Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 490 Lu Yuqing's Performance
After this incident got out, Lu Yuqing had become the laughing stock of the world, and he hated Ye Chen to death. For a literati like him, whose reputation is more important than his life, it is actually more serious than killing his father and mother.

But because of Zhao Kuangyin's unclear ideas, he was eventually retained as a political adviser.Lu Yuqing also knew that his reputation had been completely ruined by Ye Chen. For the past year and a half, he had been walking in the court with the face of an admonishing minister. Therefore, when discussing and investigating the assassination of the imperial envoy, only he dared to stand up and refute His Majesty's opinion.

It's just that the ministers all thought that His Majesty must be furious at this time, so they were a little timid. Even Lu Yuqing, who dared to speak out, didn't just bow to him as usual, but knelt down directly.

But he didn't expect that His Majesty, who was sitting on the dragon chair, didn't hear what he said clearly, and seemed to be distracted!

And the smile on the corners of the emperor's lips when he was distracted earlier also fell into the eyes of all the ministers. The ministers murmured in their hearts, wondering what His Majesty thought of to be so happy?Could it be that he was not as angry as the civil and military officials had guessed?
Impossible, the ministers shook their heads in their hearts. In the hearts of these ministers who thought they were shrewd by nature, they felt that His Majesty's smile was a little more mysterious, and they couldn't help trembling.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. Although the number of the city crossbow belongs to Jinyang, it's just... this clue is too much..." Lu Yuqing thought for a while, not knowing what words to use, "It's too obvious, I always feel that it should be a real traitor. Someone deliberately framed it, please think twice, Your Majesty, and take back the previous decree."

The emperor smiled, and then he understood what Lu Yuqing was terrified of. He waved his hand and said, "Get up and answer, you are such an old man, don't just kneel down and give advice."

These words seem very gentle, but the emperor's gentleness reveals a sense of confidence and stability. It seems that he didn't take this matter to heart at all. The ministers were still worried about His Majesty's control over the court. Looking at this scene now, but I couldn't help but blame myself, thinking how could I be so confused, who is this on the dragon chair?But the founding emperor of the Great Song Kingdom was about to unify the world.

"I set up the post of supervising army in the army, not just for the North Camp, but for all the army commanders and above in our Song army to set up supervising troops, and the supervising soldiers are selected from the palace and the inner court. , will not have any impact on the operation of the court." The emperor smiled and stroked the short beard under his jaw gently, and said: "Also, with Li Jixun, you don't have to worry about what he will think, since Ye Chen's assassination has involved him. Of course, he has to explain, I trust him, let him guard the frontier, defend the Khitan in the north, his merits are in the world, of course I will not doubt it, but there must be a decision on this matter, and we must make it clear."

Lu Yuqing wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling that his performance today was not only just right, but also almost, so he got up from the ground with some difficulty and was included in the list. But they are trying to figure out the emperor's mind, and most of the time they cooperate with the emperor to make some things more beautiful and perfect.

Because Zhao Kuangyin knew the cause and effect of this matter, he didn't think about so many things, and he was not as angry as the courtiers imagined. To show that I am as immovable as a mountain, and the world is in my hands, not to mention that Ye Chen is not dead.

If Ye Chen was killed in the valley, it would be a criminal case for the Song Emperor.

Since Ye Chen was not killed, the criminal case became a political one.

But all great or fatuous politicians have one thing in common when dealing with political events, that is, they are not in a hurry.The former is not in a hurry because he has a well-thought-out plan, while the latter is not in a hurry because it is tricky and he doesn't know how to start.

Zhao Kuangyin is naturally the former, but because this matter has an internal reason that ordinary ministers do not know, it is not Li Jixun of the North Camp but Murong Yanzhao of the Northwest Camp involved, and it is extremely troublesome to deal with, so there is no need to be in any hurry Yes, so Zhao Kuangyin simply calmed down and dealt with the matter steadily.

It was Ye Chen's suggestion to set up the post of supervisor among the commanders and above of the entire army. He wanted to use this as an excuse to send a few people to the Northwest camp to see the situation.But Zhao Kuangyin agreed, but except for the few supervisors who went to the Northwest Camp where spies from the Huaxia Weifu pretended to be eunuchs as the supervisors, Zhao Kuangyin directly selected the supervisors of the other armies from among the eunuchs.

Ye Chen later learned from Xin Shi that it was Wang Jien's suggestion to Zhao Kuangyin to select the supervising army from the inner court. At this time, Ye Chen was very suspicious of his intentions, especially worried whether the supervising troops he sent would be included by Wang Jien It was mixed with the sand from the holy hall or Zhao Guangyi, but it turned out that these supervisors were selected from Wu Desi, who had nothing to do with Wang Jien, which made Ye Chen feel a little relieved.

