Chapter 51: The Deputy Empress Dowager
It's clean, it's clean now, Liu Chang and Bing Ji looked at each other.
"Bing Ji, when the Zhao family saw our aunt and nephew, such a big reaction, you don't seem to react, why?" Liu Chang held his chin with one hand and looked at Bing Ji with wide eyes.
"I've already reacted, you just have another head, and I think it's normal with two hands, you're a monster." Bing Ji picked up the tea and drank it slowly.
"Then what have I become, really become a monster?"
"You think you're not? Hehehe. ”
"Don't talk about that, you've gone to great lengths to get us here, you won't just watch the excitement, right? Let's talk about something now, don't talk about those useless things. Liu Chang said.
"Well, I can't hide it from you anyway, so I'll be straightforward. Niangniang has been living here, not for long. It has now been more than eight years since the new emperor ascended the throne. Listening to Neiko, Niangniang cried every day, and didn't dare to meet with the emperor, I didn't know how to solve it, but after meeting you, I wanted to hear what suggestions you had. ”
"I almost forgot to ask you, what's going on with those eunuchs? Where did you get it? When he first entered the door, Liu Chang had this question.
"Originally, according to your intention, it was to let the mother remarry. That's what I was going to do. But Neiko contacted several times and asked Niangniang about her plans, but Niangniang resolutely disagreed, and would rather die than marry. Niangniang can't be all around the maids, there must be a few men who work hard, but for the sake of Niangniang's reputation, you have to find some rootless people. Three of them were released by mistake in the palace, and they had no way out of the palace when they left the palace, so I took the opportunity to find them, and the steward came out of the palace.
The rest are those who have no way out of life at home and voluntarily purify themselves. It's all a death contract. In order to stay away from right and wrong, I found this house. Bing Ji gave a general account of the situation before and after.
"It's really troublesome" Liu Chang scratched his head with both hands: "Their mother and son can't recognize each other, which involves the legitimacy of the current emperor's throne, because the Zhao family is the person named and executed by the previous emperor, no matter how many years, the case cannot be overturned." But it's too cruel not to let their mother and son meet, although the heavenly family is ruthless, but I really can't pass the ruthlessness level. Lord Bingji, what do you have to do to get the best of both worlds? ”
"When we meet, we will inevitably recognize each other, and we must recognize each other, otherwise the emperor's filial piety will be at a loss and damage to the emperor's reputation" This is also the fundamental reason why Bing Ji did not dare to make a decision.
How can there be a reason not to let his own son call his biological mother his mother, besides, how can he control the emperor to call his mother a mother, but as soon as the emperor says the word "mother", the sky will fall, and he will be wiped out.
"Okay, okay, I don't want to do this. Go see what they're doing? Liu Chang stood up and walked out.
"Childe, the lower official will leave here and come back tomorrow." Bing Ji got up and took his leave.
"Alright, we'll talk about that tomorrow. Take the car with you, we'll stay here today. ”
"No"
When Liu Chang came to the back garden, the mother and daughter were still in the garden to see the fruits of Zhao Jieyu's labor. The back garden is very large, not like his father Liu Zhi, who planted some melons, fruits and vegetables, but all kinds of flowers and plants. It is now the spring of March, and the flowers in the courtyard are developing, competing for beauty.
Throwing willows and moving Qiao is too affectionate,
Make a fuss when handing over.
Luoyang March flowers like brocade,
How much work to weave.
Liu Chang didn't interfere with his little grandmother's Yaxing showing off to his aunt, but just walked aimlessly through the path among the flowers. He doesn't understand any of this, he just watches the fun. Unlike his father's back garden, you can not only see with your eyes, but also taste with your mouth.
After dinner, the aunt still accompanied the Zhao family on the third floor, and Liu Chang arranged a bedroom on the second floor by the housekeeper and eunuch, one because they were royal relatives, and the other was that Liu Chang was young on the surface, and there were no taboos, for Liu Chang, of course, there was nothing to say all night.
The next day, as soon as the sun came out, Bing Ji came and brought two black circles under his eyes.
"You've got a thief? It looks like I haven't slept all night. Liu Chang teased.
"It would be nice to recruit thieves, but thieves will only lose some money and goods. Now it's much more serious than recruiting thieves, and if you don't do it, you will lose your life. "Because he already understands Liu Chang, Bing Ji is not restrained, this master is better than Lord Huo, although he is extremely smart and unpredictable, he is a frank person.
"Don't come to me if you lose your life, I'm small, I can't run away from you"
"I'm afraid that when the time comes, you'll be faster than me, hahaha" The waiter withdrew after serving tea and placing a dim sum lacquer plate and some fruit for one person.
"Why did the imperial court think of building a capital in Luoyang? Want to move the capital? Liu Chang asked casually.
"Luoyang is close to the Yellow River and has convenient water transportation. And Chang'an even has to transport self-protected grain, once something unexpected happens, although Chang'an is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the grain road is very passive. With Luoyang as a guarantee, Chang'an will be much more stable. ”
"Are you coming to Luoyang to stay in the future? Or will you go back to Chang'an after this side is done? ”
"It's hard to say yet, but I don't think it's likely to be a permanent resident. I am in charge of prisons, a long history of criminal names, and I don't understand the economy. This time, Lord Huo asked me to come, mainly because of the preliminary arrangements, in fact, to help take care of it and understand the links.
Hehe, you scared the county order out of the way that day, and when I went back yesterday, they still haven't come up with a solution. Do you have any good ideas? ”
"Lord Bing, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government. I've solved all the problems, and what do they do? Liu Chang said solemnly.
"Bing Ji has been taught," Bing Ji responded seriously.
