My country is dead again [Rebirth]

In the minds of the civil servants, forming an alliance with King Yan is not a good thing. They all have their own calculations in mind. If they form an alliance with King Yan, a new force will inevitably appear in the court in the next few years, and it will only be more troublesome. Therefore, Xie Ruzhuo understood that as long as he could come up with a safe way to deal with King Yan, the civil servants might not buy it.

The most important thing here is to solve the difficulty of fighting on two fronts. The imperial court has limited troops, and it is barely enough to deal with Xu Zishen with all its strength.King Yan has lived in Ningya for a long time and has strong financial resources. He must be ahead of them and Xu Zishen at the moment. He has hoarded troops and horses for several years, so he should not be underestimated.

Xie Ruzhuo walked towards the Jiezhi Palace with his hands behind his back, thinking that no matter what, he must bring in a helper to hold King Yan back, so as not to let them suffer from the enemy.

When walking to the front porch today, Xie Ruzhuo unexpectedly saw Liu Yan'er walk out of the house, she seemed to be in a good mood, serving the Kodan flowers in the yard, humming a song from the previous dynasty softly.

He walked over and saluted, and asked, "Is the queen mother in good health recently?"

Liu Yan'er didn't answer, she poured water on the Kodan flower by herself, washed her hands aside and went back to the house without saying a word, but didn't close the door, Xie Ruzhuo followed in silently.

"Your Majesty wants to declare war with King Yan?" Liu Yan'er would never exchange pleasantries with him, and she never talked too much when they met, "When I come to the door today, Your Majesty wants Aijia to go to Wu Xianrong again?"

Seeing that Liu Yan'er had clicked out by herself, Xie Ruzhuo didn't go around in circles anymore, nodded and said: "Song Qingge has helped us too much, it's not easy to let him do anything, if it goes on for a long time, everyone will have to worry about it." Stabbing is not good for buying people's hearts. Pei Yuankai doesn't need to think about it, Qi Junmao doesn't have the same heart. Wu Xianrong is the only one who can try it, not to mention...there is still the queen mother."

Liu Yan'er smiled and said, "Your Majesty is not afraid that Wu Xianrong wants too much?"

"I know what he wants, and I know whether I can afford it or not." Xie Ruzhuo's voice was slightly chilly, "It depends on whether the queen mother is willing or not."

Liu Yan'er used to wear the butterfly chasing flower back comb, which she was holding in her hand at this moment, using a small brush to carefully remove the dust, brushing the old layer of gold plating to a little brighter, Xie Ruzhuo watched quietly, unconsciously Sighing, he said, "It's already old, and it can't be made new again. Why does the empress keep it?"

"It's been too long, I can't throw it away." Liu Yan'er was rarely willing to speak patiently and softly in front of him, and the look in her eyes became imperceptibly lonely.

Xie Ruzhuo was silent for a while, took out a roster from his bosom, got up and put it in Liu Yaner's hand, then sat back and said: "I sorted out some, these people should be the officials whom the Queen Mother and Wu Xianrong want to win over and get close to, Queen Mother, see if there are any omissions?"

Liu Yan'er stopped what she was doing, glanced sideways at Xie Ruzhuo, took a look at the roster, put it down without much interest, and said, "Your Majesty knows it quite well."

Xie Ruzhuo lived a new life, of course he knew it clearly, and said: "I won't touch these people, you just try to win them over and get close, if the imperial court has promotions and other matters in the future, they will listen to you. I will help you cultivate power, which is enough for Wu Xianrong Send troops to Ning Ya?"

"Why is Your Majesty being so indulgent to me?" Liu Yan'er looked younger with a smile on her face, and she was less unreasonable and alienated, "This doesn't seem to be His Majesty's temperament."

In the previous life, Xie Ruzhuo and Liu Yan'er seldom sat down and had a good conversation, even many times he was wary of his mother like he was with Sun Bingde. The officials on the roster were also people whom he tried his best to transfer out of Beijing.

It seems that only the imperial career in the previous life was worth his effort. He spent his whole life working on it, thinking about getting rid of the constraints of the cabinet and sweeping away all kinds of forces, but he ignored that the human heart also has emotions other than the calculations of institutions.

The world is full of people, but no one is right or wrong. In his previous life, he didn't realize that Sun Bingde was not wrong, nor was Liu Yan'er, it was him who was wrong.

