With the arrival of Xuefei, Shen Ao could feel that the other party had no ill intentions towards him. But after all, the origin was a question, and it would be best if he could find out. After all, if the people around him don't even know the details, they will not be able to use them in the future. I will be very worried.
Shen Ao's attention was completely focused on Xue Fei's identity, and he didn't care about the position he had just obtained as the head of the Finance Department. But he didn't know that if this matter was announced, he would become the most senior member of the Household Department at the age of sixteen. The head of the important department, the Finance Department, may not know what kind of ripples it will cause, or even what kind of opposition there will be in the court.
When Emperor Qianwen was making this decision, he had already thought that there would be objections, and he was mentally prepared to a certain extent. But it was all disrupted by a letter sent by King Jin. At this time, there was no one to care. After receiving the appointment of a third-rank official, everyone's attention was focused on the matter of King Jin bowing his head.
King Jin bowed his head.
The envoy sent by the King of Jin entered Daliang City and presented this letter. The main content was that the King of Jin was deceived by the prince and thought that someone in the palace was threatening the emperor's safety, so he launched troops to rescue him. Afterwards, he learned the truth. , and he was afraid of being blamed by Emperor Qianwen, and was forced to lead his troops out of Daliang City. Now that everything has been revealed, he came here to plead guilty and ask your majesty to forgive his reckless behavior. At the same time, the Jin army is still going strong. The army still obeys the emperor's orders.
At the end of the memorial, the issue about the prince was also discussed. The King of Jin stated that it was abominable that the prince wanted to use his own hands to seek power and usurp the throne. Such people should be killed to eliminate future troubles. If the emperor had made such a decision , he will publicly express his support for this.
This piece of information is now placed on the Long Case. Emperor Qianwen's face is calm. It is not clear whether he is happy or angry from his face.
Yan Fu returned to the palace and was standing in front of Emperor Qianwen with his head bowed. "Your Majesty, the decree has been conveyed. The Zhongguo Guild will go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to take office tomorrow."
"Well, you should have said everything to him, right?" Emperor Qianwen still asked with a calm expression.
"I've told you everything, but everything that I know, I told Duke Zhongguo." Yan Fu nodded quickly. Don't think that when he saw Shen Ao, he just started talking and couldn't hold him back. If it weren't for Emperor Qianwen's order, he would You won't do that.
The most important thing to be able to serve the emperor is to be strict with your mouth and tell everything to the outside world. Are there any secrets around the emperor? How could such a servant be entrusted with such an important task by Emperor Qianwen for so many years.
"As long as you tell me, let's do this for now. Read this memorial and have it copied into three copies. One will be made public, one will be sent to the Prince of Tianlao, and one will be sent to... "Send it to Yaohua Palace." Emperor Qianwen seemed to have spent a lot of effort to finish saying this, and then waved his hands in frustration.
"No." Sensing that the emperor was not in a good mood, Yan Fu did not dare to say anything more. After agreeing, he stepped forward to take the coupon and turned around to leave.
It wasn't until Yan Fu's figure disappeared from the main hall that Emperor Qianwen's eyes suddenly revealed a gleam of light, "The King of Jin is so capable, he actually shifted the responsibility to my crown prince like this. It's really a good trick. It's good." , since you don’t dare to be my enemy openly, so what if I wait for a few years? I want to see if your descendants can be as capable once your health is bad. Can defend the four areas of Jinzhou."
Emperor Qianwen was indeed in a bad mood. He had already made the decision to send troops out of Jinzhou, and he was only going to implement it after all the people from the prince family were eradicated and the situation in the court was stabilized. This time King Jin openly Rebellion and leading troops to attack the imperial city gave him the best excuse to take action.
With this reason, Emperor Qianwen believed that other vassal kings would not send troops to help King Jin. Once the four places of Jinzhou were captured, Daqian's strength would be further strengthened. At that time, he could look back and Dealing with other vassal kings one by one, until one day all the vassal kings' forces are pacified and the power of the twenty-four states is centralized in the center, he can concentrate his efforts to pacify the foreign countries and become a truly prosperous and famous ruler.
To achieve these goals, you can't just talk about it. I'm afraid it will take a long time to actually do it, but Emperor Qianwen still has to do it. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and many things are the hardest to walk. Everything is the first step. If you can't even take this step, how can you talk about the future?
However, before everything was done, King Jin's apology letter was sent. It can be seen that King Jin probably had not returned to Taiyuan County before he submitted this letter. What he was afraid of was that Emperor Qianwen would suddenly gather an army. Take action against him.
Now it's okay. King Jin admitted his mistake first. In this way, although the reason given is reluctant, it can be explained. In this case, Emperor Qianwen lacked enough reasons to send troops, so King Jin was safe. Well, all he had to pay was the lives of the prince and his sister, Concubine Li Huang.
