After Zhejiang, in fact, the New Year is already very close.

But Emperor Hongzhi's health is not very good, the festival atmosphere in the palace is not warm at all, the emperor has been sick in recent years, and he will recuperate every few months, and many people are estimated to be looking at the prince in their hearts, and he may not be on the throne soon.

Even if Empress Zhang is not a person who understands righteousness, her relationship with her husband is real, and she can't fake it at all. So when Zhu Houzhao was away, she kept taking care of the dragon's bed.

After the end of the early dynasty, Zhu Houzhao soon arrived at the Qianqing Palace again.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi was sick, at least he was in a good mood, but this time there was a difference, probably because Liu Daxia said something that hurt his heart, so he was in a low mood, and he just lay down like this and didn't say anything.

Zhu Houzhao also knew that his father was sleeping, so when he approached, he signaled to the eunuchs in the palace and told them not to kneel. All the way to the warm pavilion, I saw a scene of Queen Zhang lying on the side of the dragon bed.

The old eunuch Xiao Jing came over lightly, and said in a very low voice, "Your Highness, Your Majesty and the Empress are asleep......

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, the room was still quite warm, but the emperor had a futon cover, and the queen still didn't, so he took off the cashmere on his body, walked over and gently put it on Empress Zhang, now after all, it is the middle of winter, and it is not good to freeze.

After that, Xiao Jing went out of the hall with him.

When he went outside, Zhu Houzhao explained: "If your father is still in a bad mood after waking up, you can come to the East Palace to deliver a message, and the Palace will find a way."

Xiao Jing was moved in his heart, "Yes, the slave obeys."

"Hmm." Since this place is quite stable, he can be relieved, and beckoned Liu Jin and said, "You go and deliver a message to the cabinet, let him go to Beijing before Wang Qiong, the political envoy of Henan, is transferred to Zhejiang. The same is Peng Ze from the Criminal Department, let the two of them enter the palace together when the time comes, and the palace wants to see them."

It doesn't matter if he forgets about it, anyway, when people come over, they will remember.

He has to meet with provincial-level officials like this before he goes to work.

From the management level, the governor, the governor, the general soldier, the political envoy, and the procurator are all high-ranking officials who are very close to the emperor. That large piece is handed over to this person, Zhu Houzhao's habit...... At least see it, so that you don't know what it looks like.

"Yes, slave and maid will go."

Xiao Jing watched this scene not far away, thinking in his heart, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is becoming more and more proficient in handling court affairs, and the emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and the fate of these people will change in about two or three years.

In the celebrant supervisor, Chen Rong, Wang Hong... These are also old people from the past, and once the new emperor ascends the throne, he may have to make way for Liu Jin.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier.

Liu Daxia also had a similar feeling, mainly in the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, the emperor's illness was born too suddenly, obviously he was just getting better, and it didn't take long to lie down again.

In the political activities centered on the emperor alone, his health was too crucial.

So much so that after Liu Daxia returned to the military department, he felt that some people's attitudes had changed, and they all said that people go to tea to be cold, but in fact, in the real situation, when people have not left, the tea has already cooled a lot. ….

The prince has now given the task of asking Liu Daxia to clean up the empty salary problem in the towns of the border army, and he has a good relationship with Yang Yiqing, and immediately thought of starting from the northwest, so he wrote a letter to Yang Yiqing after he returned.

Yang Yiqing has been the governor of Shaanxi and the acting Ma Zheng for several years, and Ma Zheng is an important government affairs that the prince is extremely concerned about, so he has been closely connected with the East Palace in recent years. In August of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, the imperial court appointed him as the trilateral governor, or it can also be said that the trilateral governor, he opened the mansion in Guyuan, and sat in the central control of Gansu, Ningxia, and Yulin.

In this place in the northwest, he Yang Yiqing has been in office for a long time and his official position is up to heaven, and it is not an exaggeration to describe him as a pillar of the country. But just five or six years ago, he was only the deputy envoy of Shaanxi, the gap seems to be small, but in fact it is huge, at least according to the position of deputy envoy to see the emperor is very difficult, but now Yang Yiqing said that entering the palace, whether it is the cabinet or the celebrant supervisor, can not stop him.

The time of a few years has been so useful, and it is because of him in the eyes of others

One hand took the emperor's favorite minister Liu Daxia, and the other hand put on the prince of the East Palace.

However, the good will not leave him alone, and the test will come one day.

On the sixth day of December in the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, Liu Daxia sent a senior official like the squire of the military department to Guyuan Mansion, this person's name was Xu Jin, and he had been in the military department for some years.

However, in winter, the road is far away and the pit is deep, and the civil officials are in a hurry to get faster than the mud-legged man who delivers the letter.

Before Xu Jin arrived, Yang Yiqing's people had already sent him the situation of the morning dynasty.

The emperor was seriously ill, the prince was reprimanded by the court, and Liu Daxia went to the throne and lost his office, which is not far off.

"The situation in the imperial court has reached a juncture," Qi Chengsui, who took over as Yang Yiqing's governor of Shaanxi, was recommended by Yang Yiqing, an official as big as the governor, Yang Yiqing could not have no one of his own, and he was not at ease in Shaanxi Racecourse, this Qi Chengsui performed well during the acting Ma Zheng period and was recommended by him and passed the prince's pass.

