Chapter 27 fourth quarter

The Empress Dowager Xi didn't quite understand the four characters of "chaos and chaos", but she could guess it, so she asked, "Is what Dong Yuanchun said wrong? Where is it wrong?" Before Zaiyuan could open his mouth, Sushun had already answered: "Where is Dong Yuanchun's fault, the imperial decree has made it clear, please take care of yourself, Queen Mother!" His voice was very loud, and with his sudden surprise, the little emperor trembled in fright, and he hid in the arms of the Eastern Empress Dowager more and more.The Empress Dowager caught a glimpse and became more vigilant. If she couldn't listen to the government behind the curtain, the young master was at their elbows and had no choice but to bow her head and obey orders.

In this flash of thought, she became more determined and calmer, picked up Dao Shangyu, looked at it and said, "Okay! Then let me ask you, is it wrong to send a master for the emperor? Could it be that the emperor is in the study, only A master?" When it came to this point, the Eastern Empress Dowager also had something to say: "The master is going to be assigned more, and the Emperor Daxing mentioned it to me when he was in Japan, saying that he still needs to find a senior minister with good morals to be assigned as an errand in the upper study. " "Did you hear that?" The Empress Dowager looked at Du Han and said, "Others don't know, but Du Han should know, besides your father, how many masters did the late emperor have?"

"The slave knows." Sushun said casually, "What the Emperor Daxing said to his mother, the Empress Dowager, he has also told the slave, more than once, but we have to wait until we return to the city. At this moment, we are in the city. , the emperor has just enlightened, Master Li alone is enough." "Even if one person is enough, can't you say that you can't say a word?" This is a rebuttal to the sentence "neither needless to say", but Sushun nodded and admitted: "Yes! I can't even say a word. In this big policy, the servants are entrusted by the Emperor Daxing, so they will naturally prioritize Whether it is serious or not, it is not just a petty minister's unreasonable opinion. Moreover, Dong Yuanchun doesn't really have any opinions, he just wants to hear the news and flatters him!"

These words made the Empress Dowager furious, she slapped the table, and reprimanded sharply: "You eight are too domineering! Not only do you control the government with one hand, but you also want to cover the eyes and ears of the world with one hand. Do you still have the emperor and the empress dowager in your eyes?" Sushun didn't give in at all, and replied defiantly: "It's superfluous to ask the Queen Mother to read the scriptures!" The Empress Dowager was angry and startled, and she was afraid that she had heard it wrong, so she asked: "What?" Did you hear me wrong?Sushun said again in a loud voice: "The minister of Gu Ming, who assists the prime minister and accepts the master, cannot obey the orders of the queen mother. It is superfluous to ask the queen mother to read the scriptures!"

The Western Empress Dowager was trembling with anger, the Eastern Empress Dowager also turned pale, inexplicably terrified, and the little emperor opened his eyes extremely wide, his teeth chattering loudly.Seeing this pitiful look, in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Xi, she suddenly felt infinite grief, and a sense of responsibility and courage aroused from the grief, so her attitude became even tougher. "The emperor is here," said the Empress Dowager Xi, pointing to the young master, "he still can't speak, you can see for yourself, a six-year-old child can't live without his mother! It's not the two of us who make the decision for him, who will make the decision for him?" said At this point, she pushed Dong Yuanchun's original booklet and the proposed edict forward: "You can hear me clearly, I am passing on the emperor's decree to take these books back, and renew them according to what I explained yesterday. Write a decree!"

After fighting for a long time, I went back to the original place again!Zaiyuan and Sushun were very annoyed, they looked at each other, and they used winks to discuss how to deal with it. At this moment, Du Han felt that it was time for him to speak again. He took a step forward and said with a raised face, "National affairs are different from family affairs. Please Queen Mother Take it back!" "Take it back? Hmph!" The Empress Dowager West sneered and said, "What the Empress Dowager said is irrelevant, but the Emperor is too young to be sensible. In this way, you can do whatever you like!

