Yang Ling listened to Jiao Fang's words, silently raised his glass and took a sip of wine, and did not say a word for a long time.

Jiao Fang rested the jade chopsticks on the plate and watched him quietly, quietly waiting for Yang Ling's choice. The room was silent, and after a long time, Yang Ling suddenly poured a cup full of wine for him, and said with a chuckle: "Ge Lao's words are beady, Wen Jun's words, Yang Ling has really benefited a lot, I am not a handsome person who commands the general army of the four towns, and I am assisting the emperor, hehe, but it is still difficult for him."

When Jiao Fang heard this, a big stone fell to the ground in his heart, and he hurriedly smiled and took the cup, and said happily: "The adult has the talent to help the world, and he is the minister of the emperor's humerus. ”

"Dang" There was a clear sound, the jade cup was lightly touched, Yang Ling and Jiao Fang raised their glasses and drank them all, and then looked at each other and smiled. The wrinkles on Jiao Fang's face were stretched out happily, he rolled up his sleeves and held a chopstick, and smiled happily: "Do you want to return the tax right to Father-in-law Liu?" ”

Yang Ling feigned anger and said: "Jiao Ge Lao was still with Yang just now, but now he still refuses to be honest with each other?" ”

Jiao Fang smiled, and then said solemnly: "Then the subordinates will say bluntly, the lord is suddenly promoted to the rank of official, among which there must be the master of ceremonies Liu Gong to add fuel to the fire, the emperor is a good intention, but Liu Gong put the lord on the kettle, and made the official position of Juelu as firewood, and the hundred officials in the court are the ones who raise the fire, what the subordinates said is right?" ”

Yang Ling's eyes flashed, and he praised: "The elder pavilion has a unique eye and hits the nail on the head. Liu Jin is the internal minister, hundreds of officials, border documents, official appointments and dismissals, and holy decrees are all issued by him, almost half of the emperor's family, if the world's taxes are handed over to him, then his status is not only pivotal, it is simply a call for wind and rain.

However, the tax supervisor was originally in the hands of the celebrant supervisor, and it was a legitimate thing for the official to give up the right to pay taxes, and it was a legitimate thing to return it to the celebrant supervisor, not to mention that the emperor's favor for him was no less than that of me, if the celebrant was kicked away, there was no reason to get it on the table, that is, the emperor would not be able to pass that pass."

"This official once promised that the household department and the celebrant supervisor would be in charge of the tax superintendent, at that time it was to persuade Li Dongyang to support the lifting of the sea ban, but now it seems that there is another benefit, that is, let the outer court and the internal relocation all stare at this piece of fat, with the official watching from the side, if Liu Jin is not allowed to monopolize the power, he will not be able to free up his hand to deal with me."

Jiao Fang said happily: "Very good, but there are two things that are difficult to do. The ministers of the central government and the elders of the court had many complaints about the emperor, and the emperor gave all his power to the adults, in order to get rid of the constraints of the elders. The lord does not want to be the lord of the dictatorship, although it is a piece of loyalty to the emperor, but this will inevitably live up to the emperor's good intentions, I am afraid that the emperor will be unhappy, how to resign from the right to pay taxes, to think carefully, to find a proper reason.

Also, the adult's plan of 'two peaches to kill three soldiers' may not be able to hide from the outer court and the inner court, how to do it quietly, so as not to arouse their suspicions, it is even more difficult, but the adults already have a belly case? ”

Yang Ling smiled slightly and said, "It's hard to say, and it's easy to say." Now that the snow has melted, Mo has flowers and hair, and you can get drunk slowly! Endure the floating name, and change it to a shallow low singing. ”

Jiao Fang was stunned, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "And it is red and green, romantic, and smooth." Youth is all over the place. endured the floating name and changed it to a shallow low singing. , Liu Sanbian repeatedly failed to take the test, and he couldn't seek fame, so he made this poem to laugh at himself, and since then he has indulged in wine and romance, and the adult is proud of the spring breeze, why? ”

When Jiao Fang said this, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly stroked his palm and said, "My subordinates understand." Jin Jue plus official, spring breeze proud, get carried away and indulge in lust, it is originally a common problem of young people, adults just and weak crown years, this is the most natural, it will never arouse suspicion, but will make people look down on the ambitions of adults, I believe this move will definitely dispel the fear of many people.

