The minister raised His Majesty in a wrong way [Rebirth]

Chapter 11

It was night, and the Xuanzheng Hall was brightly lit.

Emperor Gao Zherui of Nanliang put his forehead on his forehead and gently rubbed his temples, while holding a book in his other hand, he carefully read the secret report presented by Prince Jing.

The secret report is not long, which has something to do with Prince Jing's style of handling affairs.Concise and concise, but the information reported in a few lines is truly horrifying.

A moment later, the always benevolent Emperor of Nanliang slapped the secret report on the table and said angrily: "The group of people on 'Huainan Road' are really bold, and three out of ten of half a year's taxes went into their pockets. Now they still pay Not being greedy enough, they came up with the idea of ​​being an official, if they let them continue to be so lawless, wouldn't they want to become kings themselves!"

Taxation is the foundation of a country, and Prince Jing is well aware of its key points, so he dare not assert lightly, he can only persuade him: "Brother, calm down, this matter cannot be rushed, and needs to be discussed in the long run."

"Think long-term... Huh, I have only been on the throne for eight years, and this group of people has been greedy for eight years of taxes under my nose. If it weren't for the flood in the Huaihe River, the dirty hands and feet of the people underneath would be tempted by the disaster." I'm afraid that my good brother, who I didn't know until the day of the funeral, did these things behind my back."

Huainan is the fiefdom of the king of Yu. In the past, there was a struggle for the heirloom, and the royal family was in turmoil.

Today's Holy Majesty fights against King Su who killed his brother and seized the throne by himself, but after all, he is weak and only protects two or three brothers, including Gao Zheqi, the king of Yu who is "occupying one side" today.

In fact, in the scuffle that year, except for the few princes who had passed away, the remaining ones were all doing well.

Except for King Jing, who lived in the northwest for a long time, the two princes who survived the catastrophe were all crowned kings by the current emperor after they reached adulthood.

The word "Yu" means rejoicing and rejoicing. The king of Yu was seriously injured and fell to the root of his illness. The emperor of Nanliang bestowed Huainan on him and took the word "Yu" as his title.

But he didn't expect that he had the intention to take care of King Yu, but King Yu had a different heart in his long and comfortable life, and coveted the throne.

In the past eight years, they have been brothers and sisters on the surface, and they have been the king of his side with peace of mind, but in fact they have become the boss of corrupt officials in Huainan.Most of the embezzled tax money probably went into King Yu's pocket.

Now that King Yu still wants to attack Guan Yan, he might not be able to sit still and want to turn the world upside down.

"Brother Huang, although my younger brother went to Huainan this time in the name of visiting relatives to learn about the disaster relief situation in private, but after arriving in Huainan, I found that there are many eyes and ears around. If Huainan is like this, the 'Liangzhe Road' is even more conceivable." Prince Jing. Thinking back to those days when I first arrived in Huainan, although the local officials treated each other respectfully and looked after each other thoughtfully and appropriately, they never let down their vigilance secretly.

He only visited his deceased wife's parents in the name of visiting relatives. He stayed in Huainan for a few days, and there were no less than dozens of people watching outside the mansion day and night.If it is true that the doctor Yu Shi was ordered by the emperor to go to Huainan to investigate, one can imagine how he would be treated.

In this way, even if the censor really wanted to investigate, he would be hindered everywhere, and he couldn't find out why.

Another point that he didn't mention in the secret report is that the Xie family, the father's family of the concubine De, was vaguely behind those officials, and he didn't dare to judge without conclusive evidence.The intertwined network of interests can only be investigated in detail later.

"This group of people... will uproot them one day." The emperor snorted coldly, his eyes were cold and full of murderous intent.

Huainan and Liangzhe were originally the land of aristocratic families. There are many families that have survived for a hundred years, and their strength cannot be underestimated.

In the battle of seizing the heirloom back then, they were even more secretive, watching from the sidelines.Unexpectedly, he became the biggest winner in the end, retaining his strength and attracting forces from other regions.

Wanting to move them now is equivalent to trying to shake the foundations laid by the aristocratic families for hundreds of years with one's own strength, and the difficulties can be imagined.But if they are allowed to develop, with their current strength, it is not impossible to shake the foundation of Nanliang and change the dynasty if they unite the two Zhejiang and Jiangnan aristocratic families.

In fact, Nanliang is not as close and indestructible as it looks on the outside.

