The Child Emperor

The house was filled with cigarette smoke, and the Empress Dowager Da Chu said solemnly, "Kneel down."

The young man immediately fell to his knees.

The queen mother took two steps forward, stretched out her arms, her fingertips were only two or three inches away from the old clothes on the shelf, and they were within reach, but she seemed to have encountered an invisible obstacle and stopped there, "This is the Taizu's clothes." The queen mother's tone was slightly slow, with a hint of obsession, "people die, ghosts are still there, after the emperor ascends to heaven, he will become an immortal and become a god, and he will take care of his descendants all the time. After you ascend to heaven, you will also be among the gods, and I... And I'm just a lowly servant in heaven."

"The queen mother is a goddess in the world, and even in heaven, she will be listed as a god alongside the emperors of all dynasties." The young man replied cautiously.

"You don't understand, the queen mother can be abolished, as long as... as long as the emperor speaks..." The majesty on the queen mother's face disappeared, replaced by panic, her eyes turned to the sword on the coat rack, and suddenly shuddered , walked back slowly, lowered his arms, knelt on the other futon, and prayed in a low voice for a while.

The queen mother turned her head to look at the young man, "When you get to the sky, will you stand by the queen mother?"

"certainly."

The empress dowager's face showed a look of joy and love, "I know that I can rely on you, everything I do... everything is for you, your father... No, don't talk about him, you just need to remember that after you ascend to heaven, you will Justify me, you are the emperor, you will become a god, no one can refute what you say, not even other emperors, even your father."

"Of course." The young man kneeling beside him spoke as little as possible.

The queen mother stood up, her expression became majestic again, "You will be in charge of the government soon, have you mastered the art of the emperor?"

"The queen mother still needs a lot of teaching."

"Well, come with me, don't disturb Taizu."

The young man got up and followed the Queen Mother out of the dressing room.

There were two women standing in the courtyard outside, and the queen mother stared at them for a while, with a bit of anger on her face, but she was helpless, "Huandi has got his wish, all his women are here, he can still say that I am jealous Are you cruel?"

"Empress Dowager Zhenshe is demure, a role model for women in the world. Even if Emperor Huan was reborn, he would not be able to say the word 'no'." Tai Concubine Cui smiled.

"Yaoqi, you have demonic energy in you." The queen mother pointed at the two women, "Just stand here, don't move around, let Taizu get tired of suppressing demonic energy."

"Yes, the queen mother." The two replied respectfully at the same time.

The queen mother took the young man into the side hall. It was a small room where visitors could rest at ordinary times, but now it has become a temporary classroom.

The young man looked at the two women, and reluctantly followed the Queen Mother into the side hall.

Wang Meiren whispered, "Why do you need to say that? Although she is a little confused, she can hear your sarcasm."

Concubine Cui smiled slightly, "So what? She brought me into the palace, didn't she just ask for peace of mind in front of the late emperor? She already knew that I had such a character, so why should I pretend?"

Concubine Cui put away her smile, "The Queen Mother's heart has been broken, even if people are crazy, they are still full of bad water, and she actually made me stand with you. She did it on purpose, she was clever, not only deceived people, but also deceived ghosts. ."

Wang Meiren was born in a maid, and did not take the words of Concubine Cui to heart, "Don't forget, we just want to use the queen mother to deceive people and deceive ghosts and gods."

Concubine Cui stared at Wang Meiren, and suddenly smiled like a flower, "Sister is right, the big Chu Jiangshan is in the hands of this crazy woman, we have to ensure that we can give it to the real emperor of Chu."

The door of the side hall opened, and the young man came out in a hurry, looked left and right, came to Concubine Cui and Wang Mei, and said in a low voice, "Do you know that everything I do now is to be raided and wiped out. death penalty?"

Wang Meiren didn't say a word, but Concubine Cui smiled and said, "Shangguansheng, the queen mother is your aunt. Catering to her and treating her illness is your filial piety as a junior. How can you say that you are a death sentence?"

"I'm posing as Emperor Si!" Shangguan Sheng was annoyed, his voice became shrill, but he didn't dare to raise it, for fear of being heard by the Queen Mother.

Wang Meiren said, "No, you didn't pretend to be Si Di, you were dressed as the imperial guard from head to toe, you didn't call yourself 'Zhen', and you didn't touch Baoxi, how could you be pretending? You're just... with that room. The clothes inside are the same, the empress dowager felt Taizu in the clothes and saw Emperor Si in you, this is not called impersonation..."

"You are another pair of clothes, Shangguan Sheng. In the end, you will have the credit for clothes and the treatment of clothes." Concubine Cui hurriedly said.

Concubine Cui always had a bit of sarcasm in her words, Shangguan Sheng's face was slightly dark, "I carry my life to cooperate with you."

"No matter which son of the two of us ascends the throne in the future, he will remember the merits of the Shangguan family. In any case, we all belong to the family of Emperor Huan, our own family, and we will both prosper and lose, but not the champion Hou." Concubine Cui said.

Of course, Shangguan Sheng understood this truth. After complaining a few words, he still had to continue to act as a "dress" and turned around and returned to the side hall.

Concubine Cui looked at Shangguansheng's back, "All the wisdom and intelligence of the Shangguan family grew out of the Queen Mother alone?"

Wang Meiren remained silent, as the so-called word is too much, she does not want to ridicule anyone needlessly.

