The tenth day of October is the birthday of Emperor Wen Zhao.
Ever since Emperor Wen Zhao intended to change his policy toward the southwest, courtiers began to complain that it was time to organize the Holy Shou Festival!
Birthday celebrations for emperors have always been a major national event. However, Taizu felt that this was a waste of time and money, so he avoided it.
Now, the Holy One has said that the rules should be changed, so does this rule also need to be changed?
In fact, the courtiers don't care whether it is changed or not. What they care about is using such a statement to express their position to the emperor: Look! We support you.
This is human nature.
In the blink of an eye, the courtiers were vaguely divided into two parties: one was the old party that protected the emperor, and the other was the new party that followed the emperor.
This is also the norm in the court.
Of course Emperor Wen Zhao didn't do it for his birthday, he just planned to have a meal together as a family.
The recent trend in the court is really uncomfortable! What does it feel like to do this on your birthday?
Standing in the imperial study and looking at the flying snowflakes outside, Emperor Wen Zhao rubbed his hands and asked, "Erlang went to the Ministry of Finance and hasn't come back yet?"
Lu Cheng handed over the hand stove and then said: "I never heard of him coming back."
It's the end of another year, and it's time to clean up the accounts and treasury. Just as I was about to ask someone to ask, Dalang came in holding a folding paper, "Father, this is a folding paper handed over by the Ministry of Rites. The performance appraisals of officials at all levels are in
here."
Emperor Wen Zhao pointed at the imperial case and told him to put it down.
When the eldest prince was about to go out, Emperor Wen Zhao stopped him and asked, "What do you think of the wind direction in the court recently?"
The eldest prince pondered for a moment, and then said: "I think it should be comforted." Comfort?
Emperor Wen Zhao stood still and asked, "How should I be comforted by this?"
The eldest prince pondered for a moment, and then said: "Be kind to his children and marry his family."
Emperor Wen Zhao paused. Xiao Yun also mentioned this idea. Not only Xiao Yun, but also three of the five ministers in the cabinet had mentioned it.
It can be seen that Dalang's idea is consistent with that of the minister! This is also one of the fastest-effective methods.
Emperor Wen Zhao nodded slowly and said to Dalang: "Go and do your work. I will think about it again."
Just as the eldest prince left, the second prince came back in a hurry. He shook off the snow from his shoulders outside and shouted when he came in: "The fineness of the gold in the warehouse is very different. Is this a refining problem or is someone deliberately taking advantage of the loopholes?"
"I have already sealed up these inventories. When Liulang went to Jiangnan before, the weaving officials he investigated were not very wide-ranging. I thought there was more than one case in Jiangnan."
As expected!
Emperor Wen Zhao handed the hot tea to Erlang and asked, "Let's put this matter aside and talk about it next year."
yes!
The second prince had just poured hot tea into his stomach when his father said, "People in the court have been impetuous recently. If this happens again, there will be chaos."
Chaos? The second prince snorted coldly, "I think this chaos needs to be cut off with a sharp knife! Only one person deliberately provokes the feelings of the royal family, and it is easy to trap them."
Circle? Emperor Wen Zhao couldn't help but turn the hand stove in his arms, and then fell silent. After a long time, he said: "I went for a trip on a cold day. Let's go back first and take a hot bath."
yes!
When King Ping came to tell him that several palaces and princess palaces had been built, and asked how the locations of the two palaces were selected, Emperor Wen Zhao was not in a hurry to get down to business, but asked King Ping the same question, what do you think.
King Ping slowly rolled up the drawings. His face was confused at first, and then he said, "Can you please give me some papers from the two princes?"
Emperor Wen Zhao was astonished. This meant that he asked the two princes to petition for this matter in person, and to use their strength to see what others had to say.
He patted the child's shoulder and said, "Go and do your work. How do the two princes' offices determine this? I'll ask your second uncle and third uncle later. Then I'll ask the Ministry of Works to investigate, and I'll have to go to the Tianjian to check the Feng Shui..."
