"Report, please ask for an audience outside King Yi's gate!"
Ye Yongjia looked up and saw Wan Yuzhi bowing to report. After hearing this, he and Cai Xianqing looked at each other.
Cai Xianqing pondered briefly: "King Yi comes to visit frequently, isn't he afraid of criticism from outsiders?"
"It must be an emergency," Ye Yongjia said, "ask him to come in."
Immediately, Yu Zhi brought King Yi into the living room. The latter did not have time to salute, but sat down directly in front of Ye Yongjia and said hurriedly: "Today, the prince deceived me into attending a banquet in the capital province, and planned to drive me out of the capital. He even threatened me with memorials." . So I had a big quarrel with him, and we are already incompatible with each other. I am afraid that he will go to my father to tell the truth. I don’t know the situation in the capital, so I hope Tinglong will plan for me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Yongjia immediately stood up and sternly ordered Wan Yuzhi: "Master Wan, please come here to discuss matters without further delay!"
Wan Yuzhi followed the order, and then he said to King Yi: "If you don't surrender to the vassal, it is indeed against the laws of this dynasty. But there are exceptions to everything, and no one can guarantee that there will be no room for change in this matter. Why don't you let it go? With a low profile, I also express my gratitude to His Majesty, fully expressing the affection between father and son, and asking me to spend the New Year here; and then we can use it to build up momentum, and maybe we can make it happen."
King Yi resolutely said: "Now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to fight for the position of crown prince! Wan Wangtinglong fully supports me!"
Ye Yongjia bowed repeatedly: "These are all wrapped up in Ye."
"Then I, the king, will go back to his home. I won't bother you here any longer, so as not to be suspected by others."
Ye and Cai said "yes" and then sent King Yi away. When they came back, they sat in the hall and asked Dong Sheng to come too. The three of them were waiting for news about Ming Huiguang.
Ming Huiguang was still in shock. He was sitting in the Ministry of Justice and thinking, when he suddenly saw Wan Yuzhi coming to invite them with a white face. Knowing that the situation was urgent, he changed into plain clothes and quickly walked to the Ministry of War. He met the two of them in the hall and said He turned what happened at the banquet into a few words and told them in detail.
"How do you two plan to deal with it?" Ming Huiguang asked.
"This is a great opportunity given by God," Ye Yongjia hugged one knee and looked out the window sharply. "It just happened to lead to a decisive battle between me and the prince's faction. My idea is to make the situation as chaotic as possible, like now. I will ask the emperor to ask Lu Tingci to take over as the imperial censor and bring up this old matter again. Otherwise, Chen Dang will be in charge of the censorship for a long time, which will be like a bone in his throat!"
However, Ming Huiguang frowned and tried his best to persuade: "No! Mr. Ye, the situation is already extremely chaotic. If we add fuel to the fire, we will be in trouble for this party. How can we care about the New Deal?"
Ye Yongjia smiled and said: "Why should you rush to participate in politics? Put the new policy aside for the time being and solve the immediate serious problems first. That's the business."
"Master Ye!" Minghui knelt down with his frighteningly red eyes open, "How can we get out of this if things continue like this? I have a plan!"
Ye Yongjia was startled by his exaggerated behavior and hurriedly helped him: "After all, we are colleagues in the dynasty, how can we kneel down at will! Get up quickly, I am willing to listen to your plan."
Ming Huiguang calmed down a bit, dusted his trousers, stood up and cupped his fists, saying: "It's better to stay on the defensive and wait for them to attack. Although Chen Tongpao acted skillfully, he could not control the prince. The prince was forced by King Yi, day and night. Fearful, one must be eager to achieve success in order to stabilize the crown prince's position. Why don't your Excellency implement the New Deal first, making outsiders think that there is no intention to fight between the parties, and then pretend to be negligent and set a bait, how can the Prince not take the bait? In this way, the New Deal can be implemented while If you have to defeat the prince, wouldn’t you get the best of both worlds?”
"There is some truth in Ming's participation in politics." Dong Sheng turned to look at Ye Yongjia.
But Ye Yongjia was silent in thought, and after a long time, he said coldly: "This plan is not feasible."
"Why, why?" Ming Huiguang was suspicious and angry, staring at Ye Yongjia, his tone was almost questioning.
"Then let me ask you, what does 'negligence' mean? What does 'bait' mean? I talked a lot about participating in politics, but I couldn't explain the most important thing clearly!"
"I……"
"I know, of course you can't tell," Ye Yongjia waved his hand, indicating that he did not need to defend, "because this changes according to the current situation. Your Excellency must think that the New Deal involves negotiations between many parties, and there will be no shortage of opportunities. For example, leaking a A forged letter to make the prince believe it is true... Of course, there are many successful examples. When dealing with the Liu Party, Thief Chen used this method of exposing weaknesses and luring them to annihilate them."
"But can we be sure that there will not be the slightest change in this? If something goes wrong, there will be no possibility of counterattack. By then, all the good opportunities that should have been seized early will be lost. We and others have worked so hard to Your career will also be ruined!"
After saying this, he slapped the table and said: "I have made up my mind! I will write a memorial for Lu Ting to invite officials and take control of the Yushitai first!"
"Okay! Okay!" Everyone was excited and applauded Ye Yongjia's decisiveness. Only Minghui still lowered his head and remained silent.
"But we must protect King Yi first before launching a massive offensive. Don't you think so?" Dong Sheng took a step forward and asked.
Wan Yuzhi said with a smile: "Congming, are you confused? When King Yi came, it was already discussed."
Dong Sheng shook his head: "No. The momentum is still not enough."
Wan Yuzhi snorted: "We who are from Ye Bingbu are all in important positions, and a few of us support King Yi together. The momentum is already overwhelming! What is enough?"
Ye Yongjia was quite interested in what he said, and said to Dong Sheng: "You can only use words, but how can you increase your momentum?"
Dong Sheng looked around and smiled slightly: "If there are only a few of us, I'm afraid it will be difficult to speak of the imperial outline and the national constitution. Master Wan once said that there were many retainers in Prince Yi's palace, most of whom were scholars who were well-read in poetry and books. , so he is quite respected. Why not take this opportunity to encourage scholars from other places to petition for Prince Yi and stay in the capital?"
"Brilliant plan!" Ye Yongjia beamed with joy and immediately blurted out, slapping his forehead and saying, "Who do you want to send out of the capital to do this big thing for King Yi?"
Wan Yuzhi's eyes were shining, and he looked eager to try, but Dong Sheng held him down: "Master Wan, you can't go anymore. In such a tense time, the few of us will definitely be stared at. Yes, it will be very difficult if it is discovered."
"Brother Liu Shuzhai next to King Yi is quite resourceful. He is a commoner, so it shouldn't hurt to go out?" Wan Yuzhi immediately came up with this name.
Ye Yongjia was still thinking about it, but Cai Xianqing retorted: "He is in the palace and his whereabouts are clear. It is difficult to leave the city these days. How can he go?"
"Yes, yes..." Dong and Wan looked at each other in confusion.
"Yes!" Ye Yongjia suddenly stood up, "I know a person who can go out of the city to do this errand!"
