Chapter 53: Descending and Backward
After the court was dispersed, the officials went back to their homes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Prince An did not go out of the palace with the brigade, but turned around and walked to the harem, to the queen mother's palace and Yiyang Palace.
Stepping on the stairs in front of Yiyang Palace, the father-in-law guarding the door saw that it was Prince An, and immediately opened the palace door, without notification, and let him go directly.
The queen mother was waiting for dim sum by the palace maid at the moment, and when she saw King An stepping into the palace door, she put down the dim sum in her hand, gently tapped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, motioned to the palace maid to take away all the dim sum, and looked at the grandmother behind her. Mama waved her hand, and all the palace maids in the front hall retreated, and they all saluted one by one when they passed by King An.
"The emperor sees the queen mother." King An saluted very respectfully, and his attitude was respectful.
"Here you are, sit down and say." The Queen Mother said lightly, and she didn't see the joy of her son on her face.
"Yes!" King An bowed down, and then walked to the chair next to the Queen Mother. At this moment, he did not have the cold and angry anger of the early dynasty, just the appearance of an obedient and well-behaved son.
"Tell me about the situation in this morning." Waiting for King An to sit down, the Queen Mother spoke, still in a light tone, but revealing a trace of majesty.
King An respectfully told everything that happened in the early dynasty, and it was indispensable to slander Prime Minister Li Jinghan.
"You've disappointed the mourners so much!" After listening to all the narratives of King An in silence, the first thing the Queen Mother said was this, and her tone couldn't help but be angry.
"Queen Mother, the child doesn't understand what you mean??" King An was nervous in the face of the Queen Mother's anger, and at the same time felt wronged and angry. Don't say anything, just scold like this, can you not make him angry?
"I don't understand??! In such a battle, your household will lose 50 taels of silver and 100,000 stone of grain, while his army will only send a few troops over, and they can recover it afterwards without any loss. You lost miserably, what do you dare to ask the mourning family?! Being asked by King An like this, the Queen Mother became even more angry and disappointed, and her tone became more severe.
"The 500,000 taels of silver and 100,000 stone of grain are just what Zhuo Rui's faint monarch said, and the household department will never take them out!" King An couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and gave an answer angrily and decisively.
"Presumptuous!" The Queen Mother stood up and shouted majestically, "Do you want to resist the decree??" "No matter how incompetent the people sitting on the dragon chair are, no matter how much the civil and military officials don't take the emperor seriously, but the holy decree is the holy decree, and whoever dares to resist the decree will have to pay the price, which will be beheaded by one person at the worst, and even the nine clans at the worst. No matter which one it is, for a mere 500,000 taels of silver and 100,000 stone of grain, it is greatly worthless.
"Didn't the queen mother never take that faint king in her eyes?" Don't say that you are the queen mother, that is, he himself, and even the civil and military officials of the entire Daxing country, regardless of their official rank, do not take the faint monarch in their eyes, so there is such a scene in the early dynasty, isn't it?
"The mourning family doesn't take Zhuo Rui's faint monarch in their eyes, but the holy decree not only represents the faint monarch, but also represents the highest authority of the country, if the holy decree can be resisted casually, how can the emperor rule the country?" This emperor is not talking about Zhuo Rui, but referring to all the superiors, and there is also a faint meaning of including King An.
King An lowered his head and thought about it, figured it out, and secretly admired the queen mother in his heart, Jiang was still old and spicy, he walked over, helped the queen mother to sit down, and asked very modestly, "What does the queen mother mean... ā
The queen mother endured the support of King An, and after sitting down, she sighed and said, "The mourning family said that the emperor lost miserably, which is to indicate the face, the emperor, you can still do things from the back, and let all the silver return to the emperor's hands." In addition, he should think of ways to seize Li Jinghan's handle and let him fall into trouble in this matter. ā
Hearing the Queen Mother say this, King An was immediately overjoyed, and asked with a smile, "What does the Queen Mother think she should do?" ā
The Queen Mother carefully analyzed it with King An and said the solution. The two talked about this matter until noon, and the Queen Mother left King An to dine in the palace.
In the dining room, the royal rule is supposed to be quiet and unspoken. When King An suddenly thought of something, he was eager to know, and he couldn't wait until he finished eating.
"Queen Mother, why did you say that Zhuo Rui suddenly issued a holy decree and became angry, didn't he ignore the affairs of the court?" If it weren't for the Holy Decree, he would have been able to do what he did, and he wouldn't have to do so much.
The Queen Mother was contemplative, she had also thought about this question, in the past few years since Zhuo Rui's kid ascended the throne, there were only so many holy decrees in total, and there were very few in the court, and Li Jinghan and King An had the final say. "The mourning family thinks that it should be you who quarreled with Li Xiang and interrupted his pleasure, and he was annoyed."
"Hmm." King An thought back to the situation at that time and nodded approvingly.
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After dispersing, Li Xiang walked towards the palace gate angrily, his steps were as fast as the wind, and the hem of his clothes was thrown to the sound of hunting, which set off his body's vigor. Of course, this is also a short distance, and this is done to show his anger and dissatisfaction, anger and dissatisfaction with the Divine Decree.
After a short distance, he slowed down and walked forward as calmly as usual, but there was still a slight hint of anger on his face.
Sun Kongyi, the secretary of the military department who walked out of the main hall and followed behind him, dared to ask at this time, "Li Xiang, do you think our military department is really going to send 10,000 soldiers for disaster relief?" The tone was very cautious.
Li Xiang glanced at him and said four words lightly, "The holy decree has been issued." ā
Sun Kong also nodded knowingly, what Li Xiang meant was that the holy decree had been issued, and it had to be done. Then he looked around, and saw that they were all a little distance away from them, and then he lowered his voice and said in embarrassment, "But, if this is the case, I am afraid that the matter will be delayed." "10,000 soldiers is not a small number, in addition to guarding the frontier, patrolling the cities and governments in turn, and guarding the town of Kyoto, it is also feasible to transfer 10,000 soldiers, but that matter is suspended.
Li Xiang also looked around, and his voice was extremely low, "No, you will go to the old man's mansion in a while, and we will talk in detail." ā
Seeing that Li had plans for these 10,000 soldiers, Sun Kong also breathed a sigh of relief, and his steps were much lighter.
Then, the two did not talk about it again, but talked about other small things lightly.
The two of them entered the Prime Minister's Mansion in two carriages, one after the other. Li Xiang instructed his subordinates to prepare food and go to the study, let people guard the door of the house, and no one was allowed to step into the study.
Sun Kong also poured a glass of wine for Li Xiang, and couldn't wait to ask, "Li Xiang, do you always have a good way to deal with those 10,000 soldiers?" ā
Li Xiang picked up the cup and took a sip, smiled as well, and said quite mysteriously, "It's indeed a very good idea." ā
Sun Kong was also itched by what he said, licked his face and said with a smile, "Li Xiang, don't sell your old man, tell your subordinates." ā
Looking at the flattering old face in front of him, Li Xiang shook his head, "That's what the old man thinks, the 10,000 soldiers will buy from those refugees, as long as they are fed, and they will definitely be very happy to solve the flood and build houses for their hometown." ā