"Shanglin Yuan?!" Emperor Wu listened to the words of his sixth son and also questioned: "You mean to build Thorn Yang into a royal hunting ground?!" ”

Lin Yuyan, who was standing at the bottom of the steps, waved his hand and said: "No, this Shanglin Yuan is just borrowing a name, Shanglin Yuan does not need to go through any court power, and is directly responsible to the father, that is, in Shanglin Yuan, everything except for the father can ask, no court officials and old clans have the right to ask!" ”

Emperor Wu groaned slightly, and then said, "This matter ...... It is not in line with etiquette. ”

"Isn't the father and emperor restructured for the sake of the prosperity of the martial country!" Lin Yuyan asked rhetorically.

It is true that the original Emperor Wu really wanted to make a grand plan to dominate the cause, but now the narrow space of the Xuanzheng Hall has gradually eliminated the ambition of the Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu lowered his head and looked at the Shanglin Yuan's policy theory written on the "paper" on the table, which was indeed attractive.

Back then, the sentence "Thorn Yang is ripe, Wu Guozu" refers to the three yang places of Thorn Yang, Shuyang, and Miyang, but Emperor Wu has a lot of concerns now, including the contradictions of the old clan, the pressure of the clan, and even some forces that are about to move, all of which have to be considered.

"I need to think about it carefully, so let's leave this Lin Yuan's decision on the desk......" Emperor Wu said, then looked at Lin Yuyan and asked, "Ju Mao...... What did the old general say? ”

Hearing the question, Lin Yuyan also raised his eyebrows and said, "What does my father think the old general Ju should say?" If it refers to this matter of going to Lin Yuan, as long as his father agrees, General Ju will naturally not disagree. ”

Emperor Wu moved his gaze back to the table and said: "With the old general Ju to bear, the Zongfu and the border army are not much worried, and the old clan of Jianyang is mostly a branch of the old general Ju or a related marriage, and their biggest reliance is now gone...... The Land of Thorns is now in your hands...... You can do whatever you want. ”

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan already knew that his father should have agreed to his decision to go to Lin Yuan, and at this time, Lin Yuyan did not forget Han Kui's recommendation: "Erchen is willing to recommend the guard Han Kui as Shanglin Yuan's Shang Shuling!" ”

"Han Kui, is that Jin Wei clan official, a madman who defends the country?!" Emperor Wu asked rhetorically, then glanced at Shanglin Yuan's strategy and said, "I don't know why you have these in your head...... Strange things, but I have to say that you and Fan Qing really have some similarities, which is also the reason why I connived at you to mess around, Thorn Yang is what you get, you are my son, even if I seal you a Thorn Yang Marquis, what can I do, there is merit in going to Lin Yuan, but Han Kui ...... A mad Confucian, not a suitable person for this Shangshu Ling. ”

Lin Yuyan already understood his father, or was influenced by the Emperor and was close to the thoughts of the Legalists, so he replied immediately: "Father, Han Kui is not a Confucian student, but a school of law, from the Qingxi Ghost Valley, maybe the father does not know the inheritance of the Qingxi Ghost Valley, but the son can guarantee that Han Kui is definitely ......."

However, when Emperor Wu heard what Lin Yuyan said, he was also surprised: "Qingxi Ghost Valley, but Guiguzi?!" ”

Lin Yuyan was also quite surprised: "Father knows about Guiguzi?!" ”

Emperor Wu explained to Lin Yuyan: "The Jin Wei clan now has a military general, named Xiao Juan, who has successively crusaded against Song, Lu, Wei, Zheng and other countries, all of which are defeated, claiming to be a teacher from this Guiguzi, and the name of Guigu is known to the world......"

Immediately, Emperor Wu looked at Lin Yuyan and said, "Since Han Kui is in the same door as Xiao Juan, I may not be able to meet him again, but whether you can get the position of Shanglin Yuan Shangshu Ling as you want depends on his own efforts!" ”

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan also looked happy, and immediately saluted: "Thank you, father." ”

Seeing this, Emperor Wu shook his head and said, "I am very pleased, having your third, fourth, fifth, and even you are all very comforting to me, especially since you have done a good job in quelling the thorny yang bandits this time......"

Lin Yuyan also smiled and was silent, because he still didn't know if his father was referring to the bandit or the old clan.

Gao Jin, who had been standing silently beside Emperor Wu, also looked at the sky and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to go down......

