Chastity Layman

  Chapter 947 Each is his master

  Qin Lang returned to the court, entered the seal of Sikong, added the third division of Fuyitong, and worked with the Zhongshumen to make peace, and still concurrently served as Prince Zhan and took charge of the Ministry of War.

  Because during the national mourning period, Duke Wei's mansion closed its doors to thank guests, but no one came to eat closed doors, and it was not convenient to come and go during this period.

   In the next few days, Qin Lang first reported to the Political Affairs Hall, and was in charge of the central affairs with several prime ministers. At present, the first priority is to send the spirit to the mausoleum for the burial of the Daxing Taishang Emperor.

  Everything is in order.

  The old fellows Wen Yanbo and Yang Shidao in the Political Affairs Hall came back, and they got along with everyone in a superficially friendly manner. After the discussion, they dispersed.

  Qin Lang returned to his private room and just sat down.

Changsun Wuji came in first, "You haven't been in Beijing for several years, and I don't know if you still have tea here, so I brought you some, try my tea, the Yixing purple bamboo shoots that the queen rewarded, The taste is light, but the aroma is good, sweet aftertaste, and the tea soup is also clear."

   "By the way, I brought you a set of Yixing purple sand pot tea set, which was also rewarded by the queen. It is perfect for brewing the Yixing purple bamboo shoots."

  Qin Lang greeted him with a smile.

  There is a fireplace in the house, and the pine logs inside are peeling and burning, emitting a warm orange flame.

  This kind of fireplace is an evolved version of the earlier tin stove. It is more comfortable to bake, and it is also smoke-free. It can also sit on water to make tea and even roast yams.

  Changsun Wuji sat in front of the stove unceremoniously, and Qin Lang picked up the kettle to brew the purple bamboo shoots he brought.

"Wen Pushe likes to bake silver charcoal, and he has to cover the charcoal stove with a bamboo cage, put his feet on it and bake it, and cover it with a blanket. The old-fashioned way of baking is not warm, how can there be such a fireplace? It is comfortable to bake." Changsun said.

  Pour in boiling water, and turn the purple bamboo shoots in the water.

  Qin Lang poured out the first brewed tea directly, which was regarded as washing tea. He likes to drink green tea, so he usually doesn't wash it, but he still rinses it when entertaining guests.

  After green tea is rinsed, it will lose a lot of aroma, and even the taste is not mellow enough, which is not like Pu'er.

   But Changsun Wuji didn't set his eyes on the tea, and it was obvious that he didn't really come to drink tea.

   "Sanlang is going to the East Palace soon?" Changsun Wuji asked.

   "I went back to Beijing yesterday, and the sage called me into the palace. When I came out, I met His Highness in front of the palace, and we sat in the carriage and chatted for a while." Qin Lang said while pouring tea.

  Changsun Wuji turned his head and glanced at the door.

   "What did you talk about?"

  Qin Lang smiled, "Elder Grandson may guess what we are talking about."

   "What do you say?" Changsun Wuji stared at Qin Lang, picked up the teacup and put it in his mouth.

   "Be careful of burning your mouth."

   As soon as the words fell, the eldest grandson had already scalded his mouth, and he quickly put down his teacup, a little annoyed.

   "Eldest grandson, don't worry."

Changsun Wuji sighed, "How can you not be impatient? In the past few years, you have been in Lingnan and I have been in the Western Regions, busy opening up territories for the Tang Dynasty and conquering the barbarians. It was careless and I forgot His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Beijing. Now I feel stuck. Don't panic, it would be great if you could come back sooner."

   Chengqian wanted to divorce his wife wholeheartedly, and this matter became more and more serious, and it was getting out of hand.

  Earlier, Changsun Wuji persuaded him to endure it more than once, but since he learned that the Su family could not give birth, Cheng Qian was unwilling to endure it.

"It's all Hou Junji's bastard. If it wasn't for that vicious son of his daughter, who was so obsessed with bewitching the crown prince, the crown prince would not be so messed up. Now this matter has become so hot that it can't be covered up. Some officials have already started impeaching the crown prince." gone."

  Changsun Wuji said angrily in a low voice, "If I want to say it, I have to ask the sage for his will, and kill that fox spirit Hou!"

  Qin Lang shook his head.

"You mustn't do it. Your Highness is young now. It's the age of a donkey. If you are a donkey, you can't go against it. He favors the Hou family the most now. If the eldest grandson asks the saint to kill the Hou family, I'm afraid there will be a deadlock. This is not a solution." the way of things."

Changsun Wuji was helpless, "I have said what I should say, and I have persuaded what I should persuade, but he just won't listen. What can I do, seeing that there are more and more criticisms, and the dissatisfaction in the eyes of the saint is increasing. One point, I am also in a hurry!"

"You can't do this in a hurry. The more you push the prince, the more stubborn you will be. If you get stubborn and do something stupid, we will be the ones who regret it!" Qin Lang patiently persuaded, "We still have to find a chance to enlighten the prince, Su You can't rush this matter, you have to take your time. Now everyone is watching, if you are not careful, there will be chaos."

   "Yes, some people have been staring at it, hoping for trouble." When the eldest grandson said this, he pointed to Fang Xuanling's public house.

   "I didn't expect him to be such a person, to stab us in the back. Back then we were also on the same front."

  Changsun Wuji clearly knew that Fang Xuanling did not support Chengqian.

