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    ​‍‌​‍‌☆、Emperor Strategy 3

    “The saint canonized the King of Wu as regent. It is unwise for the minister to dare to say anything.”

    The sky was just right in the afternoon, and the sunlight filtered in through the window lattice, in thin beams, and cast the shadow of the auspicious clouds and auspicious grass on the window pane on the golden brick floor.Such weather is the most suitable for taking a nap in the afternoon, Yao Ji thought casually, the young man’s gentle voice slowly echoed in her ears, adding a bit of tranquility, but the content of the words was quite unsettling——

    “The King of Wu has long been a regent, and now that he has the name of a regent, it will definitely further fuel he’s arrogance. The saint is already fourteen years old. In another year at most, the ministers will ask the saint to take charge personally. If the King of Wu does not want to return to power, what should he do? An eagle whose appetite has been raised will not go back to eat small fish and shrimps.”

    When the man said this, he saw that the emperor was a little absent-minded, and he slightly raised his head and said: “Saint?”

    Yao Ji raised her eyes: “Sir, I understand all these principles, but…”

    But if he doesn’t follow Xiao Yu’s wishes and make him the regent, let alone the pro-government, she might not even be able to become the emperor.It’s just that she can’t tell anyone this reason, even the teacher in front of her who is respected by her.

    Cui Jun, a man who was only twenty-eight years old now, was already a first-class prince and tutor. This position was probably the highest level that all scholars in the world could aspire to – imperial master.Cui Jun was born in the Cui family of Yanping, a first-class family in the country. He read scriptures at the age of three and analyzed history at the age of five. At the age of twenty-three, he became one of the top celebrities in the country.He is an out-and-out genius, so when selecting a master for the young emperor, the King of Wu’s family and the family of the family went through many back-and-forth compromises, and Cui Jun was selected.

    At that time, Cui Jun was only twenty-four, and Yao Ji was only ten years old.She didn’t have much ill feelings towards this master who came from an aristocratic family. Although Ning Zong had warned her many times during his lifetime that she must control the aristocratic family, Cui Jun was an upright man and not a follower.

    Later, as the master and apprentice became more familiar with each other, Cui Jun taught Yao Ji carefully, and Yao Ji also respected him.She knew that Cui Jun’s position as Crown Prince and Tutor actually represented the aristocratic family’s attempt to exert influence on her, but Yao Ji was not a truly ignorant child. No matter whether she was from a well-established family or a distinguished person, no matter how extravagant they said, she would only follow her own pace.

    However, Cui Jun’s persuasion to her now was indeed from the bottom of his heart. She thought for a moment: “Sir, you must be wondering why I still want to appoint King Wu as regent even though I know this.” Cui Jun nodded slightly, and saw the young emperor showing a shy smile, “Uncle Qi, heHe hugged me when I was a child… I know that the seventh uncle has always been a bit domineering and surly, but now the clan elders are gradually withering away. Aunt Anyang passed away a few years ago, and now the fourth uncle is ill in bed again. There are only a few close relatives around me…”

    At this point, she lowered her head in despair, and from the corner of her eye she saw Cui Jun sighing softly: “The saint has a kind heart, I believe King Wu will understand all this painstaking effort.”

    It’s done, Yao Ji thought to herself, no matter what, there must be a suitable reason for the family, so let’s use the little emperor to care about family ties.

    “The saint is still too soft-hearted…” Zhang Jingan sighed after hearing what Cui Jun had relayed.

    Chao Qian was sitting under him, and after hearing this he sneered: “He, the Xiao family, are very kind and soft-hearted towards people with the same surname Xiao.”

    “What you said is wrong,” Zhang Jingan waved his hand, “Not to mention the Gengchen Incident, tsk… the saint was too young after all,” he concluded, “It’s a pity that heIf you want to be a good nephew, because of the Gengchen Incident, our King of Wu will not be a loving uncle.It doesn’t matter if the King of Wu becomes the regent,” Zhang Jing’an said, “The more power he gets, the greater the conflict between the uncle and nephew will be.”

    “For us, this is an opportunity,” Chao Qian agreed. “As long as the saint and the King of Wu are separated, they will turn to us. After all, besides the noble family, who else can he rely on?”

    “The top priority is to select the Grand Master,” Zhang Jing’an said. “Only by constantly exerting influence on the Saint will he trust us more.”

    At the court meeting the next day, as expected, some of the courtiers, under Zhang Jingan’s suggestion, presented a petition to select the crown prince and grand master.

