The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

After reading it carefully, Zhang Pingan summed it up in one sentence: The court will probably become even more chaotic in the future.

The steam that had finally started to rise from Xia's pot looked like it might have saved his life, but it was extinguished in an instant!

What a vicious plan!

This appointment essentially meant the decline of imperial power and a compromise with the aristocratic families.

This means that important decisions in the future will no longer be made solely by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, but will be decided after consultation among the four regent ministers.

As the symbol of "heaven's mandate", the emperor must maintain absolute authority, and the regent ministers exercising part of the imperial power will naturally weaken this sacredness.

The inherent contradictions in the power structure often make it difficult for government policies to be implemented effectively and can easily lead to unrest in the court.

In addition, all of these people come from prominent families and have great influence in official circles and their families.

Such an appointment is even more intriguing.

It was not known whether it was fortunate or unfortunate that one of the regent ministers was from the Qian family and was the cousin of his father-in-law, Lord Qian.

His wife Qian Youyi had to call him uncle.

This man has been in officialdom for more than 30 years and is very cunning. He has been in the cabinet before, and no one knows how he got to the position this time.

Thinking of the other three, they are all equally powerful characters.

When Zhang Ping'an attended the Qionglin Banquet, he accidentally met the empress dowager from a distance in the palace.

He believed that the Empress Dowager was not as capable as Empress Lü and Emperor Wu.

I guess it will be difficult to control these regent ministers in the future!

There have always been many smart people. After reading this, the old bald man tutted his tongue a few times and sneered, "When I was young, the teachers always said that if you learn the arts well and sell them to the emperor, you will have a golden rice bowl in your hand for life. It's a good life. But what about now? Hahaha!"

After saying that, he shook his head and left.

Liu Sanlang looked at Zhang Ping'an and asked, "Will the six of us have the final say from now on?"

Zhang Pingan calmly shook his head, looked into the distance, and replied, "I'm afraid it's more than that. Who doesn't have a bunch of military advisors and retainers behind them giving advice? And how many forces are involved? It's going to be very troublesome!"

It is obvious that there are many people who are as worried as Zhang Pingan.

Just three or five days after receiving the official report, Zhang Ping'an received urgent letters from General Luo, Tu Xiaowen, Lin Junhui and others.

The letter vaguely mentioned the major and minor events that had occurred since the first month of the year, and subtly expressed the author's concerns.

Since it involves state affairs, I know it is not convenient for Zhang Pingan to reply to the letter and talk about these things.

Several people said that they would communicate frequently in the future to share information.

This way at least I have a rough idea in my mind.

Zhang Ping'an sighed after reading the letter. After sitting there for a while, he picked up his pen and wrote back to each letter one by one. He simply asked about everyone's recent situation and said nothing else.

In the county town, except for people of high rank like Zhang Ping'an who paid attention to the official bulletin, the other soldiers and civilians didn't care about it at all.

Life remains the same.

What they care about most is three meals a day and having enough food and clothing.

The throne is too far away from them.

As the first month of the lunar year was almost over, Zhang Ping'an was discussing spring sowing with Lao Tu and others.

Lord Zhou suddenly sent a courier with an express delivery of 800 miles to the cities along the Huai'an and Yangzhou lines to deliver an urgent message, demanding the allocation of a large amount of food and fodder.

After asking the cavalry who delivered the letter, Zhang Ping'an and his companions learned that it was the foreign tribes entrenched in the Central Plains that caused the spring famine.

Since the beginning of winter before the New Year, they have been invading from time to time, but I haven't gained any advantage.

This time they somehow gathered a large number of troops and ambushed them near Huaiyang Pass.

He also had powerful firearms in his hands, and the sneak attack was successful in one fell swoop.

There were heavy casualties on the front line!

The food and fodder were also robbed, and the soldiers were running out of food!