[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

Zhu Houzhao's slightly helpless words became the beginning of the easing of the atmosphere.

Jiao Shizhi's heart moved slightly, and he thought silently: The emperor gave him sincerity, but he was so polite that he couldn't reciprocate the truth...

Grateful in his heart, Jiao Shizhi's expression became softer, with a gentle tiredness between his brows, he said softly, "Your Majesty, your words are contradictory. If you are a lowly official, you won't be able to step on your sore spots. And You read it right on weekdays, Humble Job is indeed a serious and good person."

Zhu Houzhao glared at him, don't think he didn't know that Xiao Dezi said that sentence, when he went to find Jiao Shi just now, almost all of Xiao Dezi's words got out.Even if you appreciate others, can't you speak in a low voice?It would cause trouble for Shizhi. If it weren't for the fact that he was still loyal, Zhu Houzhao would have found someone to replace him.A solid eye is a hindrance.Thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao was stunned, he was still swearing just now, why did he make up for it again in a blink of an eye?

Disappointed, too disappointing!

The anger in his heart dissipated because of the scene just now, Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand and pulled the kneeling person down, muttering, "Is the knee pillow I sewed for you useful last time?" After touching it, Jiao Shizhi shook his head again and again in fright, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I just knelt down a little bit, it's fine."

"Does that mean you don't have it?" Zhu Houzhao stared at him, Jiao Shizhi didn't move, and endured an inexplicable itch to let the emperor touch his knee up and down, and then defined: "I have to bring it from now on!"

"Your Majesty, if it's Xia Tian..." Which one should Xia Tian bring? It's really embarrassing...

Zhu Houzhao was still pinching the finger he caught just now, unconsciously playing with it, and said casually, "I'll have someone refit it for you, it won't be hot."

Jiao Shizhi quietly tried to pull his left hand back, but Zhu Houzhao didn't seem to care, but clamped him with a dark force, making him completely unable to break free.Jiao Shizhi hesitated for a long while, but turned the topic back first, "Your Majesty, let's talk about the previous matter again." By the way, please let the emperor go!

"What else is there to talk about? Shizhi convinced me, isn't it that everyone in the court is happy?" Zhu Houzhao said casually, his eyebrows and eyes were very soft, and even his movements did not show much anger.

Jiao Shizhi:? ? ?

It was rare for Zhu Houzhao to look at Jiao Shi's confused and ignorant face, and he laughed and said, "Naturally, I have some discomforts. I know my personality myself, and I like to play around. It's really uncomfortable for me to be confined in one place. The anger is not only because of the affairs of the court, but also because of the rules. It is appropriate, you have to understand that the rules are dead, and people are alive. The most I can do is not to vent my anger on them because of this, but They can’t honestly be the emperor they imagined!”

"Father is father, and I am me. If you can't see this clearly, you should wash your eyes."

In the last sentence, Zhu Houzhao's tone was particularly indifferent.

The next day, the emperor reopened the morning court.

Even though the number of dismissals in the midday court remained unabated, the morning court was held every day, and the officials were very relieved, thinking that the emperor still had the possibility of rescue.

Then some people tried to get the emperor to hold the meeting more seriously.The thing about classics is to find a time every day, except for the morning court, for the officials to get together to tell the emperor the classics and express their views. One reason to avoid is that one can see how boring classics are.

It is not difficult for Zhu Houzhao to go to the morning court, but the scriptures are different. It is like finding hundreds of masters to chant scriptures next to him. No matter what, Zhu Houzhao can't accept it obediently, and immediately gave the person who submitted the booklet a meal. .

It's not that the people in the cabinet don't know how to advance or retreat. The emperor just made a step back, and they have to make a step back.Some time ago, Zhu Houzhao's resistance had let them know that although the emperor was young, he was not a docile character that could be easily controlled.

Although this was clearly revealed when the emperor was still the prince.

The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the third day, which was Jiao Shizhi's birthday.

Although that day was not Jiao Shizhi's Xiumu, Zhu Houzhao had sent someone to inform Mou Bin one day earlier that he would be his tomorrow.Mou Bin choked speechlessly, bearded and stared at this unconventional emperor, but there was nothing he could do.

