Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 939

Under what circumstances will a person who is not lacking in ignorance and cowardice change into a strong and assertive person?
One is the huge pressure that persists, and the other is the awareness that one's own strength is much stronger than imagined.

The empress dowager is exactly like this. She was born in an old Chinese family with strict etiquette. Apart from the fact that she was lucky to be an emperor's wife, her experience in the first half of her life is not much different from that of other aristocratic wives.Once the husband is strong, facing a complicated situation, the instinctive action is to completely rely on the person he thinks he can trust.

However, the reality dealt her a heavy blow, relying on everyone to run.Even if I know that I need self-improvement, but I don't have that ability, even if I struggle, it is extremely difficult.

What really changed the Empress Dowager was the matter of the Langya Wang family.She is well aware of how strong the Langya Wang Clan is, even when Su Zu was alive, he still had to make certain compromises in the event of a complete victory.

But such a colossus slowly collapsed during the time when the Empress Dowager was in court.It is true that she could not do this by herself, but when she showed her obvious intentions, a large number of intelligent people both inside and outside the government worked hard for it.Perhaps these people's intentions were not pure, but the Empress Dowager's wishes were carried out without compromise and became the final fact.

Langya Wang's parasitic tumor entrenched on Jin Zuo was cut off, Wang Dao, the so-called No.1 in the Dianwu Dynasty, and Jiangdong Guan Zhong were overthrown. These things all happened during the years when the Empress Dowager was in court.

Of course, the Empress Dowager knew very well that she was not a capable female virtuous woman, and she was only able to do this with her strength.But these things made her understand a truth. In this position, she is the source of strength. She doesn't need her own strength. As long as she can determine what kind of situation she wants to achieve, there will be someone Help her make it happen!

If similar incidents were just isolated cases, the empress dowager might still think that this was her own illusion, but as similar incidents happened more, the empress dowager's insights became more and more profound.

If you want your intentions to be implemented most thoroughly and quickly, then you need more people to understand her intentions, and more people to do things for her.

In this regard, the Empress Dowager is also learning and experimenting, not only with outstanding results, but also with remarkable progress.

As for being on guard against the Shen family, the Empress Dowager no longer knew where to start.But there were a few moments when she clearly realized that certain restrictions should be imposed on the Shen family.

One is to see that Jiang Xiagong Wei Chong actually wants to show the courtesy of the younger generation to Shen Chong, even after becoming the head of the country, he dare not be rude.Although the Empress Dowager also knew that the Wei family was weak in the early years, Jiang Xiagong and her son-in-law were on equal terms, but that was the past after all.Now that the Wei family has won the favor of the emperor's family, Wei Chong still considers himself weak in front of Shen Chong.

This made the Empress Dowager feel very uncomfortable. In her opinion, the Wei family was prominent in the middle court for a while, and the Shen family was just a Wuzong in Wuzhong before marrying the emperor's family.The Wei family was carefully selected by her as the emperor's arm. When both of them were dependents of the emperor's family, Wei Chong actually bowed his head to the Shen family and did not dare to exceed his position. She was really disappointed and also felt the strength of the Shen family.

Of course, the main reason was that it didn't meet her expectation, and even made her feel a sense of frustration, so she wanted to eliminate this weird phenomenon in her opinion.

The other time was when Princess Xingnan sent good news. At that time, the Empress Dowager was really happy and even wanted to leave the princess in the garden to help take care of her.However, the princess still stubbornly wanted to go back to Huainan, regardless of her disobedience to her mother.

But even so, the Empress Dowager still prepared a lot patiently, but in the end, the people and things she prepared were worse than those prepared by Shen herself.

This made the empress dowager's mentality slightly unbalanced, and at the time, the emperor had just got married, and he showed some infatuation with the empress, which she thought was too much.Even if this daughter-in-law was personally chosen by her, she was gentle and docile, but it still made her feel disappointed and unhappy that her son was shared by others.

The empress dowager asked herself that she tried her best to maintain the family affairs and state affairs, but the relationship between mother and daughter and mother and child was alienated one after another.This inevitably made her feel quite frustrated, and she then turned her anger on Shen.Elevating Shen Chong was an attempt she made to counterattack. It turned out that although Shen was strong, she still couldn't resist her wishes.

Of course, the empress dowager only tried a little bit, and did not go too far. When she thought that the Shen family was anxious about the national crisis, especially when her son-in-law Shen Weizhou was still leading the army to fight for Jinzuo Zhongxing, she felt a simple sense of guilt. .

Chu Chong and others suggested that Huainan Wang Chijie cross the Jiangdu army to recover Heluo. In the eyes of the empress dowager, this is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.One is to let the second son get enough experience and grow into the emperor's arm as soon as possible. After all, the emperor's talent is limited, which is not as good as that of Huainan king. If he can get the help of his direct brothers, it will also strengthen the emperor's family.

The second is to give King Huainan the opportunity to work with his son-in-law in the army, and it is also to mend the slightly alienated relationship.What's more, the son-in-law of her family is really capable. He first defeated Shikan of Jie country, invaded Hebei, and then led the army to recover Heluo. If he can win, it will be a great achievement.

