He couldn't escape even if he wanted to, so Yu Qian entered the east side room hesitantly. Fortunately, I have eaten here twice, and now I am familiar with the place.
The room was quiet, no one spoke or moved. When I looked inside, I saw Xiao Lingxi sitting on the soft couch with a smile on her face, holding a book in her hand and reading intently.
Yu Qian had no choice but to walk closer and salute with a grimace: "Wei Chen has met Concubine Xiao."
Hearing this, Xiao Lingxi raised her head in surprise and quickly clarified: "Yu Shangshu, please stop yelling. I don't like the emperor, and I'm not the emperor's woman."
This time, Lun Dao Yu Qian was surprised that someone actually said that he didn't like the emperor in broad daylight. For an ordinary person, this sentence would be enough to move the head.
Xiao Lingxi didn't take it seriously and just gave up her seat with a smile: "It's cold down here, so Yu Shangshu came to sit on the couch. Today's Hongmen Banquet is not that delicious, so Yu Shangshu should have a glass of wine to warm up first.
The princess was writing with the prince. She would not be here for a while, so she asked me to chat with the minister for a while. "
Yu Qian asked curiously: "Is it the princess who is meeting me?"
Xiao Lingxi smiled and said: "Yes, but if the minister is unwilling to talk to the princess, you can also choose freely: the emperor, Princess Xuanyi, and Princess Qi. There are only three people in the palace who are qualified to talk to you. You can Choose one, I'll call it for you.
But I advise you to choose Princess Qi. Because no matter who comes, these three people say exactly the same thing. Princess Qi is at least good-looking and eye-catching, and she pays attention to her image and won't be a bitch.
If another emperor or concubine comes and the banquet is completely disgraceful, don't blame me for not warning you in advance. "
When Yu Qian heard this, he quickly handed over his hand and said, "Let's talk to the princess. How about today's affairs? I'd like Miss Lingxi to give me some advice."
Xiao Lingxi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The main topic of today's banquet is that Princess Qi, on behalf of the entire palace, including the emperor and the concubine, bows her head to the civil servants represented by Shangshu, begging you to give a way for dozens of people in the palace of Qi to survive. .”
Yu Qian was shocked when he heard this: "Isn't this accusing us of being disloyal? It's unfair. Why does the emperor treat us like this?"
Xiao Lingxi complained: "Okay, Yu Shangshu, even though you are both two-ranked Jinshi with a wealth of knowledge, the emperor will definitely not be able to compare with you in terms of knowledge. But if you think the emperor is a fool because of this, that would be too much.
As for your little abacus, not to mention the emperor, even a lowly little girl like me can see it. When the Tumu Fort Incident first happened, you made a plan to put the then King Ni on the throne and let him take the blame. If the battle was lost, you would let him die in Sheji and bear the infamy.
But what if the battle is won and the Emperor is brought back? You guys will wait another ten or eight years for the prince to grow up, and then ask the princess or concubine of the Prince's Palace to send the emperor away with a bowl of medicine and let the prince ascend the throne. In this way, the throne will return to the lineage of the Supreme Emperor.
But you have imagined this world so beautifully, how could the new emperor just wait for you to feed him medicine?
This is the topic of today's Hongmen Banquet. If you are unwilling to promise to guarantee the emperor's safety, then the emperor will have to fight for it himself. "
Yu Qian broke into a cold sweat after hearing this. He had been in officialdom for almost thirty years, and this was the first time he heard with his own ears that someone brought the poisoning of the emperor to the table.
Xiao Lingxi continued: "Yu Shangshu understands why your Majesty insists on getting rid of Prince Xin's Mansion completely. I used to think that he was ridiculous and had something wrong with his brain.
I had nothing to do in the mansion, so I just thought about it when I was free. Later, I figured it out. Prince Ni's mansion was full of cronies planted by the Empress Dowager and the Supreme Emperor. Even Princess Ni was personally selected by the Empress Dowager.
It's no wonder that the emperor was so scared. If the nobles in the harem and the important ministers from outside the court gathered together and gave an order to the princesses in the Yin Mansion, the emperor would be sent away with a bowl of medicine. It would be easier than eating and drinking. "
Yu Qian's back was almost soaked with cold sweat. Obviously, although the words came from Xiao Lingxi's mouth, in fact, every sentence represented the emperor's heart. This was already a heart-breaking statement.
It turned out that the emperor's suspicion of the ministers had long reached the point where he couldn't help but want to kill them. Fortunately, the nobles and vassal princes are now unwilling to be loyal to the new emperor, so the emperor can be as forbearing as he is now.
