Yan's foreign relatives, give Da Yan a little Xuanwu Gate shock

This blame that fell from the sky was firmly pinned on Simuitai's head.

And all the relevant insiders thought that it was Fu Tingzhao who did it.

"Sir, your majesty, how could he..."

Fu Tingzhao felt that all the bones in his body were rubbing against each other.

He didn't want to and wasn't willing to leave the court just like that.

He didn't want to leave Si Sui Tai, who he had trained to be the one with the final say.

"Aren't women officials the ones who deliver the emperor's oral orders? Why would you, a junior official of the Dali Temple, be the one to deliver them?"

He keenly captured the doubts.

"Yu Cheng! You are the junior official in charge of hearing cases in the Dali Temple. You are delivering the imperial edict for the real dragon. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the world? Who are you to dare to forge the imperial edict to deceive the nine officials and the left general?"

Yu Cheng bowed in the direction of the True Dragon's bedroom and said, "Be loyal to the True Dragon, so why should you be afraid of wind and rain? The Great Yan Law stipulates that when hearing His Majesty's oral instructions, one should bow and listen respectfully, as if His Majesty were here in person. Could this be the attitude of General Zuo when listening to His Majesty's words?"

"How dare you to alienate me from the government? How brave do you have?"

"I would like to ask, General Zuo, how brave you are to keep pestering me when the evidence is irrefutable? His Majesty loves you so much that he cannot bear to blame you, but you respond to His Majesty with an offense!"

"Nonsense! It's unknown whether I can survive to attend the morning court session next Mid-Autumn Festival. How could I bypass the imperial city and palace guarded by so many Heavenly Masters and openly enter and shoot the Duke of Wei?"

"Alas. General Zuo, why are you doing this?"

Yu Cheng looked at Fu Tingzhao who was arguing with reason and sighed.

"Look at you. Look at you, you're so obsessed with power that you're talking nonsense."

The older people get, the more they cling to the power in their hands, and the more they believe that everything they do is right. In fact, the Dali Temple still has evidence of Fu Tingzhao's murder of a large number of court officials, but he didn't say it in order to preserve the dignity of the monarch and his subjects.

Zhenlong only wanted Fu Tingzhao to resign from his post and return home, but he was unwilling to do so. Instead, he treated Zhenlong's kindness in this way.

If the Dali Temple reveals the ugliness of Simui Taichung, Fu Tingzhao will die, and the Dali Temple will not be able to gain any glory. Moreover, General Zuo might be held accountable by others for the bad things he has done over the years. How will the people of the capital view the Dali Temple then?

"General Zuo, it's time to write a letter of resignation and return home."

Yu Cheng directly bypassed the unspoken rules and reminded Fu Tingzhao.

If he doesn't retire and return home, the Dali Temple, the Western Pharmacy, and the Ministry of Justice will start a competition to see who can collect enough evidence for Zhenlong to execute Fu Tingzhao first. The winner will take all the reputation.

Although the Dali Temple undoubtedly had the advantage among the three parties due to the large amount of evidence in its hands, Yu Cheng had a feeling that Yuan Congqian would take down Fu Tingzhao, and wanted to directly ask Fu Tingzhao to resign from his post.

So, is Fu Tingzhao such a reasonable person?

"I don't recognize it!"

Fu Tingzhao finally disappointed Yu Cheng.

He racked his brains to come up with some sophistry and loudly refuted Yu Cheng.

"The secret line of Simuang Tai prepared the armor of the Military Affairs Department in order to monitor the agents in the city. What's wrong with that? Simuang Tai failed to supervise the relevant secret methods properly. Naturally, he will personally apologize to the True Dragon after he has thoroughly investigated himself!"

"Zhenlong has already informed General Zuo that you..."

"Besides, I am still useful! That person, that person, the real dragon must still need me to kill her!"

Fu Tingzhao interrupted him.

His hoarse shouting brought on even more violent coughing. All the officials of the Dali Temple changed color and quickly left the sealed environment of General Zuo's office. The Western Pharmacy popularized tuberculosis. Even if there was streptomycin, they didn't want to be infected.

