Zhang Tianshi came from Longhu Mountain, accompanied by 36 disciples of Taoism.

A giant carriage stopped outside the palace gate, Zhang Yanshuo got into the carriage, and the little Taoist boy actually followed, as soon as he entered the carriage and put down the sedan curtain, the little Taoist boy took off the road crown, and a green silk poured down like a waterfall, and the handsome face suddenly had a little more soft air.

This little Taoist child's eyes are like autumn water, his eyebrows are like distant daisies, and his long hair is scattered, and he is actually a girl's family.

She looked at her brother nervously, and said in a low voice: "Brother, there is something wrong with that Yang Ling, looking at his face, he is a person who died early and was blessed, but now not only is his life unspeakably expensive, but also his longevity is extremely high, isn't it strange?" ”

Heavenly Master Zhang Yanshuo laughed dryly and said, "How can there be such a thing? Maybe you miscalculated, or maybe he did something good, and it is possible to change his fate, Bao'er, don't mention this matter again. ”

"Oh?" Bao'er's eyes rolled, and her eyes were evil and proud: "Brother is saying that there is a problem with the Taoist technique passed down by my father?" Then our Heavenly Master Dao has been passed down for more than a thousand years, is it all a lie? ”

"Bao'er!" Zhang Yanshuo endured his anger and glared at his sister fiercely: "Don't show off your little Taoist skills, the avenue is clear, the magic is small, our magic is used to avoid evil, and it is not enough to protect oneself with wisdom, and it is never possible to change the day against luck and identify the national situation."

You see that General Yang's eyes are clear, and he is by no means a person who annihilates him, this is enough, if someone really changes his life for him, prolongs his life and increases blessings, is this kind of Taoism that you and I can deal with? Do you still have to carry a peachwood sword and go to the palace to catch demons? ”

The little heavenly master is not very old, but his surname is extremely stable, he lowered his voice and said: "I am an idle person in the rivers and lakes, why bother, the king's grace?" Don't mix up royal affairs, don't mention it, it's not what we provoked."

The Zhu dynasty has always been mean and unkind, Zhu Yuanzhang started by religion, for fear that others would follow suit, so he was extremely taboo about monks and Taoism.

Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain and the Confucian saints of Qufu, no matter who sits on the country, they are all respectful, and Zhu Yuanzhang does not dare to break the customs, but he restricts the development of the power of Buddhism and Taoism in national politics, and even the right to issue spies in Longhu Mountain is under the management of the Daolu Division of the capital, for fear that their power is too great, how dare the little heavenly master swagger?

What's more, the theory of ghosts and gods is really ethereal, and the emperor hopes that others will believe in ghosts and gods, which is conducive to him sitting firmly, but he never wants a person who really understands magic to appear in front of him, that is a force that the imperial power cannot control, and he will inevitably find a way to get rid of it. Zhang Tianshi had already understood this truth, so they could pretend to pray for the royal family, and they were not afraid of being seen by the emperor as fake, but they didn't dare to let him see a little bit of real ability.

Besides, they can see the personal fortune, they may not be able to influence it, and the national fortune is more variable, it is definitely not Taoism that can get a glimpse of the heavens, Yang Ling, a strange-looking person actually appeared in the court, who knows whether it is a blessing or a curse, and naturally avoids it as auspicious.

They live in Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi, in recent years, the king of Jiangxi Ning has sent people to take his son's birthday to the mountain many times to ask him to divinate the fortune for his son. King Ning is a hereditary prince, and his son is naturally also King Ning, what kind of strength is it? Although King Ning kept saying that his son had been sick since he was a child, and his father was too worried to ask the Heavenly Master to make calculations, his ambition could not be concealed from this little Heavenly Master.

If it weren't for Yang Ling's upright face, Zhang Yanshuo would have suspected that it was a spy sent into Beijing by a certain vassal king. He is a Heavenly Master, but even a Heavenly Master doesn't know which cloud has rain, didn't Yan Wang Jing succeed at the beginning? Who knows what kind of discipline Yang Ling is now, it's better to pretend to be confused and not to mess with this kind of thing.

