Zhao Yu listened to the narration of the semi-astronomical Tianxiang, and had a feeling of seeing the blue sky through the clouds and mist. He figured out that the feudal society itself was an autocratic society, the emperor was a dictator, and the division of power among the scholars and scholars was also for the better implementation of autocratic rule, so it was logical and inappropriate for him to exercise autocratic power. And anyone who challenges his authority, no matter who, can be regarded as rebellious and unforgivable. Of course, there is such a 'good emperor' as himself, even if he is autocratic, what's the harm?

Now that the essence has been discovered, Zhao Yu feels that he is also much more relaxed, and the so-called scholar group is not unshakable, and the reason why they can discuss matters in the court is precisely from the emperor. Therefore, the real enemy of the scholars and doctors was not the emperor, but the powerful ministers who belonged to their origin but wanted to manipulate the emperor, so they were naturally divided into two factions. As for who is loyal and who is traitor, I am afraid that only the emperor can have the power to say it, and the public will have to wait until his death.

Of course, everything has to be based on the premise that he is the emperor, and some people question that their throne is not correct and want to set up a new monarch. The basis is that Emperor Deyou is not dead, and Emperor Jingyan succeeds to the throne without an edict of succession, and the queen mother does not approve of the emperor. And Zhao Hong was made the crown prince by Ning Zong that year, but he failed to do so because of the traitor Shi Miyuan's edict, and Li Zong took the throne. At present, Emperor Lizong is dead, and Emperor Deyou should be succeeded by Zhao Hong, and his death should also be passed on to the heirs.

In Zhao Hao's view, this reason is simply bullshit, so it was denied from Li Zong, and the throne was completely denied after repeated successions, and the reason was simply absurd. What's even more ridiculous is that it was the Empress Dowager Xie who was denied by them who rehabilitated Zhao Hong, and the so-called heir was also chosen by him, so it became a reversal of the cart. But after a group of people went through some packaging and rendering, some people were convinced, and they coaxed to set up a new king.

Another reason was very unfavorable to Zhao Yu, when he had just succeeded to the throne and moved to Qiongzhou, in order to stabilize the army's heart, he ordered that Emperor Deyou and Empress Dowager Xie, who accepted the title of the Mengyuan court, be deprived of all the titles, and the clan was opened. This is tantamount to self-denial of the origin of the position, and there is a suspicion of betraying the ancestors, but there are few objections to doing this at the beginning, and it is also his own family matter, but now it has become evidence against himself......

"Wen Xiang, can you know Zhao Mengqi, the king of Yiyang County?" Zhao Yu thought about it and felt that Wen Tianxiang was still reliable, and he still had to rely on it if he wanted to settle the matter, so he asked tentatively.

"Your Majesty, the king of Yiyang County is the heir chosen by the Xie family for Zhao Hong, the king of the town, after the abolition, and the ministers have only heard of his name and have never met." Wen Tianxiang was stunned, he didn't know why the little emperor suddenly turned to him, and then said, "As the minister knows, he is the thirteenth grandson of Taizu, the ancestor inherited the grace and was the king of the county, and his father Yin Xuanfenglang, the family road has fallen, and after being deposed, the heir of the Xie family is the king of Zhen, who lives in Huzhou, and is nowhere to be found after the fall of Lin'an. ”

"Oh, this year?" Zhao Yu nodded and asked again. He knew that the descendants of the families who were generally close to him and had higher titles were chosen as heirs to improve their status; And for those rehabilitated clans, the close clans will inevitably have resentment, so they will choose distant branches and low-status children as heirs to make them grateful.

"Your Majesty doesn't know the details, it's about forty years now!" Wen Tianxiang was not sure about the authenticity, but he was already vigilant.

After years of ups and downs in officialdom, Wen Tianxiang's temperament has changed, and he knows that in the political struggle, if you don't understand, then don't say more, otherwise you may have to pay a heavy price; If you understand it, and you still want to say it, you must be clever and able to say it, otherwise you will be quick to speak, and some small mistakes may lead to the consequences of a catastrophe and lay a fatal curse for yourself, then it is better to keep silent to be safe.

And Wen Tianxiang also clearly realized that the little emperor had been talking alone with him for a long time today, it was by no means a whim, and now the situation in the DPRK and China is delicate, and the more this happens, the more likely it is to have other profound meanings. Because the power struggle is the fiercest and most complicated struggle, and it is also the struggle that some people benefit the most, I just explained the 'Jiwang Zhao Hong case' for His Majesty, and immediately asked his heirs, saying that it was a coincidence.

