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Chapter 608
The emperor suddenly went to the Guozijian, which became the latest topic of conversation in Beijing.

In the eyes of different people, this matter has different emphasis and different interpretations. Some people have seen the emperor's favor for Guozijian; He was surprised by his talent and learning; some people were thinking, why did the emperor suddenly get involved with Yan Shenggong?What is the conspiracy here?
On Han Yu's house.

In the study room, apart from the master Han Yu, there is also Cao Yubian. If you count as an audience, then you have to add the Minister of Rites, He Ruchong. These three people can be regarded as the most important opponents. Among them, Han Yu is the most important, Cao Yubian is second only, and He Ruchong can be regarded as an accompanying guest.

The reason for coming today is that the emperor came to the Guozijian.

However, after arriving, they didn't discuss things right away, but just sat for a while.The reason for sitting dry is actually simple. Everyone has something on their minds, and only a few people know what it is.

"How does Mr. Ge think about His Majesty's trip to the Imperial College yesterday?" Cao Yubian was the first to speak after sitting for a long time, and he had already drank a few cups of tea. As for the things in his heart, he really didn't know what to do Open your mouth and say, you can only let it go first.

"The matter of the Imperial College? Then Song Yingxing is quite talented, and it is not too much for His Majesty to give him an eighth grade." Han Yu glanced at Cao Yubian and said.

"Elder Ge is really worthy of the word Chizhong..." Cao Yubian said dissatisfiedly, what he wanted to ask was actually not about Song Yingxing.The emperor went to the Guozijian to talk with the students. Everyone knew that it was the emperor who promoted the Guozijian to the eighth-rank official Song Yingxing. This can only be said that Song Yingxing was lucky and talented, and he was able to survive so many people taking turns. ask questions.It's nothing to be an eighth-rank official, let alone a Juren himself can be an official.What Cao Yubian actually wanted to ask was that the emperor suddenly asked Kong Zhenyun to bring the words, let Yan Shenggong come to Beijing, and said that the Hungry Ghost Festival was here, and we will join in the world's grand events.

"...Although His Majesty is clearly going to the Imperial College to talk with the students, in fact, he is promoting the Imperial College and Lin Qiang. Maybe His Majesty thinks that I will impeach Liu Tingyuan and put pressure on the imperial party..." Han Yu saw Cao Yubian With dissatisfaction and disdain on his face, he immediately changed his words and said some profound words.Han Yu is an old fox. He has been in office for decades, and he can see many things quite clearly. He also has an unclear and unreasonable relationship with the emperor. He naturally knows what Cao Yubian wants to ask, but he also has difficulties. Some things, It's really inconvenient to tell the truth, why don't you keep yourself in the dark like this, thinking that with the emperor's generosity, even if something goes wrong, you won't end up in any miserable end.Of course, things always backfire. He wants to keep "himself" in the dark, but others don't.

"Old Tongnian! We have been friends for decades. Can you stop beating around the bush? Everyone has a bit of a plan in their hearts, but it's not like prevaricating your old Tongnian..." Cao Yubian couldn't help but feel a little Angry, he and Han Yan were admitted to Jinshi in the same year, so the relationship is naturally unusual, and they are also so old, so they can naturally speak louder.

"Hey... Then tell me, what will happen if His Majesty let Yan Shenggong enter the capital so clearly?" Han Yan sighed and asked back.It is wishful thinking to keep "self" in the dark. Now it seems that many things have to be revealed, and Han Yu can only sigh. This matter has become more and more troublesome...

"You old fox, you still ask me, don't you know that you don't know, so you want Cao to tell me?" Cao Yubian said angrily, he was sure that Han Yu must know a lot of things, just like he knows a lot of things, but He didn't want to say a lot of things, so he could only get angry at Han Yan.

Although Han Yu got angry with Cao Yubian a few words, he didn't argue, but kept silent, and sat there in a daze, just like what Cao Yubian said about him, everyone has a small heart in his heart, and he also has it in his heart.

He Ruchong on the side is about the same age as them, but the Jinshi is a few years later than the two of them. He is considered a junior. Seeing two old guys arguing there is awkward and not easy to intervene. To be honest, he also understands a lot stuff, but he didn't want to say it.

The atmosphere became awkwardly silent.

"Well, as the saying goes, ghosts go on a night tour during the Ghost Festival, but if you ask me, it's a day trip by a hundred ghosts!" Han Yu, who had been holding back for a long time, finally choked out this sentence, although Han Yu had always wanted to say " "Myself" was kept in the dark, but obviously not, this matter that everyone can see, if kept in this way, it is obviously impossible to explain, and it will always be exposed. At that time, if he argues that he did not see it, obviously It's just that Cao Yubian said he was prevaricating, and this boss would be considered incompetent.The words were said, but they also said a prelude, and said half of it.

"It seems that His Majesty intends to involve Yan Shenggong!" Cao Yubian was puffed up for a while, and finally continued.

