PS: I'm really sorry friends, because the pure wolf is going to attend the author's annual meeting, from tomorrow, this book will be suspended from updating, probably on September 5th or September 6th to resume normal updates, please forgive me, the old wolf really has no choice, I have to live up to the expectations of my friends. ）

It's late at night again, but the night sky is pitch black, the black and dense dark clouds completely cover the sky of Chang'an City, even a lonely remnant star can be seen, you can't see your fingers, a breeze blows in the stuffy air, the wind is getting stronger and stronger, even in the summer night, it can blow people all over the body cool, with a dazzling lightning piercing the sky, sparse but there are soybean-sized raindrops began to fall, smashing the skin and hurting.

"Yi'er, go back to your room first." Princess Anyang, who had been kneeling in front of Kangpeng's bedroom for a day, said hoarsely to her beloved son Dong Yi, who had also knelt in front of Kangpeng's door for a day: "It's going to rain heavily, my mother continues to pray for your father here, you are still young, go back to the room to avoid the rain first." ”

"Nope." Although Dong Yi is small, he is very filial and sensible, and said stubbornly: "I want to accompany my mother to pray for my father, and if my father's body does not heal, I will kneel here and never get up." Mother, this is the test of the child's sincerity, as long as the child insists on praying for the father, the father will be able to recover. ”

"Good boy." Princess Anyang stroked her son's black hair with tears in her eyes, and cried in her heart: "King, have you seen it? Your child is very filial, you don't discriminate against him anymore, he is a good child. ”

Another lightning illuminated the night sky, the raindrops became more and more dense, almost forming a rain curtain, and the whole body of Princess Anyang and her son was drenched in an instant, and the sound of heavy rain and thunder had already driven everyone in the palace compound into the room.

I don't know how much time passed, Kang Peng's bedroom door suddenly opened, and Hua Tuo, who had been waiting by Kang Peng's side for nearly a day, stood in front of the door and shouted: "Princess, the rain is too heavy, it will drench you and the eldest prince's body, please bring the eldest prince in to avoid the rain." ”

"Thank you Wenhuahou for your kindness." Princess Anyang raised her head, the rain and tears on her beautiful face had gathered into a stream along her chin, and Princess Anyang choked up: "I have sworn to the heavens that I must pray for the king here until the king is healed, otherwise I will never get up." Princess Anyang, who grew up in the palace since childhood, knows that she has no choice, if Kang Peng's life cannot be saved, then the eldest son she gave birth to is bound to become a stumbling block for some people, if this stumbling block is not removed, some people will never be able to sleep peacefully, although Kang Peng is unlucky, but his life has been tightly tied to the life of Princess Anyang's beloved son.

"Wenhuahou, please close the door quickly." Dong Yi, who was trembling all over his body in the wind and rain, said: "My mother said that patients can't be blown by the cold wind, and my father is not in good health now and can't be blown by the strong wind. ”

The thin Hua Tuo stared at Princess Anyang's mother and son, who were praying sincerely in the heavy rain, for a long time, sighed, and quietly closed the door......

At the same time, in the palace of Emperor Han Xian under the terrace of Chang'an, although the thunder and rain are loud, they can't cover up the arrogant laughter coming out of the palace, when nearly three watches, the hall after hastily decorating is brightly lit, the head is bustling, Emperor Han Xian, Dong Cheng, Cai Yong, Ji Ping and Wang Zifu and others, are loyal to Emperor Han Xian's Luoyang officials, and there is a person who should not appear here - Chen Gong.

