In the palace, the Imperial Garden.

Zhu Houzhao set up a set of fishing gear next to the flower pond, and was ready to fish with good interest, and Yang Tinghe arrived.

Liu Jin stepped forward and said; "Your Majesty, Scholar Yang is here."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and did not get up.

Yang Tinghe bowed down, because from time to time on formal occasions, officials above the third rank do not need to kneel and bow; "The old minister visits my emperor, long live my emperor."

waited until Yang Tinghe finished saluting, and then got up in a fake manner, raised his palm; "Excuse me, give me a seat."

"The old minister thanked His Majesty for his kindness." Seeing His Majesty's attitude, Yang Tinghe sighed in his heart, and said secretly, he really can't forget it.

If Zhu Houzhao knew what he was thinking at this time, he didn't know if he would laugh out loud, he could see that this old guy, who had always been personable, quiet and cautious, and respectful and law-abiding, was also panicked at the moment, and his heart was refreshed, as if his thoughts were all clear, and it seemed that he had left a deep impression on this body.

"Yang Qing's family entered the palace, I don't know, but it's for Ling Lang?" Zhu Houzhao asked deliberately.

Yang Tinghe nodded and said; "Your Majesty clearly sees that the dog has not been admitted to the imperial examination, and it is his blessing to be mentioned by His Majesty, but the old minister can't help but worry in his heart, whether the official position given by His Majesty is too hasty, and the General Administration Department is an important hub for the imperial court to connect the government offices below, and the dog is afraid that it will be difficult to do it."

This Yang Shen's Lao Tzu should have been wanted, seemingly reminding the emperor of his worries, but in fact, he took retreat as advance, and gave you a preventive shot first.

Zhu Houzhao heard the strings, smiled and waved his hand; "The Qing family's worries are unreasonable, Ling Lang's talent is enough to take responsibility, the Qing family can rest assured, I remember that when the Qing family was in the East Palace, the teachings of me, word by word, now I think about it, and I am also vigilant, isn't the Qing family worried that I remember some misunderstandings in the past, so I am worried about Ling Lang?" The misunderstanding of the two Zhu Houzhao was very deep.

Yang Tinghe is worthy of being an old fox, and he understands the beginning and the end at once, His Majesty has said what happened before, if he still doesn't express his position, then the bachelor who has been talking about the palace for so many years will be in vain.

"Your Majesty, if the old minister's previous actions make His Majesty dislike and disgusted, and the responsibility is borne by the old minister alone, please also ask Your Majesty to look at the feelings of the former emperor, open the net, the old minister is willing to resign and plough, and never get involved in the affairs of the court, please Your Majesty's permission." Yang Tinghe got up and knelt down, for the sake of his son, this upright old man also knew that he had compromised.

In his heart, a son of heaven and a courtier, especially reflected in Zhu Houzhao, how Liu Daxia is, how Jiao Fang is, and what is the result of Wang Qiong, in addition to the three old ministers of His Majesty, half of the Shangshu of the six departments were dismissed and imprisoned, although a large part of them were self-inflicted, but this also made the old ministers of the first emperor have worries.

Unexpectedly, today, it is his turn Yang Tinghe, and it is really a report and a report, when he was still in the East Palace, he was often teased by Zhu Houzhao, and he often went to the first emperor to complain, this is all a bad result.

Zhu Houzhao pretended to say in a deep voice; "Do you really want to?" In fact, the heart has already blossomed, Yang Tinghe's reputation is very high in the government and the opposition, Zhu Houzhao has his own plans, so he has to beat it well, and then there are some things that Yang Tinghe and a few other ministers use.

Yang Tinghe sighed and smiled when he heard this; "There's nothing to care about, the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, and the old minister has no regrets." He fell to the ground and touched his head to the ground.

Zhu Houzhao also felt that he had gone too far, but if he didn't suppress this old minister this time, it would be more troublesome in the future, and the loyal courtiers had their own stubbornness, not to mention a very talented, ambitious, and loyal minister who was also known as the government and the opposition, so he had to take this opportunity to pull it over in one fell swoop, and his weakness was Yang Shen.

