Chapter 21: The Brotherly Conspiracy (Part II)

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Pan Ji doesn't think so, there are still two months left in this year's tasting, and this tasting is probably the last tasting of the Taiding Dynasty, and it is also the first tasting of the prince's eunuch country, and the prince must attach great importance to it, and may appoint his cronies to preside over this tasting.

"Big brother, don't underestimate this tasting," Pan Ji said solemnly: "The emperor is seriously ill, the crown prince is in charge of the country, and the king of Qi is deposed. ”

Pan Lian nodded, the emperor may not be able to afford it, this is the key to the turmoil of the court, the minister of the Manchu Dynasty knows it, so there is a brother and a brother, but what does this have to do with tasting? He looked at Pan Ji in confusion.

"Once the son of heaven is a courtier, the prince is in charge of the country, but the ministers are all left by the emperor, and there are so many people who support the king of Qi, can the prince mind?" Pan Ji explained: "I estimate that once the emperor is in power, the prince will definitely have to adjust the personnel." ”

Pan Ji stopped when he said this, and Pan Lian also understood that this time in the tasting, the prince would definitely intervene and choose the person he liked.

"Since the prince wants to intervene, Zheng Kai naturally can't preside over the autumn product, but the prince will definitely not come forward himself, who do you think he will belong?"

Pan Lian replied without hesitation: "Zuo Chen." ”

Pan Ji hesitated and shook his head: "Not necessarily." ”

"Oh, why?" Pan Lian was stunned and couldn't help blurting out.

Pan Ji hesitated again and looked at the dark night sky: "I don't know, Pengzhu is too young and not prestigious enough, but there is no one else under the prince." ”

"Zuo Chen is the crown prince, who doesn't need him?" Pan Lian said with a smile, as if he was laughing at his younger brother for worrying.

Pan Ji also smiled and didn't say anything more, he also felt that only Zuo Chen was suitable, but he faintly felt that the prince might not let Zuo Chen preside.

This tasting is also called autumn tasting, the reason is that the tasting is in autumn, or after the autumn harvest, when the farming is slack, which also indicates that the imperial court attaches great importance to farming.

The annual autumn product is a major event of the imperial court, which is the prelude to the imperial court's selection of talents and the recruitment of officials, only the scholars who participated in the imperial court's autumn products can be recruited to serve in the central government, and those who only participated in the state tasting can only be requisitioned by the state, and the starting point of the two is very different.

Not everyone can participate in the autumn products of the imperial court, only the scholars who have obtained the top grades in the state tasting, and the scholars who have studied the Taixue of the country, and others are not qualified. Therefore, both the scholars and the scholars of the Shu clan attach great importance to it, and they will come to participate as long as they have the opportunity.

The court also attaches great importance to the autumn product, the court is different from the state, the state has the position of the center, and the central court does not have this position, each autumn product is temporarily appointed by the emperor three or five people, and then select one person among them, for example, last year's autumn product is presided over by the king of Qi, Zheng Kai Wang Pei is the deputy.

"The emperor asked you to be a lieutenant, have you thought about it, what are you going to do?" asked Pan Lian.

"I don't know. Pan Ji's answer was very simple and simple, so simple that Pan Lian didn't know what to say for a while, only looked at him stunned, Pan Ji hurriedly explained: "Taiwei controls the military power in the world, and the weight of authority can be imagined. ”

Pan Lian was shocked in his heart, and then he was silent, he didn't think about it so much, but he believed in his brother's judgment, Pan Ji read a lot more books than him.

"The emperor asked me to be a lieutenant at this time, I thought about it for a long time and didn't think clearly, what did he want me to do, King Qi has been a lieutenant for nearly ten years, how many people in the army are his people, do I want to make personnel adjustments, does this personnel adjustment include the forbidden army and the city guards, but the generals of the forbidden army city guards are all hand-drawn by the emperor himself, is the emperor willing to move them? If you move them, who will replace them? I don't know, you ask me what I want to do, I know. ”

Pan Ji's expression was very bitter, and Pan Lian couldn't help but feel bitter when he thought about it.

As the folk saying goes, the hemp rod beats the wolf and is afraid at both ends.

If he wants to eliminate the influence of King Qi, he can only make personnel adjustments, but the most important thing is the army of the imperial capital, he doesn't know whether to move, and he doesn't know how to move.

Except for the emperor, what about the crown prince? What does the prince think? No one knows.

What's even more difficult is that if the emperor doesn't want to adjust, but the prince wants to adjust, and the father and son have different opinions, Pan Ji may have to hit the wall.

