Jingshi, the Duke of Wei.

"Is Mr. Song back?"

"Fourth master, not yet."

"!" Xu Zengshou took a sip, scolded in a low voice, tucked his collar, walked two steps, and turned around and said: "You guys are guarding here, if the surname Song comes back, let him hurry up, Lao Tzu has been waiting for him for a day!" ”

"Okay, little one remember."

……

Xu Da, in the process of expelling the Yuan soldiers and reshaping the clothes of the Han family, made great achievements, coupled with his modesty and prudence, he never took credit for himself, so the Xu family can be said to be in the limelight in the Hongwu Dynasty, and there is no difference for a while. But in the Jianwen Dynasty, the Xu family became embarrassed, the main reason is that the Xu family has two sons-in-law, that is, King Yan and King Dai, not to mention the rebellion of King Yan, the court took half a year, dozens of generals were killed in battle, and it was pacified, and all the heirs of King Yan were also given to death; As for the other son-in-law Dai Wang, it is not a peaceful lord, in the past two years, there is a small news in Beijing, the acting king was going to raise troops to support his brother and brother-in-law, but the emperor took the lead, sent Xu Huizu to seize the military power of the acting king, and finally the acting king had to go to Beijing to ask for guilt, considering the situation at the time, the emperor was inconvenient to punish him, so he migrated to Taiwan that bird does not, wild people are rampant; There is also news that after arriving in Taiwan, the acting king was worried day and night, and was always ready to rebel, but because the emperor had been supervising the war in Beiping, the imperial court did not react.

Since the pacification of the Yanwang Rebellion, the emperor vigorously promoted young generals, in addition to Ping'an, Sheng Yong, Qu Neng, Li Yuan and others, the emperor's former four martial arts companions, four personal guards and outstanding students of martial arts, have become the backbone of the Ming Dynasty army, controlling the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty, such as the emperor's personal guards and guards.

And after the rebellion of King Yan, Princess Yan Xu Yihua was released back to Xu's mansion, she experienced the pain of losing her husband and child, she ate fasting and chanting Buddha all day long, lived in a simple house, and never appeared in public. However, the emperor's treatment of Xu Yihua has also caused a lot of discussions, and there is everything to say. Some people say that the emperor trusts Wei Guogong, and for his sake, he will open the net; But some people say that the emperor just doesn't want to do it himself, and uses the hands of the Xu family to dispose of Xu Yihua, if the Xu family disposes of Xu Yihua, then you can gain the trust of the emperor, if you can't kill your relatives righteously, then the disaster of exterminating the family is just around the corner.

However, Xu Huizu did not kill his sister to prove his innocence, which disappointed some people who wanted to see jokes. But this incident left a thorn in the hearts of the people of the Xu Mansion, because once the Xu family is suspected of rebellion, all the subordinates will also be held accountable. So Xu Yihua is not doing well in the Xu family, although no one speaks disrespectfully to his face, but there are a lot of people who whisper and scold Huai, thanks to Xu Miaojin and Xu Zengshou's protection, Xu Yihua is still stable, but Xu Huizu, the head of the family, never asks about these things, of course, this may be related to the fact that he often leads troops outside.

And during this period of time, the atmosphere of the Xu family was also a little weird, because Xu Huizu was not in the mansion, and no one could suppress the mischievous Xu Zengshou. In the early days, Xu Zengshou went to the teahouse every day to listen to books, where he met Mr. Song, and within a few days, he was brought to the house to be a guest, trusting him and obeying his words; These days, in addition to fooling around with some noble children in restaurants and brothels, Xu Zengshou has been practicing in the mansion, and his temper has become more and more irritable, and his wife Liu dare not speak out. And Xu Yingxu is like an alarm clock, going out every morning, going to the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army to deal with official business, going home after dark, never asking about the affairs of the house, in the eyes of his subordinates, he is more like an invisible person.

"Mr. Song, where did you go today?"

"Hehe," Song Tianyuan smiled, put his palm on the brazier to roast the fire, a stream of heat rose up, Song Tianyuan couldn't help but let out a moan: "It's so comfortable!" ”

Xu Zengshou's eye sockets were deep, and there were faint green tendons emerging from the corners of his forehead, he looked at the smile on Song Tianyuan's face, and really wanted to punch him on the bridge of his nose, but he took a deep breath, calmed his mood, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Song, the emperor is about to return to Beijing, how are your arrangements over there?" Need something from my side? ”

Song Tianyuan turned his head to look at Xu Zengshou, who was a little angry, but did not reply immediately, but turned his palm over and roasted the back of his hand. Because he found Xu Zengshou's impatience, he couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, this Xu Zengshou is still relatively easy to deal with, since he spoke first, then the rest of the things will be much easier.

