long live the queen

Chapter 64

"Emperor Taizu Gao once ordered that the harem should not be involved in politics. Although the imperial concubine's status is high, she came from the harem. This behavior violates the ancestral precepts. Please go back!" the second assistant Mao Yirong said fiercely. As the chief assistant for the time being, it is natural to speak on behalf of the cabinet.

Mao Yirong was born as an aristocrat, and he has been an official of the Ministry of Rites for decades in the officialdom, and he attaches great importance to etiquette. Therefore, Wei Yunqing, a harem woman, wants to violate the ancestor's precepts and interfere in politics, so he will naturally be severely opposed by him.

Behind the curtain, Wei Yunqing's calm voice came: "Is it Lord Mao Yirong who is talking?"

"Hmph, it's Mao." Mao Yirong snorted coldly.

Wei Yunqing said with a smile: "Lord Mao, you really misunderstood. I am here, not on behalf of me, but because of the emperor's intention. The emperor is not in good health and should not be overworked. I am here to listen on behalf of the emperor. The discussion will be submitted to the emperor in the end, and if there are any instructions, the emperor will issue an order, and this palace is just a messenger."

The so-called "the emperor is in poor health" is naturally an excuse to the cabinet ministers. After so many years, everyone knows that Yang Yi does not like to deal with political affairs.But what she said was beautiful, and they had no room to refute - she came to listen to political affairs on behalf of the emperor, and if she didn't discuss matters or give orders, what kind of political affairs was she?

Before all the cabinet ministers could come up with a reason to drive her away, Wei Yunqing laughed again: "Take a step back, even if this palace is considered to be a harem meddler... so what? Is the servant a person in the harem? The supervisor of ceremonies is now in control of the memorials that you present to the emperor, so it is not regarded as interfering in politics? Since you allow the ceremonial supervisors and other servants in the harem to intervene in politics, why can’t you allow me to be a messenger? In comparison, what I have done is really a little witch Meet the Great Witch!"

Wei Yunqing's words were a blatant mockery to the cabinet ministers.

When Emperor Taizu Gao first established the ancestral precepts, he absorbed the disadvantages of the previous dynasty's death due to his relatives. He not only established the rule that the concubines in the harem should be selected from poor families, but also strictly set the admonition that the harem should not interfere in politics. This naturally includes servant.In order to prevent the servants from disturbing the power, Emperor Gao also ordered the servants not to read and write.But the so-called emperor's ancestral precepts are not omnipotent. Every new emperor is a son of heaven who holds great power. If he really wants to change the ancestral system, who can stop it?From generation to generation, firstly, the servants were given the opportunity to study, and secondly, the power of the ceremonial supervisor became more and more powerful, and finally became the emperor's right-hand man against the former courtiers.If the emperor himself is famous enough, the servants will be suppressed by the emperor, and there will be no big disturbances. Instead, they will become a powerful tool for the imperial power to fight against the power.Yang Yi is a powerful representative of the latter.

Everyone knows that the so-called ancestral precepts are nothing more than a joke nowadays, and no one would lose sight of mentioning it, but Wei Yunqing just mentioned it, and they couldn't refute it.Saying ancestors are a fart?That is the rule set by Emperor Taizu Gao, who dares to disrespect it?But the emperor and the courtiers who really dare to use the ancestral precepts to suppress the current emperor are obviously either crazy or stupid.The cabinet ministers who are still in the cabinet are neither crazy nor stupid, but they cannot refute Wei Yunqing's accusation.

Their guns were a bit unjust, and even the oldest among them had not yet been born when the Supervisor of Rituals became the channel between the emperor and the cabinet.

Wei Yunqing didn't care about that, if she really wanted to talk about it, even bringing up the matter of the Supervisor of Rituals was her sophistry.If other people eat shit, is she going to eat it?It's just that bullying these civil servants has bad logic and is not good at debating.

"Today, the old man is not feeling well. Come back another day. Let's go ahead. My lords, please go your own way." When Mao Yirong saw that he couldn't say anything to Wei Yunqing, he was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and simply told him he was sick and left.

Wei Yunqing didn't stop him, and then several cabinet ministers also got sick and left one after another.And Wei Yunqing only asked Cao Jun to quietly call back Wen Huai who was pretending to be walking slowly as if he was ready to come back at any time.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" After all, Wen Huai and Wei Yunqing have known each other for a long time, and they have a certain friendship, and they have a common goal-to teach Yang Yi to be a good emperor-so he spoke a little casually, "Today, although you You won the benefit of talking, but the other adults will definitely write to the emperor after they go back, asking you to leave the cabinet. If the emperor disagrees, they will definitely stay at home and ignore the government. At that time, there will be a backlog of state affairs, but there will be big problems of!"

"Master Wen, please rest assured, I have already considered this matter." Wei Yunqing said.

Wen Huai felt a little relieved: "I don't know what your mother's plan is?"

He thought her consideration was nothing more than leaving the cabinet and asking some adults to come back.After all, the cabinet is full of humerus veterans, how can a woman be allowed to sit on the sidelines?Even if she is just a messenger!
"If they want to sue for illness, they will recover from illness. Let the emperor handle this state affairs by himself." Wei Yunqing said with a smile.

Wen Huai was stunned.

