Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Gap Is at the Border

Li Yuanhao returned to the Qianqing Palace, lay on the ground, took out the dense court relationship map, lifted the brush, and made a heavy bold stroke on the relationship between the Queen Mother and Wei Haokun, and added a small black dot under the word Queen Mother, counting carefully, a total of nine black dots, there is one more limit to the Queen Mother's patience, in other words, she still has one last chance. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After cleaning up the relationship map, Li Yuanhao sat at the table, his thumb and index finger clenched the porcelain white teacup, tilted his head, and put the warmth in the cup into his stomach, and failed again, the Empress Dowager's control of the court and her vigilance against herself were completely beyond imagination.

Just as he was thinking, Yu Qing suddenly pushed the door and entered: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Kong has arrived and is waiting outside the hall." ”

"Oh. Li Yuanhao nodded decadently, and then stood up suddenly, he hadn't seen this unscrupulous uncle for a long time, and he actually threw himself into the net today. Remembering the last time we met, he was still in a daze, and Li Yuanhao smiled maliciously: "Go and invite Mrs. Kong in." ”

Yu Qing had just left, Li Yuanhao hurriedly covered the door of the dormitory, filled it with a cup of tea, carried a stool, trembled and placed it on the door, and then sat at the desk, holding the book in one hand, pretending to read, but his eyes kept staring at the door of the dormitory.

The footsteps gradually approached, and Li Yuanhao's mood became more and more nervous, and he couldn't help but move his buttocks and tighten the book in his hand.

But the footsteps suddenly stopped, and Kong Weiting's voice came in: "Father-in-law Yu, please first!"

Yu Qing's voice: "It's better for Mrs. Kong to invite first, and the slave will follow." ”

"It's better for Father-in-law Yu to go first, after all, the rules are there, and it's always bad to exceed the rules. "Kong Weiting.

Li Yuanhao heaved, I don't see you Kong Weiting treats people politely on weekdays, why are you so modest today.

"Mrs. Kong is serious, Your Majesty is benevolent and doesn't care about these rules. Yu Qing's voice came, and at the same time, he pushed open the door with both hands, and stepped into the dormitory with one foot.

His Majesty the benevolent emperor gave the little eunuch a benevolent surprise, a bowl of tea poured down, and in the middle of winter, the little eunuch was poured a heart-to-heart cold, and with a bang, the tea bowl fell and smashed on Yu Qing's white and pure head, and the little eunuch with gold stars in his eyes spit out a piece of tea in a haze.

Yu Qing, who was in a daze, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Kong has brought it to you." ”

Kong Weiting grabbed Yu Qing's shoulder and turned around, holding back a smile: "Father-in-law Yu, Your Majesty is there." "The tea bowl empowerment just now made the little eunuch confused and recognized the wrong direction.

"Hey!" His Majesty the Emperor was full of helplessness, seeing Yu Qing's confused appearance, he didn't know what to be angry about, he wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, and finally waved his hand: "Go down and change your clothes, just embarrass me!"

The little eunuch walked out of the dormitory in a daze and hit his head on the pillar, causing Xuan'er on the side to secretly purse her lips and smile, and scolded in her heart "You deserve it".

Kong Weiting stopped laughing, calmed down for a long time, just wanted to speak, remembered the scene just now, and couldn't help laughing again.

Putting down the book, Li Yuanhao waited for Kong Weiting to laugh enough and laughed tiredly, and sighed heavily: "Still laughing, be careful to laugh off your big teeth." ”

I don't know which laughing hole Kong Taifu hit in one sentence, and there was another burst of imageless laughter, and after a while, Kong Weiting finally stopped laughing and exhaled a long breath: "Your Majesty, have you gone to Wei Mansion?"

"Yes, so what?" Li Yuanhao thought of this, and his heart was blocked.

"The Queen Mother is also there?" Kong Weiting asked.

With a bang, Li Yuanhao stood up and walked quickly to Kong Weiting: "How does Mr. know?"

"That's true. Kong Weiting said lightly, "The Queen Mother is bold in dealing with things, and she is cautious when thinking about things, ten years ago, the Tang Dynasty was split, there were crises everywhere, and the world was confused. Now that His Majesty wants to take power, the Queen Mother will naturally put Her Majesty in the first place to watch out, and the slightest action of Her Majesty will fall into the eyes of the Queen Mother, Your Majesty's front foot appears in the Wei Mansion, and it is not strange for the Queen Mother to appear on the back foot, this situation, Weichen has long expected it. ”

"Sir!" Li Yuanhao reproached, "Since you have already expected it, why did you take this step? ”

