Song Nan looked at Yang Tinghe and said quietly: "Lord Yang, as a veteran of the two dynasties, the head of the civil officials of the outer court, and the head of the inner court, this is a very bad start for the officials of the Ming Dynasty." Among the thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty, I believe whoever says that they are pretentious, but the only thing I didn't expect was that you, Lord Yang, would do this. Lord Yang is a person who looks at Delong in the eyes of my Ming Dynasty civil officials, and you are not only ruining yourself, but also ruining the faith in the hearts of Ming Dynasty civil officials. ”

Yang Tinghe looked at the void and said softly: "I can't help myself, Song Nan, you know why I did this, you know better than me." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Of course I know that you are nothing more than to fight me, and you are worried that if you don't take such extreme measures to gain the first opportunity in the selection of the new emperor, you will be cornered by me in the future." Well, since it is today, there is no need to hide these words. It is not a personal grudge between you and me to come to this point, and the Ming Dynasty has reached this point today, and it is not a situation that I Song Nan is willing to see. I would like to ask you, Yang Tinghe, in the past eight years, the imperial court has experienced a lot of turmoil, the people have been displaced, the people's livelihood is difficult, and the suffering is unspeakable, according to your opinion, what is the reason for this? ”

Yang Tinghe shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know, I think I've done my best." ”

Song Nan sneered: "You don't dare to say it, I'll say it for you." Natural disasters are terrible, and man-made disasters are even more terrible, and this qiē is caused by man-made disasters. I once said in front of the emperor that the emperor himself is responsible. However, the greater responsibility lies with the Chinese Wu Qunchen of the DPRK. The Ming Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, and I don't need to repeat the experience of the country, but there is one point, but when the prosperous era is prosperous, it is the selfless officials of the ministers who rule the Qingming people and live in peace and everyone is loyal, and in today's dynasty, how many people can be selfless, loyal and honest? If you have selfishness in your heart, it will naturally be unfair to do things, and now the situation will become like this, which is selfishness. ”

Yang Tinghe was silent, his eyebrows locked, trying his best to keep the expression on his face calm, but the corners of his mouth kept twitching.

"Lord Yang definitely wants to say that I, Song Nan, am just rhetoric, and I definitely want to say that I, Song Nan, is also selfish, yes, I do have selfish intentions, who doesn't want to be in the best clothes, food, and scenery? Who doesn't want a beautiful wife and concubine with a house full of gold and silver? I'll tell you the truth, that was my goal once upon a time. But I tell you that I didn't think so a few years ago. I have selfish intentions, but I will not ignore the overall situation because of my personal selfishness, nor will I squeeze the blood and sweat of the people for selfishness, I believe that my family background is probably better than myself, Lord Yang, you say a word of conscience in front of tens of thousands of people, for so many years, I, Song Nan, have done a thing that oppressed the people and harmed the court? ”

The civil officials all frowned and thought carefully, they suddenly found that their rejection and hatred of Song Nan were actually unreasonable, for so many years, Song Nan had indeed not done even a single thing that endangered the interests of the imperial court, why did he hate him to the bone and want to get rid of it quickly?

Yang Tinghe slowly raised his head and said: "Zhenguo Gong, don't you forget, Liu Jin's disaster to the country and the people is the source of the chaos in this dynasty, if you hadn't been in the way, the cabinet Li Shoufu and Liu Dashi Xie would have already eradicated him, how could he have caused trouble later?" Isn't this a disaster for the court? ”

Song Nan sneered: "I know that you have to talk about this, not long after the emperor ascended the throne, Li Dongyang led the cabinet to eradicate the Eight Tigers, I don't know if it was an honor or a sadness, I was just a small person at the time, and I was also targeted by you, and there was my name Song Nan on the list of eradications." It is true that if you had succeeded at the beginning, today would naturally be a situation where your foreign court is dominant, and there may be a lot less disputes between the DPRK and China. But I ask you, what was the original intention of the cabinet to impeach the Eight Tigers in the first place? Can you tell me the truth? ”

