Chapter 85 Yan Song VS Xu Jie, a head-on battle, a peak confrontation, is coming!
Lu Fang and Lu Bing, who were sitting under the platform, looked at each other.
"Master, I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to do that, but he must have ulterior motives..." Lu Fang said slowly.
He naturally knew what Yan Shifan meant by saying this. He was telling his master that Prince Yu was all-powerful and overstepping his authority.
Judging from the master's previous temperament, or other emperors, Prince Yu would definitely be suspected of having rebellious intentions.
"This Yan Shifan..." Jiajing certainly understood that now the Yan Party and the Qingliu seemed to be fighting desperately. Yan Shifan's behavior was obviously for ulterior motives. "After all, he is too young and can't compare with his father!"
Lu Fang and Lu Bing looked at each other, lowered their heads slightly and stopped talking.
They could all see clearly what was happening in the hall. This was the prelude to a fight to the death between the Yan Party and the Qingliu Party.
Naturally, even if it meant offending Prince Yu and the words were a bit rash and reckless, the Yan Party had no scruples at this moment.
They were certain that after the border war was over, the Ming Dynasty would basically be stable, and that would be the time to rectify the administration of officials.
At that time, the winner will naturally eliminate the loser.
The Yan Party wanted to take this opportunity to bring back Prince Jing and then clean up Prince Yu's lineage, and Prince Yu naturally thought the same. When both sides were at the point of fighting to the death, who would care about what they said?
But they will never know what a high position the emperor is in now!
"The show is about to begin," Jiajing smiled. "In the eyes of Yan Song and Xu Jie, the battle between Yan Shifan and Gao Gong is not even on the same level."
"Next, these two will officially declare war in my Yuxi Palace. Everyone, follow their lead."
"Yes." Lu Fang and Lu Bing looked serious.
Almost as if cooperating with Jiajing, a steady voice was heard in the hall, revealing a sense of majesty.
"What the young minister means is, Your Highness Prince Yu, have you collaborated with the Japanese?" Xu Jie knew that this was the plan of the madman Yan Shifan.
The conspiracy with the Japanese was fake, and the madness was fake. The key point was to tell the emperor that Prince Yu had begun to cover up everything and had rebellious intentions!
They all knew very well what kind of character the emperor was.
Sensitive, selfish, suspicious, greedy, the emperor is most likely ill at this time. Let him know that his son had betrayed him long ago and coveted the throne?
What would the emperor think?
Yan Shifan's move really caught them off guard. They didn't expect that Yan's party's sinister intentions could be so subtle.
The death of Sang Min showed them that people from top to bottom in the southeast were dissatisfied with the practices of the Yan Party, and they also won the hearts of the people.
The national policy of replacing rice with mulberry trees will be more easily implemented in their hands. They thought that the Yan Party had run out of tricks and shot itself in the foot, but they did not expect that there was a hidden trap waiting for them here.
Xu Jie stood up, bowed slightly to Prince Yu, then turned around and glanced at the people behind him, signaling them to stay calm.
At this moment, the cabinet deputy minister, who had always served under Yan Song and always acted loyal and obedient, showed his skills for the first time, just like Yan Song did in Yuxi Palace at the beginning of the year.
He used his actions to tell Yan Song that you can have absolute power in the cabinet, and so can I, Xu Jie.
Yan Shifan's eyelids twitched when he noticed the difference in Xu Jie's aura at this moment. Why does this old guy look a bit like his father?
But he was not a coward after all, and he quickly adjusted his attitude.
"Old Xu, stop talking nonsense!"
Yan Shifan wanted to say that Prince Yu was colluding with the Japanese and that he had a rebellious heart. What's wrong with that!
But for the sake of face, he would not admit it.
He was giving face to the royal family and the emperor, not to this bunch of ignorant people.
"Tan Lun is that villain. Your Highness Prince Yu has been deceived by him. Do you know who the person who is colluding with the Japanese is that I'm talking about?"
"You are making trouble now. Are you trying to protect the guilty minister? Are you also involved in the collusion with the Japanese?" Another accusation was put on.
"Shifan," However, at this time, Yan Song's majestic and gentle voice sounded, "Don't talk nonsense!" "No one in the court is in cahoots with the Japanese!"
