Chapter 389: Why Came

Emperor Wu looked at King Cheng's father and son kneeling on the ground, why did these two people come to King Jing's Mansion? Is it to intercede for King Cheng's father and son?

Thinking that they might be interceding for King Cheng's father and son, Emperor Wu's face was even more gloomy, and the news of his imperial study spread so quickly?

He wanted to hear the intentions of these two people, and he didn't let King Cheng's father and son get up, and whispered "pass".

Li Chengyun and Li Chengen walked into the palace, and their eyes swept to see the situation in the palace, and the two walked straight to the imperial case to kowtow to Emperor Wu to say goodbye.

Emperor Wu said flattened down and asked the two of them to get up, "You two are here, what is there to do?"

Because of the invitation of the ministers of the DPRK and China, now Li Chengyun and Li Chengen have received real posts, Li Chengyun is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, and he is in charge of the disaster relief in the north of Yongding and the repair of the Lanjiang River in Shuzhong.

Li Chengen is mainly in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, because next year is the year of Dabi, and Emperor Wu also asked him to follow the Ministry of Officials to understand the affairs of the state school and students.

Judging from the appointment of the two, Li Chengen is also more favored, the Ministry of Rites is the first noble yamen in the court, and if the affairs of academic administration and student affairs are done well, Li Chengen will have the opportunity to win the hearts of most of the scholars in the world.

Scholars are useless, but verbal criticism and writing, the people's hearts are often in the reader's pen.

Hearing Emperor Wu's question, Li Chengen smiled and took out a few pieces of paper, "Didn't the saint say that he would sacrifice to the heavens in March? ”

Kang Shun took the pieces of paper and put them in front of Emperor Wu's case, Emperor Wu picked them up and looked at them, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "No wonder the national teacher always says that the green words you present are the most spiritual, and these articles are really well written." ”

Li Chengen looked at Emperor Wu and smiled, looked at Zhou Dingkang and Zhou Ming who were kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile, "Holy Lord, the minister is brave, what happened to my uncle and cousin to make the Holy Lord unhappy?"

Emperor Wu was in a better mood, glanced at Zhou Ming, and said to Li Chengen, "Chengen, your cousin's eyes are above the top, and I want to marry the county lord of Anping for him, but he can't even look down on it." ”

Li Chengen smiled and said, "The minister doesn't believe what the saint says. As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Ming with a smile, "Cousin, are you joking with the saint, right? ”

These few words, which sound like persuasion, faintly contain the meaning of instigation.

What is it to abide by his duty, isn't it to imply that Zhou Ming does not abide by the program in front of Emperor Wu?

His cheeks were thin, and when he smiled like this, it didn't make people feel gentle, but there was a gloomy meaning.

Li Chengen looked at Zhou Ming who was kneeling on the ground, and felt a little happy. When he was in Mingzhou, Liu asked him to be good friends with Zhou Ming, and at that time he was considerate of this nominal cousin, but Zhou Ming didn't take him seriously.

At that time, Zhou Ming only knew that he had to take care of Li Chengyun, a sick and dead ghost.

Now, Lee Seung-yoon has recovered, but unfortunately, it is himself who can talk and laugh in front of the saint now.

Li Chengyun didn't care who Zhou Ming married, but the Empress Dowager Wen wanted him to come to the palace today to facilitate Zhou Ming's marriage to Anping.

He couldn't figure it out, why did the Queen Mother have to tie Zhou Ming and King Fu together?

In his opinion, Zhou Ming would never refuse marriage. The county lord of Anping is a rare beauty, and she is also the county lord of the royal family. King Fu doted on his daughter again and prepared a rich dowry for her. If the Zhou family marries Fuwangfu, whether it is fame or fortune, won't they be able to go to the next level?

Such a good thing, Zhou Ming would be a fool if he refused.

He was a little surprised when he received news from the palace that Zhou Ming really resisted marriage.

But how to speak after entering the palace, he was quite hesitant about this.

In the past two years, according to the guidance of Empress Dowager Wen, he has become more and more favored by Emperor Wu, and it has been smooth sailing in the court, plus he married the daughter of Duke Wen as his wife, and he also has a lot of support in the court.

But to tie King Fu and King Cheng's Mansion together, he was a little unwilling. King Fu also has several sons, if Zhou Ming marries the lord of Anping, under the wind of Anping's pillow, which son of King Fu will help him seize the throne, is he not an opponent?

The best thing is that this marriage does not work, and at the same time, Emperor Wu is disgusted with King Cheng's father and son, if he seizes the military power of King Cheng's mansion, it is the best.

After Li Chengen's words were finished, Emperor Wu's face that was still smiling just now flashed a few hints of gloom.

Li Chengyun smiled on the side and said, "Second brother, what you said is not right. The saint is magnanimous, but now that he is not in the court, his cousin dares to speak out. Besides, after the saint chose to retire from the dynasty, he privately told his uncle and cousin about this, he must have been afraid that the two families would be in the way, and as a matchmaker, he had to promote a happy marriage. ”

As he spoke, he smiled with Emperor Wu and said, "Holy Lord, the minister has the courage to intercede, Anping is a rare one, and the minister's cousin is not bad, but if these two people get together, I am afraid that they will become resentful couples." ”

When Emperor Wu heard him say such straightforwardly, he didn't get angry immediately, "Why is this?"

"Holy Lord, this cousin has a heart, he is a dead-eyed person, I am afraid that he will not be able to turn around for a while. Li Chengyun went straight to the bottom, "Besides, the dowry prepared by Uncle Fu Wang for Anping is too rich." I heard that the silver for Uncle Fu's marriage alone is 200,000 taels. The minister is now busy with the disaster relief and aftermath in the north, and only then does he know that 200,000 silver can make tens of thousands of people eat white rice every day. ”

He saw that Emperor Wu was still listening attentively, and then said, "The treasury was empty the year before last, and if there were 200,000 taels of silver in the treasury at that time, the rebel king led by Zixian might be able to attack Shuzhong earlier." ”

This sentence is nothing to hear, but Emperor Wu frowned.

To raise an army, what is needed is silver.

The treasury was short of silver, and the army that had quelled the rebellion could only wait in Shu.

The Zhou family has military power, the king of blessing, but there is money and food!

If King Fu persuaded the Zhou family to raise troops, wouldn't his throne be unstable?

But the national teacher told him that he had recently divined the fortune of the country, and the hexagram prompt he received said that the success or failure of the Yongding Dynasty was all in one family. Now looking at the centrifugal image, if there is a woman born in the year of the Li surname who marries into that family, then the children of the two surnames will be able to work with one heart and one mind to assist the royal family.

As soon as Emperor Wu heard that success or failure was in one family, he immediately thought of the Zhou family in Chengwangfu.

Since the founding of Yongding, after several generations, the people know that it was Taizu who raised troops against the previous dynasty. But few people know that when Taizu raised an army, the Zhou family, as an in-law, naturally followed.

The Zhou family is a family of military generals, who have been able to fight well in the past dynasties, and saved Taizu from danger several times, and finally Taizu created the Yongding Dynasty.

After the establishment of the dynasty, successive kings guarded the northern region for the country.

Emperor Wu believed in his heart that he just happened to meet King Fu, and mentioned that the county lord of Anping was fifteen years old this year and had never been married, saying that he felt that the young talent of the prince was a good match.

Fifteen years old, doesn't it happen to be born in a unitary year?

Emperor Wu felt that this was the will of God, and naturally he was bent on promoting this marriage.