Sure enough, for Song Zhuowen's advice, Zhang Jiangling just smiled and said nothing, and she herself quickly realized that something was wrong, her face turned red, and she waved her hand again and again:

"Don't misunderstand Zhang Xiang, the little woman didn't mean to offend, she just wanted to share her worries for the prince, and she made this nonsense in a hurry, and she didn't mean anything else."

After Fang Xirou angrily blamed Song Zhuowen, he apologized to Zhang Jiangling, and said sincerely: "The little apprentice is rude, he has no intention of offending Zhang Xiang, and he also hopes that Lord Xiangye will not care about the villain." ”

After all, it was the first assistant, Zhang Jiangling waved his hand and laughed at himself: "Why, in your eyes, I, Zhang Jiangling, have I been reduced to the point of scheming with my juniors?" ”

Song Zhuowen's face was flushed, embarrassed, Fang Xirou smiled lightly: "Zhang Xiang has been in charge of the government for many years, and his mind and bearing are naturally extraordinary, and the younger generations naturally admire him." ”

Zhang Jiangling laughed a few times, and after laughing, he turned his head to Song Zhuowen and said softly: "It's not that I don't want to go north to help the prince, but if I go, I will definitely take the throne, which may not be conducive to the prince's accumulation of prestige, and it will not be of much benefit to the war situation." ”

Zhang Mingyue on his side pursed his mouth, raised his chin slightly, and said lightly: "Emperor Taizong once said in person that the prime minister should be the cashier of the emperor's order, the commander-in-chief of the hundred officials, the ceremonial punishment is dignified, and the yin and yang are followed, and the order is also reasonable. ”

The implication is that my father is the one who controls the overall situation, so what is it to help others? Do you do odd jobs? Isn't this self-inferiority?

Fang Xirou also smiled, and echoed his praise: "It is precisely this reason, His Majesty Taizong also said that Zai is in charge of the affairs of the state, manages the affairs of the imperial court, and arrests Emperor Xi, unites the heavens and men, and dominates the government with the Son of Heaven." ”

Even Taizong said that the responsibility of the prime minister is to assist the emperor in taking charge of the government, how can he do some small things?

Song Zhuowen understood, and said with a face full of shame: "Zhang Xianggui is the respect of the prime minister, when he is in charge of the overall situation and overlooks Kyushu, how can he stoop to a corner, it is Zhuowen who thinks badly." ”

Zhang Xiang glanced at Zhang Mingyue, after all, he was still too indulgent to her, so that he developed such a pampered nature.

Being glanced at by her father made her tremble even more than staring at her directly, and Zhang Mingyue immediately kept silent.

Fang Xi smiled softly, remembered the purpose of the time, and asked respectfully: "The prince asked me to ask Zhang Xiang, where is the future of Dajing?" ”

In fact, she asked this without permission, including this time to visit the chief assistant of Dajing, and it was also Fang Xirou's own opinion, and there was no so-called order of the Holy Maiden Temple and the prince's instructions.

However, after hearing such a consultation, Zhang Jiangling did not answer, just shook his head slightly, and said softly: "You should ask Your Majesty this question." ”

Fang Xirou's pupils shrank, and her heart jumped suddenly.

Really!

Emperor Jing really didn't die.

Since Emperor Jing is not dead, then the deep reasons why this emperor fell so quickly, and there is no slightest turmoil in Dajing, is about to come out.

That's what He meant.

No wonder, no wonder Zhang Dang dared to fall to Xiao Dang.

No wonder Xiao Dang was murderous and sharpened his knife, but he suddenly died down.

In the entire Dajing, who can do all this?

The only one.

In other words, this so-called party struggle that almost swept inside and outside Dajing was not a struggle between Zhang and Xiao's two parties at all, but a struggle between imperial power and relative power.

Halfway up the slope, the cool breeze blows, and the robes fly.

The old man's heart was like water, calm and indifferent, and the depths of his eyes were as calm as an ancient well.

After a long time, Fang Xirou swept away the shock, and after quietly swallowing Shengjin, she exhaled lightly, her eyes were deep, and she asked in a condensed voice: "Dare to ask Zhang Xiang, the situation in Dajing has come to this point, where is the way out for us?" ”

Zhang Jiangling didn't answer, just turned his head to look into the distance, his eyes gradually darkened, and he sighed in his heart, when you were in Taikang, you persuaded the old man and the tiger to fight, and there would be death. Whoever dies will cause turmoil in Dajing and the displacement of the people, is this what you want to see, are you satisfied now?

