The breath of spring is very strong in Chang'an City.
There are no new buds on the branches and no greenery in the corners, but the thin clothes on the young men and women make people feel full of spring.
"It's so plump!"
The entourage's eyes wandered around the upper body of a woman, and Wang Douluo didn't blame him when he saw it.
"Spring is here." Wang Douluo thought of the previous dispute between the court and the central government.
After the beginning of spring, those officials seemed to have made an appointment, and they started to criticize people one after another.
At first they focused on the Queen and the Yang family, as if they wanted to pull the Queen off her horse and let the concubine take over.
For a time, many people were confused, thinking that this was the emperor's handiwork... The imperial concubine's current power is too weak to stir up such a big wave of public opinion.
Now these people turned their guns and focused on the two princes: King Wei and King Yue.
King Wei had already become a vassal, but because King Yue was weak, the queen took pity on him and told the emperor to raise him for a few more years before releasing him.
Today, officials are furious about this, saying that the King of Yue is coveting the crown prince's position in Chang'an, and the queen has provoked the queen to send a message, saying that the prince and the King of Yue are brothers, and the matter of two brothers in the same family is none of your business?
But the officials seemed determined and continued to besiege. Even King Wei was brought in, saying that he was plotting a rebellion in Qianzhou.
King Wei is so cruel!
Wang Douxiang shook his head, thinking that King Wei was still in Chang'an, he felt that this matter would not be too easy.
"Who is Zhang Zhongmiao?"
Ahead, a deep voice came, like thunder.
"That's me!"
Zhang Zhongmiao is a middle-aged man in his thirties. At this moment, he held his head high and dismounted from his horse. His heroic momentum attracted applause from everyone.
"good!"
Standing in front is King Wei.
These people applauded not to praise Zhang Zhongmiao, but to force him to come out.
King Wei is cruel, what will be the consequences once Zhang Zhongmiao comes out?
"Today Zhang Zhongmiao impeached King Wei the most fiercely. Now that King Wei is blocking the way, I'm afraid nothing can be done." The staff narrowed their eyes, as if they were watching a show.
King Wei said with a ferocious smile: "When will I rebel?"
Zhang Zhongmiao frowned, "I heard that the king is training his army in Qianzhou..."
King Wei grabbed him by the collar and spat all over his face, "I don't have any officials in Qianzhou. I know that people are sending news to Chang'an every day. What kind of pants do I wear at night?"
Even Chang'an knows this, but you still dare to say that this king is treasonous?"
When the prince becomes a vassal, most of the officials in the palace are assigned by Chang'an, and everyone is responsible for supervising the prince to "take the right path." And without orders from the Ministry of War and the court, it is impossible for the Qianzhou soldiers to obey the command of King Wei.
So this so-called rumor of rebellion is purely based on food.
Zhang Zhongmiao still frowned, "It is the censor's duty to report things after hearing the news."
"You bitch slave, is it my duty to take action?"
Boom!
With just one punch, Zhang Zhongmiao's face became invisible.
The cheeks of the onlookers twitched, adrenaline was rushing, and their faces were blushing, as if they were enjoying themselves like London.
"Ah!" Zhang Zhongmiao howled miserably.
But it's not over yet.
King Wei followed up with a kick.
Click!
Everyone looked at Zhang Zhongmiao's deformed calves and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"oh!"
King Wei left angrily, and the people of Jinwu Guard went to the palace to report the news and at the same time carried Zhang Zhongmiao to seek medical treatment.
Only then did everyone disperse with unsatisfied thoughts, thinking that this matter would become a good topic for their recent drinks.
Wang Douluo returned home and called Wang Douxiang to tell him what happened in the court today.
"What does emperor mean?" Wang Douxiang asked.
Wang Douluo said: "The emperor did not say anything."
"This is wrong." Wang Douxiang frowned, "This is his son. He should handle it no matter whether it is good or bad. How can he allow others to comment? Those officials... I think it is mostly his instigation."
"But why is he like this?"
Wang Douxiang asked and answered himself, "Do you want to consolidate the crown prince's position?"
"No, the emperor is extremely afraid of a family of four surnames, no, he is extremely afraid of a family of five surnames. Behind the queen and the prince are four surnames in a family. How can he be willing to build a bridge and pave the way for a family of four surnames?" Wang Douluo laughed sarcastically.
"Then what does he want to do?"
The two brothers were quite capable, but they couldn't see clearly the emperor's intention.
"Mr. Lang!"
A servant came in and said, "Ding from Northern Xinjiang is coming quickly."
"Let him in."
Ding Xiu was carried in. He lay on the door panel and raised his hands with difficulty, "I have met Mr. Lang, Mr. Erlang."
The steward said: "They were rushing along like crazy, with the cold in their bones and their whole bodies stiff."
Wang Douxiang walked over, reached out and pressed Ding Xi's arm, and a warm inner breath slowly entered.
There was a touch of blood on Ding Xiu's face, "In the villain's chest..."
The steward reached in and took out a large oil paper bag.
