Chapter 460

After Taoist Chaoyun said something, even Li Xuan's cousin was choked to death, and Wei Xiang didn't go up and rushed to find the nail to touch it. Wei Xiang was a man who was a good person in his work. Because Li Xuan came back from the wall, Wei Jin knew what Mr. Fang meant and asked General Li to review the matter according to national laws.

Wei Xiang was here, and went to tell the little emperor about Cao Hua's incident. He offended Mr. Fang. It would be better to break it, and judge it. The little emperor is young and has not yet reached the age to understand the secrets of the royal family, so he really doesn't know which great Buddha Mr. Fang is. Wei Xiang was very patient and told the little Majesty whom he was loyal to in detail. Wei Xiang said, "Mr. Fang is the uncle of the Empress Dowager, and his mother is the aunt of the Emperor Taizong's great-grandfather Emperor Taizong. If you want to say that the royal family has a higher seniority than Mr. Fang, they are the eldest princess Wen Kang, who is the elder sister and sister of the relative of his relative. How old is the eldest princess Wen Kang?"

The little emperor asked, "Didn't Cao Hua go to the Jiang family to block the door?" Why did Mr. Fang interfere in this matter for no reason?

Wei Xiang explained the origin of the Jiang family and Mr. Fang again, and the little emperor understood. The little emperor thought that Cao Hua said that it was just a branch of the foreign family, but Mr. Fang was the elder of the Empress Dowager, and he was also his elder. It would be hard not to give the elders this face. Moreover, Mr. Fang just asked for judgment according to the law, but it was not too much. The little emperor said to Wei Xiang, "Then according to Wei Xiang's meaning. In fact, this matter should be judged according to the rules, otherwise it would be a disappointment for the court officials."

The little Majesty was so sensible, and Wei Xiang was very pleased and said respectfully, "Your Majesty is saying." Go down to do this.

When Empress Dowager Cao found that she had not been able to plead, Cao Hua had already been sentenced to ten years for "denied the personal safety of his family members in the official residence" and was exiled to Xiningguan to serve his sentence. Xiningguan is located in the northwest and has strong winds and sandstorms.

Empress Dowager Cao ignored the wind and sand in Xining Pass. Empress Dowager Cao was almost dizzy when she heard about this. She had made a statement with the emperor's son. Besides, the emperor's son agreed to her. When Empress Dowager Cao asked about her son, the little emperor told her truthfully that Empress Dowager Cao almost couldn't come up in one breath and said, "If Ahua goes to Mr. Fang's door to behead him, I won't say anything else if he beheads! Now this is just a matter of the Jiang family. How can the emperor be so soft-hearted? You, you are fooled."

The little emperor kindly came over to pay his respects to his mother. He didn't even want to eat a bite of tea, so he was blamed by his mother first. The little emperor was not angry. On the contrary, even if he was his father's eldest son when he was not the emperor, he was quite favored because he was his father's eldest son. It would be fine if his mother was talking about things well, but it would be blamed on him. The little emperor was unhappy at the moment and said, "What Wei Xiang told me personally, can this be false? Could it be that Wei Xiang deceived me about this matter!"

Empress Dowager Cao didn't mean this, but Empress Dowager Cao said, "It's not related to Mr. Fang! Besides, Mr. Fang supports the Jiang family, and the Cao family is not without people! Why, the Ai family is your biological mother, you have to refute your biological mother's face for an outsider!"

The little emperor said unhappily, "Is that an outsider? That is the uncle of the emperor's grandmother, and what kind of inner fellow Cao Hua is? It is worthy of his mother's questioning me for him! He was the first to break the law, and ordinary people dared to besiege the minister's residence! Not to mention being a joke, if he was impulsive, who would be impulsive to besiege the minister's home? Who is his power to besiege? It's not that Cao's surname is Cao, because the Cao family is too crowded, a son of a clerk who is incompetent and name dared to attack the minister's home! Mr. Fang did not want to chop his head, but Mr. Fang just asked for a judgment according to the law. Is there any fault? An outsider actually caused the mother to blame me, and I think it was a ruthless judgment!"

