The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The Ministry of War is on duty.

Li Dongyang threw the tea cup to the ground angrily.

"I just don't understand why the Queen Mother suddenly took action to help that damn reckless man?"

How could Liu Jin really take Zhu Houzhao's words to heart? As soon as he left the Qianqing Palace, he immediately sent the news to Li Dongyang.

This is also the reason why Li Dongyang sadly led his ministers to retreat.

"If the Queen Mother hadn't come to help, Tang Hao would have died today!"

"It's okay now. Tang Hao was sent to prison and was not handed over to the Third Law Department at all. Your Majesty is clearly protecting him. Sooner or later, this beast will have a chance to recover!"

The person sitting opposite Li Dongyang has a slightly thin face, but his eyes are bright and full of books. However, he is extremely tall. In addition, this person is thin, and his height is even more prominent. When he sits there, he has an extraordinary bearing. .

This person is none other than Yang Yiqing, whose courtesy name is Yingning, who is currently the Minister of War and is in charge of the military affairs of the world.

"Ying Ning, why can you still sit still?"

Li Dongyang cursed angrily and coughed violently again.

Seeing that Yang Yiqing was unmoved, he immediately chased after him and asked.

Yang Yiqing felt helpless after hearing this, and silently handed over the tea.

To be honest, Yang Yiqing really didn't want to get involved in these court battles.

At that time, Yang Yiqing was promoted to Shanxi Provincial Envoy Si Qianshi, and was changed to Shaanxi Deputy Envoy Superintendent. He served in Shaanxi for eight years. In his free time, he inspected border wars and confirmed what he had learned, thus accumulating experience in border strategy. After that, he entered the imperial court and served as the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple. , and later became the minister of Taichang Temple in Nanjing.

According to the normal process, Yang Yiqing would not have risen to such a high level. However, even if he did not want to, he could not be alone in the officialdom. Liu Daxia, then Minister of War, repeatedly recommended Yang Yiqing to the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the governor of Shaanxi. Responsible for supervising the Ma Zheng of Shaanxi Province. During this period, he suppressed border invasions, impeached the corrupt commander-in-chief Wu'an Marquis Zheng Hong, and reduced the expenses of the garrison officials to ensure strict military discipline.

Then the little Mongolian prince learned that the Ming Dynasty had changed to a little emperor. He wanted to test the quality of this little emperor, and went south to plunder and fight against the autumn wind, but he was unexpectedly attacked by Yang Yiqing.

In that battle, Yang Yiqing personally led the light cavalry to march day and night from Pingliang to resist the invasion of the northern barbarians from the south and launch a surprise attack. He achieved great military success by defeating the northern barbarians and repelled the Mongolian invasion.

Immediately afterwards, Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia in the court began to claim credit for him. The court had to pinch its nose and gave him a high position of real power in the "Trilateral General System", which controlled the military affairs of the three towns of Yansui, Ningxia, and Gansu (Governor-General of Shaanxi-Gansu). ).

This official is getting bigger and bigger, but Yang Yiqing is getting more and more uneasy.

There is no other reason than the party's struggle for success.

Even though Yang Yiqing was far away, he was not completely unaware of what Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia were doing in the Huguang Township Party.

In fact, he knew his two classmates and friends very well, and Yang Yiqing knew nothing about their virtues.

The more this happened, the more uneasy Yang Yiqing became.

Because his rise through the ranks came from Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia, both from the Huguang Township Party.

Even if he himself has not done anything to form a party for personal gain, what will His Majesty think of it, and what will the court think of it?

Now it's even better. Without Yang Yiqing's consent, without even saying hello, Yang Yiqing was directly brought to the court to be the chief military officer in charge of the world's military affairs!

At this point, even if Yang Yiqing jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clean himself. Everyone in the government and the public, including His Majesty the Emperor, would default to thinking that he was Li Dongyang's party member!

Yang Yiqing couldn't argue, so he could only direct his anger at Li Dongyang.

However, the problem is that his promotion is true. Even Yang Yiqing cannot deny that Li Dongyang has been a favor to him.

It's really hard to explain what happened between this and that time.

Li Dongyang noticed Yang Yiqing's expression, and seemed to have noticed something, and immediately spoke to comfort him: "Ying Ning, are you still blaming me for forcibly transferring you to the center?"

"That's all. I also know that this was not your intention, but now that the situation in the court is unclear, and Shi Yong (characterized by Liu Daxia) was forced by the Marquis of Zhongshan to take the initiative to serve, I have no choice, so I made this move!"

