Jiang You waited for more than an hour, and waited until the newspaper attendant announced the start of the noon dynasty, she straightened her clothes and walked out without hurrying, and Chen Yushi couldn't wait to say when he saw her: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xue Yuan's crime is clear enough, please ask the emperor to immediately issue an order to let Xue Yuan return to Beijing first." ”

Everyone knows that it is impossible to kill Xue Yuan with just such an excerpt, but if Jiang You relents and lets Xue Yuan come back first, there will be a rift between the two, and the emperor's business, is it far from being completely centrifugal and decentrifying?

He saw Jiang You sitting on the top and quietly looking at him silently, and he didn't panic in his heart, so he simply changed his persuasion and said: "Your Majesty, now Xue Yuanshi is the dictatorship of the eunuchs, and now the people in the market only know Dongchang and don't know the court, so the court has created so many unjust, false and wrongful cases, can you bear to see the rumors from top to bottom of the court?" ”

None of the civil officials spoke, although they knew that they might not be as strict as Chen Yushi said, but now that the little emperor was close to the eunuchs in Dongchang, this made them feel a sense of crisis, and now if they could let the emperor and Xue Yuan centrifuge, they would naturally be happy to see it.

Directly from the harm of the East Factory, this hand is a good way to sow discord, Jiang Youhu's mind got up, and he was extremely disgusted with this person in his heart, and let out a long sigh: "When it was done. The ancestor set up the East Factory, is to purge the Qing Dynasty, supervise the hundred officials, the so-called body is not afraid of the shadow slanted, if you are upright, what are you afraid of? She raised her hand and beckoned, Ma Cheng immediately came up with the file, she flipped through it casually, and smiled at Chen Yushi: "Your son committed such a big thing, no wonder you resent Dongchang, do you really think that if Xue Zhangyin falls on your son, he will be able to get away with it?" ”

Chen Yushi was in a cold sweat on his face, as if he didn't understand how she knew, was this still the puppet emperor who didn't say a word in the court? His lips trembled: "The minister doesn't understand what the emperor said"

Jiang You saw that he still wanted to shirk the blame, and when he thought of his generous statement, he couldn't help but be disdainful, and threw the file in front of him: "Your son still wants to shirk the responsibility for his poor disaster relief, but I didn't expect that you, the old man, will not let you do much, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, you look at what good things your son has done!" ”

Chen Yushi still wanted to argue: "Your Majesty, the so-called internal action does not avoid relatives, external actions do not avoid revenge, the minister's impeachment of Xue Yuan has nothing to do with the minister's son, the minister is just worried about the country and the society, and performs the duties of the imperial history." ”

Jiang You flipped through the fold he handed over earlier, and said disdainfully: "Since you can collect so many charges, you must have been prepared, why didn't you hand it over before your son had an accident?" Why don't you hand it in before the palm print leaves Beijing? She said coldly: "You bastard thing, obviously for personal grudges, communiqué personal vendettas, the most hateful thing is to make a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, playing with the dynasty in the palm of your hand, when I am a fool who does not distinguish between right and wrong?" ”

She said that she had already gotten up, "Dismiss Chen Yushi, his son will be handed over to the Criminal Department to deal with, and all the imperial histories have also been heard clearly by me, if you are truly selfless for the people, it is naturally a good thing, if you want to use public weapons for private use, then weigh your own catties first." ”

As soon as his son's case came out, no matter whether the complaint against Xue Yuan was true or not, he had selfish intentions in the first place, and it could not be said that he was dedicated to the public. Hearing Jiang You's words, the other officials also moved a few steps away quietly, their faces were hot, and they glared at Chen Yushi with disgust.

Although Jiang You won this game, thinking that they were so unbearable about Xue Yuan, he was still angry in his heart, and he went down without even saying anything about retreating.

