Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

After nearly half a month of discussion, Qingping had already quietly left Chenzhou when the imperial court's document reached the Chenzhou government.In the text, the three counties of Chenzhou were ordered to re-measure the acres of land and register them in the book; the county government would come forward to divide the land in the area under its jurisdiction again according to the amount, and check the family's property; finally, because the family owed too much tax, the court considered In view of their difficulties, most of the heavy taxes were exempted, and the taxes owed by them for nearly ten years were temporarily made up before the end of this year.

Immediately after this kind and powerful writing, there is an imperial decree. Due to the recent folk rumors that the vassal king rebelled, and alluded to the previous mutiny because of this, the imperial court sent the military minister and the governor of Chenzhou, the governor of the south, and the left and right. The censor of Qiandu went to Chenzhou to find out. As soon as this imperial decree came out, the attention of the government and the public was shifted from Qingzhang Tianmu to the vassal king. The emperor only took the throne for one year, and the vassal kings repeatedly provoked. The fact that the king offended the emperor before the spirit of the late emperor pushed Xinyang king to the forefront in just a few days.

Unexpectedly, King Xinyang was wearing sacrificial attire, leading several vassals to kneel in front of the late emperor's palace and weep loudly, because the late emperor came from the small clan to the big clan, and the old vassal princes were all relatives of the emperor, and they were responsible for the ceremonies of the palace affairs. The official and a group of officials were expelled for no reason. The vassal kings dressed up the palace as a mourning hall, and summoned their servants to cry every day.The Xuanli officer reported what he saw to the imperial court, but there was no news for many days. The vassal kings were secretly proud of themselves. The emperor must be afraid of the reputation of being alienated from his clan, so he could only endure being slapped in the face and lose face in front of the people of the world.

But within three days, a large army of horses surrounded the palace.

It is said that King Xinyang had a calm expression at that time, and said to his side: "I just want everyone in the world to see what is sitting on the throne!"

Left and right were shocked to hear such rebellious and immoral words, and wished to cut off their ears. King Xinyang walked out of the palace with his hands tied, and said disdainfully: "The disasters from heaven are all because of the presence of the Lord of No Way. I will wait here Set up a mourning hall to worship the late emperor, and tell what he saw and heard, so that the late emperor would know that she had such an unfilial and disobedient daughter! Just watch, the late emperor's spirit in heaven must have felt it!"

Just after she finished speaking, there were several explosions from the sky, as if someone answered in the dark, the strong wind suddenly picked up, and the white flags in front of the door blew, and white papers fell all over the sky in an instant, and the palace was completely empty. It seems that there has been a heavy snowfall.

All the people present were pale, even if there were some who did not believe in ghosts and gods, they would inevitably panic when they saw such a bizarre thing in full view.Fortunately, the servant of the Ministry of War shouted loudly and ordered people to detain King Xinyang. The ceremonial officer also led people into the palace to remove the mourning hall in time. After traveling all over Chenzhou, even Qingping on the boat knew about this miraculous thing.

After hearing this, the first thing she thought of was that it seems that these feudal lords really colluded with the God Academy, and the God Academy secretly had contacts with the Jinzhang.Yuan Sui had this kind of assumption before, relying on the strength of the family alone, it seems a little difficult for Jin Zhang to act in Chenzhou, but if adding the feudal king, many things will become easier.After all, they have been operating in Chenzhou for many years, and they are relatives of the emperor. Even the Chenzhou government is turning a blind eye.

Qingping believes that there are no miracles in this world, let alone the theory of ghosts and gods. The explosion in the sky may be caused by someone igniting the glass fire. As for the white paper falling from the sky, it must be man-made.

The first emperor was going to really show his spirit, seeing Chu Jun demolishing the jade altar fairy palace where she practiced Taoism, driving away those alchemists and mages, following the law openly, and changing the way secretly, I am afraid that he will die of anger again.

But at this moment, all these troubles are too far away from her. Everyone thinks that she, the Shangshu who caused the storm, is still in Chenzhou, but they don't expect that she has already left the center of the storm and watched the scene from afar. The arrival of change.

The boat sailed along the water in the night, the river gently rippling, and the mountains faded away behind her, leaving only faint shadows; the boat sailed in the moonlight, breaking through the sparkling waves, like thousands of Blurred dream.

There is only the sound of the tide lapping on the shore. It seems that there are flowers blooming with a light fragrance. This is the best season in Chenzhou. The river meanders under the moon, and it can be painted everywhere.She enjoys this rare tranquility alone, without thinking or doing anything.

