People come and go at the door of the Ai family's mansion, and they spit out the northern voice between the words, and occasionally see people bending their knees and beating thousands, but the other party didn't dare to stand it, so they hurriedly greeted him.

Seeing this lively scene from the wall in the courtyard, Ai Hongli said worriedly: "You shouldn't have made such a big move, it's amazing to attract the brocade guards of the Anguo Academy." ”

Jin Yinyu, who was already gray-haired, shook his head and said: "Jin Yiwei has been staring at it, rather than making an undercurrent turbulent and making them suspicious, it is better to be above board." Besides, not mentioning the identity of the fourth brother in the old world, in this world, he is also a character who can affect the hearts of thousands of people, and he is secretive, doesn't this make everyone feel that we are still pressing the past in our hearts? Yo, Old Song is here......"

Lao Song, the director of "Zhongliu Daily", appeared with "Orthodoxy" and other newspaper dignitaries, and surrendered his hands to Jin Yinyu and Ai Hongli face to face, and comforted: "Mr. Ai has been advocating the righteousness of the country and filling in the gaps in the political knowledge of the DPRK for 30 years. ”

Ai Hongli sighed: "My father is sick and lying in bed, still worried about the court situation, and has been nagging about the choice of prime minister......

Everyone is groaning, who is not concerned?

In the depths of the house, Ai Yinzhen was lying on the bed, still chattering: "Ji Xiang Dai Zhen is good at numbers, and he lacks a lot of human affection, not to mention the ability to reconcile yin and yang." Principal Yuan Shitai is steady and capable, and he is both military and political, but it is a pity that he only took over the Privy Council last year, and it is impossible to take another step forward. The prime minister has never been the way to be a prime minister, and Wang Youdun will be seventy next year. The others are either too old or too young, and the prime minister is also selected among the people Yang Junli, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Cheng Yingde, the right imperial history, He Guozong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Xiang Shanzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Law, and Zheng Xie, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs......"

"Zheng Xie's private festival is at a loss. He Guozong served as a Manchu official in the north, and his background was at a loss, so neither of them was possible. Then it is also Yang Chengxiang and the three of them. But the three of them are all old ministers of the Son of Heaven, and they have the ability to protect the old situation, but they have no courage to open a new situation. The situation in the country is making great progress. Boiling inside and outside, the prime minister must not be a nod to the court! The emperor didn't speak for a long time, and he was afraid that he was hesitant. It's a pity, Song Xiang was originally an excellent choice, but he was also cursed by the prime minister......"

The middle-aged red-clothed general guarding by the bed was Fu Heng, and seeing that the epaulettes were already lieutenant generals, he said with some trepidation: "These things are not for us martial artists to ask about, the fourth master has nothing to say." But ......"

His face turned helpless again: "Our British Prime Minister's curse is really effective." ”

Since Yinghua established the system of election of prime ministers, and after the national government returned to the prime minister, Yinghua prime minister has become synonymous with bad luck. The first prime minister, Xue Xue, died in the second term, and Chen Wance lasted for another three years at the age of nearly eighty, and also died in office. The third prime minister, Ba Xu, took a little longer, but he was not able to complete the journey in the second term. In the seventh year, he retired from illness, and then Song Ji.

Song not only bears the name of a great sage, but also has been in charge of the government affairs of Jiangnan and Bangladesh, both inside and outside, and a country has high hopes. I didn't expect that the term was not over. In the fourth year it fell. As Yin Zhen said, those who can take over are the founding ministers, and the courage is insufficient.

Although Yin Zhen was ill, his heart was still very strong, and he said sadly: "How did this prime minister's curse come about?" It's just that link is missing! Most of the efforts of the successive prime ministers have been spent on the benefits and stakes, especially with the two courts, both pulling and fighting, doing a big thing is as tiring as a trip to the knife mountain, and if you don't die, you will be tired to death! ”

His eyes lit up and said: "The prime minister should have a group of people behind him to help, and the prime minister should have more power, otherwise how can he cope with the changes of the times?" The affairs of Tibet and Mongolia, the dispute between the provinces, and the difference between the north and the south, these things cannot be supported by the emperor, and the prime minister should take them all! ”

Then he said regretfully: "Last year, I advocated the connection of the courtyard and the hall, and only by opening up the two houses and the political hall can the prime minister really stand up." But the people who oppose me are right, it is not enough to just open up the courtyard, the two courtyards are lions, and the political hall is a tiger, so there must be a way to prevent them from hugging each other tightly. ”

"How to prevent it, the best way is to tear down the walls of the courtyard and open up the courtyard and the people, but I really can't think of a perfect way to do it......