Yang Tinghe said: "Naturally, it is to clear the ministers around the emperor, and prevent them from blinding and instigating the emperor's ears, eyes and behaviors, so that the emperor can focus on governing the country and politics, rather than playing and having fun." ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "What a reason for the crown, I don't deny the truth of the purpose you said, but you know in your heart that this is not the main reason, the main reason is the selfishness I said before." The essence of the matter is that you want the emperor to be controlled by the cabinet like the previous emperor and be controlled by you, what you need is that the power of the cabinet is higher than one qiē, and you will spare no effort to suppress all the forces that want to break this situation, and kill them quickly. ”

Song Nan's voice became cold, and he looked directly at Yang Tinghe and continued: "Lord Yang, do you dare to say that the cabinet's motives are pure? When the emperor succeeded to the throne, he was not under your control, and he did not want to be at your mercy like the previous emperor, didn't you attack him in groups, and wanted to kill the so-called Eight Tigers and all the other people who could control the emperor? Many people call me the demon king who kills people behind my back, but in fact, the people I kill are on the battlefield, it is a simple killing, killing people for the victory of the war, and the real killing is actually you, you don't need to move the knife, just move your tongue, hand over a few pieces of white paper, and someone will fall to the ground, this means of killing people is much more clever than us. ”

Yang Tinghe said sharply: "Then what happened later? What kind of person has Liu Jin become? Was the Cabinet's impeachment wrong? What did Liu Jin do? ”

Song Nan sneered: "People change, Liu Jin didn't deserve to die at the beginning, but then he deserved to die, so he died." It is not your vision that can foresee his future. Say something that you Lord Yang don't like to hear, Lord Yang once swore to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, but did you ever expect that today you would also act pretentiously and commit the crime of great rebellion? If you can predict fate, you know who will be thieves and wicked people in the future, why not throw them away to feed the tigers and wolves in swaddling clothes, and the world will not be clean and peaceful forever? ”

Yang Tinghe was speechless, although he was full of wealth, but in the face of Song Nan, he never seemed to argue with this person, the reason this person said seemed absurd, but in fact, it was difficult to refute when you thought about it.

"Lord Yang, you claim to be loyal ministers, direct ministers, and selfless people at heart, but you know in your heart that today's situation is nothing more than that you want to take advantage of the opportunity of the new emperor's accession to the throne to repeat the old tricks, and want to completely hold the Ming court in your hands and not allow others to touch it; For this purpose, you do not hesitate to make a mess and fight each other. You see, your selfishness led to this disaster, and all the chaos in this dynasty also stems from the consequences of various power struggles, it's time to reflect, it's time to reflect, if you don't change, the Ming Dynasty will be over, it's really over. There are no eggs under the nest, if the court is finished, what are we still fighting for power and profit? Is there a must for this? Song Nan's voice was low, full of deep helplessness.

"Then ...... The emperor entrusts the government to you, can you guarantee that your heart is selfless? Did you know you were the one to turn things around? I, Yang Tinghe, am ashamed of the emperor, but I have always been eager to turn the situation around, what I have done is just to be able to do things freely, you Lord Song is now under the emperor's order, how can you guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will prosper and end the chaos? ”

Song Nan looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "Of course I can't guarantee it, but I have been wiping your ass for so many years, and I have to lead troops to calm down the troubles and chaos you have caused; The emperor can trust me and entrust me with the important affairs of the DPRK and China, and I am very happy that I am sincerely afraid. I'm glad that I'm not able to lean over the opposition, but I'm glad that I don't have to make amends for your mistakes anymore. As for how I do it, that's my business, and it's none of your business. I can only sue you, there are talented people in the country, don't think that you are the savior, there are countless capable people in the court, but you didn't find it and didn't recognize it. ”

