Clan House

After the emperor returned to Luan, the dynasty.

The patriarch ordered Song Yi to attend the court meeting on a rare occasion, and said that the ten-year overhaul of the Yushu required the cooperation of all ministries.Emperor Xuanqing naturally agreed, and coordinated the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy to wait for the order of the clan.

After going to court, Song Yi did not leave the palace immediately, but went to Qianqing Palace to continue talking with the emperor.Seeing that the sun was at the middle of the day, Emperor Xuanqing wanted to stay for dinner, so he left Qianqing Palace and returned to his residence with an excuse.On the way out, I bumped into Gu Li, the prince and grand master waiting outside the hall.

"His Royal Highness King Chu has been very diligent recently."

"The crown prince's grand teacher is too well-reputed. In his position, I am just busy with my duties."

"Then Your Highness has worked hard, you really have more things to do in your job," Gu Li said with a smirk, "The affairs of the Prince's family, the Jin Wang's family, and even the deceased Emperor's family's affairs are your family's affairs." Orders must be taken care of. The old man is recuperating at home, and he heard the rumors in Beijing that His Royal Highness the King of Chu entered the Forbidden Palace, so he would not know which clansmen would be in trouble, and it is very prestigious."

"I have to put on a bad face because of my duties." Song Yi didn't want to talk to this person, nodded slightly and prepared to leave. "The house is busy, so I will talk to the prince and grand master some other day."

"Your Highness, it's better to relax, it's too late."

Song Yi didn't look back: "I don't need to worry about my Song family's family affairs."

"There are no family affairs in the Tian family," the old grand master raised the volume and said loudly, "It's all state affairs!"

It is Song Yi's responsibility to edit the jade document, but what Gu Li said is not an exaggeration.Since Song Yi and his party returned to Beijing at the end of the sixth year of Xuanqing, he used the banner of editing the Jade Document to eradicate dissidents and quietly exchanged blood for the court.

Three years ago, Song Yi used the hand of King Jin to dispose of Xiong Yukun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. As a result, the Ministry of Industry underwent a major shake-up and many official positions were vacant.Xun Kuan, who had just entered an official position, was not released, but stayed in Beijing.In the sixth year of Xuanqing, Gu Li, who was then Minister of the Ministry of Officials, retired from illness and was awarded the crown prince Taishi, and Xing Qianlin, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, filled the vacancy.This Xing Qianlin was impeached just a month after he took office, and he actually concealed his mother's funeral in order to avoid Ding You.Unfilial piety is a felony in Daluo, and Xing Qianlin's official career was directly ruined when this happened.The Gu family has controlled the court for decades, and they are naturally unwilling to let go of their official positions in the Ministry of Officials.After Xing Qianlin's accident, Gu Minghui, Gu Li's son and former Minister of Rites, filled the vacancy of Minister of Officials, and the position of Minister of Rites became vacant.Xun Kuan is a madman who does not care about his reputation. He is good at writing Qing Ci and often seeks opportunities to curry favor with the imperial court.It just so happened that the emperor was afraid of the Gu family at that time, and urgently needed to support his own forces to fight against the Gu family, so the lack of official ministers fell into Xun Kuan's hands.Under various chances, Xun Kuan, a prodigal son, waved his fan and became the youngest cabinet minister in Daluo.

Taking stock of the forces in Beijing and China, the emperor is orthodox, but lacks power and cronies.Senior officials in the DPRK and China have their own selfishness, and there are no direct ministers in the center.Gu Minghui occupies the center and firmly controls the performance evaluation and appointment and dismissal of officials. The power of the Gu family cannot be underestimated.Mao Ziru, Shangshu of Hubu, also served as a scholar of Wenhua Palace, and belonged to the power of the prince, while the Ministry of War had always been on a blind date with the king of Jin. The two can be regarded as one party.Most of the Ministry of Punishments are old people left behind by the Ningde Dynasty. The official style is clean and upright, and they are always neutral.Gu Ruhui from the Ministry of Rites and Zheng Chengyu, the new minister of the Ministry of Industry, both belonged to the Meishan faction. Song Yi was careful in his affairs, and no one had discovered that he was forming a party with officials.

In this way, the current forces in Beijing and China can be divided into three parties: the Gu family, the prince, and the king of Chu.

In early spring, Xun Kuan took out his fan to show off, and held the sunspot in the other hand, but did not drop it. "If Your Highness wants to go further, the most urgent task is to solve two obstacles."

Song Yi was chilled by the cooling fan, sat upright and hid back, cupping his hands: "Please ask, sir."

Xun Kuan raised his eyebrows, brushed his fan away, and pointed to two places on the chessboard: "Prince of the Eastern Palace, Shao Kai, commander of the imperial army."

Song Yi's eyes fell, and he followed the fan handle to look at the chess game: "You didn't move the Gu family?"

"The time has not yet come," Xun Kuan said in a mysterious manner, "In the past, the Gu family supported His Majesty because of their relatives, but now the relationship between His Majesty and the Gu family is on the verge of breaking up, and neither the crown prince nor the King of Jin is willing to marry the Gu family. The Gu family is no longer with His Majesty. Today's Gu family can be wooed, even if they don't, they may not support His Majesty and the prince. The Gu family is powerful, it is not beneficial to the emperor, but it is not harmful to the country. This kind of powerful minister is the superior His Highness is not in his position now, so it is too early to fight against him. Instead of cleaning up early, it is better to make the best use of everything before cutting the cancer."

Seeing that Song Yi lowered his eyes and said nothing, Xun Kuan said again: "I know that Your Highness has a deep hatred with the Gu family, but it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. Your Highness has endured it for many years, and he will hold on for the last period of time."

