In the evening, in the Forbidden City, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled down, enveloping Lu Fang's whole person.

At this moment, Lu Fang was walking briskly in the Forbidden City, on the road paved with neat stone slabs.

His face was full of eagerness that could not be concealed.

Not long ago, Lu Fang got the news that someone in the court asked the emperor to let King Jing leave Beijing as soon as possible.

And there was more than one such note, but he stopped it.

In addition, the speech officials were not very peaceful, Hu Yingjia, Ouyang Yijing and other speech officials shouted to meet the emperor and bitterly state their interests.

"These damn worms, they know to make trouble for our family all day long!"

After Lu Fang complained in a low voice, he couldn't help but speed up the pace of his feet, and walked briskly in the direction where the Qianqing Palace was located.

……

On the other side, the Cabinet.

Since it was almost time for the next duty, everyone did not review the recital, but chatted about gossip.

I saw Xu Jie put down the teacup in his hand, and after coughing lightly twice, he took the lead in provoking the topic: "Recently, Qin Tianjian has often complained to the imperial court about the silver and the lack of manpower, which is difficult to deal with official affairs, what do you think?" ”

As soon as Xu Jie's words fell, he saw Gao Gong stand up and respond without thinking: "Hmph, that group of moths in Qin Tianjian can't even do a trivial thing like predicting the weather, and it's in vain that the imperial court spends so much money every year to support them!" ”

"It's all right that the imperial court doesn't cut their regular silver, and now they still have the face to ask the court for people and silver, it's really unreasonable!"

When Gao Gong's words fell, everyone fell into silence unconsciously.

After all, there have been a lot of big things on Qin Tianjian's side this year.

First, there was a Qintian supervisor Zhou Yunyi, which angered His Majesty, and then he failed to accurately predict the coming of the solar eclipse, which made the people of the government and the opposition panic, thus giving those officials the opportunity to use the topic to play.

These two things alone are enough to judge that the work on Qin Tianjian's side this year is not qualified.

When Gao Gong's words fell, Zhang Juzheng on the side also stood up and added: "In my opinion, it is better to take out a part of the silver allocated to Qin Tianjian and allocate it to Guozijian!" ”

"In this way, we can also cultivate more talents for my Daming, what do you think?"

At this moment, I saw Yan Song stand up and start a round: "Actually, this can't be completely blamed on the Qin Tianjian side, presumably everyone here has already noticed that the weather is strange this year, right?" ”

"According to the old man, let's give Qin Tianjian another chance, after all, Qin Tianjian has just selected a good day for His Majesty's side, and our cabinet is not good at rejecting Qin Tianjian's request at this time!"

Everyone saw Yan Song, the head of the cabinet, speak, and after weighing the pros and cons, they agreed to Yan Song's proposal.

Although Yan Song's proposal was for the sake of the overall situation, Gao Gong still felt a little indignant.

In his opinion, Qin Tianjian couldn't even do the trivial matter of accurately predicting the weather, and he was not qualified to ask for more silver from the imperial court.

"Hmph, Qin Tianjian these moths!"

After complaining in a low voice, I saw Gao Gong pick up the teacup next to him and take a sip.

Seeing that the time for the next duty was getting closer and closer, just as everyone was about to leave the cabinet, they heard a rush of footsteps outside the cabinet.

After a while, I saw a Xu official running into the cabinet, and reported to everyone breathlessly: "Cabinet ...... Pavilion Elder, Big ...... The big thing is not good, the criminal department gave Ouyang Yijing in the matter, took Hu Yingjia and a group of officials, and shouted to see His Majesty! ”

"What!"

When the official's words fell, everyone's faces were full of shocked that could not be concealed, and Yan Song on the side changed his face even more suddenly.

He hadn't forgotten that he and Yan Shifan had racked their brains together for a long time before, and they hadn't found anything from Ouyang Yijing's body that could be used to make an article.

Ouyang Yijing is outspoken and daring, sharp-tongued, extremely good at scolding, and has a clean and honest style, diligent and conscientious, so that people can't catch any handles.

Not to mention that the cabinet is old, Ouyang Yijing is a person who even dares to impeach the British public Zhang Rong, and anyone who is against such an official who is not afraid of heaven and earth will be unconsciously frightened.

Then, I saw Xu Jie's reaction first, looked in the direction where the official was, and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me quickly, what happened?" ”

When Xu Jie's words fell, everyone looked at the official one after another, waiting for his answer.

Where did the official see this scene, he couldn't help but panic, and immediately, he saw that he forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart, faced everyone, and respectfully reported: "Huh...... Yu Ge Lao, it is said that it is for King Jing's incident, they feel that King Jing has stayed in the capital for too long, which is not in line with the ancestral system! ”

When everyone heard this, they instantly understood the ins and outs of the matter.

