The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 230
The emperor kicked everyone out in the name of being unwell, leaving only the queen and Lin Zisu.

Taking advantage of Cao Shouli's time to go out to draw up the decree, the queen could no longer bear the grievance in her heart, knelt down on the ground, choked up and said, "Your Majesty, is the next thing you want your concubine to avoid the throne to be worthy?"

The emperor was moved, and supported the edge of the imperial couch with his hands, trying to stand up.

Unexpectedly, after sitting for a long time, her legs were not in control, Lin Zisu quickly helped the emperor up, and said, "Your Majesty, be careful."

The emperor took two steps. Feeling that there was nothing serious, he let go of Lin Zisu's arm, helped the queen up himself, and said, "It's just to establish a crown prince. How could you think so far?"

The empress held back her tears, stood up reluctantly, and wanted to say a few words in her heart to the emperor, but the words came to her lips, and she couldn't say them after all.

The two young couples have been married for more than 20 years, but their relationship is getting weaker and weaker. Up to now, there seems to be thousands of estrangements, and those sweet words seem to have become a thing of the past.

The emperor patted the empress on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to think too much, Yao'er is also your son, and the empress' seat must still be with you."

The empress was sent away, and only the emperor and Lin Zisu were left in the Qianqing Palace. The emperor sat back with a stern face, and asked in a deep voice: "Su girl, I will test you. What are my three wills today? How much do you understand?"

Lin Zisu didn't know the emperor's intention. Just now, she clearly said to the empress that she was staying in the Qianqing Palace, and wanted to let herself talk about it again, but she asked such a question out of the blue.

These decrees tonight were really beyond Lin Zisu's expectations, especially the decree to establish a reserve was issued suddenly without any wind, which was very different from the emperor Lin Zisu knew.

As for Liu Qingyuan and Ye Quan's dismissal, the emperor did not retain anything, which is also embarrassing.

Everyone knows that Ye Quan was the emperor's tutor when he was in the East Palace, and he has always been a sacred heart. In the past, he made several requests to resign and return to his hometown, but the emperor rejected them all.

Originally, this good story about the harmony between the monarch and his ministers was enough to be passed down through the ages, but in the end, they broke up because of a quarrel because of a crown prince.

Lin Zisu pondered for a while, and said, "I don't understand, if Your Majesty wanted to appoint His Highness the Second Prince as the heir apparent, he would have made the decree long ago. Why did you have to do it tonight?"

The emperor didn't answer Lin Zisu's question, but instead asked, "Madam Su, have you heard of Xianyun Academy in Jiangnan?"

Lin Zisu naturally knows the name of Xianyun Academy. Dayan has four famous academies, namely Xianyun Academy in Jiangnan, Kuanglu Academy in Shannan, Dingyue Academy in Luyuan, and of course, Dongping Academy in Beijing. .

It has been circulated in the officialdom that the origin of the officials of the imperial court is half in the south of the mountain and half in the south of the Yangtze River.

This is of course a bit exaggerated, but every autumn, half of the students come from the four major academies in the country, especially Xianyun Academy in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xianyun Academy is taken from the meaning of Xianyun Wild Crane. The earliest founder was a certain generation of the Zhang family in the south of the Yangtze River. He resigned from office and returned to his hometown because he offended the emperor. When he passed by Qihe Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, he built this academy on Qihe Mountain. , Pretending to be idle clouds and wild cranes.

Later, in the name of the Zhang family, many celebrities were recruited to give lectures here, and the reputation of Xianyun Academy was greatly shaken. For hundreds of years, there have been countless famous officials.

After going through decades of wars, Xianyun Academy was severely damaged at one time, and after being abandoned for decades, it began to prosper again during the reign of Emperor Ruizong.

"The world only knows the reputation of Xianyun Academy, but they don't know that behind the prosperity of Xianyun Academy, it is inseparable from the support of several big families in the south of the Yangtze River."

The emperor said indifferently: "Tell me, the Juzi who came out of this academy is my official in Dayan, or their official in Jiangnan?"

Lin Zisu was taken aback, she had never thought about such a question before, she thought for a while, and said: "The Taizu has an order that officials above the seventh rank are not allowed to return to their original places to serve as officials, even if they want to use their power for personal gain, they must avoid it." what."

"You, you still think too simple!"

The emperor smiled wryly and said: "The four major academies are connected with one another, and basically all the talents in the world are included in them. If something happened to the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not just the people from Xianyun Academy who can forgive them."

"There are not only people from the rich family in Jiangnan, but also people from the Lu family. Although they have different political opinions, they will always advance and retreat together in my place."

Seeing that Lin Zisu seemed to have realized something, the emperor went on to say: "At present, more than half of the land in the south of the Yangtze River is in the hands of the Zhang family. Although I don't know the water conditions in the south of the Yangtze River, I can be sure that there will be no flood in this flood." Flooded to Zhang's land."

The emperor's face turned gloomy, and he said, "The embankment newly built in the south of the Yangtze River this year is still flooded. If it is said that there is no problem, no one will believe it. They have a good plan and want to make a big problem a small one."

"This brings me back to the issue of establishing a reserve. In the past, when I talked about establishing a reserve, they would come up with some regulations to suppress me. I just want to use this opportunity to make them dare not object again. It's just that I didn't expect that the objection The most intense people are not them."

The emperor was a little sad and didn't say any more.

Lin Zisu took his words in her heart and thought about it secretly.

The emperor learned a lesson from the past, knowing that none of the ministers wanted to make Xie Yao the crown prince, so he took advantage of the sudden flood in the south of the Yangtze River to put pressure on the cabinet.

The emperor had calculated thousands of times, but he didn't. The person who opposed him was his teacher.

With the emperor's instructions, Lin Zisu understood immediately without the emperor needing to say anything else.

"Oh, my daughter now understands. His Majesty is worried about the officials in Jiangnan, so he sent patrol officials and Dongchang to teach those officials in Jiangnan to be cautious and not dare to do anything against them."

"Ruzi can be taught!"

The emperor laughed heartily, and asked: "Then tell me, I sent Ye Shihuan to the south of the Yangtze River, what kind of method can you see?"

"Did Your Majesty really ask the courtiers to speak?"

Lin Zisu smiled and said, "I'm afraid that my servant may misunderstand Your Majesty by judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

"It's okay!"

"Although His Majesty approved Mrs. Ye's resignation, he regretted it a bit, so he reused his son to tell the world that the favor of the Ye family is still there, and secondly, rely on Mr. Ye to maintain you and Mrs. Ye Fu's affection as a monarch and minister, if necessary in the future, you can recall Taifu Ye back to the capital."

"That's right, how did you come up with my thoughts?"

The emperor praised casually, and did not expect Lin Zisu's answer. He looked outside the half-open door, his eyes suddenly became dark.

"Su Yatou, you have to remember that anyone who is a king must have the world in mind. When it comes to state affairs, you must not have any personal feelings."

(End of this chapter)