The past few days have been really leaky for Qin and Jin, and it rained overnight, first the war in Hedong was tense, and then Li Heng, who had been recuperating in Lingwu in a low-key manner, also began to make moves, and sent an edict to the political hall for two days, asking the imperial court to send troops to welcome back the Son of Heaven.

Xia Yuanji felt that he couldn't hold it back, so he asked Qin Jin several times to discuss how to deal with it.

"Doctor Qin has to prepare early, as far as the old man knows, the people around the Son of Heaven are not fuel-efficient lamps, Shangshu Zuo Cheng Cui Yuan and his servant Miao Jinqing are in the prime of life, they have long had the heart to enter the political hall, they are definitely not willing to nest in the poor countryside of Lingwu, in case they persecute the doctor with public opinion, what should the doctor do?"

In fact, Qin Jin has been preparing for the hidden worries about Lingwu, from the selection of the crown prince to the rectification of the imperial court atmosphere, all in order to deal with these possible troubles.

"It seems that the selection of the crown prince needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible, and a pre-selection will be held tomorrow, and this matter will be hard Xia Shangshu!"

Xia Yuanji said:

"I can share the worries of Dr. Qin, the old man is fortunate for three lives, why is it hard?"

In fact, Xia Yuanji has long been tied up with Qin Jin, and Qin Jin will never end well if he is unlucky, in order to protect Qin Jin's interests, that is, to protect his own interests.

"There are some things that the old man doesn't know whether to say or not......"

"What does Xia Xianggong have to say, what else should I not say here?"

Seeing that Qin Jin didn't mind, Xia Yuanji let go and said:

"The candidate for the crown prince still hopes that the doctor will think twice, although the king of Huaiyang has been deeply expected recently, but this is the hope of the people, and it will inevitably become a trouble for the doctor in the future!"

Xia Yuanji is an old fox in officialdom, and he rarely says such explicit words, and today he can be regarded as open for his vital interests.

Qin Jin had already considered these thoughts countless times, and in the end, the reason why he liked Li Xi, the king of Huaiyang, was to consider his age, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old this year, no matter how smart he was, he could not escape the laws of nature, and it was difficult to match with adults.

Seeing that Qin Jin didn't think so, Xia Yuanji put forward his second idea.

"If the doctor has to take the king of Huaiyang as the prince, then to welcome back the Son of Heaven, he has to take the initiative to come out of the hands of the doctor, and if he says a word of killing, he can follow Wei Wu...... Put the Son of Heaven in Xu Du ......"

Qin Jin's heart sank, Xia Yuanji's statement was indeed something he had never thought of before, but it was not useless when he thought about it carefully.

Early the next morning, the government hall officially issued a proclamation, officials in Beijing began to pre-select the crown prince, because there has never been a similar experience, the workload that was expected to be completed in one day was actually delayed for two days, after preliminary screening, Li Heng's heirs have a total of three people with the most votes, including Huaiyang Wang Li Xi, and is far ahead.

At this point, in the minds of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Li Xi, the king of Huaiyang, was already the established candidate for the prince.

At this time, Lingwu was intensively planning an earth-shattering action.

Li Fuguo cried in front of Li Heng's couch with a handful of snot and tears.

"Your Majesty, if you don't return to Chang'an, those princes and grandsons are afraid that they will be destroyed by Qin and Jin, a few days ago, the slave maid just got the news, King Xiang, King Xiang he ......"

Although Li Heng's condition has stabilized, he has never meant to get better, the right half of his whole body can't even move, and although the left half of his body can make some weak movements, he is still 108,000 miles away from taking care of himself.

After listening to Li Fuguo's cry, his eyes were full of shock and anger, and his sunken eye sockets seemed to be about to erupt fire.

"Bastard, bastard, I'm going back to Beijing!"

Li Fuguo sobbed, choked up, and said:

"The slave has sent an edict to the political hall on behalf of His Majesty several times, but the hateful Qin Jin not only ignored it, but also ...... Tell the left and right, Your Majesty can't take care of himself, and it's useless to calculate back, it's better to stay in Lingwu ......"

Hearing this, Li Heng was even more stunned, and spit out one by one in his mouth:

"Qin, Jin, Ke, can kill ......"

After crying for a whole hour, Li Fuguo finally left the temporary dormitory where Li Heng was, and when he left the palace gate, he immediately wiped the tears from his face. At this time, two officials in scarlet robes were waiting anxiously outside the palace gate.

When the scarlet-robed officials saw Li Fuguo swaggering out, they stepped forward together and asked anxiously:

"How, how, what does Your Majesty say?"

Li Fuguo looked at the slightly taller scarlet-robed official, and then at the shorter scarlet-robed official, and slapped his thigh again.