Although Chen Yushi died by himself, in the end, he was also a civil official, and the other people had no light on their faces, and they were a little dissatisfied with Jiang You's excessive protection, so they all gathered around Li Xiangzhong to ask questions, and even asked directly and bluntly: "Duke Li, the emperor is close to Xue Yuan and alienated from civil officials when he first returned to the government, is it true that the rumors in the market are not true?" ”

Li Xiangzhong's eyes swept over the person who spoke like cold lightning, and said lightly: "The first emperor and the first queen died early, the emperor grew up under the protection of Xue Changgong, and some teachers and friendships are also commonplace, royal affairs cannot be discussed, what is the difference between the length of the Taoist behind and those scoundrels?" Please be careful and keep your tongue under control. ”

Li Xiangzhong is a clear stream of bull's ears, and naturally no civil official dares to refute what he says, and they all bow their heads when they hear it, but they only say yes.

Jiang You was still indignant when he thought of the words of those officials attacking Xue Yuan, and when he walked back, he didn't look at the road under his feet, and almost tripped and fell, but fortunately, someone next to him helped him, and reminded with a smile: "The emperor is slow, it's not good to fall." ”

She raised her eyes and saw that it was Zhang Donglan, who had just become a guard in front of the palace, he was wearing a military attache service today, and he looked very magnificent, she smiled and said: "This body is quite suitable for you, it used to be like a dwarf winter melon, and now it has grown a lot taller." ”

The two laughed in unison, their appearance was extremely similar, and their smiles were generally hearty and bright, Zhang Donglan smiled and took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, looked around and handed it to her: "This is the persimmon cake of the Chen family on the street, you used to love to eat it the most." ”

Jiang You has not been interested in sweets since he had his teeth extracted, and he waved his hand when he heard the words: "When did you say it, I don't eat this now, and I don't dare to open my mouth to speak when I turn around and my teeth fall out." ”

Zhang Donglan was stunned, a trace of amazement flashed in his eyes, and then he withdrew his hand and smiled slightly: "The emperor has grown up, and his favorite people and things have also changed. ”

Jiang You blinked: "When people grow up, their horizons will naturally be broader, and there will be more things they like, so you can't rest on your laurels." She said and punched him: "This is what you didn't say last time, I almost got grabbed by my pigtails in the court." ”

Zhang Donglan smiled bitterly and rubbed his shoulders: "I thought that no one would believe it, for fear that it would pollute your ears if I said it, but I didn't expect that someone would make a fuss about this." He raised his eyes and looked at Jiang You's expression: "Since this thing is fake, the emperor and the factory prince have no head and tail, what is the point of others saying a few words?" ”

Jiang You looked uncomfortable, and couldn't help but stagger his head: "The three of them become tigers, and it is annoying to hear them chew their tongues." She looked sideways and asked, "Do you also think that the palm print is as unbearable as people say?" ”

Zhang Donglan saw her expression, and his heart sank: "I don't know about palm prints, so it's not good to make assertions, but the emperor thinks about it again, presumably he is a person with excellent intelligence." ”

Jiang You nodded happily: "He really is." ”

Zhang Donglan exhaled lightly, he had been with him for nearly ten years, of course he knew Jiang You's temperament, and naturally he also knew how much Cheng Dù she liked people before she could tolerate others to slander half a sentence. He didn't feel the sadness that penetrated into the bone marrow, but he had an unspeakable amazement, which he couldn't relieve in his heart.

Jiang You felt that he was a little depressed, but he was worried about the Zhenguo Mansion, patted him on the shoulder and said, 'Be careful on errands' and turned to leave.

Zhang Donglan watched her slowly move away, shook her head slightly, pinched the oil paper bag in her hand, and turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

In the next half a month, Jiang You had a great headache, this group of civil officials simply had nothing to do to bite you to death, and you would be disgusted to death, for them, it is a distemperate practice to flatter the lord, and they will be rejected by the entire civil official group.

Fortunately, Li Xiangzhong is very disgusted with this practice, so he intentionally or unintentionally helped Jiang You to encircle his henchmen and cultivate royalist forces, he has been quite satisfied with Jiang You recently, she is willing to study modestly, willing to be diligent in political affairs, and she is talented and intelligent, I believe that if this continues, the Great Qi Dynasty will soon usher in a virtuous monarch, of course he doesn't want to let that group of gossip officials mix at this time.

