Ye Chunqiu naturally despised Yang Tinghe's shamelessness very much, but Ye Chunqiu knew that this year's chief examiner was Yang Tinghe. There were long records of Yang Tinghe presided over the spring exam in his mind, but he didn't know what methods Yang Tinghe used to win this qualification in history.

However, it is also obvious that for Yang Tinghe, he is determined to win the main test of this spring exam. After all, the spring exam is not very important for Li Dongyang and others, but it is an excellent opportunity for Yang Tinghe, who is eager to gain a foothold in the cabinet and wants to attract more students.

Zhu Houzhao was still angry at Yang Tinghe, but she still said to Li Dongyang: "What do Master Li think?"

Li Dongyang said: "Master Yang has excellent knowledge and his character has always been respected by Shilin. He is indeed an excellent candidate."

At this time, what I'm looking at is the connections.

Zhu Houzhao may not want to praise Yang Tinghe, but he can't resist the strong connections and good reputation of others. Don't say that Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe have always had close relationships. Even if they are not in good relationships with each other, they will never speak ill of bad words.

In essence, Yang Tinghe was able to reach the top and rely on support from others. On the other hand, he had accumulated enough reputation in the Shilin.

For people like Li Dongyang, they always have to promote others. Anyway, they can also give the world an image of knowing people and being able to take responsibility. On the contrary, if they suppress Yang Tinghe, they will most likely be infamous for others to jealousy and harming the virtuous.

People who have reached the level of the Chief Minister of the Cabinet, every move, every word and action is noticed. Li Dongyang is well-known and Yang Tinghe has a good reputation. It doesn’t matter whether they have a good personal relationship or not.

The root lies in Yang Tinghe's image.

The image of a person is fixed, and that's the case with Yang Tinghe. In his life, he has almost never made any mistakes that are considered harmful to scholars. This slowly accumulated image makes him like some people who have risen to the top, even if he is defeated with power, he will still be able to make a comeback in the end.

Just like... Hai Rui in history, no matter how disgusting people are, once he becomes the well-known Qingtian in the world, no matter how hates him, he will probably pinch his nose and pick him up from the mountains and entrust with an "important task".

Ye Chunqiu had no expression on his face. He thought to himself that yesterday, Yang Tinghe said to himself proudly that he wanted to get rid of him, but his weight was not enough.

In a sense, it is correct. Yang Tinghe is indeed qualified to say this, because Yang Tinghe is not Jiao Fang...

Jiao Fang has been infamous since the beginning because Liu Jin is supporting him. Liu Jin's power comes from Zhu Houzhao. As long as Zhu Houzhao deeply hates Jiao Fang, then Jiao Fang will die without a place to bury him. Not only will the world not be heartbroken, but will applaud.

The strength of Yang Tinghe is that his power base comes from the bottom. There are many gentry and scholars in the world, and countless officials and families, who have their own moral standards. In their eyes, Yang Tinghe has formed an inherent impression of a gentleman who is righteous, which makes Ye Chunqiu even if he wants to abandon Yang Tinghe, because no one will stand against a gentleman.

Although Zhu Houzhao was not very happy, it was obvious that Li Dongyang highly recommended it, so he had to look at Yang Tinghe lukewarmly and said, "Okay, since that's the case, you will be allowed to commit crimes and make meritorious service."

Yang Tinghe was not surprised by the glory and was not surprised by the disgrace, and he quickly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty is beyond your expectations, and the old minister is grateful."

Zhu Houzhao was naturally immune to these compliments from Yang Tinghe, and was not interested in saying anything to him. He just said, "Now Shunyi has quelled the chaos. The most important thing at the moment is to find out the remnants of Wang Ru's accomplices. They went for Ye Aiqing, and it would never be so simple. I thought about it all night. In Taiyuan, there was such a merchant who dared to sell goods to the Tatars and the Jurchens. It was really outrageous. It was okay for the Tatars. Jianzhou, Haixi and the three tribes of the Savage have always been surrendered to the court, and the court also approved their request for trading with each other. Why did they collude with private merchants? What are they doing?"

Speaking of the three Jurchens, it is actually not a major concern of the court now, but gradually it has begun to struggle.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, the Jurchens were in a mess and were originally ruled by the Mongols. When the Ming army swept across Liaodong, the Mongols simply surrendered. The Jurchen tribes under their jurisdiction naturally obediently gave in to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Ming Dynasty almost effectively managed the Jurchens.

The real reason why the Jurchens began to grow gradually came from the Tumu Fort change. During the Tumu Fort change, they also attacked Beijing first. At that time, many Jurchen tribes and the Oirat people took advantage of the situation. When the Ming Dynasty gained a foothold, they had already damaged their vitality. Although the Jurchen tribes surrendered again, they were no longer as easy to surrender as before. So the court simply allowed them to manage themselves, established garrisons, and traded with them.

In name, the Jurchens, like the three guards of Duoyan, were still under the control of the Ming Dynasty. However, as the ruling power of the imperial court began to become weak in the Liaodong area, they could only rely on winning over the heads of the Jurchen tribe to conduct indirect management.

But this... naturally there are hidden dangers, because autonomy means that although the three Jurchens are attached to the Ming Dynasty, there is no other available method except for relying on agents.

It would be fine if the Ming Dynasty was still strong. Once the Ming Dynasty's rule in Liaodong weakened, these people would take advantage of the situation.

Zhu Houzhao continued angrily: "Send an envoy to the Jurchen tribes and ask them why they dare to hide it from me and do such a thing? If I don't say it clearly, I will never give up."

After hearing this, Li Dongyang pondered for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty, now our Ming Dynasty should focus on fighting against the Tatars. The Jurchens are just a problem of scabies, which is not worth mentioning, so what's the point? There is really no need to issue an order to reprimand."

He was a man of conspiracy to the country. All the forces of the Ming Dynasty outside the pass should be dominated by the Tatars. This is the national policy of the Ming Dynasty. If there are any problems outside the situation, it may cause the Jurchens to collude with the Tatars, which is inappropriate.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "Then let it go? Ye Aiqing, tell me."

Ye Chunqiu stood up, saluted Zhu Houzhao, and said, "Your Majesty, how did the Tatars rise on?"

His retort made Zhu Houzhao slightly stunned. He really didn't understand what it had to do with the Jurchens and the Ming private business interoperability transactions?

Zhu Houzhao couldn't figure it out, so she said, "Don't keep it aside, just say it."

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!