It was as if the time pattern had suddenly changed. Zhao Ran felt that he had said goodbye to his previous "idle time" in the past two days, and all kinds of things were coming to him.
As soon as he made arrangements for Lu Yuanyuan to go to Tianhe Palace to take over the fasting ceremony for the first two months on his behalf, the old housekeeper of Baoyue Villa came to report that someone had come to deliver a message.
Zhao Ran was very surprised. The lecture hall had closed down. If Dongji Pavilion hadn't suddenly recruited him to help solve the case today, he would have returned to Songfan. Who would be here to deliver the letter at this time?
The person who came was a young eunuch from the palace. Zhao Ran remembered that he was Feng Bao's godson. The young eunuch was sweating profusely. When he saw Zhao, he beamed with joy: "I have found the abbot. I wonder if the abbot is free. I
My godfather, please come over and talk to me about something urgent."
Feng Bao invited him to come over to talk to him. In fact, it was King Yu who invited him. He just didn't know what happened to King Yu. Ask this little eunuch, how did the little eunuch know? Even if he knew, he wouldn't have the guts to talk nonsense.
Zhao Ran didn't have time to wait for him, so he asked him to return to the city on his own, and then hurried into the city.
Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng were both waiting by King Yu's side. In addition to these two, there was also an acquaintance Zhao Ran had made after arriving in the capital - Yang Shen, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy.
After meeting, Yang Shen immediately explained the reason to Zhao Ran. It turned out that after finishing the Dharma lecture hall, as a lecturer of coursework, Yang Shen and several other lecturers were invited to the hall by the Ministry of Rites in the afternoon and asked about their coursework one by one.
Teaching situation.
The Daolu Division is nominally a division of the Ministry of Rites, so it is normal to ask questions, so Yang Shen and others answered. But after Yang Shen finished answering, he was asked an unrelated question - what did he say about King Yu and King Jing?
What's the review?
Yang Shen was surprised and frightened. His answer to this was: "This is beyond the words of a human minister." But Yang Yiqing, who asked the question, told him not to worry too much. Just tell him what he felt, and Yang Yiqing was asking questions.
The process seems to be deliberately guided, biased towards King Jing's intention.
Yang Shen was very tough. He was not afraid when facing Yang Yiqing, whose official rank and power far exceeded his own. He asked the other party whether he was asking the question under the imperial edict. Yang Yiqing was vague and did not admit it. So Yang Shen told the other party on the spot that if he was not asking the question under the imperial edict,
"The minister's actions are tantamount to treason, and I will take action to impeach him!"
So Yang Shen had a falling out with Yang Yiqing on the spot.
It was a falling out, but everyone including Yang Shen understood that without the emperor's hint, Yang Yiqing would not dare to call people to ask these questions, which meant that the emperor was about to consider establishing a heir apparent.
Yang Shen made a special trip to report to King Yu. Did this show that he was on King Yu's side?
As soon as Zhao Rang considered this issue, Zhang Juzheng explained from the side: "Yang Xueshi's mentor was Mr. Xia Ge, and Mr. Xia Ge was well supported by Mr. Yang Ge back then."
Now I understood, and at the same time, I officially pointed out to Zhao Ran that Xia Yan, the first assistant, supported King Yu. This is also easy to understand, because after the death of the prince at the beginning of the year, King Yu became the leader of the princes, and he established King Yu as the leader.
It's a matter of course.
Corresponding to this is the faction of King Jing. In the cabinet, Yan Song strongly supports King Jing. This is something that the entire capital knows. Because of Yan Song's support, the voice of supporting King Jing is actually greater than that of his elder brother, King Yu.
Much higher - because everyone knows that Mr. Yan Ge is more in line with the emperor's wishes.
Zhao Ran sighed and told him about this kind of thing. This is because King Yu's faction asked him to clarify his attitude. He originally didn't want to express his position on this. Who should be established or not, it has little to do with him. No matter who is the crown prince,
He has no special benefits because he is a member of the Taoist sect.
But now it seems that it is not a bad thing to support King Yu behind the scenes. Gan Shutong, Xia Ji, Zhou Gao, Zhang Lue, Zhang Juzheng and others who are closely related to him are all ants in the line of supporting King Yu.
Grasshopper, if King Yu loses his throne, these people will basically have nothing to do with it; secondly, thinking about it on the other hand, even if King Yu fails in the end, there will be no harm to him. After King Jing ascends to the throne, he will also have nothing to do with himself.
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There is no harm in it, but it is good for the people around you. You can try this kind of thing.
However, he still won't put this matter entirely on his shoulders. The burden is too heavy and he doesn't have the time.
Therefore, he just said: "It depends on your luck to succeed in ascending the great treasure. Let it take its course. Your Highness, don't worry too much. Even if you fail in the end, your life will not be in danger. It is just to serve as a vassal. If Your Highness
If you don’t want to be trapped in the vassal state, Pindao can also accept His Highness as his disciple. When the time comes, Your Highness can follow Pindao to Maharaja Mountain, and he will be as free and unfettered as ever."
These words are a little discouraging, but in line with Zhao Ran's identity as a Taoist priest, they can be considered pertinent. At the same time, they are also telling these people: Don't place your hopes on me. I am a Taoist priest who pays attention to letting nature take its course.
I'll help as much as I can, and I'll give you a way out in the end.
King Yu was a little unwilling to do so. Of course, he couldn't force too much, and he didn't have the strength to do so, so he further said: "Abbott, I came to the palace to pay my respects to the Queen Mother this afternoon. The Queen Mother mentioned to me the matter of spiritual practice again. The Queen Mother
He said that the fourth child seemed to have recovered his bones. After Gu came out of the West Palace, he met the fourth child on the road. He was going to Xingqing Palace to pay his respects to the Queen Mother Bensheng. At that time, Gu greeted him, but he ignored him and walked away...
"
King Yu had been close to Queen Mother Xiaokang since childhood, while King Jing had turned to Xingqing Palace since Princess Xing entered the palace as his own queen mother, so the order and focus of greetings between the two sides were different.
If King Yu's last words were applied to his ministers, it might make people feel like "the master humiliates his ministers to death." For example, Yang Shen and Zhang Juzheng were a little excited and a little unable to sit still after hearing these words. But for Zhao Ran
It seemed a bit incompetent to say this. This kind of provocation was too childish, and he was completely indifferent to it.
Feng Bao helped from the side: "Abbott, if His Royal Highness King Jing succeeds in treating the real bones, then Yang Yiqing's inquiry today will be very interesting..."
This sentence showed his level of proficiency. Zhao Ran nodded to the eunuch to show his approval, and then took over his topic and said: "In this case, we should not relax our practice. Come, come, practice, poor
Taoism has been teaching you health-preserving exercises for several months. I am very busy these days and have not come to supervise you. Today I will see how you are doing..."
"Quick, quick, stand in line, just like before, His Highness is in the middle, Feng Daban is on the right... His Highness is on the left... Uncle is on the left. Well, Bachelor Yang has never learned it. Let's learn it together today. You stand with Feng
Next to the companion..."
"Your Highness, please don't slack off. Keep your spirits up. If you don't practice well, you won't be able to visit me anymore..."
"Big companion, you should also smile. A good mental state is good for spiritual practice..."
"Scholar Yang, pay attention to my movements, take your time, don't rush..."
"Very good, get ready, start... one, two, three, four, two, two, three, four, three, two, three, four, do it again..."