However, Shen Zhezi is really too young, and has already reached the high position of the county prince, and has made great achievements one after another, almost unsealable.A young man coming to a great position can be said to be the most beautiful in the forest, and he must be the focus of attention and discussion.Let Huainan Wang share the pressure a little bit, the empress dowager thinks this is also a kind of care.

However, it was obviously a good thing, but it turned out like this.The empress dowager is no longer the ignorant and ignorant person she was in previous years. It is conceivable that if the situation is not handled properly, it is very likely to have a great impact on the current situation.

As for Shen Chong, who overreacted, the empress dowager might still have some good feelings before, but now it's gone.In her opinion, this old raccoon is really too much. He only cares about the family's gains and losses with his selfish desires, and he doesn't care about the overall situation at all. He also completely treats his son as a tool for the family's personal gain. He really doesn't deserve to have such an outstanding son!

At first, the empress dowager also planned to wait and see what happened, hoping that Chu Chong and others could come up with an idea to deal with it.

But she waited in the garden for a few hours, and none of the Taifu who advocated this discussion had any notice of entering the garden. This situation suddenly reminded the Empress Dowager of the Su Jun Rebellion in the early years. I believe that the elder brother can handle the crisis.In the end, the eldest brother led the crowd to flee, and the rebel army invaded the garden. If Princess Xingnan hadn't risked her life to rescue her, even she herself would have almost died!

"Such evil must never happen again!"

The empress dowager is not afraid of death, but she is worried that the society that has finally stabilized will be in chaos again, so she will really have no face to see Suzu again until she dies.

Although she didn't think the Shen family had the courage and ability to lead the turmoil, she was worried that Shen Zhezi on the front line might be separated because of this.He has made great achievements, if he knows that the rear is unstable, and even his father is forced to cheat the world with his injuries, one can imagine how disappointed he will be.

Although the empress dowager hated Shen Chong, she still had high expectations for Shen Zhezi.She gave up this attempt, not because she was afraid of Shen Chong, to avoid turmoil, but also because she didn't want to make Shen Zhezi misunderstood and chill.Although the Taiwan assistants need to rely heavily on the present, Shen Zhezi can guarantee Jin Zuo's stability for decades.

"Tomorrow my son will pay another visit to Shen Sikong's mansion. Even if he can't see Sikong, it is necessary to be courteous. Your brother-in-law is fighting fiercely in the front line, and your sister is also waiting for delivery in Jiangbei. It is pity for the old minister to be lonely. Visit frequently, It also lives up to the family of kinship and meritorious service.”

After the empress dowager pondered for a long time, she ordered Huainan Wangdao again.

"My son understands that he will never be rude and neglectful."

King Huainan thought for a while when he talked about it, and then said: "I will visit you tomorrow, and I hope I can bring a medical officer from the garden."

The Empress Dowager nodded after hearing the words. It was because she was in a hurry to send King Huainan out of the court just now, and she was worried that if Shen Chong was exposed, it would be embarrassing for each other and they would not come down.But thinking about it now, since he has already made a statement, he also needs to force Shen Chong to make a statement, and by the way, give him a little warning so that he will not dare to continue to be presumptuous.

The Empress Dowager was really relieved that King Huainan could have his own opinion, and then she glanced at the emperor, and then sighed suddenly, the emperor did not have this kind of insight.

The emperor was holding the soup in his hand and sipping sips at the moment, noticing that the queen mother was looking over with resentment, he hurriedly straightened his sitting posture, and squeezed out a cramped smile on his slightly plump face.

"Ugh……"

The empress dowager felt even more dissatisfied after seeing this, she simply waved her hand and asked the palace servants to lead the two sons to retreat.Today's incident really exhausted her, even if she lay on the couch for a long time, she still didn't feel sleepy, just staring at the decorations in the palace in a daze.

Although the emperor was timid in front of his mother, he finally recovered a little calm after leaving the palace, and he always maintained a little dignity in front of his brothers.He looked at the stars in the sky, and said to King Huainan, "It's getting so late, brother, why not stay overnight in the garden."

After hearing the words, King Huainan quickly cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love, but after all, I am too polite and dare not stay for a long time. I have my own car and chariot instead, so I won't be tired."

After the emperor heard the words, he didn't say any more. Although he was generous and fat and didn't mind his mother's preference for this younger brother, his temperament was too different, especially the rigid appearance of King Huainan made him feel as if his mother was right in front of him. Feeling more uncomfortable, the relationship between each other is not really close.

This turmoil did not last long, especially when the Huainan victory report officially arrived in Jiankang, followed by Shi Kan and a group of major generals, and the city was full of celebrations.And Taichung also took advantage of this to hold grand sacrifices, rewards and other celebrations one after another, and quickly covered up the disharmony.

For Huainan's great achievement this time, Taichung also reacted quickly, and quickly issued a reward edict.First of all, Shi Kan and other slave generals hung their heads outside the Vermilion Bird's beam, and then there were rewards for the frontline soldiers.Xi Jian successively regained Huaibei, Qingyan and other prefectures and counties, and added generals of the Peking University, and his second son was named Yinfeng.

As for Shen Zhezi, he was promoted to the governor of Yuzhou, envoy Chijie, and added generals who conquered captives.

(End of this chapter)