For the emperor

Although Cang Tiansu wanted to kill Chengguo as soon as possible, but considering that he didn't know much about Chengguo's internal situation, he didn't do it rashly.

The 30 soldiers who made military exploits during the attack on the Yue Kingdom were all rewarded, and after one round of rewards, the treasury of the Cang Kingdom was almost emptied.

The Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs privately said that until the beginning of next spring, when a new batch of grain taxes is collected, Cang Kingdom should not go to war, otherwise it may be difficult to supply military grain.

The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first. Cang Tiansu feels that he is a very patient person. The history of countless emperors and generals told him that half of his ambition is patience.Therefore, he accepted the suggestion humbly, and was not in a hurry to start another war dispute. Instead, he issued a truce, and turned his energy to abolishing tyranny and winning the hearts of the people.

The people on the Promise Continent don't really care much about which country they belong to. They are sheep offering wool, milk, and mutton. Whoever provides the more plump grass, their support and sincerity will go to whoever.

What's more, the lessons learned from the past are vivid in my mind. Yemi City starved to death 30 civilians. At the very beginning, it did arouse extremely strong resistance and criticism from Yue people.

However, when the land was completely lost, the taxation measures promulgated by the invaders allowed them to eat, clothe, warm and even have surplus food in this unprecedented chaotic world. The opposition of the people of Yue State fell to the lowest point overnight.

For the gentry who have been brainwashed by the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism since childhood, one minister does not serve two masters, but for the vast majority of people, a mother is a mother. Since the Yue family is not capable of guarding thousands of miles of land, the resulting Why are ordinary people like them paying for the consequences?

Hit a candy with a stick, the harder you hit the stick, as long as the candy is big and sweet enough, you can still win goodwill and reputation.

After the new year, Cang Tiansu suppressed several sporadic rebellions by the people of the former Yue State, and gradually won the hearts of the people of the former Yue State.

He disrupted the original establishment of residents, forcibly ordered more than half of the residents of Yue State to move eastward and bring them into Cang State. To all parts of the Yue Kingdom.

In the entire land of Cang Kingdom, the land with the highest reputation in Cangtiansu is divided into three parts, one is the northwest region centered on Yulan Town, the other is the central region centered on Jinzhou Yunzhou, and the other is centered on Pei County. Southwest of the center.

In addition to Jinzhou as the head of immigration, he also dispatched a certain percentage of people in Yulan and Pei counties to move to Yue.Cang Tiansu did his best to keep everything in an orderly manner. These few moves had been planned long before he sent troops to Yue Kingdom, and he made decisions before moving. He is a person who advocates planning, and he does not fight uncertain battles.

This truce lasted for two years, and Cang Tiansu specially invited out his old grandmother who chanted sutras in the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha, as a benchmark for his sincerity and filial piety.

The old queen was heartbroken when her two sons fought over a prostitute and turned against each other.Especially when she thought that her most beloved youngest son gave up the throne that he was about to obtain for such a woman, and the eldest son who became the emperor would not hesitate to turn against her in order to bring this prostitute into the palace. The ancestors swore a poisonous oath in front of the spirit cards of the ancestors, that they would never step out of the Buddhist hall in this life.

—But she's out now.Although it is too embarrassing to be forced to break the oath by the son of a prostitute whom he looked down upon at the beginning, but the old queen has no choice. It's just a matter of words.

Of course, as an educated person who was taught by Li Mi to respect the old and love the young since he was a child, Cang Tiansu naturally would not do too much to his grandmother who was related by blood, and he did not touch the old lady.

Cang Tiansu went to invite someone for the first time, and came back after being scolded. The old lady hadn't recollected the experience, but when she woke up the next day, her maidservant had her left eyeball gouged out.The old queen went on a hunger strike to protest. She threw the exquisite Vegetarian Food out of the room at noon, and at night the plate with the tongues of her four servant girls was placed in front of her eyes.

On the third day, the old lady was holding her pet dog, which had been stabbed ten times, and was crying heartbreakingly. There was a note under the plum cake plate that Cang Tiansu gave her, and the letter read, "He who knows the current affairs is a hero." ".

So the Junjie old lady came out from the Buddhist hall. She was full of anger and wanted to find an opportunity to accuse Cang Tiansu of his inhumane behavior in front of the world. His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven filially helped his old grandmother to tour around. In the palace, the old empress cried bitterly as she looked at the unconscious elder son on the dragon bed, whose limbs were tied with iron chains the size of the baby's wrist.

When she formally met with the imperial concubine of the capital, she showed an extremely excited expression, her eyes were flushed and she spoke generously, admiring the new emperor's filial piety and respect to her.

"She's just a stupid woman with no brains. Why do you argue with her when you're free?" Cang Jinglan woke up comfortably and found herself tightly bound in Pang Longdian. After the queen passed by, he immediately knew that Cang Tiansu was playing tricks again.

Cang Tian looked down at him from a high position, did not help him untie, chuckled lightly, and replied: "Someone told me that before Empress Liu falsely accused my mother of having an affair with the guards, she ran a lot to her Buddhist hall."

