I Persuade People With Reason

When Qi Yu turned around and told Empress Zhou, Empress Zhou who had been dazed in her palace suddenly lifted her spirits and grabbed Qi Yu's hand excitedly:

"He really said that? Yu'er, you didn't lie to me?"

Qi Yu's little chubby hand was scratched, and while struggling, he nodded frantically: "Of course it's true, that's what the emperor said."

Until he was released by Queen Zhou, he was still a little scared.

But Queen Zhou ignored him.

Upon hearing the news, she had already greeted the palace maid to dress up and went straight to the emperor's bedroom.

Qi Yu didn't understand what the prince's words meant, but Empress Zhou understood. Since the emperor is about to wake up, doesn't that mean that the prince has no intention of harming him?

She was relieved at once, and she no longer had to hesitate and struggle between the father and son. There was a beautiful smile on that sad face.

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In the emperor's bedroom, Yuan Buwei did not hide the conversation with Xiao Zhi, and it was clearly passed on to the emperor's ears.

His heart was full of shock and anger, but he couldn't move, he couldn't even open his eyelids, and he wanted to vomit blood!

Until the two left, the emperor was still terrified, his consciousness swayed back and forth in the darkness, but he couldn't find his way out like a headless fly.

In fact, the abnormal performance of the prince during this period has long made the emperor guess that he may have been poisoned and comatose, which is related to the prince.

But the emperor has been deceiving himself and forcibly ignoring this terrible guess.

Only in this way can he convince himself that he still has a chance to wake up again, instead of being directly killed by the unscrupulous prince.

But now, he can't even deceive himself.

"No, no, how is it possible? How can the prince have such a deep mind?" Thinking of the changes in the prince over the past few days, the emperor had a bad guess in his heart, "Could it be that he has the same origin as me... no No, don't scare yourself! How can there be two traversers in the same world by such a coincidence!"

Forcibly calming his thoughts, the emperor tried to analyze: "...Maybe, this is his true face. In the past, he was just acting on purpose to numb me."

After all, in that period of history without the intervention of an outsider like him, now this seemingly indifferent and harmless prince is really thoughtful and ruthless!

With a certain mind, the emperor calmed down again.

As expected of a generation of emperors who had their names on the original history! It is clear that he has been on guard against him in every possible way, but he still fell into this man's trick...

A strong unwillingness rushed to his heart, but the emperor could only lie on the bed, his consciousness sinking in the darkness, and he could do nothing.

His life and death are already in the hands of the prince alone.

Fortunately, the ten years of the emperor's career were not in vain after all, and the emperor kept forcing himself to calm down.

This era is different from the era he once lived in. Killing a father with a son and killing a king with a minister is almost an unpardonable crime in the eyes of these ancients!

Combined with the precedents he had seen in the history books, after the emperor calmed down, he secretly speculated that his final outcome was probably the prince forcibly abdicated, put him under house arrest, and became a supreme emperor.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, and the emperor breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the other party doesn't kill him immediately, with his knowledge far surpassing these ancients, there may still be a chance...

Although he comforted himself, the emperor did not dare to guarantee how the prince would be chosen.

As time passed, the more his consciousness was trapped in this invisible darkness, the more despair he felt in his heart, and he doubted his own judgment.

I don't know how long it took, and suddenly there was a soft sound from the bedside. Immediately afterwards, Queen Zhou's voice rang in his ears, and she wept with joy.

"His Majesty…"

"Great, Your Majesty is saved..."

"Sure enough, I knew that Xuan'er wouldn't be so cruel, he's not that kind of person..."

"I just hope that Your Majesty wakes up and stops being so hostile to Xuan'er. If you really don't like it, just seal him away from afar..."

She was incoherent and babbled, but after all, she got the point of what she said.

In the past, it was a somewhat annoying voice, but at this time, it pulled the emperor's consciousness back from the edge of darkness, and hope was born in his almost desperate heart, and all of a sudden, infinite joy burst out.

...yeah, that's really...good!

