The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Yan Chengjin stood up and bowed to Li Dongyang, "Master Li, did you ask me to come here? Do you have a solution?"

Li Dongyang is a shrewd man. He and Jiao Fang are brothers in the same school, so he knows Jiao Fang's temper better.

"Although Jiao Fang is a man of great calculus, he doesn't even take me seriously, but..." Li Dongyang looked at Yan Chengjin deeply with a strange look on his face.

You kid, I can't find any handle from beginning to end. Jiao Fang is like a grasshopper with a thin piece of meat scraped off its legs, and there is nowhere to start.

Yan Chengjin saw that Li Dongyang didn't speak, and reminded him: "But what?"

"But you are careful every day, and you are monitored by the Jinyiwei when you go out, and you are on duty in the Censorate, so you don't have to worry too much."

Li Dongyang said lightly.

"..."Yan Chengjin.

Jiao Fang has done many evil things. If they really set their sights on him, how could they let him escape easily?

Unlike Zhou Jing and Fu Han, who are honest and upright, Jiao Fang unites the civil officials in the court and has a good relationship with Shouning Hou.

Coming out of the pavilion, I saw Li Qing'e walking eastward.

"Miss, Lord Yan is more energetic than the last time he came to the mansion. You and your son-in-law go to the back hall, and I will stop the master." The fat maid was delighted.

Yan Chengjin turned his head and saw Li Dongyang standing up, looking at this side angrily, and Xie Qian watched the excitement with interest.

Li Qing'e heard from the servants that Yan Chengjin came to the mansion and deliberately came from the backyard to the middle yard. Her cheeks blushed slightly: "Feng Jiao likes to speak frankly, Lord Yan, don't take it to heart."

My father has never liked Lord Yan, so why would he invite him to come and talk.

After a while, Li Qing'e asked worriedly, "Is there anything wrong with Lord Yan?"

"Nothing, I just came to chat at the mansion and gave Lord Li a pot of grape wine." Yan Chengjin knew that for Li Qing'e's reputation, he couldn't flirt for too long, so he said, "I'm leaving."

Li Qing'e looked expectantly, looked at Yan Chengjin's back, and walked out of the mansion.

Feng Jiao stamped her feet and said, "Doesn't the young lady like the son-in-law?"

"Daddy is here, don't talk nonsense, be careful that the father will punish you and not allow you to eat." Li Qing'e reminded her, and the fat maid shut her mouth tactfully.

After leaving the gate of Li's mansion,

He Neng said with a worried face: "Jiao Fang is narrow-minded, let's write a letter and tell the master?"

"Do you know Jiao Fang?"

"All the officials in the capital know that Jiao Fang was a cabinet minister in the previous dynasty, and the master had written a memorial to him, but the master was a small official, and he didn't take it seriously..."

Yan Chengjin could imagine that his father was furious and cursing.

The most unsuccessful thing for a censor is that the impeachment memorials he wrote were ignored by his opponents.

Jiao Fang was very special among the officials of the six ministries.

In the previous dynasty, he was already a cabinet minister, but he got in through the back door and was recommended by Wan An.

He then committed a crime and was demoted to Guizhou. In the Hongzhi Dynasty, he was transferred back to the capital to serve as an official.

However, in the Zhengde period, with the help of Liu Jin's relationship, he became the cabinet's chief minister.

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Jiao Mansion, a mansion with five entrances and five exits.

In the main hall, Jiao Fang changed into loose and gorgeous clothes. He was framed by Peng Hua and Wan An, but he was never imprisoned.

"It's all your nephew's fault. He caused me to be in jail for five days and suffer a lot!"

Concubine Qiao raised her hand and held the silk to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Dad, don't blame Aunt Qiao, it's Qiao Xinyuan who should die." Jiao Huangzhong wiped Qiao's tears and comforted her: "Aunt, don't cry, it's Dad's fault, it's all Dad's fault."

Jiao Fang was so angry that his teeth creaked. He took a deep breath and calmed down: "How dare a small censor of the Censorate implicate me."

Madam Huang comforted: "Master, it's not easy to return to the mansion. These few days... it's better not to provoke His Majesty."

"If Yan Chengjin is not removed, I can't enter the cabinet, and I'm afraid I will lose my official position. This kid has always been cautious. I'm afraid... if I don't make trouble for him, he will make trouble for me."

Jiao Fang thought of Tu Yu and Fu Han, who all lost their integrity in their later years.

Although Yan Chengjin was a small official, he wrote powerful memorials.

He couldn't figure out where this guy got the handle.

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The Censorate,

Yan Chengjin walked into the duty room, Wu Kuan waved at him and said: "Lord Wang has returned home for mourning, you will go to the imperial lecture today."

Lord Wang is Wang Jingzhi of the Censorate, the old censor.

He is the representative sent by the Censorate to listen to the imperial lecture, just like the school in later generations sends people to listen to lectures.

It is not a difficult task, Wu Kuan finally asked him once.

Yan Chengjin agreed and went to Wenhua Hall, but saw Jiao Fang sitting in the audience.

"Wang Jingzhi?" Xie Qian, who presided over the imperial lecture, frowned slightly: "The lecture is not started yet, and it will be delayed for a quarter of an hour!"

Did Wu Kuan remember it wrongly, and he was not here to listen today? Yan Chengjin asked in surprise: "Lord Wang will give the lecture today?"

"Otherwise, what am I waiting for him for?"

Xie Qian said unhappily.

"Then I will speak for you. Today I will speak for Lord Wang."

The memorials of the Censorate do not need to go through the cabinet. Yan Chengjin estimated that Xie Qian and others did not know that Wang Jingzhi was in mourning.

Xie Qian stared at him, disliking his perfunctory attitude: "You haven't even prepared your lessons, how can you speak?"

The Imperial Lecture is a lecture for the emperor. Of course, Emperor Hongzhi was too busy, so he changed it to the crown prince, but he could not be careless either.

Yan Chengjin pulled out a handout from his sleeve: "When I came here, I anticipated this situation and brought a handout."

The faces of the officials twitched slightly.

Xie Qian lost his temper: "Then you speak."

Yan Chengjin walked up to the podium of the Imperial Lecture, blew away the dust on the platform, and placed the handout on the platform.

Zhu Houzhao saw him, his eyes lit up, "Old Gao, I want to listen to science today."

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

Xie Qian and others lowered their faces and shouted admonishment.

Zhu Houzhao's interest continued as if he hadn't heard anything.

Yan Chengjin didn't talk about physics and chemistry. Emperor Hongzhi came and stood outside the palace gate as if he didn't want to disturb him.

"I'm talking about moderation today. When a sage governs a country, the country can be doubled; when a great government governs the world, the world can be doubled. The reason for doubling the land is not to take land from outside, because the country eliminates its useless expenses...

This means that if a saint is in power in a country, the wealth of the country will be doubled. In other words, if a saint is in power in the world..."

This is Mozi's thought.

Zhu Houzhao's body swayed, he felt drowsy and about to fall down.

Yan Chengjin didn't care. Anyway, it was not told to him, but to His Majesty.

His Majesty advocates economy, and frugality is what appeals to him the most.

Outside the palace gate, Emperor Hongzhi nodded frequently, "The Yanqing family is always like this, and it coincides with me. Every time I come to listen to his banquet, I always feel enlightened.

It is a pity that this son is stable and does not often give advice in the court. "

Bah~Shameless flatterer.

Xiao Jing secretly spat.

Jiao Fang narrowed her eyes slightly and said after listening: "Master Yan is so brave. He dared to make disobedient remarks at the Sutra banquet."

Yan Chengjin was stunned.

The Jingyan lecture notes were prepared in advance, and the subject matter was carefully considered. It not only suits the taste of Emperor Hongzhi, but also implies the great principles of governing the country. It can be called the best lecture notes of the year.

Where is the disobedience?

There have always been few people finding fault with Jingyan.

As expected, just like in the history books, he was so restless.

"Master Jiao, what advice do you have?"

Jiao Fang's face turned cold: "Did you just say that saints govern the country?"