Yan Song's retirement life is not very comfortable.

After he and Yan Shifan were arrested from Nanjing, they were placed under house arrest in a villa in Xishan, Beijing. This villa was Lu Bing's old house. Although the decoration was luxurious, it lost its freedom and power. No matter how luxurious the house was, it was just a prison.

When the Yan family and his son were arrested and entered Beijing, many people thought that they must die after liquidation, but Xu Jie was inclined to save their lives.

Xu Jie secretly told Ding Rukui: "The evil Yan Song did was mostly based on the desire of the emperor. If Yan Song was investigated, where would the emperor be placed?" At this time, Jiajing was also under house arrest. The old emperor was dealt with coldly, and Xu Jie was unwilling to have anything that could make the old emperor come back to the public opinion again.

After hearing the news, Jiang Yifan advised Li Yanzhi to put pressure on Beijing to severely punish Yan Song. However, Li Yanzhi said: "What are you going to kill him? If he is still in the position of prime minister, he will naturally be dragged off the horse no matter what. Now he has stepped down. Even if he is left alone, what else can he do with his current reputation? Let's leave it to Master Xu to deal with it."

Therefore, the Yan family and his son saved their lives. After many setbacks, Lao Yan was already discouraged. Xiao Yan refused to give up completely. They were not free to enter and exit, but the housekeeper occasionally had to go out to buy some household miscellaneous items. Yan Shifan maintained a little contact with the outside world through this channel. At this point, the Jinyiwei's supervision of them was not as strict as that of Jiajing.

That day, he heard that Li Yanzhi submitted a memorial and Xu Jie presided over the presidency of the kings and princes. Yan Shifan was overjoyed when he heard this, "This is equivalent to reducing the vassals! The kings will be very upset! The surname of Xu, the surname Li, will suffer!"

Yan Song shook his head and said, "It's useless. The kings divide their titles but do not tinen the land, the titles but do not follow the people, the food and wealth but do not govern the affairs, they only have a reputation and enjoy a rich fortune. They cannot use their talents and wisdom and courage. Not to mention that Xu Jie is now trying to cut off their support, even if they want to kill them, they will have nothing to do."

Yan Shifan was still smarter than his father. At this time, he knew that he could not affect the political situation. He just watched Xu Jie and Li Yanzhi slaughter the country. However, he hated Li Yanzhi very much, so even if Li Yanzhi was in trouble, he gloated and said, "Although the princes were unable to raise their troops, there were always some contradictory words. It was a great pleasure to curse someone for us."

The matter is really as he and his son said. Although the kings complained and even cried, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the system of guarding against the kings was extremely strict and the ban was extremely secret! Even the kings had to apply for the tombs to go out to visit the city, and there were even the orders that the "two kings" did not meet each other. These measures were originally because the emperor was afraid that the princes would collude and rebel, but now Xu Jie used it, but they could not connect them to support the emperor. Although Zhu Yuanzhang established the kings to protect the capital, the little emperor was still alone in Beijing.

The kings wanted to quarrel with the central government, Xu Jie said: "Although Emperor Taizu established the system of the clan mansion, Taizu had only a dozen sons at that time, but now he had thousands of descendants. The situation is different. This is called this time and that time." He also said: "The reform of the clan is not about the reform of the ancestors, but whether it is beneficial to the clan relatives and to the Ming Dynasty."

These two sentences are the original words of King Zhou and King Lu. Xu Jie took out these two sentences to return them. Not only King Zhou and King Lu were annoyed, but the other kings also resented that they were too much talk!

This year, Empress Dowager Du passed away, and there was a bolt from the blue in Beijing. Yan Shifan sat in the villa in Xishan to point out the sky and scolded: "Li Zhe, Li Zhe! You must die well! This thunder shouldn't be here, but you should go to the southeast to chop that bastard!" A few days later, the housekeeper who had gone out to meet with Wei Liangbi was suddenly arrested. Yan Shifan suddenly became scared again, worried that he had an affair with the Beijing officials were Xu Jie. Li Yanzhi discovered that after two days, the housekeeper was released, and Gao Gong was also present at the same time as him.

