Chapter 2002 Gui Zi Scroll: Great disparity in strength, hit the nail on the head
Zhou Peisheng didn't know what the conversation was like between Concubine Quan and Feng Ziying in Chongxuan Temple that day. Concubine Quan didn't tell him clearly. She just said that she and Feng Ziying had a good conversation and that both parties agreed.
However, in Zhou Peisheng's view, when there is no equal strength, the stronger party may break the promise at any time for its own interests.
Judging from the current situation, Feng Ziying, who has been officially appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of War, the right minister of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the governor of Shaanxi, is not on the same level as our own side.
The conditions that one's side can offer are almost impossible to come up with. They are all empty promises, which are not enough to get the other party to give any more support to one's side.
Moreover, the other party also fulfilled the basic promise they made at the beginning, which was to let Prince Gong enter Qingtan Academy, and the next step would be to help Prince Gong become famous in Qingtan Academy and even among the scholars in Gyeonggi.
From this point of view, Feng Ziying's credibility is still very good, and she did what she promised. As for the next step of promoting King Gong to succeed the current King Shou, King Lu will rotate and become the supervisor of the country. In Zhou Peisheng's view, this
Not very realistic.
Even if the imperial court really intended to rotate and adjust the supervisory positions of King Shou and King Lu, it would not be King Gong's turn yet.
Firstly, King Fu and Li Wang are still ahead, secondly, it is impossible to rotate two supervisors at the same time, and thirdly, the rotation time may not be as good as one side imagines, for example, one person can take half a year.
Maybe you, the King of Shou, can only work for the King of Fu for half a year, while others, like the King of Lu, can work for two years, or even forever.
There is no clear rule for this, or the rule clearly states that the length of service is variable and is determined by performance in the position of supervising the country. And who has the final say on this performance? It is not the princes in the court.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid Lord Feng won't agree to meet you. He's probably at his busiest time now. Feng's house in Fengcheng Hutong is crowded with people. He doesn't have time to see guests every day." Zhou Peisheng smiled bitterly.
"Am I not considered a guest?" Guo Qinjun asked back: "If we can't ask him directly and let Concubine Xiande go to Chongxuan Temple to stay for a while, I will also go to accompany her and let Concubine Xiande ask him to Chongxuan Temple. It won't cost any money.
How much time, just one or two hours, I don’t believe he can’t spare even this little time.”
Guo Qinjun was a little impatient. As Zhou Peisheng said, if Feng Ziying runs away, who knows when she will return to Beijing?
Shaanxi is far away, and Feng Ziying can't help no matter how capable he is, and this guy will definitely ignore it for this reason. So what should Prince Gong do?
Guo Qinyun didn't know that in the "deal" with Feng Ziying, his side was at an absolute disadvantage. Now he couldn't give the other party any benefits, but it was unrealistic to ask the other party to pay blindly.
But the more realistic reality is that he has no choice. Zhang Jingqiu refuses to help, Chen Jingxuan cannot help, and no one in the court is optimistic about it. What can I do?
Only Feng Ziying was able to make some connections. She didn't refuse, and she seemed willing to bet on Prince Gong's cold bet.
So she had to give it a try no matter what.
Faced with Guo Qinjun's stubbornness, Zhou Peisheng was helpless.
He didn't know where Concubine Tsuen's confidence came from. Now anyone with a discerning eye could see that King Lu's rise to power was so strong that even King Shou could not resist it. King Fu and Li saw that King Lu's momentum was getting stronger and stronger, so he became a little worried.
Anxious, Su Lingyao was also moving around during this period, trying to squeeze in.
While all parties were showing off their talents, Prince Gong's youth disadvantage became more and more obvious, and even Zhou Peisheng himself felt a little discouraged.
However, Zhou Peisheng also knows that he has no choice now. Dai Quan's return has put an end to his previous idea of changing his master. Dai Quan, Dai Zong's uncle and nephew are both ruthless and domineering, so now he wants to vote for Mei.
Yuexi has no chance.
"Empress, you can ask Concubine Xiande to help you make an appointment with Mr. Feng, but we have to think about how to make Mr. Feng willing to help King Lu?" Zhou Peisheng said with a bitter look on his face, "Now we can't give anything in exchange for the other party to help him fully.
Let Prince Gong enter Qingtan Academy. Lord Feng is already very kind. What can we give to Lord Feng? He will soon be the governor of Shaanxi and will be released from Beijing. He is a high-ranking official. We can't give him anything that can help him.
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Guo Qinjun gritted his teeth, "Don't the Feng family need us in the future..."
"But that requires His Royal Highness Prince Gong to sit on the throne. At the very least, he must be a functional supervisor. The problem is that it is too far for Prince Gong to take that step now." Zhou Peisheng said helplessly.
"It is precisely because of that step that we need to take a chance. As you said, Feng Keng has a deep background among scholars. He has scholars from the North who endorse him, and he has made good friends with scholars from Huguang and even Jiangnan scholars.
I also have a good impression of him. If we can get this person, Prince Gong’s embarrassing situation will be greatly alleviated. Qingtan Academy will let Prince Gong go to study. We spent so much time before, even Zhang Jingqiu said hello to the academy.
Even though you refused to bow your head, don’t you agree now?”
