"Your Majesty, the concubine heard that Shenhou had never led troops before, and this time he went out to Rongdi without losing a battle! Rong Di's soldiers had always been brave and good at fighting, and everywhere he went, they were defeated and fled. Even if Shenhou is capable, there should be a run-in period when he just takes over the army, and when he starts fighting, there should be a small victory and a small defeat, how can he win every battle? Bao Xi took the opportunity to chat and analyzed the matter of Shenhou with King Zhou.

"Madame means ......" King Zhou also felt that it made sense when he heard Bao Xi's words. Even if Shenhou is powerful, he shouldn't be so powerful in the first battle that he is so strong that he is so much stronger than the generals who have been stationed at the border all year round!

The concubine felt that Shenhou was very likely to collude with Rong Di. The so-called victory is nothing but an illusion made by them. It is used to confuse His Majesty and the people, and to achieve the fame of Shenhou. ”

In the previous life, Shenhou colluded with Rong Di and Dongyi to destroy the Western Zhou, and Yijiu led the people loyal to the Great Zhou to move eastward and preserve the nominal Eastern Zhou. In fact, there is only one name left, and it has lost any binding force on the princes. The Zhou Dynasty existed in name only. Therefore, Bao Xi wanted to remind King Zhou that Shenhou was likely to have colluded with Rong Di and other surrounding minority countries.

King Zhou turned his head abruptly to look at Bao Xi's eyes, which was like an initiation. He has always wanted to get rid of Shenhou's power, but he has to be coerced by him, and although he is disgusted with him in his heart, he is not unimpressed by his ability.

Especially this time, the king of Zhou used one-third of the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou as bait to lure Shenhou to the border pass, away from the pickaxe capital, so that he could free up his hands to make a good arrangement in the capital. When the arrangement is almost complete, transfer him back.

According to King Zhou's thoughts, Shenhou had never fought with an enemy country before, so he would definitely not be suitable and would not be able to do much good. He never thought that Shenhou would be like a god of war, winning every battle, and in one fell swoop solved the dilemma that Rong Di had repeatedly invaded the border of the Great Zhou for decades, but the Great Zhou had no choice. This made King Zhou's previous behavior completely become the help of Shenhou.

According to the battle report sent back, Shenhou annihilated 300,000 Rong Di, almost all of their main forces, and they will be at least 20 years from now on. Shenhou's prestige in the hearts of the common people has risen again and again, and he is almost equivalent to the protector of the Great Zhou. And although he was quite powerful before, he definitely did not have this prestige. Even if he himself, he had recognized Shenhou's ability in his heart before. King Zhou didn't say it, the pressure in his heart was very great. Sometimes I wonder, is I really not as good as him?

Now that he has been analyzed, King Zhou feels that Shenhou is not so terrible.

Madame has a point. It's just that if Shenhou really colluded with Rong Di, wouldn't Da Zhou be attacked on his back? I don't know when they colluded. ”

"It's not necessarily only Rong Di, maybe there is also Dongyi. The friendship of interests should be broken by interests. According to the concubine's opinion, His Majesty can send people to negotiate with Rong Di and Dongyi on the one hand, and promise some benefits that sound good but are not very practical, and do not seek any practical effect, as long as they are temporarily stabilized.

On the other hand, people can pretend to be envoys from Rong Di and Dongyi to contact Shenhou, and on the pretext of helping him, the lion opens his mouth and asks for a price. Regardless of whether he agrees or not, as long as he finds it difficult to do so, it will reduce the possibility of him directly rebelling now, and prompt him to make the decision to return to Beijing to accept the crown. As long as he returns to Beijing, we are halfway there. ”

Han Ruo, who has watched various palace fighting dramas in later generations, is now Bao Xi, and it is simply a river of mouth when it comes to this kind of thing.

King Zhou looked at the praising man with bright eyes and smug words, and was unconsciously deeply attracted by her. He has doted on many women, but at this moment, he feels that as long as he has her, he can actually feel very satisfied.

Thinking that a "miracle" had happened on her body, Mrs. Jiang personally sent Bao Xi to her side, and tried her best to match the two. Mrs. Jiang had never asked about this kind of thing before, was there any special reason for her to do this? Could it be that Bao Xi was specially sent by God to help him?

Thinking of this, King Zhou silently took off his cloak and draped it on Bao Xi's body, holding her tight.

The feudal princes and kings are naturally to hang the appetite of the Marquis of Shen, so that he can calm down for a while, don't be in a hurry to rebel, and obediently come back and hand over the military power first. The reason why the news was released in an informal setting was because the monarch was telling his word, and it was just a smokescreen.

A prince-king is not the same as a king, but he is equivalent to a small "king" in his own fiefdom. Except for the founding heroes and princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who shared the titles of princes and kings, they rarely became kings at other times. The princes and kings descended and attacked, and by this generation of Zhou kings, there were no princes and kings.

When Shenhou heard the news that the king of Zhou sent by his children planned to crown him as the prince of the princes, he launched a fierce ideological struggle. finally got such a big military power, and I was really reluctant to hand him over. But if you don't pay it, it's tantamount to rebellion. After decades of operation, it is hard to get such a big pie, how can you say that you can let it go?

