People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 170 Lifting a stone and hitting his foot, Zhu Yuanzhang's embarrassment

"Who sent this letter?"

Yang Xian finished reading the letter with anger, but looked up at the servant delivering the letter.

The servant said:
"The visitor only said that it was a letter from an old friend, but he didn't say who it was. He said that the master would know by himself!"

An old friend?

Yang Xian thought of many things from these two words, and his expression also changed.

"Go down!"

Waving to let the servant go down, Yang Xian recalled the content of the letter and immediately became furious.

The letter came from the palace, and I don't know which old friend of the school inspector sent him the letter. There is only one thing recorded in the letter, that is, the emperor asked Liu Bowen if he could be a chancellor. Liu Bowen dissuaded the emperor, thinking that I can't do it myself.

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, Yang Xian originally held a grudge because of Liu Bowen's neglect, and knowing this,
It can be said that the resentment towards Liu Bowen in his heart has surpassed that of other people in the court.

"Liu Bowen, the truth is endless with you!
Fortunately, Your Majesty believes in me, otherwise the truth and aspect will be messed up by you! "

Yang Xian was so angry that he woke up drunk, pacing back and forth in the hall.

The family advises:

"Master, don't be angry anymore. Forbearance is the main thing in everything. After all, Mr. Liu is the leader of the Eastern Zhejiang School... Even if you become a prime minister, you don't have your own team..."

This sentence was like cold water, which woke Yang Xian up.

Only now did he realize one thing, even if he became the prime minister, he seemed to be unable to do anything.

He is a school inspector, and he is much worse than other people in terms of business connections, and because he is from the north, in the imperial court where the southerners make up the majority, the officialdom is a natural object of solidarity... fellow countryman, Yang Xian is the same not a lot!

Yang Xian originally had a sweet dream. After he became the right minister, he could naturally take over the resources of the Zhedong faction in the hands of Liu Bowen, and then compete with Li Shanchang in Zhongshu Province.

But he never expected that the reality would be so cruel.

All my wishful thinking was disturbed by Liu Bowen's withdrawal.

Thinking of this, his hatred for Liu Bowen increased a bit.

"My lord, just ignore Liu Bowen for now. If you want to stand firm, firstly, don't cause trouble, and secondly, quickly recruit a group of officials to do things for yourself!
You don't have the prestige of Li Shanchang, except for the full support of Huaixi military generals, most of the officials in East Zhejiang are also willing to attach to him!
And Liu Bowen needless to say!
You son, there are no fellow countrymen in the officialdom, and even Taiyuan is still in the hands of the Mongols, so you can only find some people from these two factions to win over!
However, looking at the entire imperial court now, how many people are willing to attach themselves to you? "

Yang Xian's face turned blue and white, these words just spoke out his pain.

A group in the officialdom is nothing more than a fellow townsman, a classmate, and the same family, and at most one accomplice...

Needless to say, classmates and classmates, even if Yang Xian has this kind of relationship, it is also the relationship of the previous dynasty. If he dares to use the love of classmates from the previous dynasty to win over some people, it will be like handing a knife to Zhu Yuanzhang to make Lao Zhu kill him.

Moreover, these people are not many in nature, so they are not worth Yang Xian's risk.

Party, hehehe.

After Liu Bowen and him drew a clear line, the choice of the Eastern Zhejiang School is self-evident.

People dare to follow Liu Bowen, a censor Zhongcheng, to fight against Li Shanchang, what kind of person is Yang Xian?
So after all the calculations, there is only one fellow villager left to choose.

But does he have fellow countrymen?

Yang Xian smiled wryly, Taiyuan is not yet part of Daming's territory, and he really doesn't have many fellow villagers.

"Master, if you expand the term "citizen" to the northerners, you will probably be able to win over a group of people!"

northerners.

Yang Xian's whole body was enlightened, and he suddenly became enlightened.

With the emperor promulgating the north and south list, there is a general trend to develop the north, and the northerners will definitely become a political force in the court in the future.

Although there are only a handful of northerners in the court today, most of them are surrenders of the Yuan Dynasty, and they are not trusted by Lao Zhu.

The situation of these people is as embarrassing as their own. They are obviously from the north, but they have to attach themselves to the Eastern Zhejiang School or the Huaixi School.

These people are a group of people who have no sense of existence in the court.

But it's different now.

Because Yang Xian became prime minister, he can use this group of people.