On the side, Li Wei said loudly: "Master, the doctor said, you can't hurt your mind anymore." ”

Fu Heng also said: "Fourth master, don't worry. The emperor is still there, and there is still the crown prince, what the fourth master is worried about, they will definitely do it. ”

Yin Zhen snorted and gasped: "Emperor? The emperor is becoming more and more 'wise and powerful'! How did the Tibetan and Mongolian rebellion come about? Didn't he have to strip away the power of the ** Panchen and Diba, and govern Usizang like other provinces? What about Liu Lun's case? There is no need to make such a big move, he has to do the National Qing Temple! He became more and more convinced that if he didn't watch for himself, the world would not be on the right foot, not only did he not give more power to the prime minister, but he was gradually grasping power......"

"As for the crown prince, although the prince was born in a martial arts and is full of courage, he is a little unsure of his mind when he is tossed back and forth by the emperor like this. When the prince takes over the throne in the future, he is afraid that he will act at both ends of the first rat, and he doesn't know what kind of mess he is going to make. ”

Li Wei wept on the side and said, "Master, don't worry about it anymore, you ...... for that Li The emperor offered advice and was busy for the rest of his life, so let's rest! ”

Yin Zhen's eyes were a little sloppy, but his words were still clear: "I'm not worried about him!" I'm for this world! This can accommodate us full of people, allow us to seek wealth with the Han people, and others together! I don't want to watch the world fall apart! In this world, this Great Britain can come this far, and I also have my part! ”

Then he said: "Look at what has become of that Jianzhou North Korea now, and what is the fate of the Manchurians there?" That's hell on earth! ”

"We, the Manchurians, after more than ten years, have cleared our sins that should be atoned for, and we have shared the national benefits with the people, but we are satisfied? No! We have to do more for this day, and we have to care more about the righteousness of the British than the Han people and other people! Only this righteousness can protect us, confess our atonement, and give us a future. We must not only continue to help the court to carry out a hundred years of self-examination, dig deep into the sins of the old world, and remember the sufferings of the old world, but also contribute to the new world and make a strong contribution. Talented and contributing...... Ahem......"

Li Wei didn't feel it too deeply, but Fu Heng trembled in his heart and couldn't stop nodding. There was a slight heat in his eyes, just because Yin Zhen's words went to his heart.

Fu Heng has been in the army for more than ten years and has been conscientious. Regardless of life and death. In Liaodong, in the Western Regions, he has made great achievements and won the trust of a country, and now he has been praised as a new generation of Yinghua generals and is highly used.

After this vacation, he will go to Kokand and join the command of the general Wu Ya. Participate in the global war that makes every Chinese boy enthusiastic. He is a Manchurian, but he is a Chinese person, and only under the righteousness of Yinghua can he have no estrangement with the Han people.

Yin Zhen collapsed on the bed. gasped for breath, and it took a while to regain some strength, and then muttered: "Li Wei, don't be sad, I understand that my longevity is over." But I'm eighty-three years old, and I always feel that I've stolen too many years from God, and I don't regret going at this time. ”

He said gloomily again: "Now I am only worried about this last link, how can this matter be clarified with pen and paper, I really want to meet him......"

Yin Zhen said from his heart, although his heart was a little more comfortable, but the sick body was difficult to bear, and the whole person fell into a state of prostration. But you are still a mortal after all, and the old world when I sat on the dragon chair has begun to show traces.

This time, I can see it better than you and think it out, right? It's just that instead of gloating, I am full of thoughts to remind you that this world is no longer your own......