    At present, the post of Prince and Grand Master is held by Lin Ting, the second prime minister. Lin Ting is not from a noble family. When the line of King Wu and the first line of the noble family were fighting for the position of imperial master, the noble family originally wanted to promote Zhang Jing’an to the position of grand master, but the royal family had already taken over the position of grand master. How could Xiao Yu get another son of a noble family to influence the emperor?It was just that at that time, he had not yet dominated the government and the opposition. After many compromises, both sides finally gave in and allowed the centrist Lin Ting to become the grand master.Lin Ting is also one of the four auxiliary ministers, which is suitable.

    It’s a pity that he is old and unable to do his job as an assistant minister. As a result, most of Yao Ji’s subjects are taught by Cui Junlai.Now that he is seriously ill again and it seems that he will die, the Ministry of Rites has even drafted his posthumous title and is waiting for him to go and report it to the Political Affairs Hall.And the political legacy he left behind naturally became something that courtiers competed for.

    Yao Ji sat on the dragon chair and looked at the courtiers below who were going back and forth with each other, but none of them would give in.She found it funny for no reason. Each of these empire’s most outstanding elites was a man of influence among the people. At this time, they were just as disgusting as the thugs in the market.Before anyone is dead, the struggle is nakedly on the table. Power is such an ugly thing.

    A deep tiredness surged in her heart. This seat was not what she wanted, but she had to sit down.

    Naturally, there was no result from the dispute at the court meeting, which is also common. When it was decided whether the emperor should study in the Dazheng Palace or the Taiji Palace, the ministers had been fighting for half a month.Yao Ji was obedient and treated her as if she were watching a play, but in the evening the Chongying Palace sent someone to pass on a message: “The Queen Mother invites the saint to come over and speak.”

    Chongying Palace is on Neiting West Road, passing through Changchun Gate, but you can see locust trees planting on both sides of the road.It was just after the Dragon Boat Festival, and the flowers on the locust tree were beginning to bloom, with green shade like clouds and the fragrance of flowers like honey.Huang Hu’er, the chief internal officer of the Chongying Palace, was leading a dozen small Huangmen to pick locust flowers. He heard a high-five and a huge bright yellow nine-dragon umbrella came from a distance. Huang Huer was busy leading a group of Xiaohuangmen to salute him. Yao Ji stopped in front of him and said, “What are you doing?”

    Huang Huer’s face was full of smiles: “It’s Erlang who wants to eat locust flower cakes, and the queen has sent her slaves to pick flowers.”

    Just as he was talking, a burst of noise came from far away.The boy’s body was thrown into Yao Ji’s arms like a small cannonball. She might as well have been hit and staggered. Linxia hurriedly supported her, and saw the little child hugging her legs and raising his face: “Brother, Erlang misses my brother!”

    Yao Ji had something on her mind, but she couldn’t help but laugh at this time. She leaned over and picked up Xiao Shen: “Erlang, have you eaten well and read well?”

    “Yes!” Xiao Shen nodded solemnly, “I recognized a lot of words.”

    “How about Erlang read it to my brother…”

    The two “brothers” entered the palace after asking and answering questions.The woman sitting at the top looked at them with a complicated expression, a trace of imperceptible disgust flashing in her eyes. When she heard Xiao Shen call “Brother”, her eyes became darker.She stood up, signaled the female officer to take Xiao Shen from Yao Ji’s arms, and said: “Erlang, your brother has been tired for a day, don’t make trouble, come down quickly, it’s time for you to take a rest.”

    Xiao Shen twisted his body and refused. Children are always full of attachment and curiosity towards their older brothers. It was Yao Ji who stroked the top of his hair and promised to take him to the Royal Garden to play in a few days. He just followed the female official obediently.The “mother and son” were left sitting in the hall, speechless for a while.

    Yao Ji coughed. Although she really had nothing to say to her biological mother, she didn’t want to make the atmosphere too tense. She might as well speak first: “The court is going to choose a new grand master. I don’t know what the saint means.”

    Yao Ji was stunned. The Queen Mother has always ignored government affairs: “Is there anyone who can choose the Queen Mother?”

    “I am a woman and don’t understand these things,” the Queen Mother said calmly, “I heard that the famous families recommended Zhang Jingan, but the nobles recommended the King of Wu.”

    To be honest, Yao Ji was not satisfied with these two people.Zhang Jingan is too selfish, and Xiao Yu’s intentions are unpredictable. If she had to choose one among them, she would rather it be Xiao Yu.But the Queen Mother said: “The King of Wu is not right.”

    “Why?”

    She smiled: “Why would a saint say such a thing? Isn’t the disobedience of King Wu obvious enough?”

