Chapter 38: Ye Xianggao resigns
The cabinet chief Ye Xianggao has been like an ant on a hot pan these days. Whether he talks about the Seminar Day or is idle at home, he feels panic. He is not standing or sitting.
On this day, Ye Xianggao was having supper with his wife Xu and more than a dozen children. The maid brought a plate of sour rabbit silk, which made people's appetites smelled louder.
Several children were very happy to eat. Xu picked up a dish for him and asked in surprise: "Master, what happened to you who have been absent in the past few days?"
Hearing this, Ye Xianggao put down his chopsticks, which attracted the men and women around him to look at him. He only sighed and said:
"The last time I entered the palace and saw the saint, I am furious today. I am afraid I won't be able to be the first assistant for a long time."
Now Ye Xianggao really wants to leave Beijing, a place of trouble. He is in his seventies and eighties, and he actually enters the court again as the chief minister.
Thinking about it now, it’s great to be an old man in my hometown.
"The emperor is just a child's character. At the age of sixteen, he may have lost his anger now. Master doesn't have to worry too much." Xu comforted him.
"Well, remember to do your homework after eating." Ye Xianggao finished speaking, and grabbed a mouthful of sour rabbit silk and put it in his mouth.
Seeing him moving, the children around him who were already greedy were moving again.
"Master, Censor Gao is here." Not long after, the housekeeper came in.
Hearing this, Ye Xianggao sighed again, put down his chopsticks and said quietly: "What should be here will not be able to avoid it. Ask him to wait for me in the main hall."
"Yes, Master."
Soon, Ye Xianggao and Gao Panlong met in the main hall. The latter was straightforward and said hurriedly:
"Old Ye, what did the Holy Emperor say last time?"
Seeing that Ye Xianggao didn't say anything for a long time, he urged again: "We have been waiting for a few days, but we have never seen the emperor summoning Mr. Yang to return the decree?"
Ye Xianggao ordered the housekeeper to serve two cups of tea and said calmly: "Mr. Yang, I can't come back."
Hearing this, Gao Panlong was even more surprised and stood up and said, "It's now, why is Mr. Ye still interested in drinking tea?"
"Donald Yang, such a loyal and righteous man, was sent back home because of the concealed words of the eunuch. How could this be the case in the world?"
"Why should we join forces to enter the palace and seek justice for the scholars of the world!"
"If you don't drink, I'll drink." Ye Xianggao smiled. No matter how anxious Gao Panlong was, he was still as motionless as a mountain. After quietly drinking tea, he said with a relaxing breath:
"The emperor means that Dongchang and Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice and the Dongchang handle this matter together, so don't get involved."
"Dongchang participated in this matter?" Gao Panlong said in surprise and said indignantly: "Can Mr. Yang come back if those eagle dogs are involved?"
Hearing this, Ye Xianggao Leng looked here coldly, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said, "Yang Lian can't come back."
"As sooner or later, my old bone will be broken up by you!"
After saying that, Ye Xianggao left step by step in a stunned gaze of Gao Panlong. No matter how he shouted, he would never look back.
Yang Lian left inexplicably. Even though there was such a big stir in Donglin in the court, Zhu Youxiao had no intention of summoning him back.
After Gao Panlong went to Ye’s mansion to talk to Ye Xianggao once, he never mentioned the matter of summoning Yang Lian.
In a few days, the cabinet chief Ye Xianggao took the initiative to resign.
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Looking at the resignation statement in front of the warm room, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly and said, "Call back!"
"Wang Tigan, tell Wei Zhongxian that if Ye Xianggao resigns, he will call me back together!"
Zhu Youxiao knew that Ye Xianggao underestimated the "ability" of his Donglin Party members and underestimated the effectiveness of his sixteen-year-old emperor.
Now he was afraid of being covered in fishy clothes, so he wanted to get out of here.
Ye Xianggao resigned, and the Donglin Party responded the most, and they tried to keep it, while the eunuchs were gloating, while Wei Zhongxian came to visit him in person in a hypocritical manner.