Yan Shifan's words were a bit of a random smear campaign, but they were ultimately minor matters in front of Xu Jie.
The emperor knows the affairs of the southeast best. Your move is too crude.
If you want to say that Prince Yu is usurping power, you can use other means. This is too obvious. The emperor's son is colluding with the Japanese? Ridiculous.
Tan Lun is Prince Yu's man, why would he be colluding with the Japanese? What's the benefit? He is in the territory of the Yan family in the southeast? Was he caught by your people, Yan Shifan? Did they find evidence against him? Kill him to silence him?
For the Yan family, the southeast is a place of defeat.
These excuses are totally untenable. If they continue to make irresponsible accusations, it will only make the man in the side hall impatient and question the abilities of the father and son.
"There are many doubts about the Sang Nong incident," Yan Song stood up and slowly saluted Prince Yu, then said, "I think the prefect of Hangzhou, the magistrate of Chun'an and others will be able to give justice."
"Right now, it is more important to discuss national policy." Having said that, Yan Song turned around, glanced at Xu Jie, and lightly brought up the farce caused by Yan Shifan and brought the topic back.
"Your Highness is a precious princess. If you hurt her, it will damage the foundation of the country. The cabinet really dare not trouble Your Highness."
After these words were spoken, Zhang Juzheng and others frowned.
This statement seems to be a compliment to Prince Yu, but it is full of thorns. A royal branch and jade leaf? Doesn't this mean that His Highness is not up to the task? And the phrase "the foundation of the country" is even more blatantly harmful.
The emperor hasn't appointed a crown prince yet, and you're already talking about the foundation of the country. What will the emperor think when he hears this?
However, at this time, with Yan Song speaking, everyone in the cabinet knew that the next battle would be between the Prime Minister and the Second Prime Minister.
It was not something they could interfere with at all. Even Prince Yu sat up straight and looked at Xu Jie and Yan Song.
Everyone knows that the current court structure is the same as it was back then, with only two factions and two people in the cabinet. The difference is that back then it was Yan Song and Xia Yan, and now it is Yan Song and Xu Jie.
After Xu Jie became the second prime minister, he was always tolerant of Yan Song and would never refute him. He believed whatever the prime minister said and always looked like he would not argue, as if to say, "Let him be as strong as he can."
But now, the empire has reached the critical moment of the final power change, and the second-in-command Xu Jie has to go all out and take action.
"I have a man who has recommended me," Yan Song continued in a slow voice, "his surname is Tang, his given name is Shunzhi, and his courtesy name is Yingde..."
Yan Song began to recount Tang Shunzhi's deeds.
Prince Yu naturally knew this person, but unfortunately, he, like Hu Zongxian, was a member of the Yan Party.
Although he is upright in his heart and can be regarded as a capable minister of the Ming Dynasty, and not one of the corrupt officials of the Yan Party, but now is the key to the change of power, and he cannot be soft-hearted when it comes to his stance.
After I inherit the throne, I might use this person, but now, it is absolutely not possible, especially for the position of Governor-General of Xuanda.
"I dare not agree with what Lord Yan said." After Yan Song spoke, Xu Jie stepped forward and bowed to Prince Yu.
"Shaohu, if you have any ideas, just say them out, hehe..." Yan Song did not seem angry at Xu Jie's rebuttal, and he always had a kind and smiling look on his face.
"It's all for the court, for His Royal Highness Prince Yu..."
For the good of His Royal Highness Prince Yu? Does this mean that the Yan Party and the Qingliu have already submitted to Prince Yu? What a sinister old man!
"Datong is a good place." Xu Jie did not respond to these overt and covert attacks, but spoke calmly.
"Well, Datong is a good place!" Yan Song nodded in agreement and continued slowly:
"Therefore, the person in charge is particularly important!"
At this moment, as Xu Jie and Yan Song spoke calmly and without any disturbance, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn inexplicably.
For a moment, everyone subconsciously shouted in their hearts, "Here it comes!"
The two top figures in the Ming Dynasty’s cabinet are finally going to have a peak confrontation today!
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(End of this chapter)
