The devil is coming

Chapter 703 Smile
The day after the big meeting was calm.
Each yamen performs its own duties, and everything seems to be back to the way it was before His Majesty went to the back garden.
The princeling is full of ambition, and the backbone among them can't suppress the smile on his lips, which fully explains what it means to be favored and always be confident.
The Liuye Party is like falling leaves in late autumn. This party with "young talents" as its backbone seems to have touched the helplessness above the court for the first time.
It was still quiet in the palaces of the two kings of the north and south.
The eldest prince went to see King Zhenbei for a drink again, seemingly to regain his face and fight again.
Marquis Pingxi went to Jingnan Palace every day, stayed for a while, and then came out again. Jingnan Palace continued to be as peaceful as people imagined.
And in Pingxihou Mansion,
San'er, Si Niang, Fan Li, and A Ming would go out several times a day. After returning, they would gather together on a small sand table to perform simulations.
The fourth prince still led troops to garrison the imperial city and continued to play his role as the iron gatekeeper.
Marquis Zheng asked to enter the palace to hand over the Emperor's Sword, but the Emperor refused;
The fifteen thousand Zhenbei Army cavalry continued to be stationed in three places in the city, and they were all peaceful.
Marquis Zheng had no choice but to continue holding the Emperor's Sword and go to the three military camps to refresh his presence.
On the second and third days,
Marquis Zheng could already call out the names of these generals and get along well with the soldiers.
He is an idol in the military and a role model for Guizhou's counterattack. In the past, there was a bit of a barrier between the northern and southern armies because of their origins, but Lord Zheng himself is from Beifeng County. If he lowers his airs a little, everyone will accept it. .
Therefore, when I went back, I could clearly feel the enthusiasm of the soldiers and generals towards me.
But it is a pity that in such a short period of time and within the capital, it is almost impossible to win over people's hearts and truly make them use themselves.
However, no matter what, they have to keep themselves busy. This emperor's sword, which looks good but is actually useless, will have to be their nominal "big brother" if they don't hand it back.
The feeling of taking the blame must be very bad, but what is even worse is the process of waiting to take the blame.
If you go to the execution ground, it is nothing more than a click. Before that, you should eat and drink. Before execution, just think about which farewell poem to copy in your mind;
But this scapegoat, which you know will not kill you, is destined to make you feel a little sick, which is really uncomfortable.
the most important is,
Wandering around here for three days with the Emperor's Sword was not without gains. What Zheng Fan understood was that the generals responsible for the actual power of each of these three armies were, in essence, truly loyal to the palace.
These three soldiers and horses are definitely not just used to suppress the situation, they must have other uses.
As the days went by, what Mr. Zheng really cared about was Ji Laoliu.
Whether it is victory or defeat, there must be news.
If he really wanted to succeed the crown prince, he would have to come up with Chapter 2. Even the things that his demon kings were planning for him now would have to be shelved.
It's only right to take Ji Laoliu's family members to a close call, because he has a vague hunch that if the prince succeeds to the throne, then he will not kill that person, but he will be suffocated to death by that person in the capital. possible.
The end of the Iron Triangle is a destined drama, the end of the magnificent era of Dayan, but in that era, there were not only three Iron Triangles, there is always an afterglow.
Sun Ying once specifically asked Zheng Fan why he didn't take this opportunity to burn the prince's stove.
If the feudal town can show enough respect, the superiors will definitely consider this when making considerations. After all, the area in eastern Shanxi is particularly sensitive and can be said to be the key support of the Three Jins;
Marquis Zheng refused without thinking.
In Sun Ying's eyes, Pingxi Marquis, who had always been wise, gave him a reply that was so simple that even Sun Ying, a Jin native, found it a bit unbelievable:
I don’t want Xiao Liuzi to be sad.
When Siniang explained to Sun Ying,
When a young couple quarrels, one of them will say, if you treat me badly again, I will go live with so-and-so and make you mad!
But yelling during an argument and actually doing it are completely different concepts.
Si Niang thought her explanation was very appropriate.
But to Sun Ying's ears, it seemed as if the wind in Yanjing suddenly became familiar and noisy.
……
Royal study.
Emperor Yan sat in the first seat,
The prince stood in front of him.
The prince's errand of supervising the country has been relieved. After all, he is back.
These days, everything seems to be business as usual, and even more, it seems that nothing can ever go back to the way it was before.
Even Wei Zhonghe doesn't know how many days His Majesty has left to live.
But the civil and military officials in the court were actually aware that His Majesty came back from the backyard this time. Everything seemed to be stable, but in fact, it was stable with an unmistakable eagerness.
And unlike the princelings who almost "celebrate with their crowns",
The prince himself has been in a very low mood since the court meeting.
It is naturally the best thing for an ordinary son to be favored and favored by his father.
But in the Tian family, as sons under this father, except for Xiao Qi, who was still young a few years ago, if the other princes really want to be affectionate towards you,
have to,
Don't be too busy being happy first.
You have to touch yourself first to see if there are any parts that your father values.
