Every time Mr. Liu came to teach Ruirui, he would look at the problems and think for a long time before replying to Zhou Qingyun. The suggestions he sent would be discussed with Wang Shiyu before being sent 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 it.
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 silenced everyone and told them not to mention where he lived in Jizhou City.
Everyone now knew that there was a man in Jizhou City with unique political insights. This news spread throughout Jinling City at an extremely fast speed. Even the emperor was a little curious about who this man was and why he didn't serve the court.
However, Zhou Qingyun kept silent about this all the time. Even the emperor did not ask who it was. It was just that the advice this person gave was all for the benefit of the officials and the people, without any mixture of his own despair. The emperor then gave up asking 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 sorts of things, and those children from aristocratic families wrote about 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 commented 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 allowed Zhou Qingyun to discover some of his own shortcomings.
After Zhou Qingyun picked out the better parts of the test paper for review, he sent it directly to the emperor's desk and asked him to check it again. Anyway, the emperor had to mark it with red ink 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 on his last legs. Even when he was resting every day, he would wake up suddenly, and when he ate, he didn't eat much. His body also emitted some odor, and 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 he never hid anything from him. However, the former crown prince and current Prince Rui was not like that. 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 his butt, even to the point of not caring about his life or death. So he particularly took a fancy to his grandson Zhou Qingyun. Except for some problems with his background, it was not a big problem. After all, all his in-laws had been killed. The same was not true for Prince Rui. Not only was he indecisive, but he also concealed many things about the government.
Therefore, the emperor and the prince have always been at odds with each other. However, Zhou Qingyun will not have such a situation now, because no matter whether it is good or bad, he will report it directly to his royal grandfather, without considering 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.
If there were even some problematic parts, he would annotate them separately and then submit them to the emperor for review to see if there were any omissions. This respect was what the emperor wanted to see most. After all, the emperor was getting old, and his children were in their prime. They were all eager to take the seat under him, but none of them were as useful and interested as his grandson.
The emperor silently looked 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-in-law and the chief steward of the palace at the same time, and read out the new emperor he wanted to establish. In order to prevent it from being changed, it was even written in two languages. The Dazhou Dynasty originated from a nomadic people, so it also had its own unique writing, 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. The remaining uncles had been stirring up trouble in the court recently. Wang Shiyu and Liu Juren did not allow him to act rashly, after all, he did not have an advantage in 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 on the Zhengda plaque by the emperor's personal eunuch and the chief steward. Only then did Zhou Qingyun feel relieved. However, he became more concerned about the chief steward and the eunuch Li. If the two of them joined forces to betray him, he would not show mercy.
At this time, he just had to pay attention to the imperial edict and make sure it was not stolen or replaced by anyone, and his ascension to the throne as emperor was a foregone conclusion.
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