"Okay, let's not talk about their, our hasn't been solved yet. How about brother, you won't be sorry for your two dark circles, right? ”
"The difficulty in this matter is to make the real thing as if it were fake, and to do the fake thing as if it were the real thing."
"Sounds amazing, go ahead"
"Let's first make the real queen mother a fake queen mother, that is, let the emperor recognize the real queen mother as a stepmother, so that there will not be much opposition in the court. Of course, for the emperor, just let him treat her as the real queen mother. The only difficulty is that this queen mother can't enter the ancestral hall, but the original queen mother didn't enter the ancestral temple either. As long as the emperor does not insist that the queen mother enter the ancestral hall after a hundred years, the problem will be solved. ”
"The emperor seems to have re-established the mausoleum for the Zhao family, and when the mausoleum was moved, he didn't find that it was empty? No one doubts that she is still alive? Liu Chang was a little confused, the emperor didn't pursue such a big matter, it's impossible.
"How do you know?" As soon as I finished speaking, I regretted it, isn't this nonsense, and slapped my head.
"No one dares to doubt that it is the person who the first emperor personally decided to execute, and no one dares to disobey the will of the first emperor." Liu Chang made a gesture that you continued.
"Now that the Queen Mother has changed her identity, she will say that she is the twin sister or sister of the original Queen Mother, as long as she doesn't enter the palace, she should be fine. But it's hard to say when you enter the palace, after all, there are too many people in the palace who are familiar with the Queen Mother, and it is easy to be recognized. The most difficult thing is how to convince His Majesty. ”
"Let the Zhao family say it himself, outsiders can't say it, and they can't say it."
"In case, the Queen Mother... Bing Ji was worried that if the queen mother was greedy for power and had to enter the palace to be a real queen mother, everything would be over.
"You don't have to worry about this, I'll deal with it" to leave you a life, let you be prosperous and rich in your lifetime, this is my bottom line, although I don't want to be ruthless, but I can't be ruthless, there is a faint murderous intent in my eyes, Bing Ji saw Liu Chang's eyes for the first time, and fear and admiration actually rose in his heart, this master is the master of the entire Northern Army who slaughtered his grandfather, he has the heart to promote good, and also has the means to eliminate evil.
"Do you have a chance to meet you alone?" Liu Chang regained his softness.
"No" Bing Ji said with certainty, I, the secretary of a great general, don't even have a chance to enter the main hall, let alone face Jun alone, he can't even see Jun face.
"This matter can't go through a third person, and neither can Huo Guang, you have to come forward in person. Spend a lot of money to buy the emperor's internal servants, so that the emperor can summon you personally. I will ask the Zhao family for a token later, and you will give it to the emperor at that time. ”
"No"
"Lord Bing, I'm talking about heavy money, do you still have a lot of money?" Liu Chang changed his grinning face and looked at him playfully.
"There is a lot of money that Childe sent me back last time," Bing Ji replied seriously.
Liu Chang didn't speak again, went back upstairs, took out a box, the one he often lifted, and put it in front of Bing Ji.
"You also take this, remember, the principle of bribery is to find the right person, and once you use money to smash the other party to death, and he still opens one eye, it is considered a failure to bribe."
"I have some gems and pearls here, you take them, bribe the artifact."
"Childe, I still have it. What you left last time, I can't spend it in ten lifetimes, you" Bing Ji pointed at Liu Chang: "It's really a... ”
"Bastard? Hahaha" Liu Chang laughed:
"Okay, your son-in-law and I, the last thing I lack is money." Liu Chang flicked his nose proudly.
"No"
"You go back today, and then send someone to the token tomorrow. You have full authority in this matter. I probably won't be back for a long time. ”
"No"
From the time they met to the present, the two of them have tacitly agreed that they have not mentioned Liu Chang's favorite nephew Liu Ai. At dinner, Liu Chang informed Zhao of the arrangement of the matter. The Zhao family was a little unhappy about not being able to enter the palace.
"Zhao's"
Liu Chang didn't pay attention to Gou Yi's feelings, his eyes looked directly at Gou Yi's eyes, and Zhao didn't dare to face the sharp gaze, and stroked the corner of his shirt with both hands. It's not the Zhao family's little daughter, she is also a figure who can make trouble under the nose of Emperor Wu, even the "hopeful" in the palace is used by her, and even the then crown prince Liu Ju and prime minister Liu Quyu dare to make a move, but those people have an obvious interest demand, there is a need for interests, there is a weakness, and there is a weakness that can be broken.
This lord's strength is too strong, so strong that he surpasses the imperial power, treats the imperial power as nothing, and is so powerful that he can ignore all scheming. is so strong that he doesn't even bother to retaliate, not that he doesn't want to, but that he doesn't deserve it at all.
He never called the emperor the emperor, but called the emperor, who can call the emperor, only those above the emperor can, such as heaven, such as the emperor's mother, the queen mother. Anyone else dares to call the emperor directly, but it is a great crime of disrespect. In front of this kind of person, all that can be done is the word "duty".
"This is your only chance to meet your son, if you still want to meet your son, and let your son return to you, you must obey the arrangement of me and Lord C, if you disturb the Han Dynasty, I will personally beat you and your son from heaven to mortal dust."
"Then the emperor lives in the palace, I live here, and I can't see the emperor?"
"Where do you want to live, let the emperor build you a palace there. In life, you can enjoy the treatment of the queen mother, but you are not allowed to interfere with the emperor's power and participate in court politics. I have a sentence that you bring to the emperor: filial piety is not in the mouth, but in the legs, let him run more. If you have any tokens, I'll give them to Lord Bingji tomorrow. ”
"No"