While the guests in the Xu Mansion of Wu'an Hou Hutong were laughing and talking, the Li's mansion in the Lige Lao Hutong of Yongfang was a little deserted that night. Although Li Dongyang was the chief minister of the cabinet, he spent most of his time in the palace cabinet, and his disciples and old friends thought that he was incest and did not leave his position, so he alienated the mentor or friend. Therefore, the literary and poetry clubs that were once popular in the past are now less and less, and the people who come to visit are often fewer and fewer colleagues who have better personal relationships.

At this time, the one who kept the meal at the Li family was Yang Tinghe, the youngest Zhan Shifu and the Grand Secretary of Zuo Chunfang. After dinner, he and Li Dongyang sat down in the study together, Yang Tinghe spoke bluntly: "Now that Xu Xun defeated the enemy and suppressed the rebellion, and was named a marquis in one fell swoop. He became more famous among the civil and military officials in the court. With Liu Jin's personality, he must be unable to calm down. At this time, the two of them would definitely not be able to return to their former appearance and be separated, and they would most likely clash immediately."

"What Shizhai said is what I want to say." Li Dongyang nodded slightly, "Liu Jin is no longer satisfied with dominating the Silijian, and even Qiu Ju immediately resigned from Nanjing when he was a little disagreement, which shows his ambition. The reason why the emperor asked the cabinet to draw an order immediately today was that at noon today, Liu Jin had somehow had a conflict with Xu Xun who was greeting Zhang Yongmiaokui on Fuqing Tower, and then he suddenly had such an order. If this is true, I am afraid that Xu Xun will be above Liu Jin."

"That's natural. One is insatiable and eager for quick success and instant benefits, while the other is steadily pressing forward step by step." Yang Tinghe nodded slightly, and then said seriously, "But it is precisely because of this that Xu Xun is far better than Liu Jin in terms of danger!"

Li Dongyang raised his eyebrows with a flashing look: "Oh, where does Shi Zhai start this?"

"Liu Jin started from an internal official. Although he had a great reputation, he borrowed the authority of the emperor, but he made the emperor dislike him. It would be easy to get rid of him! But Xu Xun was different. Even if his life was doubtful, he started from the vanguard of the military training army and made friends with the nobles. Then he attacked and restored the decline after the defeat of the Xuanfu army at Yutailing. This time he had the merit of defeating the enemy and suppressing the rebellion, which was real. Not to mention the major event planned by Mr. Liu and Mr. Xie and Yuan Fu last year. He seemed to be unrevealed, but Yuan Fu should have guessed that he suddenly returned to the capital and turned the trend around. It should be noted that he was not as weak as he was now, but he was already full of wings. What if he was recruiting more people in the future? At that time, no one could control it!"

Seeing that Yang Tinghe's face showed an extremely solemn expression, Li Dongyang suddenly smiled and said, "Is Shizhai too much a soldier? If Xu Xun really had a strange intention, such as Zhang Gongshi, Lin Heng, Da, Xie Fangshan, who have always been honest, how could he join him? Although you and I are here tonight, the Xu family is full of friends, and there are many bright streams with lofty ambitions."

"The most terrifying thing in the world is not the impatience of the traitor as Liu Jin. But the traitor is like a loyal and honest person. Although I don't read all the world and people like Yuan Fu, I have a confident look at people." Yang Tinghe sighed. Then he smiled bitterly, "Of course, I am not saying that Lord Lin and his famous ministers do not have the eyes to look at people, but Xu Xun's hidden foundation is really good. Not to mention anything else, he can just say a few words to coax the emperor around, which is already a very telling problem. Now he does not slander, but instead curbs Liu Jin. Most of the people who make suggestions are famous officials. However, if he uses this advantage to slander and abuse his personalities, what is important is not what he is now, but what he will think in the future!"

Although Yang Tinghe showed a calm and capable role in front of the world and did not speak much about right and wrong, he showed his sharp side at this moment. He and Li Dongyang used to have an ordinary personal relationship, that is, after Liu Jian and Xie Qian left their post, Li Dongyang often invited him to talk about things. Then he gradually got closer. Now, after he opened the most important one in front of Li Dongyang, his heart was relieved and he stood up like that.

