Early morning. A remote courtyard of the Royal Palace.

Cui Jinchen was dressed in white, tied his hair, standing in front of the court, holding a book, silently reciting.

A small eunuch probed his brain and looked at the door for a long time, and when he saw that there was no one around, he hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words in Cui Jinchen's ear.

Cui Jinchen's eyes lit up, he took out a silver ticket from his arms, threw it into the little eunuch's hand and said, "Where is the person?" ”

The little eunuch glanced at the denomination of the silver ticket with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "At the end of the hour, at the gate of the palace." Zhao Gongzi quickly think of a way. ”

Cui Jinchen groaned: "Will this be the end of the emperor's dynasty?" ”

The little eunuch looked in the direction of Changmen Palace and said with a smile: "It's fifteen today, and the Queen Mother is coming to the court, so it is estimated that it will not be so fast." ”

The first emperor passed away and left an edict. Because the crown prince is young, all military affairs will be the right to win the queen mother and the high relationship. And when the crown prince is underage, the queen mother can listen to the government on the first day of the new year, the fifteenth day or when there are major national events.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, the queen mother rarely appeared in front of the royal family and hundreds of civil and military officials. But every two days, Bisheng makeup and the new emperor walk.

Cui Jinchen waited for the little eunuch to leave, and secretly thought about it.

……

The Taihe Hall is located in the middle of the palace, and the palace is majestic and magnificent, solemn and solemn.

The three-foot square bluestone bricks are seamlessly collaged, the middle is smooth and clean like a mirror, and the four happy ruyi moire are pondered around. Hundreds of officials stood in columns.

On the top of the main hall, Zhao Jingqi was dressed in a yellow robe, sitting on the dragon chair with a lofty spirit.

After the dragon chair, 64 wide screens are placed, and the dragon and phoenix are embroidered. Behind the screen, Empress Dowager Li was dressed in court clothes, wearing pearls and emeralds, and looked at the people under the stairs expressionlessly.

"Go back to the emperor. There is a severe drought in the northwest this spring, and there has been no rain for a long time, and the peasants' harvest this autumn is likely to drop by 30%. The minister thought that the tax in the northwest would need to be reduced by two percent. Only then will the people get through it. ”

The one who played was Hu Wu, the waiter of the Chinese book. This person is thirty years old and six, and he is a weak scholar, and he has chosen a powerful name. Jingde has been exploring flowers for 14 years and studied under the Cui family.

"This ...... What is Gao Xiang's opinion? Zhao Jingqi only felt a headache and threw the problem to Xiangye.

Gao Zecheng came out slowly: "The minister thinks that the tax cut is not trivial. It can be said that it affects the whole body. How to drop, how much, you need to think twice! ”

Hu Shilang lowered his head and glanced at his feet, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, although what Gao Xiang said has some truth. However, the disaster is imminent, if you think twice, you are afraid that the people will have a hard time. The minister thought that it was the best policy to make a decision at the right time. ”

Gao Xiang paused, and said with a faint smile: "When the first emperor was here, due to the perennial disasters in the northwest, taxes fell again and again. If it is lowered again...... I'm afraid that it will cause other parts of the country to be different, and it is a good thing for Hu Shilang to worry about the country and love the people. But the decree is not child's play, and the provisions of the code are placed there, which is to be lowered. We have to pay attention to ways and means, not do things blindly. ”

Hu Shilang snorted coldly: "Dare to ask Xiangye, what is the best plan?" ”

"For a while, where is the best solution?"

Gao Zecheng has always called for wind and rain in the court, and there has never been such an ugly thing as today. What's more, this person is still a protégé of the Cui family. Gao Zecheng is slightly unhappy.

"If there is no good solution, what ways and means can we talk about. Talk about it. Waste time! Hu Shilang didn't know where he got the guts, and muttered a mouthful.

Gao Zecheng seems to have been beaten with a stick. After a moment of darkness, his face gradually became gloomy.

Seeing this, all the officials looked at Hu Shilang's eyes with a bit of inquiry, and there was a person with a keen sense of smell, who had already felt high, and there seemed to be something changed between the two great families of Cui.

