Guo Rong led an army of 450,000 from the north gate of Kaifeng City, and the crown prince Guo Zongxun led the civil and military ministers and the people of Kaifeng City to send the army out of thirty miles before stopping.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister has a report here, saying that it is a drought in Huainan and asking the imperial court to allocate grain for disaster relief."

Before Guo Zongxun could withdraw his gaze from the distance, Prime Minister Fan Zhen handed a report to Guo Zongxun.

Guo Zongxun didn't even blink his eyelids, and said:

"Lord Fan, can the drought in Huainan be verified? Spring ploughing is coming, don't delay the livelihood of the people. ”

Fan Zhen probably hadn't reacted to the meaning of Guo Zongxun's words, and hurriedly said:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, and the old minister also thinks that money should be allocated as soon as possible to relieve the disaster so that the people will not suffer."

"Lord Fan is planning to take some of the reserve military rations out first, right?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, that's exactly what the old minister thinks."

"Master Fan, Gu appointed you as the Huainan pacification envoy, and immediately went out of Beijing to Huainan to appease the affected people, as for the money and food for disaster relief, Gu Lai will be responsible for the preparation, and it will be transported to Huainan in the near future."

Guo Zongxun is strange, obviously, this is Li Chongjin's conspiracy, he is the envoy of the festival who guarded Huainan, this time he followed his father and the emperor on the expedition, and he just walked out not far away.

There was a disaster, why didn't he say it earlier, he said that he was afraid that Guo Rong would cut off his head?

The timing of Fan Zhen handing over the notebook is also very good, and he wants to make Gu Gang encounter a big problem when he first starts to supervise the country, right? Damn it......

It's just right, take this opportunity to drive Fan Zhen out of Kaifeng first.

Guo Zongxun shook the sleeves of his robe, he didn't pick up the notebook at all, turned around and went down the pavilion, his father's army had already gone away, this time, when he came back, his father was afraid that he was already seriously ill.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister thinks that there is no need for the old minister to go in person, the prince, you only need to send a decree, let the local officials in Huainan hurry up to appease the people, and the top priority is to quickly raise disaster relief materials."

I don't know if I think the prince is young and easy to fool, or if he thinks that he is an auxiliary minister appointed by Guo Rong.

Moreover, the three prime ministers are still headed by him, and he is naturally in charge of the affairs of the court.

In recent years, Guo Rong has often been on the royal driving expedition, and the quality of the fan is very enjoyable.

He and Wang Pu had the final say in the government affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and now there is one more Wei Renpu, which is okay, everyone is harmonious, and everything is prosperous.

"Lord Fan, my father is a golden mouth, a word, if you are lonely, you Lord Fan can change it at will, right, or, the position of Lone's prison country, let you sit?"

Fan Zhen reacted at this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry.

"Oh, His Royal Highness the Prince, you have wronged the old minister, the old minister is going to your majesty to shout wrongs, Your Majesty, the old minister has wronged......"

This model has controlled the government for so many years, and it is naturally not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he immediately began to kneel and cry out for grievances.

Do you think, when you are the prime minister of the court, the first and auxiliary ministers appointed by the emperor before the expedition, as soon as the emperor leaves, the prince begins to make things difficult, this prince is too crazy.

"General Shi, send someone to help Lord Fan go down and send him back to the house, within two hours, Lord Fan must set foot on the official road to Huainan, and the front division of the palace will send three hundred forbidden troops to escort it, and the lonely side will order someone to do a good job of sending the flag of Huainan disaster relief and pacification as soon as possible."

Guo Zongxun did not call Cao Bin's name, but directly called Shi Shouxin.

Shi Shouxin was a little confused, what was the situation, as soon as the emperor left, the prince got involved with the prime minister......

This is a good thing, the bigger the trouble, the better, the best trouble is not to get out of the way, and it is good to make a fuss.

Before Zhao Kuangyin set out on the expedition, he called Shi Shouxin to the house and specially advised.

A total of three things to Shi Shouxin were explained.

First, continue to quietly spread the news that Taizu's concubine Zhang Yongde intended to rebel;

second, continue to spread the news that Taizu's nephew Li Chongjin intends to rebel;

Third, in order to cooperate with the first two strategies, we must do something in Kaifeng from time to time.

Zhao Kuangyin: This is really starting to be antipathic......