"After all, you, Yang Yingning, have made outstanding achievements and are familiar with local affairs. This is something that everyone in the government and the public knows. If you succeed as Minister of War, the world will be convinced!"

Yang Yiqing heard the compliment in these words, and finally couldn't help but relax.

"Xi Ya, you have always understood me. I only want to serve my country loyally and do not want to participate in court battles."

"If you want to use my power as the Minister of War to help the party fight against dissidents for personal gain, please forgive me, Yang Yiqing, for not being able to do so!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Li Dongyang looked at Yang Yiqing blankly for a while, then coughed to cover up his embarrassment.

"What did Ying Ning say?"

"You should be loyal to the emperor if you eat the emperor's salary. I also hate and hate the Marquis of Zhongshan because he is too cruel and cruel and can be regarded as a model of cruelty. That's all."

"Is that really so?" Yang Yiqing said bluntly, "Public is public, private is private, Xi Ya, if you don't distinguish between public and private, you will cause big trouble sooner or later!"

At this moment, Li Dongyang really couldn't hold himself any longer.

However, Yang Yiqing, the Minister of War, was the powerful Sima after all. Even Li Dongyang did not dare to show off in front of him, so he could only laugh dryly, then stand up and leave with a dark face.

Returning to the cabinet for room duty, Li Dongyang was furious to the extreme!

He never thought that Yang Yiqing would be so disrespectful to him!

What's the matter of "not distinguishing between public and private affairs"? Is it your turn as a "southwestern barbarian" (Yang Yiqing's ancestral home is in Yunnan) to teach me a lesson?

If we hadn't seen your outstanding ability, Yang Yiqing, why would we have recommended you over and over again?

But you, Yang Yiqing, don't want to repay our support, so now you are pretending to be aloof!

This is really unreasonable!

Li Dongyang's body was already weak, and he couldn't stop coughing when he was angry.

He summoned a scribe and wanted to discuss matters with Yang Tinghe.

After all, Li Dongyang is now the chief minister of the cabinet, and Yang Tinghe is just a bachelor of Wenyuange. The relationship between the superiors and subordinates still needs to be clarified.

As for what was being discussed, of course it was to jointly submit a letter requesting His Majesty to summon new people to the cabinet.

With Liu Jian and Xie Qian taking office, only Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe are left in the cabinet.

Although Yang Tinghe has high qualifications, he is still the emperor's teacher. In addition, the country's custom cannot hold two positions. As soon as Li Dongyang became the chief minister of the cabinet, he had to transfer the Hanlin Academy to others, and Yang Tinghe undoubtedly Just the best candidate.

But the problem is that Li Dongyang doesn't want to do this. The Hanlin Academy is a place where Jinshi are raised, and it is also a place for nobles and nobles. Whoever is in charge of the Hanlin Academy is a leader in the literary world.

Li Dongyang, who has long experienced the benefits of this literary leader, would not be willing to hand over the Hanlin Academy to Yang Tinghe for nothing, not to mention that Yang Tinghe is still the imperial master!

So, the best solution for the current situation is to immediately recommend one of your own to the cabinet and let him check and balance Yang Tinghe, so as to continue to control the Hanlin Academy in his hands.

However, Li Dongyang learned from the scribe that Yang Ting and the Mian Sheng had gone. When he heard this, Li Dongyang's face turned extremely ugly in an instant!

At this moment, in Qianqing Palace.

Li Dongyang was envious and jealous of Yang Tinghe, who was kneeling in front of Zhu Houzhao.

"Your Majesty, long time no see. Is your Majesty okay?"

Yang Tinghe's words immediately confused Zhu Houzhao.

"What do you mean, Master Yang? I'm fine!"

"In that case, I would like to ask your Majesty's permission to resign!"

Yang Tinghe took out his resignation from his arms expressionlessly, and then handed it to Chen Kuan beside him.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Houzhao's anger rose again.

Chen Kuan just resigned, and he finally calmed down. Why did Yang Tinghe suddenly resign?

Yang Tinghe was Zhu Houzhao's imperial advisor, and he was also a key figure in the cabinet of Emperor Zhengde. How could he leave so easily?

So Zhu Houzhao immediately refused: "I have made a rule before that you are not allowed to resign without any reason, otherwise..."

"Then your majesty can remove me from my official rank!" Yang Tinghe, a clinker, intervened directly and actively requested to be removed from his official rank.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao could no longer control his violent temper.

"Yang Tinghe!"

"Why are you so crazy?"

Yang Tinghe raised his head boldly and looked directly at Zhu Houzhao.

He is a serious and virtuous emperor, and he can do some transgressive actions that are not too excessive, such as looking directly at the emperor.

