Early in the morning, Emperor Zhengde finished grooming, practiced kung fu in the courtyard again, and took the towel handed by Qiu Ju to wipe the sweat on his neck. Qiu Ju said with a smile: "Your Majesty, your kung fu is getting better and better, a knife is out of a tiger, and the slave and maid are watching from the sidelines with a frightened heartbeat."

"Hehe, this is what I learned from the soldiers of the four armies and border armies abroad, this way of swordsmanship is used by the soldiers taught by me in the Ming Army, as the saying goes, the moon stick knife is a lifetime gun, although the knife is not the most difficult to practice, but it is much more difficult than the swordsmanship that I used to practice with the Jinyi guard. Killing the enemy above the battle array, it is still said that the sword is king. ”

Zhengde was praised by Qiu Ju and took the opportunity to show off: "The knife is black, and the force must be great, especially this single knife." Looking at the hand with a single knife and looking at the hand with a double knife, my wrist strength is still insufficient. If you see Xu Tai using a knife, especially Du Maniac and Jing Buddha in Datong Mansion, it is a sharp knife technique like a god."

"Yes, yes, the emperor is vain, and the slaves and maids admire it. Seeing that he is about to go to court, it is time for the emperor to change his clothes", Qiu Ju didn't know martial arts at all, and he was confused when he listened, afraid that the horse's fart would be slapped on the horse's feet, and when he heard Zhengde and him talk about swordsmanship, he hurriedly diverted the topic.

"Oh?" Zhengde looked at the sky, Meng Mengliang, it was time to go to court, and now the hundred officials must be fighting a war of words again, but he is not worried, he saw Tang Yixian yesterday afternoon, he has already told Tang Yixian what he meant, let her go back and tell Yang Ling, this morning in the palace, the emperor will personally add the title of the prince, see how those officials can rap.

Zhengde smiled willingly, and ordered: "Go and swing Luan, I will come out after changing into court clothes."

He threw the towel to Qiu Ju and walked back to his room. Qiu Ju gestured to the little yellow door at the door behind Zhengde, turned around and went out. The door was open, Zhengde walked in the door, and the four small yellow doors waiting to change clothes were arranging the crown and dragon robe, chatting at the same time, and didn't seem to notice that the emperor had come in.

One of the small yellow doors said: "I heard that yesterday the emperor went to the early court, and the hundred officials asked to be exempted from the sealing of Lord Yang Lingyang, but some people objected, and the court meeting was held until the afternoon without a conclusion, and this morning the hundred officials had to quarrel again." ”

Another little eunuch said, "Hey! What's so noisy, as long as Lord Yang is unwilling to be the grandfather of this country, the emperor can still force him, and the emperor can spoil Lord Yang."

"You know the! Grandpa Guo? The hereditary grandfather and the hereditary marquis are one notch apart, but if Lord Yang becomes the prince of the country, can he still serve as the commander of the inner factory, can he still supervise the Jiangnan shipping, and can he still hold a permanent position in the court? Now Lord Yang is so majestic, when there is no other emperor today, it is Lord Yang.

If he becomes a national prince, Yang Da is only twenty years old, and he has to give up so much power, and it is strange that he will give up. One is a powerless and powerless prince, the other is a powerful official, and at the same time, there is a hereditary marquis who is enough to make the descendants enjoy it endlessly, you choose, which one do you want? ”

"Me? If I can be the head of the imperial dining room, I will be content, and I will have good things to eat every day, how dare I think so much."

"Bah, I know you're not promising?"

"You're promising, so what do you want to do?"

"I, I'm counting on staying up for another thirty years, mixed with the stewardship of the worship room, alas, the red cha."

Zhengde's heart suddenly became uncomfortable, Yang Qing really cares so much about authority, does he want to be the first minister of the dynasty under one person and above ten thousand? A shadow hung over him.

No, it won't! Zhengde was a little panicked in his heart, he didn't believe that Yang Ling would have any rebellious intentions, but Yang Ling was really the most perfect courtier in his heart, and he was emotionally like a brother and brother, he didn't want his most trusted person to have such selfishness. It is normal for people to be willing to give, but they don't want you to always think about it.

Zhengde's face sank, coughed slightly, the four little yellow doors turned their heads to see the emperor coming, hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, Zhengde unhappily ordered people to dress up and crown, and after the robes were neat, they walked out of the door, and walked to the guard of honor under the escort of the eunuchs.

