The reborn sycophant

Chapter 168

"If there are two princes and princes in Chang'an one after another, I am afraid that all the princes and kings will be frightened. If the news spreads, it may damage your reputation and let the world say that Your Majesty cannot tolerate the princes and kings."

After hearing her words, Zhao Ji looked away from the map, and said indifferently: "I can't tolerate them, don't they know? Sooner or later they will be dealt with. If they become frightened like this, I can save a lot of things if I start a rebellion. You don’t have to worry about what the world will say. In the early years, when Tai Zu dealt with kings with different surnames, such rhetoric as "the cunning rabbit dies and the lackeys cook" came out endlessly. Is it? However, a hundred years later, people are now in such a peaceful and prosperous age, and when it comes to what Tai Zu did back then, are there still few words praising his sage?"

Now that the Qi Dynasty has come to the present, the biggest trouble is no longer the devastated land when the country was first founded, nor is it the Xiongnu who devoured several distant clan sons of the Qi Dynasty.Today, Daqi is prosperous, but under this prosperous appearance, there are hidden dangers of fragmentation, and these hidden dangers are all brought about by the feudal princes and kings over the years.

As a vassal king, he can rule a piece of land, appoint officials in the feudal country, and even privately mint coins and set taxes. May I ask, is there any wise emperor who can tolerate these things?

It is absolutely impossible for Zhao Ji to let the princes and kings rest like this again. If the princes and kings don't fight this battle, she will kick the princes and kings' calves and kick them to the battlefield!

What Zhao Ji said made sense, Wei Chuyan listened in silence.

Zhao Ji looked at her and sighed: "A person who is usually so smart, but it is so easy to lose sight of this kind of thing. Before me - I said it a long time ago, you are a good minister and a pure minister , but you may not be a qualified official, but I just hope that you will be tougher and more cunning, so that you will not have so many constraints."

It was the first time in Wei Chuyan's life that he heard Zhao Ji "teaching" with her, and suddenly felt a little strange, and looked at Zhao Ji a few more times, causing the emperor to immediately look back at her with a thousand times hotter eyes.

What Zhao Ji said was so sure, Wei Chuyan believed her words, and felt that he was really not enough.She thought that what Zhao Ji said was indeed her weakness.Perhaps these years have been smoother, she has lost a lot of hostility in the past two years, and the grievances in her heart have long since disappeared when she made it clear to Zhao Ji, and she is usually considered gentle.

She herself thinks so, but those who have suffered from her Punishment Department will never think so. The ministers in the court have also seen Wei Chuyan's methods of handling things, and they will not compare her with "" Moderate" two words are linked together.

Although this person is indeed the most gentle and gentle from the appearance.

Now that Wei Chuyan has a vague response in the court, it is not easy for her to achieve this step at her age, but Zhao Ji is still not satisfied. The management was good, but in the end, she didn't even dare to let Wei Chuyan mark her, but she couldn't even leave Wei Chuyan's child behind.

Sometimes she also thought, if she had a child to accompany her, wouldn't she be drinking bitter wine every day for a few years?Later, she left so early, her body was one aspect, and her heart disease was the biggest reason.

Thinking of what was on his mind, Zhao Ji glared at Wei Chuyan, and complained, "I told you to mark me earlier."

Zhao Ji often made such remarks in the past two years. Wei Chuyan had already developed immunity. She skillfully appeased the emperor and cited all kinds of reasons to say that it was unrealistic to mark Zhao Ji. Cooled down again.

She also knows that this is not a good time to sign, but the world is impermanent, even though she already has so many bargaining chips, even though she believes that Wei Chuyan will not be the same as in the previous life, but still can't help but feel a sense of panic .

She was waiting every day, but even she herself didn't know how long she could endure.

"I want to turn inward."

With her white wrist resting on the heavy and luxurious ebony table, Zhao Ji touched her emperor's seal and ribbon, seeming to be pondering whether to write a decree about the inner court at this moment.

Wei Chuyan woke up from the self-reflection just now, and subconsciously asked, "Neichao?"

Neichao, what a nostalgic vocabulary.

Qi State has never said that there are two dynasties inside and outside.The Inner Dynasty in the previous life started from Zhao Ji. At that time, in order to restrict the power of the three princes, Zhao Ji set up the Inner Dynasty and handed over the power of sorting out memorials and selecting officials to the Inner Dynasty officials. At that time, the Inner Dynasty was managed It is called "Shang Shu Ling", which is the pinnacle of Wei Chuyan's previous life status.

Zhao Ji knew that Wei Chuyan was familiar with this: "You can still be the minister, okay?"

She seemed to be negotiating with Wei at the first banquet, but the words "It's you" were clearly written on that pretty face, which was clearly non-negotiable.Wei Chuyan looked at her noble appearance, and couldn't help laughing: "You are not afraid that the world will say that you are a fool. I already have the dual positions of the Northern Army Commander and the Punishment Commander, and you can add a Ministerial Order to me." , don’t you want me to occupy all the three departments of literature, martial arts and punishment? Don’t say that they dare not disobey you. Do you believe that if you issue an edict today, tomorrow there will be officials who will be bumped to death in the palace. By then , don’t you use this as an excuse to rely on me for comfort.”

Thinking of Zhao Ji's "struggle" with those officials, Wei Chuyan couldn't help but laugh.

Zhao Ji also felt a headache when he thought of those officials.Although she always said that she was not afraid of stigma, but as an emperor, and an emperor who grew up since childhood, who would really not cherish the crown on his head?It was herself. After the first banquet was gone in her previous life, her only pleasure was to govern the country of Qi and become an eternally famous emperor.

Zhao Ji leaned on the table with one hand, thinking of a way to shut up the speaker, but how can this be done in a short while?Originally, there was a lot of resistance in opening the internal court. Although she had the courage to change the system, she couldn't do it overnight. There were many ways to do it, and it was very complicated.

