At the beginning of March, Zhu Qizhen, the Son of Heaven, finally led 100,000 elites from the Beijing camp to the expedition. In the following half a month, the armies of the provinces that had been stationed nearby also set off one after another, following in the footsteps of the Son of Heaven to the north.

And with their departure, the originally lively capital finally regained its calm. Although the people will always be in the streets and alleys, after tea and dinner, they will talk about the grand scene when the Son of Heaven set out on the expedition, and many people look forward to the near future, when the army completely defeats the Mongolian people in the north and returns triumphantly, it will be a celebration, but everyone still lives back to the old days, and everything becomes calm, even dull.

Only these officials who were left in the capital by the Son of Heaven were the busiest during this time. Because the officials of the major yamen in the capital were more or less transferred to go on the expedition with the emperor, all the government affairs on weekdays were put on the left-behind officials. Moreover, they still can't do many major things, so they can only send the news to the north on a fast horse, waiting for their boss to make a decision. This back and forth naturally adds a lot of time, which makes things more difficult to deal with.

But since the Son of Heaven entrusted them with the affairs of the capital, these officials could only bow down and do not dare to slack off in the slightest by bowing to the essence of running errands for the imperial court. In addition to the original government affairs, there are also some orders from the front that have been passed back, which makes them even more busy and can't be split by one person for two people.

Of course, the people who stayed in Manjing were not all busy, and at least two people who stayed in the capital by the will of the Son of Heaven were quite idle. One of them is naturally the current prince Zhu Jianshen. He is only two years old, and he has just begun to speak, so it is naturally impossible to meddle in government affairs, as for the other, it is His Royal Highness King Yu who has been designated as an auxiliary minister, Zhu Qiyu!

In fact, logically speaking, since Zhu Qizhen entrusted the heavy responsibility of the auxiliary government to this younger brother, then he should behave in a good way, and at the same time hold the power in his hands. But in fact, this is not the case, and the reason for this lies in the sensitive identity of his vassal king.

Although Zhu Qiyu has had a good relationship with his brother since he was a child, and he has never had any unspeakable delusions, this does not make outsiders completely reassured. Even if the Son of Heaven personally ordered him to assist the government this time, it seems that in the eyes of many people, this is just an ornament, and it is only to make the crown prince more logical to supervise the country, so he will be put in this position.

Therefore, although Zhu Qiyu will appear in the palace early in the morning every day, and even stand beside the prince every three days to participate in a small-scale court meeting, he is almost like a clay sculpture and wood carving, not saying anything, and not expressing any opinions.

Then, when all kinds of official documents that need to be confirmed by the palace are delivered to him, all he needs to do is to pick up his seal and stamp a seal on it, and as for what is said in it, it is up to the person who has the celebrant to judge.

At the beginning, Zhu Qiyu, who was a teenager, still wanted to be responsible, and when he took the note sent by the celebrant and eunuch, he subconsciously wanted to see what was written in it. But as a result, he couldn't look at it for a moment, and the eunuch who sent the concert over was a little anxious and urged: "Please ask Your Highness to use the seal quickly, there are still so many people waiting outside to deal with official business." If we delay, we can't afford to wait. ”

Such a bold and rude urging made Zhu Qiyu also annoyed, and immediately raised his eyes and looked at the other party fiercely. But his menacing glance didn't frighten the other party at all, but looked at him with a smile, his eyes were full of ridicule and a hint of suspicion.

Being looked at at this time, Zhu Qiyu suddenly remembered his identity. If they are allowed to spread a word about their own ambitions, I am afraid that they will not be able to wash themselves by jumping into the Yellow River. And in this way, it may also affect the mood of the imperial brother in front of him when he participated in the war, if he really makes something because of this, it is not something that a small vassal king can afford.

After thinking about all this, Zhu Qiyu completely died of the heart of interfering in the affairs of the court. Every day, he was just like a marionette at the mercy of others, making rubber stamps, constantly pressing the seals of the auxiliary vassal kings on the music, and then sending them to all parts of the world.

It's just that in this way, he, the auxiliary prince, is very relaxed, and he almost doesn't have to spend any brains, except for stamping, he just sits in the palace and drinks tea and reads. Although such a day is extremely boring, Zhu Qiyu has also accepted all this, and just wants to wait for his imperial brother to come back, so he will unload all the burdens, and then go to his fiefdom in An'an, and be a well-behaved vassal king with no future.

But things in the world may not be as he wishes, because some people have begun to think about him and the little power he has.

