Xie Xiang

Xie Yi's hiding in Penglai is not because of escaping, but because at this juncture, it is better for her not to show up than to show up.If she still lives in the temple carelessly, she will definitely anger the officials and cause them to oppose more fiercely.

Liu Zao went to Penglai Island, and when he returned, his mind was more determined.

When Sun Ciqing returned to the mansion, he was restless.What happened in the court today made it difficult for him to be friendly with the emperor.

It will never be possible to establish the latter.He began to fear the emperor's revenge.

The second grandson came back from outside, his face was shocked, he was taken aback when he saw him standing in the hall, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Grandson has seen the eldest father."

Sun Ciqing frowned, and said flatly, "Where did you go?"

He is a strict elder in his family, and his children and grandchildren fear him.Sun Cisun stood upright, lowered his head slightly, lowered his eyebrows and said pleasantly: "Grandson and his two or three friends are going out for a horse race outside the city."

Another horse race.Sun Ciqing felt displeased, and suddenly remembered that Sun and Xie Wen had made friends this time, Xie Yi had disappeared, and wondering what the Xie family's attitude was, so she asked again: "Is it possible to see the Marquis of Fenyin in the past few days?"

The second grandson looked blank, and replied: "I haven't seen him. He hasn't shown up for a long time. I heard that he was tempered in the army." He couldn't help but comment, "He is already a Marquis of Wanhu and a general of Hussars. I don't know what happened. Temperable."

What can be tempered?Naturally, virtue does not match the position, and there is fear of disaster, so it is supplemented by diligence, and the name is worthy of the name.

Sun Ciqing saw his grandson in a daze, and secretly hated him, and was about to make him retreat, so that he could not see it, but then he remembered his shocked face just now, and he was finally concerned, and asked: "In the city? What did you see outside? You’re still so scared when you get home.”

The second grandson gasped and replied, "When my grandson and his friends came back, they saw dozens of farmers digging the ground to bury a baby. The baby had two heads, which was extremely scary. My grandson was terrified."

Sun Ciqing was startled, and asked anxiously, "The baby has two heads?"

Sun Ciqing nodded: "Exactly, two heads grow on one neck, and they can breathe."

Sun Ciqing raised the forehead with his hand, and said, "God help me." He really did whatever he wanted, and this time the emperor was about to lose the will of the people.

"Father, why..."

Sun Ciqing looked serious, and said to him: "Let your father come to see me quickly."

The second grandson is the son of Sun Ciqing's eldest son.

Sun Ciqing had seven sons, and the next six sons all served as officials in the court. Only the eldest son had never been an official. He served his parents at home and served as his father's think tank.The eldest son has a suitable name, has a gentle temperament, is filial and friendly, and is highly valued by his father.

He hurried over and saw his father standing in front of the court with a happy expression on his face, he couldn't help smiling, he stepped forward and said, "Father, why are you so happy?"

"A farmer gave birth to two sons outside the city. Tell me, is this a happy event?"

Sun Shi's expression changed, and he said in surprise, "Having a son with two heads?"

Sun Ciqing stroked his beard and said: "Yes, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two heads in people. Now a farmer has two heads. Isn't this a sign? It means that the people will have two masters."

Sun Shi was shocked, lowered his voice, and said urgently, "Father!"

Sun Ciqing glanced at him and said, "What are you afraid of?" At this point, the emperor must not tolerate him, and it is better to give it a try than to sit and wait for death.

Sun Shi tried his best to calm down, and said: "Father has gone too far by acting like this." Then he said, "I have lived a leisurely life for more than ten years, and my family has no shortage. Why should my father touch His Majesty's bad luck and see evil?" king."

In his view, the emperor's behavior is fairly fair, although there is some meaning that those who follow me will prosper and those who oppose me will perish, but she can promote a sage, and she will ridicule those who flatter too much, and curb the momentum of flattery and seeking officials, also known as It's time to win the Ming Lord, not to mention that today the world is in great order, and the princes surrender, there is really no need to make trouble like this.

Sun Ciqing sighed: "It's true that I'm here, there's nothing wrong with it. Once I'm gone, it's not necessarily so." Not many of his children and grandchildren have become successful, and there are two great-grandchildren, both of whom are six or seven years old, and have not shown any talent. Come.

