What a lucky world!
Chapter 195: Secret Discussion in the Palace
Chapter 195: Secret Discussion in the Palace
Zhang Taiyue's princes drove into the palace, entered Chengtian Gate, passed Wumen Gate, and stopped here. Ahead was the inner five-dragon bridge in the palace. At this place, the king dismounted and the master came to the scene.
On the other side of the bridge, several strong eunuchs were already waiting with a sedan chair.
Zhang Taiyue walked across the Inner Five Dragons Bridge and got on a sedan chair. The eunuchs lifted the sedan chair and in an instant it moved as fast as the wind.
Zhang Taiyue was carried on a sedan chair and walked out of the middle left gate in front of the Weiyang Palace. He continued forward and stepped into the Qianqing Gate that separated the front court from the harem. He immediately saw the Grand Chamberlain of the Cining Palace coming to greet him.
Zhang Taiyue then got off the sedan chair and stepped forward to ask, "What happened?"
The Grand Chamberlain led Zhang Taiyue deeper into the harem and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty had a fever yesterday. He was reading in the Spring Breeze Pavilion when he suddenly fainted and has not woken up since."
Zhang Taiyue's expression changed: "What did the imperial physician say?"
Da Changqiu sighed: "The luck is backfiring..."
Zhang Taiyue's brows immediately furrowed when he heard this.
According to the logic of this world, when a person's martial luck is insufficient, he can join a force and rely on the power's luck to make up for his personal deficiencies, thereby ascending to a higher level.
As the most powerful court in the world, its luck is naturally unparalleled. Then, as the ruler of the world, can the emperor become the best master in the world by relying on his power and luck, regardless of his personal luck?
the answer is negative!
Unlike the fortune of a family or clan, the foundation of the court's fortune comes from the vast world and the billions of people. It is so numerous and diverse that such fortune cannot be used directly.
Therefore, the emperor exists.
To obey the will of Heaven means to obey the principles of Heaven and to inherit the vast and chaotic destiny of the world.
To make an inappropriate analogy, the emperor is like a water purifier.
He wanted to absorb all the chaotic luck in the world and transform it into the luck of a unified court, and then distribute the luck of the court through the appointment of officials, appointment of generals, rewards, imperial decrees, etc.
This formed a closed-loop network of court destiny with the emperor as the head, officials as the assistants, and each department in charge of the world, thus constructing a feudal dynasty.
Therefore, although the emperor has supreme authority, he also has to bear the responsibilities of a "water purifier".
In the process of "purifying water", the emperor's personal martial luck would often be dispersed. Therefore, except for a very small number of emperors with extremely strong personal martial luck, such as the founding emperor Taizu, most emperors were actually unable to practice.
On the contrary, if a person's martial luck is weak, he will be easily affected by the "pure water", resulting in the so-called backlash of luck.
Of course, the backlash of luck is not impossible to resolve.
The most effective way is decentralization.
It is equivalent to finding a few more "water distributors" under the water purifier.
The most common thing is that when the emperor is dying, if his heir is still young, he will appoint several ministers to remonstrate with him. This is actually appointing several "water distributors" to share the pressure of "clean water".
For example, Zhang Taiyue now bears part of the emperor's luck and also bears part of the responsibility of the "water purifier".
However, this imperial luck was only bestowed upon him temporarily. When the time came, all power and authority would be returned to the emperor. This was the so-called return of power.
……
Zhang Taiyue followed the Grand Chamberlain with a heavy heart into the Qianqing Palace where the emperor rested. After passing through the curtains everywhere and reaching the depths of the palace, he saw a young man lying on a wide bed.
This young man is naturally the current Emperor Dayun. Because he was born at sunrise, he was honored with the title "Emperor Chiyang". In fact, he is only fourteen years old, but because he can only take power at the age of seventeen, his age was changed and it was announced to the outside world that he is now sixteen.
Beside the bed, a graceful middle-aged woman was looking at Emperor Chiyang with concern. Upon seeing Zhang Taiyue coming, she quickly stood up to greet him.
