"Of course, this is a certain thing, okay! Don't you know? The reason why our emperor was able to succeed to the throne this time was due to the adults of our Donglin Party! If it weren't for Lord Yang Lian and Yang's struggle, our emperor would be afraid that he would still be under the control of the woman named Li!

Haven't you heard of it? On the day of the death of the last emperor, the emperor was led by Lord Yang, Master Liu Ge, Shangshu Zhou and Duke of the British together snatched it from the woman named Li. If it weren't for the hard work of the adults, how could the emperor succeed to the throne so smoothly?

However, although the emperor was snatched out, the woman named Li still refused to leave. She said that the emperor was still young, and the late emperor asked her to take care of the emperor when she died. These are all nonsense. You think she is neither the emperor's biological mother nor the late emperor's empress. I heard that the emperor's biological mother was still killed by her secretly. Now she said she wanted to take care of the emperor. Isn't this obviously ulterior motive!

But the emperor is only sixteen years old and has always read few books, so how can he understand these?

Later I heard that it was our Lord Zuo Guangdou who wrote a memorial and scolded her.

You think, if we Donglin people have made such great contributions, how could the emperor not value it? In my opinion, their Zhejiang Party will soon stand aside. Fang Congzhe, the old guy, has occupied the position of chief minister for several years, and it is time to move the positions of our adults."

When the scholar said this, he was full of mouth and excited, as if he was the one who was about to be valued by the emperor.

"Then, according to Brother Li, who should be the next prime minister?"

The scholar stroked his hands and thought, "If it comes to credit, Lord Yang Lian, will naturally be the first. Moreover, with Lord Yang's talent and knowledge, it is more than enough to be the prime minister. But Lord Yang is still young and there are so many seniors of our Donglin Party ahead of him. Not to mention Zhao Nanxing and Zou Yuanbiao, our Donglin giants, Zhou Jiamo and Sun Ruyou, have much higher qualifications than Lord Yang. Therefore, in my opinion, even if the emperor wants Lord Yang to be the prime minister, Lord Yang will refuse.

I heard that when the Emperor was in power, he had already recruited two masters, Zhao Nanxing and Ye Xianggao, to the capital. The most likely person to be the chief minister is either Lord Zhao or Lord Ye."

Several scholars were talking loudly, and the tea shops upstairs held their breath when they heard them discussing the candidates for the future prime minister. This was exactly the issue they were most concerned about.

"In this way, our Ming Empire is going to return to the road of Zhongxing. With the help of our Donglin, several adults in Donglin will assist in the administration. I believe that within five years, the Jurchens in Liaodong will have to return to their former residences in the mountains and forests and live their life of picking and hunting animals."

Several scholars talked about their joy, laughing while raising their glasses to congratulate each other.

After hearing the last few words, Yu Ren finally couldn't help but sneer. He laughed at the superficiality and frivolity of these scholars Donglin. Although Yu Ren also admitted that these adults of the Donglin Party are all very talented and capable, it would be so simple to solve the already terrifying Jurchen people within five years. These scholars' words are really childish and ridiculous.

The scholars were having a happy conversation, but they didn't notice Yu Ren's sneer.

However, the middle-aged man who sat at the same table with him heard it very clearly. The middle-aged man lowered his body and whispered to Yu Ren, "Don't this young husband agree with their words?"

Yu Ren sneered and said, "I don't know the major affairs of the government. But it would be so easy to solve the Jurchens within five years. After decades of efforts by their chief Nurhaci, the Jurchens now have nearly 100,000 armored soldiers. Even a fierce man like Xiong Tingbi can only adopt the tactic of defending as an offensive. Which expert in the Ming Dynasty can solve the problem of completely defeating the Jurchens within five years?"

"I heard that Yongping's censor Yuan Yingtai was very proficient in military affairs. Donglin and several old masters were interested in replacing Mr. Xiong with him to manage Liaodong! Some people say that Mr. Xiong's tactic of defending as offense, to put it bluntly, he was timid and afraid of fighting with the Jurchens. If this continues, when will the Liao incident end?" the man said.