In a corner where Fu Tingzhao couldn't see, they took out streptomycin and showed off their expressions to each other behind the door.

However, Fu Tingzhao thought that the officials of the Dali Temple approved of his words and felt that he, the Minister of Si Sui Tai, had not lost the favor of the real dragon, so they all walked out in fear.

The True Dragon still has a big worry that he has not gotten rid of, so he is still valuable at this time!

The biggest worry is Jie, who works in the Shangshutai, the Sui Xiang agent who is ready to launch a new writing and new cultural movement. The real dragon will not allow such a person to appear, because change represents instability. If he fails, what will the real dragon do?

If he could help Zhenlong get rid of this mortal enemy, wouldn't it prove that his Simuitai was more useful than the weird Western pharmacy that Yuan Congqian had set up?

"General Zuo, General Zuo! Why are you doing this?"

"Shut up! You little brat, what merit have you gained to become a favored minister of the real dragon and to come to Simuitai to play tricks on me?"

Fu Tingzhao was tortured more than once by the huge workload of Si Sui Tai and the thick stack of reports from the Western Pharmacy meeting minutes every day, which lasted a whole night. His body did not allow him to work at such a high intensity, and his brain was already a little less clear.

To the point where he is now insane.

Yu Cheng looked at the ugly old man lying in front of the desk and ordered the officials of the Dali Temple to withdraw. He felt inexplicably frightened.

Is this what people become when they get old?

As the Left General of the Great Yan, his military rank was second only to the General and the Right General. In the rank of civil officials, he also achieved the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs among the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers. He should have been an outstanding person of his generation.

If he retired and returned home normally, according to the character of the real dragon, he would definitely not treat him unfairly, and the title of Grand Master and a series of honorary awards would be inevitable. Even if he returned home after confessing his crime, the real dragon would give him enough silver to show the favor of the wise monarch in the prosperous times to the civil officials.

But Fu Tingzhao was reluctant to give up his power and wanted to destroy the tacit understanding between the monarch and his subjects!

His performance tonight was a disaster!

"Then General Zuo can prepare the wine himself. This is in case Yuan Congqian personally brings the wine made from the Poison Feather Beast, and the general dislikes it because it is produced in a western pharmacy and is unwilling to take it." For some unknown reason, Yu Cheng said to him the words that were on his mind.

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Chapter 93: Dividing the Years, Keeping the Enemy in Mind

Yu Cheng, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, had been gone for a long time.

But the words he said to Fu Tingzhao still lingered in the office of the Left General, where Fu Tingzhao was the only one left.

"You brat! How dare he speak to Jiu Qing like that!"

Fu Tingzhao gritted his teeth and supported himself on the table with both hands, as if there was a breath stuck in his chest that couldn't come out.

After a long time, he felt a little relieved and called the clerk.

"Call all the candle holders in Bai Zao and have them write down all their whereabouts tonight! There cannot be more than five people accusing each other. Record everything and order them to check it one by one!"

Upon hearing this order that the workload was as heavy as a mountain and that he was not sure whether he could finish it by working all night, the clerk, who was still enjoying the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, looked as pale as if he had eaten bitter gourd and put on a mask of pain.

Except for a few officials who stayed in the office, most of his colleagues went home to reunite and eat cookies.

"My orders are no longer effective if I haven't submitted my resignation to the government yet?"

Fu Tingzhao gave him a sad look.

The clerk lowered his head and said, "I dare not. Yes."

As to whether he cursed Fu Tingzhao in his heart for not daring to take action against Yuan Congqian and the Dali Temple, but showing a bad face to the workers at Simuitai who were working overtime late at night, it is unknown.

"Also, let Rong Wanqing bring a few people to investigate those people in Jian Tianqin. If the talisman was stolen, bring all those people here and ask them to give me an explanation. They must come."

"Here."

The first thing Fu Tingzhao wanted to do was to make sure that this was not done by his men.

