Chapter 69: On Politics
The kiss was interrupted, and the two were embarrassed for a while, Chu Jingye said, "Let's go to the roof." â
"Rooftop?"
"It's good to have a roof or a grove."
"Well, it's still the roof."
After calming down, Qin Leling asked, "What are you going to do about the river?" â
As she expected, he had already seen the problem of the river, but his original plan was to report to the emperor after returning to Beijing, and then the Qingzhou Thorn Shi would preside over the matter.
Qin Leling asked again: "Why wait until after returning to Beijing?" â
After hesitating, Chu Jingye said: "I'm afraid that my father will leave me here and preside over the repair of the river." â
It turns out that this involves the matter of party struggle and balance of power, which roughly is:
For a long time, the imperial court fought openly and secretly, forming the Shengwang Party with the deposed queen, now the son of Zhuang Concubine, as the core, and the Hanwang Party with the son of Shuguifei, Hanwang, as the core. The two parties have deep grievances and are at a stalemate.
That time, Qin Leling rescued Chu Han by the river because King Sheng wanted to kill him, and Chu Jingye and his party just happened to be hit by the master's transformation and dispersion, so they were plotted by King Sheng and almost died.
Qin Leling smiled in her heart, she absolutely couldn't let him know that the Huagong Powder was developed by her.
Chu Jingye paused, looked at Qin Leling and said, "This is actually a very dangerous thing. â
Qin Leling suppressed her laughter, he didn't know if she was using laughter to hide her weakness, and thought that she was listening with great interest.
"That, I'm glad, fortunately you were plotted by King Sheng, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to save you."
Chu Jingye thought about it, and also grinned with a satisfied smile: "In this way, I should really thank the second brother for letting me meet Ling'er." â
In the past few days of love, his painting style has changed too quickly, his expressions have increased, his words have increased, and he has a little sense of humor. I heard that a man will show his childish side in love, Qin Leling felt it.
Realizing that the topic was off, Qin Leling hurriedly corrected it and motioned for him to continue.
Originally, King Sheng had the upper hand in the party struggle, and the two were relatively balanced. Not long ago, Empress Wen was demoted to a concubine, which can be regarded as weakening the momentum of King Sheng. This trip to Qingzhou broke King Sheng's arm, and the balance of power was heavily tilted towards King Han's side.
The emperor praised and rewarded him, but he may have secretly wanted to balance power, and it was a good reason to keep him here to repair the river.
Qin Leling thought about it, the struggle for power was earned in the Party Central Committee, and in a place thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, no matter how powerful it was, it would not be able to exert half of its strength when fighting for the throne.
It is a long and huge project to relocate the river, and after a year and a half, the river will be repaired, and the vitality of King Sheng will be restored, and the two of them can stand at both ends of the scale again.
For the emperor, his son also has to guard against it, if he is too strong, there is a risk of seizing power and usurping the throne, and if he is too weak, he will not be able to govern the country well in the future.
However, Chu Han didn't want to, and finally put King Sheng in this field, and he definitely couldn't give him a chance to turn over.
Qin Leling said: "Have you ever thought that in fact, your ideas are too extreme, or you have used the wrong method at all. â
"Oh?" Chu Jingye was a little puzzled, not knowing what she was referring to.
Qin Leling continued: "No matter how great the power is, the honor and disgrace of one day are not in the emperor's thoughts. What the emperor wants to do will definitely try his best to do it, and if there are no conditions, he must create zĂ o conditions. Qingzhou has nothing to do, there will be many matters in other places, rather than waiting to be assigned to other places, it is better to follow your father's wishes, apply to stay by yourself, and leave a good impression on him. â
Chu Jingye pondered: "You have a very unique opinion. â
Of course, she has watched many big dramas before, and she can be said to be experienced.
As the saying goes, the gun shoots the first bird, and those princes who were very powerful at the beginning did not become emperors, but those princes who were good at avoiding the edge and won the emperor's heart were quite favored. Sometimes there is a huge disparity in strength, and the emperor will secretly help.
To put it bluntly, the emperor died and left a will, and whoever he designated was the next emperor. So the most important thing is to please the emperor.
However, this also has to pay attention to a degree, first of all, you can't be killed by other princes, you have to live until the emperor makes a will. Secondly, it's too mediocre, and the emperor's sons can't see you so much.
Qin Leling suddenly felt that he was a senior politician, should he learn from Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of the Republic of China, to abandon medicine and enter politics?
On the second day, Chu Jingye did not leave, but repaired a letter to Taiwei Zhang, asking him to take it to the imperial capital to the emperor, and ask him to stay and completely solve the problem in Qingzhou.
The emperor was very pleased with Chu Jingye's deep ideological awareness, and with a wave of his hand, he agreed. The 100 carts of gold confiscated can be used casually, which is the property of the people of Qingzhou, and should be used on the land of Qingzhou and the people of Qingzhou.
Hearing that the King of Han was going to stay and relocate the river, the broad masses of the people were overjoyed and rushed to tell each other, and there was a feeling of a long drought and a rainy day. Chu Han's popularity was very high, and he was surrounded by the people after only one trip to survey the river, and everyone enthusiastically signed up to repair the embankment, squeezing Qin Leling outside.
Zhang Jun looked at the crowd greedily and said, "I will also be such a big official who is supported by the people in the future." â
Qin Leling shook his head, can being supported by the people be the same as a big official, is it a good official who is supported by the people, or has this kid been talking upside down since he sent his father away.
In fact, Zhang Jun wants to be a big official, too big to be ignored, so that Chu Jingxi will not dare to do anything to him again.
Originally, he could go back with Taiwei Zhang, probably because he thought that he would be able to go back soon to see the girl Ruoyou who had been missing for a long time, and his excitement was overflowing, and he was discovered by the careful Chu Jingxi.
So I mentioned to Chu Jingxi and Zhang Taiwei that moving the river was a good opportunity to practice, to accumulate popularity, increase knowledge and rich experience, etc., and moved Zhang Taiwei to keep his son.
As for Chu Jingxi, the emperor doesn't care where he always goes or what he does.
Next, Chu Jingye took the drawings and studied with Pei Yongji, the Qingzhou Thorn Shi, and its officials for two days, and changed the river course again and again. Qin Leling listened in a fog, and finally couldn't help but remind that if the so-called art industry has a specialty, it is still necessary to find a professional person.
Chu Jingye also agreed, but the river workers all obeyed the order to repair the embankment, and there was no special way to design the river in ancient times. It is not easy to find someone who has rich experience and can design a reasonable river channel in Qingzhou, which has a dense river network. In the past, it was the officials themselves who designed the river and led the people to dig the river and build the embankment.
Qin Leling was full of energy, and was thoroughly doused by Qin Muqing with a basin of cold water.
It turned out that Qin Muqing saw that his junior sister had no return, and couldn't help but remind him that King Han's deeds of punishing corrupt officials in Qingzhou were already famous, and Xiaoxiang Valley, which was hundreds of miles away, should have heard of it, and if he didn't go back, the second master would come to arrest people.
At this point, Qin Leling remembered that the reason why she came here was to be a witness and help investigate corrupt officials, and there was no reason to stay any longer.