After the Shangyuan Festival, whether it is the monarch and the nobles, or the cloth people, they can be regarded as having spent the New Year's festival, resuming their daily busyness, or being quiet and peaceful. And as the matter of changing the law has been prepared, He Ye decided to announce when he decided to convene the palace meeting, seeing that many foreign ministers were going to participate, and Shi Niang did not want to be so conspicuous anymore, and openly involved in politics in the harem. Therefore, after the Lantern Festival, she no longer frequently goes to the Zichen Palace, and He Ye will not hide from her from the government affairs of the foreign court, even in the Penglai Palace, she will not "close her eyes and listen".

But in order to fight a good battle to change the law, His Majesty the Emperor will naturally see the foreign ministers more frequently, and it is commonplace to be busy until midnight, and even stay up all night, naturally it will not be the same as some time ago, accompany the queen and Chi'er to dinner every day, Chi'er has not seen his father for three days, no matter how Eleven Niang persuades him to sleep this night, he sits on the bed with a pillow in his arms, determined to wait for his father to return late.

However, when it came to the child, the child finally couldn't resist sleepiness, and actually sat upright and fell asleep.

The taro said in a low voice: "Do you want to let Jiang Neichen send the emperor's eldest son to the East Side Palace?" ”

Eleven Niang waved her hand: "Let him be, look at this hour, I'm afraid the saint won't have time to come over tonight." ”

As soon as these words fell, I heard the door ring, and Eleven Niang went around the door to take a look, only to see the person walking in while stretching his waist, is it His Majesty the Emperor? hurriedly stepped forward, and while taking off his coat for He Ye, he said: "Chi'er rested in my room tonight, he just fell asleep, this kid was having a temper earlier, and the saint carefully didn't wake him up." ”

He Ye walked lightly to the inner room, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at his son who was sleeping sweetly, scratched his little nose gently, and originally planned to carry this obstructive little man back to his own bedroom, but he couldn't bear to think about it, so he pulled Eleven Niang to the outside room, and first dismissed the miscellaneous surplus: "I have washed up in Zichen Palace, so I don't need to do anything more." ”

pulled Eleven Niang again, and leaned on the soft couch outside with him, and the husband and wife were wearing thin bedclothes, each leaning on a pillow to talk.

"Ill tired?" His Majesty the Emperor did not forget to care for a word.

"I've been idle these days, the Queen Mother is not in the palace, and I don't need to get up early, I rested for a while in the afternoon, I thought of going to the Zichen Palace to prepare supplementary food, but I heard that Yuwenjun, Xu Xiuneng, etc. were all there, and I was afraid of being conspicuous, so I only asked Jiang Huai to send a food box over, which was already troublesome, but I was troubled by Chi'er just now, and I didn't feel sleepy at this time."

"I had a quarrel with He Chengtai today, and a lot of affairs were delayed, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten out so late, I remembered, as if I promised Chi'er three days ago to test his riding skills today, but I threw it out of the clouds, I didn't believe it again, don't blame Chi'er for having a temper."

"Chi'er didn't mention it, I guess I forgot it, but because I haven't seen the saint for several days, I am worried in my heart, so I refuse to go back to his own dormitory to sleep."

"That kid shouldn't have forgotten, but he didn't want to complain about me in front of Yiyi, maybe he also understood my busy government affairs, so he refused to say anything about breach of contract and dishonesty, or not, he didn't need to go to court early tomorrow, when he woke up, I would test his riding skills again, and I would not be afraid that I would not be able to pull out the hour." His Majesty the Emperor blamed himself.

"Why did the Holy One quarrel with the Fourteenth Brother today?"

