Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 82

Being hugged by his concubine behind his back, these words are so considerate and considerate, King Yu's waist gradually straightened up, this feeling is very difficult to distinguish whether he is the big tree that the woman behind him relies on, or the woman behind him Is it a big tree supporting oneself?He threw the book in his hand onto the chair beside him, held Concubine Li's hand wrapped around his waist with both hands, slowly separated those hands, held her hand and dragged her to him slowly forward.

Concubine Li hadn't seen King Yu's gaze for a long time, and at this moment, she felt shy, moved and wronged by him, and lowered her head: "If the concubine says something wrong, the prince will just be a concubine and not say anything. "

King Yu: "Well said, well said, let's continue."

At this time, Concubine Li looked at King Yu's chest, and said softly: "How do the concubines know so much about the important affairs in the court. But there is one concubine who knows in her heart that the first emperor Zhengde had no heirs. Following the great rule. Right now, the father only has the root of the prince, and the prince gave birth to a son for the father. One day, the ancestral country and society will be inherited by the prince. How could the father cut off his own root? Take today's case From the facts, Eunuch Lu was dispatched to repair the Yongling Mausoleum, and Mr. Yan Ge was ordered to recuperate at home, but let Master Xu be on duty in the cabinet, which shows that the father did not want to hurt the prince. Besides, in Zhejiang, there is Zhao Zhenji and Tan Lun is here, so there will be no big trouble. Even if Hai Rui and Wang Yongji recommended by the prince go too far, they are still corrupt officials, and they cannot commit serious crimes. "Book of Changes" says 'Don't use Qianlong'. In Yang Before Jin Shui was sent to the capital, the prince should not think about anything. Let us live a few days behind closed doors as ordinary people. When the truth comes out, the emperor will naturally have a will. Mr. Xu Ge and Mr. Gao He and Master Zhang will naturally come when they should come."

The darkness in front of King Yu's eyes was lightly removed by her words, and he saw a ray of light. Seeing that Concubine Li was still looking down at his chest, he couldn't help but gently lifted her chin with one hand, and looked at her. Looking at her: "It's a pity that you are a daughter. If a man studies hard since childhood, he is no worse than Master Xu, Master Gao and Master Zhang."

Concubine Li laughed tearfully at what he said: "The concubine persuaded the prince, but the prince laughed at the concubine instead."

King Yu: "I'm telling the truth. Whatever happens in the future, you will tell me like this. Listen to you and close the door. We only let Wang Xietangqianyan fly into ordinary people's homes these days!" Said After finishing this sentence, his steps became stronger, he walked to the chair, picked up the book, sat down and read it seriously.

Concubine Li's heart was burning hot, and she looked at King Yu who was reading there with bright eyes. After a while, she also went to pick up the needle and thread, walked to the chair beside King Yu and sat down, embroidering the Taoist robe , while reading a book with him.

But this time was only a short moment. Yu Wang sat there and read a few lines, then stood up, and started pacing back and forth, obviously cutting and messing up, still worrying about that big thing.

Concubine Li looked at him: "My lord."

"En." Yu Wang stopped and looked at her.

Concubine Li smiled: "The concubine remembered a word by Li Qingzhao."

King Yu: "Which word?"

Concubine Li smiled and said: "There is no way to get rid of this worry, so I lower my brows, but worry about it."

King Yu smiled awkwardly: "It's nothing." He sat down again, stopped pacing, and stared at the book.

Concubine Li thought for a while, gently put down the needle and thread in her hand, stood up, walked to the door, and waved to a maid waiting on the other side of the corridor.

The palace maid walked over quickly, squatted down and saluted: "Princess."

Concubine Li asked in her ear: "Where is the son and Feng Daban playing?"

The maid replied softly, "In the front yard."

Concubine Li ordered in a low voice: "Call Feng Baolai, I have an errand to send him out."

The court lady: "Yes." Holding her skirt, she hurried out.

Many cars and sedan chairs came, and the gates of Yan Song's mansion were full of followers and soldiers, but they were blocked by the two closed vermilion gates.A follower kept knocking on the door knocker, but there was no response from inside.

Yan Shifan walked out of one big sedan chair, followed by Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing from the other two big sedan chairs, and several senior officials of the second and third ranks walked out of some sedan chairs, all looking at the closed gate in panic.

