Yang Shiqi knows very well that Li Yuntian is a smart person, and naturally understands that this is an extraordinary period, and it is not appropriate to poke the hornet's nest of the nobles in the court.

But Li Yuntian still took Liu Wenqing's case, and helped Liu Wenqing get out in the lobby of Shuntian Mansion, which is enough to show that Li Yuntian's move is not only a righteous move, but also has another deep meaning in it.

Therefore, as soon as Yang Shiqi heard that Li Yuntian came to ask to see Emperor Xuande, he guessed his intention, so he smiled and showed Emperor Xuande that Li Yuntian had come to ask for guilt this time.

In fact, Emperor Xuande wanted to summon Li Yuntian yesterday, after all, Li Yuntian and An Yihou faced off in court was a major event in Beijing, and it would naturally reach the ears of Emperor Xuande.

Emperor Xuande definitely didn't want Li Yuntian to do this, Liu Wenqing was just a grass people, and Gu Xi was already dead, so he couldn't hold Li Yuntian to shake An Yihou for her.

However, Emperor Xuande finally calmed down and waited for Li Yuntian to take the initiative to report the matter to him.

But to Emperor Xuande's surprise, since Li Yuntian took over Liu Wenqing, he changed shifts with the Shuji of Wenyuan Pavilion and never entered the palace on duty, which made Emperor Xuande unable to see him at all.

Originally, Emperor Xuande was very dissatisfied with this, thinking that Li Yuntian was pampered and arrogant, and disregarded the overall situation of the court for the sake of personal spirit.

Before going to bed last night, Emperor Xuande couldn't help but tell Sun about the matter, and complained about Li Yuntian in his words.

Sun and Zhou Yuting have always been good friends, and they are smart and clever, so they naturally want to speak for Li Yuntian at this time, and euphemistically said that Li Yuntian should not be this kind of indiscriminate person, besides, the relationship between Gu Dayong and Zhou Zheng is not bad, and Li Yuntian has no need to offend Gu Dayong.

After Sun's reminder, Emperor Xuande couldn't help but understand why Li Yuntian wanted to avoid him, Shi You** was to clear up the relationship with him, showing that Liu Wenqing's matter was his own idea, and then to appease those nobles in the court, which can be described as well-intentioned.

Moreover, Emperor Xuande was also very curious, and wanted to understand why Li Yuntian, who had always been steady, had to fight this lawsuit.

After learning about the process and results of the court trial, Emperor Xuande secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he did not think that Li Yuntian won the lawsuit heartily, but that Li Yuntian pushed the blame on the two entourages of Gu Xiqiao at the end of the case, and maintained Gu Xi's reputation.

This is undoubtedly sending a signal to the outside world, indicating that Li Yuntian only wants to save the innocent Liu Wenqing in this lawsuit, and does not mean to target Anyi Houfu, after all, he is the imperial history of the Ming Dynasty, how can he watch Liu Wenqing suffer injustice?

In this way, those nobles in the capital are not good to say anything about this matter, in the final analysis, Guxi made mistakes first, and he is innocent, and some people have no reason to make waves even if they want to rely on this matter, and then stabilize the feelings of those centrist nobles in the court, which is the most important thing.

Otherwise, if Li Yuntian really cared about it, then Emperor Xuande would definitely summon him so quickly, but dry him well.

"Your Majesty, Weichen knew that An Yihou's second son had committed a serious crime, but because of the prestige of An Yihou's mansion, he had to let two subordinates take his responsibility, which is really worthy of the duty of the imperial history."

In addition to Emperor Xuande and Yang Shiqi in the Heart Cultivation Palace, there was only Emperor Xuande's most favored chamberlain, the eunuch Jin Ying, who was the master of ceremonies, so Li Yuntian got up and arched his hand at Emperor Xuande, and said with a look of shame.

