Chapter 1555 The Bottom Line of Being an Official
Lianyi rolled her eyes in her heart, feeling that Emperor Qian was really a double standard. When his wife poisoned him, why didn't he say to be more lenient and not to anger his son? Now that the knife can't hit him, he persuaded himself to be cruel. Degree.
The Supreme Emperor knew from Ripple's attitude that his daughter didn't care at all, so he finally chose to shut up.
Shortly after Lianyi ascended the throne, the five princes, including the third prince, packed their luggage and set off for the fiefdom with a wink. However, these people still had consciences and requested an order to take their mother-in-law out of the palace to support her in the fiefdom.
Lianyi did not make things difficult for her brothers, and praised them for their filial piety, allowing them to successfully pick up his mother and concubine.
The most unwilling one here was Concubine Rong. She was obviously only one step away from that position, but in the end she fell short. She originally wanted to persist, but the third prince met Concubine Rong and told her about the missing children of the family. He told his mother-in-law and finally changed her decision.
"That's all. Now that your father has handed over the power to Anping, this capital city is her territory. Even if you continue to stay here, you may not be able to achieve anything. You are still under constant surveillance. It is better to go to the fiefdom. The emperor is far away. You You can also join forces with other princes to make plans.”
The third prince immediately agreed:
"The mother and concubine are right, and the son thinks so too. When the son takes you to the fiefdom, he is also worried that if the son gets angry, Anping will threaten the son with the mother's life. How can the son risk the mother's and concubine's safety?"
Concubine Rong lamented that they were in bad luck, so she followed her son to the fiefdom obediently. During the first two years of going to the fiefdom, her son was very busy. When her son had all the forces in the fiefdom in his hands and began to prepare for a counterattack, Anping Take the lead.
It took Lianyi two years to merge Daqian and Luopan Kingdom. The country was named Qianluo Kingdom, and the year was changed to the first year of Jianyong. Lianyi's own title was Empress Chengtian, which means the emperor who inherits heaven and earth. A new round of reforms began.
Because the two countries merged into one, the old and new forces were competing against each other, each wanting to gain the greatest benefits for their own camp. Lianyi took advantage of this to stir up troubles, and finally acted as a peacemaker to mediate. Give a result that satisfies both parties and sort out the political affairs of the court bit by bit.
There are also aristocratic families who have noticed Lianyi's methods, but so what? People use conspiracy. They all have their own selfish motives. If no party is willing to compromise, the dispute will not be eliminated and the game will be played out all the time.
The courtiers and forces of Luo Panguo were not willing to be suppressed by the courtiers of Daqian. They also ended up one after another. Under Lianyi's instigation, the princes of the fiefdom were also involved, making the five princes miserable.
No matter how much fighting there is in the court, Lianyi pays great attention to people's livelihood. Whenever someone uses these designs to frame the people and compete with them for profit, Lianyi will never tolerate it and ruthlessly executes the person who provokes the trouble, allowing the courtiers to get some clues about Lianyi. .
The various forces were fighting to the death, and even fighting in the court, the empress could turn a blind eye. However, if the common people were harmed, the empress would be punished personally, and those who had bad ideas would also be freed. layer of skin.
In order to privately support the third prince, some aristocratic families took advantage of the country's financial difficulties during floods, drove up food prices, and made a lot of money. They even took the opportunity to buy and sell their children and send them to a secret training base to train them as dead soldiers.
The day Lianyi found out about this, he threw down the imperial pen in his hand. The next day, An Qinghui (An Shiming's son) led troops to surround the place where the aristocratic family was, and read out the other party's guilt in public. At noon, the aristocratic family was killed. All the men were killed at Caishikou, and all the women were sent to Beihuang as ordinary people. As for whether they could survive there, it all depended on their own abilities.
As soon as this incident came out, many aristocratic families were frightened and restrained themselves a lot. The empress's methods were really too ruthless. After receiving the news that night, they sent troops to surround the Ma family the next day. Is there anything in this world that can be hidden from the empress' eyes? .
When he went to court on the second day, Lianyi also directly hit all the courtiers:
"You are all important ministers of the Qianluo Kingdom standing in the court. Your words and deeds not only represent yourself, but also represent the family behind you, so it is best to think twice before you act.
You can fight for power and benefit, and you can fight for benefits for the family behind you. I understand that being an official is not to honor your ancestors and protect your descendants? Don't talk nonsense about serving your country.
But you should never use the lives of ordinary people to pave the way. You use the lives of others to pave the way for the prosperity of your own family. I will use your entire family to pave the way for the prosperous age of Qianluo. You all understand. ? "
"I understand, please remember the empress's teachings."
Everyone in the hall responded respectfully in unison.
The third prince was implicated by the Ma family and eventually lost his fiefdom. Lianyi sent someone to take the third prince back to the capital and made him an idle prince. After that, the other four princes also returned to the capital one after another.
When these people thought that they would live in the shadow of their eldest sister for the rest of their lives, Lianyi ordered that all the children around them who were over five years old, regardless of gender, be brought into the palace. By the way, he hung a red stick in front of these younger brothers. radish.
When Laifu invited these people into the Imperial Study Room, the five of them were very nervous. They were a little restless, fearing that the ripples would directly cause them to die.
Lianyi said with a smile:
"My brothers, you know that when I went to Luopan to marry, I was determined to die, so I took the sterilization soup before leaving the palace. I will never have children in this life. This huge country must have an heir."
As soon as the words came to this, the breathing of several people was a little rapid. Lianyi was very satisfied with their attitude. It was good to have desires, and then continued:
"So this emperor decided to select suitable heirs from the descendants of all the brothers, and children under the age of five are eligible, regardless of gender.
But they must enter the palace to study, and this emperor wants Test them at any time, not only in terms of knowledge, but also in terms of character. You should know that there is no natural emperor, and these things need to be cultivated from childhood.
You should not even talk about letting older children enter the palace. Some of their ideas have been influenced by you and have formed fixed patterns. They cannot adapt to the emperor's teaching methods, so don't add to your troubles. "
Lianyi said this very clearly. If they are too old, they will be influenced by the people around them. Some of their ideas conflict with her ruling philosophy. She has no time to spend time correcting them. It is easier to paint on a blank piece of paper than to do this.
Although everyone was disappointed, they also knew that this opportunity should not be missed. They all nodded and agreed, and actively sent their children of appropriate age to the palace.
A group of little rascals entered the palace at a young age and began their fifteen-year learning career. However, the one who made it to the end was a girl, the granddaughter of the former crown prince, Qian Yanyun. (End of this chapter)