Final Volume Chapter 146

Chapter 146 of the final volume

It was later found that what Sima Zhaoyan said was true, and Tang Yin also dismissed Li You from his post. The second thing was that Sima Zhaoyan impeached Qiu Zhen, Xiao Muqing and Ai Wei in the court.

Qiu Zhen was the left prime minister, Xiao Muqing was the commander of the Pingyuan Army, and Ai Wei was the head of the Lieutenant's Mansion. The three of them were important officials in the court and were also popular with Tang Yin. Even the Fengren ministers did not dare to impeach any of them, but Sima Zhaoyan dared to do what others did not dare to do, and impeached all three of them at once.

The cause of the incident was the housekeeper of the left prime minister's mansion. The housekeeper's name was Yu Yao, who was related to Xiao Muqing and was the brother-in-law of his cousin.

Xiao Muqing recommended Yu Yao to Qiu Zhen, hoping that he could find a job in the left prime minister's mansion. Since he was recommended by Xiao Muqing, Qiu Zhen was embarrassed to let Yu Yao be just an ordinary servant, so he made him the second housekeeper of the left prime minister's mansion.

Qiu Zhen is the left prime minister of Feng State, second only to one person and above ten thousand people. Although Yu Yao is just a housekeeper, he is the housekeeper of the left prime minister's mansion. He is also a bully outside, showing off his power and having a group of subordinates.

Once at the market, Yu Yao had a conflict with the local snake. The two sides did not agree with each other and fought on the spot. As a result, Yu Yao, the strong dragon, failed to suppress the snake and was beaten up by the other party.

Of course, Yu Yao was not convinced. As the housekeeper of the left prime minister's mansion, even the ministers in the court had to be polite to him. This time, he was bullied by a group of ruffians. How could he let it go?

After returning to the left prime minister's mansion, he did not inform Qiu Zhen, and privately took several guards of the left prime minister's mansion to seek revenge on the other party.

The guards of the left prime minister's mansion are not ordinary people. They are all spiritual practitioners. How could those ruffians be their opponents?

The two sides had a second fight at the market. This time, Yu Yao was very fierce and ordered the guards of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion to beat the leader of the ruffians and two of his men to death, and injured more than ten people.

When a murder case occurred, the Lieutenant's Mansion, which was responsible for the security of the capital, naturally had to intervene. The lieutenant of the Lieutenant's Mansion was Gu Chong, but Gu Chong was in name only, and the person in actual power was Ai Wei. After learning about the case, Ai Wei investigated and found that Yu Yao was the housekeeper of the Left Prime Minister Qiu Zhen, and was also related to Xiao Muqing. The three people who were beaten to death were all well-known local ruffians and bullies. They did not do anything good on weekdays, bullying men and women and doing all kinds of evil.

Ai Wei weighed the pros and cons and finally decided to sell a favor to Qiu Zhen and Xiao Muqing, and lightly punished Yu Yao, only punishing him with ten strokes, as a lesson for him, and then the case was closed.

I thought the case was over, but no one expected that the matter would reach Sima Zhaoyan's ears again.

He sent people to re-investigate the case and felt that there was an element of favoritism and fraud in it. He then impeached Qiu Zhen, Xiao Muqing and Ai Wei in the court.

Upon learning about this, Tang Yin was also very angry. Three lives were lost, and he only punished the murderer with ten sticks. It was indeed a bit too much, but Tang Yin could not agree to dismiss Qiu Zhen, Xiao Muqing and Ai Wei from their official positions for such a case.

In the end, Tang Yin fined Qiu Zhen for half a year and Ai Wei for one year, and ordered the Lieutenant's Office to re-investigate the case.

Through these two incidents, Sima Zhaoyan established considerable prestige in the court of Feng State. After that, no matter whether it was a civil official or a military general, no one dared to despise the Council of Political Affairs and the Military Political Affairs Hall. Of course, this effect was exactly what Tang Yin wanted to see.

After these two incidents, Tang Yin valued Sima Zhaoyan more and more. When dealing with government affairs, he was willing to find Sima Zhaoyan to his side and discuss with him at any time.

In the eleventh month of the eighth year of Fengli, Xiao Xiang was about to give birth to a son. Tang Yin named him Tang Yu, hoping that his temperament would be as gentle as jade and that he would rule the country with benevolence in the future.

After all, he had fought all the battles that needed to be fought, and there would be a peaceful and prosperous era in the future, and Fengguo would no longer need a monarch. But in fact, Tang Yu's temperament was exactly the opposite of Tang Yin's expectations.

Not long after Tang Yu was born, under the strong suggestion of Xiao Xiang and the ministers, Tang Yin made him the crown prince. It can be said that Tang Yu was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. He already had the proud status of the prince of Fengguo before he was sensible.

Not long after Xiao Xiang gave birth to Tang Yu, Wu Mei, Fan Min and other wives also became pregnant one after another, giving birth to sons and daughters, but the princess Yin Rou's belly had not moved, which was also the most regrettable thing for Tang Yin.

In the tenth year of Fengli, the Holy King of Shenchi, Ren Xiao, abdicated. The new Holy King of Shenchi came to Shangjing as soon as possible, saying that he would pay homage to the emperor, but in fact he was bowing to Tang Yin.

Now the whole world belongs to Fengguo. Without the support of Fengguo, Shenchi would have difficulty maintaining his livelihood.

