Leaning slightly, the banquet was re-arranged, the four of them raised their glasses to drink, King Xin looked at Li Changcai, put down the glass in his hand, smiled slightly, and seemed to stop talking!

"Your Highness, but you have questions?" Li Changcai also put down the wine glass in his hand and asked.

King Xin was speechless, and still looked at him, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Li Changcai showed a trace of doubt in his eyes, looked around, looked down at himself again, looked up at King Xin again, looked at each other, and after a long time, Li Changcai laughed: "Your Highness, is there anything wrong with Changcai?" ”

On the side, Xu Biao's appearance was inexplicable by the two, and he was involuntarily attracted by the eyes of the two, and then, Xu Biao looked at his appearance, and Xu Biao looked at Xu Biao, I don't know what to say.

The smile on King Xin's face disappeared instantly, he became cold, and said coldly: "Li Changcai, this king doesn't like you now!" ”

Xu Biao's appearance was stunned by the sudden change of King Xin!

Li Changcai was also shocked into a cold sweat by the sudden change of King Xin, and for some reason, he hurriedly got up, bowed to King Xin, and said sincerely: "Changcai is not talented, please Your Highness to solve your doubts!" ”

When Xu Biao saw this, he immediately looked at each other!

I don't understand when Li Changcai, who is known as a ghost talent, was humble?

However, what surprised the two even more was King Shin himself, why did he suddenly become so terrifying, his eyes were like a man's back, and he was completely different from King Shin at the previous banquet.

King Xin's face relaxed slightly, and he remained silent and continued to look at Li Changcai!

Li Changcai was like a man on his back, a trace of cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and after thinking about it, he hurriedly walked to the center of the main hall, bowed down again and said: "Changcai doesn't know where to anger His Highness, please make it clear!" ”

"Genius! What happened to you? Chang Xiang asked in surprise.

"Fool! You shut up! Li Changcai scolded.

"What for?" Chang's appearance was unknown, so he waved his fist at Li Changcai.

Seeing this, Xu Biao was puzzled in his heart, worried that Li Changcai would not know why he offended King Xin, so he hurriedly tidied up his clothes, stepped to Li Changcai's side, bowed and said: "Your Highness, if Changcai is offended, Xu Biao is willing to accept it on his behalf!" ”

Chang Xiang is completely stupid! Craned his neck, did not dare to come out, and a pair of small eyes turned back and forth.

Seeing this, King Xin's face softened a lot, and he looked at Li Changcai and asked: "Li Changcai, this king doesn't like to be a smart person, and he doesn't like to play tricks in front of this king, don't think about tempting this king." ”

Li Changcai shook his head and sighed bitterly, he really underestimated the king of faith in front of him, thinking that he was seamless, and it was logical to skillfully resolve the 'perfume' turmoil, but in fact, he had ulterior motives!

He regretted in his heart that he shouldn't have tried the king three times or twice, but Li Changcai, who was proud of his 'ghost talent', was unwilling to admit defeat, so he bowed down and said: "Your Highness's eyes are like torches, and you know your mistakes for a long time." ”

"What's wrong?"

"The mistake is that it shouldn't be a bidding method, which will eventually intensify the contradiction, Ning Liang and Wu Sangui will break up unhappily, destroying His Highness's interest!" Li Changcai said perfunctorily.

"Huh! What else? Shin Wang's tone softened a little.

"I don't know if I have a long talent, I am willing to punish the prince!"

King Xin sneered: "Li Changcai, you believe that your 'ghost talent' is unparalleled, when Xu Biao's appearance clashed with Ning Liang for the first time, you thought about waiting for an opportunity to retaliate against Ning Liang, so, using the 'perfume' to lead the water to the east and add fuel to the fire, you have calculated Ning Liang's strong and domineering character, and you will definitely not sit back and watch Yan Kuan take the lead and steal his limelight, yes or no?" ”

When Li Changcai heard the reasoning of King Xin, he was speechless, shook his head and sighed bitterly, and admired King Xin's keen insight more and more in his heart.

King Xin sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, no matter what, you can be regarded as a little favor to this king, for the sake of your brotherhood, this king will not be held accountable." ”

Li Changcai hurriedly thanked him as if he had been granted amnesty: "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”

"Sit down!" King Shin waved his hand to signal the three to sit down, and the three thanked them again and returned to their seats.

King Xin thought for a long time and said slowly:

"This king has always respected the three of you very much, and left a strong mark in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", the court has not forgotten your ancestors, but you are worthy of your ancestors!"

The three of them immediately bowed their heads and were silent, their eyes full of shame!

King Xin looked at Li Changcai, and said earnestly: "The ancestors of Zhongshan Wangfu and Changwangfu helped Emperor Taizu to pacify the world with martial arts, and this king will not say it for the time being; Your ancestor of the Marquis of Changping once helped Taizu govern the country and the country, and was called "reincarnated Xiao He" by Taizu as the right minister, and resumed the money making, Huai salt, tea law, iron smelting, fish tax, supervised the "History of the Yuan", and entered the Marquis of Changping, a very human minister! “”

King Xin sighed and continued euphemistically: "Although he was later victimized by traitorous ministers for various reasons, the Zhongshan Palace, the Changwang Mansion and the Changping Marquis Mansion gradually withdrew from the court, and they were willing to be idle princes;

However, now that the country is in danger, the people are in the midst of hunger and cold, there are rogues everywhere, there are strong enemies peeping outside, traitors are in charge inside, and when there are internal and external troubles, are you willing to be the son of a young man? Fight bravely with the princes and nobles of the family and the lords! King Shin said earnestly.

