Prince of Heaven

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Among the people in the hall, the one who felt the most restless was the First Prince.

He is the eldest son, and he has been in contact with the government for a long time, so he secretly wins over a group of officials and cronies.

To put it bluntly, if the emperor died suddenly, it would be impossible for the powerless crown prince to defeat him.

But God always seemed to disregard him. He had made all his calculations, and as a result, accidents could happen when things came to an end.

Although the prince has been abolished, the queen is always the queen, and the emperor has never issued an edict to abolish the queen, so the prince is always the son.

In the eyes of most conservative officials, he has a natural advantage.Not to mention, recently His Royal Highness has surprised or frightened everyone one after another.

Rong Shi was wearing the crown prince's bright red gown, his eyes swept across the courtiers, and the domineering aura of the superior followed the extremely light gaze and shocked all the courtiers present.

His eyes did not stay too much on other people.

The court only goes up, and the officials stand in two rows, one row is for civil officials and the other row is for military officials. The closer the standing position, the bigger the official position.

Standing in front of the civil servants was Jing Huai.Jing Huai is the only royal censor among the three princes, and he is also the tutor of the prince, and his family has a title, so at a young age, he is at the head of the hundred officials, and the position at this time is closer to the prince.

The eyes of the two collided, and neither of them spoke first, but just looked at each other for a long time.The officials below found it strange that there seemed to be a rift between the two people, and there seemed to be a spark of calcium carbide. The two of them looked at each other, which was very abnormal.

"Master Jing." Rong Shi spoke last, his voice was flat, and there were no emotional ups and downs.With this indifferent look, it seems that he was not the one who kissed Jing Huai forcibly not long ago.

Jing Huai turned his eyes away.

Looking at it further, Jing Huai probably couldn't bear it anymore.

Although he said that he rejected Rong Shi a month ago, in fact, in the past month, Jing Huai has not been able to forget Rong Shi's strong affection and kiss that day.

In the East Palace, the crown prince's thin clothes, the light fragrance lingering in the hair, and the focused and paranoid eyes, those eyes that only look at him are too beautiful, more seductive than the peach blossoms after the rain, Jing Huai dare not do it again. Think about it.

"His Royal Highness." Jing Huai felt that his voice was a little hoarse, afraid that people would hear something unusual, so he deliberately held it.

Appears distant and cold.

Rong Shi put on a wooden face and smiled coldly.

The court only goes to the court because of this short handover

Front and undercurrent surging.

There were rumors that the Crown Prince and Jing Huai had broken up, and the well-connected officials found out that Jing Huai hadn't set foot in the East Palace for almost a month.

Jing Huai only went out as a military adviser, and saved the Li country many times. Except for those officials who had two hearts and ambitions, everyone else actually had a good impression of this young man.Therefore, in the imperial court, Jing Huai has the right to speak, and many people are willing to listen to Jing Huai's words.

The eldest prince Rongdi had his eye on Jing Huai early on.

After confirming that Jing Huai hadn't stepped into the East Palace for more than half a month, Rong Di started to solicit.It's not that he doesn't know that Jing Huai is arrogant, so he might not like him, the "cowardly" prince in the eyes of others, but the temptation of Jing Huai's talent and the power and fame he represents is too great, Rong Di can't help it Want to give it a try.

In the past few days, Rong Di took advantage of the contacts of the women in the backyard to let his concubine and Jing Huai's mother get close and walk around a lot, and gave Jing Huai several big gifts overtly and secretly.

Jing Huai didn't say anything.Rong Di was about to give up at first, but looking at it now, he thinks maybe he should try again.It would be better if it succeeds, but if it doesn't, it doesn't hinder anything.At least, Jing Huai was not on Rong Shi's side either.

The eldest prince relaxed a lot.

The emperor appeared at this time and sat on the top.The officials immediately held their breath, not daring to vent their breath.

Probably because the crown prince participated in the government for the first time, the emperor actually restrained himself a lot, his temper restrained a lot more than usual, and the peaceful and peaceful morning court ended soon.

However, after the court is over today, because of how many powers will be watched by the appearance of His Royal Highness, how many urgent secret talks will be held in the upper capital city, and how much bloody storm will be caused by the seemingly peaceful court for eight years... Got it.

"Master Jing."

When Jing Huai heard someone calling him, he stopped and looked back, only to see the eldest prince walking forward with a smile on his face.

"Prince Qiu." The eldest prince Rong Di was over eighteen years old and had already opened a mansion outside the palace and was named King Qiu.