"The Queen Mother?"

Zhao Jingqi frowned and looked at the two people under the stairs, you said a word, I said a word, the quarrel made his brain hurt, he couldn't help but lean back slightly, and whispered for help.

Empress Dowager Li bowed slightly, to show that he was not impatient.

Zhao Jingqi's heart was relieved and she breathed a long sigh of relief. The heart is on the first day of the first month, the fifteenth day of the court, and there is a queen mother, which is good.

Empress Dowager Li coughed lightly.

The hall was suddenly silent, and dozens of pairs of eyes were fixed on the screen.

"Qian Yushi, what do you think about this matter?" Empress Dowager Li's soft and majestic voice sounded slowly.

Qian Yin took a step forward, thinking about the intention of the Empress Dowager's move, and said cautiously: "The minister thinks that this tax should not be reduced." ”

"Oh, how should it not fall?" Empress Dowager Li seemed to be interested, and asked leisurely.

When Qian Yin heard the Queen Mother speak like this, he was very proud.

"As Gao Xiang just said, when the first emperor was here, the tax to the northwest was particularly generous, and it was thirty percent lower than that in the south. If it falls again, the people of the south will be reluctant. This spring's drought is only one season, how can there be a reason from spring drought to winter? The minister thinks that the tax cut is just an excuse for those scoundrels and laziness. Therefore it should not be lowered. ”

As soon as these words came out, Hu Shilang's face changed slightly.

Empress Dowager Li let out a sigh of relief.

Qian Yushi's words won the heart of the mourning family. When the first emperor was there, he was diligent in government and loved the people, and he was very considerate of the people. The low tax in the northwest is unprecedented in the past century. Disasters occur every year, there are floods in the south, snowstorms in the north, and there is no interruption for a year, so why can the people in these two places live and work in peace and contentment? It can be seen that tax cuts are not a good policy. ”

Hu Shilang was unwilling, and did not give an inch: "Back to the Queen Mother, the northwest is originally barren, with many mountains and few rivers, which is different from the south......"

"Hu Shilang, no matter how barren it is, how can it compare to the Wei State in the north and the Qi State in the west. I've heard that the taxes in these two countries are more than ours! Qian Yushi interrupted.

"Qian Yushi, the national conditions are different, how can you talk about the same day?" Hu Shilang sneered.

"According to the lower officials, it is not the reason for the barrenness and lack of water, but the reason why the people are lazy."

Qian Yin was aggressive: "I heard that Hu Shilang's ancestral home is there, Hu Shilang doesn't want to show favoritism for public purposes!" ”

"You!"

Hu Wu angrily rebuked: "I don't know what to say!" ”

Without waiting for Qian Yin to open his mouth again, Hu Wu turned his face to the emperor and the queen mother and shouted grievances: "The emperor, the queen mother!" The ancestral home of the minister is not false in the northwest, but it is the virtue of the minister, and the country and the society should be the most important. Qian Yushi was under the court, put this evil word, insulted the character of the ministers, and asked the emperor and the queen mother to make a decision! ”

The dispute in the hall was so fierce, but the Empress Dowager Li groaned and did not make a sound.

Zhao Jingqi was young in the end, she couldn't hold her breath, and her handsome face turned red. I want to speak, but I don't know how to appease, I want to scold, but I don't know who to scold.

Seeing this, Gao Zecheng's eyes widened slightly, and he stepped forward and sneered: "Qian Yushi." As far as things are concerned, why bother to save people by having already done so? ”

Qian Yin naturally didn't dare to be presumptuous to Gao Xiang, and said respectfully: "What Gao Xiang said is extremely true! ”

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Empress Dowager Li said with a pale face: "Okay, it's all for the sake of the country." For the sake of the people of the court. There is no need to discuss this matter anymore. Gao Xiangye! ”

"The minister is here!" Gao Zecheng bowed deeply.

"Order the officials of the cities in the northwest to actively fight the disaster and help the people tide over the difficulties."

"Obey the order!"

