Chronicle of Emperor Jing

"I have entrusted him to you. In the next few years, take good care of him. When everything in Beijing settles down, I will call you back." Emperor Jing solemnly ordered the people waiting below.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to protect the Marquis." Zhao Shi took the order, collected the bank note that the emperor gave him, and kowtowed to the emperor.

"Go." Emperor Jing nodded.

"Resignation." Zhao Shi bowed and retreated outside the palace gate before turning around and leaving.

Emperor Jing stared at Zhao Shiyuan's back, and thought for a moment before he came back to his senses.

Perhaps this method is not the best. Wei Yan will suffer various grievances all the way north, but he decided to take this opportunity to let Wei Yan leave the court, leave the capital, and leave the future that is destined to happen. Countless bloodbaths.

The past few years will definitely be difficult for both him and Wei Yan, but the situation is stronger than others. Now the queen mother and queen are sharpening their knives and staring at Wei Yan, not afraid of ten thousand but just in case. Take a step back and think about the future.

There is a saying that goes well, soldiers travel in danger to survive.

When Wei Yan went to Youzhou, the mountains were high and the emperor was far away. Although his power was far away, the power of the empress dowager and empress was far away.Although the road to exile was full of hardships, Wei Yan should not suffer much with the dark guards accompanying him all the way.

Moreover, he threatened the lives of the entire Wei family. With Wei Yan's temperament, no matter what dangerous situation he encountered, he would never want to die again. With his skill and the protection of the hidden guards, even the queen mother or empress What is left on the road, safety is not too much of a problem.

As for the Wei family, as long as they can endure the hardship for a while, there will be a day when the clouds will clear and the sun will rise again.

He has made arrangements for everything on Wei Yan's side, but he himself has a lot of things to do right now.

After all, in order to satisfy the queen mother, to satisfy the queen, and to allow Wei Yan to leave the capital safely, he agreed to too many conditions. As for satisfying himself, there are more things to do.

Within a few days, Xie Meng, the magistrate of Youzhou, was recalled to Beijing by Emperor Jing on the grounds that he had excellent political achievements, meritorious deeds, and should be rewarded.

In terms of rank, the three halls and three pavilions rank the top of the civil servants, and there is no room for promotion, so it can be called a promotion.However, Xie Meng has been promoted from a local official with real power to this seemingly incomparable scenery. In fact, it has been used to confer honor in the past dynasties to show respect. On the surface, it is to assist in government affairs. Even if others don't tell you about a position that can be reduced to idle work, he knows in his heart that the emperor is ascending and descending secretly, and he is venting his anger about the matter of leading Wei Yan.

Xie Meng had all sorts of grievances in her heart and wanted to tell the emperor. After all, even if he didn't do this, the queen mother would still find someone else to do it. The emperor was the first to take him under the knife. He was really wronged.

However, throughout the ages, the courtiers caught in the power struggle between the mother and the son of the Tian family may have ended up like him. No matter who wins or loses, the fate of being a courtier is the same in the end, so he can only think about it and thank you honestly. Under the eyes of the emperor, be a man with your tail tightly clamped, lest someone accidentally be caught by the emperor's pigtails and end up in exile like his junior brother Wei, or worse, be cut into pieces by thousands of knives.

Emperor Jing transferred Xie Meng to his side, naturally he had bad intentions.But Xie Meng is old and cunning, and everything is done very well, even if he deliberately makes things difficult, he can still be satisfied.Although Emperor Jing really wanted to find an excuse and cut him into pieces, he was forced by the facts to admit that he was a capable official.

In this way, on the one hand, Emperor Jing did not have any hope for Xie Meng's loyalty; He was entrusted with the good things to do, and he tortured the handsome and handsome Master Zhizhou until he was so thin that one head was as big as two heads. Occasionally, he couldn't help crying when he was summoned by the Queen Mother.

"You don't want to work honestly under the emperor's hand and help the emperor share his worries. Where else do you want to work? There are so many nonsense now, be careful that you will never have a chance to speak again." After hearing his cry, the queen mother did not help, but just Laugh and scold.

Of course Xie Meng understood what the Queen Mother meant.The reason why the queen mother ordered him to lead Wei Yan was to take risks in order to survive.

Although Xie Meng was born in a side branch of the Xie family, the queen mother appreciated him many years ago, and he has served the queen mother for many years, so he can be said to be a favorite general of the queen mother.The queen mother has been in power for many years, and there are countless trusted and capable officials. Even if there is no such thing as Wei Yan, the emperor may not be able to tolerate the old people of the queen mother when he is in power in the future or after a hundred years of the queen mother. Make some arrangements so that the emperor can accommodate him in the future.

