Liu Chun once again became the target of public criticism, which made him bored.

Why do you always push me out when you have nothing to do?

I just want to live a good life in the Hanlin Academy, why do you take out my entry into the cabinet from time to time to discuss it?

It's clear that they roasted me on the fire.

Liu Chun did not participate in the court meeting that day, and he did not know the details, so he could only visit Sun Jiao's mansion and inquire about the situation.

Now although Liu Chun is respected by some middle and lower-level officials, but the upper-level officials are deliberately alienating him, Liu Chun also knows that he is not on harmony with Yang Ting, and in the matter of entering the cabinet, it is the little emperor who shaves his head and picks his head, Yang Tinghe openly opposes it in the court, and almost blocks his way to the cabinet.

Only Sun Jiao still has a normal relationship with him, and he does not shy away from suspicion at all, probably because both of them appreciate Zhu Hao, which becomes an introduction, so that the two can break their stereotypes.

There is another reason, neither of them is strictly a member of Yang Ting and the faction, so they will sympathize with each other.

「…… Renzhong, you don't have to think about it, it's that His Majesty recommended you to join the cabinet at the court meeting, so that the ministers can discuss it, and don't worry."

Sun Jiao smiled and comforted.

Liu Chun said, "Why did Your Majesty push me out alone? Won't I be the target of the public? Who doesn't look at the lintel of the cabinet in this court? Should I go to His Majesty and declare ......?"

Liu Chun didn't say too clearly, he wanted to say, *** simply went to the emperor and said that I have no intention of entering the cabinet, so don't add me to it when you push the cabinet scholars again in the future.

But as far as his heart is concerned, Liu Chun still hopes that he can enter the cabinet before Zhishi, so he is vague about what exactly "affirmation" means.

Sun Jiao naturally understood what Liu Chun was talking about, and wanted to complain, if you really thought so, you would say it directly.

Sun Jiao seemed to be smiling, and his eyes were full of ridicule when he looked at Liu Chun...... As everyone knows, it is Zhu Jingdao, whom you admire, who wants to stuff you into the cabinet?

You feel that you are promoting Zhu Hao, but you don't know that it is because you treat Zhu Hao as your own person and take care of Zhu Hao like a nephew, and now he is in turn reciprocating and wants to help you enter the cabinet? Love the house and Wu, now even the new emperor trusts you, I really don't know who appreciates whom.

But these words are clearly on the lips, but they can't be spoken.

Sun Jiaodao: "Have you seen him before Jing Dao leaves?"

Liu Chun frowned, not understanding why his old friend suddenly mentioned Zhu Hao, and after a brief pause, he shook his head and said no.

"Oh, speaking of which, the old man has seen him, and he is about to go to Nanjing, but he always thinks about the capital...... There are some things that he can't do, but he just does it, it's really stubborn...... You can rest assured, just watch the show, don't think of yourself as an insider, no matter what happens in the court, let him go."

Sun Jiao first mentioned Zhu Hao, and then comforted Liu Chun.

Liu Chun was stunned when he heard this.

Who did you learn from the way your old man Sun speaks with a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west?

I asked you what was going on, but you reassured me? If it weren't for the fact that so many people come to visit every day, I don't get tired of it, do you think it's fun to be in the center of the whirlpool of public opinion? Why didn't the emperor mention that you Sun Zhitong had entered the cabinet? Let you also taste the feeling of the people around you sneering and pointing at you?

Sun Jiao has nothing to say.

He was thinking about what means Zhu Hao would use to help Liu Chun enter the cabinet.

Now that things are said so straightforwardly, there is no room for turnaround, which is very intriguing, if the emperor and Zhu Hao really have such a straightforward character, it probably won't give Yang Tinghe and other Wenchen such a headache, right?

……

……

Yang House.

Yang Shen saw his father in his study that night, he hadn't seen his father for many days, and he came here to ask about Liu Chun's entry into the cabinet, after all, this was the most talked about thing in the Hanlin Academy and even the entire court.

「…… You don't have to worry about whether anyone enters the cabinet or who does."

Yang Tinghe obviously didn't have the heart to discuss it with his son.

Yang Shen said, "But now His Majesty has proposed it at the court meeting...... If Your Majesty forcibly pushes forward, won't the court be restless?"

Yang Tinghe was impatient

He waved his hand and said, "My father can't take care of these things now!"

Yang Shen saw that his father was holding a newspaper from the Northwest Frontier Pass, involving military affairs in Sanbian and Xuanda and other places.

Xuanda was on the front line, and Peng Ze's protégé Dao Xuanda was appointed as the governor......

is not just Chen Jiuchou, Chen Jiuchou also brought a whole team of the governor's yamen, all of whom are Peng Ze's people, which is equivalent to saying that the power of the soldiers and horses on the front line of Xuanda is now completely in the hands of Yang Tinghe.

But with the completion of the military handover and Chen Jiuchou reported more information, Yang Tinghe knew how much the former Xuanda Governor Zang Feng was walking on thin ice in his tenure as Xuanda Governor.

It was a rotten mess that couldn't be worse, with a serious deficit in the treasury, a shortage of ordnance, a lack of registration for military households, a border fortress and fortresses in disrepair, and a chaotic bureaucratic system......

It's really not something that can be summed up in one or two sentences, which also makes Yang Tinghe deeply understand why Zang Feng wants to cover up the battle report in the battle of Baiyangkou, because it really has reached the point where there can be no more mistakes.

It would be nice if it was a peaceful year.

But the question is...... Now the Tatars know that the front line of the Ming Xuanda is a paper tiger, and the focus of its attack has shifted from the three sides to the Xuanda.