In the study room, there was silence again. Now that this question has been uttered, the main idea has come out, but when it comes to the next words, everyone feels another stone in their hearts. No, it should be said that everyone has a big mountain in their hearts. out of breath.

"Your Majesty is really so sure?" Cao Yubian had no choice but to choke out such a sentence when no one spoke for a while.

It sounded silly, but everyone understood it.

Of course Han Yu knew what Cao Yubian was talking about. Now that the emperor was fighting fiercely with them, what he did was of course pointed out. , the emperor's card can be played clearly, even if they know it, they are sure to win them.Han Yu knew better that Cao Yubian's words had more meaning, not only referring to the matter of Yan Shenggong, but what he was really talking about was actually the fact that the emperor ordered the navy to go to sea to restore the Ryukyu king a few days ago.On the surface, this matter is to restore the country for the Ryukyu king, and help the barbarians to have a son by the way, but in fact, anyone who is a fool knows that this is the emperor who wants to monopolize the maritime trade. This simple thing cannot be simpler. Who can't see it?But the question is, so what if you see it.The emperor is so powerful, even if he let you know, you still have to follow the emperor's path.This thing is the reason why their opponents know it in their hearts, but they are unwilling to say it.

This matter, let Han Yu think of it now, it is still bitter and can't be more bitter...

"Old Tongnian, your Majesty sent a navy to the country of Wa a few days ago. What do you think of this matter?" Seeing that no one spoke to him, Cao Yubian saw Han Yu's bitter face, and even He Ruchong was in a daze with a bitter face. , Knowing this matter, I am afraid that he will have to talk about it. It is impossible not to talk about this matter. The emperor is already so "blatant". If they still can't think of any countermeasures, it can be said to be a complete failure.

"Of course I'm against it..." Han Yu immediately spoke up. He was clearly opposed to this matter back then, but when he speaks now, he can naturally slap his chest loudly.

When it came to this topic, even He Ruchong, who had been thinking hard with his head down, raised his head and his eyes lit up a little. It could be seen that he was also quite concerned about this topic.

"Your Majesty, this is a waste of money and people. We are going to use military force. We will do our best to stop Your Majesty." Cao Yubian said a series of words.

"This is really good! You should try your best to stop it. In the future..." Han Yu took over the conversation and continued.Han Yu laughed at himself, this is all nonsense, what is force resistance?How to resist?It is clear that the emperor saw that they were not strong enough, so he stuffed some people in so that they could hear the sound when they fought with the emperor. Is this because the emperor despises their fighting power, and is he trying to stop them?Everyone doesn't understand?Didn't you pinch your nose to recognize it?Nowadays, apart from the real imperial party in the imperial court, many other people who can win the auction, buy that stock, buy this stock, and follow the emperor to get involved in this business, get involved in that business, earning money and earning a lot of joy , they all fell to the emperor's side, and this is a large group of people; even if some did not fall to the emperor's side, they made plans to sit on the wall, and the strong wind fell to that side, which is another large group of people ; There are still some people who are not the imperial party, have no involvement in business, and do not sit on the wall, but this group of people is not their way. This group of people, they value and appreciate the emperor's ability to handle affairs more, and they value more It is the emperor's ability to govern the country, but it is the noble faction who want to make the Ming Dynasty a good one. They are not involved in the emperor's business, but they look down on their non-tax-paying faction with the Donglin Party as their backbone.There are still some small fish and shrimps, with little energy, let alone a storm.Apart from these people, it is their opposition. The power and energy of their opposition in the imperial court can only be said to be three parts of the world at most. If those who sit on the fence are removed from this three points, it may be even less.How can such a little power fight against the emperor?The imperial party at the core of the emperor is more powerful than this. There are three cabinets and two ministers. If you add some marginal imperial party forces, among the important officials in the court, the imperial party accounts for more than half of the imperial court. If you break him into the enemy Not to mention, the opposition faction has almost no power left among the important ministers in the court.On the contrary, below the ministers, the opposition with the Donglin Party as the backbone is relatively strong, but at this level, there are too many people. Although the imperial party does not dominate, there are more people left by the Eunuch Party back then, most of them are sitting on the fence Pai, gave the emperor a few bribes, and seeing that the emperor was in the limelight, he immediately fell to the emperor's side. These people have limited voice and many constraints. It is almost impossible to rely on their level of opposition to achieve things.

At this point, there was another silence. What was said was all nonsense, and none of the words touched on the core. As for the core issue, it was actually despised by the emperor and forced to be miserable by the emperor.

"Forget it, the same year! We have been friends for decades, and we are also at this age. Let me say the face-slapping. The emperor sent the navy out to restore the country for those Ryukyus? Helping that barbarian to get a son? I think this is His Majesty’s conspiracy. This is to collect trade from the sea, old Tongnian, what do you think?” Cao Yubian blushed, and finally said this, These people who have been officials for decades naturally understand this question that they can even think about with their buttocks. Unable to bear it, they have always made things difficult for the emperor, but now the emperor stepped on them to despise and humiliate them as soon as he made a move.

