In the middle of July, it is commonly known as the Ghost Festival, also known as the Midyear Festival, on the solar terms ranking list of the country.

Although it is not one or two, it is definitely a very important festival, and there are many avoidances.

In July and a half of the second year of Chongzhen, it was different from the mid-year festival in previous years. In the seventh and a half months of this year, the emperor gathered the world's Taoist people, senior monks and great virtues to preach the scriptures, make a large water and land dojo, surpass the death, and pay tribute to the dead soldiers and people. But all the famous monks and people with Taoism rushed to the capital early.

It was also a time when the world's literati and scholars gathered in the capital to discuss the education event, and there was a Confucian Confucian dispute.

If you count the big families, big landlords, and wealthy businessmen in Tiannan and Haibei to go to Beijing to find a way and seek development, it can be said that the Beijing city of the Midyear Festival in the second year of Chongzhen is boiling!

Above the court, the battle between the important ministers was calm, and there was almost no bōlan, it seemed that this grand event involved the energy of the important ministers, so that the important ministers had no energy to fight anymore.

If you want to say that the battle in the court is powerful, but it is not at a high level, and there is some weight in the middle layer, and the ministers at this level are fighting fiercely, today they are impeached here, tomorrow they will impeach that, today they will expose the inside story of this, and tomorrow they will expose the old bottom of that, and they will fight happily.

However, although these people are fighting fiercely, in this Beijing city, where countless families and nobles, literati and scholars, and eminent monks and virtues gather in the world, the voices of their voices are forced to squeeze into the edges, and the things and battles they lead are nothing at all for these top families and figures of the Ming Dynasty, and they don't care about trivial things at all.

These top families and top figures of the Ming Dynasty all know that such a big move by the emperor will definitely happen to the earth-shattering thing, and what everyone is concerned about is the emperor's movements, or rather, the national fortune! In other words, where should the Ming Dynasty go?

Yang Reform These days, the root of the ear is rare and quiet, above the court, there is no fight with the important ministers around him, as if they have discussed, in addition to doing things seriously and doing things well, they will no longer disturb Yang Reform.

Yang Reform also has nothing to do, but there are more things to receive and socialize, many high-ranking monks and great virtues from Tiannan and Haibei rushed to Beijing City, and Yang Reform, a man of Taoism, received them in batches, and met particularly famous, and even met them alone for a while, chatted about things, talked about views, and enhanced feelings.

There are also families from all sides, high-ranking officials and dignitaries, who are also among the recipients of Yang Reform, and these families or people are the real ruling class of the Ming Dynasty. Yang Reform is no exception, and he met in batches, and then chatted about it.

On this day, Yang Reform got up early, ready to deal with today's affairs, such as today's elite gathering, Yang Reform didn't dare to sleep anymore, but got up an hour earlier than usual. Although there are not many political affairs, and they are not complicated, it is quite energy-consuming to deal with interpersonal relationships.

Yang Gai got up too early, and his drowsiness was not yet fully awake, and with some drowsiness, he let the palace maids and eunuchs wait to dress and wash.

"Your Majesty, the King of Shanxi Jin invites him to enter Beijing!" Wang Chengen knew that the emperor liked to ask about today's arrangements at this time and deal with some official affairs, but he was prepared every day, and today was no exception.

"King Jin? How much did he save when he first saved money? Yang Reform immediately remembered last year's saving money, Yang Reform distinguishes the quality of these vassal kings is the amount of money saved when he ran a bank last year, the more he saves, Yang Reform believes that he is better, on the contrary, the less he saves, Yang Reform believes that the worse, there are too many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, Yang Reform can only remember a few more famous princes, such as King Fu or something, others, can only rely on this saving standard to judge, save more money, Yang Reform believes that it is more virtuous, at least directors, Then you can also give some face, and you can even take them to make money, and many things can be taken care of, such as the entry into Beijing during the Midyear Festival, Yang Reform can take care of it, and let the vassal kings who save a lot of money enter Beijing, but those who save less money, Yang Reform will definitely not agree to let them enter Beijing, what else can these people do except bad things? Now Yang Reform can be allowed to enter Beijing, that is, several vassal kings who strongly supported Yang Reform at the beginning, they all deposited N more than N silver in Yang Reform's bank without exception, and even took out the old bottom, and now Yang Reform has also repaid them, in addition to taking them to make money, but he is not stingy to let these people enter Beijing, come out to breathe, these vassal kings are also quite emotional, after all, the system of Ming Dynasty vassal kings is not allowed to go out of the city, and it is also a luxury to be able to go out to breathe. ,

