#437 - One man above ten thousand

"Let your elder brother impeach me?"

Xu Ming was taken aback, but quickly understood the Madam's view.

"Madam, do you mean—"

Wang Feng nodded: "You are now in a high position with great power, and your popularity is too high. Someone needs to impeach you. Don't think that His Majesty trusts you very much now. In fact, our Majesty is wary of everyone.

That Xiao Mochi, Prime Minister Xiao, who was your enlightenment teacher when you were a child, do you remember him?

Prime Minister Xiao used to be so valued by His Majesty.

But now, His Majesty is intentionally or unintentionally alienating Prime Minister Xiao, and even plans to divide the power of the Prime Minister into two, establishing left and right Prime Ministers to check and balance each other.

Of course, these are all things I've heard, but no matter what, when anyone's power reaches a certain level, what the person in the highest position thinks about most is often not your political enemy, but the person sitting in the highest position.

Having someone impeach you will at least let His Majesty see 'There are still people willing to offend Xu Ming, his power hasn't reached the point where all officials are silent'.

If no one impeaches you, His Majesty may be thinking too much, wondering if he has given you too much and needs to rein you in.

And if it's just a warning, that's fine, but I'm afraid His Majesty will not only warn you, but also hurt your foundation."

Xu Ming nodded: "Madam, you're right. I'll go visit Censor Wang in a while."

Wang Feng looked at Xu Ming: "Xu Ming, to be honest, I think you shouldn't be in the court. The unrestrained world of cultivation is more suitable for you."

Xu Ming smiled and shook his head: "Actually, I'm not very interested in court affairs, but now I have to be here. I need to pave the way for someone. When I'm done, I'll leave, otherwise I don't know how long it will be before I come back next time."

Wang Feng's lips curled up: "The person you're talking about should be that Princess, right?"

Xu Ming nodded, not hiding anything.

"It's good to have someone you care about." Wang Feng sighed, "But once you get involved in the court, especially the royal family, the road ahead will not be easy."

Xu Ming smiled: "In this world, what is easy?"

Wang Feng nodded: "That's true."

"Pang Da will be back in a while. If you need his assistance, don't hesitate to ask." Wang Feng took a sip of tea.

"Pang Da is coming back?" Xu Ming heard this news for the first time.

"Yes." Joy also filled Wang Feng's eyes.

Although Madam Wang didn't say it, she must have been thinking about her son for a long time and must miss him very much.

"You don't know, the decennial ancestral sacrifice of the Xu and Qin families is coming soon. Many members of the Qin and Xu families outside will come back, and Pang Da is no exception.

Besides, there are also your brothers..."

Madam Wang explained.

As for the brothers that Madam Wang mentioned, Xu Ming knew they were his half-brothers.

Xu Ming had only seen them once or twice when he was a child and hadn't seen them since.

"This time when Pang Da comes back, see if he can avoid being transferred out of the capital." Xu Ming said to Wang Feng.

Otherwise, in this mansion, his mother has left, his cheap father spends all day in brothels, and Madam Wang doesn't want to chat with the other concubines. Having a son in the capital would give Madam Wang something to look forward to every day.

Wang Feng was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "I know your good intentions, Xu Ming, but it's not necessary. You are too high-profile now, and countless eyes in the capital are watching you. The less you do, the fewer mistakes you make."

Xu Ming also sighed: "I'm afraid it's impossible for me to do less in the future, and my position... how can I not offend people..."

"..."

Wang Feng was silent.

Emperor Wu specifically established the Embroidered Uniform Guard and made Xu Ming the commander, which destined Xu Ming to be involved in many storms.

And one of Emperor Wu's purposes in doing so was to push Xu Ming to the opposite side of the civil and military officials.

Xu Ming's official position, and what this official position requires him to do, will make the civil and military officials fearful. People will be polite to you, but they also hope you die.

After all, who wants a sword hanging over their head?

After all, which official is truly clean?

If you want to investigate something, you can always find something.

And in the process of Xu Ming's law enforcement in the future, he will definitely offend more and more officials.

The civil and military officials will unknowingly regard Xu Ming as an enemy. What Xu Ming can do is to rely on imperial power, and his dependence on His Majesty will become higher and higher.

Perhaps only in this way can His Majesty truly feel at ease.

"Alas, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger." Wang Feng sighed.

Regarding the affairs of the court, Wang Feng can only offer reminders based on her own knowledge, but Xu Ming still has to walk this path himself.

Wang Feng wrote a letter and gave it to Xu Ming. Xu Ming thanked her and left the Xu residence, heading to Censor Wang's residence.

Just as Xu Ming left, Qin Ruhai from the Qin residence happily walked into the Xu residence to meet the old lady of the Xu residence.

"Why do you have the leisure to come to my Xu residence, young man? And with such a happy face." The old lady looked at Qin Ruhai and said with a smile.

"Old lady, what else could it be? Ruhai is naturally here to congratulate you." Qin Ruhai stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Congratulate me?" The old lady was taken aback, "What good news is there to congratulate me on? Why don't I know?"

"Eh? Old ancestor, don't you know? Did Nephew Xu tell you?" Qin Ruhai asked.

The old lady drank a cup of tea and said calmly: "Tell me what?"

"Of course, it's about Ming'er becoming the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard." Qin Ruhai said excitedly.

"Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard? When did the capital have such an official position?" The old lady looked at Qin Ruhai.

"Old ancestor, you don't know, the Embroidered Uniform Guard is a new official position established by His Majesty. He can control more than 8,000 people, investigate princes and nobles above, and civil and military officials below, and is only responsible to His Majesty.

And the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard is the leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. It can be said that he is truly second only to one person and above ten thousand people!

Everyone in the court is talking about this matter now."

"..."

Listening to Qin Ruhai's words, the old lady was greatly shocked.

The old lady was naturally happy that a disciple of her Xu family could become such a high-ranking official.

But the problem is, hasn't His Majesty given too much recently...