After all, the king of heaven and earth is the teacher. If you are a student, then the teacher comes first.

"May I ask Your Majesty, do you still remember the late emperor's teachings before his death?"

"May I ask Your Majesty, have you ever been to a sutra lecture in more than a year?"

"I dare to ask Your Majesty, what on earth was Your Majesty doing when thousands of courtiers were exposed to the scorching sun by eunuchs for two hours that day?"

Zhu Houzhao was startled when he heard this, and his face gradually turned pale.

He finally realized how serious the imperial suicide note case that his mother and Tang Hao had mentioned earlier was!

Yang Tinghe is his imperial master!

That's right, it is precisely because Yang Tinghe is Zhu Houzhao's imperial master that Yang Tinghe is resigning at this moment!

"Your Majesty, I am a scholar of Zuo Chunfang and a young master of Zhan Shifu (emperor's master), but I cannot teach your majesty to study and cultivate virtues and strive for governance. Instead, I associate with Ren Yuanxian and harm the loyal and good... This is the crime of all the ministers!"

"I also ask your Majesty to convict me, remove me from all official positions, and expunge all my honors, so as to set the record straight and calm people's hearts!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Tinghe took off his official hat, put it aside with both hands, then put his forehead on the ground with his hands and said no more words.

Zhu Houzhao stared blankly at the imperial master in front of him, feeling panicked for no reason.

He subconsciously wanted to find support, but then he suddenly remembered that he had sent the barbarians to prison, and now his imperial master had to resign. Then didn't he, Zhu Houzhao, completely become a loner?

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chen Kuan, who shook his head slightly, his attitude obvious.

Yang Tinghe must not become an official!

Especially as far as the current situation in the court is concerned, once Yang Tinghe leaves, the cabinet will become Li Dongyang's voice!

In desperation, Zhu Houzhao could only put aside his pride as an emperor and stepped forward to help Yang Tinghe up in person.

"Master Yang, why is this happening?"

"I know that I did something wrong before, and I already know that I was wrong!"

It is very rare for an emperor to take the initiative to admit his mistakes.

To be honest, if too many things happened today, if Tang Hao hadn't pointed at Zhu Houzhao's nose and scolded him, Zhu Houzhao might not have woken up. Even if Yang Tinghe was forced to become an official, he might not have paid attention to it at all. .

It was not until he experienced this series of things that Zhu Houzhao finally realized how wrong he had been before!

Yang Tinghe looked at the little emperor with red eyes, and recalled the relationship between master and apprentice in the East Palace for so many years, and couldn't help but blush.

"Your Majesty, the government and the public are criticizing and the subjects are heartbroken. This is definitely not what the emperor did!"

"Your Majesty, please take this as a lesson and never do anything similar in the future!"

Yang Tinghe has the arrogance of a scholar-official in his heart, but he is not a radical person.

In fact, if he was as radical as Xie Qian, he would have left with his seal long ago, too lazy to pay attention to an Adou like you who can't help him!

It was precisely because of Tang Hao's entry into the palace today that after Yang Tinghe learned about it, he immediately realized that this was an opportunity to face the sage and give him advice, so he rushed here non-stop.

Fortunately, it seems that Your Majesty has already been scolded by Tang Hou and has a heart of repentance. This is the best.

Admonishment comes back, this mess still needs to be dealt with.

After all, Yang Tinghe is the master of the Zhengde Emperor, so he is a natural imperialist. Everything must be based on the interests of the little emperor, at least for now.

"Your Majesty, regarding the cabinet, please ask your Majesty to immediately call Xie back to the cabinet."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses.

Recalling Xie Qian back to the cabinet now seems to be of no use, because Li Dongyang has already taken the position of chief minister. Even if Xie Qian returns to the cabinet at this moment, nothing will be changed.

But the problem is that Xie Qian hates evil and has always criticized Li Dongyang's actions. Therefore, once Xie Qian enters the cabinet and has the support of the little emperor, it might be possible to check and balance this Li Dongyang!

After waking up, Zhu Houzhao immediately gave the order.

"Someone has come to draw up a decree, summon Xie to move into the pavilion, and be conferred the titles of Young Master, Prince Taifu, and Grand Bachelor of Jinshen Palace!"

"I have made a rule before that you are not allowed to resign without any reason. If Xie Qian was confused for a while, I can let it go, but if he refuses to obey the edict, it will be a disobedience, and I will invalidate his reputation!"

At this moment, Emperor Zhengde, whose IQ was online, returned.

Yang Tinghe was very relieved to see this, and his heart finally returned to his stomach.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian are different. Xie Qian can return to the court, but Liu Jian cannot.

