This time the early dynasty can be said to be a great surprise to the ministers, I thought that there would be no waves in the early dynasty this time, but I didn't expect to have ups and downs and surprises; The peace agreement made by Song Nan, the prince of Zhenguo, and the Tatars was actually fake, he actually let go of the little prince of the Tatar State in order to save hundreds of women and children, and he actually wanted to lead the army to the Northern Expedition to recapture the Hetao; The cabinet did not agree to fight another war and threaten him with money and food, so he actually wanted to raise money and food himself to fight for the imperial court......

A series of unexpected things made the ministers a little speechless, walking in the sun-drenched square outside the hall, the ministers suddenly realized how ridiculous this qiē was, it can be said that it was unprecedented. Where has such a thing happened in all dynasties, the military attache wants to fight, the civilian official does not give money, and in the end the military attache pays for it himself, which is simply speechless.

The emperor's attitude is also strange, he did not offend the two sides, neither ordered the cabinet to go all out, but also did not stop Song Nan's radical moves, the pattern of the entire court suddenly became both chaotic and distinct, the Xun Qi group headed by the new Zhenguo Gong has formed a cohesive force, and dares to make decisions on major affairs in the court, no longer like the British Gong Zhang Mao maintained a low-key strategy when he was alive, but he did not express too many opinions on major events in the court. As a result, a chaotic situation of mutual confrontation was formed.

The so-called clear distinction between the division of forces has gradually formed a situation, and there is obviously a rift between the high-profile Xungui group headed by Song Nan and Zhang Lun and the cabinet ministers headed by Yang Tinghe, and the two sides are no longer as secretive as in the past, as evidenced by the verbal attacks on each other in the court today, and even the sarcasm and insults in front of each other; The two major forces have lost the least respect for each other.

The shrewd people in the court are keenly aware of the changes in the current situation, and once they are divided into clear confrontational factions, then what will follow is dumping and mutual attack, and the peaceful days in the court will no longer exist. The officials themselves know that the time has come to choose a side, and every time it comes, even the most shrewd old fox will find it difficult to choose.

Song Nan's biggest advantage on this side is the emperor, obviously the emperor's favor to Song Nan is beyond doubt, even if there are secret rumors that Song Nan slept with Princess Kangning, the emperor was angry and stroked his two military positions and sent him into the cold palace. But that was in the past, and it was unconfirmed, so no one dared to speculate. But since this matter has spread, maybe it is some kind of disadvantage on Song Nan's side, or maybe one day the emperor will be dissatisfied with Song Nan's actions, and he will knock him to the ground.

Yang Tinghe's advantages on this side are not small, not to mention that Yang Tinghe is now the most trusted person in the harem Empress Dowager Zhang, just the hundreds of civil officials in the court who can be counted are Yang Tinghe's biggest backing. The Supervision Yuan, the six departments, the six departments, the cabinet, all the people are only Yang Ting and Ma Shou, half of the hundred officials standing in the court are his people, as long as he wants to exert his strength, even if the sesame mung bean is big, it will be a big uproar. Moreover, the unity of the outer court has reached an unprecedented level, and the prestige of the outer court among the people has also risen in the past few years after Liu Jin's death, and Yang Tinghe's personal reputation has long surpassed that of Li Dongyang, a teacher, which is a factor that has to be considered.

In this case, the political speculators are the happiest, they have no chance, as long as they choose the right side and defeat that side, they will immediately usher in excellent interests, and many people are like comets in the dumping of this faction and occupy important positions.

Yang Tinghe was not annoyed at all because he failed to stop Song Nan's recital in the court, he was very calm, and he seemed to have lost the upper hand today, but he knew that this battle was not something that could decide the outcome of this early dynasty. The so-called good strategist seeks the future, and there is a reason why Yang Tinghe actively has a good relationship with the Empress Dowager and becomes the most trusted person of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

After countless deliberations, Yang Tinghe finally made the decision to give up Zhengde's full trust, a decision that was undoubtedly painful, but wise.

Yang Tinghe knew that compared with Song Nan, he would never get the true trust of Zhengde, and the current saint obviously harbored a certain complex, and always had a certain dislike for civil officials, and knocked on civil officials from time to time, no matter how hard he tried, in the end it was still in vain. Even if he took the risk of shaking out the affairs of Song Nan and Kang Ning, he thought that Song Nan would lose his status, but Zhengde still forgave Song Nan, which made Yang Tinghe completely dead.