"Brother Bo's clever plan, unpredictable gods and ghosts, saving the society from the imminent, saving the people from fire and water, it is really admirable." Dong Cheng laughed and saluted Cai Yong, Cai Yong hurriedly returned the salute modestly, and Dong Cheng laughed again: "Dong Thief never dreamed that the military and political officials he relied on as his confidant began to fight for power and profit before he could breathe, and he was torn apart. ”

Today in King Kang's mansion, Chen Gong proposed that Cai Yong fill the vacancy to participate in the auxiliary government, Cai Wenji agreed, but was resolutely opposed by the Fazheng faction that seeks to dominate the people and the Xu Jing faction who supports orthodoxy, Li Dao Guo Yan and other veterans of Dong Zhuojun are out of loyalty to Dong Boss, and also oppose Cai Yong, who had conspired to overthrow Dong Boss Cai Yong to power, Cai Wenji is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and immediately spoke as the main mother, insisting that Cai Yong participate in politics on the grounds of Dong Peng and Cai Yong's kinship, but unfortunately Dong Zhuojun, a group of civil and military ministers, is not a good man and a woman, Everyone wants to get more power and interests for themselves, under the pretext that Cai Yong has been demoted to a concubine by the imperial court and Dong Zhuojun, and Cai Wenji argues with reason, and there is no argument, and no one on both sides can convince anyone, but there is no result, and finally they break up unhappily. But Cai Wenji was used to being pampered by Kang Peng, so she found out the seal of King Kang from Kang Peng's study, and ordered Cai Yong to assist the government with Dong Peng's reputation, and stamped Kang Peng's seal, so angry that Dong Zhuojun's various departments were all furious and dissatisfied.

"Lord Cai's achievements are high and the world is really the pillar of the country, please drink this wine." Emperor Han Xian, who smiled on his face, personally poured a glass of wine for Cai Yong, Cai Yong was overjoyed, and only drank the wine after kneeling and thanking him three times, Cai Yong said: "Long live, in fact, Cai Yong has no work, the person who really gives advice and secretly assists Cai Yong is Lord Chen of the Chen Palace, please long live Mingcha." ”

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was very curious, and only after listening to Cai Yong's explanation did he know that as early as when Kang Peng hijacked Emperor Han Xian and arrived in the west, Chen Gong, who was loyal to the Han family, was dissatisfied with Kang Peng's atrocities that shook the country, and refused to go to court under the pretext of illness, and secretly connected a group of Dong Zhuojun who were also loyal to the Han Dynasty, and took the initiative to contact Cai Yong, Fu Wan and others, in a secret conversation, Chen Gong, who was extremely familiar with Dong Zhuojun's internal situation, once hated and analyzed the reaction of Dong Zhuojun's various departments after Kang Peng's violent death, thinking that as long as Kang Peng died, Dong Zhuojun would inevitably be torn apart. That's why Cai Yong offered a plan that night.

"Chen Aiqing, please also drink this cup." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty poured another glass of wine for Chen Gong and sealed it: "Chen Aiqing is in Dong Ying, his heart is in Han, he has worked hard, and he is a servant of the official to show his reward." "Emperor Han Xian has long seen that Zhu Xian, the former servant who was good friends with Kang Peng, is not pleasing to the eye, but after regaining power, Zhu Xian will definitely be sent to Huangquan by Emperor Han Xian to accompany Kang Peng, and his replacement will be taken over by Chen Gong.

After Chen Gong knelt down to thank him, Emperor Han Xian asked: "Chen Aiqing, the matter has come to this, I don't know what Aiqing plans to do next?" How should Cai Aiqing and Dong Aiqing cooperate with Aiqing? ”

"As Chen Gong sees." In the rumbling thunder, Chen Gong said loudly: "Long live, according to the minister's view, Lord Cai Yong was promoted to auxiliary minister by Miss Cai, and everyone under Dong Zhuo will definitely not accept it and will not obey Lord Cai's orders, so the minister asked Lord Cai to give three orders." ”

"Dare to ask the public platform, are those three orders?" Cai Yong asked.

