Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 268 The Emperor's Means

The next morning, as soon as the palace doors opened, Ji'er and Liuying returned from Prince De's Mansion.I happened to meet the emperor and queen having breakfast.

"I was thinking about it all night last night. Don't you have a badge? Why didn't you come back overnight to report?" Haitang complained: "How is the Crown Princess?" In fact, when she saw them coming in with smiles on their faces, she knew fine.

"After all the hard work, I finally gave birth to a big girl in the middle of the night. She is a big girl!" Ji'er replied with a smile: "The imperial concubine is young and in good health. With all the hard work, she is still alive and kicking after giving birth."

"Okay! If you say I'm biased, I'll show it to them! I immediately confirmed that Xie Yuanfang will inherit the throne of Prince De, and then make his eldest daughter Princess Danyang!" Xie Ruitan suddenly clapped his chopsticks and said with a smile.

This is the first person to be given the title of Princess Princess upon birth!A princess is different from a princess. No matter how much she is given a title, she has to wait until her hair is born, right?

When Chang Le went to Prince De's Mansion to announce the decree, Xie Yuanfang was also stunned.He knew about the disputes in the court during the day.It was his father's intention to let him succeed him as Prince De. His parents saw that he had been trapped in the capital for many years and wanted him to reunite with them in Chengdu as soon as possible.

But this time he sealed the title of Danyang Princess, that boy must have been stimulated and got crazy!

Xie Yuanfang smiled and shook his head. He should also plan to return to Shu with his wife and daughter, so as not to expose the emperor.As a result, Xie Yuanfang's newly born daughter Xie Chunxi became the titled Princess of Danyang, and could start to take over the county's main food town.

The emperor asked the ministers to learn what the young emperor's "willfulness" was.

At noon that day, the emperor left after saying something inexplicable.

The ministers thought that being willful was a little too willful. The emperor was still young anyway, and men would not be able to hold on in two years.Then wait two years to talk about it!As a result, the matter of having a concubine gradually stopped being mentioned.

Chang Xi followed the emperor and saw clearly that the emperor was not being willful. He was using his own way to regain the prestige of the royal family.Whether it is internal ministers or foreign ministers, they all have to listen to the emperor after all.Chang Xi vaguely felt that under the new emperor, the courtiers would be different from before.

The little tiger gnawed his fingers and grew up day by day, and the emperor also matured day by day while quarreling with his ministers.

From starting the Wu Dynasty to rejecting concubines, Xie Ruitang began to slowly try to change the former dynasty and the harem. He wanted to be an emperor he liked.

When the late emperor was here, because he had to devote himself to cultivating Taoism, all matters, big and small, had to be sent to various places for processing through the Supervisor of Ceremonies. How many people could there be in the Supervisor of Ceremonies?Their main task is to guard the emperor and please the emperor. With the rights granted by the emperor, they can be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.

Therefore, the former emperor successively granted more than 2000 official titles, a large part of which were internal courtiers.These messengers traveled through the harems of the previous dynasties, conveying the wishes of several powerful courtiers under the guise of the emperor. Later, some of them were bold enough to add their own "will" to make money and corrupt themselves for the emperor and themselves. .

The fox pretends to be the tiger's power, and the dog relies on the power of the people. This is what we are talking about.

When we get to the new emperor, there is no use for the ministers!If anything happens, the emperor and ministers will face each other and solve it in the morning and afternoon.Moreover, seeing that the treasury was empty, the new emperor not only increased revenue and reduced expenditure, but also practiced frugality.

Since they were of no use, the emperor dismissed these more than 2000 ministers with a stroke of his pen.This is even more shocking than when he first ascended the throne, revoking the titles of several national masters and expelling all Taoist nuns and Taoist priests from the palace.

Chamberlains have always been the emperor's magic weapon against his courtiers, but now, the emperor no longer has to rely on them.The leaders, Dongchang, Xichang and Jinyiwei, who were also chamberlains, were equally uneasy.Nowadays, the Beijing army and the Imperial Guard are under the actual control of the emperor. The emperor himself is still a good horseman and archer, with numerous military exploits.The emperor was not afraid of face-to-face confrontation with civil servants and generals if necessary.Even if it is a military expedition in person, he can still plan the strategy.

However, the emperor did not want the waves to be too big and uncontrollable, which would capsize his own ship. He personally came forward to appease Dong, Xichang and Jinyiwei, and asked them to reorganize their teams.Not only that, but the emperor really reused them later.This is something.

Four months after ascending the throne, the emperor began to rectify the palace, eradicated Lu Ping and Cao Baoli's remaining parties, expelled Taoist priests and magicians, dismissed ministers, and reorganized factory guards.

Xie Ruitang and Haitang stood on the city tower holding hands, and what they saw were numerous palace palaces.Xie Ruitang said: "The palace is our home. If our home is uneasy, how can we calm the world?"

Haitang smiled and said: "Then I also have to shoulder my responsibilities. The chamberlain also includes the female officers in the palace. There are six bureaus and one division of female officers, which is also a large number. We have a small family, so there are too many people to serve. "

Xie Ruitang nodded and said: "It doesn't matter what you want to do, just go ahead and do it. My mother-in-law is a reasonable person. Besides, you still have me! I just wronged you and became my queen, but I haven't enjoyed it yet. I need you to live frugally."

Haitang burst out laughing: "Am I someone who covets your glory and wealth? What I covet is your people!" Hearing her words so confidently, Xie Ruitang also laughed.

The two leaned together and looked at the fading sunset. Xie Ruitang sighed: "In ten or twenty years, when Yunhui grows up, I will hand over the empire to him. You and I will go there." Go to the end of the sunset, find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and live the life we ​​want."

Ling Xue, who was standing not far from them, was forced to listen to their conversation.He also felt dazed for a moment, as if there was a place in his heart that was always pulling him. Is that place what the emperor said, a place where he could live the life he wanted?

Today, Ling Xue went to the city gate to see off Prince De Xie Yuanqi in place of the emperor and queen.At the gate of the city, he met Xie Chunxi, the daughter of Xie Yuanfang's daughter Danyang Princess, for the first time.

The little princess has just turned one month old and is already pretty and beautiful.She looked at Ling Xue's face and kept bending her eyes and grinning.Ling Xue was very surprised. When did she start to become popular with girls?Although he is just a little kid, he is a legitimate princess.

Yilan saw that her daughter liked Ling Xue very much, so she handed her over to him for a hug. Xie Yuanzhu quickly stopped him and said, "No! He is clumsy, don't hurt my daughter!"

Even if he didn't say anything, Ling Xue wouldn't dare to hug her!No matter how young she is, she is still a princess. She is weak and cannot be beaten. If she wants to be hugged, she doesn’t know where to start.Ling Xue said with some regret: "With you gone, it will be difficult to find a good horse!"

Xie Yuanfang smiled and said: "This is easy! I gave Shi Shi the management of the racecourse and changed his name to Shi Mingwu. He will always stay at the racecourse. If you have anything, you can go and find him."

Xie Yuanhu helped Yilan onto the carriage. Lingxue saw the little princess in Yilan's arms and kept turning her head to look at him, as if looking at an old friend.pull!Ling Xue scolded herself, "You're such a big-ass baby, where did you find your old friend?"

Seeing Xie Yuanfang's back on his horse, his still handsome figure, Ling Xue felt a faint sense of loss in her heart.

I don’t know when the pride of a group of proud young people, galloping and laughing across the sand, will be restored.

(End of this chapter)