[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

For Emperor Zhengde, the Leopard Room is not just a place to rest, but more like a toy that he can play with freely. He mixed a lot of private goods in it, which led to the appearance of what should have been a very beautiful place. Lots of little regrets.

E.g……

"Why is there not even a single tree here?" It's not that Xie Qian wanted to pick a thorn, but not long after entering, all the trees that were originally planted on both sides disappeared, and it was clear at a glance, leaving only ordinary cobblestone paths, which made people feel quite garden aesthetic. Xie Qian is a bit strange.

Jiao Shizhi who came from behind chuckled lightly: "This is the emperor's unique idea."

Xie Qian frowned, looking at the unattractive place in front of him, not knowing what to say.Emperor Zhengde strolled up from behind, turned his head to look at Jiao Shizhi: "You have said this matter for countless times, and you want me to embarrass myself in front of them again?"

Jiao Shizhi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, weren't you quite proud before?"

The reason why Emperor Zhengde cut down these trees was actually for the Martial Arts Field behind the house in front. It would be very troublesome to get in and out every time, so Emperor Zhengde simply cut down all the trees in front of and behind the Martial Arts Field to make room for More space is coming.

"here is……?"

Shangshu of the Ministry of War widened his eyes, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scene in front of him, Jiao Shizhi walked to the side shelf where various weapons were placed, stretched out his hand and drew out a long gun, the red tassels followed his movements Waving, "This is a place specially opened up by the emperor for practice. Although the silver taels mentioned by the adults are on the account of the Leopard House, they are actually used to practice various utensils and processing. This point, the Ministry of Industry Lord Shangshu should have heard of it a little bit."

Although Emperor Zhengde did not send people to deal with these matters through the Ministry of Industry, but the craftsmen belonged to the management of the Ministry of Industry after all, and he should know more or less about this matter.

Under the eyes of everyone, the minister of the Ministry of Industry coughed twice and said: "The emperor has indeed made a lot of things in the past two years. I heard that the new armor seems to be good." This is the default.

It can't help that they don't know that since they entered the Leopard Room until now, they haven't seen anything that is too luxurious in nature. Even if there are a few beautiful views, they are only for the people in the palace compared to the outside. I've been used to it for a long time.And the biggest place is the martial arts arena presented in front of their eyes.This almost endless place is so big that these few people finally understood the reason why the emperor was so excited when they were in the Wenhua Palace.

...It turns out that the emperor has been ready to move since a few years ago. No wonder he was so calm when he suppressed King Ning's rebellion.

A faint smile appeared on Li Dongyang's face, and he said suddenly: "Your Majesty is indeed very talented, and he is a role model for us. But the southern tour has just started, and it would be better to postpone the northern tour, what does your majesty think?"

Zhu Houzhao is a soft-hearted guy, and after Li Dongyang's tone softened, he didn't insist.But more importantly, this matter is not in a hurry, and the news that Shizhi just handed over is more important.

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhengde ordered these people to go back first, leaving Li Dongyang alone.After Jiao Shizhi reminded him of the time, he even gave him a rare dinner together.

Emperor Zhengde had always disliked red tape, so he didn't think too much about it when giving the banquet, and directly seated Li Dongyang.Li Dongyang was surprised for a long while, even if Emperor Hongzhi gave a banquet before, there was no reason for the emperor to sit and eat with them.But he didn't bring it up, but sat down at Emperor Zhengde's right hand.

While he was eating silently, there was a "click" next to him, which made him glance unconsciously.It was Emperor Zhengde who struck Jiao Shizhi's rice bowl with his chopsticks, and when he was about to speak, Jiao Shizhi said, "Your Majesty, don't knock on the rice bowl, it has a bad meaning."

"I told you not to bite your chopsticks to eat. You have said many times that you are distracted while eating and you will not change it." Emperor Zhengde said dissatisfied.

Li Dongyang looked subconsciously, and as expected, Jiao Shizhi moved away the chopsticks in embarrassment, and then found a mountain of food in front of him... "Are you trying to support me to death?" The emperor's wish seems to have remained unchanged for so many years.

