After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

Zhao Yinshi continued, "The eight generals of the Jingji Guard are either the heads of aristocratic families with hundreds of branches, who can form a complete army together with the warriors they raise. Or they are old ministers who have made great contributions to the establishment of the country in the wars of Jinchuan and the Northern Expedition. Or they are great ministers who defended the city gates for the late emperor during the Renshin Rebellion and had great merits in protecting the country. Yuxing, the eldest son of the Xu family, is just a junior in their eyes."

"The court has recently implemented the military farming reform, and the military has undergone personnel changes. The old guards in the capital are already worried that one day the knife will fall on their heads. At this time, your majesty dispatched a junior with little experience to lead the capital guards, which will only increase the doubts in the hearts of these old guards. They think that the court is going to use new people and abandon them. Even if Youxing is capable and does things properly, his status cannot make the generals of the eight guards in the capital feel at ease."

Ye Qinghuai was silent after hearing this. He did not rush to refute him, but asked: "What do you mean by saying that his relationship with me is not close enough?"

"Your Majesty, the civil servants value courtesy and integrity, while the military values ​​righteousness and bravery. The rules of conduct in the army are different from those in the court. I have served in the Jingji Guard for eleven years, and I can tell your Majesty what Xu Youxing will encounter if he is appointed as the Chief of Jingji Guard. He will be wooed by the old generals, who will give him expensive gifts and take him out for drinks in the name of official business. If he half-heartedly tolerates it, the news that Xu Youxing and the Gu Party are in harmony will soon reach your Majesty's ears. If he refuses to comply, your Majesty will continue to receive evidence of his poor governance, nepotism, and even insulting your Majesty."

Zhao Yinshi paused, with a look of helplessness and sadness in his eyes: "By that time, will Your Majesty still firmly believe in protecting Youxing?"

Ye Qinghuai fell silent. Not to mention Xu Youxing, whom she knew very little about, she couldn't help but feel suspicious of Zhao Yinshi, whom she called "I gave my head to you".

On the night of the Wanshou Festival, when Ye Qinghuai discovered that there were outsiders among the imperial guards, she immediately suspected Zhao Yinshi. After several attempts and the evidence from the Eagle Guards, her doubts were gradually dispelled.

Seeing Ye Qinghuai's hesitation, Zhao Yinshi continued, "The Jingji Guard is related to the safety of the imperial city and your majesty. If your majesty wants to employ someone, you need to employ someone that no one else can win over."

Hearing this, Ye Qinghuai's mind suddenly emerged with a person whom she had thought of a long time ago but did not want to use.

She raised her head, looked at Zhao Yinshi, and murmured, "You mean..."

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guard Commander He Tingquan, whether in terms of family background or life experience, is enough to convince the generals of the Capital Guard. Moreover, he is your uncle. No matter how powerful the Gu Party is, they will not be so crazy as to win over the uncle of the emperor."

Ye Qinghuai's uncle, the twin brother of Queen Dowager Jingmin, He Tingquan, joined the Imperial Guards after graduating from the martial arts school. He has been on duty in the Imperial Guards for 19 years and is now a third-rank captain. As Zhao Yinshi said, he is undoubtedly the right person in every aspect.

In fact, Ye Qinghuai had thought of her uncle from the very beginning.

Although her uncle He Tingquan was mediocre in terms of martial arts and official ability, and had neither made any achievements nor made any mistakes over the years, objectively speaking, his status as the king's uncle made him the most suitable candidate for the position of Chief of the Capital Guard.

There were actually certain personal reasons why Ye Qinghuai was unwilling to use him.

It stands to reason that a lonely emperor like Ye Qinghuai, who has neither elders nor brothers, would generally rely more on the power of his mother's family when facing the oppression of court officials, but Ye Qinghuai did not.

Because that was what Ye Qinghuai promised to Empress Dowager Jingmin when she was dying, at her mother's bedside.

The only last wish of the Empress Dowager Jingmin was to prevent the He family from interfering in the government. In fact, since Ye Qinghuai was appointed as the crown prince, the Empress Dowager Jingmin has been stubbornly adhering to this code of conduct. After the Renshen Rebellion, everyone knew that Ye Qinghuai would become the next Emperor Jing, and the He family suddenly went from an inconspicuous small family in the capital to a hot new noble.

But just when everyone thought that Ye Qinghuai's grandfather and uncle were going to be promoted, Ye Qinghuai's mother, the then Concubine Shu, repeatedly dissuaded the late emperor from using the He family. The He family thought it was the late emperor's intention, but after Ye Qinghuai ascended the throne and found that the He family still had no improvement, they realized that it was actually the intention of Empress Dowager Jingmin.

He Tingquan, who was unaware of the situation, went to the palace several times to argue with his sister, but Empress Dowager Jingmin refused to give in from beginning to end. Finally, He Tingquan cursed her in the palace, accusing her of being greedy, vain and petty. The two finally quarreled and parted unhappily.

That night, Empress Dowager Jingmin cried all night and fell seriously ill. She died two months later.

Only Ye Qinghuai knew that everything Queen Mother Jingmin did was to protect the He family and her brother.

In the eyes of Empress Dowager Jingmin, Ye Qinghuai would not be able to be the emperor for long. The best case scenario is that he would abdicate early and retire to become a monk. But if the He family took advantage of Ye Qinghuai to ascend to the throne, once Ye Qinghuai was no longer the emperor, the He family would be in a bloody storm.

But He Tingquan couldn't see all this. He just thought that his twin sister was resentful of him and his father because of some trivial things that happened at home when they were young, so now that she was in power, she deliberately suppressed them and took revenge on them.

It was not until the death of Queen Mother Jingmin that He Tingquan let go of his past hatred. Ye Qinghuai still remembered seeing him hanging his head and wiping away tears on the day of his mother's funeral. It seemed that in his heart, the love between brother and sister was deeper, but his desire for power and his misunderstanding of his sister's behavior made him lose his mind.

After Queen Mother Jingmin left, Ye Qinghuai still maintained Queen Mother Jingmin's attitude towards the He family, neither promoting nor demoting them. However, this was different from Queen Mother Jingmin's original intention. She did this on the one hand because she promised her mother, and on the other hand because she always had some resentment towards He Tingquan in her heart.

In Ye Qinghuai's opinion, He Tingquan can be said to be the culprit who caused the current situation.

If he had not been imprisoned for corruption, his mother would not have to take the risk of letting her daughter Ye Qinghuai replace her dead son's identity. In the final analysis, the wrong start of Ye Qinghuai's life was because of her uncle He Tingquan.

Moreover, if it weren't for his greed for power, his repeated pressure on Queen Mother Jingmin, and even his verbal abuse, Ye Qinghuai wouldn't have lost her mother, the only one who depended on her in the palace, so early.

What made Ye Qinghuai the saddest was that even so, her mother was still worried about the He family and her uncle until her death. Her only last wish was that Ye Qinghuai would protect the He family, and not implicate the He family even if her identity was exposed one day.

At that moment, Ye Qinghuai suddenly felt sad.

For Empress Dowager Jingmin, and also for herself.

But looking at her mother's pleading eyes on the sickbed, she finally nodded solemnly and said, "I promise you. As long as I am here, I will protect the He family." (End of this chapter)