Jiao Shizhi didn't know about it until the night before. When he saw Zhu Houzhao's bright eyes explaining to him that he didn't need to go to court tomorrow, his first reaction was to think of Mou Bin's smiling face, and he always felt that the days after going back were not very good. better off.Even so, when he saw Zhu Houzhao's shiny black eyes, he couldn't help but compromise and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

When the emperor looked at him with bright eyes, he seemed to be the immature child a few years ago, ignorant and naive, with a faint expectation, which made Jiao Shizhi unable to refuse no matter what.

The next day, after Zhu Hou took the morning photo, he smiled and pulled Jiao Shizhi away on a red date, leaving Liu Jin to deal with things behind his back. Said it was very pitiful.

Zhu Houzhao dragged Jiao Shizhi to a horse race, and they went not only to the martial arts field, they ran all the way to Xiyuan, and finally stopped at the Leopard House.Jiao Shizhi followed behind on a red jujube, and he was very familiar with him all the way, and said with a smile: "I thought the emperor was going to run out of the palace all the way, and I was thinking about inviting the guards from the palace." This Xiyuan came strictly It is said that it does not belong to the palace, but there are royal guards guarding this circle, so it is safer than outside.

The two dismounted, and someone came to take Wenshuang and Hongzao to resettle. Zhu Houzhao took Jiao Shizhi straight to the Leopard Room, but the Leopard Room today is completely different from what Jiao Shizhi saw a few years ago. up.The footprint alone has expanded a lot, and it looks brand new.

However, the interior decoration is very elegant. The place where the leopard was originally placed in the house has long been demolished and rebuilt, completely changing its appearance.

Jiao Shizhi smiled and said: "When did the emperor build this place, even if there are no more leopards, can it still be called the Leopard Room?"

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and didn't care much about the leopard, "If you want, you can change your name to another one now. It's just that I'm too lazy to change the name. I moved the leopard here to be with the tiger. Let's revisit the relative fate of the enemy." The last sentence was extremely irresponsible, and Jiao Shizhi shook his head helplessly.

"Don't think about anything else, just go in and have a look. I left it specially for you." Zhu Houzhao smiled and pointed to the room on the left.

Jiao Shizhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao, stretched out his hand and pushed open the door.

——It was a huge library.

Jiao Shizhi looked at the full bookshelves in astonishment, and the room that could hardly be seen inside, turned around and looked at the emperor, stuttering a little bit, with a shy face, "Your majesty, how, how do you know?"

This is Jiao Shizhi's little hobby.

He loves martial arts, but he also loves books.Ever since he was in the East Palace, he would eagerly read all the books that entered his bookshelf many times over and over again.But he never expresses this.

He entered the palace as a bodyguard, originally to serve others.As a martial artist, isn't it a blatant expression of dissatisfaction by saying that he likes reading books with great fanfare?Jiao Shizhi saves himself, and has always been careful to hide it.

Unexpectedly, the emperor found out.

Standing at the door, Zhu Houzhao pouted, with a dissatisfied expression on his face, "You like reading, so tell me why you hide your hobby."

Of course he knew about Jiao Shizhi's little hobby.

It should be said that digging out Jiao Shizhi's little-known little secrets is Zhu Houzhao's favorite thing to do.

Jiao Shizhi is reserved and cautious.Although Zhu Houzhao has great trust in him, he has never been as arrogant as others.In other words, behind his "being proud of being favored and favored", it was always for Zhu Houzhao. Besides, he is a person who never makes mistakes.

Facing such a person, you can only rely on yourself to do something and discover something.And Zhu Houzhao also enjoyed this feeling very much. Quiet Mimi found a small weakness of Jiao Shizhi, and suddenly showed it in front of him, and she could easily gain a shy look like the rare one just now.

It was a moment worth remembering.

Zhu Houzhao thought secretly in his heart, but his face was very serious, "I sent people to collect the books here from all over the country. If the space in the house is not enough, you can expand it as much as you want, as long as you talk to the person in charge here. Just say it."

