: Let's take action from afar

"Tomorrow's meeting, the emperor will order all officials to discuss the church that Yang Ling proposed..."

"The Martial Arts Hall of the Navy", Zhang Wenmian reminded him with a smile, picked up the teacup, handed it to Liu Jin respectfully, and then smiled at Zhang Cai, who was sitting next to him, with his butt back to his chair and sat down.

Zhang Cai is in his early forties, has a majestic figure, a jade-like face, clever eyebrows and eyes, and is handsome and upright. He is the most mature and charming age for men. Now he ranks first among the six ministries and is the Minister of Personnel. He is even more charming and has extraordinary demeanor.

Liu Jin appreciated him quite well. In order to promote him to this important position, he used both soft and hard work. Finally, he partially compromised with Li Dongyang, Jiao Fang and others, gave up several other yamen positions, and finally promoted Zhang Cai to the Heavenly Office of the Ministry of Personnel. Zhang Cai also devoted himself to Liu Jin's disciple. He was a regular visitor of the Liu family, and his family didn't have to report to anyone who was familiar.

"Well! Yes, yes, it's the navy martial arts hall. Haha, it's rare, it's rare that these guys all have the same mind as the master. They all oppose this. Not only Li Dongyang, but Yang Tinghe opposes, but also Jiao Fang's slutty guy, this time he refuses to speak."

Liu Jin smiled and fiddled with the tea bowl with a bowl cover, and said to the table: "Here, please take a look at these memorials for me, and select the memorials that are fierce, accusing Yang Ling of cultivating his confidants, seizing military power, and making bad intentions. It will be of great use to me. Haha, tomorrow is a good day."

Two pretty little girls fanned Liu Jin from behind. He had removed his crown and wore a casual light robe for home, leaning on his seat with a very relaxed and comfortable expression.

"Mr. Liu, this memorial is to be chosen, but it depends on the students. Mr. Liu should not attack and urge with these officials. On the contrary, Mr. Liu must protect Yang Ling."

"Um", Liu Jin raised his eyelids and looked at Zhang Wenmian, laughing and said, "What do you have to say, let me hear it."

Zhang Cai's eyes flashed with a flash of color, and he also stared at Zhang Wenmian, wanting to hear what Liu Jin's first think tank said. Although he was loyal to Liu Jin and had made many suggestions for him, he tried his best to persuade Liu Jin to stop some of his wrong ideas. He was not a mediocre person who blindly flattered him. He really wanted to use Liu Jin's power to show his ambitions in the political arena.

For example, Liu Jin has a very "innocent" and "hate evil like a grudge": he likes to check accounts and likes to fine.

If his people checked the granary and bank treasury and found that there were shortages and losses, even if it was a slight loss, he would be fined and severely fined. Moreover, he would not punish the Kuding Ding and the Kuoist, but would go to the magistrate and the prefecture to go beyond the level.

He would soon offend all these middle and senior officials, and Liu Jin was still happy. Zhang Cai repeatedly advised him, but Liu Jin was born in a humble background and had a kind of opposition to the high officials from the bottom of his heart.

The scholar Zhang in front of him is another unsuccessful person. Although he is indeed a real talent, he is crazy and narrow-minded. Because of his unhappy situation, he also hates those high-ranking officials. Zhang Cai advises him several times in succession, but Liu Jin not only refuses to accept it, but also scolds him. So Zhang Cai has stopped talking recently.

"Duke Liu, Yangling suppressed the Japanese pirates, calmed the East China Sea, and subdued the Folang Ji people. These things are all unparalleled achievements. With the current emperor's character of martial arts and favors for Yang Ling, he should have praised this for a long time, and even promoted his title and honor. But do you see if there is any movement there?"

"Well, you are saying this. Our family has always been worried that the emperor will reward him with great rewards. He has prepared a speech to deal with it, but it is useless. Could it be that the emperor... also suspicious of him?" Liu Jin was overjoyed and asked quickly.

Zhang Wenmian smiled and then felt that this smile seemed disrespectful to Liu Jin. He hurriedly restrained his face and said with a clear cough: "Duke Liu, there are similarities between the emperor's mind and the way of the officialdom, and there are also differences between them. After all, the world is the emperor's world, and everything is in his control.

Promotion can be made to kill people, derogatory people, or preparation for employment. Is this a favour? On the contrary, it is the emperor who cares about him more and trusts him more and does not want him to be the target of public criticism.

