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Chapter 661 Yang Shiqi

Life is the best teacher, suffering is the most precious wealth.

Because of the first half of his life when he lost his father when he was young, lived under the fence, and spent his life in the world, Yang Shiqi, who only entered the officialdom in middle age, is more mature and prudent than other officials. He is cautious in his words and deeds, and can always avoid crises before they come. Turning the unfavorable situation into a favorable situation - in the Yongle Dynasty, he was not implicated by Fang Xiaoru, and was appointed as one of the seven great scholars in the first cabinet of the Ming Dynasty together with Xie Jin and others, and became an important court official!

Although known as the smartest person in the Ming Dynasty after Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and Xie Jin are completely different, just like this protracted battle for the throne. Both he and Xie Jin support Zhu Gaochi, but Xie Jin is very high-profile, lest the world will not know He was protecting the crown prince, and in the end he was murdered.Yang Shiqi is much more cautious. He is a loyal supporter of the prince, but he is cautious in his words and deeds on weekdays, and he doesn't show it at all.Although he is good at scheming and tricks, he has never been in the limelight, leaving all the opportunities for performance to others, and never associates with the crown prince at ordinary times, that's why he won the emperor's trust...

Just like last year's incident of welcoming the driver in the East Palace, all the ministers of the East Palace were imprisoned and imprisoned until now, but Yang Shiqi only slept in the prison for one night before he was released by special order and returned to his post.In the next year, the emperor visited the north, and he was once again appointed as the left-behind minister to assist the prince, and he was still deeply trusted by the emperor.

Although Yang Shiqi is a genuine princeling, he knows the truth that haste makes waste.While other civil servants were scrambling to show their loyalty to the prince, he kept a distance from the prince and devoted himself to serving the emperor.In this way, after the emperor trusted him very much, he would naturally entrust him with the task of assisting and monitoring the prince when he was on tour.At this time, he can contact the prince in a legitimate way, and because he is deeply trusted by the emperor, his value and role to the prince is far greater than those high-ranking officials in the ministry, so the prince naturally values ​​him very much.This is the so-called last come first.

Generally speaking, the result of pleasing both sides is that neither side can please them, but with Yang Shiqi, he can have both sides, and both sides regard him as a good person.It's much better than Wang Xian's way of offending people everywhere.

Moreover, Yang Shiqi did not blindly go both ways, he would always give the prince clever and covert help at critical moments, and many times when the emperor was about to attack the prince, he would speak out to eliminate the disaster for Zhu Gaochi, which made the prince deeply impressed and respected , Very trustworthy.

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"Why is Your Highness so sad?" Yang Shiqi asked.

At the moment there are only two monarchs and ministers in the study, Zhu Gaochi naturally no longer hides it, and said with a bitter face: "Just now I went to visit my aunt alone, but I ran into the King of Han."

"Oh..." Yang Shiqi asked softly, "What did the King of Han do?"

"It's even more angry than I imagined." Zhu Gaochi said, "It's close to tearing Gu Da into pieces on the spot." He said with a worried face: "He finally threatened to retaliate ten times, I don't think it's just angry words."

"Yes..." Yang Shiqi nodded, and said in a deep voice: "From the moment the emperor sees Zhu Zhanqi and Princess Zhao, the two sides can only die."

"Hey, Zhongde's people are really bold," Zhu Gaochi sighed, "Although they were unrighteous first, but Zhanqi and Mu are also members of the Tian family, so they shouldn't be ruined like this..." After finishing speaking, he felt that this The words were a bit like a whore, and he hurriedly added: "Of course, the lonely aunt can't be ruined... Hey, for the sake of power and profit, what's the face of the Tian family?"

Although the crown prince spoke upside down, Yang Shiqi could understand his complicated feelings. Firstly, he hated the other party for using Xu Miaojin as a fuss, and then harmed himself, and felt very relieved to be able to retaliate; but secondly, the crown prince felt that Wang Xian's The subordinate did too much, hurt the face of the royal family, and felt very conflicted.

Keenly grasping the contradiction, Yang Shiqi said softly: "Can this matter be handled more appropriately?"

"No." The crown prince shook his head and said: "If there was no one on board at that time, or someone irrelevant, the emperor would definitely know that it was our people who rescued Wang Xian and my aunt, and there would still be bad associations. "

"It's over now. You have the right to do things. He is not benevolent and I am unrighteous, so there is nothing to say." Yang Shiqi said: "It's just that Beizhen Fusi's actions are really evil. Right now, he is just dealing with Ji Gang and the others. When the overall situation is settled in the future, we should He must be strictly disciplined." Yang Shiqi's intentions were quite bad, he knew that the current situation must be dealt with by Wang Xian's people, but he also planted the foreshadowing of the end of the birds, the hiding of the good bow, the death of the cunning rabbit, and the cooking of the lackeys.

"What the master said is true." The prince said deeply, "it's useless to talk about this matter, so I won't mention it. But in this way, my two younger brothers and I will have no room for rebirth."

"Excuse me, I'm afraid this is exactly what Wang Zhongde and the others want to see." Yang Shiqi said quietly: "The last time the banknote bill was made, His Highness stopped their actions, and his people were very unwilling. Later, he and Xu Zhenren were captured. In the eyes of Beizhen Fusi, it is the evil result of killing a tiger and suffering from it, and it is inevitable that there will be an attempt to push His Highness to make up his mind."

