Is it a good time

Early in the morning, Zhengde had finished his meal and Yangling came to see him. After a long time, he saw Yangling coming slowly. It was still a bit inconvenient to have a road, and both eyes were red.

Zhengde then saved him from falling yesterday and said in surprise: "Yang Qing, what are you doing?"

Yang Ling grinned and said, "Go back to the emperor, I rushed out yesterday and sprained my ankle, so I limped around my walk."

Zhengde suddenly realized, he nodded and suddenly asked again: "Then your eyes...?"

"Oh, eyes, I sorted out that booklet overnight yesterday and stayed up all night, so..."

Zhengde held his hand in emotion and said, "You are the only one who is willing to share my worries like this."

He sighed and shook his head, "I am so heartbroken after reading the book. Around me, some flattery all day long, some criticize the emperor and impeach ministers all day long, and those who seem to be extremely righteous are the true ministers. Who is the true heart and who is just doing it?"

He sat back on the chair and thoughtfully, "I thought a lot this night. The rebellion of King Ning is not just as simple as the rebellion itself. If some problems are not solved or dealt with, they may break out when they are not allowed. But you are right. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Sometimes I have to pretend to be confused. Some things I want to deal with cannot be too rush. Alas! The emperor's way is really a headache to think of."

Yang Ling smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. King Ning rebelled and had soldiers and money. He was easily destroyed by the emperor like he was destroyed. What kind of harm can those local officials who collude with each other cause? The emperor was worried that they would take risks and destroy the country's government and people's livelihood. As long as we remain silent and try to do it slowly, these patients can slowly eliminate them without hurting their vitality."

"Yeah!" Emperor Zhengde nodded, Zhan Yan smiled and said, "I have been a little playful since I was a child. I don't know much about the strategy of the country's government. Fortunately, with the assistance of my beloved, I am not panicking when I encounter problems. By the way, my beloved, the matter in Jiangxi has been almost resolved. I want to leave Longhu Mountain today. Let's go back to Nanjing first, and then return north with water. In this way, I can also go to Suhang, which is known as the paradise on earth, and see the weather in Jiangnan after the lifting of the sea ban."

When Yang Ling heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He kept saying, "Okay, I'll make arrangements immediately, and we will leave Longhu Mountain immediately."

Yang Ling bowed and immediately went out to discuss preparations with Du Fu. He was terrible to meet Zhang Fubao now. The little girl had enough land for him. He was staying in the Tianshi Mansion since he was a child, and he was confused about men and women, so he fooled her. But Yang Ling felt guilty and felt awkward to live in the Tianshi Mansion again.

Yang Ling and Du Fu arranged the car and drove back to the mansion immediately. Zhang Tianshi was standing beside Zhengde. When Yang Ling saw the elder brother, he bowed guiltily and said, "Tianshi, thank you for your kind hospitality. He helped the court capture and rebel, and solved the matter without using weapons. Yang is going to go back to the capital with his side. If you are destined to be the next day, Yang is willing to receive the Heavenly Shi in his mansion."

Zhengde laughed and said, "The fate is here now! I have a lot of experience in discussing sutras and teachings with the Heavenly Master. I am inviting the Heavenly Master to go to the capital to ask for advice nearby."

"Ah? The Heavenly Master also wants to go back to Beijing?" Yang Ling said in surprise.

Master Zhang Tian smiled and said, "Why, the Duke of the State is not welcome?"

Yang Ling quickly turned surprised and said repeatedly: "It's natural, that's natural, that's natural, that's natural, that's the same. I felt sorry for this meeting because of busy affairs, that's why we didn't have much contact with the capital. It's natural, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same as the emperor and I saw it. I was sorry that we had not had much contact with each other because of the busy affairs. It's natural, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that's the same, that

After Yang Ling finished speaking, he asked with concern: "What do the Master of Heaven need to bring? You can move to the car outside the mansion first."

Master Zhang Tian smiled and said, "I am a Taoist practitioner, alone, without any worries, and not much, but the sister-in-law may have more supplies." He asked the butler at the door, "Have you not moved the best lady's things yet?"

