In the blink of an eye, it was the winter moon again, and it had been nearly a month since the Chu army went north but returned in vain, and after the princes of the thirteen kingdoms of Fengze met again, and reported the good news of the defeat of the Chu army to Zhou Tianzi, who was more like a puppet at the mercy of Wei Hou, the princes went back to their respective homes, if there was no major incident, they had to rush back to their own capital before the New Year. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The north wind has already blown to Luoyang, which is in the middle of the world, in the north of the city, in a large area of ancient palaces, in front of the main hall, a noble lady in a gorgeous mink robe, accompanied by a large number of noblewomen and maids, is attached to look at the huge square under the high platform. This is a quaint palace, even if it has been renovated two years ago, but it is even more quaint, and there is some majesty, but not to mention that compared with the Liang Wei Palace that Zhou Tianzi has just seen, even the old Wei Palace in Anyi cannot be compared. But this was already the core of the power of the Zhou dynasty.

The young queen mother quietly listened to the report of the courtiers who came back from the east, and waved her hand to let the newly promoted doctor Wang, who had traveled back and forth between the Son of Heaven and Luoyang several times, retreat. After that, the Queen Mother lowered her head and pondered, followed by Princess Liu and several close maids heard Fang Cai's words, and learned that their young son of heaven was on a long journey, on the way back to Anyi from Daliang, maybe also passing north of the river, but none of them knew what the young Queen Mother, the person with the highest actual power left behind in Luoyang, was thinking. After a long time, the Queen Mother raised her head slightly, turned her head and ordered, and a group of people walked to the side hall next to the main hall, even if it was the highest power in Luoyang, but as long as it was not the main master, the main hall could not be used. In the side hall, the queen mother quickly read the letter of Zhou Bian and several courtiers who accompanied her outside, the queen mother couldn't help sighing, the letter from the prince is becoming more and more like a routine, the letter will have a description of the recent situation and suggestions on the recent Luoyang matters and Luoyang's reply to the request for instructions, but in the queen mother's opinion, perhaps the letter in front of her eyes is not much different from that placed in front of the prince and Bai Xiang. The mother is worried, but the son is always easier to ignore the needs of the mother, in the heart of the queen mother, it is not space that is getting farther and farther away from her son.

Glancing back at Princess Liu behind Duanli, the Queen Mother sighed, "There is no letter to you, and there is no mention of you." ”

"Oh." Princess Liu replied habitually.

"Go and invite the Taishi, Bai Xianghe, the young master, and Dr. Tian." The Queen Mother began to give orders to fulfill the responsibilities she assumed in the absence of the Son of Heaven. "By the way, call the head of the palace guards, and after the Taishi and others leave, the palace will ask the palace about its precautions." The Queen Mother added another sentence.

"No!" The maid walked backwards.

At the same time, a huge army had just left Daliang City, which was still under construction, and embarked on the return journey west. Among the tens of thousands of people, there are two or three hundred people who are different, and they are naturally the kings and ministers of the Zhou royal family.

It is said that after receiving the reply letter from the king of Chu after withdrawing from the army, the Marquis of Wei and the princes withdrew and returned to Fengze together, and then the tall earthen platform that was hurriedly erected played a role again, of course, this will also be the last time it played a role, on the earthen platform, the Marquis of Wei, as the leader of the alliance, led the princes to meet Zhou Tianzi again, reported the good news of the repulsion of the Chu army, and presented dozens of Chu soldiers prisoners. At the same time, the Marquis of Wei also sent an invitation to the princes to move the capital to Daliang in the coming year, and also expressed the congratulations of Zhou Tianzi when he returned. Zhou Bian was once again a puppet for two hours. The Marquis of Wei attributed the retreat of the Chu soldiers to the might of Zhou Tianzi, and Ning Yue, as the representative of the Zhou family, thanked him, saying that all this glory and merit belonged to the Marquis of Wei, and once again rewarded him with fine wine and a guard of honor.

This is a ceremony that everyone is happy with, the Zhou royal family pushed away the honor, Wei Hou not only won the honor, but more importantly, won the reputation of the king, and the rest of the princes were also willing to push Wei Hou again, as for his true intentions, it is difficult to say. The mighty coalition army went south to resist Chu, and it was lifted high like this, and finally it was gently put down.

Then after the ceremony was dispersed, they went back to their respective homes, and everyone selectively forgot about the ally Zhongshan State who had sat together, and Wei Hou did not mention it, maybe he was in a bad mood because he failed to fight with the Chu army, or maybe he didn't want to discuss with these princes who were scattered, but I heard that the Zhao army had not yet broken through the capital of Zhongshan State, and it was already winter, presumably Zhao Jun would also take a rest, and Zhongshan State could still breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, Zhou Bian and others still went to Anyi with Wei Hou. All the way to the west, or through the Korean border, although the time is more than last year, but the Wei army is still in a hurry.