He didn't understand everyone, but he just plunged into the road of being alone with his own obsession, and lost the chance to reconcile with everyone.

"Because the queen mother doesn't really want to meddle in the government or cultivate power," Xie Ruzhuo said with a faint smile, "the queen mother just wants to know what it's like to be able to do whatever she wants without being arranged by others. No People will force you to do anything, doubt you, bully you, all you want is to live an easy life.”

Liu Yan'er was not surprised by Xie Ruzhuo's words, but was like a girl who was being talked about, with melancholy on her brows, she lowered her head and thought about something, before she smiled softly for a long time: "Yes, the biggest thing in my life My wish is just to live an easy life, so what does it matter if I am a prostitute from the Jiaofang Division? But I have never experienced that feeling, maybe I have had it before, but it was too short, I have already forgotten .Now I have everything, but I... have few days."

At this moment, the corners of Liu Yan'er's eyes finally showed the traces of time, she suddenly aged more than ten years, her bright red lips were too conspicuous on her pale face, like a cinnabar pen marking red lips on a paper figurine.

Xie Ruzhuo closed his eyes, hiding the soreness in his eye sockets.

His mother had depended on him in the most difficult days and had hurt him, but he always regarded her as his mother and understood her years of madness and despair.

In his previous life, he and his mother were much more estranged than they are now, and their relationship has not been repaired until his mother died of illness.

He has thought through a lot of things in this life, and wants to seek a happy ending with his mother without leaving any regrets, but his mother will still die of illness and leave one day two years later. God is so merciful and cruel.

"Mother, for the rest of the day, you can live as you want, and I will not interfere with anything." Xie Ruzhuo said, "But Wu Xianrong is different from you. Once he asks for too much, I will attack him."

Liu Yan'er closed her eyes and remained silent for a while, then said: "I always feel that His Majesty is the one who has lived the longest. He can see everything clearly, and everything is under your control."

Xie Ruzhuo's breath was stagnant, he didn't expect that someone would say such a thing.

"Wu Xianrong and I are just taking what we need and making use of each other. When old is old, we will never go back to the past." Liu Yan'er didn't go on talking, and instead talked about Wu Xianrong, "He I'm also wary of me. If your Majesty wants to negotiate terms with him, you still have to make a contract in black and white. If you don't move his influence in Beijing, he will help you clean up King Yan. You just talked about big business not long ago, and now you are willing to do this. He is so generous, without real evidence, he won't believe it."

Xie Ruzhuo nodded and said, "It's easy to say."

After saying that, he told the courtiers outside the house to come in and set up a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and immediately wrote the deed in black and white, stamped it with a private seal, and handed it to Liu Yan'er.

After finishing their official business, the two of them really couldn't talk about anything else, Xie Ruzhuo sighed silently, and said: "Mother, take good care of yourself, if, if you want to see Wu Xianrong, I can let him come."

Liu Yan'er shook her head, facing the bronze mirror, she inserted her clean comb back into her bun, and said, "You don't need to see it too often."

Xie Ruzhuo saluted and left as silently as when he came.

On the same day, Xie Ruzhuo convened the cabinet, told them about the new deal with Wu Xianrong, and clarified his position that he would never form an alliance with King Yan.

Sun Bingde said: "It is a good thing to be able to divide the army into two groups. It will not delay the attack on Xu Zishen, but also attack King Yan by the way. Only in this way, Wu Xianrong's power will be even greater. Now he is not as good as the Pei family. In the future, we can say No more."

"Of course I know this." Xie Ruzhuo nodded, "But Wu Xianrong is still different from Pei Yuankai, and I have some concerns in my heart. The investigation of the guards' affairs is coming soon, and Pei Yuankai will be seriously injured. Wu Xianrong came here for profit. , as long as we can hang him with strength without letting him swallow too much, this is a useful pawn."

Sun Bingde sometimes had to marvel at the courage of the emperor. This kind of risky move is really not something that a 17-year-old boy can do, but it is an adventure, but there is a detailed strategy behind it. It is really calculated every step of the way. Clearly.

"What does His Majesty plan to do to investigate the matter of the guards?" Sun Bingde no longer entangled with King Yan's affairs, and said with a secretive look in his eyes, "If your Majesty wants to investigate, you must think about the dispatch of personnel."