"First, lift martial law." Chen Gong smiled: "Chang'an City is now the first in the world of commerce, martial law for a day, the loss of the people and the government tax is incalculable, the early lifting of martial law will be beneficial to the country and the people; Second, tax reduction, Dong Zhuo's agricultural tax is 15 taxes and 1, and the same is true for commercial tax and industrial tax, Lord Cai can use the excuse of the people's suffering to change the tax amount to 20 taxes and 1 to reduce the burden on the people; Third, the purchase of grain, now is the harvest time of the divine fruit (potato), because the three prefectures of Yonghe and Liang have been harvesting grain for many years, the price of grain has fallen sharply, and the income of the people has been affected. ”

"Wait." As soon as Chen Gong finished speaking, Emperor Han Xian said suspiciously: "Chen Aiqing's three orders are completely for the sake of Dong Thief to consolidate the people's hearts, what is the use of Lord Cai?" ”

Before Chen Gong could speak, Cai Yong, whose eyes were bright, had already said: "Long live, this is where Lord Chen's genius lies, because Dong Thief's subordinates do not obey the orders of the old minister, so they will never implement these three articles, and the people will definitely complain about the people under Dong Thief who oppose the old minister, which can greatly divide the relationship between Dong Thief's side and the people, and it will be greatly beneficial to the restoration of the government." ”

"That's not all." Chen Gong said: "Dong Zhuo's subordinate Jia Xu is a smart person, he will not consider the consequences of opposing Lord Cai's policy, and will definitely support Lord Cai's resolution, at that time, Fa Zheng, who does not want Lord Cai to divide power, will definitely oppose it with all his might, Jia Xu is the first military assistant, and has no right to interfere in civil affairs, Fa Zheng can argue with reason, when the two disagree, the villain proposed that the daughter of Lord Cai, Miss Cai, participate in politics as the main mother to arbitrate the dispute between Jia Xu and Fa Zheng, and at that time ......"

"Boom!" A bolt of lightning exploded near the Cheng Terrace, and in the huge thunder, there was a burst of smug laughter from the palace of Emperor Han Xian.

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In the early morning of the next day, after the rain and the sky was clear, Cai Yong was the first to rush to the Dong Zhuo Military Hall with the appointment letter stamped with the seal of King Kang, and issued three orders to reduce taxes, collect grain and lift martial law in the name of the auxiliary minister, and explicitly ordered the officers to post them in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City.

In a short time, Dong Zhuojun's other civil officials rushed to hear the letter, just as Chen Gong expected, Fa Zheng knew that Cai Yong's policy was a top priority except for tax cuts to be discussed, and out of the psychology of not wanting to be divided by Cai Yong, he resolutely refused to recognize Cai Yong's status as an auxiliary minister, and ordered his subordinates to recover the errand officers, remove the notices that had been posted, and unwilling to open martial law on the grounds that Kang Peng's life and death were unknown.

When Cai Yong and Fa Zheng were arguing endlessly, Jia Xu, Xu Jing and Hua Xin and others rushed to hear the news, and Chen Gong was the last to arrive, but after asking the reason for the dispute between Fa Zheng and Cai Yong, Jia Xu and others couldn't help but feel embarrassed, Cai Yong's policy is indeed for the sake of stabilizing the people's minds, but Fa Zheng's reason is Cai Yong's identity, if Cai Yong's policy is recognized, it is equivalent to recognizing Cai Yong's auxiliary political status.

At this time, there was a sudden errand outside the hall to report - Cai Wenji came with Dong Peng, and he was still in Kang Peng's car, hearing the news, Jia Xu couldn't help but be angry, but he didn't have a seizure on the spot, and Cai Yong and Chen Gong were also inexplicable, I don't know what kind of calculation Cai Wenji played, and finally Jia Xu calculated for a long time, or took everyone to welcome Cai Wenji and Dong Peng into the hall, but after entering the hall, almost everyone didn't find that the old slippery head Hua Xin had disappeared without a trace.