"General Xu, don't be nervous, the emperor's affairs have already been arranged, and it can be said that it is foolproof. Once the emperor died, the court would inevitably discuss the choice of a new monarch, and at that time, the lord hoped that General Xu would take the lead in supporting the crown prince to ascend the throne. ”

"Supporting the crown prince to ascend the throne?" Xu Zengshou was stunned, and asked in disbelief, "Why?" Isn't it your master? ”

"Actually, General Xu misunderstood the master," Song Tianyuan looked up at the roof, and said in a reverent tone: "The lord does not want to rebel, but for the well-being of the people of the Ming Dynasty. reuse miscellaneous studies to sweep the orthodox reader Sven; In addition, the emperor treats the clan too unkindly, which is also intolerable to the lord. ”

"Well," Xu Zengshou pondered his sentence for a while, and said in a low voice: "The first two generals can understand, but they are not kind to the clan, where do you start?" The emperor's money for the clan over the years has been sufficient, and he has never been in arrears, which is much better than the last years of Hongwu. ”

"Hehe, General Xu, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. In fact, the emperor treats the vassal king with all his heart, you see," Song Tianyuan took the chess box next to him, put a black seed in the center, and then picked out more than ten white seeds and placed them around, and said: "This is the emperor, this is the vassal king, the lord has some regrets now, when the king of Yan was in trouble, he didn't help, otherwise he wouldn't be here today." ”

Speaking of King Yan, Song Tianyuan glanced at Xu Zengshou lightly, and found that he frowned slightly, his eyes turned to the side, and he couldn't help but feel relieved, and then said: "In fact, King Yan was forced, if it wasn't for the emperor pressing step by step, King Yan would not have rebelled, the emperor first seized the military power of King Yan, and also sent Jinyi Wei to command Song Zhong to go to Beiping, this is Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it, so King Yan has to rebel." ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, the emperor is in power, he can order King Yan to move his fiefdom, as Zhuo Jing said, let King Yan migrate to Nanchang, why is there a rebellion of King Yan?"

"But the emperor insisted on going his own way, and he had to kill King Yan, which caused a catastrophe."

"The emperor is benevolent on the surface, but his heart is cold and terrible, he would rather use the price of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to pacify the king of Yan than move him to the throne, why is this?"

"Why?" Xu Huizu was also stunned and couldn't help asking.

"It's very simple, the emperor has been planning to cut the feudal domain since the day he ascended the throne, but this kind of thing is actually a symptom rather than a cure, even if King Yan migrates to Nanchang, once the Beijing division changes, Nanchang is much closer than Beiping, once King Yan goes down the river, it is a situation where Chen Youliang and Taizu compete for power."

"Therefore, the emperor is bent on causing King Yan to die, and King Yan will die if he is opposed, and he will die if he is not opposed. And today, it is also the situation faced by the vast majority of vassal kings, so General Xu does not have to worry, the lord has the support of many vassal kings, and there will be no problem. ”

"Who is the Lord?" Xu Zengshou hesitated for a long time and asked in a low voice, "Can you tell me?" ”

"Not yet," Song Tianyuan smiled and said, "As long as General Xu does his own thing, the Lord will naturally be rewarded." ”

"But," Xu Zengshou didn't expect Song Tianyuan's tone to be so tight, and his face couldn't help but sink: "Mr. Song, if you still don't want to say who the lord is, then I won't accompany you, this is a major matter of raiding the family and destroying the family, and this general can't be confused." ”

"This," Song Tianyuan hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect General Xu to be so eager, but I have to ask the Lord for this matter, and I hope the general will forgive me." ”

"Well," Seeing Song Tianyuan say this, Xu Zengshou's face softened slightly, but he then asked: "Since the lord is worried about the emperor cutting the domain, then why do you want to appoint a crown prince?" ”

"Hehe, of course this is an expedient measure, establish a prince, the general can propose the auxiliary government of the clan! If the prince has three long and two short, hahaha," Song Tianyuan suddenly laughed lowly, in the dark night, in the faint candlelight, his face became more and more hideous.....