Yang Ling was shocked again and said, "Does Ling sister also want to go to Beijing with you?"

Master Zhang Tian looked at him strangely and sighed: "Yes, my sister always likes to travel around me. Whenever I hear that I am going to travel far, this girl always pesters her to follow me. This time it's strange. I want to go to Beijing, but she said she doesn't want to follow me."

"Then don't force it. Girls grow up, and I think they don't like to run around." Yang Ling took advantage of the situation and quickly dissuaded them.

Master Zhang Tian said nervously: "No, no, I must take her there!"

He covered his mouth and whispered to Yang Ling: "The Duke of China doesn't know that this girl is messing around at home and is almost stealing all the rare medicinal materials I have finally collected. I went back and forth for a few months and left her alone at home. I'm not relieved!"

When Yang Ling heard this, he was speechless. Of course, he knew how crazy the girl was in the process of practicing pills. He took her two elixirs and was dying of her once. He must be dying. The girl was practicing medicine at home, thinking about it... To be honest, he was not relieved.

Zhengde finally set off, and the brigade left the Tianshi Mansion. The imperial guards were ahead. Zhang Tianshi stood in front of the mansion and said impatiently: "Why haven't the eldest lady come out yet? Butler, go and urge me again!"

"I'm here, don't urge me." Zhang Fubao came out of the door with red eyes. He was wearing a plain blue dress, with long hair lazily tied behind his shoulders, soft and light, and charming.

"Huh? What's wrong with your eyes?" Zhang Tianshi asked strangely.

Yang Ling, who was next to him, tightened his scalp and quickly turned around and shouted loudly to Du Fu, the leader of the Sili Supervisory Commission, who was commanding the busyness in the distance, and said, "Eunuch Du, I still remember something..." Yang Ling said, and hurriedly slipped away.

The emperor's land car convoy was vast, leaving the Hehan Tianshi Mansion of Longhu Mountain and walking towards the distance along the picturesque Luxi.

The convoy left Longhu Mountain and was moving. A large guard in bright yellow robe hurried to Yangling's car sedan chair and bowed: "Duke, Princess Xiang wants to see the Duke if you have something to do."

"Oh?" Yang Ling lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, rolled his eyes and said calmly: "I understand, reply to the princess. I'll go over immediately."

Yang Ling made some preparations, changed into a horse, rushed to the princess's ceremonial war along the long convoy, asked Princess Ming'er about her car, and then turned her to her body and said loudly: "I'm going to see Your Highness."

"Please get in the car and answer," Qinglang's delicate voice came from the car.

"Yes, I obey the order!" Yang Ling abandoned the horse and boarded the car. The outside of the princess's car was also spacious. The curtain of bright yellow tassels was hanging at the entrance of the sedan chair. Yang Ling bowed and said, "I wonder what your highness has to give?"

"This princess came here and suddenly thought of buying some local products and sending them back to Bashu. She was also considered to be filial to her children. She wanted the Duke of the State to buy some things for me after returning to Nanjing. Oh, Duke of the State, please come in and answer. I have too many things listed in this princess. It would be inconvenient to answer too much outside."

Yang Ling hesitated for a moment, looked at the two maids sitting on the left and right sides of the sedan chair, then lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and walked in. She saw Princess Xiang'er's bright yellow palace dress, dressed up calmly, and her face was beautiful and unparalleled.

When Xiang'er saw Yang Ling come in, she immediately changed into a smile, pulled his long sleeves of the python robe, pulled him to the wide bright yellow Jindun seat, sat down, and sat sideways aside. She held his arm.

Yang Ling whispered nervously: "You are crazy, let people see you."

Zhu Xianger chuckled and said, "Who dares to look in without permission? Well, listen to me, I dreamed of you last night."

"Is that right?" Yang Ling answered nervously, looking left and right, pulling the curtains, moving her butt forward, and ready to stand up at any time.

"Really," Zhu Xianger said happily, put her face on his shoulders, bent a pair of crescent moons sweetly, and said softly: "It's so beautiful, people laugh out loud in their dreams, hehe, are you so bad in your dreams?"