He is also worried about his benefactor now, "Above the court, Zhang Cheng has cut himself off, and the Imperial Inspectorate has also sent Shi Daishan, and Da Sima is unfortunately associated with His Majesty's serious illness, and the prince will not let go of this opportunity, and it is natural for him to take the military department." It's just that for Yang Butang, it's a dilemma."

Yang Yiqing is fifty years old, his black hair is mixed with white, and wrinkles are crawling all over his weather-beaten face, things are very big, but his face does not change.

Qi Chengsui was still talking, "If the ministry fully cooperates with Da Sima to facilitate this matter, it may not be the meaning of the East Palace, and the years to come will be long, and the East Palace may not be able to remember this stubble when it will be."

Because now it is obvious that Donggong and Liu Daxia are fighting, Donggong gave him a problem, and a discerning person knows that this matter is too difficult at a glance, Donggong just wants to make him ugly, but you did your best to help him, what do you mean?

"But what if you don't? The courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty all knew that the ministry had a deep friendship with the Great Sima, and the ministry had done a lot of things in the past few years, and the support of the Great Sima was indispensable."

So this reputation is too bad, the name of a villain can't run away, and it is also very important for people like Yang Yiqing who cherish feathers.

In Qi Chengsui's view, when Yang Yiqing was transferred to Shaanxi to act as Ma Zheng, it was probably one of the prince's 'art of employing people, and he knew that Yang Yiqing and Liu Daxia had a good relationship, Ma Zheng belonged to the Ministry of War, and Liu Daxia would definitely fully support Yang Yiqing. ….

So people didn't care about supporting you at the beginning, let you brush your face with the prince, and did a good job in Ma Zheng, but now that you look back, do you support him?

Qi Chengsui shook his head, the water in the imperial court is too deep, this is a superficial factor, and I don't know if there is anything else behind it. Anyway, he didn't know how Yang Yiqing was going to solve this problem.

The old man's eyes were deep, not moving like a bell, he still remembered that he met the prince of the East Palace once this year, when the prince smiled like a spring breeze, but the actual meaning was to warn him not to stick too deeply with Liu Daxia.

"The ...... of the Ministry"

Yang Yiqing raised his hand, and suddenly said, "How about you say that I will send a letter to the East Palace?"

"What did Soshu say?"

"Please show me the way. What the hell am I supposed to do?"

Qi Cheng's face changed, "The ministry can't! This kind of thing can't be asked, and if you ask, it's a failure! Besides, maybe the East Palace depends on how you choose."

It has been like this since ancient times, and if you still ask at this time, then in the heart of the East Palace, you feel that you are thinking of Liu Daxia's kindness. What is loyalty? Even if you don't ask, just do it.

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to be promoted, but has anyone ever thought about why these two parties fight to the death, but they have to use me Yang Yiqing? Because, as an official, I have always been an official who does not mislead the country and the people, so the prince uses me, and the big Sima also uses me. This is the key point, if this article is gone, that is the death period of my Yang Yiqing."

"Now Da Sima wants to come to investigate the maladministration, yes, a discerning person can see that this is the prince forcing Da Sima to a desperate road, but no matter how they force it, I should still be this official for the country and the people, only in this way, with the mind of the current prince, can I endure me, the old man of Da Sima, so I must go to this sparse, in order to let the East Palace know that I am adhering to the principle of being an official to do this. At the same time, I told the prince that I was worried that my actions would ruin his plans."

Qi Chengsui was shocked when he heard these words, and he was comfortable saying it, but once this performance is sparse, will the East Palace misunderstand, will it doubt the relationship between you and Liu Daxia, in fact, no one knows, once there is something wrong, it is the way to die.

So from Yang Yiqing's point of view, in fact, this choice is very difficult, he has to find the subtle key in the complex situation, and then trust his own judgment, and in the end, he must have the courage to do it.

This risk, perhaps, is not life, but at least the position of the chief of the trilateral system.

"But the ministry hall's letter is sparse, no matter what the prince thinks, he always replies, that is, to ask the ministry to support Da Sima. What's the point of taking the risk?"

Qi Chengsui's words are right, because cleaning up empty salaries is a good thing, the Manchu Dynasty has said that this drawback should be eliminated, you asked very formally, how else can the prince answer?

But Yang Yiqing smiled, "It is precisely because the prince has no way to give me any other answer that this letter is wonderful. You think, you know that the prince has no other answer, I don't know? Will the prince not know that we know? Why am I still on this letter when I know it?"

Qi Chengsui was completely shocked, "For the sake of ......"

"In order to let the prince know, I insist on being an official for the country and the people, and I also have my difficulties. In order not to inadvertently ruin the prince's big things. On the contrary, if I didn't have this letter and did it with my head down, the prince would think that I didn't think about the East Palace, knowing that the East Palace wanted to deal with Da Sima and still support him. Even if I don't have any of that, if I don't move, it will make Donggong feel that my brain is not alive enough."

"But Donggong really thinks about it so much?"

Yang Yiqing said in his heart that this was said by people who did not know the prince, and he said with a look of reminiscence: "Yes, the current prince is determined to be a generation of saints; If you don't think much, the governor will be the end of the official."

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