Chapter 121 Be prepared for danger in times of peace
Author: Silence outside the string
Chapter 121 Be prepared for danger in times of peace
"What's more, given the general trend, I am just following the trend."
Sheng Shaoqing believes that it is easy to recognize the situation clearly, but taking advantage of it is not something everyone can do.
"The great Liang Kingdom has been established for hundreds of years and cannot be left in the hands of ministers. Since Yun Shangshu can test the law with his own body, how can ministers sit back and enjoy the success?"
Many years later, Sheng Shaoqing will still remember this spring night in Xiayi.
A light rain fell outside the house, and the palace people in the courtyard were busy packing their suitcases. The familiar earthy smell rushed in with a coolness, but this coolness did not make people feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, it felt like the weather was just right.
This is the right way to relax.
Unlike the severe cold of winter, the heat of summer, and the desolation of autumn, this spring night broke into Sheng Shaoqing's sea of consciousness with a fresh breath and inexplicable impulse.
After a long silence, Sheng Shaoqing suddenly said, "So, you have been supporting Yunzhi from the beginning?"
Sheng Shaoqing remembered that Ji Wenxuan did not express his position when Yun Zhi first brought up the idea of equalizing land. Only when Yun Zhi invited Chen Liu to go to Chenliu in the end did he change his mind. Apart from this, Ji Wenxuan acted as if he did not know about the matter.
Yu Yunzhi and Wei Zhen were arguing in court, and they didn't even mention it in the memorial, as if there had never been such a dispute.
Ji Wenxuan laughed and said, "Master Wei and Minister Yun, the two handsome bearded men, have long wanted to compete. How can I influence Master Wei's performance?"
Sheng Shaoqing:
Really, watching the excitement is not a big deal.
"What's more, if the new emperor ascends the throne and the Queen Mother is in charge of the government, if the Queen Mother cannot withstand the pressure, even if the minister supports Yun Shangshu, I'm afraid it won't last long, so the Queen Mother has decided all this."
Sheng Shaoqing secretly complained: You can really talk nonsense. Who can stop what Ji Wenxuan wants to do? This is obviously
A test for her?
Sheng Shaoqing suddenly sat upright. After thinking about this, she looked at Ji Wenxuan with a more understanding look. Ji Wenxuan did not shy away from Sheng Shaoqing's gaze. He only stroked his beard and said nothing.
No wonder she felt ashamed of being caught trying to catch something when she went to court on the first day. It turned out to be him!
Sheng Shaoqing was a little annoyed. If he didn't trust her, he shouldn't let her do it. She didn't deserve to sit in this position.
Although she was not rich and powerful back then, it was still better than what she is doing now. As for eating out-of-season fruits, who among them could be as convenient as she was back then?
As soon as the Concubine Rides the Red Dust laughed, no one knew it was lychees. Concubine Yang had such a hard time eating lychees, and the ones she ate were probably spoiled lychees. Back then, she only had to go downstairs to the fruit shop to eat all kinds of lychees.
What a different kind of fruit!
Nowadays, transportation is inconvenient, and she only has a few things to eat and wear, and she also needs to undergo an entry inspection. Really, if you have the ability, don't choose it.
Sheng Shaoqing was halfway through complaining, and suddenly realized that she seemed to be complaining about Feng Qing.
In the past, she was not favored as a concubine, and she was like a transparent person in this palace. Suddenly one day, the late emperor slapped her on the thigh and asked her to become the emperor's adoptive mother. Not to mention the arduous task, she was also tested by the courtiers when she first took office. In just twenty years,
There is simply no freedom at all in life.
【So, she has lived a free life now.】
Sheng Shaoqing:????I work so hard just to let others live the life of my dreams?
Well, Sheng Shaoqing's sympathy for Feng Qing's personal experience suddenly turned from sympathy to envy. She was a blessing in disguise, but what about her?
[Aren’t you happy to have a sophisticated intelligent system like me accompanying you? 】
Sheng Shaoqing: I am really grateful, happy? I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a sin?
"Prime Minister Ji, you are serious." Jiang is indeed still old and hot. Sheng Shaoqing said with a smile, "It has to be you."
"So, you have already expected Master Xia's move?"
Ji Wenxuan frowned and said, "This is it."
In fact, he didn't know whether he knew or didn't know. Since he knew that he would pass by Xiayi that day, he thought of Xia Yuhuai's memorial last summer. Fengchun happened to be the territory of Qinghe Palace, and Li Lingfeng was the county there.
Cheng, since he is determined to add fuel to the Queen Mother's heart, it would be nothing shameful to mention Xia Yuhuai in advance.