However, he was very fond of this sister, and when he saw that his tone was heavy, he was busy and comforted Yan a few words. Speaking of this Fu Baolai, although she is a woman, and she was born to Zhang Tianshi's concubine, her status in Longhu Mountain is very special.

Zhang Yuanji, the 46th generation of the Heavenly Master, was impeached for bullying men and women in the township, and was exiled by the emperor.

However, in the fourth year of Hongzhi, the emperor sent a eunuch to Longhu Mountain to give a seal and a charm, and the eunuch asked Zhang Tianshi to pray for the arrival of Ruixue and the cranes dancing in the sky by passing on the holy oracle, thinking that it was auspicious. If you want a hundred cranes to come to Xiang, Zhang Tianshi has his own way, but it will be a bit embarrassing for people to snow all day.

Zhang Tianshi stubbornly chose the son, recited the mantra and prayed, I don't know if he knew meteorology or was lucky, it was really snowing that day, and he really showed his face.

When he returned to Chaotian Palace, he learned that the fourth concubine Liu had just given birth to a baby girl, Zhang Yuanqing thought that it was the good fortune that this baby girl brought to him, so he was very fond of the daughter born to this concubine, named her Fu Bao, and often took it with him, and her status was very different from that of other concubines.

But this time, Zhang Fubao saw that his brother's expression was unprecedentedly solemn, and for the first time he scolded her for not knowing what to do, Zhang Fubao also panicked in his heart, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

Before the car arrived at the Chengguo Mansion, someone had already rushed to report in advance, Zhang Yanshuo is the grandson of the Chengguo Gong, although he is a national teacher, but he is visiting relatives as a relative, and there is no reason for the elders to come out to greet him, so he came out with two cousins Zhu Heyi and Zhu Heli to greet each other.

Chengguo Gong is old and strong, and his own biological flesh and blood age is also a lot worse, the eldest son is sixty, the youngest son is only twenty-four, and the youngest daughter who married Zhang Tianshi is just thirty-three years old this year. The two cousins welcomed the senior brothers and sisters into the house, and as soon as they turned the wall, they saw a man with a flushed face and a drunken man staggered out and almost bumped into Zhang Yanshuo.

Zhu Heyi frowned, and said to the thirty-year-old man who was holding the drunken man: "Sixth brother, Brother Xue is drunk again?" ”

The sixth brother said "hey" and said with a smile: "Why is he not drunk?" Don't care, I'll send him back", he saw Zhang Yanshuo's brother and sister in Taoist robes, and already knew that it was his cousin and cousin who came, and couldn't help but smile with Yan: "I sent a friend back to the house, cousin and cousin please go to the hall, grandpa is waiting to see you."

Zhang Yanshuo smiled and gave up his hand and watched the two go out. Zhang Fubao stretched out his hand and picked the cup-sized flowers from the flower pot next to the wall, sniffed them, and asked, "Cousin, my grandfather is a military general, and the people you associate with are also very bold, are your friends drunk every time they come to the house?" ”

Zhu Heli smiled and said: "Brother Xue is not a military general, but he is the first Jinshi of Hongzhi for six years, and he is a great talent." Zhu Heli shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "It's just that since Princess Ningqing has been a concubine and a captain, I don't want to mention this, please come in." ”

Zhang Yanshuo's brother and sister glanced at each other in surprise and walked in with them.

Yang Ling came to Dongnuan Pavilion, Gu Da was the first to see him coming, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile and said: "Lord Yang is here, the emperor is waiting for you, come quickly."

The idea of the feast was his, and now Yang Ling really shocked a group of civil officials, and coaxed the Zhengde Emperor to laugh, he was naturally happy and honorable.

As soon as Zhengde saw Yang Ling, he was so excited that his face turned red, and he said: "Yang Shiyu, come on, give a seat, hahaha, I'm really happy today, I can't say a word when I see those old guys who usually look like a bunch of flies in front of me, but I really laughed to death, this time I want to promote you to an official, I see who dares to object."

