boyutpedia Chapter 121 Zhou Qingyun's Plan
Chapter 121 Zhou Qingyun's Plan
Every time Mr. Liu came to teach Ruirui, he would look at those problems and think for a long time before replying to Zhou Qingyun. And the suggestions he sent would be discussed with Wang Shiyu before sending them out. After all, some things would be too one-sided if they were not discussed, so he directly pulled Wang Shiyu and the boy next door to discuss them.
Although some people in the court knew that Zhou Qingyun had many contacts with Jizhou City, they had never found anyone there because after Zhou Qingyun left Wang Shiyu's house, he sealed everyone's mouths and told them not to mention where he lived in Jizhou City.
Now everyone knows that there is a gentleman with unique political insights in Jizhou City. This news spreads throughout Jinling City at a very fast speed. Even the emperor is a little curious about who this gentleman is and why he doesn't work for the court.
However, Zhou Qingyun remained silent about this, and even the emperor did not ask who it was. It was just that the advice this person gave was all for the sake of officials and the people, without any mixture of his own determination. The emperor then gave up asking further questions and even helped to cover up his whereabouts. At this moment, Zhou Qingyun was looking at the test paper written by someone today. The topic of today's palace examination was how to reform and implement new policies.
The answers were all kinds of things, and those children from aristocratic families wrote about some of the disadvantages of implementing the new policy, trying to stop what Zhou Qingyun was about to do, but it was all in vain.
However, those children from poor families saw that the new decree had more advantages than disadvantages, so they naturally wanted to comment on it and even praised it highly. Some of them also wrote about some parts that were not included in the new decree, which also made Zhou Qingyun discover some of his own shortcomings.
After Zhou Qingyun picked out the better parts of the test paper for marking, he sent it directly to the emperor's desk and asked him to check it again. Anyway, the emperor had to mark it in red whether he read it or not, so it was not a big deal.
Zhou Qingyun never hid anything from the emperor, because he had seen that his grandfather, the emperor, was already showing signs of running out of energy. Even when he was resting every day, he would wake up in surprise, and when he ate, he would not eat much. His body also emitted some odor. It was estimated that his body functions had declined rapidly.
Naturally, he didn't want to work under the Emperor forever. If he could ascend to the supreme throne, why should he be inferior to others?
The thing that the emperor was most satisfied with about Zhou Qingyun was that Zhou Qingyun never hid anything from him, which was not the case with the former crown prince and current Prince Rui. Instead, he would help those loyal ministers and generals conceal some information, as if he did not want them to be implicated, which made the emperor suspicious.
Now that Zhou Qingyun did this, he actually let down his guard. After all, he was old, and these children were all eyeing the position under him, and were even at the point of not caring about his life or death. So he particularly valued Zhou Qingyun, his grandson. Except for some problems with his background, it was not a big problem. After all, all his relatives had been killed. The same could not be said about Prince Rui. Not only was he indecisive, but he also concealed many things about the state.
Therefore, the emperor and the prince have always been at odds with each other. But Zhou Qingyun will not have such a situation now, because no matter whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, he will report it directly to his royal grandfather, without taking into account the emperor's physical condition at this time, which is not suitable for fatigue. Because the emperor is not feeling well, Zhou Qingyun will even sit beside the bed and read the memorial to him. The main point is not to steal the show.
There were even some problematic parts, and he would annotate them separately, and then submit them to the emperor, asking him to review them again to see if there were any omissions. This respect was what the emperor wanted to see most now. After all, the emperor was slowly getting old, and the children under him were all in their prime. They were all eager to take the seat under him, but none of them were as useful and caring as his grandson.
The emperor looked silently at the plaque "Zhengda Guangming" at the door. At this time, there was already a succession edict in it. After he took over the throne, his close edict would be taken down by his edict holder and the chief eunuch at the same time, and read out who the new emperor he wanted to establish. In order to prevent it from being tampered with, it was even written in two languages. The Dazhou Dynasty originated from a nomadic people, so they also had their own unique writing system, which could not be changed at all.
This idea was also proposed by Zhou Qingyun, because he had seen that his father could not suppress the remaining uncles, who had been stirring up trouble in the court recently. Wang Shiyu and Mr. Liu would not let him act rashly, after all, he did not have an advantage in terms of seniority.
In order to avoid any accidents, he asked the emperor to write a will in advance, and that will was to establish himself as emperor. Otherwise, this imperial edict would never appear behind that upright plaque. Even if it appeared, he could easily change it. After all, he could now use the imperial seal at will, and the emperor had trusted him to this extent.
This imperial edict was written by the cabinet personally, and after the emperor reviewed it and stamped it with the jade seal, it was then sealed with the "Zhengda" plaque by the emperor's personal eunuch and the chief eunuch. Only then did Zhou Qingyun feel relieved. However, he became more concerned about the chief eunuch and the eunuch Li. If the two of them joined forces to betray him, he would not show mercy.
At this point, he just had to pay attention to the imperial edict and make sure it wasn't stolen or replaced by anyone, and his ascension to the throne as emperor was a foregone conclusion.