Rebirth of the Demon Queen

Chapter 230 For the Lord

The emperor drove everyone out on the pretext of being unwell, leaving only the queen and Lin Zisu.

Taking advantage of Cao Shouli's time to go out to draw an order, the queen could no longer help but feel aggrieved in her heart. She knelt on the ground and choked and said, "Emperor, will I ask my concubine to avoid the throne and give way to the wise?"

The emperor was moved and supported the edge of the imperial bed with his hands, wanting to stand up.

But he sat for a long time and his legs were a little out of control. Lin Zisu hurriedly helped the emperor up and said, "Your Majesty, be careful."

The emperor took two steps and realized that it was nothing serious. He let go of Lin Zisu's arm, helped the queen up himself, and said, "It's just a crown prince. Why do you think so far?"

The queen held back her tears and barely stood up, wanting to say a few words to the emperor, but when it came to her mouth, she still couldn't say it.

The young couple has been married for more than 20 years, but their relationship has become increasingly weak. To this day, there are thousands of gaps, and those sweet words seem to have become the past.

The emperor patted the queen on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to think too much. Yao'er is also your son. The queen's position must be with you."

After seeing off the queen, only Emperor and Lin Zisu were left in the Ganqing Palace. The emperor sat back with a big sword and asked in a deep voice: "Su Yatou, I will test you. How much do you know about my three decrees today?"

Lin Zisu didn't know what the emperor intended. She clearly told the queen just now that she would stay in the Ganqing Palace and wanted to let her talk about her pulse again, but suddenly asked such a question.

Lin Zisu took his words in his heart and thought about it secretly.

The emperor said lightly: "You said, are the candidates who came out of this academy the official of my Dayan or their official in Jiangnan?"

"This is back to the issue of being appointed as a crown prince. In the past, when I said that the crown prince was appointed, they would use some regulations to suppress me. I just wanted to take this opportunity to prevent them from opposing again. But I didn't expect that the person who opposes the most fiercely is not them."

Lin Zisu pondered for a while and said, "My daughter doesn't understand. If Your Majesty had the intention to make His Highness the Second Prince a throne, he would have issued an order long ago. Why would he insist on tonight?"

The emperor laughed so hard that he asked, "Then tell me, I sent Ye Shihuan to Jiangnan, what tricks did you see?"

"There are not only people from the Qian family in Jiangnan, but also from the Lu family. Although their political views are different, they will always advance and retreat together for me."

"It's okay!"

Everyone knows that Ye Quan was the emperor's grand tutor when he was in the Eastern Palace. He has always been very holy. He has made several requests to resign and return to his hometown, but he was rejected by the emperor.

After decades of war, Xianyun Academy was once seriously damaged and abandoned for decades. It was until the time of Ruizong that it began to flourish again.

Originally, this story of harmony between the king and the minister was enough to be passed down through the ages, but unexpectedly, it ended up because of a founding a crown prince.

Xianyun Academy is derived from the meaning of Xianyun and Yehe. Its earliest founder was a certain generation of the Zhang family in Jiangnan. He resigned from his post because of the emperor's unhappiness. When he passed by Qihe Mountain in Jiangnan, he built this academy on Qihe Mountain and claimed to be the one who was idle.

Lin Zisu was stunned. She had never thought of such a problem before. She thought for a while and said, "Taizu has an order that officials above the seventh rank are not allowed to return to their hometowns to serve as officials. Even if they want to use their power for personal gain, they still need to avoid it."

The emperor made great efforts but failed to do so. The person who came forward to oppose it was his teacher.

The emperor did not answer Lin Zisu's question, but asked back: "Su Yatou, have you heard of Xianyun Academy in Jiangnan?"

The emperor smiled bitterly and said, "The four major academies are in harmony, and the talents in the world are basically included by them. If something happened to the aristocratic family in Jiangnan, it is not just the people of Xianyun Academy who can open their doors to them."

It has been circulating in the officialdom that the source of the imperial officials is half in Shannan and half in Jiangnan.

The emperor did not try to retain Liu Qingyuan and Ye Quan's resignation, which is also a pity.

Seeing that Lin Zisu seemed to have some understanding, the emperor continued: "Now, most of the land in Jiangnan is in the hands of the Zhang family. Although I don't know the water conditions in Jiangnan, what is certain is that this flood must have not flooded the Zhang family's land."

"You, it's still too simple!"

"Oh, my daughter understands now. Your Majesty is not at ease with the officials in Jiangnan, so he sent the inspector and the Dongchang to teach the officials in Jiangnan to be afraid of the weapons and dare not act against the enemy."

"The son can teach you!"

The emperor's face turned gloomy and said, "The newly built river embankment in Jiangnan this year is still flooding. If there is no problem, no one will believe it. They have made a good plan and want to make big things turn into small things."

The emperor was a little sad and didn't say anything more.

With the emperor's guidance, Lin Zisu immediately understood the other words without saying anything else.

"Did Your Majesty really let the minister say it?"

"People only know the reputation of Xianyun Academy, but they do not know that the prosperity of Xianyun Academy is closely related to the support of several major families in Jiangnan."

The emperor learned the lessons from the past and knew that the ministers did not want Xie Yao to be the crown prince, so he took advantage of the sudden floods in Jiangnan to put pressure on the cabinet.

Lin Zisu naturally knew the name of Xianyun Academy. Dayan had four famous academies, namely Xianyun Academy in Jiangnan, Kuanglu Academy in Shannan, Dingyue Academy in Luyuan, and of course, Dongping Academy in Beijing.

Later, he recruited many famous scholars to give lectures in the name of the Zhang family. Xianyun Academy has become famous and has produced countless famous ministers over the past hundreds of years.

These decrees tonight were really beyond Lin Zisu's expectations, especially without any news, and suddenly the decree of establishing a crown prince was issued, which was very different from the emperor Lin Zisu knew.

Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, but for every autumn examination, half of the students come from the four major academies in the country, especially the Xianyun Academy in Jiangnan.

Lin Zisu smiled and said, "I am afraid that my subject will judge a gentleman by his villain's heart, and I misunderstand Your Majesty."

"Although Your Majesty was allowed to resign from Taifu Ye, he regretted it. Therefore, he valued his son. First, he told the world that the favor of the Ye family is still there, and second, he relied on this Lord Ye to maintain the relationship between you and Taifu Ye's monarch and minister. If you need it in the future, you can also recall Taifu Ye back to the capital."

"That's right. How did you guess my thoughts?"

The emperor praised casually, but did not expect Lin Zisu's answer. He looked outside the half-open and half-closed door, and his eyes suddenly became deep.

"Su Yatou, you must remember that anyone who is the king must have the world in mind. There must be no personal feelings on national affairs."

(End of this chapter)