Jiao Fang said with a smile: "Yes, it's just that Wang Wei and Liu Fang have just come back from a closed door, and the old man is afraid that he will also return with a feather, Lord Yang is a powerful courtier in front of the emperor, and there is something that the old man wants to ask the adults to help him speak."

Yang Ling's heart flashed, and he suddenly said, "Are you also here for the matter of Xinyang?" Don't hide it from the adults, the officials have also persuaded the emperor", Yang Ling told him the whole story, and sighed lightly: "The emperor is young and doesn't know anything about the people, some things may not be able to be explained clearly to the emperor, and there is nothing the lower officials can do now."

Jiao Fang is not like Wang Wei, Yang Fang and others who talk about scholarly solar terms, although he is over seventy years old and gray-haired, his enthusiasm for fame and fortune has not diminished at all. Now Yang Ling is a purple figure in front of Emperor Zhengde, and he has long been willing to make friends, so although his official position is higher than Yang Ling, his attitude towards Yang Ling is extremely humble.

After listening to Yang Ling's words, Jiao Fang frowned and thought for a while, and said cautiously: "The emperor has lived in the palace since he was a child, and it is reasonable to not know the suffering of the people. Don't hide it from Lord Yang, the old man is a native of Miyang, Henan, and his hometown is also among the disasters. Relatives and friends in Miyang, Xinyang and other places went to Beijing to entrust each other, and the old man had to move forward in the emperor. Since he can't give direct advice, the old man wants to beg him tactfully, but he still has to help Lord Yang in this matter, and he hopes that Lord Yang will help."

"Oh? If it can help the people, Yang Ling will not allow it, I don't know what the boss thinks? Yang Ling said busily.

Jiao Fang heard him agree, and hurriedly came up and whispered to him, Yang Ling glanced at him in surprise when he heard it, and said in his heart: "Although the emperor is not a good thing, but he is also a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, although he is stubborn, will he appreciate this kind of child's tricks?" ”

But since this old man said it, he might as well help him, if he can really succeed, it will be immeasurable. Yang Ling nodded and said: "This is easy to do, let's go here, and the Lord Ming will prepare things and wait for the emperor to summon him."

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As soon as he entered the palace gate, he yawned and scratched Yang Ling, who was waiting here: "I got up so early every day, and I was sleepy." The most hateful thing is that kind of dragon chair, if you want me to say, the person who made the dragon chair must have a grudge against the emperor, the chair board is too hard, and it is uncomfortable to sit on. The back of the chair is too deep, and the waist cannot be borrowed. The handrails on both sides are too far away to help you if you want to, and it's really tiring and tiring to sit on them."

Yang Ling wanted to laugh a little when he heard it, he remembered that there was a carpenter emperor in the Ming Dynasty, but it didn't seem to be him in his impression, listening to what he said like this, could it be that the descendants of the Zhu family have a talent for carpenter work?

When Gu Dayong saw that the emperor said these things, he hurriedly sent the palace maids and eunuchs out. Although Liu Jin is now a popular person in front of Emperor Zhengde, his position has not changed yet, and he is still the palm seal eunuch of the Bell and Drum Division. This side of the court, he is over there to direct the bell and drums, busy and happy, at this time there is no time to rush to wait for the emperor, the rest of Ma Yongcheng, Zhang Yong and others have their own divisions, the emperor only has Gu Dayong one person to serve.

Zhengde sat down behind the dragon book case, picked up a crispy snack from the brocade box on the table and ate it, while saying vaguely: "By the way, you said that Henan is prolific treasures, and today you want someone to offer a few Xihan things, bring them to me to see."

Yang Ling smiled and glanced at Gu Dayong, Gu Dayong had already received his instructions, hurriedly walked to the front of the hall, and shouted: "Jiao Fang, the waiter of the Propaganda Department, come in!" ”

After a while, the white-haired Jiao Fang rolled up his sleeves and trotted over from the front hall, walked to the door of the hall and gasped for a while, before entering the threshold and kneeling, shouting: "Minister Jiao Fang has seen the emperor."