"Back to Your Majesty, five hundred taels ......" Wang Chengen knew that the emperor would ask this, and immediately reported the number, with a smile as he reported.

"Five hundred taels want to enter Beijing?" Yang reformed the "shocked" rhetorical question! I heard that the guy only saved five hundred taels, and even woke up with a little sleepiness, which was funny, and the words were filled with a very unexpected shock and surprise.

The emperor's shout made a few palace maids and eunuchs around the emperor couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh, and a few close-fitting little eunuchs and palace maids even lowered their heads and held back a smile, the number of five hundred taels, even they felt funny, this is really too little, I knew today, why bother in the first place?

"Back to Your Majesty, it's exactly five hundred taels, no more, no less." Wang Chengen also held back a smile and reported seriously.

"No, resolutely no, five hundred taels want to go in and out of Beijing, it's too cheap, let them continue to stay at home, it's okay to go there." Yang Reform made a ruling in an instant,

vetoed the request of the King of Jin to enter Beijing.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen immediately agreed, and he secretly scolded in his heart that he deserved to stay in the palace for the rest of his life, if you were acquainted, and vigorously supported the emperor last year, this year is in two worlds, in addition to making money, you can also go out of the city to breathe, and you can even travel far away, is it not better than staying in the palace for a lifetime? Look at the people King Zhou, King Shu, King Tang, I received the emperor's holy decree to enter Beijing early, and now I have been playing all the way, how chic and happy I am, this person is more angry than people. No, it should be said that the king is more angry than the king.

After dealing with this matter, Wang Chengen reported another matter.

"Your Majesty, the General Administration Department has gone through Fan Weicheng to ask to see you." Wang Chengen also reported that Fan Weicheng was the mouthpiece of the imperial party, although the grade was not high, but Wang Chengen ranked his affairs behind the king of Jin, which shows the importance of this person.

"Fan Weicheng? What's the matter with him? When Yang Gengai heard this, he turned around and asked with a frown.

"Back to Your Majesty, it seems that there is something important to report" Wang Chengen could only answer vaguely.

This matter, speaking of which, it may also be that the emperor was negligent, and now the important ministers in the court, the bigwigs are not fighting much, but those small horns. But it didn't stop, fighting this all day long, fighting that, that Fan Weicheng is obviously a small horn, and occupies an important position, fighting him, that's natural, this guy is probably here to ask the emperor for help.

"Oh, see, arrange for him to go to the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace." Yang Gengai thought about it for a while, and then decided to meet. These days, the main thing is to meet a large number of people, so. It is necessary to arrange the meeting of Fan Weicheng in the front, otherwise, the matter of receiving Fan Weicheng is often endless.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen agreed.

"By the way, Big Companion, what about Liu Tingyuan? How's it going? Yang Gai seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, it seems that you have been staying at home," Wang Chengen replied.

"Oh, I know, when I have time, ask him to come into the palace, I have something to say to him." Yang Gengai thought for a moment and said, this work to appease his subordinates can't be sloppy, and you have to follow up.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen replied again.

"By the way, how's the resettlement going?" Yang asked thoughtfully.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's ongoing." Wang Chengen replied.

"Oh, okay, keep following up, and I'll be rewarded anytime there's progress." Yang Gai said.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen agreed again.

After the eunuchs and palace ladies dressed up, a radiant emperor came out.

Qianqing Palace Warm Pavilion.