Yang Ling smiled and saluted the emperor, and replied: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, Weichen is just a fluke." The emperor cares for the ministers, and the ministers are inscribed in the five, but the ministers are young and shallow, if they are rashly promoted to the six ministers, it is indeed child's play, and the ministers will not be convinced by just one feast, that is, the ministers, and they dare not take on this responsibility."

When he said this, not only Zhengde, but even Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng, and Liu Jin around Emperor Zhengde were stunned, Liu Jin had read for a few days, and hurriedly persuaded: "Ganluo Twelve can worship Shangqing, how can Lord Yang not be the secretary of the criminal department?" With the current emperor protecting you, why should you be afraid of a few civil servants opposing it? ”

Yang Ling made up for his evil overnight, and this historical knowledge has really grown up, and he knows the story of Gan Luo's worship. Xin said: "Gan Luo twelve worship Shangqing? He was beheaded when he was twelve, and you can give this example, it's awkward."

Yang Ling had already had some scruples about rashly entering the Fengshangqing, but now he saw the attitude of the civil and military officials in the court, which strengthened his determination.

Now only in terms of fame, Yang Ling can be said to be like Zhongtian, and there is the emperor inside the forbidden middle school, and there are brocade guards outside the palace as the backing, and now he has won the trust of a group of generals, Yang Ling thinks that even if he dies, with the care of these interpersonal relationships, and the power of the uncle, it is enough to make the young lady and Xue'er and Yu'er who are married to the door have no worries about food and clothing.

But if you really do Shangshu, you have to fall into the intrigue with the civil officials, and in a year's time, the feud is also settled, and she is gone, what should the young lady do? Those pens are not all good people, if someone comes to tell the truth again, can the saints stay the same?

With this in mind, Yang Ling has decided that no matter what the debate is at today's banquet, he will insist on resigning from the post of secretary of the Criminal Department. Since Liu Jin and others ascended the throne to the throne, their popularity and power are much greater than before, and these guys who have no ambitions are also quite content.

It's just that there is an old Wang Yue above them, and when they see that the emperor they coax is not like words, sometimes they are called to reprimand them, which makes them very awkward, if Yang Ling, who is closely related, is a Shangqing and a scholar, there are people outside the palace, and their children can be better, at this time, when they heard that Yang Ling did not want to be an official, he really responded to the old saying "The emperor is not in a hurry to die as a eunuch", and immediately persuaded him non-stop.

Yang Ling couldn't say what he was going to do, so he had to say to Zhengde with a look of confidence: "Your Majesty, you are the first to ascend to the throne, at this time the idea is supported by hundreds of officials, a few days ago, I degraded three Shangshu for the sake of Weichen, the advantage is that the emperor is so prestigious, the disadvantage is that the emperor has ascended to the supreme, and he will belittle the minister, and it is inevitable that the officials will not accept it." At this time, if the ministers are promoted exceptionally, what will the ministers think? Maybe I'm worried that the emperor will remove all the old ministers, which will be detrimental to the government."

Zhengde listened to what Yang Ling said and was very moved: "My father is really as wise as a torch, this Yang Shiyu has no ambition at all, he doesn't want such a big official to send it to him, and he only thinks about it."

The child's surname, who is good to him, of course he can't wait to give away all the benefits that can be given to others, Yang Ling said this, he felt that if he didn't seal him a big official, he would be sorry for his loyal ministers, but what Yang Ling said was reasonable, so what kind of official is appropriate for him?

Zhengde frowned and was about to ponder, a delicate little girl in a green shirt broke in angrily, she didn't look at the person next to her, so she said to Zhengde: "Brother Huang, Princess Ningqing was actually bullied by a house slave and cried more than once, it really doesn't make sense, Brother Huang can't ignore this matter."