Why bother to ask our sisters? " The tone of these few words was relatively peaceful, but they were refuted with such force that Gu Ming's eight ministers were speechless for a while.In the end, Du Han said angrily: "If the Empress Dowager listens to people's words, the minister cannot obey orders!" "Are you going to resist the decree?" The Queen Mother asked sharply. "I dare not resist the decree, but please don't violate the family law of the ancestors." Du Han's voice was not soft. From now on, one sentence was nailed down, each side refused to give in, and the voices of the debate were as high as one sentence, Ruo Da's palace seemed to be shaken.The eunuchs and maids are all anxious.This has never happened before, even if Emperor Daxing was in Japan, when the military report of the loss of troops and land was delivered, Longyan was furious and cursed at the case, it would not have been so frightening.

Eunuchs and court ladies are all like this, and the little emperor is even more conceivable.In his eyes, those eight people were very aggressive, as if they were about to hit someone.He wanted to ask, but he couldn't allow him to open his mouth. He wanted to find Zhang Wenliang and take him to hide, but he couldn't see Zhang Wenliang, and he was hugged tightly by his mother, and he couldn't hide. So he could only endure the terror.Especially when he saw Sushun's big white face, he kept thinking of the evil appearance of the treacherous officials that others had described for him, so whenever Sushun opened his mouth or moved his feet, he would shiver.However, Su Shun became more and more vigorous in his struggle, and approached the imperial case step by step, forgetting why, the little emperor's nervousness and terror finally reached the limit, and he cried "Wow", and at the same time, he wet the Queen Mother's body.

With this cry, the empress dowagers of the two palaces and Minister Gu Ming were all taken aback.The Eastern Empress Dowager felt sorry for the little emperor, but she was so angry that she refused to show a weak look on her face. While patting the little emperor on the back, she said loudly: "You all go down! Keep your words Let's talk tomorrow." Zaiyuan, Sushun, Duanhua and Duhan didn't expect such an unexpected situation, the emperor was so frightened that he cried, and he couldn't help feeling apologetic in his heart, so he knelt down and withdrew without saying a word.

Of course, no one was not in a heavy mood, and when they returned to Junji Zhilu, no one bothered to speak.After a long time, Zaiyuan finally said: "It's very boring!" "How about tomorrow?" Duhan asked. "Didn't you say 'save it for tomorrow'?" Duan Hua said loudly, "Let's see it tomorrow! Anyway, I'd rather not do this job than lose face." "Fourth brother!" Su Shun was displeased, "You are like this, you always speak out of proportion. This is not a matter of losing face. We follow the ancestral system, accept orders, and do things for the country. We have to argue with reason. If Dong Yuanchun's report cannot be refuted, another group of people will come here immediately, so we might as well take leave early and go home to pick up the children!"