Not long after Yang Reform came in, Fan Weicheng came.

Fan Weicheng really didn't sleep well in the past two days, a while ago the impeachment of Liu Tingyuan made him feel the pressure, now although the bigwigs in the court are no longer fighting, but the people below are still fighting fiercely, and the impeachment is getting more and more energetic, Fan Weicheng is in charge of the editing and distribution of the newspaper, the news channel is naturally unblocked, and the news has been received, those people want to take him as a target, his position, someone has taken a fancy to him, wants his position, Fan Weicheng has not slept for a few days, and he got up before dawn today and entered the palace, asking the emperor for protection, his official is too small, There are many people who remember it, although they have been taking precautions, but this time Fan Weicheng feels that it is not so simple, after all, there is a precedent for the impeachment of the imperial party in the front, and then the emperor went to the Guozijian to support him, Fan Weicheng felt that it was necessary to enter the palace to ask the emperor for protection.

"Chen Fan Weicheng knocks to see Your Majesty!" Fan Weicheng came in and immediately kowtowed respectfully.

"Excuse me, get up." Yang Gai said. ,

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Fan Weicheng hurriedly got up.

"The Qing family is here today, but it's for the matter of impeachment?" Yang Reform asked, in fact, you don't need to ask to know that now in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, there is an undercurrent surging, and if you are not careful, you will be mixed and broken, so you naturally ask for peace of mind.

"Your Majesty, minister" Fan Weicheng heard the emperor directly ask if it was impeachment, and he was immediately moved to tears.

"Well, I know, what do you do about this?" For such an important position, Yang Reform naturally can't allow others to take him down, and the issue of the right to speak is naturally in his own hands.

"Back to Your Majesty, since Your Majesty instructed the minister to take charge of the newspaper, the minister has been in accordance with His Majesty's instructions, conscientiously and conscientiously, no matter which side of the manuscript comes, the minister has always been treated as a neutral one, and does not favor a certain party, so that everyone has a "self-justification" for "speech", so as to protect themselves" Fan Weicheng said.

"Well, it's right to deal with it this way, otherwise, if you are in charge of the Di Bao, you will be driven down in two days, and you will be able to hold on to it." Yang Gengai nodded and said. Yang reformed himself and knew that he was competing for the right to speak with the traditional scholars, and it was impossible to take away all the scholars' right to speak at once, nor could he completely block the scholars' right to speak, so he just strived to have his own right to speak. As long as there is a place where you can make your voice heard, there is no need to completely block the right of traditional Shilin to speak, so Fan Weicheng, who works in Dibao, also implements a neutral attitude. Basically, it does not take sides, so that the imperial party has room to speak, and the opposition has the right to speak.

“… Yes, Your Majesty, the minister has always acted according to His Majesty's orders, but this time the situation is afraid that it will be different, some people seem to believe that they will not stop if they do not drive the minister away, and the minister listens to the rumors, it seems that many people are collecting the handle of the minister.

Fan Weicheng said as he stood there with his head bowed.

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Yang asked with a frown.

"Back to Your Majesty. Absolutely true. Fan Weicheng said.

"Oh, so what do you have in the hands of someone else?" Yang Gai asked suspiciously, Yang Gai thought that he hadn't heard any bad rumors about Fan Weicheng, at most he had organized a group of water troops, often called the Di Bao good, and gave himself a long face, compared to Liu Tingyuan, it can be said that people and animals are harmless.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks he is innocent and has no handle, but if he takes out something the size of a sesame seed, the minister ......" Fan Weicheng hurriedly asked for help.

"Hmm. I know, as long as I don't do anything bad, a little thing, but I'm not afraid..."Yang Gai thought about it, said, comforted Fan Weicheng, and stopped again, no matter what, this person has to save himself.

"Your Majesty, please be the master of your ministers." Fan Weicheng hurriedly called for help.

