Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 145 There is an edict in the garden
"Zhongshu, Zhongshu..."

In the Taicheng official office, He Chong called out twice, and Yu Liang suddenly woke up from a daze. Then he coughed lightly, straightened his sitting posture, and said solemnly, "What's the matter?"

Seeing Yu Liang's slightly distraught appearance, He Chong couldn't help feeling very curious.He has been an official of the Zhongshu Fengzhao Lang for many years, and he usually sees Yu Zhongshu's aura, meticulous appearance and posture, and he is rarely rude in front of others.

Although he was curious in his heart, He Chong didn't show any strangeness on his face.He was not born in a noble family of Shizuo, but he was able to live in Taicheng for a long time. Apart from his own talent and reputation, he always abides by the word "cautious", which is not his duty, and he never speaks lightly.

"There is an edict in the garden."

He Chong has a deep understanding of the tense atmosphere between the Taiyuan and the court. Hearing Yu Liang's question, he didn't say much, and directly entrusted the imperial edict that had just been sent out from the court to Yu Liang's case.

Yu Liang picked up the edict and glanced at it hastily. The first thing he paid attention to was not the content of the edict, but the emperor's handwriting which was quite different from before.

In the past, the emperor's handwriting was round and smooth, with a degree of retraction, just like his style of action, fortitude and aggressiveness, planning before moving, and moving must have a rhyme!However, the imperial edict in front of him now, even though it is written by the same person, is quite different from the previous one.

As for the content of the imperial edict, it is very simple. It is just to praise all the scholars in Jiangdong for their virtuous demeanor, and each has a reward.At the end, there is a new poem written by the young man from the Shen family, the "Wandering Zi Yin".

Seeing this, Yu Liang couldn't help but a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he became more and more aware of the irreparable rift between the monarch and his subjects.He knew that the emperor had resentment towards him in his heart, but the situation has progressed step by step to the present, and it is not his wish to get to this point, he has no choice but to do so!

After the rebellion of Wangdun was put down, the emperor gradually became unable to control himself, and the loyal and sages of the Manchu dynasty were not satisfied. When the unruly refugees like Su Jun in Liyang were placed in the armpit, the Jingzhou branch was entrusted to the cold current. hand!His deeds are obvious, and everyone in the outer court is in danger.

Faced with such a situation full of hidden dangers, it is also difficult for Yu Liang to maintain his power, and he dare not show it at all.It would be fine if it stopped there, the most complicated thing is that the emperor's support for the clan makes people feel palpitating, and the clan's chaotic government is not far away, so how can we allow this ferocious beast with fangs to reappear in the world!
It happened that the emperor was seriously ill and there was no owner in the garden, so the empress urgently ordered Yu Liang to enter the palace.Facing such a situation, what can Yu Liang do?He can only control the imperial guards, and if the emperor really dies, he will ensure that the prince can succeed to the throne and maintain the stability of the situation.

But the emperor did not die, which put Yu Liang in an awkward position.He is already in a dilemma, he can either retreat in embarrassment and stay behind closed doors, or maintain the status quo and wait for a turnaround.

Yu Liang never thought that he would become a powerful official who would control the ban.With the rift between the monarch and his ministers, he can no longer retreat, otherwise the current situation will deteriorate into what it looks like!

The emperor wanted to choose a son-in-law for the princess, but in Yu Liang's view, it was another stupid move. In the current situation, it is better to be quiet than to move.In particular, the Wu Xingshen family he was interested in made Yu Liang even more dissatisfied. How could the daughter of a majestic imperial family be so condescending!

Things really went as Yu Liang expected, Langya Wang took the opportunity to get involved.How can the Shen family be able to compete with the Wang family?If the Wang family takes advantage of this situation to revive, how will they check and balance in the future?
Others only said that he was worried that the Shen family would get rid of the restraint, so he did not want the Shen family to be the emperor's relative, and they underestimated him too much.The problem is that it is absolutely impossible for the Shen family to win in this competition, so why bother to force it to be a laughing stock?

The emperor's edict was intended to raise the voice of the Shen family, but in Yu Liang's view, it was nothing more than revealing the last bit of the emperor's dignity and letting others trample on it.But his mind was made up, and Yu Liang didn't know how to dissuade him. Although he felt emotional in his heart, he just sighed lightly, pushed the edict to He Chong, and ordered: "Let's hand it over to Yousi to supervise it."

He Chong took the order carefully, and when he was about to withdraw, he suddenly heard Yu Liang ask, "Second way, if someone you trust seriously wants to help with money and promises to pay back in the future, I wonder what you will do?"

He Chong was slightly taken aback when he heard this question, not understanding why Yu Liang asked this question.According to his usual cautiousness, he was frowning and thinking about a comprehensive answer, but he heard Yu Liang say: "Forget it, just ask casually, don't take it to heart, go ahead."

After a pause, Yu Liang suddenly said again: "Shen Shiju works in a foreign town, so he can't live in the capital for a long time, so let's urge him to return to the town."

After watching He Chong leave, Yu Liangfu sat back in his seat, with many mixed thoughts in his mind, and soon fell into deep thought again.

Compared with the current situation of walking on thin ice, what makes him more helpless at this moment is family affairs.The third younger brother, Yu Tiao, acted boldly and took money from people in Jingkou and Jinling, which has become a trend of corruption.

