Chapter 260: I see

Tai Chi Palace looked no different from usual, when Fang Xie and Shen Tian Fan Mu Xiaoxiao came in, they found that the guards on duty had not increased, and the number of flying fish robes patrolling back and forth was the same as usual. Fang Xie knew that this was only a superficial thing, but in fact, he couldn't tell what he was already nervous about.

Prince Yi wanted to rebel, but there was no direct evidence that he didn't rebel for a while. Yang Yin is very cautious, at least it is difficult to dig him out of the world. Even if the emperor is suspicious, it is not good to take down a prince for no reason. And Fang Xie also knew that the reason why the emperor was waiting for Prince Yi to make a move may be the idea of sweeping away the anti-party. But he didn't know why the emperor was so sure, Prince Yi didn't show panic until now, obviously he was confident, and the confidence in the bones of the two brothers was the same.

The people of the Yang family seem to have this trait, perhaps it is the temperament that has gradually formed in the past hundred years of ruling the world.

The little eunuch Mu San led Fang Xie and the three of them all the way inside, and when he reached a place where there was no one, he deliberately slowed down his pace and narrowed the distance with Fang Jie.

"Something happened in the northwest, and the 700,000-strong army was wiped out...... His Majesty was furious, and only after listening to the emergency report from the border pass turned white, looking strange and scary. ”

He said in a low voice.

Fang Xie snorted, pretending to be casual and continued to walk forward: "I already know about the northwest, what I want to know now is ...... Does Your Majesty have any orders for tomorrow's military ceremony? ”

Mu San said: "I just listened to a few words when I was about to go out, and I didn't dare to stay for a long time." When His Majesty listened to the Northwest Emergency, we waited for all of us to go out, and I deliberately delayed my departure at the end to listen to some. But I don't know what His Majesty said later, but His Majesty urgently summoned Xu Xiaogong, the general of the Right Guard, and Yang Shunhui, the general of the Left Guard, to enter the palace. ”

Fang Jie's mind spun for a moment, but he didn't find any clue from these words.

"You said Your Majesty has white temples?"

"yes"

The little eunuch Mu San sighed in a low voice: "Lord Xiao Fang, you didn't look at it, it was white in just a moment." I was fine when I went out, and when His Majesty sent us in to serve, I saw it at a glance, and my heart was sour at that time, but I can imagine how angry His Majesty was in his heart. ”

Turning an aisle, in front of the Dongnuan Pavilion was the East Warm Pavilion, and Mu San stopped talking. After the four of them arrived at the Dongnuan Pavilion, as soon as Fang Xie entered the door, he saw the two generals sitting in the outhouse, and he quickly stood up straight and greeted each other with a military salute. When the two generals saw Fang Jie's military salute, they also stood up and returned with a military salute.

"Humble Fang Jie, I've seen two great generals!"

Xu Xiaogong and Fang Xie were quite familiar, and after returning the salute, he smiled and said, "I was taken aback by your military salute when you entered the door." I actually forgot that you are also from the military, very good, very good, you haven't forgotten your roots. ”

Fang Xie and Zuo Zhenwei's general Yang Shunhui met for the first time, and he was not familiar with this general who seemed to be only in his thirties. However, he had also heard people mention before that Yang Shunhui was the youngest among the generals of the Sixteen Guards, if it weren't for the royal blood, how could he be able to achieve the pinnacle position of a military general at this age.

Yang Shun will be of medium stature, neither fat nor thin, and his face is slightly pale, not the sickly white. The white face is beardless, and he doesn't have the momentum of a military general at all, but he is more like a teacher. Fang Xie knew that with the character of the current emperor, if Yang Shun really had no ability, even if he was of imperial blood, he would never be able to rise to the position of a general. The emperor has always paid attention to ability, and there are so many descendants of the Yang family, Yang Shunhui must have his own specialties if he can stand out.

"You're the famous solution?"