"Hmm. I will find a way to do this, you don't have to worry, I should make sure you are fine" Yang Gai paused and decided to protect Fan Weicheng.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." When Fan Weipo saw that the emperor agreed, he immediately felt grateful.

"By the way, this water and land conference of mine will gather celebrities from all over the world, and famous people from all walks of life will come, you put the page of the Di newspaper, use Sancheng to introduce the origins of these celebrities, and what doctrines they have, what praiseworthy merits are published in the Di newspaper, use the power in your hands, good publicity, tout them, this matter, you do it yourself, it is best to interview those celebrities in person, deal with those celebrities more, you promote their fame for them, they naturally feel you, Some things that are not good for you can be offset invisibly, and you should take this opportunity to raise your value, otherwise, you will always have the experience of being a general secretary, which is not good, understand? Yang Reform also instructed, now the status of this Di Bao is still too low, if you compare the treatment of future generations, then at least you can reach the deputy ministerial level, the treatment of the department and bureau level, and now you are only a seven-grade official, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

"Your Majesty thanks for your advice, the minister knows." Fan Weicheng was overjoyed, followed the emperor to do things, and he really had a future, and the emperor treated people with kindness.

"No thanks, remember to do things with peace of mind, just do things with your heart, are there any questions?" Yang Gai said gently.

"Back to Your Majesty, no, no, but, Your Majesty, this is the layout of Sancheng, is it to remove some things?" Fan Weicheng was very happy, his speech was a little jī, and he remembered that many of the things on this page were set by the emperor himself, and he was afraid that the emperor would be unhappy, especially the travelogue of Xu Xiake, who occupied a lot of space, was sprinkled with thousands of words every time. ,

"Isn't this easy? In today's extraordinary times, the layout of the Di Bao is not enough, if you double the Di Bao, naturally there are all kinds of pages, and those who are not satisfied with you, you also give them a chance to report, and naturally it will not be too aimed at you. Yang Gai said.

"Your Majesty Xie's guidance, the minister understands, the minister understands!" Fan Weicheng was happy and confused, and immediately thanked him.

"It's good to understand, go back and do things with peace of mind, is there anything else?" Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, no, no, then, Your Majesty, this mansion has doubled, the price?" Fan Weicheng asked again.

"There is no need to increase the price, there are more people reading the newspaper, and the cost of advertising will naturally rise, you can ask Liulizhai to increase the price." Yang Gai replied immediately.

"Obey! Thank you, Your Majesty, Long. Fan Weicheng immediately thanked him.

Fan Weicheng left, and Yang Gai frowned and thought for a while.

"Otomo!" Yang Gengai shouted.

"The slave is here." Wang Chengen hurriedly replied.

"Go find out who is deducing the attack on Fan Weicheng, find a few people in that group of people with handles, and find someone to impeach, so that they can be quiet, you know?" Yang Reform said that Yang Reform has never liked to use yīn's secret power to solve problems, but these small fish and shrimp are also too annoying, and Yang Reform has no patience to grind with them, so he can kill a few directly.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen agreed.

Shandong.

The house of the Holy Father.

Kong Yinzhi sat alone in the study, his brows were tightly locked, on the desk, it was a letter from Jingshi, the situation said in the letter made Kong Yinzhi quite uneasy, the emperor suddenly picked out the relationship between them in front of the public, which made Kong Yinzhi a little uncomfortable, and even afraid, why did the emperor suddenly disclose the connection between them? What is the Emperor going to do?

Kong Yinzhi picked up the letter again and read it again, his brows still locked.

After reading it for a while, I put down this latest letter, picked up the other ones and looked at them, some of them were already worn out.

Kong Yinzhi looked at it for a long time, and his brows were tightly locked.

To go or not to go? If you don't go, the emperor doesn't seem to be able to do anything to him? He is still the Holy Duke of Yan, can the emperor still revoke his family's title?

But if you don't go, you can't be reconciled, don't say anything else, just like today's big families, literati and scholars, and eminent monks gather in Beijing, he knows that something big will happen, and he sat for a long time, and finally sighed long. @。