He had no way to prove that the huge sound of forging metal and stone had nothing to do with Simui Tai, but he could present evidence to Zhenlong. When Duke Wei was assassinated, all the combat-capable people in Simui Tai had an alibi.

If there is a lucky person whose whereabouts cannot be verified, he will be dealt with and then faked as a homicide to prove that Si Suitai was maliciously framed. It shows that it is not that Fu Tingzhao is incompetent, but that the other party is too insidious and cruel.

"I can no longer fight against the alliance between Yuan Congqian and Yan Wu. I need to find a way to get the Tianshi Mansion to join the game. If I want the Tianshi Mansion to join the game, I can only let Jie take the initiative to attack Simuitai..."

Fu Tingzhao still wants to stay in his position.

He would give anything for power.

Even if it would drag the Tianshi Mansion, which was far away from the political struggle, into the water and murder Jie, who loved and was enthusiastic about Dayan, he still wanted to ensure his absolute power over Simuitai.

Fu Tingzhao was not satisfied with the Fu family's position of Grand Marshal and Nine Ministers.

He wanted to pursue more.

Zhenlong's health has been getting worse in recent years, so he has gradually ignored government affairs. He feasted and made merry all night long, and every festival lasted until sunrise, which gave Fu Tingzhao an opportunity.

He wanted to use the Simuitai to take over the government affairs that Zhenlong had neglected and neglected and put them in the hands of the Fu family.

He wanted to be a powerful official of Da Yan with his brother Fu Qianming and establish the Fu family general shogunate. If you don't take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences. As the old saying goes, even I think no one wants these powers?

Fu Tingzhao's plan is very simple.

Divide the Year Beast, and combine their abilities to command all officials.

He instigated internal conflicts among the agents of the Sui Beast, and obtained the powers of both sides by stealing the secret method of the Sui Beast's power. Then, he took advantage of the officials and the real dragons' fear of the fragments of Sui, and guided the agents to seek benefits for himself through the art of checks and balances.

The so-called evil words of Jie misleading the people and wanting to threaten the imperial power by becoming the Emperor Wenzong of the capital were just statements made by Fu Tingzhao to outsiders. In fact, all the top leaders of Dayan knew that Fu Tingzhao had his own selfish motives.

If Jie was really that threatening, how could the royal family and officials allow her to stay in the imperial city and search for ancient books in the royal library of Shiqu Pavilion day and night?

The majesty of the imperial court cannot be shaken by just writing a few words.

After the weak Jie is eliminated, the Sui Beast agents will inevitably split.

If the Sui Beast agent fights alone, his combat power will not exceed that of fifty Tianji Pavilion Heavenly Masters. A few dozen ordinary Heavenly Masters are enough to deal with a worthless agent like Ya. After the agents are divided, the threat will be much smaller.

Among the agents, who were divided into two or more factions based on their attitudes towards the Great Yan court, there were those who were willing to get along with the court like Shuo, and those who were hostile to the court like Wang Xiao. But who said that hating the court was harmful to Fu Tingzhao?

The more he hated the imperial court, cherished his brothers and sisters, and made trouble to attack Yan State, the more important the Sui Tai would appear, and the greater the power of Fu Tingzhao would be.

This is what is meant by "raising the enemy to protect oneself"!

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In the 12th year of the Emperor's reign, on the 18th day of the intercalary month of Guisi, the Emperor issued an edict: "The Duke of Wei shall be promoted to Jingzhao Yin, Sili Xiaowei, and shall prepare for the joint examination next year together with the Ministry of Rites. The Duke of Shu shall be promoted to Zhenglu Xiaowei, and shall be in charge of the Jiangqi banditry. The military and military officials of the Jiangqi prefectures shall discuss public affairs with their subordinates and shall not make decisions on their own. The pacification, transportation envoys, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice shall be ordered to supervise them regularly."

The emperor said to the Shaofu, "I have heard recently that the governors of various city-states have offered their surpluses in the hope of advancement. However, when disasters strike, they cannot help but violently plunder the people. This is what I do not want. I should order them to be careful." He took out 100,000 taels of rice from the inner treasury, 200,000 taels of silk, and 100,000 taels of cotton, and sent troops to Jiang and Qi to help purchase grain for the army.

