Chapter 388: Great Cause
From Yanling to Kyoto, from the Bai family to Duanwangfu to the Forbidden Courtyard of the Deep Palace, along the way, how much effort and effort she spent in it, only the imperial concubine herself knows. She was camping in the palace for her own pair of children, and now her daughter is going to be used as a chess piece by Emperor Su Fang to consolidate his great cause, and even her son is taught by him in a crooked place, that is, she is still full of admiration for him today, and if she really wants to make a choice between her children and him, she must not even think about it, so she chose the child.
The imperial concubine quietly wiped the corners of her eyes in a no-man's land, stared at the pearl inlaid on the wall twice, and let out a long sigh.
Although Emperor Su Fang took away her power on the surface, he did not hand over the phoenix seal to others for a while, in the final analysis, those rights were still in the hands of the imperial concubine.
She sat at the desk overnight, and without waiting for the sky to turn white, she tried her best to secretly avoid the eyes and ears of Emperor Su Fang, and sent several letters to her father who was in Yanling's own house. After all, she is just a weak woman, and if the prince wants to sit firmly on that dragon chair for a long time, he always needs the support of the Bai family behind him.
Therefore, when the princess's matter came out of Emperor Sufang's mouth, she handed the news to the Bai family.
The Bai family has always been cautious, but it is not without ambition. Her son can sit on that chair, for the Bai family, there is no harm in it, why not do it for the Bai family. Her father is the current head of the Bai family, and since he led the Bai family out of the predicament many years ago, he has never made a mistake in making decisions.
The imperial concubine has been out of the cabinet for many years, and her children have grown up, but she trusts the most in her heart. is still his father.
Although the old man Bai is over the age of six, he is strong and healthy, deaf and clear-sighted, and he can live for more than ten or twenty years without saying anything. The people of the Bai family respect him very much. So the imperial concubine knew that as long as her father agreed to this matter, it would be done.
After she revealed some words before, looking at the old man's meaning, she really felt that it was okay, but she still needed to wait for the opportunity.
The implication is that things can still change.
The Imperial Concubine is well aware of this.
But for now. The time has come when they have to move. If it drags on like this, who knows what kind of outrageous and outrageous things the emperor will do.
The imperial concubine sent someone to send the news out, and her heart couldn't help but feel uneasy. If the old man feels that this is the time to do it. Too impulsive, the timing is not right, what should she do?
She was worried, and Emperor Su Fang started a moth again.
I don't know why he had a strange idea. He suddenly threatened to build a tower.
He didn't know what the imperial concubine was planning. Seeing that the palace has been calm recently, there has been no movement, and even cheered up and went to court for a few days. Until this day, he slowly opened his eyes from the summer afternoon breeze, pondered for a long time with the gauze tent, sat up suddenly, let people find pen and paper, and quickly drew on the paper a tower rarely seen in the territory of West Vietnam. The spire pavilions are lined up one after another, like a fairyland.
The tower is extremely high. At a glance, it seems to have reached the sky.
He said that he saw it in a dream, and he wrote it, calling it the twelfth floor.
is the so-called white jade in the sky, the twelfth floor of the five cities.
This twelfth floor refers to the dwelling place of the immortals.
His intention in naming the tower is evident.
As soon as he thought of it, he immediately spoke, ordering the people under him to step up the construction of the tower. However, as soon as such an order was ordered, the six departments were shocked, and the whole court was in an uproar. Although Xiyue has been singing and dancing to promote peace, the country is rich and the people are safe, but the silver in the treasury is not very full, not to mention how can the silver there be used up without regard to all the qiΔ?
If one day the frontier is turbulent and it is necessary to send troops to suppress it, but the treasury is already empty, then how can this battle be fought? Grain, grass, soldiers and horses, which one can be lacking.
So Tobe thought about it, but he still had the courage to make a break on this matter. The amount of silver needed for this tower is only like flowing water, which will inevitably cause the treasury to be empty.
Emperor Su Fang looked at the excerpts, but he only made a look that he didn't know the price of firewood and rice, and casually ordered the household department to spend the money to build the "twelfth floor", and didn't care about anything else. But the money still can't be spent, and the treasury will be empty sooner or later. He said, "The tax has not been touched for many years, so you can see what you do, and you should add a few percent." β
When the people got such words, they were surprised, but they did not dare to admonish them any more.
This kind of work and loss of money is really not true.
But Emperor Su Fang said that his dream was an omen, a symbol of God's blessing to Xiyue, and this tower was used to welcome the gods, and everyone dared to refute it. The emperor said that it was a good omen, can they still say that the emperor is asleep and confused and can't talk nonsense.
However, the increase in taxes and the use of the people's fat and ointment for the construction of towers made everyone frightened except for Emperor Sufang.
The emperors of the past dynasties did not live long, and there were many people with strange temperaments, but there was never anything like what Emperor Su Fang did this time. He set a precedent, a precedent that no one is optimistic about.
In accordance with his words, the household department drew up orders and issued them layer by layer, and in the end, the taxes became extremely heavy.
Emperor Su Fang didn't care at all, as usual, his beauties stared at the "twelfth floor" that he painted after sitting up in the afternoon.