"The emperor's principle of employing people is to change places to serve as officials. Many of these northern officials are arranged to serve as parents' officials in the south! If these people can be used, the foundation of the truth is not bad!"

Thinking of this incident, Yang Xian paced back and forth excitedly, very excited.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally realized what Zhu Yuanzhang expected of him.

"Actually, those people in the Confucian Mansion are also from the North!"

Under the reminder of his family, Yang Xian naturally set his sights on the forgotten and only recently mentioned mansion in Yingtian Mansion.

The Kong family was dealt with by the emperor, but the recent series of actions of the emperor showed a vague tendency to reconcile with the Kong family.

It is also because the officials have seen the emperor's heart that the Confucian mansion has become very lively recently.

Yanshenggong Mansion is indeed a place that can be used.

From Yansheng Gong's mansion, Yang Xian thought of the "witch gu" incident that had caused a lot of ups and downs recently, and then thought of Liu Bowen's going to put out the fire in person, and he immediately had an idea.

"Liu Bowen himself doesn't have a good impression of Longhu Mountain, but this time he took the initiative to go into the muddy water, there must be a reason for it! Isn't this old guy trying to save that little Taoist priest?
The truth is not as good as their wishes, so let someone check it out and ask the old brothers who were in the school before to see if there is something wrong behind it? "

"Master, is this all right?"

"If you are told to go, go, Gao Jianxian, Ling said that those people don't pay much attention to the truth now, but they are not the only people in the school! Even if the bottom-level brothers leave the school, the relationship is still there... …

You said that you want to win over Beiren officials, then the truth needs at least one thing, first establish the prestige of the truth and then talk about it! "

Yang Xian sneered. Originally, people like him didn't even bother to talk about the matter of the Confucian Mansion.

But since it was useful, he had to intervene in person.

……

On the second day, early morning.

Hundreds of officials gathered in Fengtian Hall.

The new right minister, Yang Xian, wrote a letter to ask the emperor to thoroughly investigate the serious illness of Yan Sheng Gong Kong Kejian.

As soon as this move came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Lao Zhu held Yang Xian's memorabilia and frowned slightly.

But he did not expect that the first fire of Yang Xian's new official took office, but it was the brat in Qingxin's view.

The wording of Yang Xian's memorandum is extremely serious. On the one hand, he talked about Longhushan and other Taoists who disrupted the court and deceived the public with lies.

He also alluded to Kong Kejian's serious illness. I'm afraid it's not just that those Taoist priests are ignorant, but also harbor evil intentions.

Yang Xian also seriously asked the emperor to give Yan Shenggong a drug test...

Such remarks immediately caused an uproar as soon as they appeared, but at the same time they also aroused the approval of some people.

Among the officials, there has always been a group of self-proclaimed orthodox officials who have great opinions on Longhushan, or the world's monks and Taoists.

The emperor himself let the righteous people walk in the world, and they were dissatisfied.

Longhushan suppressed Shenggong, and this incident is even more of a heartache for many people.

Yang Xian's memorial was deeply loved by them.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether the child did it or not, whether he was poisoned or not.

What they need is this public opinion, which can force the emperor into the palace.

"My minister agrees with Lord Yang's opinion!"

"Wei Chen agrees!"

Facing the group of people kneeling down, Zhu Yuanzhang's gloom grew thicker.

It is true that he specially cultivated Yang Xian, but his expectation of Yang Xian is not to impress the person in the concept of pure heart when he is full.

If you give him ten Yang Xian, it's not as good as Zhang Yi.

But because of Yang Xian, the matter of Yanshenggong's mansion rose again, which made Lao Zhu embarrassed.

The first fire that Yang Xian's new official took office was on Longhushan, but what he burned was not Longhushan, but...

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Bowen who had not spoken.

I don't know if he felt Yang Xian's hostility, but it was clearly because he hit Liu Ji in the face!

Putting aside the matter of Zhang Yi, Yang Xian's actions are actually in the interests of the emperor.

He clearly drew a line with Liu Bowen.

Lao Zhu was very satisfied, and Yang Xian's methods were also qualified when he chose to take action from the Yanshenggong mansion incident.

The matter of Yansheng Gong's mansion will offend a group of people, and will also win a group of people.

Even among the officials of the East Zhejiang faction, there are not a few officials who have a good impression of Yang Xian's approach.

Li Shanchang on one side was thoughtful.

