The author has something to say: The part about He Shen is taken from "Yi Wen".
After walking for two days, I arrived at the temple where Shen Wen lived, Shen Xiang knocked on the door, and the inside answered, Shen Xiang entered the courtyard, Su Wanniang came out with a smile, and said with a smile: "Missy is here?"
Shen Xiang stared blankly at Su Wanniang, Su Wanniang was puzzled, and asked, "What's wrong?!"
Shen Xiang grabbed Su Wanniang's sleeve and hurried into the room. When he saw Shen Wen, he whispered angrily, "You guys are so stupid! You're all sunburned! Is there anyone who meditates in a temple like this? Don't you all?" Are you playing wild?!"
Shen Wen smiled and rushed forward to hug Shen Xiang: "Big sister, how are you?"
Shen Xiang proudly pushed Shen Wen away, turned to Su Wanniang and said, "She is ignorant, why do you ignore her?! Where is the second sister-in-law?"
Su Wanniang looked at Shen Wen, and Shen Wen faltered and said, "Second sister-in-law, she said she still wants to play outside for two days..."
Shen Xiang frowned, but then sighed: "Second sister-in-law is also, the second brother is not here, she must be bored..."
Shen Wen came over to hold Shen Xiang's arm again, and said sweetly: "Big sister, I miss you so much!"
Shen Xiang wanted to get rid of her again, but he suppressed her and said with a stern face: "You'd better hope that the dry season will be longer, you can fade the blackness on your face, and gain weight again, otherwise you will lose weight as soon as you go back to the house." , must make people whisper!"
Shen Wen nodded vigorously: "It must be, I can't come out of the house every day." Shen Wen then asked about the affairs of the mansion. She went out for so many months and experienced a lot, but the days she stayed in the capital were not much different from the past, Shen Xiang explained everything in a few words. Shen Wen had almost chatted with her, and asked, "You came alone?"
Shen Xiang remembered: "The third brother came together, do you want to see him? Last time I came, you were not here, so I didn't let him in."
Shen Wen said: "Of course I want to meet him! I haven't seen him for so long, has he grown taller again?"
Shen Xiang rolled his eyes: "What does he look like? I've spent all my energy on evil intentions, how can I be taller?" Shen Zhuo is shorter than Shen Yi and Shen Jian. This is his eternal pain, and he wants to grow taller every day.
Shen Wen said with a smile: "Please invite him to the guest room in the front hall, I will wait for you there."
Shen Xiang hurriedly went out and took Shen Zhuo to the guest room dedicated to receiving male guests. Shen Wen came out with Su Wanniang, and Shen Wen whispered to Su Wanniang: "You have to lure sister away for a while, let me chat with third brother .” Su Wanniang nodded.
After arriving at the guest room, Shen Wen saluted Shen Zhuo, and said with a smile: "Third brother looks taller."
Shen Xiang immediately reprimanded: "Little sycophant!"
Su Wanniang laughed, took Shen Xiang's hand and said, "Let's go for a walk, I have vegetarian snacks." She took Shen Xiang and her maid Chunlu away, as if to prevent Shen Xiang from scolding Shen Wen.
Seeing that there was no one outside, Shen Zhuo was surprised and said to Shen Wen: "Why are you so tanned? Are you so thin?! How is this journey?" Although he usually rides a horse to practice martial arts, he has never really traveled far. , He thought that to go to the border, a group of people walked along the road for several months, Pingyuanhou's mansion gave guards, Shen Wen was accompanied by a maid, and Shen Wen's lightness kung fu was so good, it shouldn't be so difficult. How could he have imagined that he would pass through the disaster area and the place where Shen Wen and the others diverted halfway? The news sent by Shen Yi and Shen Jian from the border could not be about Shen Wen, so he was very surprised to see Shen Wen become dark and thin.
Shen Wen didn't intend to tell him the details, but only smiled and said: "The road is very good, it's just that I spend more time outside these months, and it should be better after a while."
Knowing that time was running out, Shen Zhuo hurriedly told Shen Wen about the recent events in the capital. From how the prince recommended a Taoist priest to the emperor and won the emperor's favor, how the third prince was so stubborn... to the emperor letting the prince participate in politics.
Shen Wen only nodded after listening.
Shen Zhuo was a little anxious: "The crown prince is participating in politics, will he make an early move?"
