Nan Zhijin Jin saw the emperor, and after saluting, he said directly: "Your Majesty wants Weichen to speculate on the minister's response?" ”

"Hmm. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Han Ruzi needs a military advisor by his side, in the past, it was Yang Feng, later it was Zhao Ruosu, and now it is Nan Zhijin.

"There is no need to speculate, in less than ten days, Your Majesty will receive a large number of recitals of resignation, and Your Majesty can experience the difficulties of not having the imperial court."

"I also expected it, so I hope you can send a message to the ministers that I will not give in this time."

"Your Majesty has overestimated Wechen's ability, when Wechen was figuring out His Majesty's mind before, how could he have disobeyed His Majesty? It is nothing more than trying to meet the needs of His Majesty, so that His Majesty ignores certain things. ”

"Go with the flow." Han Ruzi immediately thought of this word.

"Exactly, go with the flow." Nan Zhijin didn't know the origin of this word, "Your Majesty is going against the trend, Wechen can only provide a little prediction, nothing else can be done, even if Wechen swears to the ministers, it is useless, they will only believe in their own expectations, not Wechen's words." ”

"Then you can speculate again, is the minister's resignation sincere?"

"No one wants to lose their position, but when there is no way out, it has to be like this. The court and the central government are bound to be in chaos at this moment, His Majesty is far away from the capital, and he can do whatever he wants, but it also gives the ministers room to move around, they can co-opt, force, and lure at will, and the ministers will be united. ”

"Even so, I won't back down." Han Ruzi said coldly.

"Isn't it good to let the ministers fight, and Your Majesty to rule in the middle? After Prime Minister Zhuo took office, he promoted more descendants of the family, which has offended many people, and the heart of the left inspection imperial Shi Feng Ju to compete for the prime minister has not completely disappeared, and many young scholars support the right patrol imperial Shi Qu Zixi, which is a ready-made crack in the court, just because His Majesty pressed too hard, this crack did not expand, but became smaller and smaller. ”

Nan Zhijin was still the emperor's desire to govern the court in a more traditional way.

"The question now is not whether I can control the imperial court, but whether the imperial court can control the world, I am deeply touched by this patrol, the farther away from the capital, the weaker the influence of the imperial court, if it were not for my personal visit to the East China Sea, the Yan family would never have fallen, and the people sent by the imperial court were either kept in the dark or had already been bought."

Nan Zhijin was silent for a moment, assisting an emperor with completely different ideas, it was even more difficult, and there was only one way that might make the emperor make some concessions, and that was to make the emperor feel more difficult.

"The ministers' resignation is only the first step."

"What's next? Will the accompanying officials follow in the footsteps of the ministers of the capital? ”

"Probably not, as long as the officials are under His Majesty's nose, they will protect themselves, as Wei Chen just said, His Majesty is far away from the capital, he has been freed, and he has also given the minister courage."

Han Ruzi laughed, "You go on, what will be the minister's second step?" ”

"The morale of the army is unstable."

Han Ruzi was silent for a while, this was indeed what he was most worried about, "How is it unstable?" ”

"Your Majesty transferred the Southern and Northern Armies and the Su Guards from the capital in advance, this is a good move, but most of the generals in the army are descendants of the family, Your Majesty intends to take back the private slaves, these people's families are the most affected, once they are encouraged by their father and brother, they are likely to do something."

"Rebellion?"

Nan Zhijin shook his head, "Several armies are scattered everywhere, none of them have an obvious advantage, they are afraid of each other, they should not go to the step of rebellion, and the most important thing is that they can't find the desired person to replace Your Majesty." According to Weichen's experience, the more common practice of generals in the army is to report illness, claiming that they have an old illness and can no longer lead troops. ”

"Wenchen sues, and the military general sues for illness." Han Ruzi couldn't help but sneer.

"Exactly, although the tricks are old, very few emperors in the past dynasties can deal with these two tricks, and they just catch a few people afterwards to spread their anger on the leader, but they can only choose to back down at that time."

"Anything else? Just these two tricks? Han Ruzi asked.

Nan Zhijin glanced at the emperor and replied: "There is another trick, for the ministers in Beijing, this trick is not fundamental, but it can protect their safety. His Majesty is far away from the capital, losing the geographical advantage, and will also lose people, if there is no accident, the Queen Mother will be co-opted by the ministers this time, and after the ministers complain and complain of illness, the Queen Mother's plea will come. ”

"Will the Queen Mother intercede for the minister?"

"The Queen Mother will intercede for Da Chu, hoping that Your Majesty will put the country's society first and not insist on going her own way. The Queen Mother will also intercede for herself, hoping that Her Majesty will ......" Nan Zhijin did not say any more.

Of course, the Queen Mother has to mention the relationship between mother and son.

Han Ruzi was silent again, the minister's response was more accurate and stable than the other, he only had a firm will, and there was no mature counterattack plan.

Nan Zhijin bowed vigorously and said: "If Your Majesty feels embarrassed, there is still room for maneuver: punish the Yan family normally, withdraw the holy decree of 'borrowing slaves to open up wasteland', encourage the cultivation of wasteland instead, and integrate it with the original plan of the imperial court, and then continue to patrol, refer to the East China Sea Kingdom, and solve the problem place by place, instead of swallowing dates like now." ”

Prime Minister Zhuo Ruhe has been promoting the reclamation of wasteland, suffering from insufficient population, the progress is relatively slow, and only Yunmengze is in a slightly better situation.

Nan Zhijin wanted to shoehorn the emperor's will into the prime minister's strategy to reduce resistance.

