The rise of the prince

Chapter 828 The Golden Army Hasn't Been Fighting?
The moon sets and the sky is full of frost. In early autumn and September, it is already a portrayal of the north, and further north, it is said that it has begun to snow.

Zhou Wei paid a visit to the prefect Wei Chaoren in Yanshan Mansion, and then continued northward under the guidance of guard soldiers.

The decree was very special this time, the emperor did not let the people from the Huangmen take over, but sent him, a Hanlin bachelor who had just joined the Hanlin Academy.

Generally, the eunuchs of the Yellow Gate would be sent by the emperor to send edicts. This was to prevent officials from being involved in power struggles. Officials might have selfish intentions or even tamper with the contents when delivering edicts for their own benefit.

The eunuch's power comes from the emperor's favor and has no foundation. If it is not as stupid as the two emperors Huan Ling in the late Han Dynasty, the emperor will lose power if he changes the eunuchs around him.

Therefore, there is only one way for an eunuch to live a good life, and that is to cling to the emperor's thigh tightly. He can help the emperor whatever he wants, and sometimes he has to take the blame.And many ministers have their own family backgrounds, relatives and friends behind them, and they are not always aligned with the interests of the emperor, and often they are even against each other.

Therefore, the emperor is of course more at ease with his eunuchs to do things like passing the decree, and it has always been like this before.

But this time it was not the case. The emperor asked him, a newcomer to the Imperial Academy, to deliver the decree.

The imperial decree was also drafted by Zhou Wei. The job of the Imperial Academy is to write the imperial decree for the emperor and discuss the wording. After all, the emperor’s words can affect the whole country. up.

But this time the emperor did not use the works of those old and experienced Hanlin scholars, but chose the imperial edict he wrote and asked him to deliver the edict himself.

Zhou Wei came first in the imperial examinations, then the local magistrates, magistrates, and magistrates step by step.

He naturally understood what the emperor meant, so he could write such an imperial edict. The emperor must have seen that he knew the Sacred Heart, came from a poor family, had no one behind him, and had little involvement, so he made an exception and let him pass the edict northward.

This is an errand given by the emperor himself. If it can be done well, he might be able to win the holy family in the future, so he is both happy and excited, but also cautious.

Zhou Wei has a very good impression of the emperor's grandson Li Xingzhou, and he admires him very much, or it can be said that most of his poor family children highly admire the emperor's grandson.

The reason is different from the military generals. The military generals worshiped the emperor's grandson because of his illustrious military exploits, while they worshiped the emperor because of what his highness did.

Although the current situation is not obvious to suppress the rich families in the coastal area, scholars all over the world can see what His Highness has done.

There is also the treatment of his father-in-law Wang Tong.

Wang Tong is the son of Wang Yue. Wang Yue is the official of Pingzhang, the prime minister of a country, and his style of work is praised by the world. He has a high prestige in the officialdom, but many people are dissatisfied with his son Wang Tong.

This person doesn't have much ability, but under the shadow of his father, he is in the position of magistrate of such a big prefecture as Ningjiang Mansion.

It's just that people love Duke Mingde (Wang Yue) and agree with his prestige, so they don't have too much resistance. Afterwards, Wang Tong's daughter, Li Xingzhou's wife outside the city, people think that Wang Tong is even more prosperous now, and even a pig is afraid of taking the position. There are three males.

The father is the prime minister, and the son-in-law is the grandson of the emperor, so the future is boundless.

In the end, what the emperor did next surprised everyone. Before he left for the expedition, he actually removed his father-in-law from the position of the prefect of Jiangzhou, who had a promising future, and arranged for him to go to the Hanlin Academy, and ignored the prime minister Wang Yue. pressure.

Entering the Imperial Academy is a great blessing for an ordinary official with no background, but for a person like Wang Tong with a background and a bright future, it means ruining his possibility of entering the Second Mansion and the Third Division!
From then on, the Jingguo court actually held the five key places of real power, the Political Affairs Hall, the Privy Council, the Yantie Department, the Duzhi Department, and the Household Department Department, and he had no chance to be in charge.

