King's Landing [Rebirth]

Wang Shuzhi had already opened up the skylight to Sima Rong. First, he was unrestrained and didn't like to cover up. Second, he felt that if he was too restrained, he might not be able to pry Sima Rong's shell open. Without hiding his intentions, everyone in the mansion knew it in just a few days.

Although Sima Rong was released from slavery, he never put on airs in front of his servants, so the servants still called him Wang Chi, and secretly commented: The prime minister is so pitiful, he knocks on Wang Chi's door every night, Telling him to drive him out means that the prime minister has a good temper, and if it were someone else, he would definitely be annoyed by him.

Wang Ting winked at Sima Rong, and whispered to him furtively: "Many men and women in Beijing admire the prime minister's demeanor, and the prime minister doesn't like any of them, so he plans to hang himself on this tree like you. What else are you dissatisfied with?" ?”

Sima Rong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he replied calmly: "My tree is crooked, I'm afraid the prime minister will regret it in the future."

Wang Ting was puzzled, staring blankly and scratching his head.

Three months later, Wang Shuzhi reappeared at the gate of the palace in morning dew. His official robes were neat and his crown was regular, but with a smile on his face, he showed a very graceful demeanor. The officials returned the salute one by one.

Everyone has their own thoughts, laughing and slandering, some are happy and some are unhappy.

During the court meeting, Wang Shuzhi presented the memorial he had already prepared, made an impassioned speech, and made a big fuss about the prince's visit to King Yongkang. Looking at the emperor's pale and pale face, he secretly smiled in his heart: Yan Qing is such a talented writer. angry.

The emperor's eyes were heavy, he was indeed very angry, and kept the memorial aside heavily.

Wang Shuzhi put on a serious look, and finally said seriously: "Nowadays, the people say that the prince is immoral. If the emperor insists on letting the prince be the heir, it may affect the prestige of the court in the hearts of the people. How about a person who speaks badly to the elders, and even the elders How will the Crown Prince, who doesn't care about illness and pain, convince the public in the future? How will he win the hearts of the people? How will he frighten the government and the opposition? Without the hearts of the people, how can we talk about peace and stability?"

The emperor was clearly prepared, so he specially called the prince over to court, then turned to look at him, and asked, "Does the prince have anything to say?"

The crown prince glared at Wang Shuzhi, and said angrily, "I'm not unfilial. Isn't it because the minister didn't stay in Yongkang County for a long time?"

"It's more than that!" Wang Shuzhi was surprised, and looked at him with a look of "Why are you talking nonsense?" "When His Royal Highness left the Yongkang Palace, didn't it happen that the lower official came to visit him? At that time, the lower official and Many people saw with their own eyes that the prince was disrespectful to King Yongkang, and even slandered King Yongkang for doing tricks on the carriage in an attempt to frame the prince, did you not lie?"

"You!" The prince let him choke, paused, flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly, decided not to answer his words, and said to the emperor, "My son did not slander King Yongkang. Such as dung, and designed to frame his ministers, he should be questioned. Father may as well send another person to Yongkang County to find out, Yongkang King has never been sick at all, and his spirit is very good."

The prince's party immediately nodded, and they all spoke up: the prime minister thinks that the prince is not suitable to be the crown prince, it is only because of a few rumors, if it is found out that the king of Yongkang is really pretending to be sick, the rumors will be self-defeating, and it is natural for the prince to be angry, and it should not be overdone Harsh.

The emperor nodded and said: "Well, I have issued an order to summon King Yongkang to Beijing, and this matter will be discussed later."

Immediately, a gray-bearded spokesperson from the Wang family came out tremblingly, and said loudly: "The emperor must not indulge too much because the prince is young. Whether King Yongkang is lying or not has nothing to do with the prince's filial piety. Could it be that the prince of Yongkang is not filial? Can the prince be unfilial to him if he deceives the sage?"

The emperor's complexion was not good, but he was not good at attacking, so he had to endure it.

