Even Yang Tinghe can see that Sun Exchange represents a group of conservative scholars and is forming a third-party force in the imperial court.

There are Liu Chun in the cabinet who is inclined to Sun Jiao, and even Fei Hong is a person of this faction, and there are many people in the court who are unwilling to defect to Yang Tinghe, or who are a little yang and yin in Yang Tinghe's opinion, are gradually moving closer to Sun Jiao.

Arguably.

If Yang Tinghe falls, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji, Qiao Yu, Lin Jun and others will leave the court one after another in the next one or two years because of their relationship with Yang Tinghe.

At that time, the people who really dominate the situation will become these old-fashioned ministers.

The emperor did not seem to interfere with the rise of Sun Jiao and others, probably wanting to use Sun Jiao and Liu Chun and others to represent Wenchen, and then replace the influence of Yang Tinghe and the faction in the court.

Yang Tinghe's jealousy of Sun Jiao deepened in his heart.

But Sun Jiao, who is in the whirlpool, still seems to be unknown.

He did a series of things before, it seemed that he was resisting the emperor's self-assertion, but he didn't know that Yang Tinghe regarded it as "unauthorized power", Sun Jiao was detained for no reason, and he obviously wanted to leave the court and go home to live for the rest of his life, but he was regarded as the leader of the new faction?

How else can you be so wronged?

However, when Liu Chun visited him that day, he raised this question in person.

「…… Haven't like-minded brothers noticed that the cabinet has been perfunctory in the affairs of the household department recently? Just like the affairs of the Northwest of the Household, it doesn't seem to matter?"

Liu Chun's words made Sun Jiao stunned.

Sun Jiao hurriedly asked, "You mean, Yang Jiefu has an opinion on old decay?"

Liu Chun shook his head helplessly: "It's not an ordinary opinion, at that time, it was a prejudice that when I had a private conversation with Jiang Jingzhi, he vaguely revealed that I should not get too close to my fellow brothers, listen to the meaning of his words, you Sun Zhitong now want to find another way in the court and take a road that is not tolerated by ministers." Roughly that means...... You've been treated like an outsider or even an adversary by him."

Sun Jiao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What the old man has done recently is just to account for the money and grain in the household treasury, how can it become another way? I've done so many things, and I'm still wrong?"

Sun Jiao was very angry.

He is not a newcomer to officialdom at all, and after thinking about it carefully, he can probably understand that now Yang Tinghe has regarded him as a political enemy of Sun Jiaodang.

If he was a wall-riding faction in the past, Yang Tinghe mostly ignored him and let him do some things, because at that time everyone thought that he would soon retire......

But now Yang Tinghe is always on guard against him, treating him as the most direct threat.

"Alas!"

Liu Chun sighed, "Because I'm close to you, my like-minded brother, it's not easy for me to stand in the cabinet now. It's as if I'm going to replace Yang Zhongtang."

"Hehe......"

Sun Jiao shook his head and smiled bitterly.

But after thinking about it carefully, Sun Jiao suddenly understood why the emperor had been laissez-faire with him recently.

Obviously, the household department he represents is giving the emperor a problem, but the emperor is not in a hurry at all, and he still allows him to do this, in fact, he is tantamount to being used as a gun by the emperor invisibly.

He thought that doing so would make Wen Chen feel that he was inclined to Yang Tinghe, but he didn't expect that because of his radicalism, Yang Tinghe felt that he wanted to stand on his own.

As a result, Sun Jiao had to move closer to the emperor.

He couldn't help but think, this can't be a trap set by Zhu Hao's kid, right?

……

……

After Sun Jiao met Liu Chun, he understood his situation in the court, and he was a little annoyed, so he ignored Zhu Hao's reminder before, and went directly to the Hanlin Academy to talk to Zhu Hao.

Hanlin Yuan suddenly came to the household department of Shangshu, and the matter is quite big.

Some people wanted to have a relationship with Sun Jiaopan, but they were told that Sun Laoshangshu had come to talk to his son-in-law about family affairs.

Shi Xuan, a scholar from Hanlin, personally arranged to find a secluded study room for Sun Jiao to meet with Zhu Hao.

When Zhu Hao saw Sun Jiao, Sun Jiao was sitting there frowning and thinking, as if he was sulking.

"Elder Sun, what is this for?"

Zhu Hao asked.

Sun Jiao pointed to the chair beside him.

Zhu Hao sat down.

Sun Jiaodao: "Ren Zhong came to see me, saying that Yang Jiefu has been more wary of me recently, but what did you do?"

Zhu Hao shook his head: "Old Sun, you can't think that the juniors have done something behind your back as soon as something unpleasant happens, right? This...... How can you have anything to do with me?"

"Huh."

Sun Jiao sneered with a bit of self-deprecation and glared at Zhu Hao, "The old man didn't understand why His Majesty directly delegated power to the household department in the southeast and northwest in terms of the amount of money and grain, and the plan submitted by the household department, whether it was in line with His Majesty's thoughts or not, was actually approved as agreed. Feelings: This makes people feel that the old man wants to stand on his own, go against Yang Jiefu, and use the old man as a disguise?"

Zhu Hao smiled, "Elder Sun is too worried...... No one would think so, Sun Lao was originally a secretary of the household department, and it was not natural for him to make decisions on the allocation of money and grain?"

Sun Jiaodao: "Respectfully, the old man despised you, I didn't expect you to do things and pursue no leaks, Your Majesty, under your guidance, does not look like a new monarch who has just ascended to the throne, but more like an emperor who has been sitting on the dragon chair for decades and has a deep city. It's all thanks to you."

