Before the emperor was a minor, there were generally three transitional systems, the government hall system, the queen mother's curtain system and the regent system, the queen mother's curtain system is the current system, the queen mother is in power, and the regent system is the regent by the adult royal family, temporarily supervising the emperor for the country, this system is only on paper, never implemented.

The government hall system, also known as the minister system, is generally the emperor before his death appoints a few trustworthy ministers to form a government hall, and all military affairs before the young emperor reaches adulthood are determined by the minister system in the government hall.

Since the establishment of the Daning Dynasty for three hundred years, not counting Huangfu Tian, there have been three young emperors, two of which have adopted the political hall system, and one has adopted the queen mother's curtain system, and the use of the queen mother's curtain system generally requires two prerequisites, one is the emperor's sudden death, the other is the strength of relatives, one hundred and fifty years ago there was a Empress Dowager Feng, just because the emperor died suddenly, it was too late to designate the minister, plus the Empress Dowager Feng's father and brother held the power of the court at that time, this time the Empress Dowager Shen was in power for the same reason.

It can be said that the political hall system is the sworn enemy of the Empress Dowager's curtain system, and it is a discussion that the Empress Dowager Shen absolutely cannot tolerate, her face changed at that time, and she asked coldly: "Who is talking about changing the political hall system?" ”

Huangfu Tian hurriedly said: "After returning to my mother, I heard that it was some scholars, and it seemed to be related to Wenxin Society. ”

A murderous intent flashed in Empress Dowager Shen's eyes, and she said quietly: "The emperor should go back to study!" Don't worry about military affairs in the future, when you are eighteen years old, the queen mother will let you participate in politics. ”

Huangfu Tian trembled all over, he heard it clearly, the queen mother said that she was participating in politics, not in charge, the difference between one word and the meaning was completely different, after the age of eighteen, he only participated in politics, so who would be in charge?

Huangfu Tian didn't dare to show anything, he hurriedly gave a salute and retreated, as soon as Huangfu Tian left, Empress Dowager Shen said sharply: "Go quickly to Xuan Zhouwei to see the mourning family!" ”

Zhou Wei is the general of the embroidered clothes guard in the capital, in charge of five thousand embroidered clothes and guards, loyal to the Empress Dowager Shen, the Empress Dowager Shen burst out of murder in her heart, and talked about changing the political hall system, that is, to drive her out of power, she wants to know, who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, who is the backstage of this Wenxin Society?

．．．．．．．．． The Daning Dynasty also allowed freedom of association to a certain extent, such as the reading club that Su Han's uncle Yan Yushu participated in, which is a kind of spontaneous association that has a record in the government, and the Wenxin Society is the same, it is actually dozens of famous scholars and Confucian scholars in Yongjing spontaneously formed an academic society, and often gathers to talk about reading experience, talk about Confucian classics, and occasionally criticize the disadvantages of the court and politics, which is the surname of the scholar.

On average, the Wenxin Society meets once every five days, and its members can come or not participate, and they are usually held at the Wenju Teahouse in Chongrenfang.

The next morning, more than 20 Confucian scholars gathered in the Wenju teahouse as usual, chatting and expressing their opinions on the current situation.

When more than 20 Confucian scholars were talking and dancing, hundreds of embroidered guards suddenly surrounded the teahouse, and the knights rushed to the second floor, and there was a big chaos in the teahouse, especially in the east hall under the Wenxin Society, and nearly 100 embroidered guards rushed in.

"What are you going to do?"

The Confucian scholars were indignant, and they all stood up and reprimanded, "At the foot of the Langlang Imperial City, do you dare to mess around?" ”

The captain of the embroidered guard waved his hand coldly, "Take it all!" ”

The horsemen rushed forward like wolves, grabbed the group of scholars and left, and the Confucian scholars struggled desperately and shouted: "We are all meritorious and famous, and we must not be rude!" ”

"Take them all, the rebels will be knocked down and dragged away!"

Many of the Confucian scholars were knocked to the ground and tied up, and a few airtight carriages were parked downstairs, and the Confucian scholars were gagged and thrown into the carriage, which quickly left Chongrenfang and drove out of the city.

An hour later, Zhou Wei, the general of the embroidered guards, appeared in a large mansion outside the eastern city, which was the secret interrogation place of the embroidered guards, and screams and cries were faintly heard in several courtyards. A lieutenant stepped forward, bowed down, and handed over a stack of confessions to Zhou Wei, "Everyone has been recruited, and they admit that they often talk about and criticize the Empress Dowager, and advocate the implementation of the political hall system." ”

Zhou Wei is not interested in this, it is normal for scholars to scratch their hair and criticize the government, what he cares about is who is the mastermind behind the Wenxin Society, generally this kind of society will have the support of a certain minister, and the remarks of these Confucian scholars are often related to this minister, which is a disguised means of dominating public opinion.

"Who's behind them?"

"General Hui, it's Pan Renyi, the squire of the household department."

"It turned out to be him!"

Zhou Wei sneered, Pan Renyi is Uncle Shen's confidant, and it is Uncle Shen Guo's right-hand man who controls the household department, Zhou Wei suddenly understands why the Queen Mother let herself investigate the Wenxin Society, implement the political hall system, and let the Confucian scholars carry out public opinion propaganda, it seems that some people are very dissatisfied with the Queen Mother.

"General, what about these Confucian scholars?"

"Let everyone confess and be detained, send them to the embroidered dungeon for temporary detention, and then notify their families to keep them out."