"Tomorrow, I have to see the driver no matter what, otherwise I can't do this captain. Pan Ji's expression was very resolute, Pan Lian nodded, and now he somewhat understood why Pan Ji was not happy at all after receiving the holy decree.

However, tonight's conversation still made Pan Lian very satisfied, at least, Pan Ji's proposal to use the Xue family is a very clever idea, and the Xue family will replace the Pan family and become the object of resentment from the world.

That night, Pan Ji wrote a thank you for the grace, and the next day the swaying court came and handed over the song to Shangshu Ling Pei Shu, Pei Shu didn't care at first, this kind of music is nothing to look at, but thank you to the emperor, the minister must live up to the grace of the saint, do his best, and smear his liver and brains.

According to the usual practice, such a thanksgiving Shu, Shang Shutai didn't look at it, just handed it over to Xiao Huangmen to send it, but now that the emperor is seriously ill, the generally unimportant Song Shu Shangshutai can ghostwrite the royal approval, when Pei Shu opened Xie Enshu, he thought about how to approve it in his heart, which is nothing more than a common clichΓ© such as my heart is very comforting.

But as soon as he opened the song, Pei Shu was a little dumbfounded after seeing it, Pan Ji was grateful for the song, but after thanking.

β€œ.。 , The emperor knows very well to the ministers, the ministers are blunt, can not pull the heavy car, can not bear the burden, the captain is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, the emperor let the ministers take this responsibility, such as let the horses pull the heavy car, the minister does not know whether to pull, and does not know what to do, the minister tried to do it, if it is not good, please ask Your Majesty to exempt the minister earlier. ”

"I said Brother Ziwu, you are not in line with the system!" Pei Shu said with a wry smile, this Pan Ji is too pampered and arrogant, did Xie Enshu write like this!

Pan Ji smiled, and arched his hand with a ruffian: "Brother Yunxian, isn't this clear, I'm going to have to move the captain's car?" ”

"Brother Ziwu!" Pei Shu shook his head with a wry smile, during this time Pei Shu was extremely frightened, that day the emperor drafted three decrees, but in the end only two were issued, and the third one has not been issued until now, but yesterday he suddenly descended such a holy decree, which made him tremble.

On the surface, Pei Shu remained neutral in this battle for the throne and did not make any statement, and the king of Qi was impartial to the crown prince, but in fact, the Pei family of Qinghe supported the king of Qi, and he believed that Gonggong Mu had already reported to the emperor, and the emperor promoted the sentence to a scholar at this time, which was not a warning to him.

However, Pei Shu was still relatively at ease, because the emperor still listed him as one of the four auxiliary ministers after all, so he immediately changed his position, and at the same time secretly informed the Pei family and the children of the disciples of Qinghe to change their positions.

Pan Ji took over as the captain, which was a bit unexpected by most courtiers, but if you think about it carefully, it is reasonable, the emperor is using his relatives to take charge of the military power and escort the prince, but Pei Shu didn't expect that this Pan Ji was so crazy, and a thanksgiving almost became a complaint.

"Are you thankful?" Pei Shu wanted to throw the song back and let this guy rewrite it, he sighed heavily and reminded in a serious tone: "Brother Ziwu, the emperor can be described as an emperor's grace to your Pan family, if you hand it over like this, aren't you afraid of losing the emperor's grace?"

Pan Ji smiled, still grinning and said: "Lao Pei, I know what you mean, don't be pampered and arrogant, it's okay, the emperor knows my temperament, if he wants to scold me, he will naturally summon me, hey, by the way, I heard that General Qiu asked for Zhishi, what does the emperor mean?"

This is another major focus of the court, and Pei Shu still hasn't figured out what this is all about.

Originally, the focus of the court was the dispute between the crown prince and the king of Qi, but suddenly there was an impeachment case of Qiuyun, and the more troublesome this case became, the more unclear it became. At first, Pei Shu thought it was hinted at by the emperor, but then it felt wrong, there were more and more people impeaching Qiuyun, and the various factions distributed in the court made Pei Shu even more incomprehensible to the prince's attitude.

According to Pei Shu's idea, the crown prince should be Bao Qiuyun, because Qiuyun is not a member of the Qi Wang faction, and he has never expressed his opinion on the battle for the throne, obviously Qiuyun is neutral, and Qiuyun has made outstanding achievements, is the leader of the Zhongshan Shi clan, and has a huge influence on the Liangzhou border army.