"It's done, Your Majesty is determined to support us to return to Chang'an. Li has done everything he can do, and then it's up to the two of them!"

These two scarlet-robed officials, the slightly taller is Shangshu Zuocheng Cui Yuan, and the slightly shorter is the subordinate servant Miao Jinqing, they both escaped when Chang'an City fell, and later heard that Li Heng was temporarily stationed in Lingwu, so they came to vote one after another.

Since the people who defected to Lingwu were all low-level officials below the fifth or sixth grade, Cui Yuan and Miao Jinqing were rare high-grade officials, and they immediately stood out from everyone and were relied on by Li Fuguo. In fact, the Tang Emperor of Lingwu is in the hands of Li Fuguo alone, after all, Li Heng is half paralyzed and can't even take care of his own life, so how can he talk about controlling the government?

Cui Yuan and Miao Jinqing also have their own calculations, and they have reached a subtle tacit understanding with Li Fuguo, at least at present, the top priority is to escort the Son of Heaven back to Chang'an, as long as they return to Chang'an, they will become the heroes who escort the dragon, and it is reasonable to go further.

However, the officials of the Shenwu Army, led by Qin Jin, obviously did not want Li Heng to return to Chang'an so soon, and they could only look east in vain in the poor countryside of Lingwu. Now, there is no hope of expecting Qin Jin to take the initiative to welcome back the Son of Heaven, so they must do everything possible to force Qin Jin to welcome the Son of Heaven back from Lingwu.

Therefore, they had to make this last ditch effort, which was to send people to distribute proclamations similar to those in the counties of the world, accusing Qin and Jin of over-the-top, persecuting the emperor's heirs, and refusing to welcome the emperor back to Chang'an.

The people's minds are simple, as long as this proclamation successfully blossoms and bears fruit in various places, Qin Jin must clarify all the accusations under pressure, otherwise he will become a traitor to the whole world.

After all, the Chang'an Imperial Court was still facing internal and external troubles at this time, and Qin Jin would never be able to bear this risk.

It was precisely because of this that Cui Yuan and Miao Jinqing teamed up to concoct this notice.

Li Fuguo looked at the notice and said with a smile:

"The two of them are really the great Confucians in the world, this is clearly a letter to Qin Yuan, as soon as this document comes out, Qin Jin is afraid that he will burn his butt!"

After sending Cui Yuan and Miao Jinqing away, Li Fuguo summoned his henchmen non-stop. The foundation on which he relied to maintain his prestige was the more than 10,000 forbidden troops brought out from the long belt, and after several expansions after Lingwu, it could barely reach the scale of 30,000 people.

"Is there a whereabouts for the prince?"

In addition to escorting the Son of Heaven back to Chang'an, Li Fuguo also had to find the crown prince Li Yu, who was defeated and fled in the internal strife.

Qin Jin's selection of the crown prince in Chang'an has always made him sit on pins and needles, thinking about it, and only by finding the fugitive abolished prince Li Yu can he be shorter and longer.

"It is said that it appeared in the Longyou area, and the last general sent someone to look for it, but there was no trace, and later someone said that the abolished prince went to Hexi, and I don't know if these rumors are true or false!"

Running from Lingwu to Hexi needs to cross the Great Desert, and it is definitely not something that can be walked back and forth in the tenth day and half a month, so if you want to go to Hexi to find out the news, you have to continue to wait.

"The last general has already sent someone to Hexi, and once there is specific news, he will report back!"

Li Fuguo was faintly disappointed, Hexi was too far away, and with his current ability, he was far from being able to exert influence there, even if he found the whereabouts of the abolished prince, he would definitely be unwilling to cooperate with him with the temperament of the abolished prince.

He couldn't help but sigh.

"I hope that the abolished prince is still in Longyou, and then send someone to find it, and don't come back if you can't find it!"

Rumors of accusations against the Qin Jin soon spread in the counties of Kannai Province and spread to Gyeonggi Province to the south at a rapid pace.

The magistrates did not know the specific cause of this trend for a while, and most of them chose to wait and see, neither publicly standing up in support of Qin Jin, nor controlling the rumors, but only adopting an attitude of turning a blind eye.

Compared to other counties, Gyeonggi Sansuke punished the gossip very severely, arresting more than 50 spreaders in just one day.

After being tortured, most of them admitted that they had come from Lingwu on the orders of the Son of Heaven. After Xia Yuanji learned about this, he secretly said that he would always come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

Xia Yuanji also didn't care about the re-selection review of the prince's selection, so he hurriedly put down all the errands at hand and rushed to see Qin Jin.