Emperor Wu also saw that it was already dark outside, and said to Lin Yuyan at the moment: "It's getting late, you can retreat, as for Han Kui, let him go to the palace tomorrow, and I will ask him." ”

"Okay." Lin Yuyan responded, and then got up and retreated.

Emperor Wu stared at Lin Yuyan's back as he turned to leave, until he disappeared at the end of his sight, and then slowly spoke: "Gao Jin, do you know what I am thinking now?!" ”

Gao Jin shook his head with a smile and replied, "I don't know, but Gao Jin knows that His Majesty should go back to rest now." ”

"No, today's one thing after another has made me completely tired, so I don't need to rush down to the palace for the time being." Emperor Wu paused for a moment, and then whispered to Gao Jin: "I am thinking, among all the princes, who is worthy of the great cause?!" ”

It's this royal taboo again, Gao Jin has always been taboo about this, how can he follow Emperor Wu's words, but this stall Emperor Wu put forward this word, it is not without purpose, Gao Jin turned sideways slightly, looking at the direction where the sixth son of the emperor had just left, that back, this back that was sent down by Emperor Wu, Gao Jin has not seen it for many years.

It seems that there was a man many years ago whose name was ...... Woo Woo.

……

The east side of the main entrance of the palace seems to be a large area of official mansions, and many courtiers with real power in the martial state except for the Xuanzheng Palace are here to deal with various political affairs and respond to the call of Emperor Wu in the Xuanzheng Palace at any time, such as the three phases of the inner court, the six doctors of the outer court, and even the eldest son Lin Yuren and Gongzi Xin all have a house here to convene their respective party members to discuss.

As soon as Lin Yuyan left the palace gate, it was already dark, and the courtiers in the official office also retreated one by one to prepare to go home.

"His Royal Highness Gongziyan." Lin Yuyan's attention didn't look elsewhere, but someone stopped him, and when he turned around, he found that it was the Minister of State.

Lin Yuyan turned around and said, "Hundred miles of national ministers." ”

Baili Huai was followed by a few domestic servants, seeing that Lin Yuyan had just come out of the palace, he must have gone to the Xuanzheng Palace, Baili Huai walked to Lin Yuyan's side and said, "Your Highness has just returned from the Xuanzheng Palace?" ”

Lin Yuyan nodded and said, "Hmm...... is to report to his father how to deal with the follow-up of Thorn Yang. ”

Baili Huai said: "Your Highness, Wuguo has been an eventful time recently, and His Highness was able to quell the thorny bandits, which really made many courtiers admire." ”

Lin Yuyan also waved his hand and replied: "The minister of the country of Baili has killed me, but he is just a group of ignorant people who have been coerced by the bandits, how can he withstand the heroism of the minister of the country of Baili in the face of the army of 80,000 Jin and Han without changing his face!" ”

Looking at the sky, Baili Guoxiang also said: "On the same road as His Royal Highness, you might as well talk while walking......

"Good!"

So Baili Huai was in front, Lin Yuyan was slightly behind, and behind him were Baili Huai's guards and Lin Yuyan's guards.

Baili Huai opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness has only been out of the cabinet for a few months, and this big thing has really done a lot, Senior Brother Gu Liang has already looked for me, saying that His Highness asked him to write an official script of the Martial Kingdom, what is it called "Shuowen Jie Zi"? ”

"Hmm......" Lin Yuyan nodded and admitted, and said: "Wuguo is at the junction of the Central Plains and the wilderness, and all kinds of words are mixed, which is really a little inconvenient, so I asked Gu Liangshi to write a book and write a Wuguo's "Saying Wen Jie Zi"! ”

"Today's court, I also found out, His Royal Highness seems to have practiced the art of debate in the Zongheng family?!"

"Hmm......" Lin Yuyan nodded and admitted directly, Lin Yuyan knew that Baili Huai was a famous school, and Lin Yuyan seemed to this school to be more like a balanced school of Legalism and Zonghengjia.

Baili Huai said again: "The matter of Thorn Yang has finally touched the reverse scale of the old clan, but today there is an old general Ju who comes forward, presumably these old clans have scruples and will not be embarrassed by His Highness, but Thorn Yang is thousands of miles of fertile fields, and His Royal Highness has all the income, I am afraid that it will also make the world think that His Royal Highness ...... Too greedy is not conducive to the prestige of His Highness. ”

Lin Yuyan stopped, looked at Baili Huai and asked, "Baili National Minister, isn't it for the old clan to be a lobbyist?!" ”

Hearing this, Baili Huai looked stunned, and then realized that his words were indeed suspected of being a lobbyist for the old clan, and then smiled: "Your Royal Highness said that Huai is laughing, Huai thinks that now the Wu Kingdom is on the occasion of the four wars, and this matter cannot be chaotic within the Wu Kingdom, especially the old clan, which has always been the representative of the imperial court to control the locality, and when the country is in turmoil, it is the old clan that calls on the young and strong people who see the field to protect the family and defend the country......"

