Chapter 226: A Hard Nail on the Head

As long as anyone with a little brain knows, for the emperor, the marriage between Yang Zhi and Zhao Yan is not very glorious in any case. If you are a person, you know that Yang Zhi is a strongman who turns his face and no one buys it. Although Zhao Qi, the king of Yue, is a prince, and he wears a "young" sheepskin, he is recognized as a lazy person who has few taboos, and he enters and exits the Yang Mansion as casually as his own backyard when he has nothing to do. Isn't this young master a clear-eyed thief, afraid that Yang Zhi will be closed if he doesn't give him face?

Xu Wenhan saw that Yang Zhi was a little impatient, and persuaded him: "Third brother, don't underestimate your talented brother-in-law. Since the king of Yue has already come, what does it matter if he sees him? As far as I know, just two days ago, the king of Yue made a special trip to the emperor to ask for an order to visit the deposed prince, and today he claimed to have gone to the old lady's mansion to visit the princess. The prince did not stammer when he was in power, and he did not step on it when he lost power, which shows that this little prince still attaches great importance to the love of brothers and sisters, and it is especially valuable among the royal nobles. is the same prince, and with King Ning and King Kang in Beijing, he may not have the mind and courage to visit the abolished prince and the princess. The two princes, King Ning and King Kang, are about to be recalled to Beijing in the near future, but I don't know if the emperor's dragon body can last until the day when King Yue opens the palace and builds a palace? ”

Yang Zhi smiled bitterly: "Concubine Mei is very cautious with a clear mind, King Yue's visit at this moment must be his own idea, I didn't say that I couldn't see him." Mo said that this kid has no interest in the dragon chair on the Jinluan Palace, even if the emperor's body can last until the day when he opens the palace and builds the government at the age of fifteen, so what? Not to mention that it will take three or five years of hard work to put on a strong capital like his two elder brothers, right? This kid is very shrewd, and he will never do anything that he works hard to earn for nothing. The emperor has always indulged him, perhaps for his own good. ”

Qin Kongyun couldn't help but sigh: "King Yue is indeed scheming and has seen people!" It's a pity that he is young and unintentional, and the emperor doesn't have time to cultivate carefully! ”

Xu Wenhan slowly shook his head thoughtfully and said, "I'm afraid not necessarily." The True Dragon Son of Heaven was ordered by the heavens, and it is too early to make such a conclusion. As long as it is the lord of the heroes, no matter who succeeds the three princes in the future, it will be the same for us. In my opinion, in the future, you and my brothers will make another matter of establishing a prince to the emperor. Be cautious in what you say and do, and try not to act rashly. ”

While speaking, without waiting for Yang Zhi to tell Ah Fu to go and invite, Zhao Qi's immature but hearty laughter came from outside the door: "Tomorrow is the great joy of the fourth sister and brother-in-law." The Hou Mansion is really jubilant! Mr. Xu and Brother Qin must also be there, right? ”

The wedding of Yang Zhi and Zhao Yan the next day was the same as what Xu Wenhan and Zhao Qi expected: simple and grand, but a little deserted. Zhao Qi's previous analysis was very incisive, Yang Zhi was certainly not easy to get along with, and the emperor was more and more of a master who could not afford to offend. Because of the prince's rebellion. After being bombarded by the holy decree that rained down, the ministers of the court and the central government all felt that the power of heaven was unpredictable, and they all paid attention to how the follow-up situation would develop. The old master of the Hanlin Academy, Shitian Zude, was the best official, but he was exiled to Shuo Fang because he relied on the old man and sold the old man to play a little clever in front of the emperor, and his words were wrong. The emperor Shu had a negative example of ignorance of current affairs, and then the will to depose Zhao Yan had already cut off the tongues of the Taoist priests in the court.

In addition to Wang Yunong, Chen Wenyuan, Xu Wenhan and several other important ministers who were responsible for the operation, there were only three guests, such as King Fu, King Yue and Duke Qin. None of the ministers came to congratulate him. Surprisingly, King Ning and King Kang, who had not yet returned to Beijing, sent the chief bookkeeper of their respective palaces to send a congratulatory ceremony of 100,000 taels of silver. Anyway, Zhao Yan and the two princes are brothers and sisters of the same father,

Among the few guests, the Qin family and his son are the designated sponsors, and King Ning and King Kang and King Fu and King Yue's uncles and nephews are all immediate family members.

No matter how lively Yang Yan, the old lady of the Yang Mansion, is, she also knows that the emperor, who is not a family member, is not so easy to recognize. For several days, he only nested in the room and rarely showed his head, and he was bored to gather a few domestic servants to fight cards to relieve his boredom. On the day of the wedding, there were also a few good neighbors who tried to come to congratulate Yang Zhi and Shen Yu as they did when they got married, but Yang Yan didn't even blink his eyes and asked the doorman to send them away as soon as possible.

Despite being a late wedding. It's a grand wedding after all. The core protagonists have a tacit understanding that does not need to be spoken, as long as they are under the guise of "Ming Media is marrying", they don't seem to pay much attention to the specifications and pomp of the wedding. The groom's official Yang Zhi has always been thin-skinned, and he is nothing more than to fulfill the waiting procedures for unmarried and pregnant and living together. legitimize a fait accompli on the surface. The wish of the pot-bellied bride Zhao Yan is nothing more than to have a proper status in the Yang family. And the steps under the feet of the emperor and Concubine Mei are a little steeper, but it's better than nothing, right?

