"His Majesty!"
"We've arrived, and we've just entered the Zhaoyang Palace!"
Husband Xu walked in hurriedly and whispered.
Cao Mao's eyes lit up.
It’s finally here.
Chen Qian.
During these days, Cao Mao has been studying the lives of his great-grandfather, Sima Yi, Sima Shi and others.
If Cao Mao now wants to be a powerful minister and stand out from today's great generals, he must naturally imitate these powerful ministers in the past and draw sufficient experience and lessons from their deeds.
Chen Qian is an indispensable link in Cao Mao's plan to become a powerful minister.
He did not want to meet Chen Qian through Wang Xiang.
He has to be the point where the lines add up.
Chen Qian is also very motivated, but he doesn't care much about his clan and only cares about his personal position. Cao Mao likes such a sharp knife.
He had already ordered the eunuchs in the palace to keep an eye on him at all times. Once Chen Qian entered the palace to visit the Queen Mother, they would inform him in time.
Now the eunuchs in the entire palace are headed by Cao Mao.
Things are different now.
If Zhong Hui wanted to replace the eunuchs around him, it would be useless unless he replaced all the eunuchs in the palace.
Cao Mao has become completely familiar with them, even the guards and soldiers.
He was finally able to plot with his subordinates, and he was finally able to take the initiative to do some big things.
Today, he was going to block Chen Qian.
Cao Mao looked at Mr. Xu who was standing aside, and asked loudly: "What do you mean by not knowing? Is it okay to be so negligent about such a big event as the canonization of the queen? There is no news yet!"
"Someone is coming!"
"I'm going to Zhaoyang Palace!!"
Mr. Xu also reacted very quickly. He lowered his head and said quickly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I really don't know."
Cao Mao snorted coldly, stood up and left, and everyone hurriedly followed him.
Sima Hui looked helplessly at Sima beside him.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty really doesn't stop all day long. Why do you have so many things going on?"
Sima laughed, "I can't wait any longer. It's a honey trap to rush to support the queen as a general!"
Sima thought about the appearance of the queen. She was skinny and seriously ill. She was not beautiful at all.
Cao Mao hurriedly walked towards Zhaoyang Palace, complaining softly along the way.
At this moment, inside Zhaoyang Palace.
Queen Mother Guo was looking at Chen Qian in front of her.
She was originally a timid and sensitive person with no ambition. She was even reprimanded in person by members of her own clan several times but did not dare to refute.
Because she is so insecure, she dare not leave her clan.
However, the appearance of Cao Mao gradually changed this situation. The addition of Wang Xiang made up for the uneasiness after the clan left. The Queen Mother's character changed a lot.
On that day, Zhong Hui's attack made the Queen Mother shrink back again, revealing her true colors.
Despite this, people who have tasted the taste of power will not give up so easily even if they are frightened once.
Regarding Zhong Hui's behavior, the Queen Mother believed that it was because she was not strong enough and she did not contact enough ministers.
As Chen Qian was another important minister, Queen Mother Guo looked at him with eyes full of joy.
She asked about something.
Chen Qian was very helpless.
He knew in his heart that the Queen Mother was not in charge, the leadership was in Wang Xiang's hands. He came to see the Queen Mother today just to reassure the nominal leader of the faction.
Give her peace of mind so that she can continue to do things in her name.
That's all.
Chen Qian never had any confidence in the Queen Mother. Sure enough, the Queen Mother did not disappoint him. All she asked were useless things, a mediocre person!
Chen Qian was patient and kept answering.
At this moment, Mr. Guo suddenly broke in and reported: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, come here!"
Chen Qian frowned and stood up immediately, preparing to leave.
Queen Mother Guo said helplessly: "Oh, it's just a pain for this child, let him come in."
Before Chen Qian had time to resign, the emperor broke into Zhaoyang Palace first.
"Meet Mother!!"
Cao Maoxing bowed to see him, and then looked at Chen Qian who was standing aside, "Greetings to Mr. Chen!"
Chen Qian was stunned and quickly returned the gift.
Cao Mao walked to him the next moment, held his hand enthusiastically, and looked at Queen Mother Guo.
"Congratulations, mother! With such a wise person to assist you, why worry about everything happening?"
Queen Mother Guo laughed.
However, Cao Mao respectfully pulled Chen Qian to sit down again, "The princes have been talking about you for a long time, and they say that your talents are not weaker than those of today's generals!"
"But I think what the teacher said is wrong!"
"You are clearly a talented person, how can you compromise your talents?"
"Don't dare to take it seriously."
Cao Mao sat next to him, holding his hand firmly and not letting go.
"Mother heard that Mr. Chen was coming. I ran all the way here and didn't dare to relax at all. I admire Mr. Chen the most. Mother doesn't know, right?"
