The birthday of Emperor Chang Ao, who was unnoticed in the capital, has finally arrived.
Before going to court early in the morning, the fourth brother brought Chang Yu and Changxian brothers to Zhaoyang Palace. It was rare for the Emperor to sleep in late today.
The Zhaoyang Palace was filled with joy. An emperor and two princes said a lot of auspicious words to the Supreme Emperor. More than a dozen concubines, headed by Concubine Hua, showed up.
Originally, the Supreme Emperor's birthday should be a big deal, but in the eyes of the foreign ministers, the Supreme Emperor has abdicated after all, and everyone is more taboo about this kind of thing. Although filial piety is the first thing, the foreign ministers do not dare to take this risk. Huang Laosi also considered some other things, which eventually led to this situation. The palace was happy and poor.
The Supreme Emperor didn't pay much attention to the fourth child. He held the leopard cub in his arms. He glanced at the two grandsons and felt that they didn't smell too good.
Huang Laosi was very stingy and had little money, so he willingly gave him a broken knife. The scabbard was inlaid with a jade stone not much bigger than a fingernail, and then he was driven away by the Supreme Emperor.
After the dynasty started at the Yizheng Hall, no one among the ministers mentioned the birthday of the Supreme Emperor, nor did Huang Laosi. The morning dynasty, which seemed full of meaning but actually seemed meaningless, was over.
Huang Laosi ran to Jingyi Hall to approve the memorial, but he couldn't calm down.
"I still remember that every time it was his birthday, the Supreme Emperor..."
Huang Laosi showed a bitter smile: "The Supreme Emperor would go out of his way to arrange things for me, go hunting in the mountains, give military books, collect rare treasures, etc. In those years, when I was young, every year at the beginning of the year, I would look forward to the day and wait. Come on your birthday."
Sun An bent over and said nothing.
Huang Laosi sighed slightly: "Now, I am the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and I should have done a lot for the Supreme Emperor, but...but there is no money left in the imperial treasury, and the ministers from other dynasties are hesitant and no one mentions it, and government affairs are very busy. , when we were in Zhaoyang Palace in the early morning, the Supreme Emperor held the little beast in his arms. Although he was smiling, I really felt that the Supreme Emperor was quite fond of me..."
Huang Laosi couldn't talk any more.
He could tell that his father was unhappy. It wasn't because he was angry or disappointed, and it wasn't because he didn't give him any expensive gifts. It was just an emotion that he couldn't explain.
Thinking of the Emperor's expression when he waved to himself, Huang Laosi felt a sense of powerlessness and guilt in his heart.
When he took over as Dabao, the Supreme Emperor made a rumor to the outside world, saying that he was in failing health, so he abdicated.
There are two purposes for doing this. One is to prevent those ministers and direct descendants who helped the Supreme Emperor win the throne from having inappropriate thoughts.
You must know that there is an emperor and courtiers. If the emperor abdicates for no reason, how can those ministers from the dragon not take action and finally help the emperor win the throne. However, before he can get promoted and make a fortune, the emperor abdicates, and his good life will be ruined. At the end of the day, no one would be willing to change anyone.
In addition, when the Eight Dragons seized the throne, the battle for the throne among the nine princes also led to most of the courtiers choosing sides. The courtiers were not united to begin with, but were divided into camps. Many courtiers hated each other and fought openly and secretly.
If the Supreme Emperor directly made the fourth son the prince instead of making the fourth son the emperor directly, the fighting among the courtiers would continue and get worse.
Coupled with the fact that the Supreme Emperor originally wanted to be equal and many other factors, Huang Laosi took over quickly.
Now it has become the current situation. The courtiers all thought that the Supreme Emperor was in failing health. Huang Laosi was the winner of the Eight Dragons to seize the throne. With the support of many courtiers, he forced the Supreme Emperor to abdicate.
There is another very important reason. The Emperor is a sentimental person. It is not that he has no political acumen or is not rational enough, but he is too "righteous". During his reign, he granted many titles and rewards to officials. After becoming the emperor, it was as if he wanted to divide the spoils. Promoted a lot of wine bags and rice bags.
