Liang Chu called out and said, "What should we do about these things? Your Majesty will change. Let's visit Mr. Xie's condition first. Let's go and prepare for the court meeting. The first court meeting after this year should be prepared more fully."

Yang Tinghe breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You go back first, I will stay here and spend more time with Mr. Xie... If you have any questions, go back to the cabinet before you talk."

"Okay, meddleman, stay, we'll leave first." Liang Chu did not dare to stay in Xie's mansion for too long. After all, the cabinet affairs were busy and no one could be on duty for a long time.

After Liang Chu and Jin Gui left, Yang Tinghe returned to the house and asked others to retreat first.

After only Yang Tinghe and Xie Qian were left in the room, Yang Tinghe leaned over and whispered: "Old Xie, Your Majesty is gone."

Xie Qian still didn't open his eyes and asked in a muffled voice: "I heard that Your Majesty has resumed the court discussion?"

"That's what I said."

Yang Tinghe was not surprised that Xie Qian suddenly spoke, it was obvious that the two had communicated before.

Yang Tinghe continued, "It seems to be related to yesterday's Xuhou's visit to the saint... Today's Xuhou himself said he couldn't get sick, so he still didn't know the specific reason."

Xie Qian sighed and said, "Your Majesty's mind is not about court affairs. Even if you are stimulated for a while, it will be difficult to last. However, with such an emperor, those who are ministers can only learn to adapt. If you have anything to ask directly during court discussions, you will have other concerns!"

Yang Tinghe originally wanted to say something, but seeing Xie Qian's attitude firm, he could only sigh and accept: "I know what to do."

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He said he knew what to do, but Yang Tinghe did not make up his mind.

He was a little embarrassed. If he did not comment on the matter of sending troops as Zhu Houzhao said, it would go against Xie Qian's intention to directly advise, as if Xie Qian endured humiliation and lost his meaning.

If the advice is made, it will affect the relationship between the monarch and the ministers. The emperor is likely to no longer hold any court discussions in the future and everything will return to the old view.

Yang Tinghe was thinking about how to find a compromise. In his opinion, he had to insist on and compromise on this matter. The key was how to grasp a good degree.

At this time, Shen Xi seemed calm and stayed in the mansion to rest quietly. There were many people coming to ask for a meeting that morning, but Shen Xi still chose not to see him.

It was not until Li Jue arrived that Shen Xi had to come out of the inner courtyard.

Li Li explained the previous emperor's condition to visit Xie Qian and the situation that he was unable to meet the saint, and at the same time expressed the difficulties of Wu Dynasty that day.

"...The shipbuilding funds are not easy to dispatch. The Ministry of Revenue cannot provide much silver for shipbuilding. Originally, the Ministry of War was responsible for it, but now you don't have to pay for it in the mansion. This matter will eventually be coordinated by the Ministry of Works."

Shen Xidao: "How much money is missing?"

"Your Majesty arranged to build ten large ships first, with a budget of 500,000 taels, which is obviously not enough." Li Wu said, "Even if it is 500,000 taels, the court cannot produce them. There is no corresponding budget in the major expenditure of the Ministry of Works. If you want to build all ten warships... I am afraid there is no one million taels of silver."

Shen Xi shook his head and said, "Since the Ministry of Works does not have so much money and has not arranged the budget, of course, I have to propose it to His Majesty. It will be useless for you to ask me."

Li Wu said: "In the past, Master Xie said that he could not use the imperial treasury to build a ship. It was probably the same as the previous battle against the Tatars. Unplanned projects must be separately listed outside the budget, which means to raise them by themselves. But this time, it is different from last time, and it is not so urgent. I want to ask if you can take your Majesty back and become your life?"

Chen Xi thought about it and shook his head, "Probably not. Your Majesty is very enthusiastic about shipbuilding. It is possible to build ten ships at the beginning and dozens of ships in the future."

"Oh! I have to build a ship without money. Isn't this causing trouble for myself?"

Li Jue seemed helpless, "This annual budget review of the Ministry of Works has become a problem. Xie Laoka's budget is very tight. Now the review period has passed. Can you propose the possibility of increasing the budget with Your Majesty? Will this... affect Mr. Xie's perception of the Ministry of Works?"

Chen Xi shook his head: "If you don't have silver, you can only apply to the court. If you look forward to the front and back, it's hard to cook without rice... When the court talks, His Majesty will understand. As for Mr. Xie, don't he understand that the Ministry of Works cannot make things out of thin air? This basic rule is not followed by how much money you have to do. It is not a benevolent minister to rely solely on pressure to make others submit."

Li Jue finally nodded: "I understand that I still have to apply for the money I should ask for, otherwise I will not be able to complete the errand."

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Before noon, officials of the sixth rank and above in the capital, including ministers, doctors, chief officials, deputy officials of the Three Laws and subordinate officials, ministers, young ministers, senators, ministers, Hanlin scholars, attendants, lecturers, nobles of the Five Army Governor's Office, and commanders of the Jingwei Generals, and generals of the Jingying camp were waiting outside Fengtian Gate.

