Volume B, The Dew, Waiting for the Sun, Section 17: The Storm
"Qi Yongtai has come to Beijing?" The elderly man leaning on the dragon bed had a layer of gloom between his brows. Seeing that he was about to get up, the attendant next to him hurriedly came up to help him, but was thrown away by him, "I You’re not old enough yet to need help!”
"Yes, back to your Majesty, Qi Yongtai has almost disappeared from the capital in the past few years. Although Qingtan Academy is only ten or twenty miles away from the city, he has never been to the capital. That's why I learned about this at the first time. Situation." The old man standing beside the hall lowered his hands and lowered his eyebrows, his tone was a little low, and his back was a little hunched, but the strong look between his eyebrows did not diminish at all.
"The trees want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop." After a long time, the old man in yellow robe sat up and said calmly, "It's only been two years, and many people have become very quiet and thoughtful."
The vigorous old man didn't say anything, and it wasn't his turn to say anything like this.
"Did Mr. Long Jiang ever know?" the old man in yellow robe suddenly asked.
"I'm afraid you don't know that Qi Yongtai went to the city that night. He didn't stay in a hotel, but in the old house of Qi Shijiao." Mr. Long Jiang is the current chief assistant Shen Yiguan. He has been the chief assistant for six years. After the emperor succeeded to the throne, he continued to serve as chief minister.
The old man in yellow robe smiled coldly, "When did Qi Yongtai and Qi Shijiao get together again? Where is Ye Xianggao? Where is Fang Congzhe?"
The vigorous old man did not answer the conversation.
Sighing leisurely, the old man in yellow robe looked away from the window, "It seems that the emperor's mind is erratic, and many people have ideas in their minds."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is still very diligent. He reviews memorials every day and never goes to bed until midnight..." The energetic old man couldn't help but say.
"Haha, if you don't work hard when you are the emperor, why shouldn't you?" The old man in yellow robe sneered softly, "Supposedly, he has great ideas, but I'm afraid that there weren't many people around him before, but now that he has become the emperor, many people will flock to him. I can’t see the situation clearly anymore. A lot of people talk about making gold, but accumulation of blood and bones destroys bones. Three people become a tiger. Alas,..."
"Where are Xiao Daheng and Wang Ziteng?" the old man in yellow robe suddenly asked.
"Xiao Shangshu has been in poor health during this period and has been recuperating at home. Wang Shilang has always been there, but the affairs in the Beijing camp are busy, so he is mainly there..." The vigorous old man hesitated for a moment.
"Xiao Daheng is not in good health? Then how come I heard that he is still lavish in the Ministry of Punishment and has personally intervened in several cases?" The old man in yellow robe looked over with a cold look, making the vigorous old man couldn't help but shrink.
"I'm afraid you don't want to get involved in the Ministry of War's troubled waters, right?" The old man in yellow robe said in a soft and cold tone.
"The left minister of the Criminal Department has not made up for the delay. The right minister and the Dali Temple are responsible for the backlog of cases from years ago. They have entered a critical stage and cannot be separated from others, so Mr. Xiao is also..."
The old man in yellow robe interrupted him suddenly, "Gu Yu, are you trying to help these people cover up in front of me and fool me? These civil servants are all just following the wind. How many of them are loyal to the emperor and patriotic?" What kind of intentions do they have? Don’t look at their arrogant attitude in front of me in the past, but when it comes down to it, they are just sitting on the wall and watching the wind..."
The elderly man called Gu Yu also felt a little sad.
Of course he knew that the old man's words were to the point, but this was the customary pattern since the Zhou Dynasty, no, it should be since the Tang and Song Dynasties, to rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats!
These scholar-bureaucrats and civil servants inherently feel that they are superior to others. This world does not belong to the royal family, but should be governed together with the scholar-bureaucrats. If they do not co-govern with them and infringe on their rights, it will be against the law of heaven and will harm heaven and man.
I feel that I am being punished by God. All disasters and omens in the world are caused by the sins of your emperor alone.
Seeing that the old man was silent, the old man in yellow robe shook his head. He also knew that the current situation was not his own fault. It was just that time had changed, but now he felt that the trouble here was coming.
"Then Qi Yongtai came to Beijing by invitation?" The old man in yellow robe withdrew his gaze, "Have you ever seen anyone else except Qi Shijiao?"
"As far as I know, Qi Yongtai has also met Fang Congzhe and Ye Xianggao." After a pause, he seemed to be hesitant, and finally the capable old man lowered his head and replied.
"Oh? Qi Yongtai met the two of them?" The expression on the yellow-robed old man's face became a little subtle. These two were both pavilion elders, and Ye Xianggao was still the second assistant, but Fang Congzhe's reputation was not small. He once
Having served as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel and Minister of Rites, once Shen Yi Guan steps down as Chief Assistant in the future, these two people may be the most popular candidates to take over as Chief Assistant, but now Shen Yi Guan may not be willing to take up the official position.
