"Is this a collapse of the Prime Minister's negotiation with Zhongguo?"

After a short period of shock, Shen Yichen asked calmly.

He knew that Cao Jixiang had great ambitions, but many times Shen Yichen did not have enough energy to focus on the political struggle in the court.

The reason is that as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Yichen needs to pay more attention to the war and immigration plans in the southern Xinjiang, the garrison and deterrence in the north, and even the Daming treasure fleet to set sail again and rebuild the Maritime Silk Road of the year.

Instead of thinking about Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng all day long, what bits and pieces of things they have done, what threats will be to their power. Is the civilian-bureaucratic clique ready to move, thinking of a comeback, empty talk and misleading the country, and so on.

Why is it more difficult for a good official to be a good official, to put it simply, one is wearing shoes and the other is barefoot. The focus of a good official is never the intrigue of political fighting, but the minister can ignore all kinds of troubles in the world of his family and country, and is naturally on the side of the advantageous attack.

"What does Yuanfu mean by this, how can our family be in the company of rebellious ministers and thieves?"

After Cao Jixiang heard this, he showed a mixture of shock and anger, as if he had been wronged by the world.

For his performance, Shen Yichen smiled, and then arched his hand: "The internal minister is angry, and the cabinet department is just saying it casually." ”

"Yuanfu, there are some things that can't be said nonsense, our family's loyal and patriotic heart can be learned from the world, otherwise we wouldn't have reported Shi Heng's intention to raise troops early."

"The Prime Minister has repeatedly emphasized that the loyal prince is a chaotic minister and thief, can there be empirical evidence?"

Shen Yichen no longer had the patience to watch Cao Jixiang's performance, what he needed was a cooperative attitude and a certain time to start the apprenticeship.

"Of course, Shi Heng is trying in vain to win over our family, and in early June, the 100,000-year-old master will be apprenticed to get rid of Yuanfu!"

After Cao Jixiang said this, he looked at Shen Yichen with an interested expression, he believed that the other party would be shocked when he heard the news, and then asked for help in a panic.

It's just that Shen Yichen's performance made Cao Jixiang feel very disappointed, not to mention that the other party was shocked, he didn't even have a basic change in expression, and completely achieved the legendary joy and anger!

Cao Jixiang himself stood at the pinnacle of officialdom, he had come into contact with countless high-ranking officials and nobles, and there were not many people who were not shocked.

But the young man who is as calm as Shen Yichen has only seen this one.

No wonder the other party can reach the height of dominating the world, it is indeed extraordinary.

"Zhongguo Gong still took a road of no return after all."

There was no anger, no surprise, Shen Yichen heard Cao Jixiang's words, and said such a sentence after being silent for a long time. Although he also chose to do it at the apprenticeship, there was an essential difference between arresting Shi Heng by himself and the other party taking the initiative to raise troops.

Shen Yichen's arrest is to ask for the crime, the crime and the jurisdiction are in the hands of the cabinet, if Shi Heng chooses to take the initiative to raise troops, then the charge of "rebellion" is equivalent to announcing it in advance, and there is a high probability that he will not escape death.

To be honest, compared with Wang Zhen, King Lu, Zhu Ji and others, Shen Yichen has a complicated "feeling" for Shi Heng. If you don't participate in the political struggle, the other party can definitely become the commander of the Ming Dynasty to expand the territory, but now he has turned the blade to the internal room!

"Yuanfu is really as stable as Mount Tai, and it seems that he has the right to win Shi Heng."

Cao Jixiang is not stupid, Shen Yichen is determined to this extent, which can only prove one thing, that is, he is also ready to do it.

Even if Shi Heng can't afford to fight, he doesn't have much time in the court.

Sure enough, he is not a poisonous husband, Shi Heng seems to be arrogant and domineering, but in fact, he can't take the slightest advantage in front of Shen Yichen. For a moment, Cao Jixiang felt a chill and began to wonder if his decision to betray Shi Heng was correct.

When it really comes time to fight with Shen Yichen, can it be better than Shi Heng's end?

But there is no turning back, Cao Jixiang is also unwilling to be subservient, and even under the distortion of physical defects, his hatred and ambition are even more crazy than Shi Heng.

Betraying Shi Heng is Cao Jixiang's ladder to climb the clouds, otherwise he will not only have to be under Shen Yichen, but also have to bear the humiliation of a vulgar martial artist like Shi Heng all the time, what is the point of that high-ranking and respected "internal minister"?

"Our family also has a plan, which can quell the rebellion at the lowest cost, I wonder if Yuanfu is interested in hearing about it?"

Winning has never been a problem for Shen Yichen, the question is what price to pay.

Cao Jixiang's words hit Shen Yichen's pain point, and he nodded and said, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

"Yuanfu is like this, waiting for Shi Heng to raise troops......"

