After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

Above the court, Shi Nai became famous in one battle.

At a time when the heavenly officials of the household department dared not open their mouths to refute, Shi Nai stubbornly withstood the pressure brought by the saint, presented the facts, reasoned, dismissed the saint's unreasonable request with reason and evidence, and kept the money in the treasury.

After this battle, the officials of the Sixth Ministry saw him, and although they still didn't look good, they admired him for his dedication to duty.

——It turned out that he was not only stingy with officials, but also with saints.

He's a ruthless person, he can't be provoked, can't be provoked.

Those censors who are dedicated to "to the king, Yao and Shun" are even more kind to Shi Nai.

For them, those who can persuade the sage and make the sage simple and not extravagant are their allies.

Shi Nai didn't care about these.

For him, the most important thing is that the sixth prince who sits in the household department is extremely satisfied with him. For several days in a row, seeing him is always amiable.

——As long as you hold the sixth prince's thigh firmly, even if Hubu Shangshu and You Shilang hate him to death, they will not dare to do anything to him under the sixth prince's nose.

Only the saint was extremely depressed.

The saint has been in power for many years and has accumulated a lot of prestige.Except for the censor who was named Daye by Boqing, few people in the court dared to refute his decision.

Of course, on this matter, even if the censors refuted it, it would probably be useless.Their words must be three generations, and their words must be sages. The ears of saints have already heard cocoons.Except when it happened to conform to the saint's mind, how could it shake the saint half a point?

Not to mention, didn't the sage say it all, he just embezzled it for the time being and will return it in the future.

Although this day, I don't know when it will be.But with this fig leaf, the saint is very confident.

However, he never thought of it again, he had predicted everything, but missed a Shi Nai.

He doesn't have to follow the example of the sages of the Three Dynasties, and he doesn't have to ignore the sages of a hundred schools of thought.

But the detailed data is in front of him, telling him clearly: If you spend more, the finances will be in deficit immediately.

……

It's about the stability of the country, what else can he do?

Anyway, I can still live in the garden without repairing it, so I will live in it.

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Every year at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the saint will lead his concubines to the Lion Garden to escape the summer heat.Under normal circumstances, they will not return to the capital until the middle of autumn.

This is also impossible.

In order to prevent assassins from sneaking in from underwater, the ponds in Daxing Palace are full of stagnant water. In summer, that smell... tsk tsk!

Also, there are no tall trees in the palace to shade the sun.Although ice can be used, not everyone can bear the sweltering heat in summer.

The sage went to escape the summer heat. Except for a few important ministers and relatives of the emperor appointed by the sage, the other ministers still had to stay in the capital.

Naturally, at this time, the princes stayed to supervise the country.

However, for the summer vacation this year, the sage specially decreed that the crown prince and the third prince, who had the most supporters, should go with him to escape the summer heat, but the six and seven princes stayed behind to take over the responsibility of supervising the country on behalf of the prince.

After these two edicts came out, many mature and prudent ministers began to frown.

——The sage doesn't trust the prince anymore.

And the few princes headed by the third prince who were determined to win the throne, as well as their accomplices, secretly clapped their hands and cheered.

In Duanben Palace, Shi Nai and Jia Jing stood together, waiting for the crown prince's order with sinking faces.

The prince was silent for a long time, then he suddenly let out a long breath, and said lightly: "Just do your best, as long as we are stable, the third child will jump into the sky, and the sage himself will take pictures of him."

This is a big truth.

The sage is only on guard against the prince at present, and has absolutely no intention of abolishing the prince.The reason why the third prince jumped up and down was not only unwilling to bow down to the prince, but also because he was chosen by the sage and had to do it.

Since the sage chose the third prince as the sharpening stone for the prince, the third prince had no choice but to put his aim at the prince on the bright side.

Unless, he is willing to be left idle by the saint.

But how could he be willing?

With the prince's words, everyone was obviously relaxed.Only Shi Nai, who knew the ending long ago, looked at the prince worriedly, and silently lowered his head.

He knew that the crown prince at this time was like a fully drawn bowstring, taut, as long as there was even half a stimuli from the outside world, he would immediately erupt.

Either, the arrows he shot cut the enemy down; or, the bowstring broke and self-destruction.

"Okay, you all go back to your errands, what's the matter if you all gather in the East Palace?"

Shi Nai and Jia Jing exchanged glances, and left together with the others.

"Big brother..." The sixth prince called out worriedly, but hesitated to speak.

The prince smiled and patted the sixth prince's shoulder, "Okay, don't worry about it. The prince is the country's foundation. Even if a saint wants to abolish the prince, it is not so easy."

"But, I always feel that the saint..."

The sixth prince frowned tightly, unable to express this feeling.

From the past few years, when the sage appointed important positions in the court, he deliberately avoided those who supported the prince.

But at the end of last year, Shi Nai hadn't finished keeping his filial piety, the sage decreed to seize his love, and put him in the position of Minister of the Household Department.