The spokesperson went on to say: "The deeds of Wang Taibao lying on the ice and begging for carp are well known. His stepmother repeatedly scolded and treated him badly, but he repaid his grievances with kindness. When his parents were sick, Wang Taibao took care of them in clothes. To eat fish, he took off his clothes and lay down on the ice in the winter of Shujiu, melted the ice with his body, caught carp, and took good care of his stepmother's son, and his filial piety was praised by the world."

Wang Xiang is the ancestor of Wang Shuzhi, and now he is being compared with the crown prince, Wang Shuzhi suddenly felt radiant, and looked at the crown prince with a smile.

The prince was so blocked that he couldn't speak, and he was furious because of Wang Shuzhi's fox-like smile, so he couldn't help clenching his fists in his sleeves.

The speaker obviously hadn't finished speaking, and before he could get angry, he continued: "The emperor indulges the prince so much, but he wants to tell the world that if the elders are not kind, the younger generations can complain and complain? Not to mention whether the king of Yongkang is really at fault, even if he If there is a mistake, can the prince be disrespectful or filial to him because of this? If everyone imitates the prince, wouldn’t the beautiful talk of lying on the ice begging for a carp become a joke?"

Wang Shuzhi choked back his stomachache from laughing: This old thing looks pedantic on weekdays, but unexpectedly it is very useful at critical moments.

Now, even the emperor didn't know how to refute, he hesitated for a long time before opening his mouth: "Master Qian is right, but the abolition of the crown prince is a major event, it should not be done lightly, the crown prince has no other faults, so he won't be punished so severely , as long as he is taught well, he will still be able to convince all the officials in the future. As the saying goes, there is nothing that can be improved if you know your mistakes, but Lord Qian is too harsh on the prince?"

Before the words fell, the people below knelt down on the ground immediately, and most of the courtiers grabbed the ground with their heads, and begged the emperor to appoint another wise man: the abolition of the crown prince is not a child's play!Not a single grain of sand can hold it!What's more, the name of unfilial piety is not fine sand, but a big rock!With such a big stone in front of you, your majesty, do you want to pamper the prince?

Hearing what they said, the prince almost jumped up and kicked each of them.

The emperor almost made these ministers faint with anger, cleared his throat, and said in displeasure: "The most important thing now is to confirm whether the king of Yongkang is really deceiving his superiors and subordinates. The matter of the prince will be discussed later." He said "Back to court" and left in a hurry.

Seeing that the emperor didn't want to pay attention to them, the prince was overjoyed, snorted coldly at Wang Shuzhi, and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Wang Shuzhi smiled back, obviously not paying attention to his ugly face, shook the hem of his robe, turned around and walked out of the hall, when he was approaching the palace gate, he suddenly stopped, turned around and looked back, his eyes fell on Qi Sui With a smile on his face, he walked over: "Master Qi."

The corner of Qi Sui's eyes twitched fiercely, and he cupped his hands quickly: "Prime Minister."

"Where is Master Qi going?"

"..." Qi Sui paused, and said bravely, "Shangshutai."

Wang Shuzhi looked at him in surprise: "Master Qi, why are you still going to Shangshutai? The truth has already returned, and Shangshutai has complicated affairs, so I don't bother Mr. Qi." He stretched his hand in front of him, obviously asking him To return to the meaning of the seal.

Qi Sui's face froze: "Here... there are some matters that have not been dealt with at the moment, and they will be handed over to the prime minister to take over halfway. I am afraid that there will be another delay. The prime minister is exhausted, so you might as well rest for two days, and wait for the next official to sort out everything. Return to the prime minister?"

Wang Shuzhi smiled lightly: "I haven't finished sorting out...for example?"

The Minister of the Ministry of War came over and said, "Prime Minister, the more important thing right now is that General Yu is coming back soon..."

"Oh!" Wang Shuzhi suddenly realized, and nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, yes, General Yu was defeated, how could the truth forget such an important matter."