"Well, recently, I received an official letter from the DPRK and China, saying that he had been found and now placed in the old Fu Wangfu Mansion to live, and recommended him as the Yin of Lin'an Mansion." Zhao Yu took a sip of tea and said, he had already seen that Wen Tianxiang had become wary, so he led the topic step by step and continued to test his attitude.

"Your Majesty has already granted your permission?" Wen Tianxiang's brows furrowed sharply when he heard this, and he moved his ass and asked.

"Hehe, Wen Xiang also knows that although I am also the head of the sect, I have not seen a clan member for many years, and I don't know how to deal with it, so I am temporarily detained, and I don't know if it is okay. I would like to ask the following ministers, so as not to neglect and lose the number of courtesies. Zhao Hao shook his head with a wry smile and said, and his small movements did not escape his eyes, and he found the uneasiness in his heart.

"Your Majesty is right to be cautious, there are rules in it." Wen Tianxiang nodded vigorously, and seemed to breathe.

"Oh, please give me some advice!" Zhao Yu looked very interested, leaned forward and said.

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the royal clan must be recorded in the pedigree since birth, and the jade will be issued as evidence." Wen Tianxiang said, "In the pedigree, its branches, marriages, official transfers, merits and crimes, and the years of birth and death are recorded in detail. The experience of a man with an official rank is more detailed and true, but the details are slightly different due to the difference in personal experience. Those who died in infancy were not only named. For women, it is relatively brief, only attached to the register, not to write their names, not to write their officials, and to marry only to a certain person. ”

"It's hard! Lin'an was lost and disappeared, and he was afraid that he would be taken away by the Tartars. After the previous capture of Quanzhou, I ordered someone to search for it, but there was no trace, and I am afraid that it will also be destroyed. Zhao Yu slapped his thigh and exclaimed.

"Your Majesty should be cautious in this matter, the spectrum was also lost in the Jingkang Change, and someone pretended to be the emperor to deceive during the Shaoxing period, and then it was found out, but it also damaged the royal prestige, and was cited as a laughing stock by the contemporaries." Wen Tianxiang said.

"Well, but this matter will not be wrong, otherwise how could the ministers of the court and the central government write to me!" Zhao Yu nodded, shook his head again, and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it......" Wen Tianxiang wanted to get up when he heard this, but sat down again and didn't say why.

"Although Wen Xiang has something to say, is there anything strange in it?" Seeing this, Zhao Yu picked up the water cup and prepared to drink water, and put it down again.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks there is something wrong with it!" Wen Tianxiang had been in the dynasty for many years, and he knew that the little emperor was very disgusted with the courtiers' fights, so he knew that he must be cautious about the struggle, especially the power struggle, and he must not be easily involved in the whirlpool of power struggle. But this matter is very involved, and the little emperor doesn't seem to be aware of it, so he thinks about it and says it.

"Your Majesty, it is customary for the royal family to build a house by the emperor to live in one place, and to live in other places should also be given by the emperor, otherwise there is a suspicion of trespassing. In addition, the prince of Kyoto Prefecture is concurrently appointed by the prince, which has the intention of being established as the prince, so the minister thinks it is extremely inappropriate. ”

"Looks like those rumors are true!" Zhao Hao listened to it and groaned for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty also has rumors?" Wen Tianxiang said, but then he felt that he was asking very stupidly, the little emperor has been in charge for many years, and he doesn't know how many cronies there are in the court, how can he not know this kind of thing!

"Yes, they still remember it after all these years!" Zhao Yu snorted coldly and said, "When I was edicted to go from Qiongzhou to Xingchao, the first emperor was already seriously ill at that time, but some people were very dissatisfied with me, and secretly sent people to Jiangnan to find the descendants of the royal family to inherit the unification. Later, under the insistence of the Queen Mother and the strong protection of the head of Jiang, I was able to succeed to the throne, and I have not been kind to them over the years, and have not pursued their faults, but also reused them, so I did not take it to heart after hearing that this year's court banquet was presided over by the King of Yiyang County and Lu Xiang. Now that Wen Xiang has reminded him, it is obvious that he has ulterior motives! ”

"Your Majesty, this is someone who wants to rebel!" Wen Tianxiang also exclaimed. He also knew something about the turmoil of the little emperor's succession to the throne that year, and knew that Zhang Shijie at that time was strongly opposed, and Lu Xiufu had an ambiguous attitude, so it can be said that he was able to succeed to the throne with the support of Liu Huang and Jiang Cheng, and the situation was once very critical. But after that, Zhang Shijie was defeated again and again, and his strength was greatly damaged, and the little emperor relied on the Qiongzhou army to reverse the situation.