Since Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was in trouble with Fengtianjing, in order to prevent similar things from happening again, he formulated many strict regulations to restrain those vassal kings who had already become vassals.

The vassal king was not allowed to leave the fiefdom without permission on weekdays, even if he went out of the city to sweep the tombs of his ancestors, he needed to consult the court in advance.

If there is no edict, those vassal kings who have already become vassals will not be allowed to return to Beijing for life, and can only stay in the fiefdom for the rest of their lives, even if the vassal kings receive the edict to return to Beijing, the time they can stay in the capital is quite limited.

After thinking about it, it has been almost a month since His Royal Highness King Jing received His Majesty's edict to return to Beijing.

During this period, the cabinet chose to turn a blind eye to this matter, after all, the current emperor is very powerful, and no one dares to take risks and easily anger the emperor!

From this point of view, the demands of those officials are understandable, and even extremely reasonable!

Then, I saw Xu Jie's hand, looked at the official, and commanded: "Okay, we know, you go down first!" ”

"Yes, Elder Xu Ge!"

When the official heard Xu Jie's words, the whole person was like being amnestied, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately left the cabinet quickly.

After that, I saw Xu Jie look in the direction where Yan Song was, and asked, "Elder Yan Ge, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, what should we do next?" ”

When Xu Jie's words fell, everyone's eyes fell on Yan Song's body, waiting for his response.

After perceiving everyone's gaze falling on him, the corners of Yan Song's mouth couldn't help twitching a few times, and he said secretly: "This damn Xu Jie, now that I think about it, I am the first assistant of the cabinet!" ”

Yan Song knew very well in his heart that now was the time when he, the first assistant of the cabinet, needed to stand up, and he Yan Song had to bear this responsibility, and he had to bear it if he didn't take it.

Subsequently, I saw Yan Song suppress all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, and after looking around, he ordered in a deep voice: "No matter what, we have to find a way to stop them, in short, we can't let the situation expand further, so as not to anger the saint!" ”

As soon as Yan Song's words fell, he saw Xu Jie on the side speak in response and said, "Well, Yan Ge Lao has a point, without further ado, let's go!" ”

Xu Jie's heart knew very well that no matter whether he succeeded in stopping that group of speech officials in the future, he didn't need to take too much responsibility.

After all, Yan Song is the first assistant of the cabinet, and this proposal was also put forward by him, and he is just following it.

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Jiajing was sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes seemed to be closed.

At this time, Jiajing had already fallen into a state of meditation, perhaps sensing the movement outside, only to see Jiajing frowning slightly, and muttered to himself silently: "Lu Fang, what is he doing at this time?" ”

Subsequently, I saw Jiajing withdraw from the meditation state, slowly get up from the futon, and after a while, I saw Lu Fang take an extraordinarily eager step and enter the Qianqing Palace.

"The slave has seen Your Majesty!"

"Hmm."

After Jiajing responded, he turned to look at Lu Fang, and asked, "Lu Fang, why are you in such a hurry, what's wrong?" ”

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, he immediately stepped forward, took out a note from his sleeve, held it high above his head, and said stiffly.

"Enlightenment...... Your Majesty, there were suddenly many officials in the court, saying that His Royal Highness King Jing had stayed in the capital for too long and was not in line with the ancestral system, so they wanted to ......"

"They want King Jing to leave Beijing immediately?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he took the song from Lu Fang's hand and began to browse the content on it.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty!"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, he couldn't help but panic, and knelt on the ground respectfully, waiting for Jiajing's decision.

After Jiajing finished browsing the contents of the letter in his hand, he put it aside, raised his eyebrows, looked in the direction where Lu Fang was, and asked: "Lu Fang, didn't I say before that after King Jing attended the ceremony of canonizing the imperial concubine, let him return to the fiefdom?" ”

After perceiving Jiajing's gaze falling on him, he saw Lu Fang forcibly calm down and responded: "Your Majesty, before this, the slave maid had already sent someone to spread the news, who ......knows?"

When Lu Fang said this, he quickly reacted, and immediately asked Jiajing for his guilt: "Your Majesty, it is the slave maid who has not thought it through, and I hope that Your Majesty will punish you!" ”

When Jiajing heard this, he just glanced at Lu Fang quite indifferently, and commanded: "Okay, you can't be blamed for this matter, get up!" ”

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, his face was full of gratitude, and he immediately got up from the ground and said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

After that, I saw Lu Fang organize the language in his mind, looked in the direction where Jiajing was, and continued: "Your Majesty, I can't hide it, according to the news that the slave maid got before, Ouyang Yijing and Hu Zhili and other officials in the Criminal Department have arrived at Zhengyangmen!" ”

"They said that they would meet the Holy One face to face and tell the stakes bitterly!"

