"Just a little bit, the third prince of Beiyan died in my Great Wu Palace, what do you think will be the situation at that time?"

In the past, only three or four high-ranking officials could enter the hall, but at this moment, hundreds of people were crowded like a vegetable market, and almost all the officials above the sixth grade were summoned by the emperor. The Emperor, who had always been gentle enough to be a little weak, after asking this sentence in a hurry, saw that there was no sound below, so he thumped the seat under him, and then stood up.

"Yue Qianqiu is on my order to contact the three princes of Northern Yan, hoping to bring this prince who has always been known for his weakness and incompetence over, as long as Da Wu supports him a little, although he does not expect him to be able to enter the East Palace or anything, but as long as he can be ambitious to do something in Beiyan and contain the Emperor of Northern Yan, then it will be enough."

The emperor did not shy away from his instructions to Yue Qianqiu, and when he saw that there was a buzzing discussion below, he angrily reprimanded: "But the third prince is not stupid in the end, he knows that if it is rumored that he has any collusion with my Dawu, it will be even more difficult to move forward after going back, after all, Lou Yingchang directly left him alone!" So he has always been lukewarm, and it is rare that Qianqiu succeeded in pulling him to meet the two brothers of the Qin family, and the result was this monkey show of encircling traitors, smashing everything! ”

No matter how gentle and easy the emperor was to speak in the past, this unprecedented angry attitude is here at this moment, and no one wants to rashly stand up and be the first bird. Even those who were disimpressed with the emperor's original intentions could understand the consequences of such a serious incident when they thought of the fact that the third prince almost died on the spot before.

Even if the third prince was once considered to be useless like a dough dough, but since the prince of Beiyan, who had always been weak, was able to directly kill that high-flying and domineering chamberlain, and today he can jump so decisively, who can stop him from asking for death?

If the prince of Northern Yan died in Dawu like this, even if the rebellion in Northern Yan is said to have not been resolved, the already rigid emperor raised his arms and shouted, desperately leading hundreds of thousands of heroes to the south, who would bear this responsibility?

No one suspected that the three princes were cooperating with others, and everyone clearly saw that Qi Nantian was not waiting under the railing to pick up people a long time ago, but at a considerable distance, and if it weren't for the flying feet and two palm blows that weakened the speed of the fall, the three princes might be a cold corpse at this time.

In the silence, the first to stand up was Li Changhong, the head of the household, who coughed lightly, and then said in a deep voice: "The matter of the meeting between the three princes of Beiyan and the brothers of the Qin family should not have been publicized, then, those scholars surrounded and beat the second child of the Qin family, and now they are surrounding the gate of the Qin family to make trouble, and there is no one behind it. This matter should definitely be thoroughly investigated! ”

In the early years, some people still expected Li Changhong, the household servant, to check and balance the old lady Yue, but until the old lady Yue was promoted to the second minister, and Li Changhong became the secretary of the household, people were disappointed to find that Li Changhong not only did not play a role, but became the spokesperson of the old lady! So, as soon as the two words of this thorough investigation came out, there was immediately opposition from below.

Among them, Pei Xu's reaction was the most intense: "This must not be!" Shilin students don't know about the major affairs of the imperial court, and they only stand up for righteous indignation, even if they do something out of line, just let the scholars come forward to apply for punishment, if they investigate thoroughly with great fanfare, it will only provoke the opposite effect......"

Before he finished speaking, the gloomy voice of Zhong Liang, the squire of the military department, came from the side: "Pei Xiang is so fiercely opposed, could it be that there are no three hundred taels of silver here, for fear that someone will find out the mastermind behind the scenes?" ”

Pei Xu didn't expect that Old Lady Yue hadn't jumped out yet, and Zhong Liang was directly a pawn. But the next moment, he realized that Zhong Liang was not charging for the old lady Yue, but because he was figuring out the holy will - the emperor was clearly furious because the third prince almost died, and Zhong Liang naturally wanted to win the favor of the son of heaven. Of course, maybe people are trying to confuse the eye!

Angry and annoyed, he secretly scolded the dog's legs, and he didn't care about whether he and Zhong Liang would fight with Zhong Liang and the snipe clam to make the old lady Yue profitable, so he sneered at each other with enough energy: "Lord Zhong, earlier you instructed your nephew to make trouble at the Guozijian Winter Meeting, and yesterday you made a big joke in the Wuying Pavilion, and now you dare to buckle my hat, I think you are behind this matter!" ”

The tiger didn't fight, but provoked a commotion, Zhong Liang's eyes were round, but he realized in his heart that he couldn't let the old lady Yue stay out of the matter. Just as he was desperately using his brains to pull Old Lady Yue in, he heard that hateful voice that was unhurried.

"The investigation is to be investigated, after all, the three princes are almost dying, although it is not necessary to give Beiyan an explanation, but don't you think that you should give the emperor an explanation? Since Pei Xiang and Lord Zhong said that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, then the two of you might as well go to the door of Qin's house together, chat with those scholars, and ask them what medicine they took wrong? ”

The first half of Old Lady Yue's words were tricky, and the second half was mean, but Pei Xu and Zhong Liang all felt that Old Lady Yue's seemingly sarcastic statement was because the matter had nothing to do with him, so he provoked them to fight.

The two of you are glaring at me, but you both feel that the other party is the most suspicious. remembered that he carried the black pot for no reason this time, and without waiting for the emperor to finally make a decision, the two of them took the initiative to ask for help.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to ......"

"Your Majesty, the ministers are also willing to ......"

