"The three guards of the imperial city, the inner guards, these can be compromised, and it is also possible for the prince to take the throne, but the decision is ......"

In the official workshop, not long after Lu Yuangao left, Chengde summoned the high-ranking officials of the Yanshan faction in Beijing and told them the bottom line of King Qi.

In the face of Zhu Youzhen's bottom line, whether it is military power or internal silver, or the prince is in power, the high-ranking officials of the Yanshan faction can nod their heads, but here is the decision-making power, they are a little hesitant.

"In my opinion, decisions can be made for the crown prince and long live, but the main thing is to abolish these harsh laws."

In the narrow hall, more than a dozen high-ranking officials of Yanshan discussed, and Chengde sat in the main seat and watched them discuss.

A military officer stood up and waved around the crowd before saying:

"I understand the situation of the Soldiers and Horses, although there are 600,000 people, it only takes ten battalions of the Gongwei Battalion to defeat them."

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"It is not our intention to fight with the king of Qi, and it is absolutely impossible to use swords and soldiers to provoke the people to suffer from military disasters."

"As long as Banzai and the crown prince and the king of Qi are willing to change the strict laws in the "Da Ming Law", and do not change the new policy system of official learning and official system, it can be discussed."

"That's right......" the official of the Ministry of Rites stood up and waved around, and then said:

"In the pre-Song Dynasty, the battle between civil and official factions, the division of factions was not nothing, but most of them were just exile and distribution.

"Let's talk about the locality, King Qi's tax sharing system is a good thing, but for the official's merit examination, is it too frequent once a year?"

"In my opinion, it is enough to restore the triennial experience of the year."

Bang Bang Bang -

After the man had finished his opinion, the sound of clapping was heard all around, and it was evident that they all agreed with what he had said.

The Yanshan faction and the King of Qi did not have any conflicts of interest, and the people who hoped that the King of Qi would be the emperor had already abandoned this idea under the corrosion of time and officialdom.

Although they keep saying that "the people are noble and the king is light", they are also in order to consolidate their power and protect their lives.

King Qi is leaving, and there is only one change that can be brought to the Yanshan faction, and that is the change of personnel.

Throughout the ages, don't say that the court is an ordinary shop, once the shopkeeper is changed, then the following accounts, jobs, and grooms have to be replaced one by one, not to mention an emperor?

The hundreds of officials in the East Palace don't seem to be many, but they are all descendants of the crown prince Zhu Ciran.

If Zhu Ciran is in charge, will it be possible that this group of descendants is still doing ordinary seven- and eight-grade officials? Who doesn't want to go further.

The law was changed in order to prevent Zhu Ciran from making trouble for them after he took power.

After all, none of the people's buttocks are clean, and a careful inspection will definitely find enough to behead the crime.

Since this is the case, then change the law, and even if Zhu Ciran is in charge, everyone will give up their positions, and they will not be like the people in northern Shaanxi back then, who were arrested by Jinyi Wei and beheaded one by one by kneeling by the Yellow River.

First save your life, then protect your rights.

"The prince is in charge, I am not against ......"

In the crowd, an official of the Yanshan faction looked at Chengde and said:

"When a newcomer is in charge, he naturally has to arrange his own people, this is human nature, and you and I can understand it."

"But judging from the prince's ruthlessness among the immigrants last year, who can guarantee that after the prince arranges his own people, he will not kill our old ministers?"

"Even if Banzai and the crown prince all made verbal promises, who knows if they will go back?"

"For the monarch to be the most cheeky, over the years, we have waited for the long live and the prince's rejection, I'm afraid it will be three feet taller than this house."

"At the beginning, I aggressively questioned Long Live at the Great Court Meeting, and it was not once or twice."

"Now that His Highness wants to take up the domain, he can just leave, so what about me?"

"Your Highness will arrange it......" Chengde couldn't listen anymore, and couldn't help but interrupt.

He could understand that this group of people wanted to save their lives and power, but one by one they put the responsibility on King Qi, which made him unable to listen.

He couldn't help but glance at everyone, and then continued:

"Most of you here used to be the children of border soldiers and farmers."

"If it weren't for His Highness's grace, would you still be here to wear official uniforms and criticize Your Highness with righteous words?"

"You said that His Highness is gone, why can't His Highness leave?"