Yang Ling made contributions but no rewards. His position as governor of the six provinces was removed after the Malaya case was resolved. His position had not been moved, his authority had not changed, and he never claimed to be the head of the martial arts hall. Do you think, can the impeachment of all officials work? The emperor said, "I envy the virtuous and capable, frame the loyal and the good, and trapped me in the name of being few and foolish," who dared to say another sentence?"

Liu Jin was stunned, thought for a while and shook his head, "We know the emperor best. Although the emperor has grown up a little now, he doesn't have this scheming. Someone must have given him some advice. But our family is watching the emperor tightly. Dai Yi and Jiao Fang can't get a chance to speak. Who else is talking to Yang Ling...?"

Zhang Cai looked at Zhang Wenmian with appreciation: "This scholar is indeed talented and knowledgeable, but it's a pity that if he hadn't revenge, he would like to avenge his private revenge once he was in power, and he would definitely help Liu Gong even more."

He smiled slightly and said, "You are watching Liu Gong, outer court, inner court, but there is a place and a person, even you can't watch...!"

Liu Jin said nervously: "Who is it? Who is so bold and dares to go against our family?"

Zhang Wenmian was afraid that Zhang Cai would steal his limelight, so he hurriedly continued: "Tang Yixian, Miss Tang, who is now living in the Weiwu Marquis Mansion!"

"Ah! It's her!" Liu Jin suddenly realized: Who else can make Emperor Zhengde obey and be willing to secretly defend Yang Ling, and is not afraid of his own revenge, except for the Tang Yixian, who will be enthroned as the imperial concubine?

Zhang Wenmian smiled sinisterly and said, "Mr. Liu, haven't you seen it yet? The emperor does his own way, but he is a fearless master. He led a folk woman to the Meridian Gate, which is a place where only the emperor, the queen and the scholars in the imperial examination can enter and exit.

As a result, the emperor used to accompany the girl Tang around, and there were always condemnations in the inner palace. This time the movement became so big that the harem was silent. Even the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, dared not scold her. Everyone could see that the Emperor was determined. He was not taking Empress Tang to the Meridian Gate and riding on the Golden Palace, and was demonstrating to the whole world.

Yang Ling is not in the capital now, and no one of his people is qualified to make suggestions on the emperor. However, with this girl, although she is very well-behaved and never participates in political affairs, she occasionally beats the side drums and blows the pillow style? As soon as she speaks, the emperor has to make a calculation. As long as the emperor commits a calculation, no one can use these reasons to overturn Yang Ling with these reasons."

Liu Jin frowned, touched his bare chin and thought for a while, put down the tea bowl and said, "Don't go around with me, just say it straight, since I shouldn't be involved in it, why do you still find those impeachment memorandums?"

"Haha", Zhang Wenmian opened the folding fan with a "wow" and slapped a few slaps, and smiled and said, "The old ministers in the court are now following the Korean leader. This old guy is not a good person. Although he is not a member of Yangling, you will not deal with Mr. Liu. As soon as you catch the opportunity, you will trip you up, and it will be annoying to see it. We can't beat Yangling, but we can beat Korean."

Liu Jin shook his head and said, "It's hard, it's hard. This old guy is now learning his lessons and never leaves anything he does. He just stays in the position of Minister of Revenue and refuses to leave. He doesn't make mistakes and is well-known for his reputation. Our family can't do anything about him."

"Hehehehe, the solution is something that people think of, and they want to be guilty. Why not worry? Mr. Liu, you are just too generous."

Liu Jin was praised and comforted her heart, and her old face smiled like a chrysanthemum. He pursed his lips and said, "Do you have a way?"

Zhang Wenmian withdrew his fan and leaned over and said, "Mr. Liu, the emperor is preparing to take Tang Yixian as his concubine in September, and at the same time, he also needs to repair the leopard house. Aren't you planning to get this money out of the Taicang vault?"

Liu Jin spread his hands and said, "What else should I do? You can't tell the emperor that he is unhappy. He is unhappy. Can I feel happy? The Ministry of Revenue has no money, so I have to pay the emperor's back and forth."

"Wow!" Zhang Wenmian slammed the palm of his palm with a folding fan and said with a slight smile: "We have made a dedication to the silver, but the emperor's wedding, does the Ministry of Revenue have no money to take it or does not want to take it? Why do you say this in front of the emperor?

Liu Jin's eyebrows jumped, a gloomy smile appeared on his face. He nodded and said, "Speak."

Zhang Wenmian said: "The emperor is also a human being, and he is a man of good face. This matter can make him unhappy. The student cleared the memorials tonight, took out all the memorials written by our people, and left memorials from the Korean faction to the emperor. Liu Gong said a few good words to Yang Ling indignantly. Han Wen was so bad that he could never feel fragrant again."

