Chapter 68 The battle between the two, caused by wind and rain

It's the same day, the Qixi Festival, the imperial study in the Qianming Palace.

The middle-aged man stood in the backlight, and the golden dragon freed up the cloud pattern on the bright yellow sauro robe.

Behind him is a spacious dragon case, with several chapters piled up in a mess, and the top one is open and put on hold at this time, and there is no red criticism between the black characters.

A thin pen wolf slanted on Zhu Yan, with a slightly raised pen tip slowly dripping with gorgeous cinnabar.

The white servant, brushing the dust in his hand, bowed his eyes and stood in the light and shadow, even breathing very lightly for fear of making a sound.

There is also a residual pool of tea stains on the golden brick floor, which is the "evidence" of the emperor's anger earlier.

The atmosphere of the imperial study is tense in silence, and there is only a dripping crisp sound, reminding the passage of time.

The old servant's forehead was unconsciously covered with a layer of hot sweat, condensed into a bean shape, and slipped on the corners of his eyes. He did not dare to wipe it, so he had to blink fiercely. The tingling feeling caused more and more uneasiness in his heart.

A sharp-billed apricot waiter leaned out of the thick brocade and made a gesture.

The old servant seemed to breathe a long sigh of relief, controlled his unhurry tone, and said lightly, "Your Majesty, the son of the King of Chu has arrived."

The saint turned around and just sat on the throne and spit out two words in a low voice: "Please."

but he didn't wait for Yu to fall on his knees, so he slightly held his right arm and shouted for exemption and sat down.

"Dari Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice have reached a conclusion, and the magistrate of Ninghai also submitted a report, saying that the real murderer of Zheng Naining was his original wife!" The emperor tilted his black eyebrows like a long sword, and a trace of heavy sarcasm flashed in his eyes: "Zheng Naining married a wife and was not virtuous. Because of the favor of the rear house, his wife was jealous, so he bought a murderer to assassinate him. Under the confirmation of the crime, Zheng's wife was afraid of crime and touched the wall and died." Speaking later, there was already a sonorous meaning in the words. The emperor fell on the chapter and sneered: "My Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple should be really decisive in handling the case. For more than a month, I have detected this murder thousands of miles away!"

Because of his face, Yu Yu is wearing a round-neck purple gauze robe, with a jade belt around his waist and a beaded crown. He is more elegant and elegant than usual, and calmer than usual, but between his eyebrows, he is still plain and indifferent. Even in the face of the angry emperor, he does not see fear. At this time, he just smiled gently: "The Holy Sage is wise, Such a result was expected a long time ago.

The emperor was stunned and seemed to laugh angrily, but relieved the heavy atmosphere: "Yes, I expected it a long time ago... that Zheng Nailing secretly investigated the bad deeds of Ninghai's magistrate. He was assassinated and died under the jealousy of his wife. It's really... interesting to die."

"The minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the minister of Dali Temple, one is a Jin Xiang's student and the other is a in-law. Naturally, they can only find out such a result." Yu Yu still smiled at the corners of his lips: "The magistrate of Ninghai can't say anything, but he is just the head of a government, and he still can't cover the sky in southern Zhejiang."

Eleven prefectures, one prefectures and seventy-five counties in southern Zhejiang have always been a rich place, the hometown of fish and rice. Since the founding of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there is an undertaking to announce the government affairs of the Prime Minister of the Province. Whenever the emperor inquires, what he does is political and people, stability and peace. However, since the establishment of the current emperor, in the establishment of the procuratorial court, he has been informed that it is completely different from the localities. The same situation.

Among them, the most serious is Ninghai Mansion. It is said that the local magistrate is extravagant, accepting bribes, indulging and bullying the people, taking wives and daughters, and dominating other people's business, so that many innocent people are desperate, and good people and small businesses are destroyed and lost.

When the emperor learned, he was naturally furious.

But it was not enough to strictly investigate the truth. On the contrary, the supervisor imperial history was jointly impeached by a group of officials in southern Zhejiang, saying that he could not ask for bribes, retaliation, distorted, and defile the officials. In the court discussion, Jin Xiang and Qin competed with each other. The officials of the two factions attacked each other. After that, the imperial history of supervision was privately based on millions of solid evidence of money. Next, he was convicted of a crime, but he came to an end of being notorious and beheaded.