The 20-year-old Xiangfu is located in the bustling area of ​​Di'anmen Street. Although there is a large forbidden area in front of the gate, it is a place where cars and horses converge, and restaurants and teahouses are not far away.At this time, there were many eyes in the distance looking at the abnormal situation in front of the Xiangfu gate today in amazement!

The "Ri Yue Xing" restaurant opposite the Prime Minister's Mansion was also well-known in Beijing at that time.Occupying a convenient location, it is located on the street opposite the Yan Mansion. In a year, it is unknown how many officials who visited the Yan Mansion waited and rested here, and how many officials invited all kinds of people from the Yan Mansion to have a drink and talk here.All of them are generous, and it is said that without ordering food and wine, just a pot of good tea costs ten taels of silver.Just relying on this business and earning such money, even the children and grandchildren will not be able to eat it all in a few lifetimes.The boss naturally understood that this was the blessing of Daming, so he took apart the character "Ming" and took "Ri Yue Xing". After earning money, he did not hesitate to decorate carefully. The private room and the lobby on the first floor are also separated from each other by screens, so that these official guests can drink and talk.

At this time, a private room facing the street on the second floor was pushed open, and Xiaoer let in Feng Bao, who had changed into casual clothes, and an attendant he brought.

Feng Bao sat down in front of the window seat: "I've eaten, let's make some tea."

Xiaoer: "Yes." She answered but didn't leave, she was still standing there.

Feng Bao's gaze was already looking towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.The attendant with him spoke to Xiao Er: "My uncle said to make tea, didn't you hear?"

The little girl smiled but said, "That's right. Ten taels of silver, I invite the guest officer to give you the money first."

"Ten taels of silver for a pot of tea!" Feng Bao turned his head and stared at the waiter, "What kind of tea do you sell here?"

The waiter: "Grandpa, our 'Ri Yue Xing' has been open for more than a year or two, and it's still at this price."

Feng Bao: "I ask what kind of tea you sell!"

The waiter didn't show any weakness at all: "This is the price for all kinds of tea. Haven't you always seen that the opposite is the mansion of Mr. Yan Ge? The Minister's Minister in Beijing, and the governors and governors from outside Beijing all come here at this price."

"Where are people older than Shangshu Shilang and the governor? Do you want this price?" Feng Bao also became angry.

The waiter was stunned for a moment, then smiled contemptuously: "That's unless Yan Ge is old. But he won't come here for tea even if he's old."

Feng Bao stood up abruptly, and the eunuch's high-pitched voice came out: "If it's bigger than Yan Song!"

Only then did the second officer take a closer look at Feng Bao's woman-like face, and he immediately felt a little relieved: "Master, master is also from the palace..."

Feng Bao took out two copper coins from his sleeve and put them on the table: "That's all, let's make a pot of tea."

The waiter hurriedly picked up the copper coins on the table and gave them back: "Since you are a father-in-law from the palace, the shop has rules and does not accept any money. Wait a moment." He said and hurried out.

"Come back." Feng Bao stopped him again, "You said that you are also from the palace, what do you mean?"

The little boy smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, there are also two father-in-laws from the palace sitting in the private room over there."

Feng Bao said calmly: "Let me tell you the truth, we are together, but we each have our own errands. Don't say that we are here, and you are not allowed to say that they are here. Say, don't open your store tomorrow. .”

That Xiaoer: "This little one understands. The two father-in-laws over there also said the same."

Feng Bao: "Don't say anything to the father-in-law over there. Do you hear me?"

That Xiao Er: "I won't say any more."

Feng Bao: "Go."

The little girl walked out quickly.

Feng Bao turned to the entourage, and the entourage quickly listened to him, Feng Bao said softly: "Go back immediately and tell the princess, just say that the palace has also sent people here to watch the movement of the Yan Mansion."

"Understood." The follower also hurried out.

Xiao Er came in with a tray. The porcelain from the official kiln and four plates of delicate snacks were placed one by one, and then poured tea for Feng Bao graciously.

Feng Bao: "If I don't ask you, don't come again."

Xiao Er: "Yes." He immediately backed out.

Feng Bao's gaze was fixed on the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion again.

