Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 158
Sheng Shaoqing nodded, "Then make a decision after he comes."

"But...how are you so sure he'll come?"

"Because..." Xue Wuji paused, "He has the confidence."

When he was young, he was able to repel the army in just a few days. It is true that the Helian people broke the boat and fought their last battle. However, it is undeniable that this person does have such ability.

And judging from Xue Wuji's several confrontations with Helian Zhenbei in the following years, this person was able to forcibly fight his way out under the absolute pressure of Tie Fasi, and even supported Shen Gui and Tie Fasi Confrontation is definitely not easy.

And this person's character, he has also heard a little bit, extremely conceited and arrogant.

Sheng Shaoqing didn't refute anymore, but thought of another thing, "When was the alliance with Nanjing agreed before?"

Xue Wuji frowned, "It should be the fifth day of next month."

"So fast?"

It seems that there is not much time left for them to deal with Chen Liu's matters.

Seeing Sheng Shaoqing's expression, Xue Wuji probed, "Could it be that the Empress Dowager wants to go directly to Shunchang from Chenliu?"

Sheng Shaoqing raised his eyebrows, "What's the problem?"

Xue Wuji showed his signature smile, "No, but if that's the case, I will order it down and make arrangements in advance."

"If the time is early, the spring scene in Shunchang is in full bloom, wouldn't it be better for the queen mother to go and enjoy it?"

Sheng Shaoqing laughed out loud, "I don't even have the mood to enjoy it now, what's going on right now is making people burnt out."

"The Empress Dowager is referring to the matter of the Chenliu Wang family?"

"You know that too?"

Xue Wuji was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Prime Minister Ji didn't hide it from us, but these things are only known among our few auxiliary ministers. After all, what Mr. Wang did is disgraceful."

"In your opinion, how should he deal with it?"

Xue Wuji did not answer Sheng Shaoqing's question directly, but only asked Sheng Shaoqing, "I want to ask the queen mother, if this person is involved in a lot, maybe some old cases will be brought up, can the queen mother be sure to control the situation?"

Sheng Shaoqing suddenly turned around and met Xue Wuji's probing gaze, "You haven't answered my question yet."

Xue Wuji lowered his head and understood, "That's of course killing chickens to scare monkeys, so as to correct unhealthy trends."

"However, Prime Minister Ji and Lord Wang have a very close relationship. The Queen Mother wants to take heavy responsibility, but I'm afraid she can't."

"That's okay, as long as Mr. Xue is willing to help me, the prime minister won't say anything."

"Then", Xue Wuji paused, but still couldn't help asking, "The queen mother really wants to cut down the power of the family?"

Sheng Shaoqing looked up in surprise, except for Ji Wenxuan and Princess Lin Yang, she didn't seem to have told anyone else in the court, how did Xue Wuji know about it?

Could it be her husband who died young again?

Seeing Sheng Shaoqing's surprised expression, Xue Wuji explained, "Prime Minister Ji discussed this matter with his ministers before, but he didn't expect it to be implemented so soon. Thinking about it, Prime Minister Ji must have made a lot of preparations."

Sheng Shaoqing saw that he already knew, so there was no need to hide it from him. After all, she didn't leak it, and she couldn't blame her.

"I know that you are also from a rich family, and I also understand that you definitely don't want to do this. It's just that time has changed. How many people in the court are eating vegetarian food, and how many people are there?"

"If things go on like this, wouldn't the court officials become a cancer of the Great Liang? How can the country rely on it?"

Xue Wuji was silent for a long time, "I'm afraid that the queen mother and the prime minister have everything they want, but the aristocratic family doesn't think so."

"Emperor Ming of Nanjing has been tossing and tossing for a long time. He ransacked his home and exiled him. What's the result?"

"The brother of the Queen Wang was almost backlashed by the reorganization, otherwise how could he have come to Great Liang to negotiate in person a few days ago, and how could he have formed an alliance with our dynasty?"

Sheng Shaoqing nodded, "I also know that this is not achieved overnight, but I just select more talents from poor families to fill the imperial court, so it won't make everyone... all."

They are all short-sighted fools who only know the immediate benefits.

"Moreover, the scientific examination can also wake up the officials of various ministries, so that they don't think that they can enjoy the benefits forever after becoming an official."

Sheng Shaoqing's own rain would have tore up all the umbrellas of these people!
Xue Wuji asked doubtfully, "Is that all?"

Sheng Shaoqing was also puzzled and asked, "Otherwise?"