The imperial history was originally a member of Qin Xiang's party, and it was not clean.

But local officials in southern Zhejiang may not be honest and innocent.

Zheng Naining was originally appointed as a minister of the Eastern Palace when he was Emperor Taizong. He was very loyal and trusted by his son today. Later, he was appointed as a counselor of the General Affairs Department, but he was a "lone minister" worthy of his name. Therefore, he was deeply afraid of the left and right two phases. Since the emperor ascended to the throne, he has been constantly trip Zheng Naining and tried his best to protect him. He spent several years in the center bumpy.

When the emperor wanted to investigate the corruption of local officials, the first thing he thought of was Zheng Nailing.

Therefore, when he was tripped again, the emperor was helpless, so he pushed the boat and demoted him to Ninghai Mansion and appointed Zhizhou.

I didn't want Zheng Nailing to be suddenly assassinated soon after he took office.

And the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice only seized the "true murderer" in more than a month. Zheng's wife was dead and had no proof.

How can you not make the emperor angry!

The pool of water in southern Zhejiang is really turbid and turbulent!

The emperor's awept eyes fell on the open chapter in front of him. After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice, "I heard the king of Chu mention that Wei Yuan, who was ordered to go to Ninghai this time, is recommended by you?"

"It was precisely that Wei Yuan was originally a proud disciple of his subordinates. He was full of talent, but because he hated the filth of the officialdom and did not want to be together, he just played with the world and fell in love with the mountains and rivers, but his original heart was actually loyal and deep ambitions. Therefore, when the minister knew the great righteousness, he stimulated his ambition that he had hidden for many years and was willing to be the Holy and Qingming. Treat it and do your best."

"But the situation in southern Zhejiang is really dangerous, and Zheng Nailing's death is a lesson from the past." Tianzi's sword frowned slightly and seemed to be a little worried: "Can Wei Yuan get the news back?"

Yu Yu smiled again: "According to my subordinates, my brother has just entered the territory of southern Zhejiang all the way."

The emperor was slightly stunned and smiled: "I don't think he will attract attention because he is such an unruly person." Looking at Yu's eyes again, the feeling of appreciation increased a little more. The tense awe-inspiring atmosphere in the imperial study was completely relaxed: "I have read the book strategy carefully. Today, I want to talk about it in depth."

Yuanyang, it was the word that the emperor personally gave Yu Yu. When Yu Yu returned from his studies, he got it when he entered the palace for the first time.

The emperor pondered for a moment, and then slowly said: "Resuming the opening of science and taking scholars, and further improving the reform. Instead of being directly recommended by the state government, Confucianism is set up, and admission by the academic and political examination. After the township examination, the examination, the imperial examination, and the palace magistrates have a way to become officials... In this way, the poor people in the world have a career, and fundamentally disintegrate the left and right two phases. Control the official system and form a party for personal gain.

"This strategy has been planned for a long time, and my subordinates are just perfecting the detailed rules." Yu Wei heard the appreciation of the emperor and said modestly without revealing a trace, but said, "At present, most of the ministers in the court are from nobles or families. They are not students of Jin Xiang, so they are former officials of Qin Xiang. Although there are many real talents and scholars, once they are involved in matters of interest, most of them are more important to self-interest and are not good ministers. Of course, Xungui and the children of the family also have tall, bright and upright people, but they are constrained by the family and weak, unable to compete with the Manchu Dynasty. For example, Wei Yuan gave up his official career because he saw the situation clearly and was frustrated. What's more, even if a man from a poor family is full of experience and outstanding talent and virtue, he suffers from no way to enter the official position, empty ambitions, and difficult to perform. The emperor is wise and has long intended to reform the system, giving fair opportunities to the poor people in the world, cultivate talents and virtues, and are determined to produce new capable ministers, clean up the official system, and return the world's Qingming rule.

These words are right in the arms of the emperor. Although Yu's expression is still faint and amorous, the emperor's heart is already turbulent.