The soul drifted for a long time, and then was pulled back by a noise in the room, and when he opened his eyes, he saw several men in civilian clothes groping around on his bed, and then retreated, and then another thin old man in his early sixties swept it several times with a scrutinizing gaze before retreating: "It's okay." ”

A voice sounded, first heard old, but vaguely contained a clear sense of young talents, "I shouldn't have come, the old world said that the emperor came to see the patient, and the patient had to die if he didn't die." But...... I'm afraid that you really don't have a day, and it's too late to meet you again, so we should still have something to talk about. ”

This voice was very unfamiliar, Yin Zhen was dizzy, he didn't pay attention to what the other party said, but the memory buried in his heart for more than 30 years suddenly churned, making Yin Zhen's soul boil, and the originally collapsed consciousness suddenly condensed extremely clearly, Li Xian!

He struggled to sit up, and the nurse came to help, but was waved away by the comer. This person seems to be less than sixty, but he has silver hair, and his majesty is stained with the dust of time, and he has the air of fairy wind and bones, but also has a strong smell of vicissitudes. He took matters into his own hands and helped Yin Zhen up, and the two looked at each other, and at that moment, both sides were slightly distracted.

"Meet Your Majesty, Your Majesty Xie is holding each other's hands, but it's a pity that the old man is sick, and he can't bow three times and knock nine times."

In the excitement that rose in that moment, there was still a strong hatred, Yin Zhen pressed it down in a hurry, and arched his hand with a straight face. As soon as the words came out, the hatred had all dissipated, and a heat rose in the corners of his eyes, and he quickly turned his head. The thin old man on the side of the bed frowned, thinking that Yin Zhen was still angry.

Yin Zhen used to be the emperor, and there were more than a dozen emperors in the world only in the circle of Zhongzhou, but the person who came was Li Shi, the Holy Dao Emperor who could make all the emperors bow.

"You...... Old. ”

"The last time we met, it was thirty-two...... No, thirty-three years ago. ”

The two muttered unconsciously, and their thoughts drifted to Guangning Gate in Beijing almost at the same time thirty-three years ago, when Siniang had just transported Yin Zhen, who was still Yongzheng, out of Beijing and lying on a stretcher, Yongzheng shouted hoarsely to watch Li Xian's world fall. Thirty-three years later, Yongzheng became Yin Zhen, but he became a well-known national imperial historian and Hanlin.

Thoughts jumped from thirty-three years ago to nearly forty years ago, in front of Baihualou in Guangzhou, Li Shi, who was weak in his year, and the fourth elder brother Yinzhen faced each other.

Pulling back his thoughts, Li Xian sighed: "If the righteousness is upright, God will be upright, and goodness will be rewarded." I have heard all these years of advocacy and encouragement, and you have meritorious. ”

Yin Zhen's body trembled slightly, but his mouth said firmly: "Sinners are ignorant, they just know how to earn some money for the righteousness of this world, and they are just rich and wealthy. ”

Li Xi didn't care about this ridicule, and said lightly: "I'll go when you wait." I don't know if I can keep this world? ”

Yin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and listened to Li Shi say again: "Your son and your fourteenth brother have passed the news, and I know their intentions. It's because I'm afraid that I and this country won't give you the reputation you deserve, so I know what you think, and I didn't just want to meet you here. I want to hear about ...... too."

Yin Zhen subconsciously clenched his fists and pressed the sour heat in his eyes, but there was an obvious choking in his words: "Sinner...... I, I do have ideas, but I don't know if I'm facing a long-lived lord or a sage! ”

Li Xi was silent for a moment, and said leisurely: "It doesn't matter what it is, a hundred years later." It's just a name in the history books. ”

Yin Zhen suddenly turned his head to stare at Li Shi, and a ball of light rose in his eyes: "I hope that in the history books at that time, your name is still recited by everyone, and I, as well as the Manchurians under Yinghua, our name can also be praised by future generations." ”

Li Xian smiled: "Then let's work together......"

The two people in the room whispered, and Jin Yinyu, Ai Hongli, Fu Heng and others, who were separated by plainclothes outside the house, were all excited. It wasn't for these plainclothes guards dressed up as admonitions, they were afraid that they would have all fallen to the ground by this time.