You are satisfied, but the old man is not satisfied!!

After a while, the old man waved his hand, unwilling to talk again.

Fang Xirou sighed secretly, and after taking Song Zhuowen to bow down towards Zhang Jiangling, Ying Ying retreated.

After a few dodges, he disappeared into the sky.

But before leaving, he casually glanced at a certain direction in the sky.

Zhang Jiangling smiled gently at the girl beside him: "Go, go and see Xiao Xiang's girl, and go to Fang Chu on behalf of my father and pass a few words to him." ”

Zhang Mingyue nodded slightly, knowing that her father was not suitable to come forward at the moment, and was about to turn around and leave after listening to the secret words, but she frowned again and hesitated: "I'm leaving, what about your safety?" ”

With that, the old man stomped the wooden staff in his hand lightly, and shadows appeared one after another around him.

Looking at his robes, embroidered with phoenix patterns, but the bookish atmosphere is strong, like an extraordinary force.

Zhang Mingyue felt a little relieved in her heart, and she had already guessed about this force.

Since her father's life was not in danger, she had no worries.

Tapping at those people's heads, he hugged his fists and saluted, and then swept towards the eastern capital.

After a while, the old man said quietly without looking back: "Come out." ”

I saw that ripples appeared in the distant sky, from far to near, like waves, and soon spread to everyone's feet.

A middle-aged Rushan stepped into the air, his eyes were gentle, and he looked in Fang Xirou's direction with a hint of different color.

Then he walked to Zhang Jiangling's side with a calm face, and said respectfully:

"Master!"

If Xiahou Chun was here, he would be surprised that his teacher was actually Zhang Xiang's person.

The person in front of him was the one Xiahou Chun had seen in the Demon Suppression Prison at the beginning.

Wei Xuancheng, one of the former 'Taikang Eight Horses', is a waiter of the School Rites Department on the surface, but he is actually the deputy head of the Confucian Academy, and he also served as the prince Zhan Shi, which was later revoked, but it does not prevent him from having a teacher-student friendship with the prince Xiahou Chun.

Looking at this posture, it seems that Zhang Xiang is respected.

In other words, from the time Xiahou Chun was established as the crown prince to the present, there has always been the shadow of this person behind him.

It's no wonder why the prince can let Xiao Mei, who is sitting firmly in the court, make such a big move, and even personally arrange it to induce him to launch a 'palace change' and kill himself.

The fallen son is like an antelope hanging its horns, and there is no trace to be found.

This person's ability to lay out chess can be seen.

Zhang Jiangling lowered his eyes, pressed the walking stick, and said slowly: "Send a message to the Qin family, just say that Your Majesty is not dead, I, Zhang Jiangling, am not blind, Dajing is not dead, no matter how restless, I will kill my relatives for Qin Xiang's righteousness." ”

Rushan lowered his eyes in middle age, and suddenly knew that he knew Qin Rui's small actions in private.

Although he also sent a thousand horsemen to 'escort' the prince north, it seemed that he was making efforts to make up for his mistakes, but in fact it was just confusing his vision and blinding ordinary people.

Qin Rui, the current governor of the Zhaoyi Army, seems to be from a reckless background, but he is actually the son-in-law of the 'One Eternal Phase', and the one in front of him has unimaginable friendship and tacit understanding with Qin Xiang, Taizong and Emperor Jing.

Someone in Taikang once vaguely mentioned that the person in front of him had received the true inheritance of the Qin Xiang and strongly recommended it in front of Taizong, so he put it out of the Hanlin Jinghua Shizi, but such words have never been refuted by the parties, and they seem to be acquiescing.

Therefore, the owner naturally does not want Zhang and Qin's family to go from political allies to rivals or even mortal enemies.

Wei Xuancheng thought for a moment, "Do you need me to go to Qianqiu Temple?" ”

Zhang Jiangling waved his hand, "No." ”

Wei Xuancheng frowned, and was about to speak, so he heard him say lightly: "I'll meet him in person." ”

His heart sank, and his expression was slightly solemn.

