Your Majesty, please draw the card

Throughout the summer of the second year of Jiahe, Dayan's ruling and opposition parties lived in peace.Probably because of a sudden sense of crisis, Zhao Wenshan restrained his behavior a little, but he failed to win much praise for him.After all, he did too much before, making everyone think that he is a villain who will get carried away once he is proud.Contrary to Zhao Wenshan, Wang Juchen gained many allies, even the Cao family offered him an olive branch and wanted to marry him.In this way, in the eyes of the officials, Wang Juchen's position was immediately stabilized.

At the beginning of June, the emperor recruited Liu Duan, king of Hengyang, into the court in the name of missing his uncle.Because the King of Hengyang would come to Chang'an for a short stay every Spring Festival, and no one noticed when he came again at this time.Liu Duan stayed in the palace for a few days, and then did not return to the fief, but lived in a mansion bestowed by the emperor in Chang'an.

On the other hand, Han Yi, a veteran stationed at the border, was transferred back to Chang'an and given a home for the aged.Han Yi is 65 years old this year, and he is a rare general in Dayan who is more capable of fighting.When the first emperor made an expedition to Xianbei, he was the only general who did not advocate fleeing, and it was his persistence that preserved a part of the cavalry for Dayan.Han Yi was born as a literati in his early years, but later he abandoned literature and joined the military, and was known as a Confucian general.His wife died early and left no children, only a few adopted sons were with him.

It is reasonable for the emperor to transfer Han Yi.Last winter, Han Yi suffered a leg injury and could hardly stand up. Until now, she still cannot ride a horse.The emperor did not let him be disarmed and returned to the field, but gave him a title and asked him to retire in Chang'an. Considering the contribution made by this veteran to Dayan, this kind of honor is not too much.

In mid-August, the censor Wang Juchen suddenly impeached Prime Minister Zhao Wenshan for intruding on the emperor's mausoleum, which caused an uproar in the court.At the beginning of the year, Zhao Wenshan hired an expert to search for a cemetery for him, and after several months, he finally found a place.That place has beautiful mountains and clear waters, and everything is good, but it is a bit close to the Mausoleum of the Zu Emperor.Zhao Wenshan felt that it was a good thing to have a little bit of dragon spirit. Isn't it because the Zhao family was able to gain power because of the Queen Mother Zhao, so he decided to build his own mausoleum there.

I didn't expect that the problem would come when I was cultivating.The ancestor emperor erected a clothes tomb for an unknown minister beside his mausoleum, and also planted pines and cypresses around the clothes tomb, resulting in the clothes tomb covering an extremely large area.Zhao Wenshan revised the design of the mausoleum several times, resulting in the area of ​​the mausoleum getting bigger and bigger. Now if he wants to build the mausoleum according to the designed drawings, he will definitely occupy part of the land around the tomb, which is somewhat disrespectful to that minister.However, considering that the minister didn't even leave his name behind, let alone a descendant, Zhao Wenshan decided to take it.

This matter was not a big deal at first, but Wang Juchen found out this sentence from the manuscript left by the ancestor emperor, "This tomb and my mausoleum are in fact one and inseparable, and future generations can sacrifice together as one." Therefore Zhao Wenshan's actions immediately rose to the level of forcibly occupying the emperor's mausoleum.

Wang Juchen wrote a memorandum and reported it to the imperial court!

"Bold!"

The emperor's reaction lifted everyone's spirits.The emperor said that Zhao Wenshan was bold, which obviously meant that the emperor was dissatisfied with this incident. It seems that Wang Juchen's knife was in the right place!All civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty were all good people, and they immediately talked about Zhao Wenshan. Only Zhao Wenshan's henchmen insisted that Wang Juchen was just such a picky word, and there was no reason to blame him.

However, the emperor could probably guess who the tomb was to commemorate. This was probably the only card character that the ancestor emperor had ever drawn.It was precisely because of such a guess that he burst into his throat with anger.