Shen Wen shook his head slowly: "No. He can't do it."
Shen Zhuo asked: "Why not? He can give orders now. For example, he can replace officials. For example, he can force Dad to dismiss soldiers, or appoint officials to the border."
Shen Wen sneered: "He'd better not give orders at will, he must be in trouble if he did so."
Shen Zhuo was puzzled: "Why? Does he have real power?"
Shen Wen twitched his lips: "What is that? The emperor is still here. If he is smart, he should put his tail between his legs and ask for advice on everything."
Shen Zhuo shook his head: "The prince is not that kind of person, he is the eldest son, so he is somewhat arrogant."
Shen Wen laughed: "In that case, he will be in bad luck. The stories that have to be told between the emperor and the heir, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wu Zetian, are all over the place."
Shen Wen has not yet said that Kangxi established the prince and abolished the prince, Cixi let Guangxu ascend the throne, and imprisoned him to death. When Emperor Qianlong was young, he said that he would not hold the throne longer than his grandfather, but as a result he was old, and when the time came, he had to obey his promise to retire. He chose Emperor Jiaqing, who on the surface least wanted to be emperor. Even though Emperor Jiaqing put on the yellow overalls, he still had to ask for instructions early and report later, for fear that the old emperor would suddenly change his mind and take himself down again. It is said that He Shen had a bad relationship with the new emperor at this time. He has always been favored by Qianlong and could not change the rudder suddenly, so he is still very warm to Qianlong and indifferent to the new emperor. As a result, Unofficial History said that Qianlong was locked up in the palace and starved to death in the end. It was considered that Emperor Jiaqing couldn't bear it and ended this embarrassing situation.
Now the prince is the third prince in the court, and the emperor has obviously disliked the third prince these years, so the prince doesn't have to be afraid of someone staring at him waiting to replace him, he will inevitably get carried away. Wanting to understand this, Shen Wen no longer worried about the court affairs, and said to Shen Zhuo: "I saw the eldest brother and the second brother at the border, and they are all very good. The eldest brother has his own guard, and the second brother has become father's." left and right hands."
Shen Zhuo sighed longingly: "I want to go to the border too! I have to be an adjutant..."
Shen Wen said: "You are also very important here."
Shen Zhuo said consciously and thinly: "It's not very interesting to chat with the third prince, Mr. Ye every day."
Shen Wen tilted his head and said: "That Mr. Ye is not simple. He had a relationship with the third prince a long time ago. How old was the third prince at that time? Ten years old? The queen is still there, so Mr. Ye dared to make friends with him. Not to make people feel awkward, this is talent." When I went to Wanhualou to watch Wanhua Dance, the third prince was surrounded by Eunuch Gu and Young Master Ye.
Shen Zhuo nodded: "Yes, there is no one who doesn't know people, all the top and bottom, give him face, I really don't know how he can talk so much!"
Shen Wen said in a low voice: "Ye Zhongshu behind him, as well as officials under the Yan family, should be on the side of the third prince. I don't believe they won't do something to embarrass the prince. So, for the prince, Participating in politics at this time is actually not a good thing, and occasional success is more terrifying than failure.”
Shen Zhuo finally believed it, and asked Shen Wen again: "You said that there has been a severe drought for four years, so it will be over soon, right
Shen Wen nodded and said, "It will pass after my birthday."
Shen Zhuo said: "Then I have to tell my mother that we are going to prepare for your Jiji ceremony." Shen Wen is fifteen years old this year, and he should perform the Jiji ceremony. The ceremony will take at least several months to prepare.
Shen Wen immediately shook his head and said: "On the contrary, you tell her not to do it, wait until I go back, so as not to..."
Shen Zhuo asked: "In case someone says we are prophets?"
Shen Wen lowered his voice and said: "Not only that, I always feel that the crown prince will come and give me a while before and after I reach Ji. When I go back, prepare the code slowly so that he has a chance to attack me."
Shen Zhuo became serious: "How can you do this? Shouldn't this kind of thing be avoided as much as possible?"
Shen Wen shook his head again: "I can't hide even if I hide, so let him attack next time, and then he can stop for a while."
Shen Zhuo said worriedly: "Sister, I don't want you to take risks."
Shen Wen smiled, his eyes curved: "Where is the danger? You don't believe me?"
Shen Zhuo reluctantly said, "Of course I believe it."
