Chapter 46: The Prince
After Shen Tingnian recovered from his illness, he tended to play with flowers and plants in the courtyard every day, and when the spring breeze warmed the earth, most of the flowers that were originally hidden in the greenhouse were moved outside, and at the same time, the news that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went out of the Beijing Dynasty to inspect the world was also transmitted.
The palace guards filial piety, frolicking is forbidden in each garden, no matter how boring it is, it is not allowed to have fun, as an example of Puyang Xu is immersed in the government and schoolwork day by day, when the holy decree that sent him out of Beijing to inspect came, he was approving the seal.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please accept the order." The eunuch who passed the decree was Fu'an, the close eunuch next to the emperor, with white hair and a kind smile on his round face, and he respectfully bent down to present the holy decree.
Pu Yangxu stretched out his hand to take it, and his face was not of any color from beginning to end, like a fish sinking in the deep sea, and he couldn't find a trace of emotional fluctuations.
"Chen Luo, send Father-in-law Fu out."
Fu'an saluted: "The old slave retired." ”
Throwing the holy decree on the table, Pu Yangxu looked out of the open window with his back hand, pondered for a while, and asked, "Who handed over the prayer note today?" ”
"Back to His Highness, a total of seventeen people from each department of the three provinces and six ministries handed over the prayer post. There are Liu Zhixiang, Chen Shaoxi, and Shen Ming of the Ministry of Officials...... "Qiu Yu, the newly transferred eunuch of the East Palace, has a woman's face and a voice like a natural child.
After Pu Yangxu listened to the list of people who asked to meet him, he thought that the defense of the north met the people of the military department first, and then the officials...... After surviving, the news of the prince's departure from Beijing for inspection spread all over the palace, and soon the East Palace ushered in a new batch of worship posts, all of which were urgent requests for appointments with red seals.
After reading a long list of names, Qiu Yu's voice was the same as before, but there was sweat on his face, he endured the discomfort, stood straight on the desk, and piled all the posts in front of Pu Yangxu in order, without hindering his place.
Pu Yangxu glanced at it, and the pen in his hand kept approving the seal, "Go and call Jiang Ke." ”
Jiang Ke, the eldest son of the household servant, was last year's new section champion, and now he is compiled by the East Palace, and when he became famous at a young age, he was Pu Yangxu's doorman, and later once he became a branch, everyone thought that he must be on the rise, but the truth was unexpected.
Jiang Ke and Pu Yangxu are of the same age, their appearance is delicate and gentle, they are modest, no matter how many times they come to the East Palace, they all abide by etiquette, and after passing the ceremony, they will only step into after a breath, their eyes will not squint, their steps will be brisk, and they will not take the initiative to ask more questions after visiting the shrine, but only stand and wait for Pu Yangxu to finish the business in hand.
"What does the Taiwan Academy say?" Pu Yangxu put away his pen and asked.
"Serving the Imperial Shi Shen He plays the Imperial Shi Doctor, and the Imperial Doctor wants to play the Inner Servant Province and Fu Duzhi."
Fudu knows that Fu'an is the most trusted person around the emperor, accompanying him from youth to youth to middle age, and it can be said that even Pu Yangxu was born and grew up by him.
"Shen He?" Pu Yangxu held his forehead and closed his eyes for a while.
Jiang Ke had already seen that the table was full of stickers and folds, and Zhu Bi had already approved more than half of it, and knew that Pu Yangxu had been busy for a long time, so he explained gently: "Shen He is one of the six gentlemen of Shenmen, and he was promoted after the spring of last year. ”
Pu Yangxu took the tea handed by Chen Luo, drank it, and nodded, "Is he the only one who wants to play?" ”
"Naturally, it's not enough, but he's really the first." Jiang Ke also received the news after the holy decree, and immediately changed his clothes and entered the palace, and the response from the Yushitai side was also sent to him as soon as possible.
Regardless of the other ministries, the Supervisory Yuan has always been the core of the prince's control over the hundred officials, which was also handed over to the first emperor when he was in charge. Although Jiang Ke did not serve in the Supervision Yuan, he was secretly assigned by the prince to and from the East Palace and the Supervision Yuan, and the identity compiled by the East Palace allowed him to enter and leave the palace at will, and any wind direction outside would pass through him to the prince's hearing.