Lin Yuyan interrupted Baili Huai when he heard this, and said directly: "You can say whatever the minister wants to say, there is no need to beat around the bush." ”

Only then did Baili Huai realize that the sixth son of the emperor could never be treated with a sixteen-year-old child, and only then did he plan to tell Lin Yuyan the truth: "Your Highness, now Jing Guo ...... Northern King Wei Quan and Shouwang Huan Yu led hundreds of thousands of troops to the north to attack Deng State, I am afraid it will not be long, Deng State will not be able to support it, and then the army of Jing State will wave its army north to Wuguo, at that time it is time to mobilize the old clan to recruit neighbors to protect the family and defend the country, at this time, it is not conducive to the ...... to rise sharply with the old clan."

Lin Yuyan asked directly, "How long can Deng Guo hold out?!" ”

Baili Huai looked stunned for a moment, and then said to Lin Yuyan: "It's August now, Deng Guo has the spare strength, and he can still hold on for half a year, and in the middle of winter, heavy snow and summer flooding, Deng Guo can take advantage of the time and place to block the Jing State Red Turban Army, but I'm afraid that next autumn will be broken at the earliest!" ”

There is still a year to go......

Lin Yuyan thought about it carefully, and said to the minister of the country: "Prime minister, Yan...... is not a person who ignores the overall situation, but the minister of the country is also clear, the old clan is equivalent to the withered grass on the original, vast and useless, Yan fate with fire, the original spark of the stars, can set the prairie on fire! ”

A spark can start a prairie fire!

I have to say that the Minister of State Baili Huai is indeed moved by Lin Yuyan's words, and the spark can start a prairie fire!

After a long time, the Minister of State Baili Huai finally smiled, and said to Lin Yuyan: "Baili has expected that he will not be able to convince His Highness today, but he did not expect to be moved by His Highness's words...... That's it, since His Highness already has a proposition in his mind, Baili will no longer advise! ”

Lin Yuyan stopped, looked at Baili Huai and said, "Prime Minister of the country, there is a fork in the road ahead......

Baili Huai looked up, and it was indeed a fork in the road.

Lin Yuyan stared at the fork in the road in front of him and said: "Prime Minister of the country, the people are like water, who can carry the boat, can also capsize the boat, the old clan is the boat on this water after all, Rao is the current martial country, and it is just a slightly larger boat, what can really resist the national disaster has always been these rural savages who have no place to die, not those old clans who will succeed in ten thousand bones!" ”

Hearing this, Baili Huai frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness's words seem to be biased......

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan also raised the corners of his mouth and replied: "Is it biased, it is a different choice between me and the prime minister, whose choice is right, maybe it won't take long, the prime minister can see for himself, it's getting late, and please take care of the road when the prime minister returns home, after all, Wancheng is the royal capital, and the road is uneven......"

Hearing this, Baili Huai lowered his head and looked at the road, indeed, the road in front was already slightly shabby because of disrepair.

"Prime Minister, Yan has said goodbye...... Lin Yuyan said to Baili Huai, and then turned to leave.

What a stubborn boy!

Baili Huai looked at Lin Yuyan who turned to leave, and scolded with a smile, and then looked around, the low houses, and some places still emitted a foul smell, Baili Huai frowned, it is indeed a little different from a king......

……

"Yuyan! Huang Yan! Wait for the brother! ”

Lin Yuyan just turned around and said goodbye to Baili Huai, not long after, he heard someone calling behind him.

The night had ended, and Jing Yi reminded: "Your Highness, it's Gongzixin." ”

Sure enough, Lin Yuyan saw the second emperor brother approaching from the dark curtain: "Second emperor brother, why did you return home so late?" ”

Gongzixin said with a smile: "As soon as the sixth brother came out of the palace, the imperial brother saw it, who knew that he was preempted by the prime minister of Baili Kingdom, so the imperial brother was behind...... Why did the sixth brother enter the palace again today? ”

Lin Yuyan did not hide anything from Gongzi's letter: "Ask my father to cure Thorn Yang." ”

Hearing this, Gongzixin's face froze, and then he asked with a smile: "Please cure Thorn Yang?!" Yan Yan is not a person who is enthusiastic about this. ”

Gongzi Xin is also speculating in his belly, he still thinks that Lin Yuyan can be in charge of the army, and for Wuguo, the only ones who really hold the power are the Wancheng and the border army, Rao is an old clan in the local area, and he also needs to occupy a place in Wancheng to be able to control the right to speak, as for the place, especially the city order mansion, it is useless, after all, he is just a rich man!