About two quarters of an hour later, the door opened, and Li Xi stepped out, raising his legs to leave. Suddenly he turned to the house and said, "Live, wait to see my great determination." ”

As soon as Li Xian left, he was supported by a burning heart, Yin Zhen actually got out of the house in a wheelchair, looking still in a trance, unable to believe that the emperor came to visit his relatives and friends, Yin Zhen said: "What are you doing in a daze, there is no etiquette at all!?" ”

Regardless of everyone's reaction, he struggled out of the wheelchair, knelt on his knees, bowed down heavily, and shouted with a trace of crying: "My emperor...... Hooray, hooray! ”

Everyone woke up and hurriedly knelt down to worship the mountain and shouted, but in the midst of the call, they heard Yin Zhen crying.

Three days later, Ai Yinzhen passed away, and when he was dying, he said: "I have no regrets." ”

It's March, the spring breeze crosses Tokyo, and in the large hall of the political affairs hall south of the North Temple of Heaven, the hall is full of vermilions, and all of them have solemn faces.

"Ai Yin Zhen...... It's that Yongzheng is dead, and the Manchurians have to watch out if there will be any changes. ”

"What else could be changed? I'm afraid we're waiting to see what we do with the aftermath, and what reputation will he leave behind? ”

"This is still the thinking of the old world, we can't manage the living personnel, what else do we care about the dead personnel? They will get their own name if they want to leave it, and if something goes wrong, they will have their own public opinion. ”

"This guy has been satirizing national politics for thirty years, and the second half is really for the sake of protecting the heavens, throwing away his old identity, the political hall has to send a eulogy, how to send this eulogy, isn't it just to determine his reputation?"

"The government hall can't be decided, and the two houses and the press should also have their own eulogies, just like those famous pen examples in the past."

"The Anguo Yuan often reported that before Yin Zhen died, His Majesty went to ......"

This is a big discussion in the political hall every ten days, and every important thing has to be passed over again. The prime minister was not there, and the young prince Li Kezai, dressed in a red court dress, sat on the phase, stiffened his face and listened to the ministers' discussions. When he heard someone talk about his father, he raised his eyebrows.

"What the hell is my father thinking? Why don't you mention the choice of prime minister? ”

Li Kezai complained in his mouth, but the corner of his eye was aimed at the few people present.

"Your Majesty should have Your Majesty's thoughts, let's just wait."

"I guess it's what you think about the two houses......"

The important ministers present were all old gods, and they didn't see any anxiety, but Li Kezai was secretly angry. Even if the father has any arrangements, even if the prime minister elects the father and the emperor first, you can't sit back and watch this matter freeze! As an official, he is really exquisite, he only knows how to do his duty to abide by the system, not to plan for the overall situation! Or is it because of this to avoid suspicion and regard this matter as a battlefield of people's hearts?

Yinghua has the curse of the prime minister, and no one who can be an official, whether it is out of public or selfish intentions, no one wants to be the prime minister. But this phase is getting heavier and heavier, the Chinese tradition rarely has the wind of self-recommendation, but because whoever comes out has the suspicion of fighting for power, in order to show his innocence, the emperor has not appointed a prime minister in recent months, and no one in the political hall dares to go to the emperor to say this.

Seeing that this circle of important ministers were all turtle-like, Li Kezai said: "If you don't mention it, I'll mention it!" The mess of the political affairs hall, it is not justifiable for me to carry it! ”

Li Kezai is still the deputy chief of staff of the General Command, and his military rank has also been promoted to admiral. The battle of Europa, the battle of Persia, and the battle of Dongzhou, he had to plan in the middle. However, when the emperor was seriously ill last year, he was given a "crown prince supervising the country", and since then, he must attend the regular meetings of the political hall every ten years, and attend the general political meetings of the two houses and the summary meeting of the grand court every month.

Of course, he was an audience at these meetings, and in the political affairs hall, when Song was still there, he was a bodhisattva statue. Now that Song is retired, he is nominally temporarily acting as prime minister, but he knows very well that he cannot and should not take on this challenge.

Zhou Huang, who is forty-two years old at the age of Commerce, agreed: "His Royal Highness's urging is not ......."

