Chapter 37: A Visit to the East Palace

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Three days before the Chinese New Year, a sensational event suddenly happened in the capital. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The crown prince was not allowed to participate in politics for half a year, Zhou Ding, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was fined for one year, and the other 10 or 20 officials were all punished.

This was the emperor's decree and announced to the entire capital.

Whether it is officials or ordinary people, there is a lot of discussion.

Generally speaking, when the Chinese New Year is approaching, there is more positive news, which is very understandable, and you can get a little encouragement to have a good New Year before the New Year.

But this year is different, such an official was fined on a large scale, criticized by name, and the prince was not even allowed to participate in politics, which is abnormal, and everyone has no curiosity, that is a strange thing.

Originally, I thought that the capital would be lively now, but everyone found that if we ignored the people who didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement and didn't know what to do even if they saw it, the capital would be as calm as ever.

"What's going on?" Zhao Ding pondered hard in the study.

Later, I felt that there was actually nothing to think about, such a punishment seemed to be merciful to his subordinates, and the prince's punishment was heavy.

Chen Yong also didn't understand, what the hell was going on?

The other officials are even more confused, didn't your prince order us to do this? How can they still be punished? Wasn't it ordered by the emperor?

Yes, everyone thought that this was actually ordered by the emperor, so as to announce to all the officials that in the future, you should follow the prince well, as if you were following me.

It's just that they don't want to, what emperor would hint at his ministers like this?

In fact, it is actually quite difficult to be an official, there are some things that you know are wrong, but your leader tells you to do it, do you want to go? If you don't go, you will definitely be hated by the leader. If you do it, it will be a violation of law and discipline, and it will not please you no matter which way you go.

Of course, the most depressed is Chen Yong, and the other officials, who will be punished with a penalty, at most, will tighten their belts next year, and there will be no substantial impact. But as a crown prince, you can't participate in political affairs, what is that concept? This is the same as directly degrading to a common person, but there is a time limit.

If you want to talk about a happy person, it is naturally Chen Guang, after all, this matter was planned by him.

You can't participate in politics for a year, which means that in this year, the entire Qiandi Dynasty is in a state of no prince. If you want to do something during this time, it will be much easier for Chen Guang.

"It's too much to deceive, it's too much to deceive." In the East Palace, Chen Yong's roar seemed to be able to spread throughout the capital. Yuan Shi also had an angry expression on his face and said, "Who is making trouble in the end?" Those officials said that it was someone from our East Palace who went to inform them, which is categorically impossible. ”

"Of course I knew it couldn't be! But so what, my father has already made a holy decree! Chen Yong said irritably.

Yuan Shi frowned and said, "If you hadn't taken all the responsibility down, you wouldn't have been punished so heavily." ”

"It's not light, but fortunately, it's just in time for the New Year, and my father doesn't want to go too far, otherwise I don't know how to fix me. Can't participate in politics for a year? Hehe, what a great idea. Chen Yong sneered.

Yuan said with some concern: "Then what will we do next year?" ”

Chen Yong snorted coldly: "What can I do?" It's time to eat, it's time to drink. ”

Other than that, there's really nothing else to do.

Yuan Shi was also helpless, and said: "It seems that it can only be like this." Who did this? ”

"Who else but my good second brother?" Chen Yong said viciously.

Yuan said: "Sure?" ”

"No, but isn't it obvious?" Looking at the entire imperial court, how many people dare to do it against his prince? Not a single one! But there are a lot of small actions behind the scenes, and the most likely is naturally Chen Guang, the king of Jin.

There used to be an allusion called a suspect stealing an axe. Here's what it said: a man lost an axe. He suspected that the neighbor's son had stolen it, so he paid close attention to him, and always felt that he walked, talked, and acted like a person who stole his axe.

Now Chen Yong is in this state of mind, because the only person who has had conflicts with him in recent times is Chen Guang, and now he is overshadowed, and it is naturally Chen Guang who thinks of him.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and Chen Yong said irritably, "Who?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, King Jin has arrived."

King Jin? Chen Yong was stunned for a moment, this is the rhythm of Cao Cao Cao. What is this guy doing here? Come and see the jokes?

"Blow him away, Prince Ben doesn't want to see him."

Yuan said, "Why doesn't Your Highness confront him face to face? ”

"Confronted in person?" Chen Yong thought for a moment and said, "Let him wait in the living room." ”

In the East Palace, Chen Guang and Deng Pan were standing outside the door, and there were two people behind them carrying a box, which should be a gift for Chen Yong.

