The smoke of gunpowder rises again

Zhengde was shocked when he heard Zhao Jianzhi's words. He quickly looked at Yang Ling, and Yang Ling's face also changed slightly. There must be some tyrants who rely on their privileges to commit illegal acts. It is impossible to expect them to abide by the law and be like the wise king of Shu.

In any era and society, it may have to acquiesce to the existence of a gray area, but it is no small matter to blatantly speak against the new court policy and kill dozens of civilians. If the prince is tolerated today, then other vassal kings will follow suit and take effect from the top and the bottom. The reforms that have just improved have gradually become corrupted because of such a thing, and it is definitely not impossible to implement them.

Yang Ling's face darkened. He was not able to deal with a prince. Yang Ling looked at Emperor Zhengde with a steady attitude, which was meaningful. In front of everyone, he could not discuss with Zhengde anymore. Now, the emperor must stand up and say what he should say and do what he should do. It is impossible for him to take care of everything himself, but dealing with a prince of the emperor is a big deal. Can he make a decision?

Those officials who opposed the reform were observing their words and looked proud and secretly: Don’t you want to reform? Don’t you want to clean up the annexation of land, clarify the administration, and change the tax system? OK! One is a descendant of Confucius, a member of the Emperor of the Forum of All Eternal Master, and the other is a royal relative and a descendant of the Zhu family. You can do it as you please.

Jingzhou, also known as Jiangling, was originally named Zhu Bai, the twelfth son of Taizu. Emperor Jianwen found a reason when he reduced the vassal states. He said that the palace he built exceeded the scale of the prince, so he sent Jinyiwei to investigate. In fear, Zhu Bai took his family to trot to Eshan, Guannanxi to protest.

The lineage of King Bai was extinct, and King Yan was unable to seize the country, and the King of Liao also worked hard. After becoming the emperor, Zhu Di moved his fifteenth brother, King Liao from a bitter and cold place like Guangning, Liaodong, to Jingzhou, Hubei, and the lineage of King Liao lived in Jingzhou.

Zhengde had no impression of this prince, but he knew that he was an emperor uncle. He hesitated for a moment and said, "The matter involves the prince? Transfer the file to the clan's mansion. I have to read his crime and learn more about it before making a decision."

Zhao Jianzhi bowed proudly and said, "I obey the order."

Emperor Zhengde hurriedly finished his business and announced the severance of the court. Yang Ling stopped until the ministers withdrew from the palace. Only two people were left quietly in the golden palace. Zhengde spoke: "Yang Qing, they carried out Yan Sheng Gong, this is to suppress me by name, and the King of Liao. This is to suppress me by love."

Yang Ling bowed and said, "The emperor is wise!"

Zhengde shook his sleeves and pretended to be angry and said, "What's the wise thing? I'll ask you what to do?"

Yang Ling still held his hand: "First investigate the crime. If the crime is true, how to deal with it? That is what the emperor means."

Zhengde hesitated for a moment and said, "He is my uncle after all, what if I escape from him?"

Yang Ling said lightly: "That's nothing, reform and reform are abolished. Everything is restored to the old system, the disadvantages are still the same, and the civil changes are just rising."

Emperor Zhengde glared and said, "Didn't I discuss this with you? What do you think I should do?"

Yang Ling smiled and said, "I am the Duke of the Kingdom. I rely on Your Majesty's power to settle Yan Sheng Gong, that's all."

Zhengde's eyebrows moved and said dryly, "I understand. You can only deal with the Lord Yan Sheng, so I will have to put this Liao King down?"

Yang Ling bowed again: "The emperor is wise!"

Zhengde snorted twice and said, "Brothers of Tiger Fighting! One of you, one of me, let's go back and do your business."

He took two steps, suddenly stopped again, and said strangely: "Hey, what's wrong with your legs?"

Thinking of the wonderful time when the bridal chamber was in pain and was happy at night, Yang Ling smiled and said, "Uh... Go back to the emperor. I didn't ride a horse two days ago. I'm not doing well. I'm catching it."