Although the civil and military assistant system of "Fengbi" and "holding the sword" guaranteed the prosperity of Nanliang's civil and military affairs to a certain extent, it also provided convenience for the development and growth of the aristocratic family.

This also caused the embarrassment that the emperors of Nanliang had to rely on their families for nearly a hundred years.

If there is no reform, and the Nanliang system is not completely changed, the aristocratic family will one day grow up and become a king on its own, and Nanliang will be destroyed sooner or later.

It is difficult to reform.

It is easy to know, but difficult to do. It is not easy to uproot the century-old cancer.

In his eight years of reign, the current Emperor of Nanliang has been trying to weaken the strength of the family, but most of the centuries-old families in Beijing have too deep roots, so he can only do his best to find a balance between the imperial power and the interests of the family—that is, The reason why he is only in his early thirties but has already grown up.

However, the building was about to collapse, and there was no way to support it. The Nanliang Emperor struggled to support it, which only slowed down the speed of Nanliang's disintegration. He could not save Nanliang after all!

"Ugh……"

A sigh sounded, and there were only two brothers in the huge palace. Nanliang Emperor Gao Zherui finally let go of his guard, and his tone was full of exhaustion: "It's been hard for you these years."

There are unfinished vicissitudes in his eyes, the helplessness of being powerless, and the indignation of being betrayed by his brothers.

Everyone in the world knows that the emperor of Nanliang was benevolent, but very few people know that when the late emperor was still alive, he once said that he "feeling deeply, righteously and deeply touched the world, but it is a pity that he was born in the emperor's family".He has outstanding talents and studies, and he is good at all kinds of piano, chess, poetry and painting, but he is not suitable to be an emperor, but a talented man who plays games in the world, but unfortunately the world is not controlled by others.

The royal family has no family ties. For the sake of the throne, if they call each other brothers today, they can draw their swords and face each other tomorrow.If it weren't for the fact that he had no choice that day, Gao Zerui didn't want to sit on this dragon chair.

Therefore, after many years, he thought more than once that it was a great blessing in his life to have his younger brother, Prince Jing, to support each other and accompany him till now.

It is rare for the two brothers to get along alone, and they let go of their identities. The emperor at this moment is just a brother who has not seen his younger brother for a long time.

He looked at Gao Zheduan lovingly, and asked casually as an elder brother: "The late emperor sent you to the Northwest, and you went there for seven or eight years. I also asked you to come back after I ascended the throne, why didn't you come back?"

Bringing up the old story again, Prince Jing was momentarily stunned when he was asked about it, but he quickly came back to his senses and said calmly: "I'm used to it, so I don't need to come back. Besides, there is no king in the world, where is my brother?" Are they all guarding Nanliang Anning?"

"It sounds good. I think you don't want to come back because of that person." As a brother, there is no one who doesn't expect a good life for his younger brother. Although Prince Jing's performance today is not unusual, but after more than twenty years of getting along, the emperor has never returned. How could he not know his younger brother.

As early as when Prince Jing stepped into the imperial garden, he noticed that the other party was a little flustered.

But the consequences were unexpected, although Prince Jing seemed unintentional, his eyes betrayed him, with a light sweep of his gaze, he instantly found that person in the crowd without any mistakes.

However, it was only for a moment, and the next moment he immediately looked away, as if he hadn't noticed that person at all, and kowtowed.

The emperor was a little curious, and couldn't help asking: "After so many years, Xian'er has grown up, why can't you let go?"

Prince Jing was slightly taken aback, his light brown eyes seemed to hide raging emotions, but he quickly hid them in a icy chill: "Isn't the emperor unable to let go of Concubine Shu?"

"I just can't let her go, so even after four years, I still sent someone to find her back." The emperor laughed and scolded, "But what about you, brother? I wanted to order him to be recalled, but you just wanted to stop her... Since If you can't let go, why did you let him go?"

Everyone in the world thinks that King Jing is decisive, cold-blooded and ruthless, but they don't know that the word "love" is his biggest flaw.Willing to give up the country for love, what only happened in the story of the storyteller, but it really happened to him.

It's a pity that there were many setbacks in the middle, and the final ending was even more unsatisfactory.

That person never blamed him for his choice back then, but he couldn't forgive him either - that's why Prince Jing left and guarded the Northwest by himself for eight years.

