After all, the old man is old, and in the past few years, there have been ups and downs, and there have been no days when they really stopped. ωωω.? ωχ?. σяg Are you still watching today? When she had an accident last year, she managed to hold on for a while with a lot of energy, and since last winter, maybe because the strength has passed, she has often fallen ill. Although it is not a serious illness, it is annoying enough, you don't have to be a doctor to know that the old man is physically exhausted, not to mention retirement, at least it needs a period of glory.

However, realizing this does not mean that there will be people who persuade the Empress Dowager to hand over the power in her hands. Even Qingning Palace, which should have spoken the most, remained silent, and everyone was waiting for the Empress Dowager's own choice. Should the power be transferred to the Queen Mother as a matter of course, or should a confidant female official be chosen to exercise some of the power on her behalf? This can be done according to her wishes, after all, the Empress Dowager does not hold the power of the empire in her hands, to put it bluntly, even if she is determined, she can't make any big waves. The previous split of the inner court and the confrontation between the two palaces have provided the cabinet with enough political handles, whether it is a female official or the queen mother who takes her place, it is difficult to make any changes in the government. It's just a change in name, for the cabinet, whoever comes is the same, and this bit of power, the Queen Mother may not be in her eyes.

Despite this, the Empress Dowager still chose the Empress Dowager, not the Liushang female official that Xu Xun expected, which naturally surprised many people, and even the Empress Dowager, as soon as she entered the room and saw the emperor's treasure placed in front of the Empress Dowager, she raised her eyebrows, and it was difficult to hide her shock.

"Coming?" The empress dowager just replied with a faint word to the kneeling of the two, and her mood seemed to be unpredictable. Xu Xun doesn't know what her mood is now, she has been fighting with the Queen Mother for several years, and she wants to personally hand over the power of the regent to Zuihou, although it is for the overall situation, but the Queen Mother must have a little mixed feelings in her heart.

"Yes." The Queen Mother also behaved very low-key, which was very appropriate. "Are you feeling better? Do you still cough at night? Doctor Du's medicine, are you eating well? ”

"It's better, but I still need to recuperate." At the mention of her health, the Empress Dowager's expression eased a little, and she sighed as if she was resigned, and then motioned to Aunt Qiao, "Take the box." ”

She didn't specify it, but Aunt Qiao understood it, and soon took back a mahogany box that was not small, the lid was open, Xu Xun took a look, and it was full of chapters.

"Although, now the state affairs are handled by the three cabinet elders, so let's play the role of a seal. But the rules are still the same as before...... "The Empress Dowager explained the current political process for the two of them without hurry."

In the past, when Emperor Zhang was in power, he did something that I don't know if it was good or bad, and some people criticized it at the time, but now it seems to be quite haode, that is, he shared the right to approve the red to the celebrant supervisor. Or maybe he set up a clerical department to help him with the copying work. At that time, the role of the eunuch was to help him copy most of the votes written by the cabinet on the cantata, and generally copied them correctly. In case of major national events or emergency military situations, the celebrant and the cabinet will make special marks for the concerta, and the emperor also knows which ones he should read and personally approve every day.

Compared with Taizu and Taizong, who had to bow down to the previous generations, such a system of course liberated him from paperwork. More power was given to the cabinet, and at that time, the minister criticized this matter, not because the emperor found someone to help copy the draft, but because he thought that in this way, power was concentrated in the cabinet, and the powers of the six ministries were further weakened. Many of these power struggles are too subtle for outsiders to be really. Xu Xun had heard Emperor Zhang talk about this a few times at that time, but his memory was also blurred, and he only remembered that the scale of the Zuihou priest had expanded quite a lot, and his authority had become the undisputed first among the twenty-four yamen.

Now, although the emperor cannot govern in person, and the empress dowager is not in charge, because of the presence of the celebrant supervisor, the government is still running in an orderly manner. Nominally, the Empress Dowager can also access it at any time, but most of the time it is copied and then sent back. If there is a need to issue edicts, edicts, and edicts, please use the seal of the Empress Dowager who holds the emperor's treasure. In this way, the whole process is in order, and although it is actually the cabinet Sanyang who is in charge, there is nothing wrong with the ceremonial procedures. It will not set a bad example for future generations of power and ministers to mess with the government, and it is also a good story for the monarch and the minister to abide by the division and spread it in the future.

In this case, the Empress Dowager certainly plays an indispensable role in this process. She can ignore it, or even not read it, but she needs to use the emperor's edict, etc., which is considered an important matter, and if she can't persuade the queen mother, she can't use the seal. Although her status is far inferior to that of the Queen Regent, who listens to the government, it is also a constraint on the cabinet, at least she can maintain some of the bottom lines of the inner court. In the end, this power cannot be given lightly.