Song Yi didn't answer, but left Baizi behind, and asked Xun Kuan, "What do you say to the prince and Shao Kai?"

"The Son of Heaven is unpopular. Since His Royal Highness has obtained the edict, he has a two-point chance of winning. However, although the Crown Prince is not a good man, his power should not be underestimated. Those who support the Crown Prince are either bound by interests, or because of friendship, they can be regarded as stable. Difficult to separate. These people may not support His Majesty, but they will definitely surround the Crown Prince and fight against His Highness." Heizi fell and ate a large number of Song Yi's white sons. It is the key now. Shao Kai is extremely loyal to His Majesty, this person must be eliminated."

"Sir, you are right. On the crown prince's side, the student plans to attack King Jin, and the net has already been cast." Song Yi dropped a white piece, his eyes narrowed suddenly, and it was too late to regret the move, and Xun Kuan took a big piece of it. "As for Shao Kai, there is a way to get rid of this person right now."

Xun Kuan was staring at the chess game, and raised his eyes treacherously when he heard the words: "It sounds like a dirty trick."

"It doesn't count. If he respects etiquette and abides by the law, he won't be caught by the students." Song Yi smiled, made another wrong move, and then abandoned the chess game and sat back. Both. Shao Kai was handsome when he was young, and he had an affair with Liu, the side concubine of King Qin, and gave birth to a son, Song Jingrui."

"...This trick is really wonderful, Your Highness," Xun Kuan suppressed a smile, "Do you know that the nobles in Beijing have given you a nickname?"

"what?"

"The green hat king, hahahahaha..."

Song Yi shook his head helplessly: "The student is about to admit defeat, sir, can you still play this game?"

"It is said that people who are good at planning are good at Yi, and His Highness still has the word Yi in his name, but this move is really not very good." Xun Kuan said.

Song Yi gathered the chess pieces and replied, "There are too many things to worry about every day, and I really don't have time to pay attention to these leisure and elegant interests."

"Your Highness was not like this before," Xun Kuan sighed. "The plan has come to a critical point. It is natural for Your Highness to be nervous, but don't overthink it. It is a trivial matter to lose leisure and elegance. I only worry that Your Highness will be negligent due to far-sightedness." On the side, someone took advantage of the loophole."

"Sir, the students remember."

"Your Highness, why are you here!" Wang Yu, who was guarding outside, greeted with a loud voice.

The two people who were conspiring to deal with the prince in the room were all shocked. Xun Kuan stood up quickly, trying to find a place to hide, but Song Yi stopped him with his eyes.Naturally, Wang Yu couldn't stop the prince, and that man didn't know how to be polite, so he pushed open the door of the private room without even saying hello.

"He came here to enjoy the wind and drink tea in this cold weather, the emperor's uncle is so elegant... Xun Kuan?"

"His Royal Highness." Xun Kuan quickly calmed down and saluted the prince.

"Prince and cabinet ministers, what are you plotting here?" Song Jingxin asked with a smirk, "The emperor's uncle is usually serious, but he also made friends with courtiers in private, and finally got caught by this palace."

"Prince be careful," Song Yi sneered, and put the collected black and white chess pieces under the bench, "Xun Shangshu is the imperial court's arm, so the crime of forming a party for personal gain is not safe!"

Song Jingxin snorted: "Then what are you two doing hiding in this secret room in this cold day? If you are generous and make friends, you can visit each other's houses. This is not conspiracy, what is conspiracy?" ?”

"If the crown prince insists on accusing him of a crime, I have nothing to say, so I will argue before His Majesty."

Song Jingxin was still waiting for a few words of sarcasm, but when he saw Song Yi's expression was displeased and his eyes never looked at him, he suddenly felt guilty.He approached him embarrassingly: "Are you angry? Don't, uncle emperor, I'm just joking."

"I can't afford to make fun of the prince," Song Yi said indifferently, "What's the matter with the prince looking for this king? If there is nothing wrong, go back to the palace earlier."

"Hey, don't, don't..." Song Jingxin glanced at Xun Kuan, saw him sitting on the ground motionless, and sat down next to Song Yi cheekily, "I saw the frame of the emperor's uncle outside, so I came up here to find the emperor's uncle's car frame." , why did you drive people away!"

Hearing what the prince said, Song Yi's heart moved.Mr. Xun Fang also said that he was obsessed with long-term plans and neglected the immediate, and he was right.He glanced at the crown prince, and saw that the man was grinning and leaning against him, but he didn't move when he wanted to avoid it.

He softened his tone: "Mr. Xun was born in Meishan and is my uncle's uncle. The crown prince should make an apology to him."

Song Jingxin moved his butt backwards, and squirmed his lips twice in front of Xun Kuan, but couldn't open his mouth because of face.

On the contrary, Xun Kuan stood up knowingly: "We've talked about poetry, and we've finished playing chess, so I'll take my leave first."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Song Yi to stay, he turned and left.

After Xun Kuan left, Song Jingxin posted a note next to Song Yi, coquettishly saying, "Grandson came to give gifts to the emperor's uncle, don't be angry with the emperor's uncle..."

Song Yi was chilled by his call, pushed the person away with his shoulder, turned around and stood up. "What are you doing?"

"Received a generous gift from the emperor's uncle a few days ago, and Xin felt uneasy." Seeing Song Yi avoiding it, Song Jingxin smiled and approached him again, "I thought about it and finally thought of the best return gift , and King Jin made a share, and it has been sent to the emperor's uncle's mansion."

Song Yi didn't remember that he had given this person anything, and after thinking about it for a long time, he remembered the two volumes of erotic palace, and he felt bad immediately.

"Remember, what about the emperor's uncle?" Song Jingxin raised his eyebrows, "Go back and have a look?"