Battles between monarchs and ministers are not uncommon, and the means are different, some directly fight each other, the emperor kills the minister, and the minister kills the king; Some twists and turns, the emperor frequently removed officials, and the ministers ganged up to protect themselves; When he also intended to prosper Shan, the emperor gave up the government and hid in the deep palace to concentrate on enjoying the luxurious life of the Son of Heaven. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In short, once the battle begins, there will never be a good result, the emperor wins, the minister slacks off, the minister wins, the emperor loses his ambition, a tie, and the court will continue to be turbulent.

Knowing this, Han Ruzi couldn't back down step by step, and the minister didn't want to serve the emperor wholeheartedly, but it was too much to arrest and hide the people who took the initiative to throw themselves to the emperor.

Han Ruzi hopes that his threat will not become a reality, and now the purge of the imperial court will be delayed for at least three years, and for him and Da Chu, the gains outweigh the losses.

Nan Zhijin left, the officials of Zhongshu Province and other ministers did not squeak, the next afternoon, the people who came to send the chapter were still other Zhongshu people, their arms were trembling all the time, from the door to the desk such a short way, it was extremely difficult, when the chapter was finally put on the table, it was a little messy, far less neat than usual.

But that night, Zhongshu Ling did not send someone to Chao Whale's house to take the gold "as promised", as if he had completely forgotten about it.

In the palace of diligence, no minister mentioned this matter again, and even Prime Minister Shen Mingzhi, who didn't seem to know the inside story before, was probably reminded and kept silent about the advice he had written.

The rest of the day remained calm, but the atmosphere was awkward, and the ministers spoke cautiously and kept their voices as low as possible when talking to each other.

Soon after the afternoon, Han Ruzi was about to go to the Tihou Mansion, and there was a word in the palace that the Empress Dowager Cining wanted to see the emperor.

In addition to reporting the news from the Donghai Kingdom, Han Ruzi did not enter the palace for several days, so he immediately went to see his mother.

Empress Dowager Cining said a few gossips, stared at her son, and suddenly sighed, "I heard that Your Majesty has had some conflicts with the minister. ”

"It's not a conflict." Han Ruzi said with a smile, "It's just that there are some ideas that haven't been expressed clearly with each other, which makes my mother suspenseful." ”

"Well, that's good, Your Majesty knows it in his own heart. However, I still have to remind Your Majesty that Emperor Huan and Empress Dowager Cishun have had discord with their ministers, and in the end they have all ended hastily, and no one can say that they are victors. Taizu's method was to win over one faction to fight the other, while Emperor Wu used the prestige he had built up over the decades to give an order, and no one dared to resist. What means does Your Majesty intend to use? ”

Empress Dowager Cining is still not at ease, in the eyes of others, this may already be a stable emperor, but in her opinion, she is still a son who has not grown up, and needs her support and help.

Han Ruzi said with a straight face: "I don't have the prestige of Emperor Wu, and I don't have so many supporters around Taizu, so I took a step forward in order to make a step with the ministers. Mother, I understand the difficulty of governing the country, and I also understand the priority of the matter, and I will not easily fall out with the minister. ”

Empress Dowager Cining smiled, "It's me who is too careful, Your Majesty cherishes, Your Majesty is wise and wise and not inferior to Emperor Wu, and over time, you will be able to revive Great Chu and achieve another prosperous era." ”

"As long as I can be worthy of my ancestors and ancestors, I will be very satisfied."

"Well, since you're back, let's go see the queen, you always live outside, and it's not like talk."

"Yes, Mother."

Han Ruzi withdrew, sighing secretly in her heart, her mother still kept in touch with the minister after all, hoping that she could stop in moderation and not go to the step of interfering in the government.

He still wondered why his mother had let him go to the queen.

The mystery was soon revealed.

Cui Xiaojun hadn't met the emperor alone for a while, and she was very happy, and after a few words, she turned to the topic, "I heard that Yun Mengze's robbers sent assassins to the capital again?" ”

"Well, there's such a rumor."

"Your Majesty...... Should I go back to the palace to live? It's safer here after all. ”

The Empress Dowager Cining spoke for the minister, and the empress invited the emperor back to the palace, and the two women who were not in harmony maintained the same agreement on safeguarding the emperor's interests.

Han Ruzi smiled, "The palace said it was safe, but it was broken through by assassins several times, the queen has experienced it personally, does she still think it's safer here?" ”

Cui Xiaojun was silent, the more dangerous it was, the more she hoped that the emperor would be by her side.

"The tail of the palace is not big, the more people there are, the easier it is to make mistakes, although the Tired Hou Mansion is small, it is all in my control, don't worry, Yun Mengze dares to send assassins, I dare to take it, I am prepared."

"Your Majesty's opinion, your majesty is not strange."

Han Ruzi always felt a little guilty about the queen in her heart, more than for her mother, stepped forward to hold her waist, and said softly: "I will stay today, Da Chu will not lack me for this day." ”

In the afternoon of this day, Han Ruzi didn't want to worry about internal and external troubles, didn't want the minister's dissenting heart, and spent all his time staying with the queen, staying overnight that night, and the next morning, after greeting the two queen mothers, he went to the Qinzheng Palace.

The attitude of the prime minister and others seemed much more natural, and Han Ruzi also showed his benevolent side, and rarely refuted the minister's suggestions.

In the afternoon, he went to the Tired Hou Mansion, and Zhao Ruosu was already waiting at the gate.

Zhao Ruosu does not have a waist card, so he can't enter the mansion at will, the emperor nodded to Cai Xinghai in the sedan chair, saying that he can, Zhao Ruosu was allowed to go to the mansion next door to get the corresponding things, and when he entered the mansion, the emperor was discussing the military situation with everyone, and he was invited into the hall by the eunuch and stood aside to listen.

