Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, even if it is today's field, Zhou Yuanqing is still thinking about paving a golden avenue for Zhou Changyong, the prince he has carefully cultivated for many years.

On the surface, the stubborn cancer of the Northern Yan Dynasty is the never-ending party struggle between the two parties of King Cai.

The gate gentry represented by Cai Xi can be called the old party. These people have always been vegetarian and corrupt, and it is difficult to write their crimes! However, the old party and the entire echelon behind it were the infrastructure of the imperial courts of successive dynasties and a favorable tool to restrain the people. Interests and disadvantages arise from each other, so for these people, they can only be restrained and limited; But it cannot be overturned by choking on food and completely denying it.

Because these people are the foundation for the stable operation of the Northern Yan Dynasty.

The new party behind Wang Fang represented the toiling masses, the poor men who could not be ranked, and the marching people who fought abroad. These people have always stood on the opposite side of the old party as "challengers". It is true that most of these people came from humble backgrounds, but they were of noble character: among them were honest literati with clean sleeves; There are soldiers who have killed themselves to serve the country; There are also hermits from all walks of life, craftsmen, merchants, and so on......

These people are a huge boost to push the Northern Yan Dynasty forward.

Most of the people in the New Party are capable officials and ministers who are flexible in their minds and have learned and are wealthy, but not all of them are loyal ministers in the traditional sense. Therefore, these people can be cultivated and nurtured, but their momentum must not be allowed to really overpower the old party.

One of the main reasons is that in addition to the cliché that "when the water is clear, there are no fish, and if people are observed, there are no fugitives", there is a more important point. Once the new party gains power, or even exterminates the old party; The new party, which has lost its motivation and opponents, will certainly become another "old party" in a short period of time.

Therefore, it is not that Emperor Tianyou allowed the party to fight, and made the people miserable and caused wars and disasters in the Northern Yan Dynasty; Rather, it is a stubborn disease of party contention, which stems from human nature and interests itself, and cannot be completely eradicated.

Most of the supporters behind the prince are protégés of the Cai Party, who have self-separated from the old party. These people do not understand Emperor Tianyou's idea of governing the country, and it is impossible to consider the problem from the perspective of the overall situation. They are just in the spirit of the villain, who tends to be inflammatory, and bets in advance, and chooses a future master for themselves.

Therefore, for such a group of people, the prince needs their power and financial resources to assist him; But once Zhou Chang inherited the throne of the Son of Heaven forever, they were no longer needed.

The rule of Zhongxing should be the first to use energy ministers; Therefore, in the next twenty years, the Northern Yan Dynasty will definitely be the world of the new party! And these incompetent and mediocre wall grasses can be described as misleading the king and the country, and there are all kinds of harm but no benefit, and they must be completely eradicated.

If the crown prince can figure this out after succeeding to the throne; Then the situation he faces will also be very embarrassing. Because this batch of waste has already been supported by then, how should it be placed? If it is a lavish reward and a promise of high-ranking officials; How can people in the new party who have no interests in their hands make a difference?

Therefore, Zhou Yuanqing's move seems to be to use Zhu Yuntao's death to hold the prince accountable; In fact, it is a plan to kill two birds with one stone. He wants to use the case of Zhu Yuntao and Zhou Changfeng to make the prince get rid of these burdens reasonably before succeeding to the throne, and he will not have to bear the notoriety of "birds hide their bows, rabbits die and dogs cook" in the future.

The chief steward of the Prince's Mansion, although he did not fully understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts; But at least in terms of solutions, it can be regarded as the right pulse of the heavenly family!

After listening to his words, the prince also felt inspired. So, from that afternoon, he sat in his bedroom and meditated; In the evening and dusk, the prince repeatedly summoned the officials and famous families in Beijing in the palace.

All night, the back alleys of the Prince's Mansion were crowded; There is an endless stream of cars and horses, and it is very lively......

At the court meeting the next morning, Zhou Yuanqing carefully observed the crown prince Zhou Changyong, and unexpectedly found that this eldest son's expression was much calmer than yesterday, as if he had made up his mind. Seeing that his son had regained his senses, Emperor Tianyou also felt somewhat relieved.

With the shouts of the great eunuch Tang Fuquan, today's morning dynasty officially kicked off.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a book!"

As soon as Emperor Tianyou picked up the teacup, a slightly chubby old minister flashed out of the civil official queue. This person is old, and he is a first-class official, but he is not a member of the Cai and Wang parties, let alone those wall grasses. But the recent hot topics in the court are the war between the north and the south, or the murders of Zhu Yuntao and Zhou Changfeng; No matter how you think about these two things, they should have nothing to do with this person.

This person's name is Zhou Minzhong, his ancestral home is Shimen, Jizhou, and now he is in his early seventies.

The clan mansion on Youbei Third Road was established in imitation of the Zongzheng Yuan of the Northern Yan Dynasty. Although the names of the two are different, they are in charge of all matters such as weddings and funerals of the emperor's relatives and relatives, and the entry of the virtuous into the prison. Of course, since Zhou Changfeng, the Marquis of Xin'an, in the land of Sanqin, rebelled; This Master of the Shoshin Temple became extremely quiet.