Cang Jinglan's good mood dissipated in an instant, he didn't mind that Cang Tiansu slept with him just to leave marks on his body as a bargaining chip to stimulate the old queen today, but the other party kept mentioning Yanji and Li Mi, every word turned into a sharp knife and stabbed at the heart.

Cang Jinglan didn't make a sound after listening to it for a long time. He didn't want to justify his original behavior. To be honest, there was nothing to justify. This kind of thing can only become darker and darker in front of Cang Tiansu.

He had done stupid things back then, and he had to spend the rest of his life to make up for it. Compared with the painful time when he was imprisoned just now, Cang Jinglan gradually calmed down.All kinds of incidents show that at least in the next ten years, he will still be useful to Cangtiansu, which means that he will not be left behind by his sweetheart for the time being.

——Cang Jinglan occasionally asks himself while staring at the roof in a daze, can his love be more humble and humble?Every time he answered in the negative, it was a pity that Cang Tiansu's occasional whim would make him understand that the answer was in the affirmative.

Cang Tiansu didn't care about his reaction, raised his hand to touch the thick and strong iron chain, and smiled with eyebrows crooked: "I think this thing matches your temperament, father."

Cang Jinglan showed a happy smile very cooperatively, and blinked at him meaningfully: "Since you like it, I will keep it with me all the time, and treat it as my birthday present to you." It turned out that the action of the three hidden guards trying to attack the palace some time ago stimulated him.

Cang Jinglan's words reminded him instead, and Cang Tiansu raised his eyebrows: "You are right, this year's minister's birthday, Chengguo didn't even send an envoy to celebrate, it really deserves to die."

Although he said this sentence with a smile, there was an unstoppable coldness in the conversation, Cang Jinglan listened to it, and knew it in his heart, this was a precursor to turning against Chengguo.

——However, that was not a topic he was interested in.Cang Jinglan can't be interested in any of the dynasties' hegemony and life-and-death matters. Of course, he can't be interested either. Cang Tiansu's words to him are more or less tentative.

Cang Tian had no expression on his face, he did not see ambition in Cang Jinglan's eyes, but this did not mean that the old lion had his teeth pulled out, and he still needed to act cautiously.

Originally Jinzhou Yunzhou's establishment was disrupted by him in one fell swoop, judging according to common sense, there should be little left in the team of Emperor Uncle Cang Jingcheng, Cang Tiansu breathed a sigh of relief, and wrote a letter to call him back.

For Cang Jingcheng, Cang Tiansu is rarely on guard, but he will not let down his vigilance at all. If he is stabbed from behind by one of his own people when the dynasty is fighting for hegemony, he will really become a laughing stock .

Cang Tiansu didn't care too much about whether he would be passed on for generations or would remain infamous for thousands of years, but he couldn't be treated as a joke and a negative example, so he didn't relax his vigilance and began to consider the placement of Cang Jingcheng.

It's a pity that his uncle didn't really understand his good intentions. After Cang Jingcheng was recalled back to Beijing, he focused on urging him to rectify Yan Ji's name as soon as possible.

Cang Tiansu is very helpless, that is my own mother, can I not expect her to recover her reputation of innocence?I think more than you, but this is not a matter of a day or two.

Cang Tiansu is a perfectionist, he adheres to the principle of either not doing it, or doing it the best, and making everyone in the world believe that Yan Ji was indeed slandered and framed, not because of him after he became famous As a fig leaf, a large amount of complete evidence is required, and it is best to have witnesses who are familiar with the underworld and have a strong identity. It takes time to prepare these.

Cang Tiansu looked up at Cang Jingcheng who came to look for him again, and said calmly: "If the emperor can persuade the old lady to testify, then everything will be very simple."

An eldest son who is not very popular with the old queen can make her feel that the sky is the benchmark of sincerity and filial piety. His Majesty believes that a young son who is deeply loved by the old queen is enough for her to obediently help Yan Ji speak.

Cang Jingcheng, however, abnormally didn't agree, but seemed very hesitant, and said after a long time: "After all, she is my mother, and I, as someone else's son, see you bullying her like this, it's fine, I'll go up and help you If you step on it, it's like stabbing her in the heart with a knife." For the sake of the woman he loves, he is happy to spoil himself no matter what, but to drag his mother down, Cang Jingcheng is not so inhumane yet. .

This is also a very special phenomenon of the Cang family. They don't take their parents and brothers seriously, and they don't care about their sisters and wives at all. They can sacrifice their own children at any time, but they have unprecedented tolerance and patience for their mothers. Many ancestors of the Cang family called this the only remaining human nature of the Cang family.

Cang Tiansu didn't speak for a long time after listening, and nodded after a long time: "I understand, since the emperor's uncle is unwilling, I will personally negotiate with the old lady."

Cang Tiansu didn't tell Cang Jingcheng about his mother's efforts in pouring dirty water on his beloved woman. Even if he said it, it might indeed make Cang Jingcheng's mother and son divorce, but it would definitely arouse Cang Jingcheng's anger, not The way smart people do it.He began to think about whether he could let Cang Jingcheng discover the strangeness by himself with the help of some clues.