Brother Yang, I, I'm going to borrow you again, anyway, I've already used you once, come again, presumably, you won't mind, hehe.

He motioned to Liu Jin, Liu Jin nodded and looked at the wine glass on the table, which contained a glass of wine, the ancient kings gave wine, and they were more particular, this wine can be a poison that pierces the intestines, or it can be the emperor's grace, but in Yang Tinghe's opinion, it doesn't look like grace.

At this moment, he realized that his seemingly illustrious status and position could not withstand a glass of wine from the king, and those who were against the emperor had a few good endings since ancient times, Yang Tinghe smiled bitterly, but it was also simple, I didn't expect to enter the palace today, but I came to send him to death, looking at His Majesty's attitude, it was clearly waiting for him to come to see him, it was premeditated, so ruthless.

"Scholar Yang, this is the grace of His Majesty, Scholar Yang, please." Liu Jin is very good at acting, and has the face of a villain.

joked in my heart, you Yang Daxue also have a time when you are afraid, you almost killed our family by the first emperor's staff back then, this time you finally took revenge, see that you will still look down on people so much in the future, our family can't cure you, Your Majesty may cure you, hehe, enjoy it.

Zhu Houzhao turned his back, leaned on the recliner, held a fishing rod in his hand, and behaved very ruthlessly, Yang Tinghe was cold and speechless, it's just that, the old man is self-inflicted, the first emperor, the old minister is here to accompany you.

If he was in front of Zhu Houzhao, instead of behind his back, he could see how hard Zhu Houzhao couldn't hold back his smile, and his face was twitching and deformed.

"Your Majesty, take care, the old minister has gone first." After Yang Tinghe finished speaking, he drank all the wine in the cup, and he was simply sharp.

After he finished drinking, he closed his eyes and waited for death, but Liu Jin on the side joked with a smile; "What did Scholar Yang say, don't you think that Your Majesty gave you poisonous wine, Scholar Yang, how can you take Your Majesty's grace as a bad intention, Lord Yang, you are guilty."

Zhu Houzhao finally couldn't hold back any longer, poof, laughed, and said; "Yang Aiqing, you, you, when did I say I wanted your life, haha, Aiqing, please get up, hurry up." Then he instructed Liu Jin: "Don't help Yang Aiqing up quickly." ”

Yang Tinghe felt that he had closed the ghost door again, but it was just a misunderstanding, and his face was suddenly hot and panicked, and he didn't know why the emperor humiliated him, and he was a little annoyed and angry, so he kept silent and let Liu Jin help him up.

After Zhu Houzhao laughed for a long time, he came back to his senses, the ancients liked to play with these empty heads, not to mention, I liked it very much.

"Yang Aiqing, you are an old minister of the Three Dynasties, now Master Liu is old, Xie Qian's health is poor, and Mrs. Li has also felt physically discordant recently, and I have asked for return many times, but I did not agree, because, I have not been on the throne for a long time, and my foundation is still shallow, and I need the prestige of the three elders, as well as the assistance of loyal ministers like Aiqing, so how can I destroy the Great Wall and kill the minister, that is the work of the faint king, and I don't want it." Zhu Houzhao looked at him calmly and said.

Yang Tinghe listened quietly and glanced at the emperor, and at this glance, he understood a lot of information.

Zhu Houzhao sat down according to him, held his hands behind his back, looked at the swimming fish in the pond, and said in a slow voice; "Since I ascended the throne, there have been many good things, Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao and his party rebelled, I destroyed it by thunderous means, some people say that I don't miss my relatives, I, open the sea ban, benefit the ship, and some people say that I am too casual, regardless of the ancestral system, I don't care what you say, I want the sun and the moon to shine on this world, all the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and I want the Ming Dynasty to be unstoppable, you think I am nonsense, absurd, I have no complaints and no regrets."