Zhao Ji wrote down the incident conveniently.

She definitely wanted Wei Chuyan to be the first minister, but how to do it was still to be considered.

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Qi State has a vast territory, and it is already November and February when the imperial edicts rejected by the princes and kings fell to the fiefdoms of the princes and kings one by one.

Another winter.

Winter cold makes people lazy.From emperors and generals to ordinary people, and in winter, they are a little restless.

The common people lack the things to keep out the cold, so they often close the door to block the cold wind, and then burn some charcoal fires, it will be a winter.Now it is considered a good year. If it was a year of hunger and cold, not to mention charcoal fires and warm houses, and heavy snow falling with goose feathers, it would be common for people to go out to work.

In those years, many people froze to death.

Although he doesn't like to move, in the official circle of Chang'an, there have never been fewer banquets of one kind or another.This family holds a plum appreciation banquet, and that family will hold a winter poetry party. No matter how bad it is, any adult's birthday is also a banquet.

Such a banquet, naturally, must be busy with family affairs for the children of the family. However, compared to previous years, this winter's banquet always has a strange taste, and this is because of one person.

This person is the sister of Xidanyu, Princess Lanyu of the Xiongnu royal court, who came from the grassland.

Speaking of this princess, there is an interesting thing, which is still related to Wei Chuyan.

Previously, the Xiongnu's royal courts were divided between the East and the West, and the Eastern Dan was at the main battle, and the Western Dan was at the main peace. At that time, Zhao Ji was anxious about the protracted war. After hearing the news, although he said on the surface that he was "grateful for the sincerity of the Western Dan", in fact , she is to prevent Xidanyu from being forced to fight Daqi again, to keep the Huns in a divided state, and to keep Xidanyu's promise of thousands of horses.

She agreed to Xidanyu's peace negotiation, so she couldn't refuse the princess who came with her to marry her. Since this Princess Lanyu came to marry, according to the etiquette system, she should be included in Zhao Ji's harem. However, Zhao Ji was very displeased. It's a last resort, and those are all arranged, there can't be one more variable in the harem.She used the excuse that Princess Lanyu was her niece and could not go beyond the rules of etiquette, and let Princess Lanyu choose her husband at will among the nobles of the Great Qi.

This grassland princess was well protected by Xidanyu, so although the two countries had been at war for several months, she was still straightforward. On the day she met Zhao Ji, she secretly glanced at the princess sitting on the throne. Emperor Qi, seeing her peerless appearance and majestic demeanor, liked her very much, and she was very disappointed when she heard His Majesty's decree that she could not marry her. Can't enter His Majesty's harem?

The implication is that she likes His Majesty very much and wishes to enter her harem.It was the first time that such a bold courtship fell on the emperor of Daqi.

Zhao Ji laughed for a while, but fortunately she had done her homework before, so she asked the court officer to take out the documents she had previously textualized and read them aloud. An elder sister of the same clan as Lao Shanyu's concubine, that is, a mother concubine of Princess Lanyu, so in terms of etiquette, Zhao Ji is a generation older than Princess Lanyu, Zhao Ji used this as an excuse not to Accepting her into the palace seems to be for keeping the etiquette.

But people open their mouths. If the emperor wants to accept her, there are a thousand ways to make it through. Even Zhao Ji's grandfather once married his own nephew as the queen. What is the "relative relationship" that cannot be entangled anymore?

Therefore, in the face of the aggrieved and pro-princess, the courtiers with a clear heart became partridges one by one.

They all knew that His Majesty was not abiding by etiquette, but she just didn't want to accept a concubine.Not to mention this Princess Marriage, even the concubines that His Majesty accepted earlier, I heard that His Majesty only passed on the specified time, and she would never appear in the harem at other times.

With such a dull temperament, all the ministers hoped that it would be too late for her to leave the rain and dew to the concubines of their own country, so how could they be willing to send another princess of another race to spend a few days?They didn't persuade His Majesty anymore, they wished His Majesty would not accept it.

Otherwise, according to the frequency of His Majesty's going to the harem, if those concubines are not pregnant, what should I do if the princess of the Huns is pregnant with His Majesty's eldest son first?Is it true that the throne is handed over to a highness of mixed blood?

Princess Heqin was not "accepted" by Zhao Ji, and Wei Chuyan, who stood at the front, was also relieved.She had just seen the princess's enthusiasm for Zhao Ji, and she felt a little apprehensive. For the first time in her life, she felt sour, and she was very wary for a while.Previously, there were no courtiers who stood up to speak to the princess. If there were, Wei Chuyan would probably be the first to stand up and "discuss etiquette" with the minister.

Wei Chuyan breathed a sigh of relief, but it was this breath that aroused the curiosity of Princess Heqin who was standing in the palace, and took a look at her, but found that it was another extremely beautiful Daqi person, She even seems to be prettier than His Majesty. The point is, she looks gentler than His Majesty.

Princess Lan Yu was moved again. She recalled what His Majesty said earlier, and said joyfully, "Your Majesty said earlier that it still counts if I am asked to find a good man among the nobles of your country?"

As soon as she said "I", many ministers frowned.After all, she is a woman from a barbarian land, so impolite!

Zhao Ji was also a little displeased, and responded lightly: "Of course it counts."

Princess Lan Yu beamed with joy, pointed at Wei Chuyan and said, "Then I will marry her."

The author has something to say: Kawenka's me.

Come to my aunt, it hurts me so much.

Visually, the second change is still difficult to deliver, so don't wait, I dare not say what time is better. .Anyway, check it out tomorrow.

You are quite trustworthy, the last time that kind of thing should not happen, you will definitely see it when you get up tomorrow.