On the other hand, it stems from another big secret, which he learned from the Queen Mother, that is, the emperor can't say anything about childbirth. When he got the news, Yang Tinghe had an inexplicable excitement, although he knew that he should be in pain as a minister, but he was happy; Because in that way, the practice of giving up righteousness by oneself will be more meaningful. Secretly, he was already looking for the person who would inherit the throne after Zhengde, and if he could take the throne with a new emperor, this credit would be incomparable. In front of the new emperor, Song Nan will be useless, and whoever wins and who loses will see the real chapter at that time.

Therefore, every time I see the appearance of the monarch and the minister between Song Nan and Zhengde, Yang Tinghe is a little pitiful for Song Nan, this person does have the ability, but it is a pity that there is less far-sightedness, Zhengde has no queen, Zhengde is weak, this is no secret in front of Yang Tinghe, no matter how to cover it up, the dregs everywhere in the Qianqing Palace show that the emperor's body is not as good as day by day. It's a pity that the emperor is still unwilling to restrain himself, and he is going to fight, drinking and having fun, and there is no time to stop at all.

Yang Tinghe was the last to leave the gate of the Heavenly Palace, standing on the high steps, he looked at the back of Song Nan and Zhang Lun and his entourage surrounded by many military attachés, with a faint smile on his face. This energetic young man is going to go all over the world to raise food and money.

"Go, go, go." Yang Tinghe muttered: "You go to raise money to fight, the old man goes to look for candidates, the Queen Mother has already allowed me to recommend suitable candidates, I'm afraid you are still in the dark." Also, the emperor coughed up blood again last night, the blood is purple and black, and the emperor's body is afraid that it won't last long, do you know this qiē? The Zhenguo Gong of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Yang Gong wants to call the shots for me." A figure suddenly appeared next to him startled Yang Tinghe, and when he looked at it, it was Lu Wan's sad face; Yang Tinghe frowned unhappily, wondering if he heard his muttering just now.

"Lord Lu, what's wrong?" Yang Tinghe smiled.

"Didn't you hear that? What did Song Nan and Zhang Lun say? Could it be that the defeat at the beginning of the war in the Northwest was the fault of my land? actually said that he wanted me to take the blame and resign; The lower officials understood that they must have wanted to praise Yang Yiqing as the secretary of the military department and insert a nail in the outer court. Yang Gong, you can't let them succeed. If Yang Yiqing becomes the secretary of the military department, the military department at the head of the six departments will not listen to your call. ”

Yang Tinghe was very disgusted that Lu Wan said it so explicitly, but it was the boss's responsibility to soothe his panic at the moment, so he walked down the stairs and said: "Don't panic, is this something that he Song Nan can call the shots?" The war in the northwest is not the responsibility of any one person, although you are a little involved, but you don't have to take it all in. The emperor will go to speak for you, the current thing is that your military department must make some achievements. ”

Lu Wan hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Thank you Lord Shoufu for your advice, if Song Nan goes out on the expedition this time, he will mobilize the soldiers and horses of my guard, and my lord wants my military department to make achievements, so I will issue some weapons and armor to the border army to help them?" ”

Yang Tinghe rolled his eyes and sighed: "The imperial court is so tight on money and food, the armor and weapons of your military department may not be replenished in a few years, Song Nan will let him go if he wants the Northern Expedition, he raised his own money and food and dumped your military department, the intention is not to share the credit with you, just to clear up the relationship." You're still going to go up, and I don't understand you. ”

Lu Wan instantly understood, and said in a low voice: "Lord Shoufu's admonition is that since Song Nan wants to be a hero, we will let him toss it, my military department is not pulling out a dime, and the soldiers and horses in several other border towns are empty, do I want to transfer a few guards and horses from him to guard the border towns in various places?" ”

Yang Tinghe stroked the stone lion on the white marble railing and said: "You are the head of the military department, come to me to ask me about these things, just do your own thing." In any case, the Northern Expedition of the Great Army is a matter for the imperial court, although we say that we do not support it, but we can't go too far. If Song Nan wants to ask the imperial court to replenish the necessary materials such as war horses, bows and arrows, they still have to actively assist, but they can't eat enough food to lose their families, and the court will have to live a hard life again from this year. ”

Lu Wan said repeatedly: "The lower officials understand, the lower officials understand." ”

Yang Tinghe snorted, stretched out a big waist in the sun, climbed the stairs, and slowly disappeared into the palace building.