The majestic palace is congratulated by hundreds of officials, and this year is different from previous years. The crown prince wore a golden python robe to lead the hundred officials to congratulate, the emperor's birthday can be said to be not significant, the current imperial examination is out of the list today, the top three enter the palace to meet His Majesty the emperor, Liu Ce, the secretary of the military department, has succeeded in quelling the rebellion, and the land of Sanzhou has been restored to its original state. It's not a grain without a harvest, plus the subsidy from the imperial court, as long as there is no heavy snow last year this year, the people can at least survive this winter. The eight arsenals in Nanjing were fully constructed, and the heavy rain in Nanchu was unspeakably miserable, which made Nanjing in peace. In the past five years, although there have been major disasters this year, there have been no soldiers, and the people in the south have rarely been calm. Although the southeast land has a remote Dongwu effect water incursion, Li Shanhai won both battles.

After three good news in a row, hundreds of officials saluted, and the prince was the leader of the palace. In the face of countless officials' inquiries, the prince in a golden python robe was smiling. Until today, he knew the prince of a country but did not know His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and the prince smiled in the face of the compliments of hundreds of officials.

The seventeen-year-old boy wore a blue-edged python robe, walked up to the prince and asked, "What birthday gift did the prince's brother prepare today?" I saw that the young man was holding a piece of jade carving that looked good, and another young man in a white python robe was sixteen years old, but he was a little younger, the six princes and the seven princes, King Zhao, King Wu, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Bin.

Looking at the two imperial brothers who were not too old, he said: "The sixth brother and the seventh brother will know in a while, and Emperor Rong will sell it first." ”

Xiao Yan said: "Brother Prince, you see that my jade carved unicorn is not good, I am not as rich as the seventh brother's uncle who has a big business." ”

Xiao Bin pointed to the sixth brother and said, "Brother Zhao's fast jade carving is worth a lot of money, and the younger brother only has an ancient painting." Don't say that my uncle is very detained, I wanted to ask for the five-stone attack and death and didn't give it to me, but I stole it once and sent the family to stare at him to death, as if he wanted his life, and there was nowhere to start. "A look of regret.

Where does the prince Xiao Yin not know the origin of the bow, the treasures of a town house, who takes it away, it is not distressing, the important thing is that the town house is actually not a precious thing. Some families always have a few treasures that are not valuable but very important to see for the town house, once taken away and broken Feng Shui, the consequences can be imagined.

said to the two crown princes, who had never been a vassal prince: "Yes, it is much better than the royal brother's congratulatory gift." ”

The two little boys still wanted to see the birthday gift of the prince's brother, but they had to give up when they saw the prince pretending to be mysterious. Every year, even if Brother Qi wins the first place every year, there is usually Brother Jin at the bottom, and this year, King Xiao Ming of Jin will send a congratulatory gift in advance. This year, it should also be the turn of the two of them, and he turned his head to see Xiao Kun, the king of Qi, walking slowly.

The little boy ran over with his birthday gift and asked, "What birthday gift has Brother Qi prepared this year, can you let the little brother look up and pay homage first." ”

King Qi glanced at the proud prince Xiao Yin and lowered his head and said, "Keep it secret first, and then give your father a surprise later." "Dare to play around with the prince, but dare not do things rigorously, and have a strange personality to beg for scolding from Brother Qi, the two brothers had to give up. The six brothers now have only four princes left in Beijing, and now the most powerful is the prince of the prison country. The mothers of the two princes have always said that they are more close to the prince and have more contact with the king of Qi. When I was a child, I didn't understand it, but when I grew up, I figured it out.

How bad is the crown prince's accession to the throne, at least he can keep the throne and spend his life safely, and the king of Qi will not tolerate it as long as he has other thoughts. The prince who has always been a good child by the side of the two royal brothers, but he looks down on the indisputable brother of Jin. Since childhood, as long as he wants, he can take it from the hands of Xiao Ming, the king of Jin, and the weak royal brother can only cry at most.