Emperor Zhengde curled his lips, raised his chin, and walked away with a proud expression of "My equestrian is better than you".

One is the King of Liao and one is the King of Yan Sheng.

One depends on relationships and the other depends on fame. They are all extremely difficult characters. Anyone who handles it poorly will cause a series of difficult consequences. However, if these two people don’t handle it, it will be like two obstacles, and the reform will inevitably be difficult to continue.

After Zhengde returned to the palace, he immediately ordered the factory guard to investigate the details of the Liao king's violation. Yang Ling was also anxiously waiting for the situation in Shandong at home. At this time, the reply from Zhang Duoqi of the Tai'an academician Zhang and the memorial of Yan Shenggong were already on the way to Beijing.

Yang Tinghe watched coldly in the court and could see that this was the last move of the opposition faction. These two princes and the Dukes were not easy to mess with. Impeach them in the court, regardless of whether they succeeded or not, first of all, it would be equivalent to offending these two major forces. If they had not been forced, they would not use such means. So now as long as these two things are successfully solved, the resistance in the court will basically no longer exist.

However, Yangling's evil spirit is too strong, and every time he does things, he always makes a bloody storm. He is afraid that Yangling will be strong and acts in a strong manner and mess up the matter. The court reforms are beneficial to the country and the people, and they are also in line with his political philosophy. He really doesn't want to see such a good thing die halfway, so he thought about it and finally decided to visit Yangling.

It was two days later. Besides being ordered by the emperor to visit the house once, Yang Tinghe had never been to Yang's mansion. Yang Ling was lying on the kang and fighting with his son for cucumbers. He suddenly heard that he was coming. Yang Ling was very surprised. He hurriedly took off his sweatshirt, changed into a light robe, handed his son to Wen Xin, and then rushed to the central hall to meet him.

After a few words from Yang Tinghe, he made a clear idea of ​​his purpose. The meaning is very simple: these two great men must be dealt with. Even if the emperor is unwilling, he must try his best to make suggestions and persuade the emperor to make up his mind to punish him.

However, there must be differences in the punishment method. If the Liao King case is true, it must be severely punished. In the right moment, it must be punished twice as much as possible before it can achieve results. However, Yan Shenggong must be more tactful to avoid being detrimental.

His opinions coincided with Yang Ling. In fact, Yang Ling did not have to use great killing to shock people. However, what he encountered in the past was really anger and resentment from heaven. It was not enough to quell public anger without severe punishment. Reform is a long-term matter. Some people have to be allowed to hold different opinions or gradually change their ideas. It is impossible to use a butcher knife to force others to agree. As long as he obeys, he will follow his personal opinions.

However, Yang Ling's handling of the Liao King and Yan Shenggong was tough and gentle, but it was an intuition, and the reason was not organized clearly. Yang Tinghe analyzed it much more clearly: the Liao King was serious and Yan Shenggong was a minor crime, which was one of them; the Liao King was the royal relative, and Yan Shenggong was an external minister, and the imperial relative was a minor minister, and the external minister was a serious one. It was easy to make people feel real, which was the second; the third was the mentality of hating the rich and seeking fame.

Yan Shenggong was also not poor, but the Kong family was so famous that everyone noticed his reputation and ignored his interests. However, everyone knew that he was rich, and he would only applaud him when he was punished. He also had to say that the emperor destroyed his relatives for justice and was strict with himself.

As for the Kong family, all the people in the world are officials who studied Confucius' knowledge, which made his family too dirty and everyone looked bad. Confucius's reputation was too great, and in the past, the descendants of other places were generous to other places, so when dealing with it, one must pay attention to the individuality and take into account the face of scholars all over the world.

Yang Ling didn't expect that he had analyzed so clearly. Yang Ling did not say that he had the same meaning, but instead praised him repeatedly and thanked him repeatedly, expressing his respect for his opinions.

Seeing that he was of high status and power, Yang Tinghe was still so humble, he felt that he had always been deliberately alienated because he was close to Yang Yiqing. You respect me and I will give you one foot. Yang Tinghe also relaxed and chatted and laughed, not as serious as when he first came.