He suddenly came closer, "Sanlang, we can't just sit and wait for death like this. The prince wants to persuade him, but he won't be able to persuade him for a while. We still have to guard against those double-faced people. To such people, we have to be ruthless. Let’s kill one to warn others, otherwise, under their leadership, I’m afraid it will become more and more serious, so we must not make such an opening.”

   "Let's find a way to kill him."

Qin Lang just held his teacup and didn't answer. Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji are both Li Shimin's absolute confidantes. Changsun Wuji is also the queen's elder brother, so he belongs to his relatives. But he has no such scruples, so these years he has always been in the position of chief assistant. Even if Li Shimin now adjusts the status of the three central provinces, strengthens the position of Zhongshu sect, and ranks Shangshu province to the last, it is still too easy to go to Fang Xuanling. Disaster.

   "Fang Xuanling has been in the center for ten years, and he must have done some problematic errands. Let's find out one, and then let people impeach him, kick him down, and let him be a minister."

"Eldest grandson, you and I are very clear about Fang Xiang's status in the court, especially in the hearts of saints. Unless there is a conspiratorial conspiracy, Fang Gong will not be easily moved, and he may even steal it. It’s not worth it if the chicken fails and you have to eat a lot of rice.”

   "Then sue him for treason." Changsun Wuji said viciously.

  Although they used to be partners who fought side by side, but now everyone is their own master, so there is no politeness to speak of.

Since Fang Xuanling insisted on abandoning the crown prince and supporting King Wei, don't blame his grandson Wuji for being rude. Although Li Tai is also his nephew, it is related to the prince's affairs, and Changsun Wuji can't take care of both sides. You can only choose one side.

"Is there any evidence? If there is no evidence for a false accusation, you will have to sit back in the end, and the consequences will be very serious. And if we come to the impeachment room to conspire against each other, the saint probably won't go into it. He will only think that we are against each other, and in the end it may be Each played 50 big boards, and the matter was settled."

   "This doesn't work, that doesn't work either, do you want to see them aggressive?" Changsun Wuji was also annoyed, Cheng Qian didn't live up to expectations, and Qin Lang didn't help.

"Actually, I have two options here. The best strategy is to ask the sage to resign from the position of Prince Zhan Shi of the East Palace, and to recommend the Minister of the Household to concurrently be the Prince Zhan Shi, and to add the Prince and Taishi, and to send his two sons Fang Yiai Fang. Yi Zhi was transferred to the Eastern Palace, so that a signal could be sent to the outside world that Fang Gong supports the prince, and the Fang family supports the prince."

Changsun Wuji frowned when he heard this, "I know Fang Xuanling very well. He looks kind, but he is actually a smiling tiger. It is difficult to change things that are decided. They all go to the dark side. Back then, we supported the saint, no matter how it was built. He has never changed in terms of bribery and wooing, so if he wants to do this now, it will be difficult to bring him over."

   "Do you have another way?"

Qin Lang took a sip of tea, "You have to try. As for the other way, it's the next strategy. Aren't Xiao Yu and Yang Shidao supporting the King of Wu? Then they are not only the prince's enemies, but they also regard the King of Wei as an enemy." Enemy, we can find someone to remind Prime Minister Xiao and Prime Minister Yang, and let them fight first. If we can collect some questions about King Wei or the core of King Wei's party, hand it over to them and let them impeach."

   "To drive away tigers and devour wolves?" Changsun Wuji couldn't help but patted his thigh, "It's still better, this is obviously the best strategy, how can it be said to be the lowest strategy?"

   "Elder Grandson, please think about it. The situation is still relatively stable now. If this war starts, I'm afraid there will be no peace in the future, and the struggle will be fierce."

   "What are we afraid of? Soldiers come to block us, water comes to flood the soil, they provoked it first, what are we afraid of? Whoever dares to provoke, we will fight, and we will never let them take any chances!"

Changsun Wuji was not interested in drinking tea anymore, so he asked Qin Lang to enlighten the prince when he had time, and then hurried away, probably trying to find a way to collect black materials about the Wei royal party, and then secretly handed them over to Xiao Yu and the others. .

  Qin Lang sat and roasted the fire for a while, brewed a pot of tea three times, and it became tasteless.

  He put down the teacup, returned to the desk, picked up the ink and began to rub the ink on the inkstone.

  The ink is good, pick up the pen.

   On the jute paper weighed flat by the jade paperweight, began to write the memorial.

This is a public memorial. He will ask the emperor to resign from the post of Prince Zhan, and recommend Fang Xuanling to take up the post of Prince Zhan, and ask Fang Xuanling to be added as the title of Prince Taishi, so that he can be respected and respected. The outstanding Liang Guogong became the prince's teacher.

  He also asked the emperor to appoint Wei Zheng as the prince's left concubine, and Wang Gui as the prince's right concubine, to share the prince's teacher and teach and assist the prince together.

  Compared to going to war directly, Qin Lang still hopes to talk again, if it can be negotiated, it is better than going to war.

Fang Xuanling's ability is obvious to all, Xiang is the emperor's confidant, he has been with him for ten years, he has a very wide network of contacts in the court, and he also has famous in-laws such as Fan Yang, Lu Taiyuan, Wu Xingshen and other famous in-laws, unless it is a last resort, Qin Lang does not want to marry He fought for the enemy.

  Changsun Wuji acted very anxious just now, but Qin Lang will not be easily tricked by the old fox to take the lead, and things have to be done carefully and slowly.

  After the memorial was written, Qin Lang didn't send it out directly, but went out with the freshly ink-stained letter, went straight to Fang Xuanling's office door, and knocked on his door.

  (end of this chapter)