Walking under the palace wall mixed with vermilion and black after wetness, passing by the golden thread willows in the circle, the lake in the palace of the Song Dynasty has already frozen, but the mourning grass in autumn has no honor to accept the snow, and has long been cleared away by the handymen and eunuchs .

Along the road, there is a barrenness covered by cleanliness.

The emperor first walked in the vast palace with his hands behind his back, and no one around dared to get too close. Behind him, Xin Shi led a group of eunuchs, holding coats, thermos pots and small hand stoves, and followed behind, walking in small steps.

After walking for a long time, he habitually came to the vicinity of Huarui Palace where Mrs. Huarui was.

The emperor was about to push the door open, when he suddenly thought of Ye Chen's very cryptic reminder at the end after a long talk with him the day before yesterday, and couldn't help but frown slightly. He knew that under normal circumstances, courtiers would never dare to say anything about their harem affairs. What's more, Ye Chen is not a random person. Although he speaks cryptically, it must be because of his status that some words are not easy to explain directly. This may involve the dignity of the emperor and the face of the harem.But Ye Chen's move must have a deep meaning.Thinking of this, he turned and left again, and went to Queen Song's bedroom.

Ye Mansion, Ye Chen got into the very ordinary-looking carriage, Wu Batian who was acting as the driver shook his wrist a little strangely, the whip turned a few turns in the air, brought down a few snowflakes, and the carriage started slowly Get started.

The killers of the Assassination Division followed suit, and some spies of the Huaxia Weifu disguised as passers-by also joined the few passers-by in Kyoto.

The carriage drove to a busy place in Kyoto, carefully avoiding pedestrians.

Ye Chen opened a corner of the curtain and looked outside, only to see that the shops on both sides of the street were still open, and those snack vendors held up big umbrellas, using the heat from the pot to resist the severe winter temperature, which was the same as a year ago. As you can see, there is nothing unusual.

He couldn't help laughing, he first feigned death in Calais, and then was assassinated, for the imperial court, it was indeed a great event, and for these common people, it must be the most talked about meal in the past few days The content of entertainment is just that things don't affect too much. Those who should do small business still have to do small business. Daily life hasn't changed much.

The carriage bypassed the bustling street and turned to a relatively quiet and luxurious neighborhood.It was still early at this time, and the entertainment life in Yiying had not yet started, so the buildings on this street were a little quiet, except for the best location in the middle of the street, which had a high wall with architectural features and layouts that were different from other buildings. The red light in the courtyard is already high, and the cotton curtains are heavily sheltered from the wind. The spring scenery inside attracts male creatures in the bleak wind and snow outside.

This place is the most famous Yongle Hall in Kyoto for eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, acting and playing.

Ye Chen's carriage drove directly into the inner courtyard of Yongle Guild Hall from a side road, and stopped outside the lakeside gate at the back of the building.

He is the real big boss of Yongle Guild Hall. The nurse and nurse waiting at the back door were shocked when they saw him get off the carriage, thinking that the big boss was seriously injured in the rumor?Why do you still have the time to come here to inspect?But he didn't dare to say anything. On the one hand, he hurriedly sent someone to inform the shopkeeper, Hu Mazi, and on the other hand, he carefully welcomed Ye Chen to the most beautiful independent courtyard by the lake.

The Yongle Clubhouse was opened by Ye Chen to make money before he established the Huaxia Weifu. He usually takes care of all the casino masters brought from Yangzhou --- Hu Mazi, an old acquaintance in Yongle Town, but the profits are made by Ye Chen and Li Junhao , Wang Chao accounted for [-]%, [-]%, and [-]% respectively.The other [-]% was generously handed over to the imperial court by Ye Chen and entered the emperor's inner treasury.

Ye Chen's status in the imperial court at that time was far from what it is now. He knew very well that eating alone, especially for officials, was dangerous to monopolize the business. In this feudal society where imperial power is supreme.Therefore, at that time, one-fifth of the income was directly taxed. To put it bluntly, it was directly given to the emperor.Of course, it is unnecessary now, and of course, in his current capacity, there is no need to do this kind of business now.

Naturally, Ye Chen would not wait for Hu Mazi to come and then enter the building, he walked directly through the snow by the lake, and walked slowly towards the small building of the Yongle Guild Hall's exclusive owner.

Not long after, Hu Mazi ran over with an excited face. After being notified outside and Ye Chen's permission, he entered the box where Ye Chen was located. He wanted to kneel down to salute Ye Chen, but was stopped by Ye Chen. Then respectfully, he briefly reported to Ye Chen the business income of Yongle Guild Hall in the past year. Ye Chen gave him a few words of encouragement, and then gave him a secret task, and asked him to retreat to prepare.Ye Chen is going to have a banquet with Wang Chao, Luo Yaoshun, Cao Wei, Zhan Xiongwu, and Yang Yanping at Yongle Hall today.

(End of this chapter)