The next day, he issued an edict demanding that all Zheng Guo's personnel immediately and secretly mobilize and prepare to retreat eastward. On the one hand, he asked the relatively trustworthy Baijian to coordinate affairs and secretly escort Zhong Ji and his party. On the other hand, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, Wei Hou ran to interfere, and the minister who simply pulled the core set off immediately, running all the way to the east.

After a day and a night, the convoy had passed the theater city. Digging open the curtain, he found that the scenery outside seemed familiar. The shallow river flows through the birch forest and bends around the reed bank, isn't it the same place where he and Neizai hid from the dogs and stragglers? This situation gave him a little sense of security to escape from the clutches of the devil, so he asked everyone to stop and rest, waiting for the large army to follow. To avoid embarrassment, he threw the nobles in their tents and wandered alone on the riverbank.

Nejae's sinful body has just regained his freedom, but his strong sense of responsibility prevents him from staying out of the situation. He saw that he was alone, and couldn't help but follow. The old man bowed deeply, just as he had done back then. He hesitated for a long time, pondering how to speak, and finally carefully knocked on the side: "What are your plans after returning to Beijing?" ”

Digging the synapses to touch the scene, half-jokingly replied with the same sentence: "Many ~ things ~ of ~ autumn ~ ah!" The two looked at each other and smiled, and the awkward atmosphere was eased by the memories they shared.

"Lord Neizai, the widow knows what you want to say. I've always respected your opinion, but I'm really up to myself in this matter. Don't follow Wei Hou anymore, I won't marry Ji Jiang. ”

"And who do you want to marry? Is it ......?"

"That's right! That's what you're worried about, I'm ~ going to ~ marry ~ Zhong ~ Hi! "The digging protrusion deliberately dragged out the last five words and made them heavier. After this long-held wish was said openly, he was relieved.

Neejae put away the smile on his face, and the atmosphere that had just eased up a little disappeared again: "Do you really want to ignore Zheng Guo's social affairs?" ”

"Nope! It's your superstition, and you have to think that some kind of demon girl is a ghost who brings disaster to the country and the people. As long as the monarch and the ministers work together, the widow believes that we will be able to achieve internal political clarity and foreign invincibility. A little weak woman has so much energy to destroy all this? ”

"How did you bring about the fall of the Zhou Dynasty?"

"Don't come to this set. You obviously know that the first king abolished and then the prince was abolished in order to suppress the forces surnamed Jiang, and Bao Xi was just a chess piece, why did you count all the baskets that the Son of Heaven poked himself on women's heads? ”

Although Neizai was poor in words, how could the ancients' heads easily turn around, so he had to change his angle: "Your Excellency, you are too close to the villain to have these strange thoughts. You can't ignore the prophecies of your ancestors and divination! ”

"Don't you know where these rumors come from? Many of them are secretly framed by political opponents. Also," he added, "I know who you mean by villain." The widow reminds you not to be easily sow discord by an old fox like Wei Hou. It is true that the merchants are not as noble as you, but don't forget that they are all fighting side by side with you at critical times such as the Destruction of Yu Yi and the Qinwang Society. ”

Hearing this, Nezai understood that Dutu already knew that they had a private meeting with Wei Hou. Although he didn't have any unseemly selfishness, he couldn't help but be a little shorter, so he changed a little: "Your Majesty, the ministers who love beauty also understand." If you insist on this, you can take Zhong Ji as a concubine. But the lady of the main room can only be a famous family like Ji Jiang, and the wild girl can't enter the temple. ”

Digging Tu is quite unhappy with the title of "wild girl", but it is much better than the term "demon girl". It is unexpected that such an old stubborn can back down and agree to Zhong Ji as a concubine. Although this is not enough to meet the requirements of the excess, he is not willing to fight with Nei Zai for the time being, so as not to cause another confrontation to escalate.

"The widow knows what you think, let me think again." He did a tai chi.

"Zhong Ji must not be the last!" The inner slaughter is categorical and unforgiving.

He waved his hand helplessly: "Let's talk about it when we go to the capital." ”

Looking at the firm eyes of the other party when he turned to leave, he had a premonition that marrying Zhong Ji was even more difficult than ascending to the sky. He vaguely felt that although Nezai's loyalty was unquestionable, his authority was too great to hinder the monarchy's power.

