The princess of the East China Sea, Tan Shi, was two years older than her husband, slightly taller, beautiful as a flower, and behaved dignified and decent.

The king of the East China Sea stood aside with a red face, feeling that he and Han Ruzi were not familiar enough to allow his wife to appear, but he didn't dare to squeak, and he felt even more ashamed when he thought that he had been beaten and had seen through it.

Han Ruzi was very curious about this daughter of the Tan family, who was so fierce that she dared to fight the king of the East China Sea, but after seeing it, she also felt a little embarrassed, and she didn't know what to say.

"The concubine happened to hear the tired marquis talking with the king of the East China Sea, and was quite encouraged, but she was unfinished, and she took the liberty to ask for a meeting, so as to offer one or two shallow views, and hoped that the tired marquis would forgive her sins, and not be rude to the concubine."

"It's enough to have me here." The King of the East China Sea said stiffly, and immediately added: "If it has something to do with the Tan family, it's up to you." ”

Han Ruzi arched his hand and said, "Please teach the princess." ”

The King of the East Sea looked left and right vigilantly, trying to capture the slightest change in the expressions of the two.

Tan didn't care about the supervision of the husband, and said: "The tired marquis said that the officials of the ministry are the foundation of the imperial court, and it is true, and the king of the East China Sea said that the officials are disloyal, and it is not wrong, so it is concluded that the officials are not worthy of dependence, but there is a little mistake. ”

"What's wrong?" The King of the East Sea asked, with just the right fit.

Han Ruzi also nodded, expressing interest.

"Do all the children of the clan want to be emperors?" Tan asked.

"Not many." The king of the East China Sea hurriedly replied, "Actually, as far as our two brothers and the champion Hou are concerned, the king of England is not counted, he is a child who is being used by others." ”

"Are all the sons and daughters of Xun greedy for comfort and not enterprising?"

"In the Broken Iron City, many noble sons and ordinary soldiers stick to the city wall and fight bravely, I have seen it with my own eyes." The king of the East Sea said.

Tan bowed slightly to the tired marquis, believing that he had expressed it clearly: everyone has their own character, and they can't be generalized.

Of course, Han Ruzi understood, and asked, "How can the Tan family entrap the 'Guanghua Tigers'?" ”

The King of the East China Sea once said that the Tan family had a close relationship with the criminals in the capital, but this alone could not convince Han Ruzi.

"By personal relationship." Tan's answer was similar to that of the King of the East China Sea, and after a pause, she explained in more detail, "Although Lian Danchen is a criminal official, he is very honest and never accepts bribes from the relatives of prisoners, so he has offended many people, only the Tan family respects him and has always exonerated him, and has been helping Lian Danchen and his family for at least twenty years. ”

The King of the East China Sea interjected: "It's a secret help, Lian Danchen only learned about it a few years ago, and he is grateful to Dade...... You go on to say. ”

The king of the East China Sea called Tan "you", and there was a hint of awe in his bluntness.

Zhang Jing was born in poverty, and when he was thirteen years old, he wanted to learn but had no way to ask for help, and it was the Tan family who sponsored him for seven years until he received his salary at the age of twenty. These two are not the only criminals who have been helped by the Tan family, and seven of the 'Guanghua Tigers' have received the favor of my family. ”

"I believe that these torturers have also reported back to the Tan family, right?" Han Ruzi asked.

Tan smiled and said: "I have helped some small favors, but the Tan family does not ask for the favor of the past, every time I ask them to help, there will be a reward, even this time, the Tan family did not make any requests, it was Lian Danchen and others who took the initiative to come to the door, hoping to serve the tired marquis." ”

"Me?" Han Ruzi felt incredible, before this, he didn't know any of the torturers at all.

"The Queen Mother once praised the tired marquis." Tan said.

"The Queen Mother praised him?" The King of the East Sea felt even more incredible, "Why haven't I heard you talk about it?" ”

Tan ignored her husband and continued: "It was still last year, the tired marquis went to the frontier with the army to serve, and the queen mother once talked about the difficulty of governing in Guanghua Pavilion, lamenting that the clan was declining, and no one was available, only the tired marquis could be relied on. ”

"Queen Mother...... Just say that you are tired of being alone? The King of the East Sea asked.

Tan glanced at the King of the East China Sea sternly, "Of course, with the eyes of the Queen Mother, how can she look down on you?" ”

"Just ask." The King of the East China Sea muttered in a low voice, and asked again: "The Queen Mother values Han Ruzi so much, why don't you let him continue to be the emperor?" ”

Tan looked at her husband more severely, and the King of the East China Sea blushed, "The Queen Mother wants to remain in power, but she wants a puppet, not a true emperor." ”

Tan said to the tired marquis: "'Guanghua Tigers' is the confidant of the Queen Mother, and they have great respect for the Queen Mother. If there was no competition for the throne and the election of the emperor, they would not have made a difference, but once they had the opportunity, they felt that the queen mother's vision would not be wrong. ”

Han Ruzi was silent, half-believing Tan's words, and after a long time, Fang said, "Why is the Tan family involved?" It is said that the Tan family does not want to be an official. ”

The king of the East Sea wanted to speak, but opened his mouth and closed it again, allowing his wife to answer.

"The Tan family is also forced to be helpless, the Tan family has no one to be an official, the original intention is to stay away from the court, so as not to give people the pretext of forming a gang, but the Tan family has helped too many people over the years, some of them have become officials, or big officials, and the struggle between the courtiers will inevitably affect the Tan family, especially in recent years, the court struggle has become more and more serious, and some people have already released words to follow the precedent of Emperor Wu to eradicate the heroes and eliminate the Tan family."

"Chao Zheng? Who fights with whom? "Han Ruzi thought that the ministers were very united.

