In fact, when he saw the prince's protégé led by Zhou Minzhong holding high the banner of Cai Daqi, Emperor Tianyou really had no anger. After all, the mentality of not being surprised and the precise and vicious vision are the abilities that need to be accumulated by constantly making mistakes; The prince studied hard since he was a child, and after entering the court, he managed the accounts in the household department for a long time; Now that he suddenly participates in the treacherous court, it is understandable that he will be wrong for a while.

And then again, for the prince of a country, it is not a matter of principle to eradicate the Cai Party, which has deep roots and is in power against the government and the opposition. Because of Cai Xi's role, he was originally a "target" for the civil and military officials of the other factions, and the common people, throwing negative emotions at the Heavenly Court. He wanted to bring down Cai Xi, who had little time left, and then change to another "target", which was nothing more than a few years in advance, and it was not a fault.

Therefore, just above the court meeting, Zhou Yuanqing asked the bottom of the matter several times and chased after him, not to stand out for the Cai Party; He just took this opportunity to test how much strength he had in his chest as the eldest son. It's a pity that, judging from the confrontation in the palace just now, Zhou Changyong, the prince of the country, does not have the qualifications to become a superior at all.

First of all, what kind of goods his lackeys are, everyone in the court knows them. Just relying on these chicken bits and pieces, trying to bring down Cai Xi's extremely henchmen is simply ridiculous! Even if there is one more crown prince and prince, it is impossible to lead the crowd to charge!

What's more, this "main general" is still retreating from the battle under his own pressure!

Therefore, in terms of estimating the strength of the two sides, the prince exposed a great problem. Whether he overestimated his own ability, or underestimated the foundation of the Cai Party, or he mistakenly thought that the current saint also wanted to take the opportunity to liquidate the Cai Party, it was a major judgment error with unpredictable consequences!

Secondly, whether Cai Xi himself is guilty or not, and whether the Cai family falls or not, is not important to the king of a country at all. The birth of this powerful minister in the Northern Yan Dynasty was not the reason why Emperor Tianyou favored Cai Xi, but the inevitable result of the civil forces forcing the imperial court. Whoever is in the cabinet is absent and the right is replaced, the result is the same; These people in the old party always need a façade to speak for them and suffer on their behalf.

Therefore, the lackeys under the prince's door showed their fangs in the palace today; Although the momentum is huge, but I haven't found the right master at all! It's as if the killer killed the wrong person and smashed the wrong door for debts, which is really stupid!

The reason why Zhou Yuanqing appointed the prince to participate in politics was to let him think about the policy of governing the country from a macro perspective. There is a saying that "the king knows the affairs of the world without going out"; In fact, the corners and corners of the Northern Yan Dynasty, big and small affairs, can be seen from the cold accounts; You don't need to, and you can't do everything yourself.

For example, Ludong Road is densely populated, and the fertile fields are more than thousands of miles; It stands to reason that it must be the granary of the imperial court and the pillar of tax silver. Judging from the account books, the entire Ludong Road pays the imperial court's Tianding grain tax every year, and it is not even as good as Huizhou and Jingchu, which have been fighting for a long time! What is the reason for this anomaly?

This answer is not complicated, that is, because the two schools of Confucianism and Confucianism have carved up the population of Ludong Road.

The "pen offering" under the sage is the "covenant" made by Emperor Gaozu, the founder of the Northern Yan Dynasty, and the Confucian ancestors. All the servants of the fields under the saint's door were exempted from taxation by the imperial court.

Emperor Gaozu of that year, in order to get the name of orthodoxy, must win the support of Shilin people, which is understandable; But when Emperor Tianyou succeeded to the throne, a farmer only needed to pay one-third of the tax to the Confucian Academy, and he could become a servant of the saint and be exempted from the court tax; The cultivated land of one's own family is presented to the Confucian Academy in the form of "gifts", and only half of the land tax needs to be paid to the academy every year.

In the long run, it is natural to "fatten the school valve and thin the court".

It seems that this kind of bullshit historical legacy is not just the Lu Dong family; For example, the Nanlin Zen sect entrenched in Zhongzhou also has the ancestral system of the first emperor who gave the blessing field; The imperial prince Zhou Changfeng, who is rich in Chang'an City, has always been self-respecting and colluding with Fanbang; The people of Sanjin are rich, but they are "facing each other" from Mobei Yunzhong City; Zhongzhou, Jingchu two roads, and the strong neighbor Nankang frequent gaps; Only one Jizhou Road remained, which was divided up by those annoying imperial relatives; Under such internal and external troubles, the Northern Yan Dynasty was able to prosper and develop, and there were really ghosts!

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Emperor God has a passion for raising the people and governing the world, but it is useless.

But today's Northern Yan is different from the past: the Marquis of Xin'an rebelled, and the imperial court took back the land of Sanqin openly; The Mobei grassland is too busy to take care of itself, and the three roads in the north are covered with scars, and for at least 20 years, there is no time to look south. Moreover, thanks to Shen Gui's gift, the upper echelons of the school valve on Ludong Road were unexpectedly completely plowed by him! Before you want to regain control of Ludong Road, at least your own family has to fight to the death first.