The news that Duke Wei was given the title of Jingzhao Yin directly overwhelmed the controversial New Culture Movement and the rumors about Doctor Kai in Waicheng, becoming the most explosive news on the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

After such a long time, Zhenlong finally made it clear that he wanted to make the queen's eldest son the crown prince.

The upright and loyal ministers were naturally relieved by this. Bai Zao finally didn't have to suffer from the rumors about Xuanwu Gate, and they were no longer worried that the two princes of Zhenlong would really fight for the throne and get angry.

However, these upright and loyal people in the court are only a minority. Many more wise men who are ready to plan for future interests and invest in the next generation of true dragon and his favorites have no intention of stopping their bets.

Hearing that the Duke of Wei was still unmarried, the ministers became like hounds smelling blood. They began to mobilize their connections, both openly and covertly, to get the female descendants of their clans into the sight of the Duke of Wei or Queen Yuan.

The land value around the Duke Wei's residence doubled overnight, and is still appreciating. If my daughter and Wei Yanwu fall in love while walking on the street and become the Crown Princess, she will become a powerful family in Dayan!

Of course Yuan Congqian also heard about this.

Speaking of which, Wei Yanwu married Princess Wenyue of the Eastern Kingdom in Longmen, which is quite outrageous if you think about it carefully. But now that he has been conferred the title of Jingzhao Yin, which is equivalent to the Crown Prince of Dayan, there is no possibility for him to be with Wenyue.

The queen of Dayan, who ruled the country, was a person from the East. It makes one’s scalp tingle just thinking about it.

"My dear, there is an invitation from Yunque Pavilion. It's from those shopkeepers."

Qiu Fengshu pushed open the door of the study and said softly.

"If there are people looking for Duke Wei, there will naturally be people looking for us."

Yuan Congqian smiled and was not surprised by the invitation.

Chapter 94: Arrogant at First and Respectful Later

Qiu Fengshu looked at the invitation in his hand, thoughtfully.

"Do they feel that Langjun has gained power and are beginning to regret buying back the property from Langjun?"

"This is the power of fame. Zhenlong gave me nothing, but he turned me from a poor student who could only get investment from Li Cunshan and Uncle Yan into a popular young actor."

Yuan Congqian did not forget that all the checks Zhenlong wrote to him were blank checks.

Even if Yuan Congqian defeated Fu Tingzhao, he could not directly serve as the Minister of Si Sui Tai. He needed to choose someone to act as a transition between Fu Tingzhao and Yuan Congqian.

The transitional candidate who was obedient enough to be a puppet was naturally the Tianshi Lin Guangmei, who was specially mentioned by Zhenlong. Yuan Congqian was not at ease with anyone who could be the Minister of Si Sui, but Tianshi Lin was too reassuring.

"So, are you going to the banquet, sir? If so, please let me follow you."

Qiu Fengshu blinked and was about to go back home to change clothes, but was stopped by Yuan Congqian.

He laughed and said, "Of course it's impossible to go."

If I attend the banquet now, wouldn't it mean that I would have to pull those businessmen who have investment value in the Western Pharmacy back into Yuan's strategic circle? Receiving an invitation does not mean that I agree. Receiving an invitation does not mean that I have to attend the banquet.

"When my price was the lowest before, they only paid a small price to redeem Yuan's share of their storefronts, and successfully jumped off the shaky ship of Yuan's."

Yuan Congqian picked up the invitation and threw it directly into the trash can.

"And now that my value has begun to appreciate, they want to jump on the Yuan ship again on the first day of the appreciation, so that their facade industry can obtain Yuan's political asylum. Is it really that good?"

"He was arrogant at first but respectful later. It makes people laugh when they think about it."

Qiu Fengshu gave an accurate description.

At that time, she was holding a sword and watched with her own eyes as Yuan Congqian sold off the land deeds that the Yuan family had accumulated. Even though Qiu Fengshu was not very sensitive to money, she knew that this was one of the most wasteful behaviors.