Sons are born from fathers, and as fathers, they watch their sons grow up, and they naturally carry the label of a king and father, so they can trample their sons to death;
During the years when the sons were being played with eagerly by their father, they slowly and gradually figured out some of his temperament and habits;
Although the other princes cannot be like the sixth prince, who are like roundworms to each other, they probably know how to glean God's will by looking at the clouds in the sky like the old farmer.
During the court meeting, his father's love for him made the prince lose weight in the past few days.
Emperor Yan, who was sitting on the throne, looked at his prince standing below.
I don’t know since when,
The eldest son, who was once handsome and handsome, has always looked haggard.
He was very dissatisfied with this,
Because he knew that his eldest son was not sick.
You have no disease or serious illness, but you don’t eat well, don’t sleep well, and abuse your body.
And I...
What the emperor in his twilight years hates most is that God does not give him enough time.
Even now, I only managed to survive by taking pills in the back garden;
This is not asking for longevity, this is making life worse than death in exchange for one's survival!
Look at your sixth son again,
When he was young, he was a debauched prince, and his body seemed to be a little short-lived. But after returning to the capital, he gradually gained weight.
The palace once applied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a few children, and received a daily ration of cow and goat milk. The amount was enough to feed ten children, and there was no need to think about who would eat the rest.
That boy would never treat himself unfairly, and he would use the best snuff bottles.
Let's not talk about anything else,
That's why that boy was able to marry a girl from the He family.
Wasn't it because after being sent to Nan'an County as a head catcher, he still couldn't help but go to He's shop to buy pork head meat from time to time?
Comparing the two,
This prince,
It is indeed much more pretentious.
Your prince is not the only one who has suffered hardships.
Didn't he?
What you have received, he has received more than you have received.
Why can he hold on, but you are here to lose weight for me?
you,
Who should I show my weight loss to?
The prince stood there,
Then he gradually realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the imperial study room, which was becoming more and more depressing. He raised his head and glanced at his father, and found that there was a vague emperor's anger flowing deep in his father's eyes.
The prince was a little confused.
but,
Still he knelt down.
Emperor Yan put down the book in his hand,
He opened his mouth and said:
"Do you know where you lost?"
lose,
Naturally, it refers to the great court meeting.
Everyone knows that the Crown Prince lost, and the Sixth Prince won extremely beautifully in a magical way. However, the arbiter is His Majesty, and His Majesty re-judged, no, redefined winning and losing.
"My son..."
As a prince, this question is really difficult to answer.
Where did your father make a mistake when he was helping you review the story and teach you how to seize the direct line?
But that's your father, and your real purpose in seizing the throne is to wait for your father to pass away so that you can successfully take over.
If it is truly a gift of favor from nature, if it is truly a loving father and a filial son, then there is no problem, but the prince knows very well that his father is not that kind of father.
"You have always done a good job in your position and your political affairs. You are the prince. The only one in this world who can destroy you is me, because I established your position as prince."
The prince continued to kneel on the ground.
"Don't do anything is the best defense, because not doing anything means there are no flaws, and anyone who wants to hit you, who wants to pull you down, because you have no flaws, so they If you want to fight you, you have to come to me."
The prince knew clearly that the "don't do anything" here did not mean to eat and wait for death, but to do one's own thing and not to fight, fight or rob.
Because you have already got the best treasure, there is no need to snatch it again.
Furthermore, today's Dayan is different from other countries in that there are aristocratic forces, clan forces, and various interest groups that can force the imperial power to make concessions;
Other countries have it, but Dayan does not.
In fact, this has always been the most helpless thing for Ji Laoliu. The prince has always been very stable. His biggest mistake may have been that some of the policies he made during the supervision of the country had unsatisfactory results.
But whoever takes this position is the same. Even Emperor Yan cannot guarantee that every one of his wills will be perfect.
Therefore, if you use other methods to attack the prince, in the end, all the power will actually fall on Emperor Yan.
With one word and a decree from Emperor Yan, the seemingly raging offensive was instantly neutralized.
And this time, the fundamental reason why he was able to get such a good opportunity to launch such a fierce offensive at the great court meeting was that the prince took action himself.
The prince couldn't help but wanted to dig a hole by himself, wait for his sixth brother to jump in, and then bury his sixth brother completely.
If you take action, it means there is a flaw;
Ji Laoliu caught the flaw in an instant, and at the fastest time and in the fastest way, he tore open the hole and inserted a knife into the heart of Donggong.
If it were other emperors whose authority was not as great as that of Emperor Yan, in fact, this matter would not have ended in the Golden Palace.
"As a king, if you are active, you should be cutting through thorns; if you are still, you should be motionless like a mountain."
Emperor Yan's eyes became more and more majestic,
"You should, hold it back."
"My son, I know I was wrong."
The prince admitted his mistake.
Now it seems that he should continue to maintain his previous style.
Emperor Yan shook his head slightly,
It's not that he didn't give his eldest son a chance, in fact, he gave him a lot.
And the successor he chose was forced to step down before he was about to pass away. This was really not what he wanted to see.
Sitting in this position, no matter how powerful he is, he dominates the world, but in fact, the dangers of this position cannot be predicted by outsiders, and it is difficult to even empathize with him.
