Yang Wu directly rejected Yan Keqiu's proposal, which made the ministers not surprised at all.

However, what puzzled the ministers was Yan Keqiu's next reaction.

I only heard Yan Keqiu stand up and bow down and said: "What the king said is very true, in order to implement the policy of separating the military from the government, the king took a lot of painstaking efforts and risked civil strife in Huainan to implement it. ”

"The minister remembers that at that time, the assassins in various places held great power, and there were wolf ambitions such as Tian Hao, Zhu Yanshou, An Renyi, etc., who were rampant in the place, and did not take the king in their eyes."

"And externally, there are Liang King Zhu Wen and Yue King Qian Biao peeping at the side, especially Zhu Wen was at the peak of his prime, and the world was a domain, so he didn't dare to be an enemy of it."

"In such a time of internal and external troubles, as long as you take a wrong step, you may fall into a situation from which you will never recover!"

"Fortunately, at that time, there was a former king sitting in Guangling, and the king personally led the troops to fight in all directions, and pacified the civil strife in a hundred battles."

"Later, the king implemented the policy of separating the military and the government with great courage, which is why my Wu country is prosperous today."

"Therefore, the king used to start a business with great difficulty and set up my country's national policy, which is indeed unchangeable! The minister was not thoughtful before, please forgive the king! Yan Keqiu bowed to Yang Wu with a natural expression.

Yang Wu was even more puzzled when he saw it, and he didn't know why Yan Keqiu suddenly talked about what happened back then.

At the beginning, Huainan did seem to be infinitely beautiful, destroying Qian Biao in the south, rejecting Zhu Wen in the north, breaking Wuchang in the west, and rebelling in Neiping, but it was indeed like Yan Keqiu said, there were too many problems in Wu at that time, especially the pacification of the Tianbao Rebellion and the subsequent separation of military and government, which were even more prone to problems.

And once there is a problem, it is likely to bury the foundation that Yang Xingmi has worked so hard to build.

However, what Yang Wu didn't understand was that all this had passed, but Yan Keqiu suddenly mentioned it.

Although he couldn't figure it out in his heart, since Yan Keqiu said that he was not thoughtful, Yang Wu naturally couldn't continue to dwell on this matter.

After retiring from the dynasty, Yang Wu returned to the harem, but the ministers went back to their own yamen on duty.

In the Wuying Palace.

Li Chengsi asked Yan Keqiu a little strangely: "Lord Yan, this time you rashly made a statement to the king, why did you come, I don't know if you can make it clear to this official?" ”

Wu Yingdian is usually the place where the Privy Council is on duty, and if there are any major military matters, it will also be discussed here.

As a strict boss, Li Chengsi naturally wanted to ask him about such a strange behavior.

It's a pity that Yan Keqiu shook his head and said: "Xia Guan didn't have any purpose, he just spoke rashly without thinking about it at that time." Now that I think about it, I lost a deep cold! ”

"By the way, General Li Jian made the decision to send troops to Caizhou without asking the king for instructions this time, and the officials have to deal with this matter and issue military orders for them. I'll retire first! ”

Li Chengsi naturally refused to believe Yan Keqiu's words, but the other party didn't want to answer, and he had no choice.

After Yan Keqiu left, Guo Chongtao came over and said, "Li Shumi is confused about Lord Yan's previous actions?" ”

"Yes, what did Guo Senjun think of?"

Li Chengsi and Guo Chongtao are both from Hedong and have a close natural relationship.

He knew that this fellow was usually very low-key, but his intelligence was extremely outstanding, and in today's Wu State court, the wisdom of him and Yan Keqiu was top-notch, and everyone else was slightly inferior.

If the purpose of Yan Keqiu's actions today is concerned, perhaps Guo Chongtao is the person who is most likely to understand.

I only heard Guo Chongtao say with a smile: "I'm afraid that this matter has something to do with the general!" ”

"What does this have to do with Ben?" Lee Seung-hee was extremely surprised.

"In my opinion, Yan Shumi's sudden proposal to the king this time is just to test the king."

"Recently, Concubine Hui gave birth to a prince, which is certainly a great joy worthy of celebration, and it is normal for the king to be happy. But didn't the general think that the king's joy was a little too much? Guo Chongtao said.

"Something too much? Are you saying that the king rarely goes to court these days? ”

"Yes, exactly!" Guo Chongtao said with a smile.

After He Yiyi gave birth to a son for Yang Wu, she was soon canonized as Concubine Hui.

Having an heir is naturally a happy event, but since He Yiyi gave birth to a child, Yang Wu has basically stayed in the harem for nearly a month, and even the court meeting rarely participates.