Rong Di smiled slightly: "Master Jing, I don't know if Rong Di can call Mr. Jing, after all, five years ago, Mr. Jing once served as the prince's teacher in Hanzhang Palace. Is this a fate between master and apprentice?"

A shameless person is invincible in the world.Rong Di has endured for so many years and put his status very low. Unlike other royal family members, he doesn't care about face.

He can lower his head when he treats capable people and virtuous ministers, and he can bear everything when facing the emperor and the third prince.

Some people think that the eldest prince does not have the dignity and face of being a prince, but it does not prevent more people from thinking that he is a benevolent monarch who can respect the virtuous and the corporal, and are willing to follow him and do his best work for him.It doesn't matter if he doesn't have talents, as long as he can recruit those capable people and sages for his own use, then he has the only talents in the world.

Jing Huai has no objection to this, but he is not willing to let himself be the "talent" behind the eldest prince to support him.

So he has always kept his distance from the First Prince.

"Jing Huai has never really taught the prince anything, so he can't bear the prince's words."

Jing Huai was indifferent, but the eldest prince didn't seem to notice it, and still showed a respectful attitude and chatted a few words, and then asked Jing Huai to come over to talk about it by asking the teacher.

Jing Huai politely refused, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Rong Shi who was not far behind the First Prince.

Rong Shi stood under a tree, followed by an eunuch named Li Chengshui.

Jing Huai subconsciously took half a step back, and when he raised his head again, Rong Shi's gaze had been lightly withdrawn.

Rong Shi embarked on another road and walked away with the palace servants around him.

Suddenly, Jing Huai felt a little annoyed for some reason, both himself and the First Prince.

It's just that the reason for this anger was unknown, and he couldn't get angry, so he had to leave in a hurry under the pretext of having something to do.

Halfway through the walk, Jing Huai looked back and saw that the person under the tree had long since disappeared.

film.

Rong Shi returned to the East Palace, and the emperor also arrived at the East Palace after half an hour.

The emperor stopped the palace servants who were about to say hello and report to the prince, and quietly entered Rongshi's study.Rong Shi was sitting on his knees in front of the desk, flipping through the important government affairs volumes that the emperor handed him today.

Hearing a slight voice, Rong Shi raised his eyes and looked at the unexpected visitor.

"Father." Rong Shi was about to stand up and salute, but the emperor quickly waved his hand to let him sit in peace.

Rong Shi was not polite, and really sat back down again.

The emperor couldn't help smiling when he saw it. He was very happy, and felt that there was no grudge between father and son at last, there was no politeness and alienation, and there was no tit-for-tat in the past.

With this joy, his gaze towards Rongshi was full of love and concern.

"Is there any embarrassment?" The emperor asked in a gentle voice.

There was no answer.

The emperor walked behind Rong Shi and looked at what Rong Shi was looking at.

This is Wancheng in the northwest

A memorial reported by officials layer by layer, the content of the memorial is to ask the emperor to reduce taxes.

After the severe drought, the people's harvest has not recovered, and countless strong men have died in successive years of war, and many cultivated lands have not been planted. Although the harvest has recovered, it is still difficult to maintain a normal life. In this case, The fact that the government wants to collect taxes will undoubtedly make things worse for the common people. The official who played the role hinted that there have already been rebellions in many barren townships and counties.

In the end, the official analyzed the benefits obtained from tax collection and the manpower, material and financial resources spent in encircling and suppressing the rebels, and came to a "counterproductive" conclusion, and then asked the court to reduce taxes in Wancheng and nearby counties.

"What do you think, Ah Shi?" the emperor glanced at the content, pondered for a moment and then asked aloud.

Rong Shi pointed to the conclusion of the last few sentences: "My minister thinks what Mr. Wang said is reasonable."

The emperor shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "You are young after all. Ah Shi, remember, those courtiers, do you think they are really loyal to you? No, they are just in awe of the power in your hands, and all their thoughts are on how to obey you. Get more benefits in your hands, how to deceive you without being discovered by you."

Rong Shi read the content of the memorial again, and asked: "Master Wang is sincere in every word, and they are all for the people. How can there be benefits?"

The emperor sighed.

Although Rong Shi is extremely clever, but after all, he has not set foot in the center of power for too long, and his mind is pure. Even the seemingly cowardly eldest prince already knows how to attract people's hearts and play with power.In the end, it was because he isolated Rongshi from the court for too long that he developed such a pure temperament.

Recently, his headache has become more and more serious, and he often falls asleep in the bedroom. He also knows that his time is running out, so he is inevitably more anxious.

When he was like this, when he died, he was afraid that he would be eaten up by the boss.

