Chapter 349

The New Year of the second year of Zhengde is quietly coming, and in the sound of firecrackers, the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty will temporarily forget about the troubles, put aside their troubles, and enjoy this festive day of the year. With the snow that stops and falls for several days, the capital is also covered in silver, turning into a fairy tale world, and the snow covers up the sorrows and joys of the devastated Ming Dynasty, as if it has a chance to breathe.

For the officials of the Ming court, in the nearly two years since the new emperor ascended the throne, everyone has already made a certain judgment on the current situation in their minds.

The outer court did not take advantage of the battle with the inner court, and wanted to use the opportunity of the new emperor's accession to the throne to weaken the strength of the inner court, so that the young emperor Zhengde could act as expected by the outer court, but the result was a big loss, and a group of old ministers from the six departments of the cabinet were deposed, and the backbone was repeatedly degraded, and some people even died because of this, which can be described as a great loss of vitality.

Moreover, Liu Jin's hand reached into the cabinet, controlling the two powerful yamen of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, and led a large number of officials to fall to the eunuch party in order not to be persecuted by Liu Jin, which made the civil officials of the outer court sigh and cry blood.

Fortunately, there are still mainstays in the cabinet, Li Dongyang endured humiliation and chose to stick to it in order to save the decline of the outer court, his proud disciple Yang Tinghe has gradually matured in the cabinet, and Wang Wei, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, is also unswerving, firmly standing on the front line against Liu Jin; Although Liu Jin's forces have infiltrated the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment and other places, the overall situation is still in the hands of the outer court, and the shape is not irretrievable.

Liu Jin's sitting big has a great relationship with Song Nan, for Song Nan, the court's evaluation of him has always been to go to the two extremes of love and hate, if it weren't for this son to intervene a few times, Liu Jin may be difficult to have today's power; But if it weren't for this son to persuade Li Dongyang to keep him, and give Li Dongyang the opportunity to recommend Yang Ting, Wang Wei and other direct ministers into the cabinet, the outer court would probably be controlled by Liu Jin.

Moreover, the relationship between Song Nan and Liu Jin has always been confusing and intriguing, and the two have gone from colluding to openly opposing each other, and each other has changed from cooperation to open and secret fighting. Now, the outer court has taken a back seat, and the banner of confrontation against Liu Jin has made Song Nan carry it on his shoulders, which also makes people have to sigh at the impermanence of the world.

The outer court is naturally happy to see this change, for the outer court, Liu Jin and Song Nan are both enemies, and the fight between these two is also a dog-eat-dog after the power is big, the current strength of the outer court is still difficult to deal with one of them, let alone confront the two at the same time, the best strategy is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, let these two fight to the death.

Of course, in the arrogant heart of the Ming civil official, he was very annoyed by this feeling of being excluded and powerless to control the situation. Once upon a time, the emperor had to look at the eyes of the civil officials, but now he is marginalized, shrinking in the corner and looking for opportunities, and it is difficult to change psychologically for a while. However, since Yang Tinghe entered the cabinet and gradually became the backbone of everyone, the outer court has become more practical.

Yang Tinghe decisively gave up unnecessary pride and tried his best to maneuver in it, ensuring that the outer court could still exert influence. Even when necessary, Yang Tinghe also chose to cooperate with Song Nan, who was on the weaker side, to jointly suppress Liu Jin and maintain the balance of strength.

At this point, I have to say that Yang Tinghe is a person with vision and ideas, although Yang Tinghe is in his heart. Song Nan is regarded as the same as Liu Jin, they are all ministers and the like who must be eliminated, but this does not harm the cooperation between him and Song Nan at a critical time.

The only thing that annoyed Yang Tinghe was that Song Nan was too a thief, and he always caught himself by surprise, just like the last time Yang Yiqing was in charge of the trilateral general system, the outer court was originally nine out of ten, but he was stirred up by Liu Jinyi and had to choose Song Nan to join forces to disrupt the situation, but in the end, Song Nan got the benefits, so that Yang Ting was angry and didn't eat several meals.

Before the New Year, the great upheaval in the inner court caught people's attention, originally because Song Nan showed weakness, after Liu Jin forcibly opened the inner court, it had already made the officials up and down think that Song Nan had fallen out of favor and was finally trampled under Liu Jin's feet; In order to meet with the court several times to discuss countermeasures, they all thought that the matter was already in the boat and could not be changed. Suddenly, there was a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and everyone who was chopped was scorched and confused, not only did the emperor order to stop opening the inner factory and the west factory, but Qian Ning, who was becoming more and more powerful in the inner court, was also killed for plotting misdeeds, and dozens of members of the whole family were killed at the entrance of the vegetable market, how could it not be surprising?

This incident also reminded all those who still despise Song Nan like an enlightenment, Song Nan is by no means an easy person, turning over in such adversity, from now on, I am afraid that no one will be able to suppress him; For a period of time in the future, I am afraid that Liu Jin will have to be afraid of Song Nan.

