Entered the Chengtian Gate, all the way to the east, and soon arrived at the Qianqing Palace.

The king of Chu is playing chess with the emperor in the apse. Halfway through the game, although the winners and losers were not scored, the king of Chu with the sunspot seemed to be in decline.

The emperor dropped a white son, took away the sealed piece of black, and said with a smile: "The emperor's combat effectiveness today is a little unsatisfactory, what are you deserting?" ”

really made him right, the king of Chu was really having a headache about the affairs of the Wucheng camp. Recently, the public case between Xu Guogong and Pang Dingbei came out, which made him, who had the upper hand, suddenly become very passive, not only was his plan disrupted, but he couldn't even think of a way to stop it, so where was he in the mood to play chess and entertainment?

But when he heard the emperor say this, he still lowered his head and smiled, "Where is the desertion of the ministers?" The son's retainer is not as good as his father's chess skills. ”

The Emperor snorted, but remained silent.

The king of Chu couldn't hold it back, got off two rounds, and finally looked at his face and said: "Now that so many people recommend Pang Dingbei to be the commander-in-chief of the Wucheng Battalion, will my father consider him?" ”

The emperor looked at the chessboard, "What do you think?" ”

The King of Chu paused and said, "Erchen thinks that this Pang Dingbei is not suitable. Originally, Liu Yan often caused chaos to his father because he was not cautious enough to do things, this Pang Dingbei, as a military general, should obey the orders of his superiors, and complained that he was treated poorly, it can be seen that this person is so ambitious and unbearable, how can such a person be put in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to drag his feet? ”

The emperor sighed, picked the ground and released a chess, but did not speak.

The king of Chu then said: "Moreover, Xu Guogong is the founding father, although the Pang family is also, but Pang Dingbei is the younger generation in the end, if Pang Dingbei is lifted." Won't the Dong family not be able to come to the stage? This can be very detrimental to the stability of the court. Moreover, the Dong family's merits are also more outstanding than the Pang family, and it is reasonable that this Pang Dingbei cannot take office. ”

The Emperor finally glanced up at him, pinching the chess pieces and rubbing them in his hands.

There was silence here, and Cheng Wei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Song Tongzheng has sent an excerpt." ”

Looking back, I saw Song Huan holding a few folds standing under the vermilion corridor in the distance.

The Emperor straightened up. Throw the pieces back into the jar. got up and said, "You go back to the house first." ”

The king of Chu knew that he had no chance to talk about it anymore, so he had to say yes softly, and went to the porch with his sleeves full.

Cheng Wei beckoned to Song Huan.

He didn't expect the King of Chu to be there. But when people get here, they can't turn back.

So he greeted the oncoming King of Chu under the corridor and walked in front of the emperor. Stand still first, and look back to see the king of Chu out of the palace gate. Fang Cai bowed solemnly and said: "In the past few days, the minister has received several excerpts from Pang Dingbei to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses. I was afraid that His Majesty would wait to see, so I took advantage of the time to send it over in front of the next ya. ”

The emperor's brows condensed slightly, took it and flipped it over, and then raised his head. said: "There have been a lot of such excerpts recently, if there is nothing else important, there is no need to make a special trip." He pointed to the stone bench where the King of Chu had sat and beckoned him to sit. I sat down where I was.

Song Huan thanked him and sat sideways. said: "The minister thinks that the matter of the five city camps is very important, and he does not dare to delay His Majesty's decision-making. I also hope that the Wucheng Battalion can be selected as soon as possible. ”

The Emperor glanced at him, "So, what good ideas do you have?" ”

"The minister didn't dare to say that he had any good ideas. It's just-" Song Huan lowered his head and looked at the desktop, and said: "It's just that the minister has received a lot of excerpts recently, and I feel that this Pang Shizi is a meritorious person, and it is really a bit condescending to stay in the left military camp, and this time the matter is big, I am afraid that his situation in the left military camp is also embarrassing, and the ministers of your lords also feel that there is some reason, so they talk a lot." ”

He stood up and bowed his hand deeply.

The emperor looked at him, didn't say that he was nothing, but fiddled with the chess pieces in his hand, and said, "Pang Dingbei found you?" ”

"No, no." Song Huan hurriedly waved his hand, "This is just a little foolish opinion of Wei Chen." Weichen and the Pang family did not have any personal dealings. ”

The emperor thought about it, Su Ri really hadn't heard of any friendship between the Song family and the Pang family, but the words of King Chu just now still echoed in his ears, so he said: "But some people think that Pang Dingbei's ability is mediocre, and his people are so ambitious, this kind of person is not overwhelmed." Aren't you afraid of what kind of basket he will poke at me? ”

"It depends on which way you look at it." Song Huan stretched his body, straightened his waist and said: "According to the current situation, the minister feels that as far as the court is concerned, the benefits of Pang Dingbei as the commander-in-chief of the Wucheng Battalion outweigh the disadvantages. But the minister is afraid that there will be something wrong, and he also asks His Majesty to forgive the minister for not being guilty before he can say it directly. ”

The Emperor was interested, and motioned for him to continue.

He said: "Now that the nobles are united and united, and six or seven out of ten of the Great Zhou troops are in the hands of the nobles, on the one hand, this is naturally good, and the nobles are united, so they will inevitably speak in unison when they fight against foreign enemies." But on the other hand, they were too united, and they were also a threat to the imperial court.

"Now the nobles are proud of their achievements, although there has been no major incident at present, it does not mean that they will not be in the future. If one day His Majesty wants to punish one of them according to the law, then the rest will inevitably swarm up, and at that time, how will His Majesty deal with such a strong man by himself? ”

With that, he paused and looked at the Emperor.

The Emperor's face became solemn. "You're saying they're going to threaten my imperial power?"

There are four dukes, four marquis and six uncles in the court, and sixteen noble heroes and their sons include nearly thirty percent of the military generals and official positions in the Great Zhou Dynasty, especially the four princes who hold the military power, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the power is soaring. But because the prefectures are still self-disciplined, they haven't done anything too out of the ordinary so far.

But what Song Huan said is right, not being out of line now does not mean that he will not be out of line in the future, the older generation of nobles may still take care of the love of fighting the world together at the beginning, so as not to embarrass him too much, but the younger generation, such as Gu Zhicheng, is in charge of the army, and he has no comradeship with the emperor, will they?

If you want to blame the first emperor for dying too early, he collapsed before he had time to clear these roadblocks for him, and now he has a cabinet to suppress it is already very aggrieved, if the nobles also follow suit, then won't this country change hands sooner or later?

He let out a long breath slowly, then looked at Song Huan and said, "But what does this have to do with Pang Dingbei's appointment as the commander-in-chief of the Five Cities Battalion?" If I exalt him like this again, will I not only increase their arrogance even more? ”

"Not really." Song Huan shook his head and said: "The prince of Xu Guo is the grandfather of the first country of the dynasty, and this time he has been entangled in the lawsuit of the Pang family, and he has already felt disgraced, and he regards Pang Dingbei and even the Pang family as enemies, how can he make peace with him again?" If Pang Dingbei went to Wuchengying, the contradiction with the Dong family would inevitably be further deepened.

In this way, those who are usually good with the Xu State bus will be alienated from the relationship with the Pang family, and those who are not as good as the Dong family will see the Pang family rising, and they will change to get close to the Pang family. This sandpiper and mussel compete for the benefit of the fisherman, and when the time comes, the court will naturally be in the hands of His Majesty. ”

Song Huan talked eloquently, without any fear.

Now there is calm in the upper direction, but how many people under the surface have not known it? The emperor respects the noble elders on his face, but in private he has long hated that he can't restrain them to the death, this time the matter of the left military camp is so big, and the emperor has never spoken angrily, which is enough to show that the emperor has realized the severity of today's situation.

Since the emperor himself is happy to see this contradiction, then he takes advantage of the situation to make it intensify a little, and there is no need to be afraid of anything.

What is the law? What is the royal law?

If you follow the emperor's heart, you are innocent, and if you don't follow the emperor's heart, you will always have to list several crimes.

The emperor pinched the chess pieces with a sinking face, and could not see joy or anger.

Song Huan waited quietly.

After a long time, the emperor stood up, paced twice with his hands in his hands, and said: "In this way, the appointment of this Pang Dingbei is not considered to be unnoticed?" ”

"Naturally, it doesn't count."

Song Huan got up and bowed his head, "Your Majesty's decisions are all thoughtful, and the people in the court are full of loyalty to the country, but how can they all stand in the perspective of maintaining Your Majesty's interests for Your Majesty?" And they themselves are short-sighted, and they are trying to blind even the eyes and ears of the saints, just imagine if the monarch can't make an order and is like a mountain, who should this kingdom listen to? ”

The words of the emperor actually boiled with blood.

"**Qing is reasonable!

He paced twice at an accelerated pace, and then stopped at the chess table, "If you look at the previous dynasty, the king of the dead country is like this, giving orders and no one doing it, so that in the end he ends up with a dead country!" I-" His eyes fell on Song Huan, and the sentence in his heart blurted out to his mouth, and suddenly stopped at the bottom of his throat.

Song Huan didn't dare to break it, hung his head, and stood respectfully.

Of course, the reason why the previous dynasty died was because of what the emperor said, but a slap did not make a sound, if it weren't for the monarch's stubbornness and self-use of nepotism, how could a minister headed by Shen Guanyu be autocratic and arbitrary? Although Shen Guanyu is old and treacherous, it is undeniable that he has done some practical things in the more than ten years he has been an official.

This is also an important reason why their Shen family was not attacked by the people after the fall of the previous dynasty.

But even so, didn't his Shen family also apostatize? Shoufu, who used to be above 10,000 people under one person, now has to turn his head and bow down to the courtiers of the Great Zhou.

The emperor was silent for a moment, his face had already changed to a beautiful scenery, and he muttered again, and he said: "Although what Qing said is reasonable, but I have already refuted a few such excerpts, and now I suddenly agree to use it, I am afraid that there is a suspicion of changing the order overnight?" ”

"There is no need to worry about this." Song Huan stepped forward when he heard this: "You just need to find a suitable person to make another word in the court." ”

"The right person?" The Emperor turned. (To be continued)

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