Cai Wenji hugged Dong Peng and sat down in the middle of the official hall, Cai Wenji said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this concubine is here today to let your young master get in touch with civil affairs as soon as possible and lay a good foundation for him to succeed to the throne in the future." ”

"Your father-in-law is not dead yet!" Almost everyone reminded Cai Wenji in their hearts.

"Daughter, it's good that you're here." Cai Yong cried to Cai Wenji with a handful of snot and tears about his dispute with Fa Zheng, and before Cai Yong finished crying, Cai Wenji said to Fa Zheng: "Fa Xiaozhi, what do you mean by this?" What's wrong with my father's three policies? It's all for the sake of the country and the people, why are you against it? I think you are afraid that my father will share your power, for your own selfishness, and put the people in disregard, if my minister wakes up and knows that you are doing this, what punishment should you receive, have you considered it yourself? ”

"Even if the king is here, Fa Zheng is resolutely against it." Fa Zheng raised his head and said: "At present, the country still has Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the two great thieves, who have not been eliminated, and the army has huge expenses, so can you reduce taxes at will?" In fact, Fa Zheng also knows that the salt and iron trade directly controlled by Dong Zhuojun and the sale of improved varieties are hugely profitable, even if the tax cut has little impact, but the tax rate originally set by Kang Peng is very low, so Kang Peng has been hesitant, afraid that it is easy to reduce taxes and difficult to increase taxes.

Cai Wenji's political ability really didn't dare to compliment, and she couldn't find a reason to refute Fa Zheng, so she had to turn her eyes to Jia Xu, but Jia Xu closed her eyes and was silent, as if an old monk was settled. Cai Wenji scolded secretly in her heart, and turned her gaze to her father, Cai Yong understood, and immediately said to Fa Zheng: "Master Fa, since the tax reduction needs to be considered in the long run, the other two should be implemented immediately, right?" ”

Fa Zheng's face was gloomy and he refused to answer, Cai Wenji immediately said, "What are you still doing?" Why don't you do it soon? Fa Zheng had no choice but to order the first and third orders issued by Cai Yong to be issued to all places, but Fa Zheng played a small trick, handed over Cai Yong's order to his henchmen, and gave a few glances to the confidant officials, signaling them not to carry it out.

"Strategist, now that martial law has been lifted, there is one thing I want you to do." Cai Wenji said indignantly: "Let Zilong transfer eight hundred tiger guards to the palace to protect your young master." Cai Wenji was angry that she took Dong Peng from the palace to the official hall and wanted to mobilize Kang Peng's personal soldiers to protect her, but was rejected by Kang Peng's personal soldier captain Shu Guang, on the grounds that Kang Peng's life and death were uncertain and he needed more protection, and the Dong Zhuojun soldiers outside the palace belonged to Zhao Yun and Gao Shun.

Cai Wenji was very concerned about the safety of Kang Peng's son, Jia Xu immediately agreed, but Cai Wenji hated to add, "Okay, Zhao Yun, if he doesn't take the initiative to transfer troops to protect his young master, forget it, and still refuse to come to salute the young master's ministers, it's really lawless." ”

Before Jia Xu could speak, Chen Gongxian was startled, and said first: "Princess, General Zilong is responsible for the safety of Chang'an City and the king, and it is normal that he can't get out, princess, please forgive General Zilong." Chen Gong complained bitterly in his heart, the biggest weakness of the restoration party now is that it has no military power, and a general like Zhao Yun, who holds the seal of military power, is too late to win over, so dare to offend?

Jia Xu didn't bother with Cai Wenji, first went to arrange the tiger camp to protect Dong Peng, and then went to the palace to visit Kang Peng, leaving Cai Wenji to point fingers in Dong Zhuojun's civil affairs office. When he arrived at the palace, Kang Peng was still unconscious, and Princess Anyang's mother and son, who were already dying, were still kneeling outside Kang Peng's door, no matter how Wen Lu and others persuaded him, the contrast was so strong that Jia Xu couldn't help but feel emotional.

