The Ezhou incident, which caused a lot of uproar, finally ended with an unexpected result.

The officials of the Jiangnan faction suffered the biggest setback in history, and even Feng Xiang could only resign and return to his hometown, trying to use the Ezhou incident to attack the officials of Tang Ning, the deputy servant of the Ministry of Officials, but none of them ended well.

In the past few years, King Kang and King Duan have fought inextricably, and their heads have been broken and bloody, and most of these neutral forces have seen the lively situation, and the Jiangnan officials represented by Feng Xiang have never participated in party struggles, but in this incident, they have suffered a more serious blow than the party and the same party.

King Kang's Mansion.

There was such a big turmoil in the court, and King Kang naturally got the news a long time ago.

King Kang poured himself a glass of wine, shook his head and said, "This Tang Ning is really blessed with a great life, so he won't die......"

Since the two of them completely tore their faces and knew that they had no way to win him over again, King Kang had no good impression of him, and expressed regret that Tang Ning was not defeated in this chaos.

He took a sip of wine, suddenly looked to the other side, and asked: "Mr. Xu, this time my father asked Feng Xiangjuan to go home, and the original official Zhou Shangshu went up, you said that we should give gifts to the Zhou Mansion, what does it mean, don't let King Duan and the Tang family take the lead......

"Your Highness doesn't need to do anything else." Mr. Xu said: "Zhou Shangshu is already old and healthy, His Majesty asked him to take over the position of right minister, it is just a reward and gift, and within a year, Zhou Xiang will retire from this position." ”

"Sir has a point." King Kang thought for a while, nodded slightly, and said with some regret: "It's a pity, this time Feng Xiang took the lead in attacking Tang Ning, and the Tang family didn't follow, if they also participated in the impeachment, maybe my father would be angry, so he would withdraw his Ministry of Rites, how many things would we save......"

Mr. Xu said: "Since the Tang family has suffered losses in the first few times, their actions in recent days have tended to be conservative, and they are not completely sure, they will not make a move. ”

"Their surname Tang has always been so shady in doing things." King Kang gritted his teeth, and said with some joy: "At the beginning, this king almost wanted to intervene, but fortunately, Mr. Xu, you persuaded me, otherwise, this time our loss would be great." ”

Mr. Xu looked at him and said: "In the battle with King Duan, we have lost a lot, Your Highness should cherish your wings and don't cause unnecessary trouble, then Tang Ning has no head-on conflict with us, Your Highness should focus all your attention on King Duan." ”

King Kang nodded and said, "This king understands, sir, what should this king do next?" ”

Mr. Xu said: "Although the Jiangnan party has suffered heavy losses this time, it is all Feng Xiang's lineage, after Feng Xiang fell, the Tang family has become the only big tree that Jiangnan officials can rely on, Your Majesty is now dissatisfied with Jiangnan, Your Highness should take advantage of this east wind to pull the Tang family into the water, which can not only hit King Duan, but also please Your Majesty, isn't it killing two birds with one stone?" ”

King Kang thought about it, his face showed joy, and said, "High, really high!" ”

Tang family.

Tang Qi's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said: "There is not enough success, but there are more failures!" ”

This time, Feng Xiang and his party made trouble, not only did not bring down Tang Ning, but they put themselves in, they were wiped out, not to mention, but also led the disaster to the entire Jiangnan, now His Majesty is not a person who will accept it when he sees it, the harvest of tens of millions of taels of silver is enough to make him pay a huge price to rectify Jiangnan, he must have hit the idea to Jiangnan Liangdao.

Jiangnan West Road is Feng Xiang's henchmen, Jiangnan East Road, but most of it is the territory of the Tang family.

The Tang family originally wanted to borrow Feng Xiang's knife to kill people, but now they didn't kill them, but they were accidentally injured by Feng Xiang's family, which affected the entire Jiangnan......

"Be careful of King Kang." Tang Huai also frowned and said, "The timing is not good for us, if King Kang uses the topic to play, the situation will be even worse." ”

Tang Qi thought for a while and said, "With King Kang's brain, I can't think of this, not to mention, there is a person surnamed Xu there, who should be able to control the situation." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a member of the Tang family walked in, respectfully handed the things in his hand to Tang Huai, and said, "Master, Mr. Xu's secret letter." ”

After Tang Huai opened the letter, he glanced at it a few times, kneaded it into a ball, and said in a low voice: "King Kang has listened to the words of the strategist and plans to bite this matter tightly, let us prepare as soon as possible, surnamed Xu." ”

When Tang Qi heard this, his face changed at first, and then he said fiercely: "Since that's the case, don't blame us!" ”

……

Feng Xiang fell, Feng Xiang and his family also dispersed, the officials of the court and the central government thought that the matter would end here, but they did not expect that on the second day of Feng Xiang's resignation, King Kang pointed out the disadvantages of Jiangnan in the imperial court, and asked the imperial court to strictly investigate the taxes of the states in Jiangnan.