"Has Your Highness ever said that he wants to be an emperor? Isn't it all your self-speculation and imposition on him? ”

"Now I dislike Your Highness and don't care about you, if Your Highness really doesn't care about you, I'm afraid you will already be like the hungry people outside the capital, starving at the moment, waiting for the train to move in rags."

Chengde was angry, but he didn't scold anyone, but said everyone in a didactic tone.

At present, most of these high-ranking officials are students of the second phase of Yanshan, and as the leader of the students, he naturally has the identity to talk about them.

"And ......"

"Peng!"

Cheng Dehu slapped his palm on the coffee table next to him, startling everyone.

"Don't take a bite of a Qi king!" Chengde scolded:

"I have studied in Yanshan for so many years, and I have eaten His Highness's rations for so many years, even if I am not called a teacher, I should be called His Highness!"

"I'm waiting for a gaffe......" Seeing that Chengde lost his temper, everyone straightened their minds and hurriedly bowed down to confess their crimes.

Seeing that they were guilty, Chengde withdrew his hand, propped himself on the arm of the chair and frowned at everyone:

"If you just want to save your life and keep your power, then you don't have to do so many chores, just three things are enough."

"First, the emperor and crown prince are not allowed to issue any more decrees and decrees."

"Second, among the new cabinet ministers, we must occupy at least three seats, and the cabinet ministers will always be set at six, and they will be rotated every six years.

"Third, the two factories in the east and west can be abolished, and the Jinyi Wei can be retained, and the Jinyi Wei is not allowed to take people at will, and the emperor and the prince need to ask the three divisions to investigate before they can take people, and the Jinyi Wei is still for long live and the direct control of the prison country."

After Chengde crumpled the matter, he laid it out word by word for everyone to see.

The middle decree and the decree were the favorite methods used by the two brothers, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, because they controlled the army, and as long as the central decree was issued, the army would immediately arrest local officials.

After the repeal of the Central Decree and the Decree, the Emperor and the Crown Prince could only follow the path of the Cabinet, the Celebrant and the Celebrant Supervisor, the Six Ministries, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

So, the second thing comes to mind.

The cabinet is set at six seats forever, and the Yanshan faction occupies at least three seats in the new cabinet, and the cabinet ministers are changed every six years.

In other words, if the emperor wants to issue any will to settle accounts after the autumn, then even if the other three ministers support it, the Yanshan faction, which retains half of the seats, can completely choose to reject it.

In this way, the emperor's recital could not be carried out.

Although it cannot be dismissed, it can at least be shelved, and this shelving can last for six years.

By the time the next cabinet is elected, it will be at least twenty-seven years after the apocalypse.

For such a long time, it is enough for Yanshan to send everyone to nominate newcomers to the cabinet and continue to maintain such an impasse.

It can be said that the first and second are both methods that Chengde came up with in order to satisfy the self-protection of the officials of the Yanshan faction.

As for the third one, it was to compromise and make concessions to the emperor and the crown prince.

Although the East Factory and the West Factory were abolished, the Jinyi Guard was still there, so that the emperor would not be deceived by his subordinates.

Every move of the officials is still under the noses of the emperor and the crown prince.

Such three conditions naturally guaranteed the lives of the officials of the Yanshan faction who had offended the emperor and the crown prince, and also bound the monarchy and the depth of the cabinet.

Without the East Factory and the West Factory, although the emperor can also give orders, except for the Jinyi Guard, the Imperial City Sanwei and the Jingjun, and the Han generals will directly obey, other officials and soldiers need to be discussed by the emperor and the cabinet.

Looking at it this way, the monarch's power is naturally restricted.

And because the Wanli Emperor did not go to court for decades and did not approve the performance of the ministers, the precedent of the ruling generals was there, and Chengde also set the rule that the celebrant could not intercept the cabinet at will.

This seems to mean that the celebrant is not qualified to intercept the cabinet, but the point is on the word "casual".

Is it okay to intercept the recital? Of course you can, but you have to give a name, for example, if you are not satisfied with the appointment of officials, you can discuss and change, but you can't keep it after interception, which will affect the normal operation of the Ming Dynasty.

From this point of view, this is a good thing for the diligent emperor, and it is also a good thing for the emperor who is lazy but can use people.