The Empress Dowager began to carefully lay out this game of chess many years ago. I don't know how many people have been involved in it, and maybe more people will be involved in the future.The emperor, the empress, Wei Yan, the Xie family, the Wei family, and all the ministers in the court may have all become pawns on the queen mother's chessboard. As for him, he can only be a pawn obediently, charging forward on the chessboard and doing his best. , so that when the queen mother can't cover him in the future, the emperor is willing to give him a way to survive.

However, how did the Empress Dowager know that the emperor would not be so angry with him that he would find any reason to kill him, but wanted to get him to his side, grab his painful feet, and cut him uprightly?

"He was born in the Ai family. How could the Ai family not know what he would do?" As for what the emperor would think and do when something happened, the Empress Dowager could basically predict seven or eight points, and the only miscalculation was probably It was about Wei Yan, but when the emperor treated Wei Yan, he acted completely differently from him in other matters, so it's not surprising that the Queen Mother couldn't figure it out.

When everyone saw the Tianjia mother and son fighting to the death, they seemed to have forgotten one thing, no matter what, they were always mother and son.

The emperor is the only son of the empress dowager. What the empress dowager has done today is just to train him and will not really push him to a desperate situation.The Empress Dowager is the emperor's mother. Even if the emperor holds power one day and is no longer subject to any restraints, he will never leave an excuse for people to slander and do any outrageous acts.

All good filial piety comes first, filial piety is the head of human relations, all the subjects of the world are watching him, no matter what the emperor thinks in his heart, as long as necessary, he must do the gestures that should be done, and be first-class.

It is true that the royal family has no kinship, or the kinship of the royal family is simply incomprehensible to ordinary people.The mother and son of the Tian family may have many conflicts with each other and confront each other everywhere, but when they need to be consistent with the outside world, they will never be ambiguous.If someone doesn't have long-term eyesight and thinks that he can benefit from the battle between the mother and son of the Tian family, the result can be imagined.

Xie Meng, who understood this a long time ago, continued to live his days of being with the emperor like a tiger, staying by the emperor's side all day, helping the emperor deal with those trivial and laborious matters, and also fighting wits and courage with the emperor , In order to keep his own property and life, he worked hard.

As long as in the end, even a courtier like him who is absolutely "unforgivable" to the emperor can stay because of "worthy of great use", then the emperor should be able to tolerate the old people of the queen mother.

If you fail, you will end up the same as before, but at least you have worked hard, and you should have fewer regrets then.

"Your Majesty, which palace is your majesty planning to visit tonight, the old slave will send someone to inform you." Gao Yong changed the emperor for a cup of hot tea, seeing the emperor read the secret report just sent, his face was a little livid, and he stepped forward cautiously to replace him. The head of Tongshi Division asked.

Emperor Jing glanced at him, lit the secret report on a candle, and threw it into the small incense burner on the desk. Only after the page was burned to ashes did he ease his expression, and ordered:

"Show the Kunning Palace."

Before the emperor opened his mouth, Gao Yong vaguely heard the emperor gnash his teeth and scold two words - bitch.But maybe he is old and deaf, and it is possible that he heard wrong.

In that year, Emperor Jing was the real one who favored the middle palace alone, and there was nothing mixed with his favor for the empress.As for the descendants of Xie's family, they are even more gracious, like no other for a while.

In that year, Emperor Jing's reputation as a diligent king began to spread among the people.As for the facts, it seems that there is not much difference from the rumors.He is diligent in political affairs during the day and in the harem at night, he really deserves the name of diligence.

In the fall of that year, Empress Xie was finally diagnosed to be pregnant. This was the second heir of Emperor Jing after the death of the eldest son of the Emperor many years ago. Naturally, it was a great joyous event to celebrate.In the next few months, another concubine was diagnosed with pregnancy one after another, which was even more joyful.

At the end of that year, Emperor Jing pardoned the world, allowing the subjects of the world to share the joy of the royal family.

At this time, the political affairs are smooth, the people live in peace, the harem is peaceful, and there are successors.Emperor Jing seemed to have finally forgotten that he was so sad because of someone's departure, and his mood began to improve.As for Hou Weiyan of Yongning, no one dared to mention it in front of Emperor Jing since that day, and at this time, there will be no one who does not have the eyes to bring up the old matter again.

However, when there was no one around, Emperor Jing would occasionally look up at the screen in Zhaoren Hall between dealing with political affairs, then lower his head and continue to deal with his political affairs.

However, on countless nights of sleeping alone, Emperor Jing woke up in the middle of the night and found that there was no one around him, and no one would sleep in his arms again, only to realize that another day had finally passed, even though there were thousands of feelings in his heart. Sorrow, all kinds of emotions, in the end it just turned into a sentence "the night is as cool as water".