The two of them, who had not seen each other for several months, saluted each other, and King Qi said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so interested, I don't know if today's congratulatory gift can be loved by my father." ”

With a smile on his face, he looked a little proud, and replied: "In previous years, Brother Qi's birthday gift was the favorite of the emperor, how dare the little brother take out the worthless things to be embarrassed." I don't know what birthday gift Brother Wang has prepared, and whether he can still be loved by his father. ”

Just smiled slightly and didn't answer, and returned the salute King Qi strode towards the main hall. But he saw Yang Chen, who was in the dust, striding over with a pair of calligraphy and paintings in one hand, and the prince was talking to the two imperial brothers. Yang Chen stepped forward without any scruples, if it was said that the most fearful of the King of Qi was the crown prince, it was not easy to defeat the King of Qi who could not be allowed to turn over.

stepped forward respectfully, as usual, with a little more compliment in his eyes, and the prince smiled slightly. once had the intention to bring Yang Chen under his command, as long as he could get the secret support of the King of Tianshui, he would have the right to fight in the army. It's just that he didn't think about it, and before he said it, Yang Chen had refused, and he had to give up on this matter. After all, Tianshui is the gateway to the northwest, and as long as the Tianshui Yang clan sits in the wilderness and the vagrants cannot set foot in the Central Plains, it has always been the emperor's biggest taboo. The two can compete for the throne but must not have any friendship with the Tianshui Yang family, and the relationship between Xiao Ming, the king of Jin, and Yang Chen has not been seen.

Yang Chen asked tentatively, "Does Your Highness know King Qi's birthday gift?" ”

Yang Chen, who has always rarely been in one thing, made the prince a little strange, and replied truthfully: "I don't know, does the prince know what birthday gift Brother Qi gave." "With a hint of gadget. But he doesn't care about King Qi's birthday gift, but he usually needs to investigate, but this year it's not necessary, does the prince of the prison country need to care about the birthday gift of the imprisoned King Qi?

The answer made Yang Chen a little surprised, and he hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ever heard that the Red Sleeves have been rehearsing a tune. ”

Listening to Yang Chen's meaning, King Qi's birthday gift is a tune, and he doesn't care about it. Nodding lightly, he said, "This palace knows, is there anything else going on with the prince?" ”

The eunuch guarding the hall outside the main hall shouted loudly: "Hundreds of officials come to see you, Your Majesty congratulates." ”

The prince bowed slightly and turned around and walked towards the main hall, Yang Chen looked a little helpless. It seems that I can only stare at it myself, and if it is another tune, it will be fine. Only this song is a taboo for His Majesty and a kind of nostalgia, and I can't figure out why I chose Yulian. Although the music is exquisite, there are many musicians in the world who can play it. The reason why His Majesty likes a piece of music is because he likes a person, not really likes it. Playing in the place of Concubine Xin, I really don't know what His Majesty the Emperor will do, I am afraid that he will be angry and fall to death.

In the main hall, hundreds of officials saw that today's emperor did not wear a crown robe. looked like a kind old man, and after the officials congratulated each other, the two princes obediently took out their birthday gifts. Xiao Yan dragged the jade carved unicorn and said: "The son of the retainer offers a jade unicorn to wish my father and the emperor a long life like a unicorn." ”

Hearing the congratulatory words of the six emperor brothers, Xiao Bin was a little overwhelmed, he hated reading the most since he was a child, and he couldn't think of a better greeting for a while, and said: "Erchen's is a painting of mountains and rivers swimming dragons, and I wish Daliang Tianlong to be born for thousands of years." ”

The emperor smiled at the two uncompetitive emperors and replied: "Yan'er, the cake has a heart, take a seat." ”

The two felt that their father didn't like these things, there was nothing in the palace, and his father never lacked these things. I feel a little at a loss, but is there still a brother of King Jin who is far away in Jinyang?

Two middle-aged people walked out of the seat, a subordinate official of the fourth prince King Wei and a subordinate official of the fifth prince King Jin. I saw that the subordinate official of the King of Wei asked the attendant to walk out with a huge strange stone, and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Wei searched all over the fiefdom, and by chance a strange stone fell from the sky one day, and there was obviously a beam word between the textures. His Royal Highness the King of Wei said that this is auspicious, and the Liang will inevitably unify the Central Plains and complete the century-old cause. ”

Obviously, he saw the emperor with a smile on his face, but the subordinate officials of the King of Jin were holding a bag of ears of wheat. I never thought that King Jin would take this thing as a birthday gift, which looked a little shabby. Compared to King Wei's birthday gift, it was even more worthless, and he strode forward and handed the cloth bag to Grandpa Wei.

