Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 665

Chapter 665 Three Years

In the blink of an eye, it was the third year of Longchang.

The emperor’s office is in the Qinzheng Hall.

“Your Majesty, the current prices of rice and cloth among the people…”

The newly promoted chief eunuch, Eunuch Zhang, lowered his head and looked at an ordinary-looking middle-aged man kneeling on the ground, reporting to the emperor behind the imperial desk.

Since Emperor Longchang came to power, he has been following the rules and regulations, and the court is calm, like a pool of stagnant water.

And even in such a stagnant environment, three years later, the ministers and even the world gradually accepted the fact that the new emperor was on the throne.

This is actually not easy and represents the consolidation of the emperor’s authority.

However, it is not entirely true to say that the new emperor did nothing, for example, he promoted Zhao Hu to the Imperial Guard.

For example, after the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the “Buliangren” was established. The Embroidered Uniform Guard was mainly responsible for investigating officials, while the information about inquiries and spying among the people was given to the Buliangren.

The one kneeling now is the leader of the Bad People – Bad Leader.

As colleagues, they naturally dislike each other.

“alright……”

Fang Xing finished reviewing a memorial, feeling a little tired, and looked at Eunuch Zhang again: “What happened in the harem?”

Hearing this, the bad commander immediately kowtowed and said, “I’m leaving now!”

Eunuch Zhang looked at the back of the bad commander and felt very sorry.

This new bad guy is a man of deep thoughts, but on the surface he looks like an ordinary, honest guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He also knows when to advance and when to retreat, so he is very difficult to deal with.

“Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine Jade in the palace went to Chaotian Temple to burn incense three days ago… Recently, Prince Kang wanted to submit a memorial, asking the Imperial Concubine Jade to leave the palace so that mother and son can be reunited.”

Zhang is fair.

This Concubine Yu is the biological mother of Prince Kang.

After Fang Xing ascended the throne, King Kang has always been respectful, and Daqian has no tradition of princes being enfeoffed.

In Fang Xing’s opinion, the prince’s fiefdom actually meant tacitly approving the prince to abuse his power in the local area in exchange for stability in the court.

It is equivalent to selling out the interests of local people, which is very unprofitable.

There are certainly hidden dangers for the princes to stay in Beijing, but they are not a big problem for him.

This body is maintained by internal strength, and the whole world is taken to support one person, so there is no problem in living to a hundred years old without any illness or disaster.

It is even less likely that any accidents will happen, so I can rest assured.

“King Kang has always been respectful since I ascended the throne. That’s all…if you have a request, I will grant it.”

Fang Xing waved his hand.

However, the King of Thailand and his biological mother, Concubine Shu, were actually a little restless at the time and were suspected of secretly investigating the death of the previous emperor. It was very likely that they wanted to cause trouble.

Fang Xing dealt with them right away. First of all, Concubine Shu was just like other concubines, a concubine dowager, and her status was lowered a lot. No matter how many people she offended when she was a noble concubine, Fang Xing didn’t have to do anything, as she was just blamed by everyone.

In addition, after the Crown Princess was promoted to Queen, she has officially gained power in the harem. A new emperor appoints new ministers, and the power of the previous Imperial Concubine naturally declined rapidly, and now she is completely insignificant.

Moreover, if the King of Thailand submitted a petition requesting to take his mother out of the palace to take care of her, he would definitely not agree.

“Why does this prince’s biological mother… look a bit like a hostage?”

“This ancient politics seems to be full of little tricks…”

“But, it’s none of my business… I’m just here to get the innate spiritual treasures.”

Fang Xing looked at Eunuch Zhang: “What else?”

“His Majesty……”

Eunuch Zhang broke out in sweat as he handed over a booklet.

Fang Xing opened it and was startled at first, then he laughed: “There are really many hidden talents among the beauties this time…”

As long as he is the emperor, he will inevitably become the focus of conflict.

Moreover, if there is a slight movement, someone’s interests will be harmed.

This is the first talent show in three years, and all parties are making their debut. Who knows how many pros and cons, conspiracies and intrigues are involved…

“If we choose more than a dozen, the harem will be lively… No, it’s already lively.”

Fang Xing has sharp ears and eyes, and has a lot of experience, so he can be called the supreme master of poison medicine.

I visited the imperial palace before, and I immediately felt that there were many wronged souls in every palace.

Concubines drugged and framed each other…it was not commonplace, but it was not uncommon.

Even a wise man like the founding emperor cannot avoid it.

After all, there are no demons in this world, and we are all mortals with limited energy, so there are bound to be omissions.

Sometimes, Fang Xing feels that this world is like a huge makeshift team.

“Well, there’s no need to overestimate the founding emperor. I feel like even if I didn’t have any extraordinary powers, I could have succeeded in breaking through three years ago?”

‘The worst possible scenario is to rebel, kill the emperor, and frame the King of Thailand… No one in the capital would believe this, but it’s hard to say in the outside world. As long as the propaganda is good, how can outsiders know the truth? I’m the prince, why should I rebel?’

“Then, the world will be in chaos, and I will have to start from scratch to build my empire? Because I have accumulated experience, I can make steel and fertilizer… The key is that I have the righteousness of the prince, so I can easily recruit surrenders and rebellions. As long as the defeated admit that the King of Thailand killed the king, I can accept them. Maybe in less than three years, I can still pacify the world, but there will be more deaths…”

“Besides, if you do such a tyrannical thing, it’s fine in your early and middle years, but in your later years, you will inevitably be feared by others, and your wife may even become alienated from you. If someone instigates this, the possibility of a father and son killing each other is even greater…”

“It seems quite interesting… A copy of the prince slaying the king? And by the way, he cleans up a big mess while carrying the suspicion of patricide?”

