At this point, Li Tingji naturally understood Ye Xianggao's intention, in the court situation, what he was most afraid of was not encountering a disaster, but not knowing why he would encounter a disaster, as long as he could find the crux of the problem, there was always a way to prescribe the right medicine.

Especially the people in the imperial party like them, who were wrathed by the Son of Heaven and seemed to be in danger, but in fact they were changing rapidly, and it was nothing more than the will of the Son of Heaven.

As long as he can change the opinion of the Son of Heaven, the dilemma in front of Li Tingji will naturally be solved, which is also the reason why Ye Xianggao hurried over as soon as he got the news.

"What do you mean, Brother Li?"

Seeing Li Tingji's depressed appearance, Ye Xianggao suddenly became a little anxious and said.

"Your Majesty has always been disgusted with the people in the court and the township party, and now Jinyiwei and Dongchang have come out, which has already shown Your Majesty's attitude, no matter what, Brother Li is the body of the emperor, Your Majesty's former minister, as long as Brother Li immediately breaks off the relationship with the Gu brothers, Your Majesty will not be too harsh, or ......"

Halfway through the words, Ye Xianggao was a little hesitant, frowning, and his voice was a little uncertain.

"Brother Li, don't you have any handle in their hands, if that's the case......"

With a condensed expression, Ye Xianggao's right hand crossed the knife and slashed lightly in the air, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.

Those who can be in a high position, none of them are soft-hearted, if they need to use certain means, Ye Xianggao will naturally not hesitate.

"This ...... Jinqing, you are suspicious! ”

Li Tingji was slightly stunned, and only after a moment did he react to the meaning of Ye Xianggao's words, and smiled bitterly, but waved his hand.

"Although the old man has a relationship with the Gu brothers, he is not enough to give people a handle, the reason why it is difficult to get out is because the current situation in front of him is not as simple as Jin Qing imagined......"

Sighing, Li Tingji couldn't help but shake his head, the supremacy of the court situation is changing rapidly, and once he makes a mistake, there is no way back, and now even if he wants to stop, I am afraid it will be difficult to retreat.

However, Ye Xianggao frowned, a little puzzled, seeing this situation, Li Tingji sighed in his heart and said.

"Jin Qing thinks that His Majesty issued an edict to roast the old man on this fire, just to punish the old man for befriending Donglin?"

Maybe Li Tingji has such and such shortcomings, but there is one thing that Ye Xianggao can't compare, that is, his insight into the court situation.

Li Tingji and Ye Xianggao are both Jinshi in the eleventh year of Wanli, although the ranking of Jinshi is slightly different, and the circumstances are also different, but today, Li Tingji is a cabinet minister, and Ye Xianggao is not even six Shangshu, of course, there is a problem of age, but the bigger reason is that Ye Xianggao is far from enough to grasp the court situation.

"Please Brother Li to solve my doubts!"

Ye Xianggao naturally knew this in his heart, and he didn't shy away from it at the moment, so he asked directly.

"Speaking of this, I have to talk about the political situation after His Majesty ascended the throne!"

Li Tingji pondered for a moment, but he didn't hide his secrets, and said.

"After ascending the throne today, what he did was nothing more than three things, one of them, the importance of agriculture and education, which was a matter that the Son of Heaven attached great importance to when he was in the palace, but it has little to do with the changes in the imperial situation, not to talk about it for the time being, the second is to unite the Yuanfu, with the intention of rectifying the rule of officials, and the third is to restart a whip law and reform the tax system, this time, in the eyes of outsiders, it is the old man who angered His Majesty because of the dispatch of the Qin Messenger of Suzhou Mansion, so he suffered from this predicament, but you and I both know that this is not the case, the Son of Heaven is angry, but because of the matter of Donglin, However, if the old man seems to him, the anger of the Son of Heaven is certainly because of the Donglin incident, but roasting the old man on the fire has another deep meaning......

Therefore, the situation is changing rapidly, and neither insiders nor outsiders may be able to get a full picture.