"Hey, hey..., you old guy, you finally said it, I thought you didn't know..." Han Yu laughed dryly when he arrived at this time, seeing Cao Yubian's old face was as red as his buttocks, Laughed out loud, of course, the words were still full of bitterness.

"Old man...you are still laughing, since you know, why didn't you say it that day, if your ability hindered your Majesty..." Cao Yubian scolded Han Yu with a red face, but he didn't say anything.

"Hey..., Old Tongnian, since everyone knows it, why bother talking about it? Can you really stop the matter of sending the navy out? So what if you stop it? Do you really want to stop it? Don't you want His Majesty to do this? "Speaking of this, Han Yu became serious. Although he became serious, the bitterness in his words could not go away anyway.

Cao Yubian was silent, and even He Ruchong was silent. They all understood this matter, and the understandable result was to accept the emperor's arrangement bitterly, and by the way, be severely despised.

"Old Tongnian is right. We can't stop this matter at all, and we can't stop it. I hope His Majesty will do this..." Cao Yubian also had to admit bitterly that he couldn't stop the emperor from doing this, and never From a certain point of view, he had to hope that the emperor would do the same.

"...From the moment His Majesty let Zheng Zhilong enter the capital, we can't stop this matter... Your Majesty, this is not a conspiracy, it should be said to be a conspiracy." Talk things out completely.The inside story of this matter should start with the recruitment of Zheng Zhilong. At the beginning, Zheng Zhilong was recruited, but the local government had no choice. The need to find a marine umbrella is inside.This in itself is a good idea, but when Zheng Zhilong enters Beijing, the situation will be completely different. Not to mention the high-profile reception of Zheng Zhilong by the emperor, he sent Lin Qian to receive him, and took Zheng Zhilong to visit the emperor's property. Treat him like a confidant.What deals did the emperor and Zheng Zhilong make secretly?You don’t need to think about this matter. Everyone knows that the emperor attaches so much importance to Zheng Zhilong, so the content of the transaction is naturally not trivial. After much deliberation, the maritime trade controlled by Zheng Zhilong can make the emperor look good. Being robbed is nothing to the emperor. The turmoil in several prefectures is not a big deal to the emperor. The robbery of maritime trade has nothing to do with the emperor. If it is just for the peace of the place High-profile, high-profile Zhaoan Zheng Zhilong, why didn't the emperor entertain the rebels from Shaanxi?When the new army went to Shaanxi and killed those bandits and rebels, the emperor's hands were not soft.What can impress the emperor is naturally Zheng Zhilong's maritime trade rights. This matter has already been decided from the moment Zheng Zhilong entered Beijing. Now that the emperor has reached an agreement with Zheng Zhilong, how can he not send Someone took over Zheng Zhilong's business?If half of the newly built warships are sent to Zheng Zhilong this year, the emperor will make a loss-making deal?Even if they tried their best to stop the emperor that day, so what?Then Zheng Zhilong won't monopolize trade?The emperor won't accept Zheng Zhilong's trading rights?Even if they prevented the emperor from sending sailors out, but when the time comes, pirates at sea are causing trouble, what can you do?There is nothing like this for a family of officials and bandits.Zheng Zhilong was a pirate in the past, and it is very suitable to do pirate work. How much difference does it make to openly send sailors or not?It's just a change of skin.Zheng Zhilong has accepted the emperor's offer and reached an agreement with the emperor, will he listen to them?Can the emperor give Zheng Zhilong more or can they give Zheng Zhilong more?Is Zheng Zhilong afraid of the emperor or theirs?
Han Yu's words shattered the face that everyone tried to maintain.From the moment the emperor recruited Zheng Zhilong in a high-profile and high-profile way, some people saw the result, knew that there was nothing to do, and immediately turned around and surrendered to the emperor's arms. They knew that the emperor took over Zheng Zhilong's power, and their lifeblood was at stake. In the hands of the emperor, the emperor told them to live, and they lived; the emperor told them to die, and they had to die.

"Oh... yes! This matter, His Majesty's strategy is so deep that it really exceeded our expectations. The matter was settled last year. The matter of sending the navy a few days ago is just a side issue. Opposing it is nothing but useless, and has no effect on the essence of the matter..." Cao Yubian took a deep breath and admitted that this was the truth. deviated from their design.They wanted to object at that time, but how could they object?Let the emperor not recruit Zheng Zhilong?how can that be?It would be fine if we didn't talk about Zhao'an from the beginning, but when Zheng Zhilong arrives in the capital, things will no longer be under their control. They can't control the capital, but they still can't control the palace. The Beijing city is not what they say.No matter from any aspect, they could not prevent the emperor from recruiting Zheng Zhilong. At most, they would change Zheng Zhilong's official position to a smaller one, but this did not affect the essence of the matter. The essence of the matter was Zheng Zhilong's trading rights.If it is spread out and the matter of trade rights is brought up to the public, it will be even more serious, and the emperor has even more just reasons to intervene in maritime trade.

After talking about the matter, everyone's expression became more relaxed. Although it was still bitter, it was better after all.

(End of this chapter)