At this time, the eyes of the civil servants all fell on Yang Tinghe, who was standing at the front of the team.
They have no way to participate in this fight between gods. Now whoever enters will be eliminated, unless someone can refute this conclusion about "filial piety".
But obviously, no one can.
So they could only focus on Yang Tinghe and wait for his decision.
Feeling the gazes gathering behind him, the veins on Yang Tinghe's forehead bulged slightly.
Look at what I do, there’s nothing I can do!
He took a deep breath to regain his composure, and then replied in a calm tone:
"What the two ministers said makes sense."
"This matter is due to my negligence. Please forgive me for my sin. I have no other intention. I just consider it for the sake of the Ming Dynasty."
The chief minister of the cabinet and the bachelor of Huagaidian compromised!
And this also means that he completely gave up on his crony Mao Cheng, whose political career is about to end. At this time, the Minister of Rites' face was full of despair. He had never thought that he, who was willing to charge into battle for the Chief Assistant, would end up like this.
Yan Shizhong and Yan Song tried hard to remain calm, but anyone with a discerning eye could see the unconcealed joy on their faces.
But the happiest person in the room was none other than Emperor Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon throne. He was already ready to lower his profile to Yang Tinghe, but he didn't expect such an unexpected surprise.
In the original history, after Emperor Jiajing was forced to change his father in the court, he directly invited Yang Tinghe to the side hall to give him tea. To do such a thing with the dignity of an emperor was already a derogation of his own status.
He had also had this thought just now. Although he was a flexible husband, he would be very happy if he could not do this. After all, the dignity of the emperor cannot be desecrated.
Therefore, he has a particularly deep memory of the two ministers who came to help at this time.
At the same time, being able to act decisively like this also shows Emperor Jiajing's intelligence. Therefore, at this time, he was also keenly aware of the situation in the court.
The forces of the two parties are clearly divided. Among them, the noble side is obviously biased towards him, and the civil servant side. Although he has been familiar with Confucian classics since he was a child, his teachers and even the cronies he brought from Prince Xing's Mansion are all from the civil servant side, but these two This incident has completely ruined my goodwill.
The strategy adopted by Emperor Jiajing in the original time and space was to divide the civil servants and use the civil servants to deal with the civil servants. However, no matter how much trouble there was, it was an internal matter within the civil servant group. Even if the meat was rotten, it was also rotten in the pot, and even during the struggle, it was still rotten. Conducive to the growth of the group.
But for now, this situation will definitely not happen anymore, because Jiajing has a better choice.
If Yang Tinghe knew that his behavior not only failed to achieve his goal of establishing authority in front of the emperor, but also pushed an emperor who originally favored civil servants to the side of nobles, he would probably burst into tears.
After all, Zhu Houcong himself had just arrived, and he had not yet established a firm foothold in the court and lacked a foundation. At this time, Yan Yuan and his subordinates took the initiative to get closer, which was a timely help!
Zhu Houcong's eyes paused slightly on Yan Yuan, already making a decision.
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As Mao Cheng himself expected, his impeachment came as scheduled the next day.
After all, it is unjustifiable for a minister of the Ministry of Etiquette to make such a big mistake in his job. Even those neutral officials have to intervene if they can't help it.
As expected, Zhu Houcong "complied with public opinion" and dismissed Mao Cheng.
When Yang Tinghe received the relevant news, although he remained calm on the surface, his hand squeezed the tea cup tightly, making a crisp sound, and his eyes were full of anger!
Yan Yuan...you want to fight, right...I will agree!
No wonder Yang Tinghe had such an idea. If he just backed down like this, then Yang Tinghe would no longer have to hang out in the court.
The previous Donghua Gate incident had greatly damaged his dignity, and this incident of recognizing his father was another heavy blow.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it was you who instigated Mao Cheng's promotion, but you dumped him when the situation came to pass. This was naturally unreasonable. If Yang Tinghe had not been in charge of the court for many years and had a deep foundation, it is impossible to say that his subordinates would have dispersed.
But even so, if he doesn't fight back in the face of such a face-breaking attack from Yan Yuan, then he really shouldn't be the leader of this civilian group.
No matter from the overall situation of the court or from his personal perspective, he must launch a counterattack against the noble side.
Then let's start an all-out war, Yan Yuan, you asked for it!
Yang Tinghe gritted his teeth and made a decision.
Since he had lost one of his confidants, he would also kill Yan Yuan.
However, both Yan Shizhong and Yan Song had just shown their faces in the court, and Emperor Jiajing would not take action against them due to emotion or reason.
So he set the target of impeachment on Zhang Cai, who had become the deputy minister of the cabinet.
At this time, Zhang Cai was already in his late teens and ready to retire. His activity in the court was very low, but after all, he was still a thorn in Yan Yuan's cabinet.
He collected a lot of incriminating evidence.
But, in this time and space, Zhang Cai did not commit the evil deeds of the original time and space. Of course there are problems. He has also received some "filial piety". The problem is that no one in the court is clean in this regard. After all, there is indeed a problem with the salary offered by the old Zhu family. .
But Yang Tinghe was not worried.
There is no evidence of guilt, it doesn't matter, just frame him. This is how he dealt with the ministers who spoke for Emperor Jiajing in the original time and space.
Now, too, he decided to follow the example of the officials.
Soon, a bunch of "crimes" appeared on Yang Tinghe's desk.
This time he learned his lesson and only summoned his reliable confidants to prevent the news from leaking. Later, they agreed to write a letter together to take down Zhang Cai with lightning power and teach Yan Yuan a lesson.
However, what he didn't expect was that there were Qianlong people lurking among his close family members.
One of his men leaked the matter to his concubine while he was having sex with her. The original intention was to show off his power and satisfy his vanity, but he inadvertently caused the information to be leaked.
The concubine got her confidants drunk and passed the news to Chen Guogong's mansion overnight.
After hearing the news, Yan Shizhong was a little worried, fearing that the capable generals of his faction would be defeated by Yang Tinghe. You must know that now is a critical moment in the fight against Yang Tinghe:
"Should we take action to protect him?"
"No need." Yan Yuan shook his head and refused, with a mysterious smile on his face.
After hearing this, Yan Shizhong, Yan Song, and Zhang Cai looked calm, because they all knew that Yan Yuan would not give up on Zhang Cai.
Sure enough, Yan Yuan took out a small notebook from his arms, placed it gently on the table, and said with a smile:
"With this thing, no matter how much Yang Tinghe tries, he can only bow in front of his father-in-law!"
(End of chapter)
