Chapter 371: Going to War
This time, in dealing with the Yao family that shook the country's foundation, Emperor Longqing did not deal with Qiu Datong's matter as he did last time, and did not implicate anything else, but went along the vine and tried his best to investigate thoroughly.
No matter how powerful the King of Fenyang is, after all, he has not reached the point of covering the sky with one hand, and the intertwined forces that have been painstakingly managed for decades have finally been exposed little by little under the unremitting efforts of Emperor Longqing and the secret "help" of Xiao Ji.
Emperor Longqing was shocked to realize that he once trusted his courtiers, who were now very guarded, had secretly accumulated such a strong force over the years, and he was almost able to compete with him, the king of a country.
The instability of the throne under him was the most intolerable thing for Emperor Longqing.
Under the anger and panic, Emperor Longqing did not have the heart to calm down and discuss the layout and arrangement from the long term, and the court was furious, and severely punished the sinners who dared to touch his country.
Moreover, at the court meeting, he reminded Qiu Datong of the matter, and when the court reprimanded the king of Fenyang for not knowing anyone, he recommended such a silverfish mediocrity.
The king of Fenyang was caught off guard by Emperor Longqing's sudden attack, and in the face of a group of courtiers, he naturally could only kneel down and ask for guilt.
Of course, considering the events of the year, when punishing the restless courtiers, Emperor Longqing did not dare to point the finger at the king of Fenyang as soon as he came up, but chose to cut off his arm first, in a vain attempt to weaken the power of the king of Fenyang first, and then win in one fell swoop.
Of course, the king of Fenyang will not sit still, but Emperor Longqing did not completely tear his face with him, and he was willing to pretend to be deaf and dumb on the surface, so as to leave some extra time for his own planning.
After all, he is still on the territory of Emperor Longqing, and he has not developed to the point of covering the sky with one hand, and the Xiliang royal family is not all controlled by the eldest princess Tortoise.
Now the competition between the two sides is time, to see who is the first to control well, and there is no last resort, and the last laugh will be held.
According to the news passed to him by Pan Yu'er, the king of Fenyang privately found relevant people and lobbied for rebellion, in a vain attempt to make the disgraceful process of Emperor Longqing's seizure of the throne public without exposing himself, so that he could no longer occupy the convenience of the king and suppress him in various ways.
At the same time, according to Pan Yuer's confession, the hidden strength of Emperor Longqing was found out one by one, and he began to deal with them, and they were all broken.
Since Emperor Longqing wanted to cut off his right arm to restrain him, then he would use his human way to govern his body, and first tear all the disguises of this "good" emperor who appeared to be benevolent and virtuous, and exposed them to the world in front of the world.
Although there was no direct big action on both sides, it seemed that Emperor Longqing was taking the opportunity to rectify the rule of officials, but everyone involved in the period understood that Emperor Longqing and King Fenyang, the two monarchs and ministers who had been extremely deed, finally tore through the camouflage that they had worked hard to maintain over the years, and their positions were clearly in opposing positions.
The courtiers were in a state of panic, and their families were naturally not at peace.
After the Bai family got the news, they hurriedly sent someone to Zhihe Courtyard to send Feng Shujia to the Summer Palace to speak.
"What you said at the beginning was right, it's a good thing that your father stayed at the border at this time!" Bai Shi remembered the beginning, and couldn't help but be afraid for a while, "If your father came back at the beginning, whether it was loyalty to the monarch or repaying kindness, it would still be criticized by others, but I am afraid that it will attract suspicion from both sides, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the court." If you are not careful, it will even lead to a catastrophe......"
At the beginning, Emperor Longqing trusted and relied on the King of Fenyang, and now the tension between the two makes everyone panic.
The so-called deed of monarchy and ministers is nothing more than that. At present, these two people are people who can even abandon love and righteousness.
Bai's face was pale, his hands were clenched, and he muttered: "I don't know what will happen in the end, whether our family will be implicated......"
"No, you sisters and brothers must not have anything to do!" Bai stood up and said urgently, "It's better to take advantage of the fact that the two sides haven't torn their faces yet, and I'll send your sisters and brothers to the countryside for refuge first, so as not to be at a loss!"
The Bai family originally didn't care about these things, and when Emperor Longqing first took action, she also thought like everyone else that this was just a normal rectification of the rule of officials.
However, after Feng Shujia came back from Princess Shouyang's mansion, she told her worriedly that Princess Shouyang vaguely hinted that those people who were rectified by Emperor Longqing were all related to the King of Fenyang, and they had formed a party with him, acted mischiefly, and watched the government.
Bai Shi thought of Feng Yi and his children who were far away at the border, and he didn't dare to be confused anymore, so he hurriedly sent someone out to find out the news.
Emperor Longqing wished that everyone in the world knew that the king of Fenyang was ambitious, and intended to subvert the dynasty and replace it in order to gain the support of the people, and of course he would order that in the process of handling the case, the root cause of all the disasters would be pointed to the king of Fenyang, intentionally or unintentionally.
So under this circle, Bai Shi could no longer sit down.
Sandwiched between the suspicious Emperor Longqing and the King of Fenyang, Feng Yi, as a courtier and student, can please him well.
Feng Shujia Bai's anxious appearance hurriedly stepped forward to hold her hand, and gently comforted: "Mother doesn't need to be so panicked, the overall situation is still controlled by the saint at the moment, and the chaotic ministers and thieves are just clowns, so they are not worth worrying about." ”
In the previous life, Emperor Longqing did not see through the ambition of King Fenyang until his death, and before his death, he also specially issued an edict to tell him to devote himself to state affairs and assist the young emperor.
In this life, with the participation of her and Pan Yuer, Xiao Ji took action in advance because of this, and finally made the pair of detached monarchs and ministers suspicious of each other, and settled all the grievances that should be settled while they were alive.
Feng Shujia was not in a hurry, her expression was calm, and Bai slowly calmed down because of this, sat down again, drank a cup of tea, and said, "Let's send you back to the countryside first." ”
Seeing Feng Shujia open her mouth to refute, Bai Shi took the lead and said: "Don't worry, in the countryside, everything will be arranged for my mother." Your sister-in-law is now in charge of the family, and as long as you have enough money, she will not let you be wronged. ”
Feng Shujia smiled helplessly, she wasn't worried about this at all.
"Mother, father is loyal, even if he is in the capital now, he will never do such a rebellious thing. As for repaying the favor, if he can give the king of Fenyang incense every Qingming Festival, others will praise him for not forgetting the old kindness. Feng Shujia had to patiently comfort, "So mother, you don't need to send our sister and brother to the countryside at all." ”
Emperor Longqing will not allow the King of Fenyang to rebel and usurp the throne, and Xiao Ji will not watch the Xiao family's rivers and mountains fall into the hands of others.
Therefore, the king of Fenyang will be defeated in this battle!
The reason why she prevented Feng Yi from returning to Beijing was not because she was worried about Feng Yi's painful choice between Emperor Longqing and King Fenyang, but because she didn't want him to face Xiao Ji.