When Zheng Huan Gong was alive, Nei Zai was in Haojing with one team, and Wai Zai was in Zhengcheng with another team, which was relatively balanced. In the Zongzhou Rebellion, the Chinese and foreign rulers were martyred, and after the eastward migration, only the inner slaughter faction remained. At that time, the excavation was still relatively rusty, and I had to rely on everything. Now that this person's qualifications are getting older and older, his status is getting higher and higher, and he is advancing and retreating with Sima and other important ministers, so he has to make Di Tu feel threatened.

From that moment on, he had the idea of moving Nezai.

So in the next few days, Di Tu called the important ministers of the court one by one to talk, mainly to see what they thought of Zhong Xi and the merchants.

There are three divisions under Neizai, namely Sima, Situ and Sikong. Needless to say, Sima has already torn his face with the businessman, and his treatment of Zhong Xi is even more radical than Neizai, and he is determined to kill. Situ Bofu is a person who has been half-cut into the coffin, and he has been an old fritter for a lifetime. He originally expressed his support for Neizai, but now that the king asked alone, he naturally pretended to be confused. Anyway, these two things have nothing to do with the land and household registration he is in charge of, so why bother to get involved? Uncle Sikong will be a real person. He was usually in charge of various projects, and when he procured various building materials, he frequently dealt with merchants, and he knew the importance of this business, and he had a good impression of these people. Regarding Zhong Xi's question, he was very pragmatic, just euphemistically admonished, and did not go online.

In addition to the three divisions, there are four important ministers: Taishi, Taibu, Taizong, and Taizhu. Taishi has always had a stinky temper, clamoring to write the deviant behavior of digging into the history books, but unfortunately digging out is a person who crosses over, and he doesn't care about these false names at all. The lord of Taibu divined, and the gods and gods chattered and frightened people, saying that the ancestors had a revelation, and the descendants would be punished by heaven if they messed up. He saw that he didn't eat this set at all, and immediately played a slippery head, and said that the power of ghosts and gods depends on creation, which is also decided. Taizong was in charge of the temple and firmly stood with Neizai, believing that the demon girl entering the temple was an insult to him. Taizhu is in charge of sacrificing heaven and earth, and does not care much about merchants and Zhong Ji, which is similar to Sikong's position.

So far, there have been a number of excavations, and it seems that the nobles and important ministers are not monolithic. As long as there is a possibility of differentiation among these people, he has the opportunity to gradually replace the disobedient with the disobedient.

The only thing that gave him a headache was Sima's position. Throughout the ages, military power has always been the key to political struggles. The side that controls the army, even if it is temporarily at a disadvantage, it is a matter of minutes to turn the tables. It is precisely for this reason that it becomes very sensitive to change Sima at will. If the digging is hard, its intention will become Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it, and it is difficult for Neizai and Sima to obey.

Moreover, leading troops to fight in war is a highly skilled profession. There is not much of a problem with civil service adjustments like Taishi for Taibu and Taizong for Taizhu, but it is very dangerous to change someone to be Sima at will. Not to mention that the lack of prestige of the airborne commander is likely to lead the army to mutiny, and even if the situation is barely suppressed, it will be difficult to lead the army to victory.

After thinking about it, I felt that this army still had to break through from the inside, and the surgical adjustment was uneven. Fortunately, Zheng Jun was different from other countries, and when he retired from the coalition army, a large number of merchant children were recruited. Although many peasants were added to the country, they still accounted for half of the country. Although these divisions are currently under the command of Sima, they must be oriented towards merchants in their hearts.

Therefore, Dutu's wishful thinking was to first divide power to Lord Sima and hand over the division of several merchants' children to his own people.

Who is this person looking for? If you want to be obedient, you must be a suitable person for Xianzhu, but if you put it forward, you will inevitably be opposed by Neizai and Sima. Who can be obedient and war-fighting, and be accepted by Neizai and Sima?

Just as he was pondering these things, the chief of the hundred rooms led the follow-up troops to catch up. To assist him, in addition to the original cronies, there is also one more Nie Rang.