She was the biological mother of Emperor Chiyang and the empress dowager of the time, known as "Empress Dowager Baoci Zhuang". Because her maiden name was Chen, she was referred to as Empress Dowager or Empress Dowager Chen.
Queen Chen came up to Zhang Taiyue and bowed softly. Zhang Taiyue quickly moved away and asked, "How is your Majesty?"
"He hasn't woken up yet." Empress Dowager Chen sighed, led Zhang Taiyue to the bed, and said, "Hong'er's physique is too weak." Hong'er, of course, refers to the now unconscious Emperor Chiyang Sima Hong.
Zhang Taiyue just frowned.
Everyone in the court and the country knows that Emperor Chiyang has a poor physique, but he is the only flesh and blood of the late emperor. We can't just appoint someone else, right?
If the name is not right and the words are not justified, it will cause unrest in the world.
But if the situation is like this now, how can we bear it when we return power next year?
Historically, such emperors would immediately delegate power to the eunuchs around them, thus causing the disaster of the eunuch party.
However, Zhang Taiyue's eyes turned slightly, and he asked, "What are your plans, Madam?"
All the maids and servants in the Qianqing Palace dispersed, leaving only a Grand Chamberlain standing far away. Empress Dowager Chen must have already made a plan and needed his cooperation.
Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Taiyue's words, Empress Dowager Chen asked, "Master Zhang, do you know the Tianji Sect?"
Zhang Taiyue nodded after hearing this.
"The Tianji Sect has a famous elixir called the Chengyun Pill, which can help the emperor suppress the chaotic destiny of the world." Empress Dowager Chen said, "Back then, the Southern Yu Emperor was physically weak and had no talent for being a leader. Yet, he was able to hold on to Shuzhou for over twenty years after Zhuge Mingzhu's death, thanks to this elixir."
Zhang Taiyue sighed softly, "I've seen such records in ancient books, but the Tianji Sect has been destroyed for hundreds of years, let alone a pill!"
Empress Dowager Chen shook her head. "Master Changchunzi of the Dragon and Tiger Altar is currently attempting to restore the Chengyun Pill. According to his estimate, it will take approximately eight to ten years."
Zhang Taiyue asked doubtfully, "Whatever the Queen Mother has to say, please speak directly..."
"I'm afraid Hong'er won't be able to hold out for eight years!" Queen Mother Chen said bluntly, "So I want to continue to disperse Hong'er's imperial luck until the Chengyun Pill appears."
Zhang Taiyue remained silent upon hearing this.
Continue to disperse, how to disperse?
To the powerful eunuchs? That would be the eunuch party causing chaos!
To a military commander? Storytellers still hear stories about the warring factions in the last years of the Yu Dynasty every day!
To the civil officials? Then will the government be returned next year?
If all else fails, then there's only...
Zhang Taiyue looked at Empress Dowager Chen and said firmly, "Empress Dowager, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. This is the ancestral precept!"
"Mr. Zhang has misunderstood." Empress Dowager Chen waved her hand. "I have no intention of seizing power."
"My idea is, since Hong'er has no children now, then let's make him a crown prince!"
"Crown Prince!" Zhang Taiyue was stunned.
This is indeed a good way to share the burden.
only……
"The late emperor had only one son, Your Majesty..."
"Anyway, just seal it up first to help Hong'er block it." Empress Dowager Chen said, "We just need to find a direct descendant from the royal family."
Zhang Taiyue looked at Empress Dowager Chen and instantly understood his thoughts.
Just hold on for a few years, and when the Heaven-Striving Pill is successfully refined, Emperor Chiyang can completely take back the power, and then depose the Crown Prince.
But this matter involves too many things, and he, the chief minister of the cabinet, needs to endorse it personally!
"Choose someone who doesn't seem to have any sense of leadership. Then there won't be any controversy if he's deposed." Empress Dowager Chen looked at Zhang Taiyue. "Master Zhang, what do you think?"
Zhang Taiyue thought for a moment, going over all the royal relatives in his mind, and finally spoke slowly:
"Prince Duan is frivolous..."
"You can't rule the world!"
(End of this chapter)
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