Eight hundred and twentieth chapters father and son
Hearing his son suddenly mention the word "chief assistant", Yan Song asked sensitively: "What do you want to say?"
Yan Shifan replied: "Son, I have been thinking these past few days, what was our original plan for this year and what was our original intention?
Aren't we, father and son, prepared to unseat the chief minister Zhai Luan and replace him with my father? Why are we always thinking about Qin Dewei now?"
Yan Song: "..."
I originally wanted to take advantage of the imperial examination fraud in the first half of this year to get rid of Zhai Luan, who was disliked by the emperor, and become the chief minister in due course.
But I didn't expect that from some unknown time, I started to compete with Qin Dewei again. Qin Dewei seemed to have the magic power to attract hatred and could always attract everyone's eyes and attention.
In the end, Yan Song could only explain: "Qin Dewei is constantly encroaching on power, and we cannot completely sit idly by and deal with him as a last resort."
Yan Shifan then said again: "Don't worry about Qin Dewei, let's start with the easy ones and then the difficult ones. Let's see how to deal with Zhai Luan and tear him off from the position of chief assistant!"
Yan Song was speechless. Yan Shifan's idea was to make up for the losses within the embankment. If he couldn't defeat Qin Dewei, why not attack Zhai Luan?
Yan Shifan said eloquently: "This has two major benefits. One is to boost morale and unite people's hearts. Our party members need a victory to prove that we can continue to move forward!
Second, my father can officially obtain the title of chief minister and become the number one person in the court! Don't underestimate this false reputation. If there is no false reputation, many people will not recognize you!"
Yan Song sighed and said, "Even so, how can we shake Qin Dewei?"
Yan Shifan replied angrily: "We are talking about Zhai Luan, not Qin Dewei! Why does my father always mention Qin Dewei!"
Yan Song asked soberly: "Which major event in the imperial court can avoid Qin Dewei? If you don't mention Qin Dewei, you are hiding your ears and stealing the bell."
Yan Shifan said: "Then we have to wait for my father to concentrate on deposing Zhai Luan and become the chief minister, and then think about it later!"
Yan Lao's literary and artistic temperament flared up, and he sighed melancholy: "Can there be a future?"
Yan Shifan immediately replied: "Father! Think of the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and then think of the Overlord of Chu! Then compare it with the current situation of the dynasty, are there many similarities?"
Yan Song was stunned for a moment and then said: "Your metaphor is quite new. Are you saying that Qin Dewei is like the Overlord of Chu?"
Yan Shifan replied: "Back then, the King of Chu was invincible and arrogant. He used force to fight everywhere. What was the end result?
Qin Dewei is indeed like the overlord of Chu, constantly attacking everywhere, seemingly establishing a huge power, but in fact the enemies are getting more and more powerful!
For example, Zhang Zuo, the chief official of the Superintendent of Ceremonies, had a quarrel with Qin Dewei because of the affairs of Zhang Zan, the former Minister of War, and Shi Dao, the former governor of Datong!
Another example is the royal concubine in the palace, who is the biological mother of the prince, but she absolutely cannot agree with Qin Dewei, let alone Lu Bing of the Imperial Guard."
"Now my father is like the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty after the defeat of Pengcheng! After my father takes the position of chief minister, he can win over all those who oppose Qin Dewei.
Just like the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, didn't he also contact Peng Yue, Yingbu and others to jointly attack the overlord of Chu?
At that time, with the father as the center, there is a chance to connect eunuch Zhang, Wang Guifei, Zhejiang Party, Lu Bing and others to share the same hatred!
Maybe there will be new people joining us. As long as Qin Dewei continues to attack and expand like this, there will always be a steady stream of people joining us!
Of course, the premise of all this is that father must raise the banner of chief minister!"
Yan Song seemed to see something called "hope" from his son's words. Once a person loses hope in life, he also loses his spirit.
The Yan family father and son encouraged each other to continue facing Qin Zhongtang, who was passing through the east gate and heading to the Yiwu Yamen in the east city to attend to matters.
When Qin Dewei walked to the Huangen Bridge on the Jinshui River in Dong'anmen, he saw Eunuch Qin standing at the other end of the bridge with his hands behind his back.
Dongchang Yamen is just outside Dong'an Gate, so the appearance of Eunuch Qin on this road would not surprise outsiders, let alone Qin Zhongtang, who was not surprised.
Qin Dewei realized something very sensitively and asked, "Did you send someone to monitor the east gate?"
It was probably Eunuch Qin who knew that he was coming out of the east gate and waited here.
Eunuch Qin responded: "There were too many people in Renshou Palace just now, and I couldn't ask you anything in public, so I could only meet you here by chance."
Qin Dewei said dissatisfied: "You are not afraid of suspicion either!"
What if a powerful minister and a high-ranking eunuch talk in broad daylight and are seen by others?
Eunuch Qin said calmly: "If the emperor is still awake, I will naturally avoid suspicion.
But now that the emperor is in this situation, he is leaderless and people are in panic. It is normal for ministers to come into contact with each other, so why should they deliberately avoid suspicion?
Even if others see you talking to me, it won't be surprising. Others have seen Zhang Zuo talking to Yan Song and Zhai Luan, so what?"
Qin Dewei replied: "They are them, and I am me."
Eunuch Qin waved his hand: "Let's not mention these useless things. I just want to ask you. After you came home last night, you must have asked your mother Zhou, right?"
Qin Dewei did not deny it, "Of course I will ask."
Eunuch Qin asked anxiously: "Did Mr. Zhou give you any evidence?"
Qin Dewei said: "My mother said that when we were in the house with my biological father, we had a very unique nickname for each other. I wonder what my mother called my biological father at the beginning?"
Eunuch Qin: "..."
There are thousands of pieces of evidence that can be used to prove identity, why must we use the most embarrassing one?
Which father is willing to admit that his beloved nickname is "Goudan'er" in front of a son whom he has not known for many years?
Qin Dewei asked seriously: "What? Mr. Qin, you can't answer such an easy question?"
Eunuch Qin said angrily: "When you go back tonight, ask your mother to change the problem!"
Qin Dewei said: "It's okay if Mr. Qin doesn't want to answer or can't answer. Anyway, I've gotten used to it for so many years. I don't want anyone to really answer."
Eunuch Qin sneered and said: "You know it very well, but you don't look down on me, right? You don't want to have another father, don't you? But you have to admit it if you want to, and you have to admit it if you don't want to!"
Qin Dewei pretended to be stupid and said: "What do you recognize?"
Eunuch Qin said directly and clearly: "Your Majesty is in trouble, and the palace is also uneasy. If I am defeated by Zhang Zuo because of the lack of allies from outside the DPRK, Zhang Zuo will control both the Supervisor of Li and Dongchang.
Then Zhang Zuo joins forces with Yan Song, that is, the Chief of Ceremonies Zhangyin and the Chief Executive join forces, can you withstand it?"
Qin Zhongtang immediately said: "It's not impossible for Mr. Qin to want to be my father. We are all our own people. We can slowly discuss the matter of recognizing my father, but we just have to face things together!"