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The emperor left with the guards, and the eldest princess couldn't help shaking her head and said to Huanyan: "You have disappointed me too much, and the king and princess of Xiangdong will be even more disappointed." ”

The prince and his wife of Xiangdong are not in the capital all the year round, and Huan Yan is closer to the eldest princess than to her parents, and said earnestly: "Things must be opposed, and the eldest princess should persuade Your Majesty to restrain herself from the precipice." ”

The eldest princess's face changed slightly, "How dare you?" "Turn and leave.

"I shouldn't have said those four words." Huan Yan sighed.

The emperor's name is "all things", and although it is not a mistake to say the word "thing", it is not good to say that "things must be opposed".

Lou Ji said blankly: "Why did you stay?" ”

"Ruin my reputation? But I've been acting recklessly all these years, and I don't have a good reputation in the first place. Otherwise, let me and the seventeenth prince live and die, Your Majesty and the eldest princess think...... Everyone thought I wanted to marry you. ”

"But you don't want to?"

"Neither want to, nor don't want to, why do I have to think about who to marry? Just because I'm a daughter? Because I praised someone's article? If I were a man, no matter how exaggerated my praise was, it would not be misunderstood. ”

Lou Ji was a little ashamed, because he also had a similar thought, "If you have a confidant, you will have no regrets in this life." ”

"Whether it's a true confidant or not, we have to see again. Your Majesty asked us to guess Qinzhou's 'accident', why not start here? ”

"Wait a minute." Two stools were brought out of the house and placed at opposite ends of the courtyard.

The courtyard is not big, there is no wind and no rain, and it is a good season for the courtyard to be light.

Outside the courtyard gate, a eunuch took a look at it and disappeared immediately.

Neither of them cared, they sat down separately, and said happily: "Seventeen sons, please first." ”

Lou Ji was also not polite, "The general has been prepared, the Huangfu father and son were forcibly retained in the army, and it is difficult to protect themselves, and the two generals Sun and Hua, who were bought before, are also not available - I guess the person Your Majesty will use next is General Xiao Guogong Cao." ”

"How?"

"Cao Shenxi is in charge of military rations, if Tongguan is closed and grain and grass are seized, the general's 20,000 soldiers will be in chaos within ten days."

"Qin and the two states face each other across the river, what if the general asks the Shen family for help?"

"It is possible that Your Majesty will personally lead a large army, crusade against the state first, and cut off the general's back road."

"Well, it's a method, but it's more troublesome, Cao Shenxi is not the emperor's father and son, and he may not be willing to get involved in the dispute between the monarch and the minister, and the conquest and annexation of the state is not an overnight thing, the Shen family's reversal has not been revealed, and His Majesty is going against the will of the people at this time."

Lou Ji didn't think that the emperor would care about the "hearts of the people", but he didn't dwell on it, and asked instead: "What about Your Excellency's conjecture?" ”

Hearing the title of "Your Excellency", Huan Yan had a smile on her face, and was about to speak, Lou Ji raised her hand and asked her to wait, and then said to the eunuch who was probing at the door: "There is Lao Zunguan, make us a cup of tea." ”

The eunuch disappeared and soon came in, and it was two people, who really went to the hall and brought out two small tables and two sets of tea, placed them on the side of the building and the county lord, and then bowed and withdrew.

"Your Majesty didn't bother us too much." Lou Ji smiled.

"It has nothing to do with Your Majesty, it's the people below who are afraid that something will happen to you and me, and they can't explain it to Your Majesty." Huan Yan picked up the cup and took a sip, it was warm, better than herbal tea, "This game is not over yet, Your Majesty needs us to live, at least be a witness." ”

"Your Majesty is a little ...... Particularly. "I didn't come up with the right words.

Huan Yan smiled: "Your Majesty is of course special. Well, it's time for me to say, I guess what Your Majesty is going to use next is not General Cao, and it is not the Shen family that wants to be attacked, but to use the Lan family to attack the Huangfu family. ”

"At this time, the reason for attacking Huangfu's house is because Jizhou is empty, and it will get twice the result with half the effort, and it can also prepare for next year's expedition to the He Rong Department."

