In the seventeenth year of Dou Gaozu, the life of the Son of Heaven was dying, and the fifteen-year-old crown prince Yin Zeng succeeded to the throne at a young age. The imperial court was chaotic, Ju took advantage of the national mourning to raise troops to invade the north of Dou State, Ju army commander drove straight in, occupied the three cities south of the Hoop River, as well as Weicheng and the north of Jinzhou, and approached the imperial city of Changling, Huanhan, Maocheng, Fenghong and other counties spontaneously formed an army, and went west to conquer King Qin, and was slaughtered by the Ju army at the junction of the Ling River and the Honghe River.

At a time of internal and external troubles, no one in the Dou State led troops to fight against the enemy. At the critical moment, the twenty-two-year-old imperial thief Liu Musen led the royal barracks army to attack, taking advantage of the weakness of Weicheng's troops, breaking the defense and going north, directly attacking Judu, besieging Wei to save Zhao, breaking through the imperial city and holding the emperor of Ju State hostage, so as to force Ju to withdraw its troops, and signed a contract to order the Ju army to withdraw to the banks of the Hoop River and compensate for the thousands of donkeys, well, the latter condition is circulated by the people, in fact, the compensation of a thousand taels of silver, far less than the value of a thousand donkeys.

After Yin Zeng ascended the throne, he was called Dou Taizu, Liu Musen was crowned from the king of Erpin County because of his meritorious service to save the country, and Taizu reused the imperial thief. In the twelfth year of Taizu, the army of Ju led the army to the south again, Liu Musen led the troops to resist again, and the Dou State that had been repaired for 12 years increased greatly under the governance of Dou Taizu, and Liu Musen won many battles and captured Judu again.

Taizu Yin Zeng was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to let the people of Ju suffer from war and displacement again, so he ordered Liu Musen to withdraw his troops to the area of the Hoop River in the north. In the same year, Ju renewed the contract with Dou and ordered Ju to withdraw the military system, and the stability of Ju would be defended by Dou. Ju was actually reduced to a vassal state of Dou. Liu Musen was crowned the king of the county because of his merits, and the king was called a thief.

In the fifty-sixth year of Dou Taizu, the king of thieves died. Three years later, Taizu also drove to the west, and the loyal ministers of the Ming monarch who treated each other like brothers all his life became a good story widely spread by future generations. The thief king passed on the throne to Liu Xiao, the eldest son of the Liu family, and his younger brother Liu Jian married the eldest princess.

After Liu Xiao attacked the throne of the county king, he established the imperial thief military system, and the army was called Mu Yu, that is, the rumored Yin soldiers. This army is not used for warfare, and recruitment operations are often carried out secretly, and its number and combat power are unknown. Liu Xiao only inherited the king of the county for eight years before dying of illness. Liu Xiao has no heirs, Liu Jian has no intention of inheriting this position, according to the emperor's order, Liu Xiao's nephew Liu Dehai inherited the throne of the thief king.

"These old-fashioned stories, my father told my mother, my eldest brother told my second brother, the prince told the king of Qi, and the queen told the queen mother, which is not interesting." Liu Dehao said.

Wu Nian asked: "It turns out that you imperial thieves are so powerful, if the eldest princess hadn't told me this, I would have thought you were tomb robbers." ”

"Why did she say everything, and tell you something?"

"And when you were a child, you wet the bed, and you didn't pee until you were thirteen years old, and your eldest brother likes to sleep with you, and you often pee all over."

Liu Dehao said in his heart, oh my God, this still makes me how to be a person. Then he quietly leaned on Wu Nian's ear and said, "Actually, I'm still wetting the bed now, so you can enjoy it in the future." ”

"You liar, vexatious."

"Your Majesty said that this year's palace annual banquet was held in Zhengyang Palace, and my father reported to His Majesty. You will attend the palace banquet as my guest. ”

Wu Nian said: "But I don't know the etiquette in the palace, and I don't know what to do." I'm afraid I'll ...... then."

"Stop, stop, let you go to dinner, not let you get married. This New Year's palace banquet is to go for a walk, go there to toast His Majesty with a glass of wine, say a few words, and then go back to their respective homes, and then give wine and food to each province in the palace, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is still to be eaten at home, and then there is a vigil. ”

"But I still don't know some rules, what if I break the rules?"

"I'm protecting you, what are you afraid of? When the time comes, just look at the look in my eyes and see what the other guests do. It's not an execution ground, what are you afraid of. ”

"There's always some foreboding."

"Okay, okay, hurry back to the house to rest, it's too cold on the roof." Liu Dehao jumped off the roof and got into his room.

……

"The first emperor once said that holding the imperial power in his hands is not the way to protect the country, and being good at employing people and having the world in mind is the way to be a king. Over the years, I have been deeply immersed in chess, and I want to discover the way of game destiny from it, and then write a book. Changing the history of the emperor's centralization of power was a great task entrusted to me by the previous emperor. ”

"It is my royal honor that Your Majesty wants to build the Great Road, but Your Majesty must always remember that you are good at knowing people." Tong Wendao.

