Chapter 2: Watching the Fire from the Other Side, March 3: "After the examination, there is also an appeal from Dianjie and others.

But Deng Haonan has been procrastinating when trying them.

It's just holding on to them.

The palace test is to be presided over by the emperor himself, so that he can be a protégé of the Son of Heaven.

However, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was delirious and unable to preside.

In the dynasty, only Deng Haonan's title was among the ministers, so with the support of Empress Zhang Yan, Di Haonan became the chief examiner of the palace examination.

Appointed Minister of Command.

On March 5, the temple examination began.

The two hundred students were overjoyed to see that the examiner was their mentor.

I know that the temple examination has become a gathering of my family.

In accordance with the requirements of the temple examination.

Originally, only the top three students could be directly delegated to the local government for official recruitment.

But Deng Haonan gave his students a thorough question in advance.

Let them play to their heart's content.

As a result, they were all passionate because of the abundance of time.

Deng Haonan said that all the students in this year's palace examination were outstanding, and he asked for many exceptions.

The Empress and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs were amazed by the articles of these students.

In addition, because of the lack of local officials in large numbers, there is no excuse for opposition.

Therefore, according to Deng Haonan's request, the queen issued an order to open grace again, and exceptionally admitted the first 50 students to directly serve in the Hanlin Academy, and the other 150 students were directly delegated to local posts.

Because Huang Liji, the secretary of the ministry, was still involved in the theft of the Yongle ceremony and could not get out, Deng Haonan used the intelligence of the East Factory to threaten the officials at all levels, so when these students were decentralized, the officials were all given real shortages.

The Guild Examination and the Temple Examination ended in February and early March, and Na Haonan controlled all the students of the eight years of the Apocalypse.

and directly and indirectly controlled more than 100 prefectures and counties.

No one knows how Deng Haonan did it.

They all thought he was just shit lucky.

The theft of the Yongle Grand Ceremony involved a wide range of cases.

After careful consideration, Deng Haonan thought that it was better not to stimulate the civilian clique of the Ming Dynasty.

The arrest of Huang Liji, Li Guo and others in prison is to obtain the students of Chunqiu, and at this time, Na Haonan's goal has been achieved, so it is time to relax.

In order not to touch the core interests of the civilian clique.

Deng Haonan adopted a policy of appeasement.

took the initiative to write to the imperial court to intercede with Huang Liji, Li Guo and others.

and helped them defend themselves, saying that they borrowed these Yongle canons that were turned out of their homes.

Because Na Haonan is the presiding judge.

Black and white are all up to him.

Therefore, Deng Haonan only needs to change the confession of the mistaken witnesses before Huang Liji and them can be released.

And in this way, Huang Liji and his party officials showed mercy to Deng Haonan's subordinates.

They all cast their eyes on him with kindness and gratitude.

Dumb people can't say that they have bitterness when they eat Coptis chinensis.

The twists and turns are only known to Huang Liji himself in his heart.

was beaten by Deng Haonan.

Not only can you not retaliate.

On the contrary, I have to go back and thank others for their extrajudicial kindness, which would have made others angry for a long time.

That is, Huang Liji was relatively old and endured, even so, he was so angry that he was sick at home for half a month.

Of course, Huang Liji is not really sick, but pretending to be sick and planning things at home.

Ye Xianggao said: .

I really didn't expect it.

Deng Haonan actually used the theft case of the Yongle Ceremony to attack us? Not only did we report the last time we blocked him from being promoted to the governor of Zhili, but also took the opportunity to envelop this year's students, and at the same time hit us, which is really killing three birds with one stone! Guan Yun lost Jingzhou in a big way! "Every time Li Guo thinks of this matter, he can't help but be proud of the ancients."

Huang Li snorted coldly.

said: "Although most of our miscalculations have been due to our own carelessness, we have underestimated him.

There is also a big reason why Deng Haonan didn't know how to get on the queen's boat.

Now he is a real post-party.

In the future, we must count the queen together, otherwise we will suffer a big loss."

Li Guo pursed his lips and said, "The queen doesn't have much power.

Last time, we jointly blocked Deng Haonan from becoming the governor of Zhili.

Didn't she compromise too?

Ye waved his hand to the high and said:.

Don't think so! At present, the emperor's dragon body is not safe, and the queen basically has the idea of big and small things, so we have to guard against it.

Besides.

In a few months, the queen should give birth.

