Chapter 1844: The Eldest Princess
Chen Xi naturally doesn't know how big a basket Ji Xiang stabbed Lu Su now, maybe Ji Xiang himself doesn't think there is any problem, but after all the people who stand at the national level see this news, their first reaction is that it is too dangerous. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After all, a character who can distort the will of normal people, if he doesn't look at it, most people will probably not feel at ease, and it is naturally impossible for a cult leader-level figure like Ji Xiang to be an ordinary character.
Ji Xiang, who also left the barracks after distorting the will of hundreds of thousands of captives, did not think about the impact of doing so, on the contrary, she was now coveting Cai Yan's shelf full of forbidden books, and it was precisely because of the verification that Ji Xiang really understood how advanced these knowledge were.
It is precisely because of the verification that Ji Xiang not only coveted the banned books in this category, but also became interested in the banned books in other categories.
By the way, as the Ji family that has been inherited for thousands of years, Ji Xiang clearly feels that the witch divination method inherited by their family is really small compared to such forbidden books.
If it weren't for the fact that these books were too demanding for talent, the families who mastered this kind of family learning, even if they didn't go all out, would be enough to stand tall in the ranks of the thousand-year-old families.
[Sure enough, for the family, the talent of the family is the most important, even if the legacy of the ancestors is thick, it is useless if the descendants cannot inherit it. Ji Xiang thought silently.
Speaking of which, when Ji Xiang was constantly verifying the content of that fragment, he was also constantly thinking about which nobleman and which family had similar abilities over the past thousand years, but unfortunately, even if the Ji family had a complete inheritance, it was really impossible to determine.
[Alas, no, I can only go to the Yang family to borrow their collections. Ji Xiang thought helplessly, after all, except for the Yang family, which may have a complete record of the ups and downs of the family for thousands of years, the other families are probably only related to their own families.
After all, the ancestor of the Yang family married Sima Qian's daughter, and Sima Qian asked his daughter Sima Ying to take away the original manuscript of the historical records and all the relevant materials before he suffered, and by the way, he took away all the classics that the family could bring.
The so-called famous mountain of Tibet in the historical records refers to this matter, but in general, the Yang family absorbed the wisdom of the Sima family, the descendant of the Tianguan of the Zhuan clan, out of thin air, and completely integrated it into the Yang family's family studies, which is also the reason why the Yang family can smooth out the relationship between most families.
Now that he is taking Jia Xu to Beigong, Chen Xi naturally couldn't think of the bad things that happened later, but even if he knew, I'm afraid there was no way, a person who had learned the skill of slaying dragons, it would be strange if he didn't go up and practice a few tricks when he saw the dragon.
Ji Xiang in the current period is like a martial artist who has practiced the skill of slaying dragons, even Chen Xi can't stop the other party from verifying what he has learned, and it should even be said that when Ji Xiang opened the book, he was doomed to the later results, and it was already God blessed if it didn't make it worse.
"Is this going to the eldest princess?" Jia Xu followed Chen Xi all the way to the North Palace, he didn't know where Chen Xi was going before, but after entering the North Palace, Jia Xu quickly knew Chen Xi's destination.
"You actually know the princess of Wannian." Chen Xi said with a little surprise.
"Chang'an, I'm more familiar than you." Jia Xu glanced at Chen Xi and said, "I often come to this place for a while. ”
"......" Chen Xi raised his eyebrows, inexplicably heard something with a story, and was a little curious, but Jia Xu didn't say anything further.
"But combined with what I said before, although it is a little ridiculous, but it makes a lot of sense when I think about it, the eldest princess is indeed very suitable for regent, and now this point in time is not suitable for anyone to take the throne, and the regent of the eldest princess can indeed say the past." Jia Xu touched his chin and said.
"Do you think it's good, too?" Chen Xi raised his eyebrows and said, Jia Xu can approve it, which means that this matter is very executable.
"That's good, but you need to think about something else." Jia Xu shook his head and said.
"Politics is a compromise to put it bluntly, and we compromise with each other, and now this is the best solution." Chen Xi looked at Jia Xu and said.
"It's not what you think, but Princess Wannian may not be willing to be regent, she hasn't appeared in front of us yet, and she is in the inner palace, how can she not understand what happened, and with what I know about her before, it is very likely that she is unwilling." Jia Xu shrugged his shoulders and said.
