Charcoal fire had already risen in the Fengtian Palace, and the temperature in the hall was comfortable, and as soon as Zhu Houxi and Zhengde walked in, they saw several old men in court clothes standing there discussing something.

"Minister Yang Tinghe, Minister Liang Prince, Minister Jiang Mian, Minister Mao Ji knock to see Your Majesty."

Jiang Mian, a scholar in the twenty-third year of Chenghua, a member of the cabinet in the ninth year of Zhengde, and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion in the eleventh year of Zhengde, belonged to the elders of the Four Dynasties like Yang Tinghe.

Mao Ji, Chenghua Jinshi, Zhengde 12 years as a scholar of Dongge University.

Zhengde whispered to Zhu Houxi: "Don't mess with a few old guys in the future, or these old guys should start to resign from me again." ”

If you let these people go, many things in the court will fall on him Emperor Zhengde, and Emperor Zhengde is not stupid, so Emperor Zhengde has always disapproved, allowed, and disagreed with the issue of cabinet resignation.

Zhu Houyu nodded obediently, and Zhengde then spoke up to let the four cabinet scholars get up, and sent someone to give them and Zhu Houyu seats, and he sat on the dragon chair alone.

After everyone sat down, Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, stood up again, and spoke first: "Your Majesty, the two mansions of Luzhou and Fengyang, Zhu Houxi, the son of Xingshi, left the fiefdom of Xingfan without permission, and burned, killed and looted when passing by the land of the two mansions, and did all kinds of evil, and the minister implored His Majesty to severely punish the son of Xingshi. ”

The cabinet boss spoke, and Liang Chu and the others, who were the younger brothers, were determined to follow, and the three of them stood up at the same time and said, "The ministers seconded the proposal." ”

Burn and loot?

Do no evil?

Is this talking about yourself?

Zhu Houyu looked at Zhengde with an innocent face, only to see that Zhengde didn't even raise his eyelids, as if the things Zhu Houyu did were just trivial things.

What kind of expression is this Zhu Houzhao, don't make yourself the same as the East Window incident, okay?

Although they are all part of their own plans, they don't carry this pot.

Zhu Houyu really couldn't understand where he offended these bad old men in the cabinet, he didn't like him in all kinds of ways, and he was unwilling to make some trouble for him, but fortunately, Zhu Houyu had already been prepared, and everything was under his control.

Zhu Houxi, who got up from his seat, although he had not seen Yang Tinghe before, did not prevent Zhu Houyu from identifying which of these old men was the chief assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houxi asked Yang Tinghe calmly: "Elder Yang Ge, this prince wants to ask you a question, I don't know if you are willing to solve your doubts for this prince?" ”

Zhengde seemed to be very interested in Zhu Houxi's question, and scolded with a smile: "You stinky boy who has not dried up, you still have questions to ask when you are the first assistant of the court, ask quickly." ”

In fact, Yang Tinghe didn't want to deal with Zhu Houxi in his heart, but because of Emperor Zhengde's face, he couldn't help but answer, so he could only snort dissatisfiedly and said, "What is the problem of Xingshizi, do you need this official to solve your doubts?" ”

Zhu Houxi asked unhurriedly: "Does Elder Yang Ge know what the crime of bullying the monarch is?" ”

Yang Tinghe frowned and said, "What does Xing Shizi mean by this?" ”

Zhu Houxi sneered: "Elder Yang Ge said that this son of the world, burning, killing and looting in the land of the two mansions, is the so-called hearing is false, seeing is believing.

Elder Yang Ge can ask Scholar Liang if when he saw this prince, did this prince and his guards have blood stains on their armor?

Without verifying the authenticity of the report, you will report it directly to Your Majesty, this is bullying! ”

The face of Liang Chu, a member of the cabinet university, was a little ugly, although he didn't like Zhu Houxi, but with Emperor Zhengde here, Zhu Houyu, the son of Xingshi, was not something he could be wronged if he wanted to, after all, he was not the only one present at that time.

