That's right, the "yellow book" here is not a metaphor or rhetoric. It is a pornographic book in a physiological sense.
The kind with illustrations, detailed explanations, and lifelike drawings of various physiological postures.
Wan An stood out among his colleagues by finding a new way to send pornographic books. Became the chief minister of the cabinet.
As the chief assistant, he adheres to the principle of "if I don't do something, I won't make mistakes." He is simply the founder of the world of lying down and fishing.
Whenever something unexpected happens, such as a famine in a certain province or a civil unrest in a certain province. When Emperor Chenghua asked for the opinion of his chief minister.
He would fall to his knees like a big agile toad and kowtow crazily.
Then he would be so angry that he shouted: "Long live the Emperor!"
Want me to provide input? Sorry, we, Lao Wan, will shout "Long live the emperor". Nothing else will.
I have never heard of any minister in the Ming Dynasty being dismissed from office for shouting "Long Live the Emperor"!
Therefore, Wan'an got the nickname "Long Live Pavilion Elder".
The second among the three cabinet elders, Liu Ji, the second assistant in the cabinet, is nicknamed Mian Miange elder.
He has been a famous master of lying flat and a master of fishing since he became a shujishi. Because he didn't work, he was impeached by various officials and censors.
His promotion history is a history of being impeached along the way.
Generally, officials who are thin-skinned will resign after being impeached too many times.
Liu Ji is not like that. He has the same attitude towards impeachment: don't listen, don't listen, just chant sutras.
I, Liu Ji, am the...big brother in the cabinet!
Are you officials trying to impeach me?
can not hear! Again! Can't hear it at all!
Your voice is so small, but you still want to be a public speaker? !
This is Liu Ji, a man whose face is thicker than the walls of Deshengmen.
Liu Ji was as unafraid of impeachment as Mian Mian, so he was nicknamed "Mian Mian Ge Lao".
The Liu Jue that Shi Jian, the deputy head of the Miaoshou Sect, just mentioned was the last of the three paper-made elders.
He is a cabinet member and has less power than the first and second assistants.
People at the time commented: Wan An was greedy and cunning, Liu Ji was secretive, and Liu Jui was slightly better.
Note, it's just "slightly better".
Compared to Wan An and Liu Ji, Liu Jue still works hard.
Although it is not necessarily necessary to wear clothes and eat late at night, or to wear grass and rings, doing something is better than not doing anything.
Liu Jue's biggest characteristic is that he is talkative. And has a hot temper.
Subordinates should never come to him to discuss matters.
As long as he talks about things, he will always spit and lecture his subordinates. If you are in a good mood, you will be lectured for half an hour; if you are in a bad mood, you will be lectured for an hour.
He is also a patient with late-stage mania. As a cabinet member with a background as a Hanlin official, he has a green forest style and will take action whenever he disagrees.
One time, a subordinate expressed dissatisfaction because his lecture took too long. He directly punched his subordinate's eye socket.
But after the fight, he continued to use this subordinate. Later, he promoted his subordinates.
This is the paper-paste Sange Lao of the Chenghua Dynasty. All of them are talented and talk nicely, but they don’t like to do things very much.
In fact, the biggest evil for an official is to eat without a corpse!
Chang Feng had been on duty in Jinyiwei for three years, so he naturally heard about Liu Jue's character.
Chang Feng asked Shi Jian: "What benefits did Liu Jue's housekeeper promise you?"
Shi Jian replied: "Steward Liu said that as long as I help his master get the letter box, his master will recommend me to be the deputy chief arrest officer of the Supervision and Arrest Department of the Ministry of Punishments."
The vice president arrests the head, which sounds quite bluffing. But in terms of status, he is just a servant with no official title.
Liu Jue asked Shi Jian to take that position, and all he had to do was say hello to the Ministry of Punishment.
Although the deputy general manager has a low position, he still holds great power. He is the second among the eight hundred detectives of the Ministry of Punishment. It's not surprising that Shi Jian couldn't resist the temptation.
Sai Tanghong scolded him angrily: "Why are you so confused? What if you offend Jinyiwei and become the deputy chief arrest officer? Miaoshoumen will be in doom as well."
Shi Jian explained: "I thought about it, and the matter was done without anyone noticing. Jin Yiwei couldn't find it."
