Tai Jia

In the dark and small wing room, Shen Lin and He Xichaozheng looked at the evidence in their hands and remained silent.

"Oh," He Xichao's tone was light, "Although I expected it, I never thought that these people would be so despicable. Anyway, according to the law, I'd better avoid it."

When the Zhongshu Province decided on the candidates for the imperial envoy, they had this concern. Two imperial envoys, preferably one from the He party and one from the imperial party, one who is good at judging cases and one who is good at government affairs.

Shen Lin borrowed the donkey to get off the slope, "Forget it, since Fu Miao can't handle official duties, it's better for Sizhou to be temporarily photographed by Mr. He, and Sheng Lei will assist him. When Mr. Xiao He wakes up, ask him to take the post of governor."

He Xihua is the governor of Si Prefecture, and he is the number two person next to the governor, so it's justified for him to take over temporarily.

"It's so good." He Xichao nodded in satisfaction, the gloom caused by He Xihua's injury eased a bit.

He got up and looked at the sky outside the window, "An Baoliang has arrived, I will go to meet him, Mr. Shen has worked hard."

Shen Lin smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Master He is the one who has worked hard."

Watching He Xichao go away, Shen Lin sat for a while, then got up, sneaked into the back mountain through the side door, and found Sun Xiong beside a cave with strange rocks.

"My minister, Chen Lin, sees Your Majesty." Shen Lin stepped forward and bowed, and was helped up by Sun Xiong.

The time was urgent, and Sun Xiong had no time and no intention to greet him, "So there are indeed a group of people who pretended to use my name to form cliques in the court for personal gain... Heh, forming cliques is fine. The most appalling thing is that for the sake of party disputes, they actually did the thing of digging dikes to release floods, where is the Qing emperor's side, pleading for the people, this is clearly a disaster for the country and the people, and it is inhumane!"

"That's true. According to the rough calculations of the ministers, more than 4 people in Huainan Road have been displaced, [-] more houses have collapsed, thousands of mu of fertile land have been destroyed, and countless livestock losses have been lost." Shen Lin bowed his head and reported.

Sun Xiong closed his eyes, "Sensational! This person's rebellion against He Dang resulted in a loss of conscience and humanity."

"Your Majesty has not been in charge of the government yet, and he is still in Tong Palace. Last time His Majesty issued a decree, He Dang will definitely send people to the cloud to check, and His Majesty's deeds will definitely be exposed. What is your Majesty's future plan?" Shen Lin hesitated, " Do you need a minister to accompany you back to Beijing?"

Sun Xiong shook his head, "No need, they already knew that I'm not in the cloud, and He Xihua had already been aware of my identity, but I don't know if others know."

"Others don't know, but I don't know about He Xichao's actions." Shen Lin said firmly, "I guess that He Xihua didn't inform the rest of the He party."

Sun Xiong thought for a while, then smiled, "It really looks like what He Xihua did. Since they don't know about it, I will continue to stay in Linhuai. Let's see if I am not selected for this candidate. If I am selected, I will have to go back." Didn't you go to Chang'an for the test?"

Shen Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but felt that this method was good, so he said: "The general exiled His Majesty because of his dishonesty, and the ministers have different opinions, and they don't know the inside story. Now the honored nobles can't figure out the details, and they are all waiting and watching. rebellious..."

He made a "kill" gesture.

It was the time when the sun was setting and the sun was setting, and Sun Xiong stood with his hands behind his back, his side face was glowing brightly. Shen Lin was surprised to find that the young emperor had suddenly grown up in this vast world.

"At that time, I will be 16 years old, but the general is unwilling to delegate power easily. No matter whether it is the outer court or the inner palace, some people have suggested to me, asking me to seal the general."

"Your Majesty has also heard about this."

