If you compare other emperors, then Liu Yan's love for Empress Hua can also be regarded as a deep love. Although the twenty-seven-year-old queen still has the appearance of a shy flower, she is no longer as good as those young girls who have just entered the palace. Liu Yan's enthusiasm for the queen has not diminished, on the one hand, because the queen's appearance still exists, and more importantly, the queen's keen sense of politics is what he relies on, and there is no second woman who can be as smart and wise as the queen in the entire harem.

In fact, the reason why Queen Hua has not interfered with Liu Yan's picking of other flowers since she became the master of the harem is because the girls who were fortunate by Liu Yan have all passed through the eyes of the queen, and most of them are beautiful but lack political acumen. It's not that Liu Yan doesn't understand these, but in his opinion, if there are two women of equal strength in the harem, then his harem will fall into endless mutual conflict, so it is better to let the queen take it alone and be happy.

Recently, Liu Yan has been to the queen's side less frequently than before, mainly because with the gradual accumulation of the number of women in Linxing, it takes more and more time to have a bowl of water, and another reason is that the prince Liu Jie is gradually growing up.

As the first child of Liu Yan and Empress Hua, and the crown prince of the imperial title and the future heir of the empire, Liu Yan certainly has high hopes for this child. It's a pity that this child inherited all the genes of Queen Hua, beautiful, intelligent, reserved and frail. For the future monarch of an empire, there are countless storms to face, and the state affairs that need to be dealt with are also very heavy, so a healthy body will be a very important condition, and the prince's weak body is a blow to Liu Yan. Liu Jie is a smart and beautiful, lovable child, which makes Liu Yan have mixed feelings every time he sees Liu Jie, he feels that Queen Hua's doting is one of the reasons why his son is weak, so he wants to take Liu Jie with him to sharpen it from time to time, but naturally the queen is not happy to do this. In order to avoid this accumulation of emotions for himself, he deliberately reduced the number of times he met his son.

In the face of Liu Yan's arrival, Queen Hua was naturally very happy, and she took Liu Jie and the little princess Liu Sixian, who had just learned to walk, to greet Liu Yan's arrival at the door of the room. When the family met, it was inevitable that they would greet each other, Liu Yan held Liu Jie in his right hand and Liu Sixian in his left hand for a long time. Empress Hua brought a plate of dried fruits and wine, and said, "Your Majesty came to the concubine here today, I'm afraid it's for the reward of the king of Zhongyi, right?" ”

"Haha, I can't hide anything from the queen's ears. However, you didn't guess all right this time. Liu Yan replied with a smile, and then said the results of the discussion with Wu Sicheng from beginning to end, and then added his worries.

Empress Hua listened carefully, and when Liu Yan finished speaking, she chuckled and said, "What's so difficult about this?" Not to mention that these two parties have their own evil intentions, and there is a great opportunity to take advantage of each other, even if they are united, there is nothing to worry about. Your Majesty, please think, are there enough figures in these two parties to lead the army? ”

Liu Yan thought for a while and said: "The right servant shoots Yan Ming, and the secretary of the military department is on the side of Jingbian, if you want to talk about the party of the queen mother, after Han Kemin's death, Yu Xian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has the highest prestige." ”

"Exactly. Your Majesty, please think about it, how is Yan Ming compared to Li Zaixing at the beginning? How does Yu Xian compare to Han Kemin? ”

Liu Yan shook his head and said, "It's all far from each other. Yan Ming is a humble gentleman, although he has a good reputation but lacks the prestige to serve the public, Yu Xian has outstanding appearance and good exports, but he cannot be compared with Han Kemin in terms of performance, ability or ambition. ”

Empress Hua said: "That's it." Among the three people, An Jingbian has a plan in his heart, but unfortunately he is an urgent person who can't hide things; Yan Ming is a peacemaker, too cautious; Yu Xian is an embroidered pillow, which looks beautiful but is useless. After so many years of open and secret struggle between these two parties, and now they have to join forces for the sake of common interests, will it be ironclad? Besides, these three leading figures are not a threat, so what does Your Majesty have to worry about? If His Majesty is worried that the protégés of the two parties are all over the world and have too much influence, then the concubines have two strategies that can be weakened. ”

"Oh? If the queen has any way, tell me quickly. ”

Empress Hua poured Liu Yan a full glass of wine and handed it to his mouth, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you see that Jie'er is also seven years old this year, and it is time to find a teacher for him to teach. ”

Empress Hua's words went to Liu Yan's heart, and put Yan Ming on the fictitious title of the prince and concubine, so that he could be relieved of his power to shoot servants, so that the most prestigious person in the Wenchen faction would be hollowed out, leaving a hot An Jingbian, he and Yu Xian have completely different personalities, even if Yan Ming reconciles from it, but it is unknown whether Yan Ming, who has no real power, can continue to exert influence on the two factions in political affairs. This move can greatly weaken the actual strength of the two factions combined. Liu Yan said happily: "This matter is easy, I can announce it at a later date." So what is the queen's strategy? ”

"The concubine heard that after Qiu Yiru, the assassin of Weizhou, took office, he governed Weizhou in an orderly manner, the people were stable, and the life was rich, and several officials he recommended were also honest and upright, which shows that this person not only has the ability to govern, but also has the insight to understand people, if His Majesty appoints this person as a servant of the Ministry of Officials, it is bound to enable a large number of virtuous and righteous ministers, I don't know what Your Majesty wants?"

The meaning of the queen's words is already very clear, and letting Qiu Yiru be the servant of the ministry is to reshuffle the government and the opposition and change the proportion of people from the two parties in the court. Although this move is slow, it is a really ruthless move, it digs out the root of the connections between the two parties, and at the same time, it can also intensify the struggle between the forces of the emerging civilian officials and them, and Liu Yan will be able to take advantage of the fisherman.

But on the other hand, Empress Hua's move is very beneficial to herself, Qiu Yiru can get this position because of the queen's advice, then he will inevitably be more inclined to the queen's party in the future, so that it will be the queen's faction that will control the government in the future. I am afraid that the queen has a more far-reaching meaning in doing this, that is, the more the power of the queen's party is consolidated, the more stable the position of the crown prince Liu Jie will be, it can be said that Queen Hua's move is not only for Liu Yan's future, but also for the future of herself and her son.

Liu Yan smiled and praised the queen's clever plan, while thinking in his heart how to prevent the military power from falling into the hands of the Hou Party, otherwise there would be no one in the future who could curb the power of the Hou Party. (To be continued.) )