Moreover, the affair is not a big deal, and someone impeachment cannot hurt the foundation of the adult, and this kind of thing will not be due to the emperor's suspicion, thus losing the emperor's favor, and the adult can use this excuse to 'reluctantly' hand over the tax supervisor, since this tax supervisor was 'taken' back by themselves, who else doubts? Ha ha! Liu Gong is going to take it, and the adults are going to plan it, which is wonderful! ”

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Well, this official committee Qu Qu was forced to hand over the right to pay taxes, and the emperor was reluctant to go, so he would definitely give him comfort, at that time, if I suggested that the household department and the celebrant should jointly take charge of the taxes, how about it?" ”

Jiao Fang also showed a smirk, and responded: "The emperor naturally has nothing to do, even if the household department and the celebrant know the adult's idea, they will only think that the adult is unwilling and wants to wait for the opportunity to take it back, how could he think that this is a peach that the adult is willing to give away?" ”

The two of them laughed, and then carefully scrutinized the details, until they were sure that there were no more mistakes, Yang Ling said: "The opening of the sea and trade is imminent, I still have to go to the Li University Scholar's Mansion to visit and discuss some things with him, here is a list, the elder will take it for a good reference, and it must be done within half a month."

As he spoke, he took out a note from his sleeve and gently pushed it in front of Jiao Fang.

Jiao Fang took a look, and saw the rows full of the names of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and couldn't help but look up in surprise and look at Yang Ling suspiciously.

Yang Ling leaned over, pointed to the name above, and studied it carefully with Jiao Fang, Jiao Fang secretly remembered it in his heart while listening, and the two discussed it for a long time, before Yang Ling got up and said: "I will go to the Li University Mansion now, I will mention Lord Li in this matter, ask him to help, and the elder can do it!" ”

'Xiangyun Tower' is now said to have been wrapped up by the newly promoted mighty Marquis and Dragon and Tiger General Yang Lingyang. Before the twilight, the restaurant was cleaned up, "Xiangyun Building" several ordinary just in the back kitchen to point out a few words of master master today are all tied up aprons to personally go into battle, Yang Ling's family invited the Jingshi Qinglou in the color and art of the red people to perform and accompany the wine, the protagonists have not yet arrived, it is already the Yingying Song Yanyan full of buildings, the sound of silk and bamboo continues.

These red girls are all pretty women in their twenties, all with clear skin, foggy sideburns, light makeup, and beautiful makeup.

One of these girls is invited at random, and they are all the most valuable beauties that are easy to see for visitors. With their identity, even if they are the sons of the king's grandson, they can't easily invite them to come out, especially such a group of female porridge, they are simply regarded as ordinary girls.

But Yang Ling's current status is really extraordinary, young and handsome, and the mighty marquis with young ambitions, such conditions, even these ordinary and high-level girls can't help but love cocoa. You must know that Marquis Yang's two concubines are all from the 'Flower Pavilion', and their fame and worth are not better than those two yellow-haired girls? If you can be photographed by Hou Ye, it will be a step to the sky, and the fish will leap into the dragon gate.

So the girls dressed up early, rushed to the restaurant, for a while the building was full of fragrant wind of the peerless beauty, if it wasn't for Xiangyunlou early clearance, which wine fool at first glance, must have thought that it was to the Nine Heavens Wonderland.

Most of the guests invited by Yang Ling were not of low rank, so he came very early. The girls who had already arrived saw that this marquis was wearing a large-sleeved robe with water blue satin, with a slender figure, red lips and white teeth, handsome and elegant, coupled with his temperament that he was accustomed to giving orders, it was really heartbreaking.

As soon as Yang Ling appeared, a sedan chair arrived, and a man about fifty years old and three locks of short hair entered Xiangyun Building with a gloomy face, and pulled the handsome and pretty little Hou Ye into the private room, and then closed the door, hating the silver teeth of the girls.

Yang Ling sat in the private room, crossed Erlang's legs and drank fragrant tea for a long time, looked at Mu Bin, and said with a smile: "Lord Mu, in the past, he was calm and calm, and he put Admiral Zhang Xiu in prison while talking and laughing, at that time, success or failure was a matter of life and death and he was calm and calm, but now Gonggong Liu is just provoking Shao Zhen to be sent to prison and giving the adult a color, why be so anxious?" ”

Mu Bin smiled bitterly: "My lord is proud of the spring breeze at the moment, how can you understand my feelings?" ”

He sighed faintly and said, "If it is only about my personal life and death, Mu Mou's brows will not be wrinkled." Alas! The matter between Mu and Liu Jin must have been known to adults. Jinyiwei is the emperor's edict, investigating the major case of the criminal department, but the confession of a mortal must not change a word, and he must follow the truth The emperor, but Liu Jin hates Dai Miao's confession and scolds him as a 'power eunuch', and he relies on power to force me to tamper with the confession!