It can be said that there is no external trouble except for Nankang now. Therefore, the rule of Zhongxing in the Northern Yan Dynasty is a sure thing.

A small account book contains the way to govern the country. Zhou Yuanqing arranged the prince in the household department just to let him see through these problems hidden behind the accounts; And it's not for him to care about those copper plates and a few pieces of silver......

It's a pity that judging from the situation of today's court meeting, Zhou Changyong's first shot exposed his short-sighted gaze and naïve perspective.

If it was just a lack of ability, it was not enough to make Emperor Tianyou furious, and he did not hesitate to make the king enlarge the killing ring and stain the Purple Gold Hall with blood; What's even more terrifying is that the prince doesn't even have the courage to accept defeat calmly!

A monarch can, of course, be unscrupulous, be ruthless, be ungrateful, and break the covenant...... But the premise of all this must be based on the fact that it can be exchanged for sufficient benefits.

To put it simply, the fundamental reason for the ruthlessness of the heavenly family is that every move, word and deed of the king implicates the well-being of many people; And a good emperor himself is the yardstick of the interests of the people, and it is just "less to make up for more".

If you kill a loyal and good person in vain, you can save many people, then the kindness of the monarch and the minister can bear it; If a capable general is killed to death, a war can be abolished, and then the name of mediocrity can also be taken.

But today, the prince abandoned his disciples and retreated, just for himself! Under repeated questioning, he not only did not dare to say the true opinion in his heart; I am even more afraid that I will make a mistake and lose my holy family, causing the throne of the prince to fall into another family......

This matter has nothing to do with the lives of the people and the people, it has nothing to do with the society of the country, it is just simple cowardice, fear, and treachery.

Emperor Tianyou ordered the king to put it on the purple gold hall and let go of the killing; In addition to using this to beat the prince and make him give up the illusion of "threatening the king with power"; What's more important is to keep it completely sealed! No one is really involved in this matter; With experience and wisdom, those who guess the inside story will use killing and bloodshed to scare their courage!

All in all, today's prince's nest and despicability must not shed the slightest rumor!

On the Purple Gold Hall on that day, since the Emperor of Heaven left and the palace door was closed; All the courtiers saw with their own eyes how Wang Fang, the prime minister of Zuo, easily cut off sixteen heads with his sword. After the "dispersal of the dynasty", the prince, whose robe was stained with a layer of blood scabs, was already so frightened that he was paralyzed like mud and was taken out of the palace gate by several small inner prisoners. And the great eunuch Tang Fuquan squinted his eyes and led a group of small internal eunuchs to carefully clean the purple gold hall like a slaughterhouse......

At dusk, the four sandalwood towers floated out of the green smoke, and the purple palace also restored its former grandeur and solemnity; It's as if nothing has ever happened today......

From the time Wang Fang raised the butcher's knife, the prince never spoke; Even when he got into the carriage of the prince's mansion, he never said a word......

It's really freaked out!

In fact, since the start of the war in Huayu, there have been countless people who have been instructed by the prince to destroy their mouths; Just after the dispersal of the dynasty yesterday, he also personally "taught" a servant girl who did not know the depths, not a person who had never seen blood.

But when he watched more than a dozen familiar faces fall to the ground, and even rolled around at his feet, this powerful visual impact instantly broke his psychological defense!

To be fair, Prince Zhou Changyong is not a bad person. He studied under Cai Xi since he was a child, and he also learned the most orthodox Confucian principles and the way of being a king. As for his half-hung imperial technique and checks and balances; It's just the "crooked reasoning" that he learned from those who tended to be inflammatory.

Drawing on the past and learning from the past and the present is a right path in the endless sea of learning. It's just that academics do not distinguish between high and low, but teachers are loyal and treacherous; And these wall-to-wall grasses who often mention the prince are "inferior goods" that were rejected by Cai and Wang's parties; It is true that there is no direct relationship between moral cultivation and talent and knowledge; But the purpose of their teaching of the prince is not to cultivate the next Ming Monarch Holy Lord for Beiyan, but to teach an obedient master for themselves!!

In this way, personal self-interest is also put in the first place.

Therefore, most of the "learning" studied by the prince, in addition to Cai Xi's orthodox teachings, is this kind of distorted interpretation of private goods; What's even more terrifying is that because most of the people in the Taizimen have been ostracized by the Cai Party, they are naturally resentful; Over time, they naturally and imperceptibly influenced the prince's position and separated the teacher-student friendship between him and Cai Xi.

How keen is Cai Xi's sense of smell? He had just noticed that the prince had changed, and immediately used thunderous means to cut off a small part of the Cai party, allowing him to switch to the prince's door. On the bright side, the master and apprentice are still in lockstep; But once there is a change in the future, they can quickly draw a line with the prince's protégé at a critical juncture.

Trust, a very fragile emotion; Once there's a change, there's no going back; For Cai Xi and the prince, the pair of master and apprentice, there is no exception.