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Chapter 137 Rules (add 8 for "I want to live for decades")

The breath of spring is very strong in Chang'an City.

There are no new shoots on the branches, and there is no greenness in the corners, but the thin clothes on the young men and women make people feel full of spring.

"It's really... plump!"

The entourage's eyes turned around a woman's upper body, and Wang Douluo didn't blame him when he saw it.

"Spring is here." Wang Douluo thought of the previous dispute between the court and the court.

After the beginning of spring, those speech officials seemed to have made an appointment, and they all opened their mouths to complain.

At first they stared at the queen and Yang, as if they wanted to pull the queen down and put the noble concubine on the throne.

For a while, many people were confused, thinking that it was the emperor's handwriting... The imperial concubine's current power is too weak to cause such a big wave of public opinion.

Now these people turned their guns, and even stared at the two princes: King Wei and King Yue.

King Wei had long been a vassal, but because King Yue was weak, the queen took pity on him, so she told the emperor to raise him for a few more years before releasing him.

Today, the speech officials raged against this point, saying that the king of Yue coveted the position of the crown prince in Chang'an, and the empress who provoked her sent a message saying that the crown prince and the king of Yue are brothers, and that the matter of two brothers in a family is none of your business?
But the officials seemed to be determined, and they continued to besiege.Even King Wei was brought in, saying that he was plotting a rebellion in Qianzhou.

King Wei is cruel!
Wang Douxiang shook her head, thinking that King Wei was still in Chang'an, she felt that this matter would not be too light.

"Who is Zhang Zhongmiao?"

Ahead, a deep voice came, like thunder.

"I am!"

Zhang Zhongmiao is a middle-aged man in his 30s. At this moment, he got off his horse with his head held high and his chest high. His heroic aura drew applause from everyone.

"it is good!"

Standing in front is King Wei.

These people applauded not to praise Zhang Zhongmiao, but to force him to come out.

King Wei is cruel, once Zhang Zhongmiao comes out, what will happen?
"Zhang Zhongmiao's impeachment of King Wei is the most vicious today. Now that King Wei is blocking the way, I'm afraid it won't be good." The staff squinted their eyes, and they looked like they were watching a play.

King Wei laughed grimly and said, "When will this king rebel against you?"

Zhang Zhongmiao stiffened his neck, "The old man heard that the king is training troops in Qianzhou..."

King Wei grabbed his collar and spit all over his face, "There are no officials in Qianzhou who belong to this king. This king knows that there are people sending news to Chang'an every day. What kind of obscene pants does this king wear at night?" Chang'an knows it all, just like this, you dare to say that this king is rebelling?"

The prince is in the vassal state, and most of the officials in the palace are appointed by Chang'an, and everyone is responsible for supervising the prince's "walking the right path".Moreover, without the orders of the Ministry of War and the court, it is impossible for the Qianzhou government soldiers to obey the command of King Wei.

So this so-called rumor of rebellion is purely full of food.

Zhang Zhongmiao still stiffened his neck, "It's my job to hear the rumors of the imperial censor."

"Slut dog slave, is it my job to be a king?"

Bah!
With just one punch, Zhang Zhongmiao's face was unreadable.

The cheeks of the onlookers twitched, the adrenaline was rushing, and their faces were flushed, as if they were enjoying themselves in London.

"Ah!" Zhang Zhongmiao howled miserably.

But it's not over yet.

King Wei went on.

Click!

Everyone looked at Zhang Zhongmiao's deformed calf and couldn't help exclaiming.

"Oh!"

King Wei left angrily, and the people of Jinwuwei went to the palace to report the news, while carrying Zhang Zhongmiao to seek medical treatment.

Only then did the crowd leave without getting enough, thinking that this matter would become a good topic for them to drink with recently.

Wang Douluo returned home and called Wang Douxiang to tell the story of today's court affairs.

"What does the emperor mean?" Wang Douxiang asked.

Wang Douluo said, "The emperor didn't say anything."

"That's not right." Wang Douxiang frowned. "This is his son. Whether it's good or bad, he should deal with it. How can others criticize it? Those officials... I think it's probably his instigation."

"But why is he like this?"

Wang Douxiang asked and answered, "Could it be that you want to strengthen the crown prince?"

"No, the emperor has four surnames in a family, no, he is extremely afraid of a family of five surnames. Behind the empress and prince is a family of four surnames. How could he pave the way for a family of four surnames?" Wang Douluo sneered.

"Then what is he trying to do?"

The two brothers can be regarded as very capable, but they can't see clearly the intention of the emperor's method.

"Lang Jun!"

A servant came in, "Beijiang Ding Xuan is coming quickly."

"Let him in."

Ding Cui was carried in by someone. He lay on the door panel and cupped his hands with difficulty, "I have met Mr. Erlang."

The steward said, "They were rushing in a frenzy, their bodies were stiff with the cold."

Wang Douxiang walked over, stretched out his hand to hold Ding Cui's arm, and a warm inner breath slowly entered.

Ding Cui's face became more bloody, "The villain's chest..."

