"Lord Wang, Pavilion Elder, the Beijing Officials Department has an urgent official document to Pavilion Elder." Just when Li Yuntian and Yang Pu were having a headache about Yang Ji's matter, a guard walked into the room quickly, bowed down and handed Yang Pu an official document in his hand.

"The official letter of the ministry?" Li Yuntian and Yang Pu couldn't help but feel a little surprised, what could the officials do to find Yang Pu at this time.

"Lord Wang, the officials want the official to return to Beijing, Ma Yu is already on the way to Jiangnan, and he will replace the official to assist the prince in promoting tax innovation." Under Li Yuntian's suspicious gaze, Yang Pu opened the official document and took a look, and smiled at Li Yuntian helplessly, "It seems that the Empress Dowager also feels that this matter is a little tricky." ”

Li Yuntian couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, the reason why the officials suddenly summoned Yang Pu back to Beijing this time was obviously the instruction of the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family, which meant that Yang Shiqi was in huge trouble, otherwise Yang Pu would not be transferred back to preside over the overall situation of the cabinet.

This is also a helpless thing, Yang Shiqi is affected by Yang Ji's incident and now I am afraid that he has no energy and mood to deal with the affairs of the cabinet, and Ma Yu and Cao Nai can't afford to carry the cabinet, so they can only transfer Yang Pu back.

"It's okay if Ma Yu is here, you can follow the prince for some tempering." Yang Pu groaned for a while after collecting the official documents, and looked at Li Yuntian with a smile, thinking that his return to Beijing this time was also a good thing, which could enable Ma Yu to take the opportunity to accumulate qualifications.

With Li Yuntian in charge, the tax reform in the Jiangnan area will definitely go smoothly, and Ma Yu will follow suit, which is an out-and-out great political achievement.

Moreover, Ma Yu is a native of Linqu County, Shandong Province, and is a fellow villager of Li Yuntian, so he can get along with Li Yuntian better, and the power of the ancient township party can be very strong.

"The elder is polite, this king is just doing his part." Li Yuntian immediately laughed when he heard this, how could he not understand the meaning of Yang Pu's words, he would take Ma Yu well in public and private, so that there would be a successor to the cabinet.

"Then thank you, Lord Wang." Yang Pu also laughed, with Li Yuntian's words, he was relieved, and he could rest assured that he could go back to the capital to fight with various factions.

In the evening, Li Yuntian summoned the high-ranking civil and military officials in Yangzhou City to see Yang Pu off, which made those officials a little crying and laughing, who would have thought that they were still drinking Yang Pu's reception wine the day before, and they would see Yang Pu off today.

Since Yang Ji's matter has not yet reached Jiangnan, the officials in Yangzhou City do not know what happened, but it is certain that something big must have happened in the capital, otherwise Yang Pu would not have left in a hurry after just staying in Yangzhou City for one night.

Early the next morning, Yang Pu boarded the ship heading north and rushed back to the capital day and night, and Li Yuntian led a group of officials to see him off on the wharf.

This caused the onlookers to talk about each other, and it was not clear why Yang Pu, a member of the imperial court who had only arrived in Yangzhou City, had to leave after only two nights in Yangzhou City.

But soon, Yang Ji's matter spread from the capital to Jiangnan, and along with the news, there was also an auxiliary minister, Ma Yu.

When Ma Yu arrived at the Yangzhou wharf, the waiter of the Nanjing Sixth Department went to greet him, while Li Yuntian stayed in the Yangzhou Office of the Jiangwutang and waited for the Shangshu of the Nanjing Sixth Department.

According to the principle of reciprocal reception in officialdom, although Ma Yu, who has shallow qualifications, has entered the cabinet, he is only an official of the third grade, and he has the title of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Ma Yu naturally doesn't care about these things, although he is older than Li Yuntian, he stepped into the official career later than Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian is a jinshi of the Yongle Dynasty, and Ma Yu is the champion of the Xuande Dynasty, Ma Yu is still a junior in front of Li Yuntian, and the officialdom attaches great importance to this kind of qualifications.