Qiu Ju saw his expression, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: as long as this seed of doubt is planted in the emperor's heart, and there are favorable conditions for Gonggong Liu and us to be by the emperor's side all night, even if they are brothers, they will let this seed of doubt in the emperor's heart take root and sprout under our continuous slander and provocation, and grow bigger and bigger, until they are incompatible with each other.

Hey! Yang Ling, Yang Ling, it's not appropriate to let the idle grandfather go, if you have to dig your own grave, then don't blame us for not being righteous! Zhang Wenmian is worthy of being the first think tank around Gonggong Liu, and Gonggong Ma's strategy was supplemented by him, and he buried this step, and then it can emerge in an endless stream, and the book is really fucking with one mouth to kill people."

After all the civil and military officials arrived, no one took leave, even if someone really had a headache and brain fever, and he also rushed to the court early with the fearless revolutionary spirit of being slightly injured and not getting out of the firing line. After yesterday's first round of the contest, the two sides spent the night making full and detailed preparations in various aspects such as legal theory, political system, official system, and ancestral system, and were ready to fight to the death again.

Especially today, Yang Ling, the fuse of the whole incident, was standing on the Golden Palace, wearing a python robe and jade belt, neatly dressed, standing there, his feet were not eight, his eyes seemed to be together, and his spirit was similar to that of the original court banquet and the battle of Confucianism, and some people who had suffered his losses couldn't help but mutter.

Zhengde entered the hall and ascended to the throne, his eyes touched Yang Ling, and some doubts in his heart suddenly disappeared. The difference between Yang Ling and other officials is that he looks at his own eyes, even if he is performing three bows and nine bows, his eyes are not the infinite awe of those ordinary courtiers for the supreme emperor, that is a kind of cordiality, a kind of care, how can a person who is not afraid of power care about power, he will be greedy for power?

The eunuch of the palace has been replaced, and Bi Yun was taken to the cold palace by Liu Jin to sweep the floor, and was replaced by Sun Bin, the eunuch of the inner official. This little eunuch is not very old, only 19 years old now, he has studied in the inner study hall, has been a close attendant of the Qianqing Palace, and later served as the master of ceremonies to write, although he is not Liu Jin's cronies, but he is extremely honest, and he is also very liked by Zhengde, so Liu Jin mentioned it, and Zhengde nodded yes.

Sun Bin waited for the hundred officials to finish driving, and then they returned to their positions, and then sang as usual: "The civil and military hundred officials, there is a morning play, and there is nothing to retreat from the court."

Yang Ling glanced at Jiao Fang, and Jiao Fang immediately went out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have their own music."

Liu Jin had expected that Yang Ling's faction would desperately shirk and not let Yang Ling be the Duke of the Mighty Kingdom, Zhang Cai dusted off his official robe, took a long breath, and was about to fight with Jiao Fang for the first time, but heard Jiao Fang say: "Your Majesty, after Liu Yu, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, was promoted to Shangshu, the post of Zuo Lang has been vacant, and the minister thinks that such an important post cannot be left unattended for a long time, and corresponding candidates should be arranged as soon as possible to fill the vacancy."

"Huh?" In a word, all the people were stunned, Jiao Fang is Yang Ling's person, who doesn't know, he is not in a hurry to resign for Yang Ling, but he seriously discusses the vacancy of the military department, which is too unexpected, everyone is speculating whether he has some conspiracy, so that the Golden Palace is solemn, and there is no movement for a long time.

Zhengde was also stunned for a moment, then reacted and asked, "Is there a suitable candidate for Aiqing?" ”

Jiao Fang said: "Yang Yiqing, the commander of the trilateral town, is strict in governing the army and proficient in the art of war, since he was appointed as the commander of the three passes, he has strictly disciplined the army and rectified the army, and the combat power of the border army has become more and more extraordinary, and the Tatars are barbaric and fearful, and they rarely dare to violate the border, and the old minister thinks that Yang Yiqing can take this position."

Zhengde temporarily put down his thoughts and asked: "Yang Yiqing was transferred to the military department, who can take over the trilateral town commander?" ”

Jiao Fang said: "Wang Shouren, the deputy marshal of the three passes, can."

Zhengde had a very good impression of Wang Shouren's surprise attack to relieve the siege of Baishan Mountain, thought about it and asked, "What do you think?" ”

No one dared to speak.