Tang Yin was quite satisfied with the new Holy King. He treated him with courtesy and held a banquet in Shangjing to entertain him. As for Ren Xiao, who gave up the throne and traveled around the world with the Holy Girl, Tang Yin was envious. At this time, he had the idea of ​​imitating Ren Xiao.

Then, Tang Yin wanted to make another drastic reform to the Fengguo court, and this reform was to implement a constitutional monarchy.

Establish a parliament to limit the power of the monarch to the maximum extent, and even the power of the court will be greatly weakened, giving power to the people.

Tang Yin himself knew very well that if he wanted the descendants of the Tang family to continue, the implementation of a constitutional monarchy was inevitable. Only by giving power to the people to the maximum extent could the Fengguo world last for a long time and not be overthrown by violence.

But for that era, constitutional monarchy was too advanced and too incredible. As soon as Tang Yin proposed it, he immediately attracted opposition from both inside and outside the court. Not only did the ministers strongly oppose it, but even the people could not understand it. If the king did not have real power, what kind of king was he? If the king gave all the power to something called "parliament", wouldn't the world be in chaos?

There are some things that Tang Yin, as a king, is powerless to do, including the wisdom of the people.

The wisdom of the people is not open, and the more advanced the concept, the more unacceptable it is. Tang Yin tried his best and tried every possible way to promote constitutional monarchy. As a result, he did not get the support of the ministers in the court, and the support of the people outside the court. He ended in failure amid strong opposition from all over the country.

However, Tang Yin had the spirit of perseverance. If it didn't work once, he would try again for the second and third time. During Tang Yin's reign, he proposed the implementation of constitutional monarchy four times. Unfortunately, he could not do it alone. All four reforms ended in failure.

This incident dealt a heavy blow to Tang Yin and made him feel discouraged. It was obviously a system that was several generations more advanced than the current one, but no one could understand it, let alone accept it. Even the most open-minded ministers such as Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji sneered at the constitutional monarchy he proposed, thinking it was absurd.

Now Tang Yin can finally experience the pain of "the whole world is turbid and I am the only one who is clear, everyone is drunk and I am the only one who is awake". At this time, Tang Yin was more and more tired of the throne. Even when he was sitting in the court, looking at the black mass of civil and military ministers below, he had an indescribable sense of loneliness.

He knew in his heart that in this era of ignorance, the constitutional monarchy system could not be implemented anyway. He wrote down the idea of ​​constitutional monarchy, hoping that Tang Yu or his descendants could achieve this goal on his behalf in the future.

The failure to promote constitutional monarchy was a blow to Tang Yin, and what finally made him want to leave was the power struggle in the harem. Since Tang Yu was appointed as the crown prince, Xiao Xiang became the first person in the harem because of her son's status and the support of the Sichuan people.

But her actual identity was just a lady, and there was always a princess above her head.

At this time, Yin Rou became a thorn in Xiao Xiang's eyes and a thorn in her flesh. In Xiao Xiang's view, as long as Yin Rou was not there, the position of princess would belong to her, and Yin Rou was the biggest stumbling block on her way forward.

It was impossible to overthrow Yin Rou through fair and open means. After all, she was always Tang Yin's favorite woman, so to get rid of Yin Rou, she could only use shady and poisonous tricks.

In terms of scheming and formal attire, none of the women in Tang Yin's harem could compare to Xiao Xiang, who was born into a monarch, including Ling Shuang, who was also born into a monarch.

Yin Rou's first accident happened in the pond of the palace. She was walking by the pond, but she fell into the pond inexplicably. Fortunately, people rescued her in time and dragged Yin Rou out of the pond as soon as possible, but even so, Yin Rou, who was weak in physique, was still unconscious for two days and two nights, and then fell ill for several days.

The second accident happened on the way to the outing outside Shangjing City, and Xiao Xiang's ceremonial guard was ambushed by assassins.

This time the situation was even more dangerous. A total of 57 crossbow arrows were shot into the carriage that Yin Rou was riding in. The two palace maids sitting in the carriage were shot into hedgehogs on the spot. Fortunately, Yin Rou was not in the carriage at that time.

She finally had a chance to go out and play. Yin Rou felt that she was too constrained in the car and could not see any scenery, so she secretly changed into the clothes of a palace maid and walked outside among the palace maids. It was precisely because of her sudden disguise that she escaped this disaster, and the two palace maids in the car became her scapegoats.

The third accident was Yin Rou's poisoning. A poisonous snake inexplicably got into her bedroom. When she was sleeping at night, Yin Rou was bitten by the poisonous snake. Tang Yin used all his resources to treat Yin Rou's wounds and poison, and finally saved her life.

There were several more accidents after that, and these various accidents did not occur continuously. The longest interval between them lasted for several years. It seemed that there was no connection, but Tang Yin knew clearly in his heart that someone wanted to kill Yin Rou.

Feeling that if Yin Rou stayed in the palace, she would be killed sooner or later, he began to gradually alienate Yin Rou in a planned way. At that time, people thought that the king was tired of the princess who always caused trouble.

Later, Tang Yin seemed to feel that keeping Yin Rou around would be a nuisance, so he simply sent her out of the palace and settled her in Zhenjiang, the nominal capital of Feng State.

After leaving Shangjing and arriving in Zhenjiang, Yin Rou did not encounter any accidents, as if all the bad luck in recent years had left her.