Yes! My son has gone to work.
Emperor Wen Zhao stood there, speechless for a long time.
Lu Cheng sighed inwardly. His Majesty had asked the fifth and sixth princes about this before.
The fifth prince said, "They have merit, but their children have no merit. Not only do they have no merit, but even with the merit of their parents, there are few things that cannot be told to others in private! If we go to check, how can we not check it accurately? Check it.
Just do it! At this time, let’s see what they say?”
What the Sixth Prince meant was: "Their branches are very involved, and they have so many in-laws and old friends. They don't even need to check them. As long as they give them benefits, they can sell people within their family." In this way, not a single leaf is touched.
You can sort things out.
Each prince's method is different, but many things can be seen in the way he handles things.
He slowly stepped back and saw Guo Daosheng outside. He walked over slowly, and Guo Daosheng said: "The birthday banquet has been served, and everyone has arrived. Please move, Your Majesty."
You go first, and the Holy Driver will come later.
Guo Daosheng withdrew, and when he returned to resume his life, he saw the princess and King Yong stopping in front of an ice tree. The princess tried to shake it with her hand, but King Yong pulled the princess to prevent her from coming closer.
Guo Daosheng couldn't help but smile a little, "Oh! My princess, it's so cold! Go inside quickly."
"Father-in-law, go and do some work first, then we'll come."
Tongtong was telling Fourth Master, "We should raise some cranes in the garden!"
I must have thought of the cranes raised in Changchun Garden, "Go back and find a few and keep them in the palace."
Has the palace been repaired?
Fixed.
Just as he was talking, he heard footsteps in the distance, who could it be if it wasn't Emperor Wen Zhao.
The fourth master and Tongtong gave way to the side. Emperor Wen Zhao burst into laughter and stretched out his hand. Tongtong grabbed it and said, "Uncle Huang lives longer than Nanshan Mountain."
Okay! Uncle Emperor received it. As Emperor Wen Zhao spoke, he looked at the fourth master: "Well! He's well raised. How many days have he been out? He's taller and stronger."
The fourth master helped Emperor Wen Zhao move forward. The snow had been cleared again, but it was still frozen and still slippery.
Emperor Wen Zhao asked, "What are you talking about? You are so happy."
"The palace has been built." Tongtong said with a smile, "I want to raise some cranes in the palace."
"Don't dare let your father hear this..."
"Of course daddy will live with us! I won't bring any other dowry with me when I get married, only my daddy."
Hmm! Your dad likes to hear this.
Emperor Wen Zhao looked at his smiling nephew and asked casually, "Do you know what happened in the court recently?"
Know.
Emperor Wen Zhao asked: "In your opinion, what should we do?"
The fourth master was silent for a long time, and when he was about to go up the steps, he said: "Kill!"
What? Emperor Wen Zhao stopped and looked over.
Fourth Master and Emperor Wen Zhao looked at each other and uttered one word firmly: "Kill!"
kill?
Emperor Wen Zhao's eyes were filled with confusion. He remembered what Tai|zu once said, "... Just because I don't kill now doesn't mean I'm right! Looking at the history books, those who killed the heroes may not necessarily be wrong from the overall perspective. Right and wrong.
Right or wrong is never absolute, it just depends on where the butt sits. Since ancient times, life and death, how many people have come here. How many people can be emperors? Those who serve as ministers praise and blame the emperor for being ruthless; but those who serve as kings are ruthless.
What are you thinking about? How could they understand? Now, I have realized it, but I still can't kill... This is my shortcoming!"
Nowadays, it seems that I can’t kill anyone, and I have never even thought about killing him. Isn’t this my own shortcoming?
But if you know your own shortcomings, if you can correct them, these shortcomings will not be called shortcomings.
Everyone has shortcomings, and sometimes you are aware of your own shortcomings. Don’t you want to make up for these shortcomings? No! You can’t change them, just make up for the shortcomings! This is nature! How can you make up for what you are born with?