When bored on the road, Zhou Bian and his ministers will still discuss or discuss some things together, on this day, they arrived at the Tongguan Pass just north of Luoyang, which is only separated by hundreds of miles, and the monarchs and ministers couldn't help but look south, as if the gaze could pass through the layers of mountains and rivers, and go straight to the city of Luoyang.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been thinking about it many days these days, and there is one thing to worry about." Ning Yue looked at the south and said.

"What?"

"It's been a year and a half since the king left Luoyang, and I don't know when I can go back, and my subordinates are worried that the people of Luoyang don't remember the king very well." Ning Yue turned his head, "Or directly, whether the nobles of Luoyang still recognize the king, whether they will carry out the orders sent back by the king, or further, after the king returns to Luoyang, will they still obey the king as they did before the king left Luoyang." Hearing this, Zhou Bian also turned his head and looked at Ning Yue, who was sitting opposite the carriage.

"After all, the king has been absent from Luoyang for a year and a half, and I don't know how long it will take to return to the capital, and if they haven't seen the king's face, will they think that the king's control of Luoyang is already very weak, people will guess, and if they don't see each other, they will take it for granted to reduce their fear." Ning Yue replied. "Even more seriously, they will only be afraid of the current rulers in Luoyang, and they are not speaking ill of those who stay in Luoyang, but just a guess, and the Luoyang nobles are used to following the direction of the wind. Of course, the most serious situation is that someone has set aside the Empress Dowager and the princess and they have taken control of Luoyang. Ning Yue's expression was a little solemn.

Although Zhou Bian knew that Ning Yue was working hard, but when he heard this, Zhou Bian still felt that Ning Yue was talking bad about the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager behind his back, but after thinking about it carefully, the heart of guarding against others was indispensable, so he was relieved. "Go on." Zhou Bian nodded.

"No, maybe the king thinks that if he is in Wei and has the support of the Marquis of Wei, there will be no one in Luoyang City who will empty the royal power, but if the person who takes the power gets in touch with a minister or nobleman in Anyi and can speak in front of the Marquis of Wei, maybe the Marquis of Wei will acquiesce."

"Wei Hou only needs to hold the king hostage to order the world, or perhaps, as we guessed before we left Luoyang, we can not let the king return to Luoyang, so this is not contrary to Wei Hou's interests, and if Wei Hou really has the slightest intention of guarding against the king, maybe Wei Hou is still happy to see this."

After Ning Yue's words were finished, Zhou Bian looked at Ning Yue and didn't speak, and after a few breaths, Zhou Bian smiled, "In fact, there is one of the most serious situations, that is, the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager directly set up this king." ”

"Of course not!"

"No, it won't!" Two voices sounded at the same time, and it turned out that Ning Yue and Wang Sunman, who had been sitting in the car and had not made a sound, bowed down at the same time.

"This king also thinks that it will not, but I am still paying attention, for example, the messenger between Luoyang and this king has changed several people, but I am afraid that this king will not be able to grasp the recent situation in Luoyang." Zhou Bian nodded, the master is outside, how to remotely control the courtiers is an eternal problem for the feudal dynasty. In fact, what he didn't say in his heart was that for the way of the king, the emphasis was on checks and balances, and the main personnel who stayed in Luoyang this time were divided into four factions, the palace faction headed by the Queen Mother, although the number of people at least could be said to be only the Queen Mother, but it accounted for the righteousness and the most powerful, and most importantly, Zhou Bian believed that as the biological mother of his body, and there were no other biological sons, the Queen Mother could only support herself, the second faction was the old ministers of Cheng Zhou represented by the Taishi Young Master, and the third row was the new ministers who were recruited after Bai Gui took the throne. These two factions are mainly in power, the former is in charge of the army, the latter is in charge, and the fourth faction is the old aristocratic faction of Luoyang represented by Tian Yi, which is the supplement to the first three factions and the object of supervision and supervision, as a messenger who communicates an important channel between himself and Luoyang, and is basically the son of the latter three factions, which also ensures that Zhou Bian hears the true situation.

However, in fact, Zhou Bian is the most relieved in his heart is also this last group of people, the old nobles of Luoyang, although they also sacrificed thousands of slaves when the Han army attacked Luoyang last time, but as a big clan that has been in Luoyang for hundreds of years, there are still tens of thousands of Luoyang locals who can control, and they are completely capable of setting up blank Gui and so on, so that the royal family's orders cannot be implemented. Unexpectedly, Ning Yue obviously realized this, maybe Ning Yue's thoughts would help.

