… It wasn’t until the holy driver disappeared that everyone gathered together to help Wei Yu up. They said, “Now the government relies on Situ, please take care of yourself, Situ Wan.” They also reminded in a low voice, “The holy driver was very frightened last night. Situ.” "If you oppose the renovation of the Fengci Water Palace today, how can you not incur the wrath of thunder?" - all the talkers pulled and hugged each other, and managed to get Wei Yu out of the palace, who still wanted to catch up with the Holy Master and force him to remonstrate.
During this time, Wei Yu cried and screamed, scolding everyone: "How unwise the Holy One's move is. How can we, who are deprived of the emperor's salary, sit back and watch the Holy One do such a thing? How can you people not understand this truth, but all of you keep silent?" It’s so ulterior motives!”
"Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. I am just thinking about the profound heritage of my family that has been established for hundreds of years. Even if the world is in chaos, at most the descendants of distant branches will be a little wronged. Relying on the deep roots of the tree, the wealth of myself and my direct relatives is indispensable. Wei Since the establishment of the Ding Dynasty, the family has been treating us and other noble families favorably. Illiterate children in the countryside also know that one should repay kindness. Now you, a wealthy family known as the master of etiquette, the Meng Shen family has been deeply grateful for more than a hundred years, but you are sitting back and watching the decline of the country. , It’s so shameless!”
"You bunch of corpse-eaters..."
Wei Yu has a reputation for being upright and upright. He is also a veteran minister who has been in the court since the time of the late emperor. Although he is only a side branch of Ruiyu Hall in terms of origin, he has profound seniority and prestige. At this moment, these words are heart-breaking - they are both of the same rank. Everyone, including Liu Sihuai and Shen Xuan who just came forward to plead for him, were scolded by him until their faces were black and white and they couldn't stand down.
So after leaving the palace gate, all the first-class members, who were crying and howling in a state of embarrassment due to Wei Yu's inability to coax him, saw the young man in plain clothes standing beside Situ's chariot and leading a horse, and they were immediately overjoyed! From a distance, he hurriedly greeted: "Second Young Master Huo must be here to greet the Master, right? Come quickly and give me a hand. The Master is not feeling well today. He should go back home early to rest!"
Huo Chenyuan is observing filial piety now and would not go out easily. But because today is the birthday of his late mother, he got up early and went to the tomb to express his condolences. When he returned, he passed by the palace gate and happened to see his master's car. Of course, as a disciple, you couldn't pretend you didn't see anything, so you immediately stepped forward to greet the coachman and others, and asked about Wei Yu's current situation. I heard that Master had been working very hard recently, so I thought I would wait a moment and express my condolences to Master in person, and then I stayed.
At this moment, he was very surprised to see his master shouting and being surrounded by a group of first-class people. He was urged by the first-class people and hurriedly threw the reins to the boy and ran up to support the master. He had to ask everyone for advice: "Dare you ask me, sir, Master, what is this?”
"They are national traitors!" Situ Weiyu and Grand Master Duanmu Xing were the real rulers of the Wei Dynasty for more than ten years. Especially after the Grand Master "fell ill", Wei Yu was now basically in charge of the Wei Dynasty. In the current situation, the pressure on the administration is extremely high. There was a big turning point for the Holy Emperor today. Wei Yu was older and was greatly stimulated. In addition, he was very dissatisfied with the way that nobles put their family before their country. At this moment, he lost control of his emotions and did not care about the students in front of him. , opened his mouth and continued to curse!
When I came out of the palace before, because I was afraid that the noise would cause big trouble and it would not be good-looking, and because I felt guilty or because I was thinking about Wei Yu's age and seniority, and because he was still relied on to preside over the government affairs, everyone tolerated it. But now in front of Huo Chenyuan, Liu Sihuai and Shen Xuan, who were both powerful ministers and elders, could not afford to lose face.
At that moment, Taiwei Liu Sihuai sighed and said: "Brother Chisheng! Brother Chisheng! We all know that you care about the country and the people, so you have scolded us from Xuanming Palace until now, and we have said nothing. But now in front of us In front of you, we have to talk to you!"