To Xia Yuanji's surprise, Qin Jin did not show the slightest hint of urgency, but asked him not to be in a hurry, and to drink hot tea soup and speak slowly.

"How not to let the old man worry? Lingwu has already made a big move, if he doesn't react as soon as possible, the doctor's reputation will be ruined!"

Qin Jin smiled and said:

"Qin has already decided, and in three days, he will send troops to welcome the Son of Heaven back to the court, and the rumors will naturally be scattered!"

"This, isn't this the heart of the people who have the wrong intentions?"

"Li Fuguo, Cui Yuan, or Miao Jinqing?"

"These three people are angry, just to pull the doctor off the horse!"

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, Qin has also thought about it repeatedly in the past few days, since the Son of Heaven will come back sooner or later, why not take the initiative to welcome it back, at least it can crack down on those rumors that are very noisy. How's the re-election of the crown prince?"

After Qin Jin made the decision to welcome back Li Heng, all his attention was focused on the selection of the crown prince.

"If nothing else, the King of Huaiyang will get the most votes, and he will become the prince!"

Xia Yuanji felt that Li Xi was too scheming and was not the best candidate for the prince, but Qin Jin insisted on it, so he could only agree.

"There is one more thing that must be determined before welcoming back the Son of Heaven!"

"What?"

"Choose one more person to enter the political hall! Otherwise, once Cui Yuan and Miao Jinqing come back, one person will inevitably enter the political hall, and the old man may not be able to support himself alone!"

"Is there a suitable candidate for Xia Xianggong?"

"Yes, the fifth Qi of the Tobe squire!"

"Is that him?"

Qin Jin, the fifth Qi person, has also seen it more than once recently, and this person is presiding over the currency reform, but the proposition put forward is that Qin Jin resolutely disagrees.

"The fifth Qi re-minted coins, adding a little copper can be several times the face value, which can solve the urgent task of the imperial court's money shortage!"

Xia Yuanji was tormented by the lack of money in the treasury, and after proposing this coping strategy with Fifth Qi, he won his appreciation, so he highly recommended it to Qin Jin.

However, Qin Jin could judge with only that pitiful financial knowledge that if he really minted money on a large scale according to the method of the Fifth Qi, it would eventually cause extremely serious inflation, and although this kind of currency reform by plundering the wealth of the people could solve some urgent needs, the bad impact was immeasurable, and it was no different from drinking water to quench thirst.

"Although the currency reform of the Fifth Qi is not feasible, he is a person with some ability who can be promoted to the political affairs hall. ”

It was clear that Qin and Jin's attitude against the reform of the currency system was obtained, and Xia Yuanji was happy and worried, but after all, the candidates he recommended were reused, and on the whole, the gains outweighed the losses.

"After all, Fifth Qi has shallow qualifications, so he can first enter the political affairs hall with the title of 'Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi', so that Cui Yuan and Miao Jinqing can be suppressed!"

Qin Jin nodded, he felt that it was more appropriate, the fifth Qi was not old enough, and he did not have any past merits, if he became the governor of the three provinces like this, it would be really difficult to convince the public, but if he entered the political hall with the title of the head of the household department, it would be difficult for others to say what was wrong.

"Okay, this matter will be implemented tomorrow, and the reunion of the prince's candidate must be passed as soon as possible, and the book must be announced to the world before the Son of Heaven returns!"

Xia Yuanji promised repeatedly, but he still had doubts and didn't vomit. Qin Jin saw that he was spitting and let him speak directly.

"There is one thing that the old man has never understood, the people around the Son of Heaven are eager to make trouble for us, why did they agree with the doctor's opinion on choosing the prince?"

Qin Jin exhaled a long breath:

"The Son of Heaven is in Lingwu, but it is Li Fuguo who is in charge, he is afraid that I will set up another Son of Heaven with the merit of recovering the two capitals, so he doesn't dare to turn his face and embarrass me!"

"I see!"

Li Fuguo is really a cunning fox-like character, once he takes this breath, he immediately starts to bite back.

After thinking for a while, Xia Yuanji said solemnly:

"When the Son of Heaven returns to Chang'an, the doctor must find an opportunity to get rid of Li Fuguo and others, otherwise it will become a harm sooner or later!"

Qin Jin smiled bitterly:

"Why don't I want to get rid of this thief? It's just that I haven't had a chance, and many times, even if I am in a high position, I have to weigh the pros and cons of the choices I make. ”

Xia Yuanji also shook his head and smiled bitterly, he naturally empathized with Qin Jin's words, he has been an official in the imperial court for decades, and eight out of ten unsatisfactory things are unsatisfactory, if everything is based on temperament, I am afraid that he would have lost his head in this matter a long time ago, where is there a chance to wait until this time today to enter the political hall to worship the prime minister?