When Jiajing heard Lu Fang's words, he nodded, and then said, "Well, I know!" ”

As for how to deal with the menacing officials next, Jiajing does not have a good way at present.

This time is not the same as before, the request of the officials is very reasonable and legitimate, after all, the time that the vassal king who has already established the domain can stay in the capital is very limited.

King Jing was able to stay in the capital for a month, which was already a miracle!

Since ancient times, emperors have had nothing to do with the officials, and the officials, who are light and powerful, can arbitrarily impeach officials and blame the king without worrying about any punishment.

They can even point at the emperor's nose and scold, and the emperor can't attack on the spot.

After all, except for a very small number of emperors who were extremely stupid and didn't care about anything, no one dared to be evaluated in the history books as a good killer.

At most, it is to put on small shoes for them afterwards, so that they will lose their official positions and abandon their posts, and this is a great honor for the officials, and they are all honored for it.

"It seems that someone is behind this, this rebel is actually playing this trick in front of me!"

Lu Fang on the side naturally heard Jiajing's words, but he pretended not to hear it, looking at his nose and nose, and trying to reduce his sense of existence.

After all, as long as you think about it a little, you can figure out that after driving King Jing back to the fiefdom from the capital, it is King Yu who benefits the most, and only King Yu has this motivation and ability.

"King Yu, King Yu, you really took a step forward!"

Thinking of this, Lu Fang shook his head imperceptibly.

After that, I saw Jiajing turn around and look at Lu Fang, and commanded: "Okay, Lu Fang, let's go with me later!" ”

When Jiajing's words fell, Lu Fang's face was full of shock that could not be concealed, and after hesitating for a moment, he said comfortingly: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, you really decided to go to see that group of officials, you must know that Ouyang Yijing is ......"

Jiajing took in the look of fear on Lu Fang's face, waved his hand, and then said, "What are you afraid of, just go with me!" ”

Seeing Jiajing's attitude so resolute, Lu Fang didn't dare to say anything more to persuade him, so he had to nod his head and say: "Obey, Your Majesty!" ”

……

At this moment, outside the Zhengyang Gate, a group of officials led by Ouyang Yijing and the cabinet that came in a hurry fell into a confrontation situation.

I saw Gao Gong glance at Ouyang Yijing and Hu Yingjia respectively, and reprimanded: "Ouyang Yijing, what do you want to do with such fanfare and bring people to gather outside Zhengyang Gate!" ”

"Disobedience and offense, no respect, Your Majesty is busy with state affairs on weekdays, how can you disturb without authorization, do you still have Your Majesty in your heart, and do you still have my Ming Dynasty?"

Hu Yingjia, who was beside Ouyang Yijing, saw that Gao Gong didn't say a word, and when he came up, he put a big hat on everyone who was disrespectful and disobedient, and couldn't help but feel quite angry, and immediately stood up and refuted.

"Gao Ge Lao's words are wrong, I am waiting for this time, it is for my Mingming, and there is no selfishness!"

"Hmph, high-sounding nonsense, in my opinion, you people who keep saying that it is for me in the Ming Dynasty, what you say is good, but your heart is full of selfishness, the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are on the shoulders of the cabinet, not you!"

When Gao Gong heard Hu Yingjia's words, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely gloomy, raised his eyebrows, and said sarcastically.

When Hu Yingjia heard Gao Gong's words, he was immediately angry, and stretched out his finger to point in the direction where Gao Gong was: "You ...... You ......"

Ouyang Yijing, who was on the side, saw this situation and motioned for Hu Yingjia to retreat.

Then, I saw Ouyang Yijing step forward, glance over the cabinet people, and said slowly.

"For a long time, the imperial court has relevant regulations to restrain the vassal king, one of which is that the vassal king is not allowed to return to Beijing without receiving the edict, even if the vassal king receives the edict, he must return to the fiefdom immediately after the matter is completed, and there must be no lingering!"

"Right now, it's been almost a month since King Jing received His Majesty's edict to return to the capital."

"And in the middle, not only the cabinet, but also the government and the opposition completely ignore this, where do you put the rules of the Ming Dynasty and where is the ancestral system?"

"Earlier, Gao Ge Lao said that the Ming Dynasty was on the shoulders of the cabinet, let me ask, can such a cabinet afford the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty?"

After Ouyang Yijing finished speaking, he glanced at Yan Song and Xu Jie's bodies respectively, and the meaning was self-evident.

Seeing this, Xu Jie, who was on the side, couldn't help but be furious, only to see him look at Hu Yingjia behind Ouyang Yijing, as well as a group of officials, and said coldly: "Hmph, the cabinet can't afford the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, can you only talk about it?" ”

"You officials, on weekdays, only know how to talk highly, criticize the powerful, and pretend to be high-minded!"

"When it really comes time to do practical things, you are useless, change you to our position, and within a month, the court will be made into a miasma by you!"

