He probably heard some rumors... It seems that Cai Mao and others are planning to unite and ask for a heir to flatter the Wu family... He is willing to get a list and make things happen!"

"Everyone in this group of people is smart...only Concubine Pan is stupid!" Zhao Jiu looked down. "Tell Wang Shuzhan that I am a reasonable person, and the matter is done. I have a good job for him...let him...

He will first transfer to the Imperial Palace and become the president of the shipping company... If this assignment can go smoothly for me before the Northern Expedition, it may not be impossible to recruit a minister in the future and be granted the Secret Palace status."

"Here!" Yang Yizhong bowed his head in response.

Immediately, the monarch and his ministers were speechless again. After a while, Yang Zhengfu cautiously took the initiative to say goodbye.

And Zhao Jiu watched the other party leave Xinggang and stand under the apricot tree next to the thatched pavilion with his hands behind his back. His expression became sad again - as the person he trusted most, he could tell many things about other people in front of Yang Yizhong.

Words that cannot be said in front of others reveal many emotions that cannot be expressed in front of others, but there are some words, some things, and emotions that cannot be expressed fully even in front of this person.

Zhao Jiu fell silent just now, and his mood was so depressing. On the one hand, it was because he was ashamed of Pan and Wu, because he could not prevent these two people from being swallowed up step by step by the so-called feudal ethics and assimilated by the Xian Fei Ming Empress.

, that is, gradually turning into the so-called fish eyes and feeling sad...On the other hand, why not draw inferences from one example and think of yourself?

Has Zhao Jiu been swallowed up by this era?

Have you been assimilated by this official status?

If so, during this process, did he feel some kind of willingness, or recognition, like those two women?

does it worth?

It seems to be worth it, because it has the overall situation of the world.

Zhao Jiu stood there all afternoon and finally went back, hiding today's sadness and shame deeply in his heart.

He became the official who controlled everything again.

The next day, Cai Mao was promoted to a Hanlin scholar, and Ma Shen, the Minister of Punishment, was sent to inspect the spring plowing in the west of Beijing.

Three days later, as more and more people attached themselves to Cai Mao, faint rumors came, and Concubine Pan began to be obviously frightened and at a loss.

Fortunately, Zhao Guan's family stayed in Pan Fei's palace almost every day, which made the latter somewhat relieved.

Ten days later, in late January, the weather was getting warmer. In addition to shooting arrows all day, Zhao Guanjia, who listened to intelligence and wrote original articles, saw Pan Fei's mood swings fiercely and did not want to delay, so he simply used the weather as an excuse and couldn't wait to let Yang Yizhong.

Get started.

It can only be said that with Cai Mao's promotion, the ambiguous attitude of the official family, and the so-called establishment of a direct line, the small group that advocates the eldest son of the emperor is already very strong... But these people were picked up after a Cuju competition.

The Imperial Banzhi arrested all of them, more than 70 people from more than 50 families, 80% of whom were old people who had returned from Yangzhou. They were all imprisoned for alienating the royal family and plotting evil. They were immediately judged by the Kaifeng Prefecture. Cai Mao was executed, and the rest were exiled and had their homes confiscated.

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I got more than 2 million yuan in money.

Among them, hundreds of thousands of national debt certificates were still paid back to women and children as usual.

After the case, Empress Dowager Yuanyou was frightened for a moment and almost asked for the title of honor. Unexpectedly, the Zhao family brought Concubine Pan to greet her early and invited the other two empress dowagers, the prime minister Lu Haowen, and four prime ministers to come.

, when the three empress dowagers and five ministers arrived, Zhao Guan's family showed the jade seal they got that day on the spot and explained the whole story. They all told them that it had nothing to do with the empress dowager, but that it was Cai Mao, a villain, and Pan Guifei was stupid and took advantage of others.

The official spoke so straightforwardly, and the other two empress dowagers tried their best to persuade her, and Empress Dowager Yuanyou finally felt at ease.

Immediately, the official smashed the jade seal with an iron mace in public. Regardless of the surprise and suspicion of the three queen mothers and five husbands, he held hands in front of the pale Concubine Pan and told her that everything was fine and she would never let Ming Dao Palace down.

Enyi, otherwise I would never seal it like this.

After a while, when Concubine Pan was in tears, Zhao Jiufu asked the three empress dowagers on the spot for a decree, and the minister Lu Haowen passed it on. Concubine Pan was stripped of her imperial concubine title on the spot and she was demoted back to a virtuous concubine.

The five ministers left, whitewashed the news, and announced it. The government and the public were rejoicing for a while, and they all hailed the officials as saints. This brought harmony to the harem and stability to the world.

It’s hard to say what the relationship between the harmony of the harem and the stability of the world is, but the fact is that before the unstable factors in the harem were exposed, the entire world was already in a vaguely stable and prosperous state... This does not seem to be due to the appearance of the harem.

After such an incident, Ma Shen, the Minister of Punishment, returned to the court and realized that he had just had a fit after being sent away, and there was no real trouble.

In the spring of the eighth year of Jianyan's reign, the world was peaceful and stable, and the overall situation was in sight. It seemed that in another two or three years, the imperial court had accumulated enough goods and military supplies, so that it could launch a large-scale Northern Expedition and achieve unparalleled achievements... At least that's what it looked like.

PS: Thank you to Mr. Slyshen for your Silver Alliance! Thank you to Mr. Lingyun for being so cute.
Chapter completed!