Cao Yuan sat very upright in the front hall of the Liang Mansion, and his fat face always had an honest and lovely smile, which made people involuntarily have the illusion that he would not be angry if he stepped on his face.

Liang Chu looked at Cao Yuan coldly, he knew very well that the kind and honest fat man in front of him was by no means a good type, all these years he had been bent on drilling camps in the camp, and after hugging Liu Jin's thigh, he became even more violent, and the villain's face after gaining power was unobstructed, many ministers who had had a gap with him were exiled and harmed, and even such a serious matter as standing on the wrong side in the court, he could win in defeat and seize a glimmer of life, steady as a rock, this guy is not only an evergreen tree in the court, it is simply a 10,000-year-old tumbler.

Taking a sip of tea, Liang Chu held the shelf of the scholar, glanced at Cao Yuan lightly, and said, "Lord Cao......"

Cao Yuan hurriedly said: "Duke Liang can call the lower official to Zhen. ”

Liang Chu glanced at him again, his eyes sneering and disdainful.

In the officialdom, people call each other above and below to show their cordiality and seniority, but Cao Yuan's appearance is strictly speaking no better than Qin Kan, Liang Chu didn't intend to be too kind to him at all, everyone is not too familiar with him at all, and Liang Chu doesn't want to be too familiar with him at all, it is better to maintain a pure colleague relationship.

Ignoring Cao Yuan's overtures, Liang Chu still stubbornly adopted a very negligent title: "Lord Cao, the old man doesn't want to go around in circles with you, he assassinated Qin Kan in the downtown yesterday, but what did you instruct?" ”

Cao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly swore to the sky: "Duke Liang has wronged the lower officials, and the lower officials are just a military squire, how dare they dare to assassinate the prince of the dynasty." Even if he hated Qin Kan again, the officials would not dare to do such a thing without the law. ”

Liang Chu sneered: "You don't dare to do it, but don't those people behind you dare to do it either?" Although the old man is old, he is not blind or deaf, the old man is for Qin Kan to get rid of thieves for the country, and to appease the righteousness of the world, you dare to pat your chest and say that it is the same purpose as the old man? Three years ago, the political envoy of Zhejiang was pushed down by Qin Kan because of the Shaoxing weaver case, and the new political envoy of Zhejiang, Gutan, was pushed up by you behind the scenes, right? In addition, there is also Liu Qingsong, the political envoy of Fujian, the prefect of Ningbo. Commander of Ningbo Guard. Taizhou Prefect, Quanzhou Prefect, Funingwei Command Envoy ......"

Looking at Cao Yuan, who was dripping with cold sweat, the smile on Liang Chu's face became even colder: "I'm a big Ming, these seaside cities and guards. They are all penetrated by you and others. No wonder those copper-smelling merchants along the coast ignored the laws of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. Shipbuilding and sailing, there are no taboos in fornicating trade with vassal states, and they are escorted by these yamen and guard armies. What's more, you are waiting for these second-grade and third-grade Beijing officials to echo each other from afar, presumably you are now full of money and wealth, and you are rich enough to rival the country, right? ”

"Now there is one more Qin Kan to rob the huge profits of this shipping, Qin Kan alone to snatch this huge profit, after all, he is a red man in front of His Majesty, and he is holding a brocade guard, but Qin Kan is not interested, not only will the nobles of the two capitals be tied together, but also more likely to open my Ming Dynasty hundred years of sea ban, once the sea ban is opened, all the people can go to sea, you can't wait for one family to be alone, so you can't bear it anymore, so you want to get rid of him under the banner of violating the ancestral system, Lord Cao, the old man is dizzy, this presumptuous words, I don't know if so? ”

After Cao Yuan heard these words, his fat old face changed color, and cold sweat rolled down more and more, but he couldn't say a word.

What did this teach him to say? Liang Chu seemed to have seen through the intentions of him and the faction behind him, and it was a taboo to go to sea to trade in private, and he couldn't mention half a word, but Liang Chu was very unobtrusive in his words, and Cao Yuan couldn't admit it, otherwise not only would the official's dignity be lost, but everything that was targeted at Qin Kan before would be a slap in the face.

The atmosphere in the front hall was very embarrassing, the honest smile on Cao Yuan's face was more ugly than crying, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then looked at Liang Chu's sad and joyless face worriedly, Cao Yuan gritted his teeth, and finally said: "Liang Gong, the so-called different paths to the same end, the most important thing at the moment is to eradicate Qin Kan, although Qin Kan is young, but the means are vicious, treacherous, and now under the protection of His Majesty, it has gradually become a climate, from the beginning of his punishment of Liaodong Li Gao, to later train five hundred young soldiers, mass production of Franco machine guns, and now to advocate the opening of the sea ban, It can be seen that this son has different aspirations, and often deviates from the scriptures, Liang Gong, it is forgivable to be a deviant, but then the national policy is implemented, but the deviant is the way to destroy the country, and the officials steal it, Qin Kan's disaster, Liu Jin is far away......"

Liang Chu's expression changed slightly, and he closed his eyes and said nothing.

Seeing that Liang Chu's expression seemed to be moved, Cao Yuan hit the railway while it was hot: "Liang Gong, not to mention Qin Kan's person, besides, his private ship and sea trip this time seems to be for the selfish interests of himself and His Majesty's inner library, but in fact, it is a foreshadowing for the opening of the sea. ”

"What's more...... Qin Kan will also tie the two Beijing nobles together this time, Liang Gong, this is not a good sign, in the future, the nobles will have the same interests, advance and retreat are twisted into a rope, the momentum formed in the court should not be underestimated, I have been established for more than 100 years, and it is the pattern of the emperor and the civil officials ruling the world together, if Qin Kan succeeds this time, the nobles will gain power, and in the future, I will be above the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty, eunuchs, civil officials, military generals, plus these nobles, at that time I and other civil officials said the words, can anyone still hear? ”

After hearing these words, Liang Chu, who had always looked indifferent, had his pale eyebrows twitching slightly, and his expression finally changed slightly.