Emperor Zhengde casually suppressed Jiao Shizhi's resistance, "Eat less than the birds, and the few parrots I raised back then all ate more than you. If you don't eat it, you still haven't had your soup yet."

Li Dongyang only heard Jiao Shizhi sigh, and then fell silent.The corners of his eyes twitched, did these two completely forget his existence?I always feel that he is a superfluous existence here.

Because such conversations are too common and familiar, and have been like this for so many years, Jiao Shizhi's vigilance has retreated a little bit, and he didn't notice anything strange. He looked up at Li Dongyang and said, "Master Li, how is Mr. Liu Ge's health? I have been busy for a while, so I was really ashamed for not being able to visit him in person."

Li Dongyang said with a smile: "The emperor has sent an imperial doctor to look at it, it's just a common illness, it just needs to rest and rest, and don't get angry anymore."

The two were talking, and Emperor Zhengde, who was sitting in the middle, stuffed a piece of meat casually, showing disgust, "What is this?"

Jiao Shizhi glanced lightly, "Pork."

"Didn't I already forbid eating this thing?" Emperor Zhengde swallowed the food with a stinky face, his tone was very calm despite the hard-to-swallow look on his face.

"I have brought back the decree." Jiao Shizhi picked up the soup bowl and spoke more calmly.

Li Dongyang was taken aback, and Emperor Zhengde's face became even more stinky, "Shizhi, it took me a long time to hold back such a tactful tone, why did you completely deny it?"

Jiao Shizhi put down the bowl, thinking that it is a good habit not to eat or sleep, "Even if you don't like pork, or because pigs are your zodiac, it doesn't make the common people lose their main meat. I I know that the emperor is just a whim, and he will give up after a while, but such a toss is too tiring for the common people."

Emperor Zhengde covered his face and sighed. If Li Rong hadn't come to find Jiao Shizhi, Shizhi would never have known about it, "That guy Li Rong..."

Jiao Shizhi said: "Don't blame him, I asked him to do this." Although he was always by the emperor's side, except for that time when he helped the emperor correct the memorial, Jiao Shizhi never took the initiative to read the memorial.Emperor Zhengde has repeatedly expressed that he doesn't mind, but Jiao Shizhi's inner boundary prevents him from simply treating it as an ordinary thing.

"Li Rong is used to it. If he thought this matter was inappropriate from the very beginning, why didn't he persuade me when I issued it? Instead, I went to you after I gave the order? After you know I thought it was inappropriate, but the order was about to be sent out, and I was afraid that it would be too late, so I suppressed it first in order to stop it."

"But if this matter gets out, do you know what will happen to you? You should know better than me!"

Emperor Zhengde said coldly.

Jiao Shizhi's chopsticks touched the edge of the bowl, and he sighed. The emperor is still as sharp as ever, and if there is a slight loophole, he will be caught immediately.

"Shizhi, I want to listen to the truth, why?" Emperor Zhengde lightly bumped Jiao Shizhi's knee, without paying any attention to Li Dongyang who was next to him.

Jiao Shizhi was helpless, no matter where to avoid it, it was an extremely obvious action, "You know, Li Rong shouldn't have that kind of character, but...if someone asks him to do something, he can't resist."

Li Rong has always been loyal, but he was more loyal to the first emperor, and the same to the empress dowager.

Although Jiao Shizhi's words were vague, Zhu Houzhao heard it all at once, and his face suddenly became stern.Jiao Shizhi looked at him worriedly, he had been holding back this matter for several days because he couldn't find a suitable reason to tell the emperor about it.No matter where you start, it will eventually fall on Li Rong.Emperor Zhengde had always trusted Li Rong and was very familiar with his character, so he could guess the reason right away.

The relationship between the empress dowager and the emperor has just improved, and Jiao Shizhi would feel deeply guilty if he immediately fell to the bottom because of this incident.As for Queen Mother Zhang's incident against him, Jiao Shizhi didn't take it seriously.

Any mother would not be able to accept the matter between the emperor and him... right?