"That's right, the expedition to He Rong's ministry is imperative, Your Majesty is likely to personally supervise the army, and Your Majesty doesn't like to defend the whole line, so he must send a few troops deep into Mobei to wipe out the princes of He Rong's department."

"It's all over again. His Majesty seems to want to go on a personal expedition in particular. ”

"Your Majesty said that the founding monarchs all built the country by war, leaving behind many important ministers in charge of the army, and the chaos of the national program and discipline originated from this, so the successor must personally recruit to establish authority, one is to suppress the ministers, and the other is to win the hearts of the army."

Lou Ji thought for a while, "That's really the truth." ”

"Your Majesty has a lot of truth in what he says."

"How will Your Majesty use the Lan family?"

"General Lan has been quelling the chaos in Qinzhou for more than a year, so he can't talk about the foundation, at least he is familiar with the local soldiers."

"Looking for someone to assassinate the general?"

"Probably not, Your Majesty hates such methods." Huan Yan smiled.

Lou Ji didn't care, nodded and said: "It's like killing Luo Yushi and imprisoning King Guangling, no matter what the means, Your Majesty wants to give the people of the world an impression of 'above board'." ”

Even when Zhang Shiduan was killed by drinking, the emperor had to let everyone hear the confession of the prince with their own ears.

"The one who contributes must be the Lan family, but I can't guess what to do."

The two pondered and meditated, and Lou Ji felt that Huan Yan's conjecture was more reasonable, and asked, "Is there anyone from the Lan family who is marching west with the army?" ”

"Not this time, but General Lan's two nephews did not return to Beijing with him, and they should still be guarding the city in Qinzhou."

"Defend the city......" An idea suddenly popped up in Lou Ji's heart, and then he felt that it was impossible, and shook his head with a smile.

"Why doesn't the seventeenth prince say anything?"

"Because it's too unbelievable—perhaps unbelievable is in line with Your Majesty's style—I guess that the second general of the Lan family may abandon the city by secret order, cede to the rebellious people, and lead the troubled waters to the general who has not yet established himself. If the general dies on the battlefield and His Majesty is satisfied, if he returns defeated and his reputation is discredited, His Majesty can seize military power 'openly and honestly'. ”

"Take advantage of the rebels?" Huan Yan really felt incredible, "The chaotic people are a rabble, and when they fight with officers and soldiers, they are often outnumbered. When General Lan was in Qinzhou, he won consecutive battles, and it was only because of the small number of soldiers that the rebellious people were scattered and reunited. Such a chaotic people, even if there are 200,000 people, I am afraid that they are not the opponent of the general. ”

Lou Ji smiled: "That is, there is another way." ”

A moment later, the two spoke almost simultaneously, one saying "Prince" and the other saying "Liang Shengzhi", and then showed a tacit smile.

The prince and Liang Shengzhi are the same thing, the prince is young, and the person in charge must be Liang Shengzhi.

"Mrs. Liang is scheming, and he dislikes the generals in charge of the court as much as His Majesty, and he may be able to come up with a good idea for His Majesty." Huan Yan guessed.

"Maybe abandoning Liang Shengzhi can give the general an unforgivable charge......"

The emperor suddenly entered uninvited from outside the courtyard gate and said loudly: "Stupid, all stupid, the more you guess, the farther you guess!" ”

Huan Yan immediately got up, and Lou Ji then got up, noticing that the emperor was just a person, but he didn't have a dagger with him.

The emperor eavesdropped on it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but get involved, and said to Huan Yan: "You can still do it, at least guess it." Turning to the building, "You are more disappointed in me, one step slower than the county lord, and you still guess nonsense, and refuse to insist on your own opinion." ”

"Wechen is not known for his quick thinking, so he has to think about it for a while when he encounters something."