Such a character should be protected by the prince, but the prince did not protect it, but on the contrary, it was the king of Qi who was protecting, so Pei Shu was confused.

The prince's two important assistants both thought that Qiuyun Zhishi should be allowed to go home, and the prince went to ask the emperor yesterday, but he didn't come back as soon as he went, and no one knew what the emperor meant.

"Alas, the emperor, alas," Pan Ji sighed again and again, as if he was very sorry, Pei Shu was a little confused, Pan Ji looked around before whispering: "Actually, this Taiwei, I think Qiuyun is quite suitable, is the emperor old and dizzy." ”

Pei Shu shuddered, looked at Pan Ji strangely, Pan Ji looked innocent, Pei Shu smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that this guy is in the third duke, and he is still so unorthodox, he shook his head and put the music on the side, planning to wait and then hand it over to the emperor.

Pan Ji refused: "Lao Pei, this matter can't be delayed, I, the Taiwei, haven't gone to the Taiwei's Mansion yet, this performance is quickly handed over to the emperor, and I still have something to report to the emperor." ”

Pei Shu glanced at him, and said in his heart that if you want to find death, you can't blame me, shaking his head and calling Xiao Huangmen to hand over Xie Enshu to him, and asked him to send it to Yawen Pavilion quickly.

Pan Ji didn't leave and sat in the court room to drink tea, this court room is the Shangshutai court room, which is the heart of the current empire.

Prime Minister Gan Tang came, and when he entered the door, he saw Pan Ji sitting there, and couldn't help but be stunned, although Pan Ji was one of the three dukes, but the holy oracle did not say that he was involved in Shangshu affairs, that is to say, Pan Ji is not qualified to come here now, he should go to Taiwei Mansion.

Gan Tang frowned, and asked with some displeasure: "You don't go to the Taiwei Mansion to perform your duties, what are you doing here?"

Pan Ji looked up and saw that it was Gan Tang, so he smiled and said casually: "I am summoned by this saint, I don't know what this Taiwei should do, Lord Gan, can you help me come up with an idea?"

Gan Tang couldn't help but be happy, stroked his beard and laughed: "You should ask Master Taishi about this, I don't dare to say more." ”

"Taishi, he wants to know, what else do I ask you to do," Pan Ji looked very helpless: "King Qi has been taking care of the Taiwei Mansion for almost ten years, and I don't know where to start. ”

Just as he was saying that the prince also came in, several ministers hurriedly came over to greet the prince, and the prince returned the salute very politely, and then looked at Pan Ji and said with a smile: "Taiwei Pan, the emperor naturally believes in you when he chooses you, don't worry about anything, just do it boldly." ”

Pan Jicheng nodded in fear: "Prince Xie." ”

"Don't be so polite, I should still call you uncle," the prince said gently: "Yesterday I went to see my father, and my father also said that you are quick in mind and excellent in talent, if it weren't for the evacuation of your nature, you would have been a pillar of the court, uncle, the emperor knows you." ”

Pan Ji couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, it was not that he had no chance to participate in the government and politics all these years, but every time he hid, every time he remembered the fate of those families who had been in power in the history books, it made him shudder, could the Pan family be an accident?

After saying a few words, Pei Shu asked, "Your Highness, what does the Holy Lord mean by this matter of Qiuyun?"

The prince sat down in his own place, his position was in the innermost part of the courtroom, which represented his sitting in the prison country, in fact, the prince could not come here at all, he could work in the East Palace, but the prince still insisted on coming here every day and working with the ministers.

"The emperor said that Qiuyun has made great contributions to the country, and the strategy of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf is not all wrong, and the ministers impeached for a reason, so Qiuyun thought about it behind closed doors, and talked about his treatment after a while. ”

Pei Shu understood as soon as he heard it, the emperor wanted to deal with the mud, and after a while, things were cold, what else to deal with.

Gan Tang laughed dryly: "This is good, so good, it is said that this autumn cloud is in the bitter cold land of Liangzhou, and it has been more than ten years,.。 ”

Listening to his nagging, Pan Ji couldn't help but glance at him, and felt a little strange in his heart, how could this guy have been in the prime minister for so many years, and then look at the prince Pei Shu and the others, they all lowered their heads and did their own things, as if they didn't hear it.

It didn't take long for Xiao Huangmen to report that Pan Ji would immediately go to Yawen Pavilion to see the driver, Pan Ji straightened his official uniform, turned his head and glanced at the prince and Pei Shu, the prince was motionless and still handled official business, Pei Shu looked up, and Pan Ji clearly saw envy in his eyes.