But now he is not quite ready. Especially Dongyi and Rong Di, they originally said that they would wait for his news to start a war together and take charge of the Great Zhou world. Now they had sent their envoys again, and they had made new demands that they should map out the territory of the world before the war began.

"Sharing the world" and "sharing the world" are completely different, okay! Obviously, they had said it before, but I don't know what happened to them, and at this juncture, they put forward new conditions. It's not okay to say yes yourself, and it's not okay not to say yes. It is simply impossible to make a decision in a short period of time. I can only talk to them slowly.

With this army in the hands of Shenhou alone, it is possible to capture Haojing, but it is not easy to occupy the world, and the other small princes unite to attack him, and the final victor is not necessarily who is!

Since he was not sure that the rebellion would succeed, Shenhou naturally made the prudent decision to return to Beijing to be crowned king. After being crowned king, his power will be much greater than before, and his prestige will reach a higher level. As for the matter of compiling the country, you can slowly figure it out! This is a good thing, not a bad thing.

Thinking like this, Shenhou's return to Beijing was doubled.

The king of Zhou led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet Shenhou in person and prepared a grand celebration banquet for him. Shenhou didn't feel anything wrong, accepted it with peace of mind, and obediently handed over the tiger talisman for the transfer of troops.

The majority of the army remained outside of Hokyo and could not enter the capital except for the main generals and a limited number of personal soldiers. Now that he has returned to Beijing, it is not meaningful for Shenhou to hold the tiger talisman in his hands for two more days and two days less. It's better to hand it over obediently first, and then talk about getting the king done.

King Zhou did not say anything about the king in the court, nor did he say it at the celebration banquet. Instead, after the celebration banquet, he called Shenhou and a few ministers close to him to the inner hall alone and told him about it.

"It is not a trivial matter to be crowned king, Shenhou is the ruler of the country, and his achievements cover the world, our Great Zhou may not be crowned king for a long time, so we must handle it well. In the meantime, you should prepare for this at home! Leave other things to others first, and I won't arrange anything else for you. ”

King Zhou was full of warmth and was considerate to Shenhou.

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare to be lazy and is willing to serve the country...... "Shenhou doesn't want to unload the burden, and unloading the burden means a reduction in power.

"Aiqing doesn't need to say more, I have made up my mind. After being crowned king, the burden on your shoulders will be heavier, and the Great Zhou will need to rely on you even more. Don't bother when the time comes! King Zhou seemed to be distressed by the old minister Shenhou.

"Oh well! Wechen obeyed His Majesty's arrangement. Shenhou heard King Zhou say in front of several ministers that he would reuse him, so he let go of his worry of being taken advantage of. After all, no matter what aspect you look at, King Zhou still doesn't know his true thoughts.

"Shenhou and the queen haven't seen each other for a long time, right? She has set up a banquet in the West Palace, so go and see her! ”

King Zhou was really considerate, knowing that it was time for their father and daughter to meet, so he let them meet openly.

"Old Minister Xie Xià is considerate!" Shenhou happily followed the inner eunuch to the West Palace.

Shenhou bathed and fasted for thirty days, except for quietly negotiating with the envoys of Dongyi and Rongdi, he did not participate in any political affairs on the surface. The envoys of Dongyi and Rongdi became easier to talk about after arriving in Hojing, and soon signed an agreement with him to rule the world together after the matter was completed, as long as the part of the border was relatively barren.

Shenhou was in a happy mood, counting the days at home all day and waiting for the arrival of the day of the king's ceremony. Unexpectedly, the day before the crowning of the king, it was reported that the Wu medical officer claimed to have been instructed by Shenhou to drug Mrs. De in order to get rid of the heirs of King Zhou. The case was jointly tried by the big and small sikou, the royal family and clan observed, and the foreign court officials also found out the fact that the family of the Wu medical officer was in the hands of the Shen family. It can be said that the evidence is clear, and people cannot help but be unconvinced.

As soon as this case came out, the court was in an uproar, and the matter of Shenhou becoming the king had to be shelved. Although the chain of evidence in this case is very complete, it has not caused any serious consequences after all. Shenhou's business over the years is not in vain.

After a few days of relief, another theory gradually raised its head, that is, King Zhou made this matter because he was taboo about Shenhou Gong Gao and wanted to deal with him. Shenhou has become the image of a tragic hero again, and King Zhou has become a villain who is jealous of his ability. After this statement came out, many ministers tactfully persuaded King Zhou to let Shenhou go, which made King Zhou feel extremely aggrieved.

Although King Zhou had been mentally prepared, he still felt very angry when this kind of thing really happened. Since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty for more than 700 years, it has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and the power of the princes is too great, and now it has seriously threatened the monarch's power. Shenhou dared to attack him, but he was able to bite him back, and let him be a king to deal with a courtier, it was really unbearable.

Fortunately, he had another, stronger piece of evidence in his hands.

King Zhou thought that when Shenhou returned to the palace before, he planned to withdraw those people who pretended to be envoys from Dongyi and Rongdi to negotiate with Shenhou, but Bao Xi persuaded him to do everything he could, and he got evidence of Shenhou's treason. Although it is fake, but except for himself and Bao Xi, who knows that it is fake? Even if it's Shenhou, I'm afraid they all think it's true!

Now it really comes in handy so quickly. Bao Xi is really the lucky star of the Great Zhou!