Your Majesty, please draw the card

In June of the first year of Jiahe, a small incident occurred in the court.According to the newly promulgated "Official Evaluation Law", the imperial court's evaluation of officials is changed from once a year to once every six months, in June and December respectively.The content of the assessment includes the official's performance, style evaluation, and comprehensive ability in various aspects.The emperor originally wanted Bao Zheng to be in charge of the first evaluation, but Zhao Wenshan, the Prime Minister of Zuo, recommended himself and asked the emperor to preside over the work.The person in charge of Zhao Wenshan has been appointed for many years, and it is not easy for the emperor to refuse him.

In the middle of the audit, many problems have been discovered. The solution proposed by Zhao Wenshan is fair. The emperor approved his reprimand of some officials. Even the Prime Minister Wang Ting did not want to offend the emperor with this matter. .But no one thought that the first few officials who practiced favoritism and fraud were just stones asking for directions.

On June 47th, Zhao Wenshan wrote to impeach Wang Ou and Wang Hu, the sons of Wang Ting, for killing people, and impeached [-] officials of Wang Ting's faction for their improper behavior.This memorial opened the prelude to the dispute between Zhao and Wang's relatives.

The discord between the two parties has a long history, because the Empress Dowager's name is higher than that of the Empress Dowager, and usually the royal court has a slight advantage.But since the first year of Jiahe, Zhao Wenshan's reputation among the people has gradually increased.The emperor praised him as a solid prime minister, and he really felt the importance of the people's praise to his political career, so he paid more attention to managing his own image, not only put forward many suggestions to improve the lives of the people, but also very diligent in distributing porridge and medicine on weekdays .In the eyes of the common people in Chang'an, Zhao Wenshan is a virtuous, benevolent, personable and capable prime minister, in stark contrast to the high-ranking but inactive prime minister Wang Ting.

Although the royal court was still highly respected by the scholar-bureaucrats, even the scholar-bureaucrats found that since the new emperor ascended the throne, the royal court had hardly made any achievements.This is of course related to the emperor's deliberate promotion of Wang Ting and not allowing him to get involved in some daily things, but Wang Ting himself does have a bit of a "celebrity style", psychologically he does not want to be regarded as a person who seeks out day and night to please the emperor. He has therefore been concerned only with rights, and not with the duties required to acquire them.

Under the ebb and flow, it is not difficult for Zhao Wenshan to have such a counterattack.In the beginning, many people spoke well of Wang Ting's two sons, but the emperor was not in a hurry to make a conclusion. He just expressed his disappointment with some people, and then the voices of opposition gradually decreased.This matter is definitely worth pondering, even the emperor was surprised by the attitude of the officials.

The royal court has always been the representative of the interests of the scholar-bureaucrat class, and the imperial power has to stand aside in front of the vital interests of these scholar-bureaucrats. What made so many hardcore royalists give up speaking for him?

The emperor found out that Zhao Wenshan had contacted many people in the court before he wrote the letter, and it looked like he was poaching the corner of the royal court.For scholar-officials, although Wang Ting has always spoken for them, Zhao Wenshan may not be unable to become the second Wang Ting.Now that Zhao Wenshan is in full swing, why do they have to be a roadblock in front of Zhao Wenshan?What's interesting is that in the process of regrouping this time, many ministers chose neither Wang Ting nor Zhao Wenshan, but united with the two princes of the Cao family.They obviously had a premonition of the change of times, and thought that compared with the current two prime ministers, the Cao family was more likely to come from behind, after all, the emperor and the courtiers.

So Wang Ting was finally defeated after saying he was sick at home for a few days. He played an emotional card, hoping to exchange his life for the lives of his two sons.Zhao Wenshan suddenly learned his lesson at this time, and he handed over the trial of Wang Ou and Wang Hu to Bao Zheng, because Bao Zheng was the only one who would kill these two without any scruples in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.But before the dust settled on this incident, another incident happened in the palace, which forced the emperor to temporarily let Wang Ting and his two sons go.

