Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 813 Xu Youzhen's Future
In the carriage, Xu Youzhen's eyes flickered, and she was speechless for a moment.

What you've been waiting for!

He was worried that he would not have a chance to get close to the Supreme Emperor, didn't he just doze off and bring a pillow?
You know, in the past, although he was recommended by Li Xian, he successfully entered the camp of the Supreme Emperor.

However, his official position was too low after all, and he didn't even have room to intervene in front of a group of nobles.

How can this work?

Mr. Xu has his own ambitions for the future, and he is determined to make a difference in the officialdom, so he took the risk and 'joined' the Supreme Emperor.

Although it is said that people in their 40s are not too old in the officialdom, but they are not too young either. Didn't you see Yu Shaobao, who is only in his 50s, is already an extremely powerful minister?

On the other hand, he himself, up to now, is nothing more than a mere Hanlin, not to mention an extremely human minister, even a minister of the court, he is out of reach.

In many things in this world, risks and benefits are directly proportional.

Xu Youzhen is very clear about who is in charge in today's court, and the only way for him to get promoted step by step is to please the emperor.

However, the proposal to move to the south really offended the emperor to the death and almost blocked this way.

This point, Xu Youzhen was clear after the river was ruled.

Therefore, if you want to continue to make a difference in your official career, how to resolve the emperor's bad impression of him is the most important thing.

However, there is no need to quibble about this kind of thing at all. The best way is to endure it in the court. After three to five years, or maybe ten to eight years, the emperor will probably not remember such trivial matters.

But obviously, Master Xu couldn't wait for such a long time.

Therefore, he began to look for other directions as a matter of course. At that time, he really thought about going to the Supreme Emperor.

After all, although the Supreme Emperor has no real power, he still has a status. Although there is no obvious power, at least a group of people from the British government have been helping the Supreme Emperor both openly and secretly.

Xu Youzhen thought about turning herself into one of them, and then using their strength to further her career.

But in the end, he still gave up. As for the reason, of course it was because...these people are too good at it!
Following Chen Xun's trip to Xiuhe, he often asked this teacher for some advice on how to stand in court. As a former cabinet minister, Chen Shangshu was naturally deeply touched by this.

In addition, he really appreciated the student Xu Youzhen, so he said a lot.

Because of this, Xu Youzhen knew a lot of news that he didn't know before.

For example, a long time ago, the emperor expressed his dissatisfaction with the Supreme Emperor, but it was only known to the high-level people and never spread.

For example, those people in the court who have been wanting to welcome back the Supreme Emperor, no matter who they are in the open or in the dark, the emperor is very clear, but they just open their eyes and close their eyes.

For example, many things seem to be watched by the emperor, but in fact...

After knowing this, Lord Xu completely gave up the idea of ​​defecting to the Supreme Emperor. Even after the repair of the river was over, when he still could not be reused by the emperor with such solid political achievements, he did not think about going against the emperor again. , but honestly want to start with the people around the emperor, and want to reverse the impression of him in the emperor's heart.

It should be said that Xu Youzhen felt that she did the most right thing about this matter.

Although the first attempt failed, it made him notice something that many people in the court did not notice.

That is, the Son of Heaven does not only like loyal ministers, direct ministers, and righteous ministers!

He, an old man, also likes a "sycophant" like Shu Liang!
At that time, it was the time when this Eunuch Shu made a big disturbance in the Xuanfu, was removed from the title of admiral and eunuch of the East Factory, and disappeared in the court hall.

However, when Xu Youzhen really went to the mansion of this Eunuch Shu, he discovered that although this Eunuch Shu had no name, he had a real truth.

Now, his mind is alive.

Since, in the heart of the emperor, he is no longer an official minister, but a villain who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals, then why does he have to reverse this impression?
What he wants is a smooth official career, rising step by step, and realizing his ambitions, not becoming a famous direct minister like Yu Qian.

As long as he can be promoted smoothly, he can be a straight minister or a capable minister, why can't he be a courtier?

Therefore, Master Xu resolutely chose a path where he was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han.

If this road is well followed, his future is simply limitless.

After correcting his own position, Master Xu's path naturally went much smoother. First, under the recommendation of Li Xian, he entered the camp of the Supreme Emperor, and then under the 'recommendation' of Chen Shangshu, he entered the Eastern Palace as a government official. .