After hesitating for a moment, he glanced at the old man and said softly: "Xiao Xiang's daughter seems to have the intention of going north." ”

Zhang Jiangling was dumbfounded, and suddenly knew that the daughter of the Xiao Mansion was probably going to the crown prince Xiahou Chun, he shook his head and smiled: "The surname Xiao gave birth to a good daughter and saved his life." ”

Wei Xuancheng was slightly puzzled in his heart, where to start with this, but seeing that Zhang Jiangling didn't say it in detail, he didn't ask deeply.

"In addition, let Fang Chu and Sun Yuanhui properly settle the displaced people into the city, I don't want to see another person frozen to death and starved to death."

He turned around expressionlessly and glanced at Wei Xuancheng lightly: "In addition, tell them that if you want to become a gentleman, then you should become an adult first." ”

Wei Xuancheng's heart moved, "What do you mean?" ”

The old man waved his hand: "Enter the WTO, save people, go to the floating world first, and then talk about it." ”

Wei Xuancheng's heart was shocked, knowing that the Confucian Academy Palace was about to usher in a hundred years of great changes, he immediately bowed down: "Obey the order." ”

"In addition, the girl of the Xiao family is the person appointed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince after all, protect her."

Wei Xuancheng subconsciously said yes, but then came back to his senses, that girl has been sheltered by Wanning Palace since Taikang came out, although it is indeed hard to trek through mountains and rivers, but it seems that even the daily life and food all the way have been properly arranged by a dark force called 'cloth clothes', it seems that even the queen has not traveled so much.

He secretly wondered, could it be Xiao Yuanzheng's private power?

"Besides, I'll let you find out, but what's the progress?" The old man asked in a faint voice.

Ten years ago, that powerful old man left Taikang and disappeared from the world, never to be seen again.

Wei Xuancheng's heart froze, and after hesitating for a while, he lowered his head and whispered, "Before Your Majesty returned to the capital this time, I saw that person. ”

The old man's walking stick stagnated, and his eyes drooped.

One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, it has always been like this.

The wind howled in the mountains, and the withered yellow and rotten trees shook their heads and swayed from side to side.

In the silence, there seemed to be a sound of self-talk.

"Since you're gone, why bother coming back, it's annoying."

He raised his foot expressionlessly, and with a slight fall, he crushed the sword test grass that was about to break through the ground.

The buds are broken and the leaves are destroyed, and the vitality is extinguished.

——————

Time back, ten months ago.

The early spring has not arrived, the midwinter is gradual, the cold wind is fierce, the frost and snow are thick, and all living beings are killed.

In a mountain col somewhere, an old man stepped on the snow and returned from hunting.

At the end of the bleak forest in the mountains, there was a middle-aged man wearing a crown of nine dragons waiting, he shook the snow on his shoulders, hugged his fists and said: "I dare to come here, I really have to do it, and I hope that Father Hong will not blame." ”

The old man threw down the dead tiger, patted the frozen snow on his body, and looked at the middle-aged man with a sickly white look on his face calmly, and he asked in surprise: "Taiwei is dead?" ”

The middle-aged man shook his head abruptly.

The old man's brows moved slightly, since Taiwei was not dead, then this one was going to die.

"Hong came here this time to invite you out of the mountain and calm down." The middle-aged man bowed down.

The old man sighed lightly, "Isn't there still Bai Gui." ”

Baekyu, Gangneung also.

After the sickly middle-aged man was silent for a while, he shook his head and said: "Shangshu Ling can stabilize the country, but he can't help the Daomen." ”

He paused for a moment and said slowly: "If you don't die, you won't be able to sleep and eat." ”

The implication is that Bai Gui can only defend the country, not seek enemies, let alone kill too little.

The old man's eyes were gloomy, and after thinking for a moment, he bowed his head lightly and asked, "Do you still have a last word to explain?" ”

The middle-aged man looked stunned and his face was depressed.

Chen Zhaosi, the eunuch behind him, knelt down with a puff, burst into tears, and cried loudly: "The slave implores the old Chinese book to save the master, if you need to change your life, please exchange the slave's cheap life, please ask the old Chinese book for the sake of the thousands of people in Dajing, save the master, save the master." ”

The old man shook his head and said softly: "This is a road injury, which cannot be treated by manpower, and the old decay has no power to return to heaven." ”

The middle-aged man is none other than Xiahou Hong, the Dajing Emperor who has just come down from Tiandu Peak.

