The boat has encountered something these days...it should be sorted out soon.

Xiaozhou will make up for the few chapters he owes as soon as possible. After so many years, Xiaozhou’s character is still reliable for the time being...

At the beginning of the month, I begged for all kinds of support...

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It was already late at night when Governor Yuan walked out of the palace.

Just now, Emperor Chongzhen invited him to stay in the palace and gave him this extremely high honor, but Governor Yuan hesitated again and again, and finally he reservedly rejected this beautiful thing that was full of glory and temptation.

Even if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them.

In his own professional field, Supervisor Yuan can "rely on his talents and be bold", but ~~, when it comes to vanity in some scenes, he naturally has to restrain himself.

Although Governor Yuan is arrogant and arrogant, he is by no means stupid. Otherwise, at the beginning of last year, he would not have licked his face and spent all his efforts to build a shrine for Eunuch Wei.

Governor Yuan may not have a very accurate grasp of the direction of the court at this time, but~~ he has a good grasp of the state of the court at this time.

In this current state, how could he be willing to ruin the reputation of a 'capable minister' that he had worked hard to build for more than ten years because of some inconspicuous things?

However, people are in high spirits when happy events happen, and horses are hoofed when the spring breeze brings joy.

When he walked out of the palace gate, Governor Yuan felt as if a tiger had wings and was about to fly to the sky.

He couldn't help but hum a tune from his southern hometown, and his whole steps became a little light and fluttery.

I thought to myself: "God is worthy of all your hard work. I, Yuan, have finally made it to this day."

Not far away, a dozen of Governor Yuan's house slaves also noticed that their master seemed to be in a pretty good mood today. They all bowed their backs and looked at them flatteringly, just waiting for their master to pass through the palace city.

If there is a warning line, I will come over quickly to ask for a blessing, and maybe even ask for some wedding money.

At this time, Governor Yuan heard the sound of hurried footsteps behind him. Someone panted heavily and rushed over, calling in a low voice: "Brother Yuan, Brother Yuan, please stay."

Governor Yuan frowned slightly and quickly turned his head to look at the person coming.

He thought to himself: "Who dares to be so rude in this important place of the palace?"

But after a moment, when he saw the face of the visitor clearly, he put on a smile and whispered: "Brother Xu, if you have something to do, you can just let me know. Why are you so anxious to come here in person?"

The visitor is the "senior" of Governor Yuan, who graduated in the 44th year of Wanli, and is now Xu Yuqing, a member of Emperor Chongzhen's entourage.

Governor Yuan had an old relationship with Xu Yuqing as early as more than ten years ago and had been favored by Xu Yuqing. He has maintained intermittent contact with Xu Yuqing all this time.

With Governor Yuan's temperament, this is already quite remarkable.

Not to mention, Xu Yuqing's identity at this time was that he was someone close to the emperor.

Xu Yuqing panted heavily, and it took him a while to calm down. As the two of them walked forward, Xu Yuqing whispered eagerly: "Brother Yuan, why did you put shackles on yourself in front of the emperor today?"

"shackles?"

Governor Yuan was immediately startled and said carefully, "Brother Xu, why did you say that?"

Xu Yuqing carefully scanned the left and right sides, and when he saw that he had already left the cordon of the palace city, he hurriedly whispered: "Brother Yuan, you, why did you promise the emperor time for Ping Liao? And it's only been five years?"

At this time, Governor Yuan also understood what Xu Yuqing meant, but a stone fell to the ground in his heart. He couldn't help but laughed softly: "Brother Xu, what do you think this is? It turns out to be this. This is just...

It was my expedient plan at that time. If I didn’t give the Emperor hope, things in Liao would not go so smoothly."

Xu Yuqing couldn't help but shake his head in shock.

Although he had already guessed that Governor Yuan was trying to 'fool the children', when Governor Yuan said it in person, he was still shocked, and cold sweat broke out from his back.

I couldn't help but whispered: "Brother Yuan, you are confused, confused. The emperor is a wise king, and he is a dragon and a phoenix among men. If one day, the emperor pursues Ping Liao's deadline, how should you deal with it?"

"Well?"

Governor Yuan was also stunned immediately.

At this time, although Governor Yuan had been an official for many years, his entire core was still in Liao, a place of exile.

To put it bluntly, in the Liao region, the literati were the majority, and there were many factions, fighting on their own. Governor Yuan was also used to being the master of the affairs. He actually had a good understanding of the rhythm of the entire officialdom, or in other words, the cruelty of the entire political struggle.

It's not clear and not enough.

But Xu Yuqing took the upright and traditional 'high road'.

Naturally, he felt the same for the fishiness and the joints involved, and his heart was filled with concern.

Seeing that Governor Yuan was still a little confused at this time, he already fully understood that his junior brother was obviously still surrounded by clouds and mist.

But Governor Yuan was not stupid after all. One look at Xu Yuqing's expression, and he already knew that he must have violated taboos in some places. He hurriedly said cautiously: "Brother Xu, I heard someone said that there is a beef shop in front of you.

Very nice, let’s go have a drink?”

Although Xu Yuqing was close to the emperor and a close minister of the emperor at this time, the position he was given was actually equivalent to the work of a consultant, aide, or even a secretary in later generations.

On the surface, it seems to be very prosperous, but in fact, it has no real power.

Both Xu Yuqing and Governor Yuan have passed their forties and have reached the prime of their lives. If Xu Yuqing has no ambition, how is this possible?

It's a pity that his position at this time is not enough for him to realize his ambition.

This is also a... a great sadness for the scholar-official class at this time...

Even if you are extremely talented, amazing, and have the talent to govern the world.

If you want to achieve your ambitions, achieve your wishes, and express the rift in your heart, you must also take it step by step until you reach a certain point.

To a certain extent, this is naturally a good thing, taking things step by step and not slowly.

But it must be understood that the most prosperous and beautiful years of life are just standing still, without confusion, and knowing the destiny.

Once you wait to join the cabinet, or to wait until you become the governor, you will have to be at least fifty-five, sixty, or even seventy or eighty.

Let’s not talk about whether people can live to this point with the nutritional conditions and medical environment at this time.

Even if he has lived to this point, the entire environment of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom can smooth the edges of stones and grind them into pebbles... not to mention people...

Not to mention, this is just a smooth sailing, the most ideal state. You must be able to survive until this time without tripping over the potholes on the road...

But there are tens of millions of people studying in the Ming Dynasty. In the end, how many people can make it to the end?

But~~, this does not mean that if you are talented, capable, and powerful, there is no room for you to display it. Then~~, you must find a way to 'surround Wei and rescue Zhao', and find another way, or in other words, change

A pattern.

To a certain extent, this is also the core reason why the party strife and chaos in the Ming Dynasty were like bamboo shoots springing up after a rain and weeds growing up after a fire. "Wild fire cannot burn it out, but the wind blows and it grows again."

At this time, although Governor Yuan is indeed a bit sophisticated in terms of human nature... some things make people feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable...

But Xu Yuqing had known Governor Yuan for many years, so he naturally didn't bother to pay attention to Governor Yuan's shortcomings in these details and nodded vigorously.

Governor Yuan was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly guided Xu Yuqing to his carriage.

If this kind of thing were to happen at the end of Wanli, even at the end of Tianqi, I am afraid that within a few moments, the news would be transmitted directly to the ears of the emperor or Eunuch Wei through the Jin Yiwei.

such a pity.

As time goes by, the world is getting worse!

The entire Ming Dynasty was in decline, and the finances were unable to make ends meet. Especially since Emperor Chongzhen had just dealt a heavy and decisive blow to the eunuchs, the Jinyiwei side had already begun to go downhill. At this time, everyone

It's too late to protect the capital, so how can I care about this?

In fact, although the political system of the Ming Dynasty seems a bit chaotic and confusing, in fact, its overall structure is still very clear.

In short, it can be divided into two parts, the inner court and the outer court.

The two involve each other, interact with each other, and balance each other.

After the Tumubao Incident, the Ming Dynasty went from its peak to its decline. There were indeed "evil eunuchs", but I'm afraid they were not as...so "evil" as the history books said.

Whether it was Liu Jin back then, Feng Bao, Wang An later, or even Eunuch Wei before him. They were all in fact outstanding among men.

It is the essence that has settled out of the bottomless filth of the palace.

As the old saying goes, ‘all things are relative’.

Where there is an action force, there must be a reaction force.

No matter who is on duty or administers the government, it will certainly not be able to satisfy everyone in the world.

What if people like Liu Jin and Eunuch Wei changed their identities and assumed the identity of the elders, even if they did something wrong, even if they did something big?

I'm afraid~~ the 'disciples and grandsons' below will definitely shout for them at the top of their lungs, "Well done, well done! My mentor is mighty. Mr. Ge is wise..."

But~, if it were people like Eunuch Wei or Eunuch Liu, even if they took even a slightly wrong step, they would be magnified infinitely and sprayed out.

In fact, even a trivial matter can lead to a fatal trigger!

After all, it’s the old saying: ‘The butt determines the head’!

'The king's flag changes at the top of the city, everyone takes a look at the food on the plate first...'

But compared with the emperor versus the elder, it is obvious that the inner court is easier to control.

Because the eunuchs in the inner court, no matter how old they are, are just old dogs raised by the royal family.

The emperor's words can determine his life or death!

Eunuch Wei's power is overwhelming, why~, Emperor Chongzhen just used a small plan to defeat Eunuch Wei like a mountain, without any ability to fight back?
To be continued...