: The Princess Enjoys

The chair is a Qilin pattern official hat chair of Hainan Old Huanghuali. It is decorated with craftsmanship but is not complicated, clean and tidy, and it stands there like a root-like root. The people sitting on the top are trembling constantly, as if there is a spring installed at the bottom, which can be bounced up at any time.

Next to it is a desk with a low appearance, with a deep and steady style, elegant and quiet pattern, and the wood color is black. It is actually a precious red sandalwood, but it keeps wandering under the man's unpleasant beat, as if it will fall apart at any time.

Zhang Wenmian looked away with distress because Liu Jin punched him again.

Liu Jin said hatefully: "Yang Ling... Yang Ling! Why does this bastard have to be unable to get along with our family? I have to be humiliated before stepping down. Zhulan is so useless to get out of the water, and it has made Gu Dayi in vain!"

"Bang!" Another punch, Liu Jin said with grief and anger: "Are I, Liu Jin, a tailor in my previous life? I was destined to make wedding clothes for others?"

Zhang Cai covered her mouth and coughed lightly, and her sleeves spread slightly to Liu Jin. She was still dressed and had an extraordinary demeanor: "Why are you angry with Mr. Liu? Haven't we already got what we want?"

"Get a big deal! Inner factory, you don't know how powerful the internal factory is now? They are still doing business, and they have a lot of money. This wealth has been occupied by them. It's hard for others to squeeze in and grab food. But now Yang Ling retreated, but he handed over the internal factory to Wu Jie. Who is Wu Jie? That's the same as Yang Ling personally takes over the internal factory?

Besides, the Customs and Maritime Bureau, he pulled the springboard when he got on the boat. He actually asked for an order to remove this official. If he didn't do it, I couldn't do it, but he made the bastard Gu Dayong dominate the power of the Haishi Yamen. It was a fat and oily Yamen. And there were four foreign armies, four foreign armies…”

Liu Jin was so angry that he couldn't say anything. He took the tea handed over by the little maid and took a big sip, gasping for breath.

Zhang Cai frowned and said to himself: "What's wrong with the four foreign troops? Now there is no war and there is no need to move troops. The one who is not afraid of is that he is in charge of military power. The sad thing is me... Yang Shen... That's Yang Ling, Li Dongyang, Wang Hua and others jointly recommend it. He is Yang Tinghe again. Can I move this person? A small seventh-rank attendant became my blockade. Maybe when I'm not careful, I'll let him trip up."

Zhang Wenmian thought hard for a while and spoke: "Duke Liu, it seems that there are capable people around Yangling. Yesterday, the emperor obviously helped us and wanted Yangling to become the Duke of the Kingdom. Now if Yangling resigns resolutely. If we don't have to be this Duke of Power, even if we don't have to tell the emperor, the emperor will be able to come back sooner or later, and understand that Yangling is loving power.

His move was indeed even more favored by the emperor. He also became the Duke of the Kingdom and had infinite glory, but he gave up his power and no longer became his opponent. The Duke of the Daughter had won a great victory, so why bother to be angry?"

"Our family won a great victory? Where? Why didn't our family find that he gave up some power?" Liu Jin said angrily.

"Haha, Liu Gongxiao, please listen to the students' words. First of all, Yang Ling's official resigned. How long can he restrain these subordinates by relying on his old kindness alone? The reason why county officials are not as good as current officials is because the future of these people is in the hands of the current managers who can influence their current management.

Once you lose this power, relying solely on your old reputation and favor, your influence will not exceed half a year. By then, these people will be unable to control themselves. Yang Ling became the Duke of the Kingdom, and he would be able to enjoy the wealth and honor, but he would never think about comparing with you for a day with Duke Liu. If you don’t say anything, you will win alone. And you will win a great victory!"