Li Tingji was roasted on the fire, and he saw different things in the eyes of different people, Li Tingji was undoubtedly the person who saw it most clearly, maybe he didn't have Ye Xianggao's sources, but his judgment and grasp of the situation was beyond Ye Xianggao's reach.

"What does Brother Li mean, Servant?"

Ye Xianggao thought hard for a moment, but he didn't know the point, so he had to ask.

In fact, it is not difficult to think of this, Li Tingji just said, he has done a total of three things when he ascended the throne today, the first one has nothing to do with the changes in the court situation, so the last two things are naturally related to the changes in the court situation, but although Ye Xianggao guessed the meaning of Li Tingji's words, he knew it but did not know why.

"Yes, Shoji!"

Li Tingji nodded and continued to explain.

"When the first emperor was in power, Yuan Fu intended to make a difference in the rule of officials, but the first emperor did not support it, so it has been shelved, and if today's son succeeds to the throne, it is the time when it is necessary to clean up the dynasty, and naturally Yuan Fu came together, that day at the court meeting, Yang Lian on the impeachment of the Ministry of Shangshu Sun Piyang, it is for this reason, His Majesty wants to clean up the rule of officials, the first priority is to hold the Ministry of officials in his hands!"

Ye Xianggao bowed slightly, he also saw this, but what does this have to do with Li Tingji? If he is still the leader of the imperial party, he will naturally charge ahead, but now that he is difficult to protect, is it possible that he still wants to benefit from this rectification of the rule of officials?

Regarding Ye Xianggao's thoughts, Li Tingji was naturally very clear, and asked rhetorically at the moment.

"Has Jin Qing ever thought that His Majesty needs to do something to rectify the rule of officials?"

"What needs to be done......"

Ye Xianggao frowned, chewed this sentence carefully, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said.

"Naturally, it is necessary to find out the context of the various forces between the courts, and distinguish between those who are sincerely loyal to His Majesty and those who are contrary to Yang and Yin, so that we can prescribe the right medicine and rectify the dynasty!"

In addition to eliminating the black sheep above the officialdom, the biggest role is to eliminate dissidents, basically the new monarch ascends the throne, will be a knife to the officials, but they want to use the name of rectifying the rule of officials, install their cronies to control the court situation, and stabilize their position.

But this time, the Son of Heaven did it so ingeniously that even Ye Xianggao failed to see the true intentions of the Son of Heaven before.

"Not bad! Purging the court situation is something that all new monarchs of all dynasties must do, but now he is talented and intelligent, but he borrowed the hand of Yuan Fu to do this, so that the whole dynasty has never realized the intention of the Son of Heaven! ”

Li Tingji also sighed, he also carefully deduced the situation several times in the past few days before he came to this conclusion, it is really this smoke bomb of the Son of Heaven, which is too good.

As we all know, Yuanfu has always intended to make a difference in the rule of officials, when the first emperor, Yuanfu has several times to force Chen to clean up the law of the officials, the ministers know this, and even for the content of the Yuanfu is well understood, so after the union with Yuanfu, the ministers subconsciously feel that the matter of purging the rule of officials should be led by Yuanfu and assisted by the Son of Heaven.

As for Yuanfu's political policy, all the ministers are very clear in their hearts, it has always been based on seeking stability, and the reform of official governance is also carried out more in specific affairs, so all the ministers have relaxed their vigilance.

But Li Tingji, as the old minister who has been by the Son of Heaven's side for the longest time, realized almost immediately that things were not so simple, especially when the Son of Heaven issued the "grace" edict, Li Tingji had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

He doesn't have Ye Xianggao's sources, but this also reduces the difficulty of his deduction, the Son of Heaven is not subject to people's character, it is related to the rule of officials, the Son of Heaven must take this opportunity to punish all the people with bad intentions in the court, and in this way, a bait is needed, a bait that can lure out all those who are dissatisfied with the Son of Heaven.

And at this time, he Li Tingji bumped into it stupidly, and naturally became the bait thrown by the Son of Heaven, in other words, the matter of Donglin just made the Son of Heaven make up his mind, even without them, the Son of Heaven would find an opportunity to test the courtiers, and he Li Tingji just happened to meet him......