The main purpose of the investigation of the Guards Army is to solve the situation of empty pay, but once the investigation is bound to be accompanied by a change of blood for the generals of the Guards Army, the imperial court took the opportunity to cut off some of the forces of the northern Xinjiang generals, and there will be a lot of vacancies at that time. Xie Ruzhuo understood that the cabinet has taken a fancy to the Weisuo Army again.

"It's not urgent. The imperial court must first discuss and find a thoughtful and prudent official to preside over the investigation. He must be able to suppress local snakes, but not be too aggressive. It is difficult to choose a candidate." Xie Ruzhuo avoided what Sun Bingde really wanted to say. "In a few days, the cabinet can discuss with the six ministries, and draw up a few candidates to submit."

But Sun Bingde didn't let him go, and continued: "There are not many generals in the court, and the three major battalions need to be expanded, and now they are electing new generals. If there are more vacancies in the Weisuo Army, we will not think of good candidates in advance. Make it up, it will only make more chaos afterwards."

"I know." Xie Ruzhuo had no choice but to respond, "This matter will definitely be discussed with the cabinet again, Yuan Weng can rest assured."

Han Zhen wanted to say more, but Sun Bingde shook his head slightly, suppressing the matter and not mentioning it again.

Three days later, Xie Ruzhuo released the assassination of King Yan to inform the world, wrote a stern speech to denounce him, and removed King Yan from the position of prince in the name of the emperor, and removed him from the royal family book, and the imperial court will send troops to attack King Yan. It's completely settled.

At the same time, the imperial court intentionally or unintentionally released some half-truths and half-false news to build momentum for the investigation of the guards. The court has not discussed the ugly Yinmao, but it has achieved the miraculous effect of making the guards panic all day long.

This is destined to be a major event in the court, and the cabinet has begun to gear up to take full control of this matter, especially Sun Bingde, who seems to have some inevitable idea.

Since Du Ruo argued with Sun Bingde that day, he never sat down to drink tea and chat with the teachers and students as before. Du Ruo took the initiative to visit the door several times. It's cold.

This day Du Ruo came out from Shishan Pavilion, and heard that Sun Bingde had just finished handling government affairs in the cabinet, so he went to wait for him outside Xuanping Gate.

Sun Bingde came out with Han Zhen, and Han Zhen also knew that the teacher and the student had a dispute before. Seeing that Sun Bingde stopped, it was obvious that Du Ruo had tacitly allowed Du Ruo to talk to him, and he nodded with Du Ruo and left first.

The two went to the teahouse near Sun Bingde's house together. After sitting down, seeing Sun Bingde remained silent, Du Ruo sighed silently in his heart, and said, "Is the teacher going to be a stranger to the students?"

Sun Bingde remained silent for a while, took a sip of his tea, and said, "How much did Your Majesty tell you about the investigation of the guards?"

Their teachers and students must not have used such words to hide sharpness everywhere. Du Ruo knew that Sun Bingde no longer believed in him. .

Now that Sun Bingde said so, Du Ruo no longer wanted to be able to speak intimately as before, and asked, "Teacher also wants military power?"

"Fangzhou, you still don't understand." Sun Bingde sighed softly, "It's not that I want it, but that civil servants must. You want to be a civil servant who does practical things, don't the others just eat vegetarian meals? In fact, even the emperor is constrained in everything he does, not to mention civil servants who are full of ambition and pen and ink. We have good policies for governing the country, but can we really make everything go according to our ideas?"

"You have the heart to worry about the country and the people. You know that the country is ruined and the army is rich. Don't tell me everyone else only knows how to spend money?" Sun Bingde's voice became stern, like a strict teacher scolding disobedient students, "The guards must be punished. But civil servants must intervene, otherwise how will the countless government orders be implemented in the future? Just let the emperor and a bunch of warriors save Dayu and purge the soldiers?"

The author has something to say: Let me explain: If you don’t clean up the domestic violence of the Queen Mother, domestic violence is wrong! ! !Xiao Xie is so miserable! ! !The original intention of writing this character is also to create a female character that is not purely bad. Poor people must have something to hate. Her domestic violence is hateful, but she is also a woman who has been destroyed by fate. This feeling is embarrassing and complicated. .Moreover, this role also wants to write a reality in a fixed historical era. There are not so many strong and brave women in history, and there are not so many women who rose to the pinnacle of life. It is precisely because they are rare that they can be recorded in a patriarchal society. down.Many, many women may resent the injustice of fate in this way but finally accept their fate, powerless, and even vent their resentment on their children.Poor and hateful, that's all.

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