The Queen Mother Wang took Concubine Xie Gui's hand all the way into the side hall of Changle Palace, and only the two of them were left in the hall.

Wang Shicai said calmly: "Sister, let's talk about it in detail." ”

Xie Shi listened, nodded before speaking again: "Sister, I also overheard it when I was serving the first emperor, and I kept it in my heart. ”

She paused for a moment before she recalled: "That's the case, that night, in my sister's bedroom, the first emperor's personal eunuch woke up the first emperor to his sister, saying that the person had been chosen, it was my sister's cousin, the current left attendant of the household department, Wang Cheng......"

With Xie's eloquent story, the Wang family understood, it turned out that the first emperor Zheng Yan had just ascended the throne, although the throne was secure, but inside and outside the court were the northern military nobles and family groups occupying high positions and controlling the power of the court, and he did not have great prestige and authority like his father, Emperor Shizong, and if he wanted to make some changes, he would inevitably be restrained.

Therefore, the first emperor was unwilling, so he set up a bureau, he wanted to divide and weaken the northern military and political group, and strengthen the imperial power, so he chose Wang Cheng, the cousin of the queen mother, as a breakthrough to achieve his own goals.

The Wang family is extremely afraid of thinking carefully, how can a Wang Cheng be used as a breakthrough to weaken the military and political bloc in the north? Obviously, the target of the first emperor was the Taiyuan Wang family behind Wang Cheng. So the first emperor promoted Wang Cheng several times, and finally did the left servant of the household, she still felt that the first emperor promoted Wang Cheng because of his own face and the Wang family behind him, and now it seems that he is still naïve, how can an emperor's mind be so simple?

He promoted Wang Cheng several times, so that Wang Cheng was in a high position, obviously he must know what kind of person Wang Cheng is, a person with great ambitions but insufficient talents, a person who harms the public and fattened himself, the first mouse heresy, a person who can't be supported, such a person, ascending to the absolute throne, must be rampant, and the harm caused is also greater, when the first emperor takes advantage of the situation to clean him up, and then implicates the Taiyuan Wang family, and then expands from the Wang family to the military and political group in the north, so that the political forces in the north will inevitably be dealt a huge blow.

Thinking of the fact that the first emperor has been allowing the local forces in the south to sit on the throne over the years, it is obvious that the first emperor's mind must be to weaken the political forces in the north, introduce the political forces in the south, and even further achieve a balance between the north and the south in the court, so that the emperor can grasp the overall situation of the court, and the northern power will expand, and the emperor will favor the south, and vice versa, so the imperial power will be greatly enhanced.

The Wang family didn't know if she was right, but she knew in her heart that obviously her dead husband had taken his maiden family, the Taiyuan Wang family, as a prey, and for a while the Wang family was extremely complicated in her heart.

She never thought that her husband, who was usually extremely gentle and didn't like government affairs, would have such vicious thoughts, and as his pillow person, she was full of anger.

Fortunately, the first emperor collapsed and died, and most of the plans that were implemented almost ended without a hitch, but there were still hidden dangers after all.

So when I think of my cheap son, Your Majesty today, I have repeatedly praised my cousin Wang Cheng in front of me, is it to remind myself? Or perfunctory?

For a while, she was in turmoil, but no matter what, it was time to solve the end of this head and tail left by her mother's family, although as long as she lived, the Taiyuan royal family must be safe and sound, but she would die after all, I am afraid that His Majesty will turn over the old accounts and wipe out the Taiyuan royal family after her death, she does not dare to overestimate the emperor's temperament of having nothing and sitting on the throne in two months.

Then Xie's request had to be agreed, and she had to pay it back if she accepted it, and she had a headache for a while.

So, she raised her head and looked at Xie Shi, who was looking at her, before she said with a smile on her face: "My sister and I are like sisters, my sister's matter sister agreed, I will write to my brother, and the Taiyuan Wang family will do this." Moreover, His Majesty and King Tang are siblings, both of whom are descendants of Taizu, and they both have the same blood in their blood, although King Tang has made a mistake, they are all a family, and small punishments and big commandments can be done. ”

Xie Shi heard the seriousness of the Queen Mother's words, and finally let go of half of his hanging heart, since this person is willing to make a move, he thinks that his eldest son is stable.

She nodded at the Wang family, and then opened her mouth to thank her: "Thank you sister!" ”

……

At this time, it was noon, and the winter sun was not as fierce as the summer day, and it shone warmly on people's bodies.

At this time, Zheng Wen did not return to the palace, he was wearing an armor stomach, wearing the sword of the Son of Heaven at his waist, and his face was a little thin, just standing quietly at the gate of the Yanjing Mansion, looking up at the huge plaque of "Yanjing Mansion".

Zheng Wen was going to convene a meeting of the important ministers in Beijing at the Yanjing Mansion to discuss some matters.

