Yang Tinghe has indeed had a very comfortable life recently, and the comprehensive reorganization of the six cabinet departments has allowed him to naturally hold the authority of the outer court, and after becoming the first assistant of the cabinet, he is already the first person in the outer court, and he deserves to be above 10,000 people under one person.

Yang Tinghe had expectations for this result, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly and so suddenly. Countless times I thought about the changes in the current situation after Liu Jin's downfall, and countless times I wanted to bring down Liu Jin, but I finally failed to send Liu Jin to death for various reasons, which is not only my own regret, but also the regret of my mentor Li Dongyang.

A long time ago, Li Dongyang told him that if Liu Jin is not removed for a day, he will not be a minister, even if he dies in office, this sentence also has the intention of overthrowing Liu Jin with his own hands, and he still said that he wanted to avenge the revenge of being deposed by Liu Jinting when Zhengde ascended the throne by Liu Jinting's ministers and deposed the cabinet. Now that Liu Jin has fallen, it is not Li Dongyang who plays a key role, nor is it himself who is pinned on high hopes, but Song Nan, it is conceivable that the regret in the teacher's heart is still quite big. But after all, his wish was fulfilled, so he immediately chose Zhishi and fulfilled his promise.

However, Yang Tinghe didn't feel any regrets, the question was not who overthrew Liu Jin, but who could get greater benefits after Liu Jin's downfall, and there was no doubt that the outer court was the biggest winner.

Yang Tinghe did a lot of homework to analyze, after Liu Jin's death, Zhang Yong of the inner court did not have much to worry about, this person did not have much ability and courage, and the nobles were busy making money and enclosing land, and they did not have much interest; The only thing to worry about is Song Nan, he has a lot of credit in hand, and with the backing of the British government, it is a little difficult to influence, but because of the particularity of his identity, he will never be able to become the role of leading the ministers, because he is not qualified.

For Yang Tinghe, first of all, it is necessary to stabilize the civil officials of the outer court and restore the strong situation of the civil officials in the Hongzhi period, so he did not hesitate to take a great risk and recommended many people who seemed to be not qualified enough to serve as important positions in the six ministries of the cabinet, that is, to completely transform the outer court into a group like an arm, he knew that the key to the prosperity of the outer court was to hold a group, and it must not be divided and divided, otherwise it would be like when Liu Jin was alive, the outer court was simply scattered and had no achievements.

Li Dongyang had a long talk with himself before leaving, and he suggested that he maintain a cooperative relationship with Song Nan, at least not to be hostile, but also to let Yang Tinghe maintain a humble attitude and not be aggressive. Yang Tinghe was quite unimpressed, he believed that it was the attitude of the outer court that was not tough enough that the outer court was bullied in the past few years, and many people lost their respect for the outer court. All he had to do was reverse this qiē.

In the time of the great change of blood in the outer court, Yang Tinghe was actually very afraid of Song Nan inserting a lever, in the past, when Liu Jin was there, every important personnel appointment required a fierce game, and now that Liu Jin is dead, if Song Nan instructs Zhang Yong to blow some wind to the emperor when he is wearing red, I am afraid that their appointment like Fei Hong will never pass.

However, things went according to the fate, Song Nan not only had no desire to intervene, but took leave and went home for a month, what a precious month, it was the time of the big reshuffle Song Nan actually made this stupid move, which shows that Song Nan lacks great wisdom in politics.

Of course, Yang Tinghe would not think that Song Nan was ignorant of the changes in the court, but Song Nan did not speak out, which means that he did not understand the subtlety of the situation and the importance of timing, Yang Tinghe believed that after the affairs of the outer court settled down, Song Nan would sooner or later regret that he did not make efforts to interfere with his reorganization of the outer court at this time. And by that time, the dust had settled, and Song Nan had no right to speak.

In order to increase the confidence of the civil officials of the foreign court, Yang Tinghe decided to make some moves to announce the influence of the foreign court and enhance the self-confidence of the new civil official group. There is nothing more suitable than forcing Zhengde to do a few things, the so-called civil death and military death, as long as the civil officials can force the emperor to accept the opinion, it is as glorious as the military attachés to cut off the enemy's head.

So Yang Tinghe led the ministers to demolish the leopard room, restore the day, reopen the morning and evening court deliberation system, etc., seemingly trivial things, but after Yang Tinghe's careful consideration, first, the reason for the crown, these recitals are all under the banner of thinking about the society and the country, and second, also express the correction of some behaviors since the emperor ascended the throne.

The emperor's wedding, in fact, is not that Yang Tinghe deliberately wants to force Zhengde to do anything, but that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty generally wants to get married at the age of sixteen, which is not only a rule, but also for the sake of the stability of the Ming Dynasty; The emperor gets married as soon as possible, and he can have a future as soon as possible. With orthodoxy as the heir, the conspiracy of dissident people such as King Anhua was shattered, and the motivation of the ministers to fight was also improved. Whether the emperor has heirs or not, is of great significance to the entire Ming Dynasty.

