Chapter 68 Section 12

The emperor is probably the most friendly monarch to the kings and brothers in modern times. Taishanghuang has five sons in total, the eldest son Song Wang Li Chengqi, the second son Shen Wang Li Chengyi, the third son is the current emperor, the fourth son Qi Wang Li Longfan, and the fifth son Xue Wang Li Longye.When the emperor ascended the throne, Zeng ordered the Shangshe Bureau of Dianzhong Province to make a set of long pillow quilts for sleeping with his brothers.After the morning court every day, the emperor often had fun with the kings, often having banquets, cockfights, hunting in the suburbs, and visiting villas.When they were in the palace, the five brothers knelt down and worshiped like a family gift. When the emperor came to the palaces of the kings, he was also light and easy, but only for the happiness of his family.If we don't see each other for a day, the emperor's envoys who reward and greet the kings will go back and forth quite a bit, looking at each other on the way.

However, for these four brothers, the emperor only raised and entertained them with sensuality and wealth, and did not give them any positions of real power.Despite this, the family members, relatives and friends of these four palaces still became the most powerful and unreasonable group of people in Chang'an City. Wang Xiantong, the uncle of King Xue and Li Longye, was the younger brother of the concubine Wang Guifei who was once favored by the Supreme Emperor, and he had a close relationship with King Xue.While watching lanterns at night in the Shangyuan period, Wang Xiantong robbed a civilian girl to return to his mansion, but when the rape failed, she brutally killed the girl.

Ordinarily, it is a common occurrence in all dynasties to run rampant, but this incident caused a sensation in Beijing.There are many reasons for this. What the common people think is that if the kings, princesses and relatives in Beijing can run amok, it will not only endanger their property, but also their lives.Others are different. They are a group of luckless people who will appear in any era. They gather in the capital to find ways to get rich. If Wang Xiantong can avoid punishment, or if the punishment is lighter, they will You will be very quick to find out where the way to drill camp is.

Originally, Wang Xiantong's case had been passed by the censor, and it should basically be closed.But Xue Wang pleaded with the emperor, the emperor actually explained the case again, and asked the three provinces and Yushitai to interrogate again.This is also a fairly clear signal that the emperor intends to be lenient. Yao Chongxin said, no matter how shrewd the emperor is, he cannot avoid this kind of bad luck that every emperor may encounter.Self-destruction of discipline, in order to bend his relatives.This is not the behavior of a ZTE master. When Yao Chong and Lu Huaishen saw the emperor in the hall, the emperor and his four brothers were playing the "Huxuan Dance" which was recently passed down from Persia to the Tang Dynasty. King Song and King Xue played the jade flute, King Shen played the pipa, and King Qi Play the tambourine, while the emperor personally plays the huqin.

After Yao Chong and Lu Huaishen saluted the emperor and the four lords, King Song called Yao Chong to him. "Brother Yao, thank you!" King Song untied a colorful jade ring from his waist and handed it to Yao Chong. Song Wang really deserved to be a benevolent elder, he was thanking Yao Chong for handling Zhang Shuo's matter properly.Seeing the emperor nodding his head slightly, Yao Chong took the jade ring with both hands, knelt down and saluted. "Thank you King Song for the reward." After the four princes retired, Yao Chong said: "Your Majesty, I have something unclear, please advise me."

"What's the matter?" The emperor's face was full of spring breeze, and he seemed to be in good spirits.He waited for the two important ministers to sit down before asking. "A few days ago, the emperor issued a decree to the capitals of the three provinces, saying that the prince and the son-in-law would not be granted the post unless the emperor personally wrote the ink edict. He is an old relative of King Xue, so it is inappropriate for him to be appointed as an official." Yao Chong is quite cautious today, because if today's matter is successful, his great cause of rectifying the court will be half the effort.

"Yao Qing, you also want to ask me about sesame seeds and mung beans? What is the power of the prime minister?" The young man was full of vigor, Yao Chong wanted to overturn the emperor's will, and the emperor's face immediately darkened. "Although this matter is small, it has a lot to do with it." Today's start was not good, and Yao Chong felt a little hesitant.But he can't stop mentioning this matter, otherwise, although the emperor has a lot of face, the face and authority of his prime minister will be completely lost. "Your Majesty, think, if everyone could be awarded an official position with the kindness of being close to the old, then the nobles in the Manchu Dynasty are all relatives and old friends, so how can there be talents who can govern the country and the world? What happened in the reign of Emperor Zhongzong It’s only been a few years? Nowadays most of the non-member officials are still staying in the capital, if these people don’t let go of the idea of ​​asking for luck, it may be hard to realize the clarity of the government.”

"Will a small soldier joining the army in the prince's mansion attract so many people's attention? Isn't Yao Qing implying that our laws and regulations are inconsistent?" A trace of unhappiness surged in the emperor's heart.Since you are in the prime minister, you should put the big things first, get entangled in these small things related to me all day, and act foolish and loyal. Is this the way of a gentleman?The emperor doesn't like all this, especially he doesn't like someone deliberately acting like a critical minister in front of him. But the emperor knew that Yao Chong was definitely not a critical minister.He admired his intelligence so much that he thought that everything could be solved satisfactorily by relying on his wit.This time I want to see if you have any clever ways to convince me.

The current situation is the worst situation between the monarch and his ministers. The emperor and the prime minister have different ideas, and they don't think about the same thing.This is a sign of chaos.