"You mean, the Queen whispered in your ear?"
"That's why Song Gongwen was promoted seven levels in a row and entered the cabinet?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lingying immediately continued, "Although I have only met the Queen a few times, I have heard of her reputation for virtue. I don't think she would do such a thing."
Generally speaking, if the queen and the imperial concubine do not have a special relationship, they are equivalent to natural enemies.
Especially in today's harem, when there are only two people.
They will definitely try every possible way to win favor.
But Zhao Lingying was very arrogant and completely disdained to do such a thing.
At the same time, Queen Song Youwei was famous throughout the capital for her virtue.
So she deduced that the other party would definitely not do such a thing. Besides, His Majesty and the Queen had no emotional foundation.
Even if it's pillow talk, I'm afraid it won't blow.
What's more, he is the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.
How can you get it with just a few words?
"But Your Majesty, why did you suddenly promote Lord Song?" Cuiguo still didn't understand. Without the Queen speaking, Song Gongwen was only a fourth-rank Dali Temple Shaoqing. There were so many capable officials in the court, so it was impossible for him to be a cabinet minister.
"You don't understand. This is the brilliance of your majesty." Zhao Lingying said with a smile, "Most of the high officials in the court today are the team left by the previous emperor."
"Although there are no major problems, none of your Majesty's men are among them, especially the cabinet, which is headed by Zhang Zhengming."
"I admit that Zhang Zhengming is indeed a famous minister of the time and extremely capable, but his power and prestige are too great."
"But such a person could easily threaten the imperial power, which is something no monarch wants to see."
"And Song Gongwen is the emperor's father-in-law. He has a special status and can enter the cabinet to control Zhang Zhengming."
"If Your Majesty wants to hold great power in the court, he must have his own talents."
Zhao Lingying continued, "And there's a more important point. Your Majesty promoted Song Gongwen, perhaps also to balance the power of the imperial relatives."
Balancing the power of the foreign relatives? Wouldn't that be...
Cui Guo couldn't help but ask, "Could it be the power of the imperial relatives? Is it my Shenwu Marquis Mansion?"
In today's Wei Dynasty, no one from the Sun family, to which the Queen Mother belongs, serves as an official in the court.
Therefore, the only foreign relatives are the Song family and the Zhao family of the Shenwu Marquisate.
"Of course," Zhao Lingying replied. "My Zhao family has been a family of meritorious service for generations, and we also contributed to the founding of the nation. Our prestige in the military is unmatched. This is bound to arouse Your Majesty's fear. Therefore, Song Gongwen's appointment to the cabinet is also an attempt to curb my Zhao family."
"Ah... In that case, wouldn't my Shenwu Marquis Mansion be in danger?"
Cuiguo was a little anxious. If the emperor was afraid of her, the consequences would be quite serious.
She had lived in the Marquis' Mansion since she was a child and had received many favors. The Empress also treated her like a sister, so of course she was panicked.
"There are indeed some dangers." Zhao Lingying thought for a moment, then said, "But as long as my father and brother have no second thoughts about the court and His Majesty, there won't be any problems. At most, we'll just have to take back some military power, which is not a big deal."
"Is it okay to take back the military power? Your Majesty, you...what you said." Cuiguo was speechless.
For a family of military generals, military power is extremely important. If it is taken back, it is basically useless.
"Cuiguo, you're still too shallow." Zhao Lingying shook her head and said earnestly, "When looking at things, you can't just look at it from your own perspective. You have to look at it from your Majesty's perspective. If I were Your Majesty, I would do the same. This is what a qualified emperor should do!"
"Besides, for a family of military commanders, losing military power can be exchanged for a life of peace, prosperity and wealth. Isn't that a blessing?"
"You know, too, that in those vast seas of history books, there are countless tragic stories of cunning rabbits dying and running dogs being cooked."
Hearing this, Cuiguo lowered her head and said nothing, knowing that this was a very normal thing.
Just as the Empress said, those from noble families can live a stable life.
Such an ending can be considered a good beginning and a good end.
As for Zhao Lingying.
He looked outside the imperial study, as if thinking about something.
In fact, from the beginning, she didn't understand why His Majesty did this, but after careful consideration.
Combined with what I had read in the past few days about the art of governing a country, I soon understood.
You know, any wise emperor would do this, and it can be summed up in two words.
Checks and balances!
It seems that I still have a lot to learn from Your Majesty.
Zhao Lingying finally understood what that sentence meant.
Don't look at only one side of things.
Terrible, is this what the book says about the mind of an emperor?
She couldn't help but shudder, thinking that His Majesty's methods were too powerful.
...
Dusk time.
A corner of the palace.
Wang Jin, who was on duty, returned to his residence.
He sat upright in the main seat and looked at the dozens of young eunuchs before him. "Although you have been with me the shortest time, your backgrounds are all clean. So starting today, I will officially give you a new task, which is to monitor the every move of all officials in the court."
As soon as these words were spoken, the eunuchs below turned pale and their calves began to tremble.
They were all sent to the palace when they were young and had long been accustomed to being slaves.
Court officials are all important figures in the eyes of everyone.
Are you trying to kill yourself by monitoring these people?
Soon, a young eunuch came out and said tremblingly, "Eunuch Wang, I'm afraid this won't work, right?"
"We are all incomplete eunuchs. How can we monitor those high-ranking officials in the court who are all powerful and influential?"
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