Shen Wen changed the subject and said in a low voice: "Don't worry about the Taoist priest who is favored now, the prince has no good intentions."
Shen Zhuo was shocked: "What?!"
Shen Wen whispered in Shen Zhuo's ear: "In my dream, after the trip to the south, the prince recommended alchemy priests to the emperor. The emperor was obsessed with pills and wanted to live forever, but he died soon. There are rumors that the emperor He died too fast, so the prince asked people to track him down, and it turned out that the elixir given to the emperor by the Taoist priest was poisonous, so he asked people to burn the Taoist priest to death. If I remember correctly, the Taoist priest was named Mao Daochang What, it is the master of the famous Xiaoyun temple near the capital..."
Shen Zhuo opened his mouth half-opened: "He recommended Taoist Master Mao! But now, it's now, it's too early?!"
Shen Wen nodded: "Three years too early, the prince wants the emperor..." Shen Wen rolled his eyes.
Shen Zhuo was dumbfounded, and said after a while: "What to do?! What to do?!"
Shen Wen curled his lips: "What should I do? He'd better not move, if he moves, isn't it good?"
Shen Zhuo slowly recovered from the shock, and understood that Shen Wen had a countermeasure. The prince must be the same as before, doing more and making more mistakes, and said with emotion: "What happened to the royal family? That's his own father... "
Shen Wen said to Shen Zhuo sternly: "You must never tell the third prince about this!"
Shen Zhuo hurriedly said: "I understand! I just need to stay by his side, and I don't know anything else." He thought about Shen Qiang again, and asked: "That Eunuch Gu said that the fourth brother must come out to practice martial arts, and it is always so late at night. The time to go is too short, how can he come out?"
Shen Wen thought for a while and told Shen Zhuo: "Just try to let him come to the temple."
Shen Zhuo nodded, guessing that Shen Xiang and the others would be back soon, he hurriedly asked, "Do you really think I'm tall?"
Shen Wen nodded firmly: "Of course, at least two inches..."
Shen Zhuo frowned and said, "Aren't you lying to me? I have to carry that black fat man on my back, it makes me short!"
Shen Wen hurriedly said: "How could it be? The third brother is much taller than me!"
Shen Zhuo despised Shen Wen: "What is taller than you? You have to be taller than your elder brother."
Shen Wen said kindly: "Third brother, don't dream too much during the day..."
Shen Zhuo shook his fist at Shen Wen, but he didn't wave it at all. Waiting for Shen Xiang to come back, the two left the mountain temple and returned to the capital.
The next day, Shen Zhuo was in a calm mood, and went to the third prince's place, and found that the third prince was as carefree as before, and Mr. Ye was also very calm and relaxed, there was no need for him to comfort him at all. He didn't find the opportunity to relay Shen Wen's analysis, so he was a little disappointed.
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At the border, Ji Wenzhao and Shen Jian had completed the reorganization of the army, cut down tens of thousands of old and weak soldiers, and were ready to start the construction of the city defense. In order to facilitate management, Ji Wenzhao launched an identity card: the urban area was divided into nine square palaces of three times three, each palace was numbered and became the first number, and nine districts were divided and numbered again to become the number one of the identity. The two-digit number...then male and female, and the twelfth birthday, each of which is a number. If you string them together, you can roughly know where the person lives in the city, what he belongs to, etc., which is easy to find.
While Ji Wenzhao was busy mobilizing people to investigate households and perm bamboo cards for each resident, Zhenbeihou received the order from the prince asking him to send the reduced soldiers to the mainland to suppress bandits, and said that if he violated it, there would be severe punishment. penalty.
Zhenbei Hou called both Shen Yi, Shen Jian and Ji Wenzhao, who had successfully advanced to the first counselor, into the hall of the Chinese Army, frowning, and handed over the yellow letter he received to Ji Wenzhao. He was puzzled by the emperor's sudden illness and asked him to send troops to suppress the bandits, and asked: "We have laid off our staff according to the order, why should we send troops to the interior? This is too much! Is this a counter-measure by the Beirong people?" , let the emperor suspect me? Will the emperor find an excuse to replace me soon?"
Shen Yi, Shen Jian and Ji Wenzhao have known for a long time that the crown prince is taking part in the affairs of the court on behalf of the emperor, and they can understand at a glance that this is most likely the meaning of the crown prince, but they must not reveal the struggle between the group headed by Shen Wen and the crown prince to the Zhenbeihou. .
