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Chapter 10 The Queen Mother is immortal (10)

Emperor Jianyuan, who returned to Weiyang Palace, was wondering what his imperial grandmother had planned in recruiting Prime Minister Xuchang into the palace.

Then someone from the palace came into the palace to say that the prime minister wanted to see him.

Although Emperor Jianyuan didn't like to see the prime minister who was promoted by his imperial grandmother, and felt that he was his imperial grandmother's spokesperson in the previous dynasty, after all, the prime minister was nominally inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, and he might still come here It's the one who conveys the emperor's grandmother's decree.

So he could only silently allow him to come.

and received him in the side hall.

"I have met your majesty, your majesty is a thousand years old!"

Because Emperor Jianyuan originally sat on his knees, Xuchang immediately knelt down and saluted according to the rules after entering the palace.

Emperor Jianyuan returned the gift slightly and said:

"You're welcome, Mr. Xu. Please sit down. I just came back from the Queen's grandmother's place, and Mr. Xu came in a hurry. I wonder if the Queen's grandmother has something to say to me, or if Mr. Xu has something to say?"

At this time, everyone is sitting on their knees. At most, a very short seat is placed behind the buttocks and between the legs and ankles when kneeling, so that it can be a little more relaxed and not too tiring when kneeling for a long time.

However, they are mostly used for casual receptions, and formal places generally do not use this kind of relaxing seating.

It is obviously impossible to carry it with you when you go to court.

So at this time, Emperor Jianyuan and Prime Minister Xuchang were kneeling face to face in the side hall, while the palace servants were standing.

Why was it later used to describe servants as standing on either side? Because in the past, servants did stand and serve their masters submissively while they were kneeling down.

“It’s the Queen Mother who has something to say.

The Empress Dowager said that in the future, except for natural and man-made disasters, major events such as Xiongnu invasion or foreign attacks, there would be no need to report it to her. If you govern the country with Huang Lao and do not vigorously promote Confucianism, the Empress Dowager will no longer interfere. .

The empress hopes that you will work diligently, love the people, and live a happy life with the people! "

Xuchang did not play tricks, but was relatively straightforward and repeated Bai Sheng's words. It was so simple and straightforward that anyone could understand it as long as they were not too stupid.

Hearing this, Emperor Jianyuan was happy at first, but then he was a little worried. His grandmother said that she delegated power to him, but in fact she still gave him certain conditions to restrain him, just in case he did something that his grandmother didn't like in the future. Regarding the matter, I think his imperial grandmother will definitely take action again.

But what he wanted to do had been done before.

Later, they were all abolished by his imperial grandmother.

Looking at it this way, there seems to be no difference between this kind of delegation of power and no delegation. We still can't do whatever we want, or implement new policies, which is completely useless.

So Emperor Jianyuan still replied calmly:

"What if I want to counterattack the Huns?"

These words were undoubtedly a test on his part.

"Your Majesty, please do not test your ministers. Even if this statement is discussed at the court meeting, some people will agree and some will oppose it.

What exactly does the Empress Dowager mean?

I don’t dare to speculate.

However, I found that the Queen Mother's words seemed to be simpler and more straightforward than before. Your Majesty can ask the Queen Mother directly and you will naturally know whether the Queen Mother agrees or not. "

Speaking of this, Xuchang thought for a while and continued:
  "After all, you are the grandson of the Empress Dowager and the successor designated by the late emperor. As long as you do not touch the bottom line of the Empress Dowager, I will not be upset."

Everyone actually knew why the Empress Dowager was so angry back then. Xuchang mainly felt at this time that the Empress Dowager slowly delegated power to show her good intentions. On the surface, the Empress Dowager seemed to be in good health, but in reality, she was probably deeply damaged. She knew she was about to die soon. Yes, I want to ease the relationship with Emperor Jianyuan.

That's why he gave special reminders to Emperor Jianyuan. ˆ ˆ ˆ also aims to ease relations with them.

Emperor Jianyuan didn't reply this time. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then sent Xuchang away, and then went to Changle Palace again, intending to discuss it with his mother.

I want to analyze the true intentions of the Empress Dowager.

For Emperor Jianyuan, the most trustworthy person in the palace was his mother, except that his mother's interests were consistent with his, and both would prosper and suffer.

His mother's brains were also an important factor.

After all, sometimes you are not afraid of your opponent being too strong, but you are just afraid that your teammates are mentally retarded and will find a brainless idiot to negotiate with you.

Basically, it can be declared a failure directly.

For example, if Zhao Wan, the imperial censor, had restrained himself, slowed down his pace, and worked slowly, he would not have directly angered the Empress Dowager, leading to his death and the abolition of the New Deal.

But his mother is different. His mother is really smart and helpful at the same time. It can be said that half of his throne comes from his own intelligence, his son is like his father, and he is favored. The other half is his mother's plan. Without him The queen mother, the Queen Mother, helped plan, win the support of the eldest princess, and worked hard to please her royal grandmother.

He will never become the prince so easily.

Therefore, after experiencing the major setback of the failure of the New Deal, he developed the habit of discussing and negotiating with his mother first if there was any major issue on his mind.

In Changle Palace, after listening to her son's retelling, the Queen Mother pondered for a long time before saying with some tangle:
  "Che'er, the Ai family has two guesses."

"The first conjecture is that maybe the Queen Mother's health is indeed in bad condition, and her return to health seems to be just a cover-up, or to cover up the situation.

So she's doing this to show you kindness.

But he is unwilling to completely compromise.

I hope you won’t hold grudges against her a hundred years from now. "

"There is another guess that is even more terrifying. We, mother and son, may even be walking on thin ice in the future. That is that the Empress Dowager may already have the idea of ​​deposing the emperor.

She is deliberately delegating power to confuse you.

She wants you to do something similar to the Jianyuan New Deal, which offends many princes. Then she can take advantage of your faults, gain the support of the princes and the princes surnamed Liu, and dethrone the emperor. If the emperor If the Queen Mother can really gain the support of the princes and the princes named Liu, coupled with her identity and the tiger talisman in her hand, she will definitely be able to depose the emperor.

At that time, Empress Lu was only as powerful as she was. Whatever Empress Lu could do, she could probably do it if she wanted to.

You only have her as a royal grandmother.

But she still has many grandsons. If one of her grandsons becomes emperor, there will be no loss for the Empress Dowager.

It would still be a good thing if you change to someone who is obedient. "

Precisely because she thought of this, the Queen Mother's expression turned very bad when she talked about what happened next. What if this guess was true or she was right.

Then their mother and son are undoubtedly in danger now.

At this moment, Emperor Jianyuan's expression management was slightly out of control, and because he was used to conspiracy theories, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his mother's speculation might come true. Then, the mother and son discussed this again. Meeting, and finally came to the conclusion that we must be more cautious in our words and deeds in the future, and we must not be caught in any flaw.

The specific implementation policy is not to take the words of the Queen Mother seriously, and the more you talk about delegating power, the more respectful you must be.

The Queen Mother cannot be allowed to find any fault.

At the same time, I just took the opportunity to visit the harem more often.

Try to have a son and establish the foundation of the country early.

　The defensiveness between each other is not so easy to eliminate!
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)