"Also, did Cao Shuang really extort his classmates? Don't fool me with any money at home. If he lacks money to blackmail people, it's reasonable. He is enough to spend money, but he still does such a dirty thing. You can't just say that he did it right because of his surname Cao? It's simply embarrassing!" The little emperor got angry and didn't care about other people, so he turned his back on his face.

The little emperor was about to leave when he raised his foot, Empress Dowager Cao pulled him and started crying, "Whose heart is not biased? I'm just saying a few words for your foreign family. If it doesn't work, that's fine. If I'm biased with outsiders, I can still bias you. You are my life. If you talk to me like this, you know that my mother's heart is about to be broken."

Well, the little emperor was soft-hearted. Seeing his mother crying, he couldn't help but feel pity for his mother again.

Especially when my mother didn't force him to release the Cao family, the little emperor would forget it.

Empress Dowager Cao cried for a while while the mother and son finally got married. Empress Dowager Cao was annoyed by her son and would have a relationship between mother and son, and she would be a little more restrained when encountering problems in the future.

Empress Dowager Cao had just slightly restrained and no longer cared about Cao Hua's affairs. Without Empress Dowager Cao's support, Mrs. Cao had no choice but to do anything about this matter. The Imperial Guard was the eldest son of Princess Wenkang, now the Marquis of Yong'an. Not to mention that Cao Chengen-en-chan had not returned to the imperial capital yet, even if Cao Chengen-chan was in the imperial capital, he might not be able to speak in front of Li Xuan. This is not a question of the title level. Furthermore, in terms of title, Li Xuan, as a first-class Yong'an Marquis, cannot compare with the second-class Chengen-chan,

But Li Xuan was the real power general of the Imperial Guard. In contrast, Cao Chengengong was the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang at the beginning. However, because his daughter became the queen mother, the court also summoned Chengengong back to the court. His position was only a second-rank rank with a high rank, and his rank was not low. In terms of real power, it was just a false position, so how could he compare to the power of the Imperial Guard. Therefore, although Mrs. Cao could speak well in front of Empress Dowager Cao, it was because she gave birth to the queen mother daughter. At the yamen, the Cao family really had no advantages.

So, even if the Cao family gritted their teeth, they had to watch Cao Hua be sentenced to death. In fact, if the Cao family understood, they would have to be glad that Li Xuan came to the sentence of this case. General Li, Marquis Li, has always been kind. If he was really not kind, he would impart Cao Huafa to Beijing Pass. What is Beijing Pass? The Jiang family has been in Beichang Prefecture for 20 years. Moreover, General Ji Rong of Beijing Pass is the in-laws of the Jiang family. Because of Li Xuan's kindness, Cao Huafa was sent to the northwest, Xining Pass. Xining Pass is the residence of Princess Duanning and the son-in-law Zhongyong. The Princess Duanning and his wife have nothing to do with the Jiang family. In this way, although Cao Hua was exiled, he still had a way to survive. After all, although Cao Hua had been ahead, he would not be punished for death.

Cao Hua was sentenced to death, and the slick Chief Huang Shan in the official school also dealt with the fight. Chief Huang Shan transferred Cao Shuang to the class. In addition, Master Zhu, who had taught before, was sent to manage chores by Chief Huang Shan. The twins went to school normally.

The Jiang family is quite satisfied with the handling of official schools.

Even if the Cao family is not satisfied, they dare not say anything more now.

He Zijin told the twins to be careful when going to school and to guard against the Cao boy in the future, so he dressed up the twins and sent them to school. However, Taoist Chaoyun said that the female disciples raised children too extensively. Taoist Chaoyun sent two guards to the twins. He Zijin was about to refuse and said that my family was not a wealthy family, and he also wanted to send guards to the children. As a result, before she could say this, the twins accepted it with a vain look on their faces. They felt that it was so majestic if the guards were sent to him in the future!

He Zijin felt that why the twins are not low-key at all!

The twins are not just low-key. They are so fond of showing off. They are so proud of their first day after school. "Students see us with our guards, and they all look at us!"

He Zijin said, "That's to see you stupid. You see who will take the guards in school!"