Ambushed and killed the sect master of Xuanzong Taiwei in the outer heavens, and lost all ten battles.

With the body of the emperor, in exchange for the failure of Taiwei Ascension.

And the old man in front of him, surnamed Qin Daoyuan, the word Hongfu.

It is the only Chinese book order in the Taizong Dynasty of Dajing.

Before and after the 30 years of Weilin Jingting, the peak of power is almost comparable to Taizong.

"But although there is no cure, it can prolong life for ten years." ”

Emperor Jing's face softened, "Ten years is enough." ”

After speaking, Emperor Jing leaned over and bowed: "My son will ask the captain." ”

The old man took off his hat and bowed down.

…………

Qin Daoyuan, whose ancestral home is Jiangzhou, was born in a scholarly family since he was a child, and he is a noble of Taikang City.

His father Qin Yang, uncle Qin Xun, and uncle Qin Yue studied in the Confucian Lu Yuan of Dongjing. Qin Daoyuan himself is to study in the Confucian sect Chen Xiol, after returning from Taoism, at 17 o'clock high school virtuous Fang Zhengming classics, and successively in the 'Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, Zhuangyuan' three yuan, a sensation in Dongjing.

It is rumored that during the palace examination, Taizong personally went to the invigilation of the examination, and each of them took the nine major policies of governing the country, such as 'the rule of the ministers, the reporting and supervision, the world's criminal prison, the border military affairs, the cabinet of the government, the foreign states, the clan vassal kings, the loss of finance and taxes, and the way of the Buddha and the devil'.

As for the details of Qin Dao Yuance's question paper, the world does not know, because Taizong and the first emperor sealed the 'Secret True Palace' after reading it, and ordered 'non-Dongjing Supreme cannot be opened in person', and those who violated the order were all beheaded by the nine clans.

Three years later, he was transferred to the Young Supervisor of Si Tiantai and the Chief of the Department of Monks, assisting the supervisor in charge of the inspection of the genealogy of the monks of the Nanjing Dynasty, which can be called the power of life and death of all the monks in the Dongjing Dynasty.

In another two years, the history of Qiongzhou was released, learning to govern a single father, seeking talent and asking for ability, rewarding good and punishing evil, rewarding merit and punishing excessively, for a while, the government was clean and peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and did not close their doors at night, and did not leave anything behind.

If it is three years, it will be transferred to the state, and the political performance will be the same, and it will be twenty-eight years old.

After ten years of transfer to the War Department, he built the most complete border army defense system of 'outposts, garrisons, forts, buildings, and cities' in the Eastern Yasui Kingdom, that is, the military structure with outposts, forts, towers, fortresses, beacons, barriers, docks, and roadcards as the skeleton; Internally, the internal and military transportation hub channels based on roads, cavalry, post stations, stacks, and battalions were sorted out.

Later, he moved to the border state of Yubei, confronted Yunxiao for nearly five years, personally planned three offensive battles, and slaughtered more than 100,000 Yunxiao thieves, so that he did not dare to take the next step in the south.

And because of his merits, he was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, the secretary of the Ministry of Inspection, and the official rank of the third rank, and with the acquiescence of Taizong, he directly jumped over the central cabinet and was fully responsible for the promotion and demotion of the 100 officials in Gyeonggi.

After serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Hundred Days, he degraded himself to the servant of the Criminal Department, and assisted the Secretary of the Criminal Department and the Imperial History Procuratorate to picket the national criminal prisons. Until five years later, he moved to the head of the Hanlin Academy, ranked in the second grade, and inspected the book of the military department, and added the title of governor of Youzhou.

But even so, he still serves as the Imperial History of the Imperial History, and it is even rumored that he secretly holds the real power of the Tiantai Cultivators, and holds the power of life and death of the monks in the world.

At the same time, Qin Daoyuan planned for Taizong and the first emperor to trap and kill the real people above the half-step view of the Taoist realm', and single-handedly directed the Heavenly Kingdom and Xuanzong's 'snipe and clam fight' drama, which triggered the internal struggle between Buddhism and Taoism for 20 years, and finally caused Buddhism to be defeated in the Western Regions, and Xuanzong did not issue an edict for 20 years.

Two years later, Qin Daoyuan, who was only fifty years old, finally took charge of Zhongshu Province, and served as the Zhongshu Commander for 20 years, monopolizing the government of the Dongjing Dynasty, and his authority was comparable to that of Taizong.

