Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 235
"The current situation is delicate, people are prying and speculating on every move, and there are many unnecessary disputes. Brother, he didn't deliberately make things difficult, but he probably didn't want Zhezi to get involved in too many messy things. After all, you are still young, and many things cannot be deeply understood."

Hearing Yu Yi's previous embarrassment, Shen Zhezi smiled and indicated that he didn't mind.He also knew that the clan kings of the Sima family were indeed lacking in popularity, and his family was now in great power, and being too close to them would inevitably invite many speculations.These speculations may be good or bad for his family, but they are definitely not good for Yu Liang who is in power.

King Zong and Fang Zhen walked too close, and there was only one signal sent out, that is, there was a conspiracy brewing.But it is impossible for the Shen family to collude with the Zongwang. On the one hand, these Zongwangs are too poor to be worth investing in, and on the other hand, it is unnecessary.The Shen family is now also the family of the emperor's relatives, why bother to collude with those clan kings and invite some political capital.

Yu Liang must be well aware of this point, Shen Zhezi's choice can be said to have shown his heart as early as a few years ago.But this guy still has to be severely reprimanded, and he doesn't want to have any dealings in terms of face and etiquette. He is so preoccupied, and the mentality of eager to control everything has been revealed without a doubt.

Although Shen Zhezi could not respond to Yu Liang's questioning, but in front of Yu Yi, he might as well explain it to avoid further misunderstanding.His family is destined to be impossible to go all the way to the dark with Yu Liang, but Yu Liang is not the only one in the Yu family, like Yu Yi and Yu Tiao, who have always been closely related to their family, they still need to maintain a lot of communication, so as not to completely oppose each other stand up.

So Shen Zhezi smiled and explained why he was with the king of Xiyang. When he heard that the king of Xiyang treated him so courteously only for money, Yu Yi also couldn't help but sighed: "Emperor Daxing Passed away, the new king is just established, the eldest brother wants to control the overall situation, and his mentality is inevitably a lot of impatience. But in fact, why bother, it's just embarrassing himself. What kind of mediocrity like King Xiyang can provoke turmoil?"

Shen Zhezi also agreed after hearing the words. Yu Liang has been in charge of Zhongshu for many years, so it is impossible that he does not have this vision.But right now it is too nervous, not only does not help, but makes people panic.Now the officials in Taichung are severely divided among each other, which is even more detrimental to the smooth transition of the situation.

Looking into the reason, it is probably because of the guilt towards Emperor Daxing and the eagerness to prove himself, so it can be said that the authorities are confused.

With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses.Shen Zhezi naturally did not agree with Yu Liang's way of doing things, but he also learned a lesson from it.After the death of Emperor Daxing, what was left was a situation that was not peaceful but still stable. There was no imminent threat from the Hu bandits in the north, and the internal parties contained each other, and no one was dominant.This kind of temporary stability is not easy to achieve, and it is also extremely fragile.Anyone who wants to jump up and break through will inevitably cause the situation to collapse and then suffer backlash.

Ends are ends, means are means.In such a delicate balance, the more ambitious the goal, the more stable the means should be.People are different, don't make too much publicity when you are proud, there are always people waiting to see how you die.The shooting star shines only for a moment, but the status and status are different, this moment may cause irreparable trauma to the world.

People are always keen to tell some courageous hero stories, but there are very few heroes in ancient times who are kind. If they can be calm besides passion, they can be regarded as the first-class national soldiers.If you can't even restrain yourself, no matter how dazzling your deeds are, it's just a good time for the occasion.If someone with a similar temperament does it, he may not be able to do much worse than him, so it is not worthy of admiration.

Skipping this section, Yu Yi is quite interested in what Shen Zhezi said about Xiyang Wang Youqiu's seclusion.

Although this matter was brought up by Yu Tiao, what Yu Yi heard was only superficial, so he said with a smile: "This Yinjue has made so much profit that a nobleman like King Xiyang can't take it lightly? I just listened to what you said occasionally. I really didn’t know it well. After a while, I may transfer to Jinling, so I have to have many contacts with such people, and then I will ask Zhezi to help me a lot.”

Hearing Yu Yi's words, Shen Zhezi's heart moved, and he felt Yu Liang's lack of sense of security and urgency, eager to lay out the world and seek a safe environment.Using Jiangzhou to check and balance Jingzhou, using Wujun to watch the Three Wus, and using Jinling to contain Xuzhou seems to have everything in hand, but this is more of a contest on the scene, and in fact, there is nowhere that is not at a disadvantage.

The disadvantage of the Yu family lies in Fangzhen, which does not have its own reliable and stable foundation. This is the biggest disadvantage of Yu Liang's administration, and it is also the main reason why the Shen family was able to travel with the Yu family earlier.

So after gaining power, the first thing Yu Liang had to do was to manage the power of Fangzhen. He sent Yu Yi to Yuzhang earlier, and then further won Jiangzhou after Ying Zhan died of illness.These are all very beautiful arrangements, and if the operation is carried out step by step, the prestige and style of the ruling family will become stronger and stronger.