The twins disagree with their mother's statement, and the twins said, "The classmates can envy us."

Seeing that the twins were so excited, He Zijin thought that it was unlikely that they would convince the twins not to take the guards at this time, so he temporarily stopped. The children's family was so excited that they couldn't get anything, so He Zijin stopped talking and wanted to show off. As expected, the twins only showed off for a month, and then told their grandfather that they didn't need to pick up the guards, and that there would be a servant and a housekeeper to pick them up, and the same was true for other classmates. Of course, if the twins were to show off one day, they would still borrow a few guards from their grandfather to serve as their appearance.

Chaoyun's grandfather was so funny that he couldn't help laughing at them, so he just told them not to be careful when studying, and to take people when going out.

After the fight, the twins already know how to pay attention to their own safety.

This is the end of the matter between the Cao family.

After the family was smooth and smooth, He Zijin returned to his former gentleness, and Master Chaoyun also returned to his fairy spirit.

Just as Du's mother's birthday was about to be on the birthday of her family, He Zijin was a serious in-laws, so she naturally had to go over and have a glass of birthday wine. So everyone in the family dressed up, brought a birthday gift, and went to celebrate Mrs. Du's birthday.

Mrs. Du likes this elder sister-in-law, and uses the private words between Mrs. Du and Mrs. Du, "In the past, I was worried that your elder sister-in-law was a scholar, which was too meticulous. Now I feel relieved when I see that your elder sister-in-law is not such a conservative person."

Du said to her mother, "I was shocked, I didn't know that my elder sister-in-law's martial arts are so good."

So, when Mrs. Du saw Jiang's family and her party very close, there were people who came to the Du family to celebrate their birthday. Many of them had never seen He Zijin before. When they saw him today, they muttered in their hearts, "It's true that they talk and laugh, what about beating people?"

Regardless of whether it is true or false, the Jiang family has not suffered any loss when it comes to the Cao family.

However, He Zijin entered the palace to talk to the Empress Dowager. Empress Dowager Cao's face was always light. He Zijin just took it a blind eye. Anyway, she was here to talk to the Empress Dowager, so she did not see Empress Dowager Cao's face. Moreover, there was Empress Dowager Su in the palace. Knowing that the two families in Jiangsu had in-laws, Empress Dowager Su was also very kind to He Zijin. Especially after the incident with the Cao family, Empress Dowager Su felt more and more pleasing to He Zijin and said that she was a straightforward person. He Zijin thought about it. From the Cao family, we can see that Empress Dowager Cao had such a Virgin Empress Dowager Cao's nature. Although he saw that the two empress dowagers were very harmonious, according to He Zijin's inference, the possibility of Empress Dowager Su being liked Empress Dowager Cao was not high.

Just as the family matters stopped, A Nian opened her eyes in the morning court.

First, the incident of the construction of the palace by the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces was revealed by the General Manager Xiao Tang and he was not sure why. A Nian was not very well-informed. In the morning court, the Censor first wrote the Censor's post and directly participated in the Shoukang Palace's over-order system. The Censor's mouth was too mean. Although Empress Dowager Cao was the daughter of the little emperor, if the little emperor had the small letter in front of the little emperor, perhaps these people would restrain themselves. Now that the little emperor has not taken power, the Censor was simply mean, and he said that Empress Dowager Cao ignored the two palaces and had a great plan. Originally, it was that your Empress Dowager Cao was in the palace, and your Shoukang Palace could not surpass Empress Dowager Su's Yongshou Palace. As a result, you built a bigger building than the Ci'en Palace of the Empress Dowager. What do you mean? If you have no plans, even a fool cannot believe it!

At the same time, the Censorate also took charge of the Internal Affairs Department, saying that the Internal Affairs Department only knew how to flatter and did not advise the emperor.

Then, a person from the Ministry of Rites came out and said that if this matter was true, it was indeed Empress Dowager Cao who exceeded the ritual.