Yang Tinghe is so smart, he has been a prodigy since he was a child, he was raised in the township examination at the age of twelve, and he was a junior at the age of nineteen.

There is no need to ask Liang Chu behind him, Yang Tinghe knows the situation of the two mansions, there is definitely an element of exaggeration, and he was only taken advantage of by Zhu Houxi in addition to disgusting.

Yang Tinghe said with a serious attitude: "In the land of the two governments, if the report is untrue, the officials will definitely investigate their responsibility, and they will never let Xingshi Ziping be wronged for no reason." ”

Zhu Houxi really didn't expect Yang Tinghe to be so shameless, he pushed two five or six, and pushed all the faults to the two prefectures of Luzhou and Fengyang, as for the investigation of the officials, with this cabinet boss, how to deal with the officials of the two governments is not what he Yang Tinghe said.

Besides, if Zhu Houxi is not mistaken, the current official secretary Wang Qiong is about to be unable to protect himself, how can he have time to hold the officials of the two governments accountable.

Emperor Zhengde, who was watching the play on the dragon chair, rarely saw Yang Tinghe deflated, and he was deflated at the hands of his imperial brother Zhu Houxi, which made Zhengde's heart very happy, and he chose not to move, letting Zhu Houyu continue to play freely.

Zhu Houxi asked: "Then Yang Ge Lao talked nonsense in front of His Majesty before, is it considered a crime of bullying the king?" ”

Yang Tinghe today is also the first time to see Zhu Houxi's unforgiving character, he knew that he was unreasonable, and immediately said: "Huixing Shizi, this official is indeed at fault, and this official is willing to take the initiative to resign and give up the position of the first assistant to the cabinet." ”

This Yang Tinghe is really not an ordinary person, and he has a good move to retreat into advance.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty actually liked to resign at every turn, because there were two kinds of resignations in the Ming Dynasty, the first was automatic resignation, and various benefits would not be less, and it was very likely to be used again.

And the second is to be dismissed by the emperor, this situation is basically no day to turn over, so most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty like to strike first, once they make any mistakes, they will want to take the initiative to resign and return to their hometowns.

Seeing that Yang Tinghe wanted to leave, how could Zhu Houyu let him get his wish, if Yang Tinghe resigned and went home, who would do the work of the cabinet, as one of the royal shareholders of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houyu would definitely not let him leave before Yang Tinghe was completely squeezed dry, which was inconsistent with Zhu Houxi's plan.

Zhu Houxi said with a victorious smile: "Although this son has never seen Yang Ge Lao before, he has also heard of Yang Ge Lao, and he has a lot of respect for Yang Ge Lao's personality. ”

Yang Tinghe knew that Zhu Houyu was a sweet jujube, but he had to respond to Zhu Houxi's favor, otherwise he would seem to be very ignorant.

At the same time, King Ning's rebellion has just subsided, and there are still many things in the court that need to be dealt with by Yang Tinghe, if he resigns and leaves at this moment, he will inevitably pit the rest of the cabinet.

Yang Tinghe, who was in his sixties, fell to his knees tremblingly, and said with tears in his eyes: "Minister Yang Ting and His Royal Highness Xie Shizi are not guilty of the past, thank Your Majesty for forgiving your sins." ”

Zhengde knew that at this time, he could no longer continue to pretend to be a wooden man, so he hurriedly said: "Yang Qing hurry up and excuse me, someone will help Yang Qing up." ”

After the eunuchs listened to Zhengde's order, someone immediately set out to support Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Zhu Houxi looked at Emperor Zhengde, who was motionless on the dragon chair and only moved his mouth to say good things, and really felt that his eldest brother Corporal Lixian's play was a bit fake.

But where did Zhu Houxi think about it, Zhengde's next words began to be mad at him, the imperial brother.

Zhengde pretended to be stern and asked, "You still haven't recruited from the truth, what have you done in the land of the two provinces?" ”