It was not a summoned in the Ganqing Palace that day, but a grand court meeting, and all etiquettes were carried out according to the grand court.

After the ministers arrived, there were crowds of discussions, because they guessed that the emperor would not arrive very early. Since Zhengde ascended the throne, they have become accustomed to waiting for the emperor for several hours every time the court debate is held.

It is almost a common practice to not see the emperor until sunset. They are not in a hurry at all. For most civil officials and generals in the court, there is nothing they pay attention to in the court. Only the senior officials will be worried about the emperor's transfer of border troops into the pass, the Beijing camp to suppress rebellion, or the Japanese pirates rampage on the seas and other matters.

The ministers waiting outside Fengtian Gate were very relaxed. When Xie Qian and Shen Xi did not attend, the civil servants were basically led by Liang Chu, Yang Yiqing and Hong Zhong.

The officials of the cabinet ministers and the Hanlin Academy were basically around Liang Chu, Yang Ting and around. As for the officials of the Six Ministry and the Honglu Temple and other yamen, they were very close to Yang Yiqing, while the people of the Three Laws were centered on the Zuodu Censor Hong Zhong.

Although Zhu Houzhao did not care about the affairs of the court, the structure of the court personnel has been relatively fixed in the past two years. Except for those who retired due to their old age, the rest of the officials basically do not have to worry about being demoted, especially officials at the ministry or above, who lived in the court very comfortably.

As for the military generals, Zhang Mao, Zhu Hui and others were the center. This time, the people who were paying attention were Cui Yuan, the princess Yongkang.

A group of people were talking, and some people were walking back and forth between several circles. What they said was basically related to their usual errands. On the contrary, it was Zhu Houzhao's military transfer, Xie Qian was sick due to anger, Chen Xi was sick and restless.... It was not that the people present did not care, but they felt that it was not appropriate to discuss such things at the moment, so they simply chose to ignore them.

At noon, just as people were talking, a team of guards suddenly came over from afar, but saw Zhang Yuan walking in front, following behind him were the border guards that Zhu Houzhao had recently used.

The civil servants and generals quickly returned to their positions according to their yamen and official ranks. Soon, Zhang Yuan came close and said loudly: "Your Majesty is here!"

Before everyone could react, shouldn’t the emperor meet with the ministers in front of Fengtian Palace? How could he choose to discuss matters outside Fengtian Gate?

They couldn't help but think that the emperor had a conflict with Xie Qian before, which also happened outside Fengtian Gate. At that time, they had doubts about the location where Zhu Houzhao met with the court officials, and this time they felt even more awkward.

Because this was the emperor's intention, they could not object. Soon, they saw the magnificent imperial carriage coming here. This time, he was not even prepared for the imperial throne. Zhu Houzhao directly asked someone to carry his imperial carriage to the steps in front of Fengtian Gate, and sat on the imperial carriage and did not get off, nor got up.

"See my emperor!"

Liang Chu and Yang Yiqing led civil servants and generals to salute.

Zhu Houzhao seemed very easy-going: "You're welcome. Today, I'll discuss something. You can talk to me if you have anything to do... But let me agree first. I don't have so much spare time. If I'm not in a hurry, I can tell Zhang Yuan that he will tell me the details in the future."

The emperor's voice was not loud, and his voice could not be heard far in the vast area.

However, due to the late notification, there were only more than 400 civil servants and military generals present today, and they were divided into ten rows, with only 40 people in each row. Except for the people in the back row that could not hear clearly, the people in the middle and front row basically understood what the emperor was saying. They had long been used to the slang used by Zhu Houzhao. This is an emperor who never talks around in circles and always talks about things.

Before the ministers could make any statement, Zhang Yuan stepped forward and shouted in a relatively sharp voice: "Your Majesty has an order, and you have something to report! You have no need to retreat to the court!"

Like the emperor, the group of people around Zhu Houzhao were not from professional backgrounds. Zhang Yuan had never even been to the inner study room of the bento boss and the supervisor of the seal. He said anything the emperor said directly in slang, which seemed inappropriate.

Liang Chu never thought about what to say.

Because the emperor did not care about the affairs of the court, he found ways to complete everything in the court, and could not make a decision to submit a memorial to the Tongzheng Envoy, and waited for Xie Qian or Zhang Yuan to make instructions... When the emperor did not ask about the affairs of the court, Zhang Yuan and Xie Qian were two prime ministers in the court, one inside and one outside.

So when Xie Qian was sick and rested, Liang Chu naturally believed that if there was anything, the cabinet could handle it himself. Even if the emperor was informed, it would not be much helpful. Whether the emperor would personally criticize it was not that important.

However, the emperor had made arrangements for some matters that could not be decided by the ministers and involved in sending troops. Liang Chu did not have much objection to these things. As the acting chief assistant appointed by the emperor when Xie Qian was sick and retired, he would not jump out and sing a stage drama with Zhu Hou.

But Yang Tinghe's personality is different from his, and he is also carrying Xie Qian's entrustment.