Although, up to now, it seems that the official rank has not changed much, but the status is very different.

You must know that although the East Palace is set up, the officials belonging to the emperor have always been very strict, and there are only three or four.

Except for Yu Shiyue, the second cabinet assistant, and Xiao Ying, who was dismissed from office and awaiting investigation, the rest were him and Yu Yan from the Bureau of Economics and Economics.

In this case, as one of the few officials in the Eastern Palace, although he is busy, his status in the court cannot be the same as usual.

In addition, even in the Supreme Emperor's camp, because he is an official of the Eastern Palace, he also has a right to speak.

Otherwise, do you really think that just because you belong to civil servants, you can let the dignified cabinet ministers "confide in your heart" to him?
What a joke!
Xu Youzhen knew all of this in her heart, but what he knew even more was that these were all given by the emperor...

As a "Shu Gonggong in court", Xu Youzhen knows that there is still a big gap between herself and the original version.

The biggest difference is that the original Shu Gonggong can really work for the emperor.

But now, only with the secret support of the emperor, he has a place in the Supreme Emperor's camp. In terms of real role, it is actually very little.

All he can do is to listen to some news and pass it back in time, so that the emperor can grasp the movements of Zhang Yu and others in time.

But this is not enough!
Although Mr. Xu hadn't inquired about it, but based on Shu Liang's expression every time he told the news about his inquiry, he knew that this Eunuch Shu often got the news earlier than him.

In other words, Dongchang is not only his one source of information, and don't forget that in addition to Dongchang, there is Jinyiwei in the hands of the emperor. He is not the only one who wants to collect news.

So, he has to make himself more useful!

How can it be useful?
Of course, to gain the trust of the Supreme Emperor, so that he can participate in the decision-making of the Supreme Emperor's camp!

Only in this way can he be irreplaceable to the emperor.

To this day, Xu Youzhen still doesn't know what the emperor's plan is for the Supreme Emperor.

However, he was certain that the Son of Heaven did not have the 'brotherhood' that the outside world would call the Supreme Emperor. He even had a faint feeling that the Son of Heaven seemed to have been waiting for the Supreme Emperor to make mistakes.

Due to her special identity and personality, Xu Youzhen tends to be darker when she looks at many things.

After "becoming the emperor's man", he carefully sorted out a series of events that happened after the emperor returned to Beijing.

Then he was surprised to find something.

When he first returned to the capital, the image of the Taishanghuang was a righteous monarch who admitted his mistakes with an open mind despite his faults.

But now, after a series of events, many things seem to have changed.

From the smallest point of view, after the Supreme Emperor returned to Beijing, he conferred many concubines. It is said that in the Nangong Palace, they were licentious and pleasure-seeking, had a surly temper, and beat the eunuchs at every turn.

If it is said that this is a matter of the harem after all, it is not a big deal, then later on, the Supreme Emperor began to privately summon his relatives and ministers, although it was said to reminisce about the past, but after all, it was inevitable to make people think too much.

Later, the Supreme Emperor asked the emperor to calm down in the morning and evening, which seemed a bit petty.

These trivial matters gradually wore away the patience of the Supreme Emperor.

Until this time when the Wala mission came to Beijing, the Supreme Emperor first accepted Yexian's sister to stay in Nangong, and then became very close with Bodu.

At the Spring Hunting Ground, for the sake of the title of the Duke of Cheng, he forced the emperor with words, and there was a faint intention of interfering in politics in his actions.

From the outsiders' point of view, each of these incidents seemed to be that the Supreme Emperor did not know how to measure, and repeatedly crossed the boundary. However, Xu Youzhen knew that the number of them was secretly guided by the emperor.

Therefore, Xu Youzhen came to a conclusion that the emperor was not ignoring the Supreme Emperor, but was waiting for an opportunity!
Wait for a chance for the emperor to make a big mistake!
So Master Xu immediately understood the direction he should work hard for.

He wanted to become the true confidant of the Supreme Emperor, and he wanted to be a person in the Supreme Emperor's camp who had enough weight to speak.

In this way, he can become the one who will make great achievements in the end!

However, it is not easy to do this.

Any place has to pay attention to seniority, Xu Youzhen came late, and the credit is not enough, even though he is in the East Palace and has an important position, so he is valued.

But it is still difficult to climb up.

