Although Yang Qing's virtue is not as good as Jin Ying, Wang Jin and Fan Hong, he is loyal and cautious to Emperor Xuande, knows how to control proportions, and never does something out of the ordinary like Yuan Qi, so Emperor Xuande has always trusted him.

Since there were so many important ministers gathering last night, Yang Qing should also get the news, so Emperor Xuande wanted to get confirmation from him, after all, as the son of the great emperor, Emperor Xuande knew that if he listened to it, he would be dark, and if he listened, he would be clear.

Moreover, Emperor Xuande also wanted to know if Yang Qing had any information in his hands that Dongchang did not know, after all, Yumajian and Dongchang had different sources of information.

Yang Qing was inspecting the royal shop in the south of the city, and hurriedly rushed back to the Forbidden City after receiving the summons of the palace attendants, and now half of the royal shops in the capital are dealing in goods obtained from the overseas trade of Jiaozhi, and the sales are very good, and the profit is as high as eighty percent of the total profit of the royal store in the capital, which has become an important source of funds for the inner treasury.

"Slave Yang Qing, knock to see the emperor." When he came to the East Warm Pavilion, Yang Qing knelt in front of the warm couch and saluted Emperor Xuande.

"I ask you, what special happened last night?" Emperor Xuande withdrew the palace maids and chamberlains in the room, and asked while coughing after letting Yang Qing get up.

"Your Majesty, as far as the servants know, there were several banquets in the capital last night, and most of the participants were civil and military officials of the imperial court." Yang Qing groaned for a moment, quietly took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over, on which were the names and locations of the people who participated in the banquet, "But the minions don't know what they said in the banquet, and now they are being inquired about." ”

After all, the Imperial Horse Supervisor is not Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and his ability to spy on intelligence is still slightly inferior, and he only knows the people who participated in the banquet but does not know the content of the banquet, so he did not report to Emperor Xuande but continued to investigate, otherwise this kind of announcement without definite content is meaningless to Emperor Xuande.

"What's going on in the capital lately?" Emperor Xuande glanced at the content on the paper, and looked at Yang Qing with a gloomy face, the information provided by Yang Qingsu for the banquet was consistent with Wang Jin, which showed that there were indeed several gatherings attended by important ministers of the imperial court last night, and the content was undoubtedly the information provided by Wang Jin, which made Emperor Xuande extremely angry in his heart.

"As far as the minions know, the most interesting thing in the capital is that Zhen Guogong was involved in the arquebus case of the Bafang Warehouse, and both high-ranking officials and dignitaries and peddlers and pawns are discussing this matter." Yang Qing pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then replied in an orderly manner, "The slave received the news that since the Duke of Zhenguo was imprisoned in the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, many senior officials in the imperial court have been approaching the military attaché of the martial arts hall. ”

As the saying goes, once Li Yuntian is given by Emperor Xuande, then the pillars of the martial arts hall will collapse, and at this time, all the forces of the imperial court will naturally extend an olive branch to the people who speak the martial arts, and want to pull them over for their own use.

I have to say that the military attachés of the martial arts hall not only have outstanding personal abilities under Li Yuntian's tutelage, but more importantly, they have mastered the most advanced technology and management of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the three major military regions, the six major political envoys, and the industries in various localities are all directly or indirectly managed by the military attachés of the Jiangwutang, and if the military attachés of the Jiangwutang can be co-opted, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the division of the territory and industry of the Jiangwutang in the future.

Regarding the olive branches thrown by all the forces in the imperial court, including the generals of the Xiaowu Army, the military attachés of the martial arts hall responded in a low-key way, politely rejecting the other party's kindness, and did not express their intention to take refuge.

Although Li Yuntian is now in prison, the Zhenguo Mansion is still there, so every matter of the Wutang is based on the Zhenguo Mansion, and no one wants to betray Li Yuntian.

As Li Yuntian, who single-handedly built the martial arts hall, has become the spiritual symbol of the martial arts hall, in addition to the awe of Li Yuntian, the military attache of the martial arts hall is more important to be convinced by Li Yuntian's ideal of defending the territory for the Ming Dynasty, and wants to follow Li Yuntian to create a prosperous Ming Dynasty.

This belief supported them to firmly rally around Li Yuntian, so much so that there was a serious incident in which more than a dozen military attachés committed suicide in the lobby of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, and the reasons involved were beyond the comprehension of Fang Liang and Ah Qiu, and also shocked the civil and military officials in the court.

"Before I died, they couldn't wait to start fighting for power, how could it be that way!" After listening to Yang Qing's words, Emperor Xuande's face showed anger, how could he give the Ming Dynasty to the crown prince with peace of mind when all the forces in the court were fighting like this?

"Your Majesty, there is a matter that the slave is investigating, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Seeing this, Yang Qing hesitated for a moment, and then bowed to Emperor Xuande with a solemn expression.

"I forgive you for your innocence." Emperor Xuande saw that Yang Qing looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and knew that there were some things that Yang Qing could not say, so he said while coughing.

"Your Majesty, the servant received a report that King Yue had close contacts with several civil and military officials in the imperial court in private, and seemed to want to be the regent to assist the crown prince." When Yang Qing heard this, he no longer concealed it, and whispered to Emperor Xuande.

"Regent?" Emperor Xuande's face showed a look of surprise, and then his brows furrowed tightly, and his expression became extremely cold.