In particular, you want to be a wise emperor, not just want to be ignorant and just ask for a good posthumous title.
What is always circling in your mind is the future direction of the empire, your position and the role you should play in the development of this empire.
You will feel more and more that you cannot make mistakes, and you cannot mess up.
A lonely person,
It is not a word used for self-indulgence when admiring the moon and adding artistic conception to oneself like a poet;
But a kind of loneliness on the road,
Your subjects, your people, even your sons,
It is impossible for anyone to truly stand beside you and have the same vision as you;
Unless, when you go down, your son comes up.
"The state of mind still needs to be polished." Emperor Yan said.
"Yes, thank you father for your teaching."
It is a grace for the emperor to review your mistakes with you.
But the prince was not flattered in his heart. As his father said, his position was established by his father, and the only one who can depose him is his father.
Therefore, whether he is in a position or not still depends on his father's state of mind.
Look at him, the final choice.
unless,
At this moment, my father,
life,
Stopped abruptly.
For a while now, similar thoughts have appeared in the minds of different princes one after another.
Even Xiao Qi, his mother and concubine may have thought that before his death, His Majesty suddenly looked at his youngest son, felt soft, and appointed the young master again.
The rest of the,
When the boss was at home looking at his wife who was in a very good mood recently due to the friendly interaction between Yan and Man at the Great Court, he felt a little gloomy in his heart;
When the fourth child received the oral instructions from the guards at the palace gate, he even screamed and roared silently in his heart.
The fifth child saw through it early and ran out to be the "River God" early.
Emperor Yan, in the hearts of the people of Yan, is the supreme emperor, but in the eyes of his sons, they are actually looking forward to this father leaving early.
compare to,
Winning or losing doesn't even matter.
At this time, Zhao Jiulang asked to see him.
Zaifu came, and what he brought was the herbal medicine for rebuilding Dayan's laws.
The prince was not allowed to leave and could only listen.
The New Dayan Law does not refer to reform, but it helps the country consolidate its foundation and is also a major national event.
Emperor Yan sat there and listened quietly.
Subsequently,
Zaifu took out another thing and told it in person again. This was tax reform, which covered all aspects.
This is actually the real basis for the future development of the empire. Taxation is related to the production and life of the people of the country. At the same time, it also directly affects whether the center is able to continue to maintain the configuration of a huge cavalry regiment, and whether it is able to continue to fight a war. The consumption of national war.
There is another point here, that is, the prosperity of the people and the country does not mean the prosperity of the center. The root of taxation is actually the balance of redistribution. The best example here is the country of Qian.
The wealth of Qian State was several times that of Great Yan, but even Ma Zheng was completely different.
The prince clearly sensed that in this new law, there must be his sixth brother's thoughts.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the new law should be promoted through trials, perfected step by step, accumulated step by step, and released step by step." Zhao Jiulang suggested.
"What do you think, Prince?"
The prince hurriedly said, "My son and I agree that running a big country is like cooking a small delicacy. We should first implement it on a trial basis, then check for leaks and fill in the gaps, and finally, slowly implement it throughout the world."
Emperor Yan shook his head,
This emperor, who has only a short life left, seems to have seen through something.
He opened his mouth and said:
"If there is no strong enemy outside, there will be chaos in the country. New laws cannot be slowed down. No matter how slow you are, some people will think you are too fast. You should promote it comprehensively and then check for leaks and fill in the gaps."
From Emperor Yan's point of view, he was fully aware that once he was gone, the prestige of the country's center would inevitably plummet.
When it comes to the next generation, and then the next generation, it will continue to fall.
This kind of reform, carried out step by step, can only be a drop in the bucket. It is better to take advantage of our own generation and the next generation to push it forward with the power of thunder.
Who dares to oppose, who wants to oppose, who can oppose,
speak out,
It's just as flat as it can be.
If you want people to spit out what they have eaten, don't expect them to be nice to you.
This is not the emperor's extreme, but the emperor's overall consideration.
He can guarantee that the son he succeeds to the throne will be excellent because he personally chose it, but what about the emperor's grandson?
The eldest grandson is still practicing calligraphy.
he,
I can’t afford to cultivate it myself.
He would not have extravagant hopes that this great Yan would be a wise king for generations to come. This dream was too beautiful and too naive for Emperor Yan to pursue.
Therefore, the founding emperors of the past and present hope to establish all rules for future generations. Because they have experienced the difficulties of starting a business, they naturally know better that it will be difficult for their descendants to achieve their own height and ability.
Emperor Yan picked up the book again,
keep watching.
At this time,
Wei Zhonghe walked in,
report:
"Your Majesty, please send someone from the new lady's palace to invite the imperial doctor to the palace."
Emperor Yan did not put down the book.
even,
He didn't even look away from the fold,
He just asked calmly:
"But Mrs. Fengxin is sick?"
Wet nurse, you are indeed old.
"To answer your Majesty's question, His Royal Highness the Emperor's Grandson, who is staying at Madam Fengxin's Mansion, is ill."
heard,
Emperor Yan put down the zhezi,
corner of mouth,
There was a smile.
(End of this chapter)