No one knows what Jiao Fang's gourd is selling, this old guy looks like a thief, now is the critical moment when the two sides are facing off the horse and want to pull Yang Ling off the horse, as the first cadre under Yang Ling, he is seriously discussing the matter of the left squire of the military department, what are the traps? Who dares to talk nonsense before they find out the details?

Zhengde asked again and no one answered, and then turned to the six departments of Jiuqing, Li Dongyang, and Yang Tinghe and said, "What do you think?" ”

Liu Yu bowed and said: "The minister thinks that the two people recommended by Jiao Ge are both suitable candidates."

Li Dongyang also echoed and said that Yang Yiqing had a good relationship with him and was a talent he admired very much, but Yang Yiqing and Yang Tinghe, who was also praised by him, were not in harmony, and they had a great taste of incompatibility, but Yang Tinghe was inconvenient to directly express this kind of likes and dislikes. Two of the three major scholars have agreed, and the six military department Shangshu also took the lead in expressing their position, and Yang Tinghe was silent.

Seeing that no one refuted, Zhengde bowed his head and said: "Quasi-play, there is an edict issued by the division."

Jiao Fang retreated, Zhang Cai coughed, and was about to step out of class, but he didn't expect Wang Hua, who was standing next to him, to take the lead and stepped forward and said, "The minister has this music." The emperor, the three customs that opened the sea to lift the ban, with Hangzhou being the most prosperous, the current prefect Cang Bing is sixty years old, old and frail, embarrassed and heavy-duty, repeatedly wrote to ask the old man to return to his hometown, and now the backlog of government affairs is very unfavorable to the countries to come to trade and trade.

The minister thought that he should send capable officials to serve as the prefect of Hangzhou as soon as possible to manage the government affairs of one party, and cooperate with the Yamen of the Customs Department of Gu Dayong to open up the situation as soon as possible and ensure the opening of the open sea and the progress of the strategy of trade with all countries. ”

Zhang Cai almost laughed out: "What is the Yang Ling faction doing?" It's not going to be a rambling thing and trying to drag it over, right? Can you hide from the first year of junior high and survive the fifteenth? ”

Zhang Cai secretly sneered, and immediately took a step forward and said: "What Wang Shangshu said is very true, Hangzhou is the gateway of my Ming Dynasty, and the merchants of all countries take Hangzhou as my Ming representative, and the Hangzhou prefect represents my Ming court, and we should send a suitable capable minister, take advantage of the winter approaching, the business flow is decreasing, go to the post to sort out the officials, rectify the place, and receive the envoys of all countries with a new look next year, and raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty."

Zhengde calmed down, nodded and said: "What you said is very true, Wang Aiqing and Zhang Aiqing are reasonable, who do you think is the right person to be sent?" ”

Wang Hua preemptively said: "Your Majesty, Yan Song, the head of the household department, is talented, young and promising, and the book of 10,000 words of 'please open the sea ban' is presented by this person, the Ming Dynasty has a hundred years of sea ban in the hands of our emperor, with great courage and bold knowledge for it, this person has a long-term vision, outstanding performance during his tenure in the household department, and excellent evaluation, so although this person is young, he is worthy of this position, Lord Zhang, what do you say?" ”

"Wang Shangshu is reasonable, the ministers are in charge of the ministry, and Yan Song's performance evaluation is indeed different!" Zhang Cai is also not ambiguous, isn't he just a prefect? I'll give it to you, and see how many official vacancies you have to make today.

"Quasi-playing, what else is there to play?" Zhengde also made a calculation in his heart, what's wrong with the hundred officials? I was so noisy yesterday, and I didn't mention it today, it couldn't be that I had a dream yesterday, right?

He was thinking about it, Yang Ling took a step forward and hugged the wat Shili: "Enlighten the emperor, Weichen has a gift."

"Speak", Zhengde happily sat up straight, his surname is really not the material for playing dumb riddles, if no one really mentions this matter today, he may not know how uncomfortable he feels.

"The minister was ordered to inspect the world, on behalf of the emperor to inspect the local military, government and people's conditions, from north to south, from east to west, the provinces and roads have heard a little, and the minister is sorting out in detail, so as to submit to my emperor for repetition. When the minister was in Sichuan, he also found a character, who was young, full of talent, Wen Taowu strategy, known as the first genius of Bashu.

Our emperor's new succession to the unification, Vientiane renewal, it is the time to employ people, such talents, how can they be abandoned in the wilderness, ministers and Li Dongyang University, Jiaofang University scholar, Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wang Hua, military department Shangshu Liu Yu jointly recommended, respectfully ask our emperor long live the exception of the promotion and use."

