The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 54 I Believe in You

Fang Ling nodded and said: "It is the words of the emperor. I heard that the emperor said at the court meeting a few days ago that there will be a solar eclipse on February [-]. The emperor and Jia Sidao are still arguing about this matter. The gambling market outside is getting bigger and bigger, and many people are betting every day. Brother, what do you think of this matter, will there be a vision?"

I smiled and said affirmatively: "Of course it will appear. If Linger wants to bet, she must bet on the emperor."

"Brother, why is this? In the gambling market outside, there are very few people who bet on the appearance of visions. How did you agree with the emperor's statement this time?"

I pretended to be mysterious and said: "Ling'er, your brother, I am a half-immortal, I can deduce the number of days, I watched the sky for several nights in a row, calculated and deduced it several times, this is a secret, don't let it out easily."

Fang Ling laughed and said, "Brother, you are simply a genius. Whatever you pretend to be, you are no different from that blind fortune-teller on the street."

I feigned anger and said, "How can Ling'er compare me to those people who cheat people and money, you should be beaten. At least, your brother is more handsome than those blind people."

"Handsome, much handsomer." Fang Ling kept laughing, "Then Ling'er is going to bet on the emperor. If you lose, brother, you have to pay me."

"Of course, it's all my brother's fault if I lose."

"Keep your word?"

"Hehe, as soon as brother's golden mouth comes out, it will naturally count."

Fang Ling said angrily: "It's coming again, be careful that the court will use your golden mouth to question you."

"Linger, don't worry, brother, this golden mouth is not something that anyone can take away. Linger, did you go to Fujian to escort the darts well a few years ago?"

"Well, it went smoothly, without any delay along the way."

"Where do your bodyguards go to bet on your bodyguards?"

"It's hard to say, it's everywhere, and sometimes it goes to the north, where the Mongols live."

"Ah, isn't that dangerous?"

"My father sent experienced bodyguards to those dangerous places. It's lucky that nothing major has happened so far."

"That's good. If there is a chance, I will go for a walk with you and experience the life of an escort."

"Okay, with Ling'er here, I can definitely protect my brother."

It seems that Chengwei Escort is not small. If Fang Ling's father can be persuaded to join Longya, it will be of great benefit to Longya's intelligence department.

In the next few days, the court meeting became very calm, and even the reappointment of officials was not as intense as imagined.

All this stems from "the sun has an eclipse".

Maybe everyone is waiting for God's will to come. Whether the emperor is the right man has become a hot topic in the entire Southern Song Dynasty. From the court to the people, almost everyone is waiting for the arrival of February [-]st.

It seems that God's will is the only way to determine the authenticity of my emperor.

In late January of the first year of Xianchun, officials above the third rank were reappointed.

Jia Sidao and Weng Yinglong are still in charge of the Privy Council Envoy of the Privy Council and the Zhongshu Ling of Zhongshu Province. Jia Sidao will not let go of these two core departments.

Ma Tingluan still held the position of Minister of Rites. Chen Zongli, the former Minister of Household Affairs, was transferred to Minister of Punishment. Ma Guangzu, a veteran in his 60s, took over the position of Minister of Household Affairs. , is very popular in the court, neither Jia Sidao's party nor the Queen Mother's party, like Ma Guangzu, he can be regarded as a centrist. Hong Tianci was promoted to the minister of the Ministry of Industry to assist the elderly Tang Han, the former minister of the Ministry of Officials Ye Mengding Continue to serve in the original position, admonish doctor Zhu Pisun to concurrently serve as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Secretary of the Ministry of War is still held by Fan Wenhuan, a member of Jia Sidao's party member. At the same time, I promoted Lu Xiufu as Minister of the Ministry of War. It's not easy to publicly oppose Li Tingzhi's people, and the Ministry of War has to obey the arrangement of the Privy Council, which is just a staff department similar to later generations, so it acquiesces.

In terms of the military, Fan Wenhu, the former deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, was promoted to be the deputy capital commander in front of the palace, and was tied with Xia Gui to become the highest-ranking general in the Forbidden Army.

Ministers stationed abroad, such as Li Tingzhi and others, will not be appointed until mid-March.