To put it bluntly, he is single and weak. He wants to squeeze into the decision-making circle of those nobles who are now trusted by the Supreme Emperor. To put it bluntly, he wants to get a share of the pie in the hands of these people.

How can this be easy?
So, after Mr. Xu racked his brains, he fixed his eyes on Zhu Jian.

This old man is a true emperor's party!
Although, in Xu Youzhen's view, what he did was no different from those nobles, but those nobles were looking for profit, while Zhu Jian was looking for fame and reputation.

However, he also understood very well that Zhu Jian was not just trying to gain fame, but was genuine, and felt that the Supreme Emperor was orthodox, so he took the risk and went on two missions to bring the Supreme Emperor back.

Even if I am a civil servant who is out of place among the nobles, I am still willing to 'collaborate' with them.

At the same time, he looked down on these nobles.

At that time, Mr. Xu felt that as long as he could gain the trust of this person, he would have a backer.

In short, Zhu Jian is a loyal minister of the Supreme Emperor, and he trusts Xu Youzhen, so Xu Youzhen is also a loyal minister of the Supreme Emperor.

With this layer of protective talisman, many things will be much more convenient.

Therefore, he tried his best to please Zhu Jian and gain his trust, but this was not enough, he was short of an opportunity.

As expected, now let him wait for the opportunity!

There was a throbbing in her heart, but Xu Youzhen frowned and said.

"Students understand what Duke Ming said, but Duke Ming also knows that students are humble and talkative. Even if they can get in touch with His Highness the Crown Prince and the Supreme Emperor, if they want to persuade them, they will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the nobles. Students will not hesitate to do so, but , now in the East Palace, if something goes wrong, the situation of His Highness the Crown Prince may be even more difficult!"

Seeing this situation, Zhu Jian's gaze also became terrified, as if he wanted to see through Xu Youzhen.

He has long seen that this young man is very ambitious.

These days, Xu Youzhen was deliberately flattering him, and Zhu Jian naturally knew about it, so he also investigated Xu Youzhen in private.

So, he soon discovered that this person was keen on official career, good at planning, and knew a lot of astronomy, geography, yin and yang and five elements.

He came to join the Supreme Emperor, to put it bluntly, because he offended the emperor, so he wanted to take advantage of the power of those people who really had a heart for the Supreme Emperor, to make a further step in his official career.

To be honest, he didn't like this kind of person.

But after calming down, Zhu Jian also understood that people like Xu Youzhen are not useless.

At least, when he was completely hated by the emperor, Xu Youzhen had no other choice but to rely on the Supreme Emperor and the East Palace.

That being the case, it doesn't matter whether he is really loyal or purposeful.

Putting aside personal prejudices, this person is still very capable, but, sometimes, he needs to be promised.

Just like now, how could Zhu Jian not understand the meaning behind the words?

There was a sneer in his heart, but Zhu Jian smiled kindly on his face.

"Yuanyu doesn't have to worry about this matter. Since you are planning for the Supreme Emperor, you will naturally be hated by villains. However, with this old man around, you will not be harmed by such villains. Just let go and do whatever you want. As long as it is beneficial to His Highness the Crown Prince and the Supreme Emperor, I will deal with the others!"

The implication is, you just go to fight with those nobles and give them eye drops, if they dare to make things difficult for you, he will take care of it!

"In that case, I would like to thank Mr. Ming!"

Finally hearing what she wanted, Xu Youzhen was overjoyed, bowed down again, and said.

"Don't worry, Minggong. It is the duty of a minister to speak faithfully for the emperor. No matter what difficulties and obstacles lie ahead, the students will definitely do their best to help the orthodox!"

"Good, good, good!"

Zhu Jian also clapped his hands and laughed, saying.

"With you in the East Palace, the old man can rest assured..."

Suddenly, laughter echoed in the carriage, Xu Youzhen raised her head, and smiled at Zhu Jian, both of them were very satisfied in their hearts.

Just at this time, the carriage stopped slowly, and the respectful voice of the servant outside said, saying.

"Master, the Duke's Mansion is here!"

So, Xu Youzhen got up, raised the curtain of the carriage, and asked Zhu Jian to get out of the carriage. At this time, outside the carriage, Zhu Yi, who was wearing a beautiful moon-white robe, was already waiting outside the mansion with a smile...

(End of this chapter)