From a distance, Feng Bao suddenly saw Yan Shifan striding towards the door, cursing there, drinking away the attendant who knocked on the door, grabbing the two knockers with both hands and knocking violently at the same time.

Feng Bao opened his eyes wide.

In the middle of the Xiangfu compound is a stone-faced passage leading directly to the hall. On both sides are two large courtyards. Except for a fire-proof Jingdezhen large water tank with blue flowers on a white background, there is not a single tree planted in the courtyard. There are no flowers and plants, so it looks very open, and the yard is full of sunshine when the sun comes out.At this time, both sides of the aisle were covered with bamboo boards one foot long and five feet wide. There were a dozen of them in total, and the bamboo boards were full of books.

Yan Song was wearing a loose white Songjiang cotton short jacket and trousers, sitting alone on the armchair under the stone steps in the hall, letting the morning sun shine on him, and watching the morning sun shining on the bamboo boards in the yard book of.

According to the lunar calendar, after the Hungry Ghost Festival on July [-]th, the yang energy will gradually fade away, and the yin energy will gradually sprout.Scholars publish books several times a year, and Zhongyuan is the last time.Every year, every time the books are posted, Yan Song doesn't let the servants do it, and wanders among the bamboo boards by himself, flipping through the books one by one.I am really old this year, and I can no longer dry the books by myself, so I can only sit there and watch the two scribes wandering between the bamboo boards to dry the books.

But the door knocker outside the gate was knocking loudly all over the courtyard. Of course Yan Song heard it all, but he didn't seem to hear it all the time. His eyes were no longer on the book, but staring blankly at the stone-faced passage under his feet, his eyes full of stones. A little bit of sunlight reflected on the face.

The two scribes were obviously used to this kind of phenomenon, and the old man kept silent, so they didn't seem to hear him, and they mechanically flipped through the books one by one.

The door knocked louder and louder, and Yan Shifan's roar came from outside: "You slaves! I came to see my father, but you dare to alienate your flesh and blood! If you don't open the door, everyone will be killed!"

The two concierges waiting inside the gate were a little lost, and they all looked at the elder Ge who was sitting in the chair.

Yan Song raised his eyes at this moment, looked at the gate vainly, and then turned to the two scribes who were drying books, watching them flipping through the books one by one.

The two door knockers rang sky-high, and one of the concierges had no choice but to answer loudly inside: "Respond to the uncle, the elder has ordered me, and I don't see anyone today."

Yan Shifan's roar grew louder: "Go and pass on my words, he doesn't want someone who dies in a hundred years, I'll kill him right here and cut him off!"

The two gatekeepers panicked and replied loudly: "Master, don't worry, the villain will report right away."

After answering, a concierge bowed and walked towards Yan Song.

At this moment, Yan Song stood up while leaning on the armrest of the chair: "Tell him, I don't want the last person." Then he left the chair and climbed the stone steps.

The porter hurried over to help him climb up the stone steps and walked into the hall.

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing stood outside the gate with Yan Shifan, with their ears pricked up. At this time, there was no sound from the doorman inside, so they knew that they couldn't get in today, and they all looked at Yan Shifan.

The other officials and many attendants were even more silent, not daring to make a sound.

Yan Shifan stood in the middle of the gate, lost in thought, and suddenly shouted: "Go to Xiyuan! Go to the cabinet to look for Xu Jie!" As he spoke, he went straight to his big sedan chair.

After a while of confusion, all the officials got on the sedan chair waiting for Yan Shifan to lift it up.

The group stomped in the direction of Xiyuan.

When I arrived at the Forbidden Gate of Xiyuan, I realized that I couldn't enter here today.

Before dismounting the stone, Yan Shifan took Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing off the sedan chair and saw that many officials from the six divisions of the Jiuqing were blocked from the door. Two enemies, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, were among them, as if they were negotiating with the eunuch in front of the forbidden door. to go in.

Today, the standard of the door was also raised. It was the eunuch Bingbi named Shi, the supervisor of ceremonies, who moved a chair and sat outside the door.

Although Yan Shifan was out of the pavilion, his power was still there. He separated the crowd and climbed up the steps of the forbidden gate. He passed Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng and said, "Eunuch Shi, what's going on? People are in charge! Did the Ming Dynasty abolish the cabinet?"