Yang Shen asked, "Is my father worried about the declaration of war? Recently, there have been many merchants who have moved from the interior on the streets of Jingshi, saying that the land of Xuanda has been unable to trade for half a year, and some earthen forts have often been disturbed by Tatars, and military households have not been able to go out to farm, resulting in barren land. Some earthen forts were even besieged by the Tatars for a long time, and news was interrupted for more than a month or even two or three months......

Yang Tinghe looked at his son: "There are also rumors about such things?"

Obviously, Yang Tinghe didn't expect that this Northwest War would be so implicated that any news would quickly spread all over the capital, causing people's hearts to fluctuate.

Yang Shen said, "There is also news that the previous governor ...... When he was in Xuanda, he didn't cause any chaos and balanced the relationship between all parties very well, but his father insisted on going his own way, insisting on getting the military power of Xuanda, and regardless of the urgency of the military situation ahead, he categorically removed Zang Feng and replaced him with Peng Shangshu's people."

"Many people are saying that Peng Shangshu, an old friend, has no ability to lead troops, and serving as the governor of Xuanda will only make the situation on the border worse."

"Humph!"

Yang Tinghe snorted coldly, "This is someone deliberately putting news outside, right?"

Yang Tinghe is not a fool.

This time, he announced the military situation and unscrupulously discussed it among the people, and it is likely that some people wanted to take the opportunity to suppress his majesty in the court and prepare for his ouster.

Yang Shen said: "If someone deliberately spreads rumors, we must curb the source as soon as possible, and please send troops and horses from the three sides to reinforce the front line of Xuanda, so as to resolve the huge pressure faced by the front line of Xuanda."

It couldn't be simpler.

Since the focus of the Tatar attack has shifted from the three sides to Xuanda, then transfer troops from the three sides to Xuanda, can it be that the Tatars can concentrate superior forces, and we will not do it?

Yang Tinghe's face darkened: "Do you think it's that easy?"

Yang Shen was pushed back, and he was naturally unconvinced.

Yang Tinghe sighed: "Since the abolition of the general system by Xuanda, the contradictions between the generals of Xuanfu, Datong and Bitouguan and the new general system have been planted. Will they think that the imperial court is going to completely purge the land of Xuanda and deploy troops in advance?"

"Father, isn't he? It's just a normal change of defense......

Yang Shen felt that his father was completely unfounded.

Yang Tinghe was also depressed because the situation suddenly developed to the point of uncontrollable.

"If I had said this a few months ago, it would have been too worrying, but now...... After Chen Jiuchou arrived at Xuanda, he didn't even dare to choose the place of governance in Xuanfu, and there were many remnants of the previous dynasty in Xuanda, and they were afraid of being purged by the imperial court...... The key is...... I shouldn't have replaced Zang Feng."

Until now, Yang Tinghe also regrets it.

If Zang Feng still stays in the position of governor of Xuanda, then there will be military pressure on the front line of Xuanda, and the change of defense in the northwest is a normal transfer, and Yang Tinghe will not have so many worries.

But now the imperial court has the first to remove Zang Feng

For example, Chen Jiuchou, who was born on three sides, succeeded him as the governor of Xuanda, so that everyone in Xuanda was in danger, what are you doing to change your guard now, and you are not afraid of causing a military mutiny?

If in normal times, you dare to mutiny, and directly transfer troops to destroy them!

The question is when is now?

The Tatars are storming the front line of Xuanda, and if they provoke a military mutiny, they will be careless...... The land of Xuanda may be turned upside down, and Gyeonggi will also face a dangerous situation.

Yang Shen heard the anxiety contained in his father's words, and immediately said, "After my father's words, this is indeed the case, my son is wondering, will someone dig a pit for his father in Zang Feng's matter?"

Yang Tinghe looked up and glared at his son.

Can you kid talk?

Do you mean that your dad and I fell into someone else's preset trap? Don't you want to lose face with your father?

Yang Shen saw that his father was annoyed, and hurriedly changed his words: "Now that Xuanda is under my father's control, there are many ways that my father can use, so there is really no need to worry too much."

It means, whether you fall into the trap or not, but it is an irrefutable fact that Xuanda has military power, the little emperor's military power has fallen, and now there is only the right to defend the capital at hand, so isn't the little emperor firmly controlled by you? So what is there to worry about?

Yang Shen saw that his father's face did not ease, and then said, "If the military situation is urgent, you can send people and horses from Liaodong and other places, or even directly from the Beijing camp to Xuanfu, and you will be sure that nothing goes wrong."

It's good that Yang Shen didn't say this, but hearing him say this, Yang Tinghe's face became even worse.

"Yongxiu, do you know what His Majesty sent the celebrant and eunuch to the cabinet today?" Yang Tinghe asked.

Yang Shen naturally didn't know.

Yang Tinghe sighed: "Your Majesty said that the situation of the Xuanda army is urgent, and it is hoped that men and horses will be dispatched to Xuanda from three sides, and the surrounding areas of the capital need to strengthen defense, and it is best to send troops and horses from Liaodong and other places to the capital, following the precedent of the German Dynasty."

"Your Majesty is clearly messing around!"

Yang Shen said, "Then isn't he the same as the previous emperor?"

Yang Tinghe shook his head: "When the emperor was the first emperor, the female cadre sent people to Beijing to seek the defense power of the Beijing division. And now, His Majesty proposed this proposal because of the urgency of the military situation and planned in advance...... Can it be the same? As soon as this proposal came out, no one in the cabinet objected, and they all felt that this was the words of the old Cheng to seek the country, and sighed at the wisdom of the new emperor."

"I didn't think about it deeply for my father before, but now it seems that this is a move that His Majesty has laid out a long time ago, and my father may have been caught in the chess game and can't extricate himself!"