"If I become the deputy chief catcher of the Superintendent's Department, then our Miaoshou sect will have a backer from now on, and we will take both sides."
Sai Tanghong continued to scold him, but Chang Feng interrupted her with a wave of his hand.
Chang Feng asked the most critical question: "Where is the letter box? Where is it?"
Shi Jian replied: "It has been handed over to Butler Liu. He should take it back to Ge Laofu."
Chang Feng asked: "He didn't say why he asked you to steal this box?"
Shi Jian shook his head: "In his eyes, I am just a little person like an ant. How could he tell me the reason?"
Fatty Xu pulled Chang Feng aside and spoke alone.
Fatty Xu said: "Mr. Chang, it will be dawn in six minutes at most."
"In my opinion, there is only one way to retrieve the box now."
Chang Feng asked: "What can we do?"
Fatty Xu said: "Isn't Miaoshou Men very good at stealing things? Let them steal it back."
Chang Feng immediately rejected Fatty Xu’s proposal: “Absolutely not!”
"Shi Jian was able to succeed in the Cai Mansion because Liu Jue placed an internal agent in Jinyiwei and knew the exact location of the letter box."
"That's not the case in Mr. Ge's mansion. There are more than a hundred rooms in the house alone. How do we know which room Liu Jue placed the box in?"
"If they go in, won't they become headless flies?"
"Even if you are lucky enough not to be discovered, search every room. When you find it, I'm afraid the sun will set tomorrow."
"We only have six moments! It's too late!"
Fatty Xu spread his hands: "What should we do? Do you want to wait to die?"
Chang Feng said nothing and returned to Sai Tanghong and Shi Jian.
Chang Feng said: "I am a person who keeps my promises. As long as you don't talk about what happened tonight, no one will hold you accountable."
Sai Tanghong was still sweating in her heart, fearing that Chang Feng would go back on his word.
She simply resorted to a honey trap: "I am willing to let Mr. Chang Qi enjoy it and make amends with myself."
When saying this, Saitanghong's tone became charming again.
Chang Feng waved his hand: "Master Sai, the iron hook cannot catch the talc ball. The beauty trap may be useful for Fatty Xu, but it is useless for me."
"You don't have to worry. I, a gentleman, always say something and whip my horse quickly. I will never break my promise. Let's go."
Sai Tanghong helped Shi Jian, who was missing a piece of meat on his butt, and left.
Fatty Xu was a little anxious: "Mr. Chang, what should I do! I can't find the box after six seconds. Your little Tangtang really has to be entrusted to me to take care of her!"
Chang Feng rubbed his temples: "Silence, let me think about it."
Chang Feng closed his eyes and his mind was spinning rapidly.
When you encounter a problem, it's like trying to unravel a mess. You must first find the thread.
Now it is basically certain that the letter box is in the hands of Mr. Liu Jue.
The thread in this mess is: Why did Liu Jue find someone to steal the letter box?
There are only two answers: Liu Jue wants to protect the prince, or harm the prince.
If Liu Jue wanted to harm the prince, he would simply stand still. Wouldn't it be nice to go to the Cai Mansion with Wan An and Liu Ji tomorrow to hand over the letter box to the emperor?
Even if the matter is exposed, it will be the fault of the imperial concubine party and has nothing to do with Liu Jue. Isn't it beautiful to kill someone with a borrowed knife?
He definitely didn't steal the box with the intention of harming the prince.
That left one possibility: Liu Jue wanted to protect the prince.
Everyone in the officialdom knows that the first assistant Wan An and the second assistant Liu Ji have joined forces in recent years to suppress the power of cabinet member Liu Jue.
Liu Jue's strength is much smaller than these two, and he has always been at a disadvantage. It is impossible to make a comeback.
Unless...he takes action to protect the prince at a critical moment and secretly finds the prince's new backer, he will have a chance to turn defeat into victory in the future.
Got it, got it. This is why Liu Jue wants to protect the prince!
Since everyone’s goal is to protect the prince, then things will be easier to handle!
Chang Feng opened his eyes and said to Fatty Xu: "You will definitely die if you sit still and wait for death. Why not take a gamble."
Fatty Xu asked: "How to bet?"
Chang Feng said: "Let's go. Let's go to Mr. Ge's Mansion to find Liu Jue and have a showdown!"
