Yang Cong hid his light and pretended to retire, waiting for Yan Song and Xia Yan to fight internally to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but he never thought that after waiting for several years, Yan Song and Xia Yan did not fight.

Why is this?

It is naturally impossible for Xia Yan to take the initiative to fight Yan Song, because he is already the chief minister of the cabinet and is the most powerful minister. What can he do to defeat Yan Song? Can he still become emperor?

Besides, Yan Song is quite "meek" at this moment and has no intention of opposing him. Why did he deal with others? After all, Yan Song is not his right-hand man, and he can't do anything to cut off his arms.

As for Yan Song, this old fox is very scheming. Although Yang Cong has never made a comeback, he has never been relieved because Yang Ming's lineage is still powerful in the court, and Yang Cong's name as a saint has spread throughout the court. As long as Yang Cong appears and raises his arms and shouts, he will have to take it.

He was not that stupid. Before the enemy left, he began to fight intra-fighting, and let others reap the benefits of the fisherman. If he wanted to deal with Xia Yan, unless Yang Cong died or Yangming's lineage lost power.

It is naturally impossible for Yang Cong to die. At least, there is no need to "expect" now, because Yang Cong is only in his thirties now, and he is in his sixties. Even if he dies, Yang Cong will not die.

It seems unlikely that the Yangming lineage will lose its power, because Jiajing also knew that this emperor used internal struggles among court officials as the way to govern the country. There must be two forces in the court, and they must be equal and able to fight. Therefore, it seems that it is not realistic to expect the Yangming lineage to lose its power, and Jiajing would not let this happen.

Originally, he felt very uncomfortable because pretending to be grandson is not something that humans do. He doesn’t want to be grandson for Xia Yan, he wants to be Xia Yan’s grandfather!

However, Yang Cong died but not dead, and the Yangming lineage's power in the court was very stable. He was afraid of being afraid to step on Xia Yan's grandson.

Fortunately, Jiajing didn't know what was wrong, so he actually wanted to live in seclusion behind the scenes to concentrate on practicing and let the prince supervise the country.

The prince is in charge of the country, okay!

His mind was instantly active. Yang Cong didn't care about the position of the Zhan Shi Mansion, but he was quite active. As soon as Jiajing revealed such thoughts, he pushed his followers over and controlled the entire Zhan Shi Mansion. As soon as Jiajing retreated, he began to take action.

However, it was not Xia Yan that he had taken action against, but Yangming lineage.

That morning, Xia Yan was processing the memorial in the Cabinet Office, and suddenly the respectful voice of Yan Song suddenly came to mind outside.

"Sir, I have time, and I have some things to discuss with you."

Xia Yan was very proud at this moment. Because Jiajing retreated, even if he was the actual controller of the entire Ming Dynasty, the feeling of controlling the overall situation was really great.

He also has ideals and ambitions, and wants to push the Ming Dynasty toward Zhongxing. However, even if he becomes the chief minister of the cabinet, this ambition cannot be realized because Jiajing did not listen to him.

When Jiajing was there, he was like he was tied up and could not do anything. When Jiajing retreated, he suddenly felt that he was bound to nothing and could do anything.

Yan Song came to him now, and he also wanted to discuss with his right-hand man, and do a drastic move to push the Ming Dynasty toward the Zhongxing.

Yan Song naturally knew his thoughts. Yan Song wanted to take advantage of his situation and clean up the Yangming lineage.

After the two met, they both showed a tacit smile, and the meaning was as if they were saying, "Now, the emperor will not care about anything, they will take care of everything."

Yan Song was still respectful as always, and Xia Yan was not very alert.

After the two parties met, Xia Yan said kindly: "Yizhong, what's the matter? I have to worry about you to go there in person."

Yan Song heard this and said seriously: "Sir, the Chief Official, I want to discuss the matter of the Tartars. Now the southeast and southwest of the Ming Dynasty have been pacified, and only the Tartars in the northwest are left. If they can defeat them in one fell swoop, the world will be peaceful, and we can work together to create a peaceful and prosperous era."

This is just right for Xia Yan to feel at ease. If he wants to push the Ming Dynasty toward the revival, the Tatars' problems will be the first to be affected. As long as the Tartars are defeated and this worries are gone, the revival of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner.

Xia Yan couldn't help but ask with interest: "Oh, do you have a clever plan to defeat the Tartars?"

When Yan Song heard this, he suddenly sighed: "I don't need a clever plan, because the northwest border army is an elite of the Ming Dynasty. At this moment, Zeng Xian from Shanxi and Qiu Luan from Shaanxi are experts in leading troops to fight. As long as they provide them with sufficient food and money, they can summon enough border troops and deal with the Tartars, it can be said that it is easy. It's a pity that this food and money, alas."

Xia Yan naturally knew what happened to the food and salary, because the food and salary of the northwest border troops mainly came from the income from salt sulliance, and the share of salt sulliance is now almost controlled by Yang Cong or Yangming's lineage, and they have no right to speak at all.

When Xia Yan heard this, he couldn't help but say solemnly: "What do you mean, as long as you give Zeng Xian and Qiu Luan enough food and salary to recruit enough border troops, can the Tartar problem be completely solved?"

Of course, this is nonsense!

Yan Song’s goal was not to deal with the Tartars, but to deal with the Yangming lineage.

He pretended to be indignant and said, "Yes, the Yangming lineage just doesn't want us to seize this unparalleled meritorious service in the northwest, so he deliberately deducted food and pay, so that Zeng Xian and Qiu Luan could not use their ties. These guys are punished!"

This is not entirely accusing the Yangming lineage, because Yang Cong does have such a meaning. Why did he pay and feed Xia Yan and Yan Song to gain merit?

Besides, even if he provided enough food and salary, Zeng Xian and Qiu Luan might not be able to defeat the Tartars.

If they really had this ability, there would not be any tribute from Altan of the Longqing Dynasty in history.

Altan's tribute was ostensibly the Tartars surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and never invaded again, but in fact it was the Ming Dynasty who exchanged for peace in the northwest at the cost of opening the border horse market.

This method cannot be said to be wrong, but it also proves from the side that the Ming border troops have no choice but to fight against the Tartars.

What's the use of these guys even if they give them enough food and salary!

Xia Yan didn't know what happened in history. Yangming's lineage deliberately "deducted" the food and salary of the northwest border troops. At least, Zeng Xian wanted to expand the border troops to attack Hetao many times because there was not enough food and salary.

These guys are really hateful. When Xia Yan heard this, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said, "Then what do you think? They did not do this matter too unkindly."

When Yan Song heard this, he couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart, "You idiot, why do they want to be kind to you?"

However, on the surface, he pretended to be deeply in agreement and said, "Yes, they are too unkind, they are simply inseparable from public and private affairs. This salt intent cannot be allowed to continue to control it. Zhang Shiche, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, should have replaced it!"

Replace the Nanjing Minister of Revenue Zhang Shiche?

This is a rift with the Yangming lineage!
Chapter completed!