Chapter 18 Kyoto
When I entered Kyoto again, I felt a kind of solemnity, Kyoto's various city gates set up checkpoints, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, too, just changed an emperor, and now it is estimated to be an eventful autumn.
As soon as Jian Shi entered Kyoto, he saw that Prime Minister Wei and General Xiao seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and the two saw the team led by Jian Shi coming, with a smile on their faces, Chen Yu opened the curtain, "Lord Thorn Shi, General Xiao and Prime Minister Wei are here." ”
Jian Shi looked down and saw two people sitting on a horse looking at her, Jian Shi apologized slightly, it seemed that he couldn't get up after being poisoned, the two obviously knew this, and they didn't blame it at all, but a trace of guilt flashed on their faces, "Virtuous nephew, you are injured, you don't need to be polite" Jian Shi coughed slightly, his face became more and more pale.
"Virtuous nephew, please follow me back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, I have prepared a reception banquet for you." Wei Cheng stroked his beard and said with a smile, and Jian Shi nodded, "It's better to be respectful than to obey." Jian Shi went to the Prime Minister's Mansion with the two of them, the Prime Minister's Mansion is still the Prime Minister's Mansion, it seems that something has changed, and nothing seems to have changed, as if it was a world away.
"Our generation assassin Lord Shi is back, this merit of governing Xuanzhou is not small, but this generation is going to be removed?" As soon as Jian Shi came in, she heard someone laughing at her, and Jian Shi was not annoyed, "Brother Yue Xian, how do you say this, the size of the official position is just Jun's grace."
Yue Xian laughed when he heard this, "Brother Jian really replied, just now I bet with everyone that Brother Jian will definitely have an official tone when he goes, and it is true." The others all laughed when they heard it, and Prime Minister Wei was silent when he came in, and when he smiled and watched them joke about Jane, Jian Shi was not annoyed, and let them talk and laugh.
Prime Minister Wei pretended to cough twice, and when everyone saw him at the door, they hurriedly collected their smiles, "I've seen the lord" Prime Minister Wei Cheng shook his hand, "I'm relieved to see that you get along so well." "Everyone didn't dare to be really unscrupulous when they got up.
When Jane saw the legendary third son of the Wei family at the banquet, it was indeed as the housekeeper said, the third son was easy to distinguish, when Wei Liuxuan saw Jane, he was stunned for a while, he thought it was just the same name, but he didn't expect it to be the scholar of the academy, Jian Shi raised his glass and smiled at him, Wei Liuxuan unconsciously raised the cup, took a sip and was stunned.
After three rounds of drinking, Jian Shi came to the previous room, the room was very clean, it could be seen that someone often took care of it, Jian Shi brushed the piano on the table, his mood was a little complicated, half a year from a bookkeeper to the Xuanzhou Thorn History, maybe after this she will become the Xuanzhou Thorn History, what happened in Xuanzhou made all the small meanings in front of Jian Shi change, maybe what Jian Shi thought before was to complete the task, but now Jian Shi does not want to be restrained by a small task.
Jian Shi leaned on the bedrail and closed her eyes, from the information she got at the banquet, after the enthronement ceremony, a situation will be formed, the emperor is young, the prime minister is regent, the general is assisted, and the queen mother will listen to the government, and they will enter a period of calm after that.
But from the information she knew, it was the end of autumn, and the Jiang clan would be preparing to march into the Central Plains in early spring. Now the Central Plains is in an empty situation, the previous emperor's reign, a large number of construction, increase the conscription of military service, now the country can no longer aggravate this situation, otherwise it will cause public anger, external strife is not resolved, and cause internal strife is the most terrible.
So it's very nerve-wracking now, Jian Shi rubbed his temples, comparing the Jiang clan with the current Central Plains, it is even more nerve-wracking, the Jiang clan grew up immediately, and its most famous is the cavalry, and in recent years, the Jiang clan has integrated the entire grassland, and those tribes have gradually been unified, now is the time when they are the most powerful, if they take advantage of this opportunity to attack the Central Plains, it is definitely a disaster.
I can only prepare in this short time, and it would be nice if there was a way to delay this time.
Three days, the time has passed, the ceremony began, Jian Shi followed Prime Minister Wei to the court, the people in the court are obviously divided into three camps, the royalist faction and the prime minister's mansion faction, and the general's mansion faction, the three factions are you can't get used to me, I can't get used to you, but they are still peaceful, they are also fully prepared at the enthronement ceremony, and after the enthronement ceremony is completed, the Jiang envoys came.
