Rao is Empress Dowager Qi and Qi Mu are well-informed, and they have never seen such a battle. They are pointed at by countless cold and sharp blades, and no one can be calm.
The two held their breath in silence for a moment, before Empress Dowager Qi clenched the armrest on the side of the couch tightly and asked in a cold voice, "You are so flamboyant and act recklessly, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to block the world's lingering voices, and you won't be able to sit firmly on the throne!"
"Can't stop you from talking?" Xiao Kezhi asked calmly, looking at the two of them as if he had heard some unbelievable talk, "Why do I have to worry about it? It's you who should be worried."
As he said that, he waved to Jin Jiang who was beside him, motioning him to present the bundle of bound paper that had been prepared.
The two of the Qi family looked at each other in disbelief. Qi Mu took it with a sullen face, and sent it to the Queen Mother Qi.
In the stack of books in their hands, they clearly remembered the resumes of all the officials of the Qi family and the various actions of their families in the past seven or eight years. Among them are the contents recorded in the official archives. , There are also shameful things that they desperately wanted to erase from the file, from forcibly occupying people's land, embezzling taxes and money, to bullying men and women, and deceiving them, almost nothing was missed.
"You, you, where did you get these from?" Qi Mu became more and more frightened as he looked at it, as if the volume in his hand was as heavy as a thousand catties.
There are a lot of old and old things here. At first, there was no big trouble at all, and they were directly dealt with by the officials under them. Who would have thought that the emperor knew it clearly!
"In the past few years, the Qi family has been standing too high." Xiao Kezhi took the towel and brushed the sawdust off the blade, and said slowly, "If you stand too high, you will forget to look down. Mostly because of the existence of the Qi family and other aristocratic families, there are low-level officials who are underappreciated and cannot be promoted.
Most of these humble officials have real talents and practical work, so although the official position is not high, most of them are real directors, so they can come into contact with and collect much more things than those of the Qi family. In the past few years, Xiao Kezhi has secretly gained the fans of these people, so that he can grasp enough information, accumulate strength step by step, and reach the top in one fell swoop.
Qi Mu stared at him, unable to say a word, but the Queen Mother Qi suddenly calmed down and said in a low voice, "Liu Lang, do you really think you can defeat the Qi family with these charges? The great clan that has lasted for a hundred years, speaking of it, has lasted longer than the Great Liang Dynasty."
"The queen mother is thinking too much. I never thought of using these to beat anyone, otherwise, I wouldn't wait until today to take it out." Xiao Kezhi put his hands behind his back, raised his eyes to the vast sky outside the temple gate, and said leisurely, "But , people say it is terrifying. The Qi family is a foreign relative, how many aristocratic families are eyeing? If I mention these old things in the court, what does the Queen Mother think they will do?"
When the Queen Mother Qi heard the words, she was silent.
How will they be? They will seize the opportunity and try to pull the Qi family down from their current high position in order to get a piece of the pie.
In this way, although the big family that has lasted for hundreds of years will not be uprooted, it is very likely that they will never recover.
"When did you start preparing?" Her original anger was shattered a little, turned into powerless fine sand, and hurried away.
Assembling such a detailed volume is obviously not something that can be done overnight. She has worked hard in Chang'an for many years. She thought she had everything in her hands, but she didn't expect that in the northwest Ganzhou, which she had long neglected, her humble son-in-law had been plotting to seize power and usurp the throne!
"Eight years." Xiao Kezhi turned around slowly, the bright sun shining behind him, making his figure taller and taller, "It's just that you are in Chang'an and you haven't noticed it."
For some reason, Qi Mu suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, and asked, "Someone suggested to me at first that King Qin should go back to Chang'an and replace the prince. Could it be that—"
"Not bad." Xiao Kezhi showed a smile, and Qi Mu's heart became colder and colder, "It was also arranged by me."
Qi Mu froze suddenly, then his body softened and he almost slipped off the couch.
Up to now, they seem to have no certainty, and their every move has long been in the calculation of the other party.
"I underestimated you." Empress Dowager Qi slowly closed her tired eyes, put her hands together gently, and sighed weakly, "What do you want, just say it."
"Don't worry, Empress Dowager, I don't like unnecessary fights. As long as the Qi family is more peaceful, I can still use it." He said, and finally handed the long knife back to Jin Jiang, and nodded his chin in Qi Chenxiang's direction, "Don't Delusional thinking that I will be at the mercy of the emperor."
This is to imply that Mo Zai intends to marry the Qi family daughter to him.
Empress Dowager Qi and Qi Mu didn't speak. Qi Chenxiang, who had been standing silently, pinched the corner of her clothes, but she finally couldn't help it, and said softly, "Liu Niang doesn't want to marry Your Majesty either."
This idea has been lingering in her heart for a long time, but every time she wants to say it, she is blocked by her aunt and father.
Seeing that the emperor was so strong today, who had beaten her aunt and her father to such a degree that they were powerless, she knew that this marriage would not come to pass.
While he was relieved, he was also a little disappointed.
After all, she came from a noble family and had never been rejected like this before, so she couldn't help but say what she said in her heart, as if this would prove something.