Han Ruzi understood what he meant, and also understood that this was indeed a solution, and after thinking about it for a while, he still shook his head, "I have made up my mind." ”

Han Ruzi must show his unshakable will to the south.

Nan Zhijin sighed, "In this case, Weichen has nothing to say, Weichen can only guess this step, but he can't think of a way to deal with it, if Your Majesty can successfully overcome these three levels, let's talk about the future." ”

"Thank you." Han Ruzi said these two words sincerely, and the rare thing about Nan Zhijin was that he stood on the side of the minister and spoke, and the speculation was sharper, so it might be more accurate.

Han Ruzi has to come up with a way to deal with the minister's "three moves" as soon as possible, after all, he is not well thought out, he urgently needs another "military advisor", Nan Zhijin is unwilling to do it, others are either not credible, or talented, Han Ruzi really can't find a helper for a while.

"If Yang Feng is still ......" Han Ruzi could only sigh, and in the next few days, he summoned the accompanying advisers in turn, hoping to find one or two available people, and at the same time, he was also thinking deeply, often staying up until midnight before sleeping.

Before the resignation of the minister in Beijing arrived, Huang Pugong came back first.

Luan Kai's temperament is a little confused, but his memory is extremely accurate, with the Great Chu Navy, he successfully found the pirate's hiding island, Jin Chunzhong personally went to the island to negotiate, and finally returned Huang Pugong, but a large number of naval prisoners were still detained on the island, and the pirates still refused to surrender, waiting for Huang Pugong to fulfill his promise.

Giving the pirates the name of the Great Chu Naval Army, and letting them go to a distant place to "attack" the gods and ghosts Da Danyu, this is Huang Pugong's suggestion to the pirates, many people really take it seriously, and the thought of being able to go overseas to plunder under the banner of Great Chu is excited.

Han Ruzi didn't want to agree, the name of Da Chu was supreme and important, how could it be given to pirates?

Huang Pugong was sent to the emperor's camp overnight, and was not blamed by the defeated generals, but was immediately summoned.

Han Ruzi got up and said with a smile: "General Huang has returned safely, and it is worth my trip." ”

Huang Pugong was dressed in the clothes of an ordinary person, and he looked like a slave of the Yan family, and immediately knelt down, "The general of the defeated army, it is not worth the trouble of Your Majesty, the last general is incompetent, he is trapped in the thief, he will lose the soldiers of Dachu, and he will beg His Majesty to surrender." ”

These words were obviously not something that Huang Pugong could come up with, and even if he had these thoughts, he couldn't say the words of "begging and condemning the crime", and the accompanying officials of the Ministry of Rites played a role, even if they were dissatisfied with the emperor, they were still loyal to their duties and ensured that the etiquette was not disordered.

"What is the crime of the general being harmed by a traitor? General Huang flattened. Han Ruzi also had to respond according to the "courtesy".

The two of them chatted for a while, and the escorts withdrew one after another, and finally there were only seven or eight people left, including eunuchs, guards, generals, and two officials.

After all, Huang Pugong was born as a pirate, and all parties were not worried about letting him see the emperor alone.

"Since General Huang has returned, he will continue to serve as General Lou Chuan and lead the naval army. When does General Huang think he will be able to go to war against pirates again? ”

Huang Pugong arched his hand and said: "The last general wrote in the letter that the pirates are inexhaustible, so it is better to lead to the enemy country. ”

Han Ruzi frowned slightly, "I thought it was just an expedient measure to rescue General Huang, but now the pirates are hesitant, it is the best time to attack, or it may be decided to rescue the captured Great Chu soldiers in one battle." ”

"Admiral Mo had met several exiled Western merchants on the island, and they had heard that the waters of Dachu were connected to the west, and that the army of the gods and ghosts had conquered many ports, but they did not like to take boats, so they destroyed all ships and forbade the passage of merchants. The last general really felt that going west by sea might have a miraculous effect. ”

"General Huang believes in a group of pirates? They will run their old business halfway, plundering everywhere, there are quite a few countries in the South Seas that pay tribute to the Great Chu, how can the big dream lead the disaster to such a small country? ”

"If Your Majesty believes in the last general, the last general will voluntarily lead the pirates westward, and only a holy decree is required, asking for support from the island countries along the way."

Han Ruzi was taken aback, "Da Chu is at the time of employing people, I have high hopes for General Huang, why did General Huang go away?" ”

"Before the last general set out on the expedition, I heard that General Deng of the Western Regions led the army to attack, and the last general agreed with what he said: Why does Da Chu have to wait for the enemy to attack?"

Han Ruzi still shook his head, one Deng Cui is enough to give people a headache, there has been no follow-up so far, and Huang Pugong must not be lost again.

"General Huang has suffered for many days, let's go and rest first."

Huang Pugong knelt down and thanked him, "Your Majesty has both foresight and foresight, and if you don't want to do it, it's useless to think too much." ”

The people in the tent all frowned, feeling that Huang Pugong couldn't speak, especially a junior official in the Ministry of Rites, who deeply blamed himself, feeling that it was all his own fault and that he had not trained Huang Pugong well.

Han Ruzi's heart moved, after everyone withdrew, he pondered and meditated alone for a long time, thinking not about Huang Pugong, but about the upcoming large number of resignations.

Huang Pugong wanted to attack the gods and ghosts from the sea by surprise, but where was the undefended "sea area" on the side of the imperial court?

Han Ruzi remembered that there was a person who was in the camp, acting as one of the emperor's many advisers, and he might be able to call over to help. (To be continued.) )