"Don't you know? The ministers of the court and the central government are divided into several factions, the most important are two, one is the Wenchen who was born in Jinshi, headed by Prime Minister Yin Harmless, and the other is the descendants of the family, headed by Han Xing, the governor of the capital, the two factions have fought for many years, regardless of victory or defeat, Emperor Wu suppressed the family to support the Wenchen, and Emperor Huan did the opposite, but he did not have time to implement it. Since the queen mother listened to the government, on the surface, the two factions were treated equally, and a large number of criminal officials who did not pay attention to the two factions were promoted. ”

The King of the East Sea added: "So on the list of ministers above the fifth rank we obtained, the Jinshi faction accounted for more than half, and there were only more than 100 people from the clan and noble backgrounds. ”

Someone has long said to Han Ruzi that the Queen Mother is currying favor with the minister, but he still feels confused, "Mrs. Cui is also a nobleman, but many ministers support him." ”

"Of course, the so-called distribution is only a general statement, Wenchen and Wenchen have fights, and there are also contradictions between the family, for example, the two imperial historians are both Jinshi, but they don't like each other, and at the same time they don't agree with the prime minister, usually find a backer and marry the family, but when it comes to the battle between Wenchen and the family, these three people are on the side of Wenchen."

Han Ruzi was a little confused, "As you said, the torturers attacked the family and defended the interests of Wenchen, but now that Wenchen supports Champion Hou, why are torturers afraid that Champion Hou will be emperor?" ”

"Because most of the torturers did not have the fame of the Jinshi, they were just the minions of the Queen Mother, although the Wenchen was protected, but also lost a lot of power, the 'Guanghua Tigers' bypassed the boss and submitted the chapter directly to the Queen Mother, which made the ministers very dissatisfied. And the champion Hou and the Queen Mother have a gap, and the first thing to do after becoming emperor is to get rid of these minions. ”

The King of the East Sea smiled: "I knew that my mother asked me to marry the Tan family for a reason, how did you know so much?" ”

Tan said coldly: "The Tan family doesn't want to fight for power, but in order to protect themselves, they have to participate in the battle for the court. ”

The King of the East Sea laughed.

Han Ruzi didn't laugh, the complexity of the court was far beyond his imagination, he kind of understood why his father Emperor Huan complained that the minister was unreliable, and why his grandfather Emperor Wu muttered to himself on the throne, "I am alone".

"The Tan family has a lot of industries, right?" Han Ruzi asked.

Tan Shi was slightly stunned, "There are some, not less." ”

"It's also widely distributed, right?"

"The Tan family's industry is mainly in the capital and northern Xinjiang, but they have contacts with merchants from all over the world, do you need money?"

The king of the East China Sea guessed Han Ruzi's purpose, and said loudly to his wife: "Don't be fooled, he wants the Tan family to open a warehouse to release grain and help the homeless!" ”

Tan was stunned again, "The Tan family has been giving porridge, as long as the tired Hou speaks, even if the family is bankrupt, I am afraid that the Tan family's industry is not so much, and it will not be able to save all the displaced people in the world." ”

Han Ruzi smiled and said: "Of course we can't let the Tan family bear the food and clothing of all the displaced people, I just think, if the government is willing to open a warehouse to release grain, is the Tan family willing to cooperate?" ”

"It is incumbent upon him, and he will ...... in the name of the weary"

"No, no, don't mention my name, and there's no hurry, you have to let the local government open warehouses and release grain first."

"Okay, I will discuss with my father, let the Tan family settle the accounts first, see how much food can be used in various places, and then just wait for a word."

"Thank you very much." Han Ruzi bowed.

Tan returned the courtesy, "The heart of the benevolent is the heart of the emperor, the heart of the tired marquis is the heart of the world, and the emperor is none other than the king." ”

Han Ruzi was no longer polite, "Then it will be carried out according to the original plan, the Tan family will contact the torturers, and I will provide a group of dead soldiers, just wait for the change in the palace, act as soon as possible, and arrest the Qi Seeker and the Champion Hou." ”

The King of the East China Sea found that he had been neglected, and hurriedly said: "The key is Shangguan Sheng, whoever has to guard the eight battalions will be able to control the capital." ”

Han Ruzi said goodbye and admired the Tan family very much.

The king of the East China Sea also admired his wife, but he was a little dissatisfied with her appearance today, "You said too much to Han Ruzi, is it necessary?" When only the husband and wife were left, the king of the East Sea asked.

"It is more important than anything else to gain the trust of the tired marquis." Tan said coldly.

"Is it true that the Queen Mother praised Han Ruzi?"

Tan nodded, and the expression of the East China Sea King suddenly became gloomy, "Do we really want to honestly help him become emperor?" ”

Tan looked at her husband, looked at her for a moment, and said: "When Concubine Cui asked the Tan family to marry, it was the Empress of Great Chu who promised me, not the princess of the East China Sea, and now that I am married to you, what do you have to worry about?" ”

The East Sea King smiled.

When Han Ruzi returned to the mansion, it was already late, so he still ordered the servant to invite Yang Feng.

Yang Feng didn't sleep, and soon came to the study.

Han Ruzi recounted his experience in the East China Sea Palace, and finally asked, "Why did you never tell me about these factions and battles in the court?" ”

Yang Feng listened quietly, "Don't you remember?" I told you that too much news is worse than no news at all, and now that you know that there is a fight between ministers, is that any good for you? ”

Han Ruzi was speechless, indeed, this information did not directly help him in his current struggle for the throne, and at the same time, he also reacted that the Tan family had said so many court secrets, but they didn't mention much about the Tan family.

"I thought of a way to maybe get all the local governments to open warehouses and release grain." Han Ruzi changed the topic, he still gained something this day, and the harvest was not small. (To be continued.) )