Chapter Ninety-Six: Zhenwutang (Reward for Alliance Leader Poonlo)
Relying on the favor of the Queen Mother, the eighth prince did indeed go too far, and it can be said that he almost rebelled directly.
As long as there is a slightly tougher emperor, he can't tolerate what the eighth prince does.
It's just that the situation in the Great Zhou court is a bit special now, which has made the eighth prince arrogant until now.
Empress Dowager Wanchun's angry chest fluctuated, and it calmed down after a while, and said to Yang Cheng in a deep voice: "Yang Cheng, you did a very good job."
This palace can see that you are willing to help Your Majesty, you are different from Han Jin's old dog.
As long as you can help Your Majesty get rid of the Eighth Prince, and make the situation in my Great Zhou stable, this palace can promise you anything.
So what do you want? At the helm of the Imperial Guard? Or is it the Forbidden Army? ”
Yang Cheng said in a deep voice: "I once told Your Majesty that the main reason for the current situation in the Great Zhou is not him, but that it is rotten from the bottom to the top.
I am not coaxing Your Majesty with these words, but the truth, it will only be worse for the Great Zhou to change an emperor now, not better.
Queen Mother, you don't need to guess my motives and purposes, I really want to help Your Majesty, to be precise, to help Da Zhou renew his life and reshape Da Zhou's martial arts.
As for the Imperial Commander, to be honest, I don't want to take over.
The entire Imperial Guard Division is rotten, and only the intelligence department is still of some use.
Therefore, I want to set up Zhenwutang separately, the purpose is to cultivate elite masters for the Great Zhou Dynasty and suppress those arrogant Jianghu forces.
This day is now full of smoke, and there is more than one eighth prince who can threaten His Majesty. ”
Empress Dowager Wanchun looked at Yang Cheng with some confusion.
Some people are officials for wealth, some people are for power, and what is Yang Cheng for?
Is it really for the sake of faith, in order to reshape the martial arts of the Great Zhou, and to renew the life of the Great Zhou?
Empress Dowager Wanchun couldn't see Yang Cheng clearly, but she only knew that at least some of what Yang Cheng did now was helping her mother and son.
"Good! These palaces will talk to His Majesty, I only hope that Lord Yang will remember today's promise. ”
At the moment when the Empress Dowager Wanchun agreed, Yang Cheng suddenly found that the completion of the 'Jianghu Dethroned Martial Arts' in the side quest was displayed as 1%.
These side quests are extremely difficult, and the rewards are unknown but should be extremely generous.
The other Yang Cheng has no clue or time for the time being, so he can only use the identity of a high-ranking official of the Great Zhou Dynasty to expand and slowly figure it out.
Unexpectedly, he only had a slight idea, and he had already made progress in the implementation of the project, and it seemed that he was in the right direction.
Leaving the queen mother's bedroom, Yang Cheng went to the palace to resume his life.
"Your Majesty, Han Jin's head is here, do you want to take a look?"
After hearing this, Zhou Heng waved his hand lightly and said, "Forget it, Han Jin has also followed me for decades, so let's bury him." ”
From the bottom of his heart, Zhou Heng is a good person, but unfortunately his indecisive character is not destined to be a good emperor.
"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"
Therefore, Han Jin deceived his superiors and subordinates, he would stammer Zhou Heng, but he would not be afraid of Zhou Heng.
"By the way, Yang Aiqing, the Empress Dowager just passed the word, saying that you are loyal and patriotic, and your strength and ability should be first-class, and you can be the pillar of Zhou Dongliang for me.
She is going to set up a Zhenwu Hall for you alone, which is specifically responsible for suppressing the forces of the rivers and lakes, cultivating elite talents, and reshaping the martial arts of the Great Zhou.
It's rare for me to see the Queen Mother boasting about a person like this, so I agreed, is Aiqing willing to take on this heavy responsibility? ”
Zhou Heng is actually a little strange, because the Queen Mother usually does not interfere in court politics, and even rarely expresses her opinions.
It was rare for the Queen Mother to speak this time, so Zhou Heng agreed without even thinking about it.
Anyway, in his opinion, this Zhenwutang is just another Imperial Guard, but with a different name.
Yang Cheng bowed his hand and said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your majesty and the queen mother's trust, and you should do your best to protect my Great Zhou." ”
Zhou Heng nodded with satisfaction: "Since this is the case, tomorrow I will announce that I will appoint you as the Governor of Zhenwutang and oversee many matters."
You also have the same authority before the Imperial Guard, and you can also look at the remaining people of the Imperial Guard. ”
Speaking of this, Zhou Heng hesitated for a moment and said: "Han Jin was the head of the inner hall before, and he was a good product, so it stands to reason that you, the governor of Zhenwu Hall, should also be a good product."
But this is the grade of an internal official, not the grade of a foreign official, and you are not an internal official.
Therefore, if this matter is brought to the court, I am afraid that some people will oppose it. ”
Yang Cheng said confidently: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I have my own way tomorrow, and I will ask Your Majesty to cooperate when the time comes." ”
It was the first time that Yang Cheng had experienced this kind of thing in the last dynasty, and the last time the Golden Horde came to envoy it was not considered to be the upper dynasty, and only a small number of important ministers came.
Compared with those scenes in film and television dramas, Da Zhou is actually simpler.
Only officials above the fifth rank in the capital are qualified to go to the court, and there are only a few officials who are qualified to speak, as well as high-ranking officials such as university scholars.
Therefore, most things are actually discussed before the previous dynasty, and there is almost no need to decide on the early dynasty.