He also saw the problems that the emperor could see clearly.

Liu Bowen and Yang Xian turned against each other faster than Li Shanchang imagined.

He chuckled, stood up suddenly, and shouted:
"My minister agrees!"

For a while, everyone was silent and looked at Li Shanchang in surprise.

He shouldn't have been in this muddy water, but he just ended up!
The matter of Yansheng Gong's mansion was originally a small matter.Before Yang Xian came out, none of the bigwigs in the court participated in this matter.

Now Yang Xian and Li Shanchang, two people who are vaguely opposed, have come forward, which is simply a stormy sea.

The officials from the Huaixi branch saw that Li Shanchang was also joining in with Yang Xian, and all knelt down.

"My minister agrees!"

"Second minister!"

"My minister agrees!"

With a voice echoing, more and more people knelt down.

Things were developing in a direction that even the emperor could not control.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was livid, he thought this matter was nothing, and he easily brought Zhang Yi's matter over by promoting Yang Xian.

Who would have thought that Yang Xian would bring this matter back because of Liu Bowen, and push the matter into a situation where he was embarrassed.

Old Zhu looked at Yang Xian, already very displeased.

He promoted Yang Xian to solve his troubles, not to create troubles for him.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's difficult position is that he has just promoted Yang Xian, and he "doesn't know" the child Zhang Yi theoretically.

Since he doesn't know each other, he can't have too much bias in this matter,
But when Yang Xian set fire to Zhang Yi's actions, Lao Zhu was furious.

Zhu Biao saw that his father was in trouble, so he stood up on his own initiative:

"Father, my son has something to say!"

He interrupted the excitement of the courtiers and gave the emperor a chance to breathe.

"My son thinks that Zhang Jiazi is just a seven-year-old child, so the so-called witchcraft theory is not reliable!
And the right and wrong of this matter is tortuous, after all, we still have to listen to what the Kong family said. We are discussing the nature of the matter here, but it is just a wild guess! "

Zhu Biao came out to characterize the matter, but it made many people calm down temporarily.

At this time, Yang Xian said:
"His Royal Highness is kind, but he underestimated the sinister human heart!

Kong Jiazi is honest and honest, so it is inevitable that he will not be deceived by others!
My official inquired, that Zhang Jiazi was also a stubborn person in Guozixue, first he left his teacher in anger, and then neglected his studies, Kong Jiazi Kong Na was also taken by him, and often played truant!

The minister thought that His Majesty sent the two of them to Guozixue to let them study hard and be influenced by holy learning.

But it’s fine if the child doesn’t study, but he still plays truant with Kong Na, this is really intolerable!
It should be noted that if his Zhang family wants to ruin the family style, it will be fine. What kind of family is the Kong family, and what is Kong Na's identity?
Yan Shenggong is a model scholar, if he is led badly, I'm afraid..."

Since Yang Xian dared to stand up today, he naturally did some homework.

Everyone is well aware of Zhang Yi's situation in Guozixue.

When he said this, Zhu Biao's face also turned cold.

The first thing Yang Xian did when he became right minister caught their father and son by surprise.

This guy wants to kill people to gain power, but he kills the person they care about the most.

He courted death!
Zhu Biao has a generous personality, and rarely gets angry with one person, but when Yang Xian wants to touch Zhang Yi, it also makes him angry from the heart.

But the most frustrating thing about the father and son is that they [don't know] Zhang Yi.

Seeing Zhu Biao's silence, Yang Xian was encouraged and continued:
"I have already inquired about it. The Confucian Mansion said to the outside world that he was the one who treated Mr. Kong's illness, but besides drawing talismans, does Longhushan have any means of healing?

Ever since the old man was treated by him, he has been ill for no reason!
Now even the imperial doctor who treated the old man said something was wrong!
Your Majesty, please investigate this matter thoroughly! "

"Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly!"

"Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly!"

The turbulent public opinion impacted Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son.

The emperor ignored Yang Xian first, but turned to Liu Bowen:
"Liu Ji, why don't you speak up? Aren't your subordinates giving me a report a few days ago? Tell me yourself!"

The emperor asked a question, and everyone's eyes focused on Liu Bowen again.

There was a wry smile on the corner of Liu Bowen's mouth, Yang Xian jumped out suddenly, nine times it was because of him.

If this matter is not handled well, he himself will be implicated.

In other words, he has been implicated.

"Your Majesty, since you want to investigate, why don't you summon that child and confront the adults face to face?"

