Of course, Guo Chong was hit hard this time, especially the betrayal of the people around him would make him more sensitive. In this case, the behavior may be somewhat uncontrollable. For example, Guo Chong suspects that someone is instigating behind the scenes, and his attitude towards Liang Wang Guo Bing will definitely become further cold, and even greater suspicion and resentment will arise, when this emotion accumulates to a certain extent, it will be extremely unfavorable for Liang Wangfu. What Lin Jue is worried about is that Guo Chong will inevitably take action to eradicate some people who covet the throne, because this is not only his hidden worry, but also the hidden worry of the enthroner. If Guo Chong is determined to make the throne smooth and not fall into the hands of others, he will inevitably eliminate the threat for future generations. Thinking from another perspective, Lin Jue thought that if he was in Guo Chong's position, he would definitely do the same.

But there is no solution to this matter for the time being, and it is impossible for Guo Bing to explain this matter to Guo Chong, in fact, it is useless to explain. In this kind of thing, the more you explain it, the more suspicious it becomes. As the fable says, once you suspect that your neighbor has stolen your axe, you will see him eating, walking, and talking like a thief, which is a psychological view that cannot be easily changed. What's more, Guo Bing, the king of Liang, is not an innocent person, he is the initiator of that incident. If a thief is a thief to explain this matter, it will reveal more doubts.

Compared to all of the above, the disclosure of Green Dance's identity is not so important. It's not public, and Green Dance himself doesn't care much. He was not complacent because he was the emperor's son-in-law. Lin Jue has already understood that in the political ecology of the Great Zhou, even the status of the royal family is just an aura of vanity, which is not enough to ensure that you can sit back and relax. In the declining court of the Great Zhou, only the strong stand on your feet, not your identity. If you can't stand on your feet with your skills and abilities, no matter how noble your status is, you will only be a marginal person, and even the status of the royal family will make you a target for being attacked. Judging from his own personal experience and the experience of Lu Zhongtian, Yang Jun and others, they all relied on their ability and skills to ascend to the throne, and took root in the imperial court with the spread of deep-rooted power. On the contrary, Guo Bing, as the prince, had very little influence in the imperial court, and was even repeatedly attacked by Lu Zhongtian and others. This is the proof.

In view of the above realizations, Lin Jue believes that he still needs to do more. It is impossible for Lu Zhongtian, Yang Jun and others to have a coexisting relationship with themselves. As long as he finds an opportunity, he will still attack their weaknesses until he pulls them off his horse. Lin Jue doesn't want to be a person who sells his reputation and reputation, and he will never have the kindness of a woman. To be kind to them is to be cruel to themselves, and they will constantly cause trouble and threats to themselves, so there is no need to be polite to them. In the next step, Lin Jue wants to make a fuss about Guo Hao's death. Lin Jue had already thought about the direction to cut into, and it was up to him to see if he could find the exact clue.

Time flies, and more than 20 days have passed. March is coming to an end, and spring is stronger. The entire capital is already full of flowers, and the young leaves of the trees have begun to sway in the spring sun.

The past 20 days have been relatively peaceful, and after some chaos, there is a kind of post-climax fatigue in the court and in the harem. Lu Zhongtian and the others may be brewing the next wave of attacks, so they will not move for the time being. There is not much change in the harem. As Concubine Rong was beaten into the cold palace, the situation gradually slowed down. Guo Chong seemed to have forgotten his determination to kill Concubine Rong, and his attitude seemed to be softening.

Those who know the inside story naturally understand that Guo Chong was invited by Empress Dowager Wei to speak at dusk one day. The mother and son locked up in the room and talked for a long time, and when Guo Chong came out, his face was calm and smiling. Some people speculate that the result of this meeting and negotiation must be that the Empress Dowager Wei and the emperor have reached some kind of compromise. This compromise may be at the cost of Concubine Rong's life, and it is unknown what it will be in exchange. Perhaps in exchange for the Empress Dowager Wei, she could no longer dictate the affairs of the palace and the court and put pressure on Guo Chong from now on. may be in exchange for the Empress Dowager Wei can no longer use her love for the emperor as a bargaining chip, and kidnap Guo Chong's feelings again and again. All in all, since that conversation, Concubine Rong's situation has eased a lot. Originally, she was not allowed to leave Changchun Pavilion even an inch, but now someone has seen her walking along the flower path near the left side of Changchun Pavilion accompanied by the palace maid.

The ban on not being allowed to visit Concubine Rong was also broken after that secret conversation between mother and son. Green Dance was allowed to visit Concubine Rong on March 26. This visit was brief and awkward. But according to Green Dance's feedback, Concubine Rong's residence is already a separate cubicle, and the furnishings in the house are all decent. It turned out that several female officials who were serving closely in Rongxiu Palace were also around. When accompanying Concubine Rong to eat, the standard of the meal is also the standard of five dishes and one soup. This is close to the original standard in the position of the concubine.