"You, you, you don't know how to say something nice in front of me." Emperor Xuande was slightly stunned at first when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and stretched out his hand to signal Li Yuntian to sit down on the round bench under Yang Shiqi.

There are some things that are inconvenient to pick and say, everyone can know it, but they can only understand it but not say it.

However, since Li Yuntian was willing to tell Emperor Xuande the truth of the facts, Emperor Xuande was still happy in his heart, which showed that Li Yuntian was loyal to him and full of sincerity.

After Li Yuntian sat down, Emperor Xuande waved his hand to Jin Ying, who was standing on the side.

Jin Ying knew that Emperor Xuande had something to spy on Li Yuntian and Yang Shiqi, so he bowed to Emperor Xuande, got up and walked outside the palace gate, asked people to close the palace door, and personally guarded the door, prohibiting anyone from approaching.

"Tell me, why are you taking on this case?" When the door of the palace closed, Emperor Xuande couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian with interest, wanting to hear his explanation.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Central Dynasty is proud of his great military achievements, the emperor's favor is long, he is flying and domineering on weekdays, and often does illegal things, which is bound to anger the yamen of the major ministries and courtyards in the capital in the long run, which is not conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty."

Li Yuntian pondered for a while, turned sideways to face Emperor Xuande, and said solemnly, "In Weichen's opinion, there are no rules, and His Majesty should be gracious and powerful to the court's relatives, so that they can restrain their domineering hearts and do things for the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly." ”

Emperor Xuande and Yang Shiqi couldn't help frowning slightly when they heard this, although Li Yuntian said it very tactfully, but the two of them still heard it clearly, Li Yuntian was not only dissatisfied with the unscrupulous behavior of the nobles in the court, but also alluded to the open and secret struggle between the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Sixth Division.

To tell the truth, as the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Xuande was happy to see the battle between the civil official group and the Xungui group, so that he could balance the pattern of the two sides in the court, and then control the court situation of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, Emperor Xuande and Emperor Hongxi were not like Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle, they had the courage and momentum to subdue the civil and military officials and the dictatorship, which made the Manchu civil and military subordinate to their feet.

Therefore, Emperor Xuande, like Emperor Hongxi, needed to balance the interests of the court's Chinese courtiers and the Xungui group to consolidate his rule.

It is not for nothing that the two of them take care of those nobles in every way, not only because the nobles are arrogant and arrogant, and they often cause trouble.

What is especially important is that when it comes to scheming, they are not the opponents of the civilian clique at all, and without Emperor Hong Xi and Emperor Xuande, they will definitely be defeated by those civil cliques.

Can't Li Yuntian see this? Emperor Xuande and Yang Shiqi looked at Li Yuntian with a hint of suspicion in their eyes.

"Your Majesty, since the Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid the military ministers supporting the army and self-respect, all dynasties have suppressed the military with literature, although this has eliminated the hidden danger of the military minister's tail, but the military situation has undoubtedly been greatly weakened, and it has also made the people heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and the world's scholars only know the literary and disdain the martial arts."

Li Yuntian knew that the two of them were puzzled by his previous words, and then explained in a deep voice, "Although Wuju and Wenju are called the two major imperial examinations of our Ming Dynasty to select talents, they are different from Wenju, and they have not even been customized so far. ”

"Your Majesty, Song Taizu and Song Taizong fought in the south and north, the military strength is not prosperous, Zhao and Song are prosperous and rich, and the national strength is not strong, but since Song Taizu and Song Taizong, Zhao Song won less and lost more in the battles with Western Xia, Liao and Jin, and finally had to settle in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, which shows that it is not a long-term solution to suppress military force with literature, although it can appease the internal situation, but it cannot resist foreign enemies."

Seeing that the expressions of Emperor Xuande and Yang Shiqi became solemn, Li Yuntian took the Song Dynasty as an example to express his worries, and said worriedly, "Your Majesty, although the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are not to be afraid now, but in time, the surrounding countries of our Ming Dynasty are bound to rise, and overseas strong enemies will also come uninvited. ”

Emperor Xuande and Yang Shiqi couldn't help but fall into contemplation, Li Yuntian's words were not alarmist, but to take precautions and prevent problems before they happen.