Sushun's words are equivalent to suggesting a purpose, Dong Yuanchun's "respect to Chen Guanjian" is discounted, and he has to deliver it according to the draft that has been sent up, and there is no room for reconciliation. However, what Sushun said to Duanhua, after careful consideration, still has the meaning of fighting for face, or it is to preserve prestige.Sushun knows very well that he has made too many enemies, so he must have absolute power and maintain comprehensive prestige in order to maintain his position and safety.If he cannot "hold the Son of Heaven", he will not only be unable to "order the vassals", but the "vassals" will definitely be "on the side of the Qing emperor." Because of such vigilance, he feels that the situation is serious, and he must make an accurate estimate of the future situation and plan to deal with it. A step of. So this afternoon, after taking a nap, he sent someone to invite Zaiyuan and Duanhua to discuss secretly in the water pavilion, reject the servants, and let his two concubines serve him personally. Before talking about the serious matter, Zaiyuan had already thought about what to discuss, so he proposed to invite Duhan to talk together, "Jiyuan is a good hand, very hardworking." He said, "We don't need to hide everything from him. " "No!" Sushun shook his head vigorously, "It's just the three of us." After a pause, he continued, "There are some things that only the three of us know." Even the rude and reckless Duanhua could hear the profound meaning in these words, he changed his face in embarrassment, and looked at Sushun with great attention. "This matter is so tense! I thought about it on my own just now, and the wording of the 'six elements' was a little too rigid." Sushun then said, "But there's no need to talk about it, now let's find a way to deal with tomorrow!" "It's 'Xi Bian' who is domineering alone. We have to find a way to suppress her." "That's right! I originally planned to see the two palaces. We have to divide the two palaces into one. One is the main palace and the other is the west palace." "Good share!" Duanhua's mind became clear again at this moment: "Let's give it a 'respect the east and restrain the west'. Let everyone know who is the master of the house!" Zaiyuan also thinks that this is an excellent strategy, but it is a long-term solution in the long run. Tomorrow, what he will have to deal with is the integration of the two palaces. It seems that there will be a big debate. Thinking of the empress dowager's words, he is a little discouraged. "I don't know where she learned it from? What a sharp mouth! Let me tell you something, it can really make people panic." He shook his head and said, "I think we still have to find Jiyuan to deal with her." "Why bother with her?" Duanhua said loudly, "There's nothing to argue about! She said she wants to be the master, so let her be the master. Let's see how capable she is to send out the decree?" This is really amazing!It is the first time that Duanhua has broken a problem to be able to say a word, which makes people wonder and think deeply. But he himself didn't know it yet, seeing Sushun and Zaiyuan looking at each other silently, with flickering eyes, he asked in confusion, "What's the matter? What's wrong with my words?" "Fourth Uncle!" Zaiyuan said jokingly, "I can't tell, you're really good at it." Then he hummed in a false voice, "Wake up the dreamer..." Sushun's two concubines heard it strangely in the back room, they had an opportunity to discuss important matters, why did they suddenly start humming?So he rushed out to have a look, and they all pursed their lips and smiled. "Okay!" Zaiyuan said these two words loudly, then turned to ask the hostess: "Is there anything delicious in your house today?" "The Imperial Dining Room delivered a table of dishes, and it doesn't look bad." "Oh, the Mid-Autumn Festival is here, and the 'autumn wind' is blowing!" Zai Yuan nodded and said, "Since the food is not bad, let's eat it!" In the early morning of the next day, the gate of the palace was extremely lively, there were many cars and horses, and they bowed calmly. Many Leng Cao idle officials who could not go to the yamen on weekdays met them this day. Your Excellency is here too!" Then they looked at each other with a smile, understanding each other, they both came to inquire about news. But in fact, it can only be said to be waiting for news.There are two places with the best news, one is the internal affairs office, which is located in the deep palace, and it is difficult to get to it; Having said that, if you need to inquire about something on weekdays, you might as well use an excuse to talk about business, find a familiar military aircraft Zhang Jing, and talk a little bit, but it is absolutely not possible on this day.Cao Yuying, who took Wu Zhaolin's class, estimated that there would be a big storm. No matter who was involved in this vortex of right and wrong, the consequences would be extremely serious, so I especially reminded my colleagues to be on guard in advance, and everyone kept quiet He dealt with the affairs of his duty calmly, did not take a step