Chapter Seventy-Seven: Taken Away
With the handsome young man's face unwilling, he was taken away by the other officials on duty in front of the palace, and the court meeting continued.
Fu Quan heard others call it "Highway", his face was surprised, could it be that this is the second young man of the Yuan family - Yuan Shu Yuan Highway?
Liu Hong also came to his senses at this time, looked at Fu Quan in surprise, and wondered: "Why did Fu Qing say this?"
Fuquan said in a positive voice: "Locusts are pests, eating the grains of the people of the Han Dynasty, which are all the blood and sweat of the people. Today, disasters are continuous, the treasury is empty, the people are already in distress, and the locusts are the calamity of the grains. As an important minister of the country, the Yuan family is famous in vain, and he actually uses His Majesty's prince as a metaphor for locusts and locusts to harm the people, isn't it that His Majesty's prince is also a person who harms the people? Where is it to His Majesty, so the Yuan family is a person who bewitches the public, please chase it away! β
At this time, Fuquan has entered the court, Liu Hong is calling him by his nickname is no longer appropriate, and Fuquan also knows that the righteousness of the monarch and the minister has been decided, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to call him "uncle" in the future, otherwise it may cause suspicion after a long time.
After saying this, the people of the Yuan family of the Manchu Dynasty can be said to be pale-faced, being sophistry in front of others, and stimulating their own lintel with words, it is strange that they can have a good face?
Later, a group of court officials stood up to refute, they could not tolerate Yuan being humiliated in this way, Fu Quan saw that it was Yuan Ji, the son of the Yuan family, and several of his cousins, as well as some of Yuan's protΓ©gΓ©s, at this time their faces were full of malice, as if they wanted to swallow him alive.
Fu Quan smiled bitterly, he was excited for a while, it seemed that he was going to offend most of his colleagues in the government and the opposition on the first day of being an official, but did he have a choice?
If the prince of the He family becomes the crown prince, the future fate of the Song family and the Fu family can also be guessed, so he must stop it, what about offending the government and the opposition?
He is a relative, as long as he is trusted by the emperor, it doesn't matter if others offend him, but he will not let the emperor suspect him.
Just like Dou Wu, he was not trusted by Liu Hong at that time, except that Liu Hong hated Dou's father and son for taking his wealth and robbing his palace maids, he was not afraid of Dou's reputation among the scholars. You must know that Wang Mang's matter is a sharp sword hanging over the head of the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and they are guarding against it while reusing it for their relatives, Liu Hong does not dare to bet on whether the Dou family has any dissenting intentions.
Of course, Liu Hong would not cure the crime of rudeness in the Fuquan court, and said with a smile: "What Fu Qing said is reasonable, but the servant is also loyal to the country, so this matter is over." β
Obviously, it has the meaning of thin mud, and it seems that the two do not help each other, but it is obvious that he favors Fuquan, after all, no matter how much the family background of the Fu family is, no matter how long the history is, it is still much worse than the current power of the top gate lord Yuan.
The emperor set the tone for this matter, did the courtiers dare to oppose it? Except for those who only want fame and profit, they will go to the outspoken persuasion, everyone else is going with the flow, obviously most of the people in the Yuan family are like this.
Since Yuan An, if they hadn't been closely following the emperor's will to wander around the court, even if there was the legacy of their ancestor Yu En, they would not have risen so quickly.
This matter is temporarily revealed, as for the future, the Yuan family has made an enmity with Fuquan since then, and Fuquan insulted the Yuan family, of course, they will not let go of Fuquan easily.
The Yuan family put this matter aside for the time being, but the rest of the court did not, and then Situ Yang Ci said: "Your Majesty, although the words of the servant are wrong, but his words are good. His Majesty has been on the throne for nearly ten years, the position of the East Palace has been hanging for a long time, and the country is restless. β
As soon as the words fell, another group of people in the government and the opposition immediately chimed in, "The ministers and others implore Your Majesty to establish a prince and determine the country's foundation as soon as possible".
It seems that the Yuan family suffered a dumb loss, and after proposing to establish a prince, the Yang family had to go on the field, even if it would provoke criticism from outsiders because he did not avoid suspicion, it was better than Liu Wei not being the prince, after all, this opportunity was really good.
This form suddenly became wonderful, and there was tension in the air, and it seemed that it suddenly became the momentum of the ministers forcing the emperor to the palace and asking the emperor to appoint an heir as soon as possible.
At this time, Liu Hong also found that the situation was wrong, if others suggested it, he wouldn't think much about it, but Yang Ci's words were unusual.
Even if he is Liu Hong's teacher, Liu Hong usually respects him, but since Yang Ci accepted He Jin as a student, everything has been different, and in an instant, Liu Hong felt that there was a big net in this court that wanted to control himself and empty his authority.
Liu Hong did not reply to Yang Ci immediately, but said to the eunuchs: "What do you think? β
Yuan Yu immediately said: "Your Majesty, the country is great, please make a prince as soon as possible." Subsequently, behind him, Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong and others also echoed him, looking like he was for the country and the world.
"Oh?" Liu Hong looked at the group of eunuchs around him with a smile, his face was inexplicably playful, which made Yuan Yu and others who were familiar with Liu Hong secretly feel bad in their hearts.
Sure enough, then Liu Hong looked at the general Song Yu and said, "What does Song Qing think?" β
Song Yu was stunned for a moment and didn't think the emperor called him, he never stopped him in the court, just because he had nothing to say.
How to stop it?
The country is a major matter of the country, this point is very correct from a legal point of view, if he stops it with words, it may backfire, causing Liu Hong to be suspicious, after all, what is your intention to prevent the emperor from becoming a prince?
It was Song Yu who just sat like a wooden man, knowing that he couldn't stop it, so he didn't stop it.
But now that Liu Hong named Song Yu, he didn't have to avoid suspicion, and he said bluntly: "The prince is the prince of the country, the foundation of the society, and he should be selected as virtuous. β
Song Yu's words obviously mean drag, after all, the prince is too young, and no one can say whether he can be the heir. He didn't want the emperor to stop talking about the establishment of the prince, but he just tried his best to stop it, but what he didn't expect was that Liu Hong immediately answered: "This is good, since the matter of the establishment of the prince will be said later." β
As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to retreat.
Yang Ci and Yuan Feng are both in a hurry, they have been preparing for so long, and they have invested so much in He Jin, how can they let Liu Wei lose the position of prince in vain.
Regardless of the image, they got up and spoke again, saying that it was an urgent matter to establish a prince, as if it was the end of the world if they did not establish a prince now, this is the face of the family, the aristocratic scholar and doctor, no matter how high and high they are, when it comes to their own family interests, they will not give half a point.
"The matter of the prince is my private matter, what is your intention in lying in vain? Where will the tiger be, and if there are any arguers, cut it off! β
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The court meeting finally ended, and the matter of Lichu was shelved, some people were disappointed, some people were lucky, and some people were worried.
Liu Hong's face had changed, and he somewhat understood that the Yuan family and the Yang family today were not really dedicated to the country and directly admonished the crown prince, but for their own interests, which made him feel deceived.
At the same time, looking at the Manchu forces, most of the foreign ministers who agreed with them were Yuan and Yang Er's forces, accounting for as much as half of the foreign ministers, while the rest of the people were mostly eunuchs in the palace, but today's eunuchs' replies also worried him, and they also spoke to the He family, which is very unusual.
Liu Hong knows that the power structure of China and North Korea and foreign Korea needs to be changed again, otherwise he may really be hollowed out in the future, and now he needs to wait for the right time.