……

Shen Yichen's placement of the celebrant finally ended in a happy atmosphere, and no one probably expected that the "internal and external" cooperation method similar to Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao would be born in Daming a hundred years in advance.

However, there is still an essential difference, that is, the Tao is different, and Shen Yichen and Cao Jixiang are two completely different types of people.

The time soon came to the tenth day of June in the first year of Ming Liang.

On this day, all the civil and military officials of the Beijing division changed into grand court clothes and came to the Chengtian Gate to wait to enter the palace to participate in the emperor's apprenticeship.

For ancient times, the apprenticeship ceremony was really common, and any scholar had prepared the "Six Rites of Bondage" and carried out the apprenticeship ceremony. But this time it made everyone feel very novel and excited, that is, since "Hu Weiyong" abolished the post of prime minister in the early Ming Dynasty, Shen Yichen was the first courtier to accept the emperor's worship.

In addition to the honorable title of "Imperial Division", the officials are also curious about whether the real prime ministers of the previous dynasties will be restored if the development of this degree and trend continues.

You must know that no matter how close the cabinet chief minister is to the prime minister in power and name, there is always a lack of legal theory. The cabinet is essentially the emperor's secretary group, and the first assistant can bring the post of secretary general into later generations, and the power comes from the decentralization of imperial power.

But the prime minister's "relative power" itself has the legitimacy to govern the world, and the emperor only needs to rule by hanging the arch. As a result, in the pre-Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, there was often a conflict between "phase power" and "imperial power".

The emperor felt that the prime minister had crossed the line, and the prime minister thought that the emperor had abused his power.

With the ringing of the Jingyang bell, the waiting civil and military officials stopped talking, lined up in a long line to pass the palace guards of Chengtianmen, and walked in the direction of Fengtian Palace.

Compared with the previous emperors sitting in the palace, this time Emperor Ming Liang listened to the government according to the traditional gate of the early Ming Dynasty, and all the civil and military officials stood on both sides of the Danqi and the Dan Majesty, and then waited for the ceremony to be held.

And in addition to the emperor, the Empress Dowager Hang, who rarely shows up, is also sitting on the side of the throne to watch the ceremony at this moment, showing the importance that the emperor attaches to worshipping the emperor.

Shen Yichen stood at the top position on the left side of the civil official at this moment, surpassing Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Li Xian, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials. This kind of title of imperial division that is not a lecturer will make Shen Yichen's identity above all officials and become a well-deserved head of civil officials.

Emperor Ming Liang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at Shen Yichen with curious eyes, the emperor who is now more than four years old, is relatively precocious in the environment of the deep palace, and he can understand the meaning of the teacher to him.

In fact, Emperor Mingliang is not ignorant of Shen Yichen, not to mention anything else, just the one that highlights the young face among the scarlet robes and important ministers in the court, it is difficult for people not to remember.

However, Emperor Zhu Jianqing of Mingliang did not have a good first image of Shen Yichen, whether it was the cry of Empress Hang on the day of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu's death, or the subsequent smear and slander of Cao Jixiang, all planted a seed of fear in his young heart.

It's just that the queen mother is now letting herself worship such a "bad guy" as a teacher, and Emperor Mingliang can't figure out why. In addition, Shen Yichen's appearance and conversation made Zhu Jianqing feel more kind and gentle, compared to many ministers, they are much more "vicious".

All kinds of contradictory impressions are entangled, which makes Emperor Ming Liang full of curiosity about Shen Yichen, and he wants to know more about his teacher.

It may be that he felt Emperor Mingliang's gaze, Shen Yichen looked up, even when he first entered the government during the Orthodox Dynasty, he did not have the habit of not daring to look directly at the emperor's gaze, and now he has no scruples.

The two looked at each other, and Emperor Mingliang's curious but evasive reaction made the corners of Shen Yichen's mouth smile uncontrollably. In a sense, even if Zhu Jianqing is the emperor, he is actually a "chess piece" that has been pushed up to seize the throne.

Born in the emperor's family, he was destined to be involuntarily.

At the moment when the civil and military officials were waiting for the ceremonial music to play, in the direction of the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the Forbidden City, a group of thousands of soldiers were quietly sneaking into the palace under the leadership of Dingyuan Bo Shi Biao, which was completely different from the fanfare on the night of the death of the crown prince Zhu Jianji.

In addition, all the palace guards who were originally stationed in Xuanwu Gate were transferred and replaced with the four guards of Tengxiang commanded by Cao Qin, the uncle of Zhaowu.

Cao Qin originally entered the Beijing camp under the arrangement of his father Cao Jixiang and took over part of the 3,000 battalions commanded by the two brothers Gongshun Hou and Wu Jin. However, due to the short time of time, this important palace change action had to be carried out by absolutely reliable subordinates, so troops and horses were still mobilized from the four guards of Tengxiang.