"Hey, think about it for a while, how much will happen in this 'burst'? Did someone else give you this opportunity? ”

"In this way, Your Majesty really wants to take advantage of the rebellious people?" ”

"If I tell you the truth, until the plan is realized, you two don't want to leave the Imperial City for half a step." But the emperor couldn't help it anymore, paused slightly, and continued: "Lan Sui is an incompetent person, but he is the one who provides me with a clever plan. ”

General Lan was named, and the emperor unceremoniously called him by his name, looked left and right, and liked the speechlessness of these two.

"Lan Sui sent troops for more than a year, and the good news was frequent, but he was unable to quell the rebellion in Qinzhou, he claimed that his subordinates were too few soldiers to pursue the chaotic people who fled into the mountains, and I believed it, and the imperial court also believed it, so I had to gather troops from all over the country, and the general himself led the westward expedition."

The emperor showed an angry face, but still couldn't forgive General Lan's deception, "Lan Sui's incompetence has only one benefit: the general also believed it, thinking that Qinzhou was a small chaos and could be determined in the near future, so he hurriedly led his troops into Qinzhou, thinking that Xijing would be safer than Dongdu." ”

Lou Ji couldn't help but say: "There are so many officials in Qinzhou, and none of them tell the truth to the imperial court?" ”

"Yes." The emperor sighed, "There is more than one, but the imperial court did not accept it, since last winter, all the news in Qinzhou has passed through the hands of Lan Sui, so there are more good news, and the truth is almost gone." ”

The emperor sighed again, this time with more resentment than regret, and said: "The previous advice of the two of you is very reasonable, I am bent on seeking speed, and often bypass the imperial court to issue decrees, so that the officials are derelict in their duties, and they are actually intimidated by Lan Sui, and they dare not show the local facts. This is a lesson, in the future, I will send more cronies to visit the people, check and fill in the gaps, supervise officials, and observe the people's customs. ”

Lou Ji and Huan Yan glanced at each other, this was not the purpose of their advice, the emperor wanted to supervise the hundred officials with his cronies, which was equivalent to the entire court being hollowed out.

Neither of them spoke, they no longer had the qualifications, the emperor was on the rise, and he would not allow others to interrupt.

The Emperor's thoughts turned to something else, and he thought for a moment before continuing, "I found out that something was wrong this summer, and I originally planned to summon Lan Sui back to Beijing and punish him immediately. But something went wrong with the Huangfu family and let the general go, so I had to find another way. ”

"Qinzhou...... How many people are there? Lou Ji asked.

"It's hard to say, the rebellious people are sometimes people, sometimes they are bandits, Lan Sui admitted to me a few days ago that the officers and soldiers barely kept the flow between the cities, and they didn't dare to leave the city easily for several months."

Huan Yan also asked, "Does Your Majesty want to let the Lan family's nephew give up the city?" ”

The emperor laughed and said, "Let the city? How will the city be made? The chaotic people are the chaotic people, and after the general is resolved, the chaotic people must be exterminated as soon as possible. I used a simpler way to make all the rebellious people in Qinzhou pounce on the general. ”

The building suddenly woke up, "Grain and grass!" Where the grain and grass are, it is where the people want. ”

The emperor snorted coldly, "The army of grain and grass is gathered in the west of Tongguan, and once the news spreads, the chaotic people will flock to it." If the general wants to keep the grain, he has to fight against the chaotic people, and if he abandons the grain, he can only retreat to Tongguan. If he dares to retreat, I can drive the expedition in person, and use military law to kill the house in front of the battle. The general has been brave all his life, he has always advanced without retreating, and he is anxious to establish military prestige, for fear that his prestige will be lost after retreating, so I guess he will not retreat this time. ”

"What if the general wins a great victory?" Lou Ji asked again.

The emperor's expression was even colder, "Then let him go on to fight for the annexation of the state and the war of He Rong, I don't believe that he can really be invincible in the world, as long as I firmly grasp the grain and grass in the rear, I am not afraid of him biting back!" ”

"And the crown prince." Huan Yan reminded that he already knew the answer in his heart.

The emperor was silent for a long time, "I don't despise the world with a son, it depends on his luck." ”