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Chapter 90 90

The resignation of the ministers did not delay Jiang Zhao from continuing to make trouble for the Zhao family.

Zhao Heng is strong. As long as he is alive, the descendants of the Zhao family will have no possibility of dividing the family. After Zhao Zhiyao married a wife and had children, he has been living in the Zhao family's prime minister's mansion, which happened to be convenient for Jiang Zhao. Into the Xiangfu.

Although after Zhao Zhiyao pleaded guilty, the Zhao family had already sorted out his yard and destroyed all the things that could be used as evidence. Dali Temple sent people to search for it several times, but nothing useful was found.

However, officers and soldiers entered the prime minister's residence several times with great fanfare, which still brought a certain influence to the Zhao family.

At least the whole city knew that the Zhao family had committed a crime. Under some intentional or unintentional guidance, the image of a prestigious family that the Zhao family had painstakingly created was finally completely questioned.

There are also people who directly discuss Zhao Hengze's right and wrong in the name of not being upright and crooked. The child commits the murder.

All of a sudden, the Zhao family became famous, even surpassing the secrets in the palace.

Jiang Zhao hit the iron while the iron was hot, and pulled down many forces attached to the Zhao family. They are not going to court now, and there is no difference between staying at home and staying in prison. When Zhao Hengze reacts and takes people to court, After all, it was too late.

The situation in the court was completely chaotic. Although the emperor was walking hard, he had absolutely no intention of turning back.

Zhao Heng had a disheveled look on his face. Not long ago, he looked hale and hearty, but now he looked haggard.

He is not young at all, and he should be an official in a few years. If he is not in love with power, he should have taken the initiative to let go and cultivate the next left minister for the court, instead of taking power wholeheartedly and standing on the opposite side of the emperor.

But after decades of painstaking efforts, he is not reconciled, and still has a glimmer of hope.

The emperor Jiang Zhao has done well in the past few years. He has a generous government and low taxes, is diligent and thrifty and loves the people, which is quite popular.

As for whether she likes a man or a woman, the people are interested in chatting and guessing, but they don't mean to point fingers. After all, after the first emperor's reign, they know how easy life was during the Jiaping period. It is good to have her.

On this basis, gossip cannot be controlled, but the hearts of the people are still there.

Therefore, Zhao Heng didn't dare to spread anything indiscriminately, but gathered the power of the family to put pressure on the emperor, and would rather not save Zhao Zhiyao and Zhao Chengxu and his son, after all, he wanted to keep the status of the entire Zhao family.

Even if he loses today, as long as the Zhao family does not fall, he and his other descendants will always be able to ride the wind and rise again.

But Jiang Zhao obviously didn't give him this chance.

In the late November of the third year of Jiaping, Emperor Taizong was born. Because of his outstanding achievements during his reign, his influence has been influential to this day. From the first emperor to Jiang Zhao, he would pay homage to the ancestral hall every year, since Chen Zhangji, to tell his spirit.

In the past, it was simple. After all, it only belonged to the emperor's family. In the past, it was the filial piety of the emperor to the emperor. Later, it became Jiang Zhao's admiration for his grandfather.

This year, however, it was held with great fanfare, and eminent monks from the Huguo Temple were invited to set up an altar to sing scriptures, including the Great Confucianism, whose reputation was only lower than that of Emperor Taizong, and who was still regarded as a model for his life by contemporary literati after he became a monk.

Now he is called Yuanying, and he has been an eminent monk who has practiced for more than [-] years.

After Emperor Taizong died of illness, Lin Guan ignored the previous emperor's retention and insisted on retiring from his official position. Soon after, he became a monk and never asked about the past. Even his own children and grandchildren hardly saw him.

In order to show love and respect, the first emperor asked Lin Guan to come out of the mountain many times, but he couldn't do it.

After Jiang Zhao ascended the throne, under Han Xuan's suggestion, he also invited him a few times, but he didn't even see his face. It was only when Xie Yuzhe and Xie Jin were arranged to meet each other at Huguo Temple last time that they met him by chance. one side.

But in the eyes of the world, they have nothing to do with Lin Guan today, let alone how she invited people out.

But this is not important anymore, there are so many literati in the world, only a few percent are descendants of the aristocratic family, and only a few percent are fans of the Zhao family.

From the moment Lin Guan accepted Jiang Zhao's invitation and re-entered the palace gate as monk Yuanying, everything became a foregone conclusion.

His power and prestige were gone, but Zhao Heng insisted that after participating in the palace ceremony, he couldn't get sick when he returned home. After Jiang Zhao heard about it, he sent an imperial doctor to treat him.

Jiang Zhao was sad and regretful on the surface, and gave him a lot of precious medicinal materials to make up his body, and he did enough to save face.

Behind his back, he hid and giggled, feeling very happy.

"However, I will not soften my heart. The Zhao family is about to collapse now, and it is still short of the final blow. I plan to wait until the end of the year.