In particular, the sixth son of the emperor asked for treatment of Thorn Yang, which means staying away from the competition for the throne, like the third, fourth, and fifth children.

"Second Emperor Brother, today I heard about the old traces of the former Prime Minister of the country, and I was very emotional, so I want to recommend a talented person for the Wu Kingdom, that is Han Kui!"

"Han Kui?!" Gongzixin remembered something and said, "By the way, I heard that the sixth brother won that Han Kui on the Baishi Platform today?!" ”

"Hmm......" Lin Yuyan nodded, and then said: "After all, it's just sophistry, I think Han Zi's talent should not be condescended to the small Baishi platform, so I want to ask the second emperor brother to help!" ”

"Oh? If you want to ask the imperial brother for help, do you want the imperial brother to recommend this Han Kui as the Thorn Yang Order, Huang Yan, you just say it! Gongzixin is also heroic to hold Lin Yuyan, now the "benevolent party" in the court has been cut twice, it is already unsuccessful, at this time, Gongzixin wants to recommend a talent, or the position of the city order is not very important, it is not how difficult.

However, Gongzi's letter scared Lin Yuyan and immediately waved his hand to veto, especially now when the "Faith Party" is strong, the second emperor brother recommended Han Kui, not to mention Han Kui's Shangshu Order, even Lin Yuyan's own Shanglin Yuan was also delayed because of his father's jealousy.

"Brother Huang, I want to ask you to recruit craftsmen for me!" Lin Yuyan said.

"Recruiting Artisans?!" Childe Shin was surprised.

Lin Yuyan nodded and said, "Please ask the imperial brother to recruit craftsmen for me, bronzesmiths, blacksmiths, carpenters, and stonemasons all need them, and the more the better." ”

Gongzixin asked, "Sixth brother, what do you want these craftsmen to do?" ”

"Thorny Yang has suffered a lot from banditry, and it will take a lot of craftsmen to rebuild."

"But blacksmiths make iron tools, what do you need these people to do, besides, these craftsmen are all people who are not engaged in food production, and there are many of them, and there are many people in your house, I am afraid it will be difficult to afford them......"

"No, these are all Shanglin...... Burdened by the Thorn Yang Mansion. ”

"Right...... For brother but forgot, Huang Yan you are now rich in thorny yang, okay, brother Huang think about it...... That's right, Yuyan, the Miyang iron ore is around Jianyang, the imperial brother can be the master and assign it to Yuyan you, and the Miyang Foundry can also be assigned to Yuyan, and the weapons that supply the Wuyin Fangcheng Army can be cast by the Boshan Foundry. ”

"Thank you, Second Emperor Brother!" Lin Yuyan is also very grateful to this second emperor brother who has always supported him.

"Yuyan, they are all their own brothers, and they are meant to support each other, why do you need to be so polite?! In the future, if my brother asks for something to get to Yu Yan, I hope that Yu Yan will not refuse. ”

Hearing the Second Emperor Brother say this, Lin Yuyan also confessed to the Second Emperor Brother's son: "The amount I take from the Second Emperor Brother will definitely be returned to the Second Emperor Brother!" ”

"Yu Yan, you and my brother, don't count ......"

Lin Yuyan shook his head and said, "Second Emperor Brother, I don't mean these recent things, but the matter of the Mashi family in Shuyang......"

Hearing this, Gongzi Xin pretended not to know: "Yuyan, isn't the Ma clan colluding with the water bandits!" ”

Lin Yuyan knew that Gongzixin was avoiding this matter, and I am afraid that he was also evading the responsibility of some people who encouraged the bandits, and he was also explaining this matter to Lin Yuyan, and he would not pursue it.

"If I succeed in governing Thorn Yang, I will definitely give support to the Second Emperor Brother, because I think the Second Emperor Brother may be more suitable for that position, and I am not in favor of establishing a long and not a virtuous."

Hearing Lin Yuyan make such a promise, Gongzi Xin also smiled, in the face of such a promise, there was no need to say anything more.

Gongzixin immediately pulled Lin Yuyan's sleeve, just took advantage of the excitement and didn't say anything more.