In the early autumn, the valley and sea in the fields are rippling, and the farmers who have worked for a season are not afraid of the aftermath of the autumn tiger, and hurriedly harvest the summer grain. [No pop-ups. The sickle dances, the sweat flows, but people's hearts are strangely sweet. This year's year is good, and the emperor has abolished the old policies such as the cattle ploughing order, and the burden on his body is much smaller.

The people who moved to Chang'an, everyone actually got a lot of arable land, but those who stayed in their hometowns were not bad, in addition to their own arable land, they could also go to the landlord's house to be tenants, help the landlord's family farm the land, and there would be some income.

With food, without the cunning and plundering of corrupt officials, people are also in a happy mood, and their faces gradually bloom into smiles. The carriages of high-ranking officials and nobles passed by on the official road, and they no longer had to hide and hide, and they no longer had to worry about being dragged to serve in the conscription for no reason.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and more than 60 riders galloped on the official road to Bianjing in Tongguan. In addition to the leader, these people are all in one-color Tsing Yi short coats, which look extremely capable, they hang waist knives, and some of them also carry strong bows and crossbows. At a glance, you can see that this person is by no means from an ordinary background.

This group of people rode their horses and whipped, and they arrived in Luoyang, Xijing. But I saw a two-seater carriage coming from the opposite side, the door curtain of the carriage was opened, and a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties was sitting inside, stretching his neck from time to time, and looking out with his head cocked.

After seeing this group of knights, the middle-aged man was overjoyed, holding the car door with one hand, leaning out of his body, and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the minister Wei Renpu is here to take over." ”

The knight at the head tightened the reins, and after seeing that it was Wei Renpu, his face couldn't help showing a trace of hesitation: "Brother Wei, you didn't accompany Your Majesty in Bianliang, Tokyo, why did you come to Xijing?" ”

The knight headed by this turned out to be Guo Rong, the king of the Great Zhou Jin Dynasty. Since the time of Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty, Guo Wei took command to crusade against the rebellion of the three towns, and sent Guo Rong to lead his troops westward to suppress Wang Jingchong, Guo Wei and Guo Rong, father and son, were on their separate sides and did not see each other for four years. A while ago, Guo Wei occasionally got a cold and his spirit was a little weak, so he issued an edict to summon Guo Rong to Beijing.

Wei Renpu jumped down from the carriage, walked up to Guo Rong and saluted: "Lord, Weichen is specially prevented from entering Beijing by His Majesty's holy decree. ”

Guo Rong glanced at Wei Renpu, and saw that Wei Renpu was smiling and looking normal, so he was a little relieved, he waved his big hand, and the more than sixty people who came with him "swished", and then dispersed, surrounding Guo Rong and Wei Renpu impartially in the middle, Guo Wei asked in a deep voice: "My father is in poor health, and he urgently recruited me to Beijing again, why did I not go to Xijing yet, and issued an edict to prevent me from entering Beijing?" I want to see with my own eyes where the Holy Purpose is. ”

With such a strange thing, no wonder Guo Rong is extremely cautious. Fortunately, the person who came was Guo Rong's confidant Wei Renpu, if it was another minister, even if he came up with a holy decree, Guo Rong would not listen to it, so what about it. Guo Rong is not Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi. Wei Renpu took out the holy decree and handed it to Guo Rong: "Lord Wang, this is His Majesty's holy decree, please read it carefully." ”

Guo Rong took the holy decree of Ming Huang Silk and read it carefully: "Has my father's illness been cured?" "This decree is written very warmly, Guo Wei said that his body has recovered, and my son will not come to Beijing to see him, or seize the time to raise the affairs of Guanzhong. However, the Holy Decree is just a thing, and no one can say what it looks like.

Wei Renpu also understood Guo Rong's worries, he said: "Before I left Beijing, I had seen Your Majesty, and there was nothing wrong with Your Majesty's good spirits. ”

Guo Rong was silent, although Guo Wei only has such a son as himself now, but after all, he is not his own. As the saying goes: the night is long and there are many dreams. How could he not be worried when everything was undecided?

Wei Renpu said: "Lord Wang, Your Majesty's health is fine, you can rest assured." In fact, from the fact that His Majesty urgently summoned His Royal Highness to Beijing, it can be seen that the holy will is. Now the people who are qualified to inherit the great unification are none other than the King of Jin and General Li. Both of them are not in the capital, and as soon as His Majesty is sick, he urgently summons His Royal Highness to enter the capital, but does not summon General Li, which shows that the prince is already the heir of His Majesty's acquiescence in his heart! ”

Guo Rong didn't understand this. However, when the stakes are at stake, how many people can maintain a peaceful mood? Guo Rong was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Has there been any change in the envoy of the king recently?" ”

Wei Renpu smiled: "The prince can rest assured." Wang Jun didn't live long. ”

Guo Rong and Wang Jun have no contradictions, but just like Guan Yu can't look at Liu Feng alive or dead, Guo Wei's iron buddy can't look down on Guo Rong alive or dead, and always does everything possible to prevent Guo Rong from entering Beijing as an official.

"Lord Wang, you must have heard that a while ago, Wang Jun didn't ask His Majesty one after another to remove himself from his position as a privy envoy, and wanted to be a loose person." Wei Renpu explained.