Emperor Zhengde was moved: "What can make Yang Ling so praised, he doesn't seem to have praised people yet, this is the first one, who is so good?" ”

Zhengde hurriedly asked, and Yang Ling replied proudly: "This person's surname is Yang Mingshen, a native of Xindu, Sichuan, and his knowledge is incomparably miscellaneous, and he can be a pillar of talent."

"Yang Shen? Sichuan Xindu people's? There are still people among the ministers who remember that when he entered Beijing at the age of thirteen, he was famous for his poetry and writing, and was accepted as a disciple by Li Dongyang, but he was the first prodigy in Kyoto who was respected by Xiaoyou, and couldn't help but say: "Yang Shen? The son of a scholar of Young? ”

"Exactly", Yang Ling said: "The external move does not avoid hatred, the internal move does not avoid relatives, this son is very talented, and he can be of great use, so although this minister is an official in the same dynasty as his father, he does not avoid suspicion and recommends it."

Li Dongyang twisted his beard and said: "Yang Shen is indeed a talented man who can be used by the imperial court."

Jiao Fang, Wang Hua and others all shook their heads and said, "The ministers are the same recommendation."

Zhengde thought for a while and said: "Okay, since everyone Aiqing recommended it, this Yang Shen's talent must be extraordinary, so he will enter the court with a recommendation, and the special purpose of my family book is." But what official position is appropriate? ”

Yang Ling said: "Yang Shen is seventeen years old, talented and knowledgeable, but he has no political experience, can not be rashly made, can choose a position to make him familiar with the imperial court rules and regulations, six military and political advisors, three years and two years later, he is a capable minister, can be my emperor's humerus." ”

Jiao Fang immediately said: "In this case, the old minister thinks that Yang Shen can be ordered to be appointed as an official of the seventh grade."

Zhang Cai has been stunned by Yang Ling, what are you doing this morning? First of all, Yang Yiqing entered Beijing, Yang Tinghe was at odds with him, who doesn't know, it's strange that Yang Tinghe can give you a good face if he does this. followed Yan Song to Hangzhou, a small five-grade prefect, and now recommended Yang Tinghe's son as an official, what does this mean? Do you want Yang Tinghe's understanding in this way? However, if you go to the court, regardless of whether he is idle or not, why do you have to give a five-grade first, this is only the seven-grade, the officer?! ”

Zhang Cai's heart tightened when he thought of this, and he only heard the emperor say: "Since the ministers have no opinion, then they will give an order, Yang Shen will enter the court, and the officials will be given the position in the matter." In the future, he will be rewarded for his outstanding political achievements".

Zhang Cai opened his mouth, but only swallowed saliva. The opportunity was fleeting, and another game was lost. Ren Zhi is in the middle of the matter, this is a big flail around his neck. In the matter, he was in charge of the attendants, admonished, supplemented, picked up, reviewed, and refuted the edicts, refuted the edicts of the hundred divisions, supervised the six departments, and impeached the hundred officials, which complemented each other with the imperial history.

In addition, it is responsible for recording and compiling the edicts and supervising the implementation of the departments; The township test is the examiner, the same examiner will be the examiner, and the palace test will be the examiner; When canonizing clans, vassals, or admonishing foreign countries, they shall be appointed as righteous and deputy envoys; Acceptance of unjust lawsuits, etc. Humble and weighty.

Is the power to refute the edict, refute the decree of the hundred divisions, supervise the six departments, impeach hundreds of officials, and accept unjust lawsuits? compile edicts and supervise the implementation of the edicts; The township test is the examiner, the same examiner will be the examiner, and the palace test is the examiner, and he has been in this position for a long time, and he is also a protégé who is all over the world.

The most important thing is that he is appointed as a bureaucrat, can he still unscrupulously promote and promote officials in the future? As long as he sits in this position, don't think about doing things by himself, Zhang Cai remorseful, took a step forward angrily, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister also has this music, a few days ago in Shuzhong misreported the death of Lord Yang Ling, the emperor posthumously named Lord Yang as the Duke of Weiguo, and gave the nickname Wencheng Wude, now Lord Yang is auspicious, and has to return to Beijing, this nickname should be withdrawn, but the emperor is because of the posthumous merit and the title of Lord Yang for the meritorious service.