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This morning, Zhu Qiyu came to a side hall of the palace as usual, and then opened a copy of "Guwen Guanzhi" that he read yesterday and wanted to continue reading. But at this moment, a eunuch who was guarding outside came to report: "Your Highness, Lu Jin, the soldier Langzhong Lu Zhen is asking to see you outside." ”

King Yu, who was not thinking about government affairs at all, didn't listen carefully to who was coming, so he casually replied: "Let him come in." ”

After a while, Lu Jin, who looked thinner than he was more than a month ago, walked in. The reason why he has changed this is not only because the official duties in the yamen have been extremely heavy recently, and many major events have been pressed on the shoulders of him and Yu Qian, not to mention, but also because he has to formulate a strategy for the Northern Expedition of the army in front, and he has not slept well for several nights. Because there is no woman to take care of at home, life is a little chaotic.

However, Lu Jin's spirit was not bad, and after he came in, he saluted loudly: "Lu Jin, who is in the Ministry of Ministers, has seen His Royal Highness King Yu." ”

It was only at this time that Zhu Qiyu paid attention to the young man in front of him, who was not a few years older than himself, and a little appreciative smile appeared on his face: "Lu Jin, King Gu has heard of you, you have really done a lot of great things in the capital and in the north over the years, and you are the pillar of my Ming Dynasty." So he said this because he saw in Lu Jin's eyes the friendliness and respect that others did not have.

For a young man of noble status, but his value is always overlooked, as long as someone can show respect for him, it is enough to regard him as a friend. At this time, Zhu Qiyu is such a young man who lacks care.

"Your Highness has praised it falsely, and the minister is just doing his duty." Lu Jinbu smiled modestly: "And in front of His Highness, the minister doesn't dare to claim it." Now all kinds of major events inside and outside the Ming Dynasty are tied to His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness is the real hard worker. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhu Qiyu's first reaction was a little annoyed, wasn't he laughing at him? But his face changed slightly, and he saw that Lu Jin was saying this solemnly, so he quickly suppressed his anger, this Lu Jin should have said this without knowing it, which was completely kind.

But even if he understood that Lu Zhen was well-intentioned, Zhu Qizhen still felt awkward, so he smiled a little embarrassedly: "Lu Langzhong said that he was joking, let's talk about business, why did you come to see King Gu today?" ”

Lu Zhen saw several changes in the other party's expression, and also felt a little strange, but after all, there was a difference between monarchs and ministers, so it was not good to ask again, so he took out a document from his sleeve and handed it over: "Your Highness, this is a military report that the Ministry of War received today about an army pulling out of the north from the southwest. But Yu Shilang and the lower officials thought that there was something wrong with this matter. After all, there was just a mess in the southwest last year, and if too many soldiers and horses were dispatched at this time, I was afraid that the tribes there would have different intentions. Moreover, this point of soldiers and horses does not have much impact on the overall situation in the north, so I would like to ask His Highness to veto this matter and report it to the Son of Heaven. ”

In addition to the reasons mentioned in his mouth, Lu Jin's decision was also to preserve a little vitality for Daming. After all, the soldiers and horses in various places now still have a few bones of their predecessors, but they can't be folded in the civil fort. It's just that it's not good to say it in front of others.

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he sighed very casually, and then opened the document, and very skillfully took his own auxiliary political seal from the side, and pressed it directly without looking at the contents.

When he finished all this and handed it to Lu Jin, the latter was stunned with a surprised face, and he didn't even reach out to take the paperwork, which seemed a bit rude.

Lu Langzhong...... Is there something wrong with that? Seeing Lu Jin's stunned look, Zhu Qiyu was also full of strangeness, and couldn't help but ask.

Lu Zhen came back to his senses at this time, but he was not in a hurry to take the paperwork, but looked at the young prince in front of him with a straight face: "Your Highness, please forgive the minister, is it too hasty for you to use the seal so quickly?" Anyway, you have to see what is written in it first, so that you can use the seal to return it to the minister. ”

"This ......" Zhu Qiyu was also stunned when he heard this. In the past ten days, he has long been accustomed to using seals like this, and he didn't think much about it at all, and now he is asked by Lu Jin, and he really can't answer. After a while, he said, "Lone can trust you, and didn't you already tell Lone about this just now?" ”

That's not what I said. Although the minister said it, it is difficult to ensure that there is no hidden ingenuity in it. What's more, what if the minister deceived His Highness? What is in this document is completely different from what the minister said? It's about my future, how can I be so hasty? Lu Zhen said, and bowed to the other party again.

These words once again made King Yu lose his mind for a while, this is all right, and he really can't refute it.

And Lu Jin's words are not over: "What's more, if something really goes wrong here, I'm afraid that it will be investigated in the future, and Your Highness, your responsibility is not small!" ”

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