The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Emperor Hongzhi looked calm: "Zhang Aiqing is the tutor of the prince and the emperor's grandson, and he will definitely join the cabinet to assist. The Yang Qing family is appointed by me, so you don't need to say anything more."

Yan Chengjin is still too young, and the prince is colluding with Yan Chengjin. Going too far is not enough, so continuing the restructuring may not be a good thing.

The cabinet needs remonstrators like Yang Shousui.

Li Dongyang bowed: "I second my opinion."

The disadvantages of restructuring may not be obvious in three years, but they may be exposed in five years. He also left a ray of hope for Yan Chengjin.

Yang Shou entered the cabinet with slightly lower qualifications than Han Wen, but his ability is not low.

The officials lowered their heads and had no objections.

Two new cabinet elders were added, and the cabinet room seemed small and crowded.

Yan Chengjin asked Emperor Hongzhi to order the Ministry of Works to cut out the walls of two rooms to double the office area.

Six book desks are arranged in a fan shape, and the rare classics are stacked like a mountain.

Yang Shousui read the music with a dark face. After two days, he found that Yan Chengjin read very few music. The princes held candles and read the music. This son was on duty before dark.

It’s a huge workload for the rest of you.

"Mr. Liu, why don't you divide the memorial into six equal parts and discuss important matters together?"

Liu Jian nodded, and the other four pavilion elders had no objections.

In an instant, the notes kept moving to Yan Chengjin's desk, which was taller than a human being. If I don't finish reading them today, they will be even higher tomorrow.

Yan Chengjin's eyes moved slightly, Yang Shousui made friends with hundreds of officials in the court and opposed the reform.

But he was honest and upright as an official. He was the second person besides Han Wen to be fined rice for offending Liu Jin. There was nothing impeachable about him.

Thinking about having to bear the pain of getting rid of another official, I couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

One day, early in the morning.

Yan Chengjin saw the notice from Ningxia. It was Zhu Chixiu, the king of Anhua, who asked for 300,000 taels to help the victims in the northwest.

Many people thought that when Zhu Houzhao was the emperor, only King Ning rebelled.

In fact, Zhu Zhixiu started his business earlier than Zhu Chenhao, but it was not well-established and his reputation was far less than that of King Ning.

It seems that I need to send a letter to my father.

Yan Chengjin looked at Yang Shousui and said, "Master Yang, there is a memorial here. It's hard for me to make a decision."

Yang Shousui was a little unhappy, but said, "Send it over."

The clerk sent the memorial to him, and Yang Shousui's calm expression changed slightly, and he gradually frowned. Three hundred thousand taels was not a small amount.

After some deliberation, I wrote down the ticket and put it in the memorial.

Soon, Shuzuo was sent to Fengtian Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't calm down for a long time. Seeing Yang Sui's decision, he couldn't help but ask: "When did the epidemic in Ningxia begin?"

Yang Shou followed and said: "It should be our country that was at war with the Tatars. There were many corpses left undisposed of, which caused the disaster."

After the war, there will be a great epidemic.

Yan Chengjin bowed: "I believe that if the relief money should not be given, if King Anhua has a rebellious intention, it will definitely lead to great chaos."

He still wanted to give Yang Suishou a chance.

If Yang Shousui opposed the reform just to exclude him, don't blame him for destroying officials with ruthless hands.

Just like the Qin Dynasty, the country was governed by Legalism or Confucianism.

The imperial court is not a place of charity. People with different ideas and beliefs should not be conspiring with them.

Yang Shou then saw Yan Chengjin and retorted: "There are many military households in Ningxia, so I made this vote after careful consideration."

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver and five thousand shi of brown rice were allocated for relief." Ningxia was an important place where military households gathered, most of them were the family members of the frontier soldiers, and Emperor Hongzhi felt the kindness of providing compensation.

"I obey the order," Wang Qiong said.

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Ningxia, Anhua Palace.

After Zhu Chixiu received the imperial edict ordering the vassal king to raise pigs, he discussed with his advisers for a long time that the pigs could not be raised.

The imperial court is getting stronger and stronger, and if we don't have enough troops, we may have no chance.

Repeated restructuring had already made the gentry dissatisfied. In addition, the safflower tax had not been abolished. This was an opportunity to raise troops.

"Is the banquet ready?"

A banquet will be held today for the guarding eunuch, the imperial censor Qianshi, the prefect of Ningxia and others, as well as an important person.