"But the two clans and Qin have controlled the government for many years, and they are supported by nobles and families behind them. The two phases of the left and right must know the impact brought by the resumption of the imperial examination system. The emperor has to think twice about it slowly for political stability... However, at present, in the current situation, the two sides are tit-for-tat and the same situation, in order to strengthen their own momentum and knot The party's government is really the hidden worry of Dalong. The holy emperor must know that it is time to make a decision. Yu Yu said again that the words were not exciting, but once again fell in the Sacred Heart.

If it hadn't been unbearable, he wouldn't have let Zheng Nailing secretly investigate the secrets of southern Zhejiang, but he didn't want to take the life of his cronies for nothing.

"Yuan Yang's words must have a detailed plan. Don't worry, you can say it directly." The original frown sword eyebrows were raised heavily, and the emperor couldn't help writing a book and leaning over to wash his ears.

"I obey." Yu Wei got up and bowed, and there was no hesitation: "Although the battle between Jin Xiang and Qin Xiang is a hidden danger, it is also an opportunity. According to my brief opinion, you only need to add another fire, and the left and right two phases will become the situation of life."

"But no matter whether you are noble or a family, as long as one side is weak, the balance will be broken, and after many years of war, it is the time for Dalong to rest and recuperate. I really don't want to be in turmoil."

"The saint's mercy and the feelings of the world. However, if it is a conflict between the left and right, it does not involve nobles and families... It's just a family." Yu Yu still said lightly, "As long as the left and right two phases are removed, the imperial power can be consolidated, and the reform of the emperor can be carried out."

In fact, neither the Jin family nor the Qin family can control the government alone. Their reliance is their own nobles and families.

And Yu's strategy is to divide the alliance between the nobles, the family and the two.

And the emperor has already had a plan. The reason why he has not made a decision is to hesitate to choose who.

The father of Jin Rongzhong once raised an army with Gao Zu in Chuzhou, made suggestions and made contributions to the founding of the country. He had a life-and-death friendship with many noble generals and was highly respected by nobles. Qin Huaiyu's father was also an old minister of the previous dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, he united with the old family and many literary ministers and generals to fight against the mourning emperor and forced him to abdicate, and successfully became the throne for Gaozu. Jinyangjing made great achievements and was respected as the leader of the family. If he wanted to break the alliance between them, the emperor thought it was not easy.

But Yu has another view: "At the beginning of the founding of Dalong, the two surnames of Jin and Qin were the heads of the nobles and the family respectively. It was because of the old friendship and there were also interests; Emperor Gaozu encouraged the marriage of the two forces in order to ease the conflict between the nobles and the world. For decades, the relationship between the nobles and the family has become a staggered trend, and the interests are more complicated. At present, whether it is Jin Xiang or Qin Xiang, what they rely on is only on the old prestige of their father and their interests. They have long lost their absolute influence on the two major forces in those years. As long as the saints take care of the majority, the noble courtiers will certainly feel the grace of heaven.

That is to say, today's two phases are not as prestigious as their fathers. Although they are still the head of the two major forces, it is only because of the relationship of interests. The connection has not been as strong as before, and there is much room for provocation and differentiation.

The emperor meditated for a long time and finally nods: "So what you see, how to choose between the left and right?"

"Xun Gui is mostly from military generals. Although his children have scribes, they are not a big stream. When they resume the imperial examination system, it is still *. Relatively speaking, it is easy for the family to accept more. In addition, although Jin Xiang and Qin Xiang have selfish desires, compared with the two, Jin Xiang is more domineering. He is the prime minister of a country, but only for his own selfishness. Eliminate dissidents, and indulge his old officials, fish and the flesh and the people, which is actually a disaster. Therefore, in the opinion of the minister, Jin Xiang is not worthy of Dalong. If the Holy God removes him, he is really in accordance with the people's situation and correct the discipline. Yu Yu said this resolutely without hesitation.

Qin Huaiyu, who came from a family, will more or less worry about the reputation of the family for hundreds of years. Compared with Jin Rongzhong, it is indeed much more restrained.

And the meaning of the son of heaven is really biased towards this. Thinking that the Jin family's party did whatever it wanted, hurt the people and harmed the people, this person in the Jinrong was domineering and repeatedly reprimanded the dissidents in the court. Once someone threatened his interests and power, he would do his best to put him to death. His hands were cruel and his heart was evil. Poison has long been unbearable for the Holy King.

The son of heaven tried to suppress the momentum of the golden phase several times, but Jin Rongzhong also called himself a direct minister, loyal to the kingdom, and said that it was for the world!

The courtiers who followed Jin Xiang often knelt down and urged the emperor to uphold justice and maintain loyalty.

More this time, Zheng Nailing's innocent death...

When the holy sword frowned, there was no hesitation.

"After all, the Jin family is respected by nobles. If you want to get rid of it, you have to abolish some twists and turns. Yu Yudu's expression, knowing the dragon's heart, reminded him again.

"What I said is deeply in line with my intention. Jin Rong is neutral and arrogant. I think about it, even if some nobles are afraid of him, I'm afraid they are unwilling." The emperor nodded slightly.

"I thought that the matter of Southern Zhejiang was an opportunity, and Qin Xiang thought it clearly." Yu Yu smiled slightly.

The holy phoenix picked up and held up the memorial made by the governor of Ninghai, as if he was thinking about it.

And in the imperial garden, the "begging" banquet was over, and the noble women left the palace one after another, and Empress Kong also returned to Kunren Palace, silently thinking about her thoughts.

In her opinion, no matter how calculating and family background, among the few noble girls, the most outstanding one is Su's five women. No wonder her mother specially told her that the girl was young, but she was smart and stable. No matter how the Jin and Qin family provoked and ignored it, she ignored her own sister, but when her sister was embarrassed, it was only one In a word, the third woman of the Qin family, who regarded herself as high, was speechless.

Su Wuniang is the apple of the eyes of the eldest princess and the empress dowager. In the future, I'm afraid she will marry into the royal family.

Unfortunate, she only has one son.

If the fifth mother can be the prince's side concubine...

I'm afraid the eldest princess won't let Wu Niang be a side room.

Queen Kong couldn't help sighing and pinched her eyebrows annoyingly. The fifth prince and the sixth prince are only 14 this year, and there is no need to consider marriage for the time being, but if they have another three or two years, even the seventh prince will be married together. At that time, Su's fifth wife was just right... Although there are not many cases of two princes and concubines in a family. See, but the Duke of Wei is not as ordinary people. The Empress Dowager and the Holy Mother are so different from Su's Fifth Niang... Su's Fifth Niang is more favorable to the Empress Dowager and the Holy Mother. If she really marry the prince, it is indeed a hidden danger to the prince.

My mother is right. She should not plan without rain and let those ambitious people succeed.

And the other noble daughters... Zhuo's second wife, in terms of appearance and demeanor, is far from the daughter of Jianning and the two families. Even if she is the side concubine of the crown prince, Queen Kong is also looking down on 10,000 people, and the Zhuo family is not a hope family. It is only today's illustriousness by relying on the Jin family. However, this is the holy intention and cannot be violated.

The sixth woman of the Jin family is a deep city, cunning and sinister, exquisite, and the direct granddaughter of Jin Xiang. She comes from a noble background. Compared with it, Qin Sanniang is much more conceited, and Huang's fifth mother...

These three are all from famous families. According to Queen Kong's opinion, no matter which one the fourth imperial concubine falls on, it is a threat to the prince.

But in contrast, Qin Sanniang believes that she is high, and her arrogant temperament is the biggest weakness. If she becomes the "sage and internal assistant" of the fourth prince, she may be really not enough to succeed. There are more than enough failures. In addition, the left and right two phases have become water and fire. The fourth prince has a biological mother from a family. If she marries Qin Xiang's daughter as a concubine again, Even if it completely conflicts with nobles and gold, it won't be too cheap.

After thinking about it, Empress Kong made up her mind that she would not let the bitch of the Chen family join the noble family again, so she must promote the marriage between the fourth prince and the Qin family.

As for the second prince...

With neither the holy heart nor relying on others, Jin Xiangxin is arrogant and will definitely not want his granddaughter to be his concubine with him.

If the second prince marries Huang Wuniang of Jianning Houfu...

Jianninghou and the Duke of Wei are in-laws. The two families get along very well, and the second prince is really not afraid. Even if he marries a famous lady, it is not a threat.

The decision was made. Queen Kong was confident, and immediately changed her clothes and makeup, and went to Ci'an Palace to give the Empress Dowager "please".

Unexpectedly, she happened to meet the Holy Mother and Chen Guifei and went to Ci'an Palace together. At this time, she had accompanied the Empress Dowager after lunch and was sitting in the side hall tasting tea.

Queen Kong looked at Chen's long coat of bright peony and a long moonlight white skirt, which set off her skin like frost and snow, and her posture like a direct immortal. She felt that her eyes were tingling and painful. The harder she squeezed out of her smile, the more stiff and far-fetched she became. She also saw that she was like a spring breeze, her tongue was bright lotus, coaxed to smile, and only painted with a gorgeous coat. A, tightly pinched in the palm of his hand!

"To say that his talent is outstanding, Silang can't be compared with Sanlang in any case. He is naughty when he is young. He only likes to dance with knives and swords, but he has made the doctors of Guozijian a lot of nerves. It is only in the past two years that the governor can sit down. After all, he only likes to read historical books. He really has no talent in those poems and songs. ." Chen Guifei said with a smile, "It's still the empress. At the beginning, she was a talented woman who was famous in the boudoir. Sanlang was the Empress**, and she had today's talent."

This sentence is naturally sarcastic about the queen and guiding the third prince to do his job.

The queen endured a few times before she hummed coldly. She always glanced at Chen with her sharp eyes: "Why do you need to be humble? Silang is old and good at riding and shooting. Even the Holy Mother once mentioned it is mentioned, she is full of praise." But the tone turned around: "Sanlang is elegant and loves to make friends with scribes. If he was born in an ordinary family, it doesn't matter. After all, he should not be so wild and unrestrained. The concubine repeatedly reminded him, but he can't listen to it... Fortunately, in the future, there will be a steady prince and concubine who will also reverse such teenage righteousness."

Chen was stunned: "Sanlang's marriage has been decided?"

The emperor only drank tea and glanced at the queen with a smile.

The Empress Dowager is also calm.

Queen Kong had the confidence and smiled slightly: "Today, several little women entered the palace to beg for cleverness. My concubine looked at A Chen was the most important. After my mother, you didn't often praise her. If she was around Sanlang, I wouldn't have to worry about it."

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly: "Chen'er is a good child. She is not only generous, but also gentle and virtuous. Theai family can't bear to let her be tricked by others first. This time, the queen thought of a place with theai family."

This is obviously acquiesced in the marriage between the third prince and the Duke of Wei.

Queen Kong was naturally in full bloom, but Chen Guifei's eager smile suddenly stiffened.

I couldn't help looking at the Holy One with grievance.

She had taken a fancy to Aunt Su for a long time. She began to blow the wind by the pillow six years ago, but the saint moved flowers and trees last time, but refused to give a word.

The emperor only didn't notice and looked sideways at the queen: "I heard that Jin Xiang's granddaughter also came to the banquet today. How does the queen look at her?"

This made Queen Kong and Chen Guifei exchange faces again.

It turned out that although Chen Guifei was single-in-marrying with the Duke of Wei, she had also expected that the queen would not allow it and retreated and asked for the second. She was green-eyed to the six daughters of the Jin family - the Chen family is a family with a deep foundation and is already the support of the fourth prince. If the fourth prince marries a woman of the family again, he will not be able to get the support of nobles. Therefore, Chen Guifei wanted to try her best to marry the Duke of Wei. Since it didn't work, the daughter of the Jin Xiang family was actually good.

The biological mother of the second prince was born humble, and the emperor did not care about him. At this time, it was mentioned that Kim's sixth mother was, of course for the fourth prince.

Chen Guifei's smile returned to her usual gentleness, slowly shaking her fan, only looking at the anxiety and embarrassment between the queen's eyebrows, and her body and mind were comfortable.

The queen calmed down, and after a measure in her mind, nothing appeared. She only said lightly, "In the eyes of my concubine, Jin's sixth mother is a smart child. It is difficult for her to say that she was originally from a noble family, but she is not domineering and capricious of her daughter."

The emperor nodded slightly, but said nothing more, but when he looked at the Empress Dowager, he exchanged an understanding look.

The queen and the noble concubine below are busy looking at Guan Si--

"Even if I don't marry the Duke of Wei, my Silang has the father-in-law Jin Xiang, which is not much worse."

"Wait, I won't let you succeed."

Neither of them paid attention to the understanding between the emperor and the Empress Dowager.