But Yu Liang's methods are too radical, and Jiangzhou's important town is definitely worthy of the whole family's efforts to manage it patiently.Shen Zhezi is well aware that it is not easy for his family to live in Kuaiji, and he has used many methods, so far it has only achieved success.If you can't firmly control a basic market, what's the point of people leaving and politics disappearing?
It seems to be a very beautiful arrangement to control Jinling and Wu Commanderies based on the situation, which can provide a stable rear for Gyeonggi, but these two places are full of powerful and unruly people. How much help can you get in these two places?
Perhaps the defect of history really lies in the defect of human character. Yu Liang's ability is indeed outstanding, and he has mastered the book not long after he was established. There are comings and goings, and even a slight advantage.

But not to mention that his character is too strong, the lack of experience in running a place in his resume alone is a fatal flaw. He pays too much attention to the righteous name given by the center, and only uses Fang Zhen as a pawn on the chessboard.But they didn't know that once these chess pieces were provoked, they would all be human-eating beasts with sharp fangs!
For this kind of headstrong person, Shen Zhezi knows that it is useless to persuade him, and he has gradually disliked Yu Liang. As the disputes increase in the future, the relationship between them will become more alienated.As for arranging Yu Yi to Jinling, it is also a good thing for him. Yu Yi will not be as stubborn as Yu Liang, and he will communicate much better. It is also a good thing for Jingkou's booming business.

But what Shen Zhezi is most worried about is that Yu Liang is too obsessed with the fun of arranging the world in the center, gradually ignoring practical problems, and then stirring up a mutiny.Although this is inevitable, Shen Zhezi hopes to push things back as much as possible, so as to give Shangmeng and Yinjue a stable development time.

While talking with Yu Yi about Jinling's different human attitudes than before, Shen Zhezi thought in his heart that it is necessary to give Yu Liang some eye drops to slow down his aggressive pace.However, what he didn't know was that Yu Liang thought of something with him, and also felt that the young man was too out of touch and should be curbed.

The next day was the day of the funeral, and Shen Zhezi got up early.After the court cry, in the morning, a group of clan courtiers knelt outside the East Hall, bursting into bursts of howling with the shrill singing of the servants.

As the son-in-law of Emperor Daxing, Shen Zhezi was also brought into the hall and put on a Qi-declining uniform, and knelt in the hall to watch Emperor Daxing's body be formally put into the coffin.A generation of heroes will be separated forever.

With the sound of nailing wood, there were loud cries inside and outside the hall. Shen Zhezi also saw Princess Xingnan who was teary-eyed. She rushed out from the back of the hall, struggling to see Emperor Daxing for the last time, but was killed by the palace people. Pull it to the back of the palace.

"Let go of me! I want to take another look at my father... Shen Zhezi, Shen Zhezi, help me!"

The princess struggled desperately, and when she saw Shen Zhezi kneeling in the hall, she yelled for help.However, Shen Zhezi couldn't be presumptuous at this time, he could only watch the princess being pulled back, and her mournful howl could still be heard after a long time.

After the burial, the coffin of Emperor Daxing was moved to the front hall of the palace to formally accept the condolences of his clan relatives and foreign countries.However, due to internal and external troubles nowadays, Fangzhen is isolated from the outside world and has few diplomatic relations. This time is set aside just to buy the last bit of time for the imperial mausoleum to be repaired.

Father can't enter the capital, so he can only let Shen Zhezi's second uncle, Shen Ke, take his place and lead all the members of the Shen clan in the capital to mourn in the palace.Shen Zhezi thought about the sudden loss of face of the princess, so he quickly asked his family to prepare a lot of delicacies that the girl usually likes, and asked the palace people to bring them into the palace when the princess was out of the garden to receive her husband's family members.

The meeting lasted only half an hour, and the princess just buried her head in Shen Zhezi's arms and sobbed endlessly. Seeing the palace servants with rigid expressions in the empress dowager's palace, Shen Zhezi could guess how depressed the girl was in the garden. He made up his mind to take the princess out of the palace once the national funeral was over, so that the girl would not be tortured by the cumbersome etiquette again.

Ten days later, on the day of the funeral, mourning was hung all over the city, and all the officials guarded the coffin and went to the Taimiao to hold a sacrifice, and here the temple name Suzu was officially established for Emperor Daxing.

In the rustling autumn wind, the funeral procession slowly left Jiankang City, circled around the city for a week, and then headed north to the imperial mausoleum.Along the way, many people set up road sacrifices, lying in the dust, crying in the wild.

Wuping Mausoleum is located at the foot of Jilong Mountain in the north of Jiankang City, on the bank of Lianhu Lake, from which you can look directly at the river.When the funeral procession slowly climbed up the high slope, someone suddenly pointed to the distant river and exclaimed.

Shen Zhezi followed the crowd to look around, and saw several large ships lying across the vast river, with white flags fluttering on the large ships, and a faint singing voice accompanied by the rolling waves: "Make friends with yellow birds, stop at mulberry... ...Heaven in the sky, annihilate my beloved..."

Hearing the singing, Shen Zhezi pondered for a while, and immediately looked at the few auxiliary ministers at the front of the team.Wang Dao looked dull and his eyes were dim.Yu Liang gritted his teeth silently and clenched his fists in his sleeves.The rest of them have different looks.

(End of this chapter)