A cold smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yi's mouth: "Master Hou, don't worry. Now that the court has no food or soldiers, who can replace father? If the emperor really does that, Lord Hou can take command and leave, and many soldiers will also leave the army. The border, what will the newcomers do to guard the border?"
Zhenbei Hou reprimanded: "How can you say such a thing? We are so dry, and the Beirong immediately dispatched troops. After many years of drought, our dynasty has no power to fight. The Beirong plundered the people, even more than tigers and wolves. Once we retreat, the country will be defeated." No protection! My Shen family is here not only for the court, but also for the people, even if the emperor really wants to replace me, you can't leave with soldiers, you must stick to it to the end!"
Shen Yi said gloomyly: "If the emperor intends to change people, then he has good intentions? Those who came will find fault and pick us out one by one and kill us one by one. We may not be able to guard anything if we stay..."
Zhenbeihou was so angry that he took a picture of the case: "What nonsense are you talking about?! Don't think that I don't know that you are prejudiced against the prince, so you go and make friends with the third prince! Now that the prince is participating in politics, the reason why the emperor behaves like this must be because the prince is against my family. Dissatisfied, the emperor favors the prince! Did Saburo get too close to the third prince in the capital?!" He is a general who has been away for many years and is not very good at political affairs. I feel that the crown prince's participation in politics must be the emperor's intention to come down from the capital.
Seeing his father getting angry, Shen Jian smiled and said, "I haven't heard of that..."
Zhenbeihou frowned and said: "But I heard that the third prince in the capital 'Wen You Ye Da, Wu relies on Shen San', isn't this San Lang?!"
Shen Jian hurriedly said: "That's all rumors! Don't listen to one side, Lord Hou, why didn't I hear about it." He looked at Shen Yi and Ji Wenzhao and asked, "Have you heard about it?"
Ji Wenzhao concentrated on reading the letter, and Shen Yi didn't even lift his eyelids: "Third Brother, that guy who can't do anything, I often beat him at home, what can he do..."
Shen Jian suppressed a smile, and said to Zhenbeihou: "Master Hou, you don't know the third brother? He wants to play around every day, how can the third prince rely on him? It must be rumored by people." Seriously, if Shen Zhuo is called to the border, there will be no more sons from the Shen family in the capital. Will it be inconvenient for Shen Wen to act
The Marquis of Zhenbei hadn't seen Shen Zhuo for many years. When he left Beijing last time, Shen Zhuo was still a boy. Compared with his two grown sons, he was indeed immature. , he was dubious.
Ji Wenzhao finally put down the document and said seriously: "Master Hou, we can report back to the imperial court and send troops according to the order, and send the details of the soldiers to the capital..."
Marquis Zhenbei shook his head and said, "We are short of food and weapons, how can we divide our troops to suppress bandits?"
Ji Wenzhao said: "The royal decree is here. If you don't obey it, you will fall into trouble. The Marquis must be cautious and obey orders to appear respectful..." Shen Yi looked at Ji Wenzhao suspiciously, and Ji Wenzhao continued solemnly: "... As for the military supplies for the journey, we were beyond our power, so we had to let go of our pride and speak to the court."
Several people were taken aback for a moment before they burst out laughing.
Zhenbeihou patted Ji Wenzhao on the shoulder: "literati are cunning! I really don't have the face, you do it!"
Shen Yi and Shen Jian agreed, "Yes, yes, it depends on the military division."
Ji Wenzhao said proudly: "It's a trivial matter, I can do it overnight with a stroke of a pen."
So Ji Wenzhao wrote a memorial full of enthusiasm and helplessness. First of all, he firmly supported the imperial court's will, and immediately dispatched the reduced soldiers to prepare for the mission of suppressing bandits, and attached a detailed list. But before leaving, there was no food, grass and armaments. Drought all the year round, the military rations are almost exhausted, there is a shortage of war horses at the frontier, the carriages are outdated, and the weapons are old and broken. In the name of the Marquis of Zhenbei, Ji Wenzhao asked the court to send more food and supplies to the imperial court. He also called out to be vigilant about the movement in northern Xinjiang. Especially convincing.
After reading it, the Marquis of Zhenbei gave his approval, signed and sealed it, and felt that it was very convenient to have a bright-minded literati by his side.