After all, this "family ugliness" is a major dereliction of duty on his part as a hospitalist; Once it is investigated in the future, although it will definitely not be exterminated by the Nine Clans; But his own head melon will definitely not be able to be saved.

Zhou Yuanqing looked at him with a smile for a long time, his lips were wrong, and he softly spit out the word "quasi-play".

"Your Majesty, Minister Zhou Minzhong, today impeached Cai Xi, the prime minister of the right dynasty, a total of 18 major crimes! One of his crimes, Emperor Gaozu set up a cabinet of two ministers, intended to assist the Holy Son of Heaven to govern the country and the people. However, the treacherous minister Cai Xi did not want to repay the grace of the saint, but stole power and power, misled the king and harmed the people......"

"Ahem, okay, okay, I know! Yuanzheng, you can just submit the recital, and you don't have to read it anymore. ”

Zhou Minzhong had just made a start, and before he finished reading the first line of major sins, he was quickly interrupted by Emperor Tianyou. The great eunuch Tang Fuquan hurriedly ran down the holy steps at this time, snatched the scroll, his face was frightened and bloodless, and his hands and feet trembled wildly without obeying the call......

It turned out that Zhou Minzhong of Zongzheng Yuan, the person impeached today was Cai Xi! As soon as this remark came out, not only Tang Fuquan was stunned, but Emperor Tianyou, Wang Fang, Cheng Yi, and the courtiers of the two parties, including King Cai, were all stunned by his "text".

First, Zhou Minzhong is not an official of the imperial history, and he can't control the current situation of the court and the government other than the imperial family. Second, he himself is not clean, and he has never had any real power in his hands, which is very much like deliberately touching porcelain.

Besides, for many years, except for those royal relatives, who pointed to his monthly allowances, no one remembered this bad old man at all.

is such a person, Ju dared to openly impeach Cai Youxiang, who has controlled the government for decades, and faked some nonsense about "18 major crimes"!

In all fairness, if he is sentenced in strict accordance with the laws of the imperial court, even if all the people surnamed Cai in the world are beheaded, it will not be worth Cai Xi's responsibility. Selling officials, accepting bribes, dereliction of duty, abusing power for personal gain, and other bad things, how many are there really any, and he is still needed to talk nonsense? The so-called 18 major crimes, even if they are confirmed, are not even one in 100.

It's just that all the courtiers who are qualified to stand on the Purple Gold Palace, no matter what party or faction they belong to, all know these things; Even Emperor Tianyou himself knows everything about Cai Xi's piles.

When everyone privately talks about Cai Xi's domineering and greedy, they will blame it on the obscurity of the saint and the favor of the country's ministers. But for so many years, except for those unlucky imperial histories who "cut a stubble and grow a stubble", there has never been a big man above the fourth grade who has talked about this matter openly.

It seems that Wang Fang is such a smart person, and he knows the fundamental reason why Emperor Tianyou indulged Cai Xi; And the other courtiers saw that the Cai family's father and son were deeply favored and indulged by His Majesty, and they didn't want to touch that mold.

To put it mildly, his life of Zhou Minzhong seems to be beautiful and rich, but he is actually a dog-like character. Isn't it a fantasy to impeach the right prime minister Cai Xi with such a piece of waste paper?

Take 10,000 steps back, no matter if the Cai family will fall or when; At least Zhou Minzhong, an old dog, will definitely not die well!

Tang Fuquan was so frightened that his face turned pale, he looked back at Zhou Yuanqing's furrowed brows, reluctantly calmed down, and shouted in his thin voice:

"There is a morning music, but there is no ......"

"Minister, there is a book!" "The minister also has a folded copy to hand over!" "The minister is willing to join the country with the Zhou Yuan", "The minister reconsiders the ......", "The minister can't bear to be deceived by the adulterous minister, and today he wishes to be dead......"

Before Tang Fuquan's voice fell, there were seven or eight courtiers, and they flashed out of the queue at the same time. Some people are righteous and righteous, bright and majestic; Some people burst into tears, crying out for the sky and grabbing the ground; Others stripped their chests and drew daggers to their hearts; There are even people who sing generously and sadly in the palace, scolding Emperor Tianyou for being stupid and unreasonable, and favoring and treacherous......

For a while, the Purple Gold Hall could be described as full of indignation. Wang Fang, the prime minister of Zuo, saw that someone took out a dagger, and also pulled out the saber on his waist, and the whole person reflexively stepped forward, crossed the front of the holy steps, and watched the farce performed by these jumping clowns coldly. The great eunuch Tang Fuquan kept his eyes on the gloomy and uncertain face of Emperor Tianyou, waiting to listen to the oracle......

However, Emperor Tianyou sat like this, never saying a word. He looked at the farce on the Purple Gold Hall numbly, until the play was finished, and the tears dried up, and everyone stood or knelt, waiting for Emperor Tianyou to give a conclusion; And those "loyal ministers" who were iron-clad and admonished with their lives actually raised their heads and looked at their holy faces, in order to show that they regarded death as their home and awakened the mortal heart of heavenly justice with blood!

"Well, I understand. All the Aiqing in the hall are here today to impeach Cai Xi. Prince, Cai Xi is not only my right minister of Beiyan, but also your mentor? I wonder how you feel about today's events? ”

The opening song has been sung, and it is finally time for the two main protagonists to go head-to-head!