Joy of Life: Starting from the Prince of Zhennan in Northern Qi!

Chapter 86: Foolish Queen Mother, Minister of Rites Sun Ruzhong!

Yang Xiu continued, "First, my status is high enough. I am the King of Qi, conferred by the previous emperor! Moreover, I was the one who facilitated this Spring Examination, which is no secret in the entire Great Qi, so the students are grateful to me! Secondly, my literary talent! I am not bragging, but in the literary world of Northern Qi, apart from Master Zhuang, I don't think anyone has a higher status than me in the literary world!"

After Yang Xiu finished speaking, he looked at Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother.

Zhan Doudou nodded slightly, she agreed with what Yang Xiu said.

In fact, she also knew that Yang Xiu was the most suitable person to preside over the Spring Examination.

However, this cannot avoid one person.

That's the Queen Mother.

Zhan Doudou knew very well what the Queen Mother was thinking.

The Queen Mother wanted the chief examiner of this spring's imperial examination to be someone completely from the royal family.

This will be of great benefit to controlling the court and consolidating power in the future.

Zhan Doudou also knew very well that from the perspective of the royal family, this was the best choice.

But at the same time, Zhan Doudou also knew that Yang Xiu would not give up the opportunity to take the imperial examination.

Zhan Doudou didn't know what Yang Xiu was planning.

But she could guess that this spring examination should be very important to Yang Xiu's plans.

Otherwise, Yang Xiu would not have been so anxious to bring up the Spring Examination, and even personally took action to promote it.

This means that there is a conflict of interest between the Queen Mother and Yang Xiu.

Then, there is no doubt that the two of them need to fight.

No one can interfere in this fight, and the winner depends only on the level of the two players and the number of cards they hold.

In Zhennan Prince's Mansion.

Yang Hu paced back and forth in the room.

Liu Su rolled her eyes: "Can you please stop wandering around! I'm dizzy from wandering around like that!"

Yang Hu said, "I am so worried! Xiaoxiu was called to the palace for the Spring Examination! The Queen Mother will never let Xiaoxiu take charge of the examination! Xiaoxiu is so young and impulsive! What if there is a conflict between her and the Queen Mother? What should I do?"

Liu Su said, "Just forget it! Xiaoxiu is much more stable than you! Just wait patiently, the news from the palace will come to you soon!"

Yang Hu said: "I don't know what Xiaoxiu is going to do! If it's up to me, just give this position to the Queen Mother and let her arrange it! Anyway, Xiaoxiu's reputation among the literati is enough now!"

Liu Su said: "Xiao Xiu has had his own ideas since he was young! This time, he spared no effort to do it! It is obvious that he has his own plans, and this Spring Examination should be very important to him! Now all we can do is not hold him back, that's enough!"

Yang Hu sighed: "Tell me, does this child really want to be the emperor?"

Liu Su said coldly: "What's wrong with being the emperor? Is my son not qualified to be the emperor?"

Yang Hu shook his head: "That's not what I meant. Xiao Xiu is capable enough! But the world belongs to the Zhan family after all! Besides, have you forgotten the news we received? The late emperor may not really be dead!"

Liu Su was silent for a moment: "It's just that we haven't found the body! We're not sure if he's really alive, and even if he's not dead, so what! Xiao Xiu now has the capital to compete with the Grandmaster! No matter what he wants to do, I will support him!"

Yang Hu said, "Forget it! You two are more thoughtful than each other! I'd better help you with peace of mind. I will do whatever you ask me to do! I will also have less worries!"

Liu Su looked at Yang Hu with a much gentler gaze.

Only she knew how much Yang Hu had endured.

Yang Hu is a model of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

However, his son now shows signs of becoming a treacherous minister.

Now some people who dislike Yang Xiu even compare him to a parasite in the court and a scourge to the Great Qi.

These rumors once made Yang Hu go crazy.

Liu Su came to Yang Hu's side.

He gently placed his palm on Yang Hu's shoulder: "Okay! Don't think about it. You know the relationship between my son and Chan Juan! I can be sure that as long as Chan Juan is in power, Xiao Xiu will never rebel!"

The words are divided into two parts.

In the palace.

The Queen Mother looked ugly.

Yang Xiu showed his true colors and almost said that he wanted the position of the chief examiner of the Spring Examination. He had no intention of giving the Queen Mother any face.

The Queen Mother was furious.

But he didn't dare to turn against Yang Xiu.

Suppress your anger.

The Queen Mother said, "What the King of Qi said makes sense! However, the King of Qi is still too young, and it is the time for him to grow up! There are too many things to do in the Spring Examination! I am afraid that the King of Qi's young body cannot bear it! For this matter, I think it is best to find an official in the court! I think the Minister of Rites Sun Ruzhong is not bad! What do you think, King Qi?"

Yang Xiu sneered in his heart.

Sun Ruzhong had just been promoted to the position of Minister of Rites.

Yang Xiu cleared out most of the Wang family members in the court.

A lot of positions are vacant.

This includes the position of Minister of Rites.

The Queen Mother seized the opportunity and placed her own officials in position.

Sun Ruzhong is one of them.

In terms of ability, Sun Ruzhong can barely be considered capable.

He has been in the Ministry of Rites since the time of the previous emperor.

Due to the suppression from the aristocratic families over the years, there has been no chance for upgrade.

Now that he has been promoted by the Queen Mother, he is naturally grateful to her and willing to serve her wholeheartedly.

However, the Queen Mother did not know, or rather, almost no one in the Great Qi knew about it.

If it weren't for the Zhu Yiwei hiding in the dark

Even Yang Xiu would not be able to find out that Sun Ruzhong was actually a retainer of the Liu family in Taiping County.

The reason why he has always been suppressed by the aristocratic families is because Sun Ruzhong was a hidden man specially sent by the Liu family.

Although the Liu family is not as powerful as the Wang family.

But this year's head of the Liu family is indeed a very capable person.

He made his move early on just to leave a way out for the Liu family.

And now it really works.

After Yang Xiu took action against the Wang family.

The Liu family retired at the right time and began to play down their influence in the court.

They were just afraid that Yang Xiu would find an opportunity to attack them.

And Sun Ruzhong is the Liu family's backup in the court, even if the Liu family is now fading from the court.

But as long as Sun Ruzhong was there, the Liu family would have a thorn in the court.

No matter what the movement is, they will know it, and even Sun Ruzhong's status is getting higher and higher.

Their Liu family can still influence the court.

It's just a move from the front stage to the back stage, and it has no impact on the Liu family at all.

However, the empress dowager felt that she had helped Sun Ruzhong, and that Sun Ruzhong was devoted to her work.

Therefore, she had great trust in Sun Ruzhong.

He wished he could achieve his goal in one step and promote Sun Ruzhong to the top position among the civil officials.

Yang Xiu was secretly dissatisfied.

Idiot, he really thought that he could control Sun Ruzhong.

Sure enough, power breeds desires that are inconsistent with one's own strength, which leads to self-destruction!

(End of this chapter)