Originally, he drank well with Yang Feng, but was admonished by Han Yi, an old troll, Zhu Youxiao was angry in his heart, and he was a little drunk, and he almost had the intention of calling someone to drag Han Yi out to beat the court staff, but as Yang Feng filmed the case, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat someone, and then was stopped by Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youxiao's anger gradually went out.

Seeing Sun Chengzong asking, Zhu Youxiao pointed to the table and said in a light tone: "Since you called the three Aiqing to come over, naturally you want to drink and talk with all Aiqing, and it doesn't hurt for Aiqing to sit down." ”

At this time, Sandezi had already placed the stool.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Sun Chengzong and Zhu Guozhen bowed their hands to Zhu Youxiao and sat down.

Han Yi hesitated, he had just sprayed Zhu Youxiao and Yang Feng, but as soon as the words fell, he sat down to drink with the emperor, wouldn't this be a slap in the face?

Seeing Han Yi's hesitant movements, the corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth showed a sneering look, "Han Yi, it's not the first time you've come to my imperial study, why don't you dare to sit down today, don't you want to come here from now on?" ”

Han Yi's body shook slightly, generally speaking, when the official reaches the fourth rank or above, the emperor will not call him by his name, either calling him Aiqing or calling him an official, as an elder of the cabinet, the emperor actually called his own name, which shows how angry Zhu You's proofreading was just now.

He had the heart to turn around and say goodbye, but he also knew that once he really said goodbye, I was afraid that he, the cabinet elder, would have to go home tomorrow to eat himself, and if he didn't get it, he would have to lose the holidays.

Although Han Yi is an old troll, he is not a brainless troll, and what happened just now was just an impulse, and after calming down, he naturally knew how to choose.

He arched his hand towards His Majesty, "Thank you Your Majesty for giving me a seat, the old minister dares to disobey his orders." ”

"That's pretty much it."

Yang Feng squinted at this old guy, if this guy dared to turn around and leave, he would immediately make this guy look good. This guy is estimated to have been the first assistant for a long time over the years, and the emperor is also used to it, so when he saw the emperor drinking with himself at first glance, he didn't react for a while, and subconsciously started spraying, which is why he made a fuss.

Yang Feng pouted at the little eunuch who was standing and waiting, and the little eunuch hurriedly came over and lifted the wine jug to fill everyone's wine glasses. Then he raised his glass and said: "The three elders, this is just back to Beijing, and before he returned to the house to bathe and change clothes, he was summoned into the palace by His Majesty, thanks to His Majesty's mercy, he was able to drink with His Majesty, in fact, in the eyes of this Hou, this is not a big deal, although Your Majesty is a great tomorrow, but Your Majesty is also a human being, and he also has seven emotions and six desires.

Not to mention anything else, several pavilion elders are also scholars. It is also common to invite three or five confidants to drink, write poems, and have fun in leisure time on weekdays, why can you do this kind of thing, but your majesty can't do it?

Ben Hou has just returned from the war for the country in Nanyang, and he has not seen His Majesty for a long time, so why not sit together and drink a few glasses of wine and chat and relax? Why is it that in the mouths of some people, it has become disrespectful and impolite? Ben Hou doesn't understand, why are the princes so harsh on Your Majesty and Ben Hou? ”

"Well said!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but secretly applaud in his psychology, the emperor is also a human being, and he also has seven emotions and six desires, and it doesn't hurt to indulge occasionally, you old boy pointed at Lao Tzu's nose and scolded as soon as he came up, do you really think I have no temper? If it weren't for the fact that you were too old, Lao Tzu would have dragged you out to play the board a long time ago.

In the face of Yang Feng's accusation, Sun Chengzong and the three were silent.

They are not stupid people, on the contrary, the person who can be the first assistant of the cabinet is the best choice in terms of IQ and talent, they naturally know that Yang Feng is very right, although Zhu Youxiao is the emperor, but in the final analysis, he is only a young man who is only twenty-five years old, even Yang Feng is only twenty-nine years old this year, isn't it normal for two young people to sit together and drink a little wine?

With a long sigh, Sun Chengzong stood up and raised his wine glass and said sincerely: "Marquis Jiangning, what Yuchen said is indeed a bit excessive, the old minister apologized to His Majesty and the Hou Ye for him, and the old minister did it first for this glass of wine." ”

After that, Sun Chengzong tilted his neck and drank the wine with a squeak.

"Elder Sun Ge!"

Seeing that Sun Chengzong actually suffered for himself, how could Han Yi endure it, he also stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, what happened just now has nothing to do with Kaiyang Gong. This matter is indeed something that the old minister did wrong, and if Your Majesty wants to punish him, punish the old minister! ”

Seeing that Han Yi, a stubborn donkey who always picks on himself on weekdays, actually lowered his head rarely, Zhu Youxiao's heart was happy, but his face was still light, and he snorted lightly: "If I wanted to cure your sins, I would have done it a long time ago, so why wait for you to come and ask for sin, just sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

It was only after the re-seating that the atmosphere became normal.

To tell the truth, even though Sun Chengzong is the emperor's teacher and the first assistant of the cabinet, it is the first time that he has drunk at the same table with the emperor like this, and his heart was a little agitated for a while, and he slowly returned to normal after a few glasses of wine.

He put down his chopsticks and said to Yang Feng: "Jiang Ninghou, you just came back from Nanyang, I don't know what the situation is over there in Nanyang?" ”

Referring to the matter of Nanyang, Yang Feng nodded: "It's okay!" A few months ago, Ben Hou led tens of thousands of troops and more than 100 warships to land in Luzon, even several cities, half a month ago he took Cebu Island, defeated the Spanish entrenched there, and captured their city, so that the Spanish power in Luzon has been expelled by the Ming Dynasty. Ben Hou estimated that in another year, we could conquer Luzon and include them in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty?"

The three pavilion elders sitting here are all people who have been up and down in the sea for most of their lives, so naturally they will not be superficial enough to shout any nonsense about the crime of starting a war against a friendly country without authorization.

After pondering for a long time, Sun Chengzong asked: "After all, Luzon is too far away and separated by the sea, if Luzon is included in the Ming Dynasty without authorization, will it cause criticism from the Nanyang countries?" And if Luzon is included in the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty is bound to garrison Luzon, and the annual salary of the garrison alone is a large expense, which I don't know if Jiang Ninghou has considered it. ”

Sun Chengzong's concerns are exactly what Zhu Guozhen and Han Yi are worried about, Han Yi said with a straight face: "It's not that the old man is picking thorns in his eggs, although the income of the imperial court is better than a few years ago, but there are frequent outbreaks in Shaanxi and Shanxi, Lu Xiangsheng is leading 30,000 new troops to quell the rebellion in these two places, and it takes 300,000 taels of silver every month."

Luzon is thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, if it is a garrison, it will cost at least twenty or thirty thousand, and the annual salary alone will cost at least two or three million taels, has Jiang Ninghou ever thought about where this salary comes from? ”

"This problem has long been thought about, but it is not difficult to solve." For this question, Yang Feng has already thought about it countless times, and his answer at this moment is also very confident.