Some people couldn't bear it, and wrote excerpts and exhortations with a heart of concern for the people.
Emperor Su Fang only sneered twice when he saw the excerpt, turned his head and asked someone to pass it on, "Do you think I am a faint monarch who doesn't know how to sympathize with the people?" β
With such a big hat buttoned down, no one dares to really wear it, no matter how big the head is. For a while, only the sound of kowtowing and apologetic was left.
Emperor Su Fang sat on the chair, his smile became colder when he saw this, and he said word by word: "I don't dare, why do you point fingers at my decision?" β
The people who knelt down and knocked their heads suddenly felt like a drum, as a speech official, it was their duty to admonish in case of trouble, how could it become a finger! But Emperor Su Fang was already angry, who dared to tell the truth. The kowtow sound became heavier and heavier, and impatience gradually surfaced between Emperor Su Fang's eyebrows, and suddenly he patted the case and said in a deep voice: "Someone!" β
Yanguan was so frightened that he forgot to continue knocking his head.
As soon as the guards entered, Emperor Su Fang said that he was going to pull them out and behead them!
Everyone present changed their faces, but no one dared to help intercede. Emperor Su Fang only seemed to be instructing people to remember to add dishes for dinner, and after leisurely ordering, he let people do it.
The reddened Yanguan on his forehead was so anxious that he begged for mercy, but Emperor Su Fang didn't look at him.
He was grabbed by the arm and dragged out, and he was really going to be beheaded!
When he went out of the door, he passed by Xiao Runzi's feet, and he suddenly shouted into the door: "Faint king! You don't have to die well! Faint Kingβ"
Xiao Runzi heard it and sighed secretly.
This time it's a good thing, before he died, he barely sat down on this sin of disrespect.
Before he finished sighing, the person had already covered his mouth and quickly took it down, and in just a moment, someone went back and forth to Emperor Su Fang.
After this battle, no one in the government and the opposition dared to say more.
From the moment Emperor Su Fang wanted to build a tower, his temper became more and more irritable.
All parties hid under the calm lake, and because of this news, there were ripples in circles and circles.
In King Jing's mansion, after receiving the news, Chen Shu, a staff member, went back to King Jing as soon as possible. King Jing has always looked lazy, but this time he also read the news carefully and carefully. The death of an official is not a big deal, the emperor is also a human being, and if he is a human being, he has a temper, and if he does not go well, he wants to kill someone, who can blame him. What really made King Jing want was the fact that Emperor Su Fang wanted to build a tower.
The amount of manpower and money required for such a tall tower is astonishing.
I'm afraid it will take a lot of time.
King Jing looked at Chen Shu and pouted, "His brain is in water." β
Emperor Su Fang did this and lost the hearts of the people, but it was only a matter of time, for the sake of the tower, it was simply inexplicable.
Although Chen Shu felt that his master's words were a little vulgar, he couldn't help but agree in his heart.
After a while, King Jing suddenly shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer." β
The words were very short, and there was no beginning or tail, but Chen Shu understood it as soon as he heard it, and his jaw answered.
The dragon chair, whether to sit or not, King Jing was still very hesitant. But according to Chen Shu, it is obvious that even God is looking forward to his master sitting on that chair. He never understood why King Jing had little interest in the throne.
Ji Jun, the son of King Jing, also felt that his father's mind was difficult to solve.
Perhaps it was the experience and hardships he had endured in Mobei in the past that made him involuntarily yearn to stand on a high place.
That chair was supposed to be the one who had the ability to sit on it.
The opportunity came to him, and he said he wouldn't watch it slip away.
King Jing has been silent, but his heart is clear, and after reading the news, he sent Chen Shu to Ji Junna.
After meeting, Ji Jun didn't read the letter first, and only asked Chen Shu: "Mr. Chen just came from his father, I don't know what my father said?" β
Chen Shu smiled and said, "It's the same old look, but this time, in my opinion, it seems to be a little shaken." β
Ji Jun also laughed when he heard this, and took out the letter to read it.
The letter was full of key words, and it was not long, but it was read in just a few glances. He slowly folded the letter and said, "The emperor is so interested." β
"It's not ......," Chen Shu lowered his eyes.
Ji Jun looked up at the sky, looked at the orange in the sky, and smiled and asked Chen Shu to go.
After Chen Shu retreated, he also retracted his gaze and turned to leave, all the way back to the room.
"Shizi."
As soon as he entered, a young woman in a pale blue shirt looked at him with a smile and called him softly.
Ji Jun also smiled, strode closer, and looked down at the child she was holding in her arms.
The third generation of Jingwangfu is now only a four-month-old baby.
Ji Jun cautiously stretched out his hand and squeezed the child's little hand, and asked with a smile: "How much do you know about the imperial concubine in the palace?" β
Bai Ying, the princess who was holding her son, was stunned when she heard this, and then shook her head and said: "When Niangniang came out of the pavilion, I was still young, and I was a junior who was not familiar with each other. β
The princess, who was also born in the Bai family of Yanling, was very unfamiliar with her aunt who married into Kyoto many years ago. (To be continued......)
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