However, he really didn't expect Xia Yuhuai's method to be so down-to-earth, blocking the road directly with stones. But he was smart and knew to leave a way out for himself and wrap the crappy thing with mud. Otherwise, if the Queen Mother didn't care, Xia Yuhuai would
Being exposed to the public might be a disaster for Xia Yuhuai.
At this moment, Xia Yuhuai, who was very satisfied and ready to go to Fengchun to take over the business, secretly praised his many years of practical experience. This is the art of petitioning.
He has seen too many stories of people who were sued beyond the level and ended up with their family being destroyed. But this time, what he wanted to file was an imperial complaint. If he was not careful, it would be a disaster for the nine clans. He could solve the problem without any blood as he did now.
It's really thrilling to be able to take office.
Although the process may not be that thrilling, he still gets scared when he thinks about it now.
If he interpreted Prime Minister Ji's ambiguous secret letter slightly wrong, he would not be able to get on the carriage.
During his decades as an official, there were many stories that were more exciting than these two days, but there was absolutely no story that was more important to him than today.
His future may no longer be just a small county magistrate.
He was not aware of the spring breeze and rain blowing in his face. He was only filled with ambition and eagerness to try. He was even more excited than the day he was first awarded the title. Under the influence of happiness, he was no longer afraid of the bloody storm ahead.
Seeing Ji Wenxuan's hesitant look, Sheng Shaoqing's heart suddenly went cold. She was the only one who had to write it, right?
She has a system but is blind?
Seeing the hesitation on the Queen Mother's face, Ji Wenxuan immediately gritted his teeth and shook his head firmly and said, "I didn't know this before. It was only today that I heard about Mr.
related."
Sheng Shaoqing's expression showed signs of softening. Finally, there was something she knew first.
The system, which knows everything, raised its eyebrows and sighed, the host is so easy to deceive.
Sheng Shaoqing sighed softly. Did she and Prime Minister Ji go both ways on this matter?
"Ji Lingzhang has already started drafting the memorial. If it hadn't been delayed a few days ago because of Mr. Hu's behavior, the Queen Mother should have seen it before she left the capital."
Sheng Shaoqing smiled and said, "Whether you can see it or not, I have agreed now, but there are some details that you all need to worry about."
Ji Wenxuan said firmly, "This is not difficult, but the Queen Mother must be mentally prepared."
Once Yunzhi implements his system throughout the territory, the suffering of the people will be temporarily relieved, but the extravagant gentry will definitely not be willing to do so. At this time, an edict is issued to allow scientific examinations for poor families. Even if the court has good intentions, it is hard to guarantee that it is a bit crooked.
The monk failed to recite the sutra, which is not good.
However, even if there are many difficulties and obstacles ahead, they still have to overcome the obstacles.
She was afraid that the Queen Mother could not withstand the pressure and turned to the old party, suppressing them with the emperor's orders. Under the enemy from both sides, they fell apart, and it only happened in a blink of an eye.
Seeing that the Queen Mother had a firm attitude towards Wei Zhen and showed no mercy towards Feng, Ji Wenxuan had some confidence in Sheng Shaoqing.
However, it was beyond his expectation that the Queen Mother could propose this separate examination on her own.
At first, the late emperor only said that Feng Qing was the only one in the harem who was talented, so he could entrust Yuan Che to her. However, major military and state affairs were still mainly discussed by the auxiliary ministers.
But what he wanted to do, even Xue Wuji, who usually prided himself on being broad-minded, strongly disagreed.
He said: "Mr. Ji, you have been standing for several dynasties at your age. If you have the intention, you can watch the new emperor grow up and the Queen Mother hand over power. If you have no intention, wouldn't it be nice to become an official and travel around the mountains and rivers later? Why bother?
Is this the case for people who are just trying to gain fame and reputation?"
Xue Wuji's words make sense, he had even planned this way before.
Among his nephews and nephews, there are many who are outstanding in ability. Among his daughters, only Baochuan makes him worry. Now he has something to rely on. The Ji family is now cooking oil in a blazing fire, with flowers and brocades decorating the scene. No one can say a word of praise to Ji.
This is the legacy of Wang Xie's past!
But in the old days, Wang Xietang Qian Yan had already flown into the homes of ordinary people. The Ji family was like this, and the Great Liang would be like this even more.
Since our ancestors entered the Pass a hundred years ago, the increasingly bustling and prosperous capital is much better than when it was in ruins at the end of the Jin Dynasty. However, even if the current Nanjing Helian is included, it can't compare to the appearance of the Jin Dynasty when it first began to decline.
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Be prepared for danger in times of peace. These four words may seem light but they carry the weight of a thousand pounds.
He had already seen the dark undertones behind this prosperity among the intricately connected aristocratic families and the old ministers outside the Pass who were clinging to their own selves.