After all, the capital is still convenient for liquidation, but the locality is extremely complicated, and it still takes a little time. "

Jiang Zhao lay on Xie Jin's lap and listened to her reading scriptures, and thought of Zhao Hengze's ashen face. Although he had mentioned the plan to clean up the Zhao family more than once, he couldn't help mentioning it again. happy.

Xie Jin put down the memorial and listened to her quietly, with an indulgent smile on his face.

"Yue Ting said that this ceremony was led by Xie Hui. It was well done and should be rewarded. What do you think?" After talking about the Zhao family, Jiang Zhao changed the subject again and stared at Xie Jin. .

Xie Jin looked pensive, stretched out his hand to rub the center of her brow, and said lightly: "He just did his job well, as long as he can live up to His Majesty's entrustment, there is no need to give any special rewards."

"Clearly distinguishing rewards and punishments is the way to be a king, and it is not my selfishness."

Jiang Zhao put his arms around Xie Jin's back, rubbed her arms, and said in a muffled voice: "Are you in a bad mood these days? Is it because I don't let you go out of the palace? It's true that you have been busy recently, and you have been negligent. You, the Xie family will be rewarded, and I will be punished."

"I'm not in a bad mood, and I don't feel neglected by you." Xie Jin stroked Jiang Zhao's long hair and chuckled, "Am I such a petty temper in your heart?"

"You are not stingy, but you have the power to be stingy." Jiang Zhao sighed, "Jin Niang, you are too general, which makes me feel a little frustrated."

"It turns out that His Majesty likes unreasonable things?"

Xie Jin made a look of sudden realization, pinched her soft earlobe and tugged, then lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Okay, since Your Majesty said so, please allow me to leave the palace, if you I'm really worried, why don't you take a spare time to accompany me for a walk, it can be regarded as making the whole Xie Mansion flourish, how about it?"

Jiang Zhao moved his ears, at this moment he only hated himself for talking too much, he hesitated to agree.

It's not impossible to ask her to go to Xie's house together, but it's better to have her guarding herself to prevent Xie Jin from hearing any rumors.

But for Jiang Zhao at this time, the most difficult thing was not to guard against the mouth of the people, but to guard against Xie Yuzhe.

Although he did practical things for Jiang Zhao, it didn't mean that he accepted such a son-in-law. Jiang Zhao hadn't figured out where to find a breakthrough.

"Is Your Majesty unwilling?"

Seeing that she didn't give an accurate answer for a long time, Xie Jin asked softly, obviously in a depressed mood.

Jiang Zhao sat up and saw that her eyebrows were drooping and her long eyelashes were trembling slightly, and the word "lost" was almost written on her face.

She couldn't bear it, and tentatively discussed: "Can you wait a little longer?"

Xie Jin said nothing, buried her head lower, stretched out her hand to grab her sleeve, and pulled it slowly.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Jiang Zhao rubbed his forehead with his hand, knowing that she did it on purpose, but still couldn't help but let go and compromise.

Xie Jin immediately raised his head when he heard the words, looked at her with bright eyes, couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hands to the helpless Jiang Zhao, and slipped into her arms with ease.

"It's better to hit the sun than choose the day. Let's go tomorrow. I want to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake from Baiweixuan."

"it is good."

Anyway, he had to face it, Jiang Zhao didn't refuse any more, bowed his head and kissed her forehead, "Didn't I say that, Xiao Yuanzi is at your command, you can tell him what you want to eat and what you want in the future.

Eunuch Gao gave me two servants from the Protestant Church. You and Xiao Yuanzi get to know each other a little better, and you will keep him by your side in the future. "

"That's unnecessary." Xie Jin quickly refused, for fear that she would give Manager Gao to herself later.

"Compared with His Majesty, my affairs are nothing to mention. Xiao Yuanzi is meticulous in his thoughts and acts neatly. It is better to stay with His Majesty. It is really a waste of talent to follow me."

Jiang Zhao pinched her finger to play with, and said with a soft smile: "Gao Sheng'an always told him that being with you is like being with a tiger, and he always follows me with trepidation, for fear of doing something wrong, maybe he would rather be with you? "

"Let's forget it." Xie Jin shook her head, unwilling to let her ruin Yuan Xiang's future with a single word.

It was just mentioned casually, she didn't want to, Jiang Zhao naturally wouldn't force it, the two of them talked some more, they took a shower and changed their clothes to get ready for bed, Xie Jin remembered something before going to bed, so he asked Jiang Zhao: " How did you invite Mrs. Lin?"

Jiang Zhao kicked Mrs. Tang, who was lying under the quilt, to her feet, leaned her head sideways, reached out and hooked her chin, a pair of watery and affectionate peach blossom eyes flashed ambiguously, did not speak, just hinted with the light of her eyes .

Xie Jin rolled his eyes a little, put his arms around her neck and leaned towards her, and slapped the corners of his lips a few times.