"The minister's order, come here, help Lord Fan up, send him back to the mansion, within two hours, be sure to ask Lord Fan to go to Huainan from the south gate of Kaifeng City."

Guo Zongxun smiled, not because Shi Shouxin was obedient, but because this was a long pavilion thirty miles away from the north gate of Kaifeng.

If you want to rush to the south gate of Kaifeng from here within two hours, you can barely reach it by horseback.

"General Shi, send Master Fan out of the south gate directly, inform his family to prepare some clothes for him, and then send someone to send it to Lord Fan quickly."

Fan Zhen knelt on the ground and cried and wiped his tears, Guo Zongxun was the same as if he didn't see it, Wang Pu wanted to step forward and speak up, but he was stopped by Wei Renpu and squeezed his eyes at him.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince treats the old minister like this, and the old minister is not satisfied......"

Several soldiers of the forbidden army with big shoulders and round waists came over, set up Fan Qian, and directly put him on a horse.

Then, dozens of forbidden army soldiers escorted Fan Zhen and galloped away.

In the warm spring breeze, Fan Zhen's cry can be faintly heard.

"Wei Banban, go and invite Lord Wang and Lord Wei over, I have something to say."

"The minions obey."

Wang Pu and Wei Renpu were soon invited to Guo Zongxun.

"The minister Wang Pu sees His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Minister Wei Renpu see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Lord Wang, Lord Wei, excuse me."

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie."

Guo Zongxun glanced back at the direction of his father's expedition, Father, you have just left, and the three auxiliary ministers you appointed have begun to teach the children how to do things.

However, don't worry, father, the child will not disappoint you.

"Lord Wang, Lord Wei, Lord Fan left Beijing to go to Huainan for disaster relief, originally the affairs of this court were led by Lord Fan, and now ...... Lone has to rely on the two adults a lot. ”

Wang Pu and Wei Renpu glanced at each other, Wang Pu still didn't understand why Wei Renpu pulled him and didn't let him come forward to speak for Fan Zhen.

Wei Renpu saw that Wang Pu was reluctant to reply, so he had to bow down and salute the prince:

"The ministers will definitely respect His Royal Highness the Prince, and will definitely obey His Royal Highness the Prince's orders, but His Royal Highness the Prince's orders will be obeyed."

After speaking, he also turned Wang Pu with his elbow.

Without waiting for Wang Pu to speak, Guo Zongxun spoke again:

"Lord Wei can say this, Gu is very pleased, from now on, the civil officials will be headed by Lord Wei on the side of the civil officials, and the military generals will be headed by Lord Han, saying to all the ministers to know, do not make mistakes, do not slack off, otherwise, if you kill people alone, it will not be soft."

Wang Pu reacted at this time, he hesitated for two breaths, and the position of the head of the civil official was snatched away by Wei Renpu, and he couldn't help glaring at Wei Renpu with resentment.

At this time, Wei Renpu was busy with all the ministers present, bowing down to salute the prince:

"The ministers will definitely respect His Royal Highness the Prince, obey His Royal Highness the Prince's orders, and obey His Royal Highness's orders, bow to the best, and serve the emperor for His Royal Highness the Prince."

Only Wang Pu stood alone, still stunned.

"Lord Wang still seems to have some questions, he hasn't expressed his position twice in a row, Lone just wants to ask, could it be that Lord Wang has also prepared a playbook, just waiting for his father to walk on the front foot, and the back foot will be handed to Lone?"

was really guessed correctly by Guo Zongxun, Wang Pu really had a notebook in the sleeve of his robe, which was also about Huainan disaster relief.

He was still annoyed just now, a step slower than Fan Qian, and now he ......

"The minister doesn't dare, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is tolerant, the minister is just still immersed in the reluctance to the emperor, and he can't extricate himself, so he lost his honor in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the minister is guilty, please punish His Royal Highness the Prince."

It stands to reason that Wang Pu moved out for a sufficient reason, and the emperor was brought out, no matter how arrogant your prince is, you don't dare to disrespect the emperor.

"Lord Wang's loyalty to the emperor can be shown in heaven and earth, Lord Shi, send some more people, send Lord Wang to the emperor's army quickly, and let Lord Wang personally appeal to the emperor to say his reluctance."

When this sentence was said, Wang Pu's face turned white, and it was okay to bring out the emperor to fool Guo Zongxun, and then use this reason to explain to Guo Rong why he was rude to the prince, that is, to find death.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister knows that he is wrong, and begs His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for forgiveness."

