The Emperor had finally heard the good news by now, "Really? These people can't be the first two ends of the rat and want to profit from it, right? ”

Xia Shouzhong stood there and said with sincere fear: "Long live Lord, the minions have already checked these people, they are all innocent, and they were loyal to the royal family when they were the emperor, even if Jia Ke commanded the forbidden army." These people didn't have any dealings with Jia Ke, and the minions saw that they were still loyal. ”

Xia Shouzhong paused for a moment, and then said: "There are a total of twenty thousand households in the forbidden army, and there are already seven or eight people who have clearly expressed their loyalty to the emperor. There are still a few who are hesitating, and in the opinion of the minions, they will definitely be loyal to the emperor after a while. ”

The emperor finally smiled when he heard this, in the emperor's opinion, this is also what it should be, when the emperor was in power, although the forbidden army was ostensibly controlled by Jia Ke. But in the end, it is not necessary to obey the dispatch of the emperor.

Now the Emperor Taishang is seriously ill in the palace and is no longer able to serve as a director. Seeing that they are about to die, these people have been in the forbidden army for so many years, and they have some connections in the palace. I'm afraid I heard the wind, so now they are all under my command.

"For these people who have taken refuge in us, we must reward them greatly, we must win their hearts, and we must not blindly high pressure." In the end, the emperor instructed Xia Shouzhong a few words.

"The slave understands, the emperor is still smart, if there is no emperor by the side to guide him, where can he win over these people, in the eyes of the slave, the emperor is the first wise man in the world." Xia Shouzhong's sycophant sent it to the emperor as if he didn't want money.

And the emperor was a little fluttering when he sat on the throne now, but he immediately came to his senses again. He couldn't help but be overjoyed that he had controlled this little bit now, compared to Jia Ke, it was just a drop in the bucket.

So the emperor immediately became vigilant in his heart, and said to Xia Shouzhong: "You have to step up the affairs of the forbidden army, only by controlling the forbidden army, can I sleep peacefully in the palace." ”

Now the emperor can be said to have trouble sleeping, and he can only sleep for one or two hours a day, and he will be awakened by nightmares. is afraid that one day he will be killed by Jia Ke in his sleep.

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly knelt on the ground and assured the emperor: "Long live the lord, don't worry, give the slave another month or two, and the emperor will definitely hold the forbidden army firmly in his hands." ”

The emperor only nodded now, Xia Shouzhong has indeed made some contributions in the past few months, like now he has almost controlled half of the forbidden army, and a few others are also a little like himself. This is the best news I have heard in the past few months.

And even the remaining forbidden army thousands of households are also loyal to the emperor, and they are also their royal power. Therefore, the emperor is still relieved of the loyal ministers of the forbidden army.

Not to mention that the emperor was happy that he had obtained the majority control of the forbidden army, but Jia Ke left the palace, lost his temper, and ordered the soldiers to surround the Zhongshun Palace, and then returned directly to the infantry command yamen.

came directly to the lobby, and at this time, Fan Kang got the news and came out of a room next to him to greet Jia Ke.

"My lord, what happened to the court today? Why are you only coming back now. ”

"What else can happen, it's just that the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop."

Fan Kang pondered for a moment and said: "Now it should be impossible for the emperor to trouble you anymore, and now he is accumulating strength in the forbidden army and gathering military power." How can I offend you at this time. ”

"The emperor is not the only one who dares to offend me in this world, isn't there a long history of the Zhongshun Royal Mansion who broke into the Rongxi Hall a few days ago?"

"Could it be that the King of Loyalty is causing you trouble again?"

"Hehe, that loyal and obedient king is getting bolder and bolder now, and he actually killed that long history and blamed me. Today I pointed out a person from the court to join me. When Jia Ke said this, he was a little angry in his heart now.

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Fan Kang smiled, "I advise the lord not to be angry anymore, this is just their last madness." If not, how could they, the royal family, lose the hearts and minds of the world? I think this is God helping you to win the hearts of the people in the world. ”

After listening to this, Jia Ke thought about it, this is indeed the truth, the more crazy the emperor is now, the calmer he should be.

"Thank you Mr. Fan for your advice, otherwise I would really have to fight with them, if so, it wouldn't be a joke for others in the end." Jia Ke still agrees with Fan Kang's persuasion.

Fan Kang smiled and said to Jia Ke: "The lord will endure for a few more months, and it will be autumn." It's a big deal. ”

Jia Ke also nodded there, his eyes flashed, he now thought that he was already in power at such a young age. In the history of the earth, I am afraid that only Liu Xiu, the son of destiny, can match it.

It's unimaginable, as if the heavens are helping him. Now Jia Ke understands that sentence: Heaven and earth are all working together, and heroes are not free.

In the next period of time, the atmosphere in the capital became more and more weird, and the matter of Jia Ke's private deployment of troops to surround the Zhongshun palace was spread among the magnates.

And the emperor didn't pay attention to this matter at all, which made the magnates understand the emperor's weakness even more.

As a result, many of the magnates had already leaned towards the emperor, but now they gradually began to remain neutral.

If these powerful people no longer have any rights, they live in the shadow of their ancestors. Then the attitude of the civil officials in the court is crucial.