Xue Wuji frowned, "Keep seeing that Prime Minister Ji is so busy day and night, I thought so."

"Why?"

Xue Wuji glanced at Sheng Shaoqing with a guilty conscience, "I thought... I thought the Empress Dowager would follow the example of Nan Jing and drive out all the members of the aristocratic family."

Sheng Shaoqing:
"I am such a bloodthirsty and violent person in your eyes?"

Sheng Shaoqing was very puzzled, could it be that he had a green face and fangs, or that he was out of his mind, that he would come up with such a way of cutting off people's lives by killing them all.

Xue Wuji laughed awkwardly, "I don't dare, but the lesson from the past is still in front of me, so I can't help it."

Generate associations.

"Actually, it's not unreasonable for Emperor Ming to exterminate those families."

Xue Wuji's eyes widened in horror. Could it be that the queen mother also had such thoughts in her words?
"Don't be in a hurry." Sheng Shaoqing also found it funny seeing Xue Wuji's rare gaffe, and continued, "Emperor Ming started from a humble beginning, and then got the help of the queen to quickly rise to the top and become the lord of a country."

"But those aristocratic families have nothing to gain by criticizing the queen. It is very unbearable to say that the family is a second marriage, and that the daughter of the aristocratic family is married to the poor. It is really unheard of. Emperor Ming is not angry."

Xue Wuji's head, which usually rotated extremely high, suddenly froze, "Why is this?"

Sheng Shaoqing silently rolled his eyes at the group of chatterers, "Master Xue, if someone chases after your wife and scolds her for being a bad person, do you think they want to scold your wife or you?"

Many people in Jingguo did not control the mouths of their own people above the court, which caused disasters.

However, Emperor Ming seemed to be very concerned about this matter, but he really fell into their favor and fell into the disadvantage of public opinion.

Only then did Xue Wuji nod his head in understanding, and asked with an innocent face, "But if they want to scold me, they can just scold me, so why chase after my wife?"

Sheng Shaoqing looked at Xue Wuji helplessly, he just mentioned Helian Zhenbei's shrewdness, why didn't he disappear?

"Master Xue, how high is your official residence, and what kind of background do you have, do they dare to scold you directly in front of you?"

"As for the persimmons, it's natural to pick the soft ones."

"What's more, for them, attacking a woman is naturally much easier than attacking you."

"Just put on any hat and say that she is not loyal, not virtuous and virtuous, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of your Master Xue?"

Xue Wuji fell silent after hearing the words, Sheng Shaoqing continued, "It's not just Mrs. Xue, as long as it's your Lord Xue's weakness, in the eyes of your enemies, it's just a place where you can stick a dagger in your heart."

"It just so happens that Emperor Ming's weakness is his queen."

"Emperor Ming only wanted to weaken the power of the family at first, but those families insisted on stabbing Emperor Ming's heart, so he couldn't bear it anymore, so he simply threatened them, but..."

Xue Wuji sighed and continued, "There are also strong bones in the family."

"Your Majesty understands what the Empress Dowager means."

"But, if someone uses the same method to attack the Queen Mother in the future, how will the Queen Mother respond?" Xue Wuji paused, "Or what is the Queen Mother's weakness?"

Sheng Shaoqing was a little caught off guard by Xue Wuji's sudden question, but soon, Sheng Shaoqing firmly said, "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up."

"I don't believe that all things are born and restrained by each other. They are grabbing my weakness, don't they have no weakness?"

Xue Wuji was momentarily at a loss by Sheng Shaoqing's simple and crude theory, but the Empress Dowager would not follow Ming Emperor's example, this is the Empress Dowager's greatest benefit.

Sheng Shaoqing also understood what Xue Wuji was worried about, and comforted him, "Killing people is certainly useful, but it's not the only way."

What's more, in all fairness, she didn't want to increase the number of murders in vain.

Only then did Xue Wuji feel relieved and left, passing by where Ji Wenxuan was staying, stood outside the door for a long time, finally pushed the door open and entered.

But the Wang family waited and waited, but what they finally got was the news that the Empress Dowager Fengjia had postponed her return to Beijing.

Wang Xuan was practicing calligraphy in his own study, when he suddenly heard such news, his heart trembled slightly, and even the characters he wrote became distorted.

"This word is obsolete"

Wang Xuan crumpled the paper and threw it aside, then asked the boy to find out the letter paper, sealed it and handed it to the boy, "Send this letter to the capital quickly, it depends on whether you can escape this catastrophe."