Since he expressed his compliance with the imperial court's will, he had to be aboveboard. Ji Wenzhao naturally chose to publish the inscription of the content of the memorial. Everyone knows.
How could Ye Zhongshu, Yan Jing and others miss this opportunity? Immediately instruct students to spread public opinion.
After the founding of the dynasty, although there were soldiers from Beppu, the Shen family army was the most famous. Perhaps because there were no enemies as powerful as the Beirong on the outskirts of other borders, the battles in the past were not so fierce. For example, after Pingyuanhou pacified southern Xinjiang, southern Xinjiang has been silent, so Pingyuanhou was able to release military power. There has been no war on the northwest front. Marquis Dingxi, who is guarding the long northwest front, is old, but he can still handle it. The north has always been a serious problem, and people also know that the Shen family army is the strongest defender, so they feel safer in their hearts. Now everyone knows that this powerful army has not only reduced its troops and generals, but also almost ran out of rations, and the suppression of bandits in the interior cannot be carried out. How can they resist the barbarians? People's sense of security is greatly reduced!
All of a sudden, various voices from the ruling and opposition parties suddenly arose, mostly criticizing the court for not supporting the Shen family army enough.
The prince didn't think outside discussions were of any use. He was the one who wrote brief memorials to the emperor, and he could also make the memorials he didn't like disappear. He can appoint and remove officials, and most of the people in the court are his people, so these messy things in the market will not reach the ears of the emperor.
The emperor also cooperated with the crown prince very well, and even the court meeting was reduced to only the five-day meeting, and the daily conversation with Taoist Mao became the main content of daily life. After waiting for more than two months, the emperor was ready to correct the prince's mistake after seeing that it was almost done.
The day before going to court, the emperor said to Eunuch Sun: "He has been irritable since he was a child, but he still can't hold his breath when he grows up! If he doesn't gain a foothold, he will toss about once or twice, and he will never learn to be smarter. I'm really tired of him!"
Eunuch Sun hurried forward and said, "The prince still needs His Majesty's instruction."
The emperor said to Eunuch Sun: "You are still my man. I thought you would remind him, but you didn't."
Eunuch Sun knelt down on the ground, trembling all over: "Your Majesty! This servant is His Majesty's man! Really! I just pass on a message for the crown prince sometimes, and say a few good words, but this servant is really His Majesty's man!"
The emperor nodded slowly: "That's good. During this period of time, I found that many people were sneaking towards me, probably thinking of how to please the East Palace. They changed their minds before I died. ..." He spoke with emotion.
He was referring not only to the eunuchs, but also to the concubines in the harem. Don't think that he doesn't know that every time the crown prince comes to pay his respects, there are people swaying in front of him pretentiously. Even Concubine Xue Gui, whom he loves the most, actually asked about interesting things about his children when they were young. Now there are only the crown prince and the estranged third prince and a crippled fourth prince left as her children. Whose childhood is she interested in? ! Think you don't understand? These snobs!
Eunuch Sun said repeatedly: "Your Majesty! The servants are loyal to Your Majesty! There is no half-heartedness at all! During this period of time, nothing about Your Majesty has been revealed!" Fortunately, he kept his eyes open! The emperor didn't really want to authorize the prince, but just wanted the prince to help him. In the past, when Empress Jia was on the throne, Xia made great efforts to win him over, and asked him to sometimes tell Xia Emperor what he wanted, or to say good things for the prince. Now that the abolished empress is dead, whether to help the prince or not depends entirely on his thoughts. He didn't tell the prince that the emperor was actually staring at him every day. On the one hand, he was afraid that the emperor would know, and on the other hand, the prince had not made any promises to him in these years. The position of eunuch has no weight, and the first person beside the prince is not himself. It is better to let the emperor stay in power for a long time, and it is best for the prince not to come out early.
The emperor smiled: "Some people don't listen to persuasion, and they have to be hurt to learn to be good."
Eunuch Sun trembled: "Your Majesty is wise!"
The emperor was satisfied, said a few words, and finally said: "You can arrange it."
Only then did Eunuch Sun get up, and said in a low voice: "Your maidservant will definitely do it." He retreated first.