The steward reached in and took out a large oiled paper bag.

"Open it." Ding Cui used Wang's power all the way, changing horses without changing people, galloping crazily, and arrived in Chang'an in a short time.He was stiff at the moment, and his arms didn't work.

The steward opened the oiled paper package, and there was another layer inside.

Open this layer of oiled paper again, and inside is a thick envelope.

Something so precious and important must be something important.The steward carefully opened the envelope and handed over a stack of letter papers.

Wang Douxiang took it, read the first page, her expression remained unchanged, and then turned to the second page.

The Wang brothers are one mile away, Wang Douluo is in charge of the affairs of the court, and Wang Douxiang is in charge of the family affairs.

Wang Douluo was thinking about the affairs of the court, pondering the emperor's intention to impeach his two sons.

"what!"

Wang Douxiang gave a light snort.

Wang Douluo raised his eyes and asked with a smile, "What is it?"

Wang Douxiang shook her head, "Wait a minute."

He flipped through the pages one by one, with ever-changing expressions, surprised, puzzled, confused, alert...

Finally he raised his head, "Brother, it's the art of smelting!"

Wang Douluo was taken aback, "Oh! How is it?"

Wang Douxiang said solemnly: "Compared to Chunyu's, I'm afraid it's only high but not low."

Wang Douluo stretched out his hand and said hastily, "Show me."

He looked carefully, and Wang Douxiang looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Where did it come from?"

Ding Gu, who had just drank two bowls of hot soup, recovered a little at this moment, and sat on the edge, with an excited look on his tired face, "It was given by Yang Langjun."

"Who?"

"Which Lord Yang?"

Ding Xuan said, "That county magistrate of my little lady."

Bah!
Wang Douluo tapped the case, "Where did he get it?"

If it were someone else, they would have been overjoyed.But the Wang brothers wanted to verify the origin first.

This is the difference between a noble family and an ordinary family.

"Yang Langjun read a lot of books in the Guozijian and learned the method of smelting. After he went to Taiping, he lacked iron tools. He found some craftsmen from among the criminals to think about it together. Now Taiping has set up a furnace and tested it. Several times, all the irons that come out are of the highest quality!"

The Taiping stove was erected, but not a single piece of iron was produced.But Taiping is Yang Xuan's territory, who can verify it?

"Okay!" Wang Douluo patted the table again, and said with a red face: "Chunyu's unscrupulous attack on Wang's, but he is not worried about the ore being cut off, because my Wang's does not have a good smelting method. Let me test it immediately. If it can be done, the Wang family and the Chunyu family will have a different host and guest!"

But Wang Douxiang has already seen some tricks.He is in charge of the family's property management, and he has been in charge of Wang's smelting in recent years.He was excited just by watching it once.

"Brother, not bad, absolutely not bad!"

Knowing this brother's abilities, Wang Douluo couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, "What a Yang Xuan!"

Wang Douxiang stroked her beard, "When we met in Yuanzhou, he was the one who saved Xian'er, and now he has given such an exquisite technique, which has helped Wang's get out of the current predicament, brother..."

The two brothers looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Ding Chan said: "You two gentlemen, Yang Langjun wants something."

"Say!"

Wang Douxiang was in high spirits.

"There is a shortage of iron tools in Taiping. Yang Langjun wants to smelt some iron ore to make farm tools."

"Give it to him! Give him as much as he wants." Wang Douxiang said without hesitation: "Give him half the price, send it to him!"

Wang Douluo smiled and said, "That young man only wants these?"

Ding thought nodded.

Wang Douluo was overjoyed, and raised his hand to pat the table.

Bah!
The case that he destroyed several times almost collapsed.

Wang Douxiang frowned, "There are not many cases at home, brother, let's take care of ourselves."

Wang Douluo said dissatisfied: "I'm afraid this case is a case of cutting corners, investigate!"

The steward lowered his head and suppressed a smile, "Yes."

The Wang brothers drank freely that day, and later, the good things were delivered to Wang Xian'er like a stream of water.

"Why is that?" Wang Xian'er rested her chin on her hands, her bright eyes were full of curiosity.

The servant woman leaned over and said with a smile: "I want to teach the young lady to know that the two gentlemen are very happy today, saying that the young lady has made a great contribution."

"What great achievement have I made?"

Wang Xian'er became more and more puzzled.

"It's that Yang Langjun."

"Yang Xuan?" Wang Xian'er sighed, "When he went to Taiping, there was no news, and he didn't say to write me a letter."

The servant woman's cheeks trembled slightly, thinking that even if Yang Xuanzhen wrote the letter, you would not get it, and would be intercepted by the two gentlemen.

The charming daughter of the Wang family is naturally noble, how can she be given to the outside world in private.

On the second day, Wang Douluo went to court proudly.

The wind is surging in the middle of the court.

The officials frantically attacked Wei Wang for his brutal behavior of severely injuring Yushi Zhang Zhongmiao.