Some people say that this one threw himself into the clouds or Qianyan, and some people speculate that the prime minister of the Taizong Dynasty lived in seclusion in Xuanzong Tiandu Peak, and was protected by the sect master of Xuanzong, Taiwei, in order to strangle Emperor Taizong.

And until Taizong's death, this Qin Xiang never showed up again.

However, after Qin Daoyuan resigned, the government did not collapse, because as soon as Qin Daoyuan was imprisoned, Taizong worshiped Zhang Jiangling, then vice minister, as the Shangshu Provincial Shangshu Order, and replaced Taizong to take charge of the government.

Until his death, he did not change at all.

Then, Emperor Jing Xiahou Hong ascended the throne, still respected Zhang Jiangling as a scholar, and sealed the pillar country, so that Dajing was at ease.

It's just that Emperor Jing Xiahou Hong weakened the authority of the prime minister, changed the 'zai' to 'auxiliary', respected his position, and made his position false, and the prime minister also changed from one person to many people, and his power was no longer as good as before.

But even so, as the first person in today's Dajing courtiers, Zhang Jiangling's rapid retreat also made Zhang Dang's momentum frustrated, and most of the ministers of the DPRK and China changed the banner of the king and attached themselves to Xiao Dang.

It seems that the Dajing Party has ended its struggle.

But is that really the case?

Concubine Xiao Mei thought otherwise, only by completely killing Zhang Jiangling and exterminating Zhang Dang could she completely control the government and completely eliminate the party dispute.

And Zhang Jiangling did not sit still, in the face of the Confucian lineage forces, secretly to advise the doctor Guan Jiusi, the second head of the 'cloth clothes' Zhuge Dan and sacrificed many secret sons, he finally escaped from Taikang City.

In other words, the first person of the Dajing court to go from a high-ranking and monopolistic government secretary to a prisoner who failed in the party struggle and faded overnight.

And under the tacit understanding of the Dajing courtiers, he can only turn from light to darkness and be a living dead.

Of course, if Concubine Xiao, who listened to the government, was willing to take back her fate, and with the permission of the courtiers, Zhang Jiangling would be welcomed back to the center openly and honestly, and the official would be reinstated, and the majesty would be as good as before.

But in this case, it is more difficult than a mortal to ascend in one step.

It is difficult to reunite after the broken mirror, and the saint's exit becomes a constitution, how can the order be changed overnight.

Therefore, this method is no longer possible.

Especially in that Zhang Jiangling, who has been afraid of Zhang Jiangling for many years, once he falls, he will never be able to get up again.

The trees fell and scattered, and the walls fell and everyone pushed them.

He Zhang Jiangling can never go back to Taikang.

Unless, a change of dynasty.

—————

Chunxi 20 years, April, 癸酉.

Luan drove back to Taikang, and his spirits lifted up.

The next day, the Great Pilgrimage Meeting.

Emperor Jing Xiahou Chundang worshiped Qin Daoyuan as the new lieutenant and prince of Dajing, awarded the pillar state, and took charge of 100,000 forbidden troops.

Specially granted, where the first product is below, if there is a prohibition, you can cut it first and then play.

Qin Daoyuan was exempted from the title, and when the court played the court, he asked the noble concubine Xiao Mei to hang the curtain seat and return to Wanning Palace.

Please dismiss Xiao Yuanzheng from his post as secretary.

Strike the position of the lord of the Heavenly Dome Pavilion and give death.

The position of Xiahou Li Zongzheng of Zongzheng Temple was relocated to southern Xinjiang.

All are allowed.

Then, Qin Daoyuan, the chief lieutenant, ordered the removal of Sun Yuanhui, the eastern capital, from his post and death.

deprived Xie Jing of the post of secretary of the Ministry of War, and forced him to become a general.

dismissed Qin Rui as the governor of the Zhaoyi Army, and forbade him to think about it behind closed doors for three years.

He ordered 50,000 troops from the Nankang Army and the Xichuan Army to immediately go north to Youyan, and if the military plane was delayed, his main general would be beheaded and his army dismissed.

And for the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, he gave Ji Jun, the chief general of the Zhennan Army, and thirty-seven captains, and razed his clan.

At the right time, Dajing shook both inside and outside, and the people of the upper and lower levels were at peace.

One person, one town and one country.