If the prince is born, he will definitely be the prince, and then Deng Haonan will not be even more arrogant and domineering? At that time, there would be no good life for us! What Lord Ye said is extremely true! Huang Liji nodded.

Feng Fu Beard then said: "Although we are not sure whether the queen can give birth to the prince now, we must be fully prepared!" What is the opinion of Lord Huang! Lai Zongdao put down the tea bowl, looked at Huang Liji and smiled:

Let's talk about it! "Originally, Ye Xianggao and Lai Zongdao belonged to two factions with Huang Liji and Li Guo, and they didn't get along very harmoniously.

It was the appearance of Na Haonan that disrupted the pattern between the two of them, so that they had to take the initiative to unite together to deal with Deng Haonan together.

At the same time, the battle of the harem has also entered the key.

The other three imperial concubines all had the opportunity to give birth to a prince, so they all had the opportunity to win the throne and the future prince.

That's why they're all shouting at each other now! Similarly, Ye Xianggao and Lai Zongdao supported Concubine Rong.

And Huang Liji originally had a good relationship with Concubine Cheng because of Deng Haonan's relationship.

So they joined forces with them to deal with the Hou Party together.

Huang Liji smiled, he knew in his heart that at the moment, they were dealing with the Hou Party together, once the Hou Party was moved, then one of them supported Concubine Cheng and the other supported Concubine Rong, and they would definitely fight in the future.

Therefore, in the generous to convex.

Huang Liji still cooperated with them.

"The queen wants to take the governor of Zhili, because the queen wants to control Zhili, once Deng Haonan sits on the governor of Zhili, then it will be a foregone conclusion that the party will control the government.

Even if the queen didn't give birth to a prince, no one would be able to shake her position! Ye Xianggao said: "Lord Huang means who has mastered the position of the governor of Zhili.

Whoever controls the court! Precisely! Huang Liji nodded.

Li Guo asked, "Although Deng Haonan did not succeed this time.

But apart from him, there is no one in the dynasty who has the ability to take on the role of the governor of Zhili! We stopped him this time, but we may not be able to stop him next time! Huang Liji nodded and said, "That's right! So the harem will decide a qiē.

Whichever princess gives birth to a prince, then she wins! At the moment, although the queen has the advantage, it is only temporary.

We just need to leave this position vacant until a few months! Lai Zongdao sighed: "Say a thousand ways and ten thousand, and in the end, it depends on which princess gives birth to the prince!" The other qiē is all nonsense! Huang Liji smiled: "Having said that, Di Haonan is a real enemy in front of us.

Don't bring him down.

With his current power.

In the future, no imperial concubine will be an enemy of him.

Instead, they will take the initiative to woo him! Everyone thought about it and nodded yes.

As old politicians, they know the truth of this.

There are no eternal enemies in politics, only eternal interests.

Today is an enemy, tomorrow may be a good friend, and vice versa.

Ye Xianggao asked, "What does Lord Huang mean!" Transfer him out of Naoli! Huang Liji said: "Keep him away from the center of the court, so that we can control the court!" Li Guo said worriedly: "Isn't that a tiger returning to the mountain?" Ye Xianggao and Lai Zongdao nodded one after another, noncommittal.

Huang Liji sighed: "The old man naturally knows! It's just that the problems are stacked one after the other, so let's solve the problem in front of us first! "Everyone thinks about it.

Lai Zongdao asked: "Then what method did Lord Huang use to transfer him?" "It's not easy!" Li Guodai Huang Liji replied: "Let him lead the Liaodong Army to the south to quell the rebellion!" Ye Xianggao asked worriedly: "Then once he succeeds in quelling the rebellion, won't he become even bigger?" How will the situation be cleaned up in the future? Huang Liji smiled and said, "Lord Ye, don't worry! We just need to move our hands and feet a little.

The old man promised that he would have to put down the White Lotus Sect rebels for at least three or five years! Li Guo stepped forward and continued: "In three or five years, we only need to impeach him without accomplishing an inch.

Then you can change someone to be the commander-in-chief! At that time, he was in vain in suppressing bandits.

The overall situation of the capital has been controlled by us, and the big thing is decided! "High! It's really high! Ye Xianggao and Lai Zongdao glanced at each other, and they both felt that Huang Liji and Li Guo were much more powerful than they imagined.

Lai Zongdao suddenly said: "Recently.