The ministers suddenly started to make a fuss. The little emperor was always filial, so he naturally defended his mother. As a result, according to the little emperor's eloquence, he could not beat the censor who could make a living by his mouth. The situation was difficult to control for a while, and the embarrassment was not mentioned. Seeing that the little emperor's face turned red and could not say a word, A Nian yelled, "Your Majesty and the Cabinet decided this matter!"

Wei Xiang came forward to stabilize the situation. Don’t think that this is the chief assistant. Everyone should give him face. The fact is not that. The boss of the Censorate is not Wei Xiang, but the left-level censor Zhong. This Censor Zhong has been working in the Censorate for most of his life. His reputation is known to everyone in the court. Fortunately, the Minister of Rites Ge Shangshu has always had a good relationship with Wei and always has to give Wei Xiang a little bit of a shame. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites resigned first. After Wei Xiang promised to find out the matter, the Censor also temporarily resigned his face.

After the morning court, A Nian went to Hanlin Academy to work as a job. Today, he still had his courses. When it was time, A Nian went to the palace to teach the little emperor historian. He found that the little emperor was not very focused. A Nian said, "If your majesty is tired, you can take a short rest first."

The little emperor thought about it and felt that Mr. Jiang was a kind person and was willing to stand up to protect him in the morning court. The little emperor told Mr. Jiang about his troubles and wanted to ask Mr. Jiang for advice on what he meant.

On the one hand, the little emperor felt that he had lost face in the morning court, and on the other hand, the matter of the Shoukang Palace, Empress Dowager Cao wanted to push the blame to the Interior Department. Empress Dowager Cao directly said to the emperor's son, "I don't know about this, the Interior Department didn't tell me!" A shit porch put the Interior Department on his head.

It is not rare for subordinates to take the blame for their superiors, but the key is that most loyal subordinates voluntarily take the blame for their superiors, or those who are easy to control have no choice but to take the blame for their superiors. For example, Empress Dowager Cao is not easy to control General Manager Xiao Tang, and has a similar relationship with Empress Dowager Cao, and is loyal. Everyone in the court knows that General Manager Xiao Tang is the Empress Dowager who grew up watching him. General Manager Xiao Tang is even loyal and loyal to Empress Dowager Cao.

When General Manager Xiao Tang saw that Empress Dowager Cao had asked him to take the blame, he was so angry that he swears to death that if he had not reminded Empress Dowager Cao that the Shoukang Palace had exceeded the system, his whole family would be killed.

Chief Executive Xiao Tang made such a poisonous oath, and Empress Dowager Cao didn't dare to take the blame on his parents' home. The little emperor was not stupid, so he naturally saw who was right and who was wrong.

The little emperor was worried about this and briefly told A Nian. Of course, he didn't say that his mother asked the Internal Affairs Department to take the blame, forcing the General Manager of the Internal Affairs Department to make a poisonous oath. The little emperor only said, "The matter of the morning court is true..."

Actually, A Nian didn't understand that the little emperor was worried about the matter of the Shoukang Palace. A Nian thought that the little emperor felt that the morning court had lost face. A Nian himself also thought that the Shoukang Palace was a trivial matter in the face of the dignity of the emperor. So A Nian thought it was a bit off and felt that the little emperor wanted to find the place. So A Nian said, "I can't say it for a while, but I thought that before the late emperor died, he entrusted His Majesty to the Empress Dowager and Wei Xiang. If Your Majesty had any difficulties, just discuss with the Empress Dowager and Wei Xiang. The vision of the late emperor could not be bad anymore." Although A Nian mentioned Wei Xiang, he actually wanted the little emperor to discuss with the Empress Dowager. Wei Xiang was with A Nian

It seems that although he is the head of the cabinet and has a lot of power in the court, the Empress Dowager undoubtedly has an invisible power and deterrence, especially in the morning court this morning, when the little emperor lost his face, Wei Xiang did not protect the emperor and the king. This is very easy to explain. Wei Xiang is the head of all officials. After all, he is still an official, and Wei Xiang himself represents the interests of officials. But the Empress Dowager is different. The Empress Dowager is the elder of the royal family. Now the Empress Dowager has lost his face. Wei Xiang can go like this. The Empress Dowager is either for the little emperor or for himself, and he cannot let all officials ignore the royal family so easily. Therefore, A Nian asked the Empress Dowager to discuss with the Empress Dowager.

