Empress Zhang's worries were indeed not unnecessary. Although Wang Shu and Liu Daxia were wise and loyal ministers, they were also human beings.
People will have desires. Some people claim to be saints and can sit back and relax, but once a character appears who is better than Xi Shi or Diao Chan, they will completely disgrace their hypocrisy and put it aside.
Put on a sanctimonious look and shamelessly get close to others.
Now Wang Shu and Liu Daxia have both fallen into this situation~~The temptation they have to face is even greater, and the whole world is at their fingertips! The only people in front of them are orphans and widows, and the government and the public are full of their own party members~~What he said is almost like an imperial edict~
!No matter how indifferent to fame and fortune, people will be ready to move in their hearts.
They began to regard the opinions of Empress Zhang (now the Empress Dowager), whether they were reasonable or unreasonable. The Empress Dowager suggested simply rebuilding the ancestral mausoleum, but Wang Shu said simply and forcefully, "No money!"
The words were sent away. The Empress Dowager was almost furious. Although Cai Qing was eager to go to the South China Sea to hunt for treasures, he was uneasy after seeing this scene.
With her current status, it was no longer convenient for her to directly interfere in government affairs. She decided to find a spokesperson to check and balance the increasingly powerful ministers.
Gradually, a young man named Lu Bing caught her attention. His father was Lu Chen, who had served with Emperor Yongle Emperor Zhu Di in Jingnan. This young man became a Qianhu member of the Jin Yiwei due to his background. He acted in a low-key and secretive manner.
Cai Qing was eloquent, resourceful and had a strong sense of justice. The first time she saw him, Cai Qing felt that he was definitely a useful talent. So she took the initiative to talk to Lu Bing, who was still depressed, many times. Once with Lu Bing
After Bing's very thorough conversation, Lu Bing, who was very transparent, immediately expressed his loyalty, and Cai Qing also said to him the line that Shang Ming once said to him back then: "Young man, do your best, you have a future!"
So she communicated with Queen Zhang and then said hello to Wang Shu and Liu Daxia, asking him to replace the current commander of the Imperial Guard who was already old and frail. Although Wang Shu and Liu Daxia were already powerful, they had no influence on the immortals due to the haunting incident.
In the end, I was still afraid, and I agreed after being shy for a while. The famous boy Lu Bing suddenly stepped onto a big stage.
Wang Shu and Liu Daxia didn't care at all. They felt that the so-called Jinyiwei relied on the emperor's support. The emperor was only twelve years old and had no such ambition at all. He didn't need to pay attention to it at all. Therefore, they thought that Lu Bing was also relying on nepotism to get around.
He didn't dare to be disrespectful to the old gangsters like them, and they posed no threat to him at all. He could crush him to death with just one little finger.
They did not realize that they had set up a natural chasm for themselves, a natural chasm leading to the highest power.
Shortly after Lu Bing took office, the originally lifeless Jinyiwei suddenly became active! They collected intelligence everywhere and went back and forth. The originally loose Jinyiweimen were suddenly united. Through Caiqing's understanding of the Four Saints of Kongtong,
Instigated Lu Bing to take the lead in bringing them over. However, among the four sages of Kongtong who were given to Shang Ming in 2011, only Leng Yifeng originally had an official position reaching Qianhu. After Lu Bing took office, he immediately promoted the other three and
When he had nothing to do, he went to them for a drink and a heart-to-heart talk, and told them what Cai Qing said to him again: "Good job, young man, you have a future!" After acquiring the four most powerful generals of Jin Yiwei,
After supporting him, he began to pretend to flatter Wang Shu and Liu Daxia while secretly removing their eyes and ears in Jin Yiwei one by one or instigating rebellion. It was not until the two of them had completely lost the surveillance and control of Jin Yiwei that they suddenly realized:
This guy is born in the year of wolf, not dog!!
With the help of Cai Qing, Lu Bing secretly continued to increase his strength. After he designed to take over the command of the Kyoto Defense Force, he had completely become another force in the government and the public. He was very important to Wang Shu and Liu Daxia.
The two men's monopoly control of the government caused a fierce impact. Lu Bing knew the principle of attacking the enemy's key points. He struck first and repeatedly investigated those among Wang Shu and Liu Daxia's party members who were not very clean and had more bad habits. As expected,
After checking the baskets, those people were beheaded immediately after the charges were read out by the Empress Dowager in court! This made Wang and Liu's party members begin to waver. Everyone was not stupid and understood who these were for and what they were for.
Some people simply drew a clear line with them: It is good to rely on a big tree to enjoy the shade, but it is not good to lose your official position and head because of it.
Wang Shu and Liu Daxia finally paid a heavy price for their arrogance. Through Comrade Lu Bing's dedicated and unremitting efforts, they allowed their relatives to occupy a large number of people's fields in the countryside, and privately cleared wasteland without paying for food. The evidence was mastered by Lu Bing.
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To this end, Empress Zhang and the teenage emperor Zhu Houzhao convened a small meeting with Wang Shu, Liu Daxia, and Lu Bing after the morning court. Cai Qing did not attend the meeting, but she knew very well what the meeting was about. There were only two core points.
Word————right.
Through negotiations, Empress Zhang and Lu Bing agreed to let go of the crimes they committed, but they succeeded in extracting most of the military power from Liu Daxia and wresting some of the financial power from Wang Shu.
This is a major change.
The two "Second Emperors" who could have conquered the world suddenly turned into high-class wage earners. The root cause is that their temperaments and temperaments were not suitable for being conspirators and usurpers. The truly outstanding usurpers are those who have not yet understood that others
What's going on here, you've already usurped the throne. The real usurper will never show his arrogance and domineering easily, because what they pursue is not temporary happiness, but real possession. Wang Shu
and Liu Daxia's scores as good ministers of the country were almost full marks, but they clearly failed as conspirators. From then on, they no longer dared to have different intentions, and honestly did their job all day long, restoring their true colors as old scalpers.
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Seeing this scene, Cai Qing breathed a sigh of relief. Then he remembered that his treasure hunt in the South China Sea had been delayed for two years. Then he hurriedly bid farewell to Queen Mother Zhang and prepared to pack up and rush to the South China Sea.
With the lesson learned last time, Cai Qing no longer brings large groups of people, because she has understood that sometimes more people will cause more troubles and bad things. There are too many things to pay attention to when there are too many people. What?
Food and grass, morale, marching, and the mood swings of soldiers will all affect your actions. It is better to choose a few sharp and capable guys. She specially brought the Four Saints of Kongtong with her, who have become thousands of Jin Yiwei.
She brought with her a dozen soldiers who did odd jobs, and then put dozens of river dragons that she had tamed for a long time in large iron boxes and set off on the road. After leaving the city gate, she suddenly ordered everyone to stop and wait.
I saw her looking left and right, obviously waiting for someone~~