Chapter 601 I'm so happy that I don't want to leave
Although it is a consensus among everyone that the influence of the Qingliu Old Party in the court has been declining day by day since the fall of Xu Jie, Yan Ne, Paine and others.

But now, Li Chunfang, the current prime minister of the Qingliu Old Party, would actually choose such a day to submit a petition to resign from the cabinet and go to that remote place in the southwest.

What is he going to do?
What is Qingliu planning?

Perhaps it was habit that made the people in the hall not think about the truthfulness of Li Chunfang's memorial, but instead wonder what the intention of the leader of the Qingliu Old Party was.

Zhu Zaigui's fantasy about the Western women in the East Warm Pavilion was shattered by Li Chunfang's memorial. He looked at her with surprise, as if he wanted to find the answer from her face.

When Li Chunfang's memorial was delivered to him.

Zhu Zaigui was convinced that his cabinet minister really wanted to leave the capital on his own initiative.

Countless thoughts emerged in his mind.

Yan Shaoting, who was standing behind Li Chunfang, also had some surprise in his eyes.

He immediately began to secretly wonder about the other party's intentions.

Could it be that Li Chunfang was afraid after the gold shop regulated the silver price and robbed the wealthy gentry in Jiangnan?

Otherwise, he would not have given up his position as a cabinet minister and instead run away to such a remote place in the southwest.

This is inconsistent with the political pursuits of the Qingliu Old Party in the court in the past.

Yuan Wei, who had long been at odds with Li Chunfang, turned to look at Li Chunfang with an unclear gaze, a hint of sarcasm on his lips, and said with a chuckle: "What is Li Gelao doing? The court is now recruiting new people, and Li Gelao shoulders a heavy responsibility. Why would you abandon Your Majesty and us at this time?"

The corners of Li Chunfang's mouth twitched, and he looked coldly at Yuan Wei who was picking on him.

Although both he and she were called Prime Minister Qingci in the court, for some reason the relationship between them had never been good from the beginning to the end.

Li Chunfang explained calmly, "Mr. Yuan, you are too kind. Although the court is currently recruiting new talents, I am not inferior to other officials in the court. With Yuan Fu and Mr. Yuan in the cabinet, there is no need to worry."

Yuan Wei hummed a few times in his heart.

He just looked down on the so-called clean people like Li Chunfang.

Even though they were all from the Qingci school, they always knew their own strengths and weaknesses. However, this Qingliu old party leader and the group of Qingliu behind him were arrogant all day long, thinking that they were superior to others and that they were the ones who could govern the world.

It's really fucking flattery!
Yuan Wei said calmly, "Lord Li, you really flatter me. But the southwest is remote after all, thousands of miles away from the capital, and there hasn't been any trouble recently. Even if Lord Li doesn't want to manage affairs in the cabinet and serve His Majesty in the court, he shouldn't go so far."

After saying this, Yuan Wei looked at Li Chunfang quietly.

However, when Li Chunfang heard this, he felt secretly angry.

Before submitting the memorial, he had already thought that someone would question him. It might be Yan Shaoting or Gao Gong, but he never thought that it would be Yuan Wei who would put pressure on him like this.

After he said this, it sounded as if he was going to quit his job, disregard the emperor's grace, and regardless of the current busy state affairs, he was going to leave the capital and travel thousands of miles to hide in the mountains in the southwest.

Fortunately, Li Chunfang had made preparations before writing this memorial and had a plan in mind.

He immediately looked at the emperor who was sitting above with a gloomy expression.

"Your Majesty, I think that the momentum of our dynasty is rising. The Japanese threat that has plagued the southeast for decades has been eliminated in recent years, and there is no more worry on the sea. In the early years, although the Mongols invaded the nine border towns every year, plundering our border residents and looting our property, not long ago, Yan Shaobao led his army out. The army was powerful and won the battle. He recovered the Hetao area and occupied the Yinshan Mountains. The threat of the nine borders is looking to the future. There is no possibility of a major enemy invasion in the next three to five years. The new border has built a Great Wall and cities to control the south of the desert and control the north of the desert. At present, there are also the methods of the Qing army, and the Beijing camp is well trained. I think it will not be long before our dynasty's Heavenly Master will set foot in the north of the desert and drink from the vast sea."

Even though it was for the purpose of escaping from the mud of the imperial court in the capital.

But Li Chunfang also had to admit that with a series of actions by the Yan faction in recent years, the internal and external situations and circumstances of the Ming Dynasty were really different from the past.

It can be said.

The current situation of the Ming Dynasty is already comparable to that of the time of Emperor Xianzong.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty was under the rule of Emperor Xianzong. The army was fully mobilized to sweep away all the enemies. The country was also determined to make progress and the people's livelihood was peaceful.

