23: The Son of Heaven
Out of the Taiji Palace, Zhao Liang and Rong Ji walked side by side, thinking about what happened in the hall, he chuckled and said to Rong Ji on the side: "Let Li Mingshan come forward to bite Zhang Wei, it seems that Rong Jiang will not only only march and fight." ”
Rong Ji made him say something a little inexplicable, what does this have to do with Rong Jiang? Then he looked sideways at Zhao Liang, his eyebrows twisted into a Sichuan character, and replied: "She has never seen anyone in private in the past few days, and she rushed to Changlong early this morning, Your Highness is afraid that she will think wrong." After speaking, he said goodbye to Zhao Liang and left quickly.
He didn't like His Royal Highness at all. The King of England is scheming, which his father had told him. When the King of England and the crown prince competed for the throne, but they were able to withdraw and take the initiative to give up the throne, everyone only said that His Royal Highness the King of England was very important to the country, but in his opinion, His Royal Highness was extremely thoughtful. Although he has never been disobedient over the years, if he has a disobedience in the future, the concession of the year has exhausted the hearts of the people, and he never dares to think about it if he is looking for a good reason.
Moreover, this time the King of England returned to Beijing for the Rong family, which pushed the Rong family to the cusp. The Son of Heaven originally regarded the Rong family as a thorn in his side, but now he has a relationship with the King of England, and he doesn't know how the emperor hates the Rong family in his heart. He really didn't have a good impression of this highness, so he had to deal with him because his father had an explanation.
As for Zhao Liang, he thought that this matter was planned by Rong Jiang, but he was a little inaccurate by Rong Ji's words, and immediately suppressed his voice and ordered Wei Ming to send someone to investigate secretly, not to alarm any forces, as long as one knew it, he would leave the palace.
In the Qingfeng Palace, Shen Qingdao looked at the black-faced Son of Heaven with some trepidation, and he didn't dare to make a sound.
Zhao Heng sighed several times before speaking to him: "I didn't expect that Li Mingshan would join Zhang Wei today. ”
How is this called for him to pick up? Shen Qingdao is not like Zhang Wei and Li Mingshan, he gradually moved closer to the Son of Heaven after Zhao Heng Yuji, so naturally it is not like Zhang and Li who can gain face in front of the Son of Heaven, but this time Zhang Wei fell, Li Mingshan couldn't discuss this matter, and the old ministers under the emperor were also "old-fashioned" and not enough to make a living.
But the Son of Heaven is worried, and he has to share his worries and solve problems as a courtier, so he can only reply with a hard head: "Zhang Wei's matter was originally big or small, and Master Li is a decent person, and he has a lot of complaints about this matter."
He couldn't go on talking. This doesn't make sense at all, since there have been whispers for a long time, why didn't you play it back then? Li Mingshan was in charge of the ministry, and the official Ding Wei reported it, and he knew very well in his heart, and Zhang Wei married the outer room and had children, although he never put on a banquet to invite colleagues, but close friends always move around and give gifts, Li Mingshan can't be unaware. Why wait until so many years later to go through the old accounts?
Zhao Heng stopped when he saw that he was halfway through his words, and the corners of his mouth rose into a smile, but he was full of coldness: "You can't go on?" ”
Shen Qingdao knew that he was already angry, so he didn't dare to answer, so he listened to Zhao Heng continue: "Li Mingshan has long been unaccustomed to Zhang Weihu's fake tiger might, and he relied on my favor letter to come to the court. But after so many years, he came to turn over Zhang Wei's bad book, what do you think? ”
The words of the Son of Heaven came to his face, and then he pretended to be stupid and said that he didn't know, but he was afraid that the anger of the Son of Heaven would be sprinkled on him, so he swallowed his saliva and said: "Your Majesty thinks that it has something to do with the return of the King of England to Beijing?" ”
Sure enough, I heard Zhao Heng snort coldly, but he seemed to be a little puzzled: "It stands to reason that Li Mingshan will not be biased against the British king, otherwise he wouldn't have to support me vigorously back then." I'm afraid of the Rong family" Zhao Heng suddenly couldn't speak, what did he say? Could it be that he told Shen Qingdao that Zhang Wei spread rumors to pour dirty water on Rong Jiang that day, afraid that this time he would suddenly be involved, and it was Rong Jiang who made a ghost?
More about not wanting to believe that Li Mingshan has followed him for so many years, and will throw himself to the Rong family and favor the Rong family when he wants to suppress the Rong family. But the fact that he did it was not fair enough, and it was definitely not done by Ming Jun, so there was no way to say it to Shen Qingdao.
