Chapter Thirty: The Empress Dowager Listens to Politics Behind the Curtain
Early in the morning, Wang Shigui was hugging several maids and lying in the hot bed, laughing and talking about the past and the present! Girl Cui'er said: "The one you have is really big." Girl Hong'er said: "You have never seen a big one.
Let the master tell you a big story!" The master said: "It's time to go to court. Let's tell it in the evening." Girl Fei'er said: "It's five or eight if you go, or forty if you don't go. You will be half late
In an hour, they can change the world? What can that stupid emperor do to you?" Yan'er girl said: "Master is partial, tell them, if you don't tell us, you have to listen to that big story."
The old man had no choice but to speak:
There was a person who said something extremely majestic and huge. One day when I went to take a bath at the river, I just took off my pants and sat on the bank and accidentally the word stuck out. Because it was so long, one end actually reached the other side of the river. Come here now
A new daughter-in-law sighed when she arrived at the river: "I have to take a ferry to go back to my parents' home in the morning, and a bridge was erected in the blink of an eye. It's so fast!" The new daughter-in-law thought about it, and walked across the "bridge". Then she came over again.
An old man was a little puzzled, how could such a strange bridge grow in the sky? The old man looked at it for a moment, thinking that if his new wife could cross, he could cross as well. So the old man wandered to the center of the "bridge" and saw a thatched jungle.
You covered the sun and felt very comfortable. Then he took out his pipe and pot, sat on the ground, lit a fire and smoked. After smoking, he gently knocked the pot on the bridge pier. At this time, the "bridge" suddenly lifted up and lifted the old man "
"Plop tom" and threw it into the river. The old man knew how to swim and finally climbed out of the river. He complained: "It took me a long time to build a suspension bridge. When I closed the city gate, I didn't even say hello in advance. It's a pity that I lost my ancestral pipe."
Pot..."
At this time, I suddenly heard the servant come to report hurriedly:
"Sir, it's bad, the army has rebelled! The city gates have been surrounded on all sides, and thousands of soldiers have gathered outside the Wuchao Gate. They hold swords, axes, swords and halberds in their hands, shouting slogans: If the Queen Mother does not come out, she will die with her eyes in peace! And so on."
Prime Minister Wang hurriedly asked the maid to put up his trousers. When he felt something was wrong, why didn't he wear underwear? After looking for a pair of trousers for a long time, he took off his trousers and put them on again. He was flustered and nervous for a while.
Sort it out clearly.
Lao Wang has been fond of writing and writing articles all his life. He has followed the ancient motto "a gentleman speaks but does not use his hands" since he was a child. He never fights with others.
Fighting violently is something that gentlemen scorn and disdain. He relied on his true ability to pass the imperial examination. He started as a seventh-grade county magistrate and rose up step by step until he became the most respected minister and had the power to dominate the world. He did not come to this world in vain.
Hui. People are afraid of being dissatisfied. Supposedly, Mr. Wang's life is considered okay. If he had died a few years earlier, he might have ended up as a loyal minister. What happened was that after the death of the late emperor, the power of selecting the prince fell into his hands.
, this time the old guy suddenly became selfish, and picked one out of a hundred, and put the purple jade dragon crown on the fool's head. When the fool is in power, he has the final say. He is the only one in the court, and all civil and military officials have consulted with him in advance for instructions and reports.
The little emperor turned into a little puppet. At this moment, he suddenly realized a truth: It is so easy to dominate the world!
Prime Minister Wang's ambitions grew day by day, and with almost no effort, all the people in the government and the public were replaced by his manpower, except for the Tong family. Just when he was about to achieve success by borrowing troops from abroad to encourage trouble, unexpectedly,
An incompetent little guy appeared on the way. The little eunuch may not be considered small, but he is a ghost. With his little ability, he was able to put down the rebellion of the Pancos? He also stationed 80,000 soldiers at the border, and he was always behind bars.
He firmly held on to the military power. Fortunately, this eunuch turned out to be a fake. Since he and his daughter had accomplished that, they also gave birth to a little prince. One son-in-law and one half-son. In the future, his grandson would rule the world.
He is half of his old Wang family, so he can barely bear this tone.
He, Lao Wang, has stopped looking for trouble, so how can anyone still dare to do so? He said, "If the Queen Mother doesn't come out, she will never die in peace"? The Queen Mother is not like her stupid son, she is a genius. Once she takes the throne, how can he, Wang Shigui, speak to her?