Hearing this, Xiao Kezhi raised his eyebrows and glanced at her. There was no ridicule in his eyes, but a hint of surprise: "It's better, and it doesn't ruin your marriage."
Empress Dowager Qi only shook her head silently in her heart.
"Let the people below be more restrained. What the court wants are officials with real skills. Those who eat corpses and seek self-interest, don't stay." Xiao Kezhi continued to speak slowly, but he held the tea cup in his hand. I personally poured a cup of tea for the Queen Mother Qi, "If you can clean up your own house, the court of Great Liang will naturally have a place for Qi's family."
His words may seem light, but in fact, they have caused the Qi family to break their arms, give up most of the interests they had already taken for themselves, and set an example in the noble family—the Qi family has never complained, and naturally the other big clans will not cause any trouble. .
"Okay, I'll give you some time. Before the prince gets married, if I don't satisfy me - these knives and guns outside won't have long eyes."
After all, he didn't wait for the two of them to answer, he simply stood up, strode away, and took hundreds of fully armed Qianniu guards away with him, leaving only the sound of neat footsteps and the clanging sound of swords, guns and armor colliding for a long time. scattered.
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The marriage between Donggong and the Zhao family was decided after a few days.
The Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple performed six ceremonies according to the ceremonial schedule according to the emperor's wishes. Xiao Yu was determined to facilitate this matter quickly. It just so happened that the two of them were not their first marriages. According to the customs of Great Liang, they should not make a big deal. Therefore, the six ceremonies, which originally took at least half a year to complete, only took about three months.
There are still people in the DPRK who are talking about this, constantly speculating on whether there is a connection between Xiao Yu and Zhao Lun, and whether the emperor knows about it.
But after a few days, everyone's minds shifted elsewhere—
Qi Mu, the commander of the middle book, suddenly became an official, saying that he is too old and should no longer be the commander of the middle book. I ask the emperor for permission!
This fact is unexpected.
In today's courtroom, the Qi family can be called a hundred responses. As for all the officials of higher rank in Beijing, a small half were brought up by Qi Mu, or people who had a close relationship with the Qi family, and Qi Mu was their backbone. Rituals and sacrifices, almost all have to follow his advice.
He is only over half a hundred years old now, and although he is not at his peak in the Spring and Autumn Period, he is not too old and frail to go to work.
Everyone thought that it was probably because the Qi family and the emperor disagreed, so they used this as a means to pretend. Unexpectedly, not only did he voluntarily resign himself, but he even privately signaled several other high-ranking confidants to step back and stop interfering too much in political affairs. Among these people, there are both officials in the central court and local leaders. Politically, each is important.
Only then did the courtiers slowly understand, where did the Qi family want to challenge the emperor? It is clear that he has completely surrendered and voluntarily gave in!
For a time, everyone guessed what method the emperor used to make the Queen Mother Qi and Qi Mu, who had been in charge of the government for many years, give up most of everything they had worked so hard to do so quietly.
After a lot of tossing, for more than a month, more than a dozen important official positions were transferred, setting off a huge wave, making officials of all sizes vigilant, and they became more conscientious in their daily behavior and handling of official business.
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In Guizhen View, Chu Ning listened to the news sent by the servants every day, and the turbulence in his heart became smaller every day.
At first, every time she heard the word "Prince Prince", she would still feel a little strange and dazed, but now, she is as calm as an ordinary person.
At night, the direction of the Ganlu Temple came from the direction of the curling silk and bamboo.
Cui He came in with the tonic that had just been fried, brought it to Chu Ning, and went outside the hospital to open the door a few inches before backing out.
It's April, the fragrance is exhausted, and the air is filled with the warm scent of plants and trees, and the fragrance is slightly intoxicating.
squeak-
The wooden door was pushed open and closed from the outside, and then, a tall and straight figure walked to the door.
He didn't go in, but walked silently to the open window and quietly looked at the woman in the window.
She was sitting upright on the couch, with her left hand on the paper, her right hand holding the pen tube, and meticulously following the copybook.
The orange light shone on her side face, coating her originally fair skin with a warm color, and her side face was slightly lowered, outlining delicate and graceful lines. The hair bundled in the crown was probably too soft, and a thin strand fell to the cheek accidentally.
She wrote carefully one stroke at a time, and when she finished writing the word "and", she pinned the strand of hair behind her ear with her left hand. But the next word "Wan" was written twice, and the strand of hair fell again.
The person outside the window couldn't help reaching out and pinned the strand of hair behind her ear for her.
The soft and delicate touch of his fingertips was unbearable, and he gently stroked her face and refused to leave.
"Your Majesty." Chu Ning put down the pen tube, turned his head, and faced a pair of rare gentle eyes by the upper window.
She wasn't surprised at all.
These days, every one or two days, he would quietly come to the temple. The time he stayed here was no shorter than that in the Nectar Palace.
"There's still a bowl of cherry cheese." She raised her head and smiled, her eyes shining with the starlight behind him.
Standing outside the window, he couldn't help lowering his head and kissing her eyes lightly.