Chapter 1,205 Yan Song: Before the Heavenly Master exerts any force, Yan Dang, who is at the height of his power, will fall?
"Is Qing'er back?"
In the study room, the old man's weak voice sounded.
"Come back soon, be back soon!"
An old woman comforted her, brought the bowl to the old man's mouth, and served him to drink it gently.
Looking at this scene alone, no one would have guessed that the person calling his son's nickname in a low voice was Yan Song, the chief minister of the dynasty and the most powerful man in the world.
Of course, judging from the appearance of the old woman, she does not look like Yan Song's head wife. The prime minister's house is unique and there is no possibility of competing for his favor.
Although Ouyang's temperament is rich and dignified, his appearance is very ordinary, and there are pockmarks on his face, which are left by a rash when he was young.
Compared with Yan Song who was tall, handsome and well-groomed when he was young, this girl obviously did not match her appearance. However, she gave birth to a son and two daughters for Yan Song, but she was the only woman in Yan Song's life.
As the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Song never took concubines, let alone any extramarital affairs. He treated his wife with respect and love as guests throughout his life. For this alone, Yan Song could be a model of deep love between husband and wife.
It's just that his moral character in this area has obviously not been passed on, and his control is getting weaker and weaker.
Not only for my son, but also for my adopted son.
Yan Song drank the rice porridge and felt a slight warmth in his chest. He felt more comfortable and murmured: "Jing Qing went to jail this time... because he didn't listen to me..."
As soon as the news came that Yan Maoqing and Luo Longwen were accused of treason with the Japanese, Yan Song knew that there must be no satisfaction in the palace.
But unfortunately, his energy is not enough to support personal supervision. It is already very difficult to give Yan Maoqing a general idea. The specific implementation will ultimately be done by these adopted sons and close confidants.
Ouyang said: "These two people are greedy and blind, and they have refused to change despite repeated admonitions. It is not a bad thing to be convicted this time..."
She didn't like Yan Maoqing, and she was even more disgusted with Luo Longwen who was hanging out with her son.
I won’t go into the many shortcomings of these two people. The key is that they are greedy people.
A few years ago, when Yan Shifan took Yan Song and Ouyang into the basement to admire the treasures he had accumulated, the old couple were really dumbfounded. Yan Song even lamented afterward that this was a recipe for disaster.
But it was obviously unrealistic to give up these belongings. From then on, Yan Song just let it go. The occasional restraint was of no use, and Ouyang couldn't control it.
This old woman is not the kind of person who blindly dotes on her children. She thinks that her sons are good people who are all led to bad things by their friends. However, her hatred for the friends is definitely inevitable. If these people are eliminated, some troubles will be reduced.
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"It's not that simple..."
Yan Song smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Of course it's okay to give up on Yan Maoqing. Luo Longwen was a businessman. If he hadn't been favored by Yan Shifan, he wouldn't have been able to take over. There are many people who want to replace him.
But the problem is that the adopted son of the chief minister was convicted of treason with the Japanese, and was actually officially investigated. In a sense, this is a political bellwether.
During these years, the Yan Party had imposed excessive taxes, sold off their positions and titles, attacked their colleagues, and framed loyal people. They had done too many evil things and were hated by others.
When the sun is at its peak, some people dare to go up against the wind. If they show a slight weakness, the wall will fall down immediately and everyone will push them!
This is the key to why Yan Maoqing and Luo Longwen cannot be captured. In the interests of the party, no matter whether the core figures are guilty or not, they must be innocent.
In this case, questions come one after another:
"Where did the Japanese pirate witnesses come from? Did the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai cooperate with each other for a long time?"
"Lu Bing carries out His Majesty's wishes, but can the previous personal relationship allow the Jin Yiwei to secretly help him and show his favor?"
"Is Xu Jie the instigator behind this incident? If he is really this person, can he use his in-laws' engagement to ruin his reputation and reverse the situation?"
Behind each of these questions, there are thousands of things. Yan Song lowered his head as he thought about it. His chest ached. He couldn't help but speak in Jiangxi dialect and scolded the son: "You careless Zailizi, a wonderful family."
The karma will be defeated in his hands!"
Ouyang saw this rare anger and quickly admitted her mistake: "It's my fault that I didn't teach Qing'er well and caused so many troubles for the family..."
Yan Song smiled bitterly: "It's not my fault, madam, I can't control it. Qing'er is no better than us after all. We survived it. He gained power when he was young and can't tolerate anything else in his eyes..."
As he was talking, the sound of footsteps came from outside.
A group of people came outside the room, headed by the housekeeper of the Yan Mansion, followed by a group of servants, all of whom were usually loyal confidants.
Ouyang's hearing has not yet deteriorated, and he heard that the footsteps were a bit panicked, not as orderly as before. Knowing that nothing good would happen, he stroked Yan Song's chest: "Master, please relax, the strong wind and waves will eventually pass!"
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Yan Song forced a smile: "To save my husband, don't listen to these things and go back to your room..."
After the lady quickly put away the bowl and turned to leave, the butler came in and bowed: "Master..."
Yan Song said in a deep voice: "Did Tianshi Li stop you?"
The butler said bitterly: "No, we can't see Master Li at all. The mansion has magical powers, so we can't knock on the door vigorously..."
Yan Song frowned: "Then no one will come in or out?"
The housekeeper said: "There are some. We originally wanted to capture the doctors who came to the mansion to study, but the Director of Ceremonies sent people to warn us not to act recklessly outside the Tianshi Mansion and drove us away..."
The wrinkles on Yan Song's face became more and more profound, and there was a subtle tremor in his voice: "What else did the Superintendent of Ceremonies say?"
The housekeeper said in a low voice: "His Majesty's intention is that we are not allowed to rush. Let's see when the young master comes out of the Tianshi Mansion..."
Yan Song closed his eyes.
What he was most worried about happened.
Jiajing was really jealous of Yan Shifan's behavior of studying in the government. No wonder he allowed the news to spread more and more crazily, which led to the "Japanese incident" involving Yan Maoqing and Luo Longwen.
After a period of oppressive silence, Yan Song stood up tremblingly:
"Get ready to carry your father! I'm going to the palace!"
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Half an hour later.
As soon as Yan Song's carriage landed in front of the forbidden gate of Xiyuan, he saw two royal sedans stopping in front of them, and two men in rich clothes walked out of them.
Yan Song slowly bowed down and said, "Old minister Yan Song, I would like to pay my respects to your two highnesses!"
Seeing him trembling, the hem of the golden royal robe and the court boots embroidered with dragons came quickly towards this side, but when they got in front of him, they did not help him, but just said gently: "Master Yange, please get up!
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Another voice came: "Mr. Yan Ge is highly respected and respected. He is an important minister that my father relies on. Why should he be so polite?"
Yan Song knew that the person who walked over quickly, but did not dare to help him rashly, was King Yu.
Standing still, just talking, and a bit weird, it was King Jing.
These two princes were actually called into the palace...
He followed the rules of a courtier and performed all the etiquette before slowly getting up.
At this time, King Yu reached out and held one of Yan Song's arms to show respect, while King Jing turned his head and looked at the figure walking out of the room through the forbidden door of Xiyuan.
That's Yang Jinshui.
The thin face was full of smiles: "My slave Yang Jinshui, I would like to pay my respects to your two highnesses!"
King Jing hurried up to meet him this time, with a completely different attitude. He said with great enthusiasm: "Eunuch Yang, please rise. Did your father order you to take us in?"
Prince Yu still supported Yan Song, but his hands trembled unnoticeably.
Yan Song knew that the prince had a sense of crisis from his title.
Both he and Yang Jinshui addressed the two highnesses, but they specifically did not want to put them in order. After all, in terms of age, King Yu was undoubtedly ahead of King Jing, but that would not be certain if King Jing was honored as a great treasure in the future.
It's not worth it to hold grudges just because of this trivial matter.
From this detail, we can actually see that the attitude of the outer dynasty and the inner court treated the two princes equally.
The elder King Yu was actually at a disadvantage, and of course he was deeply disturbed.
"Is Your Majesty really partial to the youngest, regardless of the superiority of the elder and the younger?"
Yan Song pondered for a moment, took a deep breath, suddenly thought of it, patted Prince Yu's palm gently, and said in a very low voice: "Your Highness has a kind heart, don't panic."
King Yu turned his head in surprise, and when he met the chief minister's profound gaze, his heart suddenly jumped.
After a seemingly small interlude, under the guidance of Yang Jinshui, King Jing, King Yu and Yan Song officially entered Xiyuan.
Compared with Yang Jinshui who lived directly in this royal garden, Yan Song was also familiar with the family, and King Yu and King Jing were a little nervous.
There is no way, because of Tao Zhongwen's saying that "two dragons never meet", since Jiajing moved to Xiyuan, these two biological sons first lived in the Forbidden City, and then left the palace to open a mansion, and have never been here.
Now that Tao Zhongwen is dead, the heresy is no longer relevant, but people's habits are very profound. Jiajing did not formally summon them until today.
Finally, the monastery arrived.
Yang Jinshui's gaze left a meaningful glance on Yan Song, and he quietly stepped away, and Lu Fang's voice took over: "Prince Yu Zhu Zaihe, Prince Jing Zhu Zaizhen, and Chief Assistant Yan Song have an audience!"
King Jing took a quick step forward and entered side by side with King Yu. Yan Song followed behind. The three of them walked into the palace and saluted the figure sitting on the Tai Chi Bagua bed: "Long live my emperor!"
Jiajing still wears casual clothes with wide robes and large sleeves. The difference is that this time it is not out of season.
In the past, this Taoist emperor wore thin silks in the winter, but changed to thick Songjiang cotton in the summer. According to this Taoist emperor, it was due to the positive results gained from practicing Taoism and meditating for many years.
But in fact, they take Taoist elixirs all the year round, which makes them dry in winter and cool in summer, showing a very different behavior from ordinary people.
People who didn't understand it thought it was magical, and those who understood it didn't dare to reveal it. It became a flattery for the subjects and a show of favor for the emperor himself.
But now, Jiajing himself has changed.
He wore thin silk in the summer, which was so normal that Yan Song's heart suddenly hurt and his breathing became a little short.
"This is the influence of the Heavenly Master!"
"If it hadn't been for this person's appearance, Qing'er wouldn't have been trapped in the Tianshi Mansion, and our strict party wouldn't have been forced to this point!"
"Not only were the concerns at the time correct, they were also too conservative..."
Ever since that person caused a huge storm in the southeast, Yan Song became vigilant, but he still did not stop his rise.
The key is that I thought it would be a back-and-forth political struggle, but the result was far different from what was imagined.
The other party seems to have done nothing, and the Yan Party, which is at its peak, is about to fall...
Jiajing naturally didn't know that just by changing his clothes, the chief minister of the court was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe. He said to his two sons: "The purpose of letting you enter the palace today is to test your academic knowledge. It happens that Mr. Yan Ge
We have an audience, there is some storm in the court, let’s discuss it together... I’ll give you a seat!”
"Thank you, Father!" "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After the three people saluted, they all sat down.
King Yu and King Jing should have seats. According to the prince's regulations, they sat to the east of Jiajing's lower head.
Yan Song had been ordered to sit on a low mound to the west of Jiajing Palace several years ago.
As usual, Lu Fang stood slightly behind Jiajing.
As a result, no one was kneeling in the huge palace, and the monarch and his ministers were in harmony, as if they were just chatting every day.
But everyone present knew that this conversation might involve earth-shaking changes in the entire court.
It was just Jiajing's next words that made Yan Song and the two princes slightly startled: "The governor of Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian, urgently reports that there is another movement in Japan, let them see!"
Lu Fang passed the report down, and King Yu, King Jing and Yan Song read it respectively, with deep surprise on their faces.
Jiajing said: "What? Do you think it's ridiculous?"
Yan Song tried hard to think with his slow brain, but King Yu did not dare to express his opinion at will. However, King Jing's loud voice sounded: "Father, this Japanese country dares to raise troops to invade my Ming Dynasty. It really shocks me..."
Jiajing said coldly: "We, the Ming Dynasty in the Middle Kingdom, have trillions of people. Each one of us can flood the Japanese country in the East China Sea with just a spit of spit. However, small Japanese pirates are rampant in the southeastern land, burning, killing and plundering."
!Now that the Japanese invaders are temporarily at peace, the Japanese still dare to raise troops to invade. Are you just shocked? Don’t you have any sense of shame?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! King Jing quickly stood up, King Yu also stood up, and saw that his younger brother was already half-kneeling: "My child is not only ashamed, but also wants to protect my Ming Dynasty
In order to demonstrate the dignity of our country and the bloody spirit of our great nation, I am willing to join the army, fight on the battlefield, cut off the heads of those Japanese with my own hands, and offer them to my father!"
This is not a good thing to say. After all, the princes of the Ming Dynasty were able to join the army and fight on the battlefield under some special circumstances, such as King Zhu Di of Yan, such as King Zhu Gaoxu of Han...
But considering King Jing's age, being able to speak such passionate words is better than King Yu who is silent and stiff.
Jiajing didn't say much, and his expression returned to calm: "It's too early to say this. The Japanese country has only made a slight move. I heard that there are wars and wars in the country. There are wars everywhere. If you really want to attack our Ming Dynasty, you must be an extraordinary person. I'm afraid it's those practitioners.
Since the Heavenly Master will take action, you don’t have to worry.”
The expectation in these words made King Jing feel that his father had no doubts about the new heavenly master, and then he heard the other party continue: "What do you think about recruiting Wang Zhi?"
Hu Zongxian's letters did mention Wang Zhi. Just like the decisions in history, compared to other ministers who could not get rid of the sand in their eyes and often failed to win in battles, he had always adopted an attitude of recruiting peace. This time, even after Xu Wei's return,
It was brought directly to the surface.
The topic of recruitment is extremely sensitive, especially for someone like Wang Zhi, who is half businessman and half bandit, and violates the maritime ban. King Yu had originally made up his mind to answer the second question first, but at this time he opened his mouth and was paused for a moment.
Already.
Knowing that the opportunity had come, King Jing hurriedly said: "My father is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and all the people are his subjects. Wang Zhi is unfaithful and unfilial. Now that he wants to make meritorious deeds, why not give him a chance?"
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Jiajing showed a smile: "That's right. Hu Zongxian knew how to cherish the people of his land, so he dared to make such a suggestion. I will not stand idly by while watching the suffering of my people... Mr. Yan Ge, what do you think?"
The hall suddenly became quiet.
Not to mention King Yu, even King Jing, who had a strong desire to express himself, quickly closed his mouth and even faintly held his breath.
The show is coming!
I used to call Biao Wei Zhong, but now I call him Mr. Yan Ge...
Yan Song took a deep breath, gave up the last chance, and stood up tremblingly: "There is no greater sage than your Majesty. Hu Zongxian has great military skills, capable ministers, and understands the situation in Zhejiang and the Japanese. I think this proposal is safe!"
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Jiajing's half-smiling expression reappeared: "But before, the cabinet had intended to transfer Hu Zongxian to leave Southeast. Was that Mr. Yan Ge's idea?"
Yan Song had already thought about it and slowly knelt down: "I am old and dim, and I have been deceived. I hope your Majesty will punish you!"
Jiajing raised his eyebrows: "Who deceived you?"
King Yu, King Jing and Lu Fang all pricked up their ears to hear the chief minister of the country sigh deeply and full of pain: "It is the son of the old minister, Yan Shifan!"