The two chatted and laughed happily. Until the senior manager came in and reported to the messenger that a messenger had come to see him, Yang Tinghe smiled and stood up and said goodbye. Yang Ling ignored the messenger's affairs and sent him out first, watching him get on the sedan chair, and then asked the butler: "Where did the messenger come from?"

The senior manager hurriedly said: "It is said that he is from Zhang Duoqi, the government official of Zhang Duoqi, the mansion of Zhang Duoqi, a native of Zhang's mansion in Tai'an, Shandong."

Yang Ling's expression moved and said happily: "Is there any news in Shandong? Hurry up and bring him to see me!"

The man was a trusted servant of Zhang's family. He was tall and big, and had good skills. When he saw Yang Ling, he respectfully presented his personal collection letter. Yang Ling opened it and looked carefully. He couldn't help but clapped his hands and laughed. He asked the butler to take ten taels of silver to reward the servant, and then he gave him a verbal instruction and sent him away. Then he walked towards the backyard with a smile.

It rained this morning, and it was quite cool until now, and a group of women were in Cuju in the back garden.

According to Yang Daguanren, Cuju is beneficial to physical health and team spirit, cultivates sentiment and broadens horizons, so he highly agrees. Of course, this sport can keep his women healthy, exercise the flexibility of their limbs and the firmness and elasticity of their waist, hips and thighs, and is beneficial to increase the fun of their boudoir. He will not say it publicly even if he kills him.

Since Yang Ling agreed and there were many female relatives in the family, Han Youniang simply made a short martial arts uniform for the whole family that was only worn in the back garden of the inner family. Everyone changed into it when they were Cuju, and they were heroic and charming.

The grass on the field was cut short, with several girls' snow-white silk pants, red crested boots, and their upper bodies were short-lived in the same color. The snow-white silk sleeves were narrow and close to the body, with wrist guards on both hands, and embroidered gold belts on the waist. They were slender waists and round chests, which looked particularly attractive.

Adni also fell in love with this kind of oriental sport. She was the tallest, with a pair of slender thighs wrapped around her trousers and boots. The proportions were very beautiful, making people more exciting. Han Youniang, Yu'er, Cheng Qiyun, Chu Ling and others were all evenly fleshy and beautiful in shape. On the grassland, she saw a slim waist and long legs staggered, which made others feel reluctant to go to watch the ball, but she had to stare at people.

Seeing that they were playing football, Yang Ling slowed down and walked over, sat by the stone table, took an unused porcelain cup and poured tea, and watched them play football with a smile. Cheng Qiyun was like a football coach, with a ball flying up and down around her body, her waist swaying like a willow branch, and her legs were sling freely. Her various skills attracted the envy of beauties.

Cheng Qiyun saw Yang Ling coming, and the ball was slightly raised by her toes. She suddenly pushed forward, her thighs straight, forming a line with her toes. The ball shot straight towards Yang Ling with a whirlwind. Yang Ling laughed, put down the teacup and reached out to support her, and used the "Introduction Method" in the Tai Chi push hand, and the ball turned to his fingertips. Yang Ling brushed it and the ball shot towards Adni.

Adni was short of learning the ball. When she saw it, she was shocked and rushed to catch it. She kicked the ball into the air with one kick. When it fell, it was five or six feet wide. Chu Ling rushed over and shot the ball back with an inverted hook. Han Youniang, Yu Tangchun and others passed it one by one, and the ball never fell to the ground.

Xue Limei was pregnant and couldn't play football. She held a pack of plums and watched with relish. Cheng Qiyun pulled off a sweat towel from her belt, wiped the sweat on her forehead while walking slowly. She sat on the stool next to Yangling and said with a smile: "How come you have time to visit the back garden today?"

Yang Ling took out the letter from his sleeve, handed it over with a smile, and said, "Look at it."

