Everyone in the world says that among the three gentlemen after Hongzhi, Liu Gongju, Li Gongmou, and Xie Gongshan are eloquent.

In fact, they are all wrong, Li Dongyang's biggest strength is not strategy, but forbearance.

Only by enduring what ordinary people can't endure can we achieve great things.

Chang Feng told Li Dongyang that Liu Jin wanted to rectify him. And it's through the unwarranted means of the literal hell.

Li Dongyang pondered for a long time: "In-laws, can you lend me 20,000 taels of silver." ”

Chang Feng received a lot of gifts from the emperor in the Hongzhi Dynasty and gave him land. Empress Dowager Zhang also has something to do, and she has nothing to do to reward Liu Xiaoyan with some treasures.

In addition, Chang Feng's father-in-law, Liu Bingyi, saved a large sum of silver when he was an official, and gave it to Chang Feng before he died.

20,000 taels of silver, Chang Feng can really take it out.

Li Dongyang is not. He was incorruptible. Don't talk about 20,000 taels of silver at home, 2,000 taels is enough to make up.

This is also the reason why Liu Jin can't grasp Li Dongyang's handle, and has to rely on finding fault with Li Dongyang's works to rectify him.

Chang Feng asked: "I have 20,000 taels." What did you borrow? ”

Li Dongyang replied: "Give it to Liu Jin to express an attitude." An attitude that is submissive to him. If there is less silver, you can't take it. I'm a poor ghost again. I can only fight the autumn breeze of my in-laws. ”

Chang Feng was surprised: "You want to give Liu Jin a gift?" ”

Li Dongyang nodded: "The matter of gift-giving still needs to be matched." If we want to benefit the people, we must keep the major policies that have been formulated by the cabinet over the years to benefit the country and the people. If you want to keep these major policies, you must first keep the position of first assistant. ”

"I can only bow down to him and bow to his father-in-law Liu!"

"As the saying goes, stay in the green mountains, and don't be afraid of no firewood."

Chang Feng gave a thumbs up: "The in-laws can bend and stretch, and they are worthy of being the court's Zaifu!" So I will go home and prepare the money. ”

The next evening.

Chang Feng and Li Dongyang came to Liu Jin's outer house.

Liu Jin is playing chess with Shi Cuiyun.

A little eunuch reported: "Ancestor, Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet, asks to see you." ”

The eunuchs in the palace love to recognize their relatives. The older the official, the higher the seniority. Now Liu Jinquan is leaning towards the government and the opposition, and the eunuchs under him all call him "old ancestor".

Liu Jin smiled contemptuously: "No." Tell him that if he has any business, he will go to the celebrant tomorrow to talk. If there is a private matter. He and I are selfless people. ”

In Liu Jin's eyes, Li Dongyang is no longer a first assistant, but a cloth body.

I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, want to rectify the person, will definitely not be able to keep the official hat!

Xiao Eunuch said: "Then the great-grandson will go to the living room and let Li Shoufu and Chang Dudu go home." ”

Liu Jin asked, "Wait." Changfeng is also coming? ”

The eunuch replied: "It was Governor Changdu who led Li Shoufu to the mansion." ”

Chang Feng's face, Liu Jin still has to give it. snatched the power of other people, and then didn't give people face, it was too disregard for so many years of friendship.

Liu Jin said: "That's it." Let them wait a moment. I'll go see them after a few more games. ”

Liu Jin and Shi Cuiyun can be described as playing chess in a stinky chess basket, and the chess meets opponents.

The two played chess for two hours and played more than 30 games. Although he used a Go board, he played backgammon.

Chang Feng and Li Dongyang entered Liu's Mansion at dusk and waited in the living room until the hour.

Liu Jin came belatedly: "Ah, Li Shoufu, Chang Dudu, let you wait for a long time." ”

Chang Feng arched his hand towards Liu Jin: "Gonggong Liu has every opportunity, and the waiting hours for me to be a subordinate are nothing." ”

Li Dongyang actually knelt down for Liu Jin with a "puff": "Xiaguan Li Dongyang, meet Grandpa Liu!" ”

Li Dongyang knelt on Liu Jin, this will not be rectified for Liu Jin.

Lao Li is the first assistant of the cabinet, or the auxiliary minister appointed by the emperor, and he is a young master.

Liu Jin reacted for a long time, and reached out to hold: "Li Shoufu, what is this doing." Hurry up, please. How can I stand your knees! ”

Li Dongyang said: "Gonggong Liu's words are wrong. You are now the pillar of the Ming Dynasty. Under your command, hundreds of civil and military officials will serve the emperor and share worries. ”

"I am both the first assistant and your subordinate. It is only natural for subordinates to kneel to their superiors. ”

Liu Jin smiled secretly in his heart: Li Dongyang is quite sensible.

Liu Jin still helped him up. Instructed the little eunuch: "Give Li Shoufu and Changdu Governor a seat." ”

"Giving a seat" is a courtesy given by the emperor to his subordinates.

Liu Jin "gave the seat" to the first assistant and the governor, which is equivalent to really taking himself as the emperor.

The three of them sat down.

Liu Jin asked: "Li Shoufu and Chang Dudu came here late at night, why are you doing it?" ”

Chang Feng said half-jokingly: "I'm just a pimp, you can talk." ”

Li Dongyang took out a silver ticket of 20,000 taels from his sleeve, got up and walked in front of Liu Jin, and presented it with both hands: "You have been promoted to the palm seal of the master of ceremonies, and I still have a promotion ceremony for you!" ”

"Please don't dislike it."

Liu Jin glanced at the silver ticket, and immediately pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring: "No one in the world knows, I, Liu Jin, am upright, with a clean breeze on my sleeves, think twice, and the four are empty."

"Li Shoufu gave me such a generous gift, isn't he insulting my innocence and tarnishing my reputation?"

"Poof", Chang Feng heard this, and a mouthful of tea squirted out.

Liu Jin looked at Chang Feng: "What's wrong?" ”

Chang Feng hurriedly explained: "Ah, it's okay. This tea is too hot. ”

Li Dongyang said: "Father-in-law Liu, I don't mean anything else. I'm just glad to be promoted to Prime Minister. ”

"Worshipping the Buddha is about sincerity. If He Yi sends less, it seems that I am insincere. ”

Liu Jin said no, but his hands were very honest. He took the silver ticket and put it in his sleeve. The action is smooth: "I have always been honest, not an example!" ”

Li Dongyang echoed: "Yes, yes." No one in the world knows that Liu Gonggong is as clear as the water of the Yangtze River. My admiration for you is like a surging river, endless. It is like the flooding of the Yellow River, which is out of control! ”

Li Dongyang slapped Liu Jin on the back. Its flattering words gave Chang Feng goosebumps.

Chang Feng sighed in his heart: If the literati pretend to be a grandson, he is a real grandson.

Li Dongyang said again: "Oh yes. The lower officials thought that in the future, the cabinet votes should be submitted to Gonggong Liu in advance. ”

"Gonggong Liu is a great politician. You nod your head, and the ticket will not go wrong. ”

In fact, since Liu Jin began to engage in the "red and white book", the cabinet vote has become an ornament.

Rather than being abolished by Liu Jin, the rules of the vote. Li Dongyang might as well take the initiative to hand it over and express a submissive attitude.

Liu Jin laughed heartily: "Haha, Li Shoufu is really a reasonable person!" According to what you said, in the future, the cabinet ticket will be given to me first, and I will help the cabinet polish it. ”

Li Dongyang said: "Ah! With Liu Gonggong's polishing vote, Daming will definitely be politically harmonious in the future, and all industries will be prosperous! ”

Chang Feng on the side echoed: "Yes, yes, yes." What the cabinet wants to do in the future, it must first listen to Liu Gonggong's suggestions. Gonggong Liu is a genius of governance who only comes out once in a thousand years! ”

When Liu Jin heard this, he was first overjoyed, and only after a while did he react, scolding with a smile: "Chang Feng, Chang Feng, you always talk with a stick!" The thousand-year-old king is 80,000 years old. You're calling me a king! ”

Chang Feng laughed: "Father-in-law Liu thinks too much, where do I dare!" ”

Li Dongyang's rainbow fart made Liu Jin quite useful. Liu Jin dispelled his thoughts: This Lao Li is so slapping me up, looking at the posture, he hates to be my grandson.

I can't kick him out of the court. Of the six gentlemen before and after the Hongzhi Dynasty, one must be left.

If only he hearkened to my voice and took my word as a holy decree. I will be the second Jiao Fang in the future.

Thinking of this, Liu Jin smiled and said: "In the future, Li Shoufu will work with me to deal with the government." Let's work together to assist the emperor and create a prosperous era of virtue! ”

Liu Jin's implication is: That's it, Lao Li, let's not fix you. In the future, we will be good brothers, a pair of Bao'er. You are good to be your first assistant.

This good show of pretending to be a grandson ended successfully, and Li Dongyang gave up: "It's getting late, so the lower officials won't disturb Grandpa Liu's rest." Say goodbye. ”

Liu Jin smiled: "Let's go, let's go!" ”

The next morning, according to the original plan of Liu Jin, Jiao Fang, and Zhang Cai, a eunuch of the Imperial Procuratorate should be challenged by a eunuch of the Imperial Procuratorate, and Li Dongyang's "General Compilation and Compendium" should be impeached.

However, Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai waited left and right, and waited until the scattered dynasty, but they didn't see the imperial history do it.

So after the dispersal of the dynasty, Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai came to the celebrant and found Liu Jin.

Zhang Cai asked: "Gonggong Liu, didn't you say that Gao Yushi is very loyal to you?" How early to the time."

Liu Jin waved his hand and interrupted him: "Li Dongyang's person is still respectful and obedient to me. There's no need to kill all the three gentlemen of the Hongzhi Dynasty. ”

"Besides, Li Dongyang has always been the emperor's teacher, and he has a master-apprentice relationship with the emperor."

Zhang Cai was a little anxious: "Gonggong Liu, you have swept away Liu, Xie and more than a dozen ministers, hundreds of ministers and officials. Why is it that your heart has softened now? ”

In today's Manchu Dynasty, only Zhang Cai dares to speak to Liu Jin like this.

Liu Jin respects Zhang Cai. Because he knows that Zhang Cai is a capable and skilled person. He, the emperor, can't just rule the country with sycophants. You have to use a capable minister like Zhang Cai.

Liu Jin explained: "It's not that I'm soft-hearted. It's Li Dongyang's knees that are weak. People have already knelt down and kowtowed to me, begging me to let him go. ”

Zhang Cai said angrily: "Li Dongyang is showing weakness!" Do you understand how to show weakness?! This person is not willing to be subservient to his father-in-law! ”

Liu Jin said with a smile: "Are you looking at Li Dongyang to get out, the cabinet is short of members, can you fill in the cabinet?" ”

Zhang Cai was stunned: "My father-in-law actually looks at me like this?" ”

Liu Jin said: "Ah, I'm joking. Seriously, I've already decided to keep Li Dongyang. What kind of impeachment of him is done. ”

Liu Jin was resolute. Zhang Cai knew that he couldn't persuade him.

Angry, Zhang Cai walked to the door of the celebrant supervisor. He muttered to himself and made a precise prediction.

"Dead Liu Bi Li!"

To be honest, Liu Jin's covering the sky in the court is not entirely a bad thing for the Chang family.

On this day, Chang Ponu, who was the Cheng of Shuntian Mansion, came to the inner factory to negotiate a murder case.

The case is actually not complicated. The rich merchant connived at the house slaves and beat a poor man to death.

Shuntianfu captured rich merchants and house slaves. Prepare to follow the law, sentence the rich businessman to be beheaded, and the domestic slave to be beheaded in prison.

However, the people in the wealthy merchants took out a lot of money and bribed a eunuch in charge of the inner factory.

The inner factory took the case from Shuntianfu's hands. Wealthy merchants and domestic slaves were able to escape.

Liu Jin is listening to the reports of the foremen, supervisors, criminal officers, and stall leaders in the inner factory on this month's factory affairs.

Chang Ponu did not pass through and went directly into the lobby of the inner factory.

Now that civil officials enter the inner factory, they have to kowtow.

This is not the case with Chang Po Slave. Who let him grow up under Liu Jin's watch.

Liu Jin saw Chang Ponu and said kindly: "The eldest nephew of Ponu is here?" You're a rarity! Sit down, sit down. ”

Chang Ponu arched his hand: "Father-in-law Liu, the little nephew is here, and it is a case of favoritism and fraud in the inner factory." ”

Liu Jin said: "Then sit and say." Come, give my great slave nephew a seat. ”

Chang Ponu didn't shirk and sat on the chair: "Father-in-law Liu, Hu Cheng Hu, the head of the inner factory, accepted two thousand taels of silver from the murderer. ”

"The case that was originally under the jurisdiction of the Shuntian Mansion was forcibly accepted by your inner factory. Within a few days, the culprit went home like no one else! ”

Liu Jin's face changed: "What? Is there such a thing? Hu Cheng! ”

Hu Cheng, the head of the company, turned pale with fright, and knelt down in front of Liu Jin with "poof": "Ancestor, there is a misunderstanding here. ”

Liu Jin asked coldly: "You confiscated the criminal's silver?" ”

Hu Cheng peeked at Chang Ponu, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to admit: "Accept it, accept it." ”

Liu Jin asked again: "Did you release the criminal?" ”

Hu Cheng trembled with fright: "Let go, let it go." The old ancestors, their subordinates are confused, and their subordinates are dead. Spare your life! ”

Liu Jin sneered: "People only have one life. Ten thousand deaths are just talk, and one death is just that! Come on, pull down the expert method, cut it! ”

Several servants stepped forward and pulled Hu Cheng down to enforce the family law of the inner factory.

Liu Jin asked Chang Ponu: "Big nephew, you should be satisfied now, right?" ”

Chang Ponu said: "Gonggong Liu, you have to return this murder case to our Shuntian Mansion." ”

Liu Jin nodded: "It's easy to say." As soon as you get back, you'll hand over the case file. ”

Then Liu Jin ordered his subordinates: "Listen to me!" There are two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and you can forcibly take over any matter of the yamen! ”

"Only in the affairs of Shuntianfu, you are not allowed to interfere and point fingers!"

"You have to remember that Suncheon Mansion Yin is my godson-in-law! Fu Cheng is my eldest nephew! ”

A group of officials from the inner factory knelt on the ground and bowed their hands, and said in unison: "Yes, old ancestor!" ”

Liu Jin said with a smile: "Broken slaves, now your Shuntianfu has become the most majestic civil official yamen in the world." Even the inner factory can't take care of you. ”

Chang Ponu arched his hand and smiled: "Thank you Grandpa Liu!" I know, you're giving face to your nephew and uncle! We will live up to your expectations and take care of the first good district for the emperor. ”

Liu Jin said: "Okay, good." Alas, I still remember the days when you pulled a trouser pocket every day! In the blink of an eye, you have grown up and become a fourth-grade official in the imperial court. ”

"You literati have a saying, what do you say? Oh yes, time is like water, time is like a shuttle! ”

Liu Jin is an emotional person. At least he treats Chang Tian, Huang Yuan, and Chang Ponu sincerely.

Even Chang Feng, although he went to the opposite side of him. He never wanted to be bad for Chang Feng. It's just thinking about putting Chang Feng in the air, so that Chang Feng can be an idle and comfortable official in the future.

At this moment, the governor of the West Factory, Gu Da, walked in in a hurry: "Factory Father, something happened!" ”

Liu Jin asked, "Oh, what's wrong?" ”

Gu Dayong didn't answer, just glanced at Chang Ponu.

Liu Jin said: "Big nephew, you go back to Shuntian Mansion first." I still have business to do. ”

(End of chapter)