And with Zhou Heng's mediocre level, he couldn't figure out any tricks, almost all of them watched the people below arguing, and finally got into trouble with the mud.
This time, Yang Cheng also saw the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Zhou Heng's eldest son, Zhou Ce.
This prince really doesn't look like his father, he has just turned eighteen, but he is already tall and mighty, handsome, and has an undisguised sharpness.
Zhang Xiren is the teacher of His Royal Highness the Prince, and sometimes he will take the prince to listen to it in the early dynasty.
After a few ministers put forward a few inconsequential things, Zhou Heng said: "Let me tell you a piece of news, Han Jin intended to rebel and bend the law for bribes, and he has been killed by me."
After that, the Great Zhou court will no longer have the yamen of the Imperial Guard. ”
Although Han Jin died because he offended too many people in the Book of Impermanence, he couldn't say that in front of everyone.
After all, Zhou Heng had also read the book of impermanence, if Han Jin died because of this crime, wouldn't it mean that he, the emperor, was also responsible?
Therefore, it is appropriate to accuse whoever the emperor wants to die.
When the ministers present heard the news, they all looked overjoyed.
Killing Han Jin's old eunuch doesn't count, even the scourge of the Imperial Guard Division is removed, this is a big victory!
If it weren't for the fact that they were in the court at this time, they would have been eager to celebrate each other.
Zhou Heng then followed up at this time: "The one who killed Han Jin was Yang Cheng, the former commander of the Imperial Guard.
Although Yang Cheng was in the Imperial Guard, he did not join in with him, but assisted the imperial court to kill this traitor, which can be said to be a clear stream.
In addition, when Yang Cheng provoked my Great Zhou in the Golden Horde, he defeated the three masters of the Golden Horde, turned the tide, and protected the majesty of my Great Zhou.
Therefore, I decided to add Yang to become the Metropolitan Governor of Zhenwutang, and prepare to build Zhenwutang, covering some of the responsibilities of the previous Imperial Guard, and at the same time responsible for cultivating elite talents, suppressing thieves, and reshaping the martial arts of our Great Zhou. ”
As soon as these words came out, the entire court immediately exploded.
Originally, they thought that they had gotten rid of Han Jin and the Imperial Shousi, but they didn't expect another Yang Cheng to pop up!
In terms of impression, Yang Cheng is naturally better than Han Jin, but it is also limited.
A pickled martial artist, or born in the rivers and lakes.
In addition, his ruthless methods, killing Huang Yunchang on trumped-up charges, and the book of impermanence that he first invented, all of which made civil officials dislike.
Moreover, this Zhenwutang sounds more powerful than the Imperial Guard, how can they bear it?
So in an instant, more than a dozen ministers stood up against it.
"Your Majesty, no!"
"May I ask Your Majesty, what is the rank of the Governor of the Martial Arts Hall of this town? How can a foreign minister receive the rank of a foreign minister? ”
"Han Jin's rebellion is just around the corner, and this town's martial arts hall is as good as the Imperial Guard, and I ask Your Majesty to take back your order!"
"Yang Cheng is a person who does things without scruples and is ruthless, how can such a person be ranked among the high-ranking officials of the imperial court?"
Zhou Heng was at a loss by the series of questions from everyone, and subconsciously looked at Yang Cheng.
Yang Cheng coughed twice, but this voice passed through the entire hall and resounded in everyone's ears, making many courtiers subconsciously shut up.
Glancing around, Yang Cheng took out one booklet after another from his arms.
"Although Han Jin is dead, the things he has collected over the years are still there.
You are all my great ministers, but some of the things recorded in this are a little shocking.
Some people seem to be sanctimonious, but the things they do in secret are shameful, tsk, I'm embarrassed to say it! ”
The faces of many of the ministers present changed.
They had known that the Imperial Keeper had secretly collected some of their secret information.
But Han Jin is not an idiot, of course it is impossible to take out all these things and offend everyone to death.
Therefore, everyone didn't want to completely force Han Jin to death before, so as not to force him to death and break everyone's net.
This time, it was because Han Jin was too greedy and wanted to force everyone to death, so everyone took action.
Now that these things are in the hands of Yang Cheng, it is natural to see what this represents.
But at this time, the internal force in Yang Cheng's hand exploded, and a booklet suddenly shattered into confetti.
"However, what Han Jin, a traitor, left behind, may not be credible, maybe he is deliberately provoking my Great Zhou Dynasty.
So I'll get rid of this kind of stuff that I don't know if it's true or not.
Rest assured, these things can't be condemned, and Zhenwutang is not the same as the Imperial Guard. ”
Looking at the flying confetti, none of the courtiers present said a word more.
They knew what Yang Cheng meant.
Now that this thing is fake, if they continue to oppose it, then it is not certain whether this thing is real or fake.
And don't look at Yang Cheng now that he has destroyed these booklets, who knows if he left a backup?
Zhou Heng saw that no one dared to speak anymore, and he glanced at Yang Cheng in a little surprise.
Even he, the emperor, dared to spray, this Yang Cheng really had the ability to restrain these guys.
"Since no one objected, then the Zhenwutang was established, let's retreat."
Taking advantage of the fact that no one objected, Zhou Heng also hurriedly finalized the matter.
Below, Zhang Xiren looked at Yang Cheng with a complicated expression.
He suddenly regretted that he had teamed up with Yang Cheng to kill Han Jin.
I don't know what this court will look like after Yang Cheng ascends to the throne, and what this Zhenwutang will look like.