Zhao Jin glanced at Gu Dayong, that guy was big, but he was wooden, and the change of the little emperor should have no effect on him.

But the emperor's justified refusal had too great an impact on him.

And the little emperor's bright eyes are full of shrewdness, and he is justified in dealing with cabinet ministers, and he feels that he has grown up overnight, such a person, where can he still use him to remind the importance of power.

So if he missed last night, he would no longer be able to get the emperor to give him power?

Zhao Jin said unwillingly: "What can the slave do for the Long Live Lord?" ”

Yang Houzhao thought for a while and said: "For the time being, I want to see how upright and tough Liu Jian is, and see if I have given him the stairs, and whether he will hand over the fold to ask for Zhishi." ”

*****

In the study, Liu Jian sat behind the bookcase and hooked the last stroke, then put down the pen and waited for the handwriting to dry.

Cui Jingye was standing opposite him, and this Lord Shangshu had a look of regret on his face at this time.

He said: "My lord, think twice, the emperor said in the palace, let you write an excerpt, this is the emperor to give everyone the steps, you can't really write it." ”

But just because the emperor said that he should write excerpts, but he didn't write them, where would the old face of more than 60 years go?

Listening to Cui Jingye's words, Liu Jian's face was very bad.

said: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to second, in short, if the Eight Tigers are not removed, I will not stay in the imperial court." ”

"If you stay, then remember to regularly persuade the emperor in the future, don't let him be confused by the inner servants, otherwise if you say it, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are not as good as a few eunuchs, and how embarrassing it is for a scholar."

"As for me, you don't have to worry about it, you see, at the critical moment, you can see what kind of people the court raises, they are all official fans, and they are all afraid of the Eight Tigers, when it comes to Zhishi, few people have come to discuss with me these days, and the tea is cold before they leave."

Finally, with a long sigh, the handwriting was dry, and he stood up and shook and shook the folds, and then carefully closed them.

His voice was resentful, his hands trembled a little, and his cheeks were unnaturally purple.

It can be shown that he is very angry at the moment.

should come back from the palace, Lord Yuanfu was very angry for three days in a row, because he was the only one who insisted on fighting, and the emperor's attitude made him a little difficult to ride a tiger.

In fact, he didn't want to be a minister, and if he pulled more people, the emperor would be afraid, and he would finally compromise.

So it's obviously isolated, a kind of lonely anger that is powerless and only one person insists on.

Cui Jingye and Liu Jian have a teacher-student relationship, looking at the teacher's constantly raised beard with a lonely color, he was angry in his heart, and said: "Teacher, you are a fold, and the student seconded it." ”

Liu Jian raised his head and looked at him with excited eyes: "Really? ”

Later, he waved his hand: "You finally have three official residences, don't ruin it because of me, I'll go alone, and they will all be happy." ”

Cui Jingye said: "Teacher, don't say such frustrating words, there are many people who are not used to seeing the Eight Tigers, but the emperor's actions this time are too unexpected, and he launched Ma Yongcheng, which is a compromise, so it is not good for the officials to persecute again, but with the teacher taking the lead, let's move around again, I believe that many people will second, the teacher is inconvenient, I will lobby." ”

Liu Jian excitedly grabbed the student's hand and said: "Dedication, we are all for the century-old foundation of the imperial court, not for individuals, you make it clear to them, don't second, just wait to be the lackey of the Eight Tigers, especially Yang Ning, he listens to me the most, go to him, and then he seconds it, this weight will be heavy, and others will look at their faces." ”

*****

In the Sanjin mansion in Xiaojiangfang Hutong, Yang Ning's study was full of friends at this time.

Liu Jian wants to be a servant, Liu Jian is the first assistant, Yang Ning is the second assistant, and Yang Ning followed Liu Jian before.

Therefore, some officials who were good friends with Yang Ning came to Yang Ning's house to see what Yang Ning meant.

Originally, the name of the Eight Tigers was not right, they all held great power in their hands, and there were signs of being above a hundred officials, as a scholar, how could they allow the eunuchs to be autocratic, they should follow Liu Jianzhishi.

But the emperor sacrificed Ma Yongcheng, and the other seven tigers didn't move for the time being, as if they were being people with their tails between their legs, so in this matter, the civil officials had actually won.

Yang Ning didn't hide, he received people when they came, except for Liu Jian and Li Yangdong in the cabinet, the waiters from the six departments also came, and they all stood at their desks, waiting for him to make a statement.

Yang Ning asked, "I don't know what Xiyue's plans are?" ”

Li Yangdong was in charge of the household department, and a waiter in the household department said: "Lord Li has been unwell for the past few days, and he has closed his door to thank customers. ”

After the adult finished speaking, the room suddenly fell silent.

At this juncture, "I feel unwell, close the door and thank you" is not just an escape?

It seems that he doesn't want to seconded Liu Jian's excerpt.

Yang Ning lowered his eyes and thought about it.

Today, when he was on the third floor of the cabinet, Cui Jingye came to him and persuaded him to second.

In fact, he has been hiding from Liu Jian and Cui Jingye for several days, Liu Jian Yu Wei is still there, he should have seconded it, but if Liu Jian leaves, he will be the first assistant.

Who doesn't want to get ahead, the opportunity is in front of him, does he really want to miss it?

And Liu Jian either wants to leave, or wants to drag more people into the water to help him, and if one of them fails, he will move stones and shoot them in their own feet.

But if he doesn't second, he is afraid that Liu Jian will not forgive, as if he is greedy for power, and his reputation will be ruined.

What to do?

The room was still silent, except for the lights on the long desk.

Yang Ning knew that everyone was waiting for his attitude.

To put it bluntly, seconding can follow the trend, if everyone seconds the proposal and you don't second, it will be a gang of eight tigers and will be excluded, so everyone is afraid of being excluded, so you will look at me and I will look at you.

He looked up and said, "What do you mean?" The emperor made this kind of concession, in fact, we as courtiers should be considerate, if we have to make another inch, I am afraid that Long Yan will be angry, then I don't know what the consequences are. ”

Look at me, people, and I'll look at you.

Yang Ning shook his head, then raised his head and asked, "What do you mean?" What do you think? ”

*****

In the study room of Qingning Palace, Yang Houzhao let out a hearty smile like a mockery: "Hahahaha...... He really kept asking, what do you mean? Do you really keep asking? ”

It was Zhao Jin who stood respectfully in front of him and replied.

Zhao Jin didn't pick up a bargain in the previous incident, but he is definitely not the one who sits back and waits for pie to fall from the sky.

Now that the war between the emperor and the cabinet is not over, of course he can't let the cabinet people win, but the emperor is not necessarily focused on the struggle, so he has to show his loyalty to the emperor and his talent in handling things.

So he took the initiative and began to monitor the actions of the civil servants.