"If you don't go to court for three generations, you will be estranged from the king. There are not many capable people in our family for three generations."

Sun Shi had nothing to say.

"Follow me," Sun Ciqing said, and walked outside.

They went to the study.

There were ready-made brushes and ink on the desk. Sun Ciqing took a piece of silk, wrote a few strokes, printed them, dried them, and handed them to the eldest son.The above book is to lobby the king of Jiyang to raise troops.

"King Jiyang's fiefdom has been cut, and he has been dissatisfied with the emperor for a long time. With this letter from me, even if he is afraid of the emperor's power, he will not come forward to report me." Sun Ciqing explained.The emperor suppressed the princes too hard, and all the clans complained, but they didn't dare to speak out. If they found a gap, they would definitely not show mercy.

Sun Shi took the silk book, lowered his eyelids, looked at the silk cloth, and said tremblingly: "This is to kill the king..."

"It's just killing a single husband and a traitor, so why kill the king?" Sun Ciqing didn't take it seriously. "If she wants to become queen, she will lose the popular support and be reviled by all the people. The one who raises her arms and shouts at that time will be what the people want."

If the King of Jiyang cannot succeed, there are King Liang, King Jichuan, King Changping... There are nearly a hundred kings in the world. .

Sun Shi was speechless.

"You go there personally, and take a look at King Jiyang's tone by the way."

Sun Shi took the order, and before he left, he asked a little puzzledly: "Why did Your Majesty do this to cut her off from the people and the world. Prime Minister Xie has always been virtuous, why didn't you dissuade her?"

It has been a habit for over ten years, even if Xie Yi is not the Prime Minister now, when a humble person mentions her, he is still used to addressing her as Prime Minister.

The intercourse of yin and yang has existed since ancient times, and has never changed.It is the right way to marry a man and a woman to reproduce offspring. If the emperor does not follow the right way, there will naturally be people who oppose her.All the ministers thought that this matter could not be resolved, and although His Majesty was determined, in the end, they could only take a step back as they did when they discussed the posthumous title for Prince Li.Since it can't be done, why would His Majesty do it, why didn't Xie Yi stop it.

This question is not only shared by Sun Shi, but also by civil and military officials in the entire dynasty.Although Li Wen was on the emperor's side, he didn't understand, let alone agree.

Xie Yi is already a prime minister, and holds real power, there is no seal, no entry, why bother to fight for the title of empress, and she can't have a son to be a prince, not even an ordinary empress.Emperor Wen favored Deng Tong, and Emperor Wu favored Han Yan. The Liu family has always had this habit.However, no matter how much Emperor Wen and Emperor Wu favored male favorites, he had no intention of giving them titles. After all, they were just playthings.Therefore, although the two emperors have minor flaws, their wisdom will not be damaged.

Your Majesty and Xie Xiangruo do not compete for this position, they are secretly together, even if people find out, they will only talk and sneer in private, who dares to say more in the open?When it was mentioned in later generations, it was mostly regarded as a minor detail, without detriment to great virtue.Wouldn't it be much better than making the court restless like this now?

All the ministers were puzzled.

Liu Zao insisted on fighting for fame, but what he was afraid of was this kind of flirtatious "wisdom without loss".If she didn't argue, in the eyes of the world, Xie Yi would be no different from those male pets, and it would only be a "plaything" when mentioned.

She can't stand it.

Sun Ciqing almost broke his face with her, and he will not let it go.Liu Zao made people stare at his house, but she expected Sun Ciqing to be bold, but she didn't expect him to be so bold as to play tricks on Min Xin.

There are also many available people in the General's Mansion, and there are hundreds of people who come and go every day.Although Liu Zao made people stare at him, he couldn't catch everyone who came in and out.Inadvertently, he overlooked an aide and made him sneak out of the city to fan the flames.

Three days later, Huben Zhonglang, who is guarding the gate, will rush into the palace.

Liu Zao was reading the memorabilia, the memorabilia of the past few days had both inside and out, and they were all overtly and secretly persuading her to rein in the precipice, and some bold ministers even tore down the curtain, directly accusing Xie Yi of "confusing the king".