“Forget it. I guess I am still a good fighter but I don’t have any great achievements…”

Fang Xing looked at Eunuch Zhang and said, “You must also prepare for this selection. The Queen, the concubines, and even the concubines must all be watching… I don’t want to see chaos in the harem, with abortion pills flying everywhere, eunuchs and palace maids framing the Queen, etc…”

Bang!

Eunuch Zhang was so frightened that his legs went limp. He kowtowed with blood on his forehead. “Your Majesty, this kind of thing will never happen…”

Abortion pills? The imperial doctors in the palace have rules. They must be accompanied by someone every time. There are several pulse records. How could such a harmful thing enter the palace?
As for the palace maids and eunuchs framing the concubines? Murdering the princes? Did the nine clans not want this?
Even if it was an orphan warrior, how many could they train and how high could they climb?

Eunuch Zhang felt that there was something else behind His Majesty’s words, and his back was covered in cold sweat. He was so scared that he almost went back and prepared to commit suicide by taking poison.

“Oh? It’s fine if there isn’t any…”

Fang Xing nodded. In this mortal world, most problems can be solved as long as the rules and procedures are fully specified.

As for whether the harem is in chaos or not, the emperor actually has the final say.

As long as the emperor does not love only one person and is not disturbed by emotions, there will be no chaos in the harem.

As for the bizarre situation where he doted on his beloved concubine to the point of strangling his only son to death with his own hands, which led to the throne being inherited by his nephew, it is not something that most people would consider.

“Or, if there is only one queen and no other women, that would be fine too…”

“Either love alone or be the king of the sea. If you are distracted for a moment, you will be in chaos.”

Fang Xing shook his head, ready to leave the affairs of the harem to the queen and just pay a little attention to it himself.

The power of justice and justice in ancient times is simply unimaginable.

To put it bluntly, even if the queen could not deal with the concubine herself, she was fully capable of cleaning out all the servants around the concubine.

With such a huge advantage, it is basically impossible to lose.

“It’s actually very simple to be a wise ruler. Sometimes letting go is even an advantage…”

“Is it the rating of future generations that is holding me back?”

Fang Xing thought about it and realized that even if some emperors were extremely wise and powerful, and even outlived their own descendants in their later years, problems would still easily arise among their descendants.

This is the tragedy of short-lived species.

He asked Eunuch Zhang to go out and continue to handle official business.

Suddenly, a memorial came into view.

“Yuan Zhao, are you ready to retire and return home?”

Fang Xing felt a little emotional.

This commoner prime minister who followed Taizu to conquer the world was very diligent in his work, but he was indeed very old.

Especially three years ago, Emperor Taizu Wu, who was the embodiment of the other party’s ideals, died of a sudden heart attack, which tortured the old man’s spirit.

The other party stayed for three years reluctantly for the sake of the new emperor.

Now that everything is on track, it is natural for me to retire and return home.

“This man is quite smart. After all, he was the most important counselor back then… He is now leaving because his health is really bad and if he stays, it will be easy for something bad to happen.”

Fang Xing shook his head.

The Prime Minister is the head of all officials. No matter who sits in the position, he will have a group of followers and disciples, who will gradually become his clique.

Even more annoying!
After all, apart from anything else, the scholars following Fang Xing in the East Palace must be eyeing the position of the cabinet.

If the other party doesn’t leave, he will probably be criticized by all sides.

“As for officials, the most important thing is their relationship with the emperor…”

“Yuan Zhao has a history with the late emperor, but not with me… If you don’t want to be executed by the emperor for treason in the future, you should quit.”

Fang Xing smiled and approved it with his imperial red pen: “Yes.”

Of course, it would not be so simple for a cabinet prime minister to retire. At least he would have to be promoted to a higher position and given some money, which would be respectful to both sides.

“I hope that after this guy returns, he won’t end up like Lord Xu of the Ming Dynasty, where his family suddenly has hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land… Otherwise…”

…

Yuan Mansion.

This is a palace bestowed by the emperor. It is said to be a reconstruction of the royal palace of the previous dynasty. Although many illegal things have been removed, the courtyard is deep.

At this time, Yuan Zhao was wearing casual clothes and teasing a parrot.

Compared to three years ago, he looks older, but still in good spirits.

“Father……”

A middle-aged man came up behind Yuan Zhao and said, “Once the memorial is submitted, there is no room for redemption.”

“Haha, I’m old now. If I still cling to power and position, the young people will hate me.”

Yuan Zhao grabbed a handful of bird food and suddenly said with relief: “What’s more… our emperor, although he is not very conspicuous… he is a powerful figure, so I can rest assured.”

“A powerful character?”

Middle-aged people don’t talk.

“Do you think that Your Majesty has been ruling by doing nothing for the past three years without causing any major incidents? Can anyone do that?”

Yuan Zhao smiled and shook his head: “Young man, be careful of your anger. Your Majesty has been the crown prince for so many years. It is quite remarkable that he can hold back his anger after ascending the throne… Now the imperial guards are gradually becoming obedient, and the emperor’s throne is unshakable. Isn’t this a clear proof? You should tell my children to have less contact with the kings, otherwise disaster will not be far away…”

(End of this chapter)