But it seems that delaying for a few days is of no benefit, and the emperor still looks very angry.Jiao Shizhi thought helplessly that Zhu Houzhao who was beside him suddenly ate up all the vegetables in the bowl, then picked a large piece of pork for himself, and said viciously, "Tonight, there must be no leftovers from this dish!"

The angry appearance of Emperor Zhengde stunned Jiao Shizhi for a moment, and he couldn't help lowering his head and smiling slightly. The emperor's behavior has not been understood for so many years, it is really an interesting character.

After the meal, Emperor Zhengde handed the testimony given to him by Shizhi today to Li Dongyang. After reading it several times, Li Dongyang said, "Is the emperor suspecting that there is a problem at the border?"

"Whether something went wrong or someone fished in troubled waters, we can't tell right now. But the Tatar side has to keep an eye on it, don't let it go down after two years. There are still six ministries in the cabinet that you should keep an eye on."

Li Dongyang nodded silently.

Holding the teacup, Zhu Houzhao muttered something in a low voice. Even in such a low voice, Li Dongyang could still hear him clearly in the silent room... "It would be easy if old man Liu was still here." If Liu Jian was here, with him Majesty can indeed quickly suppress criticism.Although Li Dongyang's strategy is outstanding, he was short of time accumulation.

Li Dongyang chuckled suddenly, causing Emperor Zhengde to come to his senses immediately, "What's wrong with Li Qing's family?"

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "I just didn't expect that one day I would hear this sentence from the emperor's mouth. I really have no regrets in dying."

Emperor Zhengde frowned and thought about it for a moment, and then he remembered the words that were unconsciously uttered, and immediately frowned tightly. How could he say such words? !

Li Dongyang looked at the slightly dissatisfied look on the emperor's face, and said, "Your majesty, the more you change, the more worried the ministers will be. Is your change based on letting him go? Or is it that you will change like this in the first place."

Emperor Zhengde propped his chin with one hand, smiled and said, "What if it's because of Shizhi?"

"Naturally, it's as if nothing happened." Li Dongyang said calmly, as if he didn't notice the condensed atmosphere in the room.

"Heh." Emperor Zhengde chuckled, "If Shizhi was here now, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so courageous to go to Liu Jian's residence. Speaking of which, he hasn't had any contact with Liu Jian for a year, right?"

Li Dongyang drank tea silently, "It's been a year and a half."

They are both in the cabinet, so they naturally know Liu Jian's stubborn temper, and they also know that Liu Jian, who occasionally talked about Jiao Shizhi before, never mentioned him again.And after they persuaded him not to stand out, let alone.

"He's always so stupid." Emperor Zhengde took a sip of tea slowly, not knowing who he was talking about.

"What is the emperor's plan?" Li Dongyang couldn't help asking after all.The emperor is getting older, and the pressure to persuade him has grown stronger in the past two years. Even though Li Dongyang and Xie Qian will not say anything about the relationship between the emperor and Jiao Shizhi for the time being, they have no choice but to join in dissuading him as time goes by. ranks.

At the beginning, Emperor Hongzhi did so much Tai Chi to protect Queen Mother Zhang. Li Dongyang really didn't expect to face such a situation when facing the next emperor.Could it be that the royal family prefers love?

For the world, the royal family should not have too many heirs. The treatment of stepping up to the sky and stepping back to kneel is too different.But the one who should have the most children is the royal family, even if there is only one.

"Announce to the world."

Emperor Zhengde said casually, his eyes still falling on the clear tea in his hand.

"Cough, cough, cough—"

Li Dongyang took out the handkerchief to cover his mouth in embarrassment, and just overturned the teacup in shock.

"Li Qing's family, don't be too careless." The emperor's cool words beside him made Li Dongyang dumbfounded, if it wasn't for the emperor's sudden appearance.

... If it wasn't for the sudden appearance of the emperor!

Li Dongyang's eyes became sharper, and he realized at this moment that it was not just a coincidence that the emperor left him today.

The emperor did it on purpose.

"You know, even if you greeted the minister in advance, the minister would definitely not agree to such an outrageous thing." Li Dongyang said, his voice was not as calm as before.

Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly and clapped his hands, "You're right, of course I didn't do such a thing to inform you in advance."

"I just want to tell those chatterers through Mr. Li Ge, don't talk too much nonsense. If you want to talk about things, just tell them honestly, and don't think about crooked ways."

"If I'm not happy, others don't want to live happily."

After Emperor Zhengde left, Li Dongyang sat quietly in the house for a long time. These days, for the emperor's affairs, there were indeed many people who tried to attack Jiao Shizhi, and it seemed that they angered the emperor.

He couldn't help but think about Emperor Zhengde's last words.

"Now you are really in the midst of blessings and don't know your blessings. No one knows better than you what my nature is. Now someone is holding you back and you are not happy."

"Do you really want to kill yourself?"

Goosebumps still lingered all over his body, as if the harshness and coldness in the room hadn't dissipated.Li Dongyang has never seen the emperor's appearance just now, bloodthirsty and insolent, those eyes are really like a beast.

He closed his eyes, and drank the tea that Liu Jin brought again after a long time. The tea was already so cold that his heart and lungs felt cold after drinking it.

When Li Dongyang came out of the house, he happened to bump into Jiao Shizhi trotting over. Seeing Li Dongyang, he quickly saluted, "Old Li Ge, my servant is rude, may I ask if the emperor is here?"

Jiao Shizhi had just been dismissed by the emperor to call Li Rong, and he didn't need to go to such a thing in person.But Jiao Shizhi also knew that the emperor just wanted to dismiss him, and he didn't complain.It's just that she seemed to be very anxious all the time, and hurriedly searched for it after she came back.

Li Dongyang shook his head, "The emperor left a quarter of an hour ago." Looking at Jiao Shizhi's sudden frown, he asked, "What is Ren Zhi anxious about?"

Jiao Shizhi said helplessly, "The emperor is probably going to Kunning Palace. Mr. Li Ge, I am sorry that I can't send you out, so let someone escort you out of the palace."

Li Dongyang was about to say something, Lehua hurriedly chased after him, and he had been guarding Jiao Shizhi from the door of the Leopard Room.Unexpectedly, Jiao Shizhi didn't see him, and came here from the door of the leopard room in a short time, chasing him out of breath, "Jiao, my lord, the emperor, the emperor asked the villain to take Grandpa Li, ah, no, Li Go, go to Kunning Palace, you are here, just wait for him here."

Jiao Shizhi pursed his lips and looked at Lehua, and said in a low voice, "I see."

Li Dongyang inexplicably sensed a bit of worry... What is there to worry about when the emperor goes to Kunning Palace?

Li Rong...could it be that incident just now?

Li Dongyang suddenly came back to his senses, it is not suitable to think about this matter, it is a matter of the harem.When he offered to leave, Jiao Shizhi shyly sent him to the gate of the palace in person, and sent guards to accompany him.

Li Dongyang thought staggeringly in the carriage, as expected just now, he was planning to go to Kunning Palace, right?

That's it.

After sending Li Dongyang away, Jiao Shizhi took the people back to the Leopard Room, sent them away, and went straight back to the house, and asked Xiao Dezi to prepare hot water, so that he could not come out after soaking in the wooden bucket.

It's rare to have time to take a leisurely bath without rushing to wash up like before, but Jiao Shizhi couldn't pull up the strength at all, he brushed up his long hair and let it fall out of the bucket, leaning against the wall of the bucket in a daze.

I don't know what the emperor will talk about with the empress dowager, if something happens again, Jiao Shizhi will feel uncomfortable no matter what.

The whole person slides slowly into the water.

gurgle gurgle gurgle——

"Appropriate!"

A pair of big hands suddenly pulled Jiao Shizhi out of the water, and the water that entered his eyes in a hurry made Jiao Shizhi's eyes sore that he couldn't open them, so he could only squint his eyes and listen to the emperor's anxious voice, "Are you okay? They're all buried in the water!" A towel fell from his head, and Emperor Zhengde wiped the corners of his eyes, and Jiao Shizhi blinked hard several times before he recovered, "I'm just taking a bath, you're too worried. "

Jiao Shizhi's indifferent attitude made Emperor Zhengde angrily say: "Even the hot springs on the west mountain can drown people, so why not wooden barrels? There is nothing wrong with being careful."