Except for these two and three divisions, the magistrate of Kaiyuan Prefecture with the greatest real power is generally held by the emperor's most trusted crown prince. Now it is He Zhao. After the emperor's grandson's army returns to the division, it is very likely that it will become Li Xingzhou.

This move can be described as truly unexpected, killing relatives with righteousness?Unselfish?Talent only?Or did Wang Tong's daughter not serve the emperor's grandson well?All kinds of rumors and sayings exploded among the scholars, and they all insisted on their own opinions and could not be unified.

But no matter what, this move made these humble scholars very excited. Although Jingguo has an imperial examination, and Jingguo has also produced high-ranking officials from humble families, and even entered the position of prime minister, [-]% of the upper-level access is still controlled by the rich. Among the nobles.

It is too difficult for them, even middle-aged children, who have no background and no family, to climb up the ladder.

Whether the emperor's grandson suppressed local wealthy families or treated his father-in-law unselfishly before, they all sent a signal that the competition between them and those scholars with background and connections would become more and more fair.

Although it is impossible to be absolutely fair, every point of fairness will give them more opportunities.

Therefore, Li Xingzhou, the emperor's grandson, is very prestigious among the low-level scholars, especially in the past two years, coupled with his continuous victories, suppressing the rebels, and destroying the Northern Han Dynasty (the rebels in Taihang Mountain are not strong enough, they can even be called Bandits, but the imperial court labeled them as the remnants of the Northern Han Dynasty in order to show their achievements, so that they can be credited with destroying the country), conquered the Liao Kingdom, and defeated the Jin army.

What he has done in the past five or six years has pushed the reputation of the emperor's grandson among the people to a terrifying height. In many places, they do not even worship the land, but Li Xingzhou.

Zhou Wei was also nervous and excited, and couldn't wait to meet the legendary grandson of the emperor.

But as he slowly went north, he became more and more surprised. On September [-]th, they passed the Shanhai Pass, and Zhou Wei was overwhelmed. He was stunned by the majesty of the first pass in the world.

Standing on the top of the city, I can't help but compose a poem.

Such a majestic pass has been built by several generations of Central Plains dynasties. Jingguo has looked at it for more than a hundred years and sighed with bitterness and indignation. Now it is taken back by the emperor's grandson, standing on the top of the city, stepping on the bricks left by the ancestors for thousands of years. Shi, he even wanted to cry.

But the trip could not be delayed, they continued to go north, passing through various villages, and finally arrived at the important town of Ningyuan.

What surprised him was that the flag of Jing Jun was also flying on the top of Ningyuan City. The information he got was that the army sent to the court was confronting Ningyuan. He didn't expect that when he arrived in Ningyuan, the city had already been captured.

In addition to being overjoyed, I feel that the emperor's grandson is full of martial arts, and the reputation of martial arts descending to earth is really worthy of the name.

After resting in Ningyuan for a whole day, the sergeant continued to lead him northward, passing through many villages and towns one after another. At first he was nervous and afraid of encountering the Jin army, but he went all the way without hindrance. When he arrived in Jinzhou, he found that the high city wall was also covered with the flag of the Jing army!

Zhou Wei's jaw almost dropped, Jinzhou!
Although he has never been to the north, he still has some knowledge. Taking Jinzhou does not mean that the Liaoxi corridor is completely opened up, and all the important cities in the south of the Jin army are lost!

Standing under the city in amazement for a long while, the accompanying sergeant brought him into the city, and Zhou Wei felt like he was dreaming.

Last month's intelligence army was still in Ningyuan, and it has only been more than a month now, how come they have come to Jinzhou!Is the emperor's grandson too capable of fighting or the Jin army is made of tofu without being beaten?

(End of this chapter)