Yang Ling looked at her helplessly and whispered: "My aunt, you little girl dreaming. I'm so embarrassed to come and tell me "Be careful of being..."

"Yeah, I'll be careful," Zhu Xianger said, and her little butt squeezed to him, pressing her body more comfortably, and said with a smile: "So, dreaming of a man is just a dream, hehe, well, he's a dream."

She said softly: "Guess what I dreamed of? I dreamed that we two seemed to have returned to Sichuan. Oh, don't look around. I dreamed that you let my father and I be under house arrest. That damn big stick will not let me go out to play. I said ruthlessly, even if you marquis come back, you dare not be so rude. I want him to kneel down and lick my toes.

Then, I dreamed that you were really back and came to apologize to me. If they didn’t agree, you knelt down and really took off their boots and licked their toes. Hehe, it was so itchy and itchy. If they shrank their feet, you just grabbed it and didn’t let go. It was so shameful. You were so bad. You said you were apologizing, but you teased them."

As she said, she pounded Yang Ling's chest sweetly. Yang Ling said with a depressed look on her face: "It's you who dreamed, it's not that I really teased you, where did I get rid of it? Then...what later?"

"Later? Then there was nothing. You kept licking. They were itchy and woke up laughing."

Yang Ling rolled his eyes: "That's it? Well... I'm going back."

Zhu Xianger hugged his arms tightly, pouted and said, "Isn't this dream fun? Is it fun to laugh now, and I'm telling you, seeing you show off your bad face, you didn't even laugh."

Yang Ling grinned, laughed dryly, and said, "This is in the car. I have been staying for a long time and I have laughed so much now. Can I leave?"

Zhu Xianger pushed him and said angrily: "You are just perfunctory! Wait, don't leave now. I'm just about to ask you, what should we do about our affairs? The emperor is intentionally promising Sister Yongfu to you. I guess you should promise him if you ask him to agree. But the first thing the Ming Dynasty has given the princess to a married man. No matter how ridiculous he is, he will not agree to let me marry you too. Have you figured out a solution?"

When Yang Ling heard this, he said with a frown: "How can you think so well about this method? You know that you are not in a difficult situation? You are a princess, and I am worried about what to do. No matter what, I am afraid the emperor will be furious. But now, will you marry someone else?"

Zhu Xianger said angrily: "Finish! I castrate you first and then marry someone else! Anyway, you have to find a way. Now the only way is the emperor. If you pass, you will cook rice and cook it. If you return to Beijing, hum! Just see, you will have to pass the empress dowager, right? You will have to pass the civil and military level in the court? I will be so worried about you."

Yang Ling had an idea and thought for a while and said, "Yes, now I'm away. As long as I pass the emperor's level, there will be no problem. When I return to Beijing, I have decided. Then no one is afraid. Please think about it, the emperor... the emperor..., well! I have a way, this matter has to fall on Yongfu."

Zhu Xianger said in surprise: "What do you say?"

Yang Ling whispered to her with his ears, and Zhu Xianger was stunned and said, "This is how, can you take advantage of the loopholes?"

Yang Ling said in a mess: "Is there any other way? Yongfu is gentle in character and knowledgeable and polite. If we do this, she will definitely help me, and then... she agreed, and it will be easier for the emperor."

Zhu Xianger thought about it, nodded, and then looked at him with a smile. She said in a nickname: "Okay, you have so many ideas. Are you not afraid that I will tell the truth to Sister Yongfu in the future and ask her to deal with you?"

Yang Ling smiled dryly and said, "That's also the family's business. It's better than the way she looks like now. If Xiuning is so angry, she will let her implement family law on me. Yang's family law is still very strict."

Zhu Xianger smiled in a princess: "Okay, okay, Sister Yongfu ordered me to be sentenced!"

"Really?" Yang Ling swallowed, imagining the two beautiful little princesses, his heart was shaken.

Zhu Xianger bit her lip and squinted her eyes, imagining that he would hold her ground feet in front of Sister Yongfu, sucking her tender and cute toes in her heart. She felt itchy for a moment. The toes in her boots couldn't help but hook them up...