These officials and aristocratic families were all supported by the "sensibility" of the Supreme Emperor. However, in the later period, both the Supreme Emperor and Huang Laosi realized a problem. Many of the ministers supported by the Supreme Emperor were just losers. The country's dynasty is greatly disadvantaged, just like Zhang Songling and his like.
If the Supreme Emperor were allowed to wield the butcher's knife against these people who had been personally promoted, he would definitely be known as a ruthless and unjust tyrant.
The Supreme Emperor couldn't bear to take action, but he had to take action. This led to the situation where the fourth son wanted to purge the courtiers after he ascended the throne.
It was precisely because of this situation that the officials from other dynasties thought that Lao Si was afraid of the prestige of the Supreme Emperor.
Now if Huang Laosi tells his ministers that he and the Supreme Emperor have a very good relationship, it will not work as if they were his own father-in-law.
Because the courtiers realized that after being tricked by the two emperors, the consequences would be equally serious. They would not say anything on the surface, but you can imagine what they were thinking in their hearts.
After closing the memorial, Huang Laosi spoke.
"How much money is left in the inner treasury?"
"More than seventy thousand strings."
"Leave 20,000 yuan for palace expenses, and leave the remaining 50,000 yuan to the Supreme Emperor."
Huang Laosi was really bleeding profusely.
Recently, the fourth child has been saving money, thinking about how to be an emperor for once. How can he be successful without choosing a show? Not because of enjoyment, but because he feels that this is the treatment that an emperor deserves.
The fourth child’s goal is to collect 100,000 yuan, not to do big things, but to do small things, and count the few.
As a result, seeing how troubled the Supreme Emperor was about celebrating his birthday, the fourth child gritted his teeth. Concubine and father, he chose the latter.
You can choose your concubine again. Dad is already this old, and birthdays are celebrated every once in a while. Thinking of this, the fourth child is still heartbroken.
"Your Majesty." Sun An hesitated for a moment, looking like he was hesitating to speak, and bravely said: "I am brave, I feel... I feel that the Supreme Emperor, as an old man, is not short of money."
"what for?"
"Yesterday, people from the workshops in the southern suburbs arrived. The Emperor and the Concubine Hua should account for 30% of the workshops in several workshops. According to Sun Ping, it should be around 100,000 yuan..."
Before he finished speaking, Huang Laosi became excited: "Is this old guy so rich?"
Sun An nodded.
"Then I shouldn't give him money. He should give me money for his birthday."
Sun An: "..."
Just as Huang Laosi was about to think something wrong, he suddenly frowned and cursed: "This job should have been mine, how come it ended up in the hands of the Supreme Emperor!"
Sun An was embarrassed to say anything.
When Chu Qing was running the auction house, the Supreme Emperor and Concubine Hua were famous. It was said that even Concubine Hua's jewelry was pawned. Look at the emperor like you. You don't contribute money or effort, and you just rely on your mouth. , Chu Qing can give you a hair's breadth.
"It's all damning that little beast Changxian!"
Huang Laosi became more and more angry as he talked: "I have been following Chu Qing for the longest time, but I haven't taken any advantage, you bastard!"
Raising his head, Huang Laosi frowned and looked at Sun An: "I haven't beaten Changxian for a long time, right?"
Sun Anxin nodded tiredly.
"Go and call Changxian. I haven't tested his subjects for a long time."
The old eunuch looked hesitant.
It's your father's birthday, but you don't say anything if you don't want to celebrate it, and you want to beat up his grandson?
I guess the fourth child also thought of this and murmured: "It's better tomorrow. By the way, didn't Chu Qing say he wanted to arrange something for the Supreme Emperor and when he would enter the palace?"
"Your Majesty, Commander Chu previously said that he would take the Supreme Emperor out of the palace to celebrate his birthday, but I'm afraid it won't be until night."
"Yes, that's what this kid said when he entered the palace last time. He is the emperor's personal soldier, so what does it look like to lead the emperor out of the palace?"
Huang Laosi said angrily: "Let him exchange it for a banknote and give it to me. I can take the Supreme Emperor out of the palace at night."
