The doctor concubine who broke off the engagement was forced to rush to the wedding, but became the

Pei Yi explained directly: "Now the Cao family controls the Secretariat, the prince's people control the Ministry of Revenue, and the Minister of War is the grandfather of the King of Qin.

The Ministry of Works played a small role in the fight for the throne. Now that the treasury of the Great Jin is not well-off, major projects have basically been shelved. Only last year a Buddhist temple was built for the Queen Mother's birthday, and the Queen Mother's private treasury was used to subsidize it. It is almost impossible for the Crown Prince and the King of Qin to make money through the Ministry of Works.

The remaining Ministry of Personnel, which was involved in the power to appoint and dismiss officials in the party struggle, became a must-fight place for everyone. Unfortunately, the Minister of Personnel, Cai Yuanju, had a temper harder than stone. He was Liu Chen's teacher back then. "

Xie Zhichan finally understood what Pei Yi said, and continued, "So, the prince used the imperial examination to win over talents, bypassing the Ministry of Personnel's function of appointing and dismissing officials, and thus achieved his goal of controlling the officials of the Jin Dynasty?"

Hua Manxi understood what was said now. Her expression was as ugly as Pei Yi's. She said, "If they are really talented, it's fine. But I'm afraid they are just dandy dandies who are just filling the numbers! The young men from the noble families of Dajin now, such as You Jingyu, look at what he has done in the Princess's mansion. What can he do for the people of Dajin?!"

Yang Zhuoyan was born into a poor family in a small place, and the court was the end point of his life ambition. Unlike Pei Yi and others who had been in the court since birth, he couldn't figure it out before, but after listening to Pei Yi's analysis, he finally understood.

He murmured, "So, the reason why Brother Guo Yi and I failed the exam is not because we did poorly, but because we are not members of the princeling party?"

Pei Yi and Hua Manxi looked at each other, both expressing helplessness towards the current court.

Yang Zhuoyan knew that since the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were willing to check his and Guo Yi's test papers, he did not intend to ignore the matter. He immediately knelt down to Pei Yi and said, "Please, Crown Prince, seek justice for all the students in the world! We, the poor students, have studied hard for ten years. Some of us study for the prosperity of our family, some for the future to serve in the court, and to contribute to the prosperity of the Great Jin Dynasty. We never study to become victims of the court struggles of the royal family!"

Pei Yi and Hua Manxi both looked solemn.

Although Xie Zhichan did not have the belief of the scholars of that era in governing the country and pacifying the world, he was also moved by Yang Zhuoyan's words.

In her impression, Emperor Jingde would not be willing to let his son steal his throne in this way. She asked Yang Zhuoyan to calm down and sit up. She said to Pei Yi, "Can we let Censor Liu take the lead in impeaching this matter? As long as there is a commotion in the court, the emperor will have to put things right."

Pei Yi shook his head and said, "This will only harm Censor Liu's family. Even if we want to let the emperor know about this, we can only do it quietly."

Xie Zhichan asked: "Why? His son has stolen his kingdom, and he can still sit still like this?"

Hua Manxi explained for Pei Yi: "The Crown Prince's Consort probably doesn't know that the Emperor sometimes seems confused, but that's only because he is an extremely cautious person.

He did not like the power of the Prince of Yan's Mansion, but he was also afraid that if the Prince of Yan's Mansion was really gone, and the Pei family army trained by the Prince of Yan's Mansion was gone, the Turks would one day break through the defense line of the northern border and surge in.

Although he didn't like the Cao family's power, he was afraid that a real change of crown prince would lead to turmoil in the country. Therefore, unless the crown prince rebelled and forced the emperor to abdicate, he would not depose the crown prince, let alone let the He family take the throne. Compared to the He family, the Cao family is at least the descendant of the Three Dukes, and the ancestors of the Cao family and the Li family are close friends for life and death. "

Pei Yi continued, "He is not a wise ruler, but he is a conservative ruler. Over the years, even though the Zhenxi General's Office has hundreds of thousands of troops under his control and the Prince of Yan's Office has guarded the northern border, although he is suspicious, he is not completely intolerant.

But if the crown prince is to be replaced, the Cao family will be the first to disagree. The Cao family controls the Secretariat and is related to the Yao family, the Minister of Rites. The crown prince has also won over the Ministry of Revenue. If these three forces are combined and they fight with the He family in the court, the Jin Dynasty will fall apart from the inside before the Turkic invasion."

Xie Zhichan frowned and said, "If the crown prince does not take over the throne, with the means he is using now, I'm afraid that even without an invasion from the outside, the Jin Dynasty will be in turmoil."

Hua Manxi frowned and said, "Even if we change the crown prince, the only one who is of the right age is the King of Qin. But if it is replaced by the King of Qin, I'm afraid it won't be much better."