indiscriminately, and did not say a word, the weather was severe, showing the strange calm that the mountain rain was about to come. His group of people, except for Zheng Xiying, all know each other well, have a deep understanding, and have been able to maintain a very perfect cooperation.Because of this, someone discovered Jiao Youying's draft of "refuting" Dong Yuanchun, and then quietly kept it secretly, and at the same time quietly told Cao Yuying.They share the same view that Dong Yuanchun's original book and Jiao Youying's draft will definitely be "flooded", so this draft has become the only file left in the military aircraft department in this important case. Uncertainty will have a great effect. The first step is to be expected. When I came back from the "reporting" of the internal affairs office, I checked carefully. The memorials and edicts sent up the day before have been sent back. "The draft.But the next step of development was something Cao Yuying could never have imagined. "Zuo Weng!" Xu Geng came to his side and whispered in his ear: "The 'eight' are very angry, it seems that they are going to 'put the car'!" The big cart does not go away when it is off the brake, which is called "leaving the cart". This metaphor is used here, but I don't know how to explain it?Cao Yuying then asked, "What's going on?" "Sent back all the pieces, the eight didn't even open the box, saying yes: "I don't know who will come to see it, let's leave it there and talk about it later. " "So ruthless!" Cao Yuying said in a broken voice, staring at Xu Geng in silence for a while. This is indeed an extremely ruthless move, the edict cannot leave the palace gate without the military plane, it is like pinching a person's neck, it will kill him.From this moment on, Cao Yuying and Xu Gengshen were convinced that Gu Ming and the eight ministers would inevitably suffer disaster, because this constituted a rebellious behavior, and no one in authority could tolerate it. They also understand very well that the only chance to resolve this unprecedented serious deadlock lies in the summoning of the two palaces, and Gu Ming and the eight ministers have made concessions, and the sharply rebutted edict can be issued after revision. Harmonious, after all, it is not very broken.However, as time passed, this chance became more and more slim. As a result, the boss in the opposite room was also a little impatient!Mu Yin was more serious, and didn't want such a deadlock to arise, so he walked to the corridor from time to time, looking into the sky and meditating.Until the middle of the day, there was still no news of "calling up", and I couldn't help but feel anxious. If this continues, how will it end? At that time, the two empress dowagers in the deep palace were also at a loss, their lives were on fire, and they couldn't think of a way to go.They have been together since yesterday afternoon, except for going to bed. Talking about Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Sushun and Duhan's snarls and rudeness, not only is there still lingering fear, the more they think about it, the more afraid they become.The Eastern Empress Dowager used to think of Sushun differently because the Emperor Daxing admired him. No matter how the Western Empress Dowager criticized him, she kept her mouth shut and always disapproved in her heart. some.But after this conflict, the Empress Dowager Dong's perception of Sushun completely changed. Because of this big change in her attitude, the Empress Dowager Xi felt that it was time to go all out and break through the difficulties. "Anyway, it's already ruined!" She said, "It's better to get a result from this." The Queen Mother did not make a sound.She was thinking in her heart: It would be best if a result could be achieved, but she really didn't know how to do it, so she couldn't comment. "I think, tomorrow I still have to summon..." "No, no!" The Empress Dowager interrupted her hastily, "It's not proper to keep arguing with them. And..." She shook her head shyly. The Empress Dowager Xi knew what she meant, and she was daunted by the scene of such a fierce debate.In fact, the Empress Dowager West herself was timid, especially because the Empress Dowager East didn't even have the ability to say a word or two at a critical moment. She relied on herself to fight with them, and sometimes her words became stiff and she couldn't turn the circle around. It was a very troublesome matter, so the meeting was dismissed the next day. "I'm thinking, I have to put it aside for a while, and when things cool down, it's easier to talk." The Empress Dowager Xi was deeply dissatisfied with the Eastern Queen Mother's unchanging intention to deal with it peacefully, so she could not refute her openly, and said with a slight sneer: "We always think about the wide, but they always think about the narrow. Forced. Is it really necessary to be forced into the palace?" The Empress Dowager Dong had seen the scene of "Forcing the Palace", and the faces of Cao Cao and Hua Xin immediately came to mind. At the same time, she also thought of the appearance of Sushun and Du Han, so she couldn't help but shudder. "Just