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If you want to do something, you have to pay a corresponding price. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info There is nothing in the world that is not earned, even if the emperor sits in the world, it is his ancestors who have suffered the sin for him, and if you want to sit firmly, you have to work hard.

squeezed out the eldest brother, spelled out the second brother, and survived his father, when this day really came, the emperor still felt as if he was dreaming. The pleasure of the king in the world has not passed, and on the third day of the enthronement ceremony, there was news of an emergency at the border.

The soldiers were ordered, and the military department said that there was no one and that they wanted to be recruited.

Raising grain, the household department said that there was no money, and they wanted to find it now.

The snow disaster of the year before last, the ice disaster of the year before last, the drought of the year before last, and the flood of last year...... The disaster relief money was allocated again and again, and the treasury was really empty.

The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair, now deeply understood why there were these whiskers and ears on the crown, if Tie Qing's face was discovered by his subordinates, the reputation of this incompetent monarch was only afraid that it could spread to the body poison and food.

Those small countries in the west who don't know what to do are probably because they see that he has no one and no money, so they choose this time to bully them. The hand hidden in the sleeve is clenched into a fist, and when my army enters the royal court, these barbarians will be tied up and paraded through the streets!

A little fantasy of pleasure, but things are still there that need to be solved. There are also a few young people in the subordinates who can do things, loyal and courageous, but they lack a cut in experience, and they can't use all of their own people, so as not to be told by those old guys that they are cold and want to resign.

blamed myself for being young at the time, and listened to my mother chanting all day long: "You have to work hard, you have to work hard, it doesn't matter if you work hard now, when you become the emperor, the world is yours, don't worry about anything......"

Who knows, becoming an emperor is only the beginning of distress. Just looking at the list of harem concubines is a headache, which of these concubines is good, either the daughter of the general, or the daughter of the prime minister, or the princess sent by some tribe. If you want to do something you love at night, you have to think deeply about what this concubine's relatives are doing recently, and whether it will cause another concubine who has been at odds with her to cry to her mother's family.

The emperor thought about it, had no clue, and opened the official examination report that had just ended, and found that there was a household servant who was often sick, almost two hundred days a year. Take a closer look, this squire has just turned twenty years old this year, and he can become a squire at the age of twenty? The emperor ordered someone to submit his information, and after reading it, he understood that his father was the imperial envoy doctor who was ranked as the third prince in the past, hmph, how can a twenty-year-old person get so sick. He must rely on the merits of his fathers, and he will not work with his money.

The new emperor, who was bent on cultivating his own power, naturally could not allow straw bales and waste to occupy such an important position as the Tobe Shirou. He decided to give this Du Shilang a few problems, but if he couldn't do it, he would find a way to transfer him to a place in name only, yes, he would be transferred to the Hanlin Academy, and he would just be in charge of copying. The health is poor, right, the Hanlin Academy is the best environment in all the yamen, so let's take it slowly.

When the emperor was waiting for Du Shilang to retreat or make a mess, he was disappointed to find that all the tasks were not only completed, but also completed very well. It can be seen from some details that this Du Shilang is as careful as a hair and thoughtful.

Maybe he really didn't mean to fake his illness? The Emperor began to take an interest in him. He was summoned to the palace, but he heard that he was sick again. In order to show the sincerity of the thirst for talent, the emperor personally visited the Du Mansion to visit the sick.

Without prior notice, the guard of honor was set up, and the group arrived at the gate of Du's mansion, and a eunuch stepped forward and said to the family: "Tell Lord Du that the emperor is coming." Come out and greet you. ”

The emperor shook his hand: "Don't, Du Aiqing is not in good health, it is against his original intention to let him come out to greet him." You're all at the door, and I'm going to go in. was not allowed to speak, shocking Du Aiqing. ”

The family led the way, and the emperor arrived at the door of Du Shilang's bedroom, and heard the voice of a woman inside, and there was more than one. I didn't go in for a while, but I suddenly heard someone shouting: "What kind of person is sneaky!" The door suddenly opened, and a woman in red rushed out, and when she saw this bright yellow person, she hurriedly withdrew her hand and said hesitantly: "The emperor ...... Emperor? ”

Du Shilang listened to the word emperor, and hurriedly put on his clothes and came out to visit, and the emperor hurriedly helped him up: "Aiqing is exempt, I heard that Aiqing is sick, and I came to visit." Du Shilang's thin figure leaned against the door frame, and said weakly: "The minister is grateful for His Majesty's deep kindness, and the minister ...... cough cough cough ......" The emperor hurriedly said: "You are weak, don't stand in the wind, come into the house and talk." ”

The emperor looked at the room, it was elegant and clean, there was a calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall, but it was a red plum in the snow, and said with a smile: "Du Shilang is really an elegant person." Du Shilang ordered the woman in red to pour tea, and responded: "This is a gift from a friend, and the minister is not good at the way of Danqing." ”

After gossiping for a long time, he told Du Shilang to take a good rest, and then got up to say goodbye. Looking at the delicate and gentle face in front of him, the emperor secretly regretted that he suspected him of pretending to be sick, and he must have done very hard work for those deliberately difficult jobs.

