Confucius didn't know what the Mao family thought, but what he had to do was to balance the power of the court and not allow other forces to threaten the imperial power.

Now the Ming family has a big business, in case something happens to Cheng Xiaolian, it must be the queen mother, and now there is no queen in the Ming Dynasty, Mao Ruoling is very likely to become the queen mother of the Ming Dynasty by virtue of her son, if the Mao family takes advantage of the situation, it will be the next Han Lu family.

So in any case, Confucius has to curb their development, if they lay Yunnan, they will immediately have their own foundation, and no one in the court can compare with them, after all, with the efforts of Wang Jiyong and Shao Lingzhi, Shaanxi is downplaying the influence of the Wang family, and then many people may compromise with them because of the prince they guard, and finally repeat the tragedy of the Western Han Dynasty.

Of course, all this is Confucius's speculation for the time being, but as long as there is a little possibility, he is unwilling to let Daming have this risk, and Qin Yue is also in a dilemma after getting his news, and finally can only choose the grassland.

Cheng Xiaolian doesn't know what is going on now, but he just thinks that Qin Yue has some truth in what he said, at this time, he just made peace with Wu Sangui, and it is really not suitable to turn his head and take other people's Yunnan, as Wu Sangui said, it is impossible for everyone to swallow this breath for the sake of the overall situation, and then Da Ming and Da Zhou will become snipe mussels, and Da Qing will become fishermen.

returned to Chengdu Mansion, Cheng Xiaolian summoned Mao Youyi with a will, and many people's eyes were fixed on him, and even many people speculated that he would not be able to get out of Chengdu Mansion alive.

Mao Youyi is naturally apprehensive, although he is kind to Mao Ruoling, but the Mao family did a little too much this time, the inner palace and the outer court are friendly, and it is a big taboo in all dynasties, his stupid son Mao Fenggang dared to ask someone to go to the emperor's house to spread the word, and let the emperor know, he really thought his life was too long.

However, when he learned the location of the meeting, Mao Youyi immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "The emperor won't want my life." ”

The place where Cheng Xiaolian chose to meet was Daming's Academy, no matter what, he would never kill people here.

When Mao Youyi arrived at the academy, Cheng Xiaolian was drinking tea in the pavilion, the weather gradually warmed up, and Chengdu Mansion returned to a pleasant environment.

Mao Youyi came to the pavilion alone, Wang Tieniu wanted to check his clothes, Cheng Xiaolian waved his hand, Wang Tieniu stepped aside, he was not too worried, he has been following Yang Youcai these days to learn skills, and now his people are around, as long as Mao Youyi has a change, he believes that Mao Youyi will not even be able to live for a breath.

Cheng Xiaolian waved his hand: "General Mao, please take a seat." ”

"I don't dare."

"Let you sit down, if you talk about it from Ruoling, you are still my uncle."

Mao Youyi immediately knelt on the ground: "The minister is guilty, since the Mao family has entered the palace, the minister should not have anything to do with her." ”

"General Mao's words are serious, the Son of Heaven doesn't want to be a lonely man, even the Jade Emperor in the sky has a few relatives, since I handed you over here, I have no intention of blaming you, get up and sit down." Otherwise, you just don't want to recognize this relative, so go out and leave. ”

When it came to this, Mao Youyi didn't dare to say anything else, he stood up and sat on the side, but he was sitting upright and could see that he was still uncomfortable.

Cheng Xiaolian coughed: "I am very happy that the Mao family wants to serve my Ming Dynasty, but this matter is not just as simple as what we see on our faces, many people are worried that your Mao family will become bigger, and it is taboo for relatives to interfere in politics." ”

Mao Youyi knelt on the ground: "The ministers are only for the justice of their father-in-law, they will never be greedy for power, and they will hand over all their military power after they succeed. ”

"Hey, I haven't said a word yet, why are you kneeling down again, get up, I will tell you something from my heart, the minister of the court has already been on the book, and I don't agree with your Mao family's strategy for Yunnan."

"Why?"

"First, our Ming Dynasty has just made an alliance with Wu Sangui, if we take down Yunnan with a backhand, people will inevitably say that we are treacherous, and second, the kind of place in Yunnan is not of much help to the development of our Ming Dynasty, the grain is not abundant, and the population is not as large as the Central Plains, even if it is a conscription, there are not many people."

Mao Youyi was stunned there, but his heart began to turn over the river and the sea, could it be that Cheng Xiaolian repented of his previous words and decided to overturn those previous promises? Didn't the Mao family end up with a chicken and an egg?

But if you want to argue at this time, I am afraid that you can only end up with a more miserable ending, thinking of this, Mao Youyi seems to be ten years old: "The old minister obeys the emperor's arrangement." ”

Cheng Xiaolian coughed: "I don't have the intention of repenting, there are two roads in front of you, the first way is to hand over the army to the imperial court and return to Chengdu Mansion to be a rich and noble marquis, so that Ruoling can also have a relative to move around, and the Mao family will also have a hundred years of wealth." The second way, you go to Ningxia and plot the grassland with Daniel Zhang, we Daming need a big horse farm. It's just that in that case, I'm afraid that you won't be able to meet Ruoling again in the future, even if it's taboo to let people talk. ”

Mao Youyi did not hesitate at all: "The old minister is willing to choose the second one?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian was a little puzzled: "General Mao, can you tell me why this is?" ”

"If it weren't for the Mao family, my Mao family would have made contributions as early as when they attacked Chengdu Mansion, at that time we were thinking about giving her a good family, and she was bent on the emperor, we were afraid that people would say that our Mao family planned to take the path of relatives doing politics, so we avoided this idea, but now that the Mao family has its own life, we should also think about it for the Mao family, the Mao family can't always be a relative, especially in this case, we don't know who the emperor will be on the throne after a hundred years, It would be too naïve to tie ourselves to the Mao family, so we are willing to cut off from the Mao family and exchange our abilities for the glory of the Mao family. ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "Since you have made a decision, I will not stop you." Ruoling misses you very much these days, although the wind outside will not blow to the house, but she has not received news from you for a long time, and she is indeed suspicious. Go and see her, after all, she is what you grew up watching. ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Xiaolian laughed self-deprecatingly: "I am not worried about the chaos of my relatives, but this precedent cannot be opened, I have the ability to control the court situation, but it does not mean that my descendants have the ability to control the court situation, I hope General Mao can understand." ”

"The emperor's hard work and ministers all understand, and the ministers will never live up to the emperor's expectations."

(End of chapter)