"Your Majesty, this gift is too expensive." Jiao Shizhi muttered.

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and glared at him, "Do you think there is a reason to take back what I gave away? Besides, I don't like books, do you want me to burn them clean?"

Jiao Shizhi blurted out, "Your Majesty!"

"Forget it, I won't tease you. If you like it, you like it. There's nothing to be ashamed of. This is a room specially reserved for you. I won't be happy if you keep pushing away." Zhu Houzhao said with a straight face.

Jiao Shizhi hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for my humble post."

Only then did Zhu Houzhao smile again.

In fact, this bookstore was not originally intended as Jiao Shizhi's birthday present.Zhu Houzhao discovered Jiao Shizhi's little secret when someone moved Jiao Shizhi's objects, but all the things in his house that were next to the books were turned up to the corners and the corners were a little fuzzy. The appearance also knows that the owner loves it very much.This is only possible because the owner loves books and has read them many times.

Later, when the Leopard House was being renovated, Zhu Houzhao first thought of this matter, and immediately sent someone to do it, and prepared to give it to him after it was completed.He didn't know that Jiao Shizhi's birthday was just around the corner until it was about to be completed.Even though Jiao Shizhi took the initiative to ask for a birthday gift later, Zhu Houzhao still felt that it was not enough, and he was glad that he had prepared these in advance.

It is of course the most important thing for the gift to be given to be liked by others. While Zhu Houzhao was happy, he thought of the letter he had been brewing for three days. He pulled Jiao Shizhi's sleeve and went to the study room. The comfortable room has long been prepared Tables, desks, and chairs are neatly placed with the Four Treasures of the Study.

Zhu Houzhao rubbed the ink casually for a while, then anxiously fetched the brush, slightly stained with ink, and then swiped it away, seeing the two big characters dancing like dragons and phoenixes on the paper.

—Let it go!

Jiao Shizhi didn't think about it carefully, when he saw these two characters, he knew it was the emperor's name for him, and he was about to kneel down and salute to thank him, but Zhu Houzhao forcefully pulled him back as expected.

"Appropriately, the words I gave you don't have any deep meaning, nor are they citing scriptures. I just hope that you can do what you want, do whatever you want, and be free from foreign affairs." Unrestrained, How free and easy it is to act freely, but thousands of people in the world can't do this. He is looking forward to it, and only hopes that Jiao Shizhi can be the most unique one.

Because even he couldn't.

Starting from Zhu Houzhao's own body, this is the most suitable word he can think of for Jiao Shizhi.

……

In May of the first year of Zhengde, a group of ministers came forward to remonstrate, hoping that the emperor would put the imperial court and society first and marry the queen.

In Fengtian Hall, Zhu Houzhao sat high in the hall with an unpredictable expression. He glanced at the important officials in the hall, and said casually: "My father's death has not been three years, and we will discuss this matter later."

Zhang Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the marriage of the mother of the country is a major national event, and I hope the Emperor will take it to heart, and don't delay it any longer." They have learned the lesson of Emperor Hongzhi before, and they will not easily let the emperor delay this matter.Just like the previous emperors, the three-year delay caused the relationship between the late emperor and Queen Mother Zhang to be very strong, and only the emperor, the only seedling, appeared.Although the inheritance of the first son will not be shaken by this, if it is not the case, why did the first emperor and the queen mother spoil the emperor so much, causing the emperor's character to be so out of character?

The most annoying thing for Zhu Houzhao is the voices of the ministers admonishing him. Every time he speaks in an elder tone, which is mixed with the meaning of oppression, which is uncomfortable to listen to. "I know, if nothing else, Let's retreat."

After going to court every day, Zhu Houzhao was always full of anger. When Jiao Shizhi was away, the servants around him were often the targets of Zhu Houzhao's complaints.After Jiao Shizhi came back, the one who was caught pouring out every day became Jiao Shizhi.