Jin Yiwei is the division of reading power, and he plays directly to the Son of Heaven, how can I be held hostage by him? Liu Jin took revenge with personal grudges, and Mu was ready to sue him to the emperor! ”

Yang Ling glanced at him, shook his head and said, "It's easy to get Shao Zhenfu out of prison!" The dignified Jinyi Weibei Town soothed the envoy, Liu Gonggong could put him in prison, but he didn't dare to do anything to him, the official gave him a step, and Lord Shao came out. If you want to join Grandpa Liu, it's difficult! forced Lord Mu to delete the word Quan Eunuch and tamper with the confession, the emperor will only laugh when he hears it, and will not touch a single hair of Father-in-law Liu! ”

Mu Bin's eyes couldn't help flashing when he heard this, as if he had something to say. After a while, he couldn't help but say: "I heard that Gu Dayong offended the emperor and was removed from the post of Dongchang Factory Official, and the successor recommended by the Lord to the emperor is the eunuch Dai Yi, the former head of the ceremonial supervisor who was assigned to Jinling?" ”

Yang Ling said: "Exactly, Dai Yi did not participate in the annihilation of Wang Yue and others, he was innocently affected, he has been in the ceremonial supervisor for many years, and is familiar with the affairs of the East Factory, and now the emperor is making every effort to arrest the Maitreya cult in the East Factory, and he needs to have a capable leader, and Dai Yi is the right person."

Mu Bin smiled, paused for a moment before saying: "When Father-in-law Dai was in the Feng Shui case of the Emperor's Tomb, he was imprisoned at the same time as the adults, which can be described as a friend in distress. Now that the adults recommend Dai Gonggong, and there is the grace of sending charcoal in the snow and helping in danger, Dai Gonggong will succeed as the Dongchang Factory Gong, and he will definitely invest in it and repay him. Dongchang was originally under the supervision of the celebrity, and with Liu Jin's strength, it is difficult not to be suspicious of this situation."

Yang Ling laughed secretly in his heart, Mu Bin couldn't pull his face and asked for help directly, this is to divide the relationship between himself and Liu Jin, at this time, it is very beneficial to himself to completely pull Jinyiwei to his side, but what is the price? Assist them in impeaching Liu Jin?

It's impossible, this crime can't bring down Liu Jin at all, if he goes out in person now and openly fights for power with Liu Jin, he will destroy his own obscure plan and put himself in the open.

The first major thing to be done now is to open the sea for trade, and the emperor is keen on this, and Liu Jin does not dare to openly oppose it at the risk of losing the emperor's favor, but if he secretly obstructs and makes some mistakes in the place where the city port is set up, the officials who were originally dissatisfied with the lifting of the sea ban will inevitably take the opportunity to fight back, and the major event will die.

But in the future, there are still many places where he needs to rely on Jinyiwei, and Jinyiwei has more than ten subordinates all over the country, but it is an extremely powerful force, Mu Bin is desperate and has no choice but to ask for help from himself, can he push them away? On what grounds did you appease him?

Yang Ling frowned slightly, and suddenly said straightforwardly: "Lord Mu, Yang and Lord Mu, Lord Shao and Brother Jiangnan Qian have always been intertwined, and they know each other and say everything. Brother Mu is open-minded, he is a bright and upright man, when we deal with each other, you don't have to beat around the bush, what do you want your brother to do, just open your mouth. ”

Mu Bin's face was slightly pale, and he said astringently: "That is the case, then Mu Mou will speak bluntly."

He coughed and cleared his throat and said: "I will never change Dai Miao's confession, the ups and downs of this matter are already known all over the city, this word is changed, and the Jinyi Guard will be discredited, and he will never be able to raise his head again." Since the celebrant sent the case file back, Mu decided to bypass the celebrant and personally send the case file to the emperor."