"Open." Ding Xiu used Wang's power along the way, changing horses without changing people, galloping wildly, and arrived in Chang'an in a short time. At this moment, his whole body was stiff and his arms were not working.
The steward opened the oil paper bag and found another layer inside.
Open this layer of oil paper again, and there is a thick envelope inside.
It must be something so precious and important. The steward carefully opened the envelope and handed over a stack of letter paper.
Wang Douxiang took it, read the first page, his expression remained unchanged, and then turned to the second page.
The Wang brothers lived one mile and one away, Wang Douluo was in charge of the affairs of the court, and Wang Douxiang was in charge of the family affairs.
Wang Douluo was thinking about the affairs of the court and wondering about the emperor's intention of impeaching his two sons.
"Huh!"
Wang Douxiang let out a light sigh.
Wang Douluo raised his eyes, smiled and asked, "What is it?"
Wang Douxiang shook his head, "Wait a minute."
He flipped through page after page, with various expressions on his face: surprise, puzzlement, confusion, alertness...
Finally he looked up and said, "Brother, it's the art of smelting!"
Wang Douluo was startled, "Oh! How?"
Wang Douxiang said solemnly: "Compared to Chunyu's family, I'm afraid it's only higher than that of Chunyu."
Wang Douluo stretched out his hand and said hastily: "Show me."
He looked carefully and looked at each other with Wang Douxiang.
"Where did it come from?"
Ding Xiu, who had just drank two bowls of hot soup, had recovered a little now. He sat on the edge with a tired and excited expression, "It was given to me by Yang Langjun."
"who?"
"Which Yang Langjun?"
Ding Xiu said: "My little lady's county magistrate."
Boom!
Wang Douluo immediately asked, "Where did he get it?"
Anyone else would have been overjoyed. But the Wang brothers wanted to verify the origin first.
This is the difference between aristocratic families and ordinary families.
"Yang Langjun read a lot of books in the Imperial College and learned the smelting method. After going to Taiping, there was a shortage of iron tools. He found some craftsmen from the prisoners and worked together. Now Taiping has set up a furnace and tested it. Several times, the iron produced is always of high quality!"
The furnace in Taiping was set up, but not a single furnace of iron was produced. But Taiping is Yang Xuan's territory, who can verify it?
"Okay!" Wang Douluo slapped the case a few more times, and said with a red face: "The Chunyu family is attacking the Wang family unscrupulously, but they are not worried about the ore being cut off. It is because I, the Wang family, do not have a superior smelting method. Let me test it immediately. If it can be done, the host and guest of the Wang family and the Chun Yu family will be in different places!"
Wang Douxiang has already seen something. He is responsible for the management of the family's industry. In the past few years, Wang has been trying to smelt, and he has been in charge. Just looking at it once, he was very excited.
"Brother, it's not bad, absolutely not bad!"
Wang Douluo knew this brother's abilities and couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, "What a Yang Xuan!"
Wang Douxiang stroked his beard, "He was the one who saved Xian'er when we met in Yuanzhou. Now he has given such exquisite skills to help the Wang family get out of the current predicament, brother..."
The two brothers looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Ding Xiu said: "Two gentlemen, Yang Langjun wants something."
"explain!"
Wang Douxiang is in high spirits.
"There is a shortage of iron tools in Taiping. Yang Langjun wants to smelt some iron ore at home to make farm tools."
"Give it to him! Give him as much as he wants." Wang Douxiang said without hesitation: "Give it to him at half price and send it to him!"
Wang Douluo smiled and said, "Does that young man only need this?"
Ding nodded.
Wang Douluo felt happy and raised his hand to pat the table.
Boom!
The case that he had destroyed several times almost collapsed.
Wang Douxiang frowned, "There are not many cases at home, brother, please be healthy and recuperate."
Wang Douluo said dissatisfied: "This case is probably about cutting corners, check it out!"
The steward lowered his head to suppress a smile, "Yes."
The Wang brothers drank freely that day, and later on, good things were delivered to Wang Xian'er like water.
"Why is this?" Wang Xianer held her chin in her hands, her bright eyes full of curiosity.
The servant girl leaned over and said with a smile: "My dear lady, I know that the two gentlemen are very happy today and say that my lady has made great achievements."
"What great achievements have I made?"
Wang Xianer became more and more puzzled.
"Say it's that Mr. Yang."
"Yang Xuan?" Wang Xian'er sighed, "There was no news about him as soon as he left for Taiping, and he didn't say to write me a letter."
The servant girl's cheeks trembled slightly, thinking that even if Yang Xuanzhen wrote a letter, you wouldn't get it and would be intercepted by the two gentlemen.
The lovely daughter of the Wang family is naturally noble, how can she give and receive privately with the outside world?
On the second day, Wang Douluo Chunfeng went to the court proudly.
The wind was blowing in the morning.
The officials frantically attacked King Wei for his brutal act of severely injuring the imperial censor Zhang Zhongmiao.
King Wei has always been eyeing the East Palace, so he is the empress and the prince's enemy. The four surnames in the family followed suit, and for a time, King Wei became a street rat.
