With the arrival of Hai Rui, the imperial envoy, the local situation in Henan has become increasingly complicated. Undercurrents are surging throughout Henan, and countless dormant forces want to take advantage of the arrival of Hai Rui, the imperial envoy. some articles.
However, compared to Henan, the capital has gradually calmed down, at least on the surface.
After Jiajing used the two big killers of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, he suppressed all objections. No one dared to openly raise any objections to the integrated grain payment of officials and gentry!
But correspondingly, the reputation of Yan Song and Xu Jie has completely fallen to the bottom in the entire Shilin, and there is no hope of recovery.
However, Yan Song and Xu Jie did not seem to care about this, and instead accelerated the development of the policy of integrating government and gentry.
As time passed, a piece of news quietly spread among the officials in the capital.
After a while, it will be the 100th day since the birth of King Yu Zhu Zaijing's son. At that time, Zhu Zaijing will hold a hundred-day banquet.
Most of the officials in the capital became ecstatic when they learned the news, and began to study King Yu's preferences and prepare gifts.
In the eyes of these people, since King Jing has become a vassal, it means that King Yu has taken a big step on the road to becoming a prince. Next, if nothing else happens, the position of prince will not be King Yu. No more.
What's more, there are rumors that His Majesty is quite fond of King Yu's son!
And His Majesty's various performances have in disguise confirmed the news that King Yu is the next crown prince!
If we don't seize this opportunity and make a good investment, when King Yu inherits the throne, where will we have our own affairs?
With this idea in mind, most officials began to move closer to King Yu overtly or covertly.
However, according to the very few officials who knew the inside story, both King Yu and King Jing had already attended the battle for the crown prince's position. What His Majesty really valued was the child in the belly of the imperial concubine Shen.
As for these people, represented by Lu Fang and Yan Song, their strategy was to gradually move closer to the imperial concubine Shen without arousing the emperor's resentment.
Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
At this moment, Jiajing was sitting on the dragon chair, carefully studying the formation secret book in his hand.
In recent days, after constant experiments, Jiajing has been able to restore most of the ecstasy array recorded in the array secret book.
"If we continue like this, we will soon be able to restore the formation!"
Just as Jiajing was daydreaming, he saw Lu Fang entering the Heart Cultivation Hall with silent steps.
As soon as he entered the Yangxin Hall, Lu Fang bowed slightly to Jiajing and said respectfully.
"This slave has met Your Majesty!"
Hearing this, Jiajing nodded, quickly closed the formation secret book in his hand, and continued.
"Lu Fang, how did you go about what I told you earlier?"
When Lu Fang heard this, she nodded slightly, took out a list from her sleeve, and handed it to Jiajing.
"Your Majesty, here are those who object to the integration of officials and gentry. I have already dealt with them all according to your instructions!"
Jiajing took the list, glanced through it, put it aside, and turned to Lu Fang to ask.
"By the way, Lu Fang, how did you deal with the students who participated in this palace examination?"
"Your Majesty, after questioning them one by one and confirming that there was no collusion between them and Xu Zhengping, who blatantly opposed the unified payment of grain by officials and gentry on the test paper, the servants released them all."
After hearing Lu Fang's answer, Jiajing made no comment. Instead, he supported his chin with one hand, wondering what he was thinking.
Seeing this, Lu Fang secretly observed the expression on Jiajing's face and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Jiajing come back to his senses.
After organizing the words in his mind, Lu Fang carefully gave his suggestions.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea here."
When Jiajing heard this, he turned his gaze to Lu Fang and asked with interest.
"Oh, Lu Fang, if you have any ideas, it doesn't matter."
After Lu Fang considered the sentence again, she spoke.
"Your Majesty, this is what I think. How about keeping everything simple after the imperial examination?"
"In this way, it can also express the court's attitude as a punishment!"
When Lu Fang said this, he paused for a moment and then explained.
"Such an evil trend cannot last forever and must be stopped!"
"My servant is doing this to let those people understand that if you want to do this, you must first consider whether you are worthy enough and whether you can withstand the anger of the students who take the exam with you."
After Lu Fang finished telling her thoughts, she turned her gaze to Jiajing and asked softly.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?"
Jiajing seemed to have little interest in this, and waved his hand quite casually and gave instructions.
"In that case, it's up to you to handle this matter!"
When Lu Fang heard this, she immediately looked stern and responded respectfully.
"As ordered, Your Majesty, I will definitely handle this matter properly."
Just when Jiajing thought the matter was over and was about to pick up the formation secret book again, Lu Fang's voice sounded again.
"His Majesty!"
When Jiajing heard this, he immediately turned his eyes to Lu Fang. Compared with before, Lu Fang's face was full of hesitation. For a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind before he spoke.
"Your Majesty, in a little while, His Royal Highness Prince Yu's son will be a hundred days old. You see..."
When Jiajing heard this, he looked away from Lu Fang. After thinking for a moment, he immediately gave the order.
"Let's do this, just let the wind go and say that I will go when the time comes!"
"I don't want what happened last time to happen again, Lu Fang, do you understand?"
Lu Fang naturally knew what Jiajing was referring to. When King Yu's son was born last time, King Yu held a special banquet for many ministers. Unexpectedly, those ministers, seeing that the emperor did not reveal any news, chose to delay .
It wasn't until the emperor released the news that he was going to attend the banquet that the ministers felt relieved and hurriedly went to Prince Yu's Mansion to congratulate him.
"It seems that His Majesty still cares about Prince Yu!"
Lu Fang suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her heart and immediately said respectfully.
"Your Majesty, I will definitely handle this matter!"
After Jiajing heard this, he looked at the ground casually and immediately issued an order to expel guests.
"Okay, I still have things to deal with next. Lu Fang, please go out first!"
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
Seeing this situation, Lu Fang walked out of Yangxin Hall without stopping at all.
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Within the cabinet, several people were meticulously handling the corresponding memorials.
Yan Song put the finished memorial aside and took the lead in starting the topic.
"In a while, it will be the 100-day banquet of Prince Yu's son. What are your plans?"
After hearing this, Xu Jiejiang put the brush in his hand aside, picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, and responded.
"No matter what we plan, in the final analysis, it still depends on His Majesty's intentions!"
After Xu Jie finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng on the side also stopped reviewing the memorials, and then spoke in agreement.
"Yes, it still depends on His Majesty's intentions!"
(End of chapter)
