I pretend to be a fairy in ancient times

Two months later, the people living in Jian'an City seem to have forgotten the major treason case that shook the entire Jin Dynasty. This kind of power change is always inevitable. Bloody baptism, but in the stable life afterwards, this page will soon be over. Turned the page.

Although after dinner, people will have some discussions.Is General Ning Changyuan who defeated the king of Wei stronger, or General Zeng Mingde who entered the Gyeonggi camp to arrest Dong Heng with the emperor's will?

Now, neither the Weiwang Mansion nor the Chengengong Dong's family ceased to exist, and the common people would not have too much concern when discussing it.

However, King Wei's stay in the south of the Yangtze River was too far away for the people of Jian'an City, and the focus of their discussion was still on the Dong family.

How arrogant and prominent the Dong family was at the beginning, the Empress Dowager Dong's daughter dared to beat her aunt in the street, so most of the people believed that Zeng Mingde, who helped the emperor remove the obstacles of the Dong family, was more powerful.

It's a pity that Zeng Mingde was named General Zhenbei, taking over his father's previous position, and went to guard the frontier.On the contrary, Ning Changyuan, who was previously guarding the affluent land in the south of the Yangtze River, was transferred back to the capital to take over the Gyeonggi camp, and the people talked about Zeng Mingde's life without a blessing.

Even Zeng Mingde's wife Hu Niangzi, after seeing off her husband who had been together for less than two months, secretly sighed that Zeng Mingde did not have a happy life.

But Xu Jian, the left prime minister at the center of the deep whirlpool, doesn't think so. He knows that Yan Yunkai hides the key role he plays at the level of ordinary people, and doesn't care about power and fame at all.This reassured Xu Jian, the royalist party, and many courtiers who planned to be centrists. As long as Yan Yunkai was willing to withdraw, the previous power struggle and bloodshed would not have to happen again.

In order to show his position, Yan Yunkai was very decisive and asked Zeng Mingde, who was close to him, to take the northern army stationed in the western suburbs of the capital back to guard the border, and promoted the unfamiliar Ning Changyuan to station in Gyeonggi.

Although Ning Changyuan had some friendship with Yan Yunkai when he attacked Wei Wang's rebel army, Ning Changyuan, who was born in martial arts, was famous for not forming cliques for personal gain, so Xu Jian believed that he was more loyal to the court.

It's just that those speculators who are moved by the smell are afraid that they will be disappointed.Yan Yunkai has no intention of competing, and has been deliberately keeping a distance from the highest power, so they have no chance to follow.

Speaking of it, King Wei is not clear-headed, and he is coerced by the people around him. No matter whether he is willing or not, and whether he is strong enough, someone will force him to fight for it.

For example, in the salt tax case against King Wei, the real beneficiaries were the officials in Suzhou and Ganzhou, followed by the Dong family behind Princess Wei, and finally King Wei who was their backer.

Afterwards, the convicts were seized, and 600 million taels of silver were confiscated from the Suzhou prefecture alone, equivalent to half a year's tax in the whole country.However, after liquidating the properties of Prince Wei's mansion, it can only be converted into 800 million taels. Of course, this is because King Wei needs to raise soldiers, but it is an indisputable fact that King Wei is poorer than the prefect of Suzhou.

It is also worth noting that although both Ning Changyuan and Zeng Mingde were promoted to first-rank military officers, they were not knighted.

The treacherous and cunning Xu Jian had already guessed Yan Yunkai's thoughts, he sharpened his knife and pointed at Xungui.It's a pity that there are not many people serving in the imperial court among the nobles, and they haven't seen Yan Yunkai's intentions yet.

Because Wei Wang's rebellion finally involved the Dong family's participation in the case, except for the adult males and the female family members involved in the case, the rest of the female family members and children were exiled to Lingnan. Stay well in the right position.

In the absence of clear evidence, the change didn't kill too many people.Many people relax because of this, thinking that the danger has been easily passed, but they don't know that another crisis is brewing.

Shen Tuxi's daughter-in-law, Princess Anle, the daughter of Empress Dowager Dong, was also alive, but she was sentenced to [-] battles by the Clan House and imprisoned for three years because of whipping Princess Shouyang.

The Clan Mansion used to support Empress Dowager Dong's side. Now that the Dong family was defeated, they wanted to quietly kill Princess Anle to show their position, but Yan Yunkai sent someone to stop it.

Because after the northern army entered the city and arrested all the Dong family members, the emperor ordered the empress dowager Dong to move from the palace of compassion to Ningxiangju. After all, she was the empress dowager, and the little emperor Yan Yunjing had no right to kill her nominal mother, so the empress dowager could only be confined.

The place where Empress Dowager Dong was confinement was not bad. There was a plum garden in Ningxiangju, and the house dedicated to enjoying the scenery was also neatly repaired.

It's a pity that Empress Dowager Dong didn't want to be imprisoned. She was an extremely proud person. She pulled out the golden hairpin and held it against her throat, and the guards and eunuchs didn't dare to step forward.She said, "Let Yan Yunkai come to see Ai's family."

She directly ignored Yan Yunjing and Queen Mother Zheng, and did not regard them as her opponents at all.

After Yan Yun drove to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, Empress Dowager Dong was wearing a grand gown, holding a golden hairpin in her pale hand and lowering her throat, she smiled and said to Yan Yunkai, "Yan Yunkai, you have always been a person of promise, the late emperor I entrusted you to take care of Yan Yunjing, and you took good care of him. Today Aijia also entrusted you to take care of Anle, so you must not let Aijia down."