After knowing these circumstances, Lin Jue was also relieved. Judging from various circumstances, Guo Chong's anger towards Concubine Rong has slowly subsided. Although it is impossible for Concubine Rong to return to her original status, there is no possibility of being favored by Guo Chong. But Concubine Rong being alive is a good thing for Green Dance and for the whole state of affairs. Midori Dance doesn't have to fall into depression and self-blame because of her biological mother's death. The whole thing is also moving towards the flat. This is exactly the principle of dealing with big things and small things advocated by Lin Jue. Guo Chong's mind is still big, and it would be difficult for anyone to let go of this matter, but he still did it. As an emperor in an era of male supremacy, this is obviously not easy.

The calm of the situation also allowed Lin Jue to devote a lot of energy to the affairs of the three divisions and yamen. The Sansi Yamen should be the busiest yamen in the whole week. The complexity of the money and tax matters is beyond people's imagination, not to mention that there is now an even more complicated matter, that is, the establishment of the Aftermath Division to deal with the aftermath of the new law that has been suspended.

This matter was extremely important, and Lin Jue had to personally supervise it. On the one hand, Lin Jue wants to deal with the aftermath of the things left by his mentor and Yan Zhengsu, in order to avoid the two mentors from being insulted and slandered by the people after their deaths, he must do this well, so that the people have no complaints. On the other hand, Lin Jue also wanted to take this opportunity to retain some of the essence of the new law, and take advantage of the opportunity to deal with the aftermath to protect some provisions of the new law that are truly beneficial to the people and the country. Although it can no longer be called a new law, it is obviously very meaningful.

The actual disposal process can be described as extremely difficult. It involves the collection of some official loans and banks, the redistribution of acres of land, and the entanglement of exempt money and auxiliary service money. Even though Lin Jue had tried his best to tilt the scales in favor of the people, he still inevitably had many entanglements. Lin Jue even exempted many people from the interest on official loans that should have been paid in full, after all, although the new law was stopped, the previous borrowing of official loans was still done in accordance with the rules of the new law. Many people have been delaying for a long time, and the interest rate is also surprisingly high. Lin Jue exempted all the silver with principal and interest, and only asked for the principal to be recovered, but this still caused dissatisfaction among many people. They even thought that the money should be exempted from principal and interest.

Lin Jue's move to exempt the interest was already a great risk, acting with the power of the three envoys, and it would obviously reduce the total amount of money and taxes for the year. There was a lot of criticism in the court. And these people didn't appreciate it, and they had to waive the principal, and Lin Jue also received a lot of scolding. This is simply not a person inside and out, and he is angry at both ends. Lin Jue has a deeper understanding of the difficulty of governing the country. The bigger the country and the more people there are, the more ideas there are, and the more difficult it is to reconcile them. There will be praise and verbal abuse in everything. As a result, Lin Jue finally realized the reason why Mr. and Lord Yan insisted on their own opinions and were not moved by outsiders. The more he thought about the past of the two adults, the more Lin Jue understood them more deeply and admired them more. The two adults have a clear insight into the world, and it is precisely because they know the world too well that they will stick to their own ideas and not be moved by outsiders. Perhaps it is precisely because they understand the difficulty of governing the Great Zhou Dynasty and the difficulty of reconciling the mouth.

Lin Jue remembers that when he was chatting with Fang Dunru once, he once talked to his husband about a framework for governing the country, intentionally or unintentionally. That is the so-called one-person-one-vote Mingzhu system, and the template is the political template implemented by some Western countries on the earth that Lin Jue knows, the so-called Mingzhu system. At that time, Lin Jue was still studying at Songshan Academy, and he didn't have much idea about governing the country at all. The reason why he said this was just to cater to the topic of conversation with his husband, and with a little naughtiness. He wondered how his husband would react when he learned that there was such a system in the world.

Fang Dunru's reaction was very real, after listening to what Lin Jue said, Fang Dunru was first stunned, and then fell into deep thought. He didn't reprimand Lin Jue with a straight face, the so-called vote election of the emperor was a big rebellious remark, but Fang Dunru did not use this to reprimand Lin Jue. After thinking about it for a long time, Fang Dunru told Lin Jue that the so-called Ming lord system he proposed was absolutely impossible to achieve in a country like the Great Zhou. There are too many people in Da Zhou, people's hearts are too mixed, and there are too many ideas. If it were to be done according to Lin Jue's thoughts, it would be a big chaos. A country like the Great Zhou can only exist in a centralized situation. This is related to the temperament, tradition and culture of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Without strong centralization, it will fall apart. Historically, anyone who has the opportunity to establish himself as a king will rise up without exception. The turmoil of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the chaos after the Tang Dynasty were all like this. Although the people of this land are industrious and intelligent, they also have many hearts and eyes, and their inferior roots are obvious. Unless everyone is open-minded, everyone knows how to be courteous, and everyone has both talent and morality, it is possible to have the possibility of electing the emperor as Lin Jue said. Otherwise, it will be a mess, and it will be the people of this land who will suffer.