Jiang Zhao didn't think she was being perfunctory, he lay down and hugged him well, and then said slowly: "If I can invite him, why wait until now? His face is for the uncle, not me. .”

"Prince Kang?" This was beyond Xie Jin's expectation.

Jiang Zhaodao: "Emperor Taizong fought north and south throughout his life, and made outstanding achievements, but he did not have many heirs, and he raised only three.

The eldest son Wenzhi and martial arts were all taught by him personally. Although he did not establish a prince, he was already appointed as the crown prince. Unfortunately, he suddenly suffered from a serious illness and died at the age of 16.

The second son was the first emperor, a mediocre person who was not favored by Emperor Taizong, while the third son was smart but in poor health. Emperor Taizong hesitated for a long time, and finally decided on the first emperor. "

These past events probably have long been known to everyone, Xie Jin couldn't help but asked again: "What does this have to do with Mrs. Lin?"

"It's a big relationship, and I just found out about the inside story."

At that time, Lin Guan's reputation was very prosperous, he was worshiped as the prime minister, and he was given the title of Taifu. He was almost a sage in the contemporary era.

Before Taizong passed away, he left a last word to entrust the new king and the country to Lin Guan, which shows his trust and importance.

However, after Emperor Taizong passed away, Lin Guan resolutely resigned from office and would rather die than become an official again. The late emperor repeatedly dissuaded him to no avail, so he could only let him go into seclusion. It's time to go home.

Everyone in the world praised Lin Taifu for his deep affection for Emperor Taizong, because he didn't care about the two masters, and he didn't have half the love for power and position.

Even in order to prevent future generations from sitting on the mountain and ruining the family style, there are five generations of the Lin family who are not allowed to be officials, which is even more respectable.

These rumors have been going on for a long time, and almost no one has questioned whether they are true or not, let alone the game between Lin Guan and Taizong.

"Back then, when choosing the reserve position, Lin Guan preferred the emperor uncle from the beginning to the end.

He felt that the emperor's uncle was better than the former emperor in terms of talent, insight and foresight. Although he was in poor health, with his assistance, he could use less time to continue and stabilize the peaceful and prosperous age under Taizong's rule.

However, Emperor Taizong himself had been brave and good at fighting since he was young, and he was particularly concerned about his uncle's physical condition. No matter how much Lin Guan persuaded him, he finally chose the late emperor to succeed him. "

"The literati are so lofty. The famous Lin Taifu is not a real saint after all. He also has selfishness and his own pride. Facing an emperor he despises, he would rather violate Emperor Taizong's will than to violate it." Sincerely."

Jiang Zhao sighed, and said with a helpless smile: "In this respect, Lin Guan thinks the same as the late emperor. They all think that the emperor's throne was taken from the emperor's uncle, but the emperor's uncle lived a more thorough life."

Xie Jin looked pensive, and guessed: "Teacher Lin's attitude has changed now, is it because you told him that you intend to make Ah Yuan your heir?"

"Jinniang is really smart." Jiang Zhao raised his eyebrows, and said, "After he told me the truth about his resignation, he reciprocated, and I also told him my decision.

And this Master Yuanying, he probably wasn't a serious eminent monk, he had eaten fast and recited Buddha for twenty years, and he was still untouched by the mortal world, and the emperor's uncle failed to succeed to the throne, which turned out to be his obsession. "

So after hearing about Jiang Zhao's decision, he confirmed that the position would still fall in Kang Wang's line after all, and Lin Guan suddenly became secular again.

"Later, I told him about the Zhao family. He felt that he had helped me and paved the way for Jiang Han, so he agreed to cooperate with me and let me use his power to completely cut off the Zhao family's thoughts. .”

Speaking of this, Jiang Zhao was a little bit embarrassed. When she chose Jiang Han, she never imagined that there would be today.

I don't know whether it should be called a coincidence or a fate.

Xie Jin was dumbfounded. She was a little older than Jiang Zhao, and Lin Guan was not just a legendary figure who was praised all the time. When she was a child, she could vaguely remember things, and she heard her father talk about Lin Taifu's deeds. Later, as I got older, I listened more and understood more, and like most literati in the world, I was full of respect and admiration for Lin Guan.

And all along, she only knew about the good reputation that Taifu Lin and Emperor Taizong had achieved each other, but she didn't know that the two of them would have completely different choices, and after more than twenty years, there was no compromise.

The words Jiang Zhao said undoubtedly had a big impact on her previous cognition.

Seeing her dazed and silly look, Jiang Zhao couldn't help laughing out loud, and reached out to touch her eyes.

"It's normal to live in this world, eat whole grains, have greed, anger, ignorance and resentment, but if you don't understand something, I'll take you to the Huguo Temple for a visit some other day, and you can ask him for an answer yourself."

Xie Jin blinked, didn't speak again, and closed his eyes against her arms.