Wei Renpu was on the side, looking at his nose and nose, looking at his heart, lowering his head and not saying a word, and said in his heart, Fan Zhen and Wang Pu, two idiots, why are they so ignorant of current affairs?

Before and after the emperor established the crown prince, our Royal Highness the crown prince made a lot of noise in Kaifeng City, don't you know?

Now as soon as Brother Yelu Xiu and Xiao Yanyan go out, the rotten vegetable gang and rotten eggs must be here with their heads and faces, these are the masterpieces of His Royal Highness the Prince.

The Jiangnan restaurant made a big fuss, and all the people in the restaurant from the shopkeeper to the running hall were spared, and their mouths were still swollen until now.

Occupy the people's liquor shop, set up a hall of heroes in a hundred battles, and only sell a kind of liquor that the emperor personally gave its name: Liehou, a jar of wine is sold for a sky-high price of 5,000 taels of silver.

forced the people's daughter to agree to marry Yue Fei, the commander of the Hanzi Army...... Well, this seems to be a mutual affection, so don't mention it.

These piles and piles are all demonstrations by His Royal Highness the Prince.

Who is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's demonstration for?

For the common people?

Don't be funny, the common people don't hate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at all now, they hate Liaogou.

For Liaogou?

Don't be funny, the Liao State Mission was locked up in the post house, and even Yoneda Gong was not allowed to transport it out, and now all the people near the Liao State Post House have moved away.

It is said that I can't stand the stench coming from the post house.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so domineering, just for us, the civil and military ministers who stayed in Kaifeng, to see.

Before the emperor left, who did he hand over the military power of the palace front division and the guard division?

It's handed over to the crown prince, right?

And according to the past practice, give the prime minister the right to control the generals who have military power?

Not really.

Still don't get it?

If you don't understand, then you can only say that you are stupid to go to his grandmother's house.

The military power of the Great Zhou is in the hands of the emperor, and the military power of Kaifeng is in the hands of the prince, this is the hole card left by the emperor to the prince to be rampant and domineering in Kaifeng City.

"Lord Wang, if it is useful to admit mistakes, then it is necessary to do more than the laws of the Great Zhou, if it is useful to ask for sin, then what is the majesty of my heavenly family, come here, please Lord Wang get on the horse......"

Shi Shouxin is even more happy, it's good to fight, and it's good to beat dog blood.

"The minister is trustworthy and obedient, come to the people, and help the king get on the horse......"

Shi Shouxin waved his hand, and the execution was called a simple, Wang Pu was also a crying and howling forbidden army soldier put on the horse, and the place he was going to was Emperor Guo Rong's Chinese army.

Fan Zhen went to Huainan, and after a good walk, he could come back.

It's hard to say whether Wang Pu can come back alive after Wang Pu goes.

As soon as the emperor left, you immediately became rude to the prince, and said to the prince, what is this, can this be punished for rebellion?

"Lord Wei, get in the car with Gu, Gu still has a lot of things to ask Lord Wei."

Guo Zongxun actually didn't have a good impression of Wei Renpu, the Zhongshu Ling, because these civil officials and bigwigs chose to know the current affairs and become junjie after Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao's mutiny.

Leaving Guo Zongxun alone, I'm afraid that he won't die for the sake of Da Zhou.

For example, if Guo Zongxun were Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, he would definitely run away instead of hanging himself on the coal mountain.

In fact, Guo Zongxun also knew that he was influenced by known history, so he generally did not have a good impression of the current Zhou State Wenwu.

However, when dealing with Fan Zhen and Wang Pu just now, Guo Zongxun was unrelenting.

Because, these two have already tasted the sweetness of the emperor's personal conquest of the government and handed over the government to them.

It's just that Guo Zongxun didn't expect that Fan Zhen and Wang Pu would be stupid to this extent. Before Guo Zongxun could find trouble, the two of them took the initiative to stuff the stick into Guo Zongxun's hand.

Alas...... Lone has never seen such a cheap one, and took the initiative to send it to the door to find it to clean up.

Now, Fan Zhen won't be able to come back for at least two or three months, as for Wang Pu, if you dare to bring out your father to suppress me, then you can go and explain to your father yourself.

The rest of Wei Renpu, Zhongshu Ling, is also a high-ranking and powerful person, but he has just been appointed prime minister for a few days.

I think it's possible to work together happily.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince, Your Royal Highness, please."

