, Wang Yun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Pan Lianggui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, are both important ministers in the court, and they are one of the six ministries in charge, and they have served as officials of all sizes in the court.

Li Shiren and Li Shien went to Wang Yun's mansion, and Chen Liu and Gao Chong went to Pan Lianggui's mansion. When they arrived in a hurry, Wang Yun and Pan Lianggui were both drunk and had not yet come to their senses.

Zhao Gou's order was like a holy decree, so they couldn't delay. So, the four of them all took their own methods to invite them to Zhao Gou's mansion. When Zhao Gou saw the two of them, he was stunned, and he couldn't stop laughing.

Zhao Yougong and the others saw the appearance of Wang Yun and Pan Lianggui, and secretly rejoiced: "Fortunately, it is Steward Wang who comes, if they do it, they can still go out to meet talents!" ”

I saw that Wang Yun was disheveled, and the corners of his mouth were stuffed with strips of cloth. He was still drunk, but he was already sober at this time, and he was not drunk at all. At the same time, Pan Lianggui is not far behind, not much better. If it weren't for Pan Lianggui's fame, I'm afraid that Gao Zhong and others would not treat him differently.

"Wang Shangshu, what's going on with the two of you? It's really rare to see how it looks like this. ”

Wang Yun and Pan Lianggui saw that Zhao Gou was asking knowingly, and they pursed their lips and guessed that he did it on purpose, that is, they were laughing at themselves and others. The two of them turned their faces away, no longer bothered with Zhao Gou, and glared at Gao Chong, Li Shien and the others angrily, if it weren't for the fact that their methods of inviting people were too different, they wouldn't have looked foreign.

Li Shien, Gao Chong and others explained that when they arrived at the mansion, the two adults were unconscious, and they didn't bother to shout, so they left with them and went straight to Zhao's mansion.

Wang Yun and Pan Lianggui woke up with a bump on the road, but Wang Yun had never seen the two of them, and he was frightened by the scene in front of him when he saw them, and subjectively thought that they were kidnapped, or openly kidnapped the court officials.

So, Wang Yun shouted loudly, and the two brothers Li Shien saw that he was too annoyed to shout, so they directly plugged his mouth with a cloth, which made Wang Yun even more scared, and he was terrified, thinking that he had slept well in bed, and he woke up like this, and he really couldn't figure it out.

If he hadn't seen Zhao Mansion coming, he would have jumped down long ago. Pan Lianggui was a little better, when he was brought by Gao Chong, he had already sobered up, so he treated it indifferently, but it was a pity that Gao Chong and others came and went in a hurry, rushing over, even if he was sober, he couldn't stand it.

"It's not a gentleman's work to disturb people's dreams early in the morning!" Pan Lianggui scolded in a low voice, "What is the matter with you coming to us?" ”

Wang Yun answered: "Yes, what is so urgent? ”

The two of them were angry, if it weren't for Zhao Gou's face, I am afraid that they would have exploded long ago. No matter what, they are all officials of the imperial court, and they are also a book of books, how can they treat themselves and others like this.

Zhao Gou didn't say much, went straight to the point, and showed them the holy decree. When the two of them saw that it was a holy decree, all their anger was put away, and they immediately took it respectfully, and then looked at it seriously. When they finished reading it, their faces changed dramatically, and they were in disbelief, and they looked at it several times before they believed it was true.

"What do you two think?" Zhao Gou asked straight to the point.

Pan Lianggui and Wang Yun were silent, and they didn't know how to say it, especially the emperor's decree, which made them a little incomprehensible.

"Do you know that you have this decree?" Seeing that they didn't know how to talk about it, Zhao Gou took the initiative to ask.

Pan Lianggui shook his head and replied, "I don't know! ”

Wang Yun repeated Pan Lianggui's actions, and then said: "The emperor has issued an edict, and the Privy Council should be informed, and the king of Chu should know. ”

Zhao Yougong smiled bitterly: "You forgot, I was here yesterday, how did I know that there was such a holy decree." ”

Wang Yun was a little embarrassed, he forgot what he just said that Zhao Yougong was still there. However, no one is concerned about this matter, and the only thing that needs to be clarified at the moment is the meaning of this holy decree.

Pan Lianggui pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps, maybe it's really a good thing." ”

"What's the explanation?" The crowd also looked at him suspiciously, waiting for his answer.

Pan Lianggui continued: "Now the emperor has passed on the decree, that is to say, the prince is justified. If the guess is correct, the emperor has other plans, otherwise he would not have given the hot potato of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to the prince. ”

"Hot potato?" Zhao Gou asked, "Are there many people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun who are red-eyed?" ”

Pan Lianggui nodded and said, "These days, above the court, the most disputed thing is the ownership of the sixteen states of Yanyun, even the crown prince, and other princes have joined it, and there are some relatives. ”

"Now that the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have given King Yan, it must also be to settle this matter. If King Yan obtains it, no one dares to say a word, not only to calm the dispute, but also to give the prince a reason to enter the court again. ”

"The sixteen states of Yanyun were brought down by the prince, even if it is rewarded to the prince, it is deserved. At the beginning, the emperor intended to give this place to the prince, but it has not yet been married, and it is difficult to reward it again, only a big wedding. ”

"Isn't it the gift of crowning, and then canonization?"

"It's not!" Zhao Yougong spoke up, if it weren't for Pan Lianggui mentioning this matter, he would have really forgotten about the affairs of Yanyun's sixteen states, and said in a deep voice: "All sons-in-law can be canonized as kings when they are born, but the Great Song Dynasty has another rule that you can't be crowned king if you are not married." ”

"As for crowning and re-crowning the king, that is the rule of inheriting the throne, or making great achievements and outstanding military achievements, or only the elders of the court are qualified, but the elders of the court are still very few, most of them are posthumously crowned, and marrying the king is a regulation for the prince."

Pan Lianggui continued: "Now that there is this holy decree, the time when the prince is canonized is the day when the prince enters the court. According to the regulations, if you are canonized as a king and have a fief, you must leave the capital and go to the fief, which is the most important thing to pay attention to. ”

"Why?"

"Because going to the fiefdom means staying away from the capital, there can be no delay, unless the emperor sends another decree, and the other point is to leave the capital, that is, to lose the power to compete for the crown prince."

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "If that's the case, then it's better to leave directly." ”

Instead of continuing to stay in the capital, it is better to go chic, this is Zhao Gou's true idea. Now he also wants to leave the capital, you must know that the sixteen states of Yanyun are the most stable and the last barrier of the Great Song Dynasty, if there is any mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable.

In addition, Zhao Gou also learned from the spies that something big would happen in the Jin Kingdom in the near future. Zhao Gou left a seed at the beginning, and it was almost harvest season.

If that happens, you need to pay more attention. After all, that's the real big thing. Rather than staying in the capital to intrigue, it is better to go simply and leave without any regrets.

(End of chapter)