"When Zhenhou was the minister, Liu Ye, the servant, was deeply favored by Emperor Liezu, so he often spoke ill of Zhenhou. Zhenhou was very worried and asked his two sons."
"Mr. Chen was still very young at the time, but he said to Marquis Zhen: Your Majesty is a wise king, and you are a loyal minister. Even if your Majesty mistakenly believes the rumors, he will not embarrass you. Don't worry."
"Later, it was just as Mr. Chen said!"
Cao Mao said with a smile: "Mr. Chen has the wisdom to stay as a marquis. This is something that even my teacher cannot match. While he is still here, mother must quickly ask more about important matters in the temple!"
Queen Mother Guo said proudly: "I have already asked!"
Watching the interaction between mother and son, Chen Qian was particularly surprised.
Chen Qian knew the character of the Queen Mother and had known for a long time that the Emperor was the leader between the two. However, he did not expect that the Queen Mother was completely led by the Emperor.
And the emperor's words just now revealed a lot of information.
He had just come to Zhaoyang Palace and he already knew that he still had his own eyes and ears in the palace?
Does he know what he thinks when he praises himself?
Judging from what he meant, did he want to compete with Wang Xiang for the dominance of the faction? Does Wang Xiang know about this?
Of course, Cao Mao didn't know how much his words touched Chen Qian.
At this moment, he was still praising Chen Qian and the Queen Mother.
It seems that with this person here, there is no need to worry about anything.
Queen Mother Guo laughed even louder.
In the end, it was naturally Cao Mao who sent Chen Qian out.
Cao Mao still held his hand and whispered: "Mr. Chen, I have something I want to ask you for help with."
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."
"There is a fierce warrior in Yanzhou, called Ma Long. I heard that this man values love and righteousness and has outstanding talents. Staying in Yanzhou is really a waste of talent. I wonder if you can promote him?"
Wu Meng is engaged in? ? Malone? ?
Chen Qian was confused. He had never heard of it at all. Which rich family did he come from? Fufeng Ma family?
Although Chen Qian didn't think about it, he still didn't refuse. This matter was not difficult for him. He nodded and accepted it.
Cao Mao said directly: "Thank you, Mr. Chen!"
"Since Mr. Chen is here in the temple, I have nothing to worry about. When the big things are done, you will be the leader of the ministers!!"
Chen Qian and Wang Xiang are different, so Cao Mao's methods of wooing them are also different.
Cao Mao's straightforward words were indeed recognized by Chen Qian.
Chen Qian is not the kind of person who is vain, he is a very realistic person, there is no need to be secretive in front of him.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Chen Qian also replied in the same way.
The two parted at the entrance of the palace. Cao Mao did not continue to follow him, but just watched him go away.
Chen Qian can be used, as long as the price tag in his hand is bigger.
Chen Qian was also extremely satisfied with the emperor's performance at this moment, and he also had more confidence in the big things to be done next.
If the emperor learned about his somewhat radical ideas, maybe he would fully support them?
After seeing him off, Cao Mao turned around and walked into Zhaoyang Hall again.
"Mother."
"He left already."
Cao Mao sat next to the Queen Mother.
"With Wang Gong and Chen Jun here, we, mother and son, finally don't have to worry."
"Mother!"
Cao Mao said seriously: "Although they are wise ministers, they are foreign ministers after all. How can we compete with the Sima family with only the help of foreign ministers?"
Queen Mother Guo was a little puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I think we should reuse our own people, pardon those who can be pardoned, and promote those who can be promoted. Only our own family members are the most reliable."
Queen Mother Guo frowned again, "The Guo family has defected to the Sima family, how can they still be reused?"
"Mother, you are not from the Guo family."
"When I say my own people, I mean people from the Cao family."
"ah??"
Cao Mao said calmly: "Since Emperor Wen, the temple has been suppressing clans everywhere and weakening their power, which ultimately led to the current situation."
"Mother, next, we should gradually remove the restrictions on the clan and strengthen the clan's strength in order to achieve great things!!"
Queen Mother Guo suddenly fell silent. She understood what Cao Mao meant. Cao Mao wanted to release the clan power.
Although Queen Mother Guo had experienced the Cao Shuang period, she had no ill intentions towards the clan.
However, she didn't know what role these clans could play.
Since the rise of the Sima family, these clans have been extremely weak and useless. They even actively sided with the Sima family, which is simply disgusting!
Even if they are willing to help themselves, do they still have the power to fight back?
This is no small matter. Is it worth taking action for these useless powers?
"Mother, when the Sima family moved me to Hebei, far away from the fiefdom, do you know what I thought?"
Queen Mother Guo was stunned and shook her head.
Cao Mao replied: "I was so happy at the time, thinking that I was finally out of the sea of suffering, and I was grateful to Master Sima."