Yang Ling shook his head disapprenousfully and said: "This sentence 'power eunuch' will not have any impact on Liu Jin, maybe the emperor still thinks that Liu Gonggong is loyal and trustworthy, so he will be criticized, is it worth it?" ”

Mu Bin's face was solemn, and his eyes were dignified: "The eldest husband has something to do and not to do, this case has already been decided, it doesn't matter what is written on the case file at all, Liu Jin is fighting for his authority now, and what Mu wants to protect is the dignity of Jinyiwei!" If I let it go now, I can save my future, but why should I give an account to the 100,000 brothers, and what face do I have to be their admiral? ”

Yang Ling was silent, Mu Bin's insistence was a bit silly, but silly cute and stupid respectable.

Doing something, not doing something, it's easy to say, what will you pay to do it? Have you ever fought against Mount Tai with a mantis arm for the most valuable person in your heart and for the most valuable thing?

He put down the teacup, restrained his smile, and said: "You are the Admiral of Jinyi, it is not difficult to directly present the emperor, but the difficult thing is the ensuing suppression of Gonggong Liu, what do you need me to do?" ”

Mu Bin glanced at him gratefully and said: "Mu also knows that with my strength, if I offend him this time, the open knife and the hidden gun will be destroyed in his hands sooner or later, but I don't want to sit still." I want to beg the adults to come forward and bail out Shao Zhenfu. He has been my friend for many years, and I insisted on this matter, and Lao Shao just suffered it for me."

Yang Ling nodded and said: "This is simple, I will bring it up when Gonggong Liu goes to the banquet, his goal is not Lord Shao, I think he will sign it."

Mu Bin's eyes were slightly red, and he clenched his fists and said, "So, Mu Mou thanks Master Yang." The second thing is to treat others in the way of others, Liu Jin took Shao Zhenfu to prison, and the crime was that he forcibly expropriated the land after moving to Beijing, and bought a house at a low price with power.

He was responsible for supervising the construction of the leopard house, and sent a large number of procurement offices to various places to buy materials and jewelry, all of which were purchased on credit by the government, and the silver allocated by the inner factory was put into his own pocket.

Taking Qingzhou, Shandong Province as an example, several major stone factories brought 40 ships of generous stones to Beijing, and the stonemasons and shipwrights did not get a cent, and the people he sent offered a reward for catching the beasts, and the local hunters caught three tigers and transported them into the leopard house, and the hunters were killed by the tigers, and they did not receive a penny of silver.

Yang Ling said categorically: "He built the leopard room for the emperor, I heard that the leopard room is very much in line with the emperor's wishes, the emperor heard this and reprimanded him, and ordered him to pay the silver It is possible, but he will not be dealt with because of this."

Mu Bin's eyes couldn't help but dim when he heard this, there was another thing they found out, but if they were involved in this matter, they would inevitably offend a big man again, but if they didn't say it, there would be no strong evidence to solve the crisis in front of them, how could this be good?

Mu Bin pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "There is another thing, Jiangxi is seriously troubled, Ning Wangfu is often infested with rat thieves, but the local government is not effective in catching thieves, Ning Wang was furious, sent people to bring a large amount of gold and silver into Beijing activities, asked for the restoration of the three guards and horses of the palace, Liu Jin accepted a heavy gift from Ning Wangfu, I heard that he was speaking for him in front of the emperor, accepting bribes from vassal kings, for example, it is a taboo for the emperor, you see this crime."

"What? Ning Wangfu asked for the restoration of the three guards and horses? Yang Ling was surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Liu Jin is speaking for King Ning?" ”

King Ning asked for revenge because of the thieves, Mu Bin didn't pay attention to this matter, what he cared about was that Liu Jin accepted the benefits of the vassal king and spoke for the vassal king.

The emperor did not fear the courtiers around him to make friends with foreign vassals. Even with Emperor Hongzhi's generosity, if he heard about this kind of thing, he would definitely deal with it decisively with thunderous means to set an example to the ministers. The urgency of the matter is not whether the request made by the vassal king is reasonable, it is taboo for the Son of Heaven to befriend the vassal king, and Emperor Zhengde will not be ambiguous about this matter even if he has a little bit of imperial power.

Seeing Yang Ling so cautious, Mu Bin was slightly triveted, and said, "Exactly, my lord, do you think this matter can be involved in him?" ”

Yang Ling secretly pondered: "King Ning restored the three guards, and raised troops to rebel, this is indeed a thing, it seems that before he rebelled, Emperor Zhengde was extremely trusting of him, and now there is no evidence, if you use this to tell the emperor that King Ning will rebel in the future, he must not believe it, anyway, King Ning's rebellion will not succeed, this is not to be busy saying."