Qi Sui looked ugly.

Wang Shuzhi turned to him, and said with a smile: "After all, Master Qi is only acting temporarily for three months, so he probably won't be able to handle it well. It has been really hard for Master Qi recently, so let's leave it to the truth. Besides, General Yu's defeat in the war was only temporary. Fortunately, Da Sima's reinforcements were timely, and now that the situation in the north has been reversed, there should be no more mistakes, so there is no need to rush to make a decision on how to reward and punish Yu's army."

Qi Sui was immediately depressed. There was a big change in the capital a few years ago, and they hadn't tasted any sweetness. Now they want to delay for a few days to favor Yu Mao, but Wang Shuzhi stops them. The emperor's side is really hard to deal with.

"Uh... the lower official forgot to wear his seal today..."

"Huh? Didn't Master Qi just say that he was going to Shangshutai? How to deal with affairs without a seal?" Wang Shuzhi raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand again, and the palm was almost close to his nose. He moved his fingers, as if jokingly said , "Master Qi is not addicted to Lushang Shushilu, and wants to let the truth stay at home?"

Qi Sui's complexion changed drastically, he denied it again and again, and pretended to grope in his sleeve for a while, then slowly took out the ribbon seal, and said with a fake smile: "The records of the lower officials are wrong, but fortunately I brought them out. gone."

Wang Shuzhi took it with a smile, shook his head and sighed: "Master Qi has been overworked recently, and it is inevitable that his memory will deteriorate. Fortunately, he is still young, so he can handle it."

Qi Sui's smile froze, and the ministers around couldn't stop laughing.

Wang Shuzhi withdrew his seal and was busy until the evening before returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion. In the evening, he called Sima Rong to have dinner with him, looked at him and said, "Yan Qing, go to the shogunate for me tomorrow."

"Yes." Sima Rong put down his chopsticks, "What's the matter?"

"From now on, you will be the head of the shogunate. Tomorrow, go and familiarize yourself with the affairs inside."

Sima Rong was slightly taken aback: "I'm afraid it's inappropriate for this subordinate to take up the post of chief clerk as soon as he arrives. If the prime minister really wants his subordinate to take up the post, he might as well vacate the seat of chief secretary."

"Why did you just go? You have been with me for so long." Wang Shuzhi smiled, gave him a meaningful look, and said in a low voice, "Besides, don't you want to use me? Chang Shi is in charge of the affairs of the shogunate. I I gave you such a great convenience, and you don't want it?"

Sima Rong looked at him speechlessly: "Prime Minister, are you alright?"

Wang Shuzhi shook his head and looked at him innocently: "I really don't want it?"

Sima Rong smiled slightly: "The subordinates are lazy, and believe that no official is light."

"You think I'm testing you?"

"……no."

"If you don't want to be a long history, then you can be the master secretary. I will promote the chief secretary Ji, and you can go to him tomorrow." Wang Shuzhi paused after finishing speaking, "I just... want to improve your status. "

Sima Rong blinked, his eyes flickered, and he quickly lowered his eyes to avoid his gaze: "The prime minister has a heart."

It was night, Sima Rong was thinking about Wang Shuzhi's last words, but he couldn't fall asleep for a long time, turned sideways, looked at the empty side of the couch, finally closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, he didn't know when he fell asleep.

The next day, Sima Rong was not in a hurry to go to the shogunate, and waved to the coachman, "I'll go for a walk by the Qinhuai River first, and I'll come back later." Then he walked out of Wuyi Lane, raised his hand and rubbed between his eyebrows, Press the chaotic thoughts.

Walking to the corner, suddenly it was dark in front of him, Sima Rong raised his eyes, and before he had time to react, he asked a stranger to cover his mouth and nose. He was shocked, and just about to resist, he asked him to tie his hands first, and then he was caught by him. With a pull, he pulled out of the corner and onto an inconspicuous carriage.