"Your Majesty, this... can't be done!"

Wei Yunqing pretended to be puzzled: "Why can't it be done?"

Wen Huai opened his mouth, but said nothing.Everyone knows that the emperor doesn't care about anything!Once all the cabinet members report illness, the highest authority in Daliang will be paralyzed, and there will be chaos!

"Just don't worry, Mr. Wen, nothing serious will happen." Wei Yunqing smiled again, "Besides, isn't there you, Mr. Wen? I see that you are in good health, and I think you won't be sick and go home."

Wen Huai really wanted to say no, he knew that if he went against the other cabinet ministers, he would be despised and isolated by everyone, but Wei Yunqing was different after all, she was the one who entrusted everything to Master Sun when he was dying, even for Master Sun, he would help her.

"My humble minister... I should do the work of a dog and a horse." Wen Huai sighed helplessly.

Wei Yunqing said with a smile: "Master Wen, don't be so desperate. Instead of holding on to the tragedy of advancing and retreating with me, why don't you go back and persuade the other adults."

"Hey, Ma'am, you don't know something. These adults are stubborn, how can a humble minister make sense with just a few words?" Wen Huai's face showed sadness.

Wei Yunqing walked out from behind the curtain, looked at Wen Huai and said with a smile: "Master Wen, it's not good if you go directly to persuade him, but you can say it differently."

"Another way of saying it?" Wen Huai didn't want to understand.

Wei Yunqing pointed to Cao Jun at the side: "You can borrow the name of Eunuch Cao."

Wen Huai was still at a loss, looking at Wei Yunqing puzzled.

Cao Jun had a smile on his face, and a little puzzled in his heart.

Wei Yunqing lived up to everyone's expectations and said solemnly: "The emperor clearly wanted me to be the microphone, but in fact, Eunuch Cao urged the emperor to make an order. In order to gain the power to fight against Zheng Xiang, he deliberately borrowed me to approach the cabinet. Ministers, you want to erode Zheng Xiang's power step by step, and after today's meeting, Eunuch Cao even sought you out to please you and become an ally with you. Of course, Mr. Wen, you rejected him sternly. However, because of this, I learned the inside story."

Wen Huai stared at Wei Yunqing, then turned his gaze to Cao Jun who was on the side.The latter was also a little surprised, and looked at Wei Yunqing blankly——Madam, what are you talking about!How can I tell Wen Huai about the plan between your maidservant and you, not to mention that many of them are completely reversed!
Under the surprised eyes of the two, Wei Yunqing smiled innocently: "You two, what's the problem?"

"Niang Niang, you... this... servant girl doesn't have that kind of thought!" Cao Jun had no choice but to explain dryly.

Wei Yunqing nodded solemnly: "I know, Master Wen also knows."

Wen Huai froze - what do I know?
Wei Yunqing continued: "That's just a statement for those adults. Presumably they are also very dissatisfied with Zheng Xiang? Once they hear that Eunuch Cao is the mastermind behind the scenes, they are probably right about the fight between Eunuch Cao and Zheng Xiang. Nice to hear, at that time they still remember that I was still a member of the harem who couldn't do anything in politics?"

All transactions can be attributed to interests.The great interests of the family and the country, personal self-interest, nothing can escape the word profit.Once she enters the cabinet, it will be of great benefit to several adults in the cabinet, she does not believe that they will refuse such a big temptation.Only by pushing the boat along the way can the interests be maximized.

"Wonderful, really wonderful!" Cao Jun immediately praised, "Your Majesty is really extremely intelligent. In this way, you only need to sacrifice the reputation of the slaves and servants to get the ministers to agree to this matter. Naturally, the slaves will not be so ignorant. He turned to Wen Huai and said with a smile, "Master Wen, just tell your lords what your wife said, but for the sake of my country, what's the matter if I go all out?"

Wei Yunqing glanced at Cao Jun calmly, this man really knows how to hit a snake with a stick, and he is really out of breath if he is said to be fat.His behavior is convenient to compare: a thief obviously stole something, but pretended in front of a policeman that he hadn't stolen it, and even tragically asked the policeman to tell his companion that he had really stolen it.

"So... is it really feasible?" Wen Huai was moved by Cao Jun's awe-inspiring righteousness, and there was only the last trace of hesitation in his heart.

Wei Yunqing smiled and said: "There is no [-]% certainty that anything can be done, just do your best. But I believe, Mr. Wen, as long as you do what I tell you, things can basically be done."

Wen Huai was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "When Master Sun was still alive, it was difficult for that eunuch Zheng Xiang to do some nasty things, but once Master Sun died, Zheng Xiang had nothing to fear. Now he has nothing to do with the cabinet. Making things difficult for him, Mr. Mao was already so angry that he cursed him many times in secret. If this continues, the cabinet will become a nominal place sooner or later. Come to think of it, after learning that Eunuch Cao intends to fight for power with Zheng Xiang, Mr. Mao and the others I will be very happy to sit and watch the snipe and the clam fight."

His conjecture about the contradiction between the cabinet and Zheng Xiang was confirmed from Wen Huai's mouth, and Wei Yunqing's confidence was even stronger.As long as the cabinet ministers let her enter the cabinet, there will still be plenty of room for them to compromise.

(End of this chapter)