watch!" The Empress Dowager said again, "If things go on like this, maybe they will take our two seals forcibly. On that day, what will we have?" "Isn't that right?" The Queen Mother said hesitantly. "No? Hmph, didn't you see that they wrote 'it must be stamped with the stamp before it will be issued.' Why did the emperor stamp the stamps of those two parties? You can lie with staring eyes, what else can you not?" "Then don't give it!" The Queen Mother said firmly: "No matter what they say, the seal must not be handed over." The conversation got farther and farther away, and when it came to the night, there was no good way to do it except to put it on hold temporarily.When the Queen Mother woke up, she leaned on her pillow and meditated. After thinking about it, she suddenly had an inspiration and thought it would be better to put it on hold for a while. Taking advantage of these few days, she wanted to torture the minister Gu Ming to force orphans and widows, and even scared the emperor to cry. The tragedy of being drowned in the Queen Mother was publicized, and the ministers and workers, big and small, talked about it, criticizing Sushun and his group for breaking the etiquette of being a minister.With such a situation, the arrogance of the eight ministers of Gu Ming can be suppressed, and then there will be much fewer obstacles to deal with the "respecting Chen Guanjian". The idea was to make up my mind, but she didn't tell the Queen Mother. She sent in yesterday afternoon and sent out all the memorials she had read, and then took Dong Yuanchun's original manuscript and Jiao Youying's manuscript to Dongnuange . The two palaces greeted each other and said good morning. The Empress Dowager Xi said leisurely: "Yesterday I thought about it for half the night. I'd better follow my sister's way and let's put it aside for a while!" Said while handing over the two documents , "You put these things away." This was an expression of modesty, and the Queen Mother was very happy, so she ordered Shuangxi to put it in the file box.Then they talked about the eight ministers of Gu Ming. They commented one by one. Regarding the "six forehead son-in-law", they felt that he was pitiful, while Du Han was hateful. meaning, so he explained to her again, time passed by unconsciously like this. The five octave bells in the room, big and small, jingled again. The Empress Dowager counted silently inadvertently, and cried softly, "Oh, it's nine! What's the matter with the internal affairs office?" According to the usual practice: after the memorial is sent out, the Military Aircraft Department should send the drafted draft for review at eight o'clock, which is exactly the hour of the morning. People go to the internal affairs office to inquire and wait for an answer. The sent eunuch came back to report and said that the internal affairs department was also surprised, why didn't the military aircraft department send any documents?I have already gone to the gate of the palace to inquire, and I will play back and forth when I have the result. When she was in doubt, Double Happiness came to report. The eunuch Chen Shengwen, the head of the respect room, asked to see him, and said: "Chen Shengwen said that there is something very important to play back. Please send the two empress dowagers to meet in the small study." The small study is the most important place for the Empress Dowager to deal with Zhang Zuo, and eunuchs and maids are not allowed to come close to spy on it. Chen Shengwen made this request, which shows that he has something to say that is not humane.The queen dowagers of the two palaces exchanged glances and naturally agreed to Chen Shengwen's request. In the small study room deep in the back hall, Chen Shengwen kowtowed his head, walked a few steps on his knees, and said softly with worried expression: "Qizou two empress dowagers, people in each yamen are in panic, afraid that there will be trouble!" Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager Dong broke into a sweat, "What's the matter?" She paused and said, "What happened?" "The slave doesn't know what's going on, but they all said that the eight Gu Ming wanted to embarrass the two empress dowagers, and put aside the issued edicts and memorials." "Ah!" The Empress Dowager was surprised. "Then there is such a thing..." "No!" The Eastern Empress Dowager was still skeptical, but the Western Empress Dowager thought about the situation and was convinced of it, so she interrupted her and said, "Chen Shengwen is right. I...," her There was no blood on his face, and the veins on his temples were throbbing faintly. He gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I didn't expect that they still have such a hand." "This move is too extreme!" "Huh! Now you believe my words, right? Let's think about the wide area, but they are pushing for the narrow area." The Empress Dowager Xi stopped here, and turned to tell Chen Shengwen: "Very good! You can go and ask again. , there is news for Shuangxi.” "Yes!" Chen Shengwen said again: "The two empress dowagers should make up their minds early." "Understood! You go down! Tell them, stop talking nonsense."