Liu Jin calmed down and glanced at Zhang Wenmian. He sat back on the chair and gently rubbed the back of his swollen hands. His eyes flashed for a while, and he nodded slowly: "Well... it makes sense. Our opponent is just Yang Ling, but he can't do anything to him. As long as he is honest and stops being naughty with me, what else can I be afraid of?"

Zhang Wenmian said again: "From Yang Ling's arrangement, he knew that the situation was going to be the best and was struggling to death. What did he do to transfer Yang Yiqing back to Beijing? Because his territory was mainly factory guards and army, and he was only relying on Liu Yu. He was afraid that he would not be his father-in-law's opponent, so he transferred back to a more stinky, harder and more famous Yang Yiqing.

At the same time, he killed two birds with one stone, and let another of his confidants Wang Shouren take the throne, Shunshun is the position of the commander of the Sanguan Town. But can a minister of the Ministry of War and a minister of the Ministry of War do anything to you, father-in-law? What's more, Yang Tinghe will have to start a fight with him at that time, and the two Yangs will compete, and Liu Gong can enjoy the fruits.

He transferred Yan Song to Jiangnan and recommended Yang Shen as a minister. Could it be that he wanted to leave a few capable generals in the court before he stepped down to stop the tea from being cold. However, without the protection of his big tree, how long can these grass last?"

The more Liu Jin thought about it, the more he was, his eyebrows and eyes couldn't help but fly up. He grinned and said, "Wen Mian said, "We are anxious, yes, yes, it's not right. As long as there is no Yang Ling, our family doesn't take these people seriously.

But I was still unwilling to accept it. Yang Ling became the Duke of the Kingdom. Although he had no power, his glory and wealth could last for thousands of years. He was with the Ming Dynasty and benefited his descendants for generations. Before leaving, he was still indifferent. I didn't get involved in the power he controlled, so I was unwilling to accept it."

When Zhang Cai heard this, he agreed with Zhang Wenmian's analysis. When he thought calmly, his thinking became quicker: "Dude, the lower official thinks Wenmian's analysis is very reasonable. In the lower official's opinion, Yang Ling's step down will have a great impact on the people of his faction.

He was anxious to arrange these confidants because he was not sure that after stepping down, many officials would gather under his sect. If the officials expected it would be fine, these people would be desperate. The only choice was to abandon Yang and would join his father-in-law. This would lead more people to come.

In the end, the few confidants in Yangling would become lonely in the court, just like the three great masters now, doing nothing. They would just keep them unmoved, and they would not be able to cause trouble for their father-in-law."

After listening to his analysis, Liu Jin became happier the more he thought about it, and nodded repeatedly to say yes.

Although Yang Ling's self-protection strategy was wonderful, his foundation was based on his increasingly strong official base. His open and secret decline had nothing to do with a few people who were closely related to him, but for many officials who wanted to be promoted and wanted to find a big tree to enjoy the shade, it was enough to make them betray Yang Ling and surrender to Liu Jin.

If all these branches and leaves fall against Liu Jin, Yang Ling will leave behind a few lonely trunks, which cannot reach the sky or the ground, which will be the current three great masters. They are hung in the air and can't do anything, so what else can you be afraid of?

Zhang Wenmian has always been jealous of Zhang Cai, and they are not convinced by each other. Now seeing him picking up his own advantage, Liu Jin is more competitive and he immediately said: "Now Yangling has fallen, and my father-in-law should strike while the iron is hot. Now it is the end of the year. It is time to evaluate the achievements of hundreds of officials in the capital. Lord Zhang is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. If he takes the opportunity to "do a good job" of the officials of the Yangling faction, he will surely let the fence see who is the towering tree in the court today and shelter him from the wind and rain."

"Hahaha! Jue. Wenmian is really our little Zhuge, and this plan is extremely wonderful."

"It's not right, father-in-law." Zhang Cai wanted to kick Zhang Wenmian: This bastard is proud. He was too confused. He waited for the officials to come to him, and they had no way out. From then on, they followed Eunuch Liu with all their hearts. If they were to make things difficult for oppression, they were forced to surrender while they were not dead against Yang Ling Yuxin. Will this army be at ease?