Yang Ling saw that the girl in the green shirt who broke in recklessly was Princess Yongchun, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Liu Jin and several people also knelt on the ground. Princess Yongchun, who was so angry that her little face was flushed, ignored them, and her big round eyes were shrouded in a layer of mist of grievances, staring at Zhengde.

Zhengde has a very heavy brotherhood for this naughty and lively royal sister, and when he saw that she was panting with anger, he hurriedly stood up and laughed: "Princess Ningqing? Something happened, look at you, come on, the imperial brother has the Cangzhou golden silk jujube candied fruit that has just entered the service, you come and taste it, and you have something to say slowly."

Emperor Zhengde himself did not look like an emperor, and the little princess Yongchun lacked the consciousness of being a courtier for the imperial brother who had just ascended the throne, she pouted, walked over and sat on Zhengde's seat angrily, patted the table and said: "Aunt Ning Qing has loved us since she was a child, and the imperial brother is now the emperor, so she has to support her."

Today, Xue Yuma entered the palace to see the imperial aunt, and was actually kicked out by the female official in the princess's mansion, and her aunt was so angry that she shed tears, but she found the empress dowager to complain, but the empress dowager scolded her for not being polite, and she was really angry with me."

Princess Yongchun said, took out a date from the box, threw it into her mouth and chewed hatefully. Ma Yongcheng is now the head of Ouchi, and when he heard Princess Yongchun's complaint, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked.

He rolled his eyes, leaned into Zhengde's ear and whispered a few words, Zhengde listened to it and said disapprerovingly to Princess Yongchun: "Oh, that's the case, there are rules in the palace, even the horses can't break the rules, or the queen mother can reprimand the princess?" It's a big fuss."

Princess Yongchun stood up suddenly, pointed at Zhengde "you, you" for a long time, and was speechless with tears in her eyes. Ma Yongcheng coughed beside him and said gloomily: "Your Royal Highness, the emperor is your royal brother and your monarch, please pay attention to the etiquette of being a courtier."

Princess Yongchun Huo Di picked up the box of candied fruits, smashed them at Ma Yongcheng with her head and face, stomped on her bow shoes and said angrily: "Okay, you are the emperor, you kill me!" As soon as he said that, he was about to rush out of the skirt.

Zhengde saw that Ma Yongcheng had a piece of candied fruit sticking to his face and a few pieces on his head, so he couldn't help but move his eyebrows and eyes for a while, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud. He saw that the little imperial sister was trembling with anger, and he was busy making peace and said, "Forget it, forget it, can't the imperial brother help you?" ”

He turned his head to see Yang Ling, and couldn't help but say happily: "Yang Shiyu, you go with the imperial sister and see what happened, as long as the imperial sister is happy, it will be done, and she will not come to litter my things again."

Yang Ling was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is a foreign minister, this seems to be the responsibility of the Internal Affairs Office, right?" ”

Zhengde said impatiently: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I have been the empress dowager, my big wedding is to be held by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Rites, and you will be the candidates for this angel, and you will be in and out of the palace for a while."

Zhengde said as if he remembered something, untied his own dragon jade pendant from his waist and handed it to him: "The inner palace is not as good as the outer palace, and ordinary tooth cards can't be entered, so you can take this jade pendant with me first."

Princess Yongchun's tears hadn't dried yet, her big fluffy and watery eyes flickered at Yang Ling for a long time, and suddenly exclaimed: "I recognize you, why did you put on your armor and enter the Qianqing Palace?" ”

The eleven or twelve-year-old girl's tears came quickly, and she couldn't help laughing when she said this: "Are you afraid of being beaten with a cane again, and you can resist it for a while if you put on armor?" ”

The little princess Yongchun had just arrived at Yang Ling's chest, and she didn't know if she was too young to understand the difference between men and women or was spoiled by her good-natured father, she actually came to Yang Ling and stroked the armor scales on his chest, and praised him: "I can't see it, it's very strong, and it must be fine if you take twenty boards."

