In the final analysis, the emperor is still the old trick of grace and power. After this summons, the emperor reluctantly admitted that Yang Zhi did not regard him as the emperor in his heart, and always put him in an equal position. The so-called monarchs and sons-in-law have always been built on the basis of mutual use, and they are just a gorgeous cloak to cover their shame. The emperor's suspicion and resentment are all derived from two words: control.

Put the civil and military generals in the palm of their hands and use them freely, but most of the emperors who have made a difference are well versed in this. Once a retainer tries to get out of control, there are usually only two outcomes: either usurp power and stand on his own, or he will be killed. It was obviously hard for the emperor to believe that there would be a third possibility in Yang Zhi.

After a complete showdown, Yang Zhi was relieved and went home peacefully. The two sons of the family, Yang Meng and Yang Xiao, are almost four years old, and they have reached the age of kindergarten in their previous lives. The two children had a very vague impression of their father, and Yang Zhi teased him with all kinds of tricks for two days before the children gradually became close to him. In addition to feeling deeply sorry for his old father, wife and children, he became more and more tired of the emperor, and it was already very interesting to work for his old Zhao family in the past few years.

The news that Yang Zhi suddenly left office and returned to Beijing, and that the emperor had a secret conversation with him alone, quickly spread throughout Chang'an. The emperor is getting older, and the number of days in the past year is far less frequent than before. It is normal for the elderly to have low energy and some physical problems. The emperor's physical condition and even a prescription have always been listed as the top secret of a dynasty. Even so, less than a month after the youngest minister, Xu Wenhan, was deposed, Yang Zhi suddenly returned to Beijing, and people with a keen sense of smell caught a hint of something strange. Daxia finally calmed down for a few years. The emperor is afraid that he will make another big move.

The so-called big move is nothing more than a war. Or the reserve is entrusted to the future. A war with a foreign country is tantamount to changing the current national policy, which seems to have little to do with Xu Wenhan and Yang Zhi, but only about Lichu.

The forces of all sides speculated about the emperor's thoughts. Convene their respective core teams to discuss how to deal with them next. However, the emperor took Yang Zhi's return to Beijing as a node, and did not intend to give them too much time to react.

On the fourth day of the first month of May, the emperor decreed that in order to spend the Duanyang Festival with the ministers, a banquet was held in the palace on the fifth day of the first month of May. All civil and military officials above the fourth rank in Beijing, and princes and nobles above the earl level shall not be absent. Even if there are those who are seriously ill, they are specially allowed to lie down and carry them to the banquet.

This will seems to be a blessing. But it makes people feel indescribably awkward. In other words, those who are qualified to enter the palace for the banquet, as long as they are not dead and can still breathe, one is counted as one, and they will climb for me!

No one knew the true intention of the emperor's move, and no one dared to excuse it. The imperial banquet in the palace has always been quite tormenting, and the Manchu Dynasty has reached a high degree of consensus on this point.

When the sun is early, you have to get up and wash up. Take a seat at the hour, have a feast at the hour, and finish the meal at noon ....... Then the ministers bowed to the emperor, and the emperor instructed ....... Then the three princes of Ningwang Zhao Dang, Kangwang Zhao Kang, and Yue Wang Zhao Qi were ordered to toast the ministers at the table ....... finally made it to the end. I have to thank the emperor again to finish the matter.

After such a toss, it is time to apply. Most people for up to four or five hours. I haven't eaten a few bites of anything seriously, and I don't even dare to drink more moist tea. In case you can't hold back and want to go to the toilet. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the prince to come over to toast or the emperor to ask you coldly? There is no trivial matter in the court. At this delicate moment, it is not just about the future of the official fortune, and the most important is about the life of the family, which is really sloppy!

The ministers stayed up until the end of the imperial banquet, and if they were amnesty, they were all so hungry that their hearts were close to their backs, they were dizzy, and they went out of the palace in groups. Many experienced officials had tea and pastries to satisfy their hunger in the official sedan chair early in the morning, and some even brought toilets.

For all the important ministers and princes and dignitaries who are ranked in Zaisuke, although it is impossible to be as casual as in their own mansions, they are not as tormented as many officials who come to make soy sauce.

Yang Zhi sat at the same table with the old lady Chen Wenyuan, the Wuyingdian University scholar Geng Jin, the general of the forbidden army, Zhou Ting, and others, and sat at the bottom of the table very acquaintedly. On such an occasion, except for greetings and greetings under the pretext of haha, naturally no one will say anything, but Yang Zhi always has a signature lazy smile.

Zhao Qi, the king of Yue, has grown from a yellow-mouthed child when he first met to a handsome and dashing guy. Perhaps by nature, and with the impression of being ingrained in his childhood, this boy toasted his ministers in a much more casual and cordial way than his two respectful and stiff-smiling brothers.

Xu Wenhan was deposed as a six-rank attendant of the Hanlin Academy, and was no longer eligible to attend the banquet. Jin Zishan is nowhere to be seen, and if nothing else, he should be the busiest person today.

In the early dynasties, the ministers gathered outside the palace gate to discuss, who gathered separately after leaving the palace, and who walked around after nightfall....... In casual small habits, big articles can often be seen. Comparing today's feast with the situation of going to court and scattering the dynasty on weekdays, the effect is undoubtedly more obvious.