So Zhou Bian smiled again, "Actually, Ning Qing just said for a long time, the focus is on the old nobles of Luoyang, since Ning Qing said so much, does Ning Qing have any good ideas?" ”

"Your Majesty has two thoughts, please be careful!" Ning Yue sat up straight again.

"Say."

"No! First, you can take the opportunity of the New Year to let the Tian family and other family heads come to congratulate the king on the New Year, so that they can reshape the impression of the king in their hearts, and even inform Wei Hou and let Wei Hou also come forward to entertain them, so as to show the relationship between my king and Wei Hou and break their dissenting hearts. ”

"Another idea?"

"The guards around the king can also be changed, it can be said that there is something at home, let about twenty people go back, let each family send a young son-in-law to act as a guard, in order to facilitate control, I believe that with the ability of the king, it is completely able to control this twenty or so people, and even completely convince them." Ning Yue arched his hand. "If they are controlled, the old nobles of Luoyang will not act rashly, and they will let the king have a stronger influence on these concubines, and in the future, when they inherit the family business or do things for my royal family, they will be more able to obey the king's orders and be more useful to the king." Ning Yue continued.

Zhou Bian lowered his head and pondered, and after half a sound, he asked, "It is really the luck of this king that Ning Qing bothered to worry about this king." After waving his hand to stop Ning Yue from saluting, Zhou Bian continued, "First of all, Ning Qing's worries, this king also thought, after all, he has not been in Luoyang for more than a year, and my royal family has returned to Luoyang from Chengzhou for more than a year. ”

"Fortunately, there is Ning Qing's strategy, but for these two strategies, this king still has doubts."

"Speak, my lord!" Ning Yue sat up straight.

"First of all, let them come to Anyi to pay homage to this king, will they listen, or only send the prince over, and then so many people come, will it cause Wei Hou to be vigilant, thinking that this king has been away from Luoyang for so long, and he still has such a great influence, so that he will taboo this king and not let this king go back? In the end, when these nobles came, would they communicate with the Anyi clan in private, as Ning Qing said at the beginning? Zhou Bian looked at Ning Yue.

"Back to the king, what the ministers think is that there is no need for the king to invite them over, the king is the son of heaven, such a thing should not happen, they should take the initiative to come, and the ministers will write to the prince Bai Xiang and Tian Dafu, and let Tian Yi take the initiative to invite a few nobles to come, so that the king does not have to worry about their refusal to come. As for what Wei Hou thinks, His Majesty Fang Cai said that Wei Hou was burdened by the reply letter from the King of Chu, and he was about to show his demeanor of respecting the king at the moment, so he should not refuse, and he could directly let Tian Yi meet Wei Hou in person, not to say that he missed the king, but only to say that he would do his duty as a courtier to meet the king, and Wei Hou would not think much about it. As for whether there will be anyone fornicating with the Anyi clan, just let Tian Yi watch it, or simply let the subordinates walk around and let Gongzi Ang and other Wei nobles who are good friends with my royal family invite them to drink, so as to avoid them from fornicating. Ning Yue replied calmly.

"That's a good idea." Zhou Bian groaned, "Just believe in Tian Yi like that? ”

"Tian Yi is credible, king." Ning Yue said dryly.

"If not, you can call the young master or the young master to come with you." Wang Sunman on the side interjected.

"No, let's call Taishi to come with me, these old ministers should also come to see this king." Zhou Bian nodded, although Taishi is pedantic, he still has loyalty to the Zhou family. The king asked the Marquis of Wei for some gifts to send to the people who came to see the king, so that they could brag when they returned, and also increased the influence of the king in Luoyang. That's it, the number of people who come is few and heavy. ”

"No!" Ningyue Wang Sun Man bowed his hand together.

"Let's talk about the second strategy, this king first has a question, why didn't he choose these noble children as guards when he first left Luoyang?"

"Back to the king, first of all, the king was coerced by the power of the Han army, and there was no need to worry about anyone having different intentions, and secondly, if he did this at the beginning, it was too obvious to show weakness, making them feel that the king was actually worried about them, so there was no need to be like this at the beginning."

"Then isn't it obvious that this is done now, won't it make them think that this king is worried?" Zhou Bian asked rhetorically.