Then Deng Haonan doesn't leave the house, won't he be studying the ghost idea of dealing with us again! Ye Xianggao sneered: "How much ink can a hairy boy have in his stomach?" I think he's soaking in a woman's arms now, and he's just happy! That's what you said, too! Lai Zongdao suddenly remembered, and said with envy on his face: "I hugged the first Ji Shao Xiaojun in the capital to the bed."

Anyone will be happy if they change! Li Guo suddenly said at this time: "It's a pity that Wang Qia's guy doesn't know how to lift, and thinks that Deng Haonan will gain power."

I went to slap him every day.

If he knew about our plan, he would regret his decision! "Everybody knows what that decision is, it's nothing more than their little affair.

When they learned that the backstage of Shao Xiaojun, the top brand in the capital, was Wang Qia, they asked Wang Qia for it.

But they were all pushed by Wang Qia.

Now Wang Qia has given Shao Xiao and Jun to Deng Haonan as concubines, which has become a huge heart disease in their hearts.

hated Wang Qia to death.

Ye Xianggao vomited.

said: "Shao Xiaojun is the best in the world, if you can let me kiss Fangze, even if we live ten years less, we are willing!" Huang Liji sneered: "Gentle Township Hero Mound, Deng Haonan doesn't go out of the house these days.

Ignore government affairs, we should be happy! Li Guo smiled: "What the adults said is extremely true! Lai Zongdao sighed and said, "That being said.

But you can get a stunner like Shao Xiaojun.

It's worth dying! Huang Li snorted coldly: "If you want to kiss Fang Ze, you have to be ruthless, if Deng Haonan is knocked down, won't his woman be chosen by us?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then looked at each other with a presumptuous smile.

In the following days, Huang Liji ended his sick leave and resumed his court.

As soon as he went to court.

gathered his henchmen and jointly proposed yì to Empress Zhang Yan.

said that Yang Sichang was ineffective in suppressing bandits in Jiangxi, and asked Deng Haonan to lead the Liaodong Army to assist.

It is said that it is true to scare Zhang Yan if Deng Haonan does not lead troops to suppress bandits.

The rebels of the White Lotus Sect will soon enter the city of Beijing.

Zhang Yan was naturally afraid.

So he found Na Haonan to discuss countermeasures.

Deng Haonan wanted to go to Nanzhili to find treasure.

But as a Beijing official, he can't do without Beijing, and he needs an excuse to leave Beijing.

It happened that Huang Liji and they jointly wrote a letter asking Deng Haonan to lead troops south to suppress bandits, so Deng Haonan took advantage of Huang Liji's request to get an excuse to leave Beijing.

March 25, 1628.

Yang Sichang's lone army ventured forward, and when he passed through Dagu Mountain in Jiujiang Prefecture, he was ambushed by the main force of 100,000 Yongxing rebels and 350,000 instructors commanded by Liu Erhei and Yan Bing, and suffered heavy losses.

If it weren't for Zuo Liangyu's desperate resistance, Yang Sichang's 100,000 forbidden army and the local 30,000 town army would have been wiped out.

Although Yang Sichang fled back, there were less than 30,000 defeated generals in the remnants of the army, and the Maliu court was shocked when they heard the news, and Shi Zhiji and others urged Deng Haonan to immediately lead his troops south to suppress the bandits.

April 3rd.

Deng Haonan left Zhili and returned to Jinzhou to hold a military conference.

At the meeting, Deng Haonan asked them to speak first.

Liu Huyan, Minister of the Army, said: "Yang Sichang has lost the imperial court, and there are no troops to adjust, if we don't send troops."

The whole of the south will be reduced to the territory of the Yongxing rebels, which will adversely affect the cause of the adults."

Minister of the Navy Chen Yaoming said: "Now we are waiting for those ministers to relent."

As long as the adults sit in the position of the governor of Zhili, then it will be cost-effective for us to send troops! Those old things.

It's hard to expect them to let go! Wang Zhaoyang, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, snorted coldly and said, "Unless the rebels hit the city of Beijing."

If they don't burn their eyebrows, they will never let go! Liu Hu nodded and said, "The current situation has been stiffened, and the imperial court is powerless to suppress the White Lotus Sect rebels.

But they don't want us to take advantage! Chen Yaoming said: "Huang Liji, they are now making it clear that they would rather be cheap than give us benefits from the White Lotus Sect.

I think his idea is to be a rebel of the Great White Lotus Sect.

Then let us fight to the death with the rebels of the White Lotus Sect, and the result will inevitably be a defeat for both sides.

Wait until we exterminate the White Lotus Sect.