Jiao Shizhi lowered his head helplessly to prevent water from falling into his eyes.Of course, hot springs are different from wooden barrels, and the high temperature is naturally easy to make people faint.Casks are just...

Seeing his own naked body in his eyes, Jiao Shizhi froze all over, and quickly tore off the scarf on his head to cover the important parts, and said blushingly: "The emperor, get out!"

Emperor Zhengde froze for three breaths, suddenly covered his face vigorously, and lamented: "I didn't seize the timing properly, and I didn't see anything!"

Jiao Shizhi had already seized the opportunity to jump out of the wooden barrel when the emperor was wailing, and hurriedly put on his underwear, and it was rare to see him in a hurry, which made Zhu Houzhao smile very happily, "Shizhi, are you so nervous?" Go on, maybe I will really do something."

Jiao Shizhi put on his underwear in embarrassment, and his movements became a little more natural, "Your Majesty, since you know I'm taking a bath, don't come in so openly."

Emperor Zhengde pursed his lips, "Shizhi, we have met each other frankly before, what is there to be afraid of? Also, didn't you say before that you should not call me emperor? Don't be so restrained."

Jiao Shizhi was speechless, pretending not to hear these two words, and sighed looking at the emperor, "Don't be like this, why are you back so soon?" Seeing the emperor's angry appearance before, Jiao Shizhi thought he would follow The empress dowager quarreled, but now it seems that she is in a good mood, so it should be considered a peaceful solution.

"I had a quarrel with the queen mother, and then came back." Emperor Zhengde said indifferently, and approached Jiao Shizhi with a towel, "I won't do anything to you, Shizhi is so shy, of course eat slowly." It's more fun to watch...your hair is wet like this, don't move."

Jiao Shizhi was first shocked by the first sentence, and then speechless by the latter sentence. Although he still obeyed and let Emperor Zhengde approach him, he still said helplessly: "Do you know that your wording just now is a bit... inappropriate? And you I had an argument with the empress dowager, why are you still in such a good mood?"

"My wording is very precise." Emperor Zhengde said with a smile, wrapping the hair under Jiao Shi first, so that the water droplets would not continue to fall, and then continued, "The thing about Li Rong was obviously given to you by your mother." As for the trick, I naturally have to ask clearly, the tone was indeed not very good at the beginning, because it was too different from my mother's previous attitude, and I couldn't accept such an approach."

If he disagreed from the beginning, Zhu Houzhao would naturally be angry, but he wouldn't feel betrayed like he is now.If it weren't for the gentle attitude of Queen Mother Zhang before, Emperor Zhengde would not have relaxed his vigilance towards her.So when it first passed, Emperor Zhengde was very unhappy.

But when he talked about it, Queen Mother Zhang leaned forward and backward with a smile, and finally said with a smile: "You have been protecting him, so I can't take a good look at his character, so I let him Li Rong pay more attention, if you encounter something that can be used a little bit, you will report it to me. So I made a little trick on this matter."

"Mother, if you want to ask something, you can naturally ask me, you don't need to be so provocative." Learning about Queen Mother Zhang's attitude, Emperor Zhengde couldn't say he was relieved, but his tone was slightly relieved.

Queen Mother Zhang said with a smile: "Your statement is even more unreliable. A person's character cannot be truly expressed if he does not encounter things. If Jiao Shizhi deserves your attention, that's all. Of course I can't accept it."

"Looking at it now, it's barely enough." Queen Mother Zhang said comfortably.

Zhu Houzhao was helplessly sighed by his mother's empress's completely unreasonable way of playing cards, and Li Rong was brought up, "Mother, although you are doing it for me this time, Li Rong's heart can no longer be left in the Supervisor of Rites. , I'll transfer him elsewhere."