Furthermore, your own method can also determine how much sincerity they are, which ones can be quickly won over, and which ones are included in the peripheral camps. How can you distinguish between those who are snatching people from all directions? And how many people should you offend?

Before he could explain the reason, Zhang Wenmian smiled coldly and said sarcastically: "Mr. Zhang. You are the Minister of Personnel. This is your duty. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of offending others or want to win people's hearts? Haha. With Eunuch Liu here, who dares to do what you do? Those fencemen don't give him some power, can they be surrendered to their father-in-law so quickly? According to the opinions of the local area, the adults just use this soft knife to scare them. After the New Year, the celestial phenomena have changed, and all the civil and military officials in the court will come out of their father-in-law's house!"

Liu Jin was so excited by his words that he glared at Zhang Cai with dissatisfaction and said, "You, after being an official for so many years, your courage is getting smaller and smaller. You are not as good as the scholar Wen Mian, so just do what Wen Mian said!"

Seeing that Liu Jin was angry, Zhang Cai had to bite the bullet and bow, "Yes, the official will obey the order!"

Zhang Wenmian glanced at Zhang Cai proudly and continued, "Dadult, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Han Wen, Liu Daxia, how great is it to look down on all the heroes in the past? If they return to the court today, can they still have the might of the past? No. The loyalists who are loyal to them have dispersed, the dragon has lost the clouds, and the tiger has lost the wind, what momentum is there?

It won't take long, and Yang Ling ended up like this. At that time, Gu Dayong could not hold on. It is inevitable to bow your head to your father-in-law, so you might as well put it aside first. To be said, the inner factory is built by Yangling, and he will not take the initiative to bow to your father-in-law. But there is one thing: You are the chief manager of the company's ritual supervision, and the factory guards are all under your jurisdiction according to the system.

When Yangling was the factory supervisor, he had the right to go directly to Datianting. His father-in-law could not control the internal factory. Who else has the ability to do that in the internal factory now? Wu Jie, the big-seller, did not make a name for himself when he was in the Jinyiwei; Yu Yong, the second-seller, was famous for guarding thousands of households. Such two pieces of waste were all supported by Yangling to smooth sailing.

Now that there is no general in Shu, Yang Ling actually uses such two incompetent people to guard his most important forces. It can be seen that Yang Ling is also exhausted. As long as his father-in-law defeats these two people, the inner factory will be at his fingertips."

Zhang Cai said nervously: "I heard that the official set up an expert factory because the emperor was worried about Wang Yue, so he didn't think it was a scrupulous factory. The father-in-law's favor in the emperor's heart was beyond words. If Yang Ling resigned, the internal factory would definitely be assigned to your name to manage.

But you are in charge of the inner factory, but you have no right to replace the inner factory supervisor. If they are determined to make things difficult for their father-in-law, with Yang Ling there, the emperor will not make things difficult for them too much. Therefore, the father-in-law would not show his kindness to the newly promoted officials of the inner factory, win over and infiltrate them, and crack down on Wu Jie, Yu Yong and other leaders, and show their power. Within a year and a half, the inner factory will be the father-in-law's arm and finger."

Zhang Wenmian said proudly: "Why do you need to be so hard? Take the center directly and take over the inner factory. Wu Jie and Yu Yong cannot move, so don't move! Lift them high and hang them on the wall. Select a few capable people from the Sili Supervisor to go to the inner factory to serve as a stand-in and take over their business and secret investigations. The inner factory is the item in the father-in-law's pocket, which makes them unable to resist. This is what is called "lightning is too fast to cover up."

Liu Jin said happily: "Wen Mian has a good plan, hehe, Yang Ling is a young man who is a Duke. If he is restless, he will be a jealous person. Our family is to eliminate disasters and do good deeds for him."