It's bound to be a big loss, and then he'll be able to attack us.

Minister Chen is right! Rabbit dead dog cooked".

Wang Zhaoyang said: "In the minds of these ministers.

If nothing else, they will do these things without conscience."

Several people said their opinions, but Deng Haonan just listened quietly.

As the chief of the general staff, after listening to their speeches, Lin Feng summed it up and said: "Right now, the imperial court has ordered your lordship to go south to suppress bandits, if your lordship does not move, I think Huang Liji and they will definitely take the opportunity to make a big fuss and smear the whole world that your lord will not be saved if he dies, if that is the case."

The adult was passive, Deng Haonan nodded, noncommittal.

Wang Zhaoyang said: "That's right! At present, the prestige of the adults is all over the north and south of the Great Wall.

Everyone is looking at you! If it is maliciously smeared by Huang Liji, it will be very detrimental to adults."

Deng Haonan smiled bitterly in his heart.

It is indeed as they say.

Now he has become a celebrity in the Ming Empire.

Every word and deed and every move are watched by the people of the world.

The higher the expectations of the common people, the higher.

The higher the requirements for Deng Haonan's behavior, the higher it is like walking a tightrope, and there is no room for some mistakes.

After a long time, Deng Haonan sighed and said, "It's a sure thing to send troops south!" Now what I have to worry about is.

The army outside does not know when it will be able to pacify the White Lotus Sect rebels.

This Liaodong is our foundation, and we cannot afford to lose it."

Lin Feng smiled.

said: "Don't worry, sir! After last year's Liaoshen War, our strength has increased sharply, especially the new recruits have experienced the baptism of war, and now the total strength of the front-line main force is 200,000 in the navy and army, and 60,000 in the Ryukyu Prefecture and the Korean Metropolitan Protectorate.

The garrison of the Taiwan government is 50,000 and the Mongolian servant army is 30,000.

In addition, there are more than 50,000 recruits in the reserve, and more than 400,000 soldiers can fight.

Now the adults are enough to win the artifact! "I'm afraid of everything, this calculation startled Deng Haonan, and before he knew it, the total number of troops under his command had reached 400,000.

Although there are only 200,000 front-line combat troops, in the Ming Empire, this well-equipped 200,000 army is worth a million Ming troops.

He has always declared to the outside world that the Liaodong Army is only 100,000, and if the news of the Liaodong Army reaches 400,000, it reaches the ears of the imperial court.

Then Huang Liji and they will be even more jealous of him.

"Little Adult".

Liu Hu asked Deng Haonan with some urgency.

"When are we going to enter the Central Plains! There is no hurry".

Deng Haonan smiled faintly and said, "There will be changes in the court situation in a few months."

When the time comes, once the queen gives birth to a boy, it will be the time for us to enter the Central Plains."

Everyone was excited when they heard this, and Lin Feng said: "My lord, I'm going to send troops to the south, so wouldn't all the big and small things in the court be decided by Huang Liji?" Yes! Chen Yaoming nodded and said, "At this critical juncture."

The adults are not in the capital, I am afraid that Huang Liji will make some moves! Deng Haonan smiled.

said: "I have been staying in the house these days and not coming out, and I have already connected to the joints.

Huang Liji: They transferred me out of Gyeonggi at this juncture.

And then they make a move.

If I stay in Gyeonggi, I will inevitably become the center of their attack.

Once I left Gyeonggi, the Empress showed weakness, and Huang Liji was not a monolith in itself.

When the time comes, they will all fight each other for power.

Concubine Rong and Concubine Cheng each formed a faction, thinking that the queen's weakness was no longer a threat, so we went from the light to the dark.

Let them fight in the nest.

We watched the fire from the other side.

Adults are smart! Lin Feng said.

And so it goes.

Huang Liji and Li Guoli supported Concubine Rong, and Zong Dao and Ye Xianggao supported Concubine Rong.

Counting the Governor Shi Gu Bingqian's support for Concubine Hui, this capital will be lively.

The adults left the center of the vortex and left them to attack each other.

When the world can't stand it, the adults only need to strike with all their might.

You can easily defeat them! Liu Hu said with a smile: "If you add the credit of quelling the rebellion in the south, and the queen will listen to the government, then the adult is at least the regent of the prison country."

Deng Haonan nodded and smiled, and Lin Feng said on the side.

Case.

That adult's dispatch of troops this time is just right to show weakness to Huang Liji and them, killing two birds with one stone (to be continued) U