Zhu Hao said, "Old Sun, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to say that, right?"

Sun Jiao sneered: "Is it wrong? Then you go and sue the old man, saying that the old man is disrespectful to His Majesty!"

Is this a tantrum?

Old man Sun, you are really unreasonable!

It is also possible that Old Man Sun found out that he was used by the emperor as a gunman, or that he drilled forward with his own iron head, which is equivalent to throwing himself into the net, so he ...... After the enlightenment, Old Man Sun began to stir up emotions.

"Jingdao, this is why you let the old man stay in the court for half a year? You said at the time that you wanted to ensure that Yang Jiefu would not be in chaos when he left, and that you needed the old man to take charge and stabilize the overall situation, but you didn't say that before Yang Jiefu gave office, you would push the old man out as a target, right?"

Sun Jiao's emotions were a little out of control.

Zhu Hao said: "Elder Sun is angry, the whole thing is not what you think, about Yang Gelao's attitude, it is really difficult for outsiders to guess. If there is any misunderstanding between Elder Sun and Elder Yang Ge, why don't you make it clear in person?"

"Oh? Make it clear in person? Can that still be explained?"

Sun Jiao was angry with his son-in-law before, but after listening to Zhu Hao's advice about making it clear to Yang Tinghe in person, his anger dropped slightly.

is that he also feels that this is caused by a misunderstanding with Yang Tinghe, not that there is no room for maneuver at all.

If there is a misunderstanding, then we must find a way to explain it, instead of sitting idly by and ignoring it, so that the misunderstanding will deepen even more.

Zhu Hao said: "Old Sun, let's put it this way, now Elder Yang Ge knows that his time in the dynasty is short, and he is already planning for what will happen after leaving the dynasty...... When Sun Lao is now rising strongly, he will naturally think that Sun Lao wants to take advantage of his danger to make a come, and when he retreats, he will officially replace his position in the court."

"But the head of the household department is still not the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Ge Lao's misunderstanding lies in misunderstanding Sun Lao's mind for the country and the people, so Sun Lao shouldn't worry too much."

What Zhu Hao means, you Sun Jiao also takes himself too seriously.

You're just a household secretary.

is not a cabinet minister, Fei Hong or Liu Chun will be qualified to preside over the overall situation in the future, but you Sun Jiao is not.

Even if you Sun Jiao skips the household department and becomes the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, what will happen?

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the prime minister can always only be the head of the cabinet, even if it is the six Shangshu and a left capital imperial history, it cannot form a restriction on the cabinet head and assistant.

The whole thing is that the six parts belong to the executive level, which is equivalent to a person's limbs; The head of the cabinet is the decision-making center, which is equivalent to a person's brain.

How can you win with your hands and brains?

Sun Jiao listened to Zhu Hao's words, and his anger naturally disappeared by half.

Now think about it.

It seems that I am really a little worried.

In addition to being explained as Yang Ting and small-bellied chicken

intestines, it can also be explained that his grandson is a little nervous, and there is obviously no factional fight that will happen, just because Liu Chun said a few words in front of him, he was so worried, and then came to the Hanlin Academy to complain to his son-in-law?

The experience of officialdom in his life is not as thorough as his son-in-law?

Zhu Hao said again: "The current situation is that even if Elder Yang Ge wants to retreat, he wants to retreat more gloriously, and wants to deploy his people from the cabinet to the six ministries and then to the yamen below after retiring, forming a force that can continue to confront the new emperor."

"But because there is Sun Lao in the household department now, and Sun Lao has recently done things with His Majesty's acquiescence, it will make him feel that Sun Lao is a *** annoyance that he must solve before retreating, which is the root of all problems...... It's not about who took advantage of Sun Lao."

Sun Jiao's breath was heavy, and he said, "You kid really didn't mean it? Even if you don't have the intention, but you inadvertently promote the confrontation between the old man and Yang Jiefu, you can't shirk your responsibility."

Zhu Hao thought to himself, even if I did it on purpose?

Don't you have to be looking for a sense of presence?

Originally, you kept a low profile and continued to be a carefree wall-to-wall like before, and others had no chance to take advantage of you, so you had to be stronger.

You said that now when the new emperor and Yang Tinghe factions are in a fierce fight, you, a self-proclaimed neutral person, took the initiative to rush out, and the two sides did not look for you as a target, who did they look for as a target?

Now it's because I helped you that you didn't let the emperor make a move on you, Yang Tinghe will be so kind to me over there?

If you want to come out, you will naturally be held down first!

Zhu Hao said, "Old Sun, it's better to think about how to ease the conflict now."

Sun Jiao frowned: "What do you mean?"

Zhu Hao sighed: "The younger generation didn't expect that letting Sun Lao stay in the court would bring so much trouble to Sun Lao, if Sun Lao really felt that he couldn't do it, it would be better to ...... it."

"You asked the old man to resign?"

Sun Jiao frowned.

Zhu Hao said, "Everything depends on what Elder Sun means."

Sun Jiao hesitated for a while.

In the first year of his return to the court as an official, he did not want to go back to Anlu early to live a clean life.

But now it's a ......

Zhu Hao said that he could go, but he couldn't let go.

Now that the court situation is so lively, he is finding the pleasure of being an official, and even he has become the leader of a faction himself, and gradually has the pleasure of the people in power giving orders, so he sent me away so easily?

It's too faceless!

"The old man still wants to settle his old suspicions with Yang Jiefu, and now it's not to the point where the old man has to go, let's discuss it again."

Sun Jiao didn't pretend to be in front of Zhu Hao.

The old man just won't leave, what can he do with me?