When they arrived at the court, the ministers played their affairs one by one. Now, those who can gain a foothold in the court are all members of the Lu family or those who are wise and safe and will never cause trouble. The prince released the words, and the emperor did not like the news of the disaster. Moreover, everyone also understood: Up to now, the court has done everything it should do, and there is no other way except for the emperor to sacrifice to the sky and issue an edict to sin against oneself. So no one wants to be annoying, so they will tell some trivial good things, such as how to find a hundred-year-old auspicious old man, where to find hundreds of years of Ganoderma lucidum and so on.
The emperor listened with a smile, and looked very satisfied, and the prince was also in a happy mood: this feeling of monopolizing power is so good! He has the final say on everything. Whoever he likes is promoted; Every day I see the smiling faces of others. If it wasn't because of needing Lu's support, and I had to look at the cold and sarcastic face of the Crown Princess, my life would be almost perfect...
Just as he was thinking, when there were footsteps, there was the sound of the guards in front of the palace pushing people down, and crying: "Your Majesty, this slave is wronged! Please forgive me!..." The voice was blocked.
The prince frowned: "Go out!"
The emperor raised his hand slightly: "What's the matter? You made the decision for me before I opened my mouth?" There was a pun in the words, and the prince immediately became respectful: "Father, this is the time for the court to discuss matters, not the one of rank. If a minister cannot go to the palace, how can he allow an unknown person to cry out for grievances? Maybe he is an assassin?"
The emperor turned his head and said to Eunuch Sun behind him, "Go, see if it's an assassin."
Eunuch Sun nodded, and walked out of the hall without looking at the prince staring at him. All the ministers in the court were silent, and the prince looked suspiciously at the third prince who was standing aside. Seeing the disinterested expression on the third prince's face, it must have been his trick.
Not long after, Eunuch Sun came in and went to the emperor and said, "It's a young eunuch who received the memorial. He kept a draft list himself. Today, he asked about the whereabouts of several memorials. He took out the draft list for comparison. However, it was found that it did not match the records recorded in the official memorial. The people above were going to stick him to death, and he thought he was right, so he ran away and complained..." The voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it.
The emperor laughed: "There is such a thing? There is still a mistake in the recording? Let him in, I will ask him."
The prince took a step forward and said, "Father, the child can handle such trivial matters, and the father can have a good rest and take care of his body."
The emperor was still smiling, but the smile turned cold: "There is a discrepancy between the draft of the memorial and the original copy. What does this mean? What guesses does the crown prince have?"
No one made a sound in the court hall, and the prince's forehead was covered with beads of sweat: he didn't know that there was such a thing as collecting the "draft" and "original" of the memorial! He stammered and said: "This is clearly, this is clearly the eunuch's private record... The collection of private record memorials is not allowed! He should be executed!"
The emperor nodded to the outside and said: "Bring someone in and tell him that the crown prince is going to execute him! See what he has to say..."
The prince's court clothes were already soaked in sweat. He faced the emperor, with tears in his eyes, and stammered: "Father... Father..."
The emperor looked down at the prince condescendingly, his eyes were full of contempt, the prince suddenly understood: the so-called eunuch who drafted the memorial is the emperor's man!
The prince's tears flowed down: "Father... Father..."
The third prince, who was watching from the side, couldn't help frowning, and moved his eyes away, not wanting to see this picture of the royal father's kindness and son's filial piety.
The emperor snorted: "The drought in my court year after year is because some people are unfilial, unfaithful, dishonest and untrustworthy, arbitrarily seeking power for personal gain, and deceiving your father. Now there are complaints between the government and the opposition, do you think I really don't know?!"
The prince finally fell to his knees: "Father! My son dare not! What I did was really to reduce the burden on my father. Because of my limited knowledge, I may have made mistakes, but it was definitely not disloyal to my father. Unfilial heart! Father and Emperor Mingjian!"
All the ministers knelt down one after another: "Your Majesty, the prince has been devoting himself to sharing state affairs for His Majesty recently..."
"Your Majesty, the crown prince is sincerely filial. Although there are mistakes, it is not a fatal mistake..."
"Your Majesty, the prince often says that Your Majesty is a wise king through the ages, who can illuminate all generations, and that he is the light of flying flutes. He cannot be compared with His Majesty at all..."
"Your Majesty, the crown prince is only thinking of His Majesty..."
Hearing that the entire room was defending the crown prince, the emperor sneered, and said to Eunuch Sun: "Go and ask, and see how much the memorials collected in the sketchbook differ from the original!"