As Li Yuntian said, since the bitter lesson of the Tang Dynasty's secession of feudal towns, emphasizing literature over military force has become a national policy of the emperors of all dynasties, followed by a sharp decline in military strength, and Zhao Song is a clear example.

Although the situation of the Ming Dynasty was special compared to that of the Song Dynasty, there was a special military attache group of the founding honors and the Jingnan honors, especially the Yongle Emperor, who ascended to the throne with those Jingnan honors, hoping that the Xungui group could reach a balanced situation with the forces of the civil official group in the court, so as to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty.

But the reality is very unsatisfactory, although the reign of Emperor Yongle made the Xungui group stabilize the civil official group, but since Emperor Hong Xi, the advantages of the Xungui group have disappeared, and the civil official group is in a situation of balance of power.

What is particularly critical is that after Emperor Hongxi ascended the throne, the power of the cabinet was greatly strengthened, so that the cabinet members were on an equal footing with the six ministers, so as to contain the five governments and six ministries.

In fact, at this time, the nobles of the court had already suffered a big loss, because all the cabinet members were civilian officials, and there was no military attaché.

After all, since ancient times, people have held the view that the country is determined by civil security, and the military will expand the territory and defend the country, and the responsibility of governing the country is naturally done by civilian officials.

At the same time, this is also related to the experience of Emperor Hong Xi, he has been taught by civil officials since he was a child, and he is naturally close to civil officials, reusing the civil servants around him, and the military attaches have suffered a dull loss invisibly.

And the emperors of all dynasties were taught by civil officials when they were young, and this advantage was incomparable to the nobles, and it also became their fatal blow.

When Emperor Xuande ascended the throne, the situation of the nobles was undoubtedly unbearable again, and the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Shiqitong guò, added the title of Shaobao, and became the second only to the British Gongzhang Fu, the official department Shangshu Jianyi and the household department Shangshu Xia Yuanji in the five government and six ministries, and his status has been rapidly improved.

Not only that, Yang Rong and Jin Youzi in the cabinet were also promoted to the rank of prince and young protector, and they were on an equal footing with the six Shangshu and the governor of the five prefectures.

The further promotion of the status of the cabinet means that the Xungui group was once again suppressed in the court, which is also an important reason why the Governor's Office of the Five Armies declined later, which is a historical necessity, and the defeat of the Civil Fort more than 20 years later only intensified the speed of the decline of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

Emperor Hong Xi and Yang Shiqi were clear about the situation in the court, although Li Yuntian did not explicitly say that the promotion of the status of the cabinet had broken the balance of power between the civilian group and the Xungui group, but the sentence "suppressing the military with literature" has clearly hinted at the current situation of the political situation in the Ming Dynasty.

It is true that Emperor Hongxi's support for the struggle between the Xungui group and the civil official group is a policy for the emperor to stabilize the situation, but simply giving favors to the Xungui group is not a long-term solution, because the living environment of the Xungui group is quietly and gradually deteriorating, and sooner or later it will be completely defeated by the civilian group.

Li Yuntian was keenly aware of this, so he was worried, once the military strength of the Ming Dynasty declined, it would not be able to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

"Li Yushi, what is your response?" After pondering for a while, Emperor Xuande looked up at Li Yuntian and asked expectantly.

In Emperor Xuande's impression, Li Yuntian is not the kind of person who makes him troublesome in vain, and since Li Yuntian has now pointed out the hidden dangers of the political situation in the DPRK and China, it is obvious that there should be a solution.

Yang Shiqi also looked at Li Yuntian suspiciously when he heard this, the situation of Wensheng and martial arts has been declining for a long time, and it is not easy to solve it.