When Zheng Wen walked into the main office of Yanjing Mansion, he saw at a glance that the important ministers of the court were sitting on both sides. On the civilian side: Cabinet Minister, Wudedian University Scholar Qin Fei, Cabinet Minister, Wudedian University Scholar, Ministry of Officials Shangshu Wang Yong, Cabinet Minister, Wudedian University Scholar, Ministry of Industry Shangshu Sun Hua, Household Department Shangshu Yang Bo, Military Department Shangshu Zhao Shan, Criminal Department Shangshu Zhou Kuo, Ministry of Rites Shangshu Qian Chang, Yanjing Mansion Yin Jialiang, Inspectorate Zuodu Yushi Guo Huai. On the military attaché's side: Wu Yong, a scholar of Wude Palace, a privy deputy envoy, and a duke of Liao, Li Wei, a general of the left division of the Yulin Army, Jiang Jun, a general of the middle division of the Yulin Army, Li Cheng, the chief general of the Northern Army, Zheng Zheng, the commander of the Southern Army, and Zheng Yi, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

When Zheng Wen walked into the main office in a military uniform, and walked to the top, all the ministers and generals all stood up and saluted Zheng Wen, and said loudly: "The ministers see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe!" ”

"Let's get up, don't be polite, just take your seats!" Zheng Wen looked at these ministers, spoke, and sat down.

After everyone sat down, Zheng Wen opened his mouth and said: "Everyone must know what happened last night, Tang King Zheng Jiao and Tang Wangfu head Xiang Hua were so heartbroken, they actually put so many fires in Yanjing, the imperial capital, and even used military fire in the entire Yanjing, which is really lawless!" ”

Zheng Wen set the tone as soon as he opened his mouth, and he understood that he was blatantly attacking political opponents, but it is understandable, anyone who sits in Zheng Wen's position will do this, who told you to leave a handle.

The people below are all old foxes in the political arena, listening to Zheng Wen's words, their faces were solemn, but they didn't say a word, only the chief general of the Southern Army had a look of struggle on his face, but he still didn't speak.

Zheng Wen saw this scene, but he opened his mouth again: "In this case, Jia Liang and Jia Qing are the Yin of Yanjing Mansion, you can tell me and everyone about the specific loss of Yanjing last night!" ”

"No." Listening to Zheng Wen's words, Jia Liang immediately stood up and replied.

After saluting Zheng Wen at the top, Jia Liang said again: "Your Majesty, ministers, generals, ministers were ordered by Your Majesty to temporarily preside over the inventory work after last night's fire, according to the general statistics of the ministers and Yanjing Mansion: After last night's fire, almost half of the Temple of Heaven in Xicheng District was burned, and fifty temples and fifty-eight Taoist temples in Yanjing City were burned to varying degrees. As for the casualties, there are about 3,000 corpses of black-clothed men and 2,000 corpses of monks and Taoists, and as for the casualties of other personnel, there is no specific data. But the minister believes that after the fire at night, Yanjing City has to be renovated. ”

Zheng Wen listened, nodded, and began to say: "Since Jia Qing said so, I will also be arbitrary, Daqian has built the capital in Yanjing for more than 300 years, although it has been renovated and expanded several times, but up to now, the resident population of Yanjing has exceeded one million, plus hundreds of thousands of garrisons, the resident population has been close to two million, plus the floating population, the long-term resident population of Yanjing has exceeded two million, so many people, Yanjing can no longer bear it, just take advantage of this time, let's expand Yanjing, whether it is streets, official roads, or markets, Or the Temple of Heaven These places have been replanned and renovated to create a different Yanjing City! ”

"Oh, by the way, isn't there a Tianjin County under Yanjing Mansion, this time to expand Yanjing City, Tianjin County will be merged into the capital. And the specific affairs are planned by the Ministry of Industry, and Yin Jialiang of Yanjing Mansion is in charge! Zheng Wen said conclusively.

Jia Jing listened, but his heart was ecstatic, he understood in his heart that the merger of Tianjin County into the imperial capital, Your Majesty is paving the way for the opening of the sea, the expectations of these two generations have finally seen the dawn, and he can't help but be happy.

And the people below listened, although they were not prepared in the slightest, but after all, this matter was also good for them, and they could not object.

Only Yang Bo, the head of the household, got up and said: "Your Majesty, this expansion of Yanjing City, after all, it will cost a lot of money, and the court will increase its investment in the military in recent years. Yang Bo said questioningly.

Zheng Wen listened, but smiled, and then said: "Yang Qing has a heart, the expansion of Yanjing City does cost a lot of money, I understand in my heart, but after all, it is not a year of investment, and the court can still afford to divide it into several years, Jia Qing didn't collect a lot of money a few days ago, and it doesn't have to be returned to the household department, just as the start-up capital for the expansion of Yanjing, it is enough to come to the end of next year, of course, as for the flow of these silver money, the household department still has to supervise." Zheng Wenshi explained with a smile.

Yang Bo listened, thought about it and felt that it was feasible, so he said to Zheng Wen: "Since this is the case, the minister has no opinion!" ”

The ministers below also nodded their heads, obviously agreeing with Zheng Wen's thoughts.

And Jia Liang also took the opportunity to say: "Thank you for Your Majesty's trust, Yanjing is expanding, and it is the duty of the minister as the Yin of Yanjing Mansion, Your Majesty, but please rest assured!" ”

……

The small court meeting of the Yanjing Mansion lasted until the evening, and although there were not many people participating in the meeting, the impact was extremely far-reaching.

Zheng Wen, as the supreme emperor of Daqian, also took the initiative to extend his hand to this empire for the first time!

The change of Daqian also began from this!