Gao Zecheng bowed his head slightly and frowned, and retreated to his original position. Such a fluttering sentence, I'm afraid it is...... His eyes looked at Hu Wu. Unexpectedly, Hu Wu was looking at him, the two looked at each other, and Hu Wu turned his head with a cold air coming out of his nose.

Gao Zecheng's eyes darkened, and there were slight waves in his heart.

Zhao Jingqi saw that the matter was finally discussed, and hurriedly glanced at Xiao Songzi.

"Retreat!" Song Gonggong's sharp voice resounded through the hall.

……

"Hu Shilang stays!"

At the moment when Hu Shilang stepped out of the court, Gao Zecheng called in a low voice.

Hu Wu was stunned, looked back and sneered: "What do you command?" ”

"I haven't drunk with Hu Shilang for a long time. I don't know if I have time today? ”

Since the death of the Cui family, Gao Zecheng vaguely felt that the protégés of the Cui family in the court were not as good as before. In response to him, there is even a tendency to gradually isolate.

Today's court, Gao Zecheng refuted Hu Wu's recital, although out of the consideration of the government, he was not half selfish, he thought about it for a long time. There is still the intention to repair and ease the situation.

Hu Wujing looked at Gao Zecheng for a long time, and said with a smile: "Xie Xiangye raises love." There are still important things to do, so go first. ”

"Hu Wu!"

Gao Zecheng said: "You blame me for being above ...... early"

"How dare you. How dare you. Xiangye's words are serious. Political opinions, like eating and drinking, are just ordinary things. Our officials are weak and weak, and they are not as good as the prime minister's deathbed orders, and he is full of words. The Tao is not the same, Hu Wu said goodbye! Hu Wu said, shook his sleeves and left.

"Such an arrogant and domineering person, how can Xiangye be with him. Today, the next official is the east, please come over to the house for a drink? Qian Yin didn't know when, he stood quietly behind Gao Xiang, with a flattering face.

Gao Zecheng smiled incomprehensibly, and his smile could not distinguish love.

"Qian Yushi, please!"

"Xiangye, please first!" Qian Yin was overjoyed and congratulated.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked side by side. The hundreds of officials with eyes behind him followed one after another. There are also those who disdain, bypassing Gao Xiang's side, walking with Hu Shilang, one left and one right are clearly distinguished.

……

Empress Dowager Li stood at the main gate of the Taihe Palace, looking at the officials who were obviously divided into two factions at the bottom of the stairs, thinking about the undercurrents surging in the court hall these days, and laughing meaningfully.

If all officials are concentric, the king is in danger; The way of the emperor is to let it disappear from the other, one lift and one pressure, and one qiē is all in the hands of the king

Zhao Jingqi saw that the queen mother's eyes were distant and deep, and with that gaze, she didn't see anything special, and asked with a smile: "What is the queen mother looking at?" ”

Empress Dowager Li turned her face, looked at this son who didn't know anything, and said softly: "I didn't see anything." ”

"Queen Mother, if you are free in the future, you will often sit in the court for your sons, why should you only stick to the first and fifteenth days of the new year? The son is in charge of the queen mother, and everything is settled. ”

"Silly child, my mother is a woman, and it is a violation of the ancestral rules to enter and leave the court like this, how can I go to court like a king every day." Empress Dowager Li stroked her son's hand and said.

"The queen mother is talented, not losing to the sons, when the father is there, the queen mother often helps the father to review the chapters, how to get to the son, it is to break the ancestral rules."

Empress Dowager Li said lovingly: "You are you, and the first emperor is the first emperor." Your father is not in good health, and the queen mother helps him, because she feels sorry for his body. ”

Zhao Jingqi thought of the mountains of concerts, and the difficult civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the sudden pain in her temples, and coquettishly pulled the sleeve of the Empress Dowager Li and said: "Queen Mother, I have often felt tired and weak in my limbs recently. ”

Empress Dowager Li stretched out her slender jade hand, pointed at the emperor's forehead, and scolded: "Emperor...... Who's where? ”

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a figure standing at the foot of the stairs, and Empress Dowager Li shouted. (To be continued)

ps: The third watch is served, and the bun's brain is already in chaos.

The conspiracy of the government is the most difficult to write, and Kavinka is really *.

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