Chapter 178

In the backyard of the Qianqing Palace, the fifteen-year-old Emperor Zhengde was smiling and slamming a long whip on the ground, and not far away, a young leopard let out a low roar, its frightened eyes glowed green, lying on the ground and grinning.

Liu Jin bowed down and stood beside Zhengde and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this leopard is not bad, look at what it looks like, I don't know how powerful it is when I grow up." ”

Zhengde nodded and said: "Yes, I have always wanted to go out of the palace to hunt tigers and leopards by myself, and I didn't have this opportunity. ”

Liu Jin said happily: "That is, the slave maid follows the emperor when she urinates, how can she not understand the emperor's thoughts?" The slave and maid took a lot of effort to get this money leopard, and when they entered the palace, they went to great lengths. ”

Zhengde said: "I must be afraid of being known by the ministers." ”

Liu Jin said: "Yes, the slaves and maids are afraid that the ministers will know the way, and they are even more afraid that they will be known by Fan Heng, Donghua Gate can't enter at all, and the slaves and maids are secretly brought from the west, and the emperor likes it, and it is not in vain to the hearts of the slaves and maids." ”

Zhengde snorted and said, "Will Fan Heng obstruct it?" When will it be his turn to take care of my affairs? ”

Liu Jin said: "Your Majesty, he is the master of ceremonies, and he is the commander of Dongchang, although he is an official of the inner court, but if he reveals to the ministers that the emperor got a money leopard into the palace, don't the ministers quarrel?" Slaves and maids are also just in case. ”

Zhengde said angrily: "Does he dare? How dare he tell the ministers about the affairs of the palace? ”

Liu Jin smiled and said: "Forgive him and don't dare, but you always have to be on guard, have you forgotten that when the emperor was still the crown prince, Fan Heng sent someone to secretly keep an eye on our affairs?" The slave and maid were scared that time, if it weren't for Song Qianhu to help, the slave and maid were afraid that they would have suffered at that time. ”

Liu Jin's eyes were a little red, he lifted his shirt and wiped it on his eyes, Zhengde frowned and said, "It's all in the past, what else do you want to do?" I finally came to clean up for a while, and you came to worry about it again. ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "The slave knows the mistake, the slave and the maid should not mention this matter, Your Majesty, where is the right place to put this money leopard?" ”

Zhengde said: "Can't you just keep it in this yard?" Anyway, it's on the chain. ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you just spare the lives of the slaves and maids, it can't be done in the Qianqing Palace, Fan Heng and they serve the emperor around, and the ministers often go in and out, isn't this asking for the lives of the slaves and maids?" ”

Zhengde said: "What should I do then?" Could it be that I can't even see a leopard? ”

Liu Jin said: "It will definitely not be possible in the palace, but the slave maid has a way, isn't the island in the middle of the lake in the Taiye Pool in the West Garden of the Imperial City empty?" The slave maid thought, fence the island, raise the leopard in, and in the future, the slave and maid will get some rare birds and beasts and put them on the island, if the emperor wants to see it, let's go there to see it and play to our heart's content; Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to build a few more big houses and rest on the island when you're tired? ”

Zhengde slapped his thigh and said, "Good way, this way is good, so it's done." ”

Liu Jin frowned and said, "If the emperor likes it, it's done, but what if someone objects?" ”

Zhengde was stunned and said, "Who would object?" Can't I find a place to see it? Besides, it's still in the imperial city, and I'm not out of the palace to play. ”

Liu Jin said: "It takes silver to build a fence and build a house, and now the money and things in and out of the internal affairs house are all required to be used by Wang Yue Fan Heng and their nods, and in the future, the slave and maid will collect some strange flowers and plants, rare birds and beasts will also need silver, and the slave and maid will follow you for many years, you know that the slave and maid have no savings, and the money leopard slave and maid still spent their life savings to buy it, and the slave and maid can not do anything without silver." ”

Zhengde said: "What should I do, Ming'er, I will tell Wang Yue, and ask him to allocate money to you in the inner transport warehouse, you can do this well, I can wait to play." ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "The emperor can rest assured, the slave and maid must be done properly, please give the emperor a name." ”

Zhengde thought for a while and said: "Since it is a place built for the beast in front of him, this beast naturally takes the lead, so it will be called the leopard house." ”

Liu Jin applauded: "Leopard room! A good name, the name given by the emperor is good, the slave is relieved now, with the emperor's will, who dares to say anything. ”

Zhengde waved his hand and said: "Don't be ostentatious, it's not good to let the ministers outside know that it's not good, I've been annoyed by them these days, I have to go to the feast day, I promised to go, and said that I had to be present to do it, and I even wanted to promise not to be absent again, I was so annoyed." ”

Liu Jin rolled his eyes and said: "Don't be angry, the ministers shouldn't be talkative, but you are the emperor, when did my Ming Dynasty have the reason that the emperor was coerced by his courtiers?" It's right that the emperor doesn't want to get into trouble with them, after all, it's all for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, but he can't be too indulgent. ”

Zhengde waved his hand in annoyance and said: "Don't say it, I don't want to hear this, look at the leopard is licking his lips, it must be hungry, you go get a live chicken for it to pounce, I also look at the majesty of this leopard." ”

Liu Jin hurriedly agreed, bowed down, waved his hand and asked a little eunuch to go to the imperial dining room to fetch live chickens, but he turned the corridor and walked out of the Qianqing Palace to the flower bed outside the hall.

