Chapter 262: Dog Eats Dog
During this period, the atmosphere in the imperial court was very tense, and the prince's party and the acting king's party fought fiercely. Either you bite me, or I bite you, and I bite you very fiercely. Both sides bite off a piece of each other's meat.
The ministers who remained neutral or supported the four princes, or other princes, watched the prince's party and the king's party fight back and forth like a monkey show.
The prince's party and the acting king's party did not dare to make too much trouble. If they go too far, the emperor will never spare them.
Thanks to the blessings of the prince's party and the king's party, the emperor watched a lot of good dramas during this time, and he was in a very happy mood. Of course, what pleased the emperor the most was that he could arrange for students from poor backgrounds to take over the vacant official positions.
The prince's party and the acting king's party bit each other, causing many officials to be demoted, or exiled, or imprisoned, and even exiled to Lingnan. This has led to the creation of many official positions in the court.
Whether it is the ministers of the prince's party or the king's party, they are all from famous families or official families, and none of them are from poor families. Some of these vacant official positions are still important positions.
The emperor arranged for officials from poor families to take over these official positions, and many ministers naturally saw his intentions. Even if they see it, they can't stop it. Besides, this time it was the crown prince and the people who acted for the king, not their people, so they didn't need to talk too much.
Many ministers speculated whether the prince's party and the king's party were biting each other's ghosts, in order to arrange for officials from poor families to take the position.
The emperor's move is really high. not only justifiably suppressed the power of the prince's party and the acting king's party, but also smoothly supported the poor officials to ascend to power.
Nowadays, there are more and more officials from poor families in the court, but most of them do not hold important positions, and only some very talented people hold important positions. The ministers could see the emperor's thoughts, but they didn't take it to heart. To be precise, they were very disdainful, because they felt that it was useless for the emperor to do so.
Since ancient times, officials in the court or local officials have been the children of families or eunuchs, and there are very few children of poor families. Besides, the emperors of each dynasty wanted to arrange for the children of the Han family to replace the children of the family, but in the end, they all failed.
Using the children of the poor family to fight against the children of the family is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
The ministers all laughed at the emperor in their hearts and waited to see the emperor's good show.
The prince's party and the king's party lost some officials, but it was not a big deal for them. Because the officials who really held important positions and held real power did not have an accident, and the emperor did not dare to move them easily.
When the students of Taixue learned that there were some officials from poor backgrounds who were appointed to important positions, their hearts were full of hope and enthusiasm.
In the imperial study of the Chengguang Palace, the emperor put a pair of feet on the imperial table, swaying happily. He had a smile on his face and happily hummed a song that had recently become popular in the capital.
He Xiang and Taishi Liu saw the emperor's happy and bubbling appearance, and their eyes were full of helplessness.
"Your Majesty, are you happy to be early?" He Xiang saw the emperor's happy appearance, and couldn't help but want to pour cold water.
Taishi Liu echoed and said: "This time, it is the crown prince and the people who are acting for the king to bite each other, and it is not your means, what are you happy about." ”
The emperor munched on the apple and said, "How can I not be happy, this time they bite each other, so that I can smoothly arrange for the officials of the poor family to take the position." ”
He Xiang continued to pour cold water: "Your Majesty, the vast majority of the officials who had an accident this time are small fish and shrimp. ”
"Small fish and shrimp are very good." The emperor gnawed on the apple, "Small fish and shrimp will become big fish and meat in the future." ”
Liu Taishi looked at the emperor's proud appearance and felt very indebted.
"Your Majesty, these small fish and shrimp may not necessarily become big fish and big meat."
He added: "Or they have been taken over by the family before they become big fish and big meat, after all, this kind of thing happens from time to time. ”
He Xiang continued with Taishi Liu's words and continued: "It is not easy to let the children of the Hanmen replace the children of the family, and it is not that the previous dynasty has not tried, but the results have failed. ”
Liu Taishi said again: "It is good for the first emperor to establish Taixue and use the method of being an official with a poor student from Taixue, but with all due respect, it is difficult to bring down the children of the family. ”
He Xiangchang sighed and said, "Alas, it's not a good way after all. ”
"Then you can come up with a good idea for me." The emperor glared at He Xiang and them, and said angrily, "If you come up with a good way for me, I will provide for you." ”
He Xiang and Taishi Liu hurriedly refused: "The ministers can't afford it. ”
The emperor threw the apple core in his hand at He Xiang and them, and He Xiang and they dodged it sensitively.
"Your Majesty, now that the ministers of the prince's party and the acting king's party are fighting so blatantly, do you want to stand by all the time?" He Xiang asked.
Taishi Liu said: "The emperor can't wait for the prince's party and the acting king's party to fight more and more fiercely. ”
He Xiang frowned and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that you will get away?" ”
"If I'm in charge, won't they fight?" The emperor frowned, rolled his eyes, and said, "If I'm in charge, won't those ministers stand in line?" ”
The emperor's rhetorical question made He Xiang and Taishi Liu unable to answer.
"What's so good about this broken emperor, they want to break their heads one by one." The emperor said with disgust on his face, "If I don't want to be this emperor." If I could, I would like to be the emperor now, and then go out and be chic and happy. ”
"Your Majesty, you are still young, don't think about being the emperor." How much the emperor hates being the emperor, He Xiang and Liu Taishi know it. They are really afraid that one day the emperor will be impatient and will really stop doing it. "His Royal Highness Ten is not yet an adult, you have to continue to be the emperor."
