Chapter 50: Who Dominates the Ups and Downs
Since they met in the Xuande Hall that day, Tang Huan, the privy envoy, and Zhang Guangshi, the secretary of the military department, have both become guests in the palace of Prince Ding. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeใ info
There was also an endless stream of courtiers of all sizes, making Haoxing Mingrui, a fake prince, really bothered. Fortunately, there were no people who were familiar with Prince Ding among these courtiers, and it was easier for Haoxing Mingrui to deal with it.
In fact, he was not afraid to deal with these courtiers, because even if there were people among them who knew the original Prince Ding, it was more than twenty years ago. Besides, at that time, Prince Ding was fighting all the year round, and he rarely appeared in the court, and this Prince Ding has always been arrogant, and he has never interacted with those civil servants, and he has no confidants.
What really makes Haoxing Mingrui nervous is that he is about to face the old subordinates of Prince Ding, how to behave so that they will not be recognized, and at the same time not let the emperor be suspicious of him?
In the end, it was the real Prince Ding's words, Xiao Tianjue, who reminded him that this play was asked by the emperor to act, as long as it could satisfy the emperor, as for other people's thoughts, they had nothing to do with him, and the emperor would worry about him. As a result, he also completely let go, as long as it was a military person who had dealings with the former Prince Ding, his palace would not welcome it, and if he met on other occasions, he would send the other party away in a few words.
However, in this way, the old acquaintances of the original prince inevitably talked about it in private, saying that after being ill for more than 20 years, the former "Agni General" turned out to be a great change in temperament and no longer looked like the past......
In this way, a few days later, the emperor summoned Prince Ding to the Xuande Palace.
After saluting, Haoxing Mingrui stood silently at the bottom of the steps, looking a little uneasy.
Haoxing Xiaoqi naturally saw the abnormality of this fake prince, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Why is Prince Ding so restrained today? Could it be that he has encountered some difficulties?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Prince Ding in the near future...... No, it's some old acquaintances of the younger brother in private...... Small talk, talk about ...... Speaking of the 'Fire General', the younger brother was very ...... Disturbed......" Haoxing Mingrui replied hesitantly.
"Do you think they're suspicious of your identity?"
"Brother is incompetent, please forgive your majesty!" Haoxing Mingrui hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to apologize.
Haoxing Xiaoqi looked at him for a long time, and said helplessly: "Let's be even! This matter is not your fault, after all, there is only one 'Agni General' in this world, and you can pretend to be an ordinary person! But you don't have to panic, those people are suspicious, and there is no solid evidence in the end, and besides, there is my own brother here, and no one dares to openly question you." โ
"Yes, Your Majesty Xie!" Although Haoxing Mingrui stood up, he finally didn't dare to raise his head with a weak heart.
Haoxing Xiaoqi stared at him for a long time, and secretly wondered in his heart, although this person was a little cowardly, he was still obedient and taught, if it took time, he should not only be a good puppet, but also a good ear and eye......
"Li Jin, I heard that you used to be a singer?"
Haoxing Mingrui was stunned, and then said with sincere fear: "The grass people have indeed played miscellaneous games in the troupe, running tricks, and they are not really ...... Really sang ......"
Haoxing Xiaoqi nodded, and then asked, "You should have read a book too, right?"
"Back to Your Majesty, in fact, the grass people were originally the children of a big family, and they still read some books and knew a little bit about riding and shooting. More than 10 years ago, the grass people left home to study in Beijing, but they did not expect a plague to occur in their hometown, which took the lives of the grass people's entire family. The grass people lost their roots and fell to the streets, and later found a job in a troupe. Later, someone found me, and I entered the palace of Prince Ding......"
Haoxing Mingrui explained the origin of the question he asked from that Li import to Haoxing Xiaoqi one by one.
Haoxing Xiaoqi glanced at Gonggong Zheng who was standing aside, and saw that he nodded lightly, confirming that what Li Jin said was true. Only then did he squint his eyes and smile, and said softly: "Since you once went to Beijing to study, you must have also saved the heart of joining the country at that time. Now that the coincidence has finally made it possible for you to stand on top of the court, I wonder if you are willing to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"
Haoxing Mingrui blinked his eyes a few times, and his face gradually showed a look of ecstasy, and he knelt heavily on the ground with a "plop", and kowtowed again and again: "The grass people are willing! The grass people are willing! The grass people thank Your Majesty Longen!"
Haoxing Xiaoqi had long expected this result, nodded unsatisfied, and said, "Stand up and speak!"
Seeing Haoxing Mingrui standing up with a happy face, Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help but smile slightly, and continued: "From today on, you are the rightful Prince Ding, and you are the right-hand man I rely on very much in the court. You don't have to pay attention to what the lowly officials say, but you must always pay attention to what the court officials say, and if you find anything out of the ordinary, you must report it to me. โ
Haoxing Mingrui immediately bowed down to receive the order.
"I heard that the privy envoy Tang Huan and the military secretary Zhang Guangshi have both been to your mansion, I wonder what they have said?" Haoxing Xiaoqi immediately began to test the ability of this future ear to speak.
Haoxing Mingrui thought seriously for a moment before replying: "Zhang Shangshu didn't say anything important, Lord Tang, as a privy envoy, seems to have some thoughts about sending the Northern Army this timeโโ"
"Oh, what did he say?"
Lord Tang said that the responsibility for the transfer of soldiers originally belonged to the Privy Council, but the documents for the transfer of high-ranking generals in the army must have the seal of the prime minister, so the confusion of power and responsibility is not conducive to the command and transfer when the war is critical. โ
Hearing this, Haoxing Xiaoqi just let out a light "um", and the expression on his face did not change in the slightest.
Haoxing Mingrui continued: "Lord Tang also said some interesting gossip. He said that Zuo Xiang had recently spent a lot of money to buy a garden next to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but after buying it, he found that the garden had fallen into disrepair and had long been dilapidated, so Zuo Xiang had to spend a lot of money to find someone to renovate it.
"It seems that Tang Huan is paying close attention to Zuo Xiang's affairs!" Haoxing Xiaoqi finally couldn't help but sneer.
Haoxing Mingrui sneered and said, "Lord Tang thinks that now that the war in the north has started and the military expenditure is huge, the officials of the DPRK and China should all devote themselves to worrying about the king, like the left prime minister who is indulging in pleasure and spending excessively, it really shouldn't-"
Haoxing Xiaoqi smiled coldly again, and then suddenly asked, "What do you think of this left minister?"
"This-minister-brother has only one side relationship with this Zuo Xiang, and I really don't know what his heart is like. It's just that the younger brother has always had a doubt in his heart - Zuo Xiang seems to have doubts about the identity of the younger brother!"
Haoxing Xiaoqi immediately frowned, and his face became extremely gloomy, "How did you see it?"
"When talking about the battle of Qingfengling in the palace that day, Zuo Xiang said the name of the general of the Rong army who was killed by Song Xingye wrongly, and the younger brother did not notice it at that time, until he saw some brief records about Song Xingye sent by Gonggong Zheng, which contained a detailed account of the battle of Qingfengling, and the younger brother realized that there was such a big mistake!"
"Do you think he deliberately misnamed that enemy general?"
Although the younger brother didn't know much about Zuo Xiang, he thought that he should be a well-read and well-educated person, and it was unlikely that he would make such a simple mistake. โ
Haoxing Xiaoqi nodded slightly, and then glanced at Haoxing Mingrui with approval, "It's really rare that you can gain insight into this matter in time! No matter what the intentions of that Leng Yiqing are, you have to find out it as soon as possible for me, you may be able to do this?"
Haoxing Mingrui hurriedly bowed down and replied: "The subordinate brother must do his best to live up to the holy hope!"
On the same day, the holy decree was issued, and it was Zheng Gonggong, the chief administrator of the emperor's side, who personally went to make the decree transmitted in the prince's palace - the prince was ordered to officially go to the court to discuss politics from now on.
Hearing this news, the hearts of many Dayu courtiers were shocked.
Originally, I thought that the emperor only remembered the prince Ding who had made great achievements in the war with Beirong, so he wanted to make some compensation to him, the imperial brother who had been neglected for a long time-the big deal was to give more rewards, occasionally summon him into the palace to talk about it, or even ask him for some military advice.
But who would have thought that the emperor would make such a solemn decree and give this prince, who does not even have a false position, the privilege of standing above the court, and this kind of power has never been even the eldest son of the emperor and probably the future prince - His Royal Highness King Ji.
From this point of view, in the future, above the court of Dayu, this Prince Ding will be a powerful figure that cannot be ignored. And Dayu's court situation will also enter a more subtle and unpredictable stage from now on, who is the master of the ups and downs, I am afraid it remains to be seen!