    Yao Ji interrupted her in an understatement: “The Queen Mother is serious. Uncle Qi and I are a family after all.”

    In fact, before that night, she also felt that Xiao Yu had disloyal intentions, but now that Xiao Yu held such a big handle in her hand, as long as it was revealed, she would have no room to turn around without using any conspiracy and tricks. However, Xiao Yu did not make the slightest move – Yao Ji could not tell what the man was thinking, and her previous judgment was also shaken.

    Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother sneered and said: “The sage regards the King of Wu as a family member, but the King of Wu may not.” There was something in her words, but when she wanted to say more, she covered her mouth as if she had made a mistake.

    Yao Ji could only say: “This matter is not decided by me.” She couldn’t help but think in her heart, if Xiao Yu doesn’t treat her as a family member, I’m afraid you won’t treat me as a family member either.How unfortunate it would be to have such a mother unless she had the soul of an adult.

    She will never forget the ferocious and hateful look on the Queen Mother’s face when she begged Ning Zong to kill her when she was still Concubine Liu.After that, even if she survived and lived as the “Prince”, the Queen Mother never gave her the slightest care.The Queen Mother probably had a feeling of panic and disgust towards this “son”. Panic because her lifelong honor was tied to Yao Ji, and disgust because she was a girl.

    This disgust reached its peak when Ning Zong died, the Queen Mother fainted in grief, and was found to be pregnant.How ridiculous that the son she had been looking forward to all her life came to the world after Yao Ji had ascended the throne.

    From then on, she guarded against Yao Ji like a thief.She was afraid that Yao Ji would kill Xiao Shen in order to keep her throne.She doesn’t know or understand that not everyone in this world is like her, who can ruthlessly kill their relatives for the sake of power.

    The next day was not a court meeting. Yao Ji felt dizzy when she got up early, so she suspended the court meeting. Since she was not in charge of the government yet, it would be fine even if she did not go to the court meeting.Unexpectedly, a big event happened that day. The Yushitai handed over a memorial, impeaching Prime Minister Zhang Jingan for committing murder and forcing good people to be killed.

    As soon as the memorial was handed over, a storm immediately arose.Yao Ji read the memorial over and over several times and couldn’t help but be speechless: “My seventh uncle… is really ruthless.”

    Her unintentional words came true today. Zhang Jingan’s eldest son likes to hang out in flowers and hang out in the classroom all day long. It is almost everyone in Beijing knows this.This can only be regarded as a lack of personal ethics, but he is obsessed with sex. During the horse race, he fell in love with a girl from a good family and insisted on taking her as a concubine.When the woman refused, he took it by force, causing her to hit her head against the wall and die.

    Xiao Yu’s people knew about this matter, so why not take this opportunity to do something about it?Zhang Jing’an was naturally accused of being lax in educating his children and being ashamed of being a minister. The censor who participated in the impeachment wrote a good article and finally said: “With such a temperament, if he becomes the emperor’s teacher, the world will be in danger!”

    Zhang Jingan was so angry at home that his son had been arrested and imprisoned by Jing Zhaoyin. He was about to lose his position as Grand Master, but with that memorial, no one, no matter how shameless, could say that Zhang Jingan, who had taught such a son, was qualified to teach the emperor.

    Xiao Yu naturally became the crown prince and grand master. He was twenty-four years old, younger than Cui Jun.He won a great victory in this battle. When he came to teach Yao Ji the day before, even Yao Ji could tell that he was in a very good mood, so Yao Ji took the opportunity to ask him: “Uncle Qi, was the woman who was killed by the collision really Zhang Dalang accidentally met?”

    Xiao Yu seemed to be smiling but not smiling: “It turns out that in the eyes of a saint, I am so miserable.”

    Yao Ji choked on “he” and couldn’t help but be surprised. After all, it was a bit unkind to suspect that her uncle had used such a sneaky trick.

    Xiao Yu did not explain, but asked her: “Then according to the saint’s wishes, if the saint were a minister, I’m afraid he wouldn’t have someone hand over the memorial?”

    “This…” Yao Ji hesitated. She has always been a person with a clear conscience. She always felt that it was a bit excessive to use the death of an innocent person to attack political opponents.

    Seeing this, Xiao Yu sighed rarely: “I really don’t know what Cui Yunping is teaching you.”

    “Wait,” Yao Ji was startled, “You just said…” You?

    “I’ll teach you from now on,” the man raised the corners of his lips. He seemed to have returned to his usual casual and lazy look. There was a smile on his lips, but I don’t know if the smile reached his eyes, “I’ll teach you how to be an emperor.”

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