After listening to the Empress Dowager's explanation, Xu Xun roughly understood what she was doing on weekdays - although she could ignore the usual criticism, but looking at the performance of the Empress Dowager, she would still check the notes and tickets, even if it was not fully opened, at least she would often spot check, and it was not true that she was only willing to be a personal meat seal.

"The power of the inner court has been very thinly apportioned." The Empress Dowager glanced at the two of them and spoke seriously. "I can't share it with the female officers anymore, and then continue to divide it. There are some things, there are one, there are two, and once the precedent is set, the future is endless...... Alas, although it is difficult for me to let go, but the situation is like this, and it can only be handed over to the two of you. ”

Xu Xun immediately stood up and knelt down again.

"The old lady is not feeling well, and it is also a legitimate thing to ask the queen mother to be the regent. But the concubine—"

Her excuse had just begun when she was interrupted by the Queen Mother.

"Do you know what's going on in the country?" She looked a little tired, and without waiting for Xu Xun to answer, she asked again, "Let's not talk about the world, let's just say that in the capital, inside and outside the court, what disputes have been there recently, and what chaos has happened?" ”

Xu Xun could only be dumbfounded: the women of their court have always acted in accordance with the ancestral teachings of the dynasty, and they don't hear or care about anything outside the palace gate, if you want to talk about the life of civilians outside the palace, she may still know a thing or two, but how did she know about the things in the court?

"I don't ask you, I just ask you." The Empress Dowager pointed the finger at the Empress Dowager again, "Which thief chief is in power now, do you know?" The old Khan is sick, and the grandsons are vying for the throne, do you know who has a better chance of winning, and who is more ambitious and hostile to our country? ”

The Queen Mother was not unhappy, but showed a thoughtful look, and replied thoughtfully, "The daughter-in-law really doesn't know, but this matter can be asked to the ministers, and then it is consistent with the caliber of the factory guard, and the two compartments are confirmed, so you can understand the rough." ”

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, and her tone was a little looser, "Yes, it's quite a bit of a rule." But I ask you again, among the three Yangs, do you know who is more compatible with whom, who are their protégés, and in which things they have the same position and which things have conflicting interests? These things, what Dongchang tells you, may not be true. ”

She was hinting that Dongchang might also have interests in collusion with the cabinet, and when the Queen Mother heard this, her delicate body was suddenly shocked, "It's not to this point, right?" ”

"The eunuchs are also people, and they must also gain a foothold in the court." The Empress Dowager said lightly, "Otherwise, you want to specially transfer Liu Zhien, who has no quarrel with the world, from the south?" ”

She only said a few words, but she whitewashed Emperor Zhang's intentions in a high-sounding manner, and changed her words again, "But there is no need to be too harsh, compared with foreign officials, the inner servants can be relied on after all." Besides, there are not many servants in the East Factory after all, and most of the people in the Jinyi Guard are still doing things, and they want to hide from Shangfeng, even if Shangfeng detects ninety-nine times, there is also the one that was blinded. ”

After all, she is an old man who has participated in politics for many years, and a few words are enough to scare the Queen Mother, and she didn't have any special dislike for Xu Xun's participation in political affairs, but now it seems that she agrees with the Queen Mother's arrangement. It was Xu Xun who was like a thorn in his back, and he was uncomfortable all over his body - the name is right, and this is not a lie. It's good that the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are in trouble, she is just a concubine, and she doesn't even have a biological son, where does she have the confidence to participate in national politics? If this is recorded in the history books, it will be a complete adulterous concubine, as if the queen mother has been forced to nowhere to stay...... Although she is dead by then, she doesn't have to care about this, but isn't this an injustice?

Let's not talk about the future, let's just talk about it now, although the Empress Dowager said it in a big way, she still didn't see much need for her to be a counselor, "Old lady, even so, but the concubine has no experience in auxiliary politics, and her knowledge is short-sighted...... It's better to focus on Niangniang, supplemented by Liushang-"

The Empress Dowager glanced at her, smiling, "Don't think too much, let you also help, not to use you to contain the Sun family." ”

"I know you're not going to be taken advantage of," she said. ”

In the past, because she didn't know Xu Xun's temperament, she did have a lot of tricks, all of which wanted to praise her and the queen mother, and the two formed an alliance of interests. However, Xu Xun was told by her, and when she thought about it carefully, since Emperor Zhang passed away, the Empress Dowager had indeed not acted like this. - After all, she is not stupid at all, she didn't see it through before, but now that she has seen it through, it is not surprising that she will adjust her strategy.

Her original conjecture was denied by the Empress Dowager, and it also revealed that her worries were a little childish, but Xu Xun was not embarrassed, the Empress Dowager's history was too much, so much that it was too normal for her to think like this, she said, "Then I am even more puzzled...... As far as the concubine's brain is concerned, it is too much, it may not even be as good as the history of the Korean women in my palace, how can it be ......"

