Chapter 8 Returning to Beijing
Mo Zizai's status as a prince was deposed, but he was named a king of Zizai. In terms of status, he was still at the level of a prince, so if he went out seriously, the ceremonial guards would still be very majestic.
But Mo Zizai is in the imperial tomb now, and the conditions are insufficient, so he can only be relatively simple.
A pair of flags, two large umbrellas, a very gorgeous elephant (lu), and thirty guards accompanying them.
The so-called symbol refers to a covered carriage, which has a similar appearance to a pavilion. From a distance, it looks like a carriage is pulled into a round pavilion.
In the elephant, foot basins, towels, incense burners, water jugs, spittoons and other daily neonies are all available. Then, the veil curtains around it are lowered down, and it is simply a walking house.
"It's really corrupt."
Mo Zizai, wearing a red robe, lay on the soft couch without any image. While sighing about the corruption, he felt a little regretful, "What a pity, there is still a handsome and pretty maid, otherwise he could try what it would be like to sleep on his thighs."
The one who drove Mo Zizai was Zhou Qi. This location is closest to Mo Zizai and is the most convenient to protect him.
Although Zhou Qi's status as a man, driving Mo Zizai was somewhat insulted, Zhou Qi never cared about this.
There is an official road built from the imperial tomb to the capital. The elephant is extremely stable. Don’t sit on it freely without any sensation of bumps.
Looking at the original scenery outside, Mo Zizai felt a little moved, "I haven't gone out for three years, and I feel like I've lived a lifetime."
Hearing Mo Zizai's resentment, Zhou Qi hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, it is actually the order of the late emperor to let you guard the tomb for three years."
"The late emperor said that only by staying away from the court can you be the safest."
"Oh, that's true."
After thinking about it for a while, Mo Zi nodded deeply. Even if his brain and personality were not used as guns to deal with the empress, he would have caused a big mess under the temptation of others, and the most important time was the big mess that started with the rebellion.
Zhou Qi looked slightly sideways and looked at Mo Zizai with his light, and found that his face was very calm. He was obviously not talking slander. He was a little surprised.
Unexpectedly, Your Highness could even figure out these things. You know, I didn’t say anything like this before, but I was scolded every time, and even alienated my relationship with Your Highness a little.
So since then, Zhou Qi has never mentioned these words again. Unexpectedly, after just a little talk today, Your Highness calmly accepted it, which made Zhou Qi unable to help but say more.
"And, Your Highness."
"The reason why your Majesty did not see you in the past three years of imprisonment is not only because you resent her, but also because she does not want to bring you danger."
"Also, she doesn't want you to feel that she is using you."
“Dangerous? Utilization?”
The Majesty Zhou Qi said was naturally the current empress, but this danger and utilization made Mo Zizai slightly puzzled. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you referring to the new party and the old party?"
The so-called new party and old party refer to two parties in the court that supported the empress and supported the late emperor.
Among them, those who defect to the empress are called the new party, and those who miss the late emperor or those who do not completely defect to the empress are called the old party.
Of course, these two parties are just general terms. People from the new party may not necessarily support the empress, and people from the old party may not really miss the late emperor.
In short, the bowl of water from the court is very deep.
"That's right, it's the new party and the old party."
Zhou Qi nodded and said, "The slogan that some of the old party members put forward was that they agreed to the throne because of the order of the late emperor, but they actually did not agree to let a woman surnamed be the emperor."
"They did not object to His Majesty's ascension to the throne just because they were loyal to the late emperor."
"And the people in the new party are more complicated..."
Zhou Qi thought for a while and said, "But the relationship between the old and new parties is generally poor."
"Oh, I understand."
Although Mo Zizai has no political sense, he has watched many historical dramas. After Zhou Qi said this, he immediately understood what his danger was.
The old party used his cheap father as a guise and was unwilling to be loyal to the empress, while the new party was incompatible with the old party.
If that is the case, I am afraid that both parties, both new and old, want to die.
In the view of the new party, if they die, the already subtle relationship between the empress and the old party will probably be destroyed immediately. At that time, they will take advantage of the empress and the old party to fight with them.
In the eyes of the old party, it was a good thing to die, because if he died, the people in the old party would have excuses to attack the empress, or even initiate civil strife, and it was not impossible to drive the empress off the throne.
"The abacus is very good."
Mo Zizai pinched his chin and thought for a long time. The old and new parties wanted to die. Now there is news that the empress was going to marry her. No wonder someone came to assassinate him.
From the perspective of the old party, if I marry the empress, it would be equivalent to being half an emperor. Then some people in the old party would be unreasonable if they were not loyal to the empress under the guise of their own. Naturally, they would not want to see such a thing happen.
In the eyes of the new party, if they get married to the empress, then how different are they from the original old party?
Of course, the most important thing is that if you marry the empress, then a large number of people in the old party, either actively or passively, have to surrender to the empress.
In this way, their original status is likely to be threatened, which is something they cannot accept.
"My mother, politics is so complicated."
Mo Zizai thought about it for a while and felt that his head was getting bigger, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
Anyway, it is possible for new and old parties to assassinate yourself. This matter cannot be guessed by guessing it alone. Let’s investigate it slowly in the future. No matter what, Mo Zizai will never expose the assassination of himself.
Mo Zizai, who threw a bunch of messy things in his mind behind his mind, looked out the car. At this time, the frame had already arrived near the capital. Mo Zizai, who was sitting in the car, could vaguely see the outline of the city wall of Tianjing.
As the elephant continued to move forward, the walls of Tianjing gradually revealed their true appearance.
The brick and stone city wall, which was as high as twenty meters, was like a giant, lying horizontally in front of Mo Zizai. When he walked under the city wall, Mo Zizai looked up and looked up. An indescribable sense of heaviness came to his face, making Mo Zizai's breathing pause for a moment.
"Twenty meters, six or seven floors are so high, and there is no place to stay on the city wall. I'm afraid Zhou Qi, a master in the Youzhao Realm, will find it difficult to jump up directly."
Looking at such a high city wall, Mo Zizai felt a little shocked.
Although some people have said that the best capital does not require a city wall, because the enemy can hit your capital, even if you have a city wall, it is useless.
But Mo Zizai always felt that this was farting. If you go to the Ming Dynasty and say this to Yu Qian, see if Yu Shaobao will slap you to death.
In Mo Zizai's view, in the era of cold weapons, only such thick city walls can give the people the greatest sense of security.
Chapter completed!