Shen Qingdao didn't know the reason, but after thinking about it, he only thought that the impeachment of Rong Jiang by Zuo Du Yushi that day was instructed by Zhang Wei, and since Zhao Heng mentioned the Rong family, the only thing that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Rong family could be involved in the near future was this matter. He narrowed his eyes slightly: "It is the duty of the imperial historian to impeach the courtiers, and the grandfather of the country should not hold a grudge against Zhang Wei like this, since he will not hold a grudge, he should not be contemplating the calculation of Zhang Wei by the Marquis Rong." He paused a little embarrassed, timidly looked at Zhao Heng's face, and saw Zhao Heng signaling him to continue, before he said, "I'm afraid that Your Majesty still has to ask Li Shangshu." ”
As if he didn't want to mention Li Mingshan again, Zhao Heng pinched his eyebrows and rubbed it, put his hand on his temple and pressed it, and was speechless for a long time.
After about a stick of incense, Shen Qingdao couldn't sit still, but he suddenly heard Zhao Heng speak: "After the prince's wedding, I plan to ask him to go to Jiangbei to cook the official corruption and fraud case that was reported before. ”
Shen Qingdao's eyebrows were sudden, his heartbeat was faster, and he asked with some anxiety: "Jiangbei is not as good as Kyoto, send the prince to ...... The minister was afraid that the prince would not be able to cook, but it would make the people panic and the people uneasy. ”
"Of course I know." seemed to be a little tired, and there was some weakness in his voice, "But after the prince's wedding, I can't let him stay in Kyoto to have too much contact with the Rong family, and the king of England has been in Yunzhou for several years, so he can handle this kind of thing easily, and it is only appropriate for him to accompany the prince to go." After a pause, as if remembering something, he sighed with a chuckle, "There are many bandits in the mountains of Jiangbei, and the folk customs are also very wild, which is really suitable." ”
Shen Qingdao opened his mouth, and he originally wanted to persuade him, but he couldn't say anything. At this time, what else is there to persuade, the emperor has already calculated this matter, a few years ago, Jiangbei Kaienke, the official corruption and fraud has been reported to Yecheng, but the emperor did not press the attack, in order to send him out after the prince's wedding.
And the British king is nothing but a variable born in vain. It's just that listening to Zhao Heng's words, there are probably other traps waiting for Zhao Liang. Although he was shocked, he understood that this was nothing more than an imperial power technique. Although he didn't know how the King of England persuaded the emperor to stay in Yecheng, he understood that the side of the couch would not allow others to snore, and he was afraid that the emperor wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the King of England, and naturally there was another one
Thinking about this, he had the courage to ask: "Ronghou, will you also accompany you?" ”
Zhao Heng's cold eyes swept over, he clearly saw the killing intent, he was stunned, and he was about to kneel down to ask for guilt, but Zhao Heng quickly suppressed the killing in his eyes, and said to him in a deep voice: "Do you know the biggest difference between you and Zhang Wei and Li Mingshan?" Before Shen Qingdao could speak, he had already continued to say coldly, "This sentence, Zhang Wei knew that he shouldn't ask, Li Mingshan wouldn't ask at all, but you--you asked." ”
Shen Qingdao hurriedly knelt down, trembling and pleading guilty: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, and the minister lost his words for a while."
"You're not gaffes." Zhao Heng didn't call him up, staring at him with cold eyebrows, "Don't you dare to believe that I am calculating the prince, the king of England and Rong Jiang like this, yes and no?" But he didn't wait for Shen Qingdao to reply, in fact, he also knew that the answer was yes, so he laughed, "I came to tell you, the king of England has won the hearts of the people, and Rong Jiang has military merits." Shen Qingdao, don't think they are innocent, in order to avoid raising tigers in the future, I can only get rid of them first, otherwise I will guard day and night, and it will always be a thorn in my heart. However, Jiangbei is where Rong Jiang's power lies, and I must not let her go with her. ”
And what about the crown prince? Shen Qingdao was almost about to ask, but he endured it. He has been an official for many years, the prince is kind and benevolent and filial, although he is a little mediocre in court affairs, but he can treat his father, but he is loyal and filial, but the emperor wants to calculate him like this, how can he bear it. It's just that if that's it, he'll just rot in his stomach forever.
Zhao Heng instructed him to do things carefully, and then asked him to retreat.
After a short time, he served the ginseng soup sent by the Kunning Palace, he took a bite, and then asked someone to withdraw, and sent Wei Jin to prepare a kind of pastries that Queen Cao loved to eat and sent them to the Kunning Palace, and called the rumor that the government was busy these days, and he should rest in the back hall of the Qingfeng Palace, so that the queen did not have to wait for him Yunyun, so he sighed, only muttered "Yuan Yuan", and there was no follow-up.