Old Zhu gasped, what bad idea did Liu Bowen give him?

If he could see that child, he would have summoned him long ago. If Zhang Yi knew his identity, it would be fine.

Not only could he not see himself, but Zhu Biao and Queen Ma could not show their faces.

Lao Zhu's complexion became very ugly, one Liu Bowen and one Yang Xian, what are you two doing to drag me into the water?
Neither is good!

Suddenly, he slapped the dragon chair with his palm, and all the officials fell silent.

"One by one, every little thing is brought to me all day long, do you really think that I have nothing to do like you?"

Everyone fell silent for a moment, not daring to speak.

Lao Zhu took advantage of the topic and said:

"The so-called voodoo technique is just guesswork by you people, who will show me the evidence?
Yang Xian, I have asked the imperial physician, he said Mr. Kong was suffering from cold, but you said it was a witch, what evidence did you find? "

Where did Yang Xian get the evidence, he was speechless.

"And you, Liu Bowen, let me deal with this and that all day long. You can't handle such a trivial matter. What do you want?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Bowen quickly knelt down.

"The matter was initiated at your Yushitai, it is up to you to find out whether it is a witch or something else, and give me an answer!"

Liu Bowen was thoughtful, the emperor left this matter to himself, and his attitude was considered to be biased towards him.

What kind of results does His Majesty want him to find out?
It's pretty self-explanatory!

He only needs to go to the Taoist temple, and the Kong family will go through the motions, and the matter will probably be over.

But some people didn't seem to want Liu Bowen to be too comfortable. At this time, Li Shanchang stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has something to say!"

When Li Shan came out, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that something was wrong.

"I have heard that when the Yushitai exposed the Zhang family, Mr. Liu Bowen and Master Liu stepped forward to suppress the public opinion. Many officials of the Yushitai dared not speak out!

If it was anything else, I would naturally believe that Mr. Liu is just and impartial!
But in this case, I thought it was inappropriate to let Mr. Liu investigate as the official! "

When he said this, all the officials nodded, thinking it made sense.

As soon as Li Shanchang made a move, he completely eliminated the possibility of Liu Bowen leading this matter. He said:
"If you want to investigate, why don't you ask the Ministry of Criminal Justice to intervene!"

"It's a joke, what did this child do that requires the intervention of the Ministry of Punishment. Are you going to beat a child into a sinner just because of nothing?"

Liu Bowen couldn't bear it anymore, and angrily reprimanded Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang smiled and said nothing, and some people around looked at Liu Bowen with strange eyes.

Only now did he understand that what Li Shanchang wanted was this result, and it was enough for everyone to understand that his position was unfair.

Yang Xian's goal was achieved, and Li Shanchang's goal was also achieved.

What happened to that child actually didn't need these big shots to care about.

"It's better to go to the Yushitai to investigate, I will watch!

At this time, it is fine to ask someone to ask and buy it, it is not appropriate to use the criminal department! "

The situation in the field has become out of control.

Zhu Yuanzhang had to stand up and play a smooth game.

People present, Li Shanchang, he is not good at reprimanding, Yang Xian is the prime minister he brought up by himself, if he does it now, he will slap himself in the face.

The two of them made the emperor very uncomfortable, but Lao Zhu could only swallow this breath.

As for Liu Ji.

The emperor believed that the hint he had given was clear enough, and he knew what to do.

"Let's go away..."

"Retreat!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang settled the matter, he couldn't wait to retreat.

When the emperor and his son left Fengtian Palace, the emperor's anger really broke out:
"This Yang Xian, he just came up and gave me this one, what is he trying to do?
One by one, they are scheming in front of me, really don't take me seriously?
For the sake of power, they can let a strange child get involved in the storm at will, such behaviors that ignore life and death,
How can I believe that they can work for the welfare of the people? "

Zhu Biao was silent, even he had realized the situation just now, Yang Xian was deliberately looking for trouble for Liu Bowen.

Thinking of Liu Bowen's evaluation of Yang Xian, he seemed to have understood why Liu Bowen opposed Yang Xian's becoming prime minister.

"If it weren't for the fact that no one is available right now, I'd immediately tear this bastard apart!"

Speaking of Yang Xian, Zhu Yuanzhang felt like he had shot himself in the foot.

"Actually, I think Yang Xian has done a good job!"

Zhu Biao has a different opinion!

(End of this chapter)