The Empress Dowager is ill, and it is said that she is still very ill.She was ill at the right time, and now whether dealing with Wang Ting or Wang Ting's two sons would be regarded as disregarding the Empress Dowager's health, and all punishments must be shelved unconditionally.

"It's a pity..." Liu Xi sighed regretfully. Although he was not the instigator of this incident, he was still very happy to see the Wang family being suppressed. "Gongjin, is grandma really sick?"

Zhou Yu said solemnly: "The emperor should visit her."

Liu Xi thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Gong Jin is right. I'm not only going to visit my grandmother, but also to let her recover from her illness."

In the next few days, the emperor really went to Changle Palace to report every day, served the empress dowager decoction, and talked with the empress dowager to relieve boredom.Although the emperor did not understand medical principles, he still insisted on discussing prescriptions with the imperial physician Zhou Yu, and considered the dosage increase or decrease of each medicine.Even the empress dowager said with emotion that no one is more filial than the emperor.Under the careful care of the emperor, the Empress Dowager's illness quickly improved.

"In fact, I like to talk to my grandmother every day." The emperor said this when he was "rushed back" to Weiyang Palace by the empress dowager. He thought of his grandfather who raised him in his previous life. It was his specialty to make the elderly happy. .

Seeing the emperor's attitude, someone immediately suggested that Wang Ting's two sons forced their lives to death inadvertently, and the crime was not worthy of death.For a while, the argument of pleading for Wang Ou and Wang Hu became the mainstream.

At the beginning of July, the emperor finally decreed to forgive Wang Ting's two sons, only to be dismissed from office, with minor punishment and major punishment.The emperor asked the royal court to come back to preside over the government as soon as possible, and a vigorous impeachment case came to an end.

Although Prime Minister Zuo Wenshan was dissatisfied with this, he had to accept it.He provoked the royal court many times, but found that there were not many people who responded to him. Instead, his disciples secretly reminded him that he was too high-profile recently, which had caused dissatisfaction among many people.In the end, Zhao Wenshan had no choice but to silence the drums, congratulating secretly for finally being able to overwhelm the Wang Ting once.

On the surface, it seems that the court has regained its calm again, but everyone knows that the current situation has changed from two tigers fighting to three-legged confrontation.The biggest beneficiary of this incident was not Zhao Wenshan, the Cao family finally gradually came into the sight of the scholar-bureaucrats.

On the sixth day of July, the emperor visited Pingyuan Junfu, because that day was the [-]th birthday of Empress Dowager Cao.

In fact, the emperor is in a bad mood recently, there are only ten days left in the one-month period, and the people sent out have not even touched the shadow of Lord Longyang, and his jade seal can only be kept "under repair".

Jiahewei checked all the possible haunts of Lord Longyang. If Zhou Yu hadn't insisted that Lord Longyang had not left Chang'an City, Liu Xi would have posted a notice to find someone across the country.After much deliberation, he felt that the most likely thing was that someone very powerful protected Lord Longyang.After all, Lord Longyang's beauty is unparalleled in the world, not to mention that he possesses peerless swordsmanship.

Longyang Jun couldn't find himself a boyfriend so quickly, right?Liu Xi's heart skipped a beat, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and he inevitably felt a bit of resentment in his heart that he smoked a Chinese cabbage and was beaten by a pig.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go." Mi Tuan reminded.

"Oh, drive Pingyuan Monarch's Mansion!"

"The emperor drives—"

In the evening, the gate of Jun Pingyuan's mansion was already full of traffic, and the guests who came to celebrate the birthday had been lined up for several streets.Of course, the emperor has an independent entrance and exit, and does not need to be crowded with others.He couldn't help being a little surprised when he saw that the mansion was as gorgeous as the imperial palace.

Empress Dowager Cao took his hand and told him that every plant and tree here was built according to the Chenliu Palace, but the materials were more exquisite and the decorations were far better than before, but she still had many regrets.Empress Dowager Cao talked about the double eaves roof licensed by the first emperor in Zhao Wenshan's prime minister's mansion, and the exquisite kissing beast that was taller than ordinary official mansions. She hoped to see those in her mansion sometime.