．．．．．．．． The Chu army was advancing eastward at an unusually slow pace, and in Puyang County, Dongjun, 800 warships were moored on the banks of the Yellow River, and Huangfu Wujin was waiting for news from Liang County.

In terms of strength, the main force of the Chu army is only 50,000, which is far inferior to the 300,000 army of the King of Qi's westward expedition, so Huangfu Wujin did not think about fighting hard, although he has sharp weapons, but the disparity in strength is still very unfavorable to him.

What's more important is that Huangfu Wujin needs to get the news of the destruction of Luojing City, he even wants to see the fall of Huangfu Heng more than King Qi, Luojing City is broken, coupled with the return of Princess Qi to the west, this can make the will of King Qi to recapture Qizhou decline, and he will station a large number of troops in Luojing, thus forming a division of troops, which is the result that Huangfu Wujin is most willing to see.

In addition, he was also waiting for news from the Xiliang Army, and the pressure of the 200,000 Xiliang Army was enough for the Yongzhou Army to withdraw to Guanzhong.

War is not only a battle between armies, but also includes behind-the-scenes battles and political wrestling.

Huangfu Wujin has gradually grasped the weakness of the emperor of Qi, and his name is not right, which will be the main reason for his final defeat, and the defection of Qizhou officials to Liu Hanzhang who turned his back on him to Youzhou can fully prove this.

For him Huangfu Wujin, he has a political advantage that other forces do not have, not only his background, but also the Empress Dowager who lives in Chuzhou, this old man with a high status, has always been admired by the subjects of the Daning Dynasty, it can be said that this is the biggest trump card in the hands of Huangfu Wujin, and at the critical moment, he will not hesitate to play it.

Liang County was stationed with the 50,000 army of He Qianjue, the former governor of Chen Liu, although he surrendered to the King of Qi, but Huangfu Wujin also discovered the subtlety, that is, He Qianjue never met with the King of Qi, and his army was not disbanded, let alone inserted into the cronies of the King of Qi, and still maintained a complete reading ability.

This situation is rare in wartime, because it is likely to lead to a rebellion of this army, bringing a serious threat to the rear, with the mind of the King of Qi, he will not be unaware of the existence of this danger, but he still let He Qianjue's army be stationed in an important strategic place like Liang County, which can only show one thing, that is, the King of Qi is also helpless with He Qianjue, He Qianjue still maintains a state of half-reading, not so much that he surrenders, it is better that they are another form of alliance.

The best way for this kind of local warlord with a reading army is to divide and co-opt him and let him use it for himself.

He Qianjue is about forty years old, is the son of the former left guard general He Zheng, grandfather He Cheng was the envoy of the Fan Yang Festival, the secretary of the military department, He Qianjue can be called a famous general's family, loyal to the Daning Dynasty for generations, and all ministers, after the sudden death of Huangfu Xuande, the Daning Dynasty was divided, He Qianjue was also in a kind of confusion, he didn't know who he should be loyal to?

Huangfu Heng is the prince, and after he ascends the throne, he should be the most justifiable monarch, but many ministers know that at the moment when Huangfu Xuande died suddenly, Huangfu Heng was in the Huaqing Palace, imprisoned by the emperor, he was suspected of killing his father, He Qianjue also knew, and more importantly, Huangfu Heng was suspicious of Yue Sheng and reused his relative Yang Sheng, which made him extremely dissatisfied.

So he quietly transferred his wife and children to Chenliu before, he was not ready to be truly loyal to Huang Fu Heng, on the one hand, he maintained the reading power of his army, on the other hand, he was also waiting, waiting for the final situation to be clear, surrendering to the Qi King Huang Fu Chen, it was just his right to preserve his strength.

He Qianjue's 50,000 troops were stationed outside the city of Liang County, covering an area of five miles, and it was a huge military camp, he was Chen Liu's headquarters, and the entire Liang County was his territory.

At this moment, He Qianjue was talking to his younger brother He Qianlun in the big tent, He Qianlun was a general under Yang Sheng, after Yang Sheng's 200,000 army was defeated in Mianchi County, He Qianlun fled back to Luojing with dozens of personal soldiers, took his wife and daughter out of Luojing, and went directly to his brother He Qianjue.

"Big brother, I feel that the situation of King Qi is very unfavorable." He Qianlun pondered for a long time.

"Why do you have this conclusion, tell me your reasons."

"The reason is very simple, he was named the king of Qi, but he was in Yuzhou, his name was not right, his soldiers were all Qi people, Qizhou was occupied, the soldiers were eager to return, but he was bent on attacking Luojing, so that the army was unstable and lacked strategic vision, and secondly, he used nepotism, like Luo Qiyu, a person who is despised in the world is actually the main general of his army, just because he is his brother-in-law, and the incompetent general of Huangfu Yingjun, because he is a royal family, he is also reused, and even Liu Hanzhang of Youzhou betrayed him, which shows that he does have a problem with employing people, Such a person has an army of 300,000 people, and sooner or later he will be defeated, and I advise my brother not to bet his family name and the future of the He family on him. ”

He Qianjue nodded and smiled, "You are right, in fact, I understand in my heart that just looking at the Luojing officials fleeing south, you can see the general trend, I am now waiting for the conditions offered by Huangfu Wujin, and he gave Liu Hanzhang the conditions of Zhao Wanggong and Fan Yangjiedu, so what about me?" I'll see. ”

At this moment, there was a report from the soldiers outside the big tent: "General, the Empress Dowager's decree has arrived!" ”

(To be continued)