Among them, Ma Tingluan, Chen Zongli, and Zhu Pisun belonged to the queen mother's party, Ma Guangzu and Tang Han belonged to democrats without party affiliation, and could be temporarily assigned to the emperor's party, and the rest belonged to Jia Sidao's party.

The structure of the DPRK and China has basically not changed, and the three powers still stand together.

Among the six ministries, the Empress Dowager's party has a slight advantage, while Jia Sidao has monopolized power in one hospital, one province and the army. Overall, Jia Sidao's party still has a slight advantage.

History books all say that Jia Sidao despises military and emphasizes literature. In fact, Jia Sidao knows better than anyone else that military power is an important weight against imperial power and later power, which is also the root of power. This is quite different from mine. The opinions are very consistent.In historical records, Jia Sidao often threatened Duzong by resigning. In the eyes of Lizong Duzong, Jia Sidao was a generation who was accustomed to fighting, no less than Marshal Meng Gong back then, and he was simply an opponent of Mongolia. The only candidate, Du Zong worried that if Jia Sidao left, no one would be able to take on this important task, so he treated him with courtesy, obeyed his words, and gradually formed the idea of ​​relying on Jia Sidao deep in his heart, and thus became more and more popular with him. restrict.

Jia Sidao is not worthless as stated in the history books, otherwise Meng Gong would not have recommended Jia Sidao as his successor before his death.After two or three months of my observation and understanding, Jia Sidao is very scheming, has a lot of political strategies, and has rich experience.

As the time drew near, I also became a little nervous. First, would the records in the history books be wrong, and second, would my arrival change history?

In this contest of solar eclipse, I am more eager to win than Jia Sidao.

Imperial power represents orthodoxy, which is what the people want, but Zhao Yu's reputation is very bad in the government and the opposition. I must take this opportunity to prove to the world that my orthodoxy is the destiny of the world, so that the world has preconceived opinions , and then gradually change Zhao Yu's fatuous image.

According to my statement, Fang Ling bet a large amount of silver taels on the gambling table at the end of January. After the bet, Fang Ling only said one sentence about the matter, "Brother, I believe in you."

At the same time, on the last day, I also arranged for Xiao Tian to bet all the working capital of Shifeng Commercial Bank on the appearance of celestial phenomena.

When Xiao Tian heard my arrangement, he didn't speak, just stared straight in his eyes, turned around and left after a long pause, Xiao Qi and Yuan Ji next to him also stayed for a long time, but they didn't ask me the reason.

The night had completely enveloped Ninggan Palace.

It was almost midnight when I came out of the imperial study.I stood in front of the window on the top floor, looking out, my mind was full of thoughts.

"Officials, it's getting late, it's time to rest." Quan Jiu persuaded softly.

Since Quan Jiu moved to Ninggan Palace, she has taken care of my daily life and food.

"Jiu'er, tomorrow is February [-]st."

"Yes, are the officials worried that there will be an eclipse that day?"

I looked at Quan Jiu and nodded silently.

Quan Jiu took two steps forward and leaned against me: "Official, Jiu'er doesn't know the reason for this. One of the solar eclipses is said to be a very rare celestial phenomenon. Ordinarily, Jiu'er doesn't believe it, but tomorrow's event will happen." Since it is what the officials said, Jiu'er intuitively feels that this vision will definitely appear tomorrow."

I patted Quan Jiu on the shoulder and said, "Jiu'er is trying to comfort me."

"That's not the case. The officials still remember the attack on the way to Kuaiji."

"of course I remember."

Quan Jiu looked up at me and said, "At that time, the moment the official held the man in black's scimitar, Jiu'er saw the figure of a giant dragon appearing from the official's body. Illusion. Since then, Jiu'er has firmly believed that the official is the real dragon emperor, who corresponds to the stars in the sky, and is also an extraordinary person."

I know that even though Quan Jiu said that, she was also uneasy in her heart.

"Jiu'er, don't worry, I am indeed the one." I suddenly remembered the words of Taoism and hugged Quan Jiu tightly.

"Well, official, Jiu'er believes in you."

Fang Ling said the same thing today, "Brother, I believe in you."

I gradually realized that I was no longer alone. There was Fang Ling, Quan Jiu, Yuan Ji, and Wen Tianxiang. . . . . .