The three generals, Di Kai, Yan Pengshi, and Lai Bingwen, were not present today, and everyone could talk about their shortcomings and strengths to their heart's content.

Yan Pengshi received the most support, he was young, he was born in a family, he also served as a noble attendant in the palace in his early years, he made a wide range of friends, and dared to go deep alone, and he was very favored by everyone, and even several scholars who participated in the discussion were optimistic about this young general.

Cui Teng came back late, eager to catch up with the progress, and fully respected Yan Pengshi, "Yan Xiaoshi, I know him, he used to be good friends with my brother, eating and drinking together...... That's what, but he is indeed a talent, I heard that the first emperor appreciated him very much, and sent him back to the East China Sea Kingdom for training. This kid was very good at talking back then, and when a group of people gathered, they listened to him talk eloquently, and others could hardly interject him......"

"Just like you are now?" The king of the East China Sea said with a smile, Yan Pengshi is from the East China Sea Kingdom, but he has nothing to say, because he has never been in the country, and he knows very little about the courtiers who nominally belong to him, and he understands the need to avoid suspicion, so he tries not to speak, except when he laughs at Cui Teng.

Cui Teng's tanned face had not yet recovered, and his face showed disdain, "What do you know?" Yan Pengshi has the talent of a general, can people say the same thing as me? After a pause, he added, "It's not like you. ”

Yan Pengshi received most of the praise, but only one scholar of the Hanlin Academy carefully proposed: "Soldiers, dangers, Yan Pengshi regards it as a hand-to-hand capture, but he is afraid of ......"

Several people retorted at the same time.

"What are you afraid of? Isn't he the one who went into the sea alone and broke the bandits? ”

"It is said that Deng Cui, the general of the chariot cavalry, handed it over to others every time he arranged the troops, and he fell asleep, didn't he also defeat the Huns?"

"Yan Pengshi is not called underestimating the enemy, but self-confidence."

No one said that Yan Pengshi's was not.

For the veteran Di Kai of Nanyue County, everyone's opinion is also very unanimous, the first is old, may not be able to withstand the turbulence of the sea, the second is more than brave, the strategy is insufficient, it is difficult to be a general.

There are many controversies about Lai Bingwen, although after more than ten years, these young people around the emperor have not seen it with their own eyes, but there has never been a shortage of rumors among the noble attendants, as soon as Lai Bingwen returned to Beijing, those rumors from many years ago were all flooded.

It turned out that this Lord Lai's conduct was a little problematic when he was young, and he colluded with a married woman, which was not uncommon, but it was rare to make trouble publicly, and Lai Bingwen had no choice but to abandon his military affairs and go to another country, almost cutting off contact with his former friends.

As for who is seduced, this is a matter of popularity, whose family is poor, whose wife will suffer, as for the age and appearance, it doesn't matter.

Some people think that he can guard the lonely town for several months, although it is not as dangerous as Jincheng, but it also shows the ability, others think that it is luck, the pirates are unwilling to attack, and soon caught up with the general Cui Hong to surround Linzi, the so-called lonely town, in fact, is not so "lonely".

Han Ruzi just listened, rarely spoke, he was the emperor, once he showed obvious inclination towards someone, the argument was over, he needed to get as much information as possible now, so be careful to remain neutral.

Cui Teng was more impatient, stood up and said: "The matter of selecting generals, it is difficult to say, easy to say, let the three of them each take an army to the sea, whoever has great military achievements will be a general." ”

If only things were so simple, Han Ruzi was noncommittal, and found that everyone could not come up with an updated point of view, and announced the dissolution of the meeting, no one knew which general the emperor had taken a fancy to, but they all felt that Yan Pengshi had the greatest hope.

The King of the East China Sea waited for a while, deliberately waiting until the end, and seeing that there were not many people in the hall, he stepped forward and whispered: "Yun Mengze sent assassins, but it is not enough to strengthen the defense, I don't know what Your Majesty's arrangements are, the Tan family is willing to contribute a meager effort." ”

"The Tan family has returned to Beijing?"

"No, no, they all stay in the East China Sea Country honestly, but the Tan family has a wide range of friends in the rivers and lakes, and they can always get some help when they write a letter and open a mouth."

"Yes, but there is no decree."

"Your Majesty's words are enough." The king of the East China Sea retreated with a smile, knowing in his heart that he could only investigate privately, without the assistance of the imperial court, and the emperor still did not trust the Tan family, and it was impossible to give full power.

The eunuchs began to clean up the hall, and Zhao Ruosu took a few steps out of the way.

The Emperor walked out of the hall, and when he had finished his deliberations, he usually went to the back study to read the recitals, and when he had spare time, he read the books.

The eunuch beckoned to Zhao Ruosu, and Zhao Ruosu hurriedly followed.

When he arrived at the study, Han Ruzi sat firmly, didn't ask Zhao Ruosu where he had been these days, nor how he came back, and said directly: "What do you think of the three generals?" ”

Zhao Ruosu stepped forward and arched his hand: "Yan Pengshi, as the son of Yan Kang, the prime minister of the East China Sea, what do you want, and he is an infantry captain, how can he command a lone ship to go to sea?" I am only afraid that there will be fraud in this matter, either the military merits are fake, or the meritorious service is someone else. ”

Han Ruzi nodded, "Can you find out the truth?" ”

Zhao Ruosu thought for a while, "If I can look at the Qin Zhang of the East China Sea Kingdom again in the past half a year, I may be able to find out something." ”

This is exactly the person Han Ruzi needs. (To be continued.) )