"In order to express his joy to the new emperor's accession to the throne, the Khan of our clan specially gave this gift" After speaking, he saw the envoy looking at the little emperor proudly, "Eight sweat and blood horses." Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar, and the generals were a little surprised and couldn't help themselves, sweat and blood, and the grassland didn't have much in a year, which was a big deal. The envoy looked at these people's surprised expressions for a moment, and then with contempt.
"But we have a request," the envoy spoke again, "our khan said that the people of the Central Plains have always been very clever, but we are not convinced, if you can unravel this picture, we will not only admit that you are clever, but will willingly give you these horses." Hearing this, the courtiers all looked at me and I looked at you, pushing each other, and the Queen Mother asked, "Who wants to try"? The prime minister looked at everyone's eyes with disappointment, stepped forward, and made a slight compilation, "Can the minister give it a try?" "Yun" The Queen Mother felt a pain in her heart and answered stiffly.
Prime Minister Wei Cheng stepped forward to take the picture, was furious, and threw it on the ground suddenly, "You, you are so bold" Wei Cheng took a few steps back, glared angrily, glanced at the picture at a glance, and instantly understood why the prime minister was angry, the map was drawn on the map, which was a naked provocation to them.
Jian Shi squinted his eyes, such a bold messenger, it seems that the Jiang clan is indeed ready to attack the Central Plains, this is just a foreshadowing, and he wants to give the Central Plains a dismount in advance.
"Our gift has been brought, and we hope you enjoy it." After the envoy finished speaking, he didn't care about everyone's reaction, arched his hand insincerely, turned around and walked out of the hall with a laugh.
"The Jiang clan is planning to tear the last veil directly." Many people have this idea in their hearts, but they are helpless, Guoli decided to speak straight, and now they really don't dare to face them directly.
"How can it be justified, how can it be justified." General Xiao looked at this picture, and then looked at the dodging eyes of the courtiers and felt a burst of anger, in addition to anger is more sadness, if such a courtier country can really be strong, it can only be said that it is the luck of the country.
Jian Shi sighed, the only thing he can do now is to restore the national strength as soon as possible, it's useless to say anything, the sin made by the predecessor will have to clean up the mess.
Obviously, Prime Minister Wei understood this truth, and after the ceremony that day, he went directly to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and asked the Queen Mother to come over, "See the Holy Lord, see the Queen Mother." Wei Yanshou saluted the two of them.
"Hurry up, please" The Queen Mother hurriedly stepped forward and helped Wei Yanshou up.
"The Queen Mother, the ceremony cannot be abolished" Wei Yanshou pulled the Queen Mother's hand away and said respectfully, with tears shining slightly in his eyes.
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth and took a few steps back stiffly, "Wei Yanshou, do you really want to do this to me?" ”
"You are a gentleman, I am a minister, and etiquette cannot be abolished," Wei Yanshou said again.
"Okay, okay, then I don't know why the Prime Minister is here?" The Queen Mother asked through gritted teeth.
Wei strictly guarded a meal "Today's life is difficult, the people are poor, the first emperor built a lot of construction, resulting in the emptiness of the treasury, but the first emperor and the villain Yuan Xianchen, there are very few people available now, and I implore the descendants of the empress dowager to resume the imperial examination, not limited to the students of any college, meritocracy, for the virtuous is used, and reduce the forced labor, so that the country can recuperate." Wei Yanshou said with a calm face and without any emotion.
Although the Empress Dowager "Yun" was angry, she was also unambiguous in major matters, and after Wei Yanshou's words, she had calmed down.
The Queen Mother put pen to paper to write this holy decree, after the Queen Mother finished writing the holy decree, she gritted her teeth, no matter what, she still wanted to know his answer, the Queen Mother looked at the prime minister's eyes with tears shining "Dad, even if this is your daughter's choice, but have you ever had a trace of pity for your daughter."
Prime Minister Wei Cheng looked at the Queen Mother after writing the holy decree and made up her mind, raised her eyes to look at her daughter, who was still a young woman, and felt sour in her heart, "Xiaoxiao, this road is your choice, since you have chosen this road, you have to go down, minister" Prime Minister Wei Cheng gritted his teeth and "retired", the Queen Mother's nose was sore, and she wanted to hold the elderly father, seeing her father's back gradually disappearing in front of her, she sat stiffly on the mat, and tears crossed her cheeks and dripped to the ground.
And the little emperor next to him was only three or four years old, and he was already bored and asleep when the two were talking.
The night was still very quiet, and the sound of falling leaves could still be faintly heard, and the woman's sobbing became more and more sad at this time, with a trace of regret and a trace of firmness.