In view of the emperor's playful nature, as the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe had to make a decision, and at the same time, in order not to be too tough, Yang Tinghe cleverly chose to start from the harem and put pressure on Zhengde by the hand of the harem Empress Dowager Zhang. At the same time, Yang Tinghe wanted to gain some benefits from this, so he arranged the selection of the queen with the Empress Dowager Zhang, and chose Empress Zhang's niece as the only candidate for the empress, so as to strengthen the relationship with the Empress Dowager and achieve the goal of suppressing Zhengde.

Yang Tinghe's move can be regarded as exquisite, thinking far-reaching, he actually understands very well in his heart, in terms of the preferences of today's saints, it is unlikely that he will get along with the officials of the outer court, and he will never be like Emperor Xiaozong of the previous dynasty can endure humiliation and reach some kind of tacit understanding with the outer court; As courtiers, civil officials are unlikely to restrict Zhengde's behavior, so joining forces with the harem Empress Dowager Zhang and borrowing the power of the Empress Dowager is the best result.

After considering all the considerations, Yang Tinghe made the decision of 'grasping power too quickly' as Song Nan said. He didn't know that Zhengde, who had been in a free-range state for a long time, had no way to accept the court's criticism of him, and if he just thought that Liu Jin would be able to dominate the court once he died, it would be a great mistake.

For several days in a row, the civil officials of the outer court played a series of songs, requesting the demolition of the leopard house and eradicating the root cause of the emperor's will; I don't know if the emperor couldn't stand the verbosity of the civil officials or repented, so he actually agreed to the request of the civil officials.

The civil officials were overjoyed and regarded it as a great victory, so they decided to make persistent efforts, and began to play again to ask the emperor to resume the feast and follow the example of the previous emperor to open the morning and evening dynasty, but this time Zhengde did not let go, so the civil officials persevered, and regarded this matter as a compulsory lesson every day.

On the morning of the ninth day of the first month of May, when Fei Hong, the new cabinet scholar and secretary of the Ministry of Rites, began to chatter in the court again, Song Nan, who had not spoken for several days, finally spoke up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in the past few days, you have been entangled in this matter every day, and you have been talking about it every day, don't you feel bored? The emperor entrusted the cabinet and the six important government affairs, how many important things do the Ming Dynasty have to do every day? Dare to ask whether the relief and reconstruction of Shandong and Shanxi has been completed? Has the attack of the pirates on the southeast coast been resolved? Has the Cabinet's new land policy been formulated? Piles and piles are urgent things, but you are looking for some trivial things here to hold on, how can it be reasonable? I really can't stand it, don't you make any difference? ”

The civil officials of the outer court were a little in a daze, and Song Nan's sudden accusations made them a little overwhelmed, and people who were familiar with Song Nan naturally knew that this person was not easy to mess with, but the new group of civil officials had not really dealt with Song Nan, and they didn't know how powerful Song Nan was, and how could they endure Song Nan's unashamed accusations.

He Jian, the head of the household, immediately fired at Song Nan: "Lord Song, what you said is wrong, is it a trivial matter to reopen the feast?" Is it a trivial matter to reopen the system sooner or later? Everything is a big deal, and you have to solve it one by one, right? Could it be that Lord Song wants to teach the officials of the six cabinets how to do things? ”

Song Nan sneered: "I don't have the boredom to take care of the affairs of your outer court; The reason why I came out to speak was out of the duty of a court official. With all due respect, I know very well what you are thinking, and the so-called major events on the day of the reopening of the sutra in your mouth are just to satisfy your vanity of being a good teacher, and let the emperor sit there and listen to your clichés to show that you are erudite and talented, and you are happy, and what is a waste of the precious time of the Ming Dynasty is waiting to be revived. ”

The civil officials were so angry that they almost vomited blood, and the sacred scripture feast was so unbearable to be said by Song Nan, as if they were all for showmanship, Fei Hong, who was hot, said angrily: "Lord Song, it's okay if you don't cultivate yourself, but you don't allow the emperor to understand the truth of governing the country, it's really inexplicable." ”

Song Nan chirped: "The so-called self-cultivation and governing the country that you talked about, they are written in the book one by one, won't the emperor himself read it?" Do you want you to behave? After you have spoken it in your mouth, it has become a golden gold? And what is the so-called restoration of the sooner or later dynasty system, in my opinion, it is not necessary at all, the door of the emperor's Qianqing Palace is open, you can go to the emperor at any time to discuss matters, why do you do these superficial articles? ”

Liu Ji, the secretary of the ministry, said coldly: "According to what Lord Song said, the first emperor opened the system of the early and evening dynasty to make a show?" ”

Song Nan said: "Don't take me into the pit, I won't be fooled by you." Let me ask you, what does the imperial court do with hundreds of civil and military officials? Isn't it just to share state affairs for the emperor? It's good now, you have to find the emperor in every detail, let the emperor open the court sooner or later, and don't even eat to listen to your poor nagging, so what's the use of the court supporting us officials? Don't you understand the simple truth of eating the king's fortune and sharing the king's worries? ”

The officials of the outer court were angry, they were very aggressive recently, and they couldn't rub the sand in their eyes at all, how could they allow Song Nan to talk nonsense here, which immediately touched everyone and fired at Song Nan one after another.