Wang Xuan pressed his violently beating temples with his hand, feeling an ominous premonition in his heart, and ordered to the servant outside the door, "Go and call Wang Qing!"

The young man had never seen the old Patriarch look like this before, only felt that there was only a sense of oppression in the air when the mountain rain was about to come, so he got the order and rushed out to find the Patriarch.

When Wang Qing heard that his father had come to preach, he put down everything he was doing and hurried back, but the house was leaking due to continuous rain, and just two steps away from the gate of Wang's mansion, the heavy rain poured down, caught him off guard, until It's not over until you become a drowned rat.

"This day is really unlucky!"

While running inside, Wang Qing waited for the boys to put up the umbrella for him.

A flash of lightning fell, followed by thunderstorms. Standing under the eaves of his house, Wang Qing looked back at the black clouds that were constantly churning in the vast sky in the distance, "Why is the first thunderstorm this spring so sudden?"

While holding their umbrellas, the boys greeted Wang Qing back, changed his clothes before sending him to the old Patriarch's yard.

As soon as he entered the door, an inkstone fell on his feet, "Bastard!"

Wang Qing walked in puzzled, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

"Do you know how much trouble you have caused?!"

Wang Qing was even more puzzled, "How did I cause trouble?!"

Wang Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "The Empress Dowager Fengjia has postponed her return to Beijing!"

Wang Qing didn't take it seriously, "If you postpone it, you can postpone it. It doesn't matter if they stay in another hospital for a few more days."

Seeing his father making such a fuss, Wang Qing suddenly felt aggrieved, "I was fine in the yamen, but you suddenly called me back, and I was drenched in the heavy rain before I entered the house. You still scold me like this Me, I really am!"

"Humph", Wang Xuan almost squeezed out the word from his nostrils, "Are you wronged? Do you think I don't know about the good things you did with your uncle before?!"

Only then did Wang Qing panic, "What. What is it?"

"You idiot!"

Wang Xuan was anxious and wanted to do something, but was stopped by Wang Qing, who forced him to sit in front of the hall. Wang Qing said angrily, "Father! I'm still going to hit me at such an old age?! You didn't care about me when you were in Beijing. To save face, beating me is like beating your grandson, making so many people laugh at you, and now you are still like this when you return to Chen Liu!"

Wang Xuan trembled all over and said, "No matter how old you are, you are still my son. I can beat you if I want!"

"You dare to mention those stupid things you did before?!"

"Your uncle has disliked us for a long time, and you still listen to him?! Whose son are you?!"

Wang Qing pouted, "Of course I am your son."

"Then you said, why did you listen to him and instigate people to tamper with the account books?! It's fine if Wang Shan didn't notice it, but you actually want to borrow a knife to kill someone and kill Wang Shan?!"

Wang Qing didn't expect that his father already knew what he was doing, and suddenly he was shocked, "How do you know, Dad!"

Wang Xuan tugged at Wang Qing's ear, "God damn idiot, if I knew you were so stupid, when your mother gave birth to you, I should have thrown you into the urinal and drowned!"

Wang Qing muttered, "If you drown me, you will have no son!"

"you!"

Wang Xuan was very angry, "Say! How did your good uncle deceive you?"

Wang Qing said softly, "That's right. He said that his nephew came to Chen Liuxing to equalize the land, and asked us to take care of it. If some numbers are not good-looking, he wants us to do more."

"The more the better."

Wang Xuan slapped Wang Qing on the back, "You just listened?!"

"At first, I didn't want to listen to it either. Then my uncle said that if the nephew's policy can be fulfilled, his official position will definitely rise to another level. At that time, I... I can also be transferred to Beijing."

Wang Xuan was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, "I've been cautious all my life, I didn't expect such a brainless thing to be born!"

Wang Qing said aggrievedly, "I've thought about it for a while, it's true. If Yun Zhi can reach another level, we Chen Liu will have a noble person, not to mention breaking the bones and tendons. He won the Tao alone, and he certainly won't." Forget ours."

"Besides, isn't it just changing a few numbers, so that we all look good, and the queen mother is also satisfied, isn't it a win-win situation!"

"Win-win?!" Wang Xuan asked back, "Win-win your size!"

"Ms. Wang is really going to be tricked by you!"

Wang Qing wondered, "How come?! Uncle said to leave the rest to him, what does it have to do with us?"

"However, father, how do you know these things?"

Wang Xuan sneered, "If you want people not to know, unless you don't do it yourself."

"It's not like your father and I don't have friends in court!"

(End of this chapter)