Zhao Han comforted him and said, "I don't blame my uncle for this."

"This is a common thing in ancient times. The ministers are in danger, and the emperor is also restless and suspicious of each other. There are only a few Liu Bei and Zhuge, and there are many Sima Cao Shuang."

"Hey, is there a solution?" Wang Ziteng sighed.

His decades of experience in old officialdom cannot solve this problem.

Faced with the emperor's distrust, there were only two options: either rebel, or retire and die of illness.

Civil servants can choose to retire. Anyway, they will have little influence if they leave the center.

One eunuch and two imperial soldiers can handle it.

But for a veteran in the army like him, the only way out is death from illness.

Because he knows how to train troops, how to fight, and how to rebel.

Therefore, it is impossible to make the emperor feel at ease unless he dies.

Zhao Han sighed, and she thought of Cao Xueqin. Cao Gong was imprisoned by the Qing Dynasty and did not know Western thoughts.

We obviously have Western things, but we don’t know about the new Western imperial system.

If he knew about things in the West, he would know that he could write about an undefeated family.

That is to restrict the monarch and open up the people's wisdom.

Instead of living in vain, becoming a monk is the only way out.

So she said to the prince: "Uncle, this matter is like seeking scriptures from the West. If you want to solve this problem, you can find it in the West."

"The West?" Wang Ziteng thought of his opponents this time. Their tactics were from the West, which was indeed difficult to deal with.

Only he knows how difficult it is to fight.

We were able to defeat them all by cutting off the opponent's supplies.

If the opponent also has good supplies, he has only one way to retreat.

"Yes, the West has long had a way to resolve the distrust between ministers and emperors. That is, if a prince breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the people. Regardless of whether the monarch or ministers, they can only abide by the law and rely on the law to restrain each other. As long as you do not break the law

, even if you do something wrong, the monarch cannot kill you. At most, he can deprive you of your official position and title and turn you into a commoner."

"Ah, isn't this a rebellion?" Wang Ziteng was shocked.

He couldn't understand the meaning of these words.

Isn't it nonsense to ask the emperor to abide by the law?

The emperor's words are law, and the emperor can do whatever he wants. The only thing that can stop the emperor is public opinion and moral pressure, as well as etiquette, plus the potential power of officials... For example, if the emperor falls into the water, he will be replaced by someone who is obedient.

But usually, there is really no reliable way to restrain the emperor.

Whoever the emperor wants to deal with will have great righteousness innately.

This is all due to Confucianism. In order to kneel down and lick it, all the good things of ancient Confucianism were thrown away, completely lying at the feet of the emperor, allowing the emperor to stand high and say that the king, the king, the minister, the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die.

"Rebellion, no. Mencius has long said that the people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least. But after all, it has been two thousand years, why has it not become a reality?" Zhao Han said seriously.

"That is the world of great unity proposed by Yasheng, and it is still far away." Wang Ziteng shook his head.

"Haha, if everyone doesn't do it, this world of great harmony will always be on the horizon." Zhao Han shook his head.

Wang Ziteng was silent.

In fact, there have been disputes between the power of the prime minister and the power of the king since ancient times.

It’s just that my nephew is still too ideal.

Everyone abides by the law. The problem is that officials want the emperor to abide by the law, but they don't want to abide by it.

For example, he himself used his power to help his nephew Xue Ban escape from crime several times.

His influence was also borrowed by his niece Wang Xifeng.

Now it seems that if you don't abide by the law, the emperor naturally doesn't abide by the law.

So he has nothing to complain about.

No one is innocent.

If the officials stand up together and abide by the law, there is nothing the emperor can do.

The problem is that officials themselves cannot do this.

It is no wonder that the emperor took advantage of the situation. Even if he had done nothing wrong, he could still be killed with a glass of poisonous wine.

Of course, after death, you can still get a good posthumous title.

After all, the dead pose no threat to the emperor, so the emperor can show his benevolence.

But the emperor never showed that he obeyed the law.

Zhao Han saw Wang Ziteng's thoughts.

As expected, it was impossible for Wang Ziteng to accept new ideas.

This is the old bureaucracy.

They value family ties but don't care about the law. The same is true for emperors.

The law is for the common people.

She only needs to protect her good sisters and good sisters, and she doesn't need to care about others.

Thus, a conversation between uncle and nephew ended.

Wang Ziteng then went to court and retired from the post of general on the grounds of serious illness, old age and frailty.

It was impossible for him to rebel, and he had no way to follow Jia Baoyu's methods. Faced with the emperor's distrust, he could only show his innocence like those self-protective officials in the early Ming Dynasty.

There was no way he could resist the imperial court head-on.

Just one month later, there was a report from the imperial censor that there was a huge deficit in Ping'an Prefecture, the territory he once served as the governor. It was found that the deficit was caused by Wang Ziteng's tenure.

The emperor decreed that for the sake of military merit, he would only repay half of the deficit.

This half is 400,000 taels, which is already a huge number for the Wang family.

After piecing together here and there, I only managed to collect 220,000 yuan, and the rest could only be owed.

With the emperor's permission, you can pay it off after five years.

…………

at the same time.

In Jia's Mansion.

"Ancestor, mother, we, the Second Mansion, should return to our hometown in Jinling." Zhao Han said to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang.

"My dear grandson, why is this?" Jia Mu said.

"My uncle has retired because of his great achievements, and we can't stay in the capital for long." Zhao Han hinted.

Jia Mu has a political vision, but she is old and a prostitute. She is also greedy for family relationships, indulges in pleasure, and has no spirit to cheer up.

But now that Jia Baoyu has taken up the responsibility, she will not hold back.

At this point, Jia Mu has shown it in the original text.

On the one hand, he protected Jia Lian, who was able to work outside, and on the other hand, he was frugal with family expenses. Later, he allocated his own money to spend on his children.

Not stingy.

"In this case, you will be responsible for the relocation of the second mansion."

"First we only need the direct relatives to move away."

Zhao Han knew that even if he rebelled, he would not have to worry about being implicated by the nine tribes.

Because I won’t use the Jia family’s name.

Wang Bolun has been beaten by Jia Rong and turned into a puppet.

In my hometown of Jinling, there is naturally a Rongguo Mansion and a Ningguo Mansion.

half year later.

The relatives of the Jia family moved to their hometown in Jinling.

It is three thousand miles away from the capital.

…………

Capital.

Within the imperial harem.

"It seems that the Jia family is sensible and gave up early." The emperor said happily.

"It's just a Jia family, the emperor can destroy it with a backhand." The queen complimented.

"Although the Jia family is not big, it is not easy for four kings and eight princes to have the same spirit and influence the whole body." The emperor shook his head.

"But they went back after all."

"That's because they know how to advance and retreat. Jia Baoyu is still good. Let Concubine De Gui go to Jiangnan to visit the bride."

"The Emperor is merciful."

…………

The emperor thought that the Jia family had given up.
To be continued...