He continued, "I have been selected as the top scholar by the late emperor and have been an official for more than 20 years. Now I think that as an official, I should take it as my responsibility to keep the four borders of the country safe and sound. Now I am in the capital, and looking around, the southeast is peaceful, the nine borders are stable, but the southwest is sometimes turbulent. The people in the mountains and fields do not understand the kingly way, and do not know how to educate. They often become mountain bandits for the benefit of their own clan. The court has been showing favor for many years, and the southwest has mostly implemented the system of local officials, but it has not been able to change the situation. I want to use my strength to apply it to the mountains in the southwest, and I only hope that the court can get a few states and prefectures to implement the system of Han officials."

Li Chunfang's voice sounded particularly loud in the Wenhua Hall today.

Everyone was silent for a while.

If Li Chunfang does not make any other requests, it can be concluded that he really wants to leave the capital and go to the southwest.

It’s Zhu Zaigui above.

Because of Li Chunfang's endless rhetoric, my head was already dizzy and I just felt bored.

In his mind, the eight exotic Western women appeared.

Her fair skin, long legs, blonde hair and blue eyes, her every frown and smile carried a charm different from that of the concubines in the harem.

Not to mention that these Western women are lively and bold, and the taste of it is even more addictive.

There was a hint of anticipation and smile in Zhu Zaiqi's eyes.

It seems that when Teng Xiang, the dog slave, led those Western women into the palace, he also told her that these women had been carefully trained on the way here. They learned the skills of the Far Western countries as well as the unique skills of the Central Plains people. It can be said that they have integrated the Chinese and Western cultures.

Today I only had a brief taste, but I have already enjoyed it to the core.

The movement between the throat and tongue really makes people tremble from the coccyx to the top of the head!

perhaps……

After the affairs in the court are finished, he can let the eight Western women take turns to display their talents in the Qianqing Palace tonight.

The dog slave Teng Xiang did a solid and good job on this matter.

If Lu Fang and the others leave the palace to retire and go to guard the imperial mausoleum, I can give him the job of holding the seal or writing in the Imperial Household Department.

However, Teng Xiang still needs to have some secret contact with Bai Fugui.

I've heard that there are many different races among Western people. People with blonde hair and blue eyes already exist, and there must be people with black hair and black eyes as well.

And there are those with red hair and white hair.

However, as Teng Xiang said, there are people with dark skin on the sea route from the European countries to the Central Plains. They really cannot be allowed into the palace. Such dark skin makes people feel very ominous.

But if that is the case, when Teng Xiang and Bai Fugui get more women from Ouluba, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to place them in the palace, and I will have to place them in Xiyuan.

But Xiyuan is not bad at all, and the palaces are very complete.

Since the late emperor could cultivate himself in the Western Garden.

Of course, you can also enjoy the scenery and explore spring in Xiyuan.

"His Majesty?"

Seeing that the emperor seemed to be deep in thought about what he had reported and was silent, Li Chunfang felt a little anxious and couldn't help calling out.

however.

His call received no response.

Li Chunfang was stunned.

Gao Gong was also a little annoyed at this time. Li Chunfang's request to leave the cabinet completely disrupted his plans.

Today, the emperor was not only late for the court meeting, but he was also distracted in public.

Troubles really come one after another.

After Li Chunfang called out but received no response, Gao Gong paused for a moment and frowned, "Your Majesty!"

His voice was much louder than Li Chunfang's call just now.

Many people looked at Gao Gong worriedly, and they could hear a hint of dissatisfaction in the Prime Minister's tone.

Now Gao Gong is in charge of the new policy, with the support of the Jin Party, the New Party's strict faction is dormant, and the Qingliu Old Party has lost power. It can be said that he has already grasped most of the power in the court.

His words and deeds were comparable to those of Yan Song in those days. In fact, Gao Gong's violent character made people more worried and fearful than Yan Song.

Zhu Zaigui, who had just fallen into reverie, finally came to his senses after hearing Gao Gong's cold shout.

He looked up at Gao Gong who was shouting, but there was no reaction on his face.

He just glanced at Li Chunfang and waved his hand.

"Since Lord Li has such a strong desire for the country, how can I not agree?"

"everything……"

"Everything will be done as Lord Li requests."

After saying this, Zhu Zaigui's heart had already flown out of the Wenhua Palace.

In the eyes of everyone, the emperor looked distracted and it was obvious that he was not paying attention to the matter at hand.

But Li Chunfang, who got the agreement, was stunned.