"You said you didn't do anything, then I had to ask you." The Empress Dowager seemed to have expected Xu Xun to ask this question, and she smiled. "Tell me, the Sun family's knowledge is talented-I won't talk about the three Yang of the cabinet and the champions of the past dynasties, just Wang Jin and Jin Ying of the celebrant supervisors, can the Sun family compare with them?"

Don't look at the three female dependents walking outside, each of them can blind people's eyes, when the three of them get together to talk, this conversation is very pyrotechnic, and there is no heavenly style at all. As the mother of the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother actually has to be reduced to being compared with eunuchs-

And the results are regrettable.

Xu Xun was asked like this, hesitated for a long time, and could only apologize to the Queen Mother, "It's not that I praise and disparage the mother, but it's ......."

In terms of knowledge, Wang Jin, Jin Yingneng poetry and ability, on qualifications, everyone has been sent by the emperor many times to run errands, the northern frontier, the Jiangnan commercial port, there are many tricky events every year, the ability of these eunuchs and servants, where is the queen mother, a deep palace woman can compare? Don't talk about her, even the Empress Dowager, in Xu Xun's selfish heart, I am afraid that she may not be ......

The Queen Mother shook her head, her expression calm, "You don't have to shirk anymore, I understand what the old lady means." Whether it's you or me, I'm afraid I don't have enough ability to hold down the position, so ......I can't help it."

If you sit in this position, you have to take on this job. No matter how talented and experienced other female officials and chamberlains are, if they are not in this capacity, they cannot enjoy such power. The Empress Dowager is not worried about the Empress Dowager, she wants to find a helper for her, she is looking for an internal servant, the power of the celebrant is already big enough, no matter how big it is, it may be difficult to control, find female officials, and the precedent of female officials participating in politics is opened, but I am afraid that the future troubles will be endless...... Except for Xu Xun, no one is qualified to help, of course, after her precedent is set, I am afraid that there will be some trouble in the future. But no matter how big the trouble is, it is still confined to the harem and the royal family. As long as the system of draft from a poor family is maintained, this kind of trouble, that is, a flash in the pan, will not form a major problem after all.

The lesser of two evils, the Empress Dowager does not want to check and balance the Empress Dowager, leaving a back hand so that she will not be difficult to control, nor is she extremely confident in Xu Xun, thinking that she can suppress the government...... She really didn't have a second choice. If the Queen Mother is in charge of the court, it is like a feather pressing on the throne, then it is better for her to follow another feather than nothing.

Xu Xun finally understood the Empress Dowager's intentions, she sighed deeply, and didn't argue any more.

"From today onwards, the two of you will come to Renshou Palace every day and let Wang Jin give you a lecture." The Empress Dowager saw that the two juniors stopped talking, and their expressions were very quiet, so she also breathed a sigh of relief, she moved a little, and leaned more straight. "Don't be too afraid, let you palm the seal, not let you control your heads and feet and blindly command the cabinet...... I just want you to understand the meaning of the music and understand the changes in the government. Don't let this hidden danger be buried, and maintain this stable situation until it is handed over to the Emperor—"

Speaking of later, she couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, anyway, try your best to do it, and what the situation is, it can only depend on luck." ”

Even if we try our best to make the best arrangements, but there are unforeseen circumstances, who can say what will happen in this vast land? If from this year onwards, after five or six years of drought and flood, and the three old men in the cabinet who are not young, have passed away a few more times, it is not impossible for the government to collapse in one day. I'm afraid that even if Emperor Zhang is resurrected, I am not sure that I can say that I can maintain the court smoothly until I reach adulthood.

Before she took over the authority, Xu Xun already felt the suffocating pressure, thinking that what she did, even if it was just an unintentional move, could have a huge impact on all sentient beings, she felt that a pair of feet weighed a thousand pounds, and she couldn't step out at all.

- And she's just the Queen Mother's deputy.

She couldn't help but peek at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother's face was as calm as water, as if she had never felt the slightest pressure, and what she had to undertake was just a very ordinary job.

Even if the grievances between the two are entangled and the relationship is complicated, Xu Xun can't say whether she hates her or doesn't feel it, but at this moment, she does have a trace of respect for the Queen Mother: no matter how many shortcomings she has, at this moment, at least she is still very responsible.

Thinking like this, the Queen Mother also turned her head and looked at her. "I'm afraid the old things will have to be put aside...... Although this is false, you and I should work together and do our best in the future - we must not live up to the kindness of our eldest brother. ”

Thinking of Emperor Zhang, Xu Xun also felt a pang in her heart - she didn't dare to say that she could do her best, but as the Queen Mother said, she always had to do her best, at least she couldn't hand over a mess to Zhu'er, or worse, and lose the country in the past few years.

Then he cleaned up his mood and nodded solemnly to the Queen Mother. "From now on, I should do my best to help my mother."

The Queen Mother hooked the corners of her lips and stretched out her hand, Xu Xun did not hesitate, she also raised her hand and high-fived her three times, forming an alliance.

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