Seeing that General Zhonglang was bewildered, his expression was irritable.Liu Zao knew something was going on, so he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

General Zhonglang knelt down, at this moment, he didn't dare to say anything, swallowed his saliva, and said: "Thousands of people outside the city are petitioning, begging His Majesty to kill... Thank you for killing, thank you..."

Liu Zao jumped at the table: "Who started it?"

"He's from a village, and his clothes are plain, so he should be a farmer." Zhonglang Jiang replied.

Liu Zao closed his eyes, forced himself to calm down, and asked again: "Why?"

A petition by thousands of people is no trivial matter.How could the common people have the leisure to meddle in the affairs of the court, once they do, it must have aroused public resentment.Zhong Lang had already found out before the future, so he said carefully at this time: "A farmer outside Beijing gave birth to two sons. There are rumors that the king has no way and reverses yin and yang. It is a crime of heaven, so he brought disaster to his people."

Reversing yin and yang... Liu Zao recited it silently.

She works hard, governs for the people, and has never treated the people badly since she took office.Although there were thoughts of being desperate, Xie Yi dissuaded her in the end.Even after she became a queen, she deliberately avoided the farming season, so that the ministers would not devote all their energy to the affairs of the queen, thus neglecting government affairs.

She asked herself that there was nothing wrong with Wan Min, but Wan Min repaid her in this way.

"Call all the ministers to discuss the matter." Liu Zao said.

General Zhonglang looked at several eunuchs coming out of the palace together, he hesitated and said: "When I came, the number of people petitioning has increased dramatically. It will probably reach ten thousand people in less than a day. I implore Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible."

What the people are most afraid of is disasters from the heavens. Strange things like the birth of a second child can confuse people's hearts and cause panic. If a decision is not made early, once the matter ferments and spreads to the county, more and more people will inevitably respond. .If someone with a heart takes advantage of the hearts of the people, this matter will not be as simple as a petition.

General Zhong Lang was obviously inclined to dispose of Xie Yi in order to silence the public, but he dared not speak too clearly.

A killing intent lingered in Liu Zao's heart, she endured it, waved her hand and said, "Qing, go back and guard the city gate."

Naturally, such a big event cannot be kept secret, and the ministers have already heard about it, so it came very quickly.The most important thing right now is to appease the people and disperse the petitioners.But how to appease and how to disperse are matters.

Liu Zao has been patient since he got the news.She put one hand on the saber, looked at the officials, and finally set her eyes on Sun Ciqing.Sun Ciqing lowered his head, appearing to be submissive.

Liu Zao's anger was like a raging fire, unstoppable, she forced herself to look away, and said to the ministers: "Who can relieve my worries."

The ministers talked about it in a hurry. Some people thought that they should conform to the people's will, but it was wrong to be a queen.There are also those who think that they cannot back down. Once they back down, the majesty of the court will disappear, and they should be severely punished as a petition, but in fact they are intimidating the people of the court.

But even the minister who thought he couldn't give in, said: "After taking down the troublesome people, His Majesty will deal with Xie Yi, otherwise if you take down Wanmin, there will be Wanmin. The trend of petitions will never stop."

All the ministers were unanimous in the matter of setting up the empress, even Xie Dang stopped speaking, just kept silent, and even the ministers who had always been attached to Liu Zao lowered their heads and dared not speak.

Before the hearts of the people, who can not be afraid.

Liu Zao suddenly felt sorrowful, and she was about to speak when Han Ping came out, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please welcome and thank me into the palace, for Jieyu."

In the early Han Dynasty, wives in the Han Palace were called queens, and concubines were called wives.There are eight queens, wives, beauties, beauties, eight sons, seven sons, long envoys, and young envoys.

During the time of Emperor Wu, Jieyu was first set up, second only to the queen, regarded as the prime minister, and compared to the princes and kings.

To welcome Xie Yi as Jieyu is to take a step back from the emperor and all the officials.There is also an explanation from Wanmin.No matter how respected Jieyu is, she is only a concubine, so the meaning is quite different.

The people also know how to advance and retreat, and they will accept it when they meet.

This move can be described as drastic.All the officials looked at the emperor to see what she had to say.