"Your Majesty, you can't abandon the country and the people."
"If I really wanted to abandon the people, I would have left it a long time ago." The emperor said, his face became very ugly for a moment, "How many of those ministers standing in the court do you think are for the sake of the country and the people?" They only think about their own glory and wealth, only think about the glory of their families, and don't care about the life or death of the people at all. ”
Taishi Liu said with a cold face: "This is the family. ”
"Your Majesty, the crown prince is more concerned about the life and death of the people than the acting king." He Xiang said very directly, "There are no people in the eyes of the acting king. ”
Taishi Liu continued He Xiang's words and said: "There is no mercy in the heart of the acting king. "It is said that the acting king is like the emperor, but in fact, it really doesn't look like it at all. When the emperor was young, he often fought everywhere, and the killing on his body was also heavy, but the emperor had a benevolent heart. The most important thing is that the emperor has always valued the people, and the acting king has never put the people in his heart.
"The prince is a benevolent person and cares about the people, but he relies on Zhenguo Gong everywhere, and he has no idea at all, if I hand over the country of the Great Zhou to him, this country will immediately change his surname to Xie." At the mention of the eldest son and the second son, the emperor had a heart attack, "The crown prince was taught by me personally when he was a child, how do you say he became a soft egg." ”
uses "soft eggs" to describe his son, and it is estimated that there is only an emperor.
"The first queen has always been strict with the prince's teachings, why do you think he became like this?" Regarding this, the emperor is really puzzled. "And the second child, I am not a ruthless killer, how could he not inherit the slightest bit of mercy from me?"
"Since the two of them want to grab it, let them grab enough, and I'll see how far they can go."
"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that they will make the court into a miasma?" He Xiang has always been worried that the prince and the acting king are fighting too much, and the ministers only care about fighting for power and profit, drilling for power, completely ignoring the life and death of the people and the people, and making everyone follow suit, so that the Great Zhou will be over.
"Am I dead?" The emperor said with a gloomy face, "If they dare to make the court smoky, I will let them smoke directly." ”
He Xiang and Taishi Liu didn't quite understand the emperor's words, and asked curiously, "What does it mean to let them smoke?" ”
"Is there smoke coming from the ancestral grave?"
"Yes, let their ancestors not be at peace for generations." So far, the ministers of the DPRK and China have not dared to do anything but play with power and exploit power. If they don't do things well, they will be demoted to officials at least, and they will be directly demoted to commoners.
He didn't believe the emperor very much: "Your Majesty, you can get away with it when the time comes, don't let the ministers clean up the mess for you." ”
Taishi Liu said directly: "Your Majesty, the ministers will never clean up the mess for you again." ”
"When did I let you wipe my ass?"
He Xiang and Liu Taishi saw the emperor's scoundrel appearance and didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore.
"Your Majesty, if you're okay, the minister will leave first."
"I'm not done yet, where are you going?"
Taishi Liu said impatiently: "If you have anything else to say, hurry up, the minister still has a bunch of things to do......"
Before his words could be heard, his head was almost smashed by the song.
"Are you busy anymore?" The emperor patted the two piles of folds on the imperial table vigorously, "I have endless reviews every day......
He Xiang was afraid that the emperor would continue to complain, so he hurriedly interrupted the emperor's words: "Your Majesty, if you have anything else to say, hurry up." ”
The emperor didn't bother to talk nonsense with He Xiang, so he straightened up and said, "Abolish the sea ban." ”
"Your Majesty, do you want to abolish the sea ban?"
Liu Taishi said: "The sea ban should have been abolished a long time ago. ”
"Over the years, you all know the benefits of Qingzhou." The emperor looked serious and said, "It's time to abolish the sea ban." ”
Taishi Liu: "If the sea ban is not abolished, the people by the sea will revolt and rebel." ”
"The minister is not opposed to opening the sea ban, but the emperor, once the sea ban is opened, those families will become greedy." He Xiang reminded the emperor.
"I know that the opening of the sea ban is a bone that will turn the family into mad dogs." The Emperor raised the corners of his mouth and smiled meaningfully, "I'm going to let them eat dogs." ”
Hearing the emperor say this, He Xiang and Taishi Liu immediately understood the emperor's intentions.
"Your Majesty, you are still as insidious as ever."
Taishi Liu said with admiration on his face: "The minister is far inferior to the emperor. ”
The Emperor snorted, "I think you are praising me. ”
He added: "Let's talk about what to do after the opening of the sea ban." ”
The discussion between the three of them did not stop until noon. The emperor left He Xiang to have lunch with Taishi Liu. After lunch, the trio continued to discuss the policy after the abolition of the sea ban.
A few days later, the Emperor announced the abolition of the sea ban in the early court.
The ministers of the family naturally agreed, and some of the old ministers opposed. However, the emperor insisted on abolishing the sea ban.
For the people living along the coast, the abolition of the sea ban is a great thing.
Fearing that there would be a riot along the coast after the sea ban was opened, the emperor sent Shen Hu and them to guard it.
Zhao Yao saw that the emperor had really abolished the sea ban, and he couldn't help but wonder if the second uncle had a relationship with his father.
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