Seeing that Yu Qian still didn't speak, Xiao Lingxi changed his tone and started to make up for it: "Although I don't like the emperor like you ministers, I really admire the emperor's construction of his harem.
He completely kicked away all the original women, and then replaced them with a group of orphans without mothers and families. This fundamentally eliminated the possibility of others placing them in advance, and also eliminated the possibility of others wooing the concubines' parents' families afterwards. .
Then the emperor invented harem slavery and separated these orphan girls, sending away all the noble, aloof, cold and stubborn ones.
There were ten sisters in total, and in the end we were divided between 30 and 70. Those like me, who couldn't lower their stature and couldn't let go of their self-esteem, accounted for 70% and were sent away. The remaining three were willing to put down all their self-respect and become slaves to the emperor, and were made princesses.
The great thing about the emperor, and what I admire the most, is that the small group of women he left behind are all extremely servile and deeply attached to the emperor. They have reached a life-and-death master-slave contract with the emperor, and you cannot bribe them. "
When Yu Qian heard this, he quickly raised his hands and replied: "Neither the ministers nor the other ministers have any intention of interfering with the harem, and they definitely have no intention of regicide. Please be clear to me."
Xiao Lingxi smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I believe you are all loyal to the emperor, but what's the use of asking me to make a clear judgment? I will be sent out soon. However, I can have three words for Yu Shangshu .”
"If you dare to ask a girl to give you advice, I will remember it in my heart and never dare to be ungrateful."
"The first sentence, the emperor has an excellent and excellent advantage, that is, he always clearly marks the price of his dealings with others, he is honest, and he is willing to fight and suffer. Take us sisters as an example, we must be his women , he made it clear and clear what he had to pay and what he could get.
If you can accept it, stay, if you can't accept it, leave. It stands to reason that the ten of us are originally slaves. The emperor holds our slave contracts and can do whatever he wants to us. But he still gave freedom to the seven people we wanted to leave, and each of them gave us more gold, silver and jewelry than we could spend in a lifetime.
The three remaining sisters were said to be slaves, but in reality they were all given the title of princess. They were so famous that they wished they could eat gold, silver, and swallow emeralds every day. They were almost spoiled to the heavens.
The same principle applies to you ministers. As long as you are loyal to the emperor and the emperor is both trustworthy and emotional, he will treat you well. The emperor can tolerate even Uncle Jing Yuan, the most trusted confidant of the Supreme Emperor, so how can he not tolerate you. The emperor is like this, but you still insist on feeding the emperor medicine, then the two sides will have to fight each other. "
The conversation in the east side room was extremely heavy, but the scene in the west side room was completely opposite. Zhu Qiyu sat on the soft couch and invited He Yi and Huang Pu to sit on the left and right sides.
Huang Pu was quite reserved when he met the king for the first time. Zhu Qiyu took the initiative to start the topic: "Chengji, Xingyi recommended you to me, saying that you are upright and honest, and you have quite the talent for governing the world.
It is said that the Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers and their death. Now I am so worried that I can't sleep because of the incident in Shanxi. Can you tell me what should I do about this mess? "
Huang Pu replied: "Your Majesty, are you asking about Shanxi's current military situation, or about Shanxi's future governance?"
"Tell me first, how to govern Shanxi after the war is over. As far as I know, a large number of soldiers from Shanxi's guard posts have fled. The most conservative thing to say is that if half of the people in each guard post have fled, then it will be considered as a small number. Yes.
And the Great Wall defense line outside is useless. The Wala army was able to enter Shanxi without anyone noticing and set up ambushes. They succeeded several times in a row and annihilated our army of hundreds of thousands. How to build the Great Wall defense line in the future so that it can be impregnable.
There are also the gang of civil and military officials in Shanxi who are cheating and reselling military weapons and subsidizing grain and grass to Mongolia. In the case of Wala's invasion, the troops should be self-respecting and the work should be done without any effort.
There are so many questions that I can’t even finish them all. Tell me how to do this? "
Huang Pu replied: "Wei Chen has an idea. In fact, we can split Shanxi into three, and move Xuanfu and Huailai into Beizhili to strengthen the court's control over these two strategic places.
A new capital was established outside the Great Wall, and the Kaiping Guard and Dongsheng Guard were reset. Turn the outer part of the Great Wall in Shanxi into a military-controlled area like Liaodong.
For the remaining part of Shanxi, Datong is the center and serves as the logistics base to support Kaiping Guard and Dongsheng Guard.
Then, another section of the Great Wall was built between Xuanfu and Huailai, forming three lines of defense: the Outer Great Wall, the Xuanhuai Great Wall, and the Inner Great Wall to avoid another tragedy like the Tumu Fort. "
