Above the court, the military generals of Wenchen were divided into two columns, and the great Situ Lou Zheng stood alone in the middle and bowed his head, and the ministers did not dare to come out with their breath. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 His Majesty looked around, looking down at His Majesty's ministers with a deep expression, and he couldn't see the bottom.

After a long time, I heard the majestic and majestic voice of the middle-aged man in the upper seat: "Lou Situ, what do you think about this?"

Lou Zheng raised his head, "The so-called hearing is false, seeing is believing, Jinzhou City is thousands of miles away, what is the situation, I am afraid that Jinling will not be able to see it." ”

General Zuo Chen Li glanced at King Yu in front of him, and then stood up in a big step to refute Lou Zheng: "Don't Lou Situ believe in the imperial court's report? Or do you deliberately clear up the relationship for the prince?" Chen Li's grade should not have this attitude towards Lou Zheng, but at this time, there was the hot King Yu standing in front of him, so his voice was particularly loud.

Lou Zhengcai was not worried about playing tricks with these generals, and choked back with just one sentence: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is responsible for disaster relief, and Jinzhou City is close to Xuanzhou, so it is naturally an important city for disaster relief." The people of Jinzhou complained that the general did not hold his parents accountable, did not inquire about the reasons in detail, but instead wanted to pull on the head of His Royal Highness the Prince, what is his intention?"

If Lou Zheng blindly cleared up the relationship, everyone might still scoff, but he first recognized part of it, and then he was difficult, and Chen Li couldn't answer immediately. In the end, it is a military general, and fighting on the battlefield is like a fish in water, but this is not the case when it comes to the court.

As soon as Lou Zheng's words came out, Yan Jin at the bottom breathed a sigh of relief, the crown prince is now in decline, what if His Majesty takes advantage of the trouble? Most of the ministers will be wise to protect themselves, they are all from families, powerful and famous, so they have more fetters.

King Yu was about to speak, but His Majesty at the top took the lead: "According to Lou Aiqing, the prince is not at fault at all in this incident?"

Hearing this, Yan Jin and Lou Zheng sighed in their hearts, but King Yu's eyes lit up, his father really couldn't tolerate the prince?

Lou Zheng was still calm, and only glanced at the adults in the court, this court from the prince three years ago to the later division of the court, and then to the current situation: most of the princelings are silent and dare not speak, and the Yuwang Party has been repeatedly promoted, gradually becoming a rookie, and there is a sense of replacing it. Today's Beiwan is heavy on martial arts and light on literature, and the hall is full of military generals, but His Royal Highness King Yu is looking forward, so it seems that the future is not optimistic!

Lou Zheng has been up and down for decades, and his natural eyesight is different from that of others, and he can't help but answer His Majesty's questions, but there are obviously people who are more anxious than him. They are anxious to charge His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with a big crime, so that their master can ascend to that high position as soon as possible, young man, he is too impatient.

This is the blessing of King Yu, and sooner or later it will become his talisman!

His Majesty hates capable sons the most, and the lessons from the past are here, His Royal Highness King Yu is still bent on rushing up, who can really blame him?

Lou Zheng pretended to stammer, and seemed to be unable to say anything more to defend the prince: "Your Majesty Rong Bing, although the prince is ・・・・・・ in Xuanzhou, it is only in March・・・・・・

Sure enough, before Lou Zheng finished speaking, someone refuted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is only afraid that he has been raised in Jinling for a long time, and he is not suitable for the harsh weather in Wannan. This is already a great disrespect to the prince of a country, and even His Royal Highness King Yu has a black face, doesn't this mean that the prince is greedy for pleasure and does not do practical things?

One person stood up, and more people chimed in: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in Xuanzhou, only a few hundred miles away from Jinzhou City, isn't this a lack of supervision?"

"As the prince of the country, he should naturally love the people like a son, but in the time of the famine, the people were forced to rise up, which is really ・・・・・・"

This can still be regarded as slander, once Yan Jin or Lou Zheng catches the handle, I am afraid that he will be punished. Therefore, King Yu couldn't be moved, he glanced at Chongyao, the king of Qinghe beside him, and Chongyao said lazily and condescendingly: "Shut up, how can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be refuted at will? ”

Several people were unwilling, and turned their straight eyes to look at King Yu, who was still straight and seemed unmoved. Everyone knew that this was the attitude of King Yu, so they knelt down one after another, and this time His Majesty's eyes flashed slightly, and King Yu secretly screamed in his heart that he had made a mistake, and the corners of Chongyao's mouth hooked slightly.

Lou Zheng's goal has been achieved, how can His Majesty be jealous of the crown prince and not of King Yu? The more he has, the more whipping he should get, and this is His Majesty's way of checking and balancing.