The military department finally recruited 130,000 people, and the household department also scraped together some silver, although it was not enough, it had to take one step at a time. Who will lead the troops is a new question. Although those veterans are experienced, they always let them occupy their positions, and the young generals cannot establish military merits, and if they want to take over the military power in the future, they are afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public.

The emperor looked at the list one by one and found that a general surnamed Xiao was very young, but he had gone through several battles in Pingxia, Yincheng and Beiding, if he was not particularly able to fight, he was particularly lucky. The emperor drew a circle on his name and issued a decree ordering him to enter the palace.

People, standing in front of him, his aura is extraordinary, and his eyebrows are full of heroism. The Emperor asked, "If you are handsome, can you win?" ”

General Xiao nodded: "If Your Majesty gives the minister half a year, the minister will train the army into an elite division." Break through the Western Regions. ”

"Half a year......," the emperor tapped his fingers on the armrest of the dragon chair, "too long, I'll give you three months." ”

Hearing this, General Xiao couldn't help but be stunned: "Your Majesty, in three months, the minister only has time to train soldiers, not deputy generals." ”

"There are soldiers to fight, needless to say, I have made up my mind. It's just three months, that's more...... I can't afford to wait...... "Thinking of the daily military expenditure account reported by the household, the emperor's heart was throbbing, in order to get more money, the harem all reduced food and clothing, and the gouache and rouge were all canceled, and those relatives were cordially summoned by the emperor to talk, pretending to be poor is indispensable, this emperor can ascend to this son, it is also enough to calculate people's hearts, and the result of the game is very satisfactory to the emperor.

The days passed, and in the blink of an eye, the three-month deadline was up, and the emperor personally went to the school field, and ordered Marshal Xiao on the stage to take over the seal, and two days later, the army was about to be drawn. At this time, I don't know what the emperor thought of again, and announced loudly: "I will drive the expedition in person!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Marshal Xiao was stupid, and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who followed him was also stupid, and he didn't discuss it with anyone.

The emperor's little abacus is very clear, if he says it in advance, he will definitely persuade this and that to block it, and he will also say a lot of reasons why he can't go. There are many advantages of the royal driver's personal conquest, he will not play the striker, and he doesn't need to come up with ideas, just sit there, and reward the soldiers from time to time, and the relationship is good, which is conducive to slowly drawing troops from the hands of the old guys in the future.

Chrysostom said in public that it could not be taken back for any reason, so two days later, the west gate of the capital, after the mighty army, was followed by a bright yellow carriage, and several carriages were specially designed for the emperor to carry all kinds of daily necessities.

Marshal Xiao rode his horse to the front, and when he left the city and there was no one else in front of him, he couldn't help but roll his eyes twelve times to show his dissatisfaction.

When it was dark, when he arrived at the Daguan River, he ordered the emperor to make a meal, and the emperor nested in the carriage for a day, very depressed, and at this time he was carrying out his plan to win the hearts of the people, but the effect of the implementation was too different from his expectations, and those who saw him knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise their heads, nor dare to speak. Turning around, this doesn't look like a cage, but like a disturbance to the people. The emperor's face was gloomy and his mood was very low, and Marshal Xiao took the opportunity to persuade him to return to the camp. Not long after the emperor returned to his tent, he heard the soldiers outside talking and laughing, which was completely different from when he was there just now.

When the third watch, except for the patrolling soldiers, the rest of the people slept, the emperor slept in this kind of place for the first time, turned over and couldn't sleep, suddenly heard a muffled snort from the guard at the door, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, he was excited, hurriedly got up from the bed, but found a bright dagger stabbing at himself, he quickly retreated, shouting: "Escort." ”

The Assassin's figure suddenly froze, and he slowly fell to the ground, and the man with the blood-dripping sword in his hand wiped the sword on the Assassin's body, and without saying hello to the Emperor, he went out. When the emperor came back to his senses, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the tent, and a group of people waited for the black pressure to kneel: "The last general is late, please forgive the emperor." ”

