The rise of the prince

Chapter 394 The Emperor's Rage
So in the past few days, Li Xingzhou often went to the Privy Council to ask about the situation in the north, especially how the Jurchens treated the people in Zhongjing and Tokyo.

Nowadays, Zhong Daoyu basically ignores affairs, and Wen Daoli is in charge. Wen Daoli has a very good attitude, and whenever there is any news, he will tell him.

But in the end, Li Xingzhou was surprised to find that instead of asking the Privy Council, it is better to ask the big merchants who have business dealings with Liao and Jin. he.In the end, Li Xingzhou found that these businessmen knew much more details than the Privy Council.
The strange thing is that on the afternoon of the 26th, Duke De came to the palace to tell him that there was no memorial from Yu Chengan and others.

Is it just that they think too much?Yu Chengan and the others had no intention of targeting him at all, and Li Xingzhou was also slightly puzzled.

But as the saying goes, there must be a demon if something goes wrong, so he has to be careful.

On the 28th, the streets and alleys are beating gongs and drums, which is another lively and happy event.

Last month, the emperor invited Guan Yu back to the Wu Temple, and granted Guan Yu the title of "Duke Zhonghui", officially promoting him from a marquis to a duke.

Only one month later, the emperor now named Guan Yu "Chongning Zhenjun" and "Wu'an King", and Guan Yu was officially promoted to the title of prince.

Then on the evening of the 28th, news came out from the imperial city that the emperor granted Cheng Jin a salary as a doctor, and Meng Zhiye as a Hanlin scholar. They worked together to compile books and write "The True Explanation of Holy Words", aiming to collect the teachings of the sages and educate the world. People, preaching the benevolence and righteousness of sages and sages, the students all over the world clapped their hands and applauded, and the whole country said goodness.

But in the midst of this kind of praise from top to bottom, Chen Yu always ran to the palace to oppose the emperor's letting Cheng Jin and Meng Zhiye repair the book.

The ministers of the whole court have sharp eyesight, and they all understand that such a vigorous and decisive action must be the emperor's strong support. Everyone knows it well, so no one stands up to oppose it, but there is such a blind man as Chen Yu.

Or he has good eyesight, but is stupid.

One morning, Master Zhou, the censor Zhongcheng who was Chen Yu's disciple, came to visit him, and the two had a quarrel in the courtyard, which Li Xingzhou could hear clearly from outside through the wall.

The censor Zhongcheng did it for the sake of his teacher, and he said that Chen Yu was getting old, so why bother to step into this muddy water again, now he is a scholar of the Hanlin University, sentenced to the Tokyo Imperial College and the Ministry of Rites, and the contemporaries who have peaches and plums all over the world Great Confucianism, some people even wrote books for him.

At this time, if he retired safely, he would surely be able to leave his name in history and be praised by future generations, so why waste himself and fight against the emperor like this.

The old man seemed to disagree, but Li Xingzhou didn't understand what he said.

Then the two quarreled, the louder and louder the noise, and finally Zhou Hua rushed out the door, his face flushed, when he looked up and saw him, he stopped in embarrassment, tidied up his clothes in embarrassment, and then bowed and said: "Let the prince laugh at me!" Yes, my mentor is really a little persistent."

"Without someone as persistent as my mentor, I, Jing Guo, would be hopeless." Li Xingzhou laughed.

Zhou Huachong was taken aback for a moment, and then said politely: "My lord is just joking, my teacher, I can't bear my teacher to be like this. His old man has had a hard life, and finally he can have today, the result."

Li Xingzhou smiled: "Haha, maybe this is what Mr. Chen is looking forward to."

Zhou Huachong just shook his head, and finally left with a sigh.

Not only Yushi Zhongcheng, but many people came to visit Chen's residence one after another.

There are people from Zhongshushe, there are people under the door, and officials and students from all over the world have come here for several days. There are no less than a hundred people in total. They broke through the door of Chen's house. They must have heard of recent events and came to visit. Advise the teacher's disciples.