"Hahahaha..." Liu Jin smiled strangely like a female duck. Seeing him happy, Zhang Wenmian continued to show off: "Mr. Liu, so this is called mantis stalking cicadas. The oriole is behind. Korean is trying to attack Yangling, but we are trying to attack Korean, and we are trying to fight against each other.

"The plan is good, but unfortunately it's still a bit naive," Zhang Cai smiled disdainfully and said, "Han Wen has been in the officialdom for a long time and is well versed in the way of being an official. He has read these memorials just now. They are all censors of the imperial envoys and Hanlin officials, and Han Wen will never go bare-handed and be the pioneer. The censor is innocent, so what can he do as long as Han Wen doesn't show his head?"

"This......" Zhang Wenmian thought of a solution that Zhang Cai pointed out was unrealistic, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry. This man was narrow-minded and could not stand the slap in others' way. Zhang Cai was the Minister of Personnel. He was a handsome and elegant man. He was originally jealous of him, and at this time he felt even more disgusted.

Zhang Cai was in a villain's nest, but he didn't know how to prevent the villain. He didn't know that he offended the other person again with one word. He took a sip of tea and thought, "Han Wen suffered a few great losses and was much more cautious. Now he dared to use this matter to impeach Yang Ling because he saw something!"

Zhang Cai paused and continued: "When Liu Gong started the martial arts lecture hall, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe opposed it, civil officials opposed it, even those military generals with different factions and high positions were strongly opposed it. Han Wen saw this and wanted to take advantage of the wind and rain to make another try. If this fails, then he has nothing to say.

Korean, it’s not that the emperor’s protection of Yang Ling, but that he really can’t wait for a more suitable opportunity. Anyway, if it fails, the law will not blame the public, and he will not suffer any losses to him. But he is not a reckless man. Tomorrow he will definitely observe his face first. He will only stand up when he sees the opportunity to cause storms. Therefore, we cannot draw out other impeachment memorials, but we must let our people cooperate more and give this old man some hope..."

Liu Jin was able to understand it at a glance and laughed: "No need to say, our family understands that even if the Yangling sect is not so willing to set up a martial arts lecture hall, they will not impeach it. Li and Yang are the people in the local area who act as peacemakers. Our family is competing for power with Yang Ling. Han Wen hopes that our family will take the lead.

Our family has been doing the work of shaking flags and shouting for many years. It is even more difficult to get a condom and trip someone up. When he gets in, our family will transform into a transformation, making him feel indignant, making him not a human being inside and outside. Hehehe..., but......"

He called Zhang Cai's words intimately and said, "Shangzhi, can you beat him up by this? I think Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe will definitely come forward to protect him."

Zhang Cai smiled and said, "Wen Mian is a marriage that is not inferior to the silver. He gathers people to attack and urge loyal ministers. It is just used to create momentum, strengthen the emperor's disgust, clarify his passiveness in the court, and as for the real use of a fatal blow..."

Zhang Cai paused and said, "The Ministry of Revenue Affairs is involved in corruption and has been arrested. His resume file was transferred from the Ministry of Personnel yesterday. Liu Gong. The Ministry of Revenue Affairs is a local person in front of the Ministry of Revenue Affairs. I just don't know if Lord Han is also involved?"

"Bang!" Liu Jin slapped the table and shouted, "It must be, how could it not be?" He had a good habit of pursuing superior officials from above and above the level of pursuing superior officials. What's more, he was trying to mess with Korean. He took the opportunity to seize his political territory, so he responded immediately.

Zhang Wenmian's eyes rolled: "The Yuanwailang is a corrupt official, and he is afraid he has no hard bones. Such people don't need to be punished. As long as you put the big shackles that weighed 150 kilograms on his neck, you can stand under the scorching sun, and you can still recruit anyone you want to recruit?

Zhang Wenmian hurriedly stood up and said, "Mr. Liu, let me leave this matter to the students. Three days......Not. Within one day, students will have good news to submit to Mr. Liu."

Liu Jin stood up with a smile and patted his shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, but there's no need to be too anxious. You have to wait until the court will discuss it tomorrow to avoid slaughtering...

Zhang Wenmian understood and hurriedly said, "Yes, or is it right that Liu Gong mentioned, students will do it tomorrow, and then tomorrow."