"Why should I promise you? Princess Anle is in her 30s, can't she take care of herself?"

Yan Yunkai's stern face didn't show much sadness or joy. He didn't like these power struggles in the first place.Even if the power struggle is won, it can't make people happy.

Empress Dowager Dong moved the golden hairpin to her face, "If I destroy my face before I die, can you stop the people in the world from talking?"

Yan Yunkai is optional, "I can keep Princess Anle alive, but I don't know how the Empress Dowager will repay me."

Empress Dowager Dong threw away the hairpin in her hand, "Bring poison wine."

It seems that Empress Dowager Dong wanted to die with all her heart, and everyone present was relieved to hear the news.

As soon as Empress Dowager Dong died, the court coup was settled.However, the things that Yan Yunkai needed to deal with were far from over. First of all, they had to clean up the salt affairs, check the officials and wealthy businessmen involved in the rebellion, and transfer officials from the six ministries to manage the various counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

In addition, the large and small officials who have taken refuge in the Dong family in the DPRK need to be cleaned up slowly, and some people who are only standing in line, but have not done evil and have good political performance, will continue to be retained as appropriate.Only by relying on the relationship with the superior, those who are not capable are dismissed, and those who violate the national law are of course directly punished.

Others are easy to talk about, but Shen Tuxi is a big/troublesome one. He has a good political record and strong ability to handle affairs. He once presided over the construction of a large reservoir, but he couldn't find any evidence of corruption or bribery.Because Shen Tuxi's second brother, Shen Tu'an, is good at business, their family has no shortage of money at all.

There was no evidence of Shen Tuxi's correspondence with the Dong family in the treason and search of the house. Apart from letting his son marry Princess Anle and acting as the eyes and ears of the Queen Mother in the court, he really couldn't find any real culpability.

Zeng Mingde's subordinates even suggested that he forge the correspondence between Shen Tuxi and Cheng Engong to achieve a miracle, but Zeng Mingde rejected his subordinate's suggestion.

Because Yan Yunkai is also a headache, thousands of memorials are sent every day from all over the country. These need to be approved by the prime ministers, and only important matters will be jointly decided by Yan Yunkai and Queen Mother Dong.

Shen Tuxi is the person who really does things, so if he is removed, there is really no replacement for him for the time being.Although the time of arguing with Queen Mother Dong is saved now, someone has to do the hard work.Yan Yunjing is only 12 years old now, so he can't be counted on for the time being. If he wants to work, he will have to wait three to five years.

Moreover, Yan Yunkai knew Shen Tuxi's past very well, he also came from a poor family, and because he took refuge in the Empress Dowager Dong, he started to make a fortune in the later period of the first emperor.After becoming the right prime minister, what he did was similar to that of Xu Jian, that is, when encountering important incidents, he reported to Queen Mother Dong, supported Queen Mother Dong's views when making decisions, and sometimes kept silent.

Moreover, Yan Yunkai knew that although Shen Tuxi followed the Queen Mother Dong, his relationship with the Dong family was actually not very good, because before he became the right minister, the Dong family used to extort money from him a lot. Who would let his younger brother make money? Woolen cloth.

Shen Tuxi is not considered a treacherous and evil person, and he is not corrupt. He is serious and responsible in his work, but he has a strong desire for power, so he thought of clinging to the powerful. Upper right phase.

He has always been attached to Queen Mother Dong, in fact, he is pointing to the position of the left minister at the highest peak of his career. Unfortunately, Yan Yunkai moved too fast, and he failed to fulfill his wish in the end.

According to the secret agent's report, Shen Tuxi has been smoking hookah at home in a sullen mood recently, and he said to his son with a wrinkled and thin old face, "I have no hope of being the left minister in this life, and neither do you in this life. I see Xuaner He has good qualifications, and you must train him well in the future."

This son is Princess Shang's Shen Tuzhang, and he replied with a bitter face, "What hope does Xuan'er have if the princess has left the clan's mansion."

Shen Tuxi smiled, his skinny face always looked gloomy, "Yan Yunkai won't embarrass you irrelevant people, and the little emperor is not a fussy person, and we haven't broken any laws, so we're very stable. Xuan'er is only five years old. It will be a long time in the future." He wasn't worried about his own safety at all.

After various considerations, Yan Yunkai decided to keep Shen Tuxi. Although he already had a promising successor, Zhou Jia, who is currently the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, Zhou Jia was only 35 years old, too young to have gone through major events, and had to be led by his seniors. One or two years.

Yan Yun was so busy that he was busy until the beginning of September.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the smell of blood in the air of Jian'an City has not dissipated. For festive things, prepare to entertain relatives and friends, or climb high and look far away together.

Even Mrs. Xia and the others had similar plans. They bought a few pots of chrysanthemums in full bloom for ten taels of silver.Seeing Mrs. Xia and the others preparing pastries and cornel branches for the festival, Zhao Ji's heart became alive.

Some time ago, Yan Yunkai always had endless documents to read, but now he is finally busy. Tomorrow, on the eighth day of September, Zhao Ji plans to invite Yan Yunkai to climb Taiqi Mountain outside the city.

It wasn't that Zhao Ji didn't want to celebrate the festival with Yan Yunkai, but that there was a big banquet in the palace during the Double Ninth Festival, and Yan Yunkai, as an important person, had no reason to be absent.They celebrated the festival early, just to avoid the large crowd of climbers on the ninth day of the lunar new year.

Zhao Ji did as soon as he thought of it, wrote a letter and asked Chen Xing to drive the car to Yanyun to deliver it.