Hearing this, another middle-aged man at the same table couldn't help but interrupt, "This is all ignorant words. Although Lord Xiong used defense instead of attack, he did not have no gains. Just over a month ago, the Jurchens took advantage of the opportunity of the late emperor ascending the throne and led troops to attack Chenyang. Lord Xiong personally supervised the battle. The Jurchens ended in vain, but they had to withdraw their troops and go back.

As for the rumor that Lord Yuan replaced Lord Xiong, to put it bluntly, it is not the news released by some villains with ulterior motives. In the final analysis, Lord Xiong is honest and upright, so he offended many corrupt officials in the court over the years. These people then wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the new emperor ascending the throne and take the opportunity to jointly remove Lord Xiong from power.

At present, the Ming Dynasty's government has reached a very critical time. Officials have developed the habit of accepting bribes and soliciting bribes for many years. Even if there are occasionally a few honest and self-interested people, they cannot tolerate this dirty officialdom. If it is in a peaceful era, as long as the emperor is really willing to rectify it, it will be saved. In this world, the Jurchens are getting more and more trouble in the Northeast, and the court has been requisitioning soldiers for years. It is difficult for them to have the opportunity to make achievements in investigating and punishing officials' integrity and reversing the atmosphere in the officialdom.

Even if the emperor wants to do it, he is powerless. Therefore, the most fundamental problem of the Ming Dynasty is definitely not the Jurchens in Liaodong, but the increasingly corrupt officialdom. As the saying goes, it is easy to go from simple to extravagant, but it is difficult to go from extravagant. It is very simple to turn from honest official style to extravagant official style; however, it takes several times or even dozens of times more effort than before to bring the official atmosphere from extravagant and corrupted to pure and pragmatic. In this way, it may not be possible to do it."

When the middle-aged man said this, he couldn't help but look heartbroken. The middle-aged man sitting next to him who was speaking to Yu Ren first stood up without saying a word and hurried downstairs. It seemed that it was because this gentleman just defamed the government and made the man worried that if he was pursued by the court, he would be implicated, so he hurriedly left.

Although Yu Ren also knew that it was very dangerous to criticize the government here. But he also felt deeply that what this person said and could not bear to miss it with him. So he bowed to the man, "Boy Yu Ren, Quanzhou, is a great talent. What he said just now is really a good way to save the world. Please ask the teacher for his name?"

The middle-aged man returned a tribute, "I dare not take it, Liang Ruji, in Ji'an.

"This place is not a place for free talk, so why not give up? How about you and I talk freely?"

Liang Ruji also stood up and said to Yu Ren, "That's how it's disrespectful."

In fact, Liang Ruji had been holding these words for a long time, but he had never had the chance to say them. Today, he took advantage of the opportunity to discuss Xiong Tingbi and uttered them all. He happened to meet Yu Ren who was willing to listen to him, and Liang Ruji was also a confidant.

The two of them were about to go downstairs when they saw someone walking upstairs.

This man was wearing a brocade robe, and there were two servants behind him. Yu Ren didn't care. Seeing the man walking in a swaying manner, he took the initiative to let him go there first. Unexpectedly, the man walked to Yu Ren, and suddenly hugged Yu Ren and shouted.

"Mr., I finally found you. It's great, it's great." After saying that, he turned his head and shouted to the two followers behind him, "Hurry, go and notify your family, and you'll say I've found your benefactor. Let the young lady prepare the wine and food, and we'll be back soon."

Yu Ren was initially hugged by this man, and was startled. He thought that he had just been reported to Liang Ruji about the government affairs and the government sent someone to arrest them! Then he turned his head and saw that the poor boy Hou Jingru, who he accidentally met on Chang'an Street a few days ago.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Hou Jingru is now like a different person. Not only is he dressed in luxury, but he also has two followers behind him. Yu Ren was also a little surprised. But today he rarely met a master like Liang Ruji. His intuition told him that Liang Ruji was too important to him and he must not miss it like this.

So he said to Hou Jingru, "So it's you, little Hou! I'm a rare good friend here today and I don't have time. You don't need to invite me again or later. I'll go to your house to bother you. How about it?"

"That's not OK. I've been looking for you in Beijing for three or four days. Not only do I look for you! I also sent seven or eight people to find you, but I haven't found you. Today I've finally met you, so I can't let you go."
Chapter completed!