"Yuan Fu should not want to present a situation in this court that the government orders did not come from the cabinet, but from the mouth of a warrior, but in the past, although the cabinet ministers of Xiao Temple rarely summoned the cabinet ministers, those who were trusted like Liu Daxia often had access to the inner palace. Even though he was so disgusted by others, he was a disciple of the saints and a member of us. Now, a warrior can speak out and influence the major policies, and he has also recruited many heroes under his command. In the long run, will he know whether he will frequently use the expansion of borders and land to make achievements as bait, causing the emperor to frequently mobilize troops, and thus waste his people's strength? In terms of war, Wang Yue was better at fighting than him and was born as a Jinshi, but why did everyone over and over suppress him? He was so treacherous and slandered in military merits, and Yang Sui'an was really confused!"

Li Dongyang's expression changed a lot, and finally he finally let out a sigh of relief. He blinked a little, and then asked gently: "Why Zhai, do you think, what is the right thing to do?"

"The emperor will hold his clothes and rule the world." Yang Tinghe almost thought about it, and then he bowed his hands, "The emperor stayed in Jiuchen, and the cabinet will gather the affairs reported by the world. If the small ones are decided, the court will discuss it. If the emperor reads it, the world will be ruled."

The meaning of nakedness in and out of the words made Li Dongyang unable to help but take a breath. However, what he admired even more was that Yang Tinghe said what he had always been in his heart. During the Hongzhi period, except for the rare occasions when he met the cabinet ministers, Emperor Hongzhi only gave the cabinet a morning court every day, and at other times he would let the cabinet handle major affairs in the court. So there was the political communication and people who had been in the past twenty years. Although the court did not mention it tacitly, who would not say that this was the Hongzhi Zhongxing?

The two looked at each other for a long time, and in the end neither spoke first. The unspeakable silence lasted for countless hours, and was interrupted by a soft knock on the door outside. However, a book boy said softly: "Yuan Fu, Lord Yang, Mr. Zhao of Hanlin Academy is here, saying that he had just returned from the Xu family in Wu'anhou Hutong. The banquet of the Xu family has ended, and something big happened at the banquet."

Li Dongyang was stunned when he heard this. Zhao Yong was a Jinshi in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi. He often came to and from his disciples. Now he has entered the Hanlin Academy to compile the editor. He really didn't expect that this always honest man would go to Xu's house to join in the fun. After pondering for a while, he nodded and said, "Please come in."

In a moment, a middle-aged man, who was about to thirty-eight years old, quickly walked into the house. Just as he was about to salute, he caught a glimpse of Yang Tinghe who was beside him, and was stunned. After a while, he came to his senses, and after seeing the salute, he couldn't help but glance at Yang Tinghe again, and he wanted to say something but stopped. Seeing this, Li Dongyang smiled and said with a smile: "Sit up. If you have something to say, it's okay, Shi Zhai is not an outsider."

"yes."

Zhao Yong then calmed down, but still considered the sentence, and then said, "Today, the Marquis of Pingbei Gaosheng. Many people from the Hanlin Academy made an appointment to join in the fun, because most of the younger generations in the Hanlin Academy agreed to reconcile the trap, and it was indeed a great achievement to defeat the enemy and suppress the rebellion. So I wanted to see the situation today. After thinking about it, I went together. I didn't want to say the situation where the guests gathered in the house, and I didn't want to say it anymore, and I was not interested in the teacher's appearance. What I want to talk about is the strange people and things at the table today."

He specifically highlighted the four words "strange people and strange things". Seeing that Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe both showed an interesting expression, but no other clues were revealed, he knew that the two of them were probably not aware of it, so he coughed lightly: "Today, at the table, Pingbeibo said he was willing to throw bricks and attract jade, so that all nations could see the outstanding people of the Ming Dynasty. Someone stood up and criticized why he didn't want the Ming Dynasty's administration to be clear and clear. All officials in the world loved the people as their sons, and no one harmed the loyal and the good, or bullied the people?"

As soon as these words were said, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe had a bright look. Zhao Yong just paused slightly and then continued, "And this person criticized the two generations of Ning Wangs in Jiangxi for committing evil deeds. However, the emperor listened to the words of the traitors and returned the guards of Ning Wang, and finally handed the memorial to the Marquis of Pingbei. The Marquis of Pingbei said in public that he would hand the memorial to the Emperor directly, and asked him to accompany Lord Lin and others on the table. Lord Lin, Lord Zhang, Xie and others all praised him very much."