Wei Renpu respectfully followed Guo Zongxun and got into the car, which was an honor, even Wei Zhongxian, who could only follow the prince's car on foot.

Han Tong and Cao Bin have been silently watching the good show just now, and the prince has never given orders to the two of them, he is proud of Shi Shouxin, and he raised his chin defiantly at them.

"General Cao, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is making a lot of noise today."

Cao Bin didn't dare to say that he had guessed His Royal Highness the Prince's intentions, so he had to pretend to smile bitterly and said to Han Tong:

"General Han, Cao doesn't care about those, Cao only knows that after the emperor goes on the expedition, this Kaifeng City is the final say of His Royal Highness the Prince, and Cao only needs to obey His Royal Highness the Prince's orders."

Han Tong reached out and patted Cao Bin's shoulder and said:

"The two sons of General Cao's family have already been the prince's companions, and Han is very envious, but unfortunately there is no son of the right age in Han's family, otherwise he would definitely have to ask for His Royal Highness the Prince."

Han Tong's meaning is very clear, I know that you Cao Bin will say this, you and the prince are already tied together.

"Lord Han, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also told you in front of Cao, saying that you can see the scar on General Han's face that General Han must be a brave and loyal person, and the Guard Division is under the command of Lord Han, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is worry-free."

Hantong was overjoyed when he heard it:

"General Cao, this is true, is this really what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said?"

Cao Bin knew what Han Tong was worried about, wasn't he worried that he would not be able to get the official position of the commander of the guard division this time.

Han Lingkun is much younger than Han Tong, and Han Lingkun's predecessor is also younger than Han Tong, anyway, Han Tong has been sitting firmly in the position of deputy commander of the Guards Department for five or six years.

Since Guo Rong ascended the throne, he has been the deputy commander of the Guards Division, because he does not need to lead troops to the battle, so there is no source of military merit.

Without military merit, there is naturally no opportunity for improvement.

Han Tong had asked Guo Rong several times for his life, asking to be transferred back to the front division of the palace so that he could follow the emperor on the expedition.

But they were all vetoed by Guo Rong.

vetoed, Guo Rong didn't say the reason, which made Han Tong very depressed.

Maybe the emperor thinks he is old.

"General Han, is it necessary for Cao to deceive you about this, General Han rest assured, Cao will not compete with you for the position of the commander."

This is also Guo Zongxun's vaccination of Cao Bin in advance:

"General Cao, when my father returns from the expedition, Gu Hui suggests to my father that the commander of the guard division will be served by Lord Han Tong, General Cao, on your side, Gu has other ideas."

didn't say what he thought of him, but Cao Bin was sure that following His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be right.

Once the famous wine Liehou was launched, it was currently a situation where there was no market, because the Hundred Battles Heroes Hall only sold one jar of Liehou every day.

It's still an auction, the one with the highest price wins, yesterday's jar of Liehou has been auctioned for a sky-high price of 5,000 taels.

When Guo Zongxun heard the news, he sighed and scolded:

"There are so many rich people in Kaifeng City."

It is said that Cao Bin and Guo Zongxun are close enough, but until now, Cao Bin has never tasted a mouthful of famous wine.

But he knew that most of the martyrs were now sent to the army one after another and handed over to the old lady Guo Wanche for special safekeeping.

Externally, it can't be said that it is a liehou, otherwise the entire Great Zhou army will go crazy.

The Liehou who used five thousand taels of silver to wash our wounds, my God, let me die, and give the money from the sale of wine to my family as a pension.

Cao Bin knew about such a confidential matter, but Guo Zongxun just didn't let him take a sip of Liehou.

It is said that Miss Li Wa, the chief shopkeeper of the Hundred Battles Heroes Hall, as well as Cui Ju and Xinghua from the liquor making workshop, these three people have drunk.

In addition, Liu Bowen and the fifty soldiers of the Fierce Army who retired in the early stage, they have also drunk.

Zhang Tieniu didn't drink it, but always pestered his former brothers to ask, what does this wine taste like, enough brother to get me Tieniu a bowl out and taste it.

These brothers all smiled mysteriously at Zhang Tieniu:

"The chief shopkeeper Miss Li Wa said, whoever dares to leak, who dares to steal wine, who dares to eat inside and outside, will be sent back to the front line and sent to General Yue for disposal, Tie Niu, don't harm us, we just saw a good day beckoning to us."