At this time, a servant brought in a pile of memorials, placed them on the table, and whispered: "Father-in-law, this is a memorial sent by all officials today."

The rule set by Liu Jin, when he submitted memorials to the emperor, he would first send him a red post. It was called a "red version", and then reported to the Tongzheng Department, which was called a "white version". This completely deprived the Tongzheng Department of the right to directly reach the heaven and the earth. The Tongzheng Department's huge yamen became the mailing room of the Silijian.

Liu Jin did this to deprive the power of Tongzhengsi, but there was another reason. Liu Jin didn't read much. Scholars like to write memorials in depth. He was struggling to read, but he couldn't understand them, and he was unwilling to present them to the emperor in such a confusing manner. So he came up with such a way, and sent all the memorials to his private residence in advance, so that they could know everything and discuss with their subordinates at any time.

"Is there something important?" Liu Jin asked casually.

"Dadfather-in-law, the letters sent by all officials did not contain the word "urgent", but the top post was transferred from the Tongzhengsi Department, saying that this was an internal court affairs and had nothing to do with the outside court, and should not be registered through the Tongzhengsi Department and memorials."

Liu Jin curiously took the memorial, with a red envelope on the outside, and the above was neatly written "Transfer to Liu Jin".

Liu Jin was furious at the sight, "Bang!" The rosewood bamboo thorn table was hit hard again: "Bastard! What a terrible dog! Tong Zhengshi is becoming more and more presumptuous!"

Zhang Cai and Zhang Wenmian were both startled. They didn't know what happened in the court, which made Eunuch Liu so angry. The two hurriedly approached and took a look. Eunuch Liu was holding the memorial in his hand and had not opened it yet. What's the point of being angry about?

Liu Jin sneered and said, "Ma Qing, the Tongzheng General, thought he had done enough, so he dared to call us the name directly. Humph! Is Liu Jin the same name? San'er, I used my post to visit Ma Qing to update him, and said Liu Jin thanked him for transferring the memorial to me. Liu Jin would visit me some other day!"

The servant even claimed that he was, and he retreated in a panic. It turned out that all the civil and military officials gave Liu Jin memorials, and the cover had to write "Eunuch Liu was personally opened, and the official was bowing to him." Some of the people who defected to Liu Jin's disciples were shamelessly written, "He was close to him, and the servant was close to him." Even Li Dongyang and others were polite, and only the Tongzhengsi made a decision for the first time, and they didn't know the rules.

After the two of them persuaded each other, Liu Jin opened the envelope angrily and looked at the content of the memorial. Liu Jin immediately turned anger into joy and laughed: "It turned out to be a memorial from the inner factory. Haha, after leaving Yang Ling, they didn't even understand how to deal with the emperor. Wu Jie became the factory supervisor, but he didn't know how to thank the emperor and sent the memorial to the Tongzhengsi in a confused manner."

Zhang Wenmian just persuaded Liu Jin to quickly take down the inner factory with lightning speed. Liu Jin was so evil that he was like a stream of thunder. Sure enough, Xunlei immediately stood up and said, "Come here, hurry up and prepare the sedan chair!"

He smiled at Zhang Cai and the others and said, "Our family will go to the Leopard Garden immediately to send this thank-you note to the emperor, and ask the emperor for an order. As long as the emperor opens a golden mouth and transfers the inner factory to my jurisdiction, he will immediately arrange for people to take over the inner factory and undermine Wu Jie and Yu Yong!"

"Haha, Duke Wei, the emperor personally chose you as a matchmaker for Princess Yongfu to recruit the princess consort. This is the emperor's great trust. Speaking of which, among the three of us, Duke Wei has the highest rank, and of course you are the only one who follows you. The Marquis of Shouning is the uncle and the closest relative of Princess Yongfu, and is also qualified to speak more than our family. How can we recruit this princess? Let's listen to the princess, the marquis."