"Okay, since the two of you are willing to take the lead, let's go and check together!"

Seeing that the emperor was on track, the rest of the officials were all relieved. Almost most people think that it was Pei Xu who instigated those scholars, and a small number of people think it was the ambitious Zhong Liang. As for the brawl that Pei Xu lost just now, no one mentioned it at this moment, even Pei Xu only covered his chin with his hand, even if his tongue hurt in his mouth, he had to suppress it for the time being.

It's a big deal!

There were no other major events in the early morning today—or rather, the real major events would not be discussed on such a purely ceremonial occasion, but had already been communicated separately and then decided—therefore, after this sudden incident, the emperor walked away with a gloomy face, and the rest of the people naturally dispersed one after another.

Li Changhong was going to say a few words alone with Old Lady Yue, but he didn't expect a few Hanlin to come around. He just wanted to leave, but his sleeve was caught by the old lady Yue, knowing that the old boss meant to let him stay, he had no choice but to do so.

"The older the ......"

Before one of them could finish speaking, Old Lady Yue interrupted with a smile: "Zhao Xiang's kindness, I am very grateful." It's just that since you are reluctant, there is no way to talk about cooperation. Even if I want to form a party for personal gain, I don't want the kindness of others, and I won't accept the kind of awkward person who seems to owe him eight hundred taels! Twisted melons are not sweet! ”

Seeing that the faces of a few people were blue and white, the old lady Yue took advantage of the situation to pull up Li Changhong, and said with a smile: "Old Li, let's go, I'll show you the book of calculations that Qianqiu has vacated, this kid is really turning out flowers from the pile of old papers!" ”

It wasn't until the former Hubu Shangshu and the current Hubu Shangshu went together that a few Hanlin who were rejected before they even had time to say a word were rejected, and someone scolded him fiercely: "Sure enough, it's a mud leg, it's so rampant before he becomes the prime minister, if he is allowed to be, it will be repaid!" ”

"What about his rampantness? He calculated that we would not go to Pei Xu and Zhong Liang! ”

"Pei Xu is just that, after all, his family background is prominent, and his official position has always been prominent, what is Zhong Liang? Even his own nephew has to take advantage of it, where can such a ruthless villain be relied on? It's hateful, how could Zhao Xiangye be so unlucky, if Mrs. Tai could live a hundred years longer, it would be good! ”

While his companions were grumbling, one of them, Hanlin, suddenly took a soft breath. He gestured for everyone else to follow him out of the hall. When he got outside, he saw that there was no one else around, so he said softly: "This time, Zhao Xiangye Ding is worried, there is one less person in the political hall, who did he promote?" ”

Although several people are Zhao Qingya's protégés, even they can't know about such a secret thing, and some people said angrily at the moment: "Zhao Xiangye has not said anything except for letting people talk out, let everyone be cautious, don't jump up and down, be polite to Yue Lao'er, and say nothing else, who knows which one Zhao Xiangye recommended." ”

For such an answer, the Han Lin who signaled everyone to come out smiled at this time, and then swore and said: "I said that there is a candidate, you should consider it in your own hearts, Lord Shangshu Ye of the Ministry of War, the person recommended by Zhao Xiangye, nine times out of ten is him!" And according to the qualifications of this old man, he is qualified to wrestle with Yue Lao'er and Pei Xu. Compared with him, Zhong Liang counts! Just now, when Yue Lao'er and Pei Xu were fighting, I saw Zhong Liang stirring up trouble behind me, and Lord Ye ignored him! ”

When the old lady Yue and Li Changhong walked into the yamen of the household department, it immediately caused a lot of commotion, and I don't know how many little officials hurriedly greeted them.

And when he arrived at the political affairs hall, he had always been in charge of the household department, but he had almost never returned here in person, and at this time he also faded from his coldness in front of people, and called everyone's names one by one with a smile. When he entered the small hall where Li Changhong was a member of the board of directors on weekdays, he suddenly asked without looking back: "Are you interested in taking a seat in the political affairs hall?" ”

Li Changhong was whispering to a confidant with him to make tea, and when he heard this, his face suddenly froze completely. Seeing that the little official was even more nervous and frightened than him, he hurriedly waved his hand and ordered people to retreat, and then quickly stepped forward and said, "How can such words be said casually? ”

"I never say things that I am not sure of, and I do things that I am not sure of!" The old lady Yue, who turned around, spoke loudly, but thought in his heart that in the middle of the court, what he was not sure of should be said and done with confidence, this is the way of life.

Seeing that Li Changhong looked entangled, and it was clear that he didn't know whether to say that he was interested or that he was not interested, he smiled at this old subordinate, turned around again, and slowly came to the bottom of a plaque in the middle with the world's financial plans.

There is no doubt that he wrote it himself!

"Although I have promoted many people, most of them are not too high-level, as for the eldest of my family...... Oh, there has never been a father and son prime minister in this dynasty. This time it is rare to have an empty seat in the political affairs hall, so that you don't think that I have a good thing and don't take care of my own people, I have to make it clear to you. If you are pushed in, the advantage is that you take the last step, and the disadvantage is that you are lower in the ranking. doesn't push you in, the advantage is that you can build a solid foundation like Ye Guanghan, and the disadvantage is that you don't know when a seat will be vacated. ”

He turned his head again, and the wrinkles on his brows stretched out with a smile: "Of course, no matter which one you choose, just like Zhao Qingya pushing Ye Guanghan now, when I come down in the future, I will naturally push you." So, you'll have to choose for yourself. ”