Volume 1 The End of the Dynasty Chapter 48 Watching the city at night and observing the current situation
Uncle Yang went out to the palace gate and got into the carriage, he couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart, he knew that the emperor didn't say that he would investigate the matter thoroughly, but just said that the matter would be stopped, in fact, the emperor knew in his heart that he would not do these things, he was warning himself.
Zihua waited at the gate of the mansion again, Uncle Yang got out of the car and went over to tighten her collar for her, Zihua looked at Uncle Yang with a worried face.
"Let's go, it's okay, don't worry. Hello, I was born in the house, and the emperor just came to me to discuss matters. Uncle Yang half-hugged Zihua and walked into the door.
The old housekeeper brought the meal, and the two ate silently.
"Oh, tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival," Zihua suddenly called, "but I haven't prepared anything." Husband, let's go tomorrow to pay homage to the emperor's brother, I'm afraid that the national government sacrifice will go early in the morning, there are many people, and I am a woman, so it is not easy to go together. ”
Uncle Yang touched Zihua's hair a little dotingly: "Okay, I will go with the emperor to worship the imperial tomb in the morning, and I will accompany you to worship the emperor in the afternoon." ”
Although this matter is a bit unruly, but now that the Legalist family rules the world, few people have mentioned the rules of the past.
Tomorrow's Chongyang Festival, there will be no curfew tonight, which was proposed by Uncle Yang last year, and the curfew will be canceled every festival stipulated by the government, which can be regarded as quelling the public resentment caused by the vulgar theory, including the night before and after the Double Ninth Festival.
After eating, the two came to the front of the house and looked at the market that was gradually becoming lively. The location of the Taiwei Mansion is very good, it is at the end of the alley of the downtown area, and you can see the noisy scene of the market when you stand at the entrance of the mansion, but it is not very affected by this market.
Zihua hugged Uncle Yang's arm, and Uncle Yang let her hold him with a doting face.
Although the recent national funeral is only a lot less musical, nothing else has been affected, the hawkers are shouting one after another, and the oil lights on both sides illuminate the street market.
"Oh, hey, I've never looked carefully at the night scene of this downtown area, and I never thought it would be so beautiful." Uncle Yang said with a smile.
Zihua: "Husband, you used to be busy with state affairs, so why don't you have any leisure to look at this." But for now, the emperor is in charge, you can also be at ease, just accompany me more in the future. If the emperor allows you to resign, it will be even better. Zihua suddenly felt a little depressed.
"It's okay, the emperor didn't let me resign, and he also had a reason, although I am now in his position, and I don't seek his position, but because of the change of the law, I am afraid that there is still some prestige in the government and the opposition, if I leave rashly, the emperor will be criticized by the world, and the country is not good."
This is Uncle Yang, although he is a little slow to perceive people's hearts, but his assessment of the current situation has never been wrong.
Zihua nodded, looked at Uncle Yang, and said, "Husband, do you have anything to do with entering the court today?" ”
"Why do you ask? The emperor came to me just because he couldn't make a decision, so I asked him to think about it. Uncle Yang raised his eyes and looked at the sky.
"Husband, you are lying, although we have only been married for a few months, I know you very well. It's a little puzzling that the emperor suddenly looked for you, and you have been hesitant since you came back. I know you don't want me to worry, but if you don't say I'm more worried, lest you have to think cranky. ”
"Alas, that's it, I know I can't hide it from you," Uncle Yang hugged Zihua tightly, "Someone sued me for levying additional taxes, and the amount was as much as half of the amount handed over to the national treasury, and the emperor came to me to understand this matter." Don't worry, the emperor has already put this matter aside. ”
"The emperor is looking for you to show that he still doesn't believe you, if he believes it, why bother looking for you?" Zihua sighed, only feeling bitter in his heart, the emperor was suspicious of his husband, and he didn't let his husband resign, so he hung like this, and really changed the law and the strong ministers really couldn't die well?
"When the emperor is young and energetic, he must want to do something big, but I am in the way, and it is difficult for the emperor to exert his strength, so if someone impeaches me, he will not investigate it for a while, and it is normal to find me to theorize. What I'm afraid of now is that our monarchs and ministers are not in harmony, and if someone with ulterior motives seizes the opportunity, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the new law, although there are two mainstays of He Bixian and Pu Xianyu, can the two of them support this pressure. Uncle Yang said worriedly.
Zihua shook Uncle Yang's arm and said, "You are still here, even if the emperor is not in harmony with you, and others take advantage of this to make trouble, you still have to weigh it." Not to mention, it's the festive season, I'll accompany you to the 'Yueyang Wine Shop'. ”
"Nonsense, alcohol is forbidden during the national funeral," Uncle Yang scraped the bridge of Zihua's tall nose, "Although I am here, it is not me who is standing in the study." The emperor needs to borrow the power of those old nobles to stabilize the court, but he needs to see what he does in the future, do it properly, and everything is fine. ”
Zihua stuck out her tongue, she knew that Uncle Yang was the best wine, especially at this time, when the festival was coming, he was thinking about his relatives, his relatives were far away in Yunzhou, but he couldn't go back to worship one or two.