Wei Yu, who had struggled all the way, now had disheveled hair and beard and hair. He looked around at everyone with a sneer and said, "Okay, I would like to hear what archway you, the corpse-eaters, are looking for this time!"
These words made everyone's faces darken and they were all a little annoyed!
Taibao Su Pingzhan exchanged glances with Liu Sihuai, coughed dryly, and said: "Actually, Brother Liu has already reminded you, Brother Chisheng - the water just ran out of the palace last night, and His Majesty is naturally in a bad mood now. He just proposed the repair service. Cishui Palace, we don’t want to dissuade you, we just take this into consideration! After all, the Lord didn’t say when it would be repaired, so we promised to let the Lord step down and feel better! Maybe after two days, the Lord will calm down and we don’t need to persuade him. Are you going to give up this idea?"
"Quiet words!" These words are just for coaxing ordinary people. Wei Yu is not so easy to dismiss. He sneered and said, "Today is not a secret discussion. There are people from both the inner and outer palaces in the palace. I don't want to dissuade you from this matter." The news will spread throughout the palace and beyond! How will you deal with your reputation at that time?"
"..." Everyone was silent for a moment, and Liu Sihuai said quietly: "The Holy Heart has already decided, so what's the use of our trying to persuade him? It will only make the Holy One more angry. It's better to figure it out slowly, or find a way to compensate."
Wei Yu sneered more and more: "Nowadays, the civil unrest is like a fire, and there is smoke everywhere! But I don't know how to take care of it?"
With him pressing so hard, everyone got tired, and they all surrendered: "We commoners are not as talented and virtuous as Brother Chisheng. Brother Chisheng taught me today and I will write it down, but the Holy Spirit still insists on repairing the Fengci Water Palace today. Brother Chisheng, please take more trouble with this matter!"
After saying that, regardless of Wei Yu's scolding or crying, they all just waved their sleeves and walked away!
"You..." Seeing this situation, Wei Yu was so angry that his whole body trembled slightly. He was so frightened that his disciple Huo Chenyuan, who had not much room to talk in front of a group of elders and powerful officials, and who was not completely clear about the ins and outs of the matter, quickly helped him. He said repeatedly: "Master! Master! You must take care of yourself in this situation! Let's go back to the house first and ask the imperial doctor to examine it for you before we talk about it!"
Huo Chenyuan here coaxed the master to calm down and return home. On the other hand, everyone left the palace gate, but they did not immediately separate and go home. Instead, they got together in twos and threes on the way.
After chatting for a while, Su Pingzhan finally mentioned that Qingzhou had sent a batch of good tea in the spring, but he had never had time to enjoy it with his colleagues. As the saying goes, it is better to choose the day than to catch it, so now he invited everyone to the Taibao Mansion to taste it. So after a long while, in the study room of the Su Mansion where the ceremony was held, all the ministers who were summoned by the Holy Father today gathered together except Wei Yu.
After drinking a little tea and complimenting Qingzhou's tea, no one wanted to chat and got down to business: "What do you think of today's events?"
This question was asked by Liu Sihuai. Before he finished speaking, Shen Zhou said casually: "The Holy One has already thought about it. How can we see it?"
"Your Majesty is overthinking it, but we don't have the resolve to do so!" Shen Xuan added in a calm tone to his brother's words - in fact, although His Majesty's actions today may seem absurd and foolish, they are just like His Majesty's actions just now. Just like the look he gave Wei Yu, His Majesty was actually very sober today.
I'm afraid this is the most sober moment in these years.
Because the Holy Emperor finally raised his head from the drunkenness and confirmed one thing: that is, for the world... Shen has no way to save the world.
It is a very simple inference that starting from Xizong, the chaotic government began. After three dynasties, even if the foundation was laid during the prosperous era, it would collapse; what's more, before Xizong, although there were no too stupid kings, the best thing was to keep the status quo. —Xizong had a tired Wei Dynasty.
Today's princes and princes, none of them can give the people of the world the confidence to continue the great Wei Kingdom Zuo.
Nowadays, civil unrest is everywhere in the world, and even the Holy Emperor, who has been on the throne for a long time, cannot control the situation.