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Knowing from the Queen's mouth that he still has at most half a month's "prison term", the emperor in the small dark room suddenly gave birth to hope, and began to count the days day by day, looking forward to the day of "release" like never before.

Every day, he repeats the constant cycle of "from full of hope to gradual disappointment, and then full of hope again, looking forward to the early arrival of the next day".

Such days, it is not an exaggeration to say that life is like a year.

In comparison, Yuan Buwei is like a duck to water.

The re-established Imperial City Division operates at a high speed day by day, acting as his eyes and ears, presenting to him many things that are not mentioned in the memorials of the ministers.

The original Qi Xuan has been in the army for many years, perhaps to avoid suspicion.

It wasn't because he had read the memorials of the ministers, the imperial court's newspapers, and some unpublished tax data, combined with the information submitted by the Imperial City Division, and immediately understood the situation of the entire Beili.

This gigantic Beili looks like flowers and brocades on the surface. Not long ago, the Jiehu people were driven out of the Central Plains in embarrassment. Even the emperor was almost blown to be the master of a generation of ZTE, as if he had created a prosperous era of ZTE.

But this is not the case.

If the world is divided into two halves, the north and the south, with the long river as the boundary, after years of high-pressure rule by the Jiehu people, the land of the central plains in the north has almost been squeezed out of all its power.

Jiehu is arrogant by nature. He only knows how to loot on horses and is not good at production and management. After occupying the land of the Central Plains, even if he is modeled after the founding of the Central Plains Dynasty, even if he is called Dayan, he has not really changed his barbarian habits.

After many years of rule, the northern land has long been ruined by them, and a large number of people have been displaced and have to be slaves. Even the former landlords were tyrannical, but the Jiehu nobles mercilessly took everything away... What they did is equivalent to a group of robbers swaggering into other people's homes. destroyed again.

Even if the Central Plains were recaptured, what Bei Li had taken over was a complete mess.

As for the pristine land of the South, the problem is also not small.

The south is already prosperous, and most of the tax revenue of the treasury comes from here, which can be regarded as the money bag of the whole Bei Li. However, there are many local landlords and businessmen, and there are many aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River. They are inextricably linked with officials and gentry from the south, forming an unshakable force.

From the very beginning, the emperor’s family went south, in order to gain a firm foothold as soon as possible and gain the support of the southern forces, the emperor made many promises to those southern landlords and noble families; after that, in order to raise military expenses, counterattack northward, and continue to compromise with the Jiangnan family. , releasing too much power that should not be given. And once this power is delegated, it will be difficult to take it back.

In today's south, nobles, aristocratic families, landlords, and gentry, all forces are intertwined, and there is a tendency for them to be irreversible.

The court is the epitome of the whole world. After clarifying these situations, those government affairs that are too complicated for ordinary people, and the contradictions and frictions between the court, the military and the hundreds of officials, are in the eyes of Yuan Buwei.

The nobles and courtiers who were born in the north have long been taken away by the Jiehu people. After the emperor went all the way south, for the sake of profit, they had to compete with the southern forces and tried their best to steal food from the southern population.

And they, who have been ostracized everywhere in the south, have longed most for many years to retake the Central Plains and return to their homeland.

Therefore, these people are the most determined fighting factions in the DPRK.

For this reason, even the playboys who once fought cock-fighting lackeys changed their old ways and joined the army.

After ten years, these honorable officials from the north have become the most unshakable force in the military.

As for the south, the opposite is true.

In the south, singing and dancing were all peaceful, and a group of noble families lived happily every day. As a result, the emperor brought a group of northerners to the south. The land that should belonged to them was taken away by the northerners, and a large number of local interests were divided up by the northerners. What are they good for?

As a result, those aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River are naturally more inclined to make peace. In their opinion, as long as they give some money every year, they can appease those Jiehu people.

—The barbarians and the immoral people of that generation can still stay in the Central Plains for a long time and steal the sacred artifact of the society? But just for a while. When its potential declines, it will be easy to regain the Central Plains.

The conflict between these two factions has a long history, and even though the Central Plains has been recovered, the source of the conflict has disappeared, and their relationship with each other has not eased.