However, the blessing and misfortune are unpredictable, King Kang is proud of less than a day, there is a royal history to impeach him for indulging in lust every day, there are many places in the palace to display the system, the royal hierarchy is strict, the emperor has the emperor's regulations, the prince has the prince's regulations, overstepping is a felony, overstepping is defined as the intention to rebel and behead the head of the family is not without precedent, fortunately, King Kang's overstepping is not too serious, even so, he was also punished for a month not allowed to go to the court to discuss politics and participate in court affairs......

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is another secret confrontation between King Kang and King Duan, but this time, there is no winner, and the result is a lose-lose situation......

……

The court is nothing more than some fighting and fighting, King Kang and King Duan's fighting are both defeated, and they each stop, and everyone will also pay attention away from them and put them elsewhere.

The birthday banquet of the old lady of the Fang family is approaching, and the old lady of the Fang family is taken from Lingzhou to the Jingshi, and His Majesty has authorized Concubine Fang Shu to visit the palace, and most of the officials in the court should also think about what birthday gifts to give at that time, neither ostentatious nor stingy.

The Fang family has always been low-key, and when it comes to the Fang family, many people in Beijing may not be aware of it at the first time, but after thinking about it, they are secretly frightened.

The old lady of the Fang family has two sons and a daughter, who hold important positions in the household department and the ministry respectively, and there is also Fang Shufei, the favorite concubine, in the palace, if you really want to count it, even the power of the Tang family is not as good as the Fang family.

Of course, there is still King Duan behind the Tang family, King Duan is the prince who seizes the heir, the Tang family still has many henchmen, and the King of Run, who is born by Concubine Fang Shu, is still a child, no matter how good the resources of the Fang family are, they can only be vacant, after all, a child who has no hair will think about being the emperor?

Even so, no one in the Fang family in Beijing dared to underestimate it, not to mention the Tang family, even if it was the two princes, they didn't want to have any conflict with the Fang family.

Today is the day when Concubine Fang Shu returns to the palace, and the concubines in the palace cannot spend the night outside the palace, and she must return to the palace before the palace gate is closed.

After coming out of the old lady's room, the smile on Fang Shufei's face was somewhat restrained, she looked at Fang Hong and Fang Zhe outside the door, and said, "Big brother, fourth brother, I have something important to discuss with you. ”

Seeing her solemn face, Fang Hong was also nervous in his heart, and said, "Go to my study." ”

In Fang's study, Fang Hong personally closed the door, and only the three of them were left in the room.

Fang Hong looked at Concubine Fang Shu and asked, "What's the matter with the second sister?" ”

Concubine Fang Shu looked at the two of them and said, "Two days ago, Yuan'er told me that he wanted to be the emperor. ”

Fang Hong's face changed, and he asked, "Who has he been bewitched by?" ”

"He just didn't mean to." Concubine Fang Shufei shook her head and said: "But his words reminded me that although Yuan'er is still young, he is the prince in the end, with the temperament of King Duan and King Kang, once they ascend the throne, will Yuan'er still have a way to live?" ”

Fang Hong's face was complicated, the answer to this question was naturally clear in his heart, if King Kang and King Duan ascended the throne, other princes might be able to be idle princes and stay in the fiefdom honestly, but the princes born to several favorite concubines in the palace would definitely have no way to live.

Only one of King Duan and King Kang can sit in that position alive, and no matter who sits in that position, they will not let go of King Run, who is born by Concubine Shu.

Not only that, but even the Fang family will decline or be directly defeated by that time.

After all, the new monarch would not watch the power of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household fall into the hands of one family at the same time.

Fang Zhe's face was always indifferent, and after Concubine Fang Shu finished speaking, he looked at her and asked, "What does the second sister mean, let Yuan'er also participate in the inheritance?" ”

"Yuan'er is also a prince, he will grow up sooner or later." Concubine Fang Shu's face was calm, and she asked rhetorically, "Since they can fight, why can't we?" ”