Liu Jin did not have a good death in history, what is the reason? Could it be related to King Ning?

Yang Ling pondered for a long time, and when he saw that Mu Bin had been looking at him with blank eyes, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "What the emperor thinks and thinks today can't be measured by ordinary people, whether the emperor will sanction Liu Jin because of this, to be honest, I can't figure it out."

However, this matter should not be hidden from the emperor, Lord Mu don't worry, wait until I understand the details before I discuss with you whether to make a statement. Now, I'll protect Lord Shao first, and as for the matter of submitting the case file, if there is a move on Father-in-law Liu's side, I will block it for you first. ”。

Mu Bin knows that no one knows the current emperor better than Yang Ling, if he says that he is not sure, then this matter must really be unsure, is Liu Jin so favored by the emperor? Even the big taboo of him befriending the vassal king can't bring him down? This time, he had no idea, so he had to nod silently.

There were noisy people outside, several adults talked and laughed with each other and walked upstairs, Yang Ling heard the voice, and smiled at Mu Bin: "Lord Mu, please, let's talk about wine today, as for what you and I discuss, we must plan and then act, now we can't be in a hurry." I met Gonggong Liu for a while."

Mu Bin smiled and said: "There is no need for adults to mention it, face to face to talk and laugh at the knife behind the back, this is still something in the city government Mu Mou."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked out.

Yang Ling, the new commander of the inner factory, and the general of the dragon and tiger, are to feast on the eight tigers in the palace, the admiral of the Jinyi Guard, the imperial envoy Liu Yu of the right capital, Cao Yuan, the squire of the military department, and Zhang Cai of the ministry. As soon as the news came that all the leaders in the Jingshi Fengyue Field were invited to help the fun, everyone in the entire Jingshi suddenly knew about it.

Yang Ling drunkenly accused the hundred officials of the court, and became infatuated with the famous Hua Weibelly of the 'Light Red Mansion' and the top red girl Su Yue of the 'Fengxian Pavilion', so that the news of going to the scene for a few days in a row made Liu Daxian, Ma Wensheng and others greatly despise. The young scholar was so blatantly unscrupulous and degraded that it had already aroused the dissatisfaction of the imperial envoys and officials, and some people began to collect evidence of the crime and wanted to impeach him.

In the past few days, the emperor should continue to be bitter and advise that he should reflect on the micro-service and leave the palace, form an alliance with the three guards, and indiscriminately reward the ministers who favor the faith, and still enter the palace like snowflakes. However, Emperor Zhengde was busy moving, and these twists and turns were like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no reply. Stimulated by this, the officials became more and more frustrated, and the rhetoric on the folds became more and more intense, and they simply scolded Zhengde as the first faint king in heaven and earth throughout the ages.

Later, the news came out from the six ministries that Liu Jin had prepared a few large boxes in the celebrant of the ceremony, and the pieces that were presented to them were immediately thrown into the boxes, and when the boxes were filled, they were sent to be transported away, and they were never presented to the emperor at all.

In such a chaotic situation, Li Dongyang acquiesced, Jiao Fang presided, and changes quietly took place in the court.

The Hangul of the Household Department and the Left Squire of the Ministry of Rites and the Right Squire of the Military Department were ordered by the Holy Decree and set off for the border pass to trade with the Duoyan Sanwei and the Jurchen tribes.

Huang Wei, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was sent to Shaanxi to participate in the political envoy of the Political Envoy Department of Shaanxi Cheng Xuan Several adults with outstanding reputation in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Hanlin Yuan were all released as local officials with real power, and with their talents and prestige, they naturally deserved their reputation, so there was no slightest resistance and doubt, and these adults took office one by one.

There are also several old and virtuous leaders of the Hanlin Dynasty and the leaders of the Yanguan, because of their hard work, the new emperor and the city are kind, and Zhengde issued a decree to commend them, give them the wealth of Silk Luo, and escort them back to their hometowns and provinces with the post office. After only more than ten days of hard work, or business trips, or relocation of officials, or leave, more than 20 important ministers of the court and the central government left the Beijing Division.

On the first day that Emperor Zhengde moved to the leopard room, an inconspicuous letter was placed on his desk and placed on top of a stack of folds.

The official position of the person who played is not high, just a small head of the household, named Yan Song, can not be more than 10,000 words, and the name of the opening is four big words: Please open the sea ban!

(To be continued)