Chapter 716:-for-tat, stubborn
The nine-fold deep palace, the thick city and high walls, still can't stop the spring breeze.
On the first day of the first month of March, the Empress Dowager also had a very lively time.
Although it is confined to the palace, but about those indignant imperial historians who intend to use the internal affairs of the sect to confront a group of prisoners and the "rookies" of the Hanlin Academy, the Empress Dowager has long heard about it, and she can't do it if she doesn't hear about it.
But as soon as King Kang left, the Queen Mother's face turned cold.
Since the beautiful scene "self-invitation and departure", although the empress dowager was determined to stir up this matter and would not let the Qin family succeed, she secretly checked and found that the officials in the previous book were all "idle" on the surface - not Qin Xiang's henchmen.
Could it be that this is actually the Son of Heaven himself?
The Empress Dowager thought of this possibility, and gritted her teeth more and more with hatred for the Qin family - what a great ability, she was able to persuade the Son of Heaven to be greedy and selfish for the Qin family, and launched a speech official to make trouble with the clan, how could the emperor of a country do such a thing of exposing his "family ugliness"?
But if this is the case, it means that the Son of Heaven has made up his mind and is bound to try his best to suppress the Patriotic Mansion and reuse the Qin Xiang's henchmen, then at first her plan was to take peace as the top and persuade the Son of Heaven to "turn back to the shore".
Do you really want to make trouble with the Son of Heaven and your ancestors and grandchildren because of this matter?
The Empress Dowager was really embarrassed.
I have been troubled for several days, even if the wind and sun are suddenly beautiful on this day, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the mood of the Queen Mother is always gloomy.
However, after the early dispersal of the dynasty, the people who relieved the worries of the Empress Dowager came forward.
It is none other than one of the protagonists of this incident that has been boiling in recent days, Yu Feng, the king of Chu.
He had already taken sick leave for many days, and he did not "stand on duty" as usual for a few rainy days, and only came to cancel the holiday when the weather was good that day.
However, Yu Feng was silent and decorated when he was on duty, but after he dispersed, he came to Ci'an Palace to "say hello".
directly faced the Empress Dowager, and simply skipped the Son of Heaven.
Several of the pieces are impeachment!
In the past few days, he has been "filled with righteous indignation", and he is sure that the princess of Chu is "innocent", and the king of Chu has covered up all the imperial histories regardless of the reputation of the clan.
Yu Feng didn't even find someone to write to cover it up, and at the end of this book, he was his "great name".
The Empress Dowager opened it and read it, but instead of being angry, she laughed out loud.
Behind the royal history who kept saying that they were "honest and honest" and worried about the reputation of the clan, there was really a ridiculous bad debt.
Some people dislike the chaff and stop marrying another wife.
Some people take the wealth of their relatives and think that they are entering the capital.
Some people are not filial to their mothers and beat their sisters.
Some people are corrupt and bend the law in the local area and extort bribes.
There are still people who marry women of the same clan!
All of them disregarded the etiquette law, but they were promoted from local donors to the imperial history of a dynasty, supervising the discipline of their subjects.
After the Empress Dowager laughed, she became angry again, and slapped the notebook on the case: "Although these people are not admitted through the imperial examination, and there are reasons for the poor official system in the past, but the immorality and illegality are so far, why are the officials unconscious?" ”
Yu Feng had already prepared: "The minister secretly found out that these imperial histories were closely related to the entry of Shangshuzhuo of the Ministry of Officials. ”
At that time, in order to let Concubine Zhuo "straighten up", he secretly colluded with Qin Xiang, and now ascended the throne, Zhuo Shangshu has no scruples, Mrs. Zhuo actually flattered Sun Meng's wife Li, this matter has long been discussed among the daughters of the edict, and many secretly disdain Zhuo Jin and his wife to be servile.
The Empress Dowager is like an initiation, it turns out that although Qin Xiang did not come forward, but through the hands of Zhuo Jin, it seems that the Son of Heaven is not yet confused, and there is still medicine to save - at least not he personally did it, at most Qin Huai's foolish actions are secretly in line with the sacred heart, so he connived at it.
There is no difference in nature, but the degree is greatly reduced, at least the Empress Dowager wants to attack, and only Zhuo Jin and Qin Xiang are targeted.
And what reassures the Empress Dowager even more is that since Yu Feng has written a letter of impeachment and made sufficient preparations, it is obvious that he wants to confront Qin Xiang-for-tat, he really has no intention of waiting and forming an alliance, and he will not abandon Yijing - although the Empress Dowager saw Yu Feng the day after Yijing's "self-invitation and departure", and told him that Yijing had been honest about the idea of harmony, and when he asked for his opinion, Yu Feng also knelt down and asked each other, resolutely refusing to leave, and then the Empress Dowager also secretly noticed that Yu Feng was "entangled", but there were always reservations.
But when it came to Yu Feng's obvious impeachment, the Empress Dowager believed that he was a man of his word.