It is said that after the emperor was seriously ill, Pan Ji never saw the emperor again, let alone him, even Pan Lian never saw him again, and when he saw the emperor again at this moment, although he was already prepared in his heart, Pan Ji couldn't help but be surprised by the emperor's haggardness.

"Your Majesty!" Pan Ji couldn't say any more after saying two words, choked up, and burst into tears.

The emperor looked at Pan Ji and sighed softly, made a gesture weakly, and Xiao Chengzi on the side stepped forward and whispered, "Uncle Guo, the emperor asked you to get up." ”

After saying that, he moved an embroidery pier to Pan Ji, Pan Ji got up, his face was already full of tears, Xiao Chengzi hurriedly handed him a handkerchief, Pan Ji wiped it indiscriminately, the emperor looked at him gently, Pan Ji was a little embarrassed: "The minister lost his manners, please punish the emperor." ”

The emperor smiled bitterly: "What to punish, you are still the same as decades ago, childish, look at what you have written, is it possible that I am wrong to let you be a captain?!"

Pan Ji hurriedly bowed his hand: "The emperor is grateful, the minister is grateful and disrespectful, but the minister is afraid." ”

"Afraid?" the emperor was a little puzzled: "Tell me, what are you afraid of, I will also listen to it." ”

"The emperor knows that the minister's brother is already a prince, the minister is then a captain, the minister's younger brother is still a Zhonglang general and the prince Shaobao, Panmen is extremely honored, the sage is extremely prosperous and declining, and if he is a minister, the authority is too heavy, and the disaster is not far away, so the minister does not dare to be a captain. Pan Ji looked worried, looked at the emperor carefully, the emperor was lying on the bed, expressionless, Pan Ji sighed in his heart, and then said: "The minister also knows that the court situation is confused, the emperor and the crown prince need the power of the minister, the minister does not dare to resign, the minister is a little cautious, and wants to ask the emperor to decree that if the minister is guilty in the future, he can be exempted from capital crimes, the minister's house can be preserved, and the minister will thank the emperor." ”

Saying that, Pan Ji got up and bowed down.

The emperor looked at the roof silently, Xiao Chengzi was very nervous, peeked at the emperor, and then looked at Pan Ji who was kneeling, and carefully stepped aside, not daring to say half a word.

Pan Ji's low cry came from the room, and after a long time, the emperor sighed: "Get up, I promise you, Xiao Chengzi will make a will," Pan Ji hurriedly thanked him and stood up, and the emperor turned his head to look at him: "You, you are always worried and sneering, you are my relative, and you are also the prince's uncle, what is there to be afraid of, but it's okay to be a little afraid, hey, speaking of which, you Pan family, I really have a temper with you, I tell you, Taiwei Mansion, you control it for me." ”

"The minister obeys the order, please rest assured that the minister will definitely control the Taiwei," Pan Ji said: "However, the emperor, since you want the minister to be in charge of the Taiwei Mansion, the minister will be clear first, and the minister will move some people." ”

"Oh, are you going to move those people?" asked the Emperor.

"Zhang Yuan, the captain of the city gate, Chu Qing, the commander of the Nine Gates, and some of the people in the forbidden army, several deputy generals of the Bishan battalion, and the ministers must move. ”

"Some of the people in the forbidden army, which part of the people?" the emperor frowned slightly, staring at Pan Ji, his gaze was like a knife, stern and fierce.

Pan Ji explained without fear: "The minister remembers that in the eighteenth year of Taishi, the emperor issued an edict ordering the king of Qi to select the elite and enrich the forbidden army, so the king of Qi selected a group of captains from the Youzhou army and the state army to enter the forbidden army. ”

The emperor's eyes were closed, Pan Ji did not move, still bowed carefully, and after a while, the emperor asked: "In this way, the forbidden army is bound to be empty, and you plan to transfer people from there to enrich it?"

"The minister thought that he could transfer people from the Tiger Benwei to enrich them, and in addition, the army of the Bishan battalion had not been transferred for a long time, and it could be exchanged with the garrisons of Jingzhou and Xuzhou. ”

Xiao Chengzi's face was pale, and his heart trembled, Pan Ji's performance today completely subverted his previous understanding of him, and he shot ruthlessly, the camp of Bishan Gong guarded the security of the perimeter of the imperial capital, the commander of the Nine Gates, responsible for the security of the inner and outer cities of the imperial capital, and the forbidden army was responsible for protecting the palace city.

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