"Xiaguan has seen the prince." Li Yuntian had already set up a reception banquet for Ma Yu in the Yangzhou Department of the Lecture Hall, and Ma Yu saluted respectfully after seeing Li Yuntian, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

"Sex and don't be polite." Li Yuntian smiled and stepped forward to help Ma Yu, his attitude was very enthusiastic, as a senior in the cabinet, he took great care of Ma Yu.

Ma Yu, the word and, the number Xuan, a native of Linqu County, Shandong, was born in a scholarly family, smart and studious since childhood, the first in the middle hall examination of Xuande in the second year, and the first champion in the north of the Ming Imperial Examination.

The imperial examination is a kind of imperial examination, because Ma Yu's imperial examination was the first imperial examination after Emperor Xuande ascended the throne, so it is commonly known as Long Feibang.

Historically, most of the scientific examinations have examined the Five Classics, that is, the saying goes, the Five Classics are used to take judges. This time, Emperor Xuande issued an edict that "since ancient times, it has been prosperous to win people, and it is enough to be loyal and filial".

Therefore, the imperial examination in the second year of Xuande was selected for the system.

The so-called system refers to the temporary examination subjects set by the ancient imperial court, which began in the Han Dynasty and followed to the end of the Qing Dynasty. Talented and knowledgeable, clear in physical use; There is an erudite macro vocabulary; There is filial piety and honesty; There is a special section of the economy; In the late Qing Dynasty, there was also a translation department.

There are changes in the subjects of various dynasties and generations, and those who are admitted to the system are generally awarded official positions preferentially, and Ma Yu is the champion of this imperial examination.

Due to the identity of the champion, Ma Yu had a very high starting point in his career, and after the palace examination, he entered the Hanlin Academy and was awarded the position of Hanlin Repair.

In the autumn of the ninth year of Xuande, the imperial court selected 37 historians and Shujishi to study in Wenyuan Pavilion, among which Ma Yu was the leader.

In the first year of orthodoxy, Ma Yu served as a lecturer at the banquet, and then moved to study for a bachelor's degree, participated in the compilation of the "Xuanzong Record", and was later promoted to a bachelor's degree.

In the fifth year of orthodoxy, Ma Yu entered the cabinet under the recommendation of Yang Rong and Yang Pu, participated in the maintenance of the aircraft, and was awarded the title of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, becoming the fourth cabinet member.

Although Ma Yu had smooth sailing in his official career, it was precisely because of his rapid promotion that he lacked qualifications and made it difficult for him to serve the public in the civil service group.

In addition, because Ma Yu failed to serve in the yamen of the major ministries and courtyards in the capital, and at the same time did not have local experience, his ability to handle government affairs and the relationship with various factions in the imperial court were difficult to compare with Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu.

It is worth mentioning that Ma Yu is Yangpu's protégé, and the main exam for Ma Yu when he participated in the examination was Yang Pu, so Ma Yu regarded him as a teacher, and Yangpu naturally took great care of Ma Yu.

After the reception, Li Yuntian invited Ma Yu to the back hall and asked him about the situation in Beijing, as a cabinet member, Ma Yu must know a lot of inside information.

Ma Yu naturally would not hide anything from Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian was not only Yang Shiqi's protégé but also "right" to cabinet affairs, so he told Li Yuntian what he knew.

According to Ma Yu's words, Yang Ji's incident hit Yang Shiqi very hard, and he seemed to have aged a lot overnight, looking haggard.

Because those officials listed a large number of Yang Ji's crimes when they impeached Yang Shiqi for his murder in the main hall, Yang Shiqi's psychology suffered a huge blow, and it was precisely because of this that the Empress Dowager Zhang had no choice but to urgently transfer Yang Pu back to the capital to preside over the overall situation of the cabinet.