This is the duet between the monarch and the minister, right, what was the situation with that person just now? The emperor was calm, and the expression on his face was still calm and calm, as if he was sitting on top of the heavily guarded Jinluan Palace: "All Aiqing is flat, forgive you and others are not guilty." Marshal Xiao ordered the assassin to be carried down, ascertained his identity, and was about to retire, when the emperor asked, "Who did you just save the driver?" Marshal Xiao said: "He is not a person in the army, he is a friend of Weichen, the people in the rivers and lakes do not understand etiquette, and the emperor forgives his sins." ”

"The merit is higher than the rescue, I can't reward him too late, how can I blame him. Invite him over, I want to meet him. ”

Marshal Xiao hesitated for a long time: "Your Majesty, Weichen...... I couldn't find him either. Only when he wants to see Weichen will he come out. ”

"That's it, but ...... I don't think that back is very familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere. ”

"People are similar, the emperor is not mistaken."

Thinking that it is impossible for him to have an old friendship with any Jianghu people, he must have admitted his mistake.

Before he arrived at the front line, there was such a thing first, Marshal Xiao insisted that there were wrongdoers who wanted to hurt the emperor, and the front line had limited manpower and was unable to protect it, hoping that the emperor would change his mind and go back to the palace.

The emperor shouted vigorously: "I have a golden mouth, how can I ......"

All the soldiers bowed down in unison and said loudly: "Emperor Wanwang attaches great importance to the dragon body, and the society is important!" ”

shouted so neatly, saying that no one taught ghosts to believe, the emperor squinted slightly and turned his head to look at Marshal Xiao, Marshal Xiao looked sincere: "Your Majesty, all the soldiers are worried about Your Majesty's safety, and I hope that Your Majesty will return to the palace to make sure that everything is safe." ”

This was the emperor's first personal expedition, which ended in a halfway return.

A few days later, when he accidentally discovered that the sick and weak Du Shilang was simply armed with martial arts, he suddenly thought that the figure who ran away without saying a word after rescuing the driver was not Du Shilang.

When did Du Shilang get involved with Marshal Xiao, the emperor was very concerned about this matter. But now is not the time to be curious about this, the important thing is that if such talents have two hearts, it will be very troublesome. It's a pity to put it away.

The emperor announced that Du Shilang entered the palace, retreated left and right, and then slapped the table: "Du Shuyan!" You're so good at deceiving me! Du Shilang knew that he was exposed, bowed his head and knelt on the ground, without saying a word.

"The crime of bullying the king, forming a party for personal gain. It's not too much for me to behead your Du Mansion, right? ”

As soon as these words came out, cold sweat broke out on Du Shuyan's forehead, he didn't care about his life and death, but there were hundreds of people in this Du Mansion, if they died because of themselves......

"Your Majesty, all the blame lies with the guilty minister, please let the emperor spare the guilty minister's family." Du Shilang kowtowed again and again until he saw blood on his forehead.

"You, one by one, have not long been on the throne, do you think you can play with me in the palm of your hand!"

Du Shilang didn't know how to respond, so he could only continue to kowtow.

"It's not difficult for me to spare your family, as long as you do one thing for me." The Emperor's eerie opening.

Du Shilang said: "The criminal is broken to pieces, and he will not give up. ”

In this way, the spiritual tower was built secretly, and many confidential information would begin to be transmitted to the emperor at the moment of occurrence. The so-called knowing the enemy, not being defeated in a hundred battles, and cleaning up a few courtiers who conspired against him, the emperor is no longer the weak monarch who even has to take out the list of relatives to weigh the pros and cons even if he is fortunate to have a concubine.

Thinking of the attempted assassination, the emperor thought that in addition to the guards on the surface, there should also be some elite henchmen hidden in the shadows.

In this matter, he ordered Cheng Huai, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, to do it, and also kept an eye on it, and selected a young man who was the youngest and had the farthest relationship with Cheng Huai, who was the best for him and accepted him as a confidant.

In the days that followed, Marshal Xiao was far away at the border pass, and only returned to Beijing three or four times in the past few years. Du Shilang was busy with the household department and busy with the spirit building. There is also a loyal gray-clothed dark guard by his side.

The three parties are all used, the emperor finally feels very good to sit on the dragon chair, very good, as for the boring rumors in the market, what Du Shilang is actually a male pet, always entering the palace to serve the king, what Marshal Xiao and Cheng Huai have an ambiguous relationship and so on, the emperor only laughed at it, the history of barnyard officials has been since ancient times, anyway, some people can't listen to it and will make a move, and they don't need to be angry.

"Ash, go and check, what are the recent contacts between Xiao Du and the others, and they will return to the truth, and there must be no mistakes."

"Yes." (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )