Let's say that the sun is three poles, Liu Jin's eldest brother Liu Jingxiang came to Jinyiwei.

Liu Jingxiang, who was in the year of the sixtieth year, was born as a cropper. The whole body is dark, the waist is rickety, and the front teeth have long been lost. Although he changed into a flying fish suit, he still looked like a cowardly spoon.

You Jingwu led Liu Jingxiang to find the commander Qian Ning to receive the hundred household waist cards, and then took him to the duty room.

You Jingwu said with a smile on his face: "Uncle Liu, here are your 100 households." In the future, if you are in a good mood, you can come here for a cup of tea, and you don't have to come if you don't have time. No one dares to order your mao. The money is still paid. ”

Liu Jingxiang asked: "Eldest nephew, how big are these 100 households?" ”

You Jingwu replied: "Jinyi Wei 100 households are six products. Below, there are more than 100 people, including 100 households, general flags, small flags, school captains, and wrestlers. ”

Liu Jingxiang's brows wrinkled into eight characters: "The second fool said to let me be a big official." How can you manage more than 100 people? The lieutenant of our fort is still in charge of more than 200 people! ”

Liu Jingxiang is nicknamed Dasha, and Liu Jin is nicknamed Ersil. The cheap name is easy to support, so Liu's father gave the two brothers a stupid nickname.

You Jingwu couldn't cry or laugh: "The lieutenant governor of Guibao is in charge of more than 200 flat-headed people. You're in charge of a hundred royal horsemen. ”

Liu Jingxiang asked: "Then tell me, what other officials do I have?" ”

You Jingwu said truthfully: "You have deputy thousand households, thousands of households, Beizhen Fu envoys, commanders, commanders, commanders, commanders, and governors. To calculate from the factory guard, and then there are three governors of the east factory, the west factory, and the inner factory. It has to be counted from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and then there are Governors Tongzhi and Governors. ”

Liu Jingxiang slapped the table: "Then the rotten hundred households here are not big officials!" There's a bunch of people up there! two fools, think I haven't been out of the castle and haven't seen the world, fool me! ”

Coincidentally, Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei and came to see Liu Jingxiang.

When he saw Liu Jingxiang, he took the initiative to give his hand: "Brother Liu." ”

Liu Jingxiang asked, "Which one are you?" ”

You Jingwu said on the side: "This is the Changfeng Changdu of our Jinyi Guard. is close to Father-in-law Liu. ”

Liu Jingxiang said: "Ah, you are the good brother Chang Feng that the second fool said!" He said I had something to do. ”

Chang Feng smiled and said, "Brother Liu, what do you want to do, just give orders." ”

Liu Jingxiang said: "The second fool said, let me be a big official." I heard your nephew say that the biggest official is Dudu. You let me be a toot. ”

Chang Feng laughed and laughed: "Brother Liu is talking about the governor? That has to be hand-picked by the emperor, and the military department is still the secretary. At most, I can promote you to a thousand households. There are more than 1,000 households in brocade clothes, all of them have to be nodded by the emperor! ”

Liu Jingxiang played the old child's temper: "Then I don't care." The second fool said that he wanted me to be a big official. He told me that he has the final say in today's court! ”

Chang Feng smiled bitterly: "Then you go to Gonggong Liu to discuss this matter." My authority is limited, so I really can't promote you to governor. ”

Liu Jingxiang pursed his lips and said, "Okay." Then I'll go find Liu Jin! ”

Liu Jingxiang got out of the brocade clothes and went back to Liu Jin's house directly.

Liu Jin was changing his clothes and was about to go to the leopard room in Xiyuan to serve Emperor Zhengde.

Liu Jingxiang came to him angrily: "Second fool, you fooled me and I haven't seen the world!" ”

Liu Jin asked, "What's wrong, big brother?" ”

Liu Jingxiang said: "You said that Feng I should be a big official." How can you let me be a petty official in charge of more than 100 people? I've got a bunch of people on top of it! ”

Liu Jingxiang is Liu Jin's only remaining blood relative in the world. Naturally, he took the words of this old cowardly spoon as a holy decree.

Liu Jin asked: "Then big brother, what kind of official do you want to be?" ”

Liu Jingxiang said: "I heard that there is the biggest among the generals. I want to be a dood! ”

Liu Jin's head was big when he heard this: "My eldest brother." The emperor's father-in-law is the governor of the same country, do you want to be the governor? Heng can't you be older than the emperor's father-in-law, right? ”

Liu Jingxiang said: "Don't you say that you have the final say in the court now?" Then let me grow up with the emperor's father-in-law? ”

Liu Jin originally wanted to scold the cowardly big brother.