As soon as the little girl approached, a fragrant wind rushed in, and Yang Ling couldn't help but take a step back in embarrassment. Gu Dayong opened his mouth, just wanted to remind His Royal Highness Yongchun to pay attention to the princess's manners, and saw that Ma Yongcheng still had a few pieces of candied fruit stuck to the top of his head, and her brother of the second-pole emperor was there with a pestle like a nobody, so he wisely did not squeak.

Yang Ling was paid by this little girl to be the scapegoat of Princess Yongfu last time, and was beaten by Emperor Hongzhi on the angry head, and now the old emperor has been replaced by a little emperor, this little princess is even more unscrupulous, he is really a little scared when he sees this yellow-haired girl.

Princess Yongchun stretched out her finger to his chest and said with satisfaction: "Very good, you will wear this outfit and go to the Ten Princes' Mansion with this princess to teach those arrogant house slaves a lesson."

Emperor Zhengde covered his mouth with a small gold fan, coughed dryly, glanced at him, and signaled him to coax the little evil star away, but said vaguely in his mouth: "It's a matter of royal decency, go and see what happens, everything is in charge."

What happened to this Princess Ningqing Mansion?

It turned out that the princess of the Ming Dynasty did not live with her husband after getting married, but moved to the palace of the ten kings, living in a palace, and the emperor assigned a female official in the palace to be responsible for the princess's sleep, food, drink, and residence.

Because this female official was sent by the emperor, which is equivalent to being sent by order, even the princess did not dare to offend her, and it was even more difficult to say to the emperor that she wanted to see her husband, so the unmarried princess was a phoenix on the branches. In order for the husband and wife to see each other, many princesses often bribed female officials with heavy money, and as a result, the female officials became more and more arrogant.

No matter how educated the concubines of the Ming Dynasty were, once Princess Shang became a concubine, she had to resign from her official position and live alone in the Concubine's Mansion, and some of them could also do an errand in the Zongren Mansion, but most of them only took the concubine and had no official position, and they could not accept concubines, and they did not dare to enter and leave the land of the Qinglou, so they became living widowers.

And once the princess dies, all the property of the palace given by the royal family must be recovered, and the power of this concubine is not even comparable to a minor official in the court, and most of those female officials often respect money and money to the powerful eunuchs in the palace, and someone supports them, so the concubine can't help them.

Ma Yongcheng accepted the money from the female officials of Princess Ningqing's Mansion, knowing that it was because the female officials of Princess Ningqing's Mansion were suspicious of receiving little bribes and deliberately preventing couples from meeting, so the only thing he heard was that Duke Yongchun was looking for trouble with the female official, so he whispered a few words to Zhengde, pointing out that Xue Yuma often entered and exited the palace without permission, which damaged the royal face, and the female officials just acted according to the law, telling the emperor not to interfere in the affairs of these harem women.

Yongchun was eccentric, how could she not hear the meaning of the imperial brother's words, she wrinkled her nose, did not refute, and secretly snorted coldly in her heart: "Let's go, go to the Ten Princes' Mansion with this princess."

Yang Ling had no choice but to follow her to deal with the emperor's family affairs. Princess Yongchun walked out of the Qianqing Palace, walked gently along the curved corridor to a secluded and uninhabited place, stopped and turned around, looked at Yang Ling with a smile and said, "Princess Ben heard that you were almost beheaded by the imperial brother a few days ago?" ”

Seeing her expression, Yang Ling couldn't help but take a step back cautiously, and said cautiously: "Yes, Weichen was framed by someone and couldn't defend himself for a while, but fortunately, the emperor was sage, and Weichen was able to get out of prison."

Princess Yongchun put her hands behind her back, nodded old-fashionedly and said, "Well, since ancient times, there is a saying that a companion is like a tiger, and I guess Lord Yang has a deep understanding now."

Yang Ling only felt that this Princess Yongchun was a little strange, and there was a sense of danger in his heart. This kind of pampered girl is not easy to serve since she was a child, but she is still a princess, and Yang Ling really has a headache to deal with this kind of little girl.