Gao Gong walked around the house and said to Yan Song: "Fenyi, the Master of Pavilion and the Governor are good to you. As a late child, I would like to advise you not to be troubled in the future!"

When the Yan family father and son heard this, they knew that their actions were still under the surveillance of the other party. Yan Song was softer than his son, otherwise how could he have a long life? He sighed and said, "Suqing, what exactly did Li Youxi do? Do you really want to usurp the rebellion? If he really wants to do this, you and Fenyi will let him do it? Although he is powerful now, his achievements are not enough to convince others than Emperor Taizu who expels the captives. When he really has the delusion of being the Lord of Nine Five, he is afraid that even if it is achieved for a while, it will be difficult for him to last! If you follow him so closely, you may also be worried about collapse at that time."

Gao Gong smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about these things." After saying that, he was about to leave, and an official rushed into the outside world and whispered to Gao Gong, and Gao Gong's face moved slightly.

Yan Song sighed, "Is there so much trouble in the world?"

"Hehe!" Gao Gong said, "It's nothing! It's just that the King of Jin is ignorant and even issued a manifesto to rebel!" He deliberately showed his leisure time to indicate that there was nothing wrong.

"Issuing a manifesto?" Yan Song said: "Then isn't it a formal uprising? Well, that's right. Now, where are there any soldiers in the hands of the vassal kings? It's just a slogan. However, if Fen Yi really touches the King of Jin, I'm afraid that the whole body will be moved next, and other vassal kings will also raise trouble one after another."

Gao Gong smiled and said, "Whatever they can do! As long as they order, a soldier will be sent over and capture it!"

Yan Shifan, who had not spoken after Gao Gong came in, suddenly sneered: "Catching the vassal kings and quelling the chaos, this contribution is not small! But others may not dare to take care of this matter. It is best to let Li Zhe do it! He is now a Duke and Marquis. After finishing this, he can be named King and add Jiu Xi. Haha, at that time, you Gao Gong was the great hero of the Li family! What is the best way to use this new country name? It is called Da Tang?"

Gao Gong glanced at him: "Young Master Yan, you are not a fool. Why do you do stupid things and say stupid things recently? Do you think you didn't die fast enough?"

Yan Shifan laughed and said, "If you want to kill, kill. Anyway, you will suffer from it here!"

Yan Song hurriedly said, "Suqing, don't listen to his nonsense. But once Li Zhe became a big shot, he would be the beginning of tyranny! The world would not go back to the Five Dynasties? If the rule of law of soldiers under the Song Dynasty did not interfere in politics is lost, it would be a good thing for the world. You and Fenyi and others have to discuss this matter carefully. Don't miss all the people by mistake!"

He was a famous treacherous minister in history. At this time, he said things for the country and the people. If others heard it, they would be strange, but Gao Gong was just thinking deeply. Although he was thinking in his heart, he said seriously: "Fenyi, you are the former chief minister. Although you are guilty, you are also the old man of the country. Be careful when speaking! Don't learn from Master Ling's nonsense!" Then he said goodbye.

After Gao Gong left, Yan Song smiled and looked back at his son, "Donglou, you see, they have clearly caught our handle, but why haven't they done anything besides us? Could it be that they are using us?"

Yan Shifan said angrily: "It's useless to be afraid, but we are tigers with teeth pulled and locked us in prison. When they are fine, they come to us to show off. Isn't it much better to kill us with one knife?"

The father and son lived deep in the western mountain, but there was a turbulent wind outside. When the King of Jin issued a proclamation, the King of Lu and Zhou responded one after another, and they all shouted to ask Xu Jie to step down. Li Yanzhi was dismissed! The kings saw that Xu Jie would cut off their support as soon as they tried. Although they all had a lot of savings and were connected by fields, Xu Jie could seize their support today, and they would seize their title tomorrow, and they would take their lives later! Therefore, when the King of Jin spoke, Chu, Xiang, Gui and Shu in the Lu, Zhou, and other voices to support it. Now the majesty of the royal family has dropped to the lowest point in history. They all knew that if the royal power was not taken at this time, the king would be left alone! Especially the remote King of Shu, the King of Xiang had begun to violate the ban on private placement of troops, and there were also a group of unsatisfied old-school bureaucrats and old gentry fled for it. For a time, the Ming Dynasty was changing and there was a turmoil in the world!