The emperor coldly glanced at the only prime minister in the court, and said loudly: "The prime minister's move is really audacious. The prime minister is the empress dowager's brother and my elder. If the prime minister insults me, I don't have to worry about it. But the Emperor Zu is my ancestor, and the ancestor whom the Emperor Zu is willing to sacrifice with is the hero of Dayan. The prime minister insulted him, and I must not just sit idly by! Let’s do this! It is tiring for the prime minister to support the government alone for so long Now, I will go back to the mansion to rest for a few days. I will deal with it after I come up with a charter."

Zhao Wenshan was almost stunned when he heard this, and he was taken aback for a moment before remembering to cry out for himself.However, the emperor obviously didn't intend to give him a chance to refute, and directly ordered someone to throw him out of the palace, and ordered Bao Zheng to stay to discuss the case, and the rest of the people all retreated to leave.

Wang Juchen finally breathed a sigh of relief when he walked out of the hall.This time, he learned the lesson from last time and carefully analyzed the emperor's personality. Only then did he find the easiest way to bring down Zhao Wenshan, and it worked in one blow.He knew that Zhao Wenshan was angry with others now, and he only needed to add a little more oil to burn Zhao Wenshan from his current hot position. Now it seems that the effect is even better than he imagined before.

Lord Longyang was right, the emperor didn't think much of the late emperor who did nothing, but he respected the ancestor emperor very much.With the inner support of Lord Longyang, it will be easier to get close to the emperor in the future.Wang Juchen almost saw himself sitting on the throne of the Prime Minister on the right. Once Zhao Wenshan fell, this position would be in his pocket sooner or later!

The confident Wang Juchen naturally wouldn't know that he had cooperated with the emperor tacitly this time. Although the interests of both parties were consistent in bringing down Zhao Wenshan, the final result that the emperor wanted to achieve was by no means what he wanted. to see.

"Bao Aiqing, how do you think we should deal with Zhao Wenshan?" Liu Xi was very happy when he asked this question, and finally he no longer had to endure Zhao Wenshan's domineering and superficiality.The male god had told him a few days ago that Wang Juchen was going to attack, and it was probably in the next few days.Zhou Yu thought the time was ripe, so he was ready to take Zhao Wenshan to the end.

Bao Zheng pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I think it's not appropriate for the emperor to punish Zhao Wenshan now."

Liu Xi was stunned: "What?"

Gao Lishi on the side also said: "Lord Bao is right, your majesty might as well wait for a while."

Liu Xi thought for a while, and suddenly understood.Now that Zhao Wenshan's prestige is still there, the crime of occupying the imperial tomb alone does not make him completely unable to stand up.The ministers are still waiting to see the emperor's attitude and how much power Zhao Wenshan still has in the court. As long as the result of this wait and see is inclined to overthrow Zhao Wenshan, someone will naturally send endless evidence to the emperor to prove that Zhao Wenshan Wenshan's bad deeds.When that time really comes, it would be considered the emperor's benevolence to spare Zhao Wenshan's life.

"It makes sense, let's not move him first. I will greet the Queen Mother and tell her not to see Zhao Wenshan, and I will not listen to anyone's pleadings. Let's wait a few days before we talk about it!"

Gao Lishi wondered: "Zhao Wenshan is the queen mother's brother after all, will the queen mother listen to the emperor?"

"Yes, you can rest assured about this matter." Liu Xi is very sure about this. The Queen Mother does not have much affection for the Zhao family. Since they have reached an agreement and become an ally, the Queen Mother will agree Be on his side.

"Then the emperor can take advantage of these few days to think about what to do next." Zhou Yu, who stood aside, stroked the jade flute in his hand.

Ever since the emperor raised the issue of him shaking a feather fan like Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu stopped wearing a fan, but since he didn't have anything in his hands and couldn't concentrate on thinking, he had to change to a pipe of jade flute and bring it with him.Fortunately, he loves rhythm, and he can play it when he has nothing to do, which is not too awkward.However, in view of the feud with the feather fan, the emperor begged him to play the flute several times, but he refused.

"I already have an idea about this!" Liu Xi looked confident, "After leaving Zhao Wenshan, it is not so easy for Wang Juchen to come up, I want to give him a surprise!"

Now that the emperor said so, Zhou Yu, who has recently gained a new understanding of the emperor's reliability, nodded in satisfaction: "I will wait and see."