The footsteps alarmed Song Nan, Song Nan looked up and saw Liu Jin coming, smiled and said, "Father-in-law Liu is good." ”

Liu Jin pulled Song Nan to the side under the wall and whispered, "The emperor agreed." ”

Song Nan said: "Okay, the rest of the things are up to you, I can't go to see the emperor these days, when I see the emperor, he will ask me to accompany him to play ball, which will divert the emperor's attention, if the emperor announces me, you will say that I went to Beijing to do an errand, and I have to find out the news for you outside and search for evidence." ”

Liu Jin nodded and said: "Song Qianhu, you have to find out, this matter is not a joke, as soon as I start it in the palace, there will be no way out." ”

Song Nan sneered: "Do you still want to have a way out?" The attitude of the cabinet ministers has become clear, and they have all semi-openly supported Wang Yue Fan Heng and others, if you don't want to be bullied by others, you can only cheer up and deal with it, if you want the emperor to speak, you must find a reason for the emperor to speak, the emperor is newly enthroned, how can you ignore the feelings of the ministers and directly take Wang Yue Fan Heng their position and let you go to the throne? Anyway, it's your business, if you don't want to, I'm happy, if you hadn't complained in front of me the day before yesterday, I wouldn't have bothered to care. ”

Liu Jin saw that Song Nan's words were not good, and he hurriedly said: "Our family doesn't mean that, how can I be willing to be bullied by those two old dogs, I just don't think the odds are big." ”

Song Nan said: "Plans are in the sky, no one can guarantee you, Wang Yue's two houses outside my people have already figured out, worth more than 100,000 taels of silver, as long as you want to check, I will check for you, Wang Yue, Fan Heng, Xu Zhi They are all clear about the real estate and fields outside, and the evidence will also be handed over to you, how to do it is your business." ”

Liu Jin lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said: "It's done, this time the fish is dead and the net is broken, otherwise there will be no good life in the future, there is Brother Lao, the matter is done, our brothers will be friends of life and death in the future, and if there is a piece of meat in our family in the future, there will be a bowl of soup for you." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Then I'll thank you first, say less and do more, and then talk about things after doing a good job, I can't stay in the palace for a long time, so I'll leave." ”

Liu Jin arched his hand, watched Song Nan go out of the side door, turned around and gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, and walked towards the apse of Qianqing Palace, and heard Zhengde's shouting and screaming from a distance.

Song Nan didn't enter the palace to see Zhengde for nearly seven or eight days, and only met Liu Jin once, Liu Jin also felt that the wind was wrong, and there was no one around to discuss, so he came to Song Nan to discuss; So Song Nan told Liu Jin about his idea of planning for many days.

Song Nan's plan is actually very simple, if Liu Jin and others want to defeat Wang Yue Fan Heng, the head-on confrontation is a losing situation at present, and it is impossible for Zhengde to support Liu Jin and others at this time, because there is no opportunity, and the unwarranted transfer of key positions in the inner court will inevitably cause opposition from the top and bottom of the court, and it will also be said to be a distrust of the team built by the emperor.

Zhengde no longer cares about politics, and he will not make such an obvious mistake, especially when the relationship with the cabinet ministers is becoming more and more estranged, and Zhengde will not make this decision.

Song Nan's plan is to give Zhengde an opportunity to straighten his waist and speak, and to shut up the bigwigs in the inner court, the only way is to find Wang Yue and Fan Heng and others.

Officials make mistakes are nothing more than a loss of control over power and money, the eunuchs naturally have nothing to do with the color of the word, and Song Nan can't find any flaws in his authority for a while, the only flaw is the word 'money'; eunuchs love wealth and the world knows it, Song Nan doesn't believe that Wang Yue and Fan Heng have controlled the inner court for so many years, and they have not made mistakes economically, and the oil and water in the inner court are so big, can these two people bear it?

Song Nan sprinkled eyeliner all over the place, and after fishing for a few days, he finally found valuable clues, so a plan for Wang Yue, Fan Heng, Xu Zhi and others was freshly baked.

(Thanks to the Moshaocong brothers for the monthly pass)