Regarding King Zhou's request to restore the three guards and horses, the hundred officials were in dispute, and Zhu Youzhen was also hesitating. After receiving the news, Li Xiuwen, www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion, felt that he should come out to promote this matter.

Now that the training of the Shenji Battalion has achieved some results, Li Xiuwen took this as a reason to enter the palace to face the saint.

When he came to the outside of the Qianqing Palace, Li Xiuwen saw a young man coming out of his face, about eight or nine years old, and Wang Chengen was two steps behind him.

The boy who can appear in the palace is either the prince or the prince.

When Wang Chengen saw that it was him, he hurriedly reminded him: "Lord Li, don't hurry up and salute the prince." ”

Li Xiuwen reacted at this time, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Minister Li Xiuwen, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The crown prince Zhu Cihong naturally didn't recognize him, so he just nodded and said in a childish voice: "Excuse me." ”

"Your Highness!"

After Li Xiuwen got up, he found that Zhu Cihong had walked far away without stopping. He looked thoughtfully at the back of the prince leaving, and then straightened his clothes and asked to see Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Cihong walked far away, and suddenly remembered that the person just now was young, but he was wearing a python robe, thinking that he should be a courtier favored by his father. He turned his head to Wang Chengen and asked, "Does the eldest companion know that Li Xiuwen?" ”

Wang Chengen smiled when he heard this: "Back to Your Highness, this Li Xiuwen was originally just a hundred households of Jinyi Guard, because of his reliable work, in less than a year, he has been promoted to the position of Jinyi Guard's Tongzhi, and he also has the errand of the Admiral of the Shenji Battalion." ”

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he was very surprised, and said, "Then after we go back, my companion will have to tell me what Li Xiuwen has done." ”

After he finished speaking, he quickened his pace and hurried back in the direction of his dormitory.

Qianqing Palace.

After meeting Zhu Youzhen, Li Xiuwen reported to him about the recent military training, and proposed that he plan to conduct a military exercise and ask the saint to personally review it.

Zhu Youzhen was not very interested in this, after all, in his opinion, Li Xiuwen was not a military talent, and it was a waste of money to conduct firearms drills. It can be seen that Li Xiuwen is full of confidence, saying that the Shenji Camp is now new, and he has the idea of going to see it.

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while before he said: "In this case, the day of the martial arts exercise is set for three days later, and I want to see how the Shenji Battalion looks now." ”

decided on the military exercise, Li Xiuwen had not yet achieved his goal, but he didn't know how to speak. This matter is very tricky, if it is a mistake, Zhu Youzhen suspects that he is colluding with Zhou Wangfu and plotting against him, he will have to take his life.

Although I have always been very careful, if I really want to be investigated, I may not be able to find any evidence. can be rebellious, the emperors of the past dynasties have always preferred to kill mistakes rather than let go.

You have to be careful and careless in this kind of thing.

Zhu Youzhen saw that he had finished reporting the matter, but he didn't leave, and asked suspiciously: "Aiqing still has something to report?" ”

Li Xiuwen was unwilling to leave, but he didn't dare to easily bring up the matter of Zhou Wang Sanwei, so he had to retreat and said: "The minister has nothing else to report, so he will go back and prepare for the martial arts." ”

Seeing him answer like this, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, and asked, "Then why are you so distracted?" ”

Li Xiuwen smiled a little embarrassedly: "The minister is a person from Kaifeng, but he just heard about the rebellious army entering Henan, and he was a little worried. ”

Zhu Youzhen's heart moved, and said: "I heard that when you were in your hometown, you had some friendship with the prince of Zhou, but this time I heard that the king of Zhou asked for the third guard?" ”

Li Xiuwen replied: "The minister also knows a little about this matter. ”

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhu Youzhen's heart, and then asked, "Then what do you think of this matter?" ”

"This ......"

Li Xiuwen's heart sank, and he said: "The minister thinks that this matter is not impossible. ”

"Oh?"

A chill flashed in Zhu Youzhen's eyes, but his face remained silent, motioning for him to continue.

Li Xiuwen felt a lot of pressure in his heart, and he knew that his attitude had aroused Zhu Youzhen's vigilance.

Since he opened his mouth, there was no reason to take it back, so he had to stubbornly continue: "The minister thinks that when the rebellious army entered Henan, it was normal for King Zhou to restore the three guards to protect himself. The minister also knew that His Majesty had concerns in his heart. But the three guards and horses are only more than 10,000 people, and they cannot threaten the foundation of the imperial court. Moreover, if the king of Zhou had bad intentions, it was the best time for the prince to rebel at that time. If this were the case, the minister would not be alive today. ”

After saying this, without waiting for Zhu Youzhen's reaction, Li Xiuwen had already knelt down with a "poof" and said: "I ask Your Majesty to forgive me, the minister agrees with this matter, and has some selfish intentions." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at him for a while, and then said loudly: "You are a person from Kaifeng, if King Zhou restores the three guards, you will also feel at ease at home, right?" ”

Li Xiuwen "truthfully" admitted: "It is true. ”

"You get up first."

Zhu Youzhen saw that Li Xiuwen was so honest, so he didn't embarrass him anymore, and continued: "What you said is not unreasonable, but have you thought about it, as soon as this example is opened, how should I deal with other vassal kings who make such requests in the future?" ”

"The minister is stupid, but he didn't think of this for a while." Li Xiuwen said modestly.

"Hmm...... You go back first. Zhu Youzhen's words fell, so he buried his head and continued to review the performance.

After Li Xiuwen left, Zhu Youzhen raised his head again and asked Cao Huachun, "What does the eldest companion think of this matter?" ”

Cao Huachun had already promised Li Xiuwen to approve of this matter. It's just that Zhu Youzhen hadn't asked him before, so he naturally didn't want to mention it casually.

Now that the emperor asked, he replied: "The old slave thinks that what Master Li said is not unreasonable. ”

Zhu Youzhen naturally knew that after the incident with the emperor, the two of them had some dealings. He continued to ask, "Is it your opinion, or Li Xiuwen's opinion?" ”

These words were a bit heart-wrenching, Cao Huachun immediately knelt down with a "poof" and said, "It's the old slave's own opinion." ”

After experiencing Wen Tiren's incident, Zhu Youzhen was already a little dissatisfied with Cao Huachun, so he was naturally a little dissatisfied with him. But after all, he was a person who had served him since he was a child, and he couldn't bear to be too harsh, so he said, "Get up." ”

Li Xiuwen walked out of the palace and was a little confused for a while. He had already learned about Zhu Youzhen's statement from Xue Guoguan's mouth. Falsely claiming not to know is to dispel the emperor's wariness of himself.

In fact, in his opinion, what Zhu Youzhen said that he could not set such a precedent is a pure joke! To put it bluntly, Zhu Youzhen was unwilling to let the vassal king take charge of the army, so he just found such an excuse.

During the Zhengde period, King Ning had restored the three guards and horses, and he really rebelled, but it was unsuccessful. After King Ning, I didn't see other vassal kings raise this matter, right?

Why can't you set such a precedent?

You can eat people with soft mouths and short hands. Zhu You inspected the generous gifts of King Zhou, and coupled with the disaster relief, it was naturally difficult to refuse people's requests.

Now that what should be done has been done, whether this matter can be done or not is actually all up to Zhu Youzhen's decision. (To be continued.) )