"Aren't we worried that the king's influence on Luoyang is weakening now? That's why it's time to do that. As for whether they will think that we can be more subtle, for example, when Tian Yi came to visit the king, Tian Yi took the initiative to let Tian Yi say that they wanted to work directly for the king. Do you still remember what the king said about the heavy ears of Duke Wen of Jin when we first left Luoyang? ”

"Of course I remember, what Ning Qing meant was that in fact, they still wanted to get close to this king, whether it was for the fame and fortune of the moment or for the rights and interests of the future."

"That's right, so, the king only needs to agree, according to the ministers, Luoyang's heart belongs to the king, there should be a few nobles, and it can be co-opted, as for the other families, either let the heart belong to the king's family to pull, or suppress, in this way, although the body is not in Luoyang, but can still shake and control, our previous contact is limited to Taishi Bai and other people in power, for these big families, but a little negligent.

"That's right." Zhou Bian nodded, "It's just that in Ning Qing's words, why did he repeatedly mention Tianyi?" In Ning Yue's words, almost all the work mentions Tianyi, not to mention that Zhou Bian has become much more sensitive to natural politics as the Son of Heaven since he crossed over, even if an uneducated farmer sits here and hears the name of Tianyi so many times, he will ponder it in his heart.

Ning Yue hurriedly bowed down, "I was about to say that I would listen to the king, and I received a letter from Luoyang for the last time before leaving Daliang, one of which was a private letter to my subordinates, which was written by Tianyi, and I wanted to marry my subordinates, and wanted his eldest grandson to marry the younger daughter of my subordinates, which was originally a family matter, but I was a minister in the same hall, so my subordinates hesitated for several days whether to talk to the king, and how to say it to the king." ”

"It's really a family affair." Zhou Bian thought about it, even if it was the Son of Heaven, it seemed that he would not interfere with the marriage of his courtiers in his memory, unless the alliance endangered the throne and the dynasty. However, with the matter of getting married, it just explains why Ning Yue always speaks for Tian Yi.

"And in the past few days, His Majesty thought of the crisis that the king had been absent from Luoyang for a long time, and suddenly figured out why Tian Yi suddenly wanted to marry His Majesty." Ning Yue continued.

"Why?" Zhou Bian didn't react for a moment.

"Because of the king! What Tian Yi wants to express is his respect for the king, the king has not been in Luoyang for a long time, Tian Yi is afraid that he is worried, but his subordinates are accompanying him, so he wants to marry his subordinates, so as to hope to win over the relationship with the king through his subordinates. Otherwise, when the children got married, they would not use letters to communicate while their subordinates were outside, and in the past, when they were in Luoyang, the Tian family was more stable, but the subordinates were more determined, so there were not many contacts. ”

"Hmm." Zhou Bian nodded, this seems to be reasonable, no wonder this old Tianyi every time a letter comes over or reports to work or greets himself, and then think about it carefully, he doesn't seem to reply every time, at the beginning he replied to two letters, and it seems that he later replied to one because of something, but he was afraid that he often couldn't receive the instructions of the king, and Tian Yi was a little frightened in his heart, thinking of this Zhou Bian couldn't help but be a little funny, but after Ning Yue's words, it made Zhou Bian believe that the Tian family was already following him with one heart. However, Zhou Bian was still a little puzzled, "Isn't the Tian family having Tian Qian by the king's side?" Why didn't he let Tian Qianduo get close to this king? ”

Ning Yue laughed when he heard this, "A little dancing girl, the daughter of the Tian family's housekeeper, what big deal can she do?" It's just that Israel is just entertaining, but the king is only twelve years old, otherwise Tianyi will definitely send his granddaughter here, and he wants to come to Tianyi to marry me with his eldest grandson, but the granddaughter is left with the king. Zhou Bian also laughed when he heard this, and seemed a little embarrassed. Wang Sunman on the side was nervous, looked at it twice, and saw that the king's face had not changed, so he breathed a sigh of relief, Wang Sunman, who grew up in the royal family since he was a child, obviously valued more than Ning Yue between monarchs and ministers. At this moment, the carriage stopped, the speed slowed down, and immediately Fan Yu stepped forward to report that the city of Fang Guan was about to arrive.

"Ning Qing, your two suggestions are agreed to by this king, let's discuss a charter later." Zhou Bian nodded and decided to stop the topic.

"No!" Ning Yue said yes, and the monarchs and ministers didn't talk about this topic anymore, in fact, if they were on the move, most of the Wei people would not care about the frame of the Zhou royal family, and if they needed to stop when they met Guancheng or crossed the river, most of the generals accompanied by the Wei State would come up, so, all in all, although they talked about royal affairs in the carriage, Zhou Bian and others were still very careful.

After the pass gradually went west, from the Luoyang is getting farther and farther away, standing in the pass to look south, Zhou Bian actually has a trace of nostalgia.

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