"I hope you know that I am not targeting you. The supervisor of ceremonies is too important. Even with your order, you can't mess around at will. Li Rong, this time is a small punishment. If you do this again in the future, you Just go directly to Nanjing."

Emperor Zhengde said softly, then shook his sleeves and left, still looking a little angry.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at the back of Emperor Zhengde leaving in surprise, and then at Li Rong who kowtowed and said nothing, feeling a little guilty in her heart.Li Rong was originally the head of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, if she hadn't made a fool of herself, she wouldn't have been so unlucky.After the people rewarded him, they sent him away, and the palace was quiet again.

Aunt Mo carefully glanced at Empress Dowager Zhang, for fear that Empress Dowager Zhang would be angry again because of the emperor's attitude. Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Zhang only pondered for a moment, and then said to Aunt Mo: "It seems that Jiao Shizhi is not bad this time. I don't know how long he can hold on."

"Isn't the empress dowager angry?" Aunt Mo carefully studied the expression of the empress dowager Zhang, and dared not ask until she confirmed that she was really not angry.

Queen Mother Zhang said with a smile: "Shou'er's temper is like this. Can I really be angry with him all the time? He is willing to be with Jiao Shizhi, and I can't stop him. But I think Jiao Shizhi's character is not If something really happens to someone who acts recklessly like this one day..."

"I don't believe that he will persist like this. His personality is the same as that of Shou'er, but the difference is a thousand miles away."

Emperor Zhengde did not know about the conversation between Empress Dowager Zhang and Aunt Mo.After explaining what happened to Jiao Shizhi, Jiao Shizhi's hair was wiped half dry.Jiao Shizhi stopped the emperor from continuing to wipe, and said softly: "Your Majesty, that's enough."

"But Li Rong's side..."

"I know you want to plead for him, but it's appropriate. If he really made a mistake this time, it's fine. But he did this under the order of his mother, and he will naturally be under the order of his mother in the future." Do other things. I don't trust anyone but you. Even if that person is my mother."

Although such words were a bit cruel, Emperor Zhengde really couldn't completely believe in Queen Mother Zhang's deeds. After all, the impression left over these years was too deep.If this loophole is exploited one day, it will be too late to regret.

Jiao Shizhi stopped persuading him, but felt a little pity.Although Li Rong's character was a bit vulgar, the entire supervisor of ceremonies was operating very well under his control, and it was rare that he was not contaminated by anything.

"Who does the emperor want to replace?"

"Liu Jin can't do it anymore. This guy is too good at collecting money, and it's going to be a mess when he goes up. Gao Feng is too old and won't survive for a few years. Let Lehua go." Emperor Zhengde sat down beside Jiao Shizhi, Randomly read a few names.

Jiao Shizhi was surprised, "Lehua? He has been with the emperor before, and he doesn't know about the affairs of the supervisor of ceremonies. Go up now, can he do it?"

Emperor Zhengde smiled lightly and said, "What's the matter? That kid was just being obedient in front of you. His methods are not much worse than Liu Jin's. Let's not talk about that. You sent Li Dongyang back just now?"

Jiao Shizhi nodded, stood up and put on another coat, then fiddled with his hair, trying to tie it up first.Emperor Zhengde put his hands behind his back, looked at Jiao Shizhi's curve leisurely, and said with a smile: "Why didn't Shizhi ask me why I left Li Dongyang alone? Obviously, I never did this before."

Jiao Shizhi didn't even turn his head, his hands were busy with his hair, and some wet hair couldn't be pulled up well, "Isn't the emperor trying to balance the relationship between the cabinet and the Sixth Ministry?"

"Although it is well known that the cabinet is above the six ministers, there is no such clear stipulation in the law. When the cabinet scholar and the six ministers are not the same person, such a scene will often appear." After all, it was not easy. After getting his hair done, Jiao Shizhi looked back at Emperor Zhengde, "I heard that a few days ago, the Minister of Housekeeping and the Minister of Rites had a dispute with the cabinet. This has never happened before."