Looking at the neatly arranged soldiers and horses pouring into the palace, Cao Qin couldn't help but praise Shi Biao beside him: "Zhongguo Gong has really trained a group of elite soldiers, and with such warriors, he will definitely be able to win." ”

"That's natural, this is a brave man selected from tens of thousands of border troops and 100,000 Beijing battalions, and it can be said that all of them have the courage of ten thousand people. Today, unless Shen Yichen transfers the soldiers and horses under the command of Chengguo Gong into the palace to guard, he will not be able to escape death! ”

When Shi Biao said this, the expression on his face was extremely proud, his uncle had been stationed at the Ming border for so many years, and he had countless bloody battles with the Tartars, and the strength of his soldiers and horses was needless to say.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the poor sour show named Zhao Jin who stopped him, and his uncle's own will was not resolute enough, he would have fallen into the situation of cooperating with the eunuchs if he started the army early.

However, it is not too late now, this group of soldiers and horses have successfully entered the palace, and it is only a matter of time before they control the emperor and the minister of civil and military affairs, Shen Yichen may not expect that the highlight moment when he becomes the emperor's division will turn into a death day in the coming year!

"Yes, it's really brave enough, and the action steps are still well memorized?"

Just in case, Zhaowu Bo Cao Qin reminded again.

"Don't worry, how many tough battles Benber has fought, how can he not even remember this. On the contrary, Zhao Wubo cooperated, but don't delay at the critical moment. ”

Shi Heng looked down on eunuchs like Cao Jixiang, and Shi Biao could be said to be arrogant, and his contempt for his heir Cao Qin was simply unconcealed.

A eunuch heir, who can be promoted to the rank of knight or rely on his uncle to forge military exploits, and now he actually reminds himself of the battle plan, which is simply an axe. The scene of Benbo's bloody battle, this kid will be scared to pee his pants when he sees it, if it weren't for ensuring that nothing goes wrong, what would he need to cooperate with.

Regarding the contempt and ridicule in Shi Biao's words, Cao Qin's eyes flashed with a fierce color, but he quickly changed to a flattering smile and said: "Teng Xiang Siwei, who cooperated this time, is also the Mengshi and general selected by his father when he was in Datong Mansion, and there is no need to be suspicious in terms of fierce and brave martial arts. ”

"After waiting for Uncle Dingyuan's soldiers and horses to enter the palace and assemble, Benbo will lead you to detour to the Fengtian Hall from the rear, and kill Shen Yichen by surprise. In addition, on the side of Zhongguo Gong, my father also arranged elite soldiers to cooperate to control the situation, so I can rest assured. ”

Cao Qin told the plan again, Shi Heng's power in the palace will be a little weaker after all, and it is not good to put too many guards around him openly, so he can only rely on Cao Jixiang's power to control Shen Yichen and the emperor.

Capture the thief and capture the king first, once Shen Yichen is taken, the soldiers and horses led by Shi Biao will be killed in Fengtian Palace, and then it will be time for the queen mother to announce her conviction!

"I hope so."

Shi Biao still had a disdainful attitude in the face of Cao Qin's smile and flattery, since the hot face was attached to the cold buttocks, Cao Qin did not have any hobby of humiliation, so he simply stood aside and kept silent, just watching the teams of soldiers rushing in.

At the same time, in the direction of the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City, Wang Zhengling, the commander of the Beijing Guard, firmly controlled the entire perimeter of the palace gate, and a group of soldiers and horses were also densely lined up outside the gate, led by Li Da, the governor of the capital who stayed in the Beijing Division.

At this moment, he led some of the elites of the Shenji Battalion, as well as three thousand battalions of soldiers and horses under the command of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and tried his best to sneak into the palace in a way that avoided people's eyes and ears to deal with the soldiers and horses of Shi Heng, the Duke of Zhongguo.

In addition, the entire perimeter of the Fengtian Hall has been covered with brocade guards and horses led by Zhao Hongjie.

Shen Yichen's habit is to either not make a move, once he decides to make a move, he will use a thunderous momentum without giving the other party any breathing room. Even if the other party is Shi Heng, a loyal prince who is known for his bravery, he can't make any waves within the scope of the Beijing Division.

In addition, Shen Yichen also arranged for the former rebel general, and now the general of the Daming Naval Division, Tao Deer, to command a fleet to stand by in Shandong. If after taking Shi Heng, the children of the Shi clan are still dissatisfied and choose to rebel, then they will have to transfer the Shandong Ban Army into Beijing to quell the rebellion, after all, the five military camps and the Xuanda Border Army can be said to be the largest military force in the entire Beizhili region.

No one thought that behind the solemn apprenticeship ceremony, there were actually war clouds.