Zhengde's imperial guards returned to Nanjing, and Nanjing civil and military officials rushed to greet each other. Yang Ling saw Qian Ning in the team, and couldn't help but sigh secretly. Qian Ning was too greedy and lustful. He became the governor of the Nanjing Jinyiwei, and was still not satisfied with guarding the flower world in Jiangnan. The beauties and wealth sent by King Ning were all taken without hesitation. Then he used his position to steal the drawings of the Farang machine cannon of the Military Weapon Bureau to give them to King Ning. The crime of obtaining enemy weapons was unforgivable.

When King Ning was arrested, he had a fantasy of his own thoughts and did not admit any lurking party. He was the prince and could not be tortured to confess. During the trial, Emperor Zhengde was furious and immediately beheaded him. Qian Ning Dixin finally let him go, but he never expected Zhengde to capture another prince of Prince Dining.

Qian Ning stood in the welcome team and observed the expressions of Zhengde and his group with fear. Seeing that they were calm, Yang Ling nodded and smiled when he saw him. There was nothing unusual about it. A fluke rose in his heart: Maybe King Ning Jiaotong’s secret prince doesn’t know yet, right? In this way, he can rest assured.

However, this prince is ultimately a thorn in his eyes when he is alive. He was escorted to Nanjing. I wonder if the emperor will execute him immediately. Otherwise, he would have to find a way to get rid of him as soon as possible, otherwise it would be a disaster.

He secretly had the idea of ​​getting rid of Prince Ning, but he didn't know that Emperor Zhengde and Yang Ling had already discussed the matter along the way, and he was a must-have person. It was just because he was involved very extensively. Before returning to the center of power, Zhengde didn't want to disclose the search for the bribery list from Prince Ning.

Zhengde returned to Nanjing this time, but he was going to Xiaoling to say goodbye to Taizu. He then wanted to take a boat back to Beijing by water. He originally didn't plan to stop in Nanjing for too long, but he didn't expect that the Siyi Pavilion had just returned to Nanjing when the Siyi Pavilion reported that the Folang Ji Kingdom, in the extreme west, sent an envoy to pay homage to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Now he has been staying in the Siyi Pavilion for three days.

Zhengde remembered that after Yangling defeated the Folang fleet last year, he once said that the king of that country wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty, so he hurriedly called Yangling to discuss. When Yangling heard that the envoy of the King of Portugal arrived, he urged the emperor to receive it and discuss trade between the two countries. Zhengde had no objection to this.

Yang Ling remembered that the West had no etiquette of kneeling down. Whenever she negotiated with the West, she often got stuck in this matter, which would cause a sudden outbreak. Only then could she barely ask the Westerners to kneel down and bow down. Such bad habits are really undesirable. He did not want to force the three kneelings and nine kneelings to pray.

In his opinion, whether the Ming Dynasty has a status in the hearts of the Westerners depends on strength. As a great country, the Ming Dynasty should also seek the best interests of the people and the court. In the past, the stupid behavior of tribute systems spending money to buy face should have been stopped. So he made suggestions to the emperor on the grounds that this was an envoy from Western countries to negotiate business matters, rather than a tribute from the Ming Dynasty's vassal state, and he could not perform the Ming Dynasty kneeling ceremony.

What Yang Ling was most worried about was that the officials of the six ministries raised protests, so he prepared sufficient remarks early. He did not try to win the rights and interests of Western envoys, but wanted to correct the bureaucratic style of the Ming Dynasty's court that did not value real profit but valued false reputation. Although this first step was difficult, after taking it, future generations would have a basis for reference.

Zhu Xianger's words reminded him that the emperor is not in the capital now, and there are many restrictions. The six ministries in Nanjing are less powerful than the six ministries in Beijing. It is easier to deal with. As long as this level is overcome and there are precedents to follow, the court will have many conveniences to act in the future.