Cheng Qiyun took the letter in her hand. She looked seriously, while Yang Ling was enjoying the graceful posture of a beautiful wife and concubine while tasting tea. Cheng Qiyun finished reading it, straightened her plump breasts, glanced at him with a squinted eye, and smiled sweetly, "Is it true? Haha, this is the scholar who meets a soldier, and it is hard to explain it clearly. Talking to a literati. It is like vomiting with a woman. Is it a plea to ask for trouble or an adult, you are the best way to do it. The arrogant Yan Shenggong finally bowed his head."

Yang Ling smiled and said, "Relying on Confucius' Yu Yin, he really couldn't let go of the second person except the emperor. I also asked someone to pass on the emperor's secret order to him, scold him strictly, and first eliminate his arrogance. This allowed the soldiers and the local rich man to use some scoundrel methods to rectify him. Finally, Mr. Zhang came forward to advise him, and the big fish took the bait. Haha. Yan Shenggong came forward to agree with the reform, and the descendants of the saints supported the new policy, which should make many corrupt scholars of Taoism shut up."

It turned out that Yang Ling asked for an imperial edict and sent it to Confucius's mansion. Yan Shenggong relied on his power, colluded with the government, forced others to sell land, and severely scolded the saints' family style. He also said that someone impeached him to use a large punishment, beat the bandit generals who had military achievements, abused the court's rewards, and scolded him if he wanted to establish a country in the country. This crime was a bit cruel. When he heard it, the emperor was extremely angry, which scared Mr. Kong into a cold sweat.

Finally, the decree said coldly that his fault was a humiliating saint's family style. He thought of it in front of Master Confucius. The emperor did not publicly rebuke it, and he would not punish it severely this time, and asked him to think about his own mistakes and restrain himself from now on.

How could the emperor not panic when he issued such a harsh imperial edict? But this will was the imperial edict, and no one outside knew about it. Of course, he would not make any public statement about this scandal. Could it be that he would say that he was offending the anger of the emperor and was scolded by the emperor?

The order was received, and the domineering Yan Shenggong was like a frost-beating eggplant, and he was much more at ease. He was settled. Qiao Sihai, who received Yangling's secret letter, had a backbone, and he was not at ease. He didn't go to the Confucius Mansion to cause trouble, but there were rumors that the white-clothed bandits in Taihang Mountain had come to Qufu. Moreover, at night, there were small troops wearing white-clothed clothes wandering around. Although they didn't steal or rob, it was scary enough to be seen.

When the tofu wolf broke through, he got separated from the brigade and did not follow Yang Hu to the south. As a result, the ambushers set up by Yang Ling were killed everywhere, and they were divided into small groups to escape.

Tofu Wolf finally led only 300 people to go to the plains. He was ambushed by the Tuan Lianminzhuang where Liu Bei had served as the county magistrate. Tofu Wolf led the people to a river bend while defeated and fled to a river bend in Zhangshi Mansion. At this time, only six or seven people were left by his side. Seeing that the situation was not good, he wanted to escape from the water.

The water quality of the tofu wolf is not good, but not far away is a reed marsh. The water is not too deep when the material comes. If you hold your breath and dive over, you can escape by hiding it. Unexpectedly, the fruit there is indeed not deep, the water is very turbid, and the bottom of the water cannot be seen clearly. The tofu wolf pierces it violently and even pierces its head into the mud.

Shandong Pingyuan County is full of large areas of fine land, and stones are rarely seen. If children dig sand and play, they can easily fight because of rare fighting. In summer, children pour water on the dark and shiny soil on the river bank, and they can use their butts as slides, so they don’t have to worry about scratching their skin.

The river berth was full of deep and soft mud. The tofu wolf plunged in and it would be difficult to climb out. He wanted to pull out his head, but the soft mud on his hands was full of fine and soft mud, and the suction force of the mud was particularly strong when he wanted to pull it up.

When the civil servants and brave men from Zhang Shi Mansion had succeeded, the defeated generals rushed to the edge of the bay, they saw a pair of big feet floating around on the water surface. The two civil servants tied the ropes and put them on his feet. When they pulled him up like a pulling a robo, the poor Taihang bandit tofu wolf's cavity was covered with mud, and the person was already dead. This guy was really cowardly and depressed.