"Yeah!" Liu Jin nodded with all his will, turned his head slightly to look to the southeast, and his eyes narrowed: When Han Wen fell, our family would be even more powerful and the cabinet would be even less effective. When Yang Ling returned to Beijing, the sky would change.

Yangling, Yangling, our family wishes you to be in Sichuan... and never leave Shu!"

The Ming Dynasty sent troops to help the Manchu Assassination and Sultan restore the country. This matter was not just a victory in a war. The Ming Dynasty had seventy or eighty vassal states, and the sky was high and the road was long over the years. In addition, the Ming Dynasty had too much energy to be involved in the northern Tatars, so there were more than twenty vassal states who had not had a pilgrimage for many years.

Now the three guards of the North and Duoyan of the Ming Dynasty have defeated the Tatar cavalry, eliminated the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop, conquered the pirates in the East China Sea, stationed troops in Ryukyu, and recovered the Mantaga. The giant dragon in the East wakes up and moves the dragon claws to make peace with the wind and rain. The surrounding countries have been respectful and feared, and have begun to prepare to send special envoys to pay homage to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

For a time, the four barbarians in Beijing were constantly coming, and the prosperity of the country came to the court was revived. The Ming Dynasty court also knew that the political significance of the Manchu Gang was far greater than that of the military victory. In order to create momentum, when the Manchu Gang king Su Duanma returned to his country, Zhengdelong and respected him. He sent two imperial envoys, one was the Minister of Rites Wang Hua and the other was the new Minister of War Liu Yu. It can be said that courtesy and respect were no longer added.

Such a huge team is just acting for other countries, and the Sultan of Manraga is just a prop for this drama, so even though he is eager to return, the team is still in a steady state. It was not until early August that the fleet arrived at Manraga.

Taking advantage of this period, Yang Ling had selected a garrison in the Portuguese fleet. He used this free labor force of thousands of people to build the military camp of the Ming Navy, and selected the garrison generals, and traveled back and forth between Fujian and Manlacca, and handled some important military and political affairs properly.

Since the East China Sea had been calmed down and the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has now opened Tianjin Port and Hangzhou Port to North Korea, Japan, Luzon, and Ryukyu countries, and sea transportation trade has begun initially and has quickly influenced more countries.

At the same time, Gu Dayong organized a group of local business groups composed of merchants, literati, monks and spies to visit Japan. The representative of the merchant was Xu Jing and the representative of the literati was Tang Bohu. They brought a large number of exquisite and expensive products from the Ming Dynasty, which were very popular among the famous names in various places.

Japanese people believe in Buddhism, and upper-class people like to be genius the most. Tang Bohu, the most talented man in Jiangnan, became serious and experienced, talked elegantly, and was very knowledgeable about Buddhist scriptures. He met with Japanese monks who beat the wise and talked about scriptures and Taoisms. When he became romantic, he was also singular and unruly, and was extremely suitable for the appetite of the generals. Now he is the most popular person in Japan. Now, whether it is the general's name Guan Ling or the rich and noble ladies and monks, everyone is proud to see the charm of the Tang Jieyuan style.

So if one day someone sees such a strange scene: a Daming army escorted a convoy with complex lines to reach their territory border, and then another Daming army respectfully took them over and sent them politely into their own city, and then the two armies continued to fight and killed the city. Then it's no wonder that this convoy must be Tang Bohu's visiting delegation.

When Su Duan's mother arrived in Fujian, Yang Ling also rushed back to greet him, and then accompanied the two escort officers to Mantaya.

The "Magic General" sailed on the sea with a huge wave. The General, who had unloaded his armor, sailed faster and plowed a huge wave mark on the sea.

Yang Ling stood on the deck of the third floor of the battleship, holding the ship's side and listening quietly as Liu Yu told him about the situation in the capital: "The lord is not in the capital. Now Liu Jin can control most of the government affairs in the court. The new Minister of Personnel Zhang Cai was promoted by Liu Jin and he had already followed him with his heart. The Ministry of Personnel is in his hands, and there are more officials who have defected to the land. Even Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe don't express much now."

Yang Ling smiled and said, "They became smarter after repeated failures, and were not sure of not taking action easily. Don't look at them now with Liu Jinxu, they are waiting for an opportunity. These old ministers may have a bit of ignorance in their political views, but their character will not be changed easily."

Liu Yu said respectfully: "Yes! Your master is far-sighted and amazing. Although your master is far away from the capital, his holy family is still high. Han Wen and others attacked him by planning to build a naval martial arts lecture hall. Originally, they expected that Liu Jin would definitely respond. They wanted to use the pressure of the civil and military verdicts in the court to force the emperor to remove your military post. However, Liu Jin did not dare to offend you, but instead helped you refute Han Wen, which made them feel disappointed."

