Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 954 Legendary Life 20.0

The old queen mother died of illness one year after Emperor Chongde ascended the throne. She could not last the enthronement ceremony, but whether it was Emperor Jiaren, Emperor Chongde, King Tong, or even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, they would not let her affect her. This is a very important event, so it is a miracle to hang her life with all my strength for a full year.

After the old empress died of illness, the court and the harem have temporarily settled down a lot. No one is acting as a monster, no one is causing trouble, and everything is proceeding step by step.

But calmness is only relative. Some people with ulterior motives can't bear their desire to make troubles, and they start to move around again.

Of course, you need excuses to make troubles, and the excuses these people with ulterior motives found were Tong Wang and Li Chu.

After Emperor Chongde ascended the throne, King Tong, as the closest brother who escorted him all the way, naturally rose to the top, held great power in his hand, and became a powerful minister with power over the world.You can enter and exit any place in the palace at any time without notification at all, you can even have a meal at the same table with Emperor Chongde, and you can stay in the palace without saying hello.

These behaviors of King Tong are actually habits for so many years. In the eyes of Emperor Chongde and himself, it is not a problem at all. This is their daily life, but most ministers who don't know the inside story In their eyes, Tong Wang's actions are extremely disrespectful and absolutely overstepping the rules, which they cannot tolerate.

Those guys with ulterior motives took advantage of the psychology of these ministers and began to dig around and pick things up everywhere. However, it was obvious that they didn't dare to do it. After all, they had also experienced the methods of Emperor Chongde and King Tong. It's not only the death without a whole body, but also the family and clan members.

"They thought they were doing it secretly, but in fact, all their actions fell into the eyes of Emperor Chongde and Tong Wang." Song Qiyun shrugged, "Tong Wang wrote it in his memoirs, and they decided to follow suit."

"Just plan?" Jin Miaomiao frowned slightly, "What do you mean?"

"Sister Miaomiao, as you know, the situation in the court is controlled by the emperor, and the most taboo thing is to have a one-sided situation. This is very bad. In fact, the harm outweighs the benefit. Therefore, they let these people go. It's a small move, and I want to adopt a check and balance method."

"Checks and balances? It doesn't sound very reliable."

"Yes, by their own admission, they felt it was a mistake to use checks and balances."

"They probably didn't expect that these people's appetites are getting bigger and bigger, and they have already deviated from their original intentions." Shen Haolin nodded, "The art of checks and balances itself is the basic ability that an emperor should master, but, the two of them I underestimated some ministers too much. Although those ministers showed respect and sincerity to them, they still had the virtue of self-importance in their bones. They looked down on young people and wanted to replace them with young people. Their ambitions were slowly fed by this technique of checks and balances. Big, and eventually it got to the point where it became unmanageable."

"Brother is right, young emperors, or young emperors, if the ministers in the court are all older, the last thing they should do is to check and balance, but should choose absolute imperial power suppression." Shen Cha chuckled After a while, "Your Majesty has done a very good job, so that those ghosts and ghosts will stop their thoughts and be honest and timid."

"If you make a wrong choice in one step, it will be very difficult to get back." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "Most of those courtiers are like Mrs. Zhen, veterans of two dynasties or three dynasties, nothing else, just in the court hall Standing for more time than the two of them combined, they are veterans of checks and balances."

"That's right!" Song Qiyun also sighed, "Emperor Chongde and King Tong have already regretted it two years after practicing the technique of checks and balances. At this time, it is too late to use imperial power to suppress it. Those ambitious Slowly getting bigger, the veterans who like to rely on the old and sell the old are not very obedient. Every morning and afternoon, it is not to discuss the people's livelihood, nor is it to discuss border defense, but to attack each other between different camps. Either one participated in this, or One participated in that, of course, the one who received the most participation was still King Tong. Even if King Tong is away from Xijing and is not in Xijing, he is also the target of impeachment."

"It's still Tong Wang's misery. In fact, among the people who participated in him, there may not be no one who knows the real relationship between him and Emperor Chongde. They just want to pretend not to know that's all. If this layer of window paper is pierced, they will be gone. Is there an excuse to show your existence in the court?" Jin Miaomiao shook his head helplessly, "We have said before that whether it is Emperor Chongde or King Tong, the courtiers will not care about them. Yes, it is true that you can use them to achieve your own goals and gain benefits for yourself.”

"Or else, Emperor Chongde and King Tong were born at the wrong time. They tried their best to turn the tide, but found that the people around them kept holding back." Song Qiyun smiled bitterly, "Don't talk about Emperor Chongde and King Tong, Any famous emperor throughout the ages would be very powerless in the face of such a situation. There is no other way to choose but to give up."

"If it's just impeachment, it's fine. The methods they think of are not something normal people can think of. Some people gave him valuable things, money, and even paid him in order to prove some crimes against King Tong. Give him beauties. King Tong naturally doesn't accept these things. In order to disgust King Tong, they blocked the door of King Tong's mansion and refused to leave, causing a scene of a busy gift-giving scene in King Tong's mansion. King Tong was annoyed by them , simply hid in the palace and could not come out. As a result..."

"They can accuse him of disrespect again." Jin Miaomiao sighed, "These ministers are chasing King Tong fiercely, and I feel that everything King Tong does is wrong, even breathing It's wrong."

"Yes, King Tong thinks so too." Song Qiyun knocked on the table, pointed to the memoir and said, "Although they know that these people are intentional, and they don't want to deal with these people, they can't stop them from making trouble every day. Chong Although Dedi did not blatantly stand up for King Tong, he also punished several very happy ministers on the sidelines, of course, for other crimes. This is not true for those old guys who like to figure out the emperor's mind. It's not hard to guess Emperor Chongde's true thoughts, but they still do their own thing and don't know how to restrain themselves. Therefore, these two people feel very tired, and it's not that they haven't thought about punishing these people severely, but If they really want to do that, their anger will be blown, but there will be no one to do the errands for them in the future. Therefore, the two can only comfort each other, then regroup and continue to deal with those old guys. "

"Everyone has their own difficulties, and it's not easy."

"Isn't it!" Song Qiyun nodded, "It was under such a desperate situation that King Tong's family came to the door."

(End of this chapter)