Suddenly, Liu Jin thought of something.

Now that the Ministry of Officials is in his hands, if he wants to be worthy of the name of power, he has to let the Ministry of War bow down to him.

The secretary of the military department is Liu Daxia.

Let a flat-headed common man be the governor of the same knowledge, it is difficult to say, and it is simple to say.

All it takes is two people to agree. One is the emperor, and the other is the secretary of the military department.

Why don't you take advantage of this incident to let Liu Daxia express an attitude: obey my attitude?

Poor Liu Daxia, one of the first three gentlemen of Hongzhi, was about to be sent to the northwest to fill the army because of Liu Jin's fleeting thought

Before the promotion goes through the Ministry of War, it must first obtain the consent of Emperor Zhengde.

Liu Jin had already figured out a way to get Emperor Zhengde to agree.

He changed out of the official robe of the eunuch with the palm seal and changed into a coarse cloth dress. At the same time, Liu Jingxiang was instructed to change into a torn cotton robe worn to work in the field.

West Garden, Leopard Room.

Emperor Zhengde studied military affairs with Jiang Bin and the border generals on weekdays. The next morning is waiting for the Eight Tigers to pay fun.

Learning and entertainment are both right and yes.

Emperor Zhengde has his two sides. On the one hand, he is a monarch with great ambitions in the Beiding grassland. On the other hand, he is a sixteen-year-old playful teenager.

Emperor Zhengde was having lunch, and casually handed over the "Nine Sides War Plan for the Past Years" compiled by the Ministry of War to Gu Dayong for collection.

Emperor Zhengde asked: "What's so fun in the next day?" ”

Gu Dayong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Gonggong Liu said that he has arranged it for the next day." ”

Emperor Zhengde finished his lunch and was taken by Gu Dayong to a vacant lot in the south of Xiyuan.

I saw that the clearing had been loosened. Liu Jin and an old man were wearing cloth robes, and their feet were covered with mud.

Emperor Zhengde asked, "What are you?" ”

Liu Jin replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, farming is the foundation of the country and the people. It just so happens that the eldest brother of the old slave is a famous crop in ten miles and eight towns. ”

"At the end of the day, the eldest brother of the old slave will teach you to plant radishes and shallots."

Farming, fishing and hunting are survival instincts engraved in human genes.

For example, there are some online writers who have made a little money in later generations. Some are good at fishing, some are good at planting vegetables and big buds, and raising a few pheasants that can lay eggs.

If hunting is legal, they will definitely go hunting.

Emperor Zhengde rode and hunted on weekdays, and went to the Yongding River to fish for Wang Bazi, needless to say. Farming has never been touched.

I heard that the pastime of the day is farming. Emperor Zhengde's eyes narrowed into a crescent moon with a smile: "Good, good!" ”

"Your eldest brother taught me to farm, so I have to call him 'sir'!"

Liu Jingxiang didn't understand any rules, and said with a big grin: "Emperor, then I will be your husband." ”

Liu Jingxiang, the old man, has no rules, but Emperor Zhengde thinks that he has a frank temperament.

has lived in the deep palace since he was a child, surrounded by a group of drama spirits, and he likes to deal with honest people.

The two of them went down to the ground. Liu Jingxiang taught Emperor Zhengde to plant, sprinkle grass and wood ashes, and combine the soil.

From time to time, Liu Jingxiang also reprimanded him a few words: "Oh, my emperor, the soil is so shallow, a gust of wind doesn't blow away the seeds?" Still a few turnips? ”

"I said the emperor, don't sprinkle so much ashes. This must not be planted to fatten to death? ”

"Your Majesty, you are so stupid that you are like the donkey at the entrance of our village."

For these words to be put out of the mouths of others is a great crime of murder.

Emperor Zhengde, a cheap man, was not only not angry when he was scolded by Liu Jingxiang, but smiled and grinned: "What Mr. taught is that I change, I change." ”

Liu Jin did not stop the eldest brother's nonsense on the side. Liu Jin grew up watching Emperor Zhengde grow up, and he knew his temperament too well. If the eldest brother speaks like this, he will win the favor of the emperor.

Farming is addictive to people who haven't farmed, really!

Emperor Zhengde was busy from four o'clock in the afternoon to dusk in this small vegetable field that was temporarily opened.

Finally, Liu Jingxiang spoke: "Your Majesty, the seeds have been planted." From tomorrow onwards, you will have to water the vegetable patch diligently. When you enter the wax moon, you will have the sweet radish of Saili to eat. ”

Emperor Zhengde wiped the muddy water on his face, and respectfully gave Liu Jingxiang, an old man from the countryside, a gesture: "Thank you, Mr. for teaching students the method of farming." Please bow down to the students! ”

Liu Jingxiang stroked his white beard with his dirty hands and said with a smile: "Hehe, follow me to study for another year and a half, and the emperor will become an old crop." ”

Liu Jin seized the opportunity and muttered to himself on the side: "My brother has no official position, and it is always inconvenient to enter and leave the palace. ”

When Emperor Zhengde heard this, he immediately said: "Isn't this simple? I will seal Mr. Liu with an official position! ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you must not." My brother doesn't know half of the big characters. How can you be awarded an official position? Official position, the famous instrument of the imperial court is also"

Emperor Zhengde said: "Easy to do." Don't seal him a civilian position, just seal a military position. Jiang Bin told me that the old rough generals in the border army who couldn't even write their own names grabbed a lot of them. ”

Liu Jin gave Liu Jingxiang a look.

Liu Jingxiang followed the rhetoric that Liu Jin taught him in advance, and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Dudu is a very big official. I want to be a doodoo. ”

Emperor Zhengde was puzzled: "Dudu tube? ”

After a while, he reacted: "Ah, you're talking about the governor Tongzhi, right?" ”

The Governor has been a title since the Tumubao Change, and he has real power unless he holds other substantive positions.

For example, Chang Feng is the former military governor and is in charge of brocade clothes. The former military governor has no real power, and "taking charge of the brocade clothes and guards" is the real power.

Emperor Zhengde secretly said in his heart: There is nothing wrong with giving this fun old man a governor.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian are all gone, can't I just seal the governor and know?

If I want to be the real commander of the Ming army, I must control the appointment and dismissal power in the army. Let this old man set a precedent!

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhengde said: "Well, I will reward Mr. with the title of Governor of the Chinese Army!" ”

Liu Jingxiang "poofed" to Emperor Zhengde and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I thank you for making me a big official!" ”

Emperor Zhengde smiled: "Governor Liu, please get up quickly." ”

I have to say that Liu Jin knows Emperor Zhengde too well. Almost toyed with Emperor Zhengde to applause. With a little means, Emperor Zhengde made his eldest brother a military attache from the first rank.

At this moment, Liu Jinzhi is full of pride. But he still has something to do, and he has to go to Changfu at night to stick to Wang Hua, oh no, form a political alliance.

So he gave Gu Dayong a look. Gu Dayong said: "Your Majesty, it's time for dinner." ”

Emperor Zhengde said: "Mr. Liu stays and has dinner together." ”

Liu Jingxiang rubbed his hands: "Let the emperor be a big official in vain, and eat and drink the emperor's good food in vain." How embarrassed am I? ”

Emperor Zhengde smiled: "Sir, don't be polite to me. Let's go, go to the dining room. Stay here in the leopard room at night, right? I reward you with a few beauties, but I don't know if Mr. is so old? ”

When Liu Jingxiang heard that there was a beautiful woman, his eyes were green: "Where is the emperor talking about, I am tough there!" ”

The two of them walked side by side and walked in the direction of the dining room.

Liu Jin, who followed behind, said: "Your Majesty, you go to dinner with your brother." The old slave retired first, and the old slave had to go to the celebrant to deal with the official documents. ”

Emperor Zhengde waved his hand: "Cheng, you go." ”

Liu Jin happily left the palace and went straight to Changfu for a banquet.

In the dining room of Changfu, Wang Hua and his son have already arrived and are talking to Chang Feng.

Chang Feng said: "Gonggong Liu asked me to set up this banquet, to put it bluntly, I want to form an alliance with Wang Butang and you." ”

Wang Hua was straightforward: "I will not form an alliance with the eunuchs." ”

Chang Feng said: "Actually, you can learn from my in-law Li Dongyang, and it is a good choice to be false and wronged." ”

"Only by holding power can we benefit the people."

Wang Hua said: "Mr. Li and the eunuch party may be able to hold power for a while, but he will be scolded for a lifetime. ”

"People have different philosophies. The means of doing things are also different. ”

"I'm not the same person as Mr. Lee. It's not about who is right and who is wrong, it's just that the ideas are different. ”

Wang Hua is worthy of being the champion of the prince, and his words are a prophecy. A few years later, Liu Jin fell, and Li Dongyang was attacked by the Confucian Lin group, and was scolded as a turtle bastard who was attached to the eunuchs.