Since following His Royal Highness the Prince, all the soldiers of the Sham Army seem to be reborn, and the retired soldiers will become residents of Kaifeng City as soon as they turn around.

Although it is a merchant, although the status of the merchant is not high in this era.

However, even fools can see what kind of life those merchants who nod to people all day long.

"Status is a ball, money is the last word, one day, Lone will let you know that the rich is the uncle."

The rich are the masters, in fact, these big-headed soldiers have known for a long time, but they never dared to think that one day, they would have the opportunity to become rich.

You just say, with such an opportunity, who dares not to cherish it, who dares to take risks?

Cui Ju's liquor workshop was designated by Guo Zongxun as the only designated famous liquor brewing workshop, and the rest of the places were only responsible for storage and sales.

At present, the signs of several shops requisitioned by Cao Bin's family have been hung out, but there is no wine to sell.

Miss Li Wa, the chief shopkeeper, said, all the shops in the Hall of Heroes of the Hundred Battles have begun to sell groceries, and the goods that cannot be sold without official guidance will be reported, and this girl will go to find a way for you.

Who doesn't know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now calls his sister-in-law as soon as he sees Miss Li Wa.

And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also said that if you want to mix well in the Hall of Heroes of the Hundred Battles, you must do the same as in the military camp before, the order must be carried out, and the order must be forbidden, and the words of Li Wa's sister-in-law are lonely.

Whoever dares not to listen, who dares to make a mistake, will never give you a second chance, the first offender will be directly expelled from the Hall of Heroes of the Hundred Battles, and if the circumstances are serious, they will be handed over to the government for punishment.

Salt introduction, iron introduction and the rest of the goods that the government prohibits the people from selling privately, Guo Zongxun has not yet approved the Hundred Battles Heroes Hall, and the most important task now is actually spring ploughing.

The 100 soldiers who participated in the winter hunt last time, all of them who could retreat have already retreated.

Part of them followed Wei Zhongxian to open the construction mode of Dongchang Jinyiwei.

The other part is under the command of Li Wa, the chief treasurer of the Hundred Battles Heroes Hall.

In fact, Guo Zongxun's thinking, Wei Zhongxian's Dongchang, and Li Wa's Hall of Heroes in a Hundred Battles are one.

For the imperial court, the East Factory is in the light, and the Hall of Heroes in the Hundred Battles is in the dark.

For the rivers and lakes, the East Factory is in the dark, and the Hall of Heroes in a Hundred Battles is in the light.

For the enemy country, whether it is Dongchang or the Hall of Heroes of the Hundred Battles, it is in the dark.

It's still the early stage, let's develop separately first.

Cao Bin handed over all the shops in his family to the prince anyway, and he didn't mention the matter of sharing dividends at all, the prince is willing to take our Cao family to play, that is God's grace.

On the way back to Kaifeng, Guo Zongxun chatted very happily with Wei Renpu, and his father left three prime ministers for himself, and finally there was another acquaintance.

"Lord Wei, inform me that every day will be changed to every three days, every morning is the time for Lone to deal with the government, and in the afternoon and evening, if there is no special major matter, don't come to disturb Lone."

"Obey."

Guo Zongxun doesn't want to be tied up by government affairs, there is only one Wei Renpu left who is obedient, so promote his own people as soon as possible, if his father wants to blame, he has to wait for his triumphant return.

As soon as she returned to the palace, the big eunuch beside the queen mother came to pass the word, and the queen mother summoned His Royal Highness the crown prince.

Another one who wants to talk to Lonely, well, let's go and see what Lone's mother will say and do.

For these people who can't wait to jump out, Guo Zongxun's purpose is to resolutely attack them at all costs.

"Lone knows, after you go back to tell your mother, Lone Gang went to send his father back, covered in dust, wait for Lone to go back to bathe first, clean up and refresh and then go to see the queen mother."

The big eunuch who served Fu Jinhuan was called Wang Muen, probably seeing the chief manager Li Tongjie walking with the emperor, the queen mother is now the largest in the harem, naturally, she is also a rising tide, and she can take a look.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the Queen's message is to ask you to go as soon as you return to the palace."

Guo Zongxun glanced at Wang Muen, turned back to Wei Zhongxian and said:

"Wei Banban, palm mouth, if you let Gu know that there is still a tooth left in this old man's mouth, Gu wants you to look good."

"Minions obey ......"