The old prince was sitting in front of the small case in the side hall, eating gruel.

Su Yan put the child on the couch and watched him crawl there, the child grew up day by day, looking at the born, but now he can crawl, and he moves very quickly, his white and fat little arms grow like lotus roots, Su Yan wants to take a bite when he looks at it.

Ling Wei smiled slightly, her face was a little tired, but she became a little more charming: "I made millet porridge for your father, which grows on the ground in Pengdong County, but it is more fragrant than Texas millet." ”

After all, it was millet sent by the fiefdom, and Ling Wei always felt that it was more delicious than other places.

Su Yan said, "I came here after breakfast." ”

The old prince ate two bowls in a row and said, "Yan'er, I called you over to discuss with you about the canal repair in the seven counties of Weizhou." There are three counties whose official fields belong to the imperial court, and the three counties each sold three percent of the official fields, and a total of six million taels of silver were obtained. The official fields of the other four counties got 10 million taels of silver, and I estimated that it was more than enough to use these 10 million taels of silver to build a large wharf. ”

Ling Wei had heard about the matter in Weizhou, "Earlier, the savings in our house were all spent on the matter of repairing canals in Weizhou. Yeona even sold her own paintings. ”

Su Yan smiled lightly, "Earning money is to spend it, not to mention using it for the benefit of the people of Weizhou." The silver obtained by the three counties has to be handed over to the emperor, and how much silver has been spent on repairing the canal in the three counties, this must also be told to the emperor, and he must know how much silver has been spent on the canal repair in Weizhou, and the father has to calculate this account carefully and truthfully to the emperor. ”

Early in the morning, the old prince knew that the Emperor of Ludao was going to take Weizhou as a place to try to build a canal, and he wanted to know how much silver it would cost to build a canal in Ludao, and how much he would benefit from success. "This time I went back to Beijing. I have prepared the books. is preparing to pass it on to the emperor. ”

"Since the emperor has given our palace the right to deal with the four counties of Pengdong, Laixian, Yanping, and Daya at will. There is no need to report how much official land has been sold in the four counties and how much silver has been obtained. But how much our government has pasted, and the merchants and squires have donated geometry, but it must be reported to the emperor clearly and clearly. ”

The old prince said to Mama Qiao and the girl who were serving left and right: "Go down!" ”

Several people responded, packed up the dishes and chopsticks and retreated.

Ling Wei played with Yaodong.

The old prince said: "The imperial city is still peaceful now? ”

What he wanted to ask was not only about the imperial city, but also about the court.

Su Yan briefly introduced the court: "In the palace, it is Concubine Hua and Concubine Duan who are favored now, Concubine Hua gave birth to the third prince Zikai, and Concubine Duan is pregnant. Former. Lei Zuoxiang and Gu Youxiang are both pivotal figures. Now that the emperor reuses King Ping and Zhongshun Wangfu, after Ah Yan asked to quell the rebellion and left the imperial city, King Ping took over the post of deputy commander of Jin Wuwei, and the post of commander of Jin Wuwei was still held by Yang Yunjian. The prince of Zhongshun walked the two departments of the Criminal Department and the Military Department, and also took care of the affairs of these two departments......"

Ling Wei heard Su Yan say this, originally these words should be a topic of discussion among men, but Su Yan said it lightly, just like the women chatting about the length of their family.

"In April and May, there were five prison robberies and riots before and after the prison of the Criminal Department, and the last one was the most disturbing. There were quite a few jailers dead on the side of the prison, but fortunately, the situation was suppressed later. It's just that the Han Zhu family, Yuwen Li's wife and other prison felons who are in addition to Yu Wenke's lineage, tried to escape from the prison and were shot by the Imperial Forest Army......"

Su Yan emphasized the matter of Zhongshun Wangye's walk to the Criminal Department, that is, Zhongshun Wangye can manage the case of the Criminal Department, and the prison is also from the Criminal Department, how could those things happen, I am afraid that there are other reasons inside.

Su Yan lowered her voice, her expression was solemn, and her gaze moved to Ling Wei.

Ling Wei understood, hugged Yaodong and left the side hall.

Su Yan continued to whisper: "There are many people in the court who are Yu Wen Cong's henchmen, and I heard that many Jianghu sects have been bought by Yu Wen Cong, and even many people in the royal family have secretly taken refuge in Yu Wen Cong. ”

The old prince frowned slightly, when the news of Yuwencong's rebellion came, he was also startled, and later heard a lot of things about Yuwencong and the court. "The emperor knows what to do?"

Su Yan nodded, "The emperor ordered that the strategy of besieging but not attacking the army should be adopted, and the states seized by Yuwencong are now not allowed to enter and exit, and he intends to capture Jiangnan, but he was stopped by Marshal Yang in Xuzhou, and he wanted to attack the middle of Han in the west, but he was also stopped by General Cheng and others, he wanted to expand his territory, but he couldn't." ”

What is the purpose of only besieging and not attacking?

In the land of the five states, those places are quite rich, if Yu Wencong hoards heavy troops there, it will be more than enough.

Su Yan said softly: "Father, the emperor has his own clever plan. ”

What she can know, the emperor also knows, so naturally there is a way to deal with it.

"Brilliant ideas?" The old prince groaned, Yuwen Cong was already a rebel when he raised troops, Marshal Yang was ordered to quell the rebellion, and the strategy of besieging but not attacking the land of Yu and Qin was adopted, and the two sides fought, and the people suffered.

Su Yan held the teacup, but failed to take a sip, "In the past, Yuwenli secretly hoarded heavy troops and privately made weapons in Jindi, but in the end, it was ruined due to a plan to draw salaries. This plan is good, but fortunately, anyone can use it, as long as you grasp it well, you can also use it well. ”

The old prince's eyes narrowed slightly, and the meaning of her words could not be more obvious, the new emperor had his own plans in his chest.

