I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 56 The monarch and minister are single-minded

The sun was setting in the west mountain, the cool breeze of early autumn was gradually rising, and the sky was getting dark. The imperial scholars in the cabinet had already left work, but only the rear cabinet was still brightly lit.

Nearly fifty years old, Yang Rong, a scholar of Jinshen Temple, brushed his beard with trembling old hands, his face was dark, and he said in a low voice:
"The news just came from the inner court that Li Min, commander of Fujian, was killed by the emperor himself in the imperial study."

Yang Shiqi, who was reviewing the memorial, paused the ink pen in his hand when he heard the words, and then heavily circled the memorial, without raising his head, he said:

"Why?"

Although Yang Shiqi was concise and to the point, Yang Rong could still feel a little flustered under Yang Shiqi's composure. He covered his face and wiped away two old tears, and said hoarsely:

"The inner court didn't say anything, it only said that Zhijie scolded the emperor in the imperial study room, and was stabbed in the center by the emperor with the emperor's sword, and died on the spot."

"Alas." Yang Shiqi sighed long, put down the ink pen in his hand and said:
"This old man, a fellow from the same township, is really not worrying. There are still three fires to burn when the new official takes office. How could he dare to offend Long Yan when the new emperor ascends the throne."

"Yuanfu, Zhijie and I have known each other for more than twenty years. I was the one who gave his son's name. I never thought that he would die within half a mile of me."

Yang Rong was so emotional that he couldn't stop sobbing, he didn't look half old, he choked and said hoarsely.

Seeing the majestic university scholar crying into tears, Yang Shiqi couldn't bear it, he staggered up and walked to Yang Rong's side, patted Yang Rong's shoulder, and sighed:

"Zirong, I'm sorry, since ancient times, apart from Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty, how many people have cursed the emperor for being able to survive."

After crying, Yang Rong felt a lot better. He raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears. He bowed slightly trembling and said:

"Zirong was rude, and Yuanfu laughed."

The door squeaked softly, Yang Rong raised his eyes to look, but saw that it was the emperor coming, he quickly got up and bowed:
"The old minister pays his respects to His Majesty."

Yang Shiqi turned around and wanted to salute, Li Tian waved his hand, walked quickly to Yang Rong with a bit of fatigue in his eyes, took Yang Rong's hand, turned to look at Yang Shiqi and said:
"Zirong's face is full of tears, but he cried just now?"

Yang Shiqi pursed his lips, pulled a sandalwood chair for Li Tian, ​​and nodded his head twice.

Li Tian knew that Yang Rong, Jin Youde, and Li Min were both Gengchen Scholars in the second year of Jianwen, and they had very good personal relationships.

After Li Min was stabbed to death with a sword in the daytime, Li Tian was worried that Yang Rong would be emotional. He asked Jiang Bao just now and learned that Yang Rong was still in the cabinet, so Li Tian hurried over.

After signaling the two to sit down and talk, Li Tian looked straight at Yang Rong, cut straight to the point, and said earnestly:
"Zirong, I don't want to kill Li Min either, but do you know what Li Min did?

He sent Jianwen to Nanyang, and even pretended that the Mingjiao rebellion was a mountain people's rebellion to me. I gave him at least three chances today, but he didn't tell me the truth. "

Yang Shiqi subconsciously exclaimed when he heard the words:
"Is there still such a thing?"

The emperor condescended to explain in person, which already surprised Yang Rong. After hearing that Li Min sent Jianwen to Nanyang, Yang Rong's expression tightened, and he said urgently:
"How could Zhijie have such courage?"

Li Tian shook his head and sighed, and repeated what Li Min said in the imperial study room, tightly clutching Yang Rong's hand, and said:
"Zirong, tell me, besides killing him, is there any other way?"

After saying that, Li Tianchao shouted outside the door:
"Jiang Bao, show Zirong Lu Gong's letter of apology."

With a solemn promise, Jiang Bao stepped into the back cabinet, took out from his bosom the Lu Gong incrimination letter that Dongchang kept as a backup, and handed it to Yang Rong.

Looking at it at a glance, Yang Rong was completely dissatisfied with Li Tian in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, regretfully saying:

"The old minister has caused trouble to His Majesty."

"The matter has come to this, Zirong, don't say such things to me." Li Tian helped Yang Rong up with his own hands, and said with confidence:
"Dongchang has already told me about the Fujian matter. If I hadn't thought about Li Min and Zirong's close friendship, I would not have met him in the Imperial Study Room today, but in Dongchang Prison."

Yang Rong was full of tears, and now he only felt guilty towards Li Tian in his heart, so he covered his face and wept:
"The old minister, half of his body buried in the ground, how could he let His Majesty do this?"

Seeing Yang Rong who was about to engrave the word "loyalty" on his face, Li Tian felt a little relieved, his expression turned straight and he said:

"No, Zirong, you deserve what I do. Not only are you worth it, but Shiqi, Zhongchang, and Zong Yu are also worth it. I still have countless important things to do in my heart. You are my right-hand man. I can do it without relying on you." Rely on who?"

"Your Majesty." Yang Rong fell to his knees in tears, Yang Shiqi secretly wiped his tears, Jiang Bao even wished he could dig out his heart and stuff it into the emperor's hand.

After tugging on Yang Rong twice but unable to get up, Li Tian withdrew his hand, leaned over and said:
"Okay, don't cry anymore, my dignified old man should help me govern the world in a majestic way, how can he be a crying softie."

"The old minister complies with the order." Yang Rong wiped the tears all over his face vigorously, stood up and said.

"That's right." Li Tian patted Yang Rong's shoulder with a smile, and said with a slightly straight expression:

"Brother Jinshendian, Doctor Zishan, Prince Young Fu Yang Rong listens to the order."

"The old minister accepts the order." Yang Rong responded loudly.

"I confer on you the dean of the Tiangong Institute and the director of the Tiangong Bureau. You will be given a dragon and python suit with a purple pattern and a gold seal. You can freely enter and leave the Imperial Study Room and the Palace of Lizheng. You will be directly responsible to me for the third rank. , would you like to?"

Although he didn't know what kind of yamen the Tiangongyuan was, Yang Rong probably guessed that it must be another new law from the emperor, so he quickly responded loudly:

"The old minister leads the order."

The atmosphere was not right this time, Yang Shiqi did not joke like Huang Zhun did when he was in office, he bowed his hands and said:

"Your Majesty, the newly established Tiangong Institute and Tiangong Bureau are He Yamen, please teach your Majesty."

Knowing that the emperor is going to have a night talk with the two court elders by candlesticks tonight, Jiang Bao made a gesture to resign, Li Tian raised his hand, turned around and sat still and said:
"Jiang Bao, go and ask the Yushan supervisor to pass on some supper, and you will make a record for me tonight."

"Old slave obeys the order."

……

Li Tian was not in a hurry to get down to business, he pulled a table to the middle of the back cabinet, ordered Yang Shiqi to bring a pen and paper, rubbed his face and said:
"The two lovers still calm down and fill their stomachs. What I say tonight will turn me upside down tomorrow!"

Turn the world upside down?
Yang Shiqi and the two of them turned serious when they heard the words. The emperor was not so serious when the household reform bureau was established. It seems that the two newly established yamen are really famous.

The imperial food supervisor was on duty, and it was just a few supper dishes, and the dishes were cooked in a short time. After Jiang Bao took out a silver needle and tested the poison, he led a few imperial food supervisor eunuchs to pass the meals to the cabinet.

Five dishes of light supper fell into the stomachs of Li Tian and the three of them, and Jiang Bao was already holding a pen and waiting for a book, drinking two mouthfuls of strong tea, Li Tian smiled faintly, and said in a deep voice:

"Let me tell you first, what is a work of heaven!"

(End of this chapter)