"What Prime Minister Tong said is very true. The court of my Dou country is stable and peaceful, and the world can be stable and peaceful. Yin Qiu said: "This year, the King of Qi led his army south and defeated the Black Country, which is worthy of commendation." It can be seen that in the crime of the king of Qi resisting the decree and sending troops, I did not reward the king of Qi. Territory is important, but it is not tolerated if it violates etiquette, and I feel it is necessary to reward him for handing over military talismans and knowing that mistakes can be corrected in Shenglin. ”

Liu Dehao and Wu Nian looked at each other and smiled.

"Father, the sons and daughters know their own mistakes, and they really don't dare to ask for rewards." Yin Shenglin said.

"You...... After defeating the thirteen cities of the Black Kingdom, even the famous King of Jealousy has lost the fiefdom in the north, how can he not be rewarded? What I want to reward you is a marriage. ”

Yin Shenglin said in his heart, I know! It must have been discussed between the queen mother and the emperor!

"The queen mother has informed her son-in-law about this, and the son-in-law is willing to receive a reward."

"It's a pity that Miss Tong didn't show up today, it's my negligence, and after the year, I will have to discuss with Prime Minister Tong in person."

Tong Wen said: "The minister received the order, thank Your Majesty for your kindness." ”

"I would like to respect all of you here and serve me Yin. This glass of wine is a tribute to your loyalty. Yin Qiu raised his wine glass, and everyone present stood up.

……

The banquet was about to end, and a voice suddenly came from outside the hall: "Your Majesty, General Lei Jiaojie of the Linyuan Camp asks to see you!" ”

"Lei Jiaojie?" Yin Shenglin and Liu Dehao looked at each other: "What is he doing here?" ”

"Shenglin? General Lei is your subordinate, right? Yin Qiu asked.

"It was in the lower general, I ordered him to stay in the Linyuan camp, I really don't know what he is doing in the capital at this time?"

"So he didn't inform you in advance?" Tong Wen asked.

"Nope."

Liu Dehao looked at Tong Wen and then at Yin Shenglin, but he really couldn't figure out what the situation was.

"Oh, really, disturbing His Majesty's drinking." Liu Jian was drunk.

Tong Wendao: "Since you didn't notify His Royal Highness King Qi in advance, there must be something important, could it be that something went wrong in the south?" His Royal Highness the King of Qi, according to the opinion of the old minister, it is better to summon him into the palace first. ”

"It's good!" The emperor said: "General Lei is also a meritorious man, and I also happened to give the soldiers of the southern region a glass of wine." ”

"General Xuanlei is here!"

Lei Jiaojie looked very hurried, and as soon as he entered the hall, he knelt on the ground and saluted His Majesty: "The last general, Lei Jiaojie, will see Your Majesty!" In fact, it is important to repay the survival of the country and the stability of the DPRK. ”

Liu Dehao tilted his head to look at Wu Nian and whispered, "Something is wrong." ”

"Huh?"

Liu Dehao asked Yin Shenglin to pay attention to the employment of people a long time ago, and he investigated the identity of Lei Jiaojie, Lei Jiaojie's father was originally an official of the imperial court, and was sentenced to be beheaded for participating in Yin Qiu and Yin Dong's seizure of succession. The Queen Mother was kind enough to intercede for her, and the Pavilion and the Pavilion agreed to let go of the Lei family's daughters and children. Lei Jiaojie is the son of a criminal minister, so he was assigned to the border of Linyuan, but he has extraordinary military talents, and he was favored by Yin Shenglin and promoted all the way.

To say that Lei Jiaojie has no hatred for the Yin royal family, it is absolutely impossible. But the reality is like this, when the Wang family and Liu Jiabao prince Yin Qiu ascended the throne, the eldest prince of the Lei family, Yin Dong, became the king and failed, Yin Dong failed to seize the heir, was placed under house arrest on Linghan Island, and demoted to the prince of Wupin, and the power in his hands was even inferior to the king of thieves.

Lei Jiaojie came to the court, which may not be a good thing.

"Minister Lei Jiaojie came to Beijing this time to report one thing to His Majesty: Yin Shenglin, the king of Qi, commanded the troops on the border, repelled the black country, and made great achievements, but you don't know that the king of Qi wants to rebel."

"Hugh is going to talk nonsense!" Yin Qiu said: "This kind of joke can't be made! Ask all of you who would dare to believe such a thing. ”

Yin Shenglin was just about to get up, but Yin Shenglong grabbed him: "Don't move, don't fall for their tricks." ”

Liu Dehai got up: "Dare to ask General Lei, you have no basis and framed King Qi, do you know what kind of crime this is?" ”

Lei Jiaojie glared at Liu Dehai and continued: "Your Majesty, this is Yin Shenglin's superstition of rebellion. He wants to kill his relatives and take the heir, and abolish the prince! ”