Lou Zheng lowered his head slightly, and let King Yu and his party bite the charges indiscriminately, the more people who framed the prince for King Yu, the higher the position, the safer the prince became. On the contrary, the more likely King Yu is to fall into the realm of passivity.

Lou Zheng heard His Majesty still ask himself: "Lou Aiqing hasn't finished talking yet, as the grandfather of the crown prince, how does Lou Aiqing think about this matter?" His Majesty's mood didn't seem to be affected by Fang Cai.

Lou Zheng was slightly stunned, and then left the problem to King Yu, "Weichen feels that there is a person who has more say than the minister at this time." ”

Everyone didn't know why, only Chongyao glanced at King Yu lightly, and sure enough, His Majesty was also puzzled: "Who?"

Lou Zheng took two steps back, stretched out his left hand and pointed directly at King Yu, "What the minister said is His Royal Highness King Yu." ”

His Majesty squinted, "King Yu?"

Together with King Yu, he didn't know what was going on, but he listened to Lou Zheng explain: "His Royal Highness King Yu was the first person to recommend His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go to disaster relief at that time, King Yu and the Prince are brothers, so they naturally understand better. Now that there is an accident in Jinzhou City, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is derelict in his duties, His Royal Highness King Yu should sit together. ”

The expressions of everyone in the hall were very interesting, Yuwang Dang didn't expect Lou Zheng to remember this stubble, and his face was as uncomfortable as eating toon tree buns. Even King Yu himself was a little confused, he said those words just to expel the prince from Jinling, but he didn't expect Lou Zheng to find fault here, and it was really the old rivers and lakes.

Everyone was embarrassed, and suddenly you heard someone chuckling, the court is heavy, who is so contemptuous? Looking for the sound source, it turned out to be Qinghe Wang Chongyao, Lou Zheng was unhurried, "His Royal Highness the Qinghe King knows where this place is?

"How dare you?" I just think that Lou Situ is eloquent, if Lou Situ was born in Southern Qi, he must be a master in Qing talk, and if he was born in the Warring States, he would definitely be able to travel around the world, it's a pity・・・・・・" Chongyao's words were unfocused, and everyone realized that he just wanted to deliberately change the topic for King Yu, Yu Dynasty He nodded, His Majesty's eyes flashed with cold light, and he didn't pay attention to it, just as he didn't see it.

King Yu has become a big vein, His Majesty silently counted the power of King Yu in the hall, and then he was surprised to realize that most of the garrisons in Jinling seemed to be in the hands of King Yu. Compared with the former crown prince, he has one more thing: military power. His Majesty remembered what Lou Zheng said to him when he persuaded King Yu to cut the domain: The literati rebelled, and it was not possible for ten years.

The princelings and the Yuwang party are not clear on who is to blame, but in fact, things are easier said than done. The prince went to Xuanzhou three months ago for disaster relief, and before that, the hungry people in Xuanzhou had already scattered and fled, and Xuanzhou was like a dead city. After the catastrophe, the epidemic broke out frequently, but he did not expect that the epidemic would spread to the neighboring city of Jinzhou, and the people of Jinzhou City decided to drive the people of Xuanzhou back.

Xuanzhou has nothing, and the people of Xuanzhou are unwilling to return to their homeland, so Jinzhou City encircles the people of Xuanzhou. The people of Xuanzhou had fled and had no money or food, so they went to the local pit to be abducted and deceived, which aroused the disgust of the local people.

Most of the people of Xuanzhou were reduced to slavery, but Jinzhou was rampant at this time, in order to solve the source of the epidemic, so the large families arrested the slaves from Xuanzhou and killed them for a reason. Unexpectedly, in a few days, many people in Xuanzhou were tortured and killed, so everyone exploded to keep warm, and actually killed a rich squire in Jinzhou. If it was an ordinary squire, they killed the father of He Ming, the assassin of Jinzhou.

After the people of Xuanzhou knew his identity, they were shocked, so they fled all the way, so far the people of Xuanzhou and Jinzhou were heard by the heavens, His Majesty was extremely angry, although he sent the prince to relieve the disaster, but never thought that it would be so serious, it can be seen that the Xuanzhou assassin Feng Lian was confused before the report, His Majesty sighed again and again: "The traitor misunderstands me, the traitor misunderstands me! The traitor is not enough to be angry with the people, but the prince is a messenger, there is a suspicion of dereliction of duty, and he should also self-examine." ”

At this point, everyone understood that His Majesty's whip was to be raised high and gently lowered. Yan Jin came out of the queue at this time: "Your Majesty is wise, it is better to solve the problem first than to investigate the cause at this time." ”

His Majesty looked at him and looked at the ministers: "What do you think?"

