Chapter 458: The First Snow
Fang Yingwu could almost say that it was impossible for Concubine Wan and his group to succeed in trying to set up another prince, but he couldn't say a reason that was enough to convince people.
He can't tell Wang Zhi that he has traveled through time and knows the future direction of history, but Wang Zhi is still puzzled, which side should she choose?
In Wang Zhi's mind, there are Wan Guifei and Shao Chen, the two most favored concubines blowing the pillow wind, plus Zhu Youqi himself is particularly pleasing to the Son of Heaven because of his cleverness, and Liang Fang and a national teacher Fang Shi beat the side drums, and the foreign court also has the secret support of the first assistant Wan An, and it is very likely that Zhu Youqi will be appointed as the crown prince.
Although the current crown prince has the support of the vast majority of courtiers, the Empress Dowager Zhou, and the eunuch Huai'en, who is in charge of the seal, he is in an absolute advantage in terms of official appearance and etiquette. But when it comes to the influence on the Son of Heaven, the people on the prince's side are far inferior to those on the other side mentioned above, and the people who the Son of Heaven really trusts in his heart are the favorite concubines, the first assistants, and the national teachers.
What's more, the attempt to set up another crown prince was led by Wan Guifei, and Wang Zhi really couldn't refuse Wan Guifei's will. Especially when Wang Zhi is trying to return to the DPRK to rebuild the West Factory, he urgently needs the support of Wan Guifei.
But Fang Yingwu's words seem to have a unique magic, and Fang Yingwu has repeatedly staged magical and prescient deeds over the years, which makes Wang Zhi dare not completely ignore it.
The East Palace is related to the country, and the matter is so serious that she really doesn't dare to deviate from it, and the last two thoughts are entangled with each other in Wang Zhi's heart, and they are so entangled that they almost make her collapse.
"I don't want to, I don't want to!" Eunuch Wang patted his face in distraught, "Let's take one step at a time!" I still want to think about how to rebuild the West Factory first. What are your good ideas? ”
Fang Yingwu shook his head and said: "You know, I don't want you to take the old path again, if you are the commander of the West Factory again, it is destined to be difficult to have a good death." ”
Wang Zhi said resentfully: "If you don't want to help, forget it, when I didn't recognize you, I was just as successful!" Now without your help, I don't believe I can't do it! ”
Fang Yingwu got up to say goodbye, and when he walked to the door, he heard Wang Zhi muttering: "I have no conscience, and I don't know who I am for."
He couldn't help but feel soft in his heart, but remembered the fate of a high-profile eunuch in history. Still gritted his teeth and went out. Resolutely cannot condone Wang Zhi to seize power again. It's also for her good.
However, the day after that, the eunuch of the imperial horse, the eunuch of Datong Town, the eunuch of the Jingying Supervisor, and the former governor of Xichang Wang Zhi swaggered in front of the public of Beijing, and visited several yamen in a row.
Then Eunuch Wang swaggered through the city again and came to the vicinity of Lingji Palace outside the Xi'an Gate. The pretended to go around the old site of the West Factory five or six times.
Something like this happened. Eunuch Wang didn't have to say anything. Immediately, public opinion was in an uproar. There was a lot of discussion in the court, could it be that the Son of Heaven was going to re-establish the West Factory?
The gossip spread widely, for the princes of the Chenghua Dynasty. The West Factory is definitely a lingering shadow.
Although the former West Factory only existed for four years, it is much more fierce and domineering than the East Factory, which has basically done nothing for more than ten years.
There was even an unlucky guy who received two taels of silver as a gift, and was arrested and tortured by the West Factory and then characterized as a bribe. More than two years ago, when the West Factory was dismissed, I don't know how many courtiers breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Eunuch Wang was high-profile again, where did the courtiers still hold on? Suddenly, more than 20 letters were sent into the Ouchi in a row, and he sternly asked His Majesty not to repeat the mistakes of the past and eat back grass, and move against the trend to re-establish the West Factory.
What nonsense! Fang Yingwu smiled bitterly, Wang Zhi was definitely repeating the old trick, intending to take advantage of the rebellious psychology of the Son of Heaven.
Originally, the Son of Heaven may not have thought so, but the ministers did not mention which pot to mention the West Factory, maybe it made the Son of Heaven have the idea of rebuilding the West Factory. At the same time, Wan Guifei blew the pillow wind again to intercede
However, the follow-up development was unexpected, and under the continuous questioning of the courtiers, the Son of Heaven expressed his position in public in the early court and had absolutely no intention of rebuilding the West Factory.
Then Fang Yingwu saw Wang Zhi like an injured kitten, hiding in the hotel without seeing outsiders, and she was not good at drinking, but she took the initiative to use wine to drown her sorrows.
Fang Yingwu persuaded: "Saion is not a blessing if he loses his horse, the West Factory is already history, you will accept your fate, maybe it is a good thing." ”
Wang Zhi drinks very poorly, and once she drinks, the consequences are always unimaginable. After three glasses of wine today, she suddenly changed as if she were a person, first slapped Fang Yingwu's hat off, and then forcibly led Fang Yingwu to the inner room. Then it was according to the prescription to resist the death, and it lasted from noon until the evening before he woke up.
On that day, the sky over the capital suddenly became cloudy, and it began to snow in the evening. As the saying goes, snow is a good thing in winter, but the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and it rains all night.
The next day, after getting up, Fang Yingwu stepped on the steps a few times and found that the snow was almost half a foot deep. As a parent official in Wanping County, it will definitely not be easy to encounter this kind of disaster.
Lou Tianhua reminded: "This snow is the worst in recent years, after such a heavy snowfall, according to the usual practice, the palace must send an order to ask the county to send people to the palace to clear the snow." Otherwise, relying only on the eunuchs and maids in the palace will not be able to sweep the snow in the huge palace at all. ”
Do you want to temporarily requisition people to do this? After Fang Yingwu was slightly surprised, his face put on a look of worrying about the country and the people, and sighed: "Changtai rested to hide his tears, and mourned the difficulties of the people's livelihood. The people are busy all year round, and it is rare that winter is a leisure time, but unexpectedly suffered another disaster, and they have to be conscripted for service. ”
Lou Tianhua couldn't hold back a smile: "The proprietor, you are too worried, the work of entering the palace to clear the snow is different from anything else, the people are only afraid of rushing to go, and they don't have the host's mercy." ”
"Why is that?" Fang Yingwu asked.
Lou Tianhua explained: "Where do ordinary people have the opportunity to enter the palace? And where can you witness the royal landscape? It is only when there is heavy snow that two or three thousand people can enter the palace to clear the snow, and by the way, they can also increase their knowledge. If you pick up hairpins, embroidered shoes, handkerchiefs and other things abandoned by the palace maid, you can boast of it for a year after you go back. ”
As Lou Tianhua expected, before Fang Yingwu finished drinking the hot tea in his hand, an edict was issued from the palace, ordering Wanping County to levy 3,000 servants to enter the palace to sweep the snow.
After the county government notice was posted, Fang Yingwu secretly appeared outside the county office, and sure enough, he saw with his own eyes that there was a hot phenomenon in registration, and countless strong young men crowded in to sign up. What Lou Tianhua said is good, and the people are really very enthusiastic about entering the palace to clear the snow.
Wanping County recruited 3,000 people in one day, and then the next morning, the service people gathered in the county government and set off for the palace together.
Almost all the county officials were also dispatched, escorting and monitoring 3,000 civil servants, all the way to Xihuamen. This group of officers in Wanping County is in charge of the Great Inner Xiyuan, which should be called Zhongnanhai ......in the 21st century.
PS: Do you still have a commuter pass?