Guo Rong couldn't help but sneer: "Wang Jun is arrogant, he is obviously asking for resignation as a privy envoy, but in fact, I am afraid that he is testing His Majesty." Didn't Your Majesty already send someone to keep him? Speaking of Wang Jun, Guo Rong couldn't help but feel fire in his heart. Wang Junguan Gao Juexian, who is also in charge of the Privy Council, desperately suppressed Gao Huailiang and others under Guo Rong's account, but he was unwilling to promote them. Not only that, Wang Jun and Guo Wei's old generals Zheng Renxue, Xiang Xun and others are also full of contradictions, in order to consolidate their position, half a month ago Wang Jun resigned from the privy council to tell the old man to return to his hometown, Guo Wei did not agree, but Wang Jun stayed at home and did not go to the privy council class. Guo Wei had no way to send Chen Tong, Wang Jun's good privy counselor, to find out Wang Jun's thoughts, and Guo Wei also said, Lao Wang, if you don't come out again, I will personally go to your mansion to invite you.

Chen Tong, a privy counselor, went around Wang Jun's mansion and reported to Guo Wei: "Your Majesty, after the persuasion of the minister, the idea of Lord Wang leaving the official post has been loosened, if Your Majesty personally goes to the palace to invite him, presumably Lord Wang will come back." ”

Guo Weinian was in brotherhood, so he prepared the frame and wanted to go to the palace to invite, halfway through, Wang Jun Pegasus arrived, saying that he didn't dare to work His Majesty, His Majesty loved Weichen so much, and the ministers should be the liver and brain. It seems that Wang Jun is patting on the back, but in fact, the emperor personally went to the minister's house to invite someone out of the mountain, which is rare. Everyone knows that Liu Bei looked at the thatched house, but that was because Liu Bei was poor at the time, and when he became developed, he never visited anyone again. And now Guo Wei is an upright founding emperor.

This farce, at best, Guo Wei left a reputation of affection at most, but Wang Jun is completely different, through this incident, he played Guo Wei in the palm of his hand, so that his power increased greatly.

Wang Jun's behavior, in Guo Rong's view, is completely a challenge to the imperial power, if left unchecked, the consequences are unimaginable. However, he is in the position of the prince, and he has a lot of scruples to deal with courtiers like Wang Jun. At this time, I heard that Wang Jun might lose more than he gained, Guo Rongma asked, "Brother Wei, where did you start with this?" ”

"Lord Wang, Wang Jun is smart but was mistaken by cleverness. He tested His Majesty's mind, but he was also afraid that His Majesty would push the boat along the river, so he agreed to his request, at that time, wouldn't Wang Jun lose more than he lost? So, while Wang Jun resigned, he also quietly wrote secret letters to the Jiedu envoys in various places, asking them to sponsor him. so that His Majesty cannot remove himself from office. ”

"Write a secret letter?" Guo Rong was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he not only smiled: "Wang Jun was confused for a while." How can this kind of thing be used by MeSign? Could it be that the festival envoys of each feudal town presented Wang Jun's secret letter to His Majesty? ”

"The prince expected it to be good. I heard the eunuch in the palace say that His Majesty was shocked when he received the report...... Hey...... Wang Jun's days are short. Wei Renpu said.

"It makes sense, it makes sense. Then Bianjing, I won't go. If I don't go to Bianjing, Wang Jun will be more unscrupulous, and the greater my father's suspicion of Wang Jun will be, and Wang Jun will not be unlucky. Brother Wei, you must always be aware of the situation in Bianjing, and if there is any change, you must send it to Chang'an quickly! ”

"Don't worry, Wei Chen's eyes will be wide open, looking at Wang Jun for the prince!"

Guo Rong laughed, patted Wei Renpu's shoulder and said, "Since this is the case, then King Ben will go back to Chang'an first." ”

"Lord Wang, slow down. There is nothing wrong with you coming and going away on official terms. However, from the perspective of personal friendship, Your Majesty and the prince are father and son, how can a father be sick and his son not even write a letter of condolence? Wei Renpu stopped Guo Rongdao.

Guo Rongma understood what Wei Renpu meant, and when he saw Wei Renpu take out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone from the carriage, he took it, thought about it for a while, and wrote a letter. After finishing writing, he said to Wei Renpu: "I'm in a hurry, Brother Wei can buy some melon and fruit specialties in Luoyang and send them to Your Majesty for me." It can be regarded as a piece of filial piety for me. ”

Guo Rong said, his face slightly reddened. Two days ago, Guo Rong saw his father's holy decree, and when he saw that the urging in the holy decree was very urgent, he thought that something had happened to Guo Wei, so he just cared about beating his horse and whipping his horse, and desperately rushed to Bianjing, but he didn't think too much. Although Wang Jun has a lot of power, the army of Bianjing City Defense has Guo Rong's cronies, so Guo Rong is not afraid.

After sending Wei Renpu away, Guo Rong and his entourage turned around and returned to Chang'an. After he arrived in Tongguan, he returned to Chang'an with Shi Shouxin's Department, who had quietly transferred to the Tongguan area.

When he returned to his palace, before he had drunk a cup of tea, Wang Pu asked for an audience and brought bad news: according to the report of the spies in Shu, it was very likely that the two countries of Chu and Shu would join the Northern Expedition.

The new army has just been formed, and although it has not yet been trained much, after all, these people are strong men drawn from the army, and they still have a certain combat effectiveness. However, since Shu dares to send troops to Guanzhong, then it must win a battle, so that Shu will be afraid, and will never dare to harass Guanzhong again. From this point of view, the army fighting still has to use a well-trained white-clothed army