Yang Shunhui smiled and said: "I entered the palace with two beautiful women who are as delicate as flowers, which is really extraordinary." ”

There was no sarcasm in these words, and Fang Xie could tell that the general was just joking. Since he was still in the mood to joke with someone like himself who was not familiar with him, Fang Xie guessed that they should be very sure about tomorrow. Or...... They don't know at all? And seeing that their demeanor is so relaxed, it is obvious that they should not know about the defeat in the northwest. His Majesty did not come back from the previous dynasty, and no one expected to mention it to them.

Unsure, Fang Xie smiled and said, "These two were also summoned by His Majesty to the palace for questioning, where do you have the courage to bring your family into the palace." ”

"Family?"

Yang Shunhui was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Yanfu is not shallow." ”

This person doesn't have a little shelf on him, and he belongs to the kind of character that he is familiar with. After all, in terms of identity, Fang Xie and him are now 108,000 miles apart. The little eunuch Mu San brought up the tea, and Fang Xie sat down in the back position. Shen Tianfan and Mu Xiaoxiao looked at each other, did not sit, but stood behind Fang Jie. This move made Xu Xiaogong and Yang Shunhui very envious, they are all people with three wives and four concubines, and those jealous women are not so obedient to women.

The three of them talked about some boring topics, and none of them mentioned tomorrow. Obviously, the two generals were a little defensive against each other.

As he was talking, the little eunuch outside shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

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The emperor walked into the Dongnuan Pavilion quickly, took off the crown and handed it to Su Buxing behind him: "You two come in with me first, Fang Xie you wait outside, and I will talk to you later." ”

Fang Xie hurriedly leaned over and said, "The minister obeys the order"

When he got up, he looked and saw that the emperor's temples were indeed white. And it's not that mottled white, it's very white. It seems that the emperor has suddenly aged by twenty years. The generals Xu Xiaogong and Yang Shunhui followed the emperor into the inner room, and Su Buwei bowed slightly before entering the door. Fang Xie could see from the eyes of this eunuch that this person seemed to be a lot closer to him.

His Majesty had warned him not to meddle in Wu Yi's affairs, and Fang Xie was still a little uneasy before entering the palace, but now looking at the situation, the emperor's mind seems to be not on this at all.

He waited outside for a full hour, and it was already completely dark. The palace maid carried a lantern to hang all the corridors, and it was indeed a pleasing thing to watch those graceful beauties walking around under the lamp. But Fang Xie still has the heart to look at the beauty at this time, and his heart is full of tomorrow's things.

An hour later, the two generals came out of the back room, and the other party nodded and left directly, his face had become extremely solemn. Su Buwei beckoned to the other party at the door and said Come in, Fang Xie hurriedly got up.

Entering the Dongnuan Pavilion, Fang Xie found that the emperor did not sit on the earthen kang as usual, but stood with his hands in his hands and looked at the huge map of the territory of the Great Sui on the wall. In the northwest corner of this map, there is an area outlined in red pen that stands out. But once that red was the color of festivities, because the Great Sui had another two thousand miles of territory. But now, the red color is as piercing as blood, and it makes people feel awkward to look at it.

"Fang Jie, today's ...... You're doing a lot of recklessness! ”

The emperor didn't look back, but there seemed to be no reproach in his tone.

Fang Xie lowered his head and said: "It's the minister's own opinion, please punish Your Majesty." ”

The emperor's gaze seemed to stay in the northwest corner of the map, and his voice was calm: "I didn't let you meddle in Wu Yiyi's affairs, but you did it anyway." You know what it is? ”

The emperor slowly turned around, looked into Fang Jie's eyes and said, "It's disrespectful." ”

Fang Xie didn't want to explain, just hung his head and said nothing. His attitude made the emperor's face relax a little, and the emperor did not sit back on the earthen kang, but sat down on the wide chair very rarely.

"I've always disliked this chair, do you know why?"

He asked.

Fang Xie was silent for a while and replied, "I don't know." ”

The emperor said: "Because this chair is too comfortable, if you sit for a long time, you will be obsessed with this comfort." And sitting on the clay kang is very uncomfortable, and it is uncomfortable to change postures from time to time, even if you sit against the wall. is uncomfortable, so that people will not sink because of comfort...... But I've been sitting on the kang for so long that people think I'm stupid and don't know that the chair is more comfortable. ”

Fang Xie didn't understand what he said.