Yang Ling did not expect that these officials from the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing were more pragmatic than those from the Sixth Ministry of Beijing. Things went very smoothly. Although the old men from the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing also raised objections, Yang Ling only explained a little and they stopped talking.

It turns out that behind these Jiangnan officials, there are more or less attached to many wealthy families in Jiangnan, so the attitude of Jiangnan officials to value business is ten times stronger than that of officials in the north. The reason why capitalism can take off in Western Europe is due to the implementation of Mercantilism, which is an important prerequisite for the development of capitalist industry.

However, the Ming Dynasty has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, so that land rent and usury are far more attractive than establishing industry and commerce. Take the most famous land Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants for example. After they became rich, they also built land and opened pawn shops, so that the huge wealth concentrated in their hands returned to the traditional industries, hindering the possibility of wealth transforming into industrial capital.

This awareness is particularly serious in the north and inland, but Jiangnan is an exception. There are many merchants in the Jiangnan area. Since the ban and sea opening, Yangling has relied on the internal factories to start the transportation industry and operate various industries.

In order to form common interests and ensure that this powerful interest group will not abandon it because of others, he attracted many royal relatives in the north, including the current emperors to invest in business. In the south, he was led by Cheng Qiyun. He first joined forces with the big merchants and wealthy families in various places, and then took them as the branches to attract more gentry, celebrities and officials.

Now, this joint-stock business strategy of sharing interests and doing business together has finally bear fruit. Even the officials of the Six Ministry of Nanjing have been more or less infiltrated and influenced, changing their backward and decadent ideas.

The Ming Dynasty originally stipulated that officials above the fourth rank were not allowed to do business, but now this system has been in name only. In the capital, Zhengde opened a royal family, Chengguo Duke, Wuding Hou, and Shouning Hou, and other honorary relatives were doing business. Although the officials secretly did not dare to make a name for themselves, most of them were actually operating some businesses.

When they arrived in Jiangnan, many officials were doing business, especially many officials of the fourth rank or above, including those who retired from Beijing officials, all of whom were opening various shops, workshops, sea transportation, and land transportation. They had disciples and old friends and colleagues in the officialdom. Through their infiltration and influence, the thoughts of the people in Jiangnan were becoming active and began to undergo earth-shaking changes, although such invisible things were invisible and intangible.

Yang Ling welcomed the arrival of these Westerners. After accompanying them to meet His Majesty the Emperor happily, he accompanied the Bishop and some nobles, merchants and soldiers of the country to visit scenic spots and watch the Ming army and naval guards, so that they could see with their own eyes the richness and luxury of Jinling City and the power of the Ming army.

The richness of Jinling City and the beautiful scenery of Qinhuai in the ten miles of Qinhuai were fascinated by these Westerners and shouted to the paradise. The strong ships, powerful cannons, and all firearms and equipment of the army in the Ming Dynasty made the noble generals who were already proud and proud of themselves and could not help but lower their proud lands. Yang Ling generously promised to allow them to build churches at will in such a paradise, including more cities, to spread teachings, and even more ecstatic.

But for many days, Yang Ling just welcomed and welcomed the tour. He never mentioned the trade transactions between the two sides, but after a little awakening of Archbishop La Mario and the nobles, he began to become anxious. After all, their main task was to establish mutual economic and trade relations with the rich and powerful country of the East. They were not a group of tourists. Yang Ling, an important minister of the East, seemed to be dissatisfied with this. How could this not make them extremely anxious?

In fact, Yang Ling was also ecstatic about their timely arrival, because they brought three most important things that could help the Ming Dynasty take off. But now it is obvious that they themselves did not realize that Yang Ling didn't have to be so urgent, so that these guests who came from the ocean could not hold back and took the initiative to put the economy and trade between the two sides on the agenda, so that they could get the greatest benefits at the negotiating table.

Now, the internal internal stability of the Ming Dynasty, and the voices of the government and the opposition to reform have been extremely weak. The Ming Dynasty can now move forward step by step towards commercialization and industrialization. As long as Yang Ling consolidates this goal and catalyzes the development of this process, he can watch the giant oriental ship sailing down the right path with his own eyes.
To be continued...