Bi Zhen was thin and had a pair of eyes but was energetic. He smiled and bowed on the left and bowed on the right, and spoke very politely. Bi Zhen was originally an eunuch Shangshenjian. Because he was good at ease, he was first promoted to the junior supervisor. Then he was promoted to eunuch. Yang Ling used to walk in the palace and saw this person, but he had never spoken and was not familiar with each other.

Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, knew that this person was a typical smile-like tiger. He was originally an ignorant gangster, cruel and greedy for money. When Wang Yue was in power, he pleased Wang Yue and became the eunuch of the governor of Dezhou, Shandong. After Liu Jin took over the Silijian from Yang Ling, he sent someone to Beijing to give gifts, expressing his loyalty to Liu Jin, so he was promoted to the eunuch of the governor of Shandong.

After Liu Jin summoned the order that the eunuchs guarding the government could enjoy the same power as local officials at the same level, Bi Zhen immediately responded, overstepping the power and arbitrarily accepting litigation cases and extorting military and civilian property. The Qingzhou hunter pension case caused civilian rebellion because of his arrogant oppression. Although Liu Jin mobilized the five guards to suppress the civilian rebellion and bloody suppression of the civilian rebellion, he was also worried that Bi Zhen would cause trouble again, so he transferred him back to the Silijian.

"Where is there, I am young and knowledgeable. I don't understand the rules of recruiting the princess. I heard that the recruitment of the princess should have been presided over by the Inner of the Sili Court. The emperor loved his young sister and was present at the Inner of the Sili Court. The uncle and the lower officials are presided over together. This is to show their grandeur. This idea must be mastered by the Marquis of Shouning and Eunuch Bi," Yang Ling hurriedly said.

Yang Ling resigned from all positions, dressed in a relaxed manner, and his python robe changed into a red duke's robe, which made him even more powerful. Shouning Hou knew that although he had no real power, he was still more generous than himself in front of the emperor. Besides, the two of them made a fortune in business together. That was a buddy. He had long since taken a little joy at the beginning, so he said with a smile: "The Duke of the State recruited a princess for the princess. This is an unprecedented event. Don't be polite. Duke Wei is about to be polite. It's time to enter the venue."

"Okay, okay, grandpa, marquis, please, two of you," Bi Zhen jumped up. He moved the chair away and said with a smile.

Three people were having morning tea at the Longxing Pavilion on Qianmen Street of the "Zhuwang Pavilion". This was the main place to choose the son-in-law for Princess Yongfu. Finally, three candidates were selected before they could be brought into the palace to invite the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to take a look in person.

Because we arrived early, the three of them met with the official sedan chair and simply went to the teahouse to have tea together. Seeing the endless crowds of people on the street and more and more people flocking to the "Zhuwang Hall", the three of them got up and went downstairs.

"Aunt Six, please help me check the stall, I'll sign up. What? It costs ten for three cents, twenty for five cents, um... OK, it's almost enough. If I'm recruited as the prince consort, I won't sell a donkey and roll around." A young man with a dark face and a sweet smile hurriedly untied his apron while running towards the 'Zhuwang Hall'.

Yang Ling sat in the sedan chair and looked straight when he heard this: This... Who is this? How can a hawker who sells donkeys and rolls around to recruit the prince consort? Princess Yongfu...

Yang Ling remembered the first time she met in the prince's uterus. Her golden hairpin blew the screen. When Yongchun forced her to take the blame for her, she showed a hint of apology in her soft eyes. She remembered the beautiful girl in the goose yellow palace dress accompanied the Tianshi down the steps with a bright and charming smile...

Thinking of the hot spring in Jizhou, the sound of the piano is faint, the curtain is covered like water, a candle sways, the white clothes are like snow, and behind the curtain is like a clear lotus with a noble temperament, suddenly, the image of this emperor noble, the image of a beautiful girl with a high apron and a black-faced young man holding a bamboo clip in his hand overlapped with a black-faced young man holding a bamboo clip in his hand.