Ding Rukui was a man who had been through military affairs and was afraid of the trouble of the people in the chaos, so he insisted on comforting him. However, Ouyang De believed: "Although they are princes, what is the difference between them now and now they are clowns? They are chariots when they are crushed and crushed!"

Zhang Jing, Minister of War, suddenly said: "In the current situation, it is easy to use the opportunity to eradicate the kings. However, the various garrisons are quite disinterested in changing the military system because Zhenhai Hou changed the military system. If the garrisons use the garrisons to fight, they are afraid that something will happen in the middle. The princes are not scary in order to cause chaos, and they are not scary when recruiting soldiers. The most feared is to let them win the battle. When the news spreads, the country will cause a sensation. Therefore, if the kings and princes are not moved, they will have to succeed. At present, if they want to move elite soldiers and generals, they will naturally look southeast. But if the troops under the Navy Governor's Office are used, the great contribution to quelling the rebellion of the princes in the future will be counted as Zhenhai Hou. Furthermore, the actual combat is the best, and the kings are all important places. If the generals of Zhenhai Hou have all become army of battles and occupy the world's key points, then... I'm afraid..."

He didn't say what he was afraid of, but everyone knew what he was going to say!

Currently, there is a delicate balance between the six cabinet ministries and the Navy Governor's Office. Li Yanzhi believes that he is unable to manage the vast rural areas in the inland at this stage, so he starts with local improvements. He only performs his best affairs in a corner of the East China Sea, and controls the elite soldiers and Southeast wealth in order to host the Beijing court. In this regard, Li Yanzhi has long had the advantage of the game. However, the Beijing court is Optimus Prime that maintains the stability of the entire Ming Empire, and has a great reputation. Since Xu Jie came to power, he has done very much. If Li Yanzhi dares to surrender the troops for his own selfish desires, he may not be able to get the support of the people. But if the Li generals spread across the country and went deep into the inland, the situation would be very different at that time.

Therefore, Zhang Jing's consideration was to worry that the relationship between Beijing and Shanghai would be unbalanced.

Xu Jie also had this worry and sighed: "These princes are really nonsense!" In fact, he had another strategy in his mind to control Li Yanzhi, but when this strategy was developed, the gentry in the civil service system was ultimately benefiting, not the Zhu family, so the princes' struggles were naturally "nonsense" for Xu Jie.

The kings advocated chaos, and Shanghai and Beijing each received news - the news from the north was that Beijing knew earlier, and the news from the south was that Shanghai knew earlier. Li Yanzhi is now the leader of the military. When he heard that the kings advocated chaos, he submitted a memorial to recommend Qi Jiguang to defend Taiyuan, Yu Dayou to Huguang, and also recommended Yin Zhengmao to go to Guangxi to prevent changes.

Xu Jie had always cooperated with Li Yanzhi's proposals in military affairs, but this time hesitated and delayed. After this delay, the local county magistrate and prefect did not dare to take care of the princes, and the kings gradually became more and more powerful.

At this moment, news came from the Lu Mansion in the capital: Lu Bing died of illness. All the officials were shocked when they heard the news. They all knew that Li Yanzhi's father-in-law played a great role in the development of his great cause. Although Jiajing was captured and the emperor's authority was weakened, Lu Bing continued to control the Jinyiwei because of Li Yanzhi's relationship, and the Jinyiwei continued to expand its power due to Lu Bing's relationship. Lu Bing's death was afraid that Li Yanzhi would have no effect.

Lu Bing has been ill for a long time. From the physical reasons, his death was not unexpected. However, almost at the same time, another news came from the south: Li Yanzhi's biological father Li Dashu suddenly fell ill and died of illness. (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in.qidian., more chapters, support the author and support genuine reading!) (To be continued)
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