Before he finished speaking, other ministers dissuaded him one after another.

"Your Highness is cautious ......"

"If Your Highness is nominated, it will be an obstacle to justice."

"Who knows if His Highness has been nominated? It's better not to say it. ”

Zhou Huang sighed helplessly, Li Kezai also stroked his forehead, and moaned secretly, Father, what are you thinking?

It stands to reason that the political affairs hall is always in charge of national affairs, and the important ministers will never be so irresponsible. But after the Northern Expedition, the power of the Holy Dao Emperor became more and more heavy, and in the past ten years, the pile measures have been rushed to recover power.

The emperor did not directly reduce the power of the government hall and the two houses, but on the one hand, he grasped the military power more tightly, and on the other hand, he deepened his control over the state from all sides. It is a matter of personally taking charge of the Anguo Academy, although Jinyiwei is not as arrogant and domineering as Ming Shi, but it also gradually has traces of the emperor's private minions.

People that the emperor is not used to, things that he doesn't understand, often send Jinyiwei to visit directly, Jinyiwei has no right to torture, but often throws materials directly to the criminal department, the legal department and even the court, which means that the emperor wants to see the result immediately. Sometimes time is pressing, and the relevant yamen have to pinch their noses, just trying to figure out the emperor's meaning and finish things quickly.

The emperor did not disrupt the government, but often directly intervened in some details, which made the political hall quite uncomfortable, and the prime minister could reconcile, and he could resist the emperor's regulations, but the officials' fear of the emperor was deeper, and the prime minister was not there, and he did not dare to act rashly.

In the past ten years, the emperor has also made a lot of trouble, such as the disposal of Wu Sizang, he had to go deeper on the foundation of the Ming and Qing dynasties, urgently build a Tibetan province, and take back the political power from the hands of the ** Panchen and the Tibetan Diba. However, it was difficult to live in Tibet, and the yamen of the provincial capital stationed in Tibet was black-eyed, and finally made a mess, and the chaos was then implicated from Tibet to the Mongols in Qinghai and the north of the desert.

Of course, it was not chaotic to the point where the Tibetans and Mongolians raised troops, but it was just the convergence of countless civil cases, and for Yinghua, who was peaceful in the world, the movement was not small.

In addition, when the province was divided, the emperor intervened to force too much apportionment to the rich province, and when Liu Lun, the chief priest of the Tianmiao Tour, caused the Mengxue primary school education case, the emperor had a tough attitude, and the political hall and even the two courts felt more and more that the emperor was mischievous to himself. But which of them dared to say to the emperor "go aside"?

Two years ago, the two ladies went, the emperor was seriously ill, and the outbreak of the Great War in the world, the emperor's attention turned to military affairs, and the two courts and the political hall felt the weight of the chest go, and the breathing was finally more pleasant.

It's just that now when the emperor needs to stand up again, the emperor didn't move, although everyone was anxious, they didn't dare to show the slightest expression on their faces, they couldn't figure out what the emperor had planned, since they couldn't figure it out, then it was the same as the previous twenty or thirty years, and waited for the emperor to lay out the overall situation.

The direction of the regular meeting had to be changed to specific government affairs, and it was busy for most of the day, and it was temporarily adjourned at half past one in the afternoon.

The ministers went to the small canteen of the political affairs hall, and Zhou Huang was also walking, but he was stopped by a person, who was the general envoy stationed in the Eastern Courtyard.

I don't know what the political envoy said, Zhou Huang hesitated for a while before leaving the political affairs hall and running to a resting place between the Eastern Courtyard and the political affairs hall.

It was a casual café, where several people were already waiting to meet at a table, and the two visitors in the back were also seated at an adjacent table a little farther away. When ordering tea, his eyes quietly fell on the person at the table.

"The minister secretly met with the court affairs, I don't know what the plan is!"

"That's Liu Lun! I'm going to explain to Dr. Cha's ears. ”

The eyes of these two spies of the Anguo Yuan suddenly lit up, big case!

When he was excited, he saw that Zhou Huang suddenly got up and exclaimed: "How can this be done!" This is a coalition and a party to seek power! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )