just a young and vigorous courtier who likes to be in the limelight, relying on his fortune to be favored by the prince, so there is no one in his eyes. But he was also entrusted with this recital, and he was already ready to send it. Anyway, he is a speech official, even if he is wrong, with the tolerance of Emperor Hongzhi, he will not kill himself, and at most he may be punished. So he had no choice but to pinch his nose and hand over the fold, at least Ye Guan was accused of fornicating with the vassal king, and he was not chasing after the wind. Even if he can't tell Ye Guan, it will leave a little shadow in the emperor's heart. "Your Majesty, although Ye Guan was almost killed by the White Lotus Sect in Baoding Mansion, so that he made those thieves arrogant, it is indeed a big crime. However, he succeeded in uprooting the White Lotus cultists rooted in Baoding Mansion, and also investigated the case of corruption in grain relief, and properly resettled those displaced people. Merit and demerit can be offset. Although he went to see the acting king in Datong Mansion, he met the acting prince according to the etiquette of the Qin mission, and there was no abnormal behavior. Although he did not send anyone to investigate Liu Shiqing's case, he was born in Jinyiwei, and maybe he could get the news through Jinyiwei's line. So it can't be decided by superficial phenomena. Li Dongyang thought for a while before standing up and reporting to Emperor Hongzhi.

Li Dongyang is worthy of the name of the prime minister of the companion food, anyway, it is said over and over again, no one can be offended, no wonder he can stand firm in the contest between Liu Jin and Wenchen in the early days of Zhengde. He said it for a long time, but he really didn't say how to deal with Ye Guan in his opinion, but instead laid out Ye Guan's merits and demerits.

"Then according to Mr., what should I do with Ye Guan?" After listening to Li Dongyang's words, Emperor Hongzhi smiled, and then asked.

"Please ask my emperor to judge." Li Dongyang paused for a moment, then bent down and said.

Although Li Dongyang and Ye Guan have not met a few times, he has heard of Ye Guan's deeds, Huating resisted the Japanese, entered the salt law, investigated the case in Baoding, and cleared the White Lotus Sect. So in terms of merit and merit, it depends on what the emperor thinks of him. He didn't want to be a wicked person in vain and offend the prince's favorite.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that although Ye Guan can't reach the vassal king and intends to rebel, it is a fact that he worked in vain in Datong, so he should be transferred back and continue to be his servant." Liu Jian is more old-fashioned and doesn't like Ye Guan's character, especially because he almost died under the revenge of the White Lotus Sect because of a woman's relationship, so he thinks that Ye Guan is difficult to achieve great things. It is hoped that Emperor Hongzhi will transfer him back, demote him, and continue to do his work.

"Your Majesty, it's better to wait and see, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, although Datong is fine now, it doesn't mean that Ye Guan has not done the slightest. He did well in Baoding Mansion, so let him try it, if it doesn't work, it's not too late to transfer it back......" Zhu Houzhao because of Ye Guan's relationship, he worked hard in Xie Qian's class, and he also learned about Ye Guan's detailed process of clearing the White Lotus Sect in Baoding Mansion through his old friend, Baoding Governor Wang Jing, Wang Jing admired Ye Guan in the letter, so Xie Qian's price comparison was biased towards Ye Guan.

"Hmm......" Hearing that the three ministers disagreed, Emperor Hongzhi also fell into deep thought, thinking that he was not in a hurry with Ye Guan, he was not a virtuous minister who assisted the emperor, so he was a little hesitant about how to deal with Ye Guan.

"Father, give Ye Guan a little more time, Erchen believes that Ye Guan has the ability to handle Liu Shiqing's case well." Zhu Houzhao saw that Emperor Hongzhi hesitated, so he pulled Hongzhi's sleeve and said.

"Okay, for the sake of the emperor's face today, I'll give Ye Guan a little more time, if it doesn't work, the emperor, don't blame my father for not being emotional." When Emperor Hongzhi heard that his son trusted Ye Guan so much, it was not easy to lose his son's face in front of the three elders, so he gave Ye Guan a little time.

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Ye Guan, who was far away in Datong, had no idea that his fate was being decided by five people. But he was now distressed, because the sergeants of the first battalion of the Datong Metropolitan Division were making a fuss.

Here's how it happened.

The people of that battalion were the first standard army under Liu Shiqing.

When Liu Shiqing was there, he governed the army strictly, rewarded and punished clearly, and never defaulted on soldiers' salaries. Whenever the Tatars came to attack, he was also the first to rush, eating and living with the soldiers in the barracks, without the slightest superiority. So it won the trust of the soldiers.

Later, Liu Shiqing died outside the city of Datong for unknown reasons, and the general soldiers of Datong also characterized him as an adulterous Tatar, and was discovered by the general soldiers and jumped over the wall in a hurry, intending to escape to the Tatars and was exterminated by the general soldiers of Ma. When the matter reached the ears of the officers and men of this battalion, it almost caused a mutiny.

A Qianzong who was still good friends with Liu Shiqing said that Liu Shiqing's daughter went to Beijing to sue the emperor, and they had to wait for the imperial court to handle the case impartially in exchange for Liu Shiqing's justice.

Under the pressure of Ma Sheng, these people still helped Liu Liangnu escape from Datong City, otherwise they would have been wiped out by Ma Sheng if they only relied on Liu Liangnu's orphans and widows.

Since Liu Shiqing's death, the treatment of the officers and men of this battalion has become worse and worse, and many people who finally Liu Shiqing have been inexplicably demoted and transferred, or forced to leave their posts. What they are looking forward to day and night is that Liu Liangnu can successfully advance to sue the royal court, so that the imperial court can send a messenger to exchange Liu Shoubei for justice.