Li Changcai's eyes were moist, his lips trembled, and after listening to the words of the king, he got up silently, bowed down and said: "Your Highness, Changcai is ashamed of the ancestors, from now on, Changcai is willing to be sent by His Highness, and there is no disobedience!" ”

Seeing this, Xu Biao hurriedly pulled up the appearance of the person around him, bowed down and said: "Xu Biao misunderstood His Highness before, please punish Your Highness!" Our brothers are willing to be sent by His Highness, and there will be no disobedience! ”

Seeing this, King Xin laughed and said, "Three of you are exempt! ”

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, nodded slightly, and then sat down, and suddenly, the atmosphere in the hall was much more relaxed, and the three of them were not informal.

Seeing that the three of them were relaxed, King Xin was no longer polite, and raised his glass and said, "Come, let's make this wine!" ”

"!" The three of them raised their glasses, smiles on their faces.

"In that case, this king is no longer polite!" King Shin looked at the three of them and said.

"Your Highness, just command!" Li Changcai said excitedly.

"Hmmm! Now the country is in danger, the powerful ministers and eunuchs are dictatorial and chaotic, disasters are continuous, there are many wanderers, and the people are miserable! It is impossible to purge the government and the opposition in the short term, and the eyes of the eunuchs are all over the government and the opposition, and they need to be slowly figured out! ”

King Xin looked at Li Changcai and said: "Changcai is known as a 'ghost talent', you will find Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department, tomorrow to plan the establishment of the Department of Commerce, mainly to expand business contacts and open up trade routes; ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" Li Changcai is full of confidence.

King Xin then looked at Xu Biao's usual appearance, and said solemnly: "Xu Biao's usual appearance, you are only good at force, this king will enter the palace in the near future to ask for an order, and send the two of you to Shandong to suppress the Kou; You try your best to use the people of Zhongshan Wangfu and Changwangfu, and you must ensure that the army is ironclad and loyal to the country; After arriving in Shandong, I saw the opportunity to act, and the heinous rogue Xiangma was resolutely exterminated, and the heroes and heroes of the rivers and lakes and green forest roads were recruited as much as possible for my use! ”

"At the same time, after you clear the Liukou area, you must establish a base area, develop local productive forces, improve the lives of the people, and help to open up trade exchanges with the Department of Commerce, accumulate grass stocks, expand armaments, and build a loyal and brave iron army that dares to fight and win!"

When Xu Biao and Changxiang heard this, they were excited, and they got up one after another and said, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

King Xin's arrangement has been completed, and he said solemnly: "You must remember that now the enemy is in the open, I am in the dark, and there are more traitors in the DPRK and China. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" The three of them understood, and their eyes were firm.

After bidding farewell to Li Changcai and the others, it was already midnight and the third watch, King Xin returned to the study, and simply arranged the meeting with the prince and brother of the prince at today's banquet, and finally focused his attention on Wu Sangui.

If there is no experience in the dream, King Xin will definitely ignore the person Wu Sangui of Pingxi Palace, he is definitely a dangerous person with two faces and three swords, as for Ning Liang, King Xin can see through him at a glance, but for Wu Sangui, he does not dare to take it lightly, otherwise, I am afraid that there will be a danger of destroying the country!

The next day, King Xin had finished washing early, and only took Wang Guoxing, the commander of the palace guards, with him, to the palace to face the saint; He now has no power or power, and there are many things that need to be consulted by the emperor.

Even if the emperor arranged a position for him, it was equivalent to a fictitious position, and the result was also set aside; All the important parts of the court are people who are eunuchs and eunuchs, and whoever will listen to him is nothing more than hindering the emperor's face and flattering in every way.

Now the court is divided into three major factions, the most powerful is the East Factory, Wei Zhongxian has been running the East Factory for many years, the party henchmen are all over the country, there are eunuchs in the East Factory everywhere, there is a slight disturbance in various places, the East Factory can be detected at the first time, it can be described as a sharp sword hanging over their heads; Even the Jinyiwei, which was directly under the emperor, was under the control of Wei Zhongxian, and it could be said that the power was tilted towards the government and the opposition.

Secondly, it is the Baohe faction headed by Prime Minister Yan Shifan, although Yan Shifan is old and has long stepped down from the post of prime minister, but he has lived in officialdom for a long time, worked hard for many years, and his protégés are all over the government and the opposition, controlling important departments in the DPRK and China; In order to fight for power, the party is entangled, the dictatorship is manipulated, and the dissidents are excluded.

Then there are the feudal kings who are divided into various places, holding heavy troops, holding local military and political power, listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement, and supporting the army and respecting themselves.

There are also some officials who have been sent out and marginalized, such as courtiers like Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household department, who survive in the cracks, worry about the country and the people, work hard, and work hard.