Chengde's original intention was just not to repeat the situation that Wanli did not promote the military generals and ministers back then, resulting in the Ming generals Shuai Nengchen breaking the dynasty.

However, although his intentions were good, for the people in the hall, except for the first and second articles, which were good for them, the third article was not very good, and even had some disadvantages.

What they want is to get rid of the East Factory, the West Factory, and Jinyiwei, and now they still want to keep a Jinyiwei, so that they always feel that their affairs will be exposed one day in the future.

"The matter of Jinyiwei can be discussed again......"

A member of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court stood up and waved around and said what he thought.

"It's a big deal, so we should talk about it......"

"Indeed, but it's too late tonight, why don't we talk about it tomorrow?"

"Good ......"

The ministers could see that Chengde was different from them, so they prepared to leave under an excuse, and then communicated privately.

Cheng De can naturally see their tricks, but for Cheng De, he is not in a hurry at the moment.

He was waiting for someone, waiting for two people who could support him.

"In that case, let's disperse first."

Chengde knew that he couldn't talk about anything with this group of insects, so he waved his sleeves and let them leave first.

"I'm waiting to retire ......"

Seeing Chengde speak, they also scrambled out of the courtyard, and finally left Chengde alone at home.

After a quarter of an hour, the little maid who took care of Chengde's daily life walked into the small courtyard.

He looked at the hall and found that after the discussion, he stepped forward and walked into the hall, wanting to refill Chengde's teacup.

However, Chengde raised his hand to stop him, and said a little tiredly: "I'm a little hungry, let's get a bowl of noodles to eat." ”

"Yes......" The little guy who heard the words hurriedly added water, then put down the kettle and went to the kitchen.

When he was busy working, Zhu Youxiao, who was thousands of miles away, had already received news from the capital.

When he learned that his younger brother had set a date for his vassal to become a vassal domain, he was in a daze at first, and then he hurriedly reacted, thinking of the Yanshan faction, which had a large number of people at the moment.

"Long live, why can this Yanshan faction still occupy so many positions in the army and places if it is so suppressed?"

For some reason, a little eunuch appeared next to Zhu Youxiao, looking at that appearance, it seemed that he had a close relationship with Zhu Youxiao, and spoke boldly.

For his words, Zhu Youxiao did not blame, but sighed:

"Suppression is suppression, but it can be suppressed by the DPRK and China, and the government and schools are cultivated, and one by one outstanding students are screened and added to the Yanshan label to enter the military and the political arena."

"Ma Yu, do you know how many teachers and students there are in Daming right now?"

Zhu Youxiao asked the little eunuch, and the little eunuch hurriedly responded:

"The slave and maid watched the recital of the Ministry of Rites a few days ago, and the teaching and learning were about 1.09 million, and the students were about 17.6 million."

"More than 17 million ......" Hearing this series of figures, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think of the Zhejiang Party back then.

No matter how the Zhejiang Party was defeated back then, it was still able to rise rapidly, and the reason for this was that the Zhejiang Party was all over the south of the Yangtze River.

They studied in the three provinces of Jiangxi, Nanzhili, and Zhejiang, visited famous teachers, and then went to the imperial examination through the introduction of famous teachers, and then met the officials of the DPRK and China through the relationship of famous teachers, and rose step by step.

The system of the Zhejiang Party is essentially the system of the Yanshan faction.

In the past, the Yanshan faction relied on the students who came out of the Yanshan Academy, but later the Yanshan Academy was shut down, so they encompassed the teaching and let the teaching and learning screen talents for them from the official school.

There are more than 17 million people, and the number of students graduating every year is a huge million, and it is normal to select 20,000 or 30,000 of them to replace the officials who have been assigned.

The hematopoietic function does not change, and the blood that comes out is always full of cancer cells.

"Since there is a problem with official learning, why not start with official learning?"

Ma Yu quickly understood the meaning of the emperor's mouth, which made Zhu Youxiao a little impressed by him:

"I didn't expect you to be so clever in addition to being a good carpenter."

"But there are some things you don't understand, so don't say more."

"Slave maid takes the order......" Hearing the emperor say this, Ma Yu also hurriedly closed his mouth.

As for after he closed his mouth, Zhu Youxiao also looked at the handwritten book in his hand, and felt that he seemed to have a greater role in staying in Jiangnan.