Princess Yongchun's eyes rolled, and she slowly narrowed her big eyes, her childish face was full of "I'm going to frame you" expression, and she said with a smile: "It's terrible to be framed, right?" Does it taste good to pull it to the vegetable market? ”

Yongchun smiled slyly: "Do you think I can't hear what Imperial Brother Fang Cai meant? Tell you Lord Yang, if you don't help my aunt get angry, you don't have to send you to the vegetable market, this princess will directly ask Jinyiwei to take you down and behead! ”

Yang Ling smiled dryly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, you have to let Wei Chen understand the cause and effect before making a decision, right?" It's not a pity for Weichen to die, killing the minister without permission is an obstacle to the princess's reputation."

Yang Ling said on his lips, and couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart: This is really a brother and sister of a mother's compatriots, her brother is chasing Shou Ninghou with a sword all over the palace, and now this little princess wants to hunt down and kill me Yang Shen General? ”

Princess Yongchun suddenly laughed with a "card", like a spring flower blooming. At a young age, this smug smile was actually graceful and graceful, and her actions were extremely charming, she smiled and said, "What's the obstacle? If I say that you are bold and rude to this princess, do you think it is enough to kill the head? ”

Yang Ling was furious when she heard this, Princess Yongchun suddenly saw Yang Ling's eyebrows, and the angry momentum actually scared the little princess to take a step back, she knew that Yang Ling was friendly with these internal officials, so she lied and threatened, afraid that he would follow his own interests, who knew that Yang Ling had regarded her as a femme fatale who disregarded people's lives.

Yang Ling held back his anger, lowered his eyes, and said lightly: "Her Royal Highness the princess is the golden branch and jade leaf, the phoenix son and the dragon grandson, what is Weichen?" Since the emperor sent this envoy, Weichen will naturally deal with it impartially, if it is not on His Royal Highness's side, I only hope that Her Royal Highness the princess can forgive Weichen."

Seeing Yang Ling's faint expression, Princess Yongchun couldn't help but say a little sneeringly: "I, I, and I are not unreasonable people, of course, I want you to help me get angry."

She saw that although Yang Ling was standing there very respectfully, her eyes were staring at her feet, and she didn't even bother to look at her, and she couldn't help but feel angry, just thinking: I am the dignified princess of the Ming Dynasty, why do I explain to you so lowly?

She shook off her green sleeves and said with a pretty face: "Remember what you said, deal with it impartially!" Otherwise, I won't let you go, huh! After saying that, he turned around and went away angrily.

In the Qianqing Palace, Dai Yi, the celebrant in charge of the Tailing project, had just rushed back, Liu Jin Gu Dayong and others had a low status, and they only nodded in front of him, but since Dai Yi had a dislike for Wang Yue, I also know that I am far inferior to Wang Yue in terms of connections and status, and although Liu Jin and others are now powerful and powerless, they are the most favored and trusted servants of the emperor today, and they have the heart to accept them, so they are also pleasant when they meet, which is very different from the disdainful expression in the past, which makes Liu Jin and others happy.

Zhengde saw Dai Yi and hurriedly said: "Dai Yi, I was about to discuss something with you, so I hurriedly got you back."

Dai Yi was flattered and said: "The emperor has something to do, but please command, do the slaves dare to admit it?" ”

Zhengde groaned: "How is the Tailing project? Is there still a shortage of silver? ”

Since the water seepage case of the emperor's tomb, Tailing has attracted more attention from the courtiers, Dai Yi really doesn't dare to make a lot of money from it now, but he is really very hard-working, and the right is to do the political performance project, so the ICBC allocated by the imperial court is more than enough, listening to Zhengde's question, Dai Yi hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, the silver for the Tailing project has been enough to cover the expenses."

Zhengde bowed his head and said, "Well, that's good." I am going to get married, and the wedding and reward need 1.8 million taels of silver, and I ask for silver from the household, but Han Wen wants me to pay from the inner treasury, but Ma Yongcheng holds the inner treasury and checks it, and now the inner treasury is not rich, at most one million taels are taken out, and there are still 800,000 taels that have not been found.

