Empress Dowager Guo already knew what Qin Liang was doing from Mrs. Zhen's mouth. She couldn't believe it for several days.
There was no sunshine in the early morning, and the weather was overcast and windy. When Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager's car passed the courtyard of Zhaoyang Palace, Guo did not take a look at the car with the huge and magnificent bronze statue of a dragon and phoenix as usual.
The bricks and stones on the road were paved evenly, and the bumps of the carriage's wheels were very rhythmic, but the silk cloth on the four window lattice of the carriage was blowing wildly in the wind. Just like the mood of Queen Mother Guo at this time, it was a bit chaotic, but it seemed that there was no
out of a certain range.
Queen Mother Guo knelt on the mat in the middle of the cart, holding a cloth rope to tie the buttons. Sometimes the buttons were very complicated and delicate, and sometimes she was confused but couldn't untie them.
She closed her eyes gently, took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled from her red lips, opened her eyes, slowly untangled the threads of the rope again, and finally untied the knot again.
The car arrived at the courtyard of Taiji Palace. Empress Dowager Guo slowly got out of the car with the help of the palace maid.
It was a very ordinary court meeting. The hall was completely dark, and people had already changed into winter robes.
Except for the color of the clothes, there is a slight difference. The Taifu Sima Yi has led his troops to leave the capital. The old man and the fat man standing at the front of the court have now become only one fat man. Of course there are other old men in the front row.
, but they are not as important as this fat man.
There were over a hundred people in the palace including palace maids, eunuchs, princes and ministers. The temple was bright and lofty, but there were various undercurrents hidden there.
The Queen Mother Guo and Qin Liang were so far apart that they didn't even make eye contact. The only thing connecting them was air. Not to mention outsiders, even the Queen Mother Guo occasionally felt that she and Qin Zhongming seemed to be strangers and had almost no relationship.
But who can know what someone behind the crowd did, smelling her dirty clothes, thinking about her voice and the appearance of her body, and doing that kind of thing. And he is still digging tunnels now, trying to do something more serious.
Things were still quiet, as if nothing happened.
However, Qin Zhongming should not have guessed that "that lady" is Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager, otherwise he would probably not have the courage. There is no shortage of girls around him, so there is no need to take such a big risk; it is not of much use, Empress Dowager Guo cannot eliminate important people.
The officials couldn't help him much.
Of course, even if Qin Zhongming guessed it in the future, he would not dare to tell it. Empress Dowager Guo only wanted to try it once at most.
Queen Mother Guo gently put the two sleeves in front, and touched the knots in the sleeves with her hands. She was a little curious as to what kind of knots Qin Liang tied after putting bags on the heads of the two laborers.
...At the end of the court meeting, it finally started to rain lightly. Qin Liang and his cousin Linghuyu went out of the west gate together. Linghuyu took the initiative to invite him: "Zhongming, please ride with me."
Qin Liang hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay."
The uncle and nephew exchanged pleasantries in the carriage, and the carriage headed south along the road to the west of the palace. Qin Liang opened the corner of the carriage curtain and saw that the scenery outside was more magnificent than elsewhere, because the palaces that could be seen on this road were
There are many mansions.
The line of sight is not wide enough, and the rain curtain hangs in the sky like mist, but the towering tower in the distance seems to be even bigger. The whole building cannot be seen in the rain and mist, and people subconsciously feel that there are hidden parts inside.
At this time, Linghuyu said: "I have found several opportunities to speak out about the conquest of Shu, but I can't persuade you."
Qin Liang lowered the car curtain and turned to look at his cousin's face.
Linghuyu said: "Now the matter has become more complicated. People from Taifu's Mansion are also involved. It's not something I can just stop with a few words of advice. Instead, the general asked me to take the lead and asked Zhong Ming
Go to the mansion as soon as possible to discuss matters."
Qin Liang thought for a while and said: "When I go to discuss matters, I can only persuade the general not to fight this battle, but according to what my cousin said, it is useless to say these words."
Linghu Yu said in a deep voice: "Zhong Ming is known as the 'Confucian Tiger' and is good at military planning. However, there are some truths, but your thinking has gone astray."
"I would like to hear from my cousin for advice." Qin Liang cupped his hands and said.
Linghuyu glanced at him and said, "In the major events that the general presides over, is it important whether he has merit or not? Who has merit and who has fault, how to reward and punish merit and demerit, and who has the final say?"
Qin Liang was stunned by this sentence, because what his cousin said seemed to make sense. For example, Wang Chang had no military merits, but he was still the governor of Jing and Hezhou. And when Qin Liang returned to Beijing from Huainan, he also wanted to find a way out of Luoyang.
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If the two families in power don't nod, Qin Liang's contributions to making salt and benefiting the country and the people won't even make waves. In the end, it was Empress Dowager Guo who got some money.
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If you think highly of Zhong Ming, others who want to participate in such good things will not be able to get in."
"My cousin seems to be right," Qin Liang said thoughtfully.
As long as you participate, you can get a share of the pie, so it doesn't matter if you lose? It sounds absurd, but after my cousin woke up, maybe it was really the case... Unless Cao Shuang's mansion is ruined, no one can punish him.
After all, the emperor is not too busy now.
However, this kind of thing should not be done in theory, so Qin Liang didn't think about it for a while. Power sometimes not only comes from the top, but is also related to the bottom. No matter how the battle turned out, people in the world are not blind. If Cao Shuang
Can random rewards be given without side effects?
And what exactly can Qin Liang get?
Qin Liang calmed down and said: "Is the Taifu's Mansion also involved? This is a situation where everyone has their own agenda. The deployment of this campaign is very strange. I'm afraid this is a waste of national power. Isn't there any objection?"
Linghu Yu glared and said, "Who objects? The General's Office has already made a deal with the Sima family."
"What deal?" Qin Liang asked in a low voice.
Linghuyu said: "The general of the guard army is replaced by the governor of Guanzhong. This is the main exchange. There are other things, some of which I don't know. In short, the people in the Taifu Mansion will not object. Zhong Ming thinks about it. Someone mentioned it recently.
Is this the case?"
After Qin Liang heard this, the expression on his face was very complicated and weird, and he was speechless for a while.
Linghuyu glanced at Qin Liang and said helplessly: "When I first proposed the plan to conquer Shu, it was not like this. But as things got done, it became beyond recognition."
The two were silent for a while. Qin Liang opened the car curtain again and saw that the rain outside was not heavy. The sound of rain was quite small, but it was getting denser. The whole city seemed to be shrouded in translucent gray-white.
Linghuyu's voice said: "There will be a meeting at the General's Mansion the day after tomorrow. Will Zhongming come? If you don't come, the General will probably be even more dissatisfied, which will be detrimental to Zhongming's career."
The cousin was obviously here to be a lobbyist, but Qin Liang immediately turned around and nodded: "My cousin wants me to participate, so of course I have to give him face."
Linghuyu immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "After all, we are members of our own family, otherwise it would not be easy for me to explain myself in the General's Mansion."