"It's not because of Xu Xiuneng." He Ye half-closed his eyes, put his arm on Shi Niang's slender waist, and his expression did not show displeasure: "The first step in reforming the tax law is to investigate the hidden families of fugitives and investigate the local officials who colluded to annex the people's fields. Responsible people, fairness and honesty are one thing, but also must be cunning and ruthless, such as Shao Borong and so on, although he can also be responsible in terms of qualifications and conduct, but it is not enough to fight wits and ruthlessness with those traitorous officials, if you are not careful, you may lose your loyalty, so I plan to use Xu Xiuoneng. ”

As he spoke, his fingers tapped lightly on Eleven Niang's waist: "Of course, Xu Xiuneng is not fair and honest, he is an opportunist, but I have traced his bad deeds over the years, but he has never acted to encroach on people's land, at least in this matter, those heroes can't hold his handle, and this person is now trying to protect himself, and he will do his best to reuse it, I give him this opportunity, he must do his best." He used to be the Queen Mother's party, and I used him to eliminate the party members and liquidate the crimes of many traitors and bullies in the past. ”

Of course, Eleven Niang can understand He Ye's scheming: "In terms of cunning, Xu Xiuneng is indeed fierce, the saint wants to deter lawlessness, Xu Xiuneng is indeed a sharp blade, but the fourteenth brother rejects this person, but not because of personal grudges, but because Xu Xiuneng's traitorous and despicable, unscrupulous means violate the rule of wisdom, the saint uses him now, but he has to avoid being injured by a sharp blade in the future." ”

Eleven Niang understood He Zhan better, why she had to suppress Xu Xiuneng, she paused slightly, saw that He Ye did not refute her opinion, and continued: "Xu Xiuneng is a nobleman, but he has few great ambitions, unwilling to sit and enjoy the shadow, after ten years of hard study, the way to take the exam, at the beginning of the year, he can understand the current situation of the court, on wit and ability, it is indeed outstanding, but unfortunately, although his ambition is great, but it turns into greed, there is no Songyun Festival, but it is the flow of the flame, if he is born to rule the world, or become a minister who sells fame and reputation, even if he is despicable, It is not enough to become a great traitor, however, he was not born to rule the world, and met a heavy traitor and a virtuous person like Empress Dowager Naiwei. ”

The meaning of this is that no matter whether Xu Xiu Neng meets the Holy Lord of the Ming Monarch or not, it is impossible to become an impartial and upright minister, at most it is not a great treachery, Empress Dowager Wei is in power, Xu Xiuneng is a minister, in exchange for He Ye to govern, he is nothing more than more cautious in doing bad things, and it is impossible to change his past wrongs.

Even if He Ye will not be confused by Xu Xiuneng's slander and implement false politics, if he connives, it is difficult to guarantee that Xu Xiuneng will not secretly do evil, which is contrary to He Ye's original intention of restoring prosperity.

"Yi Yi is so disgusted with Xu Xiu? I know that he had a lot of slander at that time in order to win the trust of Empress Dowager Wei, but at least he recommended Jiang Daozhen to guard Tongguan, and I have to say that it is indeed conducive to expelling the Turks and recovering Chang'an. He Ye opened his eyes, he was really a little puzzled why Eleven Niang and He Zhan were so resistant to Xu Xiuneng.

"Does the Holy Lord know, when did Xu Xiuneng start to rudder the wind?" But without waiting for He Ye to respond, Eleven Niang directly revealed the mystery: "When the Queen Mother decided to govern and negotiate peace, Xu Xiuneng noticed that something was wrong and was planning a way out, but he knew that framing and killing 100,000 Lingnan rebels would cause Ganzhou to fall, and the Turks drove straight in, and still aided and abused, thinking that he did this to clear up the internal troubles of the saint, so he ignored the warning of the fourteenth brother and caused the 100,000 rebels to die in filth, how treacherous and sinister his intentions were?" If the saint uses him for use, if he is taken seriously in the future, won't it become the crime of acquiescing to Empress Dowager Wei and her party members and unjustly killing loyal and righteous people? Didn't the saint ever think that he wanted to correct the name of King Huai'en and give justice to the 100,000 righteous army in Lingnan? ”

If even He Jue and the Lingnan Righteous Army can only bear the grievances of the rebels, then it is even more impossible to overturn the case for the Pei Zheng family.

