Fairy, please let me explain.

Chapter 795: Turning Hands into Clouds
One of the great advantages of strongman politics is that the will of the supreme leader can be implemented directly without much interference, even if this will is completely inconsistent with the past etiquette.

With the issuance of the imperial edict and the enthronement of the prime minister's third son An Ran, the fact that the Great Yan Dynasty was about to welcome its first king of a different surname since its founding soon spread throughout the world under the operation of the court's public opinion machine.

According to convention, a lot of people would jump out at this time to advise that this move was not in accordance with etiquette, but the fact is that except for a very few corrupt scholars, the court officials all held a high degree of agreement on this matter.

Ever since the old emperor passed away and the prime minister disappeared, the two 'new kings' who actually controlled the court had been keeping silent with each other. The tension caused by this silence was maddening. After a while, these ministers might have to kneel down and beg these two to communicate with each other.

Now the will is published,

A huge weight was lifted off their shoulders.

No matter how different the two "new monarchs" were about their future plans, at this moment they ultimately chose to continue the cooperation of the previous generation of emperors. However, when interested people repeatedly interpreted the official document announced to the world, some of the inappropriate clues gradually entered the eyes of the top nobles.

Granting the Nine Gifts and other rewards is the highest honor for ordinary officials, but for the Xu family it is a completely dispensable title.

The idea of ​​establishing three ministries is even more absurd.

The internal officials system of the Prime Minister's Office has already penetrated into every capillary of the imperial court. If he is not appointed as the founder of the three ministries, would the court dare to forcibly disband this behemoth in the name of justice?
The only thing worth mentioning is probably the unprecedented title of a king of a different surname in the history of Great Yan. With the help of this title, Xu Changtian can naturally inherit Xu Yinhe's political legacy and continue Prime Minister Xu's influence in the court. However, the title of king is only a title, and compared with the former position of prime minister, it does not have the administrative power to supervise all matters in the world.

In front of this king who was promoted in name only and demoted in reality, the price paid by the Xu family seemed too heavy.

Warlord Black Scale.

Four inconspicuous words at the end of the will.

But it meant that the new emperor was ready to initially intervene in the Black Scale Army, the private army of the Xu family. And the key point was that the new master of the Xu family actually agreed to this matter, which led to the first cooperation between the two new masters of the court at the cost of damaging the foundation of the Xu family.

Is this the world for all?

Or just kneeling?
There were so many doubts in the initial negotiation between the two new rulers that many court officials believed that the two had reached more additional agreements in private. But in fact, the new ruler of Dayan in the palace had never expected that Xu Yuan would directly respond to the edict.

Politics is the art of compromise, a back-and-forth process of testing each other, an exchange of interests like the bargaining of old ladies and vendors at the vegetable market, but Xu Yuan actually agreed to his exorbitant price.
Li Zhaoyuan did not understand the other party's intention, but no matter what the intention was, no matter what the other party's plan was, he, the prince who climbed from hell to the top, would take on it.

Time passes like this.

The time of mourning for the late emperor is almost over. In this chaotic era, life is not easy for everyone in the world, from the new emperor to the common people.

It has been more than two months since his father passed away. In recent days, Li Zhaoyuan would often stare at the towering palace on the top of the mountain in his spare time, as if the father was still sitting on the cold dragon throne, looking down at him.

The closer he got to the throne, the more this feeling of being watched became real. Li Zhaoyuan knew that it was his own illusion, but he couldn't help but think about some things.

Father.

Yourself.

ideal.

Li Zhaoyuan wanted to break free from the shackles put on him by the old emperor and find a future of his own, but after much thought, he found that all he had left was the power in his hands.

To some extent, the father emperor won him, and won completely. Even though the other party was dead, he was still the other party's pawn. He ultimately failed to break free of this shackle and became what the father emperor wanted him to be.

Suddenly, a rustling and hurried footsteps interrupted Li Zhaoyuan's meditation. The candlelight in the deep corridor in front of the hall flickered as the figure walked by. Finally, the footsteps stopped outside the hall, and a respectful voice came from outside:

"Your Highness."

"Come in."

The palace door was opened, and the purple-robed eunuch lowered his head and carefully moved into the palace, bowing and saying:

"According to your order, I discovered that there seemed to be some small movements in Kunning Palace during the process of purging counter-revolutionaries in the palace."

"Queen Mother?"

After Li Yaoxuan passed away, Queen Mu naturally became the empress dowager.

Li Zhaoyuan didn't care about it. He withdrew his gaze from the mountain top and said in a calm voice: "She wants to make a fuss about my coronation ceremony?" According to the etiquette of Dayan, the coronation ceremony cannot avoid the Queen Mother, the former mother of the world. However, the etiquette is set by people. In the face of absolute power, the so-called etiquette is nothing but a plaything. If Queen Mu really dares to make a fuss about this matter, the final result will be nothing more than this woman's dignity being trampled on again.

The purple-robed eunuch shook his head slightly and said:

"The Queen Mother has contact with people outside the palace."

"Someone outside the palace?"

Li Zhaoyuan raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and glanced in the direction of the Prime Minister's Mansion: "It seems that the only person who can reach out to the palace is that guy. At this time, he is so leisurely and elegant to contact a queen mother who has lost her power? Can you find out what that guy is doing?"

The purple-robed eunuch was silent for a moment:
"As soon as the source was found, the spy committed suicide."

"waste."

"Boom."

The purple-robed eunuch knocked his head against the cold ground and said, "I am guilty."

Li Zhaoyuan pondered for a moment and asked:
"Has there been any news from the Prime Minister's Mansion in recent days?"

The purple-robed eunuch hesitated slightly:

"The emperor's mourning period has not yet ended, but the prime minister's residence has already collected the white silk for mourning."

Li Zhaoyuan murmured without any surprise:

"It seems that Xu Xiang really went, what else?"

"Still the same as before."

The purple-robed eunuch carefully considered his words: "In order to seize the power of Prime Minister Xu, Xu Changtian has been summoning important officials of the Prime Minister's party to the capital for nearly a month."

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Hearing this, Li Zhaoyuan tapped the documents on the desk with his fingertips. His dark pupils flickered in the reflection of the candlelight, and he fell into deep thought.

The situation Xu Changtian faces should be the same as his.

The transfer of power does not happen overnight, nor will everything be fine once you sit on the throne. Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism are just slogans for these ministers standing in the clouds. Of course they are loyal to the royal family, but that is more out of their own interests.

If one wants to replicate the power of the previous generation, he can only continuously strengthen his prestige through decrees, government affairs, and victories.

If the royal family is like this, the Xu family should be like this too.

But whether it was the Black Scale Army directly abandoning the northern part of Hongnong, or the new master of the Xu family agreeing to the unequal edict of ennobling the king, these events all spoke of abnormality.

The major events that Xu Yuan led after taking office were all important decisions that would damage the interests of the entire prime minister's office and even affect its foundation.

Faced with the absurdity of the new master, it was impossible for the eunuchs of the Xu family to obey, but the fact was that Xu Yuan successfully implemented these decisions, and the royal spies did not find any dissenting voices in the prime minister's mansion.

There is only one situation that can lead to this reality:

The new owner of the Xu family,

In the past month, the centralization of power in the entire prime minister's office has been completed.

Li Zhaoyuan got up in the dead silence of the night and walked to the window. Through the endless darkness outside, he looked at the dimly lit Prime Minister's Mansion. With his dark eyes half-closed, he murmured quietly:

"What exactly do you want to do?"

(End of this chapter)