As a courtier, Jiao Shizhi vaguely understood what those ministers were thinking.In their eyes, the emperor, who is only sixteen or seventeen years old now, is still a young man, and he also has the presence of the former emperor, so they always have a tendency to persuade the emperor.Of course, if we talk about the reasons, the emperor himself has his own reasons. After all, it is because of his lively temperament since he was a child. Now, even Liu Jian can't suppress it occasionally.

"Your Majesty, I know this is really uncomfortable, but you can do something to let these people see your ability clearly, and we will talk about it later, so that no one can make people despise you right now." Jiao Shizhi Said after listening.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, but he didn't quite understand what he meant. Jiao Shizhi said seriously: "Presumably the emperor also knows in his heart that everyone in the court has different thoughts. Now that they see you as young, it's natural that your attitude is a little loose." Yes, but there are also differences. Even if the cabinet's several academicians are more upright, they are almost all genuinely thinking about the emperor. The emperor also understands what other people say about their humiliation."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said nothing, this is the crux of the problem.

The most annoying thing is not that other people are whining in your ear, but that after the whining is over, this person really cares about you from the bottom of his heart, making you angry or not.Moreover, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and the other three are all the team left by Emperor Hongzhi for him. If they all give him all of a sudden, what will the world say about him?

"It depends on whether the emperor can be ruthless. At present, there are many old diseases in political affairs. Let alone take the posthumous edict left by the late emperor before he left, how much does the emperor think you can achieve?" Facing the emperor , Jiao Shizhi has always been outspoken.Before the death of Emperor Hongzhi, there were a bunch of unformed plans left behind, such as getting rid of redundant officials, removing extra eunuchs who supervised the army, and other things.Today, only two or three out of ten can be thoroughly implemented, and all of them are discounted.

Jiao Shizhi is just a courtier, and his thinking will be wrong, but he has seen a lot of things because of his foresight.Over the years, they have been sorted out one after another, and sometimes they can barely piece together a general idea.Just as he knew that a few months later, a bloody incident would begin, and that would be the time for the emperor and courtiers to tear each other apart and use eunuchs.

It is not impossible to use eunuchs, but the former is absolutely impossible!

No matter what, Jiao Shizhi will not sit back and watch this happen!

It is true that the emperor is the supreme being in the world, but there is no reason to fight alone at any time.If everyone around the emperor is against him, even if he insists on going his own way, many things will not be accomplished.Jiao Shizhi would never let things develop like that.

Even if history is shown in front of him in person, he will never admit defeat!

Jiao Shizhi knew that the emperor was thinking about what he said, and remembered what he was most worried about. After deliberating over and over again, he made up his mind and said, "Your Majesty, you know that in the previous dynasty, the late emperor often asked the Ministry of Households to ask for salt, and often Is there something about distributing salt to high-ranking officials?"

Zhu Houzhao was curious, "It's true, why did you bring it up?"

During the reign of Emperor Hongzhi, there were many people who made petitions to ask for salt, and most of them were relatives of the emperor.Since ancient times, businessmen have been chasing profits. Even though the royal family and nobles are not short of the money, is it possible for the money they earn to be handed over to the national treasury for the salt they have worked so hard to get?

Even after the death of Emperor Hongzhi, there were still many ministers in Shangshu who advised him on this matter, including the Minister of the Household Department Han Wen and Liu Jian and other cabinet scholars. At the beginning, Zhu Houzhao did give Yan Yin at the request of Queen Mother Zhang, but later the group The minister became more and more dissatisfied, and the voice of opposition became louder and louder. It was difficult for Zhu Houzhao to be a man in the middle. This was one of the reasons why he threw face some time ago.

Even today, half of the time is spent wrangling over it.

Right now since Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, apart from the enthronement ceremony, there is no other place to spend money, so the treasury is still sufficient, and Zhu Houzhao did not think of it.But when Jiao Shizhi mentioned it at this time, he still vaguely remembered that the household department owed [-] quotations.

"But Your Majesty, if this Yanyin is spent, what will we do when something happens at the border?" Jiao Shizhi said in a deep voice.

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment. He was different from Emperor Hongzhi in one point, that is, although Emperor Hongzhi was a good emperor, he was weak in body. It would be difficult for him to get out of Beijing, let alone get on a horse.But Zhu Houzhao is different. He likes to ride and shoot, and he often practices, even if he is in a duel with Jiao Shizhi.

