Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

Chapter 7 The Queen Mother is immortal (7)

After all, Bai Sheng had just slept for a few hours, so although it was already late, he was not sleepy at all. After eating dinner, with the support of his personal maid, he carefully examined the core things that allowed him to participate in politics.

For example, the seal of the Queen Mother.

Another example is the Tiger Talisman!
  Just the word "filial piety" can at most make the emperor respect her a little bit, but it will never be like the original person, who jailed ministers, deposed prime ministers and lieutenants, and even directly arranged for his close associates to become prime ministers and imperial censors.

As soon as Emperor Jianyuan came to the throne, he started the New Deal and vigorously promoted Confucian officials. At that time, he was dissatisfied, but he thought that what he did was not excessive, so he was just dissatisfied.

He didn’t take too much control, and he didn’t directly interfere in politics.

But in the second year of Jianyuan, Zhao Wan, a Confucian imperial censor, wrote to Emperor Jianyuan not to report political affairs to the Empress Dowager, in an attempt to completely take away the original person's power, so that the original person could only be an honest person from now on. In the harem, the old lady who was taking care of her old age obviously knew the difference between having power and not using it, and not using it, so when she learned about it, she was immediately furious.

Secretly find Zhao Wan and Wang Zang's culprits,
  The two were imprisoned and later committed suicide.

Similarly, in order to show that he did not like Confucianism, he even dismissed his nephew, Prime Minister Dou Ying, who was close to Confucianism, and Taiwei Tian Fu, the brother of the Queen Mother.

And appointed Bai Zhihou Xuchang as prime minister.

Wu Qianghou Zhuang Qingzhai became the imperial censor.

All the New Deal implemented by Emperor Jianyuan were abolished.

The reason why the original person was able to intervene in politics so straightforwardly was never based on filial piety, but on the tiger talisman entrusted to her by her son Emperor Jing before his death.

Without the tiger talisman, even with the emperor's seal and imperial edict, it is not legal to mobilize troops. At most, only a small amount of troops can be mobilized. It is impossible to directly mobilize the three armies.

If Emperor Jianyuan wanted to dispatch troops, he had to get the consent of the original body, stamp the seal of the Empress Dowager, and hand over the tiger talisman. This was the source of the original body's confidence. Without real military power, what was she as a queen mother? ?

You know, before she mastered the Tiger Talisman.

She is actually quite powerless in many ways.

For example, she wanted to save the life of her eldest concubine, the deposed prince Liu Rong, but Liu Rong, who had been demoted to the title of King of Linjiang, was still recruited to Kyoto due to false accusations, was interrogated by Lieutenant Zhidu, and eventually committed suicide out of fear. .

The original body has been trying hard to deal with it, but to no avail.

Because the original person's power came from her son, and the death of her grandson Liu Rong, the original person finally figured out that her grandson was not so much forced to death by Lieutenant Zhidu, but rather that her son Jingdi wanted to prevent the new crown prince from leaving. The hidden danger is to kill the eldest son of the former deposed prince.

Later, the original body was able to force Zhidu to death.

To avenge his grandson.

It was Emperor Jing who let go without any protection, in order to give an explanation to his mother and an explanation to the original person.

It is precisely because of what she has experienced that the original body attaches great importance to her own power. When Emperor Jianyuan came to the throne, she did not care about the promotion of Confucianism, but to take away her power would definitely hit the original body's restricted area, so the original body If he gets angry, Emperor Jianyuan's new policy will be completely ruined.

"Speaking of which, there is nothing wrong with each other.

But the stance is different.

But the military power of the Tiger Talisman must be firmly held in hand. If it were not for Empress Lu's nephew, General Lu Lu had a bad mind and was deceived into thinking that if he handed over the military power of the Tiger Talisman in his hand, he would be able to escape intact and save the family.

The Lu family will not be killed so easily.

Even if you fail, you can still die together. "

After touching the tiger talisman and putting the things back to their original places, Bai Sheng felt quite emotional in his heart. Power is like this. As long as you get it, it's best to keep it forever, otherwise once you give up, it will bring you great benefits. Maybe instead of escaping unscathed, he might be wiped out by the liquidation clan!

The next thing she needs to do most is to summon her cronies and comfort them, lest they think that her life is not long and find a new backer in advance.

For example, the Queen Mother is obviously a potential stock.