Yang Tinghe wanted to speak again, his mouth opened and closed, he didn't know what to say, His Majesty had always seen it so thoroughly, what else could he say, just now, he didn't still complain about His Majesty's ruthlessness in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao's sensational self was about to be moved, and he didn't see Liu Jin's face full of admiration and excitement, but he had to continue to pretend, he took a deep breath and said; "The disadvantages of the imperial court have been around for a long time, if they don't change, the Ming Dynasty will follow in the footsteps of the former Song Dynasty, I don't want to be ashamed and shameless when facing the ancestors and ancestors after a hundred years, to change, there is only one way to go, innovation, Aiqing, do you see that the Ming Dynasty is sick now? Are you willing to share your worries? ”

Yang Tinghe didn't know, but innovation is difficult, and it is not easy to talk about it.

"The old minister is ashamed." Yang Tinghe didn't dare to answer.

Zhu Hou glanced at him and said lightly; "Aiqing doesn't dare to say, or don't want to worry about me, I know that you think I am young, I don't know the depths, you abide by the old rules, rest on your laurels, shouting about the prosperity every day, as a result, the best place in the capital, but there are people who pick and give up rampant, my imperial case is full of such twists and turns, the country still doesn't know how many, Wang Qiong is an official in Hejian Mansion, holding his own identity, and not accepting people's words, resulting in a serious disaster in Hejian, hundreds of thousands of people are waiting to be fed, whose fault is this? You must blame Wang Qiong for being a faint king in your heart. ”

Yang Tinghe's resentment has disappeared, and cold sweat began to break out on his forehead, which is more terrifying than Zhu Houzhao giving him poisonous wine, and what His Majesty said was heartbreaking, and he really wanted to stand up and accuse him like this at that time.

"I asked Aiqing again, in the former Song Dynasty, the officials and gentry paid grain in one piece, the court fought on three fronts, and the treasury could still have a surplus of one million, could I be Ming? Why? Do you oppose the collection of commercial taxes, compete with the people, and the court and the people for profit? Businessmen and gentry are the people? Then why is the peasant who cultivates the land not a citizen? They pay for food, why can't the businessmen and gentry pay it? The more Zhu Houzhao spoke, the more excited he became.

Yang Tinghe couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and bowed down, and the sweat on his back wet the fiery red court clothes.

Zhu Houzhao intends to collect business taxes, but the imperial merchants refuse to cooperate, and they are still colluding with the ministers of the court, these days, he has received many impeachment of the East and West Factory, as well as the Jinyi Guard, saying that they are lawless, persecuting merchants, forcibly accepting bribes, and the merchants in the capital have closed their doors and closed their businesses, and they have made all industries depressed, and the people are very resentful, and they ask the emperor to punish them.

Liu Jin has also been stared to death by the imperial history these days, and even out of the palace are cautious, it is really a wave of unsettled waves, just yesterday, a piece from Ying Tianfu Jinyi Wei secret recital chapter into Beijing, said that the Nanjing Inspectorate Imperial History, impeachment Jiao Fang, Zhang Zhong and others, without authorization in the name of unwarranted temporary requisition, drove the common people to the state capital, now Ying Tianfu has been overcrowded, resulting in a large number of people displaced, the people are very angry, full of complaints, and now the Tianfu Mansion is in chaos, asking the court to support and punish the two, in order to calm the people's anger.

Zhu Houzhao was disturbed, because it was a secret performance, entering Beijing is relatively fast, if you wait until the imperial history bullet chapter enters Beijing, I am afraid it will be another big storm, now the dragon and snake in Beijing are mixed, Wang Qiong, who wants to make trouble, the eldest prince from Qufu, the scholar, the imperial businessman is in turmoil, the drought in Hejian Mansion, and the natural disasters in the seven cities of Tianfu, this is all rushed.

"The court has become gloomy, a pool of stagnant water, it needs fresh blood, the flowing water is not rotten, the hub is not beetle, I love Qing, the court needs the Qing family, I need the Qing family to help take care of it."