"Looks like you're familiar with her too?" Chen Xi asked curiously.
"Well, Tang Ji is her sister-in-law, I think you also understand the chaos in Luoyang at that time, maybe the relationship between the two was not very good before, and it was not easy to have a shelter at that time." Jia Xu sighed and said, "So she's good to my senses." ”
The two chatted while talking, and soon arrived in the North Palace, the courtyard of Princess Wannian, the door was closed, Jia Xu stepped forward and knocked on the door, and then retreated to the side.
After a long while, a woman wearing filial piety clothes and slightly red eyes opened the courtyard door, looked at the two people at the door, and bowed to Jia Xu and said, "I've seen Jia Shangshu." ”
"Princess Wannian doesn't have to be polite." Jia Xu hurriedly returned the salute, "I am no longer a Shangshu, this is Chen Sinong." When Chen Xi heard this, he also bowed to the other party, and Princess Wannian also returned the salute to Chen Xi.
"I wonder what the two of you are here for?" Princess Wannian obviously didn't mean to let Chen Xi and Jia Xu in, so she asked at the door.
"Since the princess is dressed in filial piety clothes, she already knows what happened in Weiyang Palace, and she also asked the princess to come forward to preside over the funeral." Jia Xu sighed and said.
"This matter is handled by its own sect, it is just a woman for ten thousand years, and she can sacrifice her younger brother in the courtyard, just like when she sacrificed her father and brother." Princess Wannian said calmly, but when she mentioned her father and brother, her eyes suddenly filled with tears.
Jia Xu looked at Princess Wannian, and was helpless in her heart, "Actually, I am waiting here, in addition to hoping that the princess will preside over the funeral, but also hope that the princess will act as the chief regent during this period of interregnation on the throne to avoid national turmoil." ”
Princess Wannian was shocked when she heard this, and then silently shook her head and said that she would not touch her hands, and then Jia Xu looked at Chen Xi, he already knew that it would be such a result, anyone who has suffered for so many years will have a longer memory, not to mention that Princess Wannian is not stupid.
"I don't know what Her Royal Highness the princess is taboo about?" Chen Xi immediately stepped forward and asked.
Princess Wannian didn't answer, Chen Xi was a little helpless in his heart, since this is the case, then he can only overlord bow hard, "Since the princess acquiesces, then we will announce this matter in three days, most of the current Chang'an officials have died in the Chang'an Rebellion last night, and the princess can be regent at that time." ”
When Princess Wannian heard this, she immediately scowled, "Okay, you Chen Zichuan, you are not afraid of being poked in the backbone by others when you act like this, are you Hanchen?" ”
"Oh, you're the eldest princess?" Chen Xi asked unhurriedly.
"Hmph, you still know that I am the eldest princess, and you dare to treat me like this, do you still have the Han family in your heart?" Princess Wannian scolded angrily.
"As the eldest princess of the sister of the first emperor, she still doesn't take the rules of the Han family to heart, so why should we, who are courtiers, take it to heart?" Chen Xi retorted unceremoniously, "The world of the Han family, if you, as the heirs, don't you maintain it, why should we maintain it?" ”
"......" Princess Wannian was silent, and said after a while, "You just need a puppet, and you are so blatantly asking the eldest princess to be regent, such a reckless approach, even if I agree, it is just controlled by you, in this case, why should I agree, the world of the Han family was no longer when my father died." ”
"Let's tell you the truth, I won't stop Liu Xuande from ascending the throne, Liu Jiyu, Liu Bo'an and other elders want to ascend the throne, I won't stop them, but if they want to take over the legal documents from me, I'm sorry, I'm not so cheap yet!" Princess Wannian said with a sneer.
Chen Xi looked at Princess Wannian in amazement, he didn't expect that there were so many garbage princesses in front of the Han Dynasty, and in the end, a character actually appeared.
"I'm done, do you have anything else to say?" Princess Wannian looked at Chen Xi with a little contempt and said, after her father, imperial brother, and imperial brother passed away one by one, Liu Tong inexplicably felt that his fate was probably coming to an end.
