Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Luonan, the Royal Palace.

Emperor Yong'an looked at the still sparse hall and felt a little calmer. It had been three days since King Chen Moqin arrived. Although he was still a puppet emperor, he was much better than when Lu Sheng was in power.

In the palace, he also has absolute freedom, and Chen Mo does not participate in his internal affairs. You must know that the reason why his position as queen is still vacant is because Lu Sheng intervened and wanted to imitate Xu Guogong and marry his daughter to him. Just like deposing the emperor, he made his daughter the queen.

But because Lu Sheng's daughter was not even ten years old, she kept delaying it.

Chen Mo did not interfere in this matter. Even when Emperor Yong'an proposed to make Concubine Jing the queen, Chen Mo said, "This is His Majesty's family matter."

So it was decided that Concubine Jing would be promoted to queen, and the canonization ceremony would be held after she arrived in Tianchuan.

Concubine Jing was the wife married by King Yongan when he was still a prince.

Gradually, Emperor Yong'an dared to take the initiative to ask some questions, and said: "King Wei, there are so few ministers in the court now, and it is difficult to show that we have many talents in the Song Dynasty. Is this a good thing?"

Chen Mo stood up. Since Jin was granted the title of King of Wei and enjoyed the treatment of the emperor, he could sit down in the morning court. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, when the traitor Lu Sheng was still there, he killed many ministers. , The court has just been so deserted, but please rest assured, your majesty, the previous imperial examination has selected a group of talents for our court, and it will be fine when your majesty arrives in Tianchuan. "

Although the matter of moving the capital to Tianchuan has been decided, it cannot be done immediately. Preparations before the move must be done.

Emperor Yong'an nodded: "With King Wei here, I have nothing to worry about."

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Hanyuan Hall.

The place where ministers discussed matters after their morning court was over was also the place where the emperor met with ministers and listened to government affairs on a daily basis.

Luo Yong stepped forward, bowed his hands to Chen Mo and the others one after another, and said: "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Xiangyang, sending the first-class list of the imperial examination and provincial examination. In addition, Mr. Chen Xiu asked, the examination is coming soon, can the prince make it? return."

Chen Mo took the letter and read it. The date on it was more than a month ago, when Chen Mo had just captured Chongzhou.

After some consideration, Chen Mo said: "I plan to postpone the date of the examination and set the location of the examination in Tianchuan. The top candidate in the new subject of the examination will be appointed by His Majesty. This will make it more legitimate. What do you think?"

Chen Mo looked at Wu Yanqing and the others.

Sun Meng nodded vigorously.

Fifth Fusheng said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late. The time for the general examination is usually in mid-February or early March. It's already mid-February now. When the prince's letter reaches Linzhou, I'm afraid that the general examination will be held in mid-February or early March." It’s over.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded. However, Tianchuan's intention in holding the examination was very good. Not only could it be justified, but it would also increase the value of the imperial examination, but there was no time.

In addition, after Linzhou receives the news, it will have to announce the postponement of the examination to let the candidates who are successful in the provincial examination know. This will take some time. After the candidates know it, they will rush to Xiangyang again, which will take time. .

Moreover, Chen Mo has now pacified King Huai, King Chong, and Lu Sheng, but the world is not peaceful, and bandits still exist in various places.

These bandits are running around in various places. Although they do not pose a big threat, it is relatively troublesome to clean them up. If these candidates are accidentally robbed by bandits on their way to Tianchuan, it is okay to lose their belongings. If they accidentally lose it, If you lose your life, you will be in trouble.

After understanding the time issue and risks, Chen Mo could only give up.

Peace in the world still has a way to go.

"Since we can't go back in time, send a message to Geng Songfu and Zuo Lianglun, asking them to arrange their affairs before going to Tianchuan to take up their posts." After Chen Mo made the explanation, he looked at Xia Zhining: "What's going on over there with Xiao Jing?" Condition?"

Before King Qin entered the capital that day, Chen Mo sent Xiao Jing to lead a group of soldiers and horses to ambush him at the place where Luonan must pass on his way to Tianchuan for later use.

"General Xiao wrote that they had collected more than 3,000 Imperial Army soldiers who had escaped from Luonan in Jingshan and were escorting them back to Luonan, but no trace of Lu Sheng's family members was found," Xia Zhining replied.

Chen Mo frowned and said: "Reply quickly and ask them not to come to Luonan, but to go directly to Tianchuan, and eliminate any bandits that may appear on the way, and leave people as sentries at the inns along the way to eliminate risks for moving the capital. ”

Xia Zhining nodded and hurried down to reply.

After Xia Zhining retreated, Sun Meng immediately stepped forward to report the raids.

"Why is it so small?" After learning that there were only more than three million taels, Chen Modang felt that the amount was wrong.

You know, each of Liang Xue and Xiao Ya's dowries were more than one million and almost two million taels. Even though the Lu family was not a famous family, as the former rulers of the Luonan area, they held the emperor hostage and had tens of thousands of troops. How could this be the only thing.

The most important thing is that the more than three million taels obtained from the house raids also included the Luo family.

