Chapter 224: Stratagem
Murong Zhaoyang is also speechless to this grandmother, you say that she doesn't care for Murong Zhaoyang, but the grandchildren of more than a dozen relatives she hurts Murong Zhaoyang the most, but you say that she loves Murong Zhaoyang, but every time she can't say a few words, it can make Murong Zhaoyang's family affection for her still be shattered, and Murong Zhaoyang, who originally had a trace of admiration for her, instantly felt cold.
After accompanying the Empress Dowager to have lunch in Weiyang Palace, Murong Zhaoyang followed Murong Ren to the imperial study in a little desperation, and drank a few cups of tea in a row, Murong Zhaoyang breathed a sigh of relief, he has lived two lives, and there is really no way to take this imperial grandmother, it is not good to be cold, and it is not good to be too affectionate, this proportion is really not easy to grasp!
"Zhaoyang, your imperial grandmother has been confused all her life, and now that she is older, let's all follow her, her life is not easy! Let's take care of it a little more! Murong Ren looked at Murong Zhaoyang and sighed helplessly, what else should I do? That was his own biological Lao Tzu Niang, disrespectfully following her, he and Murong Xin couldn't bear to be unhappy when she was so old.
Murong Zhaoyang shook his head and said: "Uncle Huang, I know the temperament of the imperial grandmother, and I won't go to my heart, besides, among so many cousins, the most painful thing for the imperial grandmother is me, I won't do anything to hurt the imperial grandmother, don't worry, Uncle Huang!" β
Although Murong Zhaoyang is eager to stay away from the Empress Dowager now, although the Empress Dowager was confused when she was young, she was really obvious to all in the matter of hurting him, and Murong Zhaoyang would not do what he was asked to do now, but there were some things that would not compromise and listen to her is true.
"What you said, Uncle Huang believes, forget it, don't talk about this, Zhaoyang carefully tell me about the cavalry, and now all the sons of the family will withdraw from the cavalry, won't it have an impact?" Murong Ren listened to Murong Zhaoyang's words, and he didn't dwell on this issue, he still trusted his nephew's conduct.
Murong Zhaoyang turned the wrench on his hand and said softly: "Uncle Huang, when the cavalry was formed, I discussed with the seventh brother that I should not let the family interfere in anything in the army, although these family members have been in the military camp for a few years, but when arranging their positions at that time, everyone was arranged with an adjutant around them, and that was prepared for the departure of these family members!" β
"These family sons leave, and the adjutant who was arranged at the beginning will take office immediately, and it will not have the slightest impact on the army, Uncle Huang, you also know that I don't have a good image of most of these family lords now, neither the style of the Shi clan nor the demeanor of the Shi clan, but just wearing a layer of Shi clan skin to decorate the faΓ§ade, besides, isn't there some hidden family that is beginning to emerge now, isn't it common for the new generation of officialdom to replace the old one?"
Murong Ren instantly understood what his nephew meant, and asked with some surprise: "Does Zhaoyang want to use those hidden families to replace these current families?" Does it just work? They are all in-laws, and the interests of each family are intertwined! β
"Uncle Huang, in the face of power and interests, there are no eternal allies, when the seventh brother was assassinated, the Hongnong Yang family was the old Manchu court at that time, but even if he married the Wang family who was the eldest daughter of the Yang family, it was not Mingzhe to protect his life at that time, it was the mother of the future patriarch of the Wang family, Uncle Huang, the so-called in-law allies are just an exchange of interests!"
Murong Zhaoyang pursed his lips and continued: "Uncle Huang, this time Brother Seventh Brother and I have returned all these sons of the family to Chang'an, they are all descendants of various families, or they are the amazing and brilliant children in the side lineage, come back together, and they are all a few years old, Uncle Huang, you say, there are so many positions that the imperial court can give, what will they do?" β
"You deliberately, the secret fold given to me by the prince only said that it was not appropriate for these sons of the family to stay in the army, let them go back to Chang'an, and the others did not say it carefully, what do you two brothers mean?" Murong Ren looked at Murong Zhaoyang and felt like he had been cheated by his son and nephew for a moment.
Murong Zhaoyang looked at Murong Ren and smiled and said: "Actually, at the beginning, we didn't think about asking them all to come back at once, just thinking that the older of them had passed the age of establishment, and they were all carefully cultivated by various families, if they were left in the army, I was afraid that it would be inappropriate, so we thought about letting them come back in batches, and they had been trained in the army, whether it was for any place or something else, they should not be as greedy as their parents." β
"The three of us brothers had no experience before, and everything was slowly groping forward, so I didn't think that the army, especially the cavalry, could not let the family get involved, and sent these families back to Chang'an in batches, so that they could choose again, instead of staying in the army to be a general, but last year Mingzhu was pregnant, and things were a little out of control!"
Glancing at Murong Ren, Murong Zhaoyang's hammer eyes gently continued: "Our brothers discussed, directly blocked Wangjian River, and directly issued a gag order for Mingzhu's pregnancy, so that many hidden problems all surfaced, and my seventh brother and I were also shocked, and then Mingzhu gave birth safely, and my father and mother also rushed over, mentioning this, my father and mother also talked about the situation in Chang'an!" β
"My seventeenth brother was angry and said directly: Since there are so many conspiracies and tricks, then let them all go back to Chang'an, anyway, one radish and one pit, let them fight by themselves, we still worry about their future careers, they have this mind and use us to worry about it, since they are all so smart, then put them together, maybe they can toss out a few decrees that are good for the people of Lishu!"
Murong Ren looked at Murong Zhaoyang with some surprise and asked, "You said that Murong Bowen brought this up?" That's what he could think, uh......"
Murong Ren didn't say the latter words, but Murong Zhaoyang also knew what he was going to say, so he had to pretend not to hear it and said: "It is rumored that the seventeenth brother is mediocre and honest, and the emperor's uncle is all my Murong royal bloodline, where can I be mediocre and honest in mediocrity, unless those who have a gentleman in their bones, but even if they are a gentleman, it is good to divide people!" β
"Aunt Jin has been bumpy for half her life on the seventeenth brother a son, in order to marry the seventeenth sister-in-law for the seventeenth brother, but it is guaranteed that as long as the seventeenth sister-in-law gives birth to a son-in-law, the seventeenth brother will not accept two colors, the imperial uncle thinks, such a seventeenth brother raised by the aunt of the king of Jin will be mediocre? It's just a deliberate rumor, not to mention, Uncle Huang has forgotten that together with the mediocre reputation of Brother Seventeen, there is also honesty, and this honesty is louder than mediocrity! β
Murong Ren was stunned for a moment, he really hadn't thought about it, but he always felt that Brother Jin was out of tune, and it was not easy for Jin Wang's sister-in-law, although this son of the world was not smart, he was honest and loyal, it was not easy to see that Jin's sister-in-law, whether he was the emperor, or the queen mother and queen in the palace, including his own royal brother, they all took care of it openly and secretly!