When A Nian said this, although the little emperor did not understand A Nian's deep meaning, he still agreed with Mr. Jiang's words, "Before the late emperor died, he entrusted His Majesty to the Empress Dowager and Wei Xiang. If Your Majesty had any difficulties, just discuss with the Empress and Wei Xiang. The late emperor's vision would not be bad anymore."

Yes, the person the little emperor believed most was his dead father.

Thinking of his father, tears flashed in the eyes of the young emperor. He felt more and more that state affairs were difficult, the ministers in the court were not easy to meet, and there were many family affairs.

However, A Nian's opinion finally got into the heart of the little emperor. The little emperor was not in a hurry to study. He was not in the mood to study now, so he asked Mr. Jiang to take a break and then make up for the lessons later. He went to Ci'en Palace to discuss the matter with the Empress Dowager.

A Nian thought that his idea was not wrong.

Whether A Nian was out of the ideals of the scholars and officials or the trust in himself before the death of the late emperor, he did not want to see the authority of the royal family shaken by his subordinates. Not long after the founding of the Dongmu Kingdom, several emperors could be called Qingming and the people lived a good life. In this case, the imperial family did not overly strong against the court officials. In contrast, the imperial family and the court officials have always been in a balanced and harmonious period. However, at present, this balance is in danger because the successor king cannot rule. Whether it is a strong imperial family or a strong court official, it is not a good situation. The best situation is to continue according to the precedent balance.

It’s not so easy to satisfy people’s hearts.

A Nian has been an official for many years. Even though he had just arrived in the imperial capital for a while, he was not well informed about some of the information about the imperial capital, and he had not yet sorted out some of the complex relationships in the imperial capital. However, A Nian understands people's hearts. Although these people in the court always say that they are loyal to Your Majesty, if Your Majesty cannot get back to the situation, then the court officials will increasingly look down on the little emperor in the future, and will not take him seriously. Over time, the imperial family will inevitably decline.

If the imperial family is weak, there will be powerful ministers.

When I was introduced, it would be too difficult to maintain the current political clarity.

A Nian was intoxicated by the late emperor after all.

A Nian's proposal was very good, but she didn't expect the Empress Dowager to be so powerful.

A Nian had conducted a detailed study of the life of the Empress Dowager for a long time and knew that this was a capable woman, who had been capable since she was young. However, those were all analysis and judgments made from rumors, hearsays or some political events. Since he came to the imperial capital, his sister Zi Jin's sister had the eyes of the Empress Dowager and often went to the palace to talk to the Empress Dowager. When he heard from his sister Zi Jin, the Empress Dowager was kind and knowledgeable, and he was the best person.

A Nian felt that his analysis might be too inhumane.

Or, the Empress Dowager is now old and may have changed her temperament.

Now I know that what changed his temperament after age is his imagination! Because A Nian soon heard from the Hanlin that after learning about the early court, the Empress Dowager was furious and called Wei Xiang to the Ci'en Palace for training. Wei Xiang's face was pale from Ci'en Palace. At the same time, the clamoring Censorate was not good either. The Zuodu Censor Zhong and Wei Xiang came out together. Zhong Jingshi was selfless and had always had a black face. As a result, he forced the Empress Dowager to be in disgrace. The scolding was not enough. At the same time, Wei Xiang and Censor Zhong were fined one year and were demoted to the third level of Cheng'en Marquis. Of course, the main cause of the Shoukang Palace incident was not good. The Empress Dowager Cao was angry that Empress Dowager Cao over the rules and demoted the second-class Cheng'en Duke of the Cao family, and demoted the second-class Cheng'en Duke of the Cao family to the third-class Cheng'en Marquis!

As soon as the Empress Dowager and other thunderous methods were released, the entire imperial capital officialdom seemed to dare not even breathe loudly.

As for the censors of the Censorate, there was nothing big about them at other times, and they would argue for a long time. Now the bosses of the Censorate have been punished, and the censors are all like their tongues cut, which is so quiet.