The prince trembled all over, and walked forward on his knees, reaching the steps of the emperor: "Father! My son is wrong!"
The courtiers didn't understand it, and continued to say good things: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has repented..."
"His Royal Highness is really sincere..."
Seeing the coldness on the emperor's face grew stronger, the prince turned his face and shouted: "Shut up!" Everyone was stunned on the spot, the prince turned to face the emperor and cried: "Father! My son is really wrong! Father, forgive me!"
At this moment, Eunuch Sun came in and stood aside when he saw the scene. The emperor looked at him and ordered: "Say!"
Eunuch Sun whispered: "There is a difference of 1,147 copies between the draft and the original..."
For a while, the whole hall was silent. The courtiers looked at each other in blank dismay, no one thought that the prince would dare to destroy so many memorials! Of course, no one would be impressed by the achievements of those civil servants who worked hard day and night. By this time, everyone also understood: the eunuch who shouted grievances outside the palace was obviously the emperor's pawn, and it was just to expose the prince's behavior. If the two records differ by dozens or even hundreds of copies, it can be inferred that people were lost and scattered. Now that the difference is so large, it can be seen that the prince not only destroyed the memorial, but also tampered with the entry list. This is to deceive the emperor on purpose! If someone else dared to do this, he deserved to die, but this is the prince, the future emperor, and the courtiers were extremely conflicted: If they didn't criticize the prince, the emperor would know that he was not loyal to the emperor. Now that the emperor is still in power, when The church can be dismissed from office. On the other hand, if he criticized the prince, he would be able to spare himself when he ascended the throne in the future? what to do? ! Many ministers were suffering in their hearts, and they all frowned, looking helpless.
The third prince kept his mouth tightly shut and watched depressedly from the side. He wasn't happy at all, just annoyed.
The emperor took a look at him and felt that he hadn't hurt people, he was still a man of love, and suddenly thought of a gentle smile in a trance, and his heart was stabbed... He immediately shook his head, focused his attention, and looked at the creeping man. The prince crying at his feet and the courtiers who had been speechless for a while showed anger: just now there were voices all over the hall begging for mercy for the prince, but now that the prince has really made a mistake, no one dares to criticize him openly!
Finally, a courtier saw the emperor's face, and thought of the emperor's scolding of the prince just now, and realized the significance of the emperor's pretentiousness today: the four-year drought has exhausted all the money and food of the court, and now the emperor sacrifices to the sky and commits crimes It's time for the edict. The emperor didn't want to lose face, he scolded the prince for being unfaithful and unfilial, he deceived his father, and put the prince in such a mess in public, did he want the prince to sacrifice to heaven and write a book of sin for him
The courtier carefully said: "Your Majesty, the prince has made serious mistakes. You can repent to heaven by offering sacrifices to heaven, and pray for rain on behalf of the emperor."
When the prince heard this, he immediately said: "Father! My son is really wrong! I hope my father will forgive the child! Please let my son go to the altar to pray for rain, repent of his sins to heaven, and ask for forgiveness from heaven!"
The emperor's face softened, and he sighed and said: "You are my prince, and you will succeed me in this country in the future." It is a replacement! After I die! "As a prince, you can behave indiscriminately, which makes me very disappointed! As a son of the royal family, what you do is related to the peace of the world. What you do is wrong, and it is a warning from the disaster. You should also go Sacrificing to heaven and repenting, praying for rain for the people." In saying this, most of the possible human factors in the disaster were pushed to the prince.
The prince hated him to death: Can you tell me that the four years of drought were all caused by my misbehavior? Thank you for daring to say that! You are an emperor, but instead of saying that what you did was wrong, you caught me as a scapegoat! The crown prince didn't believe in the principle that people's wrong behavior caused the punishment from heaven at all. This was obviously a political trick played by the emperor, just to slap him in the face in front of all his officials. But no matter how much he hated, no matter how annoyed he was, he couldn't show the slightest bit. He still wept miserably and said, "Thank you, Father, for your forgiveness! My son must devote himself to repenting to the heavens, and from now on, he will change his mind and be loyal to his father, and never dare to do anything against him again." .”
The emperor said with a straight face: "Those officials who have been dismissed in the past two months will be reinstated, and those who have been promoted will be removed from their positions. From now on, the third prince should read the memorials summarized by the crown prince to determine the accuracy." In a word, the prince's two-month operation was wiped out.
The prince was stunned, and looked up at the emperor, who had a sarcastic smile on his lips, the prince quickly lowered his head and said, "Yes!"
The third prince frowned, and just wanted to shirk, but remembered the nagging that Mr. Ye usually whispered in his ears, so he frowned and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your trust."
Seeing the unconvincing expression of the third prince, the emperor felt angry, scolding the third prince for being ignorant for the 10,000th time!
The emperor got up and said: "Let's go to the court!" He left the court angrily, leaving behind the prince who was limp in front of the throne and the courtiers who were silent.
The third prince went back and told Mr. Ye and Shen Zhuo, Mr. Ye laughed out loud, the third prince looked at him, Mr. Ye knew what the third prince thought about rivalry, he immediately cleared his face: "It's nothing, it's nothing. "
Shen Zhuo also heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that Shen Wen was really right, no matter what happened, the crown prince was obviously hacked, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's really like... people say that occasional success is more terrifying than failure."
Mr. Ye clapped his hands and exclaimed: "That's right! That's right! What a quatrain!"
The third prince sighed: "Father asked me to read his summary of the memorial, how could I have such thoughts!"
Young Master Ye beat his chest and stamped his feet: "This is equal division of state affairs, equal division of state affairs! The emperor asked you to restrict the authority of the prince!"
The third prince had a disdainful expression: "But I don't want to read that nonsense! What's the use of those memorials for military supplies turned into one sentence?"
Eldest Ye was helpless, and said to the third prince: "As long as there is no big mistake in conclusion, the emperor will still know what's going on."
The third prince sneered: "So what if he knows? He still doesn't understand his attitude all these years? He doesn't want to increase his troops to suppress Beihou. Anyway, I'm too lazy to watch, I want to see you!" After finishing speaking, he got up and went to practice martial arts.
Young Master Ye had no choice but to say to Shen Zhuo: "Let's help him watch together."
Shen Zhuo patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'll read both martial arts and martial arts below, and see what's so difficult about the summary of the memorial!"
Mr. Ye showed some contempt: "Although it's not good for literati to look down on each other, I really don't agree with your opinion of yourself."
Shen Zhuo smiled and said, "Let's go to the training ground and try it out? See if you can agree?"
Mr. Ye stood up and said: "I am almost ten years older than you, and I have a family and a house. Look at you people, you are so childish!" After speaking, he hurried out and went home.
Mr. Ye went back to the mansion, and when he saw his father, he rushed towards him, saluted his father deeply, got up and said, "Father is far-sighted, he is really wise in this world!" Then he said the matter in a low voice, Ye Zhongshu let out a long breath, Nian Xu said: "Those children really didn't write in vain. I heard that paper is expensive in the market, so it shows how many people have done this, not just our people."
Mr. Ye was so happy that he clapped his hands like a child, and said to Ye Zhongshu: "Father, Shen San said that occasional success is more terrifying than failure. It's perfectly appropriate for the occasion."
Ye Zhongshu also smiled: "This is the reason for climbing high and falling hard. Come, let's have a drink?" Young Master Ye nodded flattered, and the father and son drank a pot.
Yan Jing also got all the reports in the future, and he sighed softly: "There are more than one thousand and one hundred copies, besides us, Ye Zhongshu must have put in all his strength, probably, Old Master Liu didn't stand still..."
The person next to him said: "The good news is that our dismissed officials have also returned to their posts."
Yan Jing nodded: "From now on, the crown prince will no longer appoint or dismiss officials at will." The crown prince streamlined the officials in the past, and with the approval of the emperor, he naturally did it smoothly. Now I know that I am going it alone, but I will not be allowed.
The discussions in the capital soon subsided, and everyone knew that the crown prince was going to confess to heaven, and the matter of Shen's army suppressing the bandits was left alone. Some people speculated that it was the prince's idea to divide the Shen family's army, but the emperor disagreed! But the emperor didn't pick on this fault, he did it somehow, it didn't give Zhenbei Hou face, and it wouldn't let the prince bring down the Shen family's army, the emperor is really powerful. Everyone thinks that the emperor still understands things, and it is the prince who is not. Someone mentioned the quarrel between the crown prince and the second daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei many years ago, and they all thought why the crown prince was endless
The most unhappy one, of course, is the crown prince.