[Chapter 4, Volume 4]

Section 464

Xuanming Temple.

February in the imperial capital is delicate and delicate. The stamens have appeared, clustered in or above each shade of light green. It has not yet arrived, but it has been colorful.

The east wind brings the fresh breath of Fangfei and spring mud, but the palace walls and the like still have the chill of winter. In such a chill, there is a pulse of spring love - it is because of the beautiful new music in the Xuanming Palace, the court musicians play the intoxicating music with ingenious and clever techniques, and the clear and sweet voice of the courtesan, it seems to be nothing, it seems to be nothing, and it comes out leisurely.

The song blew into the wide square in front of the hall, and the two old men in purple robes and golden crowns lowered their eyebrows, and resolutely knelt under the white marble railing, holding a tooth wat and kneeling upright.

The person on the left of the two is obese, fair-skinned, with thin eyebrows and long eyes that open and close from time to time, although he looks slightly tired because he has been kneeling for a long time, but the gaze staring ahead is as calm as ever, this is the Taishi Duanmu Xing. The de facto presiding officer of the Great Wei Dynasty.

The old man on the right is tall and thin, with a clear face, although he is dressed in purple and wears Zhu, he still can't hide the smell of books, it is Situ Weiyu.

In the position slightly behind them, it was Liu Sihuai, the captain who arrived one step later, although the tall and burly captain was over the age of six, his temples were only slightly frosty, and it was not difficult to guess how powerful his eyes were. But at this moment, Liu Sihuai reined in all his edges, and only knelt silently behind Duanmu Xing.

After the three of them, the black pressure is a hundred officials in the court, just like the court.

Except for Mingpei Hall and Fufeng Hall, as well as the Jiangnan Hall of Sikong Song Yuwang, who has been bedridden since the beginning of spring, the hundred officials are basically all together.

Although it was silent, there was a wordless oppression outside the hall at this moment.

Little by little, it pressed into the main hall.

But an hour passed, and another hour passed...... The temple was silent.

However, the Shen and Su families arrived with Liu Sihuai and participated in the kneeling palace together - for Shen Xuan, this is no way to do it, Duanmu Xing and Wei Yu have already brought eighty percent of the civil and military forces over, kneeling in the palace for state affairs, but the Shen family and the Su family are not among them, and it has been spread out, and the whole country will think that the Shen family and the Su family are cowardly or reckless, and the life and death of the people of the country are light, this is a major event in the name of cowardice and confusion left in Qing History.

In order to prevent the reputation of the family that has been saved for hundreds of years from being disgraced in their own hands, although these two families are so unimpressed that the Holy Lord will be forced to kneel in the palace, they can't help but come and make a show at this moment.

By the third hour, the shadow of the sun had set to the west, and among the kneeling people in the palace, they were already unwell, or fainted to the ground, or they could barely support themselves with the help of their colleagues. However, the door of the Xuanming Hall was still closed, as if he didn't know or realize it.

It seems that the people in the palace are obsessed with the encirclement of the beautiful concubines, and they don't know that there are Manchu civil and military chiefs kneeling outside the hall to ask for their lives.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that there was a scarlet robe attendant holding a silver silk dust, with his hands on his sleeves, sweeping the dust between his elbows, sweating profusely, and hurriedly walked to the white marble railing, and said in a low voice: "Princes, please go back, Holy ...... The saint went to Mingguang Palace to visit the concubine! ”

The location of Mingguang Palace is close to the Huishu Palace where the Queen Mother lives, and it is quite far away from the Xuanming Palace. The saint chose to go to Mingguang Palace at this time, with clear intentions.

Duanmu Xing and Wei Yu glanced at each other, their eyes full of bitterness...... Although the waiter's voice was soft, no one came out until the hundred officials knelt in the palace, and they were all listening with bated breath at the moment. Liu Sihuai, Shen Xuan, Su Pingzhan and others could hear it clearly, and couldn't help but sigh silently.

There was silence for a moment, but Duanmu still shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's okay, I'll continue to wait for the return of the saint!" ”

Seeing that he was determined to consume it, the waiter couldn't help but hurriedly say: "The night is heavy and the old lady is old, why bother?" The saint had already said before he started driving, and he would be placed in Mingguang Palace today! ”

"Then the old man will wait until tomorrow morning to return to the temple and announce the light!"

"What if the Holy One lingers in the Mingguang Palace for a few days?" The chamberlain shook his head and said, "The Holy Lord has made up his mind, why should the Grand Master and the princes be like this?" Don't hide it from you, the saint just heard that the princes and hundreds of officials are here, and it is very ...... I don't like it! ”

But Duanmu Xing was iron-hearted, and no matter how persuaded by the servants, he was not allowed to leave. Among the people in the kneeling palace, Duanmu Xing's official residence is also the master of a valve, and he is one of the oldest people in terms of seniority, and he is also one of the largest in terms of age. If he doesn't leave, those who want to leave can't afford to lose this face, so they have to kneel together.

In this way, in the middle of the night, there were already more than a dozen people in the field. Duanmu's body also stiffened, and occasionally looked back at his colleagues who had fallen due to physical exhaustion, his eyes sad but persistent...... Shen Xuanwei really couldn't look past it, and Su Pingzhan made a look, Weng Pingzhan had the same mind, Su Pingzhan moved his knees forward, gently pulled Duanmu Xing's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Brother Duanmu, I have a word, can you listen to it?" ”

Xu was because his physical strength had reached the limit under the long kneeling, Duanmu was shaky, unintentionally greeting, and said in a hoarse voice: "If Brother Su Xian wants to persuade the old man to stop, the old man can't obey his fate." ”

"I'm waiting to kneel in the palace here, just for the peace of Yanzhou." Of course, Su Pingzhan spoke only to persuade Duanmu Xing to try to step down, but since Duanmu Xing had already refused first, he changed his rhetoric and said, "But the saint insisted on not listening, and now he is even far away from Mingguang Palace to avoid him, is it just a matter of spending a few days and letting the land thief sit down?" ”

Duanmu sighed.