When A Nian A Lie and others came home to talk about this matter, they said, "The Queen Mother's move is really extraordinary."

Dabao also came over, and was shocked when talking about this matter, saying, "It's really amazing. The Empress Dowager directly punished both sides. Not only did the matter be done fairly, but he also calmed down the quarrels of the guys who were upstairs."

A Nianxin said that the great empress dowager's power is not about this. A Nian originally wanted the little emperor to find the empress dowager to find the place. As a result, the empress dowager did get the royal family's face back. Not only did it come back, the empress dowager also slapped one hand on the cabinet's face and the other slapped the Cao family in the face.

You should know that the late emperor asked the Empress Dowager and the Cabinet to jointly manage the government. Just as the court officials in the morning court made the young emperor lose face, the Empress Dowager's move also took away the cabinet's face. You should know that both the Prime Minister and the Censor of the Left Duke were all people in the cabinet. Just like the checks and balances between the imperial family and the court, the Empress Dowager and the Cabinet, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Cao, there is a delicate balance between each other. Now, the Empress Dowager takes this opportunity to openly indict the Cabinet and the Cao family. Can you say that the Empress Dowager is wrong?

No, no one can say that the Empress Dowager is wrong!

Since the Empress Dowager is not wrong, it is the right punishment.

The cabinet could not control the court in the morning court, and even if the emperor lost his face, the Empress Dowager said the punishment was light, and no one could say anything else. As for Empress Dowager Cao, everyone in the world knew what this confused woman had done. The chaos was caused by her building a palace for herself, but this was the mother of the emperor. In order to save His Majesty's face, the Empress Dowager turned to punish the Cao family and directly sued the title.

The Empress Dowager's move is a big move, and it is so terrible.

Even A Nian, a veteran in the officialdom, did not expect that the Empress Dowager's methods would reach such an extent!

The Empress Dowager weakened the cabinet and the Cao family at the same time. Now, it is self-evident who is the strongest party.

Moreover, the idea of ​​asking the little emperor to find the Empress Dowager was A Nian for the little emperor.

A Nian simply wished she could cut her tongue.

A Nian didn’t have much appetite for dinner. When the couple spoke privately in the evening, A Nianfang told Zijin’s sister about the inside story. A Nian said, “You said, did I do something wrong?”

He Zijin listened carefully to A Nian and thought about it carefully, and said, "I don't know much about these things in the court, but I feel that you are a little bit restricted. A Nian, you are too worried about Your Majesty."

"I just watched His Majesty face upwards, and my face turned red, and I couldn't bear it for a moment."

"I'm not talking about this." He Zijin said, "I mean, why do you need to worry about whether the Empress Dowager will be in power? The Empress Dowager has never made any mistakes. It is what we were worried about at the beginning. Before the death of the late emperor, which prince will the Empress Dowager support? In the end, the Empress Dowager still chose the eldest son of the late emperor. I don't know much about the matter of the court, but I think that the Empress Dowager would choose the Grand Prince as the Prime Minister, at least it was not selfish. The Empress Dowager would choose this way, mainly because it is the most correct and the most stable in the country. Otherwise, the Empress Dowager would be ill at that time. If the Empress Dowager supported other princes, there would inevitably be a kind of people in the court, such as Qingliu, they would definitely support the theory of the Chief of the Principal, and there would be no Chief of the Principal. The Empress Dowager might not be willing to conflict with these people, so they would support the Principal as the Principal. This shows that in the Empress Dowager's heart, no one is as important as the stability of the country."

"The Empress Dowager has such a mind. This is not just the mind of a person in power, but the mind of a real superior." He Zijin said warmly, "Don't regard the Empress Dowager as the heroine of abusing power, or the second emperor of Zetian. That is, Wu Zetian ascended the throne and became emperor in the past, would the world be unstable? If the Empress Dowager is unbearable or is unjust, you can say that this person is not good and she will cause trouble to the country. But you cannot oppose her because she is a woman. The power in the world has not existed for a long time, but there is always a kind of axiom, which is the greatest rule in the world. This rule is the longest existence."
To be continued...