"Lord Song, you are all strong words, is it wrong for me to ask the emperor to make great efforts?"

"As a courtier, it is the duty of a courtier to urge the emperor to cultivate himself diligently, is this also wrong?"

"Lord Song, doesn't you want my Ming Emperor to still indulge in frolicking and not be diligent in government affairs? What is your heart? ”

"If Lord Song thinks that saying such words can shake the will of our courtiers, it is a fantasy."

“……”

The civil officials talked endlessly, and launched a siege on Song Nan, and for a while they made a noise and became a flock of water ducks; Song Nan didn't seem to answer because of the momentum of the crowd, but looked at the top of the palace without saying a word. The officials had a fire, but they also knew that they couldn't do anything to Song Nan, and if they continued to make trouble, they were afraid that the grandfather and the emperor would be angry, and seeing that the faces of the British prince and the emperor were gradually not good-looking, they took it when they saw it, and each of them wiped the foam from the corners of their mouths and returned to work.

Suddenly, I heard Song Nan say: "Are you finished?" That's right, that's you, the bearded one, please stay. ”

An obese official in his forties with beautiful hair pointed to his nose and said, "Did Lord Song call me?" ”

"Yes, it's you, dare to ask what position this adult holds, and his surname is great."

"I'm Zhang Qing, the new waiter of the Ministry of Works, and it's nothing if Lord Song doesn't know me, Zhang Qing." Zhang Qing pouted.

Song Nan nodded and said, "Master Zhang, repeat what you said just now. ”

Zhang Qing was stunned and said, "What did I say?" ”

Song Nan said: "Don't pretend to be garlic, my ears are very smart, repeat what you just said by myself." ”

Zhang Qing was surprised: "I said that I will not allow anyone to slander and distort it, what's wrong, is this wrong?" ”

"Hooray, that's not what you said." Song Nan shook his finger and said.

Zhang Qing wondered: "What kind of celebrity is Lord Song doing?" So what do you say I said? ”

Song Nan said: "You said, 'If there is no supervision and supervision by you people, the emperor will ruin the Ming Dynasty', right? ”

There was a commotion in the palace, no one heard this, and it was impossible for Zhang Qing to speak like this, this was a big rebellion. Zhang Qing's scalp was numb, and he couldn't remember whether he had said this, could it be that he accidentally said the words in his heart just now? This is absolutely impossible.

"I didn't say this, Lord Song doesn't want to spew blood."

Song Nan shouted angrily: "Bold, this official will come to frame you?" Even if I have bad ears, there are so many officials in the palace, are everyone deaf? ”

Zhang Qing shouted: "I didn't say this, Lord Song is inexplicable, can you frame him in public?" ”

Song Nan said: "You can deny it, but with so many people present, we will know as soon as we ask." Yang Shoufu, did you hear this? ”

Yang Tinghe frowned, not knowing what Song Nan was doing, and said coldly: "The official didn't hear it." ”

Song Nan scratched his head and asked Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, who was standing on the right, and said, "Old Master Xu is always strong, deaf and clear-sighted, and he must have heard this." ”

Xu Guangzuo glared at him angrily and said, "The old man is clumsy, I didn't hear this." ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "What's going on?" Is there something wrong with my ears? ”

Yang Tinghe sneered: "I'm afraid that Lord Song has a problem with his brain, and he is not afraid of people laughing at these famous halls for no reason." ”

A slightly harsh voice sounded: "Lord Song, you heard it right, our family also heard it, and that Lord Zhang Qing said that big rebellious remark." ”

Everyone looked at it in amazement, only to see Zhang Yong, who was standing beside Zhengde, smiling and chanting, and the sentence just now was exactly what he said.

"Grandpa Zhang, you can't spew blood." Zhang Qing shouted.

"I also heard it, it is exactly what you said, this governor proves it for Lord Song." Someone in the crowd said again, and everyone turned their heads to look, but they saw that the person who spoke was the little grandfather Zhang Lun.

The ministers were a little stunned for a while, and they couldn't figure out the situation, Yang Tinghe couldn't help frowning and said, "Lord Song, what do you mean by this?" What's the use of getting some people to help? So many officials in the palace haven't heard it, but how many of you have heard it? ”

Before Song Nan could answer, he heard Zhengde on the dragon throne slowly speak: "I also heard it, I heard it clearly." ”