However, most of them returned home with a sigh and beating their chests. Li Xingzhou also realized Chen Yu's energy for the first time. Among other things, if he waved his arms, so many people in the world would support him, and others would be incomparable.

Li Xingzhou also had lingering fears, but luckily the old man didn't call out when he hit him.
But thinking about it carefully, Chen Yu seems to have never used these relationships, even his son Chen Wenxi is only a merchant.

If he is willing to use his connections, wouldn't it be easy for his son to become an official.

A few days later, he ran into Chen Yu again. Chen Yu had just sent away Yantie envoy Lu Ming. Li Xingzhou did not expect that Yantie envoy, one of the second-rank officials of the imperial court and one of the chief officials of the third department, was also a disciple of Chen Yu.

The old man smiled, and then said to Li Xingzhou: "They care about the old man and are naturally happy to be the teacher, but everyone has their own ambitions. They are all people with lofty aspirations, and the old man's ambition is not small. The reputation behind him is free to be judged by others, and the old man doesn't care , but I want to stand in the world every day, with a clear conscience."

Li Xingzhou bowed to him, the old man returned the salute, and then turned around. The paths they were going to take were different, but their thoughts were the same.

At the end of August, the emperor finally lost his temper, and angrily reprimanded Chen Yu in court, and all the officials dared not speak out.

Li Xingzhou also chose to remain silent, as Chen Yu told him, the two of them are different, Chen Yu is the strongest sword, he would rather bend than bend, but he is the strongest sword, he can withstand all pressure, and move before he can.

Negotiations between Honglu Temple and the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin also reached a deadlock.

Among the officials of Honghe Temple, Li Xingzhou took Bao Zheng as the head of the room, and asked them to take care of and receive the envoys, but he personally came to the specific negotiations. Once the two sides got into a stalemate, he asked Tang Zhou to ease the atmosphere for the young minister of Honghe Temple.

Li Xingzhou found this trick really easy to use. He didn't know if it was because he didn't reach out to hit the smiling face, or because Tang Zhou had some kind of magical power for this fat man, even Wanyan Yingge couldn't get angry in front of him.
The difference between the two sides is still on Xijing Road.

There was no dispute between the two sides that Nanjing Road was given to Jingguo, but regarding the division of Xijing Road, Liu Xu would not let go. At most, he would give the seven southern states to Jingguo. As for the thirteen northern states, they must belong to Jin.

But Li Xingzhou firmly insisted that the twenty continents of Xijing must return to the scene, otherwise there would be no discussion.

Because there is no complete Xijing Road, the Jingguo army cannot be used to frighten Xixia's left wing army and Qinghe army in the west; the Mongolian tribes in the north, in that case, it is useless to ask the seven states in the south.

In this way, the two sides came to a stalemate and almost reached a deadlock, but Li Xingzhou was not in a hurry, at least not before the beginning of spring every year, because the Kingdom of Jin would not use troops in the severe winter.

One day at the end of August, Li Xingzhou got up early as usual to wash up, do morning exercises, and then prepared to go to the rear of the palace to see the progress of the new palace industrial area. Unexpectedly, a fast horse suddenly came from the palace.

He was a little strange, and there was nothing important recently, why did the emperor call him?

Having said that, he still asked someone to bring Mei Xue, and then entered the palace with the little eunuch.

They walked through the Meridian Gate in the south of the palace gate, and when they arrived at the Meridian Gate, Li Xingzhou found a carriage parked at the gate. He was very familiar with that luxurious carriage, it was the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Has De Gong also entered the palace?
Li Xingzhou was surprised and didn't think too much, he rode his horse into the Meridian Gate, walked around the Changchun Hall with the little eunuch leading the way, and walked back.

Is this going to the Kunning Palace, or the Imperial Garden? It seems that it is the emperor's private call
(End of this chapter)