Guo Qinyun suddenly felt as if her mind was enlightened, and she vented out like popping beans: A look of determination appeared on her face: "No one is willing to help Prince Gong in this situation, so I just ignored him. How dare Feng Ziying
Call me hypocritical, he is not without weaknesses, as long as he can achieve his goal, don't blame me for using any means!"
Zhou Peisheng didn't react for a while. It wasn't until he saw such a fierce look on Guo Qinjun's face that he realized something and lowered his voice: "But Concubine Xian De has something to do with him...? It's just the empress, this kind of thing
At most, it will ruin his reputation, which is difficult to use as a blackmail. It is impossible for Long Jinwei to investigate a high-ranking official who has just been confirmed by the cabinet because of such rumors. Putting aside the close relationship between Lu Song and Feng Keng, the cabinet will never
If you don't agree, that would be a slap in the face of the cabinet. No matter whether it is true or false, the cabinet will not accept it, and there is no way Lu Song would risk the disapproval of the world to do such a thing!"
Guo Qinjun was startled, took a deep breath, and nodded: "Pei Sheng, you are right, Long Jinwei will not touch Feng Keng at this time, and the censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not believe this.
Rumor has it that the cabinet does not allow anyone to mess up their affairs, so this trick is useless against Feng Keng, but what if I want to bite him hard? What about his leverage?"
Zhou Peisheng was confused by Guo Qinjun's words, and was both angry and funny, "Mother, what kind of evidence can you get for this kind of thing? Can't you still catch them in bed? It's useless, you are just predicting them.
On the bed, with the guards around Feng Ziying, we have no chance. It is impossible for Long Jinwei to get involved in this kind of gossip. If Feng Ziying finds out, it will only make us his enemies, and we will be even worse.
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Guo Qinjun gritted her teeth and said, "How bad can it be? Prince Gong can't ascend to the throne, and I don't know whether he or I can save our lives in the future. What else should I be afraid of? Feng Ziying is as lustful as life. If she dares to provoke Jia Yuanchun, it is against the law of heaven.
If I’m not afraid, what else should I be afraid of? Isn’t there a saying among the people that you are willing to be cut off to bring down the emperor, so I can bring down Feng Ziying like this, right?”
"The problem is that your Majesty, if you pull him down, it will be of no use to us. You said that you can pull down King Shou, King Lu and King Fu, King Shou. Maybe it will be of some use to Prince Gong. Go and pull Feng Ziying down."
What can we gain by dismounting?"
Zhou Peisheng felt that Concubine Quan was really obsessed and had lost her mind. If this situation continued, he would really consider jumping off the ship. He couldn't seek death without knowing why.
"My purpose at that time was not to pull him off his horse, but to pull him into one of our boats and let him help Prince Gong!" Guo Qinyun smiled sinisterly.
"Oh?" Zhou Peisheng looked at Guo Qinyun suspiciously. He remembered that Guo Qinyun just said that the other party was so lustful that he dared to violate heaven's rules, and he realized something. "My dear, please don't use such methods, just in case..."
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"What if? I have no choice. What if I care?" Guo Qinjun took a deep breath, "Jia Yuanchun can take him down, but I don't believe a dog can change it."
Eat shit?”
Zhou Peisheng couldn't help but let out a dry cough. This metaphor was so inappropriate that even Concubine Tsuen herself scolded it.
Guo Qinjun is also aware of this, but she doesn't care about it now. She only wants to achieve her own goals. As for face, means, and consequences, she doesn't care.
As Zhou Peisheng said, it is difficult to say how many other princes will survive until King Lu or King Shou ascends the throne.
Even if you manage to survive, you may have to live in fear every day, fearing that three feet of white silk or a cup of poisonous wine will be delivered to you to send you on your way.
Seeing that Guo Qinyun had made up his mind, Zhou Peisheng calmed down and thought carefully about whether Guo Qinyun's method of eating the raccoon was feasible.
He is not optimistic about it.
No matter how lustful Feng Ziying is, even if she has an affair with Jia Yuanchun, it is because the Jia family and the Feng family have been friends for many years. It is inevitable that there is affection between the two as the basis. If you say that they actually had an affair later, it is barely justified.
, but it may be difficult for Queen Tsuen Fei to follow her example.
Feng Ziying would not be confused about which women he can touch and which women he cannot touch, and what the consequences will be if he touches them.
"Mother, your idea may be feasible, but it is not easy to put it into practice. How to do it is probably a difficult problem." Zhou Peisheng thought for a long time, but still had no good idea.
"Humph, Peisheng, you don't have to worry too much about this matter. Feng Ziying has a good nature and is known to everyone in the capital. It's just that he is a talented man. That's why he is called a romantic. In fact, he is a person who can't stand it.
The hookup, I almost succeeded last time,..." Guo Qinyun seemed to be self-hypnotizing and self-empowering, but her tone was very affirmative.
Zhou Peisheng's eyes lit up. He remembered that Feng Ziying and Empress Tsuen Fei looked a little weird when they came out of the back garden last time. In particular, Empress Tsuen Fei's clothes seemed a bit loose and her hair was messy. He was a little strange, but he didn't expect it.
This time, Feng Ziying was really in such a hurry, and she didn't know how she got into this position.
"Really?" Zhou Peisheng was delighted, "If that's true, then it's an opportunity."