After staying in Kang Peng's bedroom for half an hour, Jia Xu returned to the military chamber where he worked, and after dealing with some unurgent official business, it was already two o'clock in the hour, Jia Xu suddenly entered the back room, and there were already several people in black waiting in the back room, Jia Xu asked, "How is the civil affairs over there?" ”

"Return to the military division." A man in black replied: "It's a mess, Fa Zheng, Xu Jing, Chen Gong and Cai Yong are arguing endlessly, almost nothing official is done, the princess blindly favors Lord Cai, Lord Chen doesn't talk to Lord Cai on the surface, but they are helping Lord Cai openly and secretly." ”

Jia Xu nodded, and asked again: "What is the current situation of the people of Chang'an?" ”

"It's even worse." Another man in black replied: "People are panicked, and they are all worried about the situation of the king, especially the three orders issued by Cai Yong in the morning, which have been seen by some people, and they are not satisfied with why the tax reduction was canceled." However, Fa Zheng's subordinates did not carry out the purchase of grain at all, and issued orders on the surface, but in fact did not allocate funds, and the officials below had no money in their hands and had no way to collect grain. ”

A trace of gloom flashed on Jia Xu's face, and he asked urgently, "Did the people make trouble?" ”

"At first there were, but now I don't." The second man in black replied.

Jia Xu Daqi, "Why? "It is a taboo for the government to not be able to do it, and it is likely to cause trouble among the people, so Jia Xu is strange.

"Because an hour ago, Lord Hua Xin opened the treasury under his jurisdiction and purchased grain at a price higher than half of the market price according to the order, although the people were not very enthusiastic about selling grain for fear of turmoil in the king's situation, but there was no dissatisfaction among the people, but Fa Zheng's subordinates were very dissatisfied with this, and they were already scolding Hua Daren as Cai Yong's lackey." The second man in black replied honestly.

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and ordered: "Send someone to monitor Hua Xin, I want to know his every move." The second man in black agreed, and Jia Xu asked the third man in black, "What is the action of the imperial court?" ”

"It's a big move." The third man in black replied: "At the beginning of the afternoon, Dong Cheng quietly went to the Wenhou Mansion to ask to see him after putting on his makeup. ”

"What did you say?" Jia Xu hurriedly asked, and the third man in black quickly took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to Jia Xu with both hands......

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When Jia Xu came out of the official hall of the military department, it was already evening, due to the cancellation of martial law, the bustling streets of Chang'an were still full of people, and from time to time passers-by who knew Jia Xu saluted Jia Xu on the side of the road, but Jia Xu, who was preoccupied, just lowered his head and thought about his thoughts, so that those passers-by who wanted to cling to the powerful were so bored.

The destination of Jia Xu's car is King Kang's Mansion, when he was about to arrive at King Kang's Mansion, a team of cars rushed to the side street, but it was Cai Wenji and Dong Peng's car, Cai Yong was also in the convoy, and rushed in front of Jia Xu's car, Cai Wenji saw that it was Jia Xu's car, and hurriedly ordered to stop, wanting to invite Jia Xu to go with him, but Jia Xu just got out of the car to salute Cai Wenji's mother and son, but resolutely refused to go along, only wishing to follow behind, making Cai Wenji so boring.

When Cai Wenji's mother and son's car continued to move forward, Jia Xu returned to his convoy and was about to get into the carriage, when a person suddenly rushed out of the crowd of onlookers next to him, holding a sharp knife and pounced on Jia Xu, shouting: "The old thief is killed!" ”

"There are assassins!" Jia Xu's personal soldiers were not vegetarians, and they rushed to stop the assassin, but this assassin obviously had martial arts, and at the moment when he was surrounded by Jia Xu's personal soldiers, he threw a dagger, hitting Jia Xu's chest, Jia Xu screamed, and fell down with his hand on his chest......