When Xu Jie said this, he also pretended to sigh with emotion: "It seems that rotten Confucianism refers to people like you!" ”

Yan Song, who was on the side, also squinted when he heard Xu Jie's words, and added unhurriedly: "Well, Xu Ge Lao has a point!" ”

After this, Yan Song glanced over the bodies of those officials, and said slowly: "The court issued you a fortune to let you speak up, impeach corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and eliminate the atmosphere in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

"In the final analysis, this is Your Majesty's family matter, and those of us who are courtiers should not be too involved, so it's better for you to perform your own duties!"

Before Yan Song's words were finished, he was interrupted by a spokesman in a cold voice: "I'm sorry, strong words, this is my ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, how can I say that if I don't abide by it, I won't abide by it, don't you have a little awe in your hearts?" ”

"Also, isn't the biggest corrupt official in the DPRK in your cabinet?"

When Yan Song heard this, the expression on his face suddenly turned cold.

Yan Shifan, who was behind him, heard this, and the expression on his face was also extremely hideous, and he immediately stood up, looked at the famous official with a kind of selective gaze, and said word by word: "What did you say?" ”

Yan Shifan's behavior successfully ignited the anger of the rest of the officials at the scene, and everyone began to criticize and write.

"Why, dare not admit it, are there still fewer things that your Yan family has done?"

"Yes, that's right, it's a real worm!"

Just as the two sides were arguing with each other, I heard a sharp voice sound: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

……

Everyone followed the prestige, only to see Jiajing riding a dragon and coming out of Zhengyang Gate, while Lu Fang, as usual, followed Jiajing step by step, Jiajing at this time was wearing a blue-gray robe, and the robe was embroidered with complex water cloud patterns.

Seeing this, everyone didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly knelt on the ground with a brush, and said in unison: "The ministers knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Then, I saw Jiajing, with Lu Fang's support, getting down from the dragon, sweeping his eyes from everyone present one by one, nodded, and commanded: "Well, get up!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After receiving Jiajing's answer, everyone rose from the ground one after another, as if they had been pardoned.

After that, I saw Jiajing glance over Ouyang Yijing and Yan Song respectively, and asked, "I heard you arguing from afar just now, what happened?" ”

After perceiving the emperor's scrutinizing gaze, Yan Song's face couldn't help but flash a trace of panic, and he hurriedly leaned down and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, here's the thing, Weichen got the news before, saying that it was the Criminal Department to Lord Ouyang in the matter, and he went to Zhengyangmen with many officials, asking His Royal Highness King Jing to return to the fiefdom immediately!"

When Yan Song said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "In order not to disturb Your Majesty's Qing Xiu, Weichen has no choice but to make this decision, and I hope Your Majesty will punish you!" ”

After Yan Song finished speaking, his face was full of shame, and he lowered his head deeply, waiting for Jiajing's treatment.

When Jiajing heard Yan Song's words, after bowing his head slightly, he turned to look in the direction where Ouyang Yijing was, and asked, "What Yan Ge said just now, is it true?" ”

When Ouyang Yijing heard Jiajing's words, he immediately lowered his head, arched his hand, and said without humility or arrogance: "Your Majesty, what Yan Ge said is indeed true!" ”

"The imperial court has always had relevant regulations, the vassal king is not allowed to return to Beijing without receiving the edict, even if the vassal king receives the edict, he must return to the fiefdom immediately after the matter is completed, and there must be no lingering!"

"It has been almost a month since His Royal Highness King Jing received the edict and returned to the capital, and this is obviously not in line with the ancestral system, but the government and the opposition and the cabinet have turned a blind eye to this!"

"Therefore, Weichen dares to ask Your Majesty, when will King Jing return to the fiefdom?"

Jiajing heard Ouyang Yijing's words, and after pondering for a while, he turned to speak: "I have been busy with state affairs these days, and I have neglected this matter!" ”

"In this way, it will not be long before the ceremony of canonizing the queen, and when King Jing finishes attending the ceremony, I will let him return to the fiefdom!"

When Ouyang Yijing heard Jiajing's words, he just wanted to say something more.

I saw Jiajing looking in the direction where Yan Song and Xu Jie, his face was cold, and he reprimanded: "Yan Song and Xu Jie, one of you is the first assistant of the cabinet and the other is the second assistant of the cabinet, why didn't you remind me?" ”

When Yan Song and Xu Jie heard this, after glancing at each other, they immediately knelt on the ground with a 'plop', and pleaded guilty to Jiajing: "Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty!" ”

"Not only did you two not remind me, but you two tried to stop the officials who came to admonish me, how did you, the first assistant of the cabinet and the second assistant of the cabinet, behave?"

"You two go back and give me a good reflection, if there is a next time, I will not spare it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen understands!" (End of chapter)