The Yellow Emperor calendar 4317. In the fifth year of the Great Xia Suzong, the twenty-first day of the lunar month.

Su Zongtianzi's pale face seemed to be covered with terrifying old age spots overnight, so that the twilight on his body could no longer be hidden--------

The diligent ruler who used to sleep only three or four hours a day is now awake for less than four hours a day.

At this moment, the great eunuch Wang Chun bowed in and said, "Official, Uncle Jia is here." ”

When Emperor Suzong heard this, his brows were evacuated, and he said, "Call him in." ”

After a while, Jia Ru came to this. Emperor Lizong asked Wang Chun to hand over an edict for Jia Ru to read. Emperor Li Zong opened his mouth and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Jia Ru read it carefully, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Several ministers are brave, the southern invasion of the Yan army this time is different from the past, it seems that there is a posture of annexing our dynasty in one fell swoop, Jiangbei defense is the top priority, Wang Mingzhi has been in Jiangbei for many years, if he returns to the dynasty to govern, who will Your Majesty entrust Jiangbei?" Even if the ministers of the court are qualified for this position, it will take several months to get acquainted with the process, but the invasion of the steppe army will be stormy, and our dynasty does not have that time. ”

Emperor Suzong said: "Well, it's quite thoughtful. I want the prince to be in charge of the country, what do my in-laws think. ”

Jia Ru was taken aback and groaned: "Your Majesty has only been in power for four years, and the prince has not been involved in government politics before, and what he used to learn was poetry and songs, wind and snow. It is not a good strategy to let the prince supervise the country, it is better to let the prince learn the imperial skills from the important ministers of the court and the great Confucianism of Jiangnan for a few years, and then it is not too late to ascend to the throne. Moreover, there is a virtuous queen in the palace to help His Majesty deal with the government affairs, and she is worry-free for the time being, and she is not in a hurry. ”

Suzong Tianzi smiled all over his face and couldn't help nodding, his ascension to the throne has only been four years, how can he be willing to hand over his rights to the crown prince now!

Jia Ru continued: "On the way back to Beijing, I heard that Wudang Mountain Sanfeng Zhenren is traveling to the south of the Yangtze River, as long as Your Majesty invites Sanfeng Zhenren to show Your Majesty your body, if you can learn the art of longevity, Your Majesty will be able to live a long life." ”

Emperor Suzong's eyes lit up and asked: "Sanfeng real person immortal-like figure, I heard that when the Great Khan of Yan State Helian Shagai traveled in the desert in Sanfeng real person, he respected him as a national teacher and worshiped his disciples as disciples, and wanted to ask for the way of immortality of Sanfeng real people, but Sanfeng real people refused. How can you see me, a layman, as if Mitoyo is a hundred years old, right? ”

Jia Ru replied: "Sanfeng Zhenren should be more than one hundred and ten years old, Your Majesty has been in the south of the Yangtze River for decades, the wind and rain in the south of the Yangtze River are smooth, the literary style is prosperous, and the people live a rich life. Sanfeng Zhenren has always been merciful to the common people, and how can he be compared to the murderer of the demon king. If you know that Your Majesty is coming, you will be willing to come. Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the former Qimen Hou Ganxiang Shenggong is a lay disciple of Wudang Zhang Zhenren, and the matter of inviting Zhang Zhenren is still on the Qimen Houfu. ”

The next day, Emperor Suzong issued an edict: Grant Qimen Hou Ganfu as the Duke of Cao Guo and Taifu, and the title of Duke of his country will not be passed on to his descendants, and he will be allowed to die old. Give Song Ci as the Taibao and allow him to retire. His title of Marquis of Qimen was inherited by Gan Jing, the second room of the Gan family. Promoted Jia Ru to the cabinet of university scholars, Zheng Yipin, the prime minister of the left prime minister, and went to the study. Wang Mingzhi is the right prime minister of the cabinet university scholar and deputy Yipin, and the Jiangbei propaganda envoy, responsible for Jiangbei affairs. Shengshi was re-elected as a cabinet university scholar and deputy secretary of the first rank of the secretary. Zhao Chong was promoted to the rank of Cabinet University Scholar and Scholar of the First Military Department. Give Chong'an Wang Chai and Rui as the Ministry of Rites. Yang Jieliang was promoted to the deputy second-grade Jiankang defense envoy. Shenglu Daozhi is the deputy second grade Dali Temple Zhengqing. Ci Gan Feng Champion Hou, is the third product of Bashu defense envoy, fully responsible for the defense of Bashu, that is, Ke to take office. Shenglu Dazhong was the defense envoy of Jingxi, the general of the Zhengsanpin Hussars, and was fully responsible for the defense of Jingxiang. Zhang Shijie was promoted to the defense envoy of Jingdong, the general of Zhengsanpin, and was fully responsible for the defense of Huaisi. Wu Lin was promoted to the deputy four-grade imperial history Zhongcheng. Li Yu is the left waiter of the deputy fourth-grade military department. Zhang Shun and Zhang Gui were the commanders of the Dongting Navy, and they were controlled by Fan Sui, the marshal of the Great Xia Navy. Feng Xiagui, Niu Fu, and Fan Tianshun are the six products of the capital, and they are controlled by Lu Dazhong.