King Wei has always been eyeing the East Palace, so he is the enemy of the queen and the prince.A family of four surnames pushed the boat along the way, and for a while, King Wei became a street rat.

In the midst of the shouting and killing, the voices of the censors were weak but firm.

——The king of Yue is a threat to the prince in Chang'an!
According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, all the princes should leave when they reach the age of the vassal, and Chang'an left behind the young prince and the crown prince.

But the king of Yue is the queen's favorite!
The queen and the crown prince kept silent, and the censor said that it was just a dog and a mouse, meddling in other people's business.

This matter got worse and worse, so much so that even Nian Ziyue, the 'guest', knew about it.

"There is some chaos in the Tang Dynasty." Nian Ziyue wrote to Nan Zhou.

After writing the letter, long-legged Zhang Jing came over to accept it, and asked casually, "Is the princess going out?"

Nian Ziyue shook his head.

"The princess is more and more aware of the general situation." Zhang Jing was secretly happy, and praised the princess's understanding in the letter to Nan Zhou.

Nian Ziyue sat there, and said angrily: "That man is staring at the carriage, he is lewd, I don't like it."

The maid next to her said: "The princess is so beautiful that even women would admire her, so that person is naturally unavoidable."

They were talking about the officials who now monitor Nian Ziyue.

"But some people won't."

"Who is the princess talking about?"

Nian Ziyue remained silent, and the appearance of that boy appeared in his mind.

Thinking of the boy's pride when he threw the pot to win her, she couldn't help wrinkling her nose, "Go throw the pot!"

The wave of impeachment intensified, but the leftist minister remained silent.

King Wei heard that he was drinking in the mansion and threatened to kill some idiots.

But the king of Yue went up to Shu, begging to be a vassal.

Look, look.

Compared with the cruel King Wei, how general is the sincere King Yue!

The Queen also rarely went to the Liyuan.

In the pear orchard, music continued.

The emperor and the imperial concubine sat together to discuss the tune.

"Your Majesty, the Queen seeks an audience."

"Why is she here?" The emperor looked calm.

The imperial concubine got up, "The concubine will leave."

The lady in the palace is here, and if she avoids it, there will be fewer disputes.

The emperor nodded.

The queen came in, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, Saburo is getting more and more difficult to deal with the constant attacks from outside courts. Can those censors take care of them?"

These words are not very polite, obviously the queen has also seen that there are hints from the emperor in this impeachment wave.

She thought it would be a long stalemate, but the emperor said straightforwardly: "This matter is a bit too much, I will deal with it tomorrow."

When the news spread, the four surnames of the family were looking forward to it, waiting for King Wei to go back to Qianzhou, and they would not be able to return to Chang'an from then on.

When the imperial concubine came back, the emperor remained the same, concentrating on the rhythm.

On the second day, the emperor came to court.

The impeachment of the officials remains the same.

"Cough cough!"

The emperor coughed twice, and everything stopped.

"The country is important."

The emperor's words made the family of four surnames feel at ease.

"It's not appropriate for Erlang and Sanlang to stay in Chang'an for a long time."

Yang Song intentionally smiled.

"Princes are getting older, it's not right to do nothing."

What does it mean?
The officials were puzzled.

The emperor looked at his courtiers slowly, and Han Shitou, who was familiar with him, just glanced at him and was sure that the emperor's eyes were full of sarcasm.

"The tribes in the southern border are starting to feel restless. The king of Yue is going to the southern border."

The officials were stunned.

"Your Majesty, this..."

The emperor didn't respond at all, "Over the northern border, the three major ministries are about to move, and the same is true for the Northern Liao Dynasty. King Wei is going to the northern border."

Yang Songcheng's heart was shaken, and he lost his composure and said: "Your Majesty, there has never been such a rule."

The emperor said indifferently: "Rules are made by man, I am the emperor, why can't I make rules?"

Yes!

What's wrong with the emperor's rules?
The emperor said: "The prince has gone to the southern and northern borders, and he is not allowed to intervene in local affairs at will, so he will go to appease the army and the people on behalf of me."

It sounds very appropriate not to interfere in local affairs.Can represent the emperor to appease the soldiers and civilians...

Doesn't this mean that you can intervene in everything?
After the court was over, left chancellor Chen Shen and Wang Douluo walked together.

"Your Majesty, it may not be easy for the prince to go to the frontier at this time."

Chen Shen nodded, "A family of four surnames wants to plan Zhang Chumao to be the military governor of Northern Xinjiang. This matter has alerted His Majesty. The courtiers are meddling in military affairs, and the army is the lifeblood of the emperor. If he loses control, the emperor will fall." Not far away."

"So His Majesty asked the prince to go to the northern and southern borders. Is this... the meaning of supervision?"

"Yes, it can be changed at any time." Chen Shen said quietly: "The emperor is tempering the two princes, but what about the prince?"

"The two brothers were reused, and the prince sat on wax."

Behind the prince is a family of four surnames!
"This move can restrain the four surnames of a family, and it can also restrain the big officials in the border areas. Your Majesty's political tactics... Even the old man admires it."

(End of this chapter)