"Your Majesty, there is no innocent person in this world for no reason, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and this experience is not a test for the four of them. Tang Zongfei has lived a wealthy life since he was a child, and it is an experience to taste the life of exile. Hu Hanbin has a strong temperament, and he has not been allowed to enter the Beijing imperial examination for 30 years, which is a blunt knife that can hone his temperament. His Majesty's favorite Wang Siying went to the southern front, and the military life might wear away the cunning that he could see through at a glance, and maybe it would become deeper. As for Huang Hanting, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, this kid is born with an optimist, and he can take pleasure in suffering the most. Kong Weiting opened his mouth to explain, he used the simplest words to eliminate Li Yuanhao's guilt, he, a student of the Son of Heaven, seems to be too benevolent sometimes, and there are too many feminine softness in his personality: "Your Majesty, it seems that you should think more about your own situation than worry about the four people." ”

"What else is there to think about, I am a veritable lonely person, I don't want money, I have a life, if the Queen Mother likes to take it, just take it. Li Yuanhao spread out his hands and stretched out his arms, as if he was putting his life on the shelf.

Seeing the rogue behavior of the Son of Heaven, Kong Weiting shook his head: "Your Majesty, maybe you went in the wrong direction at the beginning. ”

"Huh?" Li Yuanhao was stunned and asked puzzledly, "What does Mr. mean by this?"

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother regards you as a big trouble, why don't you see the Queen Mother as the opposite?"

"Isn't that the case?" Li Yuanhao was even more puzzled, he wanted to be in power, and the Queen Mother wanted dictatorship, what is not the opposite, do you still want to share weal and woe and talk about wine?

"That's true, but Your Majesty shouldn't let it be like this. Kong Weiting explained: "The confrontation between His Majesty and the Queen Mother must be a wall everywhere, and there are constant constraints. Ten years ago, why His Majesty was able to work with the Queen Mother to stabilize the Great Wei was because there was a common goal, to preserve the royal bloodline and continue the country. Now His Majesty should also think about the Queen Mother, speculate on what the Queen Mother thinks, put aside the contradictions between the two sides for the time being, and always be external. ”

"Sir, I am the Queen Mother's external affairs!" Li Yuanhao said helplessly, and suddenly she was stunned, as if a pair of hands cleared the clouds: "Mr. means the border pass?"

Kong Weiting nodded with a smile: "Yes, the breakthrough is at the border pass." My Great Wei occupies the Central Plains, separated from the South Liang River, separated from the West Chu Mountain, and separated from the Xiongnu to the north and south of the Great Wall, the army is huge, just a year's food and salary will give the household a headache, this does not include conscription, taxes, blades and other expenses, the imperial court has long had the idea of banning and weakening the military power of the three generals, but the generals are on the border, supporting the army and self-respect, the Queen Mother is not good at words, the four auxiliary ministers can not be mentioned, and the officials of the remaining three provinces and six departments have no guts. Weichen privately speculated that the border pass had become a major problem for the Queen Mother, like a fish in her throat, not vomiting or unhappy, but there were words of suffering. ”

"However, the national defense border pass is the top priority of my Great Wei, the Zhenbei Army resists the Xiongnu, the Zhenxi Army guards against the Western Chu, and the Zhennan Army even contains the rich Southern Liang, which is not easy to start. Li Yuanhao shook his head, unable to find a breakthrough: "Song Junyi, the general of the Zhenbei Army, is highly respected, and the supply of grain and grass is basically self-sufficient, and it has not dragged down the imperial court, and the general and the queen mother are related by blood, according to the generation, the queen mother should also be called a cousin." Zhenxi Army General Hong Longjia was born in the countryside, was personally promoted by his father when he was in power, and specially granted the name of Longjia, not to taboo the dragon word, General Hong was loyal to the imperial court, ten years ago the world was turbulent, and the defense of Tai'an City was handled by the old general, and the Queen Mother relied on it very much. As for the general of the Zhennan Army, the title of the king and the pillar of the great country is scary enough, not to mention that the general is full of martial arts, and his ability to lead the army is the first of the three generals. From this point of view, starting from the border army, it is not very likely, the queen mother is cautious, but arrogant, and she dislikes others to disobey her. ”

"Your Majesty's analysis is the Tao, and every sentence is reasonable, but Weichen has a different interpretation. The three major generals are extremely popular ministers, and their merits are huge, but those in power since ancient times are most afraid of military generals fighting on the border, and their merits are high. There are pros and cons to cutting power, whether it is a quick knife to cut through the mess, or a slow picture, this first knife is the most difficult but the most necessary. Kong Weiting said: "Weichen, please think about it from the perspective of the Queen Mother, if you are the Queen Mother, who among the three generals should be weakened?"

