Chapter 106: The Struggle for Imperial Power

This matter, when he was in Yuezhou, Lin Jian and Lin Zhao discussed it together, and the final conclusion of the two was that if something similar to the media appeared in Chang'an City, most of them would definitely fall into the hands of the imperial court, so when Lin Jian was in Yuezhou, he thought that Guozijian would come forward to make this kind of newspaper-like thing.

This kind of literary thing is very suitable for Guozijian to do, after all, all the yamen in Chang'an City, in addition to Guozijian, the Ministry of Rites is also suitable for this errand.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and retreated left and right, and when there were only two people left in the side hall of this visitor, he said slowly: "Master Lin, after this thing is brought out, many people in Chang'an City can see its power clearly, and when the time comes, my father will probably be unhappy." ”

Yuan Dagong took a deep breath, and then said slowly: "Your Highness, the minister said something a little disrespectful, don't be angry when you hear it." ”

The prince smiled and said: "Guping retired from the palace, just to say a few words of truth to Master Lin, although Master Lin opened his mouth, he could get out of your mouth and get in, and no third person would know." ”

Lin Jian nodded and said in a deep voice: "According to the minister, since His Majesty was crowned an adult, His Majesty has been a little unhappy. ”

The struggle for power in ancient times, the most fierce is nothing more than two kinds, one is the struggle between imperial power and relative power, which is regarded as an external struggle, and the second is the struggle between the emperor and the prince, which is regarded as the internal struggle of imperial power, after all, the prince is also a half-monarch and a part of the imperial power.

And one of the latter situations that the emperor feared the most was that the crown prince was the eldest son.

The eldest son is right, there is a patriarchal system, as long as the prince does not make a big mistake, even the emperor himself is difficult to abolish the crown prince.

In this case, the crown prince can participate in politics when he becomes an adult, and he can legitimately form the East Palace forces, and as the emperor grows older day by day, the conflict between the two becomes more and more acute.

Today's Chang'an City, on the surface, is a battle between the prince and the Kang family, but behind the scenes, it is actually a secret wrestling between the emperor and the prince.

This kind of wrestling is very interesting, because although the emperor has an absolute advantage, he can't directly conflict with the prince, he can only support an object, to check and balance, to restrain the prince.

This cultivated force is now the Kang family.

Another interesting point is that this kind of checks and balances must be well balanced, not only to let the prince be safe, but also not to kill him.

The crown prince is twenty-five years old this year, and since he turned twenty, this sharp contradiction in Chang'an City has become more and more obvious, that is, what Lin Yuanda said, the emperor is already unhappy.

The reason for his displeasure is very simple, it is because he is getting older day by day, and the prince is entering the prime of life day by day, becoming stronger and stronger.

This is also the reason why Lin Yuanda, a household servant, was directly pushed to the end and relegated to his hometown, if it weren't for Cheng Jingzong going too far and luring the thieves into the city, even the emperor would not have been able to return to protect the Kang family, Lin Yuanda may still be studying in Yuezhou City, even if he returns to Chang'an, he will not sit in the position of the prince of the country so smoothly.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "Master Lin, this kind of thing can't be said on the surface, if you have any opinions, just open your mouth." ”

"Your Highness, I mean it very simply."

Lin Jian said in a low voice: "At this time, I don't care what attitude Your Majesty is, the Kang family has already done things out of line, and we have to fight, besides, this matter is reasonable and legal, Guozijian just did what should be done, even if His Majesty is not happy to investigate it, it is only to the head of the minister, and it is not to blame the East Palace." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lowered his head and pondered for a while, then looked at Lin Jian and said with a smile: "Master Lin has been in Yuezhou for two years, why did he become radical after returning to Chang'an?" ”

Yuan Dagong was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "The minister feels that he is a little worried about it today, and now that the Kang family is too big to lose, His Majesty has raised such a behemoth single-handedly, and he will ...... in the future It may not be able to clean up. ”

He said in a low voice: "Now this Kang people dare to collude with bandits to kill Yuezhou City, they will dare to enter Chang'an in the future, Kang's father and son have controlled Lingzhou for more than ten years, today's Lingzhou, today's Shuofang Army, or the Lingzhou of the Great Zhou, the Shuofang of the Great Zhou?!" ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frowned and said, "Master Lin, don't criticize your father behind your back, even if there is anything wrong with your father, she is also bewitched by Concubine Kang, and your father's heart is always good." ”

In this world, kings are always infallible.

No matter what the emperor does, he can gently push it on the heads of the people around him, either by being deceived by traitorous ministers, or provoked by adulterous concubines, in short......

There is no sin in the holy bow, and the sin is in all directions.

Lin Jian lowered his head and sighed, and said: "Your Highness, you also know that when the minister was in the household department, although he also went to the East Palace, he didn't give much help to the East Palace. ”

"Your Highness can't just do it, you have to fight, even if Your Majesty is unhappy, but Your Highness has not violated the law of the country, and second, you have not disobeyed the king, how can you not fight?"

"As long as the scale of this thing is bigger, when it comes to a critical time in the future, this thing can influence the wind direction of Chang'an, and even ......"

Speaking of this, Lin Jian said in a low voice: "Even sway public opinion!" ”

"Shuo Fang's side, I can't afford to ask for the time being, but Chang'an City, as well as the officialdom in various places, must not let the Kang family reach in anymore! Besides, the nephew at home said that as long as the movable type is slowly implemented in the world, similar things will gradually sprout out even if I don't wait to do it. ”

Hearing this, the prince no longer hesitated, and said: "Master Lin has already said that it has reached this point, if you don't nod your head again, it is not Lonely, in this way, Master Lin let go of it, what can be done in the East Palace, just bring it up." ”

"There is no need for anything else at the moment, as long as His Highness has a few printing workshops and a few shops in the East Market."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agreed very happily, and said with a smile: "This is easy, those shops and workshops are losing money, so they will simply be handed over to the Guozijian to operate, besides, is there anything else?" ”

"After this thing comes out, most of the people will also rise up some peers, and the minister means that the court will come forward to issue a document prohibiting private and private trips."

"It's a little tricky."

The prince frowned, and said, "Wait a few days, and find someone to sum up this matter, and Master Lin will do this thing first." ”

Lin Jian smiled slightly, and said: "This thing is not difficult to do, this thing was originally made by Lin Zhao, the nephew of the minister, in Yuezhou, he is now studying in Taixue, as long as he is allowed to come forward, it is easy to reproduce this thing in Chang'an City." ”

"Master Lin's nephew?"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought for a moment, and then asked, "Is that the young man who invented movable type?" ”

Yuan Dagong was a little curious.

"Your Highness knows about him?"

"I heard the eighth brother mention two sentences."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled: "This person is a talent, if he is a Jinshi in the future, he can be allowed to come to the East Palace to do things." ”