Liu Xi didn't answer, he didn't know how to answer this question.Rewards that exceed the system's permission often mean danger, but the Empress Dowager Cao obviously didn't realize this, or she was still testing the emperor's bottom line when she realized it.

Perhaps because of her outstanding appearance, Empress Dowager Cao has always loved luxury.When she was in the palace, she was always one of the most luxuriously dressed concubines.When she arrived at King Chenliu's fiefdom, her extravagance did not decrease in the slightest. Even Mi Tuan said that in the whole Prince Chenliu's mansion, the bedroom of Empress Dowager Cao was the most exquisite.

In order to make Liu Xi ascend the throne of the crown prince, Empress Dowager Cao spread a lot of gold and silver treasures. Now she still has the spare power to build Pingyuan Junfu into the best mansion in Chang'an City, which makes Liu Xi have to doubt the financial source of the Cao family.

Where did the Cao family get their money from?If you earned it yourself, where did you earn it from?If someone else gave it to you, they wouldn't give you money for no reason, would they?

"I think it's not bad here, at least it's newer than the Weiyang Palace where I live. Grandma rebuilt the mansion to welcome me, and I don't know how much money she spent. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me at any time. There is still a lot in my inner treasury. There is a lot of silver, which can support one or two."

The emperor's words made Empress Dowager Cao's face bright, and she was looking for an opportunity to talk about it tonight!

"Now that the country is exhausted, the money in the emperor's treasury has to subsidize the state treasury. I don't need it here. It's just that I heard that the emperor handed over some private transactions to Eunuch Zhang and Lu Su, Minister of Honglu Temple. After all, these two are not caring people, isn’t the emperor afraid of them making money? If you want me to say, my family is more reliable, and your uncle still has a few clansmen who can be used.”

finally come!

Liu Xi knew that Empress Dowager Cao might be short of money, but she didn't expect her to be smart. She didn't want to teach her to fish, but to teach her to fish.Now he let Zhang Dequan be in charge of purchasing goods, and Lu Su is in charge of sales, and the two supervise each other, but it's not a problem.It is conceivable that once his business falls into the hands of those "worthy" tribesmen, he may never come back.Although he didn't expect to continue this business, he didn't expect to make others cheaper.After seeing the huge profits of Fanbang goods, many private businessmen also joined the long-distance trade. In a few years, the profits of this business will definitely become thinner and thinner.But the circulation of goods is what Liu Xi wants to see, and he doesn't feel bad at all.As for now...

"Grandmother said yes, but these people under my command will use a set of special methods for business operations, and ordinary people will have to learn it for a while. Why don't you hand over those clansmen to me some day, and I will let them teach them first, and then let them Let them take over the business!" At that time, the training period of three to five years will not be my problem. In order to be responsible for these people, at least let them learn calculus and probability theory, right?

Although Empress Dowager Cao was not reconciled to not being able to immediately take over the business of the emperor's Jindoujin that day, considering that the emperor did not say anything to death, she thought there was still a lot to be done about this matter.It's just for studying. When Lu Su helped the emperor open the shop, he didn't see him delaying much time. Whether it is successful or not is mainly a matter of the emperor's words.

"If that's the case, let them learn their skills! Look at my memory, Xi'er hasn't had dinner yet, right? I dragged you to accompany me to the garden, but I'm so old-fashioned! Why don't we go eat first ?”

"But it's up to grandma to call the shots."

At Pingyuanjun's birthday banquet, the emperor and his ministers drank together, and the atmosphere at the banquet was unusually warm.Because the dishes on the table were made according to the emperor's taste, the emperor used a lot.After drinking for three rounds, he felt a little dizzy, so he was supported by Mi Tuan Mi Gonggong to the wing to rest and sober up.

Who knows that this help has solved the problem!

The author has something to say: Empress Dowager Cao thinks so beautifully, but Xiaoxi treasures his own things very much!So Mr. Longyang still hasn’t found it, and it may take a while to get news ＿(:3∠)＿

Although it seems a little late to explain this now, the first card item is very cheap, and the subsequent mass production is much more expensive, it's not a bug!The first one belongs to the nature of "one yuan tasting", it is for Xiaoxi to use and play~~~