Chapter XVII
It's the day of the court meeting again, but there is no need to go to court on this day, the birthday of the emperor is coming, according to the custom, the court will be canceled, and everyone is busy preparing for the birthday.
Compared with previous years, the capital is particularly lively this time, and the alleys where officials live are full of domestic servants hurrying back and forth, and even the market is more prosperous than ever.
Shen Zheng took the time to return to his home, during this period of time, he has been living in the Six Princes' Mansion, and he has been accompanying Yuan Qinghe almost all the time.
"The Six Princes are too eager, and ......"
Liu Jian was one of the first Confucian disciples to choose to support Yuan Qing, but it was not for nothing that he never caught up with the status of the latecomer Zheng Ye.
"The wall of brothers is really like a beast......"
"Although the situation is complicated now, some things are still clear at a glance, the eldest prince has no chance, and the crown prince is the same, if you don't choose the sixth prince, who do we choose?
Liu Jian shook his head.
Among the nine princes, the eldest prince and the second prince have been out, the third, fourth and eighth princes have no ambition and no enterprising heart, the fifth prince is reckless and stupid, the seventh prince is greedy for money and weak, the ninth prince is arrogant and scheming, and the only choice of Confucianism is the sixth prince Yuanqing.
It's not that he doesn't understand this truth, it's just that Liu Jian has never been able to convince himself.
"The demons were born like this, do you think there will be any difference between the three princes and the six princes?"
Yu Wen still looks like he doesn't care, he has always been like this, as long as he feels that what he said is right, he will be unceremonious to anyone.
"Near Zhu Zhechi, with my Confucianism by his side, the six princes will become virtuous monarchs. ”
Zheng Ye came out in a timely manner to ease the atmosphere, Liu Jian was absent-minded, Yu Wen was unceremonious, he didn't speak, and the scene was about to fall into embarrassment.
"The most important thing now is the abolition of the crown prince, although I plan for the six princes day and night, I don't have to be the same as him. ”
This is the purpose of Shen Zheng squeezing out time to return home, the fall of the prince does not mean the end of the chaos, Confucianism wants a lot, so there is a lot to do.
"If this matter of the abolished prince is a dragon, then the pearl is His Majesty's idea. ”
"This matter is quite strange, on the day of the court meeting, Qin Tianjian played, the son of Cha Khan rushed to Wuchang before us, that Wang Baobao borrowed the tiger skin of his father and the crown prince, and six imperial guards, easily grasped the situation. ”
"Holy Grace is long, ......"
Even the emperor himself rarely goes out with six imperial guards, but it is amazing that a demon clan under the crown prince can take six imperial guards out of Beijing.
"At this point, everything was logical and unsurprising, and then the emperor suddenly decreed that Chahan be imprisoned......"
There was silence.
Everyone present was puzzled, they didn't understand why the emperor did this, Chahan is a playmate who has accompanied him all his life, from the young man to the present, he has experienced almost all the ups and downs together, and he has always been loyal and saintly.
Then Wang Baobao returned to Beijing at night and knelt down in the imperial city to beg, because a sentence of wish to accept it on behalf of his father made His Majesty furious, and Cha Khan was cut to the rank of a citizen and never hired. ”
"This son is very human, but too eager. ”
Chahan may have had a chance to recover, but because of Wang Baobao's words, there was no more chance, and more importantly, this sentence made the prince fall into the abyss.
Although everyone knew that the crown prince who lost Chahan must have an unstable foundation, no one thought that this would bring down the crown prince, but the emperor's behavior after hearing that sentence had already sentenced the prince to death.
"Now the important thing, one is done in one battle, so that the prince can not recover, the other is to gather Confucian disciples to avoid the impact of this matter, and the third is ......"
Shen Zheng sighed.
"Abolish the Mo family. ”
These three things are interlocking and intricate, and they can even count as one thing.
Among the people who support the prince, most of them are Confucian disciples, this time the prince was deposed, destined to be affected, and must be prepared in advance, and the Mo family, they are sheltered by the four princes, and the four princes are the only ones among all the princes who clearly support the prince, and this turmoil is destined to fall on them.
"It's better to be still than to be still. ”
Shen Zheng shook his head helplessly.
He knew that the best option for Confucianism and all princes now was to do nothing and wait for the dust to settle.
But the Six Princes were not willing to wait.
All the princes wanted to do something, they were like hungry beasts, unable to quench their bloodthirsty desires.
"If you have to press step by step, they are not afraid of harming the pond fish, aren't they afraid that Your Majesty will change his mind?"
"We can't change the decision of the Six Princes. ”
Yu Wen sighed helplessly: "I will stand up for Confucianism." ”
"The situation is out of control, and I'm afraid that it won't help you if you come out, and it will even affect Confucianism. ”
"This group of savages ......"
Everyone looked at Shen Zheng, and they still believed that this person could find a way out of the chaos.
"For the Four Princes. ”
This is one of the possible options.
The fourth prince was the only one of all the princes who explicitly supported the other prince, he was the most important force in the hands of the crown prince besides Cha Khan, and it was he who chose the Mo family, so that this sworn enemy of Confucianism had a chance to revivenation.
But neither Yu Wen, nor Liu Jian or Zheng Ye felt that this would solve the problem in front of them.
"That ......"
But they are powerless to see through the chaos, and they don't even know what the consequences of doing so will be, except for the obvious.
"Now it is precisely because the crown prince is weak that attacking the crown prince will arouse His Majesty's disgust, but attacking the fourth prince will not. Shen Zheng stood in the middle of several people and muttered, "And the four princes are not without flaws, and the Mo family is the best target." ”
"Ink ......"
Even Shen Zheng himself had to admit that when he was a disciple of one hundred schools in the world, Mo Yi was the first. It was this rough man who revived the Mo family in the sea of blood and resurrected the ashes, he rarely made mistakes, and it could even be said that there were no flaws.
"Everyone in the world thinks that the four princes are dragons, and the Mo family is pearls, but if the Mo family is regarded as a dragon, then the pearls are the four princes. Things in the world are delicate and hard to say, but ......"
"You mean?"
"Because of the need to do things for the four princes, the Mo family was involved in the government, so there were flaws. Shen Zheng paused, as if recalling something, "Few people dare to oppose the use of abandoned farming for pasture...... Mo is too much to beat me. ”
"Won't Your Majesty link this matter to the deposed crown prince?"
"Attacking the Four Princes, yes, attacking the Mo family, and it's Confucianism attacking the Mo family, no," Shen Zheng showed a relaxed smile, "And this is also the opportunity for our fellow Daoists to get out, enough to vote for the name." ”