Zhu Houzhao clapped his palms and laughed, "Shizhi, you have a flexible mind. Sometimes I really want to know what you're thinking, but it's so obvious that I can't see it. The reason is explained clearly by the way." So he left Li Dongyang behind. For the demonstration or something, I didn't notice it at all, it was really slow.

When Emperor Zhengde said that, Jiao Shizhi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't remember what he had missed, so he cast his suspicious eyes on Emperor Zhengde.

Zhu Houzhao felt that there was cuteness in Jiao Shizhi's unusually moist eyes just after washing, and he couldn't help but have the urge to rub his hair, "It's okay, you are right. Liu Jian's health is not good, just look at it. What happened in the past two years. After he retired, Li Dongyang came up. But Li Dongyang and Liu Jian have a different style, more restrained and low-key. If he can't hold it down, the conflict between the cabinet and the Sixth Ministry will arise."

Jiao Shizhi knew that the emperor wasn't telling the truth, the words just now obviously didn't mean that, but he wouldn't go off and ask when he was talking about business, "You're right, but I believe Mr. Li Ge, with him It's not that difficult."

"Yes, it's really not difficult. But I'm not too lazy to let them solve it slowly. After this kind of thing needs to be conveyed by him a few more times, the Sixth Department will be honest. Now I'm still in the leadership, and the cabinet and secretary The power of the ceremonial supervisor will not be too great, and when I don't want to do it, I will think about how to raise the six departments." Emperor Zhengde left the last indeterminate words, pulled Jiao Shizhi and walked outside, Before Jiao Shizhi could ask him the last word, he led him outside, "Your Majesty, where are you going?"

"Go for a horse race."

"Now? At night?!"

"The Martial arts arena is so big, just run a few more laps here. I haven't moved my body for a long time. What if I get pushed down by you?"

Jiao Shizhi: ...

There was always a moment when Jiao Shizhi wondered what the emperor was thinking.

……

After the biggest secret in the leopard room was leaked to the courtiers by Emperor Zhengde, the court was calm for several days, as if for the time being did not know how to face the emperor who suddenly made great efforts to govern, but after someone brought up the matter of shipping again, It made waves.

Because Emperor Zhengde didn't mention it all the time, and the fleet was indeed small, no one noticed this matter except Li Dongyang and a few others.And this time it was Li Dongyang who brought up the matter again.

The first person to object was the Minister of the Household Department, "Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate. The fleet needs a lot of money to support it. At present, the treasury does not have that much surplus. Moreover, the south is plagued by Japanese pirates, so the sea should be blocked." It's the environment." The Minister of the Ministry of War agreed, "Your Majesty, there have been reports of harassment in the sea in recent years, and I agree with the Minister of the Ministry of Households."

Li Dongyang dismissed, "The purpose of going to sea this time is different from that of the previous dynasties. It is not only to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, but also to exchange information with overseas countries. Even if we cannot establish trade contacts, we can increase our knowledge. As for the Japanese pirates, it is difficult. Our court actually wants to block the sea for the little Japanese pirates, causing all the fishermen who rely on the sea to suffer? I am an official to solve the people's livelihood and serve the court. But it is a small difficulty, so you want to quit?"

Jiao Fang came out and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter should be cautious and not act casually. The words of the two Shangshu lords are reasonable, and the same is true for Li lord. We can join together and come together."

Standing behind the emperor, Jiao Shizhi listened to His Highness's courtiers' arguments, and frowned slightly after hearing Jiao Fang's words. Jiao Fang's words seemed to make sense, but in fact, they were just quarrelling.And his He Si Ni is not the same as Xie Qian's.Xie Qian is really eloquent and can bring the dead to life, but Jiao Fang...

Jiao Shizhi looked at the profile of Emperor Zhengde, if it was the same as before, with the emperor's character, he wouldn't be able to wait for long.

After Jiao Jun left Beijing, Jiao Shizhi's only relatives in the capital were Jiao Fang's family, and he would visit occasionally, but Jiao Fang seldom stayed with him for long to avoid suspicion.But based on Jiao Shizhi's understanding of him, he should not have such a vague personality.

Do you have any calculations in your heart?