When he was a child, he strictly restrained Jiang You, but now she has the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, so his teaching methods are mainly encouraging, so the two get along better now than when they were children.

There is another thing that worries her, Xue Yuan has now entered the army, and the private army sent by King Peace has joined forces to deal with the homeless, and King Ping's fief is in the south, once the homeless people rebel successfully, he, the prince, will simply not be the king, so he is quite concerned about this matter, and even personally led the troops to the battle.

But that's the case, the battle reports from the capital are still good and bad, sometimes the homeless people are beaten and retreated, and sometimes the people sent by the imperial court are defeated, Jiang You who listened to it was frightened, and couldn't help but think of Xue Yuan as an overseer.

She was listening to Li Xiangzhong talk about the ancient times today, and couldn't help but interject and ask: "Taifu, you should know about the displaced people in the south, but now the battle reports are different, what is the situation?" ”

Li Xiangzhong comforted her and said: "The emperor relaxes, the south is far away from Beijing, and sometimes the war report is not transmitted. ”

Jiang You breathed a sigh of relief: "That's the best, I hope this war will subside as soon as possible, otherwise many people will suffer." ”

Li Xiangzhong was very relieved to see that she cared about the people, and said with a smile: "Since the emperor knows that he cherishes the people, he should be more diligent in government in the future. The opposite is the case. ”

Jiang You listened carefully, nodded yes, and was about to put some of his own political ... When he told him, he saw the door of the outer room of the study wide open, and a lieutenant with a small flag hurriedly ran in, knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, Jinling has been lost, and the men and horses sent out by the imperial court have been besieged to death, and the displaced people are about to go north!" ”

There was a muffled sound, Jiang You stood up and flipped over the chair, and stumbled out the door: "What's the matter?!" ”

The lieutenant hurriedly knelt down and said: "I don't know the specific general, I only know that the men and horses sent by our imperial court at that time and the men and horses of King Heping were forcibly driven into Jinling, and then besieged in the city, and finally the whole army was annihilated." ”

Jiang You was so shocked that he couldn't even stand on his feet, and held on to the table and said in a trembling voice: "But, can anyone survive?" ”

The lieutenant looked embarrassed: "Now that the south is in chaos, the news can't be spread, and the last general doesn't know." ”

Jiang You only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and he seemed to be dying with him, until Li Xiangzhong spoke loudly in his ear, and then he looked at him blankly, he saw that she was in a trance, and hurriedly raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty!" Emperor! You have to cheer up, and don't care about temporary gains and losses! ”

Jiang You staggered inside as if he hadn't heard, and Li Xiangzhong also said step by step: "Your Majesty, the top priority now is to choose another famous general to send to the south to protect my Great Qi Guozuo." ”

Jiang You was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and asked with a hollow look in his eyes, "Who else does Taifu think we can send?" ”

Li Xiangzhong said slightly, the people in the west and north want to look at the border passes, at this time, they must not transfer the people here, there are many famous generals in the DPRK, but most of them are old, I am afraid that the people have not yet reached the south and their lives are gone, the military generals in the DPRK and China are now green and yellow, and there are many military generals, but they are stunned that there are no top-notch people, such as those kings with different surnames, such as the king of Linchuan, etc., the intentions cannot be known, and they dare not use it lightly.

Jiang You lowered his head silently, and only after a while did he slowly raise his head and say in a deep voice: "I want to go to the south in person to ask for these daring schemes. The opposite person. ”

Li Xiangzhong also sank his face and sneered: "The emperor wants to recruit the displaced people, is it for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, or for Xue Zhangyin?!" ”

Jiang You was not surprised that he was aware of him, but said indifferently: "The people next to me are not at ease, although there are many generals in the DPRK and China, but there are more straw bales, if I send another fool like Li Jinglong who leads nearly a million people and can't defeat him, wouldn't my Great Qi Dynasty be in danger?" ”

Li Xiangzhong glanced at her lightly: "This expedition to the south has been defeated, and the emperor can no longer go to danger, besides" he sighed softly: "In recent years, the East Factory has been powerful, and it has the power to tilt the government and the opposition, under the control of Xue Yuan, the East Factory is an uncontrollable tiger, if Xue Yuan goes, the emperor can take this opportunity to choose his henchmen, collect the power of the East Factory, and be right"