Zhengde took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Jiao Aiqing, please, I heard that there are many treasures in Henan, have you brought them, bring them to me quickly."

Jiao Fang kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, this place in Henan does not produce gold, silver, jewelry and jade, and the so-called treasures are just rare living creatures in other places, and the ministers are frightened."

As soon as Zhengde heard the great music, what gold, silver and jewelry, what is the fun of that kind of thing, and when he heard him say that it is a rare living creature in other places, he was even more itchy and scratchy, and the young man's surname came together, and he didn't care about the emperor's prestige, he patted the table and smiled impatiently: "Quick, take it out and show it to me, I like these things."

"Yes, Wechen obeys!" Jiao Fang glanced up at Yang Ling, Yang Ling smiled and nodded to him imperceptibly, and Jiao Fang was relieved.

If the emperor doesn't like to be angry when he sees what he presents, then stealing chickens and rice will not make it easy, and if he can't get it, he will have to go to the prison to be with Wang Qiong, and now Yang Ling nodded and agreed, if the emperor gets angry for a while, it should be fine with him.

Jiao Fang took out three small boxes from his sleeves, held them in his hands respectfully, and said: "The minister's hometown does not produce other treasures, and the people who produce them are all such rare things, please ask the emperor to take a look."

Zhengde said anxiously: "Get up, get up, quickly bring it to me and take a look." Jiao Fang got up and stepped forward and put the three boxes on the dragon book case in front of Zhengde, Jiao Fang carefully opened one box and gently pushed it in front of Zhengde.

Zhengde's eyes widened, and he saw a small thing in the box with a golden claw in color, translucent, with a thick shell on its back and a hook on its long tail, like a mighty general, and couldn't help but smile in surprise: "What is this?" It's fun! ”

As he spoke, he was about to reach in and stroke him, but Yang Ling hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Your Majesty, be careful, this thing is called a scorpion, and it has a poisonous surname, if it is stung by the hook on its tail, the pain is unbearable, and don't touch it."

Zhengde said: "It turns out that this cute little thing is a scorpion, it looks very powerful and beautiful, I have heard of the name of the five poisons, but unfortunately I have never seen it, so I said that these poisons are all put together, let them bite and see, I will see who is more poisonous, what else is in the box, and take it out to see."

Gu Dayong picked up the lid of the box and covered the box, and opened another one, and there was a soft lying thing in the box inside, black, and it was spinning around quickly in the box, Zhengde didn't like it, frowned, and said, "What is this?" ”

Jiao Fang said: "Back to the emperor, this thing is called money strings, the people of Henan live in poverty, and they have no money to spare, look at this living thing like a string of money, so they use it to make fun, hoping that one day the family can be richer."

Zhengde 'oh' and said disinterestedly: "This money string is not fun, what is the third piece?" ”

Jiao Fang opened another box, lifted the lid of the box, and only heard a buzzing sound, a small thing flew out of the inside, turned around the hall twice, and flew out of the temple door with a chirp.

Emperor Zhengde was dumbfounded, and he laughed in surprise: "What is this, is it a bird?" How did you fly away? ”

Yang Ling had never seen such an ordinary thing Emperor Yanjing had never seen, and it was really pitiful to look at. But considering that there were once urban children who went to the countryside and didn't recognize the corn seedlings, and wondered why this weed grew so neatly, it is not surprising that this prince did not recognize these things.

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this thing is called a cicada, and it is also called Zhi, because its cry is like the word 'Zhizhi', this thing eats and drinks dew and feeds on tree sap."

Although Jiao Fang is a body of knowledge, but since ancient times, they have thought that cicadas grew up drinking dew, and some people specially wrote poems to praise the nobility of cicadas, and it was the first time he heard of absorbing tree sap, so he couldn't help but glance at Yang Ling, and then echoed the emperor: "Lord Yang is right, Henan has been either drought or flood all these years, there is no food in the ground, and even the birds are dying of hunger, only this kind of living creature that does not need to eat can live."

Zhengde listened and said in disbelief: "Is Henan so barren, the treasures produced there are." Is this the scorpion, the know, the money string? Wretched! It's so pitiful".

Jiao Fang took the opportunity to kneel down and said: "The emperor is merciful, the first emperor and the emperor ruled, it was originally the country and the people, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, but Henan has been plagued by natural disasters for several years, so the people are very poor. The minister met a few villagers who had fled out of the country, and only then did he realize the seriousness of the disaster in his hometown.

Although the minister is from Henan, he is also the emperor's courtier, so he does not dare to exaggerate this matter and shock the saints, and at the same time, he does not dare to know and deceive the emperor, so he dares to listen to the heavens and ask the emperor to be the master of the people of Henan."

Only then did Zhengde understand what he meant, he looked at the box on the table again, and said with a smile: "Jiao Shilang has good means, just let me approve you Henan courtiers, and exempt Henan from money and grain." Since I have given kindness, I will be exempted from more if I want to be exempted, and I will be exempted from taxes in Henan for five years, what do I think? ”

Jiao Fang was overjoyed when he heard this, he fell to his knees with a pop, knocked his head on the ground, and even called the emperor Shengming, the words of praise were gushing endlessly like a flood, even Zhengde felt unbearable when he heard it, he covered his mouth and laughed: "That's it, you go down, I will make an order at noon in a while."

Zhengde saw Yang Ling standing aside with a smile, and couldn't help but glare at him with a smile and pretended to be angry, and said: "Don't be complacent, I originally thought that there were rare things to play with, but I was disappointed, this matter fell on you, within three days, you have to find something fun for me to do."

Yang Ling responded with a smile, accompanied Jiao Fang, the servant of the ministry, kowtowed to thank him, and exited the hall together. Jiao Fang took Yang Ling's hand and thanked him again and again, speaking incoherently excitedly.

Yang Ling heard him say that the Henan people would be grateful to him for this righteous act, and couldn't help laughing: "This may not be, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government have misunderstood the lower officials, and I am afraid that together with Yang Fang and Wang Wei, who are from Henan, they will also regard me as enemies."

Jiao Fang waved his hand and said disdainfully: "Don't pay attention to them, the people only know who gives them food and who keeps them alive, as for the class of scholars who don't know how to do it, don't pay attention to it."

Jiao Fang is an eight-year jinshi of Tianshun. In the early years of Hongzhi, he moved to the prefect of Huozhou, promoted to the deputy envoy of Sichuan, and transferred to Huguang. Soon, he moved to Nanjing to the right of the government, and then moved to the right of the Ministry of Rites, until he sat in the position of the minister.

In order to show his talent, he often wrote books and put forward his own opinions on the affairs of the court and local places, hoping to attract the attention of Emperor Hongzhi and be able to reuse him.

It's a pity that the officials at that time had some regional plots, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials he served successively, although Wang Qiong and Ma Wensheng were loyal to the imperial court, but they could not be perfect in terms of personal morality, Jiao Fang's twists and turns were often suppressed by them and not reported, most of these officials were southerners, so Jiao Fang was extremely hostile to the southern officials.

Nowadays, except for Liu Jian, a university scholar, most of the people in power are talented people in Zhejiang, Hunan, and Jiangxi, so there are few officials in the court who can be eye-catching.

Yang Ling is from Jiming, he is a fellow villager in the north, and he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he has just done him a great favor, so that he can explain to his hometown father, Jiao Fang is naturally grateful in his heart.

Hearing Yang Ling say that he was despised by the courtiers, Jiao Fang remembered that he had been squeezed out, and couldn't help but feel the same hatred for the enemy, and immediately arched his hand and said: "Lord Yang is saying that he is doing a good deed today, saving hundreds of thousands of people in Henan.

Yang Ling smiled, thanked him, and sent the adult away. Now he just wants to live as happily as possible in his limited life, and when he can do good deeds, he will do some things by the way, although he can't ask for it in his lifetime, but he has no great ambitions, so the words of this deputy director of the Central Organization Department have not been taken to heart.

After the afternoon dynasty dispersed, Zhengde breathed a sigh of relief, he returned to the Qianqing Palace to disperse the honor guard, while eating snacks, while calling the little eunuch to call Ma Yongcheng and a few people, and then find some fresh tricks to relieve boredom, at this time someone outside raised his voice and said: "Liu Jian, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, Li Dongyang, a scholar of Jinshen Palace, and Xie Qian, a scholar of Huagai Palace, ask to see the emperor." ”

Emperor Zhengde sighed, and hurriedly lifted the curtain in a panic and stuffed the candied fruit box in. Last time he didn't care, when he met Liu Jian, there was a box of dried fruits on the table, and Liu Jian saw it and immediately made a generous statement, blaming the emperor for not paying attention to the dragon body, eating indiscriminately, not eating at the hour, and Zhengde apologized and swore not to eat indiscriminately in the future, Liu Jian just gave up, if they saw it today, the three scholars spoke together, would they still be alive?

Zhengde hid the candied fruit box, sat down upright, and said, "Please invite three scholars into the hall."

Outside the temple gate, three old men walked into the hall in response. These three scholars came together today for a great event. The new monarch succeeded to the throne, and there was no owner in the six palaces, although the emperor was not very old, but this matter had to be arranged as soon as possible.

Of course, Zhengde himself can't be the master of the affairs of the queen, and they only come to ask for the emperor's consent in etiquette, as long as he nods, someone will naturally handle the whole process, and the emperor just needs to wait to enter the cave room.

Elect the queen, as a fan lieutenant official, respect the ceremony, what a big deal, although the important surname is not as good as the emperor's selection of heirs, but the transparency is much higher, the mother of the world's main palace master, must be carefully selected by the internal affairs office, after the selection of candidates, and then by the internal officials, the cabinet accompanied the empress dowager, the queen mother and the queen mother to discuss and decide, the appearance of the choice is still secondary, must be the daughter of the official eunuch, innocent, virtuous and virtuous, can be the mother of the world.

At this time, Emperor Zhengde, in addition to having some hazy feelings for Tang Yixian, was still ignorant about the relationship between men and women, and the matter between the beds was even more like a rolling pin blowing fire, and he didn't know anything, so to the joy of the three scholars, Emperor Zhengde, who had been giving them a headache when discussing something in the past few days, actually cooperated surprisingly and did not put forward any opinions.

The three scholars were originally holding their shoulders and had a fighting face, as long as Zhengde was opposed, they immediately started a war of words, and when they saw that Emperor Zhengde was so cooperative, the three old ministers said goodbye diligently, and went straight to the Internal Affairs Office to talk about the queen of scales.

Emperor Zhengde didn't quite understand what it meant to choose a wife for himself, so he took out the candied fruit from under the table, picked it up and took a few bites, and lay on the table while thinking about it for a while, but he still didn't think it had anything to do with him.

When he raised his head and saw Yang Ling standing in front of him, Emperor Zhengde suddenly patted his head and said, "I just remembered, you don't seem to have been home for a long time, right?" You don't have to stay in the palace today, go home, anyway, you don't have to go to court early, and Ming'er doesn't have to be so early.

Hehe, I remember that my father and the emperor were with the queen mother when they dispersed, and the queen mother would not be happy if she went less often, and if you left for so long, the young lady and sister must not be happy, so she should not blame me. Well, you can take this box of candied fruit back, when I give it to the young lady and sister as a gift."

As soon as Yang Ling heard that Zhengde let him go home, he was so happy that the 3,600 pores around him were opened, and he didn't care about being polite with Emperor Zhengde anymore, so he hurriedly thanked him happily, took the box of candied fruits, and ran to see Liu Biao first, and told him to restrain the officers and soldiers in a good life, and then move the troops to Huangzhuang.

Then he asked for a fast horse, and as soon as he left the palace, he turned over and rode straight to the Huguo Temple. At this time, the people of the city lived as usual, but they were all dressed in plain clothes, with a white scarf wrapped around their heads, and the melodious bells in the monastery could be faintly heard floating along the way.

Wang Qiong's large and small temples ring bells for 30,000 times, and the rule that day and night are not allowed to rest, is the third day today, and it is estimated that the number of rings is not much. Although no one counted them for them, those monks were very dedicated and did not dare to be sloppy, and it is said that some temples have already struck several bells.

Yang Ling Pegasus galloped to Huguosi Street, and as soon as he entered the alley of his house, he saw a small sedan chair coming towards him, and two Tsing Yi servants followed him by the sedan chair and passed by.

Yang Ling turned over and dismounted, led the horse to the door of his house excitedly, stretched out his hand to push, the courtyard door was not closed, Yang Ling immediately pushed open the courtyard door and led the horse in.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Xue Limei standing in the corner of the courtyard bent over, her delicate neck, her skin was condensed, and she was indescribably elegant and charming just by looking at the beautiful shadow from the side.

It's just that this beautiful woman with a good temperament is wearing a cloth coat and a blue apron at the moment, with a white silk wrapped around her head, and a small dustpan on her waist, and she is sprinkling chicken food in the small corner made of firewood and branches in the corner of the courtyard.

Hearing the voice, Xue Limei turned her head and saw that it was him, she was immediately surprised and happy, she happily put down the dustpan, rushed up to meet her, opened her mouth and called: "Big", Yang Ling immediately silenced her voice, and whispered and laughed: "Don't scream, is the young lady inside?" I sneaked in".

There was a hint of envy on Xue Limei's face, she nodded hurriedly, and said coquettishly: "Well, my sister is here, someone just came to visit the adult, seeing that you are not at home, he also said that the new emperor's enthronement gift has been completed, and the adult will come back soon, and the young lady sister and we are all happy to hear it." Hee-hee, I didn't expect that as soon as he walked on his front foot, the adult would really come back. ”

"Oh?" Yang Ling tied the reins of the horse to the big locust tree and asked casually, "Who is looking for me?" What are you looking for me? ”

Xue Limei meekly followed to the tree, brushed the hair scattered on her forehead and pursed her lips and smiled: "That prince seems to be full of concerns, but he didn't tell us, only said that he was the third son of the Ministry of Rites, named Wang Jinglong, and explained that he would come to pay a visit."

"Wang Jinglong?" This name is so familiar, Yang Ling suddenly remembered that Wang Jinglong was not the true son of Yutangchun in history. Wang Jinglong came to the door, needless to say, because Lao Wang Qiong had been locked up for more than ten days, and the three scholars pleaded with the emperor or did not allow it, and the Wang family couldn't hold their breath and begged him to come to the door.

Unexpectedly, Wang Jinglong and Yutangchun still met, if this is fate, I don't know if this originally destined lover is still destined to be together. Yang Ling remembered that Su San and Xue Limei in that story both married Wang Jinglong in the end and became his favorite concubines.

Yang Ling thought in her heart, and looked at Xue Limei a few times with strange eyes, Xue Limei didn't understand what she meant, and saw Yang Xianggong staring at her with burning eyes.

Yang Ling came to his senses, it was useless to think about these things, anyway, Ming said that Wang Jinglong would still come, if Su San and Xue Limei were destined to have a fate with him, then they might as well make it happen, the Wang family's official eunuch family, and the scholarly family, would not compromise Xue Limei and them.

Yang Ling thought clearly, so he put aside his heart, handed the horsewhip to Xue Limei, smiled at her, and tiptoed to his own door. The door was ajar, and there was a smell of meat in his face, and Yang Ling's heart was filled with the feeling of happiness when he saw his beloved.

He quietly peeked inside, only to see Han Youniang sitting in front of the stove with her back to her, she was wearing a moon-white skirt, and the inner lining must have been removed, so the thin clothes lined the petite body was thinner than before, the slender waist was graceful, but the small buttocks were still so plump.

Yang Ling's heart was hot, he stepped into the door and hugged the young lady by the waist, slapped her ass with his big hand, and laughed in her exclamation: "Xianggong go home, don't come to greet him, implement the family law for his husband, and slap her thirty times first!" ”

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