Originally, King Jin was gambling on this trip to Daliang City.
If he wins, Emperor Qianwen will be overthrown. At that time, whether the prince succeeds to the throne or he takes the throne directly, he will gain huge gains.
Defeat is nothing more than the loss of some soldiers and horses, and the loss of the prince, an internal support in Daliang City. The prince of Jin is here, the prince can rely on him, and he can also rely on the prince, but the king of Jin is gone, and his descendants can continue to maintain a relationship with the prince. This delicate relationship? And rely on each other?
Although the King of Jin is arrogant, he is not arrogant. He does not dare to have too much hope for his descendants. He will be satisfied if they can defend the four areas of Jinzhou. Even so, what difference does it make if he has the support of the prince or not? ?
So there was this crazy gambling move. King Jin lost!
Fortunately, the plan was well-planned, and the King of Jin returned to the land of Jin without any loss. In order not to bring disaster to the land of Jin, mainly not to give other vassal kings the opportunity to watch the tiger fight from their seats, the King of Jin lowered his expectations. He wanted to betray the prince in exchange for the peace of the Jin Dynasty.
Bringing someone else's son to negotiate terms with someone else, no matter what he does, he will not hurt himself. King Jin really made a good calculation, but Emperor Qianwen could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his belly.
Just as King Jin did not want to fight Emperor Qianwen, why did Emperor Qianwen want to fight King Jin?
It's not that he can't win. After all, Emperor Qianwen is the emperor and has the power to mobilize the army and horses of the whole country. If he really mobilizes a large army, it will only be a matter of time before the Jin army is destroyed. It just depends on how much the loss will be.
But as the King of Jin thought, if Emperor Qianwen moved his troops, he would give other vassal kings the opportunity to watch the fight between tigers and wait for the death of their opponents. Emperor Qianwen was not willing to do this kind of thing that would hurt his relatives and make his enemies happy. Do. He would rather wait. Fortunately, King Jin's health is indeed wrong and he will die within three to five years. Without King Jin, the Jin army will not be so scary. That is the time for Qian Wenshi to regain his lost military power.
No one is prepared to go to war, and things still have to be resolved. In the end, all the sins will have to be shouldered by the prince. This is the tragedy of lack of strength.
Thinking that King Jin failed to rebel and pushed his son to take the blame, no father would be in a good mood. This is why Emperor Qianwen was angry.
But think about it on the other hand, if your son dares to rebel against me, he should be killed. Otherwise, with such an example, other princes may one day imitate him.
The purpose of giving King Jin's confession to the Crown Prince and Concubine Li is to tell them that you have been abandoned and have no choice. It is better to take the initiative to die and die with dignity. If he really waits for him to take action, that one Not even the last trace of dignity will be lost.
After the memorial was announced to the world, the siege of the imperial city could come to an end this time. Although he suffered some losses, from the perspective of justice, King Jin still bowed his head and confessed, which could be regarded as an explanation to the people of the world.
"Alas!" He let out a long sigh. Emperor Qianwen had no intention of reviewing the memorial. He was just sitting on the golden dragon chair, his eyes wandering. No one knew what he was thinking.
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Yaohua Palace.
The excitement of the past is long gone.
Ever since what happened that night three days ago, Yaohua Palace has been under martial law from the outside. All the maids and eunuchs have been taken to the Shenxing Department in the palace for investigation. As you can imagine, these people are afraid that there will be no good results. , if you don't do it right, it is very likely that they will all be executed.
In the huge Yaohua Palace, Chun Chan was the only one left to serve Concubine Li Huang. The courtyard was full of fallen leaves, which looked very desolate.
At this moment, Yan Fu walked into the Yaohua Palace. Facing the fallen leaves and the messy ground with palace supplies scattered everywhere, he walked into the main wing with the four eunuchs as if he had not seen them before. forward.
The door was gently pushed open from the outside, and an unpleasant smell rushed in. Yan Fu stretched out his hand to fan his nose in disgust, and then strode in with a slight cough.
On the bed, Concubine Li Huang, who had not taken good care of herself for several days, was lying on the bed with her hair disheveled. The somewhat unpleasant smell came from here. It can be imagined that Concubine Li Huang must be urinating. Caused by incontinence and getting it on the bed.
In front of the bed, Chunchan was half-kneeling, holding a bowl of cold porridge in her hand and sobbing softly. She was alone and her strength was limited. She could not change the mattress for Concubine Li Huang. She could only sit down at this moment. The only thing is to let the master continue to live. Maybe one day the emperor changes his mind and forgives the master, and the Yaohua Palace can return to its previous appearance.
Yan Fu led someone in, and the sound woke Chunchan up. She turned around and saw that it was Yan Fu who came instead of the emperor, and she felt a bad feeling in her heart.