Yue King Zhu Zhanyong, the third son of Emperor Hongxi, the younger brother of Emperor Xuande, was named King of Yue in the twenty-second year of Yongle, built Quzhou Mansion but did not take office but stayed in the capital to accompany Emperor Hongxi and his wife, and after the death of Emperor Hongxi, he served Empress Dowager Zhang in the capital.

Emperor Xuande has a total of two younger brothers, in addition to the third brother Yue Wang Zhu Zhan Yong, there is also the fifth brother Xiang Wang Zhu Zhan Yong, Yongle 22 years by the Xiang King, Xuande four years on Changsha.

Because Emperor Xuande was deeply loved by Emperor Yongle when he was young, Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong were with Empress Dowager Zhang, and the relationship with Empress Dowager Zhang was deep, so Zhu Zhanyong was able to stay in the capital, and Zhu Zhanrong did not go to Changsha until the fourth year of Xuande.

Now that the crown prince is young, not to mention that the courtiers don't even have the ability to deal with the affairs of the court, so in order to control the court situation, it is also a good choice for the king of Yue to regency, in order to represent the interests of the royal family and become the "first imperial uncle" in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Emperor Xuande was like Emperor Yongle after ascending the throne, he vigorously suppressed the power of the vassal kings in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, but he took good care of his brothers, and the relationship between them was also very good, otherwise King Yue would not have been able to stay in the capital and had already been driven to the fief by Emperor Xuande.

Zhu Zhanyong did not have much interest in government affairs, and according to the Ming Dynasty's custom vassal king's power in political affairs has been reduced to very little, even King Fu is only holding the false title of a martial arts hall, and the power of the martial arts hall is in the hands of Li Yuntian, which shows that Zhu Zhanyong cannot pose a threat to the imperial power of Emperor Xuande.

But once Zhu Zhan Yong becomes the regent, then the situation is different, and he became the most powerful imperial uncle of the Ming Dynasty in an instant, which is definitely not what Emperor Xuande wants to see, since the end of Hongwu, the successive emperors of the Ming Dynasty have been weakening the power of the vassal kings and preventing the vassal kings from making rebellion, so how can Emperor Xuande rest assured that Zhu Zhan Yong will be regent? Imperial power will undoubtedly be threatened at that time.

However, when Emperor Xuande died, Zhu Zhanyong was not impossible to become the regent of the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure that the crown prince Zhu Qizhen was not overshadowed by the civil and military officials in the court, then if he obtained the support of the Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Zhanyong may ascend to the throne of regent.

Historically, Zhu Zhanyong did not become the regent, but there is the possibility of zài, because this matter did not appear in the court discussion in the orthodox years, it can be seen that if Zhu Zhanyong mentioned the matter of the regent to the Empress Dowager Zhang, he did not get the support of the Empress Dowager Zhang, so naturally he could not go to the court.

The reason is very simple, although the regent is a state affair of the Ming Dynasty, it is also a family affair of the imperial family, and if Empress Dowager Zhang does not support Zhu Zhanyong, this matter cannot be implemented.

It is worth mentioning that Zhu Zhanyong died young in June of the fourth year of Orthodoxy, nicknamed Jing, at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, died young, was buried in Baishuiyu, and the Yue Kingdom was subsequently removed, and Zhu Zhanyong became the only generation of Yue kings in Daming.

"King Yue has close contacts with the court and people?" After being silent for a long time, Emperor Xuande slowly opened his mouth to break the silence of Dongnuan Pavilion, and looked at Yang Qing with a cold expression.

"Lord Yang Rongyang, the second assistant of the cabinet, Sun Yi, the Marquis of Yongqing, the cabinet member of the military cabinet, Hu Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Yunhai, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace." Yang Qing didn't hesitate at all when he heard this, and replied with a stern expression, "Your Majesty, the servants still don't know what the four adults think about the establishment of a regent. ”

"Check, we must find out about this matter." Emperor Xuande's brows furrowed slightly, and then he coughed violently, and said expressionlessly while coughing.

"The minions obey." Seeing this, Yang Qing first bowed, then stepped forward and gently patted Emperor Xuande's back, and said with a concerned expression, "The emperor's dragon body is important, and the servants and others will definitely find out about this matter." ”

"Your Majesty, the slave has urgent matters to see." At this moment, Jin Ying's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Emperor Xuande was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know what was going on, so he nodded to Yang Qing.

"Xuan!" Yang Qing understood, and shouted out the door with a sharp voice.

"The slave knocks on the emperor." Jin Ying hurriedly entered the door, he didn't come alone, followed by Fan Hong, the second eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, and after the two knelt down to Emperor Xuande, Jin Ying handed a piece of paper rolled together to Emperor Xuande, "Your Majesty, this is the urgent report that the celebrant received just now, and the servant felt that it was a serious matter, so he came to report." ”

This urgent report was sent by Fan Hong, although Fan Hong is the third-in-command of the celebrant eunuch, but he is actually responsible for the daily affairs of the celebrant eunuch, this is because the eunuch Jin Ying has to stay by Emperor Xuande to serve, and the chief eunuch Wang Jin is often in the East Factory, so the daily operation of the celebrant falls on Fan Hong.

After receiving the urgent report, Fan Hong had to report to Jin Ying first, and then Jin Ying decided when to present the urgent report to Emperor Xuande, and Jin Ying went straight to the palace to meet him, which shows the importance of this urgent report.

"Ahem, how can this be true!" When Emperor Xuande glanced at the contents of the urgent report, his face suddenly changed, and he reached out and threw the paper in his hand on the ground, coughing violently and shouting angrily, looking very angry.