I should have agreed to 800,000 taels of households, but Han Wen was only willing to give me 300,000 taels, and he asked me to reward the rest with silver money instead of silver taels.

Hum! I was confused for a while and almost agreed, but Liu Jin woke up, and I realized that I had ascended the throne and the wedding was held in a year, and such a double happiness was coming, and I wanted to give silver money to the courtiers and border guards, isn't this a cold me? So"

Zhengde glanced at Dai Yi and hesitated a little in his heart: "Isn't it too disrespectful to let Dai Yi ask the court for silver under the guise of insufficient Tailing Industrial and Silver Bank?" ”

Dai Yi saw Zhengde's hesitation, and thought that the emperor wanted to squeeze money out of the Tailing project. He was anxious to curry favor with Zhengde now, and quickly calculated in his heart, if the control was stricter, all the managers at all levels would not be allowed to make money, and they would save a little when buying materials, and four or five hundred thousand taels should barely be able to make up.

Dai Yi made a calculation, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The emperor can rest assured, the Tailing project was originally estimated to cost 3.8 million taels of silver, and the servants and several adults did an errand for the emperor, so they didn't dare to be negligent, and the progress of the project was also fast, and it was estimated that 3.3 million taels would be used for the rest of the 500,000 taels, and the remaining 500,000 taels would be used from the mausoleum."

When Zhengde heard the joy, he couldn't help but stand up and said, "What? Can the mountain project squeeze out 500,000 taels? He thought for a moment, then lowered his face and said suspiciously: "Aren't you trying to curry favor with me, and you want to cut corners on the mausoleum of the former emperor?" ”

Dai Yi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, how dare the minions, it is really more than the original estimate, now that the project has been half completed, the minions have carefully calculated, and the construction of the palace and mausoleum on the ground should save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and the minions dare not hide it, they originally wanted to tell the emperor, and it happened that the emperor wanted to use silver, and the minions dared not to share the emperor's worries?" ”

Zhengde turned his anger into joy and said: "This is good, this is good, as long as you don't miss my father's mausoleum, I have been worried about this for a long time, the huge inner court is in the hands of Wang Yue, I went to ask him for ideas, but he didn't have much to do, I didn't think you had the ability to help me solve my worries." ”

"Wang Yue?" Dai Yi is a surname of the Emperor, he was originally loyal to Wang Yue, but he was imprisoned to die, Wang Yue actually stood by and watched, now Dai Yi has hated Wang Yue to the bone, he peeked at it, and saw that there were only Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, and Ma Yongcheng in front of him, they were all eunuchs that Wang Yue didn't like to see, Dai Yi had the courage to laugh and said: "That's, that's, even if there is a way, I'm afraid that the prince is reluctant to take it out."

"Huh?" Zhengde heard what he said, and couldn't help but look at him suspiciously, and asked, "How do you say this?" You tell me honestly."

Dai Yi hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The slave doesn't dare, the slave doesn't dare, the prince is in charge of the East Factory and the West Factory, and the slave's words make his old man unhappy, and if the slave dies, it's like killing an ant, and the slave doesn't dare to say it."

As soon as Zhengde heard the fire, he "snapped" and slapped the table and said angrily: "Could it be that Wang Yue is more powerful than me?" Are you afraid that Wang Yue will not dare to speak up to me? ”

Liu Jin heard Dai Yixian's voice, and couldn't help but smile sadly: "Grandpa Dai, except for the emperor here, there are three servants of our family, all of whom are towards the emperor, if you have anything to say, just say it to the emperor, whether it is right or not, the emperor will know it, except for a few of us in the palace, never let outsiders know."

Dai Yi was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, the slave is confused, the slave doesn't dare to say, it's not that he is not afraid of the emperor, but he is really chasing after the wind and shadows, and there is no evidence, for fear of provoking the emperor to be angry."