These words were heartbreaking, the prince was stunned for a while, and said for a long time: "Isn't it?"

"Perhaps it's because I'm overwhelmed. It's just that Beizhen Fusi's behavior made me feel the same as Ji Gang, so I'm worried." Yang Shiqi said slowly: "In short, Your Highness, don't indulge them too much, lest one Ji Gang fall, and the other A Ji Gang has risen again."

"Gu... know that Master Yang is thinking about the country." Zhu Gaochi thought for a while and said, "But Zhong De will not belong to Ji Gang, he knows what he is doing."

"Yes." Yang Shiqi knew that because of the Crown Prince's trust in Wang Xian, if he wanted to apply eye drops to him, it would not work once or twice, so he accepted it when he saw it and said, "It's best to know what your Highness knows."

"Yeah." Zhu Gaochi stopped the topic, closed his eyes for a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "The prince alone is in a very awkward situation. No matter how hard my two younger brothers are tossing, my father will turn a blind eye. If I do anything, If you can't tolerate them, you will be severely punished..."

"Your Highness said so." Yang Shiqi nodded and said, "However, the King of Han is indeed making too much trouble now, and I think the Emperor will not tolerate it forever."

"Father really wants to move them, there will always be a will. If there is no will, it means that you haven't made up your mind." Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice: "At this time, we should not act rashly."

"What Your Highness said is very true." Yang Shiqi followed the prince's words and said: "I always have a feeling that in the past few months, the troubles in Beijing have become like this, the emperor will not be ignorant, and with the emperor's temperament, it will not be true. I don’t care about it, maybe it’s just that the time has not come, and when the time comes, there must be quite a few heads on the ground.” After a pause, he said: “Based on my understanding of the emperor, His Majesty is probably just watching with a cold eye, looking at His Highness, brothers, and King Ji Gang. Xian, what kind of trouble can it cause? Only when the ghosts and monsters show up will they be wiped out."

"It should be like this." The prince nodded, deeply convinced.

"That's why I think that the current situation is still 'if you strike late, you will control others, and if you strike first, you will probably be controlled by others'." Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice.

"Then shall we continue to stand still?" The prince looked at Yang Shiqi.

"It's not standing still, it's a late attack, and a late attack is also to be launched..." Yang Shiqi said slowly: "Your Highness, have you forgotten the anecdote we told earlier?"

"You mean... Zheng Bokeduan?" the prince suddenly said.

"Yes, does Zheng Zhuanggong want to kill Uncle Duan's younger brother? Obviously he wants to." Yang Shiqi said: "But he can't kill him, because he is his own brother, and the mother of the two is still alive. The passiveness of Zhuanggong that day, Exactly the same as His Highness, how did Duke Zhuang do it? He was only superficially passive, but in fact he had been secretly creating conditions to get rid of Uncle Duan. He sealed Uncle Duan in the capital to make him even more arrogant. He sat back and watched Uncle Duan Secretly control the western and northern border towns of Zheng State, so that Uncle Duan feels that he can be equal to him, which breeds his ambition to usurp the throne. Then let him expand his territory to Linyan, and completely strengthen his determination to rebel."

"Because of Duke Zhuang's weakness, Uncle Duan unscrupulously repaired the city walls, drilled soldiers and horses, gathered food and grass, and forged armor. At this time, everyone in Zheng State knew that he was going to rebel. And his mother was also planning to attack the capital when Uncle Duan attacked the capital." He opened the city gate to respond internally. At this time, everyone in the world believed that Duke Zhuang had to fight back. At last the time he had waited was ripe, and he decisively sent troops to attack Uncle Duan. Uncle Duan was caught off guard, and the people turned against him one after another. Yang Shiqi continued: "Mr. Zhuang's apparent weakness is actually to create the conditions to attack Uncle Duan, and he has been secretly preparing troops, making plans, and placing spies so that he can succeed in one fell swoop when the time is right. I think, The ancients can learn the law."

"Hmm..." Ever since he mentioned "Zheng Boke Duan" that time, Zhu Gaochi almost read this "Spring and Autumn" to pieces, and he knew the story by heart, and sighed: "Zhuang Gong is still too impatient. Now, if Uncle Duan sends troops to the capital, I'm afraid there won't be so much infamy."

"How can everything go as expected," Yang Shiqi said, "Once the other side launches a move, the situation is out of our control, so what Duke Zhuang did is advisable."

"Duke Zhuang is the lord of a country, but Gu still has a father." Zhu Gaochi said quietly: "It is desirable to him, but not to Gu."

"Hehe, Your Highness is worrying too much." Yang Shiqi smiled and said, "We are just imitating Duke Zhuang's method of inducing Uncle Duan to rebel, the possibility of a real military encounter is very small, as you said, there is still an emperor in the Ming Dynasty. "

"Hey, that's the only way to go," Zhu Gaochi sighed, "Gu Zhen doesn't want the tragedy of brotherhood..."

"However...we still have to prepare for the worst..." Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice, "What if the emperor doesn't return to the capital in time? Or what if the King of Han jumps over the wall before the emperor returns? In any case, we should do everything right now." Try to induce the king of Han to think that the time is right. On the one hand, let everyone in the capital know that the king of Han is going to rebel. And win it!"

(End of this chapter)