He knelt down and looked at Rong Shi with love and regret.Rong Shi looked back at him calmly, the young man who put away all the thorns on his body was thin and well-behaved, and the effect was doubled in the eyes of the emperor.After not getting along with Rong Shi normally for too long, his loving father's intentions immediately flooded.

He leaned over, put his fingers on the memorial, and said: "This memorial cannot be approved. Tax cuts mean the reduction of the treasury, and the reduction of the treasury means the reduction of food and grass for the armed forces. Without food and grass, lack of morale, we must

The army was defeated like a mountain.At that time, it will not be as simple as suppressing a few mobs, but the subjugation of the country.In war, money is the most important thing. "

The emperor took the pen in Rong's hand and personally approved the memorial, but it was not rejected, but pending.

When Rong Shi asked why, the emperor said: "If you directly reject it, then you will be convinced. If you just deal with this kind of embarrassment, you can leave it until the next morning, and then let your courtiers discuss it."

"What if the result of the discussion is to approve this memorial?"

The emperor smiled meaningfully: "This is the emperor's only technique. You need to deal with it, guide the officials to play games with each other, and let the final result meet your original expectations."

"Game?"

"Yes, I forgot, Ah Shi, you are unparalleled in chess. But you can play Go, and chess in this world is not that simple. But the principle is the same." The emperor said word by word, "The courtiers and soldiers, then It is a chess piece in your hand, the world is a game of chess, how to play, you have to study hard."

When Rong Shi heard that the game was only about theory, he asked with emotion: "So I am also a pawn in your hand?"

The emperor took another memorial from the side, paused for a moment, and then denied: "No, you are not my pawn."

There is no comment at the time.

"You are the crown prince, a chess player that I personally trained, and the others, whether Xu San or Jing Huai, or Tang Yuan and Deng Tuowei, are the only ones—" the emperor made a chess-playing gesture, " They are all pawns in your hand."

……

The eldest prince's mansion is located on the east street of Shangjingdu City. It is spacious and spacious. There is a plaque hanging above the gate, and the three characters "Qiu Wang's Mansion" are written on the plaque.

At this time, the secret room of Prince Qiu's mansion was full of staff.

"The eyeliner in the palace is here to report that His Majesty has been in the East Palace for the past few days, teaching the prince how to govern." One of the aides wearing a blue scarf spoke first, "I suggest that the prince should not wait any longer, and act first."

"Don't be hasty." Another tall and burly aide reminded, "The prince has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and he may not be able to turn around in a few months. We should act according to the original plan."

The Qingjin staff immediately objected: "Late will change. Who would have thought that within a month, the prince would have a lot of prestige in the court? It is just a debate, and a few riding and shooting will make people admire him. He is not someone in the pool. , don’t let him grow up.”

"You mean the prince

It's something in the pool, not as good as the prince? "The burly staff retorted.

The Qingjin staff was furious, stood up on the spot, pointed at the other party and was about to scold him, then thought that this would make him appear incompetent and furious, so he turned around and saluted Rong Di: "I have absolutely no intention of that, my lord knows."

Rong Di smiled slightly, raised his hand and gestured for them to feel at ease, then looked at the other staff in the secret room and said: "If you have any opinions, it's okay to say."

"I also think it's too late to make a difference." Another staff member waving a feather fan said, "It's just that the previous 'evil star' plan did not cause a major blow to the prince, but instead led to a reconciliation between him and His Majesty. This is not a good start."

"My lord, it's better to make plans early."

"If you plan early, you must be sure of success." Immediately, someone objected, "The prince has Xu Sanyou and Jing Huai on his side, and these two alone are difficult enough to deal with."

"Haha." Rong Di laughed loudly, "You can rest assured about this, I will only go to court today, according to my observation, Jing Huai has indeed had a rift with the crown prince."

Being so polite and alienated in the early morning, how does it look like the way they should get along with each other?Jing Huai has been the prince's tutor for five years, and was once the prince's benefactor. Unless something irreconcilable happens, this kind of relationship will definitely not be the same as it was in the early court.

The staff member of the Qingjin said: "I guess so. If Jinghuai didn't have something to do before, he would go to the East Palace every day. This month, Jinghuai has nothing important to do, and he didn't go to the East Palace. It can be seen that something must have happened."

Rong Di smiled: "So don't worry, but just in case, you need to pay more attention to Jinghuai."

After a lot of discussion, the minority obeyed the majority, and the final decision was to advance the original plan.

"Then send a letter to Young Envoy Jiang in the palace to increase the dosage from today."