As he spoke, he raised his head tremblingly and said: "Your Majesty, the East Factory Governor and the Jinyi Guard, the authority is monstrous, and I don't know how much I can get just by honoring the silver, as for the West Factory, supervising the East Factory, the oil and water are even more terrible, just squeeze out a little, and it will not make the emperor so worried."

Besides, who is in charge of the east and west factories? The master of ceremonies and the princess, our tax supervisors, mine supervisors, salt supervisors, and pearl supervisors of the Ming Dynasty were all sent out by the princess of the ceremonial supervisors, and these inner court supervisors collected taxes from the self-built yamen, and the folk said: 'The right to pay taxes accounts for three of them, and the ceremonial supervisors have seventy percent', if the ceremonial supervisors can't raise this bit of silver, it is really strange."

If you don't say that you would rather offend the gentleman, don't offend the villain, Wang Yue is in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, and the inner court supervisor who is known for the nickname "peeling" in the Ming Dynasty has also had a lot of people in the past dynasties, but the Hongzhi Dynasty is still quite peaceful, although Wang Yue can't stop the layers of exploitation below, and it is impossible to be so well-informed, but most of the silver handed over to the capital is delivered to the household and the inner treasury in proportion, and there is really not much left in his hands.

But now Dai Yi's words are all possible, maybe, it is estimated that there is no responsibility for really holding him accountable, but it has made Zhengde suspicious, and Zhengde was shocked and angry when he heard it: "Does Wang Yue dare to deceive me like this?" Are you telling the truth? ”

Dai Yi hurriedly bowed his head and said: "The emperor asked, the slave is just talking about things and guessing according to common sense, but there is no evidence."

Liu Jin has long been dissatisfied with Wang Yue, but Wang Yue is a veteran of the four dynasties, and there are many eyes and ears in the palace, so he doesn't dare to talk nonsense if he is not sure, today's opportunity is very rare, Liu Jin took the opportunity to say: "If someone really has selfish intentions about these things, how can Father-in-law Dai know?" The only ones who can inquire about the east factory and the west factory are all under the prince of the prince, who dares to talk nonsense? ”

When Zhengde heard this, the suspicion in his heart became even heavier, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "The first emperor favored Wang Yue, and paid him all the east and west factories, and I have never asked since Bingguo, Wang Yue has controlled the two factories for many years, I am afraid that the intertwined ones are all his cronies, of course there will be no news for me to know, hum!" Looks like it's time for me to check them out."

Dai Yi raised his eyebrows, but pretended to be worried and frowned: "The east factory and the west factory are all under the jurisdiction of the prince, and Jinyiwei is under the jurisdiction of the east factory, and the emperor wants to investigate, I'm afraid he won't find anything."

Zhengde slapped the table with a "snap" and said unconvinced: "The east and west factories were not allowed by the emperor to be built by him?" The east factory and the west factory are all his people? Hey! Can't I build another factory? Right! I will build another inner factory, which will be under the control of me personally, and the east factory, the west factory, Jinyiwei, and hundreds of civil and military officials are all under the supervision of my inner factory, see who dares to hide from me! ”

As soon as Dai Yi, Liu Jin, Ma Yongcheng, and Gu Dayong heard this, their hearts jumped to their throats leisurely, and the emperor personally ruled it? It sounds good, how can the emperor have the kung fu to manage the factory guards, and he doesn't want to find someone else to reason?

The big pie is big, maybe it will fall down among the four people, supervising the East Factory, the West Factory, the Jinyi Guard, and the civil and military officials, and they will knock obediently

Just when the four of them were holding their breath and their ears were buzzing with lack of oxygen, Zhengde Tianzi slapped the table and said a whimsical sentence: "Go and call Yang Ling back and ask him to set up an internal factory for me!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Jin and the others were dumbfounded when they heard this. The factory has always been managed by eunuchs, and has never used foreign ministers, could it be that Emperor Zhengde wants Xiao Lingzi to enter the palace?

(To be continued)