But at this time in Chang'an, this court meeting was held from morning to night. Chu Jun held down the Chenzhou booklet and said leisurely: "There are such weird things in the world? Since you can place blank paper, the treasury is empty, why not place orders?" What about the bank notes?"

The courtiers did not expect the emperor to speak like this, and they all knelt down to plead guilty. Chu Jun waved his hand and said, "The crime is not with you gentlemen, but with caring people. Get up, we have discussed the matter for a day today, but nothing has been discussed. In the end, in the end, I got such a discount.”

No one dared to speak, but they could all feel the emperor's gaze sweeping over him one by one, but it was about the feudal lord who was tabooed by his subjects, so if he accidentally got angry, if he spoke for the vassal king, it would be against the emperor's will After all, the news of King Xinyang's disrespect to the emperor has spread throughout Chang'an; if the emperor followed the emperor's reprimand to the vassal, and the vassal escaped in the end, how could the ensuing revenge be endured by the courtiers!There have been precedents before, and there are many high-ranking officials who were convicted of cutting the vassal. What's more, the chief minister has not said a word, and the six ministers have not spoken, who dares to speak nonsense?

Chu Jun looked at the ministers in the palace playfully. In her opinion, it is not worth mentioning that the king of Xinyang cried for the late emperor. If such a low-level method is often forced by filial piety, even if the king of Xinyang cried and died before the spirit of the late emperor, she would She can't even blink... But having said that, if King Xinyang can really die like this, she doesn't mind rewarding her with dignity and keeping the title of her descendants unchanged.

She sneered in her heart, took a sip of tea and said gently: "Prince Xinyang is my elder and the head of my clan. The late emperor also cared about her a lot when he was around, and mentioned her to me many times, and his friendship is very deep."

Many ministers who hadn't spoken yet breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the emperor really wanted to let the vassal king go. Fortunately, those words were not spoken, and a disaster was avoided.

Chu Jun said indifferently: "I don't believe that she would say something like a lack of virtue, but this matter has caused a lot of trouble, and everyone in the government and the public know it. If I don't give an explanation to the world, not only will the reputation of the clan be damaged, but I will also be ashamed. The first emperor entrusted it. Why don't we just call it Zongzheng Siqing."

Yan Minghua said: "Since it is His Majesty's family matter, the ministers and others should avoid suspicion. Please, Your Majesty, allow the ministers and others to resign."

Everyone praised the chief assistant's clever move in their hearts, but Chu Jun smiled slightly and said: "The elder is always trying to seek the country, but the royal family has no selfish affairs, so there is no way to avoid suspicion."

It didn't take long for Zongzheng Siqing to enter the palace to see her. In fact, she also wanted to talk about this matter with the emperor in private, to see if the big and small things could be reduced. She didn't expect that the whole hall was full of courtiers. Seeing this situation, she My heart sank, I felt that this matter was going to be dirty, thinking about the letter and several boxes of heavy jewels, Minister Zongzhengsi decided to talk about it.

Chu Jun looked at her and said: "You should have heard about the matter of King Xinyang. From what you can see, what is going on?"

Minister Zongzhengsi replied righteously: "Return to Your Majesty, the King of Xinyang has kept himself safe and set an example for the clan. How could he say such rebellious words? There must be someone who is acting as a hindrance, trying to drive a wedge between His Majesty and the clan."

"It makes sense. I know a thing or two about the character of King Xinyang, and it's not as unbearable as the rumors say."

Seeing the emperor's peaceful attitude, Minister Zongzhengsi struck the iron rail while it was hot: "What your majesty said is true, so it can be seen that some rumors may not be true. The so-called three people become tigers is exactly the reason. Please make a decision as soon as possible."

"The affairs of the clan have always been under the control of the Ministry of Rites," Chu Jun changed the subject, looked at Yan Minghua and said, "What does Elder Yan Ge mean?"

Yan Minghua possessed himself and said: "That's right, but the Minister of Rites is not in Beijing now, Master Le, who is temporarily holding the title of Minister, took leave due to illness a few days ago..."

Such a coincidence, Zongzhengsi raised his head in disbelief, but heard the emperor say softly: "Since this is the case, in order to prove the friendship between me and the vassals, let the world know that I am inseparable from the clan. There's nothing wrong with-"

"If the rumors are not broken, then please invite King Xinyang to come to Beijing for a while."