"I don't want him to hate me." His voice was very weak, but it was full of affection and sentimentality that was too thick to dissolve.

The emperor sighed softly and said, "Perhaps I shouldn't have sat on the throne at that time. If you hadn't insisted on leaving Beijing that day, the person on the throne might have been you."

King Jing raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and stopped him: "Brother Huang, you can't stay here yesterday. Now that you have made a decision, your younger brother will not regret it. Now you are the king, and your younger brother is your minister."

"I know what I am capable of. After spending seven or eight years of hard work, I have no choice but to check and balance the situation. If you are the emperor, I am afraid that you will swing your sword south and fight them to the death. But I can't. If there is a civil strife in the dynasty, they will definitely take advantage of the vacancy and invade our Nanliang land. Nanliang has been peaceful for too many years, this battle...cannot be fought." The emperor sighed: "I don't know who my sons will be after a hundred years. I can inherit my will, get rid of the shackles of the clan, and continue this unfinished business."

"Brother Huang, don't worry, you are all dragons and phoenixes among the people, and you will surely achieve great things in the future."

"My own son, don't I know? Yu'er is playful by nature, and he is not suitable to be an emperor than me; Ze'er is somewhat like a wise king, but it's a pity that her mother and concubine's family is not good, so she can't help him much. Yan'er is still young, so it will take another two years to see if it is uncertain."

As for the First Prince...

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking of his indiscriminate words at today's banquet, he had a measure in his mind.

"There is still time, the princes will grow up and be able to take charge of their own affairs." Prince Jing comforted.

"I hope..." The Emperor of Nanliang was tired. After the Queen Mother passed away, it was rare for him to let go of his defenses. Finally, he couldn't help but said: "If you really don't want him, find an excuse to keep him. It's the general of Nanliang, and I still ordered it to move."

"Brother, think twice."

"You... always say one thing with your mouth and think another thing in your heart. My brother who is so intelligent and unparalleled in the world, why bother to make things difficult for yourself?" Gao Zherui was a little tired while talking, "Forget it, my own Make up your own mind. I'm a little tired, so you should step back first."

The candles flickered and the flowers suddenly burst open and flickered. Prince Jing was hesitant to plead guilty and leave, but when he looked up, he found that His Majesty had fallen asleep with his eyes closed.

But even when he was asleep, the person on the dragon seat frowned tightly.Prospering the people is suffering, and dying the people is suffering. It is easy to be a foolish ruler, but it is too difficult to be a mediocre ruler.

Thousands of people in the world flock to this throne, but he regards it as a poisonous snake and a beast.

For this position, he lost the most cherished person.

He doesn't regret the choice he made at the beginning, but he is also helpless about the current ending.

But in the end, he broke his oath, and he deserved all the suffering and sin.

The lights in the imperial city were brightly lit, but the candles in the post stations outside the imperial city had already been extinguished.

After coming out of the palace, Lou Chen felt uneasy all the time. It was easy to say some bold words at the banquet, but he was not sure about his uncle's attitude.

He originally thought that his uncle would be angry if he made such presumptuous claims, and some punishment would definitely be inevitable, so he just had to bear with it when the time came.

But the strange thing is that he sat obediently in the room and waited for a long time, until his eyelids were fighting, and Lou Chen couldn't wait for anyone to come.

Lou Chen was so sleepy that the old injury hadn't healed, so he took a rest first, planning to come to the door early tomorrow morning to plead guilty and ask his uncle for forgiveness.

But he didn't want to see a horrifying scene as soon as he opened his eyes the next day.

Seeing Lou Ye who packed up his bags and was about to go out, Lou Chen was so frightened that he almost lost his soul. He hurriedly jumped out of bed, pulled him back and said with a mournful face, "Uncle, where are you going..."

Could it be that uncle is really so angry that he wants to leave him alone?

The author has something to say: ①Although this article is empty, it refers to many ways of dividing administrative regions in the Song Dynasty. The large area was designated as fifteen roads in the Song Dynasty, including Jingdong, Jingxi, Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, Huainan, and Jiangnan , Jinghu South, Jingbei, Liangzhe, Fujian, Xichuan, Xiaxi, Guangnan East, Guangnan West Road.

It is similar to the province we are talking about now. If you really don’t understand it, just look at it as a province.

Also, don't worry about being a scumbag for the absolutely loyal little wolfdog in this life~~