Chapter 192: If Pei Yan is reborn (1) Continuing from the first life
Pei Yan opened his eyes and saw the familiar ceiling of the East Palace tent.
"Hey, Your Highness is finally awake."
He heard Cheng Shouzhong's relieved voice and frowned. Is this an illusion before death?
He had clearly taken the poisoned wine and was accompanying Jiang Shuyi in the coffin.
"The Grand Tutor is still waiting in the Wenhua Palace. We have to talk about the Shangshu today. We can't be late. Otherwise, some villains might take the opportunity to cause trouble and slander and complain to Your Majesty..."
Cheng Shouzhong's chattering voice gradually made everything real and clear.
Pei Yan sat up slowly, his eyes fixed on his face.
Cheng Shouzhong was startled by being stared at, and he knelt down quickly, asking uneasily: "Your Highness, Your Highness, did I say something wrong?"
The expression was exactly the same, but the person seemed 10 to 20 years younger than Pei Yan remembered.
He looked around and this was obviously his bedroom in the East Palace. Cheng Shouzhong said that the Grand Tutor wanted to talk about the Book of Shangshu.
After he was fifteen, Pei Yan began to get involved in state affairs at the instruction of his father and no longer went to the Wenhua Hall to attend lectures.
He asked coldly: "Cheng Shouzhong, how old are you?"
Although Cheng Shouzhong didn't know why His Highness suddenly cared about his age, he quickly replied, "I am eighteen."
eighteen.
That was in the twenty-sixth year of Jiahe, when he was just about fifteen years old and was first made crown prince.
Could it be true, as the old Taoist priest said, that he was a god in heaven, and because he did not continue to commit murder, he had the opportunity to start over and renew his relationship with Jiang Shuyi?
Pei Yan closed his eyes and wanted to go to Jiang Mansion almost immediately, but at the age of fifteen he still had many constraints, so he could only control his temper and go to Wenhua Hall to listen to the lecture first.
After class, Pei Yan went to the Qianqing Palace to meet his father.
Emperor Jiahe was sitting behind the imperial desk. When he came in, he waved and called, "Prince, come here and take a look at this secret memorial."
Pei Yan responded respectfully, “Yes.”
It was a secret letter exposing the fact that the eldest brother secretly raised secret guards.
This is naturally a serious crime, but every prince who wants to succeed the throne has secretly cultivated this.
"What does the prince want to do?"
I had this question in my previous life.
In order to maintain his gentle and humble image, Pei Yan pleaded for his elder brother, hoping that his father would give him a lighter punishment.
The emperor did not comment, but just smiled and said "hmm", and let him leave. He did not punish my eldest brother afterwards.
Pei Yan always thought that his father was satisfied with this answer. It was not until his father uttered his last words before his death that Pei Yan realized that the reason why his father repeatedly tested him after making him the crown prince and hesitated between him and his elder brother was because he did not like him being too kind and cowardly.
There are powerful generals outside and powerful ministers inside, and the court is full of corruption. How can a benevolent and conservative monarch suppress this situation?
After hesitating for a moment, Pei Yan looked at his father and said word by word: "He should be killed."
Emperor Jiahe's eyes lit up slightly, as if he was pleasantly surprised.
But there was no joy on his face, and he even looked more serious: "Prince, are you going to kill your brothers and sisters?"
In his previous life, even if Pei Yan knew that his father did not like him being too kind and cowardly, he would have changed slowly and would not have changed so quickly in an instant. After all, being too ambitious might have made his father wary.
But now he can't wait that long.
Pei Yan knelt on the ground and said in a steady voice: "If your Majesty calls me Yan'er, I will ask you to punish my elder brother leniently, but your Majesty calls me the Crown Prince. As the heir, I should put aside my personal feelings. As long as it is for the sake of my family and country, I can kill anyone in the world."
Even without looking up, Pei Yan could feel his father's scrutinizing gaze lingering over him.
After a long time, when Cheng Shouzhong was frightened to the point of drowning, Emperor Jiahe, with a grim expression, suddenly laughed briefly.
"It seems that I really chose a good crown prince."
Pei Yan could tell that his father was not angry.
But at the same time, the emperor didn't feel very happy after he calmed down.
He understood what his father's biggest concern was for him.
Pei Yan did not stand up, but pleaded: "I beg your Majesty to dismiss the attendants. I have something to report."
Emperor Jiahe felt that there was something strange about the prince today.
He scanned the prince's body and confirmed that there was no sharp weapon before ordering the palace servants to retreat out of the door.
"What does the prince have to say?"
Pei Yan stood up, looked into his father's sharp eagle eyes, and said in a low voice: "Father, Wen Huan is too powerful and bullies you. I want to get rid of him."
Emperor Jiahe was shocked.
"you?"
He obviously didn't believe it, and looked suspicious and shocked.
Firstly, Pei Yan had just become the crown prince and his power was weak, so it was impossible for him to succeed. Secondly, Pei Yan was forced to become the crown prince by Wen Huan, and the two were from the same party, so how could they turn against each other?
But there is no doubt that getting rid of Wen Huan, a powerful general who even controls who he favors, is an extremely attractive thing for Emperor Jiahe.
Pei Yan's eyes were full of seriousness and determination: "Your Majesty, you don't know that Wen Huan sneaked into the East Palace a few days ago and hinted that I should marry his second daughter as the Crown Princess. Otherwise, he would advise your Majesty to abolish my position as the Crown Prince and choose the prince who agrees to be the Crown Prince."
This is simply like thinking of himself as the emperor. Does he have the final say on who should be the crown prince?
But it is true.
Emperor Jiahe was very upset, but he didn't show it on his face. He still stared at Pei Yan: "Isn't this a good thing for you? Has the prince agreed?"
Pei Yan shook his head: "I am not so foolish. If that were the case, the child born by the Crown Princess would definitely be supported by Wen Huan to be the next crown prince. At that time, Wen Huan would assist in the administration as the father-in-law of the emperor and sideline me. When the time comes, it will be the time when our Great Abyss will be doomed."
Emperor Jiahe's depression eased a little.
Fortunately, this prince is not stupid.
"It's easy for you to say that, Prince. Xitian is watching us covetously. If I deal with Wen Huan, who will lead the troops to resist when war breaks out again?"
Emperor Jiahe had thought about taking away the military power from Wen Huan, but Xitian was difficult to deal with. Only Wen Huan could win the battle there, while others would always end up in failure.
Pei Yan's voice was gentle, but to the point: "Victory and defeat are common in the military, but General Wen has won battle after battle, while others have lost. Father, don't you have any doubts?"
Emperor Jiahe was not a confused monarch, so he naturally knew some of the tricks involved.
But he was really surprised that Pei Yan could see it at such a young age.
He looked at Pei Yan leisurely, and his attitude became much softer.
"Even if Wen Huan is colluding with foreign enemies and nurturing them for his own benefit, what can the prince do?"
Pei Yan looked up: "It's not just that they are nurturing the enemy for their own benefit. Xitian is not difficult to attack. The difficulty lies in the fact that the soldiers in the northwest receive salaries from the court, but they call themselves the Wen family army in private. When led by others, they pretend to obey orders but secretly disobey them. In this way, no general can win a battle. If your father wants to eradicate them, he should not hesitate to sacrifice for the time being and kill Wen Huan first. Liangzhou will surely be in chaos. Xitian is greedy and will inevitably take the opportunity to enter and turn against the Wen family's garrison in Liangzhou to compete for Liangzhou. Your father only needs to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers. No matter which side wins, a certain amount of troops will be lost. By then, the court's army will quietly press on and take back Liangzhou, and your father will definitely go down in history."
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