Because Liu Jian submitted his resignation in a serious manner, and His Majesty the Emperor agreed to it, and even the honors he received after becoming an official were arranged, there was no room for maneuver.

But Xie Qian was different. Xie Qian left directly with his seal, which in itself broke the rules set by His Majesty the Emperor, so he had to come back to manage government affairs honestly.

But there is still one problem, and that is Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan.

After all, Yang Tinghe will be a wise prime minister in the future. Even though he is still a little young and immature now, he still has the wisdom and wisdom that he should have.

He did not directly plead for Tang Hao, because doing so would violate taboos. It is not a good thing to have too close friendship between civil and military officials. Furthermore, Yang Tinghe and the Marquis of Zhongshan did not have any friendship in the first place.

So Yang Tinghe said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you have already had some clues about the matter of reprinting and printing when you asked me to take charge of it. May I ask your Majesty where the original manuscript of "The Emperor's Book of Illustrations" is?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was stunned, looked around, and finally silently picked up the "Di Jian Tu Shuo" from the ground.

When Tang Hao had just left Beijing, Zhu Houzhao got this book from Yang Tinghe. At first he couldn't put it down for fear of damaging it, so he asked Yang Tinghe to prepare a reprint of the book. Zhu Houzhao planned to keep the original version himself as a special book for royal education.

Yang Tinghe's sudden words immediately made Zhu Houzhao fall into memories, and he was immediately ashamed!

After taking the "Emperor's Illustrated Book", Yang Tinghe bowed and left.

Zhu Houzhao watched his back and said nothing for a long time. Until Yang Tinghe was about to leave and disappeared, Zhu Houzhao suddenly shouted in a hurry: "Master Yang, don't damage that book at all!"

Hearing this, Chen Kuan and Yang Tinghe smiled in unison.

Marquis Zhongshan finally avoided this disaster.

Liu Jian's mansion.

When Liu Jian and Xie Qian learned that the Marquis of Zhongshan broke into the palace and was sent to prison, they immediately became anxious. Even Liu Jian was prepared to be shameless and wanted to enter the palace to face the saint.

He had no choice but to this day, he still didn't understand that he was plotted by Liu Jin and Li Dongyang, and became the driving force behind the frame-up of Zhongshan Hou!

"Mu Zhai!"

"I must go!"

Liu Jian said in a daze: "If I can't come back, then please escort my wife and son back to my hometown. Thank you!"

Hearing this, Xie Qian's eyes suddenly turned red. He opened his mouth several times and wanted to accompany Liu Jian. But the problem was that he went to Liu Jian's family to act as a loyal person under the trust of others. how?

However, just as Liu Jian walked out of the room, an accident happened.

"Xie Qian, the bachelor of Dongge University, accepts the order!"

The eunuch who came to announce the decree shouted loudly, and directly read out the decree to confer Xie Qian with the title of Young Master, Crown Prince Tutor, and Grand Bachelor of Jinshen Palace.

Xie Qian left with his seal, but was directly promoted to a higher position and returned to the cabinet!

At this moment, Liu Jian and Xie Qian were both dumbfounded.

At the end, the eunuch did not forget to remind him, saying: "Thank you, bachelor, there are rules in the country. Officials are not allowed to resign without reason, otherwise they will be revoked!"

"Please thank the bachelor for putting national affairs first, otherwise your honor will definitely be abolished!"

Xie Qian was still a little dazed, but Liu Jian came to his senses, tugged on his sleeve and urged.

"Muzhai, what are you doing standing still? Hurry up and take the order!"

Under Liu Jian's urging, Xie Qian accepted the order in a daze.

After the imperial envoy was declared and left, Xie Qian looked at Liu Jian with a blank look on his face.

"What's happening here?"

"Hahaha..." Liu Jian rarely laughed out loud, "Your Majesty has finally woken up!"

"You, the Grand Master of Jinshen Palace, together with the Young Master and the Crown Prince, are here to check and balance that Li Dongyang!"

"Muzhai, remember this, don't let Li Dongyang dominate the cabinet!"

Hearing this, Xie Qian nodded in understanding.

Liu Jian's eyes were bright and he nodded slightly.

Among the top bachelors in the cabinet, apart from the chief assistant Li Dongyang, the only remaining ones are Xie Qian and Yang Tinghe!

Xie Qian is jealous of evil, Yang Ting and Lao Cheng are cautious. With the cooperation of the two of them, no matter how ambitious Li Dongyang is, it will be difficult for him to monopolize the power of the cabinet!

It’s just a pity that the Marquis of Zhongshan!

After this incident, it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to recover again!