Ancient promotion routine

The red light in the palace goes out and the white light turns on.

When the people in the capital heard the announcement from the palace officials in the middle of the night, they lit white candles at home one after another to mourn the late emperor.

Zhang Yanjin didn't fall asleep tonight, and when the news from the palace reached the Shangshu Mansion, he could tell people to go to bed.

"Is there something wrong between King Zhao and King Jin?"

Zhang Yanjin sent the palace servants out, and then saw General Zhao rushing back.

Although he did not enter the palace, he asked General Zhao to go to the palace to inquire about news.

Originally, both Duke Yan and Duke Rong were missing, which made Zhang Yanjin quite worried. Although he knew that it was the crown prince who inherited the great power in his previous life, if Duke Yan Rong rebelled, he did not know where the great Wei would go. up.

"King Zhao and King Jin are fine, but Duke Rui has some hidden guards."

To be able to enter and leave the imperial palace in an uninhabited environment, Zhou Qin has some skills.

Zhang Yanjin was not surprised by this. Since Zhou Qin had joined the prince's faction, he had to show some skills. The palace was full of snakes and dragons, and it was impossible for the prince to hand over his wealth to the guards. Zhou Qin was the second line of defense set up by the prince. .

The emperor died, all the officials must go to court.Zhang Yanjin changed into her official uniform and waited for the dawn.

The emperor's importance to the prince was beyond Zhang Yanjin's expectations. Even with this last breath, he wanted to get rid of a family. Thinking that although the former emperor had a lot of calculations about himself, most of them were for the country and the people. Can be regarded as a Mingjun.Zhang Yanjin sighed in her heart.

The Great Wei Emperor passed away at the age of 55. His posthumous title was Emperor Wen and he was buried in Zhaoling.

According to the old practice, the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to prepare various ceremonial guards for the emperor after his death.

On the third day after the first emperor was buried in the imperial mausoleum, the crown prince officially ascended the throne and changed his year name to Xinyuan. Emperor Zunwen's empress Zhou was the empress dowager, his concubine Guan's was the imperial concubine, and his concubine Zhao's was the concubine Rong.

The new emperor came to the throne, and he, who held a lot of power, heard that the princes of Zhou Qin should go to the feudal domain when they were older, so the new emperor first sent Zhao Wang and Jin Wang to the northwest and southeast.

Zhang Yanjin and the others continued to do business as usual.

Today Zhang Yanjin came back from court and wrote the news to his uncle who was far away at the border.

"My lord, the northwest is a land of arid wind and sand, and the southeast is full of Japanese pirates and foreign thieves. Neither of these two places is a place where people's livelihood is rich."

General Zhao said.This is clearly exile.

"The new emperor has just ascended the throne, and it is the time when everything is waiting to be done. The Zhao Wang and Jin Wang can survive one by one, but it is the new emperor's kindness to let the people of the world return their hearts." Zhang Yanjin said.

The road was closed for thousands of miles. If Zhao Wang and Jin Wang made any mistakes along the way, it would not be blamed on the head of today's holy majesty.Thinking of this, Zhang Yanjin shook her head involuntarily.

After the crown prince ascended the throne, apart from taking the opportunity to relegate the people from the two kings of Zhao and Jin, he rewarded Zhou Qin and others.

Zhou Qin became prime minister in one fell swoop from his status as an uncle of the country, leaving behind Zhao Guogong and the others.

Now that the Zhou family is too powerful, there is no need to wait for him to make a move, and the current emperor will not let it grow.

Zhang Yanjin knew that in order to stabilize the situation in the new dynasty, the new emperor would wantonly use Zhou Qin to suppress the power of other princes and win over the aristocratic family, so he shrank himself back and did not participate in any battles.

Originally thought that with the previous emperor's instructions, the emperor would use him to stabilize the situation, but he didn't expect the new emperor to want to do something to him.

Zhang Yanjin was doing his own business, and Zhou Qin took part in beating him to compete with the people for profit. The chamber of commerce was miserable, and he took out a joint letter from the chamber of commerce.

The new emperor's eyes were so heavy, he looked at Zhang Yanjin, Zhang Yanjin gave Zhou Qin a blank look, the old emperor was alive, why didn't he say that he was fighting for profit with the people!These chambers of commerce, where there are real merchants, are all the forces of the gentry, no matter how young the emperor is, he will not fail to see anything.

It was the new emperor's expression that made Zhang Yanjin's heart skip a beat. He didn't win over the new emperor before, but he didn't fall for other princes. If there was a conflict with Princess Yuyang, but Princess Yuyang also rebelled, it was the new emperor who reported it. , it can be seen that the relationship between the new emperor and Princess Yuyang is not deep, so there is no conflict between him and the new emperor.

Could it be that Zhou Qin persuaded him?

Zhang Yanjin's thoughts turned countless times.

Uncle is still at the border, holding the military power, Zhou Qin is not a fool, at this time he will be beaten to death.

So this is... Zhang Yanjin knew it in his heart. These days, the number of people in the third and sixth divisions of the court is constantly changing. I am afraid that Zhou Qin is eyeing his position as the Minister of the Ministry of Households. Zhou Qin has long known that Zhou Qin hates him. , Convince the new emperor that the Minister of the Household Department is very important, and it is best to replace it with his own people. If the new emperor's ears are a little softer, it will be successful.

Fortunately, he saw that the situation was not good before, and he had provided enough food and grass for his uncle's army, so it didn't matter at this time.

"Your Majesty, when the late emperor was alive, he once praised his ministers' property for the benefit of the people. Now Zhou Xiang participates in my struggle with the people, and the minister also wants to take part in beating Zhou Xiang for betraying the emperor's trust, falsely accusing Zhongliang, and disrupting the court!"

As soon as the charge was made, everyone started talking about it, and the charge was serious.

Zhou Qin was so angry that his face turned red. He just got some news from Yun Meiren this time, saying that the emperor is very dissatisfied with Zhang Yanjin recently. He said that the new emperor urgently needs some new gadgets to benefit the people and stabilize people's hearts. Zhang Yanjin said that he had no good idea, and the emperor felt that Zhang Yanjin was not loyal to him, and he still remembered the late emperor.

Zhou Qin naturally believed it. Yun Meiren was a beauty he had cultivated a long time ago, and was given to the emperor by the queen mother herself, so it was a fake. The emperor let her reveal it like this, and he must be dissatisfied with Zhang Yanjin.

So, he came up with this trick to try and test.

He didn't think he would beat Zhang Yanjin to death with a stick at all, at most he would cooperate with the emperor to let Zhang Yanjin go home to rest for a few days, or stop Zhang Yanjin's business, but this Yanjin's mouth was still sharp, and he came out with the late emperor. It is the new emperor who can no longer question the matter. The first emperor has only been away for a long time, and even the new emperor cannot object to the former emperor's previous words.

"All right, all right, Prime Minister Zhou, go back and check, who is falsely accusing Zhang Shangshu? You are the pillars of the country, the generals and the world will be harmonious, do you know?" The new emperor said lightly.