The wedding seems simple and grand, but in fact, both the participants and the spectators who shrank their heads and watched carefully consumed a lot of brain cells. In any case, it was finally held as scheduled and ended successfully.

The old man Yang Yan said to his baby son a few days ago: If the emperor wins, won't there be nothing to do with you? That's true. However, even the blind can see that this is definitely only temporary. The successful holding of the wedding did not have any substantial impact on Yang Zhi's life. All eyes were on the Emperor, but he didn't need to. Now, although the emperor is busy with a lot of things, he can't use him for a while, but once he frees up his brain and hands, he will come to the door. Therefore, Yang Zhile took advantage of this rare short gap to enjoy the honeymoon of the newlywed Yan'er, which should have expired long ago.

In the following days, it is worth mentioning that not only the confidants of the forbidden army under Zhou Ting, the general of the forbidden army, who were not of high rank, were promoted to be rewarded and reused, but also Zhang Desheng, Wang Biao, Liu Dang, Zhu Dawei, Luo Ying, Chen Zhun, Hu Zhixiong, Xiao Gang, Guo Rui, Zhong Tao, and other ten lieutenants who accompanied Yang Zhi to Tongguan to greet him, were all specially promoted to the partial generals of the forbidden army, and Yang Zhi promised 20,000 soldiers to be rewarded and paid in full.

For the ten lieutenants who were originally unsatisfactory in the forbidden army, the promotion by leapfrogging was already a big fortune in the smoke of the ancestral tomb, and they actually made an extra big windfall, isn't Yang Zhineng grateful for giving them the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune? Because Feihu Hou had already found a way to "advance" and cash in, of course he had to return it to his old man. Taking the opportunity to return the silver, it is indispensable to be grateful from the bottom of my heart for the kindness of the Flying Tiger Marquis.

I didn't want Yang Zhiqian to accept it, but no one was there. Yang Zhi never doubted the emperor's unstingy measure when he should be generous, but he also never doubted the emperor's good memory and shrewdness that was not inferior to the profiteers. made a cameo appearance as a general who led the troops to meet him, not only did hundreds of thousands of taels of silver have already fallen into his pocket, but he also knocked on a grain store worth four million taels, he was already quite satisfied with such a reward, why be insatiable? As soon as he turned around, he did not hesitate to give the silver to the emperor again. I don't want any silver, and I don't see anyone, just to worry about the emperor.

Chen Wenyuan and Wang Yunong are both national treasure-level ministers who have been tempered thousands of times, and in accordance with the emperor's will, they quickly filled the vacancy after the fall of the crown prince and Wei Su, and took on the important task of acting the daily military and political affairs of the country. The two are old partners who have served the emperor for decades, so they are naturally familiar with each other. Even so, after all, the two of them are old and have low energy, and they are so busy almost every day that their eyes are black.

The prince's attempted usurpation can be called the No. 1 serious case in Tianzi since the founding of Great Xia, and Xu Wenhan was appointed to preside over the trial, which is obviously not easier than the two old men.

The prince's party tried to usurp the facts, and the case was not complicated, so there was really nothing to try. Besides, there is already a ready-made scapegoat who is too dead to die, and the emperor has also half-concealed the tone of disposition, but the problem now is that the game is not the truth. Knowing that it was to cover his ears and steal the bell, he also had to concoct a tight-fitting "case" according to the needs of the emperor. On the premise that there is absolutely no way to say clearly, all the people involved in the case should be guided to collectively enter the "case" and must bite the bullet and not change their words throughout their lives. Finally, it is necessary to accurately understand the emperor's mind and draft a "just" judgment without flaw......

It is not so much a trial as a test of Xu Wenhan's ability to make up stories, a test of his means of doing political and ideological work, and a test of his political wisdom. It is a system project with a high degree of difficulty!

Xu Wenhan has a lot of opportunities, and it is not difficult for a person of his grade to quickly formulate a set of construction plans.

The difficulty lies in the implementation.

Backbone criminals such as the abolished prince Zhao Heng, Wei Su and the three marquis of the Li family are by no means stupid people who have not seen much of the world, and it stands to reason that the word "hijacking" from the emperor's holy decree should be able to sniff out a glimmer of life. As long as Xu Wenhan clicks on the side slightly, the vast majority of people may not be too difficult to save their lives as long as they are willing. But there is still such a thing as integrity and faith in this world, and there are really people who are not afraid of death. There are not a few people who calmly accept the reality of becoming a king and losing a king, and regard stretching their necks and going to the emperor's butcher's knife as sacrificing their lives for righteousness. Lowering one's head and enduring humiliation is a more cruel punishment for these people than killing them.

How can these ignorant people collectively accept the "case" that the emperor needs? How to make them bow their heads and confess their sins in a unified voice? And how do you guarantee that the truth will rot in their stomachs forever?

The first hard nail that Xu Wenhan encountered on the first day of the trial turned out to be Wei Su. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )