When Li Yuntian came to the public house of Wang Yucheng, the imperial historian of the right capital, Wang Yucheng was slowly sipping tea there, and he wisely chose to stay out of the storm in the Imperial Courtyard.

Emperor Xuande had actually guessed that Wang Yucheng would stay out of the matter, but he was really helpless to do so, except for Wang Yucheng, the officials who were suitable for the post of the imperial history of the right capital either belonged to the cabinet camp or the six camps, and he had no other candidates in his hands.

At the very least, Wang Yucheng's preservation will maintain the balance between the cabinet and the six ministries in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is clear that it is no longer suitable for officials who have been transferred to the cabinet camp to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate as court officials, in which case the cabinet will have an overwhelming advantage over the six ministries in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Originally, in Emperor Xuande's heart, it was better for two officials from the cabinet camp and the six camps to serve as court officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so as to maintain the balance of the two major forces in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

But now that Gu Zuo is rectifying the administration of the Imperial Procuratorate, if the officials of the Six Ministries camp are transferred to serve as the Imperial History of the Right Capital, it will undoubtedly be troublesome, and at that time, he will have to find a way to transfer him out of the capital like Zhang Yunhai, which will undoubtedly cause the Yan zhòng dissatisfaction of the officials of the Six Ministries.

Therefore, after weighing left and right, Emperor Xuande transferred Wang Yucheng back, after all, most of the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is now the protégé of the six officials, and the cabinet camp can make up for this disadvantage if there is one more number of officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so that the forces of the two sides can be balanced.

However, judging from the current situation of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, because Gu Zuo's methods of acting are too rigid, it is obvious that the development of the situation has exceeded Emperor Xuande's expectations and is on the verge of getting out of control.

This is also the reason why Li Yuntian took the lead in coming to the Metropolitan Procuratorate after returning to Beijing, and Emperor Xuande needed someone to clean up the current mess of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to avoid a more violent conflict between the cabinet and the six ministries.

In Emperor Xuande's view, in terms of qualifications, scheming and calmness, only Li Yuntian was the most suitable candidate to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to clean up the mess in the Manchu Dynasty, and with his intelligence and stability, he could definitely properly calm down the incidents in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Resurrection, you came at the right time, last month the people in Jiangnan sent a few catties of good red robes to the official, you can taste it." Seeing Li Yuntian coming, Wang Yucheng put down the teacup in his hand, beckoned him to sit down with a smile, and then ordered his subordinates to make tea for Li Yuntian.

"Thank you, sir." Li Yuntian couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this, and sat quietly on the seat next to him.

Although Wang Yucheng likes to drink tea, he has always been low-key, and he will never drink Dahongpao, a high-priced top tea on the market, in public.

The reason why it is said that the big red robe that Wang Yucheng is drinking now is the top tea, the reason is very simple, Wang Yucheng is the dignified imperial history of the right capital of the Imperial Palace, since the people in Jiangnan sent him tea, it is definitely the best tea on the market, and nine times out of ten it is the same as the tribute tea in the palace.

This made Li Yuntian feel very strange, with Wang Yucheng's sophistication and calmness, he would never show this kind of top-level tribute tea in front of him, there must be some deep meaning in it.

"Resurrection, how does it taste?" After Li Yuntian took a sip of the fragrant tea sent by his subordinates, Wang Yucheng asked with a smile.

"The lower officials are not good at tea ceremony, so no matter how good the tea is, it is bitter in the mouth." Li Yuntian pursed his mouth and replied helplessly.

"It's right to be bitter." Wang Yucheng immediately laughed when he heard this, and said meaningfully, "Although this tea smells fragrant, its root is a bitter word, but now people who drink tea are confused by its fragrance and forget its origin." ”

"What the adults said is very true, the lower officials have been taught." Because Wang Yucheng came up with these words coldly, Li Yuntian didn't understand what he was talking about for a while, but it was inconvenient to inquire, so he replied with a smile.

"Resurrection, do you know what the market price of these catties of big red robes is?" Wang Yucheng knew that Li Yuntian couldn't guess his intentions now, so he took a sip of tea slowly and asked seemingly casually.

"As far as Xia Guan knows, the top red robe on the market now is one hundred and twenty-one catties." This can't be hidden from Li Yuntian, there is tea in the business of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, so he didn't think about it, and replied with a smile.

"Yes, one hundred taels and one catty, a few catties of tea is a few hundred taels of silver, the official felt hot after drinking it, but those people gave it out without blinking their eyes, they were really rich!" Wang Yucheng nodded when he heard this, put down the teacup and looked at Li Yuntian with a smile, and said with something in his words.

"Your Excellency, you mean the bottom of the kettle?" Li Yuntian finally came back to his senses and couldn't help but ask tentatively.

"The emperor is dedicated to the people, but unfortunately the emperor is not Taizu and Taizong, otherwise how could there be today?" Wang Yucheng smiled, he didn't answer Li Yuntian, but Yu Feng changed the topic and said with emotion.

Li Yuntian nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, he heard that Wang Yucheng had a lot of helplessness in his words, and he also understood the meaning of his words, which was alluding to Emperor Xuande's inability to control those civil and military officials in the court, and he was often constrained by many things when he encountered trouble.