As for Zhu Youxiao, it is even more impossible for him to let him go directly.
Didn’t I dreamed of becoming the chief minister of the cabinet before? Why, I can’t continue playing and want to leave? How could I be so cheap in the world!
The lectures on the sutras every day? As usual, and you have to come every day!
Pretending to be sick? I sent the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital to your house and took care of him for twenty-four hours. I have to come if I don’t come!
I don’t want to hear what you say. I just want to use you to make the Donglin Party members in the court feel uncomfortable. If they feel uncomfortable, I will be happy!
If Donglin is not completely divided, this matter is not over!
"Emperor, General Qi is performing martial arts in the inner school field. The Yongwei Camp should be almost the same as the editor and trainer." Wei Zhongxian rushed over excitedly.
Zhu Youxiao snorted and asked: "Last month I asked you to find out if there is any dirty stuff in this harem, how are you doing?"
Wei Zhongxian smiled flatteringly and said, "Don't worry, I have replaced Xi Li's servants, Concubine Zheng's private eunuchs and close servants, all of them."
"There are also those who come in and out to accompany the attendants, and the servants who guard the various palace gates have also replaced them with the royal confidants."
"Well, if something happens, you know what will happen to you!" Zhu Youxiao nodded, felt relieved, and stood up and said:
"I want to go and see the heroic figures of the Ming soldiers!"
After saying that, Zhu Youxiao jumped off the imperial case and accompanied by Wei Zhongxian to the Donghunting Pavilion to change the imperial uniforms.
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The schoolyard in the Forbidden City is when flags are waving and dust is flying.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Accompanied by neat shouts, about a thousand cavalrymen of the Yonggu camp were rushing in the racecourse.
They all wore a shiny new swallow-winged helmet on their heads, covered in crimson armor, and held a steel knife. They rushed over and chopped the straw man in Jiannu armor into pieces.
"The Ming Dynasty will win, and the dog slaves will be destroyed!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
After that, more than 3,000 soldiers of the Qi family holding spears walked forward step by step, and flexibly changed into various formations under the instructions of the flag bearer above.
On the stage, Qi Jin was wearing a red fashionable red dress and carrying a Qi family sword around her waist. Looking at the scene of dust rolling in front of her, she kept nodding.
In his opinion, these training days have enabled these soldiers who are not weak to have the ability to fight.
What we need now is excellent armor and weapons, and the second is advanced and high-quality muskets and artillery. With these, he is confident that he can defeat 20,000 enemy troops with these 6,000 people!
"The emperor is here!" At this time, Huang Degong, who was selected as a biological guard, suddenly shouted out in a voice.
Qi Jin was shocked when he heard this. The emperor actually came!?
He quickly turned his head and saw Zhu Youxiao wearing bright yellow military uniforms accompanied by Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tigan, Li Chaoqing and others. He was stunned as he was watching the martial arts performance in the inner school.
"I failed to come out in time to greet you, the emperor forgives your crime!" Qi Jin half-kneeled on the ground, in panic.
"Get up!" Zhu Youzhao took a casual look and felt his blood boiling. Seeing this, he quickly helped him up and said with a laugh:
"From this point of view, my dear training is quite effective!"
Qi Jin nodded and said, "These more than 6,000 people are divided into 3,500 soldiers into infantry camps, 1,100 people are divided into left and right cavalry camps, and then two thousand people are used as firearms and baggage camps."
"This is the second day of martial arts performance, but Ke Chen is still worried..."
"If you have any difficulties, General Qi can tell you. The emperor is the wise king and will be satisfied with you." Wei Zhongxian said a nice thing.
Qi Jin must have had contact with the eunuchs in private if he could make Wei Zhongxian say good things, but Zhu Youxiao was not angry.
Qi Jin's actions further show that he is not a reckless man.
It’s really like Xiong Tingbi, who doesn’t know what self-protection means, and doesn’t give others any face. Zhu Youxiao is the headache.
"Oh? My dear, what are your concerns? But it's okay!" Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Zhongxian and Lang Lang smiled.
Chapter completed!