"It's only been two hours since the news came out, and he got it right." Pu Yangxu's reddish eyes revealed a smile, and he ordered the table, "The six gentlemen of the Shen Sect are really not ordinary. ”
"Shen He is indeed talented, and the minister thinks that this person is useful." Jiang Ke rarely praised people in front of Pu Yangxu, after he finished speaking, he thought, and knelt down to Pu Yangxu, "The minister entered the palace on this trip, and he asked the minister to tell His Highness a word." ”
Pu Yangxu's subtle attitude towards Shen Men began after he had a stalemate with King Cong, so in recent years, everyone in Shen Men has been treated coldly in all kinds, the Shen family has been released, and there are very few in Beijing now, and even many female students enrolled in Fenglai Academy have been suspended due to the mediation of their families.
In particular, as the biggest supporter of Shen Xue, King Cong, the head of the six gentlemen of Shenmen, was ordered to go to the fiefdom to guard the north, and the first emperor was not allowed to return to Beijing after his death. He handed over his request to return to Beijing, but after being refuted by the emperor, he stopped applying for playing.
If it weren't for the fact that Shen Men's situation was getting more and more difficult, Shen He would not have asked Jiang Ke to deliver the message, he wanted to take advantage of current affairs to recommend himself, and he was willing to charge forward for the prince.
Seeing that Pu Yangxu's face was still condensed, Jiang Ke secretly regretted agreeing to Shen He in his heart, he knew that Pu Yangxu's memory was too good, and he was afraid that King Cong's affairs would be remembered too deeply and difficult to dissolve.
"Get up, what he wants to say, let him come into the palace and say it to his face."
After a while, Pu Yangxu changed his attitude lightly, Jiang Ke was puzzled, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly got up and talked about business, "Your Highness, this incident is just an omen, in the final analysis, the prince is embarrassed." ”
The prince is embarrassed, and what goes well or not is one after another, and now the new emperor has been the crown prince for 38 years before he ascended the throne, and the grievances he has suffered for so many years are not something to tell in a few words.
Since he was ready to speak out and advise, Jiang Ke boldly said without reservation, "Your Highness, you are the prince, this word is the reason, there is no father and son." The emperor sent you out of Beijing, just to seize power, when the first emperor was there, the emperor never dared to covet the power of government affairs, for so many years has been His Royal Highness the main government, civil and military officials do not obey ......"
Although the crown prince is embarrassed, the current emperor is in a more embarrassing situation, and the son who assists him on the surface has actually been in control of the government, and he, who is a father, does not have much real power to deal with general affairs.
But now, even if the crown prince is now in a stable position, he is still a minister, throughout the ages, how can a prince and a minister not die?
When it comes to the first emperor, Pu Yangxu's eyes are slightly narrowed, he has been busier than anyone else in the past few months, coupled with the grief in his heart, he can't help but think a little less, and now he listens to Jiang Keyi's words, as if a knife poked his heart, not only pain but also continuous suffering, since he was a child, because of the protection of the first emperor, he acted a lot of freewheeling, sometimes he was resolute, and he never worried about the consequences when he was strict with people, because the first emperor would take care of the aftermath for him.
Pu Yangxu was silent, when the first emperor died, he only cared about sadness, and now that the emperor sent him out of Beijing, he realized that he was at a loss, and the emperor was in a hurry...... With his own life, he can probably understand what is hidden behind the behavior of the person sitting in that position.
"Tomorrow, Zhongshu Province will begin to hand over government affairs and the emperor, and he wants to be pro-government, so he will fulfill his wish." Pu Yangxu glanced at Qiu Yu, who was standing beside him, and the latter immediately understood that he had gone out to pass the word.
Sensing Pu Yangxu's expression, Jiang Ke immediately understood what he had to do, and he hurriedly changed the topic: "This time you go out to Beijing to inspect Your Highness, can you ask the ministers to accompany you?" The forbidden army also had to start selecting the escort team, and the minister thought that several officials from the six departments would need to be selected to accompany him. ”