Half a moon later, the capital, the Forbidden City, the Taihe Palace.

This is the place where His Majesty the Emperor holds his court meeting.

On this day, it was the great court meeting that was held, and for a while, hundreds of civil and military officials, meritorious nobles, and the kings of the Beijing domain also went to the Taihe Hall to hold this great court meeting together.

After the mountain shouted long live, the young Emperor Zhengde sat on the dragon chair with a tired and impatient face, looking down at the bent ministers.

He nodded to the white-faced beardless eunuch in front of him, who was thin and weak, but had a deflated breath in his bones. The eunuch stepped forward and said loudly: "If there is something to do, play early, and if there is nothing to retreat from!" This voice was not at all like the screeching of ordinary eunuchs, but was upright and peaceful, and it was obvious that this person's skills were extremely high.

"The minister has a good song!" said a tall and thin official wearing a crane and a simple face.

"Oh?" Emperor Zhengde looked at the old official with a helpless face, and said weakly: "What is the matter with Li Aiqing?"

"Recently, the celebrant made a decree to the cabinet, but the old minister felt that it was very inappropriate, so he sealed it and specially reported it to His Majesty today!"

"Huh?" The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty had the power to refute improper holy decrees, but this holy decree was generally the will of the emperor, and although this power existed, it was rarely used.

In recent years, Emperor Hongzhi has never been sealed because of this will, and today's Emperor Zhengde's holy decree was unprecedentedly refuted, and the listless Emperor Zhengde instantly became energetic, Longmu was not angry and self-assured, looked at Li Dongyang in the audience, and asked, "What is the decree?"

"Back to Your Majesty!" this Li Dongyang was neither humble nor arrogant, and said slowly, "A few days ago, the celebrant issued an order, saying that due to the emptiness of the treasury, the cost of the vassal king's garrison should be reduced!"

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar, and even those meritorious nobles who had always been like clay sculpture bodhisattvas also changed their faces greatly, and they looked at the young son of heaven on the high platform in surprise.

Emperor Zhengde was unconscious and said, "Why did your cabinet refute this will?"

Regarding the idiocy of Emperor Zhengde, the hall was silent for a while, dumbfounded, but Li Dongyang was not surprised, and said: "Recently, there have been joint letters from vassal kings from all over the country, and the leaders are the acting king and the king of Ning, some of them say that bandits are rampant in the territory, and some say that the territory is close to the border fortress, and it is very unsafe, so I hope Your Majesty will not reduce military spending!"

After speaking, Li Dongyang took out a roll of brocade silk and held it high above his head, and the eunuch on the high platform formed a claw with his right hand, and the brocade silk flew to his hand without wind.

Then the eunuch forwarded it to Emperor Zhengde, the young emperor spread it out, slowly read it, and saw the tail of the brocade silk, the dense seal signatures of the kings, and only felt that the scalp was numb. Especially the king of that generation and the king of Ning, one of them held real power, and the other was the closest to him, and he felt in a dilemma at that time.

Li Dongyang peeked at Emperor Zhengde's face, his heart was settled, and he said, "The minister implores His Majesty to take back his order!"

The eunuch's face changed, and he said: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." This world belongs to His Majesty, and His Majesty only thinks about sending less military expenses to the vassal kings because the treasury has been empty recently, and it is also for the sake of the stability of our Ming Dynasty!"

"But the vassal king is the example of the country, the fence of the country, and the military expenses of the vassal king, how can they be used at will?" shouted a meritorious relative who was dying of old age.

"It is precisely because it is the fence of the country! Now that the country is in trouble, the vassal kings should take the lead and reduce military spending!" the eunuch argued strongly.

"Gonggong Liu's words are wrong!" another official came out and said, "If the military funds of the vassal king are used casually, it will lead to the instability of the vassal king's territory, and if there is a disaster and the vassal king is damaged, how will Gonggong Liu explain to His Majesty, and how will His Majesty explain to the ancestors and ancestors!"

"You?" this father-in-law Liu was furious when he heard this, and said, "You are just a small household, and you are fortunate enough to participate in this big court meeting, and you dare to sarcastically mock our family?

A group of Han generals outside the hall were ordered, took the stick, clamped it at the official, and sent him out of the palace. It's just that this official was unwilling and shouted: "Your Majesty, the military expenses of the vassal king cannot be reduced, and the old things of Yongle cannot be repeated!

The officials in the hall were originally frightened by the prestige of this Liu Gonggong, and when they heard the old Yongle incident mentioned by the official, they were all full of excitement, and they all lay on the ground, and the mountain shouted: "Please take back your majesty!" It was Li Dongyang, a meritorious nobleman, who was also lying on the ground and couldn't move.

When Gonggong Liu saw that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were like this, his face changed in fright, and he continued to threaten, but the Emperor Zhengde happened to wake up, looking at the civil and military forces in the hall, a trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes, a trace of helplessness, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, it's up to you!"

After finishing speaking, he put away the brocade silk, stood up, turned around and went straight to the apse, and the father-in-law Liu shouted: "Scatter the dynasty!" and then couldn't wait to chase after Emperor Zhengde.

Li Dongyang led a group of hundreds of officials, and the mountain shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" and then they all stood up tremblingly, looking at each other and smiling.

This time it frustrated the arrogance of Father-in-law Liu, but it was also a beautiful thing. Li Dongyang stroked his long beard, glanced at the back of the departing father-in-law Liu, smiled slightly, said hello to his colleagues, and left leisurely.

Over there, Gonggong Liu briskly caught up with Emperor Zhengde and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wait for the old slave!"

Emperor Zhengde stopped angrily, glared at Gonggong Liu, and said: "Liu Jin, you have a bad idea, look at what they say, Yongle old things! Could it be that I will be the Jianwen Emperor? Then who will be the second Chengzu, the Dai Wang, the Qing Wang, or the Ning Wang?"

"Ouch!" It turned out that this person was Liu Jin, I saw him dancing with his hands, and he couldn't wait to cover Emperor Zhengde's mouth, and said, "Your Majesty is cautious! These words can't be said nonsense! What is the old thing of Yongle, it's not these scholars, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will have a good time, so I deliberately find an excuse and don't allocate money to Your Majesty!"

"These scholars are the most hateful!" Hearing Liu Jin so provocative, Emperor Zhengde also frowned slightly, and said, "Originally, I used the excuse to drive away Liu Jian and Xie Qian, who were led by them, and I thought that they would stop a little, and I didn't want these people to be dishonest, and today I came to refute me!"

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true!" Liu Jin saw that Emperor Zhengde's anger was successfully pulled to the side of the scholar, his heart was extremely happy, but his face remained unchanged at all, and said, "The most hateful thing is that Li Dongyang, he is one of the three princes of the previous dynasty, and now His Majesty has dared to leave Liu Jian and Xie Qian, as long as he rejects this Li Dongyang again, this group of courtiers will naturally be leaderless, and when the time comes, Your Majesty will have a will, and it will be unimpeded!"

"Huh?" Emperor Zhengde shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Li Dongyang is a scholar of the Imperial Palace, and he has a good relationship with the Queen Mother, but I am afraid that if I move him, the Queen Mother will not allow it!"

While speaking, Emperor Zhengde lowered his head, looking extremely depressed, and sighed for a while, and continued: "Liu Bandang, you think of another way, my leopard room, you can't delay it!"

Liu Jin smiled and said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about the problem of the leopard room, the old slave will definitely build the leopard room for Your Majesty as scheduled, Your Majesty just play with peace of mind!"

When Emperor Zhengde heard this, he turned around and left with a smile.

A fat eunuch beside the emperor stayed at this time, and said to Liu Jin with a mysterious expression: "Duke Liu, I don't know if you have any way to get the next silver taels!"

Liu Jin squinted his eyes, glanced at the fat eunuch, and said, "Dayong, do you have any strategies to teach me?"

"But I don't dare!" It turned out that this fat eunuch was Gu Dayong, one of the Eight Tigers, and I saw that when he heard Liu Jin's words, his whole body shook, and he nodded and said, "Hehe, I can't talk about a good way, it's just some stupid ideas!" I received a report from Dongchang Fanzi, and there have been many bandits in many places recently, such as the Black Wind Village outside Ningxia City, the Liukou in Jiangxi, the horse bandits near Baoding, and so on!" While saying, this Gu Dayong peeked at Liu Jin.

"What do you know?" Liu Jin's face remained unchanged, and he snorted heavily, and said, "When do the fans of the East Factory need to pay attention to these trivial matters?

Gu Dayong originally just wanted to confirm whether these things were related to Liu Jin, but now when he heard the anger in Liu Jin's words, his face changed greatly, and he said: "Liu Gong is angry, but he is also a slave and stupid, so he inquired nonsense!"

"Hmph!" Liu Jin snorted slightly coldly and said, "Okay, what do you have in mind, let's hear it, and I can also refer to it in detail!"

Gu Dayong didn't dare to show off anymore at the moment, and said directly, "Liu Gong, since those bandits are rampant, we can also secretly buy them, let them plunder some of our mortal enemies for us, and then give us a certain amount of money! This is also killing two birds with one stone, not only to raise money to repair the leopard house, but also to eradicate our mortal enemies!"

Liu Jin nodded noncommittally, and said with a sinking face: "I will arrange this matter, and you will also buy more bandits and use them for your own use, and deal with those who are disobedient, understand?"

Although this sentence seems to be a discussion, in fact, the tone is undeniable.

When Gu Dayong heard this, his fat face trembled again, and he said, "Liu Gong ordered, and the slave wrote it down!"

"Hmm!" Liu Jin said again, "Your Majesty has been there recently, do you know what to do?"

"The slave understands!" Gu Dayong continued to bury his head and replied, "The slave will let His Majesty have a good time, and will not pay attention to too much gossip, and the matter of the holy decree, the slave will also make it as if it never happened!"

"You're obedient!" Liu Jin smiled and said, "Okay, you quickly follow Your Majesty, and be careful!"

Gu Da used Liu Jin's permission, and immediately said: "The slave is retired!" After speaking, he swayed his fat body and followed Emperor Zhengde in the distance.