The emperor's face was a little curious, and he opened the cloth bag, but saw golden ears of wheat, the grains were not large, and even a little shriveled. Looking up at the subordinate officials of King Jin, the middle-aged man said: "Your Majesty, this bag of ears of wheat was sown by His Royal Highness the King of Jin himself, and Weichen personally cut it before leaving. His Royal Highness said that the harvest in the three counties of Jinyang this year was not good, and he couldn't bear to let the people suffer for his father's birthday. He could only take out the ears of wheat sown by himself to congratulate His Majesty, saying that the harvest in the three counties of Jinyang this year was not good, and the people still had rations at home to let His Majesty relax. A bag of wheat ears and a bowl of wheat porridge warm the stomach, and the three counties of Jinyang congratulate His Majesty. ”

After saying the words explained by King Jin in one breath, the subordinate officials were a little weak-hearted. The value of an inconspicuous bag of wheat ears is only a dozen yuan, not to mention the strange stones of King Wei, even the jade unicorn of King Zhao and the corner of King Wu's mountain and river paintings are not comparable. Especially afraid of the eyes of the officials, the emperor's eyes were even more frightened and the officials were sweating profusely.

The Hubu squire walked out and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Jin can give this birthday gift, it is a blessing for my great beam." Grain grows on the barren land, and the people do not panic when they have food. The snow disaster in the north can have some harvest in many areas is already good, the seven northern states of His Majesty decreed to exempt them from taxes, only the three counties of Jinyang are also among them, the three counties do not pay all taxes, although not much, Jin Wang Gong is also in the community in the people. ”

Hearing that someone was speaking for King Jin, the subordinate official breathed a sigh of relief, and the emperor stared at the subordinate official and asked, "Ming'er is doing well in Jinyang." ”

The subordinate officer said: "It's very good to go back to His Royal Highness King Jin, do it from the beginning to the beginning, and live at sunset." ”

The emperor sitting on the dragon chair was a little curious, saying that Xiao Ming was not a prince but an old peasant. From the echo of the household servant, it can be seen that the three counties of Jinyang did not have the spring plowing and autumn harvest affected by the snow disaster. Nodding lightly, he said: "King Jin has a heart, go back and tell Ming'er to rest more, and he should take care of his body when he is young and doesn't know how hard he works." ”

The first time a subordinate official entered the palace, it was the first time he met the emperor, and he couldn't help but say a word: "The princess takes good care of His Royal Highness." ”

The empress, who was sitting beside the emperor, said, "Talk to the palace for a while, and talk to the palace about what Ming'er did in Jinyang." The subordinate officer replied a little stiffly: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

The courtesy was light, and the hundred officials couldn't help but take a heavy look at Xiao Ming, the king of Jin, who was far away in Jinyang. An inconspicuous prince in Taiping City, a bag of wheat ears of more than ten yuan is the best birthday gift.

The emperor said: "Ming'er has a heart, you can step back first." After the feast, it will be played again. Squinting at the household servant, he said: "I decreed that the seven states should be exempted from taxes, and what crime should the household department take if they dare to collect taxes privately." ”

What was surprising was that the household servant said with a smiling face: "Back to Your Majesty, the three counties of Jinyang are not collected by the imperial court, but the people send the grains to their respective counties and let His Royal Highness the King of Jin hand them over to the imperial court, so that the people in the affected areas can have a stutter in winter." His Royal Highness the King of Jin disagreed, and the treasury was emptied and handed over to the imperial court as a tax for the people. Not a single grain of rice was collected. ”

The emperor nodded lightly and said: "Ming'er has a heart, and if you have merit in governing the fiefdom, the silver will be sent to the land of Wenzhou and Sanzhou, and you don't need to go into the treasury." ”

The eyes of many officials stared at the subordinate officials of King Jin, where had they seen such a scene, and the subordinate officials who had made up their minds that they would not come next year, and they would not come to death. Especially the eyes of the two princes were about to kill themselves a thousand times, so they had to bow their heads and smile bitterly.

The crown prince walked out and said: "Father, the emperor and his sons are willing to hand over all the silver of the East Palace to the household department to appease the people of Qizhou so that they can survive this winter." ”

Suddenly, a group of officials had black faces, and the soldiers of the three states suffered from the snow disaster in the seven states. Although there are donations, today's birthday gift is not priceless. The crown prince took the lead and had no choice but to go out and was willing to hand over part of the family property to the treasury, and the emperor saw that although the hundred officials were smiling, they looked down on these people.

said: "Daliang has not yet reached this point, and you Aiqing's intentions are understood. Since the crown prince said it, then send half of the silver in the East Palace to the land of Qizhou to appease the people. ”

Then he said: "I think that the best birthday gift today is three things, General Liu Ce put down the rebellion in Sanzhou, the eight arsenals in Nanjing successfully established and began to build, and the three talented people of Daliang. Gonggong Wei let Sanjia enter the palace. ”

The crown prince did not attend the banquet but said: "My father and sons are fortunate to have five jars of peerless wine, and they just drink it with the ministers. ”