The young man shouted suddenly: "The donkey is rolling around, you can cost ten cents." This sound suddenly stopped the elegant piano sound. The sedan chair suddenly stopped, Yang Ling leaned forward, and felt a little hot and depressed. He lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and shouted, "What's the matter?"

Now Yang Ling is Duke Wei, and Wu Hanchao was arranged by him to enter the Ministry of War, leaving only Liu Dabangchui by his side, and was considered the leader of the family general. Liu Dabangchui stood up with his chest and led a group of generals to protect the sedan chair.

The crowds in front of him were blocked, pushing and shoving. The official who maintained order waved his whip and slapped him down, shouting: "Get out, get out of here, let all three imperial envoys come in. Your mother, you can't get in, you can't squeeze in first, you want to be a eunuch!"

"Hey, why are you talking? If I become the prince consort, just your boy's words will punish you!"

"Huh! Just your boy's virtue? Get out of the way. If I were ten years younger, I would have a much greater chance than you. Let it go! Let it go!" The whip wheels would not really suck hard at people. The whip of these five-city military personnel were all good, and the whip flowers were crisp and loud in the air.

There were crowds of people, crowded in the middle and people were not touching the ground. Although Yang Ling and Zhang Heling's sedan chairs were protected in the center, they were still shaking. No one was afraid of going away, so they took the opportunity to take the seats by others, but no one moved the place.

Someone pulled down the restaurant banner in the distance. He stood on a table and waved the wine banner, blushed and shouted: "It's outrageous, why are we Shanxi people not allowed to sign up? This is unfair. I came to the stand at the third day of the day. The Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty in the world, and the princess is the princess in the world. Why should Beijing households be given priority?"

A young man next to the table proudly cheered: "I deserve it, who told you not to find out the rules clearly? You can't stand to death! First, choose the prince-consort among the children of officials, military and civilians in Beijing. If you don't choose, then go to Jinnei, Shandong, and Henan to choose. If you can't pick people in these places, then go to other places to choose. You. Wait slowly."

Another person advised him kindly: "Forget it, brother, I am from Jimingyi, Huailai. I happened to visit Beijing and sign up quickly. As a result, I asked me to wait for another two days and be ranked third."

The young man said angrily: "At least there is a chance to choose the third choice. I don't have to choose it even if I want to choose it! Hey, fuck, who, I recognize you. You are obviously a beggar, what are you doing?"

"I? I... from Beijing."

The Shanxi fellow villager was afraid that he would be furious. He jumped off the table and was about to hit someone. The beggar hurriedly begged: "Brother, please spare me, brother, please spare me, this... Isn't this just a lunch after signing up, I just want to make a living, and I have to make a fuss, because... I don't recognize words."

Yang Ling almost jumped out of the sedan chair and beat people. Who is this? The auditions are made. You have to be a little self-aware, right? That is the emperor's daughter, the children of the high-ranking officials among the children of high-ranking officials. The dignified princess of the Ming Dynasty must be talented and beautiful. Why........ is so casual to choose a prince-consort?"

The city patrol envoy led more than 20 yamen runners, passed five passes and killed six generals, and squeezed in with sweat, saying sadly: "Mr. Yang, why don't we... we can go in through the back door, but we can't go in the main door anymore."

"Well, it doesn't matter if the main door is in the back door, I said... Why is it so messy? There are so many people who sign up, and there are many... Look at that, holding a basket of salted duck eggs, is such a person allowed to choose?"

"Yes, my grandfather, as long as the people in these four provinces are neat, dignified, and have tutors. They are between the fourteenth and sixteenth, they can all be selected for the first three. There is no limit to any profession. The princess of a princess in the previous dynasty was originally a duck-raising place."

"The conditions... are so loose?" Yang Ling said arduously.

The sedan chair retreated and walked away towards the back door of the "Zhuwang Pavilion".
Chapter completed!