However, although he died, his troops were only broken into small groups of bandits. These bandits gradually gathered together and formed a team of seven or eight hundred people, starting to wander around in the hinterland of Shandong. They had not been eradicated for a while.

The appearance of white-clothed bandits in Qufu made the local people panic. Qufu magistrate was established under the Qufu magistrate. This magistrate was a local magistrate of the Kong family. This is the rule of the court. Because the magistrate is a yamen official who directly controls the local people's firewood, rice, oil and salt, birth, old age, sickness and death, commonly known as the parents' officials, let the officials in the world, which scholar is not a disciple of Kong Sheng? They can manage the Kong Sheng family? Naturally, the Kong family's people have to take charge of it themselves.

Therefore, the Kong family not only has to be responsible for the safety of their own homes, but also has to manage a county. The last time the bandits were powerful. They claimed to be a 100,000 army. They entered Beijing in the name of protecting the saints and sending things. This time, only a few hundred bandits could not run away.

The magistrate of Qufu was also from the Kong family's house. When he heard that the bandits were wandering to the local area, he went to meet General Qiao, who was garrisoning the local army and asked the army for assistance.

General Qiao Shen was very enthusiastic about him, lined up to welcome him, and invited him into the tent. He scolded his subordinates for being beaten by the Kong family for being ignorant of Mount Tai and offended the old man. Without waiting for him to explain his purpose, he said that in order not to make these soldiers who do not understand the rules make the king angry again, he would immediately set off from Qufu.

As soon as he heard this, he became anxious. He hurriedly told the news that the white-clothed bandits appeared locally and asked General Qiao Shen not to leave. General Qiao Shen asked him to provide evidence. Otherwise, if he wanted nearly 10,000 troops to be stationed here for a long time, unless there was a military order from the Ministry of War, how could he have evidence for him?

General Qiao Shen was very kind to the magistrate Kong and had a very good temper, but he just refused to let go without evidence and firmly claimed that the white-clothed bandit was also strange. He came to harass the government and the Confucius Mansion at night, and disappeared at dawn.

Everyone in the Confucius Mansion was in a state of grief. Will the thief care who Confucius was? Since the trouble of the white-clothed bandits, countless wealthy families have been destroyed and the family property has been wiped out, and the women have been humiliated. Can the Kong family not be afraid? This trouble is in peace every night.

As the head of the family, Old Master Kong was so worried that he was in trouble. The rich man who was forced to sell land at a low price by him had somehow dared to do the right thing publicly. This man built a small temple on the side of the road where he was forced to sell land, which offered the tablet of Saint Kong. He came to cry and complain every day. He grabbed the passers-by and said, and even took care of tea and food, and changed it to a storyteller. The Kong family valued the most reputation, how could he stand it!

But Yan Shenggong had just been scolded by the emperor's secret order, so how dare he use the power of the government? He was his ancestor who provided land and could not touch him. He was a scoundrel who had just let him go to the villagers and businessmen who had ruined his reputation in the past, but he had no choice but to do anything to him.

At this moment, Tai'an Xuezheng Zhang Duoqi visited him and said that he heard that Yan Shenggong came back from Beijing and came to visit him. He was a celebrity in Shilin, Shandong, and had dates with the Kong family. He had many elders of the Kong family and the officials who were drinking and playing chess. He was also friends in Shilin.

After hearing his friends telling about these troubles of Yan Shenggong, Zhang Duoqi secretly gave advice to several friends of the Kong family room: The emperor is reforming the new policy today. Although the emperor is willing to protect your family and does not publicly scold you, the big tree attracts wind. Those wealthy families who have been damaged by interests will definitely bring the Kong family out as a shield when they hear the news.

Now that I have lost my holy heart and are forced by those people, it is hard to say that the emperor will not attack the Kong family. Instead of doing this, it is better to do it beautifully and do your best to do it first, and not let someone tell the story of the Kong family, and can also win back the favor of the Holy Family. Wouldn't that be nice? The several managers in the house of the Kong family knew that this old master was very sensible and were overjoyed when he heard this, so he immediately asked him to come up with an idea.