That Eunuch Shi was respectful to him at first, but when he stood up and saw his outrageous words, his face became ugly: "Who did you hear that the cabinet was abolished? Who dares to abolish the cabinet? "

Yan Shifan: "The first assistant locked himself at home and saw no one, but asked a second assistant to move his family to the cabinet to be on duty. Now the supervisor of ceremonies does not allow officials to enter the cabinet. Do you still need to draft the official documents of various ministries? What do you want? What are you doing? Does the emperor know about these things?"

After repeated questioning, Eunuch Shi's expression became grim: "Old Xiaoge! Even though you are no longer in the cabinet, I still call you "Old Xiaoge". It seems that you shouldn't have asked those questions just now, and our family will not answer you." .”

Yan Shifan has been in charge of the cabinet affairs for his father for many years. Jiajing has praised him several times for being "courageous to do things". In the eyes of all officials, he is daring to be arbitrary. Although he is out of the cabinet now, his father is still the chief assistant. It is also difficult to change, and now being ridiculed by that eunuch Shi in front of everyone, the blood in his heart is even more violent: "I have left the cabinet! But I am also on an errand for the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry, and I missed all the officials. Who will be responsible for the matter of repairing the palace for the emperor by mistake!"

Eunuch Shi was not good at holding the pen for a long time, and he was still not in a hurry: "That's right. If you have business, just talk about business. Since Mr. Xiaoge asked this, we will tell you all. Si Li The Supervisory Cabinet has discussed it. From today onwards, all official documents from various ministries will be handed in here, and we will send them in. The proposal will be drafted by the Cabinet Council, and the Supervisory Committee will approve the redemption. As for the officials of all ministries, they can only Wait outside the forbidden gate." Having said that, he called out: "Come on!"

Several eunuchs on duty came out of the forbidden gate.

Eunuch Shi: "Collect the official documents of Mr. Yan, Mr. Gao, and Mr. Zhang one by one, and send them to the cabinet to Elder Xu Ge!"

"Yes!" The eunuchs on duty replied and walked towards Yan Shifan, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and others separately, "Please bring out official documents from all ministries."

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other and stood still.

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing also glanced at each other and immediately looked at Yan Shifan, who dared to hand over the official document like this.

This is what Yan Shifan was anxious about. His father stayed behind closed doors, and there was no order in the palace. Now that Mr. Shi said that all official documents were handed over to Xu Jie, he became even more suspicious: "Mr. Yan did not understand what Mr. Shi said just now. .Does it mean that from now on, Xu Jie will have the final say on all the affairs of the six departments and nine ministers?"

That Eunuch Shi looked at him for a long time: "As I said just now, our family will not answer anything other than business matters." At this point, he turned to the eunuchs on duty: "Receive official documents! Let him hold it, and he will accept it first!"

Several eunuchs on duty went to collect the official documents of the officials who had already held them.

At this time, Eunuch Shi didn't look at Yan Shifan nor Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, but looked at the officials who had handed in the official documents: "After handing in the official documents, you have nothing to do. You all go back first, and come tomorrow to get the documents back."

The government suddenly changed overnight, and all the officials above the yamen department in the capital were suspicious and apprehensive. Some of them really had serious official documents to report to the cabinet, while others had no important official business and just used an excuse to find out.Seeing such a situation now, and listening to Eunuch Shi's greeting, no matter whether they are here for business or to inquire about news, they all know that if they don't leave next, they may be involved in a political tide.For a while, those who had sedan chairs sat in sedan chairs, and those who had horses got on horses. A large group of people lost their order. In a blink of an eye, horses and sedan chairs bumped into each other and rushed away side by side in a wide lane.

Immediately it became deserted, only Yan Shifan, Luo Longwen, Yan Maoqing, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were left, standing around the stone steps of the forbidden gate, without taking out the official documents in the sleeves of their robes.

The eunuchs on duty who received the official documents all looked at Eunuch Shi in front of the chair.

Eunuch Shi had an ugly face: "When you are on the job, what do you want me to do?"

The eunuchs on duty had no choice but to walk in front of Yan Shifan, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and the others with a smile.

(End of this chapter)