It's just that this truth is clear to onlookers and the authorities... may not be confused, but who would be willing to believe such a cruel thing
It is very difficult for ordinary people to admit their own incompetence and the decline of Fuzuo. What's more, it's the Holy Sage who has been in a high position for a long time!
Until last night when there was a fire in the Fengci Water Palace and an accident occurred, the Holy Emperor first suspected that the nobles had committed regicide. After the palace officials he trusted confirmed that it was an accident, he actually thought so.
That's why he shirks the responsibility for the unrest in the world on the people in front of the ministers, and demands that the Fengci Water Palace be repaired immediately. It's not that the Holy One is really that confused, but that he is completely in despair. He gave up—he knew that Wei Dynasty was finished!
Even if it is not in his hands, the Wei family's survival is probably in the hands of the prince or the emperor's grandson!
He didn't care about the Civil War or Yanzhou because he thought it was futile to care about these things now... So while the Wei Dynasty was still alive, the Holy Emperor chose to be mediocre to the end!
Since the Wei Dynasty has been unable to return to heaven, and the Holy Emperor is old, he simply continues to pretend that he knows nothing, enjoys and goes crazy to his heart's content. In any case, he will not be able to fall short of the evaluation of the Mingjun, and he will simply be a faint king - God has given him In this life, the Lord is honorable, but he has always been wandering in the contradiction between looking forward to the prosperity of the Wei Dynasty and his own lack of ability. He has been depressed for decades. The Holy Spirit regrets it!
So he made amends for himself at this moment - simply letting go of everything and doing whatever he wanted - anyway, the Wei Dynasty was already terminally ill. How many days could he, the monarch, be able to survive if he continued to fight
This is also the reason why the Holy One denounced the people but appeased the nobles: he needed the nobles to continue to maintain his dignity as an emperor and temporarily stabilize the government for him, so that his last enjoyment could last as long as possible...
All in all, maybe it was the fire at Fengci Water Palace that woke up the Holy One who had been deceiving himself. Maybe the Holy One who believed in omens thought it was a warning from God. Even God said that Wei Zuo was declining, so that the place where the King lived would also be affected. An accidental fire broke out - the Holy Emperor doesn't care about the world at all now. He just wants to seize the last period of the Nine-Five Supreme Year and enjoy the freedom of his hands and feet!
It was precisely because of the Holy Emperor's final madness that in the Xuanming Palace just now, except for Wei Yu who was dedicated to serving the country, Liu Sihuai, Su Pingzhan, Shen Xuan and others did not say a word.
It is extremely dangerous to reason with a madman, not to mention that the madman now is the Holy One!
They are all in high positions, have great families and great careers, so why bother
Only that Wei Yu is old-fashioned, upright, unreasonable, and disrespectful... Wei Huan, the leader of the Wei family, is not in the imperial capital. Otherwise, Wei Yu would have made him become an official because of the trouble he made today, or at least he would have been made sick. , so as not to cause trouble to the Wei family! After all, the Holy Spirit takes it one day at a time, and they can't let it go!
"We are all descendants. Who can be as decisive as the Holy Master?" Liu Sihuai said in a sneer tone, "Although there are many princes and grandsons, the Holy Master is the Holy Master after all... It's a pity that Wei Situ is as loyal as the Grand Master. After decades of hard work, no matter what..." He was a Taiwei after all. He didn't want to speak too clearly about some words. He stopped here and shook his head slightly.
Everyone was silent for a while and said: "Since we can't learn from the Holy Spirit, we should make some preparations. Even if it's not for ourselves, we must always think about our children and grandchildren. Anyway, we are old people half buried in the soil. !”
The few people who had been silent until now, regardless of whether they were nobles or not, gradually started to join in the discussion - even if they were born as commoners and became officials and became powerful, they would still have wives and concubines surrounded by children and grandchildren. How could they have nothing to worry about? Just as Shen Xuan and Liu Sihuai said, being able to be like the Holy One who didn't care about his descendants and only wanted his own happiness... people who came here today can't do it anyway! (To be continued)