-Although there is no main battle, main battle, and war, but there are more interests in the court.

The family has lived in the south of the Yangtze River for generations, and Prime Minister Su, who is regarded as the head of the civil service, is the spokesperson of the south.

The original Qi Xuan, who has made great military achievements over the years, has been supported by the military, and has become a banner in the military.

"So, the emperor relied so heavily on Prime Minister Su, and even turned a blind eye to Su Mingyou's many evil deeds, not purely because of his trust in Prime Minister Su, but mostly to check and balance the prince... "

After reading the history books of this world, I probably knew that if I didn't, the whole story in the history books summed up that the so-called emperor's technique is nothing more than the word "check and balance".

In this regard, the original is not noncommittal.

If the emperor is a skilled emperor, he can indeed control the state affairs in his own hands by using the technique of checks and balances. But the current emperor is clearly not the case.

He's like a nerd who doesn't know much about reading, but only knows a few things and makes them practical. He thought that the power of the Jiangnan aristocratic clan was used to check and balance the growing military forces, but in fact, many of his powers had already been quietly corroded.

The game between the emperor and the ministers is going on all the time, only to see who is more brilliant. He tried to take advantage of the courtier, so why wasn't the courtier taking advantage of the emperor?

From this point of view, the people who are really close to the emperor can be roughly divided into two groups.

One wave is the real confidant, that is, those people who were found out by Yuanbuwei these days. These people are not close to the north and the south. They were picked up by the emperor alone. On weekdays, they do some dirty work for the emperor that is inconvenient to show on the bright side and hide it in the dark.

As for the other part of the people, headed by Prime Minister Su, although they seem to be loyal to the emperor, they actually focus on the interests of the Jiangnan family.

The emperor may hint that they are suppressing the prince in the court, but when it comes to some dirty work, such as using disgraceful means against the prince in private, the emperor will never rest assured that such things that may leave a handle are handed over to them.

The former is not difficult to deal with. Losing the emperor, the biggest backer, was not justifiable to guard the country, and he had the emperor's holy purpose. He dignifiedly sent these people to the prison and beheaded them.

And the latter...

Over the past half a month of supervising the country, he did not focus on attacking the emperor's forces, and he handled a lot of government affairs every day.

Once there is a major event involving the interests of the Jiangnan aristocratic family, the court will immediately become anxious, and it is impossible to reach a consensus after pulling and pulling for a long time.

For example, the memorial for the opening of the sea ban that appeared in Yuan Buwei's hands, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry who advocated this matter was just played, and was immediately condemned by a party headed by Prime Minister Su, as if the person who proposed this matter had sinister intentions. It's like he wants to subvert the North Li Jiangshan!

They even moved out the comatose emperor and the previous emperors, saying that the prince is currently only temporarily guarding the country and has no right to violate the ancestral system without authorization.

Of course, they still remembered that the current Prince had the manic buff on his body. Although he didn't have many episodes during this period, they didn't want to provoke the Prince and cause both sides to suffer. Therefore, the tone of his speech was very euphemistic.

This kind of thing happens over and over again.

He was not sitting on the throne, watching these people jump up and down with cold eyes, it was a glimpse of the power of the Jiangnan family.

What can't be done, the first bad thing!

It wasn't because it didn't happen rashly.

In this case, even if he forcibly passed certain wills, it is estimated that these people can act in secret and disobey, causing all kinds of small stumbling blocks.

He didn't say anything, just smiled and let the left servant of Tobu who was sprayed and couldn't find the north go back.

Seeing that the Prime Minister still wanted to take advantage of the victory, he wanted to kill a chicken and serve as an example.

"I originally wanted to open up the way of speaking, but Cao Shilang's suggestion was inappropriate, but it was out of public heart. Could it be that the prime minister wanted to teach the orphan to block the way of speaking?"

Prime Minister Su certainly did not dare to accept this.

This is the power of these civil servants to spray the emperor openly. If he really dared to answer in the affirmative, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to walk a few steps out of the Taiji Hall after going down, and the censors would chase after him and beat him to death on the spot.