Because of these few words of conversation, Emperor Wen Zhao spent this birthday a little absent-mindedly.
We dispersed early, drank a few glasses of wine at the birthday banquet, and Emperor Wen Zhao lay down early. The queen was beside her, listening to his tossing and turning.
"But why don't you feel comfortable?" The queen simply sat up.
Emperor Wen Zhao leaned up and raised his hands to wrap the two of them in quilts. Then he learned all the conversations he had with several princes and taught them to the queen.
It wasn't until King Yong decisively said "kill" that the queen understood what was going on with her Majesty.
Emperor Wen Zhao said, "Of the six sons, only Shilang has the appearance of a hero. Dalang is enough to be a successful king, but... Dachen is troubled by internal and external troubles. It is internally unstable and cannot be managed without time. There are powerful enemies outside, and the Liao Kingdom
The two countries now look at each other with "peace", but how can there be any long-term peace between countries? Times have changed, and war may resume due to unexpected reasons. What will happen by then? There is Liao in the north; I think in the northwest
It is not easy to completely achieve great governance; and the southwest can be left alone at any time. This cannot be consolidated without two or three generations of heroes. Da Lang can be a wise ruler, but he is not a hero!"
The queen clutched the corners of the quilt and also fell silent.
Emperor Wen Zhao then said, "Erlang is brave, but it's not that he lacks resourcefulness. It's just that he always takes things directly and never asks for help. Sanlang... it's not that he lacks means, but that he's used to relying on them! It's like asking two princes to separate.
Shangzhezi, this is to use the people who can use them! But he doesn't know that people are willing to use them. The more affectionate a person is, the less he can talk about the word "use"! Among these six people, only Saburo
The one with the least potential to be a king. Wulang is too stubborn; Liulang... his methods are a little more delicate."
After saying this, Emperor Wen Zhao lay down, and then covered his eyes with his hands, "My uncle didn't rely on blood to inherit the world, so I dare to ask, how can I be selfish and only care about blood? If Shilang and Dalang didn't
We have chosen the eldest son as our equal. This can prevent the royal family from colliding. But looking at it now, the fourth eldest son is much higher than the eldest son. If I still turn a blind eye, then I can be worthy of my uncle's hard work for the world.
Woolen cloth?"
But if it were passed on to Shiro, there would be a risk of fratricide among the flesh and blood!
The Queen was silent for a long time, and then said: "Don't worry, look again! Look again."
The night wind howled outside, and the snow broke the branches in the courtyard. With a click, Tongtong immediately put down the book in his hand, got up, put on his robe and walked outside.
Qingya put on another big cloak, and then let the princess lift the door curtain and stood under the verandah.
Half of the verandah was covered with snow, and the wind blew the snow straight into my face.
Qingya was puzzled: "The snow is extremely heavy, what is the princess looking at?"
Tongtong raised her head: "The snow is much heavier than expected. Looking at it now, I'm afraid it will be delayed for a long time." She said, turned back, and hugged the hand stove to warm her hands when she came back, "Let's come together tomorrow.
Just go tell King Yong and tell him that the heavy snow will be followed by the light snow, and it will probably be difficult to clear up after the light snow..."
Just say this?
Tongtong was about to nod, and after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. Why did he tell him this now? Qingya smiled and said: "But are you worried about Mingcui Mountain outside the city? Didn't King Yong just send a lot of things there before? It's useful.
It will be possible next spring, so there is no need to worry.”
Tongtong only smiled and said nothing.
But I didn't sleep well all night. I spent an hour together listening to what was going on outside.
When I got up early to have a meal, I looked at the fourth master. Sure enough, he hadn't had a good rest!
Professional habits are very important.
Lin Keyong heard his daughter whisper to King Yong, "...I have the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households to worry about..."
What to worry about?
Link Yong looked at the heavy snow in the sky, and he couldn't help but feel worried...