Li Yuanhao pondered for a long time, couldn't figure out what to do, and asked: "The student doesn't know, please give me advice." ”

Kong Weiting smiled without saying a word, reached out and dipped it in the inkstone of the desk, and then gently wrote a word on the desk.

Li Yuanhao frowned, and said in surprise: "Mr. Nan is talking about the Zhennan Army and the Taiwan Domain?"

"Yes, it's the Zhennan Army. As His Majesty said, the Lantai State Domain has a prominent reputation as both the King and the Great Power Pillar, but aren't these prominent official titles all promulgated by the Empress Dowager in an edict? Dare to ask Your Majesty, why is this? Because she was afraid that the Empress Dowager wanted to appease the heart of the Lantai Domain, she did not hesitate to reward them. Sometimes the more you reuse it, the more you beware of it. It is rumored that the Taiwan State has the ability to swallow the sky, and this word has reached the ears of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother's temperament must have been repeated repeatedly, but the Queen Mother cannot show it, and she must show her anger at these remarks and her trust in the general of the Taiwan, and the matter of adding officials to the Lord will naturally come naturally. Kong Weiting analyzed: "The above is speculation, not evidence." Your Majesty, Wei Chen once roughly calculated that the Zhennan Army's drag on Great Wei was much greater than imagined. Every year, the household department spends sixty percent of the treasury silver to the border pass, of which half of the northern line, one and a half percent of the western line, and a full forty percent of the southern line, eight million taels, and half of the national strength of the Great Wei Dynasty was incorporated into the Zhennan Army. In addition, the taxes of the Xiangxi, Jiangzuo, Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations do not enter the national treasury, but go directly to the camp of the Zhennan Army, and the annual military salary of the Zhenbei Army and the annual tax of the household department are generally the same, as if there is a trend of China in China. In addition, the Zhennan Army connected the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Qinhuai River, and transported 3 million stones into the Zhennan Army every year, which was the sum of the Caoyun in Huguang, Zhejiang, Songjiang, and Anqing for a whole year. In addition to the two Liao, Qilu, and northern Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the coastal salt and iron business coefficient of the Great Wei State belonged to the Zhennan Army, and the size of Suzhou Mansion, Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion and Zhenjiang Mansion were directly adjudicated by the Zhennan Army without going through the imperial court. When the Queen Mother saw it in her eyes, she must be anxious in her heart, and the Manchu Dynasty was stunned and unwilling to touch the mold, so this matter has been there. The Queen Mother needs a person who has weight but insufficient voice to pierce this layer of window paper, if the Lantai State Domain does not care, then the Queen Mother can continue to increase her efforts and continue to put pressure on the Zhennan Army. ”

"What do you mean, sir, let me go and give the Queen Mother a chance to advance or retreat?" asked Li Yuanhao.

"Exactly. This move can ease the relationship between His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and second, it can establish the majesty of a generation of kings before the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and if Your Majesty can take power, the first thing to do should be to reduce the feudal domain and weaken the military power of the three major generals at the border pass. Kong Weiting said.

Li Yuanhao's eyes were bright, and then they dimmed again: "But sir, I don't even have the opportunity to participate in the early dynasty now." ”

"Then it depends on whether Your Majesty has the courage to take risks. Kong Weiting explained the pros and cons of the matter clearly, and the rest depends on how Li Yuanhao decides.

"Okay! Five days later, I will go to the Taihe Palace!" Li Yuanhao made up her mind, smashing one hand into the palm of the other hand, she suddenly turned around and bent over, and slammed it to the ground: "Student, thank you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. for clearing the clouds and mist, and giving you enlightenment." ”

"It is the duty of Wei Chen's subordinates to be able to solve the king's worries!" Kong Weiting also bowed to the ground and returned the salute.

In the middle of the night, Li Yuanhao, who was bent over, raised his head, Kong Weiting also stood up, and the Qianqing Palace was silent, and the sound of needles dropping could be heard.

"Sir, isn't it a bit silly to fight each other just now?" Li Yuanhao touched his nose and asked.

Looking at other romance novels, the secret meeting between the king and the courtiers had a deep conversation, the courtier Zhuji said bluntly, the king's mouth was opened, and finally the candle burned out, giving birth to a heroic spirit of the monarch and the minister's confidant, holding hands with each other, just thinking about it makes people excited, how can it fall on themselves It feels embarrassing and abnormal, and a little silly.

"It's a little bit there. Kong Weiting also touched his nose: "If there is nothing else, Weichen will go back immediately and compile the song." ”

"Well, that's fine. ”

Kong Weiting retreated and walked out of the dormitory door, he shook his head and pouted his teeth.

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