If it was left in the period of Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle, there would definitely not be such a chaotic situation, and the relationship between the cabinet and the six ministries would not be-for-tat and tense, so that the civilian group was gradually divided into the cabinet camp and the six ministry camps.

"Please make it clear, where should the lower officials start?" At this moment, Li Yuntian couldn't help but look at Wang Yucheng with admiration and asked respectfully.

Originally, Li Yuntian thought that Wang Yucheng, who was wise and self-protecting, had stayed away from the whirlpool of right and wrong in the officialdom, but now it seems that Wang Yucheng, who is out of the way, understands the current situation in the court more clearly than ordinary people, and pointed out the dilemma that Emperor Xuande is facing now, and pointed out the most effective way to solve the corruption in the officialdom, that is, to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle and cut off the financial channels of those bribe-takers.

It's just that Li Yuntian hasn't figured out where to start killing this greedy wind of ink to deter officials in the officialdom.

"The richest place in the Ming Dynasty is Jiangnan, and the richest people in Jiangnan are salt merchants." Wang Yucheng smiled slightly when he heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian quietly, "I heard that the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are so rich that they can rival the country, presumably there are a lot of dirty things in it, if this matter can be investigated, it can not only deter the hundred officials, but also save a lot of lost tax and silver for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Salt merchant?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, he naturally knew that there were many things in the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy in Yangzhou City, but the Lianghuai Salt Road was a big hornet's nest, and it could not be touched lightly, otherwise he would be injured by it.

Wang Yucheng saw that Li Yuntian's face was difficult, and he knew in his heart that he had some scruples, as the saying goes, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and the matter of the two Huai salt roads must be widely implicated, and he will bear huge pressure from the six departments, and if he is not good, he will be planted on it, so it is not a wise choice to move the two Huai salt roads.

"The Lianghuai Salt Road is controlled by the Six Ministries, and its oil and water are coveted, and it is the most important yamen controlled by the Six Ministries in Jiangnan, and if it can be taken away from the hands of the Six Ministries, Yang Ge Lao will definitely support it."

However, in Wang Yucheng's opinion, with Li Yuntian's ability, he can completely find out the dirty things in the affairs of the Lianghuai Salt Road, and Li Yuntian is not without helpers, so he said earnestly after pondering for a while, "If the drawbacks of the Lianghuai Salt Road are not eliminated, the wind of corruption in my Ming Dynasty will not stop, and only by knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger can they stop, and the holy will of the emperor and the people to rest can be truly implemented." ”

"This official is old, if he can be twenty years younger, he will definitely find out the shady scenes of the Lianghuai Salt Road, so that those who are corrupt and pervert the law will be brought to justice."

Saying that, Wang Yucheng's expression couldn't help but darken, and he looked at Li Yuntian with a stern expression, "Only by taking down the two Huai Salt Roads, then the cabinet can compete with the six ministries, and only after the balance of power between the two sides will the court be at peace." ”

"The words of the adults are like an initiation, and the lower officials know what to do." Li Yuntian groaned for a while, bowed his hand at Wang Yucheng, and said respectfully.

Wang Yucheng is right, only by forming a balance of power between the cabinet and the six ministries, then the two sides can be honest and avoid a fierce battle like the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the case of the two Huai Yandao will definitely deal a heavy blow to the six ministries, and then enable the cabinet to expand its power and take the opportunity to form a balance of power with the six ministries.

Moreover, Li Yuntian also has his own ideas in his heart, the six colleges under the Lecture Wutang have cultivated two batches of students in recent years, and it is time for those students to use what they have learned to get involved in local government affairs, and the Lianghuai Salt Road will become a huge opportunity.

If the Lianghuai Salt Road can be taken down, then the officials of the Lianghuai Salt Road will be arrested and questioned, and then Li Yuntian will be able to take the opportunity to place the students of the six major academies of the Jiangwutang in the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Road for training, and then enter the Ming Dynasty civil official field in one fell swoop.

As for the hornet's nest that stabbed the two Huai Salt Roads, it would touch the interests of many people, and then cause the other party to attack him, although Li Yuntian was a little jealous, he was not afraid, not to mention that his current status and status were enough to compete with the other party, and the support of Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong and others in the cabinet alone would make the other party lose sight of the other, and the wolf bèi should deal with it, even if the pressure he was under was undoubtedly much less.

Moreover, Li Yuntian would not thoroughly investigate the Lianghuai Salt Road in a big way.

He needs an opportunity to intervene in the affairs of the Lianghuai Salt Road, and uncover all kinds of dark curtains on the Lianghuai Salt Road with lightning speed, so as to disrupt the positions of the interests of all parties.

Therefore, the key to solving the two Huai salt roads is the word "fast", and the faster the shady curtain of the two Huai salt roads is revealed, the more passive the interest forces involved in them will be, and the more secure they will be.

When that time comes, the concern of both parties will not be the trial of the case, but how to deal with the aftermath so that everyone can be happy.

In Li Yuntian's view, it is necessary to use thunderous measures to the long-standing Lianghuai Salt Road, so as to clear up the turbidity and ensure the collection of the most important source of taxes in the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, it is also a deterrent to the officialdom of Jiangnan and even the officialdom of the world.

However, the drawbacks of the Lianghuai Salt Road have existed for a long time, and the interests involved are even more complicated.