However, he still asked: "Why didn't Yuanyang go directly to the book?" This is a matter of government affairs and state, and it should be judged by God. ”
Yu Feng also did not shy away from saying: "The minister is not because of government affairs, it is really a personal grudge, these imperial histories are obviously instructed to slander the ministers, and the ministers are not satisfied before using the Tianchawei to secretly investigate the details, the first emperor has already had a will, and the Tianchawei is handed over to the Niangniang to manage, and the ministers are used, so they want to ask the Niangniang for permission." ”
"Personal grudges? You're honest. The Empress Dowager held her forehead, shook her head and smiled bitterly: "That's it, the marriage between Jing Yatou and you, at the beginning, was also particularly optimistic about the first emperor and the mourning family, you two, can plan for each other like this, the mourning family is really gratified, I left the excerpt, whether this matter is public or private, the mourning family will not be held accountable too much." ”
Yu Feng couldn't afford it for a long time, and sincerely felt the empress dowager's compassion.
The Empress Dowager asked again: "It's just that these people are held accountable, and Zhuo Jin will also be implicated. He is a minister, but he has been in vain so far, he is really not in charge, Yuanyang, the mourning family asks you, there are many court officials at present, who can be qualified for the post of secretary of the ministry? ”
Although the Empress Dowager was entrusted by the first emperor to supervise the government, in fact, she did not know much about the officials in the court, and Yu Feng was young but trusted by the first emperor, and he was in charge of the sky and guard for many years, and he was far more aware of the government affairs and public affairs and even the ethics of many officials than the Empress Dowager, and even when the son of today, the Empress Dowager took the initiative to inquire, although there was also a little temptation, but also sincere.
Yu Feng raised people and did not avoid relatives - directly mentioned Su Yi's name.
The cabinet is now empty, Su Yi has been idle for more than two years, although the empress dowager has already had the intention of conferring a real position, but the son of heaven is extremely resistant, and the empress dowager has to take into account the harmony with the son of heaven, so she has to give up.
At this time, he sighed: "Su Yi has been trained in the local area, and then he has to re-enter the cabinet with the first emperor's letter, and he is really familiar with government affairs and personnel, but ...... Wei Guogong and he are brothers, one is in charge of the forbidden army, and there are nobles to push him, if Su Yi is appointed as the secretary of the ministry at this time, the Su family will be more powerful. ”
In fact, the Empress Dowager thinks there is nothing wrong with this, but the Son of Heaven will definitely oppose it to the end.
Yu Feng recommended another person: "Wei Ji resigned because of illness, but now he has recovered greatly, and the minister thinks that it may be useful." ”
The Empress Dowager groaned for a while and bowed her head slightly.
Wei Ji was infected at the beginning of the disease said that it was just a lie, the real reason is that the big position changed hands, he this left minister needs to let Xian, let Chen Xiang replace him, the Empress Dowager also thinks that Wei Ji although this person is not outstanding talent, but he is safe, and not the desire for power, he has been an official for many years, of course, he is also familiar with government affairs, and more importantly, Wei Ji's son-in-law Gu Yuwen is trusted by the Son of Heaven, and he will take over the ministry, and the Son of Heaven will not have any resistance.
That's it! The Empress Dowager only felt a depression in her chest before she expressed it, and her fear of Yu Feng in her heart was unconsciously reduced, no wonder before the first emperor died, many instructions, saying that Dalong would implement the imperial examination in the future, cultivate emerging forces to weaken the power of the powerful, and finally realize the military reform to recover the military power, although it is inseparable from the strong support of the Wei Guogong line, not to mention Yu Feng's plan for the final situation, the Empress Dowager still had reservations at that time, one is that the Chu Wang family has relied on local military power to consolidate the situation, Yu Feng may not agree with the emperor to return the military power, Second, I also think that Yu Feng is only a few years old, and he can't stand up to it, and I really doubt that he has such ability.
After this incident, the Empress Dowager has changed her outlook, if Yu Feng really has a greedy heart, as long as he compromises with the Son of Heaven and colludes with the Qin family, Chu and Qin join forces to tilt the power towards the government and the opposition, the situation is naturally more chaotic, that is, Yu Feng is more optimistic about the Patriotic Mansion, and does not plan to abandon the Soviet Union Qin, so why not recommend his cronies to take over the ministry? Instead, Su Yi and Wei Ji were mentioned.
Wei Guogong and Su Yi are not people who bend the law and take care of their own interests, the empress dowager can be trusted, as for Wei Ji, he is also a national relative - the first prince was not deposed, but died in the storage position, the first emperor set his nickname Prince Gongping when he was in power, and Concubine Wei is also a concubine now, although Wei Shiniang is good friends with Yijing, the empress dowager naturally does not think that because of the handkerchief of the female dependent, Wei Ji will be compatible with the king of Chu.