Although the emperor agreed to his request to leave the palace and leave the capital, it was just a few casual words and he really didn't take it seriously at all.

all of a sudden.

Li Chunfang's heart sank.

Gao Gong sighed when he saw the emperor's vague expression.

I should have known long ago that the imperial court must have a figurehead but a real leader.

With the emperor and the court in such a state now, I can only do what I can do reluctantly and arrange some things in advance.

Just when everyone had their own thoughts.

Zhu Zaigui heard no more sound and looked up at everyone with a hint of impatience in his eyes.

He stood up straight away.

"If you have nothing else to discuss today, please disperse."

After saying this, he glanced at the crowd again.

No one answered.

Zhu Zaigui nodded and said "hmm".

Then he glanced sideways at the eunuch in the hall.

"Officials, please withdraw."

Following the eunuch's loud shout.

Zhu Zaigui was already impatient and left first.

Watching the emperor just leave like that.

Instead, everyone in the hall didn't know what to do for a moment, and they didn't know what was wrong with the emperor.

Could it be that he was mad at Li Chunfang?
Many eyes turned to Li Chunfang secretly.

Gao Gong looked at Li Chunfang calmly, opened his mouth slightly, and finally sighed: "Since Zishi's request has been approved by His Majesty, there is no need to leave the capital in the near future. Rest for a few days, hand over the work in the cabinet, pack up the valuables at home carefully, and then leave the capital for the post."

Li Chunfang nodded, still wondering why the emperor nodded and agreed to her without hesitation.

Yuan Wei curled his lips aside.

It was you, Li Chunfang, who submitted a petition requesting to leave the cabinet and take up a post outside the capital.

Now that the emperor has agreed, you are still the one who is worried.

You're not happy about whether it's high or low, right?

Zhao Zhenji said with a smile: "Zi Shi is going to the southwest. Since His Majesty has approved everything, he will be the governor. The cabinet will handle the letter as soon as possible and send it out before Zi Shi leaves. But when Zi Shi enters Guiyang City, he needs to make sure to prepare a few doctors early. After all, the southwest is full of mountains and forests, and the miasma is the most harmful to people. We must be careful."

Li Chunfang bowed towards Zhao Zhenji.

Hu Zongxian added, "The Ministry of War will also send a letter to the southwest to urge the troops of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places, as well as the troops of various prefectures in Hunan and Guangxi to obey Zishi's orders. However, military affairs still need to be handled with caution. After discussing with the Ministry of War and the Five Military Commands, I will ask Your Majesty to send meritorious officials who are good at fighting and know the military to take charge and assist Zishi in rectifying the southwest."

Different from Zhao Zhenji’s reminder.

Hu Zongxian was more concerned with dividing responsibilities and issuing warnings.

After all, the southwest has been relatively peaceful in recent years. It is really hard to understand why Li Chunfang has to go to the southwest at this time. If he just wants to find a quiet place, it is fine, but if he wants to start a war, he must be restrained now to prevent chaos in the southwest because of him.

The reminders and warnings here are clear.

But Li Chunfang still bowed in return.

No one spoke again after that.

Gao Gong looked around and coughed softly: "Since that's the case, let's all go."

Everyone filed out.

Zhu Zaigui, who had already come out of the Wenhua Hall and got on the sedan chair, urged the palace servants all the way back to the Qianqing Palace.

Teng Xiang, who had been waiting outside the East Warm Pavilion, saw the emperor returning from afar and hurried to greet him.

"Long live the Lord."

Zhu Zaigui got off the sedan chair anxiously, and walked to Tengxiang in two steps, and asked in a low voice: "The palace doesn't know yet."

Teng Xiang nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will place them all in the West Garden tomorrow."

Zhu Zaigui immediately patted Teng Xiang's shoulder with appreciation.

This dog slave was really sensible. When I just thought of Xiyuan, he was already prepared.

Immediately, he lowered his head and approached Teng Xiang and asked in a low voice.

Teng Xiang also answered honestly.

Zhu Zaigui pondered for a moment before nodding to show that he understood.

Not long after.

Zhu Zaigui was already standing at the door of the East Warm Pavilion.

With both hands on the door frame, he pushed the door open with a slight push. In an instant, the fragrance accumulated in the room rushed to his face.

Zhu Zaigui's eyes were dazzled, and he saw hundreds of flowers blooming in the room.

It was not known whether the eight Western women were instructed or were just like that, but they were all waiting in the east warm room with their clothes in different postures and in disarray.

Zhu Zaigui's appetite suddenly increased.

He raised his eyebrows.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had already closed the door, but a voice was heard from inside the house.

"Lovely..."

“I’m here!”

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