And today's court meeting Yang Wu only briefly explained a few things and hurriedly returned to the harem, which naturally made some ministers of the court and the central government worried, worried about whether Yang Wu had become slack.

This is no small matter, and how many kings in history have been extremely wise and powerful at first, but it didn't take long for them to become content with pleasure and eventually become a dumb king.

This is not nonsense, and it has happened many times in history.

If Yang Wu began to indulge in pleasure and did not want to make progress, then the situation in Wu would be a little worrying.

However, Li Chengsi still asked with some doubts: "What you said also has some truth." But there must be other better ways to test whether the king has become sluggish. So why did Privy Yan come up with such an idea to the king? This has nothing to do with temptation! ”

"In fact, the idea that the envoy put forward to the king is to test whether the king is starting to change, whether he is in a hurry."

"If the king is in a hurry and only sees the immediate benefits, but not the long-term, then ......" Guo Chongtao did not continue, but he understood what he meant.

The second purpose is to remind the king that it is difficult to start a business! The king has been fortunate for so many years before he can fully implement policies such as the separation of military and political affairs. ”

"In the opinion of the following officials, at least half of the credit for the strength and prosperity of Wu today is due to the policy of separating the military from the government!"

"So Yan Shumi's mention of this matter to the king is also to let the king not forget the difficulties of starting a business at the beginning!" Guo Chongtao then explained.

Lee Seung-si was silent.

When Yang Wu proposed to implement the separation of military and political affairs, he and Li Shenfu were one of the Shengzhou assassins and the other was the Shouzhou assassins, neither of whom were greedy for power, and both took the lead in proposing to give up the civil rights in their hands and concentrate on military affairs.

Under the leadership of the two of them, coupled with Yang Xingmi's suppression with his absolute authority, this made it possible to successfully implement policies such as the separation of military and political affairs.

Now, after so many years, the two of them have become privy envoys and become the first people in the army.

"Fortunately, from the current point of view, the king still thinks clearly and does not move for the small profits in front of him, which is naturally a good thing. As for Yan Shumi's reminder, presumably although the king didn't think about it before, he will definitely think of it when the king returns! Guo Chongtao said with a smile again.

Li Chengsi nodded, they are now important ministers of Wu State, because Wu's system focuses on mutual checks and balances, so even if Li Chengsi is the first person in the army, the actual power in his hands is not large.

Although the Privy Council is in charge of military orders in peacetime, as long as it is a large-scale transfer, it must not only have the consent of the privy envoy Li Chengsi, but also the consent of the deputy envoy.

Therefore, he alone cannot transfer troops.

In this case, his greatest pursuit is no longer to be promoted and make a fortune as in the past, but how to make himself famous in history.

If Wu can successfully dominate the world and create a new dynasty, then he, the founding hero, will naturally be able to leave a name in history.

And the premise of all this is that Yang Wu, the monarch, can continue to forge ahead and continue to maintain his previous wisdom and diligence.

……

In Kunning Palace, Yang Wu took a slow walk while thinking back to what Yan Keqiu had said before.

Indeed, after returning to the harem, he figured out the meaning of Yan Keqiu's reminder, and his heart was naturally touched.

It's hard to start a business, and it's even harder to keep a business.

As a person from later generations, he is just an ordinary person in the later life, running around for life, and there is no condition to enjoy himself at all.

But in this era, now that the state of Wu has also been established, there is hope for the unification of the south, the political situation in the DPRK and China is extremely stable, and there are no worries inside and outside Wu.

In addition, in today's Wu State, Yang Wu is the absolute authority, even his mother, Mrs. Shi, is difficult to control him, and no one can restrain him, which makes Yang Wu naturally feel a little tired.

Of course, Yang Wu also knows that the current peace is only temporary, but because he has been staying in Jinling City in recent years, he rarely even goes out to the palace, and he is busy with government affairs all day long, so he naturally wants to relax in his heart, and he is not really content with pleasure.

However, Yan Keqiu's reminder still made him feel alert.

"It seems that it is not good to stay in Jinling City for a long time, I have not personally led the troops to fight for so many years, maybe when will I go to the battlefield! Otherwise, if you can't even ride a war horse, what will you say about the Northern Expedition in the future? He thought to himself.

The main reason why he has stayed in Jinling all these years is that no one can replace him to guard Jinling, so he does not dare to lead the troops in person with confidence.

Now his eldest son Yang Jiong is still young, but his younger brother Yang Longyan is already fourteen years old this year.

Although the age of fourteen is still a little young, it must be enough to let him stay in Jinling as the nominal supervisor and let a few scholars in the cabinet be in charge of assisting.