Another example is Emperor Jianyuan, who has greater potential.

Of course, the few cronies who have been completely bound to her don't have to worry about betrayal, but it is still necessary to meet with them to calm their hearts.

For example, today's Prime Minister Xuchang and others.

When those in the harem who were involved in political affairs had no way to directly take charge of the government, they naturally had to support their own spokesmen.

It turned out that the person he was supporting was his nephew Dou Ying.

After all, my family members have the same interests.      should be more reliable.

It's a pity that this guy not only supported Confucianism, but also opposed the original person in many aspects. He also contributed a lot to Emperor Jianyuan's new policy, so he was directly abolished by the original person.

An obedient prime minister was promoted again.

And this Xuchang is indeed very reliable, because Bai Sheng clearly remembers that this guy's original fate was that after his original death, Emperor Jianyuan deposed the prime minister on the pretext of unfavorable funeral arrangements, and he died the next year.

And he treats the mourning.

Of course it's the original person's funeral.

You really don’t need to think too much to know that this is Emperor Jianyuan just finding an excuse to cut off his original power.

That night, Bai Sheng kept pondering through the memory of the original person and the historical context he knew. Until late at night, he roughly figured out the power the original person held and which officials and princes in the court could be reused.

Then he slept peacefully for a while.

……

Besides, the Queen Mother and Emperor Jianyuan left Changxin Palace in disappointment after dark. Mother and son did not return to Weiyang Palace, which belonged to the main hall of the Great Chao, but returned to Changle Palace.

That is the residence of the Queen Mother.

Since Emperor Hui, Changle Palace has been the residence of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, while Changxin Palace has been the residence of the Empress Dowager.

The palace people here are all close confidants of the Queen Mother.

It's safer to discuss some things here.

After returning to the inner hall of Changle Palace, Emperor Jianyuan eagerly ordered all the palace residents to go out, and then knelt down opposite his mother. At the same time, the Queen Mother knew exactly what he wanted to say and immediately made a silence gesture.

Then he whispered:
  "The Ai family knows what you want to say, but there are some words that you just need to understand by heart and understand the meaning. Don't say it out loud. Since the Empress Dowager is fine, just continue to wait. People live seventy years ago, and you are still young.

There is plenty of time to flex your muscles in the future. "

"Mother, do you know that the South Vietnamese King Zhao Tuo died two years ago? I am a little afraid of the Queen Mother..."

Emperor Jianyuan was very obedient and did not tell the whole story.

But the Queen Mother knew it well, and she couldn't help but take a breath. This idea was too bold. If the Queen Mother really did this, it would be really scary.

Why do you say that?
  Because Zhao Tuo conservatively estimated that he lived more than a hundred years.

In the twenty-eighth year of the former First Emperor, he was the deputy general of the 500,000-strong army that attacked South Vietnam. Later, he established the country in South Vietnam. He did not die until the year before the year before last. In the meantime, he experienced the former First Emperor, the Second Emperor, the current Emperor Gaozu, and the Hui Emperor. , Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, not counting the former young emperor and the later young emperor supported by Empress Lu. Daqian is now the fourth generation, but in South Vietnam, it has just been passed down to the second generation.

And although I don’t know his birth year.

But when he went on the expedition, since he was already able to serve as the deputy general of an army of 500,000 people, he was not too young. He could not be in his teens. He must be at least twenty or thirty years old, close to his thirties, and later passed. He died exactly eighty-two years ago, so it is certain that he will be over 100 years old.

The only thing that is uncertain is whether he lived to be over one hundred and died, or whether he was over one hundred and ten years old.

The Queen Mother is just seventy years old now.

It would be really scary if he could really live as long as Zhao Tuo. After all, Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing only lived forty years old. Emperor Jianyuan is also twenty-one years old this year. If calculated according to the average life span of his father and grandfather, he There are probably only twenty years left to live, and even in another twenty years, the Empress Dowager will not be as old as Zhao Tuo!

What if things really go in this direction?

That probably means they didn't survive the death of the Empress Dowager.

But the Empress Dowager had to endure them to death.

However, the Queen Mother couldn't help but feel a little thump in her heart, and quickly advised: "Zhao Tuo is just an exception."

"But Zhang Cang, Prime Minister Zhang, is already over a hundred years old!"

Emperor Jianyuan continued to worry.

(End of this chapter)