Everyone was silent, this matter has now reached the point that His Majesty must take care of it, if there is another mistake・・・・・・ I am afraid that the benefits will not be reaped, and the head will not be saved. If the princelings go, they will inevitably be even more criticized by the imperial court; if the Yuwang party goes, it will be even more impossible for the two parties to do things for the people under the stalemate.

Who's going to go?

But he didn't expect someone to ask for his life, Su Yuan stood up under heavy pressure: "Your Majesty, there is a recommendation from the minister." ”

His Majesty pondered for a long time, and looked at the full house, but still couldn't guess what Su Yuan was thinking, "Which courtier is Aiqing talking about?

Su Yuan shook his head, "This person recommended by the minister has neither an official position nor a title, and he is not qualified to participate in the court meeting today. Everyone was talking, and His Majesty was also a little curious, "Oh?

Su Yuan bowed and saluted, "Weichen recommends the dog Su Cen to go to the Xuanzhou area to serve His Majesty as a dog and horse." ”

His Majesty looked shocked at this time, "In the past, I wanted to mention the title to Su Cen, and you hid it as a captain, saying that you couldn't afford it at a young age, but now why did you suddenly open up?"

Su Yuan smiled: "As a son of the Su family, being loyal to His Majesty and dedicating oneself to the people is the first business, and it has nothing to do with whether there is a title or a position." ”

Between Su Yuan and Your Majesty, the courtiers below have already seriously thought about it, if Su Yuan goes, will the situation change somewhat?

His Majesty's face was softened, and when he talked to Su Yuan, he even seemed to be a friend, and His Majesty seemed to be very kind to the Su family, Chongyao stood aside and watched coldly, very vigilant.

"Speaking of which, Su Cen is not young, and he used to often enter the palace to meet the concubine, but now he doesn't move around often. I hadn't seen this kid in a while. His Majesty was completely fatherly, and then ordered the eunuchs beside him: "Go, pass on the son of the Duke of Jingguo, Suzen to the palace." ”

His Majesty Hua Feng turned, "Su Cen is Aiqing's son, Aiqing is so self-recommended, not afraid of gossip from others?"

"Since ancient times, the virtuous have not avoided relatives, and the ministers have just emulated the sages. What's more, the minister is just a recommender, and whether it is suitable or not naturally depends on His Majesty's assertion. ”

"What's wrong with the people of the Su family, it's just that Su Cen is a little younger, and he hasn't experienced much over the years, and now the situation in Xuanzhou is critical, and Aiqing is also relieved?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still in danger, can't the dog still be here, is he more noble than His Royal Highness the Prince? Su Yuan stroked his beard and smiled.

"What Aiqing said is. His Majesty nodded frequently, and Fang Cai's unhappiness disappeared a lot, and Chongyao stood aside, always feeling that something was strange. For example, His Majesty's unusual attitude towards the Su family, such as Su Yuan's unusual attitude towards Su Cen.

As he spoke, the guard had already reported: "Your Majesty, Su Cen, the son of the Duke of Yasukuni has arrived." ”

Su Cen walked slowly to the main hall, his face looked like Su Yuan, with the usual clear and handsome face of a Su man, and there was even a little Xiao like Su Guifei on his face, the same fair complexion, the same eyebrows and big eyes. He went up to the hall step by step, his posture was elegant, his temperament was superb, and when Su Cen walked in front of the jade steps, he knelt on his knees: "Su Cen has seen Your Majesty." ”

Su Cen's official rank and grade were all held by Su Yuan, and he was still white at this time, but this kind of bearing and majesty was like an empty valley orchid, which was really convincing!

Chongyao raised his eyes to look at him, as if he could see a woman's figure and eyebrows on him, the same cold and elegant, the same fresh and refined, Chongyao sighed, he was not her after all!

His Majesty waved his hand: "Sure enough, you have grown up, and it is time for you to marry at this age!"

As soon as Your Majesty said this, everyone noticed that Your Majesty seemed to have the intention of getting married, and His Majesty's concubine was not yet engaged.

Su Cen turned his face to look at Su Yuan, and only said lightly: "Father taught Su Cen that men should focus on starting a business, and must not be greedy for the feelings of their little daughter!"

Su Cen was just perfunctory, but he didn't expect His Majesty to turn his head and warn King Qinghe: "Do you hear that?" Although His Majesty did not name names, his eyes were clear.

King Qinghe was not embarrassed, but bowed generously: "Yes." ”

His Majesty then asked Su Cen, "Your father recommended that you go to the area of Xuanzhou and Jinzhou in person as a messenger, are you willing?"