Yang Tinghe, who was in the middle of the city, came out to salute: "Your Majesty, I have a memorial."

"explain."

Zhu Houzhao was not far from Yang Tinghe, so he raised his hand and said.

Yang Tinghe held a tablet in his hand and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the rebellion in the Central Plains is getting worse and more serious, endangering the capital. Although the imperial court had transferred people from Xuanfu and Jing camp to quell the rebellion, it still had no improvement. It would be better to mobilize people from Nanzhili and Huguang to quell the rebellion."

"Um?"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning when she heard this.

Xie Qian and Yang Tinghe have always opposed the emperor's move to mobilize troops from other places to quell the chaos, which made Zhu Houzhao feel that the Chinese officials in the court should not agree to let him mobilize troops from other places, and Yang Tinghe's advice was completely contrary to his ideas. He intuitively felt that there were some conspiracies behind it.

Before Zhu Houzhao could make any statement, Zhang Yuan spoke first.

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Yang said should be suspended. The imperial court dispatched two groups of people to cooperate with the Henan Governor and other places to suppress the bandits and horses to quell the rebellion. No further news has been heard, and it is not necessary to dispatch troops from other places. Now there is still a rebellion in the southwest and the coast is not pacified. It is too urgent to recruit people to go north at this time."

Yang Tinghe glared at Zhang Yuan, as if he felt that the other party was not qualified to provide advice in front of the emperor. Even if the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, in his eyes, he was just a miscellaneous person. Major affairs of the court needed to negotiate with the monarch and ministers, and no royal slave could be involved.

But Zhu Houzhao agreed with Zhang Yuan's opinion and nodded, "What Eunuch Zhang said is reasonable. Now it is not a rebellion in the Central Plains. I have transferred people from Xuanfu and the capital to the Central Plains. Only a few days have passed? I will say that the rebellion is not good. Isn't it said that my previous rebellion was futile? Let's talk about it when the rebellion is reported."

After hearing what Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Yuan said, the ministers present thought it was very reasonable.

As for Yang Tinghe's suggestions, it's more like arguing. People who are familiar with Yang Tinghe also know that he is unlikely to support mobilizing troops from the local area to the Central Plains. Unless there is a strong commander, the chaos created by foreign troops alone will be difficult to solve.

Yang Tinghe refused to give in: "The Central Plains is close to the capital, which will inevitably affect the stability of the capital. As for the rebellion in Bashu, it is just a tribal rebellion. The place can quell it on its own and do not focus all its energy on the rebellion in the Central Plains, and the main and secondary are not distinguished."

Zhu Houzhao's face was full of displeasure when she heard this, and even showed a look of impatientness.

Zhang Yuan said: "Sir Yang, is it your Majesty who is inseparable from the primary and secondary who you say refers to Your Majesty? In order to stabilize the world as soon as possible, Your Majesty not only personally conquers the northwest, but also works hard for the rebellion of the Central Plains and personally formulates a plan to send troops. But you just talked and said that the primary and secondary are not distinguished from the primary and secondary. Even after Your Majesty arranged it, he tried to advise and stop it. How dare you ask, the better countermeasure that Mr. Yang thought of is to recruit people from the south?"

When the emperor met with the minister, a eunuch stood up and openly questioned the cabinet ministers, which in many cases could be regarded as unreasonable.

However, since Emperor Chenghua, the status of the Sili Supervisor in charge of seals gradually became prominent. By the time of Zhengde, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet was controlled by the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, allowing Zhang Yuan to stand up and fight against Yang Tinghe without the emperor's instructions.

Yang Tinghe said: "If the army is led by Shen Zhihou, the Minister of War, can be quickly resolved by the difficulties of the Central Plains."

Zhang Yuan sneered and didn't say anything again, looking as if saying, "I have already greeted you, telling you not to mention military matters casually, especially not to question Your Majesty's decision. If you do it specifically, no one can help you!"

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "How many times have I said that you should not mention the fact that you are a ministry leader! Do you not remember it in your heart? While saying that Shangshu Shen was in court and was unruly, he even impeached him to retire earlier, but he asked him to go to war when the Ming Dynasty was in trouble... What are you? Give him a bone when he was using it, and give him a stick when he was not using it?"

The emperor's metaphor is very vulgar, but the truth is very clear.

While you attacked Shen Xi for power, you let Shen Xi take action when something happened. Are you schizophrenia?

Yang Tinghe also wanted to continue to make suggestions and state the superiority of Chen Xi's leadership of troops. Zhu Houzhao raised his hand: "The matter of Chen Shangshu leading troops to the expedition cannot be mentioned again. This is my limit. If anyone wants to continue to oppose me, then he will go back to his hometown to grow sweet potatoes early. I see that he can't do anything other than farming."

If Xie Qian had been the case, he would have been talking nonstop, but Yang Tinghe knew to restrain himself.

When Yang Tinghe discovered that the emperor's attitude was not good, he immediately stopped talking and lowered his head as if he was thinking about something.
Chapter completed!