Now because of the reason of the loyal king, these two Jinshi are becoming more and more dissatisfied with the royal family, and they will casually execute a Jinshi, so I am afraid that these people are not very safe.

As a result, these civil servants, who had already planned to be loyal ministers of the emperor, had been shaken. Especially those forces behind Liu Yu, many people have now begun to alienate Liu Yu.

Liu Yu also clearly felt it, so during this period of time, he gathered his men many times to gather in the mansion, wanting to win the hearts of the people again and stabilize the forces behind him.

But it backfired, although the people who came still respected him very much for the sake of him as the minister of military aircraft, but when it came to the main things, he was concerned.

Although there are a few people who are diehard loyalists of the emperor, they can't change the overall situation. Liu Yu's power has begun to crumble.

Liu Yu couldn't believe this at all, the emperor just shielded the king of Zhongshun, in the past, the emperor did less of this thing, why didn't he see the court's ministers objecting, now it's just that the emperor is slightly partial to the king of Zhongshun and it has developed to this point.

Liu Yu is becoming more and more irritable now, and he already feels the danger. Now the only way he can think of is to quickly launch the removal of Jia Ke, otherwise, if it continues like this, there will be no need for Jia Ke to use swords, and these ministers below will begin to force the palace.

As time went on, the situation everywhere began to deteriorate. Especially in Shaanxi, there has been no rain since the beginning of spring, and many rivers have dried up. Don't count on the crops in the field this year.

The governor of Shaanxi has made several concessions to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to prepare grain early, and it has been relieved after the autumn harvest.

However, the Lianghuai region is the opposite of Shaanxi, and the heavy rain that has just stopped for a while has begun to fall again. The Huai River has breached in many places, and the number of people affected by the disaster has further increased.

Jia Ke has been dealing with these things every day in the military aircraft department in the past few days, and Jia Ke has asked the emperor several times to increase the allocation of grain to the Lianghuai region, but the emperor has refused.

The emperor also has no choice, and now the grain in the grain storage road is not even five million quintals. These grains will also be prepared for Shaanxi after the autumn harvest. Shaanxi has always been the source of imperial turmoil, and the emperor would now prefer to let the Lianghuai region have turmoil than to let the victims of the disaster spread in Shaanxi after the autumn harvest.

And these silver emperors in the inner treasury were ready to appease the soldiers of the Nine Sides after Jia Ke, and they didn't dare to move at all. Therefore, the current situation in JAC is getting worse and worse.

Jia Ke also understood what the emperor meant, and now he could only do nothing. And in Jia Ke's heart, he actually hopes that the disaster will continue to deepen.

Jia Ke's idea has always been hidden in his heart, and no one dares to tell anyone. It is all because Jia Ke believes that only when disasters occur frequently, so that the bloodletting of this dynasty continues, it is possible for him to seize this dynasty.

Liu Yu saw that Jia Ke no longer looked for the emperor to meet again, but he became anxious. Because he knew that if the victims of the Lianghuai region were not resolved, even if the left capital Yushi Tianye suppressed it forcefully in the Lianghuai region, he was afraid that he would not be able to maintain the situation.

So Liu Yu went to the emperor alone after the military aircraft were all down.

And the emperor was also a little anxious when he heard that Liu Yu had come to meet him, so what was the urgency? Immediately ordered someone to send him to the East Warm Pavilion for an audience.

Liu Yu heard the emperor's summons and followed the eunuch into the Dongnuan Pavilion. After entering the East Warm Pavilion, he first knelt down to the emperor and saluted.

"Get up, Liu Aiqing, do we still need this between our monarchs and ministers?" The emperor sat on the throne and asked Liu Yu to get up and reply.

"Long live thanks." Only then did Liu Yu dare to stand up.

"Liu Aiqing, did you see me this time?"

"Long live, what we discussed some time ago, wasn't the matter of relieving the Lianghuai region delayed for various reasons? The minister thought that in the next dynasty, the emperor would ask again. Liu Yu stood there frowning, he was more worried about this matter than the emperor.

The emperor had just relaxed a little in the past few days, and when he saw him mention this matter again, he felt a little unhappy. But he is still pleased with his loyalty to the imperial court.

"Liu Aiqing, it's not that I don't want to do it, but there is really no way, you don't know those people in the court, and you can discuss something." The emperor also felt a headache when he said this, those ministers in the court were representatives of various forces, and once the policies of the court violated them a little, they would immediately attack them en masse.

Liu Yu knew the emperor's difficulties, but he still said: "So now the Lianghuai region has reached the most dangerous time, if someone provokes among the victims at this time, it will inevitably cause a big mistake." ”

"Liu Aiqing, I also know this truth, but there is indeed no food in the treasury, and I have no way to make them last until the autumn harvest, and then distribute food to them for disaster relief when the grain comes up."

"Long live the lord, if you don't send grain and grass, I'm afraid that if you can't wait for the autumn harvest, the Lianghuai region will be in chaos."

The emperor is now in a dilemma by Liu Yu, you said that the silver was transferred from the inner treasury, so how to appease the soldiers of the Nine Sides in the future? But if you don't peel off the silver again, if something really happens to Jianghuai, I'm afraid it will be out of control.

The emperor stood up from the throne, kept walking in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and finally suddenly stood still, "Liu Aiqing, you said that if the tax is raised this autumn, can you get through the difficulties?" ”