Chapter 313: King Zhao chooses a concubine
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Yan Rong was imprisoned for a crime, and the incumbent governors of the entire Youyan region were implicated one after another, and there was a tendency to intensify, like dominoes, triggering a chain reaction. Under the repeated confrontation of the prince, the king of Han and the king of Jin, the largest force group in the three courts, one after another were impeached and convicted, and all the governors of the assassination history happened to be gathered in the Beijing Dynasty, which gave the court a lot of convenience.
In just one day after Yan Rong's fall, and the old land of more than ten governors in the 54 prefectures, most of the northeast region was dark. In addition to the new Yanzhou Governor Shi Qu Tutong and Wuzhou Governor Shi Yang Lin, the original seven governors plus two assassins, only one Yingzhou Governor Assassin Shi Wei Chong finally escaped this round of storm with the power of the Wei family, and the remaining seven governors plus two assassins were all convicted, and the four prefecture assassins such as Jicang, who was cut out of Youzhou Mansion last year, also failed to escape this round of storm. This round of storm is extremely ferocious, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the storm is directed at King Jin. The leader of this round of storm was the joint counterattack of the princelings and the Han Wang Party against the Jin Wang Party, and there was even obvious support from the Son of Heaven behind the scenes.
Both in the government and the opposition, many people feel overwhelmed and confused. I don't understand how King Jin was just worshiped by the emperor as the marshal of the Northern Expedition and commanded the army of all roads, how in the blink of an eye, the forces that King Jin had painstakingly managed in Shandong over the years were uprooted.
However, Yi Feng had already prepared for this. It doesn't seem strange. As the saying goes, hit a stick to give a sweet date. And the emperor just gave King Jin a big carrot, so naturally he had to follow with a stick. On the one hand, Yang Guangwei was marshal. He was given the command of the Northern Expeditionary Army, but on the other hand, he successively attacked the governors of Hebei who stood on Yang Guang's side. Obvious Yang Jian-style wrists.
Taking down six governors and six thorns at one time, the entire government and the opposition were shaken, and this storm has not weakened, and it seems that it is getting stronger and stronger, wanting to set the prairie on fire. According to what Wang Hai sent someone to secretly reveal to Yi Feng, the Son of Heaven did not intend to stop immediately, and it seemed that this fire would definitely not stop everywhere, and at least a large number of state and county officials and a large number of town generals under the governor's mansion would be taken out. It can be said that the emperor has made it clear that he is going to change blood in Yandi this time.
Yang Guang's life is a little sad now. just became the marshal of the Northern Expedition as he wished, and excluded Gao Gong, the crown prince, Yang Liang and others from this expedition, but who would have thought that the Son of Heaven would destroy the power network that he had painstakingly operated in Hebei for many years. He was unwilling, but at this time, he could only sit and watch weakly, and he didn't even dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction. Yang Guang is very clear about this round of storm, although it is the prince and the king of Han who are singing in front of the stage, but it is the Son of Heaven who is really manipulating behind the scenes. He could also guess some of the meaning of the Son of Heaven. The hand of the Son of Heaven is for balance. This shows that the Son of Heaven is very likely not to choose between him and the crown prince at the moment, and he is not willing to let him rush too fast. He was unwilling in his heart, and the prince was incompetent. Why can't the emperor just transfer the position of prince to himself? If he becomes the crown prince, then he will definitely do more than Yang Yong, and he will be able to inherit this dynasty better in the future.
"More than ten years of hard work. Destroyed! Yang Guang was heartbroken.
"There is no way back to this, and now we can do it. It's silence. Xiao Chen Pingyu Wenshu held the tea bowl and looked at the yellow and transparent tea soup in the bowl. He said with a long sigh. "If the king is angry and angry at this time, then he is in the trap of the prince and the king of Han."
Zhang Heng nodded hurriedly, "What Chief Yuwen said is right, the most important thing to be careful about at the moment is His Majesty's suspicion." His Royal Highness is now the marshal of the Northern Expedition, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops, it is the time for the tree to make a big move, even if His Royal Highness is His Majesty's son-in-law, but the weight of power in his hands, it is impossible not to let His Majesty take a little more precautions. This is where the storm comes from. However, although many years of operation in the north were ruined, we also succeeded in monopolizing the command of the Northern Expedition this time, as long as we win this battle, His Royal Highness will win the battle with great victory, and the battle for succession will be a success. Besides, we are actually not the losers this time, and the state governor's office was divided into two, and eleven states were divided into Youzhou governor's offices, and Zhao Wang Yang Lin served as the governor of Youzhou. The state was greatly reduced, and the king of Han was also a loser. And nominally, King Zhao is the prince's son-in-law, and King Zhao has become the governor of Youzhou, and it seems that the prince's party is the biggest winner. But in fact, King Zhao is in Cao Ying's heart in Han, he is the king's person, in the final analysis, this time we seem to lose on the surface, but in fact it is a steady profit. The real loser was the King of Han, and his annexed state capital suddenly lost the land of the eleven states of Youyan. The crown prince is also a loser, he gets nothing. ”
"In this way, it is much cheaper than Yang Lin." Duan Da said with a smile.
"King Zhao is also from the king's side." Zhang Heng said.
"Your Highness can guarantee that King Zhao will continue to stand on our side in the future, but I am afraid that he will get carried away for a while, thinking that his wings are stiff, and he will be disobedient." Guo Yan, the governor of Hongzhou, said gloomily.
Yang Guang narrowed his eyes and lowered his head in contemplation, during this time, Yang Guang had also been thinking about this problem. Seeing that the bastard's wings are getting harder and harder now, he doesn't have much confidence in his heart about whether he can control this bastard. However, Yang Lin still respects him very much, but it is difficult for him to be sure whether his heart is so consistent. But he couldn't think of a better way, and now Yang Lin's rise made him secretly surprised, the Son of Heaven reused Yi Feng to the point of being hasty, but his nominal uncle couldn't say anything. He thought about it again, when he had a private discussion with Yang Lin and Yang Su, he had agreed to let Yang Lin serve as the commander of the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expedition, but when he was in the palace on the last day, he broke his promise that he did not recommend Yi Feng, nor did he let Yang Su recommend Yi Feng as agreed. Originally, it was not a big deal, but who would have thought that at the last moment, the prince and the Han Wang party suddenly attacked and convicted Yan Rong, the commander of his scheduled East Road, and then the Son of Heaven appointed Yang Lin to be the marshal of the East Road, and also separated a Youzhou Governor's Mansion from Bingzhou. Let Yang Lin sit in the big manager.
I didn't pay attention to this bastard child. There will be unexpected scenes. Just like this time, who wants to fight the three families. In the end, Yang Lin, the king of Zhao, became the biggest fisherman.
"I heard that the crown prince and the king of Han have prepared a list, ready to recommend their own people to take over the vacancy of the governor of Youzhou Mansion." Zhang Heng said. Zhang Heng's information is reliable after all, because he has an extremely good and credible relationship in the palace, and it is Zhang Quan, one of the two chief officials of the Inner Servant Province. Zhang Quan and Zhang Heng are of the same clan as their ancestors, but the two families are far apart, but in terms of speaking, the two are of the same generation, but their ancestors branched off a few generations ago. Later, after Zhang Quan won the trust of Queen Dugu in the palace and became one of the chief officials of the Inner Chamberlain Province, Zhang Heng also intended to make friends. Gradually, the two really got closer, as if they were brothers.
"I heard Yang Yue say that King Zhao also drew up a list." Duan Dadao. Although there are only two inner servants in the province, Wang Hai and Zhang Quan, although Yang Su's brother Yang Yue is not a eunuch, but because he was naughty in his early years, he climbed the tree and hung up the eggs and became a eunuch, so he won the trust of the emperor with a unique advantage and was able to move around the court. It is a figure in the palace that is not inferior to Wang Hai and Zhang Quan.
After hearing this, Yuwen Shu didn't react excessively: "No matter how they fight, anyway, King Jin is not suitable to meddle in the affairs of Youzhou Mansion now." However, although King Zhao was awarded the title of the governor of Youzhou Mansion, he was originally just a reckless man, and he could have any suitable person in his hands to recommend him to serve as the chief governor of the assassin and other high positions. You must know that the chief assassin Shi Ke is a real high-ranking official of the third or fourth grade, and the green forest minions under him are only afraid that they are not qualified. ”
"I've heard. King Zhao seems to be preparing to recommend Tang Guogong Li Yuan, as well as Taishi Li's Taifu, Yu's Taibao, Wei's and other princes. ”
"I see, does King Zhao also want to win over the big lords in the DPRK?"
"It's up to him. Presumably, if you put up a hot face, you can only get a few cold butts from the big valves. Guo Yan laughed. These big lords in Beijing are the top gate valves that even the emperor is afraid of, and even the princes who are powerful have to show favor and woo them. A newly promoted emperor, King Zhao, wants to win them over by recommending a few governors to assassinate them, which is really whimsical.
Guo Yan also has a reason to say this, not to mention the fatal thing that Yang Lin was actually born to the illegitimate son of King Jin, even if Yang Lin Zhao is the prince's concubine, but after all, he has been reckless for many years. How can even if he recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors, he is still loved by the Son of Heaven, but for a while, he has the name of King Zhao and the position of the general manager of Youzhou, but if he wants to transform this into a strong strength, it is not something that can be done in a short time. The reason why today's King of Jin has become the biggest opponent of the prince is because Yang Guang, the king of Jin, has been out of the town at the beginning of the founding of the country, has sat in several places, and led the army several times. And for example, Yang Liang, the king of Han, is more powerful than the king of Jin and the current king of Zhao, but the king of Han has been in charge of the state for almost two years, and his real strength is not much, which is far inferior to the king of Jin.
"Don't be careless and lose Jingzhou." Suddenly, a voice sounded, but it was Xiao Meiniang, the princess of Jin, who entered Yang Guang's study, and she was quite familiar with several of Yang Guang's henchmen, so it was not too abrupt to come in suddenly, but Yang Guang still frowned a little unhappily.
"Why is the princess here?" Yang Guang asked.
Xiao Meiniang saluted everyone, and then said to Yang Guang: "Just now, Mrs. Cai sent someone to the house to bring a piece of news. ”
Yang Guang knew that this Mrs. Cai was talking about one of the two ladies in the palace who are now extremely favored by the emperor, Mrs. Ronghua Cai. The news that the Cai family brought out must be very important, otherwise the Xiao family would not have broken in so rashly. His face couldn't help but become solemn, "What's the news?" ”
Xiao Meiniang sighed, and then said: "Mrs. Cai asked her to send a message to the slave, saying that she heard that the queen was discussing with Her Majesty, and was ready to choose Princess Zhao for King Zhao, and to marry a famous lady among the big lords in Beijing as a concubine. Several wealthy families such as Li, Wei, Yu, Pei, Yuan, Dugu, Zheng, Zhang, and Wang have been preliminarily circled. ”
Hearing the news, everyone in the study couldn't help but gasp. This news is very important, and the meaning behind it is even more thought-provoking.
"Didn't King Zhao marry the white-haired princess of Northern Qi earlier, why do you still choose a concubine now?" Guo Yan asked urgently. They had all seen Gao Qianxue at the beginning, and knew that King Zhao's wife was the princess of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and she was also a sick woman with white hair and white eyebrows, and King Zhao was actually in the Gao family at the beginning. Now that King Zhao has a wife, he should directly canonize this Gao family as the princess now. Why is it necessary to choose another princess?
"The queen said that Gao's illness is not enough to serve as Princess Zhao, and King Zhao, as the eldest grandson of the royal family and the head of the East Palace, should choose a daughter of a dignified and well-connected lord as the main concubine."
Yang Guang only felt that his teeth hurt badly, and the emperor and empress wanted to choose a concubine for Yang Lin, this matter was definitely not as simple as it seemed. Just now, Guo Yan also said that Yang Lin's foundation is too shallow, and even if he is favored for a while, he does not have the corresponding strong strength. also said that even if Yang Lin recommended the children of the Zhumen Valve to serve in the Youzhou Mansion under his jurisdiction, he could not really win over the Zhumen Valve. But now the emperor chooses a concubine for him, if he chooses the daughter of a gate valve as his concubine, then the relationship between this gate valve and Yang Lin is a marriage. A rightfully popular King Zhao, if he marries a powerful gate valve, then Yang Linke's strength will increase dramatically, which should not be underestimated.
Yang Guang was even a little jealous of Yi Feng, why couldn't he be so favored by the emperor and queen like Yi Feng. Over the years, he has worked hard for the Great Sui River, sat in the locality, and worked hard, but there is a prince and a king of Han. This time, he finally won the position of commander of the Northern Expedition when the crown prince and the king of Han were both cowering, but the emperor pulled out all the stalls he had painstakingly operated in Hebei in a blink of an eye. And Yi Feng, it was so smooth that it made him envious and jealous!
This bastard is a variable that is difficult to grasp!
"Tell the king, someone from the palace will convey the holy parable of His Majesty." The guards reported and interrupted Yang Guang's thoughts. When Yang Guang heard that someone was coming from the palace, he hurriedly got up and rushed to the front hall to greet the palace envoy.
"The Supreme and the Sage have an edict to send the King of Jin and his wife, tonight the two saints will come to the Zhao Wang's Mansion to set up a family banquet, and the royal descendants should go to the banquet" The fire from the palace passed the oracle in front of him. (To be continued......)