Of course, the person who executed the execution was the Han general of the Imperial Guard, so he did not dare to be too harsh. However, in full view of the public, he did not dare to be too perfunctory. After twenty imperial rods were pressed down, Liu Jin's buttocks blossomed and he peed.
It was a real pee, and the white cloth wrapped around his crotch was soaked through, all caused by incontinent urine. The eunuch was a disabled person, and his crotch often leaked urine, so he had to wrap it in an absorbent white cloth. You also need to carry a sachet with you to cover up the smell, not to mention being beaten with a royal stick.
Whether it hurts or not, whether it's heavy or not, is a secondary matter. The key is that the loss of face and the embarrassing situation make people happy. The ministers usually see Liu Jin with an extremely arrogant look. Now they see him on the ground of the hall. Being beaten so tenderly, I felt so happy.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear to watch, and after agreeing to the imperial rod, he went down to the Qianqing Palace on his own. The courtiers refused to disperse, and they all smiled when they saw Liu Jin being carried away by the little eunuchs after the twenty imperial rods were beaten. Leave satisfied.
The sun was dazzling outside the palace. Zhang Yanling walked along the steps of the main hall to the square. A group of officials and nobles were waiting on the steps to congratulate Zhang Yanling.
"Congratulations to the Lord Protector. Congratulations to the Lord Protector. After Yongle, you are still the first person to be granted the title of Duke in the Ming Dynasty. Congratulations."
"Yes, it's really like 'Twenty high men are famous all over the world, and they are rich and powerful to intimidate others'. Congratulations."
"In his old age, the Duke of Protector has more weak crowns, so he is granted the title of Duke. He is comparable to the great Han Huo Qubing. His bravery, strategy and courage are comparable to his."
"Bah, bah, don't talk nonsense. How can Huo Qubing be compared to the Protector? Mr. Qin, your comparison is inappropriate. Huo Qubing was just a feudal prince, while the Protector was the Duke of the country. Besides, Huo Qubing died at a young age, you Isn’t this a curse to protect the Duke of the Kingdom and die early?”
"I'm going to fuck you, Ma Laizi, are you a bitch who set me up? When did I curse the Duke of Protector? Your mouth is so fucking mean, I have to brush you with a dung brush. all over."
"..."
"..."
A group of officials were making a noise and almost started fighting.
Yang Tinghe passed by with an ashen complexion and shouted: "What are you doing? How dignified are you? All the scholars have been disgraced by you."
Several quarreling officials then bowed and left.
Zhu Lin stood next to Zhang Yanling and laughed loudly, pointed at the officials and said: "Look, scholars, the sages' books have been read on dogs."
Xu Yande laughed and said, "Isn't that right? There are a lot of things in the Ming Dynasty."
Yang Tinghe frowned and said, "How can you two young masters humiliate scholars in public?"
Zhu Lin puffed up his chest and said: "What? It's not allowed. Which law of the Ming Dynasty prohibits scolding scholars? You, Yang Shoufu, are in charge of this. If you want to control me, you should also control the people in your outer court first. Shoot whoever gets the upper hand. Who is flattering?"
Yang Tinghe's face became even more ugly, but he did not argue with Zhu Lin. He raised his hands to Zhang Yanling and said, "Sir Zhang, could you please take a moment to speak? Tinghe would like to say a few words to you."
Zhu Lin shouted: "Who is free? The Lord Protector is going to have a drink with us brothers to celebrate. Didn't you talk a lot just now? You want to ruin other people's good deeds, and now you come together to talk, you are really I’m so embarrassed.”
Zhang Yanling hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Brother Zhu, don't be like this. Yang Shoufu is not targeting me. Yang Shoufu, where are we going?"
Yang Tinghe said: "Then just talk in the small pavilion in the forest. It won't take up too much of your time."
Zhang Yanling stretched out her hand and said: "Please!"
The two walked down the steps and walked across the square to a small pavilion among the flowers and trees. The sun was shining brightly, and the light filtered through the trees, casting specks of light. The tree crowns were illuminated by the sun, as if they were coated with a layer of green.
The halo is very beautiful.
Yang Tinghe stood in the pavilion and looked outside, holding his hands behind his hands and saying nothing for a long time.
Zhang Yanling waited for a while and couldn't help but said: "Yang Shoufu, you asked me to come but you didn't say anything. Why? If you have nothing to say, I will leave."
Yang Tinghe turned around and looked at Zhang Yanling and said: "I'm waiting for you to speak. Don't you have anything to ask me? For example, why did I prevent you from conferring the title of Duke?"
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "It seems that you have something to say, but in fact I don't care at all. But since you want to say it, I will satisfy you. Why are you obstructing it?"
Yang Tinghe said in a deep voice: "That's for your own good."
Zhang Yanling was stunned for a moment and then burst out laughing. "I am doing this for your own good." These words sounded very familiar. Zhang Yanling didn't know how many people had said this to her face. Usually after being reprimanded by the other party.
This sentence is quite mysterious. There are many hidden meanings behind the words.
"Does Mr. Zhang think it's funny?" Yang Tinghe frowned. Perhaps unintentionally, or perhaps deliberately, Yang Tinghe only called Zhang Yanling Mr. Zhang, not the Duke of the State. Previously, it was Zhang Houye who was talking about it.
Zhang Yanling kept laughing, holding her stomach and saying, "I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you, I just remembered something funny."
Yang Tinghe frowned and said, "What a funny thing."
Zhang Yanling said: "The matter at home is that my dog made a lot of noise last night and threw things around. My wife beat him and the child cried. My wife hugged him again and said: I am doing this for your own good.
, you have to abide by the rules. Hahaha, you see, it’s the same as what Mr. Yang said just now. When you hit someone, you still say I’m doing it for your own good. When you hit someone, you hit him, but you still have to pretend to be a good person."
Yang Tinghe looked embarrassed and frowned: "It seems that you have a grudge against me. I really do it for your own good. It may not be a good thing for you to be a Duke at your age and seniority. You are very sharp and can easily attract criticism. That's it.
The faster you go, the less stable your feet will be and the more likely you will fall more severely."
Zhang Yanling chuckled and said: "I thank you for your kindness. That is my business and has nothing to do with you. You, Mr. Yang, mind your own business. I'm not telling you. Compared with your respected master, there is a huge difference."
Here, respected master Li Shoufu is so angry
Extraordinary courage, courage and strategy. If he were still alive today, in the hall, he would write a memorial to impeach Liu Jin for the turmoil he caused. But you, as the chief minister, did not say a word about this. Really
It’s disappointing.”
Yang Tinghe said angrily: "You are not unaware of the situation of my outer court? Will the emperor listen to our words? You Zhang Yanling came forward, and the emperor is still unwilling to punish Liu Jin's crime. Do we think it will be useful?"
Zhang Yanling sneered and said: "This is the excuse of the incompetent. Whether it is successful or not is one thing, but whether you say it or not is another matter. Dare you say it, it is a matter of your attitude. If you dare not say it, it means you have no courage and no courage.
No responsibility.”
Yang Ting's face turned pale with anger. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. He calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhang, I'm not here to quarrel with you. I have some things I want to discuss with you. Everyone has his own thing.
The way of doing things, I am me, the teacher is a teacher, we are different people."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "That's all, I know you. You just want to hide it and don't dare to be the target of public criticism. You just hope that Liu Jin and I will have a fight, and it's best for both sides to lose. Are you satisfied today? Liu Jin got punished, and so did the emperor.
You are angry with me. As a prince, I have just been gifted and am about to fall out of favor."
Yang Tinghe said: "Master Zhang, I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding. How can I, Yang Tinghe, be so unbearable? In this situation, I hope you don't misunderstand me. We still need to work together. Liu Jin has established the Fourth Foreign Army and will soon have a large number of
He has soldiers and horses in hand. After that, he becomes even more powerful.
I am worried that he has ulterior motives, so I want to discuss it with you. We will work together and join forces with Liu Jin. Your Majesty still trusts you. If you join, this matter will be resolved.
Cheng. Let’s start with the matter of the Fourth Army and let the emperor understand Liu Jin’s ambition.”
Zhang Yanling frowned and said with a smile: "I will not get involved in this kind of thing. I have already offended someone today, so you can't even think about dragging me into doing this. You just think that I am the Duke of the country, and you know that the emperor treats me well."
Grace, so you pulled me to build momentum. I won’t be fooled by you. If you want to do it, just lead the officials in the outer court to do it yourself, and don’t involve me."
Yang Tinghe said angrily: "Zhang Yanling, I misjudged you. I thought you were for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is now in danger. If we don't correct it, the country will be in danger. I don't believe you don't know Liu Jin's purpose of setting up the Fourth Foreign Army. You
Not only did you not stop it at that time, you actually agreed to it. I thought you were just confused for a moment, but I didn't expect that you didn't have the Ming Dynasty in your heart at all."
Zhang Yanling said coldly: "Don't say these things, it's not your turn to say these things about me. I, Zhang Yanling, am worthy of the imperial court. How did I, the prince of the country, come here? Did it fall from the sky? I took my brothers with me.
You earned it with all your hard work. You people, among the high-end temples,
When something happened, I didn’t know how to deal with it. After it happened, I said some high-sounding words one by one. Do you have the Ming Dynasty in mind? That’s what you say? That’s what you have to do. I not only suppressed the rebellion, but also protected the people to the maximum extent.
.What did you do?”
Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands and said: "Okay, okay, we don't quarrel, we just talk about things. Mr. Zhang, where do you think the court will go if this continues? The emperor is so partial to Liu Jin, and Liu Jin has seized the military power. I am foreigner.
Aren't you anxious that most of the people in the court are his lackeys? Such people interfere in government affairs and engage in
The chaos in Ningxia and the chaos in Hebei are still unharmed. Is this normal? If Liu Jin is not eliminated for one day, the Ming Dynasty will be over. Who knows what else this person will do. The emperor seems to be obsessed with him
It's like he's been bewitched. If he causes something else, how many more times can our Ming Dynasty endure the chaos in Hebei?"
Zhang Yanling looked at Yang Tinghe's excited expression and said softly: "Yang Shoufu, if you said these words in the court, I would admire you very much. It's a pity that you only dare to say it in front of me. Where is the court going? That's
The problem that worries you, the chief minister, is, why are you asking me? I have already said
Well, I will not impeach Liu Jin with you. Besides, who is Liu Jin? A eunuch without eggs, just to please the emperor. You have also seen it today. If I want to deal with him, he will not have to face the consequences. I
It's not difficult to deal with him. There's no need to ask others for help."
Yang Tinghe raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Could it be that you have a way to get rid of Liu Jin?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Did I say it? I didn't say it."
Yang Tinghe said: "If you can get rid of him, I, Yang Tinghe, will kowtow to you and apologize. Moreover, I am convinced of you as the protector of the country."
Zhang Yanling sneered: "I'm not doing anything for you. Besides, what you said is all false. If you really want me to do something, you should do something practical."
Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said in a deep voice: "I understand. This year's first aid powder will be purchased in an additional batch of 500,000 cans. In addition, I heard that Jishitang's cooling oil is good and is also a good medicine for the army. We can purchase 500,000 cans.
Ten Thousand Boxes.”
Zhang Yanling laughed loudly and said: "Master Yang is somewhat respectful of his master. However, that is not what I want. The emperor will soon discuss with me the return of firearms to the court. I want you to do me a favor. I have it at Xishan Manor.
With a small workshop, the imperial court does not need to build another workshop to imitate the Franco machine gun. We produce it, the imperial court buys it, and everyone is happy."
The contempt in Yang Tinghe's eyes could not be concealed. These nobles still put profit first. There is no difference between Zhang Yanling and others with the same virtue. This kind of thing can also be used for trading. They are really a bunch of silverfish from the Ming Dynasty.
"Okay, my cabinet has the right to decide on this matter. I will just do as you say." Yang Tinghe said in a deep voice.