But in front of Concubine Cui, Yan Shao was also a fault, she showed a look of disdain, "It's my son's turn."

In the side hall, the lady sat back and asked solemnly, "Have you reprimanded those two sluts?"

"Yes, the empress dowager severely reprimanded." Shangguan Shengshun said.

"Well, remember, this is also the technique of the emperor. When you promote a person, you must suppress him, make him feel uneasy, let him be grateful to Dade, let him understand his status, just can't make him proud, the pride of a courtier will Corrupt the emperor's power."

"Remember." Shangguan Sheng said, but he was wondering how crazy the queen mother was. She was a few years older than Si Di, and her appearance was not very similar. It was incredible that she would be regarded as her own son by the queen mother.

In the eyes of the empress dowager, none of these obvious flaws existed. She continued: "The emperor must learn to distinguish between different categories, and must not regard his subjects as the same group. The power of the emperor can be created out of nothing: you treat people from different factions as the same group. , even if these people have deep hatred for each other, sooner or later, as you see them, they will become allies; on the contrary, as long as you insist on treating the same group of people as different factions, they will fall apart sooner or later."

Shangguan Sheng nodded.

When the queen mother talked about her happiness, she saw only Si Di, "Xungui is the same kind of person, but for the emperor, they are close and distant. This is the classification; the army is the same kind of person, so it is divided into the southern army and the northern army. , Frontier Army, Suwei Army..."

The queen mother stopped suddenly, as if remembering something very important. After a while, she suddenly asked in an extremely stern tone: "How is the expansion of the military guard?"

With these words, Shangguan Sheng threw down on his knees, sweating coldly. The previous Su Wei Zhonglang was his uncle Shangguan Xu, and he went to the frontier with General Han Xing and never returned. Soon after, Shangguan Sheng took over the position for half a year. Only do one thing, weed out redundant personnel and enrich elite soldiers.

Shangguan Sheng did a good job, but the queen mother suddenly asked, reminding him of his true identity, thinking that the queen mother woke up, it was a disaster, even if he was the queen mother's nephew, he could not escape death.

The queen mother smiled, "I don't need to be afraid, I have arranged it properly, at least one year, and as many as three years, a new old guard can be formed, not only can guard the palace, but also protect the entire capital, The southern and northern armies will not be able to return for a while in the frontier. Even if the Huns are wiped out and there will be riots in various places, let them go from county to county to clear up. Then I will reward the generals of the southern and northern armies, and let them all serve as high-ranking officials and be stationed there. In different places, compete with each other and beware of each other. At that time, the Shinjuku Guards can win without a fight, and keep the great Chu Jiangshan safe and sound for at least 30 years.”

"Yes." Shangguan Sheng replied in a trembling voice, not daring to say that the Southern Army had returned to the borders of Gyeonggi, while the Northern Army was returning south.

"There are also ministers, ministers are the most troublesome, the threat of the army is on the bright side, you just need to be careful, don't concentrate military power too much in the hands of someone or a certain department, it can always be solved, but ministers are good at beating around the bush and using softness to overcome the rigid. When classifying them, it can’t be too simple. They are too smart and too cunning, and sometimes they will deliberately divide into several factions, pretending to compete in front of the emperor, but in the end they always benefit from both sides, and only the emperor loses.”

The queen mother fell into deep thought, and Shangguan Sheng knelt on the ground and did not dare to make a sound.

"The pride of ministers is a threat to the emperor, but the pride of ministers is deeply rooted, so the best way to deal with ministers is to use their pride on each other, so that they look down on each other from the bottom of their hearts: officials look down on officials, and those in scientific research Officials look down on the officials of Yin Xi, the elders of the three dynasties look down on the important ministers of the dynasty, the civil officials look down on military generals, the old people look down on young people...what else?"

Shangguan Sheng was speechless, just as Wang Meiren's voice came from outside the door: "The old god is here."

The queen mother showed a happy expression, "please." Then she said to Shangguan Sheng: "You are still young and not suitable for seeing immortals. Retire first, and I will continue to teach you the art of emperors tomorrow."

"Yes, Empress Dowager." Shangguan Sheng got up and exited the side hall. He wanted to run away, but he didn't have the guts. He forced himself to remain calm and deliberately avoided Concubine Cui and Wang Meiren. He hurried out of the yard and joined a group of soldiers outside , a little peace of mind.

The old fairy with white beard and hair was standing outside the courtyard gate. Shangguan Sheng bowed respectfully and said in a low voice, "The old fairy can go in."

The old fairy nodded with a smile, stepped into the yard, and bowed to Taifei Cui and Wang Meiren.

"Did the old god see him?" Wang Meiren couldn't hide her excitement.

Chunyu Xiao said, "Marquis Tien has entered the Gyeonggi world safely."

Wang Meiren breathed a sigh of relief.

Concubine Cui smiled and said: "This time everyone is here, can we start the race for the throne? Old god, are you sure you can convince the queen mother? She doesn't even admit it to the current sage, and thinks...the emperor is on the throne."

Chunyu Xiao pointed to the sky, "What mortals can't do, the gods in the sky can do."

"You are an immortal, an immortal immortal." Concubine Cui said.

Chunyu Xiao laughed and stepped into the side hall.

Concubine Cui said to Wang Meiren coldly, "Can your son handle this kind of person? Da Chu needs a real emperor, not a puppet."

Wang Meiren was silent, thinking that her son was not far from her, she was full of excitement.