When Zhao Xu heard what the restaurant said, he was stunned and his ears were buzzing.
After Qian Wei finished speaking, Zhao Xu actually understood that such a big official and such a big man were looking at him eagerly like a child.
This is not pretentious.
The legitimacy of the imperial court's founding of the country was based on destiny and morality.
The first sentence of the opening chapter of "The Great Learning" is: "The way of a great university lies in being clear about virtue, in being close to the people, and in striving for perfection."
Morality has been respected in all dynasties. The emperor can kill the prince or even the grandson. This is the authority of the king and father.
But poaching his son's heart to make elixirs to extend his life is completely unethical and contrary to the laws of nature. It not only ruined Qian Wei's lifelong persistence, but also collapsed the legitimacy of the dynasty.
This ruined the faith of officials who "dedicate themselves to kings Yao and Shun, and then make customs pure."
If faith is gone, how can there be awe? If awe is gone, what is the foundation of imperial power?
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu's head buzzed, his face turned pale, and he thought about talking.
Finally, he stood up, swayed, and fell to the side.
Given Zhao Xu's age and condition, if he fell hard this time, he might be in big trouble immediately.
Fortunately, Qian Wei had quick hands and eyes, and he caught him immediately: "Mr. Zhao!"
"Don't call anyone, hurry...go to the nearby bookshelf...on the third grid...on the right side of the third grid, there is a bottle of medicine in the vase ornament, take it out, hurry!"
Zhao Xu covered his chest, his face turned pale, and he pushed Qian Wei.
He slowly sat back on the chair, stroking his chest, almost out of breath.
Qian Wei was frightened by Zhao Xu's reaction. How could he dare to delay?
He quickly ran to the bookshelf, and according to what Zhao Xu said, he took out a small porcelain vase from the vase ornaments on the right side of the third shelf, hurriedly took it back, handed it to Zhao Xu's hand, and even pulled it out considerately.
Stopped.
It contained potion, not pills, so Zhao Xu didn't need any water, he just tilted his neck to take a sip and swallowed it.
The effect of potion is always faster than that of pills, and the effect is very fast.
Zhao Xu just leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest. After a while, his face turned from pale to rosy again. Finally, nothing serious happened and he was alive.
After a long time, Zhao Xu slowly exhaled a breath and sighed: "I'm old."
Twenty years ago, no, even three years ago, he would not have had such a body.
Qian Wei woke up at this moment and felt very guilty. He had almost tricked Zhao Xiang by talking about this matter so late at night.
He quickly lowered his head and said, "I disturbed Prime Minister Zhao."
"It's none of your business." Zhao Xu, who had previously reminded Qian Wei to pay attention to his official status, no longer thought it was irritable.
"Such rumors are better than losing ten of my guards!"
This is not a lie. Once your faith is shaken, the losses will be huge, and the losses will be very long-term.
If you can still handle such a big thing, wouldn't it be even worse?
To be able to notify you as soon as possible at this time is what a minister has to do!
Zhao Xu patted Qian Wei's hand: "This matter is too big. If you didn't tell me, I would have known about it too late, and I was afraid it would ruin things."
But now that he knows, what can he do?
Zhao Xu sat up with difficulty, raised his head slightly, closed his eyes, and his whole body instantly aged ten years.
This rumor is indeed a rumor, but it may be true.
The so-called true rumors mean that the rumors are true but were spread deliberately.
Zhao Xu didn't want to think like this, but he couldn't help but think like this.
He is the chief minister and the emperor's confidant. Even though he has to hide in the palace now, he was very powerful and came into contact with many things in the past years.
Regarding the prince's rebellion, and the emperor's sudden appointment of a grandson but then his quick response, these are all violations, and are things that anyone would find absurd and unreasonable if they think about it carefully.
It's just that he didn't dare to think about it before.
But now, what was wrapped in a thin layer of skin was suddenly exposed and poked open. It seemed that everything was strung together to form a big bloody net, covering itself inside.
It's impossible for him not to think about this matter or to "face" the truth.
Is this the truth?
Could this be the reason why the emperor first established a grandson and then immediately turned against him?
No! He does not accept this truth!
This is not my father, this is not my king. How will future history record this period of history?
This stinks, and it can wipe out the twenty years of hard work and dedication of your monarch and ministers with just one stroke.
That's fine, but once it spreads, the people in the world will stop talking about it and just reduce their respect by one or two points. How can this be done?
It's okay for others to pay it back. Zhao Xu is the prime minister and he understands it deeply.
When people gather together, everything can be done.
When people's hearts are scattered, nothing can be accomplished.
Even if there are 100 taels in the hearts of the people, the people who heard this rumor only lost one or two taels, but there are hundreds of millions of people in the world, which is hundreds of millions of taels.
Thinking of this, a stream of blood surged up. Zhao Xu remained calm and swallowed the sweetness in his throat.
After a long silence, Zhao Xu returned to his normal state. He used the lid of the bowl to poke the floating tea, and then he looked up at Qian Wei and said in a heavy tone, "Who do you think he is?"
This is asking who did this.
Such rumors could not have arisen without wind; someone must have pushed them from behind.
Qian Wei didn't reply immediately, biting his lip for a long time: "The speaker is the steward of the King of Shu..."
"It's definitely not the King of Shu. This kind of thing is like a dragon's rebellion. Whoever says it will die. The King of Shu will not be so stupid. Even if he is not the King of Shu and is just a subordinate who talks nonsense, it will not happen."
"Could it be the King of Qi? The King of Qi is not the same, right?" Qian Wei said hesitantly: "Although they all slander me, some of them can survive, but some of them want to label the emperor as the king of Jie and Zhou, so the nine tribes must be punished.
, King Qi will not be so brainless."
"Could it be..."
Grandson?!
The two looked at each other, and both saw fear in their eyes. If it was really the grandson, then this matter would be even more terrifying than they expected!
No, no, absolutely impossible!
Zhao Xu thought about it carefully and immediately shook his head: "No, no! As you said, the king is Jie and Zhou, so naturally this dynasty can be overthrown. This is digging into the roots of the imperial court. It cannot be him, he
After all, he is a grandson, a descendant of the Ji family..."
"Besides, my great-grandson has a long history of studying and has won the first prize. He will not be so ignorant."
After saying this, both of them looked a little pale. After they had thought about it like this, someone else must have thought so and felt that this might be a counterattack by Taisun.
If this rumor spreads, I am afraid that it will immediately make the already existing rift between the emperor and the grandson even more incompatible.
"Probably not the grandson!" Qian Wei thought about it carefully and nodded.
Taisun should not have such strength!
How old is your grandson now? He is a young man. How many years has he been in Beijing?
How long has it been since you were brought back to recognize your ancestors?
Even important ministers like them who have been in the court for these years are not sure, and there is no evidence. How did the grandson know?
Even if I heard some rumors, it would be impossible to know such details and know the so-called inside story.
Besides, to say the least, even if you know the inside story, exposing this matter may be a way to relieve your anger, but it may also be a counterattack, but what happens after the counterattack?
Don't you live anymore?
This matter has not been exposed. The emperor and the grandson are still grandsons. If this matter has been exposed, they will be life-and-death enemies. There will be no room for them.