After killing the guarding eunuch Li Zeng, he looted the warehouses and burned the ferries on the Yellow River.

The counselor warned aloud: "Yan Kesong may not come."

The success or failure lies in killing Yan Kesong, leaving the three sides of Ningxia unguarded, and the border troops will not act rashly without the emperor's orders.

"If he doesn't come, I will kill him too."

Zhu Chixiu recruited 50,000 troops in Hetao and hid them in the mountains, plus thousands of troops including Yang Zhong, Li Rui, Zhang Qin and other frontier soldiers.

You can remove Yan Kesong in the military camp.

But if he comes, it can save a lot of trouble.

"Have the assassins set up an ambush?"

"Report to the prince, five hundred archers, one hundred crossbowmen, and three hundred assassins with swords are all hidden in the palace. The food and wine are also highly poisonous, so you will never come back," the counselor said.

The various bedrooms in the palace were filled with assassins.

King Anhua frowned slightly: "Where did you hire the poisoner? Is he poisonous?"

The counselor waved: "Liu Jin, come here."

Liu Jin was holding a knife to kill the chicken, but was stopped by the counselor, who walked over with a smile: "I have seen the prince!"

Zhu Zhixiu frowned: "Why is he a eunuch?"

The counselor stroked his beard with a smile and said: "He is not a eunuch, he was castrated by the Tatars. He is good at cooking and poisoning. He is really a rare talent."

"I'm going to prepare the banquet first."

After the Tatar camp was suddenly attacked by the Ming army, he fled in panic. Hearing that the prince was in Ningxia Mansion, he hurried over again, but the prince had already returned to Beijing.

Just as he was about to buy a horse and return to the capital, he heard that King Anhua wanted to buy a horse. Liu Jin knew immediately that his grandson was going to rebel.

"When we put down the rebellion, even that gentleman can't stop me from staying in the capital!" Liu Jin thought happily.

At this time, Ningxia's big tent.

Yan Kesong received a letter of invitation from the King of Anhua. He had been guarding the border in Ningxia for five years and had never had any contact with him. But this time, he was invited to the banquet.

If a border garrison commander made friends with a vassal king, he would be convicted of treason.

The King of Anhua was an old vassal king and knew the boundary between the vassal king and the border army.

"I will not go."

The envoy was panicked, but his face was calm: "Lord Yan is promoting a new policy of raising pigs throughout the country. I heard that Lord Yan is the son of the Marquis, so the prince wanted to invite the Marquis to discuss raising pigs."

What is there to discuss about raising pigs? Not only is it degrading, but it is also vulgar, but he still said it.

Yan Kesong would go to the banquet because it was related to Yan Chengjin.

Yan Kesong also heard it in Ningxia, and looked at Lin Song on the side: "I will go and sit down, thank you for guarding the camp."

"Okay!"

At night, Anhua Mansion was full of singing and dancing, and maids came with fine wine.

Zhu Zong said to Liu Jin: "Watch my gesture and bring the poisoned food up later."

The people in the palace had already eaten, so they would not eat to avoid accidental killing.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty."

The banquet began, Zhu Zong waved his hand, and Liu Jin ordered the maid to bring up the wine and food.

Yan Kesong said: "Your Majesty, do you want to discuss raising pigs?"

"My king called you here today because he wants to raise an army. If you don't agree, don't even think about leaving here!"

Suddenly, the door of the palace was closed, and the assassin drew his knife and walked out of the side room, and the guests were horrified.

Hundreds of arrows were pointed at the hall.

Zhu Zong looked at everyone with a cold face: "Those who don't want to follow me, drink the wine in the cup and you can leave!"

None of the officials dared to drink it, it must be poisoned wine.

With a clang, the wine cup was thrown to the ground.

"What does Anding Hou mean?"

Yan Kesong looked around angrily, these thieves actually joined forces to rebel.

"I don't want to start a rebellion."

"Kill him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Zongxian felt a cramp in his stomach, a stream of heat flowed out of his nose, and he fell to the ground.

The assassins in the mansion fell one after another, and the guests were stunned.

I saw a cook behind the screen, happily holding a sack and putting it on Zhu Zongxian's head, and cut it off.

"This, this..."

The action was smooth and flowing, obviously not the first time.

The guests looked at this person in shock.

Yan Kesong was stunned.