You must know that among the six departments, the Ministry of Households is second only to the Ministry of Officials in importance.There is one heavenly official in Hubu and two hall officials. The Minister of Hubu supports the third prince, and the right servant of Hubu is close to the ninth prince. It turns out that Mr. Yu is a good-natured and kind-hearted person.

Coupled with him, the sixth prince who supports the prince, it can be said that the household department has just reached a balance, which is easy for the sage to control and fiddle with.

Originally, after the adult Ding You, everyone thought that the sage would promote another neutral or royalist party.

But the sage unexpectedly chose Shi Nai, who was inclined towards the prince.

From the very beginning, the sixth prince felt that this matter was strange.But it is better to let someone else occupy the position than to let someone else occupy it.

Therefore, in front of Shi Nai, he didn't show it at all.

The sixth prince didn't quite understand, but the crown prince knew it well, and said with a light smile, "Look, it's not only Shi Nai, but in the future, our people will be promoted by saints, and it will be later."

The sixth prince was overjoyed: "The sage finally understands?"

Looking at his innocent sixth brother, the prince secretly sighed in his heart, but he didn't say much, he just said: "Go back too, and prepare well. When supervising the country, no matter how big or small, you don't rush to make decisions. How about seven, you have to carefully write the notebook, hand it to the garden, and let the sage decide."

The sixth prince knew that what the prince taught him were all lessons he had learned in the past, so he naturally said yes.

Just when the sixth prince was about to leave, Wang Zhu came in softly: "Your Highness."

"What's wrong?" The prince frowned, suppressing the restlessness in his heart.

Wang Zhu said in a low voice: "Master Shi left Duanben Palace and was summoned by the sage to Qianqing Palace."

The sixth prince was startled, but before he could figure out why, the prince suddenly erupted.

"Slave dog, who told you to monitor the ministers?" The prince kicked Wang Zhu to the ground with a grim expression on his face, "Do you think you died alone not fast enough?"

Wang Zhu was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart, he knelt down in front of the prince and kowtowed, "Your Highness, your highness calm down, your highness calm down, this slave will never dare again! The imperial doctor said, you can't get angry, your highness ..."

The sixth prince opened his eyes wide in shock, and asked Wang Zhu, "What do you mean? What do you mean the prince can't get angry?"

Wang Zhu seemed to have grasped the straw to save his life. He turned his head and began to kowtow to the sixth prince, "Sixth Lord, Sixth Lord, please persuade Your Highness. The imperial physician said..."

"Shut up!" the prince sternly stopped.

"Your Highness?" Wang Zhu suddenly lost his voice.

The prince couldn't help but rubbed his forehead with faintly throbbing veins, gasped and said, "Get out of here alone!"

"Your Highness..."

"roll!"

"Slave, get out now, slaver, get out now." Seeing him trembling with anger, Wang Zhu didn't dare to delay any longer, and rolled and crawled out.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" The sixth prince hurried forward to support the prince, his face was full of anxiety and worry, "What did the imperial doctor say?"

The prince pressed his forehead with his left hand, and shook his right hand towards him, his voice lost a bit of strength: "I'm fine, don't worry, I can hold on."

"Brother!" The sixth prince was angry with the prince for the first time.

"Okay, okay," the prince smiled dotingly, and softened his voice, "I'm fine, it's just that the blood is a little bit up these few days, and it's over after frying two taels of yellow lotus."

It's no wonder the sixth prince believed him, and said with a straight face: "Don't fool me, look at Wang Zhu's posture just now, how can it be so simple?"

The crown prince looked at him quietly for a moment, and his heart felt trembling. He couldn't help but move his neck, "What... what's wrong?"

"Old Six." The prince suddenly became serious.

The sixth prince responded subconsciously: "The minister is here."

The prince said earnestly: "Being cautious is your strength. You have done a good job in the past, and you shouldn't lose this strength in the future."

The sixth prince's face turned pale, and he was about to kneel down as soon as his knees softened.

——He knew that he had already gone too far.

This time, the crown prince didn't stop him, just let him kneel down on the ground with a "plop", pleading guilty to him tremblingly: "I'm rude, please forgive me, Your Highness."

The prince said lightly: "I'm lonely, you should kneel down first."

"...Yes." The sixth prince glanced at him worriedly, got up and backed out.

The prince was stunned for a long time, and murmured: "Liu Liu, don't blame your brother, don't blame me... Our royal father is no longer going to give me a way to survive. Only being cautious can keep you safe forever."

The sixth prince hadn't figured it out yet, but the prince had already figured it out.The reason why the saint suddenly became uncharacteristically and no longer suppressed the prince-party was definitely not because of his conscience, but because of his flattery.

If heaven wants to kill it, it must first make it mad.

The sage clearly knew how to do it.

But, father, how would you know that I would foolishly jump into the circle?

He took a deep breath, slowly relieving the throbbing pain on his forehead, as well as the irritability in his heart.

——Father, father, you have forced your son to this point... It is not yet known who will win.