"Your Majesty..." someone whispered at the door.

"what's up?"

It was Mituan, who had been thinking behind closed doors for several months before, and brought iced lotus seed soup.The emperor hurriedly asked Mi Tuan to distribute the lotus seed soup to everyone present, and specifically ordered to give the male god a double portion of lotus seed soup.Mi Tuan was still a little scared when he saw Zhou Yu, but he no longer passed on news for Empress Dowager Cao, because he had no ghosts in his heart, and his eyes were much more magnanimous.

Zhou Yu was puzzled and said, "Why did the emperor give the humble minister two copies?"

I understand your expression very well on Liu Xi's face: "Aren't you afraid of heat?"

Zhou Yu: "..."

As expected, Liu Xi had only left Zhao Wenshan out for a few days, and the memorial to impeach Zhao Wenshan appeared on his court case like snowflakes.So the emperor first went to Zhao Wenshan's prime minister position and retained his title.However, after more crimes were proven, Zhao Wenshan's title began to drop again and again.

In less than half a month, Zhao Wenshan had lost all his official positions and titles, and was involved in lawsuits, and he himself was thrown into prison.Empress Dowager Zhao didn't say anything about this, but instead began to think behind closed doors.All of a sudden everyone realized that Zhao Wenshan had lost power, and the time had finally come to beat the dog in the water!

At this moment, Zhao Wenshan's life experience, Zhao Wenshan's ability, and all of Zhao Wenshan's past views have become the best reasons to attack him.The emperor felt that if he hadn't known Zhao Wenshan, he would almost have thought that Zhao Wenshan was the heinous monster described by civil and military officials.

The emperor stopped the fire from burning on the empress dowager at the right time, so all the crimes were Zhao Wenshan's own.His family property was confiscated and he was expelled back to his hometown. The ministers all thought that it was a miracle that the emperor didn't kill him, and it was the greatest manifestation of the emperor's grace.

In this way, the two major foreign relatives when Emperor Yuan ascended the throne all collapsed, and only Wang Juchen and the two princes of the Cao family were still active in the court.Some officials even felt the emperor's grudge against foreign relatives. Although Wang Juchen was related to both Wang and Cao, it was not the best choice.They waited cautiously, waiting for the emperor to give the appointment of new left and right prime ministers.

However, to everyone's surprise, the emperor did not appoint a prime minister.

In September of the second year of Jiahe, the emperor announced the abolition of the prime minister system and the reform of the six-department system. Six departments of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers were established, and six ministers were awarded. The ministers were directly responsible to the emperor for the affairs of the six departments.At the same time, the emperor appointed Wang Juchen as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Lu Su as Minister of the Ministry of Households, King Liu Duan of Hengyang as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, veteran Han Yi as Minister of the Ministry of War, Bao Zheng as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Cao Dongjun, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Cao, as Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

In this way, the right to control the prime minister was completely separated.Because the six ministers are on the same level and are not restricted by each other, on the contrary, the emperor's power has been improved to a certain extent.

Wang Juchen did not get the post of prime minister that he had been longing for, but his ally Cao's family accidentally got the fat and oily post of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and immediately stopped fighting for him.Lu Su had been in charge of foreign affairs before, but Liu Xi really needed someone to help him manage the treasury. He couldn't just watch the treasury continue to be empty, so he asked Lu Su to hand over the diplomatic affairs to King Hengyang.Fortunately, Dayan's diplomacy is relatively simple now, and the King of Hengyang is thoughtful, so it is not impossible to deal with it.Veteran Han Yi is a Confucian general with experience in leading troops, so it is perfect to be Minister of the Ministry of War.Liu Xi had talked to him before, and the old general expressed his willingness to continue serving the court.The appointment of Bao Zheng as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment has greatly guaranteed the implementation and perfection of the law, which made Liu Xi very happy.Probably the only regret is that he still had to leave a place for Wang Juchen among the six films.

After more than two years, the disaster of the relatives was finally resolved.Liu Xi carefully looked at all the jade cards he had drawn, yearning for the future of Da Yan, but he didn't know that he was about to face the biggest challenge since he ascended the throne...

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