King Jing looked at Feng Zhirong's appearance and said, "What are you thinking about is the relationship between this court?" ”

Feng Zhirong nodded, showing a somewhat embarrassed expression again.

"Father, he is very sensitive to these things, and he is also taboo about friends...... This is the temperament he cultivated in King Miao's mansion, you have to understand. King Jing saw Feng Zhirong's calm expression and knew that she could understand, so he continued: "Although we haven't been able to confirm whether Yang Dong is really wrong, there may be people in this court who have different intentions and want to bring out a few top-notch ones for the court to pay attention to, so it's good to make a move in private." ”

Feng Zhirong couldn't speak, so she nodded again to express her understanding.

According to King Jing's words, the pot that the emperor - or King Jing wants to uncover is a pot of protection between officials and officials in the Daye officialdom! And as long as this pot is opened, I am afraid that those troublesome things will be pulled out one by one.

If you follow the story that Feng Xu told himself in the past, you will know that there are four main forces in Daye today, twisted into a rope that is constantly cut and unorganized

One is the princely generals who were feudal since the founding of Daye - today's Daye nobles have no real power, no fiefdom, only a meager annual salary and rewards to support their families, even if they want to take the path of grace and shadow, they have to go through the basic assessment, so most of the nobles mainly do business in the name of a hundred years in their hometown, or through marriage with famous officials to benefit each other and help their family business, which is pinched by the economic lifeline of each state capital one after another, which then affects local taxes;

The second is those Beijing officials. The officials of the capital are located in the power center of Daye, in addition to their own high power, the sources of information are also very fast, if they stretch their hands and feet longer, combine with foreign forces and form alliances to exchange information, it is not difficult to earn enough money;

The third is those foreign officials who are far away from the emperor and can even become the emperor of the local territory, some of them are family families who have been entrenched in the local area for hundreds of years and span several dynasties, and some are feudal officials. In these years, the spread of information was not as convenient as that of later generations, which also strengthened the possibility that they would cover the sky with one hand, and if the emperor wanted to maintain the stability of the regime, he had to compromise with them and not strictly require them to be as clean as the Feng family......

For example, Feng Zhirong's mother's Zhou family is the local parent official, which is a real snake! On weekdays, if the Beijing officials who are not well assigned to the local area have to look at their faces, which is also the most undesirable force for the emperor, but if it weren't for them, they wouldn't be able to suppress many local stubborn elements - if those ruffians and hooligans make trouble in three days, I'm afraid that the people's fields don't need to be cultivated, and their business will not be done! This affects the root of the imperial court's taxation!

In the end, it is those families who are not contaminated with officialdom but play an important role.

They are either not contaminated with officialdom, or like Zhou Youshao's family, they choose the imperial examination to enter the official career, they have been operating in the local area for hundreds of years, they are highly respected in the local area, calling for wind and rain, and they also check and balance each other with local officials, and sometimes even the officials sent abroad have to look at their faces.

The emperor also loved and hated them, loved them so much that they could balance local forces, and hated that they did not use their strength to cooperate with the court, but only devoted themselves to "keeping to themselves" and not getting involved in mundane things, and although such a high level would not cause trouble for the court, when the court wanted to find out something and had to pass through them, it also had to spend a lot of effort to deal with them......

Feng Zhirong thought about it, and finally couldn't help but ask in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty wants to clear up the friends?" ”

King Jing bowed his head and said: "Right now, we have to start from Zhao Guangben, he has a lot of eyeliner and a shrewd person, making him the emperor is just a bargaining chip for his father." His father was wary of him on the surface, and he wanted to know whether he was loyal or not. ”

A slightly puzzled expression appeared on Feng Zhirong's face, but in this way, there was almost no place for herself? - No, there is.

Perhaps, they also want to use their own partial method to explore Zhao Guangben, and even Zhao Mingyun!

King Jing saw Feng Zhirong's expression, and guessed seven or eight points in his heart: "Don't think ahead, my father has not instructed me on this matter, and I am usually responsible for military affairs, so you can rest assured these days." ”

Feng Zhirong's eyebrows moved, and she really didn't know what King Jing said about "something in my heart".

King Jing also knew that she was going to ask, so he said: "Concubine Zhuang gave birth to two sons, one is my strong eighth brother, and the other is the tenth brother, the tenth brother is still young and has no thoughts at the moment. My father also knew about it, so I used them conveniently......" King Jing said this, and did not say any more.

Feng Zhirong nodded, knowing that the emperor wanted to know whether the official was truly loyal, and by the way, he also wanted to find out if his son had any dissenting intentions - although Feng Zhirong had only seen historical stories in his previous life, and knew that he was in the heavenly family, and even the bloodline connected by blood could not be believed, but now he heard it with his own ears and was very emotional.

And thinking of this, she couldn't help but worry about King Jing, after all, King Jing is also the emperor's son, so ......

Feng Zhirong looked at King Jing with a worried expression, and King Jing also said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine." ”

Feng Zhirong was anxious to speak, and coughed a few more times. King Jing filled her teacup with water, and after Feng Zhirong drank it, she found that her throat was much better, so she also spoke: "Today you also asked me about that ...... I'm not interested, I really don't have it, but I'm afraid ......"

Feng Zhirong paused for a while, looked into King Jing's eyes, and then said: "I don't know if you will have a time when you can't help yourself, I'm afraid of pulling your hind legs, but I just want you to know that where you are, I will be there." ”

The corners of King Jing's mouth hooked, and he said: "Don't worry, since I don't want to stay only in the imperial city, I won't compete with other siblings. ”

Feng Zhirong looked at King Jing's face for a long time, and then she was a little relieved. So my mind turned, and I returned to the topic I had just talked about......

Although King Jing asked her to rest well in the past few days, he had so many words with her, which couldn't help but make her think more. "Will Your Majesty need me then?" Feng Zhirong asked carefully.

"Father may really have this idea, but I have to nod my head." King Jing reminded: "My father promised me. ”

Feng Zhirong knew that King Jing was referring to when he met the emperor in the Tongming Palace, the emperor said that his affairs were all based on King Jing's promise.

"So, what will you need me to do?"

"Not at the moment, I still have to hand over some military affairs in the north with my uncle recently, and he may discuss it with him, but I will still come to see you every day."

"You're busy, I'll just read more books." As he spoke, he poured himself tea to moisten his throat.