Mr. Zhang said: "It is very easy to buy land in the neighboring county. The Kong family has a great business and is not bad for that little land. It is just that the servants have a dispute in order to compete for water. Lord Yansheng wants to teach him a lesson. Saint Confucius said "protect the people" and "love the people". If you let him take a step, no one will say that you are afraid, but you will praise the Lord Yansheng for having the legacy of the saint.

That place might as well return it to him. The Lord Yansheng is respectful. The person who came forward was just a small manager. He was also a poor job and made a big deal. Lord Yansheng was busy with all kinds of things every day. How could he know these small things? It was obvious that the servants were not doing things properly. He punished him and gave him an explanation to the village and the emperor."

When the elders of the Kong family heard this, they nodded repeatedly and said yes. Zhang Xuezheng said again: "As for the officers and soldiers, do you know how many words do you know? The words of impoliteness are not that you really want to offend the Kong family in your heart, but that you lack education. You are just rough people. Isn't you just a self-destructive person?

What's more, they fought on the battlefield and sacrificed their lives and shed their blood. It was the time when the imperial court used its troops. Yan Shenggong beat the soldiers with great force and hurt their hearts. It was no wonder that the emperor was upset.

However, the church was promoted and the people were beaten. The dignified Duke Yansheng did not make any sense to accompany him. Besides, his brother was also a servant in charge of Confucius's mansion. In my opinion, he gave his brother a sum of gold and silver privately, which was said to be a medicine for healing. Isn't it that the mercy of the Duke? At the same time, he promoted his brother, so how could they be ignorant of each other endlessly?"

"These things are just to appease them so that they will not be used to attack the Confucius family. If you want to win back the emperor's favor, there is a great opportunity before you. The emperor is lofty in his ambitions and inspire innovation, so that the Ming Dynasty can regain its prestige. If the imperial court surrenders within the world and as a descendant of Confucius, it can spread its prestige among the four barbarians and educate them to all directions, which is a good thing.

Why not persuade the Lord Yan Sheng to come back and let the officials of the mansion go together, clean up the poor land, and create another book. If the land is not good or bad, just ask for a quantity, and then submit a memorial. It is said that although the Confucius Mansion has not annexed the land, the court has rewarded countless times since the age of time. Now that the court has implemented a new policy, the Kong family is grateful to the emperor and is willing to donate some land to resettle refugees.

What influence is the Kong family? Once this matter is done, it is to support the emperor's new policy and have made meritorious officials. A few beautiful words and some dispensable bad things. The emperor's holy family has also come back. Are you saying this good?"

Several chief clerks thought it was very reasonable, so they went to lobby for Yan Shenggong, who was also worried about losing his favor. After all, the Kong family was a wealthy family for generations, and the interests lie in the long run. The Ming Dynasty was open, and there were already crazy people among the people who claimed that the name of Kong Sheng was not true, and the Kong family was not desirable to enjoy such gifts, so they demanded that the Kong family’s inheritance title be abolished.

If you lose your holy grace, this title may not be revoked, but many special treatments in the officialdom are just a matter of the emperor's words. It is really undesirable to lose the big ones because of the small loss. So he insisted on adopting Zhang Duoqi's idea and preparing to show off his new reform policy that the emperor presided over drasticly.

Seeing that Zhang Duoqi had achieved his goal, he was happy and stayed in the Confucius Mansion for a few days before saying goodbye. However, he wrote a letter to him and his family immediately sent him to Beijing. When Yang Ling saw that he had come to his letter, he knew that the memorial of Yan Shenggong was about to arrive in Beijing, so he was naturally happy.

Yang Ling described the details that were not written in the letter and said with a relaxed tone: "There are only one moves against the new policy. Once the Yan Shenggong's memorial came to Beijing, he could give them a blow. If the descendants of Confucius agreed with the new policy, they had nothing to say in terms of legal principles and morality.
To be continued...