Yang Zhuoyan couldn't help but interrupt at this time and asked: "Does the emperor only have the crown prince and the King of Qin? No other sons?"

Pei Yi sighed lightly. Even he felt that the Li family's kingdom had become a declining country from every angle. Among the three palaces and six courtyards of the royal family, there was not even a decent adult prince.

He frowned and said, "The emperor has few children, and there are two other princes. One is the third prince, born to a maid in the palace of Concubine De. When he was born, the maid was murdered, and he was kept in the womb for too long, so he is an idiot.

There is another fourth prince, born to Junze's sister, Concubine Ying. Concubine Ying died of illness soon after giving birth to the fourth prince. The Zhang family publicly stated that they would not support any prince to participate in party struggles. Old Master Zhang retired early to stop the thoughts of those with bad intentions. Junze was in a position that offended people. The fourth prince had no concubine to adopt him, and was sent to the prince's house to be raised together with the mentally retarded third prince. Now he is only a five-year-old child."

How can a five-year-old child, whose mother's family has retired, hold on to his throne?

After hearing this, Xie Zhichan could only sigh that the Li family's ancestral tomb was not good, and even three thousand beauties could not have many children and blessings.

She sat in the chair, holding her chin and sighing, "Is it true that Dajin can't find someone suitable to sit in that position?"

Pei Yi and Hua Manxi frowned even more tightly. The Great Jin seemed to be a prosperous country now, but judging from the choice of successor, the future was really worrying.

Hua Manxi glanced at Pei Yi, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said, "It's not impossible!"

He stared at Pei Yi with sparkling eyes and said, "Southward migration, half of the Jin Dynasty was conquered by Pei Gong. Have you ever thought about making sure that the Prince of Yan's Mansion will never be suspected by the emperor again?"

Yang Zhuoyan just realized at this moment what he had heard. If these words were to get out, the person who passed on the words would be beheaded. No wonder the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were not afraid that he would hear it.

Hua Manxi looked at Pei Yi and continued, "If I can no longer be suspected by the emperor, I will be able to sit in that position -"

Pei Yi knew what Hua Manxi meant, and said in a cold voice: "Manxi, don't talk nonsense! Pei's ancestors swore that the Pei family would only guard the country and never interfere with the imperial power."

Hua Manxi was puzzled and said, "After crossing the river to the south, how can the Prince of Yan's Mansion not sit on the throne of the Great Jin Dynasty in terms of seniority? In terms of strength, aren't you better than bastards like Li Er and Li Jiao? If it were you, you would definitely be able to protect the Great Jin Dynasty and save the people from disaster. You knew it was possible, so why didn't you do it?"

Yang Zhuoyan also said angrily: "If the prince ascends to a high position, he can bring peace and prosperity to the people of the world and allow the poor scholars to have a chance to succeed, then even students like us will support him."

Pei Yi just shook his head firmly and said, "Back then, the ancestors of the Li family and the Cao family were good friends who could trust each other with life and death, but now, look at how the present emperor treats the Cao family? When my father was young, he was the present emperor's companion, but how does he treat the Prince of Yan's Mansion now?

Once a person sits in that position, it is easy to become unlike oneself.

To enable future generations to keep their hearts and minds clear, this is the original intention of our Pei ancestors to make this oath. "

Hua Manxi and Xie Zhichan stopped talking. Parents always plan for their children's long-term future.

It is undeniable that the cognition of Pei's ancestors is reasonable. They asked Pei's descendants to stay away from that place because they did not want Pei's descendants to kill each other or fathers and sons to kill each other.

Back then, Pei Gong must have thought that with the military power in his hands, even the emperor would not dare to touch Pei's descendants easily. However, he did not consider that what if the person in power was a lunatic?

Someone as bold and presumptuous as Li Er dared to send his own guard leader to Queshan to assassinate Pei Yi.

It has reached such an unscrupulous point that if I cannot be the one holding the knife, there will always be a knife hanging over my head.

Pei Yi thought deeply for a moment and said, "Although the Fourth Prince is young, if he has potential, it is not impossible to support him. The Emperor is still in his prime, and it is not impossible for the harem to have another prince. Now we should first think about how to let the Emperor curb the Crown Prince's momentum of misbehavior."

The problem has gone around in circles and returned to the beginning: how to let Emperor Jingde know about this and let the foolish father deal with his bastard son!

Xie Zhichan thought about it, his eyes lit up and he said, "If we can't say it, then can't others say it?"

Hua Manxi and Pei Yi looked at each other and Hua Manxi said, "The King of Qin must be eager to bring this matter to the Emperor."

Pei Yi nodded: "Noble Concubine De is a resourceful person. As long as we can find a way to let Noble Concubine De's people find out about this matter, she will be able to successfully report it to the emperor."