It is true that the Urgent Guild once fought against the rebellion of the imperial court, even if it was He Ye, he would not condone its existence and growth and get away with it, but in order to fight against the Turks, He Jue took the initiative to surrender and incorporated the rebel into the border army.

100,000 righteous people will not be blind to death, if such grievances can't convince He Ye to investigate thoroughly, then the Pei Zheng clan with cold bones, the old ministers who are of no help to He Ye and even have grudges, whether they are wronged or not, will not be able to move this emperor's heart.

If Lin Xi is paving the way, then redressing the grievances of He Yu and 100,000 righteous and brave people is a further temptation!

As for Xu Xiuneng, he was an accomplice in the murder of 100,000 righteous and brave, and an executioner in the execution of the conspiracy.

How could He Ye's attitude towards him not be important? That's why He Zhan argued with the Son of Heaven, but it seems that he couldn't persuade the Son of Heaven to simply abandon Xu Xiuneng, so Eleven Niang wanted to continue to implement the "pillow wind" policy.

"I do have great admiration for King Wynne." He Ye said for a long time: "If I were in a different situation with him, I should not be able to be so selfless as him, for the rule of China, for the tens of millions of people, for the sake of the allies who were born and died, willing to go to prison, tie their arms, such a great righteousness, it is true that I should not bear the grievances, but for King Huai'en and 100,000 righteous people, it is not the right time now." ”

"Yes, the Turks will not be destroyed, and the frontier will not be peaceful, and to destroy the Turks and raise troops to defend the border, it is inseparable from financial support, so tax reform is the key, but does the Holy Lord have to use Xu Xiuneng, is it possible that except for Xu Xiuneng, the rest of the people will not be able to achieve their goals? I thought that the use of Xu Xiuneng would certainly get twice the result with half the effort, but in the long run, it would do more harm than good. ”

Appointing Xu Xiuneng to change the law, when it is done, of course, it is necessary to reward meritorious deeds, but if He Ye decides to thoroughly investigate He Xiuneng's case, Xu Xiuneng should be an accomplice and should be punished with a capital crime, this is tantamount to first putting Xu Xiuneng in a high position, and then stepping him into the dust, Xu Xiuneng certainly deserves it, but the emperor who knows that Xu Xiuneng is the main culprit who unjustly killed the loyal and good people, but still has to reuse it, of course, he also has to bear the criticism of turning his face ruthlessly, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, even if He Ye doesn't care about false fame, but for the reform of the official system, it will cause slander in the end, the safest way, Of course, it has been snubbed, and only when it is liquidated can it be justified and not be honest.

"If you don't need Xu Xiuneng, then who to use has to be carefully considered." He Ye's eyebrows were furrowed, and he didn't feel sleepy, so he simply turned over and sat up: "I have to go to Zichen Palace, He Chengtai is angry and left, fortunately, Xuanzhi stays in the palace today, although he is not in charge of the ministry, he is also very familiar with the personnel of the court, I will discuss with Xuanzhi first to see if there are any other candidates." ”

His Majesty the Emperor was resolute, and he wanted to run out after putting on a robe, but Eleven Niang hurriedly called him and dressed him with his own clothes.

Pity Chi'er, woke up from sleep, still did not see his father, so depressed that he even ate breakfast listlessly, fortunately, although His Majesty the Emperor was busy, this time he did not completely forget the promise, and deliberately took out an hour in the next day, compared his son's riding skills, and personally demonstrated the hundred steps through Yang, encouraging the emperor's eldest son to continue to work hard, returning to Penglai Hall in the evening, leaving the bowl and chopsticks and falling asleep - even if the Son of Heaven is an iron body, he can't stand it for days and almost sleepless.

Eleven Niang looked at the man who was sleeping unconscious, and gently put down the brocade tent, although she had not yet determined whether He Ye had found a candidate to replace Xu Xiuneng, but seeing that he couldn't wait to find Lu Li to discuss last night, he should have changed his mind.

This was what she hoped for, but for some reason, she felt a heavy heart, and an inexplicable uneasiness was like a cloud before the coming rainstorm, enveloping her and making her unable to break free.