"Husband, why don't you resign again, what if the emperor agrees? Let's go to your hometown in Yunzhou to live in seclusion. ”
"Okay, I'll try again." Uncle Yang didn't have much hope in his heart, the emperor is young now, but he is not confused, and even everyone knows that he wants to work hard to be a virtuous monarch, but he is too eager for the name of this virtuous monarch.
"Husband, I'll buy some new cloth and make you a new dress, you see you've been wearing this one for more than a year."
Uncle Yang's clothes were made by someone in the winter last year, and he has been storing the new clothes given by the emperor when he got married this year, and he has not touched it except for the time when he married Zihua.
Uncle Yang glanced at the clothes on his body, and the seams on his shoulders had already broken a little.
"Hey, make one for you, I won't need to, or make it for our kids."
"The child is still half a year away from birth, so there is no need to be in such a hurry," Zihua said angrily, "Anyway, you are also a member of the court, how good are you wearing shabby clothes." ”
"Then everyone should follow my example and be thrifty for the country." Uncle Yang smiled.
Zihua rolled his eyes: "Yes, you are thrifty, but others are afraid that they will not remember your goodness, they only think that you, a dignified person, are telling the world that the government is declining, and even the ministers of the court and the central government are dressed so shabby, so ......"
Before Zihua finished speaking, Uncle Yang had already interrupted: "Okay, okay, you go ahead, just don't be too tired, it's not good for your body, and it's not good for the child in your womb." ”
Uncle Yang didn't dare to let Zihua talk any more, Zihua used to be concise and concise, but since Youxi, I don't know what happened and suddenly became Neng Nag, she can talk about one thing for a day, so Uncle Yang had to quickly interrupt her and let her do it directly.
Zihua saw that Uncle Yang no longer insisted, so he also stopped. Uncle Yang silently looked at the downtown in front of him, the paper lamps at the doors of the shops on both sides were swaying gently, and the surroundings were bright, only the lamp holder was extremely dark.
Uncle Yang sighed again: "It's really dark under the lamp." ”
The market is bustling with activity, and the noise can be heard outside the city. Uncle Yang helped Zihua into the house. The noise did not subside until the early hours of the morning, when the sun was about to rise, and the shop was completely closed.
No one would have thought that there was a person who hadn't slept that night, that is, the emperor Huan Sheng, there was a roll of bamboo slips on his desk, I don't know who put it in, and there was no name written on the bamboo slips, just when he went out to the courtyard and went around, this scroll of bamboo slips was put on the desk.
Tell our Emperor Shengming: In the past, our ancestors followed the first emperor to die all his life, diligent and diligent, although he did not dare to say that he was the horse leather shroud of the Zhao Dynasty, but he was also full of blood, there were those who fought outside, and those who were safe and secure, and they were diligent and self-controlled, and did not dare to violate the instructions of the first emperor, for fear of losing their subjects.
Although we are not as capable as our ancestors, we also want to serve the emperor with all our hearts, although we do not have the ability of Yi Yin and Lu Wang, we also obey the emperor's edict, and dare not disobey the slightest rebellion.
However, now Uncle Yang, in the name of changing the law to be strong, slaughtered my generation, and there are two people as a reference, causing my clan to decline, and the heirs to wither, I am afraid that he will die soon.
The ancient sages, virtues, and saints, do not allow other generations to harm the people, but what about the stable ministers of the court? We are all under the orders of the previous emperor to change the law, and we are dedicated to the major affairs of the country.
Therefore, we implore the emperor to kill Uncle Yang with a benevolent heart, to comfort the hearts of the people of the world, and to appease the will of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. This is a major event of Anbang and rejuvenation of the country, and I hope that the emperor will not delay, and it will change later. The ministers bowed their heads and bowed to the emperor's kindness.
Huan Sheng stood up and walked to the door, there was only one bright star in the sky.
There are only a few people who can send this book to their desks in this way, and it is still in such a short time. But now is not the time to find someone to put it, but how to deal with this matter is the safest.
Huan Sheng asked himself, and reprimanded Uncle Yang fiercely during the day, he knew that he was wrong, but that feeling made him addicted for a while, and at the daily court meeting, he saw that Uncle Yang always felt that there was a big mountain pressing on his body, making him a little breathless, but could Uncle Yang go? No, although he has only assisted his father for more than three years, but because of his father's trust in him (it should be trust), his prestige in the government and the opposition is unparalleled, and even in some places it is said that he only heard of the Taiwei, but he did not know the government, and his father just smiled lightly after hearing it and ignored it.
Huan Sheng asked himself if he could do it? He can't do it, he wants to be an emperor who can be evaluated as a Ming monarch by future generations, so he has to seize all the rights and never let anyone share the slightest. Uncle Yang is a big mountain in front of him, and he can only bulldoze this big mountain.
But whose hand can Huan Sheng rely on? It is undoubtedly those old nobles, but can these old nobles believe it all? No, they are also a group of old foxes, if they hadn't met powerful monarchs like Father Emperor and Uncle Yang, I don't know what they would have made this dynasty look like.
Huan Sheng also knew very well that the core of those old nobles was Huang Gongfu? This person can know about his father's death for the first time, which means that there is also his eyeliner in this palace, such a person can only be borrowed, but he must not be gullible.
Huan Sheng sat back on the desk and pondered.