"Could this matter have something to do with the emperor?" The old man in yellow robe finally turned cold, and he stood up and walked back and forth in the hall.
"Never discovered it." Gu Cheng shook his head, not daring to speak nonsense on this issue.
As the commander of Long Jinwei, he seemed to be bedridden for the past six months, but in fact, he had not let go of Long Jinwei's real power. Lu Song was not an idle person, but his decades of experience in Long Jinwei were not enough.
He can be easily replaced.
He was also somewhat confused about the Supreme Emperor's current thoughts.
When the Emperor was about to hand over the throne to the current Emperor, Prince Zhongxiao, he had implicitly reminded the Emperor to be cautious.
This is a move that shakes the foundation of the country. If you are not careful, it will lead to catastrophic disasters. Even if the emperor wants to do this, he will still bear great risks, especially because of some reasons that cannot be disclosed to outsiders, and it is even more difficult to convince
Civil service system.
It's just that the prince, now Prince Yitada, broke the emperor's heart back then, which made the emperor furious. Although he did not directly imprison the prince, there was no possibility of him ascending the throne.
In the end, although the Emperor succeeded in resolving this crisis by relying on his forty years of prestige, and turned Prince Zhongxiao into the emperor today, it also made the civil servants extremely dissatisfied with the Emperor, which in turn affected the difficulty of many policy measures in the later period.
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Now that King Zhongxiao has ascended the throne as emperor, everything is over. Moreover, King Zhongxiao naturally has some skills to win the favor of the Supreme Emperor among the kings. Once he ascends the throne, it will be a foregone conclusion. I was sure of this at the time, but I never thought that the Supreme Emperor would actually have some skills now.
I have the intention to regret it, but I don’t think about it. Is there any room for regret in this kind of thing? Otherwise, it will lead to another huge disaster.
It's just that he also knows the character of the Supreme Emperor. After serving for decades, if he has some thoughts, it is really difficult to make him change his wish. But under the current circumstances, even if the Supreme Emperor has some thoughts, but now
It's hard to have many opportunities, which can only increase worries.
"Qi Yongtai has a stubborn personality, and it is difficult to go back on things he has decided. Back then..." The old man in yellow robe also regretted a little, thinking that if he had not had a dispute with Qi Yongtai and his group over the matter of deposing the prince, Qi Yongtai and the others would have
I won't resign in the end, but it's too late to regret now. I just don't know what this person is thinking now.
Gu Cheng remained silent, it was not his place to comment on such matters, and the matter had already passed, and it was a foregone conclusion, and it would be useless to regret it again.
"Then... boss, have you ever..." The old man in yellow robe suddenly turned his head.
"Reporting to your Majesty, Prince Yi Zhong stayed at home, and there is nothing unusual about it, but..." Gu Cheng hesitated for a moment before saying, "But Prince Dong'an and Prince Xining respectively went to the residence of Prince Yi Zhong the day before yesterday to pay tribute to Yi Zhong.
Happy birthday to the prince."
"Oh?" The yellow-robed old man's face changed slightly and he said silently, "What about the water solution?"
"I haven't gone there." Gu Cheng took a deep breath, "A few days ago, King Beijing went to Tiewang Mountain for a hunting trip and returned only five days later. The Duke of Zhenguo and the Duke of Liguo happened to return from the north to the south at this time.
…”
The old man in yellow robe was indifferent, and Gu Cheng swallowed hard and mumbled: "..., Prince Yizhong and his eldest son are also going north..."
The sharp gaze of the old man in yellow robe fell on Gu Cheng's face. He stayed still for a long time, and Gu Cheng's eyes flickered.
"Where is Wang Ziteng?"
"Shilang Wang has not returned from his inspection tour." Gu Cheng said quickly.
"Then did Fourth Brother know about all this?" the old man in yellow robe said sadly.
"I am afraid that the emperor has already known that Lu Song is very stable, but the emperor has not expressed anything, and King Shou also went to the palace of Yizhong to pay his birthday..." Gu Cheng hesitated again.
King Shou is the eldest son of the current emperor.
The old man in yellow robe couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly. He raised his head and looked at the dome of the main hall. He seemed to be recalling something, with a complex expression on his face. "The fourth brother didn't move? Haha, the fourth brother is doing it for me."
Look, what a brother and brother."
There was silence in the hall, and the dark and gloomy shadow in the depths was like a giant beast accompanied by the flickering candlelight, seeming to choose people and devour them.
"Gu Yu, what do you think I should do?" The yellow-robed old man's tone was full of desolation.