Recently, as he got to know more about the inside story, he became more and more frightened. This matter was much more serious than he imagined.If it is just to collect bribes or borrow money to pay back, even though he is an extremely human minister, he will never cover up his relatives and disregard the laws of the country, and just pay Yu Tiao a criminal charge.

However, the so-called hermit's salary, seduced by huge profits, connected with cliques, connected into threads, and knotted into a net, still has the tendency to spread and fester, and its momentum is so fierce that no manpower can stop it!
Even in the face of the complicated situation, Yu Liang never felt so powerless, so helpless.He watched the calamity of the heavens come down little by little. Once the disaster breaks out, the entire Yu family will be reduced to ashes, or it will cause turmoil in the current situation!

The more he sat down, the more restless he felt. Yu Liang simply stood up, ready to go home and ask Yu Tiao what else he was hiding from him.

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On the bank of Yanque Lake in the east of Jiankang City, Shen Zhezi is seeing off his father Shen Chong here.

"Yu Yuangui is really hateful. As soon as the situation in my family eased, Zhongshu urged me to return to the town again and again. The intentions are really unbearable!"

When the father and son were alone, Shen Chong couldn't help shouting and cursing.

Earlier, the emperor personally wrote Shen Zhezi's "Wandering Ziyin" and erected a stele in Taixue. Finally, people realized that Shen Zhezi was the emperor's favorite choice for the emperor's son-in-law, rather than a villain who had no self-knowledge at all. Therefore, the entire Jiankang Public opinion in the city was in an uproar for a while.

Shortly after the incident, Taishan Yang said he would withdraw from the election.So in the end there were only three families left, the Langya Wang family, the Danyang Zhang family and the Wuxing Shen family.

The people who were just watching the fun at first, no matter how dull they were, gradually saw signs of it. The seemingly ordinary selection of the emperor's son-in-law turned into a political struggle in the end.

For the southerners, this is a good thing. Two of the last three remaining families are southerners.For the Qiaomen, the significance of this matter has also become significant. Once the Langya Wang family loses to the Southerners, it will not hesitate to give a signal of the Qiaomen's loss of power.Although the current ruler is still the Qiaomen, this incident will plant a seed in the hearts of the southerners, driving them to continue to attack and challenge the political monopoly of the Qiaomen!

With the premise of such a political atmosphere, Wu Xingshen's family has become the light of the southerners. If anyone criticizes them again, they will be attacked by countless southerners.And Shen Zhezi's "Wandering Zi Yin" was also sung in this atmosphere for a while.

To be honest, such a situation is not what Shen Zhezi likes to see, especially on the eve of the emperor's imminent death, it is really not conducive to the change of the throne.But in the middle of the game, no one has any last resort. If the other companies were willing to abide by the rules instead of manipulating public opinion behind their backs to bad-mouth his family, he would not have played so big.

Moreover, Shen Zhezi was not alone in causing this situation, the emperor's cooperation played the greatest role.He can now be sure that the emperor is indeed willing to choose him as his son-in-law. Thinking about how much he teased and slandered this old father-in-law before, he is really not a son of man, and he can't do that in the future.

But since the emperor dares to do this, it means that at least his life can last for a while. Shen Zhezi has nothing to worry about. All those who were involved were swept out of the game!
Hearing his father's complaints, Shen Zhezi chuckled: "The situation is becoming clearer now, and it is no longer necessary for father to stay in the capital. The summer tax in Kuaiji will be lifted, and my son will return to his hometown after marrying the princess. Father is returning to his hometown at this time. Just in time."

When Shen Chong heard Shen Zhezi's words, although he felt sad in his heart, he still couldn't help laughing and scolding him, and then sighed: "In the current situation, how can I rest assured that you will be left alone in the capital?"

"Xiang Nian entered the capital, the situation is still worse than this, and my son can walk through it safely, so what if there is a little disturbance in front of me!"

Shen Zhezi was indeed full of confidence. What he was worried about before was that his family's thoughts about the emperor were only speculations and had not been confirmed, so how the situation would develop had always been ambiguous.Now that the emperor has made his statement, he really has nothing to worry about.

Right now, since the emperor's own situation is already worrying, his statement cannot be finalized.But this support is extremely precious to Shen Zhezi. With this support, he has the reason and basis to persist until the end, and he no longer has to worry about being screened out by Zongzheng halfway, or forced to criticize him And back down.

He is already in an invincible position, what remains to be done is to kick the Langya Wang family and Danyang Zhang family out of the game one by one.He couldn't even stand that these two companies stayed until the end, standing with him to accept the review selection.

"You don't bother to be side by side with me, and I even less disdain to be side by side with you! Our son-in-law and our family are relatives, how can we allow you group of bastards to make trouble!"

The emperor can still support himself under such circumstances, this trust is not insignificant, so Shen Zhezi's affection for the emperor also surged in his heart.Because this is not stingy to entrust him with his last political life, if Shen Zhezi still can't marry the princess in the end, one can imagine what kind of disharmony between internal and external and centrifugal situation the emperor will face!
With this kindness alone, he has to seriously consider how to exercise power in the future. Rescuing a few brothers-in-law from the fate of being alone is not a kind of repayment.

　Sorry for the long wait. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)