"Xuanhong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting came to see me."

"Yes......"

Zhu Youxiao was going to let Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting come to see how to deal with this matter, it was impossible for him to watch the Yanshan faction and his younger brother stalemate like this.

Zhu Youxiao walked back to his position, and Ma Yu walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, asking people to summon Hong Chengchou and the others, who had just arrived in Nanjing.

On the way to wait for someone, Zhu Youxiao became interested for some reason, and said to Ma Yu:

"The matter of official learning, nearly half of the teaching and learning are from Yanshan, and if you want to defeat them, then who can teach and educate people?"

"Besides, can you guarantee that the people who come in will teach them better? Will it become the new Yanshan in a few decades? ”

"Long live the consideration, it's the slave maid who lacks consideration." Seeing that the emperor took the initiative to speak, Ma Yu also hurriedly stepped forward to serve tea and water.

Zhu Youxiao was a little comfortable being served, so he also asked, "How is Zhongxian's illness?" ”

"Long live the return...... Imperial Doctor Wang said that it was just that he was old and lacked qi and blood, as long as he cultivated for a few days, fed with ginseng and snow lotus for a few days, and grew some meat. Ma Yu hurriedly responded.

"Hmm......" Hearing that Wei Zhongxian's body was fine, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief.

There are fewer and fewer people who can be by his side at the moment, so that Wei Zhongxian's serious illness also makes him a little uncomfortable.

"Long live, Sun Gechen is already waiting outside the palace, Hong Gechen just arrived in Nanjing and received the news that the old mother at home is seriously ill, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come for a while."

Liu Ruoyu walked into the hall, and the words he brought made Zhu Youxiao surprised and had a headache at the same time.

"Sun Chuanting came quickly, but it was Hong Chengchou...... It's really not the right time to get sick. ”

"That's it, let's pass Sun Chuanting in first."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and Liu Ruoyu also returned the salute, and then withdrew from the hall.

After a few minutes, footsteps sounded in the hall, and Sun Chuanting, dressed in official clothes, walked into the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Ministers and grandchildren, see long live, long live, long live, long live, long live......"

Sun Chuanting was dusty, obviously going straight to the palace without resting after getting off the train.

"Get up, I've heard everything in the capital, right? Tell us what you think. ”

Zhu Youxiao went straight to the point, and Sun Chuanting didn't hesitate anything, and after getting up, he said:

"Long live, now we have to see what the Yanshan faction wants, blindly resisting, or raising troops to rebel, this is not in their interests."

"The ministers think that what they are thinking about is nothing more than how to maintain the power and status in their hands after His Royal Highness the King of Qi becomes a vassal."

Sun Chuanting had been thinking about it on the train for several days, so he naturally knew what the Yanshan faction was appealing for.

He didn't know what Chengde's demands were, but he knew that most of the officials of the Yanshan faction wanted to ensure their side's dominant position in the court and maintain their position.

"I am not a murderer, and if they were obedient, I would not be embarrassed for them."

Zhu Youxiao had actually guessed the Yanshan faction's appeal a long time ago, but after getting Sun Chuanting's answer, his answer was more correct, so he hurriedly expressed his attitude.

"In the past, the actions of the ministers of Yanshan towards me and the prince were all for the sake of the "people", so I naturally will not be angry. ”

"Once the Apocalypse established the country with faith, if they don't believe it, I can swear by referring to the Yangtze River."

Zhu Youxiao's sentence of "building the country with trust" can also withstand scrutiny, after all, except for the group of officials who bent the law for bribes, in the face of other officials, Zhu Youxiao's two brothers did not face each other with swords.

Whether it was Fang Congzhe, Zhu Guozuo, Shen Yu, Sun Ruyou and others......

In short, as long as they didn't break the law, then Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen didn't do anything to them.

Even if they had suppressed Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, the two brothers were not in a hurry to seek revenge.

Therefore, when these words came out of his mouth, there was still some credibility.

However, his words are credible, in Sun Chuanting's opinion, but in the eyes of Yanshan faction officials, it is not the same thing.

"Banzai is a good idea, but I'm afraid they are not so easy to talk to."