Liang Chu is a Qing official, and he has never participated in colluding with businessmen to go to sea for profit, but he is also a civil official, and civil officials must stand on the position of civil officials.

The front hall was silent again, and Liang Chu lowered his head to sip tea, staring at the misty teacup without saying a word.

After Cao Yuan finished what he had to say, his fat face finally showed a familiar and honest smile, like a harmless, environmentally friendly and pesticide-free white fat radish, sitting quietly down, squinting at the tea cup in his hand, as if admiring a peerless work of art.

The front hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin-drop......

I don't know how long it took, Liang Chu's cheeks suddenly twitched twice, and the withered old face bloomed with the first smile after Cao Yuan entered the door.

"Yizhen, taste the tea on the old man's house, this is this year's Qingming Tongue, His Majesty sent someone to reward it last month, the entrance is fresh and sweet, which makes people feel refreshed and happy......

Cao Yuan was overjoyed, hurriedly stood up and bowed down and said: "Liang Gong's tea must be sweet and mellow, and the lower function can taste this tea, Sansheng is lucky!" ”

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Regardless of faction or character, the two powerful civil and official forces have finally formed an alliance.

The fourth day of Zhu Houzhao's resignation is the first day of the Lunar New Year, the palace bells and drums are ringing, and all the officials and princes and nobles of the fourth grade in Beijing are wearing Liang Guan's court clothes into the palace, and enter the temple with the emperor to worship the ancestors.

Zhu Houzhao was dressed in a golden dragon robe, wearing a golden silk winged dragon crown, kneeling in front of the temple, and nearly a thousand officials below knelt three times and bowed nine times, with a pious expression. Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was only halfway through a long and gorgeous confession to the heavens, when the ceremony suddenly changed.

An inner palace guard hurriedly ran to the square in front of the Taimiao, and without knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional, he loudly announced a message in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

Wang Zhengde, the governor of Tianjin, had several quarrels with the prefect Yan Song because of his opposition to the shipbuilding of Tianjin Donggang, which cost the people fat and increased the people's burden, and before the New Year's Pass, Wang Zhengde saw that the shipbuilders of Donggang were still working hard, and in a fit of anger, he whipped the officials in charge of Donggang in public, and who knew that on Chinese New Year's Eve, Wang Zhengde died violently at home for no reason.

Zhu Houzhao and hundreds of civil and military officials were worshipping their ancestors and telling the heavens, and on such a solemn occasion, a janissary came out of nowhere to say such shocking news, and I don't know how this janissary ran into the heavily guarded Taimiao Square, but at this time he said such a terrible news.

The faces of Zhu Houzhao and the ministers changed in unison.

There are thousands of pushers in the Ming Dynasty, and a small pusher who died is not qualified to reach the heavens at all, let alone poke it out at the moment of worshiping the ancestors, there is undoubtedly a pair of invisible big hands behind this matter silently pushing and manipulating.

There was no trivial matter before Taimiao, and what was said in front of the ancestors and ancestors must not be lightly exposed, and Zhu Houzhao was not qualified to suppress it.

There was a frightening dead silence in the square, Zhu Houzhao stood in front of the gate of the temple in a daze, only to feel that his hands and feet were cold, while the ministers below did not say a word, staring at Zhu Houzhao's back in silence, and a long-suppressed murderous machine that was about to erupt lingered around the square.

In silence, the civil servants finally mobilized.

The right capital Yushi Tu Tu suddenly stood out of the court, facing the cold wind whistling in the square, looked directly at Zhu Houzhao's back and shouted: "Your Majesty, building ships and going to sea violates my ancestral system, and now you have made a fuss, the ancestors and the ancestors are in front, and Your Majesty still refuses to repent?" ”

Rumble!

Hundreds of civil officials knelt down towards Zhu Houzhao in unison, and said in unison: "Your Majesty please punish the culprit, dismiss the craftsmen, destroy the ship and remove the division, and maintain the ancestral system!" ”

"In the year of Yongle, Zheng He went to the West seven times, and the people were consumed more than 100 million in vain, and there was no benefit to the country.

"The national thief Qin Kan, pampered and arrogant, actually offered flattery and misguided the king, bad for my Ming Dynasty century-old society, its disaster is very serious, far away Liu Jin, this is not punished, how can the universe exist?"

A shout with a strong killing intent echoed endlessly in Taimiao Square.

Zhu Houzhao's face turned pale, and his eyes for help quickly scanned the crowd, and the most slugging fell on Qin Kan's body.

Qin Kan stood expressionlessly in the middle of the court, listening to the shouts of killing around him, but he hung his head and didn't say a word, his eyes became more and more cold.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, Tu Tu took another step forward and said coldly: "Please make a decision quickly!" ”

The ministers echoed in unison: "Please make a decision quickly!" ”

Zhu Houzhao trembled, couldn't help but take a step back, and said in a panic: "I, I ......"

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao's eyes suddenly rolled white, and his whole body began to twitch familiarly, and before he had time to put on a disgusting appearance with crooked eyes and slanted mouth, Tu Yan shouted violently: "Your Majesty, please don't do this kind of childish behavior again, please make a decision quickly, don't let the century-old foundation of the ancestors and ancestors be destroyed in the hands of the ministers!" (To be continued......)