Emperor Suzong's series of combination punches laid the bane of the country's demise in the stormy Great Xia, and a generation of traitorous ministers Jia Ru officially ascended to the throne, and the officials, military departments and the defense of the capital that held real power all fell into the hands of Jia Ru's allies.

And Wang Mingzhi, Lu Daozhi, Gan Feng and other loyal ministers and good generals are not in the core of the imperial court's decision-making.

On the last day of the Yellow Emperor's calendar in 4317, the cold wind was cold and the snow was falling. Around Song Ge's mansion, there are already many long-bodied guards wearing soap shirts and wearing purple heads. Although these big men are dressed plainly, they can't hide the arrogance in their expressions. On the contrary, those people who are strong in martial arts in civilian clothes are very casual.

For the residents and merchants along the Qinhuai River, this kind of scene is the most familiar, but which literary and elegant prince of Daxia came from the forbidden place and wanted to stay here in the Song Ge Nushi. These long-bodied men are all the guards of the royal front, and there are even a few masters with weapons who stand guard for the prince's private meeting and second wife.

The Chai family also has a good reputation among the people. The officials of the past dynasties were full of fireworks, and in the past few years of Great Xia, there have been few crimes that have alarmed the emperor, let alone assassination. Although these long-bodied men guarded Song Ge's mansion, they were all lazy, and most of them were empty-handed.

The prince is in Gaole, these big inner classes don't have much loyalty, they just chat and fart in a small pile outside, and the commanders and generals who lead the class don't see it, and sometimes they come up to chat a few words. Everyone has different official titles, and their backgrounds are almost the same, which is considered a family of generations of generals, otherwise how can they be selected into the royal front classes?

The excitement of the outside conversation naturally can't be transmitted to this small building.

The crown prince Chai Heng knew his father very well, and he took great care of himself, and he would never allow himself to meet with foreign ministers. Gan Feng will bring the Shuai army into Sichuan tomorrow, and if they don't meet again, there will be no time. Don't think you have to use the palace to prepare for the New Year, and ask Fa Xiao to meet his confidante here.

There was still more than an hour before dark, and Chai Heng came here in advance to wait for Gan Feng.

At this moment, in the small building, there was a lot of spring, Chai Heng wore a middle single, and looked at Song Ge combing his hair in front of the windowsill with a smile. Song Ge seemed to have just bathed, his white and greasy skin was flushed, his cheeks were also red, and there was a shallow layer of fragrant sweat. Her hair was half wet and half dry, and she was running through it with an ivory comb. It seems that I waited for my hair to dry before going to bed.

Chai Heng was not in a hurry, just looking at this picture of a beautiful woman coming out of the bath, as if he had completely left all the troubles and worries of the past few days, and quietly enjoyed this rare time between the two alone.

Song Ge occasionally glanced sideways at him, and Chai Heng smiled slightly, but he didn't look away. The woman in front of her, somehow, is unforgettable, and with her, the only feeling is peace and joy. In the forbidden world, although there are countless people to please him, they always have one purpose or another. Song Ge didn't complain, didn't ask Chai Heng for anything, and didn't use his identity to say a word. The only time when Chai Heng seemed obsessed was when Chai Heng was interested here, occasionally chanting and painting, Song Ge was always playing, and then looked at Chai Heng's eyes, all full of admiration and worship.

All this made Chai Heng feel that even if he was not a prince, just a down-and-out scholar, with his literary style, calligraphy and painting, he could also be treated by Song Ge, and this feeling was the most sincere.

Not to mention Song Ge's talent and temperament, which is only seen in Chai Heng's life. The longer such a woman plays, the more addicted she becomes.