Although Zhao Yong was concise, Li Dongyang still heard the thrilling moment. Everyone knew that Liu Jin was the one who supported Ning Wangfu's guard at that time. Xu Xun seemed to be unquestionable and did not get involved. Therefore, the opposition voices in the court were in vain in the end. Now, someone in the court was exposing this on the table where Xu Xun was promoted to Pingbeihou, and Xu Xun also agreed to hand over the letter. Isn't this meant that Xu Xun and Liu Jin were already ready to take it head-on?

He turned his head and looked at Yang Tinghe. Yang Tinghe smiled and said, "Congratulations to Yuan Fu, it's hard to stand up to two tigers in one mountain. It seems that the two of them are really going to turn against each other!"

Li Dongyang nodded slightly, but then he saw a strange expression on Zhao Yong's face. He then remembered that he had never asked who the bold person was. He immediately asked with a smile: "I forgot to ask, who is the sacred person who dares to save Liu Jin's face in public? At this time, even if the Marquis of Pingbei is backing up, the one who dares to be the first to be a scoundrel!"

"yes……"

Zhao Yong hesitated for a moment, knowing that he had to say this in the end, so he had to smile bitterly and said, "Shi Xiang and Lord Yang may not be able to guess no matter what."

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe were both stunned. Li Dongyang said thoughtfully: "According to what you said, it shouldn't be the ones Kang Hai? Yes, although they talked about the poetry club holding literary meetings, they did not have the firecrackers of Li Mengyang. The other people's temperaments should not be so impulsive and upright. Moreover, if the Hou of Pingbei wants them to win over literary talents, they should not be willing to use them like this. Could it be that someone in Liu Jin's party has turned against him?"

Knowing that his mentor could not guess no matter what, Zhao Yong sighed deeply, and then whispered: "It's Brother Xiu."

"What!"

Yang Tinghe stood up with disbelief. Seeing that Zhao Yong had no intention of joking, he was stunned. Li Dongyang also had a smile on his face. After a while, he stood up with the handrail and asked Zhao Yong word by word: "Er Xi, what did Yong Xiu say at that time? Tell me carefully word by word!"

When Zhao Yong almost wrote down Yang Shen’s passionate words at that time, and then recounted the attitudes of everyone on the table one by one, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe looked at each other for a while, and at the same time felt deeply troublesome.

The two of them were discussing how to make the two tigers lose both ways. The fisherman's profit was just an implication, and no one wanted to put their little bit of strength that had been preserved after all. After all, with Liu Jian and Xie Qian leaving the court withered terrible death, and those who were unclear had already drawn a clear line with Li Dongyang. Whether Li Dongyang or Yang Tinghe, the power that could be used was extremely limited, and they would never want to treat them as cannon fodder.

"What a trick, what a trick!"

Yang Tinghe murmured to himself, thinking of his talented son who was stubborn but stubborn, he couldn't help but shake his head again. But it was in vain to regret it anymore. He pondered for a moment and asked Zhao Yong: "When the meal was over, that kid didn't withdraw with you?"

"Yongxiu Brother... was invited by Lord Lin and Lord Zhang to the carriage."

Hearing Zhao Yong hesitated and said something, Yang Tinghe was speechless. His son was just twenty years old and his knowledge of writing was already very solid, but he was not very clear about the government affairs. Moreover, he is just a little secretary now, and he has no time to think of telling him these things. The result is good, this time he must have been regarded as a gunman!

"Yuan Fu, I'm probably going to implicate you this time."

Seeing Yang Tinghe smiled bitterly, Li Dongyang shook his head: "You father entrusted your son to me to teach. I just taught him about his articles and knowledge and the principles of being in the world. But I thought that he is still young and young people should have an indomitable spirit, so I forgot to teach him to communicate with power and change. It was this forgetting that made him ignite such a huge firecracker today! Forget it, since he has ignited firecrackers, it is useless to regret it anymore. It is better to think about what to do next."

Zhao Yong looked at Li Dongyang and Yang Ting and you and said something to you. Seeing that the two of them had already concluded that Yang Shen was instigated. After enduring it, he asked, "Master Master Yang, although he has always been impulsive to use Brother Xiu, today's move is very likely because he is afraid of being blocked and blamed by the two, so he made a fuss. He and Kang had no friendship with Shan and others, so he should not be so easily instigated..."

"Erxi, you are wrong, I know my son." Yang Tinghe sighed again, then reached out and rubbed his temples tiredly, "He is indeed anxious and righteous, but if he really wants to criticize Liu Jin, he should be straightforward, instead of picking this part, it can be said to be a shortcoming or a hot potato. If no one instigates him, it will be impossible!"

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