"Oh, there's a lot to say." Chen Xi touched his chin and said, "First of all, I would like to express my appreciation for your vision and heart, if you are a prince, I can't say it, without the latter thing, you are better than your brother." ”
"The second is that your vision and mind are bound by the environment you are in, and many of the things you analyze can only be said to be your guesses, if you don't see them yourself, I'm afraid you can only be blinded by yourself for a lifetime." Chen Xi looked at the other party calmly.
"The third is that I said before, I will announce the regency of the eldest princess, as for whether you agree or not, it doesn't really matter." Chen Xi said flatly, "So Your Royal Highness Princess, the core of your refutation from the beginning was wrong, you shouldn't refute, you need strength more." ”
"Is that what Jia Shangshu means?" Princess Wannian's chest continued to rise and fall, and after suppressing the anger in her heart, she looked at Jia Xu and said.
"Actually, I think it's better for the princess to be in this matter, in fact, whether the princess can be regent or not is still two words, the two of us came to invite the princess to regent, in fact, it is just the result of a private discussion between the two of us." Jia Xu hesitated for a moment to reveal Chen Xi's old bottom, and Chen Xi glanced at Jia Xu unhappily.
Princess Wannian took a deep look at Chen Xi, and completely understood what Chen Xi's last sentence meant, what does you mean by you need strength, just the result of the private discussion between the two of them is enough to make her feel like a great enemy, and it is enough to show her current vulnerability.
"That's it, this matter is indeed just the result of a discussion between the two of us, and it should even be said that I started a head, and then pulled Jia Wenhe over." Chen Xi looked at Princess Wannian calmly, no longer having the aggressive momentum before.
"Why me?" Princess Wannian looked at Chen Xi and asked.
"Because other people are not suitable, as for the legal and illegal things you said, you go and ask Emperor Guangwu if this kind of thing is legal." Chen Xi said calmly, "The greater significance of inviting the princess regent is actually for balance. ”
"Balance?" Princess Wannian asked incomprehensibly.
"A lot of things have happened, the most important thing is that Duke Xuande has no interest in the throne, and our strength is strong enough to suppress everyone else." Chen Xi looked at Princess Wannian and said solemnly, but Princess Wannian obviously didn't believe it.
"What Zichuan said is true." Jia Xu took over the conversation and said to Princess Wannian on the side, and Wannian's face was obviously pale when he heard this.
"The current situation is a bit complicated, the lord doesn't want to hurt the foundation of the Han family, so he won't have any thoughts about the throne before the unification of the world. Jia Xu said to Princess Wannian.
"And what am I going to do?" Princess Wannian asked.
"Stabilize people's hearts, and then accumulate capital for you in the future, you can't stay in the palace all the time." Jia Xu sighed and said, "You're seventeen years old, do you think you still have a few years left?" Instead of crying for the Son of Heaven in the North Palace, it is better to do something else. ”
Princess Wannian's face turned a lot ugly when she heard this, and she was indeed not young now.
"It's not for you to ascend the throne, it's just for you to stand in front of the stage to stabilize people's hearts, and the benefits Wenhe has already made it very clear." Chen Xi said angrily.
"What else can I do?" Princess Wannian asked, Jia Xu was slightly stunned.
"There are a lot of capable people, for example, to restore the reputation of the royal family, to give the royal family a positive reputation, you can't wash away the absurdity of the princesses of the past dynasties, you can whitewash yourself, although you are in that position is the result of the compromise of all forces, but with this position, if you operate well, you can gain fame and fortune, after all, you are the nominal princess regent." Chen Xi said flatly.
"Is that so?" Princess Wannian lowered her head and thought silently.
Chen Xi was inexplicably a little irritable, letting Princess Wannian be the regent, in fact, Chen Xi was preparing for a possible cabinet system in a few hundred years, and there was a record of Princess Wannian's regency, so when he had to reform in the future, the difficulty of implementing democracy would be greatly reduced.
At least at that time, there was a law to follow, after all, no matter how the historian recorded, he would record how the era was governed, and this mode of mutual compromise would inevitably leave a mark in the history books, and when there was no other choice, it would become the standard for future generations to follow.
In this way, when the system changes in later generations, there will be no more inevitable pain caused by crossing the river by feeling the stones, and it can be regarded as leaving a way back for future generations.
After all, if there is a clear constitutional period in history, and the people are living fairly well during that period, then when later generations have to carry out reforms, the system will smoothly enter the eyes of the wise men of that era, which is also another kind of mutual compromise.