Sun Xiong pursed his lips, "I thought that the He family is also a descendant after all, the general has assisted me for seven or eight years, so it is all right to give him a false title, so I readily agreed to give the general a marquis that will not be demoted for three generations, you must know The heroes of the founding of our dynasty have the hereditary title of Marquis. For example, Lingzu and the founding prime minister Shen Mi were only granted the title of Marquis of Guangling. How can he congratulate Martingale? Unfortunately, the people are not enough to swallow the elephant, and I will return the edict of the Marquis Before it was sent to the Central Secretariat, He Dang even wrote a letter to add nine tins to He Yang! I kept the memorial and refused to send it out, so He Yang had to resign, but if I agreed at that time, would I push it back and forth? After giving up, he will accept it calmly?"

"Looking at the past dynasties, if the person who receives the nine tins, nine times out of ten, he will usurp the throne." Shen Lin is proficient in national history, and said eloquently, "As far as our dynasty is concerned, the Shi Party during the Deze period, Deng Xiaoping during the Xiaozong period, etc. The party has all received nine tins."

"Empress Wensheng also received Jiuxi." Sun Xiong kindly reminded, "Empress Wensheng has never had the slightest intention of treason from the beginning to the end."

"Exactly." Shen Lin slandered, in front of the queen and also the prime minister, and the prince was born by himself, did he turn against himself?Queen Wensheng is not stupid.

"Let's let go of the matter of Jiuxi, and He Yang made an excuse, but the queen mother became indifferent to me," Sun Xiong smiled wryly, "until the tenth year of Chengming, the ministers came to remonstrate and asked me to marry me. Then I took a look at the show. The list of women. At that time, the one I wanted to choose to be the queen was Meng Ping's daughter, Yushi Zhongcheng. Meng Ping was born in a poor family, not an honorable family, but not a noble family. He was quite prestigious and loyal among the poor family. Unexpectedly, He Yang also took a fancy to her because of He Xichao, so he ordered the Ministry of Rites to draw up a new list. Guess what, the Ministry of Rites selected a total of five candidates for the Empress Yuan, three with the surname He, and two mothers or grandmothers with the surname He. I didn't hold back my temper at the time, and went to the Queen Mother's bedroom..."

At that time, how the emperor contradicted the empress dowager, and how the empress dowager who raised and supported him single-handedly became ill. All kinds of details were spread in Chang'an city as if someone had witnessed it.

"It is true that I disrespected the Empress Dowager because of a moment of anger, I cannot argue with that," Sun Xiong said sarcastically, "Master Shen, do you know how I disrespected the Empress Dowager?"

Without waiting for Shen Lin to answer, Sun Xiong said to himself: "I left angrily, then took the queen mother's spiritual throne, and asked why the queen mother didn't hold the concubine ceremony during the sacrifice last year. On the spot, the queen mother fell on the couch clutching her chest, and announced the imperial physician. "

His expression was quite helpless, "Then He Shea, the supervisor of the uncle's palace, came with the imperial doctor, and the news spread like this. The next day, the general entered the palace with his sword, and what happened later didn't need my help." Say more."

Shen Lin pondered and said: "If you have to use this to say that He Yang will rebel, it is not conclusive evidence."

"I think," Sun Xiong suddenly smelled a faint fragrance, turned his head and saw an osmanthus in full bloom, and couldn't help picking it off, "Maybe it's not a bad thing this time, at least it can let He Yang know his weight. If another person assists the government, I will still be the emperor, but without me, he will not be able to win the hearts of the people in the court, and he will not be able to secure the country in the countryside. Even if the throne is given to him, will he be able to sit securely?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by holding back for now?" Shen Lin thought that the emperor would be in a hurry to return to Luan, but unexpectedly, he was more calm than all of them.

Sun Xiong nodded, "Exactly."

It took too long to come out, fearing that others would be suspicious, just as Shen Lin was about to leave, he saw Sun Xiong handing him the sweet-scented osmanthus flower with a smile, hesitating between thanking him and asking questions, he heard him say again, "Put it on He Xihua's bedside."

"I retire!"