"Am I really stupid?"

Fang Xie didn't dare to answer this.

The emperor didn't need him to answer: "I'm not stupid, it's just that sometimes I don't think things comprehensively enough. Since I'm not stupid, I know that what you did today was out of loyalty. If I disobey my words because of my loyalty, and do something that is really effective, I will not punish him. I have worked hard and exhausted, just because I don't want to be evaluated in the history books in the future. ”

"Since you have interfered in Wu Yi's affairs, then I will ask you...... What do you think of Wu Yiyi and the world's travel. ”

Fang Xie hesitated for a moment and replied, "I think the minister thinks ...... Wu Yiyi is still loyal to His Majesty, which can be seen from the matter of transporting troops to the northwest. As for the cargo pass to the world, it is indeed too big......"

"Idiot!"

The emperor gave him a blank look and said, "I thought you were much smarter than those courtiers, but now it seems that you are not that smart. You said that Wu Yiyi was loyal, and I never doubted this. He helped you, and you know if you want to repay the favor...... But you think that with your words, I can change my mind? ”

"Don't dare!"

The emperor said, "Don't you dare? You seem to say that there are a lot of things you don't dare to do, but there are not many things you really don't dare to do. ”

Fang Xie lowered his head, but still did not explain.

The emperor didn't seem disgusted by his lack of explanation, and was silent for a while and said, "I scolded you for being an idiot because you were really an idiot. Those courtiers don't want to think, and you don't want to think, if it weren't for my permission, how could a trading house be so big? You all think I'm going to swallow the goods and go all over the world, right? Idiot! Idiotic to the extreme! The world is originally mine! Am I going to snatch my own things?! ”

This sentence made Fang Xie take aback: "Huh? ”

"Ahh

The emperor said: "When I first ascended the throne, I originally wanted to make a decree to attach importance to commerce. But you also know that if you want to raise the status of a businessman, there will always be too many people who oppose it, and even I can't force it. So I thought of a way, I can't come up openly, I came secretly, I asked Wu to establish a business house and do business with the people of Eastern Chu, what to make money, what to do is done, it took less than ten years, and the goods are the first commercial house in the world! Because there are goods all over the world, the merchants of the Great Sui have also been driven, do you know how much more taxes the state has charged because of the prosperity of commerce? ”

"I want to be an example of integrity...... But I am the emperor, I can't really lack silver flowers, if I don't even have the silver to reward the harem, wouldn't I be a very failure for the emperor? Therefore, the goods can also be regarded as something that I only did to subsidize my family. Wu Yiyi is a genius, and I didn't expect him to be able to make the business firm so big. ”

Fang Jiexin said that what you said earlier is high-sounding, and the words behind are the truth.

"Now you understand?"

The emperor asked.

Fang Xie nodded: "Chen understands, no wonder Wu Yiyi is so confident." ”

The emperor snorted and said, "I originally wanted to take this opportunity to force those courtiers to show their original form. You're good at it, get sideways! But the good thing is that ...... You haven't broken me. I have known for a long time that they have entered the world to buy goods, and I don't care because I know that the courtiers also have troubles. It is indeed difficult to maintain it by relying on money...... That's why I kept turning a blind eye and pretending not to see. But what I didn't expect was ...... The goods pass the world to raise them greedy, greedy for silver is not terrible, the terrible thing is that they actually have the idea of greedy for the world with others! ”

Fang explained: "It's the minister who is reckless. ”

The emperor said: "It's okay for you to make such a fuss, whoever is just greedy for silver, and whoever wants to rebel has been forced out by you." If it weren't for that, I wouldn't know how many villains Lao Qi would be following behind him! ”

Fang Xie was silent, and after a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty...... That...... Where did Wu Yiyi go? ”

The emperor gave him a blank look, and Fang Xie smiled: "The minister knows, if you shouldn't ask, don't ask." ”