"Shut up!" Jiang You stared at him angrily: "In vain, Taifu is still reading sage books, do you know whether you are polite, righteous and shameful?!" Xue Zhangyin is fighting outside, you are thinking about how to take his power, isn't this revenge?! ”

Li Xiangzhong saw that her face was full of rage, and his heart couldn't help sinking, and he said indifferently: "The emperor and Xue Yuan are monarchs and ministers, and it is glorious for ministers to die for the king, how can we talk about kindness and righteousness?" ”

Jiang You sneered with a cold face: "The dare to love the master said to me, 'The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as a heart; The king regards the ministers as cattle and horses, and the ministers regard the monarch as grass mustard' This is only used for you civil officials, and the other eunuchs, nobles and generals are not human beings?! ”

Li Xiangzhong said in a deep voice: "The East Factory is powerful, and one day it will threaten the imperial power, please think twice!" The minister must not agree to the emperor risking his life for the sake of a courtier! ”

Jiang You looked him up and down a few times, and suddenly said, "You come with me." Turning to the back without looking back, Li Xiangzhong hesitated for a moment before he followed, and saw Jiang You pulling a curtain, and then pulling it open hard, inside was a sand table as big as a house, and there were all kinds of weapons hanging on the walls around him.

Jiang You took a deep breath and said: "I didn't want to go to the south temporarily, from the first day of the war report, I and several veterans of the military department deduced the sand table and the battle situation according to the news from the war report, and even set a contingency strategy for several days. It's about being well prepared. ”

Li Xiangzhong was stunned: "Your Majesty, this, this"

Jiang You glanced at him: "Taifu don't be surprised, I have always been good at martial arts more than good literature, I read through the art of war when I was young, and I also took out all the battles that happened in the Qi Dynasty and deduced them carefully. ”

She knew that if she couldn't convince Li Xiangzhong, the entire civil and official group would rise up against her, so she simply put gold on her face and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, the Qi Dynasty was originally in Jinling, a prosperous place for ten miles in Jinling, and a city of clouds and smoke, but Chengzu insisted on moving the capital to the barren and barren northland, do you know why?" ”

Li Xiangzhong's expression moved, and she took a deep breath: "The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies, this is the responsibility of the Son of Heaven!" ”

Li Xiangzhong closed his eyes slightly: "The emperor has already decided?" He was silent for a long time before asking: "Now that the situation in Jingli has just stabilized, the emperor is going out, what should I do in Jingli?" ”

Jiang You knew that he was relieved, and hurriedly said: "Zhang Donglan, the second son of the Zhang family, has the position of a military general, I pretended to be him and went south, and the Jingli side said that he was sick and could not go to the court, and he was tired of the Taifu to help take care of it. After a pause, she said: "Taifu rest assured, I don't plan to lead the troops directly, but to be in the army with the order of the supervising army, select people in the military department, go south in three ways, and wait until Jinling meets again, at that time, if the situation in the south is really critical, I will lead the troops to quell the chaos." ”

In fact, the emperor of the Qi Dynasty is really not as important as the previous dynasty, most of the things are taken care of by the civil officials and Dongchang, and there are very few times when the emperor needs to make a decision, most of them are written by the civil officials and directly handed over to the emperor for approval, so Jiang You didn't feel anything about his departure from Beijing.

Li Xiangzhong still felt that this plan was too risky, but he also knew that if he didn't agree, Jiang You would definitely run out even if he stole it, which would be more dangerous at that time, so although he reluctantly agreed, he was really angry in his heart, and he turned around and left.

Jiang You watched him leave, ran back to the palace and looked at the small objects sent by Xue Yuan, and couldn't hide the worry in his eyes

In Jinling City, even if he didn't die, Xue Yuan and King Ping, who should be in a hurry, were leisurely drinking, the two of you came and I saluted, or King Ping first opened his mouth and praised: "In the end, it is a good way to give the factory, first come to invite the king into the urn, so that those homeless people think that we are defeated, and they entered Jinling City in a panic, but they did not expect that they themselves fell into it, but they were surrounded by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, which is really ridiculous." ”

Xue Yuan also took a shallow sip, and he still looked exquisite in front of him; "If it weren't for the full cooperation of the prince, this plan would not have been able to be carried out, and our family would like to give the prince a cup." He shook his head as he spoke: "Although those homeless people were scattered, they were not wiped out after all, and they should not be taken lightly. ”

"That's what the factory said." King Ping drank it all with a smile, and suddenly sighed and said: "It's just that this news is transmitted back to Beijing, I'm afraid that there will be another turmoil. ”

Xue Yuan snorted: "As long as the emperor believes me, what are the other gossips to fear?" ”

King Ping looked at him, tapped his fingertips lightly on the tabletop, and said meaningfully: "The factory lord trusts the saint so much? ”

When Xue Yuan didn't get up at the beginning, he was quite optimistic about this person, and the two secretly had some contacts, and he still had the idea of taking Xue Yuan as his own use, but later Xue Yuan's authority became deeper and deeper, and he also had self-knowledge, so he extinguished this thought.

Xue Yuan smiled slightly: "The emperor regards our family as a brother and a mentor, so naturally he will not listen to other people's rumors." "Of course, the real reason is not this, but it is enough to prevaricate King Ping.

King Ping shook his head and sighed: "The factory man said with a smile, you and I have been friends for many years, to put it in my heart, the emperor is still young, of course, he relies on the factory trust, but if she knows the use of the right in the future, is she still willing to let go?" Besides, the emperor is the most honorable person in the world, who is worthy of being a teacher and friend with her? ”

Xue Yuan's eyebrows were saved, it seemed that this King Ping was still not dead to win him over, and he quietly put down his wine glass: "Thank you for mentioning it, our family has saved it." ”

Seeing his cold expression, King Ping also stopped, and at this time, someone outside the verandah came to report: "Lord Wang, Changgong, the reinforcements sent by the imperial court have arrived, and now they are waiting outside the city." How do you see it settled? ”

Xue Yuan lowered his head before remembering that half a month ago, in order to hide people's eyes and pretend to be defeated, in order to make those homeless people believe, even the court sent someone to spread the news, no wonder Jiang You in the court sent reinforcements in a hurry, his eyes were slightly soft, and he turned his head and asked, "Who did the emperor send?" ”

The captain outside the verandah reported: "The commander Zheng An, the general Liu Yong, the deputy general Wang Lin and the supervisor are Zhang Donglan, the second son of the Zhang family." ”

Ping Wangqi said: "There is only such a single seedling left in the Zhang family's big house, what is he going to do, isn't he afraid of the Zhang family's extinction?" ”

Xue Yuan's face changed slightly, but his face was still as thoughtful as usual: "Xu is worried about the prince of Zhenguo and the prince, so he came here. He said and got up: "Let's go out of the city first." ”

King Ping lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and then walked out, the two rode their horses to the outskirts of the city, and sure enough, they saw that the suburbs of the city had been encamped, and when someone saw them coming, they naturally had to come up and say a few words of flattery, Xue Yuan looked left and right and didn't see the person he was thinking, and was wondering if he was thinking wrong, so he heard a low shout behind him: "What's going on?" What are you doing here? ”

Xue Yuan followed the sound and turned his head, and saw a figure wearing a phoenix-winged helmet, wearing chain mail, a slender figure riding on a horse, the eyebrows and eyes in the helmet were blurred, and his face was a lot more sallow, but it was the person he had thought about thousands of times in the past few months.

Jiang You hadn't seen him yet, he was instructing a few people in the army to inquire about the battle situation, she saw that the situation in Jinling City didn't look like what it looked like after the defeat, and she couldn't help but wonder in her heart, so she heard someone next to her whisper: "Second son Zhang?" ”

Jiang You turned around suddenly, and saw Xue Yuan, who didn't want to think about tea and food for a few days, standing on the horse and looking sideways at her, she sighed, the sourness in her heart was piled up in her eyes, but her mouthpiece was choked, and she couldn't spit out half a word.