"The emperor has a heart for him, he is waiting for the opportunity to implement the plan to draw salaries, and he is also coldly observing the court, the imperial city, and how many people have a good heart."

The old prince thought of what Su Yan said, many people in the royal family secretly took refuge in Yuwencong, and their leaning on Yuwencong was tantamount to branding the crime of "rebellion", but in the end, it was a member of the royal family, and the old prince didn't want to see the descendants of Emperor Qi Taizu fighting each other, let alone the emperor's hands stained with the blood of the clansmen. "What the hell is a clansman......" he sighed, quite helpless. Although he couldn't bear it, he couldn't spoil the emperor's plan.

They thought they were doing everything they could, but they didn't know that everything was under the control of the young emperor.

Yu Wencong still despised the current emperor.

In the end, he was brought up by the first emperor, although he was the grandson of the first emperor, he also had the blood of the first emperor on his body.

The old prince was in a dull mood.

Su Yan said: "Father doesn't want to see Yuwen Mingfeng? She is the only bloodline left by King Jing. ”

Feng Mingfeng turned out to be the daughter of King Jing, and she had been a concubine in the Ye family for twenty years, and the old prince sighed again and again: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it...... If I had known that she was the daughter of the fourth brother, I would have protected her a little more......"

"Father doesn't know, but Master Ye and Ye Fengshi already knew the Tao twenty years ago."

The old prince looked shocked.

Su Yan's expression was calm and honest, "Back then, Master Ye fell in love with Mingfeng's beauty, and when he couldn't accept it, he ordered his subordinates to tie up the Feng family and forcibly occupy Mingfeng in front of the Feng family. In order to protect himself, Ming Feng explained his identity in a panic, but Master Ye said, "Don't say it's the daughter of the traitor King Jing, even the princess Lao Tzu wants it......."

This Ye family, in the end, there is no king's law.

The old prince was not angry with his words, but even more angry knowing Mingfeng's identity, he dared to get involved, he clenched his fists: "Damn!" "The knuckles that seem to crush the bones are crisp, and the green tendons on the old prince's forehead are exposed." When did you know the identity of Ming Feng? ”

Mingfeng's mother and son were sent by Su Yan to receive the imperial city.

Su Yan said: "After the war in the northwest subsides, I have to meet a vassal senior, he told me. He asked me to take care of ......."

The old prince immediately thought that he had overheard about the "Hundred Flowers" painted by Su Yan, and at night there would be twelve peerless beauties, could it be that the beauty was not painted by Su Yan, but ......

His eyes widened, and he asked incredulously: "The vassal is King Jing?" ”

I can still recall that when he was young, Yu Wenyu's peerless demeanor, the arrogance of the empty eyes, he was like a natural king, and like a fairy who strayed into the mortal world, no one can snatch his style, he has the talent to amaze the world, and has a beautiful appearance, which makes the women of the world crazy.

At that time, the old prince could only look at his fourth brother from a distance, a man who was almost perfect in the eyes of the world.

So-yeon didn't deny it. "The emperor has seen the vassal seniors, and the vassal seniors said that among Yu Wencong's disciples, there are many people who are his old friends, and he wants to persuade these people to abandon the darkness and turn to the light."

The old prince thought about another thing: If King Jing hadn't died, would the first emperor have known the Tao early on?

He still remembers that during the reign of Emperor Dezu, King Jing broke into the Yangxin Palace with weapons, which was regarded as forcing the palace to rebel, and the first emperor was also there at that time, he heard that King Jing was defeated, and when the palace raised his sword to commit suicide, after that, the twelve wives and concubines of King Jing's Mansion committed suicide with their children one after another, how tragic.

How could King Jing not die? actually lived to this day, after the death of the first emperor.

There is only one explanation: it was Emperor Dezong who hid from Emperor Dezong (his father)!

Afterwards, Emperor Dezong knew the truth and knew that it was the concubine who planned to frame King Jing, and at that time, the first emperor had already been named the crown prince. Emperor Dezong hated the concubine for killing his most proud son and his favorite concubine, and gave the concubine a cup of poisoned wine, but agreed to keep the concubine as the prince of Yuwenzhen.

That dusty past incident surfaced in front of him, and the old prince found out that it was no wonder that after the first emperor ascended the throne, he often sighed, "In my life, there are two real brothers." Ah Qian, you are one of them. ”

He once asked, "Brother Huang, who else is there?" ”

At that time, the first emperor's eyes were entangled, but he didn't tell the name of another person.

It turned out that this person was Yu Wenxue, his fourth brother of King Jing, and the fourth prince of Emperor Dezong who was so talented that he was hated by the jealous people.

The old prince's eyes were flustered, it was joy and accident, "When did you know his identity?" ”

"Earlier, I always thought that the vassal predecessor was one of the disciples of the Jingwang Mansion. Later, he went down the mountain and painted twelve beauties in my paintings, and I consulted my father about this, and my father mentioned some of the past stories of King Jing, and I also knew another meaning of the twelve beauties......"

King Jing is an amorous person, and when he paints twelve beauties, he is remembering his deceased twelve wives and concubines.

"In the attic of the garden, I met him. He gave me half a jade pendant with a dragon pattern, saying that he wanted to see the emperor. ”

The old prince recalled that he used to see the first emperor holding half of the jade pendant in a daze, and it turned out that the other half was on Yu Wenxue.

Yu Wenyu is not dead, and there must be something else hidden in the events of that year.

The old prince was pleasantly surprised: "Yan'er, can I see him?" (To be continued......)