The late emperor fought with them until he was exhausted physically and mentally, and only had a few years of breathing space. Unexpectedly, the late emperor died suddenly, leaving only his only son and a few women in the harem.
Xue Wuji maintained his position, and Wang Ting and Lu Shichang were even less likely to support him. He could only seek solutions upwards.
Your Majesty is young and there is only one Queen Mother left behind, so how the Queen Mother is becomes very important.
The late emperor only said that the Queen Mother was talented, but he did not say what talents she had. The talent for poetry and singing was also a talent, and the talent for governing the country was also a talent. However, it is difficult for these two to appear in the same person, let alone a woman.
However, it now seems that the Queen Mother is more talented in the latter.
Ji Wenxuan's eyes were heavy. He knew all too well the pain of being alone and weak. He would never forget the embarrassment he felt when he fled to a foreign country to avoid the eldest princess of Hengyang.
So, he said to Xue Wuji, "Yunzhi is not a person seeking fame and reputation, he just has high aspirations but weak means."
“People whose goals are too obvious and high-profile can easily be considered by the world to be just trying to gain fame, but the truth is that it only takes one trick to see if they are putting on a show to attract attention.”
"Then, look what he did."
At that time, a light suddenly shone in Xue Wuji's eyes, but it was extinguished in an instant, and was replaced by a more dead ink color.
"Prime Minister Ji, since we have different ways, we will not conspire with each other. Although Xue is not talented, he also understands that Prime Minister Ji can say this to Xue today because he values Xue. Xue can only promise not to stop you. What will happen in the future?
,Xue just wants to have a clear conscience."
The day he secretly met with Xue Wuji seemed to be a rainy night like tonight, but it was already late autumn, when the capital was raining and freezing, and Xue Wuji's tone was as cold as the weather outside.
"Are you prepared?" Sheng Shaoqing chuckled, listening to the sound of rain outside the window. She was so prepared, "I think Prime Minister Ji has a complete plan?"
Sheng Shaoqing's confident question was met with Ji Wenxuan's hesitant shaking of his head, "I haven't."
"I think Lord Yun came out of the capital with a last-ditch intention. How can there be a foolproof plan for such a thing?" Ji Wenxuan smiled bitterly, and then remembered Xue Wuji's warning to him: "Prime Minister Ji, you have to think
Well, your wisdom in this life may be ruined by this strategy."
"You have been in a high position for a long time, so you must understand better than Xue that high places are too cold. Maybe you will be famous in history and become a figure through the ages, but you must also understand how many people have fought for this unrealistic name throughout the ages.
He even ended up in ruins!"
Now, he wanted to use Xue Wuji's warning to him to warn the Queen Mother about the risks she might face after agreeing today.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty." Ji Wenxuan looked at Sheng Shaoqing, who was staring at him curiously. His eyes were filled with the sincerity and enthusiasm of a young man, but he still didn't have the heart to say those depressing words.
"Since I have spoken today, I will do my best in the future. However, if one day the Queen Mother is no longer willing to take risks, please protect Your Majesty. Everything will be my fault."
After finishing speaking, Ji Wenxuan looked up at Sheng Shaoqing. Seeing the expression on Sheng Shaoqing's face change from curiosity to shock, Ji Wenxuan had no choice but to hide his helplessness with a wry smile.
The Queen Mother is not the late Emperor after all.
Even if you can say something, you are not the intended listener, so there is no need to speak.
Since the Queen Mother has such an attitude, that is enough.
When Ji Wenxuan turned around and left, Sheng Shaoqing keenly sensed a trace of desolation and loneliness. The old man in front of him, who was extremely thin and even a little shriveled, exuded an astonishing aura of dying struggle like an animal's instinct, with a different kind of loneliness.
and heroic.
"Prime Minister Ji" Sheng Shaoqing wanted to open his mouth to call Ji Wenxuan, but he didn't know what to say to him. These three words were stuck in his throat until Ji Wenxuan's back disappeared from his eyes. Sheng Shaoqing didn't see him for a long time.
I can come back to my senses.
"When the Queen Mother is unwilling to take risks, please protect Your Majesty."
"Everything is my fault"
Ji Wenxuan's words lingered in Sheng Shaoqing's mind. After a long time, Sheng Shaoqing asked the system: "What do you mean by Prime Minister Ji?"
[Host, you actually know this, don’t you? 】
Sheng Shaoqing fell silent again.
"I actually don't quite understand."
"Is he issuing a military order?"
Others said that she would not return after being grievances, just like a swearing-in meeting before the college entrance examination, just to inspire people, but when Ji Wenxuan said it, she had the urge to take it seriously.
"If he is like this, I will really believe him."
Ji Wenxuan didn't mention the dilemma at all, but it made Sheng Shaoqing really worried.
The system paused, [If measured according to standards, now is not the best time for restructuring.]