What is Meritorious Pursuit? It is Lord Yang's meritorious deeds that deserve this knighthood, but it has not yet been rewarded, so whether Lord Yang is alive or not does not affect the emperor's reward for him, the emperor's ninety-five supreme, Chrysostom Yuyan, how can there be a reversal of the truth, take back the truth of the fate, do not make the world laugh, say that I Ming court seal the country, only the dead can be sealed, the living can not be sealed, who else will be the courtiers in the future to set up this ambition, follow Lord Yang to establish this immortal achievement? ”

After Zhang Cai finished speaking, Hula knelt down behind him, and said in unison: "The emperor's edict is not child's play, and the ministers think that Yang Ling should be the prince of Weiguo!" ”

Yang Tinghe flicked his sleeves and was about to step forward to argue, when he suddenly felt that his shirt was tight, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Li Dongyang as if nothing had happened, but his right hand was tightly holding his robe.

Zhengde's heart jumped, and he couldn't help but look at Yang Ling: "Will he refuse or accept?" ”

Zhengde hesitated and said: "Yang Qing, I think that Yang Qing's merits are enough to reward the Duke of the Kingdom, but I heard that Aiqing died, and posthumously named you the Duke of Weiguo in grief, and now Aiqing is alive, some officials in the DPRK and China think that I should take back my life, and some officials think that Aiqing's merits can be called this knight, I don't know what Aiqing wants?" ”

Yang Ling looked frightened, hurriedly knelt down, bowed his head and said: "The lord of the king, the minister does not dare to resign."

"The lord of the king, the minister does not dare to resign!" This sentence was repeated again in his heart before he came back to his senses, whether it was the officials who had made up their minds to force him to accept the Duke of Weiguo, or the people who were ready to pull him off the horse, they were all stunned.

Emperor Zhengde took a long breath and only said one sentence in his heart: "Those four little yellow gates, I must slap my mouth after the dispersal of the dynasty!" ”

Yang Ling said calmly: "Compared with the sages, the merits of Weichen are just grains of rice, and the emperor is so rewarded, the ministers are terrified." However, those who are ministers do not dare to resign from the king's gifts, and the ministers are willing to accept the post of the prince of the country, resign from the position of the admiral of the inner factory, the mighty general of the four outer armies, and the responsibility of supervising the opening of the sea and lifting the ban."

Zhengde smiled, and said in his heart: If you resign, you will resign, I will be there with you, don't you use it if you want to? Do you still care about those fixed official positions?

Zhengde bowed his head and said: "What Qing Zhi said is very reasonable, even so, I allow you to play, for these errands, Aiqing can have a suitable successor?" ”

Yang Ling said: "Wu Jie, the head of the inner factory, is a person who has set up the inner factory, has outstanding ability, is cautious, and can be promoted to the position of factory supervisor."

"Accurate!"

"Now that the sea has been open for several months, due to the full preparations, the city shipping department and the maritime yamen are running smoothly, and there is no need to set up a full-time superintendent.

"Accurate!"

"As for entering the Beijing border army, my emperor is long live and wise and martial, proficient in the art of war, and the four armies are directly under the emperor, with our emperor as the commander, and the general army of the four towns as the protégé of the Son of Heaven. The minister is only a deputy marshal, and the emperor is just worried about the busy era of state affairs, how dare he say that he will decide a replacement candidate on behalf of the emperor? ”

"Haha, okay, then I want you to continue to worry about me, these four armies, you still have to help me take care of it, I'm busy"

The civil and military officials were also very busy, busy listening to the dialogue between the two monarchs and ministers, analyzing the personnel changes represented by each event, the impact on themselves, the impact on the government, and the strength and weakness of the three forces in the court.

"Yes, the king of food, the minister should be worried about the king!"

Zhengde Long Yan was happy, and said with a smile: "After a while, Yang Qing will not leave, and go to the harem to see the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has something to say to you."

Brush~, the ears of the civil and military officials suddenly stood up.

After Zhengde finished speaking, he raised his voice and asked, "Do you Aiqing still have this music?" ”

Everyone was busy 'digesting', no one cared about the stubble, Zhengde waved his hand and said: "Retreat!" ”

He raised his buttocks, happily turned back to the harem first, and Yang Ling was suddenly stupid: "You say, you say, if you don't say it, the hundred officials don't know what to guess, alas!" This unobtrusive emperor".

He shook his python robe, shook off the countless curious eyes behind him, and chased after Zhengde without any indication.

(To be continued)