Yang Tinghe lowered his head and said: "The old man knows that his sins are unforgivable, but he only punishes the old man, and the rest are all on the orders of the old man, killing is enough, I hope you can forgive them." ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "I don't need you to say it, I will do the same, the imperial court needs to be stable, of course, it can't kill again." Liang Chu wanted to escape from the south gate, but was shot dead by Jinyiwei on Yongdingmen Street, Tan You died under my hands, you Yang Tinghe, Fei Hong, a university scholar, and Zhang Wei, the governor of the Five Armies, are all the main culprits, so naturally they cannot escape punishment. None of you will be involved, and I will not pursue it. ”

Yang Tinghe was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Lord Song, you are much more open-minded than me." ”

Song Nan didn't look at him, looked up at the black military and civilian courtiers in the square, and said loudly: "Song swears here, from now on, all the previous things will be written off, and the new emperor's accession to the throne will be like the rebirth of the Ming Dynasty, and I hope that the officials of the DPRK and China will also be reborn like a rebirth." You and I work together to keep all the suffering away from the people of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty will flourish in the world and survive forever. ”

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As soon as the morning dawns, the morning sun sprinkles thousands of golden rays in the city of Beijing, with red walls and green tiles, and a dazzling coat on the long streets of green trees. The early morning of the fourth day of the third month looked as ordinary as the morning of any previous Ming Dynasty capital, but all the subjects of the Ming Dynasty knew that this morning was long different from the previous morning.

At the end of the day, the bell of the drum tower rang slowly, and soon after, the notice of the emperor's death was posted on the notice board of the square in front of the major yamen, and the city fell into a state of sorrow almost in an instant. No matter what the emperor did during his lifetime, whether he was mediocre or wise, as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, the death of the emperor will always make the people feel that the six gods have no master, this is the imprint of the idea of loyalty to the monarch in their hearts, the emperor is always the helmsman of the ship of the Ming Dynasty, and now the person at the helm is dead, where will this ship go? The sorrow in people's hearts is not only mourning the emperor's funeral, but also being confused and sad for their own future.

The Fengtian Hall was busy, and Song Nan, who had not slept all night, and the ministers discussed in the Fengtian Hall overnight, formulating a plan for the emperor's funeral and the new emperor's accession to the throne; It is said that it is discussion and consultation, but in the current situation, it is basically Song Nan, Zhang Lun, Yang Yiqing and others who put forward the method, and the rest of the officials make some irrelevant supplements.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since you have no objections, I will take the lead in the funeral, and I will begin to prepare for the funeral from now on; The matter of welcoming the new emperor into Beijing was handed over to the British public and cabinet scholars Yang Yiqing, and the two adults gathered together with Wang Shouren, who was in Jiangxi, to make proper arrangements. Raozhou and the capital are thousands of miles away, and along the way, please be careful with the British Duke and Lord Yang Yiqing, and welcome the new emperor into the capital safely. ”

Song Nan's voice was a little hoarse, and his expression was a little tired, but his thinking was very clear, these two things must be carried out at the same time, the enthronement ceremony must be held immediately after the emperor's burial, the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, to stabilize the hearts of the people and the army, and even let the eyes of the Ming Dynasty watching the throne in the corners and corners of the Ming Dynasty be completely closed, and the new emperor can not be delayed.

"Obey the orders of Lord Song." The ministers all said, they tried to call Song Nan Wangye, shouted Taibao, and some shouted scholars, all of which were rejected by Song Nan one by one, Song Nan only needs them to call themselves Lord Song, Song Nan does not need to advertise himself as the best of the ministers, now he no longer needs these fancy official titles to show power, from the change in the attitude of the ministers this night, he can feel that the initial panic has gradually dissipated, and the dialogue between himself and Yang Tinghe in the square last night played a role in calming people's hearts. The newly reborn officials were promised not to blame for the past, and naturally settled down.

Song Nan didn't think about carrying out a bloody purge immediately, but he knew that it was absolutely not appropriate to act rashly at this time, many things at the moment still needed to be done by officials, and there were no more replacements at hand. At this moment, he can't set off this storm in the court, firstly, his majesty does not need to be established with a bloody purge, and secondly, he does not want to give the hidden vassal kings and border generals a reason to take the opportunity to make trouble, Song Nan has already thought of a qiē step.