The emperors of the past dynasties had a very contradictory attitude towards the formation of a party among their ministers. It is necessary to stand on a high ground and wait and see which is stronger and which is weak, and make use of checks and balances, but also strictly prevent one side from sitting big and controlling the government. Yang Zhi is almost certain that within a few days, not a few or a few but a large number of high-ranking officials and important ministers, I am afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat.

In these years, being a straightforward minister usually has to pay a heavy price. As long as the emperor is not so stupid and absurd that he is gone, no one wants to touch that mold easily. At most, he was unwilling to say "thunder and rain and dew, all of them are Jun's grace", and he complained and complained.

Lao Tzu will be a wicked person first, knock over a boatload of people with a rod, and his son will be a good man in the future. Those who feel obedient and useful can be "pardoned" by a will, and then they will be rewarded and reused. If you feel that it is in the way and it is not easy to use, you only need a will to send him to retire or degrade him to the end and let him go. If necessary, he can even beat the reservoir dog and kill him.

is the so-called grace from the top, the seemingly simple four words, especially on the occasion of the replacement of the old and the new, and the change of dynasty, are really full of bitter tears of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty!

In the early morning of the sixth day of the fifth month, before the sky was completely bright, the emperor's personal attendant Ma Cheng came to the mansion of Geng Jin, the former general of Wuwei and the current scholar of Wuyingdian University, and blocked Geng Jin, who was preparing to go to the court, in the mansion, and summoned the emperor to speak: "...... I heard that Geng Qing has been ill recently, so I gave a dose of soothing medicine to Geng Qing, and allowed Geng Qing to live and recuperate in peace. ”

Geng Jin has not yet reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, he is not sick, and his body has always been as strong as iron. Whether as a commander of the army or a minister of the Cabinet, it is the golden age of a military strategist and politician to make great achievements. There was no warning before, why did the emperor suddenly "hear" that he was sick?

Geng Jin couldn't react in a daze, and subconsciously retorted: "Gonggong Ma, is the emperor mistaken?" ...... Chen's body all the time? ”

Ma Cheng coughed heavily a few times and interrupted: "Geng Shuai, the emperor will never be wrong." The emperor said that you are sick, then you must be sick. ”

Geng Jin couldn't help but be silent for a while. Just thinking about it nervously, Ma Cheng urged: "Geng Shuai, according to the courtesy of the ministers, you should pay tribute to the prescription and thank you." ”

Geng Jin was not confused and became the general of the forbidden army, and was awarded the title of third-class duke for leading the army to destroy the Tang Dynasty, and was awarded the first Wuyingdian scholar in Daxia for leading the army to destroy Wu Yue. Whether it is military exploits or official titles, they have long overshadowed Weisu, and they also enjoy irreplaceable prestige in the army.

Geng Jin can have today, of course, it is not as simple as a martial artist, and he immediately receives the order and gratitude. Otherwise, it would be a blatant disobedience. If the prescription is a deadly poison, do you really want to take the poison and kill yourself? …… Since Wu Yue stepped down, I have been extremely obscure. My son Geng Chao is still in charge of the army, can the emperor really get that hand? Not really, right?

After Geng Jin was suspicious and thanked him, Ma Cheng smiled dryly: "Geng Shuai, before the Sprinkle family received the order, the emperor once said: Geng Jin's father and son have been generals for two generations, and they are the most trustworthy people I trust. Please rest assured Geng Qing, I will definitely allow you at least three generations of Geng family to be rich and worry-free. The reason why I gave you a prescription is only for you and my monarch to cure heart disease! ”

You eunuch, you said it earlier! Geng Jin had basically guessed the emperor's intentions, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered someone to give Ma Cheng 3,000 taels of "tea".

After Ma Cheng left, Geng Jin couldn't wait to unfold the prescription and look at it, was stunned for a moment, and shook his head with a wry smile. The so-called prescription is empty, just a blank piece of paper!

Geng Jin, Geng Chao and his son are all fans of Ning Wang Zhaodang. Geng Jin served as the general of the forbidden army for several years, and then led the army to destroy the country several times, and his son Geng Chao made contributions to the desert, and now he is also the commander of the army. With the foundation and prestige of the father and son in the army, it is not difficult to brazenly and forcibly put King Ning on the throne. How can the emperor not be guarded?

Defend against you, but I won't hurt you. Don't get involved, stay at home honestly in the name of recuperation, and then you will stay away from strife. The emperor is taking him Geng Jin as a confidant and brother, and he is looking at it, intending to protect!

Geng Jin thought about it, and it was not difficult to pay attention to the emperor's good intentions. At the same time, Geng Jin has also understood: Ning Wang Zhao Dang is destined to miss the throne!

Geng Jin ordered his family to close the door due to the sudden wind and cold from now on. After that, the staff of the central government immediately wrote a piece of music and rushed to the palace, and the theme was to say that the illness was not in the court.

Having been with the emperor and his ministers for decades, Geng Jin knew the emperor too well. Xu Wenhan was deposed, Yang Zhi returned to Beijing, and then ordered himself to take a break from illness. If he was not absolutely sure, would the emperor do this? If you don't obey, the consequences are serious. Whether you receive the order or not, there are people in your mansion who are strictly "guarded" in the open and in secret.

What Geng Jin didn't know was that Ma Cheng's second home after leaving Geng's mansion was the mansion of his sons and daughters, the current emperor's younger brother Fuwang Zhao Xing. The same blank paper prescription with no words can cure many people's restless problems! It's good.

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