"The minister thinks that the urgent thing at the moment is to adjust Nanjing's city defense first, and it is best to transfer officials from the Northern Army to Fumin and four battalions, including the Xining battalion, the Ganzhou battalion, the Suzhou battalion, and the Chang'an battalion, to change the defense of Nanjing."

"Four battalions of soldiers and horses, plus the long-lived Yiluan guard, the Han general, and the filial piety guard in the city, then there are nearly 25,000 soldiers and horses to guard the safety of the guard, especially ......."

"Put my safety aside, do you think my brother will be in danger," Zhu Youxiao interrupted Sun Chuanting's words, and couldn't help but worry about Zhu Youzhen.

Although he also knew that Zhu Youzhen couldn't be fine, he was afraid that there would be a guy in the Yanshan faction who jumped off the wall in a hurry.

"Hurrah, please rest assured, Your Highness will be fine."

Sun Chuanting made a guarantee, and reassured Zhu Youxiao:

"His Royal Highness has not been out of the Qi Palace, and the Qi Palace, the Baiwangfang, and the Four Horsemen have been replaced by four guards."

"In addition, the soldiers and horses of the Sixteenth Guards have not been changed for fifteen years, so they are the least tainted soldiers and horses of the Yanshan faction."

"Once His Highness has something, nearly 90,000 soldiers and horses from the sixteen guards of the land of Gyeonggi will gather in the capital, long live without worry."

"That's good......" Hearing Sun Chuanting's words, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, footsteps sounded again outside the hall.

Zhu Youxiao and Sun Chuanting looked at it, but what they saw was Hong Chengchou who was in the dust and dust, and his eyes were red.

His appearance made Zhu Youxiao and Sun Chuanting, who learned that his "old mother was seriously ill", couldn't help but believe it.

"Long live, the minister is one step late, please long live the forgiveness ......"

Hong Chengchou knelt down and used this gift to express his fear, and Zhu Youxiao hurriedly said when he saw this: "Flat"

When Ma Yu heard this, he immediately went up to say that Hong Chengchou helped him up, and for the arriving Hong Chengchou, Zhu Youxiao also asked about his attitude again.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou is neither humble nor arrogant:

"Long live, please rest assured, the Qi Palace's Mansion is impregnable, and some young people will not dare to invade it."

"As Sun Gechen said, the most worrying thing at the moment is your safety."

"The minister suggested that while transferring the soldiers and horses of the four battalions of the Northern Army, Qi Wulong, Mu Tianbo, and Ma Wannian and Mu Yi of the Western Army could be invited to lead the four battalions of soldiers and horses respectively."

"In this way, Nanjing's soldiers and horses are enough to defend the inner city, as for the outer city is too vast, let alone 30,000, even 100,000 soldiers and horses are difficult to hold."

Hong Chengchou expressed his attitude, which made Zhu Youxiao breathe a sigh of relief.

In the face of the affairs of Nanjing City, we should not do anything at the moment, so as not to stimulate the officials of the Yanshan faction.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao also waved his hand and said: "Just do what you say, the matter in Nanjing will also be put on hold for the time being, and Eucalyptus will investigate it when this matter is over." ”

"Stand down, I'm tired ......"

"The ministers are retiring......" Seeing that the emperor was tired, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting made separate moves, and then retreated step by step, until the palace gate turned around and withdrew from the palace.

Zhu Youxiao is tired, and they are not tired after a long journey.

Therefore, after walking down the steps, Sun Chuanting said to Hong Chengchou:

"Hong Gechen, I went back to the post station to rest first, please relax about the affairs of Lingtang, Ji people have their own natural appearance, and the state affairs are the heaviest burden at the moment."

"Naturally, you and I should encourage each other to ......" Hong Chengchou returned the salute with red eyes.

Seeing him like this, Sun Chuanting also felt a little cruel, and couldn't help but leave with a hint of apology.

Hong Chengchou saw him walk out of the palace and get into the carriage, and then walked into the carriage with sadness.

But when he closed the car door, the sadness on his face was gone, except for the reddened eyes, which were no different from ordinary people.

"Let's go to the garden and rest......"

"Yes." The groom responded, and then the carriage drove towards the villa that Hong Chengchou had purchased earlier.

No matter what kind of solution this turmoil is, it will not affect him Hong Chengchou after all.

What he has to do is to ensure that he can sit in the position of first assistant after the turmoil......