"Oh?" Although Yang Ling was not in the capital, he did not relax his attention to the capital. He already knew about this.

However, he wanted to see what these Beijing officials think of Liu Jin's actions, and wanted to know if Liu Yu would hide anything from him, so he said calmly: "What else does he have to do? Let me tell me."

Liu Yu said: "My lord is not in Beijing. Liu Jin is very good at making power. Master transferred the tax supervisor to the inner court and the Ministry of Revenue for joint management. In order to make the tax filthy, these two yamen have been born in a bad tax day by day. Liu Jin took advantage of the corruption of the Ministry of Revenue's official, and now Han Wen has retired and returned home.

However, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe tried their best to recommend the old minister Xu Jin to succeed as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Liu Jin was unable to put his own people in, and the tax authority was still divided into two families. Liu Jin had no choice but to win over the eunuchs in various places. He now took advantage of the insufficient tax and extremely difficult finances of the court to persuade the emperor to increase the authority of the eunuchs in various places to strengthen the tax efforts. Now the eunuchs and governors in various places have equal powers and can review any administrative and legal affairs, supervise officials, and have great power."

Yang Ling frowned and nodded. There were many reasons for the financial difficulties of the Ming Dynasty, and he could not change this point. He could only hope to bring in grain, trade, and open sea to produce benefits. However, it would take one or two years at the earliest to be effective. Compared with the current difficulties, it is impossible to relieve near-thirst.

However, the imperial court was bloated, with 30 princes, 215 princes and generals, 2,700 lieutenants, more than 20,000 civil servants, 100,000 military officers, 772 guard officers and soldiers, and 40,000 students who earned their salary for free in the exam. Every year, they paid about tens of millions of salary and grain.

In addition, the taxes were unreasonable, there were many corrupt officials, opening seas and setting up yamen, building warships and equiping naval troops, fighting between the north and the south, etc., which consumed more. Last year, the tax on food in the summer and autumn of the world was about 26 million stones, and the output was more than less. Therefore, the royal palace was short of rice for a long time, the monthly grain for a long time, and the military for a long time, and the salary for each side was short of military service, and the salary for each province was very serious. Unless he had some skills in making stones into gold, he wanted to solve these problems in a short time. That was a myth.

"If you cook a big country, no matter how hungry you are, you have to slowly grasp the heat. You can't cook the vegetables." Yang Ling sighed and nodded heavily.

What really disappointed him was another news from other channels: the preparations for the construction of the maritime martial arts lecture hall did not pass the approval. It was really difficult to break the old order!

Looking at the vast sea, Yang Ling suddenly felt an impulse in his heart: the great empire has lasted for thousands of years, and its civilization and order have become a system of its own. No matter what changes it needs to be made, it must destroy the old and build the new one. Therefore, even the emperor who stands at the top of the power structure must be careful.

But what if it is a small piece of place? What about a backward wild land? It is like a piece of white paper that can be smeared at will. For example, in the small land of Malacca, it would be easy to build schools, run factories, and reform the system of official recruitment? Because there was nothing here, and naturally there was no destruction of the old land and would not touch a large number of winners of old interests.

The bizarre idea of ​​the sky-moment is just a flash of thought. The seagull that cut through the sky squealed back to Yang Ling's flying heart. He was shocked and said, "Continue talking."

Liu Yu said: "The most important thing is that after Liu Jin took advantage of the eunuchs in various places to participate in politics, he began to justify all important documents to be submitted to him first, and only after he was approved by him can they be sent to various ministries and cabinets. The memorials of the ministers must be written red for him first, and then white for the Tongzhengsi..."

Liu Yu stopped and lowered his voice and said, "Some people say that now the world only knows that there is Eunuch Liu but not the emperor."

Yang Ling held the corner of his mouth and smiled without leaving any trace: "It's coming soon, Liu Jin's fate is almost over!"

In the current Ming Dynasty, external threats are not enough to destroy his power, while internal opposition forces may kill many of the policies he is doing. The Ming Dynasty is changing step by step.

The Ming Dynasty is now like a butterfly struggling to escape from the old shackles of cocoon shell. Its wings are wrinkled together, and its body is trembling and shrinking into a ball. It can't stand firmly. It looks even more ugly and fragile than when hiding in the cocoon shell. But if you give it some time, it will stretch out its colorful and dazzling wings and fly into the flowers.
Chapter completed!