"Alas, why doesn't this Yang Ji know how to converge!" After listening to Ma Yu's words, Li Yuntian couldn't help but sigh with emotion, now he could make Yang Shiqi miserable.

"Lord, before the official leaves, Lord Shoufu asked the official to inform the prince that the king of the Southwest Luchuan Kingdom, Si Renfa, has launched wars one after another in recent years and has captured many places, and has turned a deaf ear to the decrees of the imperial court, so the orthodox emperor intends to send troops to the expedition, and Lord Shoufu hopes that Jiaozhi can send troops to the north and south to fight and quell the rebellion of the Luchuan Kingdom in one fell swoop."

Ma Yu's face also showed a look of regret, Yang Shiqi is good in everything but he dotes on his son too much, coupled with Yang Ji's lack of anger, Yang Shiqi is now in a predicament, and then he remembered something and couldn't help but speak.

"Luchuan!" Li Yuntian's brows suddenly furrowed when he heard this, the Luchuan Kingdom had been constantly at war with the central power since the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was a rather troublesome place.

Although Yang Shiqi is now exhausted and psychologically hit hard, he is still dedicated to the country and wants to dedicate the last light and heat to Daming.

When it comes to the war with the southwestern provinces, the two most famous nobles of the Ming Dynasty are Li Yuntian and Zhang Fu, both of whom have successfully quelled the rebellion of Jiaozhi, especially Li Yuntian, who has managed Jiaozhi in an orderly manner.

Therefore, Yang Shiqi hopes that Li Yuntian can intervene in this war against the Luchuan Kingdom, although the Luchuan Kingdom cannot compete with the Ming Dynasty in terms of national strength, but if it resists desperately, it will bring a lot of trouble to the Ming army, so he does not want to see the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty lose their lives in vain, if the Ming army in Jiaozhi can participate in this war, it will make things much simpler.

However, both Yang Shiqi and Li Yuntian knew that this war to pacify the Luchuan Kingdom was absolutely dominated by the Weisuo army, although the Weisuo army was not the opponent of the Timurid Empire, the Northern Yuan and the Japanese soldiers, but it was more than enough to deal with those barbarians in the southwest.

Considering the defeat of the Weisuo army in recent years, this war against the Luchuan Kingdom will definitely be valued by the governors of the five military capitals, hoping to win a battle to shock the army's prestige.

In this way, the Ming army in Jiaozhi, to be precise, the Xiaowu army could only assist it in attacking the Luchuan Kingdom, and after the war, the great merit was recorded on the head of the Weisuo army.

Yang Shiqi did not want to beat the dispute between the Xiaowu army and the Weisuo army, but to appease Li Yuntian, although the governors of the five armies wanted the Weisuo army to fight, but Jiaozhi was close to the Luchuan Kingdom, so instead of transferring troops from other places to Yunnan, it was better to transfer troops from Jiaozhi nearby.

Since the Weisuo Army and the Xiaowu Army belong to two different systems, this makes it easy for the command and dispatch of the two sides to have problems, and Yang Shiqi is worried that the arrogant Xiaowu Army will not obey the orders of the generals of the Weisuo Army, and there will really be a conflict at that time.

Li Yuntian knew that this was Yang Shiqi's painstaking efforts, and hoped that he would not care about the gains and losses of some interests, and send the Xiaowu army to assist the Weisuo army in conquering the Luchuan Kingdom.

As the loyal king of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian will naturally put the interests of the Ming Dynasty first, and Yang Shiqi can still care so much about him at this time, which makes Li Yuntian deeply moved in his heart, and it can be seen that Yang Shiqi has high expectations for him.

For the affairs of the Luchuan Kingdom, Li Yuntian already had an arrangement in his heart, and the Xiaowu army participating in the war would definitely be able to cooperate with the Haowei army to carry out the conquest.