After a while, the small door next to the gate opened, and a person poked out his head and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is invited." ”

Generally speaking, only when you come to a valuable guest or a major festival, you will enter and exit through the gate, otherwise you will generally enter and exit through the small door next to it. Chen Guang didn't care about these places, and took people into the East Palace.

The layout of the East Palace is naturally not comparable to that of a small palace, whether it is the magnificence of the houses and the layout of the courtyard, it is only a line lower than the palace.

When Chen Yong came out of the study, Chen Guang and Deng Pan were already waiting. Chen Yong glanced at it, found the gift that Chen Guang had brought, and sneered in his heart, is this here to apologize? I'm telling you, it's late!

When he came to the living room, although his face was a little soothed, it was still gloomy and terrifying, and when he saw Chen Guang with a slight smile on his face, he was even more sure in his heart that it must be Chen Guang who had cheated himself.

When Chen Guang saw Chen Yong coming out, he immediately stood up, hugged his fists and said, "Big brother." ”

He didn't call His Royal Highness the Prince, this title is too official, called Big Brother, just to deliberately blur the current identities of the two and communicate purely with family affection. It's a small detail.

Chen Yong asked, "What are you doing here?" See my jokes? ”

"No, no, no, my eldest brother misunderstood, to be honest, I only received the news this morning, I was shocked at the time, eldest brother, all these things you have done recently are obvious to all, and there are still many people on my way to complain for you."

This is true, the prince's soup soup has been on a huge scale recently, and those who have received his favor will of course complain for him when they hear that the prince has been sanctioned.

Regarding Chen Guang's statement, Chen Yong's face did not soften a little, and he still said coldly: "Don't say anything else, when are you going to act?" If you came to see my jokes, you're done with them by now. ”

Chen Guang was stunned for a moment and said, "What is this that the eldest brother said?" How could I have come to see the joke? ”

"Hmph, don't pretend, what's going on, God knows you know I know!"

Generally speaking, according to the script, Chen Guang's face should have changed and he said, "Big brother knows everything?" ”

Then he explained all the causes and consequences when Chen Yong himself was very confused, and then was knocked out.

However, the script is just a script, as a traverser, what script hasn't Chen Guang read? Chen Yong's words are equivalent to luring the snake out of the hole, and Chen Guang will not be fooled.

With a puzzled expression, he said, "What does the eldest brother mean by this?" Why don't I understand? ”

Chen Yong, who was waiting for Chen Guang to take the initiative to confess the facts of the crime, did not wait for what he wanted, he was very dissatisfied, he looked at Chen Guang, but saw Chen Guang at a loss, and suddenly felt a sudden shock in his heart, what happened? It's not the right rhythm.

He coughed, slightly concealed his embarrassment, and said, "Don't pretend to be garlic, aren't you doing this from behind?" ”

"No, of course not, how could I do such a stupid thing?" Chen Guang said without hesitation, "If I were an official and heard the prince make such a request, I would definitely not go." What if the emperor finds out? That's a heinous sin of killing your head! ”

He made a motion to wipe his neck and said, "Who would risk being killed to please you, big brother?" To put it mildly, I'm sure not. Besides, what am I? I can encourage so many high-ranking officials to do such a risky thing collectively, do you think I have the ability? ”

It is no exaggeration to say that if you go to meet the crown prince in the specifications of the emperor, it is completely possible to anger the emperor and then cut off his head directly.

This also made Chen Yong calm down immediately. yes, who would risk being beheaded by the emperor to curry favor with themselves?

Seeing the change in his expression, Chen Guang couldn't help but laugh in his heart, what kind of psychological tactics are I playing with a modern person, and there are millions of analysts behind me - I am not targeting anyone, I want to say that the ancient people in terms of routines are all spicy chickens.

"So, not you?" Chen Yong was shocked.

Chen Guang smiled bitterly: "Of course it's not me, to put it bluntly, if I can lead so many ministers by the nose, do I still need to frame you, big brother?" ”

To tell the truth, if you can really let so many officials follow your own pace, then you prince is a fart? I'll be able to kill you in minutes, okay?

Well, although it has not reached such a level, it is not particularly difficult for Chen Guang to play some tricks, coerce and lure, and make the officials do some irrational things inexplicably.

Chen Yong thought about it carefully, what Chen Guang said was reasonable, and he couldn't find any reason to refute it.

He had no evidence to prove that Chen Guang did these things, and completely relied on his own guesses. But now seeing Chen Guang's performance, the speculation in his heart has been shaken.

"Who else but you?" Chen Yong's tone was no longer as sharp as before.

Chen Guang lowered his voice, leaned into Chen Yong's ear, and said, "Who will be the person who can make all officials obedient and not be painless in the end?" ”