In the midst of this shouting and shouting, the voices of several censors seemed very weak, but very firm.
——The King of Yue was a threat to the prince in Chang'an!
According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, all princes should leave when they reach the age of joining the feudal vassal, and Chang'an would leave the young princes and the crown prince behind.
But the King of Yue is the queen’s favorite!
The queen and the prince remained silent, but when the censor opened his mouth, it was like a dog trying to get rid of a mouse and meddling in other people's business.
This matter got worse and worse, so much so that even the ‘guest’ Nian Ziyue knew about it.
"There is some chaos in the Tang Dynasty." Nian Ziyue wrote to Southern Zhou Dynasty.
After writing the letter, long-legged Zhang Jing came over to collect it and asked casually: "Princess, do you want to go out?"
Nian Ziyue shook his head.
"The princess is becoming more and more knowledgeable." Zhang Jing secretly rejoiced and praised the princess for her sensibility in her letter to Southern Zhou Dynasty.
Nian Ziyue sat there and said angrily: "That person is staring at the carriage and looking lewd. I don't like it."
The maid next to her said: "The princess is so beautiful that even women would admire her. Naturally, that person cannot be exempted from vulgarity."
They were talking about the officials currently responsible for monitoring Nian Ziyue.
"But some people don't."
"Who is the princess talking about?"
Nianzi was speechless, and the image of that young man appeared in his mind.
Thinking of the pride that the young man felt when he beat her in the pot throw, she couldn't help but wrinkle her nose and said, "Go throw the pot!"
The impeachment trend is getting more intense, but the left prime minister remains silent.
It was said that King Wei was drinking in the palace and threatened to beat several idiots to death.
But the King of Yue went to Shu and begged for vassal status.
Look, look.
Compared with the cruel King Wei, how wise the sincere King Yue is!
The Queen also rarely went to the Liyuan.
In the pear orchard, there is constant music.
The emperor and his concubine sat together and discussed the music.
"Your Majesty, the Queen wishes to see you."
"What is she here for?" The emperor looked calm.
The imperial concubine stood up and said, "I, my concubine, leave."
When the palace lady comes, if she avoids it, there will be less disputes.
The emperor nodded.
The queen came in, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the foreign dynasties are constantly criticizing, and Saburo is getting more and more difficult to deal with. Can those censors take care of it?"
These words were not polite, and the Queen obviously noticed that there was a hint from the Emperor in this impeachment trend.
She thought this would be a long stalemate, but the emperor said cheerfully: "This matter is a bit over the top. I will deal with it tomorrow."
When the news spread, the whole family waited eagerly for King Wei to return to Qianzhou and never return to Chang'an.
When the imperial concubine returned, the emperor remained as before, concentrating on music.
On the second day, the emperor came to court.
Officials still insist on impeachment.
"Ahem!"
The emperor coughed twice, and everything stopped.
“The country’s foundation is important.”
The emperor's words put the whole family at ease.
"It is not appropriate for Erlang and Sanlang to stay in Chang'an for a long time."
Yang Songcheng smiled in his heart.
"The princes are old and it is not appropriate to do nothing."
What does it mean?
The officials were puzzled.
The emperor slowly looked at his ministers. Han Shitou, who was familiar with him, only glanced at them and was sure that there was ridicule in the emperor's eyes.
"The tribes in southern Xinjiang became restless, and the King of Yue went to southern Xinjiang."
The ministers were stunned.
"Your Majesty, this..."
The emperor ignored him at all, "Over in Northern Xinjiang, the three major ministries are ready to move, and so is Northern Liao. King Wei is going to Northern Xinjiang."
Yang Songcheng was shocked and lost his temper: "Your Majesty, there have never been such rules."
The emperor said indifferently: "Rules are made by people. I am the emperor, why can't I make rules?"
yes!
What's wrong with the emperor setting the rules?
The emperor said: "When the prince went to southern and northern Xinjiang, he was not allowed to meddle in local affairs at will. He went to appease the army and the people on my behalf."
It sounds very appropriate not to interfere in local affairs. You can represent the emperor to appease the army and the people...
Doesn’t this mean he can have a hand in everything?
After the dispersion of the dynasty, left prime minister Chen Shen and Wang Douluo walked together.
"I'm afraid it won't be easy for Your Majesty to ask the prince to go to the border at this time."
Chen Shen nodded, "Four members of the family want to plot Zhang Chumao as the governor of Northern Xinjiang. This matter has alerted His Majesty. The ministers are meddling in military affairs, and the army is the lifeblood of the emperor. If control is lost, the emperor will fall." Not far away.”
"So Your Majesty asked the prince to go to Northern and Southern Xinjiang. Is this... supervision?"
"Yes, it can change at any time." Chen Shen said quietly: "The emperor is training the two princes, but what about the prince?"
"Two brothers were re-employed, and the prince was in trouble."
Behind the prince is a family of four surnames!
"This move can contain the four surnames of the family, and can also contain the frontier officials. Your Majesty's power and tactics... even I have to admire you."