The Luo family is one of the seven most famous families.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Sun Meng's back immediately. He was afraid that Chen Mo would misunderstand that he had been embezzled, so he quickly explained: "According to the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion, when Lu Sheng moved his family, he helped carry the luggage. By chance, It was found that all the luggage was filled with gold and silver treasures, including several large boxes. Therefore, Mo Jiang suspected that when Lu Sheng moved his family, he also moved his property.

The same goes for the Luo family, and the Luo family is faster than Lu Sheng. When we first entered Chongzhou, someone saw a large number of Luo family's carriages leaving Luonan. "

"Your Majesty, this may be good news for us." Liu Ji interjected after thinking for a moment.

Chen Mo: "???"

"My lord, you see, gold and silver treasures are different from people. They are dead and cannot move by themselves. They need people to transport them and protect their safety. When there are more people, there will be more people to transport them, so the scale will definitely be small. No, someone must have seen it, as long as we check along this line, we will definitely find it." Liu Ji said.

Chen Mo understood what Liu Ji meant. The scale was so large that no matter how secretly the transfer was, it would not be able to hide it from everyone's eyes and ears. There would definitely be clues left behind.

"Have you heard that? Follow this line to check." Chen Mo ordered.

As for the more than three million taels, let's put them into the national treasury to compensate the people for their migration expenses and road expenses.

Sun Meng nodded, but did not retreat immediately. Instead, he asked tentatively: "What about the Liang family?"

It stands to reason that the Liang family is an accomplice of the traitors, but so far, the court has not sentenced Liang Mu to death, and Liang Ji is still the queen mother, so Sun Meng has not let anyone raid the Liang family.

In addition, according to Sun Meng's understanding of Chen Mo, Chen Mo wanted to use this to manipulate Liang Ji, so as to win the beauty back.

But no matter what, Sun Meng did not dare to raid the Liang family without Chen Mo clearly expressing his intention.

At this moment, a eunuch bowed his waist and walked in with small steps, saying: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's decree."

Chen Mo frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

The eunuch glanced at Sun Meng and others, and then whispered: "King Wei, please move."

Chen Mo and the eunuch came to the side alone.

The eunuch said: "The queen mother has something important to discuss with the prince. Please come to the Shoukang Palace to see him."

After saying that, he took out the will from his sleeve and showed it to Chen Mo.

You must know that oral instructions and decrees are different.

Oral instructions are oral, more like instructions. You can even deny them afterward, and they have no "legal effect."

But Yi's decree is different. It is written and is an order issued by the Queen Mother. As a minister, you must obey it.

Chen Mo's expression froze for a moment. At this moment, he saw Xia Zhining coming over from the corner of his eye. He hurriedly said in a cold voice: "You don't see me dealing with state affairs anymore. I'll go over after I finish handling the matter."

The decree did not say that he should go there immediately, but only invited him to go to Shoukang Palace to see him.

Then you can go anytime.

Obviously, Chen Mo went to exploit this "textual loophole".

Of course, this was ultimately a situation where the imperial power was weak.

If he had received this decree at the peak of his imperial power, Chen Mo would not have hesitated for a moment and rushed over immediately.

"No." The eunuch didn't dare to ask Chen Mo when he would handle the matter. After saying his promise, he left to report.

Chen Mo put Yizhi away, looked at Xia Zhining, and spoke first: "Zhining, didn't you go and reply to the letter?"

"I just received a report from the supervisory guard that Yang Qingqing from the Shu Mansion has arrived in Xiangyang. Also, the Liang Mu you want has also arrived at Tianjiaguan, and will be able to reach Luonan in a few days." Xia Zhining finished. Finally, he asked: "What were you doing just now?"

Because of the "Immortal Powder" incident, Chen Mo agreed to Nalan Yiren, so he sent a message to have Liang Mu escorted back. Now, there is finally news.

Chen Mo said: "Great, I finally have an explanation with Miss Nalan. She has urged me several times. When you reply later, I will tell her the news by the way."

Chen Mo did not answer Xia Zhining's question, intending to fool the matter.

But Xia Zhining seemed to have a connection with him: "Ji Liang is looking for you again?"

She didn't even call her the Queen Mother anymore, she just called Liang Ji by her name.

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Chen Mo had no choice but to tell the truth: "She should be here to plead for her father and the Liang family."

Xia Zhining took a deep look at Chen Mo, then sighed and said: "Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to you. I just want to remind you that she is the Queen Mother after all, and she is different from Xiao Yunxi and Xu Ying. , If you really want to do that, you'd better be careful and don't spread the word."

Chen Mo: "..."

"Zhining, you've thought too much, actually."

Just as Chen Mo was about to explain, he was interrupted by Xia Zhining: "I can't control you anyway, and it will annoy you if you talk too much. Just pay attention to yourself."

After saying that, Xia Zhining left.

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On the other side, Shoukang Palace.

Liang Ji, who had already bathed and dressed up, felt extremely humiliated when she learned that she had been "rejected" again.

If a widowed queen mother invites a man with bad "private rumors" to come to her palace, she will inevitably cause people to gossip. Liang Ji is well prepared for gossip, and at worst, her reputation will be ruined.

But even so, she was rejected twice in succession, which was unacceptable to her in a high position.

At the same time, he was also quite worried. The more Chen Mo refused, the more it showed that he wanted to attack the Liang family.