Knowing this did not make Yang Tinghe feel relaxed at all, he felt that it was not necessarily a good thing that Song Nan was more difficult than Liu Jin, although Liu Jin was still strong on the surface of the current situation, but Song Nan's rise would be unstoppable. After this head-on game with Liu Jin, Song Nan's subordinates don't know how many more admirers, and all the officials who are dissatisfied with Liu Jin and even the eunuchs in the inner court may become Song Nan's subordinates because of this; Originally, Song Nan had nearly 50,000 Jinyi guards, and the commanders of the Jinyi guards all over the Ming Dynasty were enough headaches, if he was allowed to control more officials, his terrible would never be under Liu Jin.

Whoever is strong will suppress whom, whoever is weak will help whom, this is a new strategy of pragmatism drawn up by Yang Tinghe in his heart, although the outer court is now in decline, but joining any party is enough to turn the scales around, and if Song Nan's power expands to threaten the survival of the outer court, even if it is to cooperate with Liu Jin, Yang Tinghe will never frown.

Song Mansion Zhang Lantern to celebrate the New Year, from the days before the festival, Song Nan fulfilled his promise, a few days before the annual leave has not gone to the Yamen office, stayed in the house and tried his best to 'serve' the four ladies in the family, three of the four are newly married, this period of tension also affected the atmosphere of the newlyweds, when the crisis is resolved, Song Nan naturally has to compensate them.

In addition to the increasingly obscene and obscene various bed exercises day and night, Song Nan also accompanied several ladies to the street to buy new clothes for the New Year, accompanied Song's mother and daughters to the temple to burn incense, and even cooked a meal for the whole family by himself.

Everyone understands that Song Nan really compensated for the previous coldness, but how could there be a master of the family to cook in this year, and the dignified Ming Jinyi Wei Yamen all commanded the envoys to cook food for their wives and concubines at home, and accompanied their wives and concubines to go out to buy clothes and go shopping on the streets, wouldn't it be a joke to spread it, so the women resolutely stopped Song Nan from further compensation actions.

On the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family, young and old, and seventy or eighty villagers from Ulzhou held a dinner party of more than ten tables in the main hall and side hall, and invited Mrs. Yang's mother and daughter, Uncle Zhong, etc. to share the table with the master of the Song family, and the rest of the servants and maids each had a banquet.

Song Nan and the little county lord and Lu Qingli drank too much, Song Nan insisted on pulling Dai Su'er and Lu Qingli and Ye Fanggu to share the bed, the little county lord didn't have the appearance of a housewife and actually joined in the fun with Lu Qingli, but Ye Fanggu and Dai Su'er refused to comply no matter what, and were embarrassed and angry by Song Nan. The two girls felt that Song Nan was breaking through the bottom line more and more, and all kinds of unspeakable postures and requirements put forward when they had sex on weekdays were just enough, and now they wanted to sleep together, how could they allow him to be so nonsense.

Fortunately, these three guys were not lightly drunk, and after Ye Fanggu and Dai Su'er were scared, they soon fell asleep on the bed, and the two girls quickly got out of the clutches of the devil, drove out of bed and went back to their rooms to rest, leaving Song Nan and the little county lord Lu Qingli lying on the big bed in a row, and they were unconscious with each other's legs folded.

Get up early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Song Nan and Uncle Li Daniu and others open the door to burn incense to welcome the God of Wealth, and the ladies of the Song family are dressed up beautifully under the leadership of Song's mother to worship the ancestors of the Song family, send red envelopes, and are very busy; After breakfast, Song Nan went to the court to participate in a short court meeting, and after returning, he took the women to set up a long table in the backyard to drink and play.

Everyone was happy to eat and drink, and Song Nan found that Yang Qian'er was not present, so she hurriedly asked, "Why didn't Miss Yang come?" ”

Wan'er said: "The little maid went to invite just now, and Mrs. Yang and Miss Yang were sitting in the room crying, so the little maid was embarrassed to disturb them." ”

Song Nan was surprised: "Why are you shedding tears during the New Year?" ”

Ye Fanggu glanced at him and said: "The family can't be reunited, and it is naturally sad when it comes to the New Year's Festival, just order someone to send some fruit points, don't disturb them." ”

Song Nan thought for a while and said, "I'll take a look." ”

The girls threw a bunch of health balls, and Song Nan said: "Lord Yang can't go back to Beijing in the northwest, so ask me to take care of his wife and daughter, so we have to do our best to take care of it, otherwise it won't be a failure." ”

The women muttered in their hearts: It's true to take care of it, but Miss Yang follows you every day as a little tail, this is not a thing, you don't know how to avoid suspicion, it's just that she is the daughter of the chief official of the three sides, if something really happens, it can't be over.

But what Song Nan said was high-sounding, and everyone couldn't refute it, so they just watched him go out of the door; The little county lord opened his mouth, and the fat maid ran to stare at the top like a flower with a fork on her waist, and the girls were suddenly in a good mood, with the vinegar jar of the little county lord, there was no need for others to worry, and soon they looked at each other and laughed, and there was a lot of laughter in the back garden.