In the 18th year of Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi had just passed away, and the little border prince took this opportunity to plunder several towns on the border, and almost went straight to the capital.This matter is deeply engraved in Zhu Houzhao's heart, even though it is deeply buried in his heart, he wished he could go on the stage in person and kill people when there is no one else.

At this moment, when Jiao Shizhi's words teased her, her heart skipped a beat.

If, if...

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was wavering, Jiao Shizhi took the heat and said: "And your majesty, during this period of time, the humble officials are running outside, and many officials are quite dissatisfied with the affairs of the Zhang family. Please be careful, Your Majesty." Zhu Houzhao became annoyed as soon as Jiao Shizhi reminded him of this matter, during this period of time he was the most inhuman person, he must be the emperor.

"My mother's place is enough for my headache, can't these two uncles live in peace?" Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth.

Jiao Shizhi looked at the emperor's appearance and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, Your Majesty, I have a question from the humble official, I hope the emperor can answer the humble official."

"Tell me." Zhu Houzhao looked at Jiao Shizhi with his hands behind his back.

"Does your majesty intend to be a majesty who will last forever, just like the previous emperor, or to be an idle emperor who does nothing and just enjoys himself?" Jiao Shizhi's words are not without boldness, but Zhu Houzhao is somewhat used to Jiao Shizhi's boldness .

A few years ago, he persuaded Zhu Houzhao, who was still the prince at the time, to study and dare to use his life to persuade him. A year ago, when he entered the Qianqing Palace, he broke the seal of the East Palace and scolded the prince to wake him up. Thinking about it carefully, he seemed to have nothing he dared not do.But every time he does outrageous things, it's all for Zhu Houzhao. On weekdays, he is the most polite person.Thinking about it this way, Zhu Houzhao also felt a sense of warmth in his heart. He didn't think that Jiao Shizhi's words contradicted him at all, but thought it was a concern for him.

The same is true.

"Of course it's the former. Although I don't like to be restrained, it's settled, so there's nothing to regret. Do you want me to be a fatuous king?" Zhu Houzhao said half-jokingly.

Jiao Shizhi smiled wryly in his heart, if it develops according to history, maybe it will really develop into what the history books say.

"Then please take back the Yanyin, Your Majesty."

On the third day of the sixth month of Zhengde, the emperor issued an order to remove all the salts originally given to several merchants, and ordered them to return all the previous grants within a time limit.

On June 28th in Zhengde, Emperor Fu issued an order to take back a large amount of excess salt that was sent out by the previous court, including the royal family and nobles, including the eunuchs, and also the Zhang family.

The courtiers were happy at first, but the emperor finally relented and obeyed their words.Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao slashed directly at them afterwards.Among them, such as the Zhang family, such as some people involved in the interests of it, immediately filed a petition.Several Hou Ye went to the palace to cry with Queen Mother Zhang and intercede with Zhu Houzhao, but this time the emperor's attitude was very firm, and at this time Liu Jian and other cabinet scholars stood by the emperor's side to support them, even though the stormy sea, they could not be shaken at all established fact.

After this wave of limelight passed, it was the beginning of July in a blink of an eye, and it was finally time to finish everything.On this matter, the emperor took a tough attitude and demanded that everything be finished within one month, and the household department was exhausted.

After the court that morning, Xie Qian stood by the door and waited for Liu Jian, who was walking at the end. When there was no one around, he said with a smile, "Mr. Liu Ge, would you like to have a hand with me?"

Liu Jian's old god was there, without raising an eyelid, "I don't want to."

Xie Qian:

Li Dongyang, who found these two laggards, looked curiously at Xie Qian's shriveled appearance, and said with a smile: "What did you say to provoke him? You always don't have a long memory."

Xie Qian raised his eyebrows, "Why did it become me to provoke him? Obviously, I very respectfully invited him to talk with me, because he is unreasonable."

It's a wonderful experience for two people who are almost [-] years old to argue in front of them. Li Dongyang decided to leave this wonderful experience to others, and turned around to leave. Unexpectedly, there was something wrong with the corner of his clothes.

Why can't I move?

Turning around, Xie Qian smiled gently: "Why don't you talk about it?"

This time it's Li Dongyang's turn:

In the end, the three pavilion elders still made a group, were dragged away by Xie Qian, and gathered in Xie's mansion.

Li Dongyang looked at Xie Qian's appearance of pouring tea, and didn't bother to pay attention to his pretending to be mysterious. He said directly: "It's not easy for the few of us to get together. You shouldn't let us see how you make tea? After watching it a few times I’m tired of seeing it for years, so I might as well do it myself.” After all, they are all in important positions, and if they often meet together for no reason, they are easily suspected of forming a clique for personal gain.

"I just thought something was wrong with the emperor's movements during this period, so I wanted to ask Mr. Liu what he knows?" It is normal for you to come and go in officialdom, but they are different.At their level, since their minds are focused in one place, they don't bother to rack their brains to say those bureaucratic words.

"Jiao Shizhi looked for me." Liu Jian confessed, reaching out to pick up the teacup that Xie Qian had just put in front of him, and said relaxedly.

"Jiao Shizhi?" Li Dongyang frowned, "The servant next to the emperor?"

"That's right." Liu Jian said calmly, but that was all he said, and he refused to say more.

But that's enough.

The cabinet is indeed loyal to the imperial power, but if it is said that they do not have their own careful thinking, then they certainly do not exist.One emperor and one courtier, the people who were easy to use by Emperor Hongzhi did not mean that Zhu Houzhao would also like to use it.Now that the Son of Heaven is young, there is still some desire to try to make the Emperor obey them while the Emperor is still young.

Otherwise, the matter of salt introduction is indeed of great importance, but there is no need to persecute it so far.

……

Jiao Shizhi approached Liu Jian after careful consideration.

After all, Liu Jian, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, is a weathervane for the courtiers. When many people don't know how to act, most of them will act according to the face of the chief assistant.The people in the cabinet are not all monolithic. Everyone has their own thoughts. Although they get along well on the surface, they are all people who have their own persistence. Under such circumstances, to find a suitable candidate is to Especially important.

The good thing about Liu Jian is that he is stubborn, but he also respects etiquette.It's hard to change his mind, but if it succeeds, everyone will be happy.

Jiao Shizhi approached Liu Jian in mid-June, that is, before the emperor issued the order for the second time.The concierge of the Liu family recognized Jiao Shizhi's post, and hurriedly sent it inside.Jiao Shizhi would pick the time again, it happened to be the time when Liu Jian was taking a bath, and he was welcomed in quickly.

Liu Jian was very surprised when he received Jiao Shizhi's call letter, because he didn't know why Jiao Shizhi came to him.Although he and Jiao Shizhi are officials in the same dynasty and have spent a lot of time in contact, Jiao Shizhi and him have no connection at all in terms of work. Could it be because of Jin Yiwei's affairs?Or is there a place to hide corpses in the Liu residence?

I have to say that sometimes Liu Ge's brains are quite big.

So when Jiao Shizhi spoke, Liu Jian was indeed taken aback.

He didn't expect that Jiao Shizhi would come to talk to him about the emperor alone.

Liu Jian looked at the calm Jiao Shizhi with great interest, and said with a smile: "Jiao Shizhi, do you know that you have gone too far?" If Liu Jian hadn't had a good impression of him before, if someone else dared to speak nonsense in front of him like this, Liu Jian would have been kicked out a long time ago.

Jiao Shizhi nodded, and said softly, "Old Liu Ge is right."

"Then why do you still come here and tell me what the emperor thinks in front of me? According to you, aren't you afraid of what the old man will do because of this?" Liu Jian said.

Jiao Shizhi smiled suddenly, and that smile was so radiant that Liu Jian also felt pleasing to the eye and relaxed.

"Believe me, Mr. Liu Ge will definitely not do this. Or maybe you will never dare to do this." Jiao Shizhi said decisively.