At the moment, Gan Feng dressed as a scholar, and walked into the study of Song Ge's mansion under the guidance of the little eunuch, only to see Chai Heng was immersed in painting, and the owner of this place, Song Ge, the first prostitute in Jiangnan, stood aside to watch. He stepped forward and saluted, "Weichen is willing to see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"You and I grew up together, like brothers, you don't have to be polite, sit down first, wait for me for a while!"

Gan Feng sat down on the side, and after a while, Chai Heng finished painting, then put down his pen and said with a smile: "Do you still remember the scene when you and I met for the first time sixteen years ago, when you were half a head shorter than me, and you knocked me to the ground in order to compete for the Trojan horse?" I was still the prince of Wei at that time, unlike now, when I became the crown prince, the two of us became rusty. I'm not like you, the Gan family lives together, and there are only one or twenty uncles and brothers. And I only have one sister, in fact, I was very lonely when I was a child, and everyone around me wore a mask. The first time I suffered a loss, it was you who gave me, I don't know each other if I don't fight, and since then, I have longed to be happy with you every day. ”

"Yes! I still remember that His Royal Highness came to my house to congratulate my grandmother on her birthday, as if it was just yesterday, but I didn't expect so many years to pass in a blink of an eye. ”

"But the situation in Daxia is very bad, you must also know that tens of millions of people in Jiangbei were killed, my heart hurts, but there is nothing to be done. My father's body was overwhelmed by the burden of government affairs, and he only came to the court once or twice a month. A few days ago, I proposed to let me be in charge of the country, but Jia Ru blocked me. These traitors have done anything for the sake of power, and I will kill them one day. ”

"Your Highness is cautious!"

Chai Heng said: "It's nothing, there are only you and me here, Song Ge Nushi is my confidante and is not in the way." ”

"Your Highness needs Weichen to do something?"

Chai Heng shook his head half-loudly: "I need your army, but now I ------"

Chai Heng sighed: "Frankly speaking, I need an army that can really fight, an army that is truly loyal to me, I am nominally the crown prince, but in fact, I can't even get into the forbidden army in the capital." ”

Chai Heng was silent, he had previously won a great victory in Xiangfan, the grassland army retreated two hundred miles to the north, and once received Chai Heng's carrier pigeon to pass the book, so that when he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he led the army into Beijing, but the next day he received a carrier pigeon, giving up the order of the previous day, although it was just a small turmoil, but this incident made Gan Feng discover Chai Heng's eagerness to ascend the throne in his heart, and found that he hid the impulsive adventure you gave in his bones.

It was precisely because of this that Gan Feng did not intend to hand over his fate to Chai Heng, lest he make any more moths and finally kill himself.

After pondering for a while, Gan Feng said vaguely: "I am training local people in Xiangfan, and when I left, I had already taught the Gan family's military training methods to Zhu Fu and Fan Tianshun. Even if you enter Sichuan with a humble position, it will not affect the formation of the army. Once the capital is in danger, His Royal Highness can order them to enter the King of Jingqin, I believe that they will arrive in the capital in the shortest possible time, and now His Royal Highness only needs to make a statement to the official family, and the walls of Huaisi, Yangzhou, and the capital will be heightened and reinforced, and the people of Yan will really kill, but they are not actually there. ”

Chai Heng became interested at the time, and asked again: "How many new troops are trained by Xiangfan?" ”

"There are about 20,000 elite soldiers who can be mobilized, and there are tens of thousands of other troops who must guard Xiangfan."

"How many tens of thousands are there?"

"About 30,000!"

Chai Heng stood up and walked a few steps, thinking for a moment in his heart, and then turned back and asked eagerly: "20,000 elite soldiers may be mobilized now?" ”

Gan Feng smiled and shook his head, "Your Highness, there are some things that Your Highness can't do now, especially when it comes to the army, once you are caught by some people, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Gan Feng was actually implicitly reminding Chai Heng that once there was an army transfer without the permission of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that the first one to be deposed would be the Prince of the East Palace.

Chai Heng understood Gan Feng's warning, he had to put away his strong desire for the army, sat down again, and asked for a while: "I heard that you met your father today, what did he say to you?" ”

"The official asked me to persuade His Highness, try not to interfere with the cabinet, and now it is important to learn how to govern the country from a few old ministers."

Chai Heng's face suddenly became ugly, "Click! The pen in his hand was broken into two by him.