Where? If the incident five years ago was found out again, would it be okay?
Prime Minister Wang was thinking and muttering, and while he was talking, the sedan chair had already arrived outside the Wuchao Gate. When the soldiers saw him, they neither beat nor scolded him, but just kept to themselves and shouted slogans: "Please let the Empress Dowager listen behind the curtain!" This was really outrageous.
, Prime Minister Wang thought to himself, if a woman doesn’t work well as a female celebrity at home, the Queen Mother, and enjoy the harem, why should she go out to be an official? Are all the men dead?
As soon as the young emperor saw Prime Minister Wang coming to court, he hurriedly shouted from afar: "My father-in-law, my father-in-law, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
Wang Shugui glanced at the young eunuch and said angrily: "Why are you asking me? You are asking your imperial brother!"
The stupid emperor couldn't get any advice from the old prime minister, so he had to turn his attention to the young eunuch and said, "Brother, you haven't said anything for a long time, but you can help me come up with ideas!"
The young eunuch stood forward, said long live, and said: "It is absolutely forbidden for the old lady to take the throne before the court!"
"What? My mother is only forty-three years old, and you call her an old lady. Is she that old? My mother is also your mother. Do you have such disrespect for the elderly?" The stupid emperor was displeased and retorted.
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"Since Pan Shangshu said it was impossible, I also thought it was impossible." Wang Shugui's eyes lit up, thinking that the young eunuch was speaking to him.
"You two are talking nicely, but who is going to talk to the soldiers outside?" The little emperor couldn't help but ask as he had something important to do.
"Whose soldiers are the ones to decide?" Prime Minister Wang squinted at the little eunuch.
"Imperial brother, you should go." The little emperor turned to the little eunuch again.
"Can you agree to the conditions they proposed?" The little eunuch stared at the little emperor with evil intentions, but the corner of his eyes fell on Prime Minister Wang.
"I definitely can't agree. A hen crows and a rooster lays eggs. Isn't this turning the world upside down?" Wang Shugui said angrily.
"Let's just waste our time here. Don't eat lunch, don't eat dinner, and sleep in the court hall." The little eunuch teased lukewarmly.
"Didn't you just say that I can't come to court?" Wang Cheng asked instead.
"I mean you can't act in court, but I didn't say you can't listen to politics behind the curtain? What's so great about it, it's just more chairs and no place to sit?" the little eunuch muttered.
"Yes, yes! Isn't it just a matter of having more chairs? This matter has been settled. Come on, convey my will and agree to the conditions of the troublemaking soldiers."
Prime Minister Wang suddenly discovered that the little eunuch turned out to be a white-eyed wolf! When things happened, he and he couldn't even urinate in the same pot, or they were not guests in the same boat at all. From this point of view, the fine wines their family entertained
All the good food is fed to the dogs! There is no need to guess, this mutiny must have been caused by him again. All fools know what he wants to do, but the emperor does not know. If he does not argue with reason, the consequences will be disastrous. He feels that he is powerful
He is weak alone, so he searches for his followers everywhere with his eyes.
However, these people, headed by Wen Shichang, were all Jinshis. They were familiar with poetry and books, and were full of knowledge. They were experts in criticizing, criticizing and criticizing, but if they really wanted to take action, they couldn't do it! There were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside.
Waving flags and shouting, the soldiers are overwhelming the city, and a few rush in without warning. When a scholar meets the soldiers, they can't explain their reasoning. What can I say to those stupid young men? It is better for Xu Shu to enter Cao's camp and not speak.
Prime Minister Wang still wanted to speak, but the imperial decree had already been drawn up by the little emperor. The little eunuch held the emperor's official document in his hand and asked Wang Shugui:
"Old Prime Minister, is this decree declared or not?"
Wang Shugui was at a loss. Of course he did not dare to disobey the holy order, so he had to follow the trend and said: "Proclaim it! How can the emperor's will not be proclaimed?"
The little emperor has done such a smart thing in his life.
Frankly speaking, the Empress Dowager Tong Biyu abides by women's ethics and does not want to interfere in government affairs behind the curtain. However, if she did not come out, someone would plot her life, and the Empress Dowager was forced to go to Liangshan.