"There should be this sign, otherwise they wouldn't have repeatedly written to let Wen Xiang stay in the western frontier, so as not to spoil their affairs!" Zhao Yu said angrily.

"Your Majesty, are they also involved?" Wen Tianxiang looked at the left and right There was only a small yellow door boiling tea behind the screen, and there was no one else, he dipped his fingers in the teacup, wrote two words on the table and asked softly.

"It should be him!" Zhao Yu shook his head, and also dipped some tea and wrote a word on the table.

"So the best, the situation is still salvageable!" Wen Tianxiang breathed a long sigh of relief after reading it, and at the same time erased the handwriting on the few with his hand. And in his heart, he was secretly glad that he had just told the truth, he understood the power struggle, the adult is the king and the marquis, and he is at ease at the height of the temple; But the defeated are either imprisoned or convicted, seeking the distance of the rivers and lakes and cannot be obtained. And from the conversation, he had already found that His Majesty had much more information than himself, and asking himself not only meant to ask for advice, but also to be tempting. If you hide something, you will be beaten into an alternative.

"I don't understand that they should know the current situation, but what I don't understand is why they have to stir up trouble when they are restored?" Zhao Yu poured out the tea in the cup one by one and sighed.

"Your Majesty, as the ministers thought, they were dissatisfied with His Majesty's seizure of his throne back then, and then strictly ordered that all traitorous officials be severely punished, so that he was worried that His Majesty would settle accounts after pacifying Jiangnan. Therefore, he couldn't help but panic, so he would take the opportunity of His Majesty's personal expedition to Ezhou to entrap some old officials who had taken refuge in him. Wen Tianxiang analyzed.

"What should I do with Wen Xiang?" Zhao Yu asked as he poured the tea with his own hands.

"Now Your Majesty has the power of a great victory, and the center is under control, it all depends on Your Majesty's will!" Wen Tianxiang saluted. He knows that in a power struggle, the most important thing is who controls the most power, and the more room for maneuver.

He knew what it meant to be powerful, and at the lowest level, strength first and foremost included the power of physical annihilation. In other words, if you master this power, you will be able to destroy the other person's body and threaten or hurt the other person's life. If possessed with this power, it will be able to impose a life limit on the opponent when necessary. As a result, it is possible to make the opponent fearful to a certain extent, so that it can effectively control the opponent. And the emperor's power to kill his subordinates in history is an important embodiment of low-level strength.

At a higher level, strength includes the power to limit the opponent's economy and damage the opponent's reputation. For example, if you control the lifeline of the economy, you can make your opponent impoverished and unable to survive; If you have the tools of public opinion or the right to speak, you may make the other party speechless and bitter. In this way, it is possible to force the opponent to be at a disadvantage in the struggle for power. No matter how high the level of strength is, it is the ability to get the opponent out of the game in the power struggle.

Of course, this highest ability is often accompanied by a low-level ability, forming a cycle of repetition and cycle. The highest level of the use of power, that is, to get the opponent out of the power struggle, if this goal cannot be achieved, the opponent can be forced out by destroying the opponent's body, such as killing, imprisoning, etc. In short, strength includes financial power, human rights, and control of public opinion. Generally speaking, in power struggles, we can collectively refer to the ability to deprive the other party of their physical bodies, the ability to cut off the other party's economic resources, the ability to fight against reputation and isolate the other party in life, and other abilities can be collectively referred to as "strength" in the power struggle.

Generally speaking, in the overall structure of the power tower, the more you are at the top, the stronger the power; The lower you are, the weaker your power is. And the strong will always be strong, and the weak will be weaker. The more upper-level, the more optimistic his development is due to the strength and resources he masters; The more they are at the bottom, the fewer resources they have at their disposal, the weaker they are, and the more they want to be slaughtered by others, the greater the resistance they will encounter in their development. So, with power, there is everything; Without power, everything is lost.

Therefore, striving to reach the top, striving to build strong strength, and ensuring one's own existence are the principles that must be followed in the seizure of supreme power. At present, the little emperor has been in charge for many years, first of all, the army is under its absolute control, it can be said that the needle cannot be inserted, and the water cannot be splashed, and the Gyeonggi region is guarded by the most elite and loyal guards, which is difficult to shake with just some tricks.

In addition, the three masters of the emperor in the court are all in key departments, Liu Huang is also his confidant, and the local officials are all old ministers who have followed His Majesty for many years, and they are all loyal. Although the power of property is in the hands of the Ministry of Households, everyone knows that without the approval of the General Division, no one can come up with a penny. So it's only a question of how His Majesty wants them to die, not how to kill them......