He had already guessed what Su Pingzhan meant.

Sure enough, Su Pingzhan's voice was lower: "Hundreds of officials are here, it can be seen that people's hearts are available." The saint doesn't ask about political affairs, so why not ......? ”

"Can we only cut it first and then play it?" Duanmu looked at the dark Xuanming Hall and said in a daze.

He is also the lord of a valve, and his status and qualifications in the scholar clan are on an equal footing with Shen Xuan and Su Pingzhan. However, he was not as indifferent to Da Wei as Shen and Su. Even though the Duanmu family was also greatly suppressed because of the suspicion of the saints, so that the outstanding children of the clan did not dare to behave, Duanmu Xing sincerely hoped that the Great Wei could continue.

This is related to the fact that Duanmu Xing has been an assistant since the last years of the first emperor, and this Great Wei world has basically been taken care of by him in recent decades.

The world is Shen's world, at least nominally.

But the actual caretaker in this world is Duanmu Xing.

From the later years of the former emperor Yizong, Duanmu Xing, who was still young, embarked on the road of important ministers with the support of his family, and began his career of governing the world in place of the lazy monarch.

After decades of hard work, even if Duanmu Xing is not completely honest and self-controlled, many times he has to compromise with the common interests of the scholar clan and the needs of the Duanmu family, but how can he have no feelings for the dynasty that he has devoted his life to? Since the beginning of the Emperor's reign, as for the present, none of the three generations of monarchs has been diligent in government, all of them have lived in the harem for many years, feasting and drinking all day long, only asking about the wine pond meat forest, the beauty is like jade, and not asking the common people and not asking about the society.

There are several feet of dust in the imperial study, but the Taishi Mansion has long been accustomed to the lights in the study all night and all night long.

Assisted two generations of monarchs, and used to annotate with a red pen.

Mediating between the intricate clans, clans, and common people, in the midst of heavy burdens and wind and rain, struggling to maintain the operation and continuation of the Great Wei - it seems that this maintenance has become a habit. Even if he knew that kneeling in the palace would inevitably make the saint think that this was the scholar clan forcing the palace, which caused the saint, who was already increasingly suspicious of the valve reading because of the Yanzhou City incident, to be angry and choose to oppose it to the end.

But......

Duanmu Xing still holds on to the hope of what happens.

He didn't want the Great Wei to decline, let alone the Great Wei to perish.

He hoped that the Holy One would wake up and understand what urgency and relief were......

After all, even the prince faced the saint and failed, even if Duanmu Xing privately begged to see the saint and plead, the result was nothing more than the same.

Kneeling Palace.

This was the only way he could think of it, whether it was to go to the doctor or to be lucky.

All in all, Duanmu Xing is desperate at the moment.

Splendid Duanmu is the same as Fengzhou Wei's, a prosperous family with a literary style, and there are no talents who are good at martial arts.

Otherwise, Su Pingzhan could think of cutting first and then playing, how could Duanmu Xing not think of it?

But just as the saint was not worried about the Liu family, Duanmu Xing would not be worried that the Liu family would lead the Donghu army to attack Yanzhou.

So there has to be a change.

But the only people who can replace the Liu family in commanding the Donghu army are the Shen family and the Su family. Because if you are replaced by a general from the common people, what if you learn from Lu Haozhi? Although the Donghu army trained by the Liu family will not follow him in the rebellion, what if this person deliberately commands the Donghu army to be defeated by Lu Haozhi to make a step into the body?

Even if his family is controlled, the current situation will inevitably chill the other Shu ministers in the DPRK!

As soon as the people's hearts are scattered, how can the scholars alone maintain this great dynasty?

Not to mention that if it weren't for the main general who was also from the same background, even if he led the Donghu army to defeat Yanzhou...... At that time, it may not be able to hold down the position, and at that time, what is the difference between the Liu family and the army?

But Duanmuxing discussed with Shen and Su in private, but the two families were all confused.

After all, in the eyes of these two families, what if Yanzhou is recaptured? The world is in chaos, and there is no master in the country, so it's just a matter of delaying a few more days, so it's better to save some effort.

The most important thing is that the saint is clearly old and confused, and when the scholar clan joined hands with Yi Chu the year before last, the saint still had a clear mind and retreated.

What time is it now, and the saint still plans to let Yanzhou temporarily fall into the hands of Lu Hao, so as to drag down the Liu family...... This kind of old and foolish saint is the most difficult to serve, but if he is not careful, he will directly order you to die in anger, are you against it or not? On the contrary, the Shen family was immediately pushed to the forefront, not to mention - the Xiliang Army had not yet found a reason to enter the Central Plains! If you don't, will you just wait to die......

What's more, the world is chaotic, and there is nothing wrong with being able to weaken the Liu family a little......

All in all, Duanmu Xing can't say that the Shen family and the Su family will send people to lead the troops, and he will lead people to kneel in the palace here, not only to kneel to the saint, but also to the Shen family, the Su family, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces.

At this moment, listening to Su Pingzhan's relaxed tone, Duanmu woke up but still didn't have any joy, and said tiredly: "Then when does Brother Su Xian plan to ......?"

didn't finish asking, but listened to Su Pingzhan said lightly: "Brother Duanmu misunderstood, what my brother meant, is talking about the matter of Yanzhou, let's just deal with it, why bother with the saint?" Don't you know that over the years, the saint has lived in the harem for a long time, and rarely asks about foreign affairs, which has become a rule? ”