It is true that even if there is a good relationship between families, if there is no connection between in-laws, but there is a conflict of interest, it is impossible to "sacrifice oneself for others", that is, there is a friendship of in-laws, and the interests are bound, and most of them are not indestructible.
In short, Yu Feng's recommendation to raise Fu Wei Ji to replace Zhuo Jin was not out of selfishness, whether it was the Empress Dowager or the Son of Heaven, there were no disadvantages.
Of course, for Qin Xiang, there is a huge disparity between pros and cons, in Qin Xiang's eyes, Wei Ji is a party of the Patriotic Prince, and Gu Yuwen is even more eye-catching, how can it be compared to Zhuo Jin?
Yu Feng's goal was achieved, of course, he would not stay in Ci'an Palace for a long time, and he would retire in due course.
The Empress Dowager was thinking about how to have a showdown with the Son of Heaven, and on this day, the Son of Heaven came "with a heart".
Since he let Gonggong Li bring a bunch of chapters, claiming that many imperial histories have been written repeatedly, and the innocence of Princess Chu has also made a lot of noise and cannot be contained, so it is really inappropriate to discredit the royal family, and I hope that the Empress Dowager will make a decision as soon as possible.
The Empress Dowager also flipped through those chapters with kindness - good guys, sharp words, all righteous and stern, and the interesting thing is that all of Yu Feng's impeachment virtues and corrupt people, none of them escaped the net.
The Empress Dowager also handed over Yu Feng's recital and asked the Son of Heaven: "Can the Holy God know the virtues of these people?" ”
The Son of Heaven's face turned blue.
The impeachment recitals are all written by Yu Feng, but in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, he is the mastermind behind the Empress Dowager!
Not to mention that the Empress Dowager then "discussed" to take Zhuo Jin's official position and blame him.
The Son of Heaven is still stubborn: "Even if these officials are impeached by the King of Chu, the matter of Princess Chu will indeed hurt the reputation of the royal family." ”
The Empress Dowager snorted coldly: "Don't you think that just by rumors and a few ill-intentioned people, the royal family can save its reputation by abolishing the concubine?" Holy! These officials are all people who disregard etiquette and law, and their bodies are not right, how can they believe their words? The saint is not sloppy with the mourning family, don't you know that Qin Huaiyu is making waves after this turmoil? ”
As soon as these words were spoken, the Empress Dowager was furious: "The first emperor has already had a will, so that you can reuse Su and Chu to prevent Qin and Chen, and the Chen family will be fine, and the mourning family also knows that the Empress Dowager has no selfish thoughts for you, Chen Xiang's greed is really limited, but Qin Huaiyu is different!" If he hadn't instigated him, how could the Holy One be afraid to defend the country? Is the saint planning to disobey the orders of the first emperor? The Holy Lord Mo hurriedly said, why did you insist on abolishing the concubine of the King of Chu, and why did you force Yuan Yang to marry another Qin family before? Let me ask you, could it be that the Qin clan is not a clan, just because Qin Qi admired the King of Chu, regardless of the reputation of the family, connived at Qin Qitian's shameless behavior? Qin Huaiyu is clearly ill-intentioned, and wants to get the help of the King of Chu and his family to restrain the imperial power! ”
"Could it be that the saint only believes in the Qin family, and ignores the views of the first emperor? Can the saint still have filial piety for his son and the prince of the king? ”
"Since the Holy One ascended the throne, there have been many absurdities in his actions, and many of his mourners have tolerated him, and most of them have been based on exhortation, but if the Holy One insists on doing his own thing...... The mourning family had no choice but to ask for the will of the first emperor! ”
These words made the Son of Heaven panic greatly, and he couldn't sit still, so he got up and lowered his hands to listen to the training.
But he was really unwilling!
How could he not know Qin Huai's foolish desires, but if it weren't for the first emperor's warning before his death, there would have been many constraints, forcing him to reuse Qin and Chen!
The first emperor clearly had an order to pass on to him, but he didn't leave an edict, so that he couldn't be justified!
Su and Chu only acted on the orders of the Empress Dowager, how could they not let him be jealous?
At present, his opponent is not the Qin family, but the Empress Dowager, Yan and Su!
There is also the king of Chu, who originally planned to divide and rule, so he tolerated the Qin family's actions, but he had a plan, and he would not achieve a marriage between Qin and Chu.
But he didn't want Yu Feng to not enter the oil and salt, flattering the Ci'an Palace, and not taking him as the son of heaven in his eyes.
In this way, he can only force the princess of Chu to fall into the death penalty, if Yu Feng wants to insist on acting recklessly, then let him and his wife die together, and see if King Xian will stand by and watch, seeing that his only son will be buried without abandoning the secret.
In any case, in this situation, the Qin family cannot be abandoned.
The Son of Heaven is obedient on the surface, but he is full of conspiracy to leave.
The Empress Dowager didn't expect the Son of Heaven to have the idea of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, so she felt relieved, but she was troubled by the queen again - this time, it was really a "ghost crying wolf" posture.