Until his death, Li Dongyang still felt wronged.

Chang Feng said: "Even if you are not attached to Gonggong Liu, at least don't sing against him on the surface." ”

At this moment, Liu Jin's laughter sounded outside the dining room door: "Haha, Zhuangyuangong, wait for a long time." ”

Wang Hua and his son got up and arched their hands towards Liu Jin: "Father-in-law Liu." ”

Liu Jin smiled: "Sit down, sit down." We are our own family, why do we need to be so polite? ”

The crowd sat still. Liu Jin got straight to the point: "Liu Jian, Xie Qianzhishi, and the successor of Shoufu will be Li Dongyang." The position of the second assistant, can the champion be interested? ”

Wang Hua did not shy away from it: "Intentional." ”

Liu Jin smiled: "Okay! As long as the champion is with me and Liu Jin in the future. I'll go and tell the emperor that you will be promoted as the second assistant of the cabinet. ”

"In addition, Ling Lang is the material for being a frontier minister. I plan to transfer him to Datong first and serve as a military envoy. In the future, I will hand over the entire northwest to Ling Lang! ”

Wang Hua Zhengse said: "The lower official intends to be in the position of second assistant. But if it is recommended by Gonggong Liu, Xia Guan would rather not be this second assistant. ”

When Chang Feng heard this, his face turned green. hurriedly played a round: "Ah, let's drink first and talk while eating." ”

After speaking, Chang Feng picked up the wine jug and poured wine for Liu Jin.

Liu Jin frowned, and pushed away the wine jug: "Slow, don't be in a hurry to drink the wine." Let's get it clear! Wang Hua, you said that if I recommended it, would you rather not be a secondary assistant? ”

"What do you mean? Is it to look down on me Liu Jin? Or are you not ashamed to be with me Liu Jin? ”

Chang Feng "groaned" in his heart. It's over, it's time to tear your face.

Wang Hua said: "I'm not ashamed to be with Gonggong Liu. Instead, he was not ashamed to be recommended by a eunuch to serve as a second assistant. ”

"In the case of Xiao Jing's father-in-law, Qian Neng's father-in-law, and even the recommendation of the old minister Huai'en's father-in-law, I will also decline."

"Grandpa Tai has set a system. Internal envoys and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics. The eunuch recommended the foreign minister to be the second assistant, which is contrary to the ancestral system! ”

Liu Jin's face changed: "To put it bluntly, you still look down on me Liu Jin!" ”

Wang Hua was silent.

Chang Feng hurriedly explained: "Wang Butang didn't mean that. ”

Liu Jin said: "I am a person who loves talents. is not like Wang Zhen of the orthodox dynasty, who only uses wine bags and rice bags that can slip around and shoot horses. I really want to select a group of loyal rulers for the emperor! ”

"So be it. Mr. Wang, I'll pour you a glass of wine. ”

"If you drink this wine. The post of deputy cabinet assistant is yours. Ling Lang can also go to the northwest to display his ambitions. ”

"If you don't drink; We don't need to eat this meal today. I'll leave right away. ”

"Wise people don't speak dark words. I walked out of the dining room of Changfu on an empty stomach. Don't say that the second assistant can't be done. Even the current Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites can't be a good one! ”

"Your son's future will be ruined!"

After speaking, Liu Jin poured Wang Hua a glass of wine.

Liu Jin hasn't left yet. Wang Hua got up first: "After drinking wine, I had red bumps on my body, and I couldn't breathe." ”

"Forgiveness is too much to drink. Leave! ”

Wang Shouren also got up and arched his hand: "Gonggong Liu, goodbye." ”

After speaking, the father and son left in a hurry.

As long as Wang Hua drinks a glass of wine and nods. High positions and power will roll in.

However, throughout the history books, there is always such a group of people who disdain to gain power by clinging to the powerful.

You can say that Wang Hua was right to reject Liu Jin.

But you can't arbitrarily say that Qi Jiguang, the god of war who has the first military achievements in the Jialong Wansan Dynasty, sent beautiful women and sea dog whips to Zhang Juzheng, and claimed to be Zhang Juzheng's "lackey" in the letter.

As Wang Hua said, the concept is different.

Liu Jin is not a tolerant and generous person. He has always been a retribution.

Wang Hua and Wang Shouren father and son are about to usher in a catastrophe.

(End of chapter)