"That's not sure." Liu Jian smiled deeper.

"Mr. Liu Ge, you are right about what is going on today, but the emperor is also right. If you can change your communication method a little bit, the current situation will not happen. The emperor is soft-hearted. If your lord really wants to confront Maimang, what will happen in the end, I think the old man who has been in the officialdom will understand better than the humble one." Jiao Shizhi did take a huge risk when he came to find Liu Jian this time, but if he didn't, With the emperor's aggressive approach, throwing it out all at once will definitely arouse the resistance of the officials.

At that time, if the blow is too severe, the Emperor Bao Buli will be completely furious.

Liu Jian pondered for a moment, raised his eyebrows and said, "Since there are mistakes, then correct them. If there are no mistakes, you can encourage them. As the emperor, the emperor should be tolerant of all rivers."

Jiao Shizhi's smile remained unchanged, "Does Mr. Ge really understand what the word "emperor" means?"

It means that even if he quits the job and completely breaks the rules, he will never be the one who suffers the most!

"You are right. The reason why the emperor is the emperor is that he can accommodate all rivers. But now the emperor is young and vigorous, and he has a wild temperament since he was a child. Even if there is something wrong with him, it is natural. Old Liu Ge shoulders the responsibility of the late emperor. Please, since you know there is another easy way to go, why do you still have to take the thorny path? Could it be that Mr. Liu Ge is really preparing for the eternal glory?" Jiao Shizhi said earnestly.

"Jiao Shizhi, you really dare to say anything, you don't want to live anymore?" Liu Jian shook his head and cursed with a smile, did he really think he couldn't understand the meaning of his words?Since ancient times, most speech officials have never been afraid of imperial power, and dared to speak out in the Golden Luan Hall. Some were killed by the emperor in court and beaten to death; Basically recorded in the annals of history, spread through the ages.

Isn't Jiao Shizhi blatantly accusing him of ulterior motives in front of him?

Jiao Shizhi was stunned for a moment, recalling what he said just now, shook his head again and again, and said shyly: "Humble job really doesn't mean that."

Liu Jian waved his hand to stop his repeated arguments, and sighed.Even if Jiao Shizhi really didn't mean it, but he just heard such a meaning from an unrelated sentence, doesn't it mean that he might have such a meaning in his heart?Could it be that he really didn't see that the emperor was young, and that he had his own selfish interests mixed in when assisting him?

People cannot truly introspect themselves, because human nature is inherently selfish.

Jiao Shizhi didn't dare to think that he could change Liu Jian's view with just one conversation, and asked Liu Jian to see him many times, which finally led to the result on June 28.

Jiao Shizhi didn't tell Zhu Houzhao the whole process.

It is too dangerous for him to go to Liu Jian, and there may be too many mistakes.If Liu Jian is not willing to listen to his advice at all, just beat him out?And what if Liu Jian told other people?Or did the emperor know about it during this process?Or Liu Jian defected?

All of these pose a great threat to him, especially if the matter fails and leaks to the emperor, facing the evidence that Jiao Shizhi frequently met Liu Jian, how should the emperor guess?Even if he could argue that it was for the emperor, who would believe it?

He took such a big risk, bet on Zhu Houzhao's trust, and bet his own life to win over Liu Jian, just to completely change the split between Zhu Houzhao and Baiguan in the first year of Zhengde.Even if it is a few years later, the emperor is still a young man, he is impulsive and impetuous, if something irreversible happens in this matter, it will be difficult to reverse it even in the future.

Even if this dispute is only postponed for a year or two, the emperor will be much more prepared than now.Since ancient times, there was no emperor who could not fight with civil and military officials, but he had never seen one that was as vicious as what Jiao Shizhi saw and predicted.The emperor is indeed intelligent, but precisely because of his intelligence, he can't stand the coaxing and persuasion of the officials. Such methods are simply adding fuel to the fire for him.

Otherwise, why would Jiao Shizhi think so hard, and he would have to change this.

To change the way the emperor gets along with all the officials, the first step is to persuade Mr. Liu Ge.

Obviously, Jiao Shizhi did a good job at this first step.